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K. H. nlTTRXttvt Elli*cr. THURSDAY M0RN1H8, APRIL ll, 1878. t_i. .?' .i H .i ?? mi i S?ST If vst hoe our own row we will do tcetf. Weean afford io differ on local affaire--tuck at the fence lac-but we can not afford lo be divided on State matter?. Some say that I patted the fence law, but I had nothing to do with it. Your County was the first to adopt the system of primary elections, be governed by its result, and al' low no independents to run. Independents may sometimes be good men, but now they are our worst enemies. Be united in this grand movement, and send your bett men to the legislature. I urge you to be united. Do this, and you will find South Carolina immutably redeemed. I urge you to do it as the one thing mott important.-Extract from Gov. Hampton's Bpeech at Anderson. Gol. B. C. Watta, of Laurene, has been PBsocIated with Mr. T. B. Crews as part proprietor and ono of the editora ot the LeuronsvHlo Herald. Col. Watts is a yoong lawyer of prominence and fins talent, and with Mr. Crewe will no doubt fully sustain the long established pros perity and public favor which the Herald may well be proud of. Governor Hampton has appointed Rev. J. E. Dunlap, of Marion, Hons. Charles Petty, of Spartanburg, j. ti. Mur ray, of Anderson, and Henry P. Archer, of Charleston, to compose tho State Beard of Examination under the new school law. Hon. H. S. Thompson, State Su perintendent of Education, is ex officio chairman of this board. MoEvoy has again been respited until the 19th inst, by Governor Hampton, in accordance with a request from Judge Thomson, who is now holding Court at Aiken. The grounds upon which the respite is granted are purely technical, and it is probable that Judge Thomson will resentence McEvoy to core ?ny pos sible defect in the present order of execu tion already pronounced. There Is, how ever, no doubt that the doomed man will be executed, as all efforts to secure his pardon have been unavailing. Ex-Go vernor F. J. Moses, Jr., was ar rested in New York on the 7th instant upon a requisition from Gov. Hampton upon n charge of forging J. Woodrr fife name to a note for $310, and passing il upon James Allan, an account of whh-l transaction will bo found in nnothei column. He attempted to get released upon a writ of habtat corpus, but up tc the last accounts his efforts have failed; and he will doubtless be brought back tx rf-fU - ?,*__*._? . J_ * -..t* *- ? uudl iSiWU Iii Sm JSW USJe '.Vi nnk*. iii. trial. From present indications the Fen' itentiary will yet be honored by the resl dence in it for a term by an ex-Governoi of Routh Carolioa. Tho Hews and Courier has reduced iu rates for tba present campaign, as wll! be seen from its prospectus publisher! elsewhere. As a newspaper there is nc more complete journal in the South. lb editorial, news and local department! aro presided over by experienced ant able journalists, who have made the rep u tatton of the paper equal to, if no greater, than any paper that wa? eve; published in South Carolioa. Noitbe time, labor nor exponao are spared bj the proprietors of the Near and Couria In mata-lava? U U-.w - itt. tVa_t" aa. a a avv|i J>s?v\> ?-a*u IUD pgo ti which it is published, and it is worthy c the moat liberal patronage. Judge Shaw last week t;d rifted Car dozo to bail lu the sum of eight thousant dollars, and the ex-Treasurer is ona more free. The insignificant bail re quired' gives the transaction sosothinj of the appearance of a fr ree, *<;d w have no doubt th&i *.h*> J win to for felted, and thus the Ure remnant of tut Committee's investigation will crumb!; away. Thia seems to us rather too eas] . a let off ?or Mr. Cardoso, anti only af fords another proof that the public crim ina! goes free while the petty thief mas be punished. Wo cannot get over th* idea that an official rogue deserves ai much punishment as a private one.. The prospect of war in Europe has ncr; materially changed in the past week, al though the feelings of the powers of Eu rope seem to be growing more paelf> Russia and England still menace '?nell other, and m?ditation continues. Eng land calculates on a long war, by which she can break down the finances of Rus sis, while Russia intends to make it sheri and decisive by invading British India If war does break out it wttS Involve th? whole of Europe, and while it will great ly advance American interests generally it will bo very injurions to the price ol cotton, and thereby inflict immense in jury upon the South. Any opinion as tc tho result at present of the European complications la mere speculation, and there are different views taken of the probabilities by leading diplomata in thia country and in Europe. The following incident of a great son of Carolina Is revived again, and affords a pleasant .reminder of tho noble mo tives and lofty patriotism which distin guished our publie men a half century ago, and ls worthy of the Imitation of the public servants of to-day. If we could have a return to office of men act ing apo a tho noble impulses which Cal houn expressed in the following narra tive our government would bo once more happy and prosp?rons ; jJewiaCrager, ono of the old style ol DeeiooTAts, contributes to the Washing ton I** the following : I was press?t at the cid fVmHy mansion of tho Calhoons, among clio mountains of Pendleton, when the committees of all the Northern OonvcuwufiS mSStsd SpOS th?? ?mtuMi. statesman to offer him tho Presidency upon th? condition of his giving up the doctrine of nullification. The grand old Roman, slowly rising from his teat and .elevating his majestic: figure to its high ?st Storey exclaimed in the loftiest toni? of Als stentorian a volee, "J *?