The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 21, 1878, Image 4

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-'??-? TOTHANEETTL. bx mbs. a. m. fbeemak. "What Pre to be thankful for the foodness knows. What any one has to e thankful for is past my comprehen? sion. Here is this miserable old turkey gorged day, after day to repletion, putting on day after day the most unbearable airs, strutting and puffing, picking up all of the choicest bits, always taking his own share, and never forgetting to job his neighbors; here he is, his brilliant bead laid lew, his musical gobble forever silenced, his georgeons plumage flung to tbe four winds of heaven, and himself destined for a Thanks-giving dinner! He imagined himself one of the chraen? his master's favorite! the very autocrat of the barn-yard.; "Now it seems to me that the men and .? women of this world are somewhat, in their own opinion, like this defunct feathered biped. The very elite of crea-. ? Uon, kept in the hollow of the Father's hand and suddenly flung forth on- the rocks and strands of life-; maimed and bleeding; struggling and dying?wrecked ??tost Wretched old turkey, lift up your headless neck, flap your featherless wirigs'in thanksgiving.to*.'the hand that f lured yon to jour death. And ycu, Betsy Brown, be thankful for the hard fate that left you broken-hearted and alone. For twenty years ;.' you've in dulged.in tbe same hypocritical preten? sion of submission. For twenty years you've knelt at the Thanksgiving ser? mon, you've prepared the regulation Thanksgiving dinner, you've been out? wardly calm and resigned, but in all of tho Master's kingdom there was not a fiercer rebel. Resigned? Every drop of red blood in your veins has turned traitor to your early' teachings. "Boast turkey and plum pudding, bells . ringing, bonfires flaming, and* like 'dumb driven cattle," we march merrily on, keeping time to the. clanking of chains which bind us more surely to our misery than was Prometheus bound." . V'Betsy." "Yes, coming, coming. Was: there ! ver another such a name f Ic is Betsy here, and Betsy there, until the goodness knows I'd rather have beta called Jeze? bel, for that, at least, is dassically. his? torical It is a fearful thing to be an old: ?'? maid. /If it was my own fault I wouldn't complain, but?" "Betsy." "Coming, coming. It is the everlast? ing demand, the baby's new tooth, or that irrepressible uepbew of mine has broken, a third?no, I mean has broken a l?j for the third time, or??' "Oh, Betsy, Betsy, can't you come? I1.-. is a letter, and it is addressed to you/ and we are dying to see it." All of this with a sudden open ing of the door, hurried words and immediate arit. "Alotter.andtome!" "Yes, yes, Betsy," tke door reopening ajain?"and a man has written it." ?1 Door clooed ag?n. . "A man write a letter to.me/ Betsy Brown,- spinster! Well, well, that ia audacious, certainly," and Betsy Brown laughed a dimple; into each7 of her rosy cheeks. "But, Betsy, I say, Betsy'!" (tho door ajar again,) "it isn't an ordinary letter. Now, "don't drop down all of a heap like poor Mrs. Simkms did.when thej. brought her husband in dripping as a rai:, ;ind .don't go into' hysterics like Tfaad'sarife always does, for really there isn't s.tjrop of hartshorn or camphor or anything of tb e aort in the house, but bear it like?" ;; \ "Like a man," says Betsy Brown brave? ly, bracing her broad baci: againut the: pantry door, and planting h ;r Feet firmly, "The letter, my dear-?*'' "Don't say my dear, that's om luo?s. It sounds as though yon were preparing me for some terrible calamity. Say Bet sj. Loud and sharp, too. Make'it sound like a tonic. Is it nerve that I want? Just box my ears Smartly, too. Don't purr, Masda, don't." "Well, then, Betsy," the words spoken ahrilly close to Betsy Brown's ear, "it is Ata writing." All of the red faded "from Betey'?;: face, leaving it white as the wall, and the brown eyes looked fairly black with the new, wild expression that came into them. "I ar.y, Betsy - Betsy ! You ars not going to faint, yon that lave lived so bravely! Come, com*, old girl, remem? ber bow well you have done.. Remcm ber what the world will say.-' Wouldn't^it gossip weil if it picked your secret from you?" "Hash, hush, his writing?let me Ihink. He didn't die then. He deserted me. I mourned him as Rachel mourned her children. I never have replaced him. In all the wide world there could be no one to me what he had been. Let me read his letter." Dear Bess : Thank God that you live. I am home at last, my own, own darling.. Years ago I came?came near to you but to hear a false story cf your proving un? true to your sailor boy, giving yourself to another. Then came long days and months of hopeless, heart-broken wan? dering in stntnge lands, then yean-of bitter servitude to a savage tribe on a wild foreign shore, at last release. I have been true to you, and you have had tbe conrage to'-wait for me; Oh, child, child, what I have suffered in tho long, slow years as they crawled by me! Wait? ing, oh so patiently, for a reprieve,* ever dreaming of my Bess, of my little dar? ling, of my little wife. May I come to? night? I hear your glad answer, and will rarely see.you. Yours, as ever, - Eobebt. "LittleBess! Little darling! Little wife!" said Betsy Brown, with white lips. . "I was sixteen then; and Robert was but two years older.- He is young yet at thirty.eight. Oh, Robert, Robert, it can never be 1" "Little Bess, little darling, little wife," she repeated, with a tender lingering of the voice on the words; then suddenly the old ironical tone re? turned, and she added: "Little Bess, in? deed ! Poor Robert, poor old dear, I re-, member," and a pink blush stole over Betsy Brown's handsome face. "I re? member how he lifted me up in his-arms and held me close to him, and how he kissel me good-bye" over and over again. Oh, dear, we-were twj very foolish peo? ple ; but, dear me, that's years and years ago, and I'm heavier now. Robert would laugh at the very idea of calling me little Bess. He's coming to-night. Let me see, what will I wear? Betsy Brown, are yon demented ? I hope your, friends will incarcerate yon in an asylum before yon have inflicted an irreparable injury upon some unsuspecting fellow citizen. What will yon wear, indeed? Bine Is very becoming to yon, is it uot? So ethereal for.your sylph-like figure; and yet white is considered exceedingly appropriate for a miss. You have only one dress, Betsy Brown, and yon know how you looklin that. You