*tf4 Ticj ncystr* ifr?j?Ciin? to v??mtse cn jonrnfff rorr _ Tho Coluaibio Regid*? informs ns that well known philanthropist Jteft New York ou 'J^oasday, the 2od in?L, fiCfioror jpaftied by his daughter, Mrs. Abrain 6. Hewitt, for -.journey through'tho South on States. Tba principal object of Mr. vf?noper's visit ia to view, tbs eoj&t? fecund Sparianburg, in thia Bta%; and specially to >xv?fi.&;4?* l?nx^ton? Spring? property, where he propose? to establish an "Institut of Science" for the education of Southern girls, although thc- iuujcci docs not contempiate exclud ing youug ladies from any section of the country, if they choose to avail them selves of its advantages. His plan will be for al) tho pupils to pay their own board and defray their personal expenses, while instruction of the most liberal character will be without charge. Mr. Cooper has probably reached this State er? this time, and will be most hospitably received wherever he goes as a gentleman of high character and known liberality, as well as a friend and sympathizer of the South. We would be pleased to have him visit Anderson in his tour of South Carolina. Alexander H. Stephen? bas introduced a bill providing for an increase of the Supreme Court Judges of the United States from niue members, as at present constituted, to fifteen members, who aro to be divided into five sections, of three each, and ?hall divide the business of the Court among the several sections as fol lows: One taking ali cases involving commercial law, banking, and conflict of j law; the next taking cases of admiralty, criminal cases, claims upon foreign Gov ernments, und insolvent laws; number three taking all cases involving patents, wills, estates, copyrights, ejectment*, public lands; numbor five taking all cases involving taxes, chancery, Federal duties and revenues, uses and trusts, and mandamus practice. Under Mr. Ste phen?' bill, ail coses exceeding $500 in volved can be brought to the Supreme Court; all cases of original jurisdiction, of treaties under the laws and authority of the United States, in which the Uni ted States or any of the States may be a party, or any appeals from "t?te Courts on constitutional questions shall be ar gued before tho entire bench of the fif teen Judges as at present. ? Speighlt' Daily Newspaper will not bo happy without the State Democratic Convention is called to assemble in Greenville this summer, and is somewhat concerned on account of the suggestion made by us last week that the Conven tion would find a hearty welcome at An derson. In reply to our article our neighbor says, In effect, that if the Con vention comes here it will havo to tent out. This is, howovor, a great mistake, and if the call should bo made for An derson, we will guarantee that tho Con S "oution shall find as comfortable accom modation ns it will get iu either Green ville or Spartanburg. Anderson has en tertained large crowds, and can do so again if the opportunity presents itself. Next, our contemporary attacks our claim for enthusiasm, and says it is all bosh. Wo do not care to discuss this subject, as it might be odious to our good friends in Greenville, but we respectfully refer the impatial reader to tho character of the political meetings held in Ander son, and to a componaos of ino Demo cratic majority given by thia and other countirs We think it will ahow our lost article to be correct, and now once for all we renew the invitation for the Convention to come to Anderson, if it does not meet in Columbia thia year. HATES' TITLH TO THE PRESIDENCY. Hon. Montgomery Blair, of the Mary land General Assembly, boa aocured tho passage of his resolutions in structing the Attorney General of Ma ryland to take such proceedings in the Courts of tho United States aa may be) necessary to give force and effect to the electoral vote of Maryland in the last Presidential election, or in other words to teat Mr. Hayes' titi? to the Presidency. In order for a hear I; .-.j of the case to bo hod by tho Supremo Court, ?t will be necessary for Congress to pass an act au j lhor?2'??? tho prosecution of the case. Judge Blair hos goue to Wellington, and ls confident of tho passage of ruch legis* lotion na moy bo necessary to oring tho matter into the courts, and secure a fair and thorough investigation-of thc wboU election. The tnmntiitlon tty Mr Hayes to veto any auch bill would bo very great? but be could not afford to do so, and if ho did, Congress would unusubtedly poss Ii over his veto, for such a atep would show conscious guilt on his part. . The battle will be for the passage of the law, and if it is effected, then the prospect of unseating Mr. Hayes will be ; a very fair one. In our opinion, ?very Congressman should vote for this law. t% is right and proper that a judicial de curi?n of thia vexed question ahould be bad to pat it forever at rest. No man can afford by his vote to block the only ?venue to truth, for if Mr. Hayes was justly elected the country is entitled to know li, and if he was sot elected, then ?very friend of republican government will agreu in the opinion that Mr. Tilden ought to have the oraos. We cannot as a people afford to allow tho result of the ballot box to be defeated by the rascali ties of political bummers. We cannot afford to make the voice of the peoplo subject to veto by a political party, or by the infam?os tools of a party tyrant. We want, in the language of Governor Hampton, a government of "free ballots ..nd free men," and it will be Impossible to aus tain such a government if the highest office in the nation is to be ob tained by a political theft, committed by means of false and forged returns. The country iceli ina* Hr, Hayes ts ? irand -that he tras no? elected, and that he knows lt The people believe that their j Votes hav? hean set aside, and we agree with Judge Blair in wishing to seo tn? subject judicially tested. If lt should be tested, then the result will cer tainly be beneficia], for it will deter a a repetition of tba crime by showing tb?.t th? Coarta have power to examine and correct irach frauds. If it ahonld sustain Mr. Hayes, It would put at rest the charges against him and satisfy the coun try. If it should oust Mr. Hayes, lt would be the grandest triumph ever won in the cause of haman rights and of re publican government. - Mies Wood, cf Richland County, who shot and killed Boranel Henry, in November. 1877, while assaulting her with criminal ?ntent, was tried In Co lumbia last Mouday and acquitted. *' - Jftrter Cooper, the eccentric philan thropist, lives i? a large square house near the beginning of laington aver.no. Ho wears hrs hatrtoni,' ?nd hoi singular becrd of ? ?ort of fan ahape.x Mri Cooper always carries with him an air eildon, wfcjdb bo blows ap to ?it on. HORSE STOLEN* On the let day of April, * o?an pre lendlng io hs S ??c'uiuii., hired e hone j from Ur. T. J. Lc??, io gu ?uto the coun try, aud failed io return. When hut heard of, he crossed the Savannah River at Andersonville to the Georgia side and was at Hartwell. The man bad on a grey suit, had a sandy moustache, sallow face, was about j 5 feet 10 inches high, and about 35 years old. The horse was a light bay, with a small star in the forehead, about 14} hands high, and was 7 or 8 years old. Iiis tail had t*cn chewed off by mules. A reward of twenty-five dollars will be given for the delivery of the honm, and fifty dollars for tho horse and man. We hope that Gov. Hampton will also offer a reward for this thief, and that ho may be brought to punishment for his bold crime. THE RED SHIRTS. The Charleston Jourral of Commerce of a recent date cont 'ins a communica tion from Aiken claiming that the Hon. G. D. Tillman WRS tl > first man in South Carolina to suggest the redshirt uniform, which became such a favorite with the ; Democratic mounted clubs of 187G, and ! contributed so largely to the confidence and enthusiasm "Inch prevailed during the canvass of that year. The correspon dent gives as the date -pon which the uniform waa finit worn the first Tuesday :a September, which ros tho fifth day of the month, and fixes the occasion as the night of the Democratic torch light pro cession in Aiken. This statement L incorrect, so far as it designates Hon. G. D. Tillman as the first to suggest and the Currytown Sabre Club as the first to wear the red shirt, as has already been clearly shown by the Columbia Register. We now refer to it to concur w..li tho Register in testifying to the fuct '.hat the Pendleton Company, now commanded by Capt. J. C. Stab ling, but during the can YOB? of 1876 commanded by Col. A. J. Sitton, were tho finit to wear this uniform, which was suggested by Col. Sitton. The Pendleton Company appeared at tho grand Hamp ton meeting held at Anderson on Satur Jay, the 2nd day of September, in full ctiilbrm, and had been wearing their uniform for a week before the meeting. On referring to tho files of the INTELLI GENCER, we find that In our issue of August Slst, which went to press on the afternoon of August 80th, it was an nounced that the Pendleton Company bad adopted tho red shirt as a uniform for tho campaign. 1 nero can bo no mis tako about the dates, and Auderson ia certainly ahead, although it ia quite a coincidence that Mr. Tillman Bhould have adopted the eanie idea about tho same time. {Redmond Proposes to Surrender to the State Authorities. We are reliably informed that Lewis R. Redmond, wno has so recently be come notorious throughout tho length and breadth of the United States, ex _ _ J"l" *,"_4. .L. ? m umm ... atvO|m Liio ici IUD imposed upon bis followers by Judge Mackey, and givo his bond and security, if necessary, to keop the peace and obey the laws 'a the future. As to the killing of Duckworth, he says that that offense was committed in North Carolina, and be ia willing to take Ina chances in that State, as he is satisfied that with a fair trial, he would be ac Siuttcd, for the killing was done in self efenso ; that Duckworth drew his pistol on bim, and had no warrant for hiB ar rest, or at least ho would not show it. As to the shooting of Barton and Hen dricks in. this State last year, he says that he would not ha, o d?no soil they and party had not robbed bim when they arrested him. He saya that if they had only taken his horses, wagon and whiskey he would not have resisted, but would have quietly submitted and gono along with the officials. But whoa they tied aud robbed bi-n af his overcoat, dresscoat, boots, hat and money, it was too much for human na ture .J bear, and ho at once determined to defend himself and rcseut the hiBulti heaped upon him. Thia waa the begin ning of his troubles in thio State, and bau tho revenue officials treated him aa a human being, he would not hav* resisted them. As tn tho State laws he saya he never intended >c violate them, that, he vaa not \ n ?uy sense connected with the release of prisoners from tho jail at thia place, and that if hs has violated any State law he ia williug to give his bond and security to keep tho peaco and h? ceme a loyal and l?r?