will wear yoar old black silk, your old 'point lace collar, with a little lace at your wrists. Be sensible, Betsy Brown, if you are old; second childhood y comes soon enough. Let as not have any hot-house forcings." "Robert is coming to-night." That is what the miserable parrot said from "iis perch in the kitchen, with a wicked leer in its one good eye, for the cat; had scratched the other past redemption, but not only did the parrot say "Robert is coming to-night," but tho tea-kettle took op tho words and sang them over and over, and the clock ticked them, and old Pete sawed them out of a hickory log in the shed, and tbe cricket, chirped them; and the torkey roasting in the oven emitted them with bursts of savory steam, and the big plum, pudding bob bing up and down in the kettle bubbled th*<n ; in fact, the whole atmosphere for miles seemed vibrating the ;ri*ad words that were coursing through Betsy Brown's headj "Robert is coming torhight." Roast turkey and cranberry sauce, \he very guardians of American liberties; who'd care for thanksgiving without tbem ? And in all the width and breadth of the land there--wus no-supper table that could boast of a finer, browner, more palatable bird than the one gracing the table in the borne of Betsy Brown. "I tell you, Manda," says Betsy au? thoritatively; "I will have it so. Robert uhall no', be Kidnapped again. He's bad ?lav*ry enough.; Only think, he's a boj to me! He's been nothing of life. Lucy to-day is- whatf I was twenty-five years ago. "Nellie is a little different, a little older, but young aud beautiful. He will nevehftncy-tna't I apt.Bessie Brown.. _A will have itso, MandnjTwill. .We will wait for him in the dining-room." He WJisa large bronzed man that came into the supper-room and waited with' 'glowing face and shining eyes expect? antly before them. Two young, girls stood near to him, with happy blushes on their faces. Betsy. Brawny attired in ,ber sober.black silk with a scarlet gera? nium in her brown hair, kept back in. the fhacow, her poor.heart almost burst? ing, for it was her Robert, and she was no lenger bis little Beasie Brown. Would he throw himself at Lucy's feet as they did in novels, and should she heroically. relinquish him to' hec' voting-nyah " it was faard^ but she would do it. Yes she would. Why she was a silly old woman* to think of any other course. But Robert seems to be .in no hurry to commence his devotions. He is looking a little beyOnd. He merely glances at the young beauties; he holds out his' i hands?can it be possible that he recog? nizes, hery thinks Betsy Brown eladly? he comes forward. He falls at her. feeu and sobs aloud: "Oh, Bessie, Bessie Brown, my. own darling, patient Bessie."' * Was it not worth all the years of wait .' ibe reaches down to him, and he holds her close again in his arms. "I didnH-think you'd kuow me Robert. I've grown so old.. "Notknow you, darling. I could never forget you. You never can grow old- to met'.'-The longer we live the better I love you." "I-thought, Robert, you'd take one fairet.and younger. I meant it so." "W^ked Bessie. After all the years of my waiting. And then," and he look? ed at her admiringly; "there are none fairer." Betsy; Brown's cheeks grew scarlet as the flower in her hair, but the beautiful smile about her mouth betrayed how glad she was that she was yet lovely in his eyes.. And how happy she was. Only this morning she had been so utter? ly wretched. What a rosy-hued.gleam had fallen athwart her world. The bells could .riot ring joyfully enough?there could not bo enough of thanksgiving, for, like Undine, love bad given to Bet? sy's world a soul. Africa's Superstitions. Mr. Faul E Du Chaillu lectured Friday night :\t Association Hall, New York, on the " Witchcraft and Snpersitions of Af? rica." I am going to take yon again, said he, into the jungle.of Equatorial Africa,. Stanley met that jungle at the head wa : ters of the Congo; he met there the can? nibals I raw and the dwarfs I discovered. And what a jungle it is 1 At the end of each cky's journey I ma'de no negro could tell me where that vast forest ended. There are greit dangers there, and some? times one has to fight the people. It is not yery- pleasant to light; it was not very pleasant for Stanley but he had to fight ?or be frilled. * The people are scattered in great tribes, divided into clans and the clans into fam? ilies, the chiefs and the old men making .the laws. Three institutions are every? where prevalent?polygamy, slavery and witchcraft. It is wonderful how these people love to get married. They marry all the time and never get tired of it Some of them marry as old as eighty-five or ninety years, -just as"some of us do at 'home, yon know. .[Laughter.] The larg? est number of wives I have seen belong? ing to one mau was about three hundred, and when I asked him bow many chil? dren he had. he said between six and eight hundred. Two hundred, more or Teas, didn't seem to trouble him at all. The wives are not slaves, but their hus? bands buy them when they are three or ?four yean old from tHeir fathers; thatls a sort of dowry. Polygamy is also a po? litical institution. The tribes are always aV war, and hence a man tries to get as many wives as he can from the surround? ing'tribes so as to.have friends among them. They have a great abhorrence of blood relationship, and no man is allowed 'to take a wife of his own clan. The ir^t curse of .that, country is its superstitions, and it is very hard to get at the bottom facts about their religious belief. They have two names which rep? resent our ideas of God and of the devil. 