-?u?uiug citizen in the future. Wo desire it distinctly understood that we ore no apologist for Redmond or any other violator of the law, bnt simply ana briefly give his own statement of nie side of the caso. But wo will say here that we believe there is muoh truth in what he says, and that if he is permitted to como in under the same conditions ai those required of his followers, ho will faithfully and honestly abide the laws and keep the peaeo in the future-Pick ens Sentinel. Carpet-Bag Gratitude. WASHINGTON, April 1. Ex-Represenativo L. Cass Carpenter, of South Carolina, who was in prison for overthrce months, convicted of pre sentlug fraudulent claims for printing and advertising against the State, ar i rived here on Thursday, having been par doned by Governor Hampton, He says there is no protection for Republicans in South Carolina, and that lt the colored Representative Smalls, Senator Patterson or ex-Governor Chamberlain ever go to that State again they will certainly bo sent to the penitentiary. He says Pat terson is still under eight indictments, mostly for bribery, and that if Smalls does not return and staud his trial he must forfeit his ten thousand dollar bond. He thinks 8enator Butler has been of no service to Patterson, and that Butler and Hampton are not as friendly as formerly, ead -here ie rc "utlcr ?? lil not. Irv aula VJ help Patterson in the future. He does not thiuk Patterson will ever return to South Carolina. According to Carpenter, Senator Patterson still adheres to Butler, and says he Will vote for Butler as against tho claims of Corbin to a seat in tho Senate. Carpenter says that every jury man who convicted aim offered to in dorse his application for pardon, and that two jurymen made affidavit that they voted to convict him bolievlng their lives would not have been safe otherwise. He said he. never applied for a pardon, nor allowed hts friends .to do so for him. PA?WONED.-Tbe Governor has par | doned "John Agnew, Mayor of Colum bia," fer an offense of which he was con victed in a Trial Justice's court in this city lest summer. The crime ahamA a gai an the Mayer was that !r%ii.jj. un necessary force upon a helpless inebri ate after he was in his Honor's custody, by kicking him while he lay prostrate on the ground. The pardon was sought for the purpose of saving a fin? of fifi and cost, imposed by the Trial Justice. \ We would have something to say about the mercy extended to the convicted man io thia case, but as he is about to leave pub lie lifo for good, we trust and believe that .? charitably disposed; people are willing Iq let him slide.-Cb/?j?&ia Reg ister.' KISTOS? OF THE CHIME Aud of tho Varions tSl??to and Devices A?c-yU*Z hg- ino slippery Bogue to C*oapo it* Con?e<jnrBM?. Tb? announcement wu mad? in the Associated Press dispatches ye?t?rdiy that cx-Gov. Franklin J. Moses had been arrested in New York on Sundsy night, on a charge of forgery, had been lodged in the Tombs and would be brought to Charleston in a few daya. It ia proper to mention just here, aaya the Newt and Courier, that a true bill waa found against Mose?, at the last term of tho Court of General Sessions, in Charleston, and on this very charge, and that in order to further the ends of justice, at the request of the Solicitor, no mention of tho fact has previously been made in thia paper. The'facta of the case are these ; In January, 1877, F. J. Moses, being engaged as editor of a Radical evening paper published in this city, went into the jewelry store of M:. James Allan, King sire'.;, and expressed the desire to see Borne of bia choicest stock. The an niversary of bis wife'e wedding day, he said, confidentially, was near at band, and ho waa desirous of showing his affec tion by presenting her with some hand some pieces of jewelry. Mr. Allan went carefully through his show-cases and ex hibited article after article, and after long consideration the ex-Goveisor se lected a watch and chain, several brooch es, rings, ?cc., amounting in value to 4310. After the articles bad been neatly put away in their case?, Mr. Allan stated tho amount of the bill and suggested that he would like to have cash. Moses replied that be woe desirous of getting a little time, an? osKcd if Mr. Allan would not consent to take his note for the gooda. Mr. Allan ?tated that he did not icA warranted in accepting his note, intima ting gently but firmly that it was possi ble toot it might go to protest. Moses, nothing daunted, then inquired if Mr. Allan would accept his note with an endorsement, to which he replied that if the endorser was good he would agree. Moses retired and the next day returned with the note endorsed by Josephus Woodruff, of Printing Bing fame. The endorsement being satisfactory, Mr. Al lan accepted tho note and turned the articles over to the "native . oung Gover nor." A few days subsequent to thia little transaction Mr. Allan met Woodruff in the street, and, being desirous cf getting some money at the timo, asked Wood ruff if he would like to "shave" his note. Woodruff, very much surprised, stated that he had given him no note. Mr. Allan stated the circumstances, and Woodruff replied that he had not signed the note, that he had not acen Moaea within three montha of that time, and that bo had given bim no authority to sign hin name. ? Mr. Allan then obtained an interview with Moses, which, from all accounts, must have been very rich and racy. Upon entering tho room in which tho ox-Governor eat. Mr. Allan remarked that he had called to arrange a little irregularity in the note which he had given him a few days before. Moses, somewhat surprised, but with an air of perfect composuro, said : "Ab, indeed I I was not awaro of any irregu larity. I will be happy to correct it." Mr. Allan said : "Well, sir, tho irregu larity is simply this, Mr. Woodruff says that he did not sign that note 1" Moses, with the utmost tang froid and smiling blandly, replied: "Why, my dear sir, I didn't toll you that Mr. "Wood ruff signed the note; but did he not tell ...... ?hat Vin ""?I,".;"...I tmm. *~ 1.1 j - - - - - u \J .......... ...vj w .'gu UM? nnmc for him?" Mr. Allan said : "No, sir 1 It ia quite the reverse. Mr. Woodruff aaya that he did uol authorize you to sign his nnme, nor has he seen you within three months 1" Like a tender plant struck by the win ter's blaet Mr. MOJOS wilted. He saw that the bluff game would avail him no longer, so throwing up hui hand, he pen itently said: "Well, air, you've got mel but if you will give mo until to-morrow morning I will arrango the whole mat ter." Not knowing exactly what else to do, Mr. Alian consented to this proposi tion and retired. The next morning Moses walked into Mr. Allan's establishment with the air of ono who had the means to do and the will to dare, asked the proprietor care lessly in what manner he would prefer to have tho matter arranged. Mr. Allan replied that h= would ?ike to get the money. "The money," Bald Moses, "of courso, if I had toe money I could arrange the matter without your consent, but what I would like to know ls in what nay it would suit you best to havo this matter settled," "Well," replied Mr. Allan, "if you will return ms the articles I will agree tc call it square." "But," said Moses, "I desire to retain somo of those articles, at least, and I have a proposition to moke, which, J. think, will be satisfactory. I will re turn you a portie, cf tb'? a^'^'-ea and will give you an order on my paper, which will oe paid on Saturday night, for t J i ? :.-?i?u?e. To thia Mr. Allan assented as the best thing he could do nnder the circumstan ces, aud accordingly . Moaes returned Bhortly with about one hundred dollars' worth of the goods, and gave the prom ised order for the balance. When Sat urday night arrived the order was dis honored, and Mr, Allan had again to seek redress from Moses in person. Promises were freely made by th? ex Governor that he would settle up very shortly, ?nd during the next few davB his father, tho Chief Justice, being ill he left the city to visit bim. Shortly after his arrival in Columbia Mr. Allan re ceived a letter purporting to have boen written by the Cnict Jsstice, and stating that "Frank" hod informed him of the facta of the case, and thai he would see that the matter was speedily settled. The Chief Justice died, and the next excuse tho heir made that he would have to remain in Columbia to settle up his father's estate. Convinced of the deliberate guilt of Moses, Mr, Allon placed the matter in ?be hands of Solicitor Jervcy, who in December last prepared tho pap?is and placed s warrant of arrest in the hands of a trial Justice. Moses must have been on the alert, however, for tho very day that the warrant waa prepared he left for tho North and has remained there ever alnce. About a month ago the solicitor secured a requisition for his arrest from the Gov ernor, and a special agent was deputed tc execute tu? v. ?u nul, n-u?ch resulted a? above stated in his arrest on Sunday night 3 Moses will arrive her? lu a few deys, and will be lodged lu jsll to await trial at the June term of the court, Here, at last, is a ease against a prom? incnt ex-)eader of the Republican party of South Carolina, which ls purely com mercial in its nature, and cannot oy any means be dubbed a political prosecution. MoGoWAW TOB LXKDTBKAHT-GOV knuoB--WA he?* been isibrsscd that Colonel Simpson will not be a candidate for re-election to the office of Lloutcnant Governor. We regret this. So efficient an officer, so honorable, patriotic sod wise * statesman should be kept in the public service. But in lieu of the va 0*J*?y thus te bs ?tBu?, we nominate our distinguished fellow-citizen. General Mc Gowan. Abbeville has bad na represen tation on the State ticket, though it ia conceded everywhere that abe has as many able men within her borders as any county in the State, and foremost id tue rank? of these is General McGowan. In company with Hampton he has be t;un the campaign. Let them together cad us os to a victory in the fall greater in number of vote? thej that of 1870. The ball ia in motion to that end, and we arge ita onward course, with these two men os leaders.