'The* "devil is the source of all evil and witchcraft. ' When a person 'is sick he is bewitched by some one, and the sorcerer or sorceress has to bo killed. The doc? tors point them out, and they have to -.wallow poison to prove their innocence. This poison is the root of a tree called "bundo." belonging to the strychnine order, but these doctors take it and do not die. Here, if a man sees the new moon over his right shoulder, or his left, it-Is lucky or unlucky; but there it 13 unlucky if he sees toe new moon at all, ' and on the day of the new moon "nobody dare go out of bis hut. The queen of witchcraft lives in the moon, and the people of the world are the insects on which witchcraft feeds, and when witch? craft is very hungry she sends the plague and kills more people; Those who have any connection with the spirit in the moon are women and must be in a trance. The people are honest in their beliefs, but of course there is jugglery among them. Among many tribes cannibalism -exists, but I think it is a sort of religious feast, as they do not kill people purposely except prisoners of war. . vs among the Indians, they have no mercy on those taken in war. I made inquiries about ' this, cannibalism; I wanted to know which were the best eating, women or men. They all agree that the women were best. They didn't tell me anything new, for I knew that before. [Laughter.J .Their war dance is perfectly terrible. They cover themselves all over with war paint and with clay that has been satura? ted; with the decayed flesh and brains from the heads of their dead warriors, which they always kept in a particular house in every village. Then they have a dance, and when morning comes each man cuts his hand in several places and lets the blood flow into a large wooden i dish, and they rub themselves with that blood .ind then go to war. The most difficult thing the missiona? ries baye to do is to bring themselves to a level of thinking with these people. Some of the negroes are very fierce. ; They would not be so bad if the traders j did not bring them such an amount of I spirits. It is laughable sometimes to see I the missionaries on the deck of a ship and the barrels of rum under, the deck, both going to the same place. They are kind to the missionaries, but you know when one gets a little civilized he gets i selfish, ana they know that where the I missionary comes the trader will follow, I and they like trade. Stanley has made a [ great, grand journey. If you will look at the labors of that man you will see it I is perfectly marvelous. And how quickly ; he did it I He explored the lakes dis ; covered by Sneke, Burton, Baker and Livingstone, followed the Congo river fast any amount of rapids, and fought is way through to the coast. _ Living [ stone was a great man, but his labor; were in South Africa. Stanley just went right through under the equator and in that deadly climate where the natives had been spoiled and made fierce by the slave trade. I think the journeys of Speke and Livingstone and Stanley and Cameron are the finest journeys that ever were made in modern or olden times. KIXLEB ANI) EATEN. A Week at Sea without Food?Tbe Flesh Cat from the Body of a Murdered Sailor to Sustain Lire. The narrative of the sufferings of the crew of the schooner Sallie M. Steelman, from Charleston for Baltimore, who were brought to New York Monday afternoon on the schooner Speedwell, is so horrible in detail that it sounds more like a chap? ter from a sensational sea-novel than a Stern reality. The captain of the Speedwell reports ?that he found tho-S-celmun nearly water? logged, but making steerage way, under fore and maintopsail, northeast of the Bermuda Islands. She was flying the American flag, Union down; as a signal Of. distress. He sent his first mate; H. 0. Sawyer, to her, and he took away all on board. He reported that nothing [movable was left.or, deck, add that ? the men were hardly able to walk. Every I article of food in the Steeiman had been I consumed eight days previously. The remains of a man were found, from which parts of the flesh had been cut. Some of the flesh so removed was found in a [.barrel with some salt. This, it was ex , plained.to Sawyer-was done to prevent it from spoiling. The captain, who was wasted with hunger, told the - mate that two colored men of the crew had quar? relled, and one had killed the other in self-defence. The body was immediately cut np. and eaten, all hands helping to do it. The six survivors speedily recovered their health on board the Speedwell. THE STORY OF THE VOYAGE. , The schooner Sallie M. Steelman, of] Som'ers' Point, N. J., left Charleston, S. C, on tbe 17th of December, bound for Baltimore, with a cargo of phosphate rock. The officers were Capt. Somers Higby, Mate B. Somers, and the crew consisted"of the cook, Sylvester B. Her? bert, Dave Barrett, and three colored men, George Hicks, Walter Sampson and George Seaman. For the first fortnight the .weather was quite mild and the winds light arid variable, so that they made lit? tle headway'in their voyage. On the afternoon of December 30, when about twenty miles to the southeast of Cape Hatteras, they were caugh', in a terrific gale from the northwest, and were lite? rally at Its mercy for seventy hours. Du? ring that time they were driven off tbe land in a terrific seaway that stove in their boat and washed away everything '.hat was movable. Their gaffs were car? ried away and their sails split to ribbons. On the 3rd of January the storm abated slightly but the westerly gales still pre? vailed, ?.ud as the schooner was helpless she drifted out to sea. The sails were patched up but they proved of litt le use, as they could not stand the storm, and there was nothing left for tbe crew bu t to patieu tly await the abatement of the gale. Day by; day passed away and still the wind bowled through the rigging and the Unfortunate seamen were tossed about the ocec.n without the slightest encour? aging prospect of any relief from their perilous position. . As if to add to the horror of their sit? uation The captain was at laal forced to reduce ,the rations, and- on the morning of the 23d of January they consumed the Sast of the provisions. Towards evening of that day the pangs of hunger began to be felt by these suffering men, and the vessel was searched from stem to stern for any particles of food that might bave been hidden away." It was- almost a fruitless labor, and several of the crew began to despair. On tbe following day they subsisted on coffee, which proved very grateful and warmed them up for "he time being: but tbe weut of solid food began to tell on the colored portion of the crew. On that night, January .24, tbe wind increased to a gale from the northwest, and the unfortunate schooner labored so heavily that her decks started and she sprang aleak. A'new duty now devolved on theso weak and starving men, as it became necessary to keep the pumps going air the time to keep the water down. They all took Slieir turus for an?tBer'couple of day*, and then the colored seamen.. George Hicks, Walter Sampson and George Seamen, gave op from exhaustion, and left the captain, mate, cook and seamen to work the ship and man the pumps. The storm abated somewhat on tbe 28th of January, and. and the schooner was able to get np a little sail, but their prospects of reach? ing port were very meagre, as they had baen driven several hundred miles