-Nintto-SSx Guardian. CHARLESTON'S HIBTOBIO CHIMES. Early in the special session of Congress *? riPtii.lop. nsz :n.rc.2t;oad <a thc liva ec tor the relief of St. Michael'* Church. Charleston, 8. C., praying for the remis sion of the duties upon the hells of the church, which were recently, recast in England and replaced in tue tower of the edifies. Those bells have a historic interest. The chime was originally im ported from England into the province of South Carolina in 1763. They were seised in the city of Charleston in 1770 and sent to England, where they were bought by an English merchant. In 1784, at the close of the revolutionary war, the bells were returned to Charles ton and again hung in the steeple of St. Michael's, where they remained undis turbed until 1863, when tho Federal for ces began shelling the city. The church steele being a conspicuous mark for srtM.ery practice and within the range of shells, the bella were removed to Colum bia for safety. In the fire of February, 1866, which devastated a large part of Columbia, all the bells were cracked by the beat, and were again sent to England to be recast at the same foundry at which they were originally made. In February, 1867, the bells were brought back to this country, and duties to the ^nount of $1,688.65 were paid under protest. The Committee ort Ways and Means has agreed to submit a favorable report em bodying the prayer of the petitioner.?. REFUSING TO ASUIQN COUNSEL. Judge Hudson peremptorily declines to assign counsel to defend persons charged with crime of lesa degree than capital offences. This course, which, by the way, bas a precedent in the action of Judge Mackey at tho lost term be pre sided here, will have a happy effect in checking crime in the future. Hereto fore, petty crimes have been committed almost with impunity, the perpetrators being aacurtd in advance, by the reputa tion of Sheriff Glenu aa a dieter, that they would be well fed and cared for, and when the time for trial arrived, able counsel would be assigned them, and they would stand, in a reasonable degree, a chance of acquittal. Such will not be the case hereafter. Nor is the rule ap plied to colored prisoners alone, in the case of tho State against Millwood, a white man, who was without counsel, the Judge plainly announced that it was not in tho province of the court to assign counsel ; that bo had no more authority i io direct a iawyer to defend him than to command a farmer to donate bim a quan tity of corn. Aside from the salutary elie ct which will follow this ruling, it will also bo a great relief to members of, the bar.- Yorkville Enquirer. - It is a foregone conclusion, sayB the Laurens vi He Herald, that Governor Hampton will be renominated and re elected, and we are in favor of tho entire State ticket being renominated as they were selected to lead what many thought "a forlorn hope." During the last cam paign they boro the brunt of the battle and came out victorious, and we are sor ry to see that thoughtless persons or malcontents arc speaking of others in connection with the office of Lieutenant Governor than the gentleman whose name heads this article. Now Colonel Simpson, it is urged by some, is no can didate for re-election. This ia true, but he was no candidato before ; he is not the man to electioneer or lobby for an office. It would be base ingratitude on the part of the people of the State not to re-elect him to that position he now so ably fills. As a patriot, an intellectual gentleman and nure Christian., he ia the equal of any and inferior to no one in the State-and to fail to keep h:m where he ia would verify tho old adage about the people-"that they cry hozannah to a man to-day and crucify him to-mor row." - We publish in another column an article from the Ninety-Six Guardian, which states that it has received informa tion that Colonel Simpson will not be a candidate for re-election to the office of Lieutenant Governor, and nominating General McGowan for that place. If the Guardian's information U to the effect that Colonel Simpson is not a candidate for the office referred to, or a seeker of any office, as generally understood, he is correct. But we speak by authority, when we say that Colonel Simpson bas not alvan 0ut any information on thia subject; that he is now, as heretofore, ready and TrU'lct' to eerve tba State in any capacity ; and that he occupies the Bame position, in this respect, which Governor Hampton does, when he de clares he is not a candidate for Governor again.-Greenville Hew?. - On Saturday, 30th ultimo, Jcase Mitchum and hia son, in company with Henry W. Black, were on their way home from Branchville, when young Mitchum and Black became involved in a difficulty. The former drew a pinto! and attempted to thoo*: the latter. Kt this critical moment the oh1 gentleman sprang between the two disputants, and while attempting to . arrest tho bloody Surpose of his son, received the ball om his son's pistol that was intended for Mr. Black, from the effects of which ho died.-Oollet?n Democrat. ? - Sonator John J. Patterson told the Washington correspondent of the Phila delphia Time? a few days ago that, in hia own opinion, Howe can now go to the White House and get anything ne wants. He says tho only way to got anything out of Hayes is to abuse him. Ho bas tried it and knows. The day after Patterson made hia speech against the President he was sent for by Mr. Hayes, and ever since then he has got everything he asked (nr. His. man was appointed collector for Charleston a few days after ho made his speech. ?ramge Golmmn* Under tba Superrlilon of the Executive Committee ot Pomona Grange. Orrville Grange, No. 216, will meet at R. L. Williams' school house on the third Saturday evening, 20th inst., at 2 o'clock p. m. Every member of the Grange must be present, as there is busi ness of importance to be transacted. M. BERRY WILLIAMS, W. M. Sec.vt?.? ?o? v? ?ub-Grauge* wiii please bear in mind that the first quarter of 1878 expired on 81st March, and that their quarterly reports ore now due to the Sec retory of Pomona Grange. And his re port is dqe the Secretary of the State Grange within ten days from that time, but that report will bo withheld until the 1st of June, to allow ample time for all sub-Granges to send in their reports, by which means we hope to entirely exclude tho "wliiHj???t roil" from this column, as well as from the entire list of sub Granges in this County. In two months more we confidently expect to be author ized to announce that there is not a dor mant Grange ty? 4iRp.<r>jerJ Grasjrc in oar bounds. J. W. NORRIS, Secretary P. G., P. H. Pomona Grange held its first quarterly meeting for the present year in Temper ance Hall on the 6th iustaot under favor able auspices. With a good turnout, members zealous for the good of tho Order, harmony prevailing, and an earn est desire for_ more faithful co-operation in the good work begun, ve are enoour aged. We regret that any of our Grange? found it inconvenient to be rep-^esenteJ. The 6th degree wa? conferred on a '.erg* j number of candidate?, among whom were ' several ladies. We rejoice to see a grow ing interest on tbe part of the ladies in the Grange movement, which we think may be set down as an unerring indica tion of its final success. To the' females of our country tho effect of true Grange principles will bear favorable comparison with the elevating influences of the civ ilization of a heathen community upon woman. A resolution was presented and discussed proposing to hold two conven tions of sub-Granges during the next Bummer, one ir. the northern and the other in the southern portion of the Couuty. The proposition was generally regarded with favor, and finally adopted. Tho Associate Granges having invited tho Convention to meet with them at Harper Grange, on the 4th Saturday in July next, wa? accepted and adopted. Tho time for the other Convention can bo appointed at our regular meeting in July, and will probably be fixed for sometime in August, with some Grange in the lower part of the County. If these meetings should prove successful, it is contemplated to continue the plan by holding similar meetings in the eastern and western portions of the Count/ dur ing the next year. This scheme may not prove ?ufficiently encouraging to be kept up from year to year, but we cannot well conceive how it could fail to be em inently instructivo, socially beneficial, practically co-operative, and intelligibly illustrative ot the great principles in volved in the objects of the Order. "A Word of Caution.? We find the above caption at the head of a well digested article published in P. J. Berckman'B descriptive catalogue and price Hat of fruit and ornamental trees. And having been frequently solicited to republish our remarks in this column on the subject of fruits and tree peddlers, wo have concluded that the insertion of this article would answer the same pur pose. And we take this opportunity of repeating that our Purchasing Agent has the catalogue and favorable prices for Grangers, from Mr. Berckman, of Au gusta, Gs., and Mr. Summer, of Pomaria, S. C., each of whom are responsible and reliable Nurserymen. With this light before them, we sincerely hope that none of our Grange friends will be guilty of making an order with an irresponsible tree peddler, when reliable fruit and flower settings can be obtained from the best market, on the most favorable terms, through our Purchasing Agent. Read with care the article alluded to : There is a class of persons who annual ly travel tbrosghoat tba South with a stock of highly-colored fruit plates, fruits preserved in gloss jars, and other devices, which they represent being correct copies or specimens of the trees which they offer for sale. These plates are printed and colored in Northern cities, the fruits aro likewise put up in alcohol expressly for i vb o use of treepeddler?, and can be" had 1 by any person who ?B willing to pay the advertised prices. By these means enor mous quantities of trees are annually r.old South by parties who have no reputation to make or lose, and whose abode can no more be found than the names of the trees they propose to have in Nursery. Not satisfied with selling goods by wilful misrepresentations and at exorbitant prices, certain parties have falsely repre sented themselves os agents from ours as well as from other Nurseries, using their catalogues and reputation in secniing ordern for trees which they purchase from some irresponsible or unknown Western or Northern growers, and flood the South with unacclimated trees and worthless varieties. These parties are injuring Southern fruit-growers and fruit-growing, and annually pocket enough hard cash from the formera of I tbs South, in exchange for worthless goods, to enable the latter to stock their farms with good fruits for the period of j their lives. Our advice to every person intending to purchase trees or plants is : 1st. Never to patronize a tree peddler in any instance 2d. Purchase your trees from a relia ble and well known nurseryman, and as near your locality as practicable. 