out to sea. "WE MUST EAT." . The seven human beings on board this schooner had changed fearfully during the past few days, as their eyes had sunken^ in their sockets, their cheeks werewan and hollow and they wer$ suf? fering, from.antense exhaustion. The cook still kept up a fire in the galley and served out not coffee, which was eagerly drank, always affordingtemporary relief j through warmth to the stomach. * It was not coffee, however, for which thes.a un? fortunate creatures were craving, and, al? though no one dared to make a sugges? tion, there were strange and dreadful thoughts in their half crazed minds. This condition of affairs continued until the morning of the 30tb, when a tragedy took place, which saved tho execution- of I ?. project to which they had been almost driven. On the 29th of January the col? ored man, George Seaman, became al? most delirious, and would occasionally leave his berth and wander around the decks half mad. Early on the morning of the 30th he turned out of his bunk and came up on deck. He first met the captain, and, after talking in an incohe? rent way, threatened to shoot him. The captain backed away from him, and then Seaman went to tbe forecastle. When he was inside he called on Walter Samp? son, another colored man, and told him to get up or he would shoot him in his bunk. Sampson got up fend put on his things and backed toward the door, but before be got there Seaman put his hand in his pocket to pull his pistol, and Samp? son shot him. The body lay there for some little time without any of the six survivors venturing to make a suggestion as to what disposition should be made of j it; but finally the subject was cautiously approached, and one of the men said that as the man was dead, he, fcr one, intend? ed to profit by the accident and try and save his own life. He cut off a portion of the body and took it into the galley, where he boiled it in a pot. The others had still a horror of feasting on the body of one of their messmates; but later in the afternoon hunger prevailed and the cock fried some small pieces in a pan, which were eaten with great rel? ish. There appears to be a slight dif? ference in opinion as to the flavor of the meat, as in giving their descriptions of [ the repast one of the colored men said he would not know it from mutton, while tbe cook thought it rather resembled beef. At all events, it proved a wonder? ful stimulant, as it revived the exhausted men and enabled them to assist in tbe management of the vessel. THE RESCUE. The 31st of January is a day that will be remembered by the crew of the Sallie M. Steelman for the rest of their lives, as it brought them deliverance from a hor? rible death. Early in the morning they sighted the schooner Speedwell, and al? though for some little time they suffered all the agonies of suspense in tho fear that their signals of distress would not be seen, at lost their minds were set at rest as the gallant schooner bore down toward them, and in n short time a boat was alongside and relief at band. The sudden change from the gloom of despair to good quarters and plenty of food al? most set the sufferers crazy, and forced Capt. Keene, of the Speedwell, to exert great caution in resuscitating their ex? hausted frames. They were oniy given j a little nourishment at a time, and as I they began to regain their strength thejt were allowed to lend a hand in working, the schooner. When they arrived i?' New York they looked in pretty good condition, but some of them have re? ceived such a scare that they say they have made their last trip to sea. the story of the shooting, as told by the colored seaman, Sampson, to a Reporter, was as follows: Reporter. I want you to tell me all about your trouble with the man you shot. Sampson. I shot him in self-defence. Reporter. How did it occur ? Sampson. The man George, I do not knov7 his other name, got up very early on the morning of the day before the Speedwell rescued us. He halloed atme to get up and come out on deck, and he acted so wild I felt scared of him. .T got up and put on my clothes. He was standing by his berth, and bad his pistol in the breast pocket of his jumpjr.? While I was finishing dressing, he shout? ed at me again, and said if I did not get out quick he'd shoot me. I got scared, and began to back out toward the door, and just as I got there he put his hand in his pistol pocket, and I, thinking he was going to shoot, pulled out my pistol and shot him. I. was done in self defence. Reporter. Did he pull out his pistol before you shot? Sampson. I cannot say, but from the way he put his hand in his pocket and from what he had said I thought he was foing to shoot, or^glse I would not have red. The crew remained on board the schooner Speedwell last night, and some provision will probably be made for them to-day. the captain's account. The Captain of the Steelman says: "If the negroes bad not got into the quarrel and killed one of themselves, probably they would have attacked us. We had no pistols. That afternoon we cut a piece off of the fleshy part of the leg and broiled it on the fire. What we did not want we put in a barrel with som 3 salt, because we did not want to run the risk of having another man shot. The rest of the body we afterwards buried with proper ceremonies. I ate a piece as large as my two fingers only. It was handed to me as it was taken off the fire, and I covered it on both sides with mustard. I tasted nothing but the mustard, but that night I felt bad effects from it. I resolved that I would eat no more of it. I don't think any of us was in his right mine on January 30. I am pretty sure I was not. It seemed to me as if my blood had stopped flowing. I felt throughout my whole body just as a man's foot feels when it is asleep. The next day the Speedwell rescued us. The schooner went to the bottom probably the night we left her." Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks. New York, Feb. 2,1878. Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks has tele? graphed the Herald a reply to August Belmont's letter, published in the same journal Jan. SO. Mr. Hendricks says: The purpose of his (Belmont's) letter was to show that the. views attributed to me on the silver question are inconsis? tent with opinions heretofore expressed, and therefore it can nor be correctly re? ported. The report in the Cincinnati Commercial wa? correct. I very much desire to be considered consistent, but I would rather be certain I am right than consistent upon this question. I think I have1 bee a consistent. Mr, 'Belmonfc quotes'tne as holding that since the act of March 18,1869, the bonded debt must be paid i 1 .gold, as contradistinguished from paper or silver. In that he is not correct. The bill to strengthen the peo? ple's credit was pending in the Senate in February, 1869. I made an argument against th 3 section which held the faith of the Government to the payment of the bonds in coin. I opposed it because I thought that the contract allowed the payment of the principal of the five twenty bonds to be made in Treasury notes. Mr. Be! motu takes one sen tence to show that I held that the effect of the measure would.be to pay irr gold. Had Mr. Bel* motit read more carefully he would have seen that I read' the section containing these words: "That the faith of the Uni? ted State*) is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent," and that I then said: "It will .cause the re? moval of doubts, and make the' law to read that .be deb: shall be paid in coin. That is the effect of this section." Upon that construction I made my argument against the section, not as in controversy whether payment should be in silver as against gold, but whether it might be in paper as against cjin. It was not ques? tioned ia. that debate thnt silver was coin, and thnt' the debt would be payable in silver, whether that section passed or did not pass. The section, substantially as I re.id it in the Senate, became law nine? teen days afterwards. Its force and effect did not become a question of political controversy in Indiana in 1872, bnt it did enter into the discussion of 1374. In the Democratic Convention of that year a resolution was passed declaring the 5-20 bonds payable in greenbacks. I presided over that convention, and as I could not "give that resolution my support I took occasion at the first public meet? ing which Taddressedrin Indianapolis to say so, and to give my reasons. I thought then, as I belice now, that after the faith of the nation was pledged to pay? ment in ccin, we could not pay in Treas? ury notes; that pu rchasera of bonds after that date took them relying upon that pledge, acd that we are .bound by it. That was my argument before the peo? ple. Neither my hearers nor I thought of the etueation whether payment could be male in silver. It was not then known to myself, and I suppose not to one of the audience, that' the silver dol? lar bad been discarded. . _ Mr. Belfliotit refers to that address, and to the use of the word "gold" in it, in? stead of the word "coin," as committing me to the payment of the debt in gold, and not in silver. The only question then discussed was the right to pay in greenbacks. The right to pay in silver was not then questioned or considered in Indiana. In the address which I made as President of the convention, two months before, my opinions upon the currency were somewhat fully expressed. I then said: "We cannot too strongly express the importance of the policy that shall restore uniformity of value to all the money of the country, so that it shall be always and readily converted. That gold aud silver are the real standard of value, is a cherished Democratic sen? timent, not now nor hereafter to be aban? doned." I certainly could not have uacd that language in the campaign of If 74, and known that ailver was no longer money. A more important question made by Mr. Beimont is that the argument which excludes the payment of the'public debt in treat urr notes under the act of March, 1869, applies with a greater force under the act of 1873, which excludes the sil? ver dollar from the coinage. I think thnt is not correct. The act of 1869 was to remove any doubt, to settle the con? flicting interpretations of the laws under which the public obligations were con? tracted, and to pledge the faith of the United Slates to the payment of such obligation in coin. After full conside? ration, it became law. It was soon fol? lowed by the act to authorize the refund? ing of the national debt. That law provi? ded that $1,500,000,000 of bunds, which it authorized, should be redeemable in coin of the pre-tent standard value. Because the act of 1869 was a solemn pledge of my country, made by competent author? ity, I felt that it was binding, so binding, indeed, that it could only bo repealed to the prejudice of those to whom it was given. Why and wherein is the coinage act of 1873 more sacred and irrepealable than the coinage act of 1834, which it modi? fied ? Does the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof belong to the class of powers that, once exercised, be? come exhausted 7 If that were, so, the power bad been exhausted before the passage of the act of 1873. Or is it the right of the public or private creditor ei? ther to say to Congress, "You shall not | exercise tha constitutional power of coin? ing money and regulating the -value thereof, because by changing the stan? dard you may change the value of invest? ments ?" We have not recognized such a rule. There would be force in such a clause under the act of 1870, which pro? vides for the payment of bonds in coin of | the present standard value. The act of 1873 contains no pledge nor contract. It is legislation under the con? tinuing power of Congress, and subject to repeal or amendment, like any other law passed uuder the same .power. It is uot, therefore, in my judgment a question of public faith, but one of expediency only. Being such, it 3eems to me the part of wisdom to have some regard to the condition of financial distress that exists in the country, and to the dis? turbed state of the public mind that per? vades a largo portion of the country. Any change in the coinage is always a delicate and important work, ard should be made only after the most careful con? sideration of all the interests of the coun? try. ? Should silver money be restored? I have thought so. The pledge of 1869 of payment in coin, and the assurance in the act of 1870 of payment in coin at the then standard value, would seem to au? thorize, almost to require it. Compliance with a contrnct cannot be a breach of] public faitb. Our country is u large producer of silver. The quality of money is important to its value. I think that when restored, silver will approach and perhaps reach gold in value. But should experience prove that, it must remain below gold, because of its greater pro? duction, Congress has ample powers to provide against any evils likely to fol? low. Suffering will exhibit its presence by the cries of the baby, and should he re? moved by the prompt use of that highly recommended remedy, Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. It is free from Opitim. Price 25 cts. i Few are aware of the importance of checking a cough or Common cold in its first stage. That which in the beginning would yield to a mild remedy, if neglec? ted, soon preys upon the Lungs. Dr.( Bull's Cough Syrup affords instant relief.' Price, 25 cents. In the most genial baUnm ever uitt-i. by ?offerers from pulmonary dise/me?. It Is composed of herbnl products. vrhleTj have a sped 11c effect on the thront and lnncs; detaches from the air cclU all ir? ritating matter; cause* it to ho expecto? rated, and at once checks tho inflammation which produces tho co'Ujrli. A slnzlo doso relieves the moat distressing psiroxyxin, ?oothea nervouanesa, and enable* the nuf ferer to enjoy quiot rent at nich t. Beine; a pleasant cordial, it tonen tho weak *tom ach, and U specially recommended for children. What others say abo ut Tutt's Expectorant. Had Asthma Thirty Years, Baltimore, Ftbnu\ry%, 1875. ? "I have had Asthma thirty year*, ami never found a medicine that had lueh a happv effect." W. F. HOGAN, Charles St. A ChHd's Idea of Merit. N*ur Oklkans, Jioximbtr II, 1S76. "Tutt's Expectorant is a familiar name in my house. My wife thinks it the best medicine in the world, and the children say it is 'nicer than molasses c*ndy."' NOAH WOODWARD, 101 N. Poydrae St. "Six, and all Croupy." "1 am the mother of six children ; all of them have been croupy. Without Tutt's Kxpectnr.mt, I dnn't thinJc they ecnld have survived some of the attack*. It is a mother's blessing/' MARY STEVENS, Frankfart, Ky. A Doctor's Advice. " In my practice, I advUc idl families to keep Trtl '? Expectorant, in sudden emergencies, for coughs, croup, diphtheria, etc." ' T. P. ELLIS, M.D., Nswark, N. J. Bold by all druggitt*. Prim $1,00. Office 35 Murray Street, JTnn York. "THE TREE IS KNOWN By ITS FRUIT." " Tutt'sPi'J* are worth their weight in Rnld.'' REV. I. B. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky. "Tutt'a Pill* are a special Messing of the nine? teenth ccntury.1'-REV^FjR. 08GOOD, New York. "I haye used Tutt's Pills /or torpor of the liver, '/hey arc superior to any medicine for biliary dis? orders ever made." I. P. CARR, Attorney at Law, Augusts, Qa. 'I havo r.sed Tutt's Pills rive years in my family. They areuneqiialed forcostivenessand biliousness." F. R. WILSON, Georgetown, Texas. "I have used Tutt's Medicine with great benefit.'' W. W. MANN, Editor Mobile Register. "We sell fiftv boxes Tutt's Pille to five of all others."?SAYRE & CO., Cartoraville, Qa. "Tutt's Pills have only to be tried to establish their merits. They work like magic." W. H. BARRON, ?6 8ummer St., Boston. "There is no medicine soweit adapted to the cure of bilious disorders as Tutt'a Pills." JOS. BRUMMEL, Riohmond, Virginia. AND A Td??SflND MOKE. Hold by druggists. 95 cents a box. Office 35 Murray Street, New York. ZXTDOHSSD. HIGH TESTIMONY. FROM THE PACIFIC JOURNAL. -A CREAT INVENTION _ . has been made by Dn. Tutt, pf f. cw York, which restores youth nil beauty to the hair, That eminent chemist has succeeded In producing a Hair Dve which imitates nature to perfection. Old bachelors may now rejoice." Price $1.00. Office 35 Murray St., New Tork. Bold by all druggists. WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE, WILLIAMSTON, S. C. A Live Up-Country School for Girls. BET. S. LAHDES, A. M., President, WILL leave Branchville at 8 a. m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, and pass Colum? bia at 11, escorting pupils to williamston for the Spring Session, which opens on Monday, Feb. 4,1878. RATES, per Session of 20 weeks :? Board, exclusive of Washing.$05 00 Regular Tuition.$10 00 to 20 00 Instrumental Music. 20 00 TERMS?One-half of the Session's expen? ses must be paid in advance, the re? mainder at the middle, April 12. This rule wiil he rigidly enforced in every case. LOCATION? Healthy, accessible, quiet, pleasant. Community, moral, order? ly. No grog-shop within three miles. Chalybeate Spring in 200 yards. Fu pils attend three Churches in turn. COURSE OF STUDY?Somi-Annual, on the "Onb-Study" plan. Each pupil pursues one leading study at a time. Concentration of thought, increased interest, success, and enjoyment re? sult. Belles-Lettrcs, Natural Science, Mathematics, and Latin, required for graduation. Studious girls complete the Course in three years. PREMIUMS.?Every pupil who averages 75 or more is entitled to a discount of 10 to 50 per cent, on next Session's regu? lar tuition. FHYSICA I EXERCISE receives systemat? ic attention. Daily practice In Calis? thenics. Regular use of Health-Lift. Morning andevening walk, d>c ?ST Send for a Catalogue. Jan 3,1878 9 ly Greenville to South Carolina what Augusta, 6a., was before we had Railroads! WE would respectfully inform our numerous friends and customers in Anderson Coun? ty that wc are now receiving a full and complete line of Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Crockery, Groceries, Bagging and Ties, which will be sold low for Cash. We also offer Pmmps, Doors, Sash and Rilinds t\t manufacturers' prices, freight added. Give us a call when in our City, and be convinced tha'; you can do as well, If not better, with us than anywhere in upper 3. C. Mr. CHARLES M. McPHAIL, of Anderson County is with us, and will be pleased at all times to serve his frends. CELY & BR'D., Greenville, S. C. Sept 20, 1877 ?? _10 6m COME ONE ! COME ALL ! TO THE m i ii H & p And See the Great Variety of Hew and Beau? tiful Goods that are Daily Arriving-! ",C;rES, ire keep constantly ordering to koep up witli all the Latest Novelties, and to JL supply the many calls we have from our numerous customers. Give us a call before you purchase elsewhere, and be convinced that we are not to be undersold. We mean what we say. Our customers who have been indulged, will oblige us by cominp forward and settling up. We are determined not to let any Account stand over"until 1878. millinery and Mantua Department complete. Don't take our word. Call, see and be convinced. Nov 8.1877 11 ly ml BS ill. at I (k*tt07MClNS&PRESSES F0R$TEm WMJtORSE POWER. SORGHUM MILLS E-rcxre. neO/LAt WWSMfP &BR0. $GV?>f?* r" ATLANTA.GA. Gr. "V. DeGRAAR WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FURNITURE DEALER i UNDERTAKER. Undertaking in all its Branches. 147, 147 1-2 & 149 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. M TO THE PUBLIC. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Nov. 1, 1877. Y customers know that I have heretofore led the '?FuasrrcBE" trade of the South, in XTJL style, quality and prices. The time has come when these goods can be purchased as cheap from me as in the North and West. I do not go backward!, but continually raise the standard of my goods, and add new styles. I have made redact ions in prices wherever possible, and s pared no expense to place in your hands a Price Lint that will help you to purchase goodii. I respectfully invite you to call and examine my stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere. Orders by mail will receive as much attention as if given in person. It wor1 ' make the list too large to describe and copy all the different prices of Bedroom, Parloi ..uits, Dining Room, Office, Standing, Parlor and Ladies' Desks, Secretaries, Dwarf Libraries, and Hook Ctses, manufactured by me, and therefore, this list contains only a few of the prices of goods kept by roe. Thanking vou for past favors, I remain, yours respectfully, G. V. DcGRAAF. ^??~ No ohargc for Drayage or for Packing. Nov 1. 1877 1C ly CONCAREE IRONWORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. John Alexander, Proprietor. Reduced Prices Vertical Cane Mill.. LIST OF PRICES. 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter.$35 00 2 " 12 " ". 45 00 ?2 " 14 " " .:. 55 00 3 " 10 " " . 60 00 3 " 12 " " . 70 00 3 " 14 " " . 80 00 Above pricci complete with Frame. Without Frame, $10 less on each Mill. HORIZONTAL?3 Roll Mill, for Steam or Water Power.. 3150 00 Steam Lupines, Boilers, Cotton Presses, Grist Mills, AND SAW MILL GEARING, Of all kinds to order. IRON and BRASS CASTINGS on short notice and most rcasona able terms. REDUCED PRICES. Gin Gearing constantly on hand of the following sizes: 8 feet wheel and pinion.$21 00 9 " " . 23 00 10 " " . 25 00 11 ?' " ? . 30 00 lo " . 35 00 14 " " .?. 40 00 With Bolts. $3.50 extra for each. set. Antifriction Plates and Balls for Cotton Press, $10 and i-12 per^set. Would respectfhlly call attention to ten new patterns of Patent Iron Railings; can be run any length without posts. Also ten new patterns of Bannister. got up expressly by J. Alexander for the Fair. - I have a great many different patterns at my shop of old style ? will be pleased to show any one around who may call. Terms Cash on delivery at Railroad Depot in Columbia. Works foot of Lady Street, opposite Grctmvillc Railroad FreightDejpot SULLIVAN & CO., Agents Anderson, 6. C. Oct 4, 1877 '_1?__17 New Advertisements. Awarded tyActf prto it Centennial Expotition for fin* chewing qvalUit* and tzaZltna and luting enar acUr of ivtcUning and flavoring. The belt tobacco ?Ttr mt.de. At onr blue (trip tradamark la eloiely Imitated em Inferior mods, nee that Jadaon't Bat la on evorj Flap. Bold by all dealer*. Send for sample, free, to 0. ? JacxaoN ? Co., Mfra., Petersburg, Va. A FARM AND HOME OF YOUR OWN. Now is the Time to secure It ONLY FIVE DOLLARS FOR AN ACRE Of the best Land in America. 2,000,000 Acres In Eastern Nebraska, on the line of the Union Pa? cific Itailroad now for sale. 10 rears credit Riven, interest only 6 per cent. These aro the only land for sale on the line of this Great Railroad, the World's Highway. Send for The New "Pioxeeb," the best paper for those seeking new homes ever published. Full information, with maps, sent Fbkk. O. F. DAVJS; Laud Agent 17. I\ lt. Ii., Omaha, Nebraska. PIANO and Orjran Playing Learned in a Dayl No fraud. Particulars free. Agents Wanted. Rare chance. Address A. C. MORTON, Atlanta, Go. TJT/^ M-page Picture Book?fbek. My nlan JjJLVT brats all to make money. It Is easy, hon? est, and pays rou $10 a day. UAVID C. COOK, Chicago. " ?_ WORK FOR ALL. In their own localities, canvassing for the FIRE? SIDE VISITOR, (enlarged) Weekly and Monthly. Largest Paper In the World, with Mammoth Chro mos Frco. Dig Commissions to Agents, Terms and Outfit Free. Address P. O. YICKERY, Au? gusta, Maine. A ft EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, TCU 10 cts.. post paid. L. JONES 4 CO., Nas? sau, N. Y. _ PIANOS lor Orgniu, price 8310 only SW. Paper free. DANIEL F. HE ATT Y, Washington Retail price 3900 only $200. Por DAI New Jersey. dJflAA PER MONTH made selling the Gyre WtriUU scope or Planetary Top, buckeye Sta tTonoy Package, Magic Pen (no Ink required). Cat? alogue of Aecnla Goods free. BUCKEYE NOV? ELTY CO., Cincinnati, O._ "GRACE'S SALVL JoNESVILLE, .'IK il.. December 27, 1*77.? Messrs. Fowlcs: I sent rou 50rts for two boxes of Grace's Salve. I have Had t*n and hare urod them on an ulcer on my foo:, and it Is almost well. Respect? fully yours. C. J. Van Ness. Price 25 cents a box at all druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of 83 cents. Prepared by SETl'l W. FOWLK A SONS, 86d Harrison Avc., Boston, Moss. OTICF FINAL SETTLEMENT. The nndcrrigned, Admin istrator at Elijah and Nancy Klrod, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Jndjte of Probnte for Anderson County for a final settlement ol said Estates on the 20th day of March next, and for a final discharge. All persons having demands against the said Estaterfhrc hereby notified t<> present them on or before thntdnv or thev will be barred. .1. P. JOHNSON, Adm'r. Fob 14, 187? 31 .? &? Acer's Sarsaparilla For Scrofula, and all scrofulous diseascs,Ery sipclas, Rose or St. An? thony's Fire, Eruptions and Eruptive diseases of the skin, TJlcerations of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, Lungs, Pim i pies, Pustuies, Bcils, I Blotches, Tumors, Tet? ter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ringworm, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in the Bones, Side and Head, Female Weak? ness, Sterility, Leucorrhcea, arising from internal ulceration, and uterine disease, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis? eases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emacia? tion, General Debilitj j'and for Puri? fying the Blood. This Sarsaparilla is a combination of vegetable alteratives-Stillingia,Man drake, Yellow Dock?with the Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and is the most efficacious medicine yet known for the diseases it is intended to cure. Its ingredients are so skilfully combined that the full alterative effect of each is assured, and while it is so mild as to be harmless even to children, it is still so effectual as to purge out from the system those impurities and corruptions which develop into loathsome disease. The reputation it enjoys is derived from its cures, and the confidence which prominent physicians all over the country repose in it proves their experience of its usefulness. Certificates attesting its virtues have accumulated, and are con? stantly being received, and as many of these cases are publicly known, they furnish convincing evidence of the superiority of this Sarsaparilla over every other alterative medicine. So generally is its superiority to any other medicine known that we need do no more than to assure the public that the best qualities it has ever possessed are strictly maintained. PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical and Analytical Chcnii.it*. SOLO JtV ALL IMCOGISTS J5VFUYWHKRK. NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP AT B ELTON. THE undersigned takes pleasure in an? nouncing to his friends, and the pub? lic generally, that he is now prepared to do Plantation Work on short notice, with promptness and dispatch. He has two good Smiths, who will always be found at the anvil during work hours. A. R. COX, Belton, S. C. Jan SI, 1S7S 2U 5 A New Life in the Land THE Exhibition in Anderson was one of the most remarkable events since the war. In point of numbers, talents and dis? tinguished ability, nothing could have ex? ceeded it. At every stage of its proceed? ings it was manifest that a new life is in the land. The celebrated Dr. Hkikitsh was there, and advocated Southern Medicine* -or Southern people. His Family Medicines are household remedies. HErNITSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT pu? rifies the blood. HEINITSH'S BLOOD AND LIVER PILLS?For Liver Complaint, Sick Headache, Dull Feelings, Loss of Appetite. HEINITSH'S ROSE CORDIAL ?For ' Bowel Complaint. STANLEY'S COUGH SYRUP?Cures Coughs. Colds, Anthma, Catarrh. MOTHER DARLING'S INFANT COR* DIAL?For all complaints incident to Teething, Sour Stomach Crying. THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the great? est Pharmaceutical product ever, discovered for all disorders and dis? eases which have their origin in the blood. Health may now he regain? ed. Life prolonged. Beauty re? stored. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Scrofula, Swelling of the Glands, Gcitre. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Nerroaa De bility._ QUEEN'S D'eLIGHT?For Indigestion, Liver Complaint. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Consumptive Patients as an invigorating cordial. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For General Pros? tration. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For all Cutaneous Diseases, Blotches, Boils, Pimples, <vc, etc. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. PHEPAEED BT ' E. H. HEINITSH & SON, Columbia, S. 0. Aug 16, 4877_13_ly_ NEW CONFECTIONERY! POPULAR GOODS. THE undersigned having opened n fresh and complete line of CONFECTIONERIES, Such as? Candles, Raisins, Bananas, Oranges, ?Lc Together with the best brands or Ci? gars, and a fine lot of Toys and Fancy Articles, And many other things, respectfully invite the visits of the trading public and it share of patronage. Our goods are nice, frish and cheap. They will certainlyplease you. We alsoteceive FRESH OYSTERS regularly. SLOAN & C\, Under Store of B. F. Crayton dc sons. Dec 13,1877 22 3m T. C. GOWER & CO; Greenville, S. C, wholesale and retail dkalbm Iff JJOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MANTELS and SHINGLES, STAIR WORK, NIWBT.3, HAND-RAILS and BALUSTERS, LIME, CEMENT and LATHS. GLASS, in any quantity. TEMPLE'S IMPROVED MI 1MB PHP, Sewer and Drain PIPING. The most complete establishment in the up-country from which to procure BUILDERS' SUPPLIES. Send lists for estimates. yar Thankful for past favors from the people of Anderson, we respectfully request a continuance of the same. T. C. GOWER & CO., Greenville, 8. C. Nov 8,1877_17_ S25QO a .Year. ACTIVE, ENERGETIC AGENTS WANTED On Oar Grand Combination Prospectus OF 150 Distinct Publications! and : 100 Styles of Bibles and Testaments ! Representing Agricultural, Biographical, Historical, Religious and Miscellansous Works of universal interest. A Novel Feature in Canvassing 111 Sales made from this Prospectus when all single Book fail. It contains something to suit every tos:.c. We are also offering spe? cial inducements on our Premium Family Bibles, English and German, Protestant and Cath? olic. Awardvd Superiority over all others, for their Invaluable Aids and Superb Bind? ings, at the Grand Centennial Exposition, 1876. Also General and Local AGENTS WANTED on OUR GREAT WAR BO OK, The most Comprehensive, Reliable and Ac? curate History of the Great Contest between the RUSSIA.n and the TURK. With ita 300 elegant Engravings, Mans and Plans, the most showy, desirable and useful Book now published. Liberal Terms. Particu? lars free. Address 10HN E. POTTER Sc CO.. Publishers, PHILADELPHIA. Sept 13,18?'/ 9_lj THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. Ex Parte A. T. Broylcs, Administrator, In Re. the Personal Estate of S. M. Van Wyck, deceased.?Petition for Instruction, and an Accounting. TO OZEY B. VAN WYCK: ' YOU are hereby require to answer the petition in this case, a copy of wh ich is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer on the iubscr?ier within twenty days after the service herejf : and if you fail to do so, the subscriber will apply to the Court for the relief demauded in his petition. Anderson C. H., S. C, Jan. 18,1878. A. T. BROYLES. To Ozey B. Van Wyck: Take notice that the petition in this a sc was filed in the Probate Judge's office, for the County and State aforesaid, on the eighteenth day of January, 1878, asking in? structions as to how the petitioner is to pay out the funds in his hands, and make parti? tion of the same. A. T. BROYLES. Jan 24, 1878_28 6 BARNARD'S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, 2G3 Kinu St., Charleston, S. C. THIS is one of the largest and finest Gal? leries in the South. New and costly instruments have been obtained; also, fine Photographic Furniture and Scenic back? grounds. The work turned out of this Gal? lery cannot be surpassed, cither in finish or in faithfulness of copy. Mr. Barnard lias had thirty-four years experience in the aft, and is now prepared todo all styles of work. He attends personally to all sittings, and is dctorinincd none shall go away dissatisfied. Prices have been reduced 25 perceiU. A* large assortment of 1 rames and Fit? tings for Photographs on hand. Sept 20,1877 10 fcn