2d. If certain trees cannot be procured from your neighboring nurseryman, send your order to a known establishment j either North or South, whose catalogues can be had by asking, and where you will receive the exact varieties which you need. 4th. There ls not a single respectable nurseryman North, Weat or South that will avail himself of devices that tend to deceive the.public, but by the aid of which Bales are made by itinerant ped dlers. 5th. We have no person connected with our Nursery as tree peddler, and should any one represent himself as such, we pronounce him en impostor. 6th. At every principal point cf the South we have reliable local agents, who ore furnished with our catalogues, and annual certificate? of sgoncy, renewed on the 1st of August. All orders given to these agents are filled at the Nurseries at regular catalogue prices, and forwarded direct to parties ordering. - Charleston sent a tra wherries to Washington City on the Sd instant. LUMBER! LUMBER ! ALARGE lo? of good Lvunbor ia kept constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard at tho Blue Ridge Depot in Andorson, and orders for large or small lots of any kind desired will bo promptly filled ot low prices. Mr. Rudolph Kaufman is my agent for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired to persona wishing to maka an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. April ll, 1878_50._ So. Ca. District. In ths Bankrupt Court. lat tbe Mattftr or the Btae Bids* Ravi bread Conapa&ay. IN pursuance of the order of the Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge of tb? United fitstes Court for tho District of South Caro lina, sitting In the Bankrupt Court, notice is given to all Bondholders of tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company, which hos bee? adjudged bankrupt, to appear before ne at my office in the United States Court House in Charleston, on or before the &kh April, 1878, end exhibit to me thc Bonds which they claim as owners. And at the samt time signify to me in writing whether they take an interest In the property of the Bankrupt as bid in for the baioflt of the Bondholders, or the ratable j Share of the amount which was bid for the said property after deducting the costa whian have been ordered to be paid out of | the r>r/^r**rl? ft th; J. E. HAGnnn Special Referee. April ll, 1878 89 f. Hardware. THE best assortment of Knob Locke, Pad Locks, Pocket and Table Cutlery, ?fcc, in town. Give ns a call. A. B. TOWERS & CO. Feb 14,1878 Wagon for Sale. AGOOD, new, one-horse Wagon for sals by A. B. TGWZK3 ? CO. Feb 14, 1878 / "El QUICK SALES I SMALL PROFLTS. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED, and nave in Blur* a cooipUlv assortment ot Geoda In our line, consisting io part of A Nice Line of Spring and Summer PriLts, Bleached and Brown Shirting? and Sheeting* at prices lower than ever was known bet?re. Ticking from 10c. to 25c per yard. Cottouades au* Plaid Hsaaespass-Our Cottoaades and Plaid Horuesnuus mads in Columbus, Cd., are the beat goods in that line that can be had. Colors warranted! Heftier/, Ac. -A good assortment of English and Amaricen Hosiery and Notion?. Reeta sad Sfcsoa-Persons in need of a good Shoe or Boot will please call on us It is not economy w boy a shoddy Shoe. Floor-Beet Tennessee Flour. Buckwheat Flour at bc. per lb. New Orleana Melasse?, common te the bes:. Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Iron and Hail?. "_ IN FANCY GROCERIES, We have Mince Meat. Raisins, Citron. Currants, Am le and Quince Butter, Corn Starch Flavoring Extracta, Fresh Soda Crackern, Canned doods, and other things too numerous to mention. Fotware- Another lot of that cheap Potware. French Calf Skins. Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Buggy Materials, Manilla Hope Crockery, China and G lass wai v, Lamp Goods and Chandeliers, something new andnice "Woodenwar?-Trays, Churns, Buckets, Brooms, Ac. F?h, Hardware, Bacon, Lard, Oardeu Seeds, Kerosene Oil. A nice assortment of Wall Papering. To arrive this week Cashmaret*, Tweeds and Linen Goods. We solicit the attention of Cash Buyers, and all of our friends and customers, to our Stock and Prices. Wu do not say we will sell Goods lower than anybody else, but i hat ws -ill sell as lon' aa any cue will sell the same class of Goods. We keep good Goods and will be pleased to have you examine our goods and prices before you buy. ' A- B. TOWERS & CO., No. 4 Granite Slow, Auder BO?, 8. C. April ll, 187* _S?_1_ DRY COOPS, DRY GOODS! READY FOR THE SPRIWC TRADE. GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS. Prints, Bleached Gocds, _ Shirtings, Domestics, Linens, Cottonades, Cassimeres, Jeans, Tweeds, and Staple Dry Goods of all kinds. TRY US I Save money by availing yourself of our RoelC Bottom Prices. GROCERIES-We still keep up our Stock of GROCERIES, SHOES, HATS, Aa, and continue to sell at the lowest living profits. THE CARDWELL THRESHER. Wt are agents fer this popular machinery, and ar? preparad to snll them on MLSV tr.rm>. Apply at once for circulars, prices, Ac. SULLIVAN & CO. AgrU 11,^878 ^ ll _JL-.,^ CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE. LOOK AT MY PRICES. PANTS from 65 cents to $7.00 per pair. VESTS from 75 cents to $5.00 each. COATS from $1.25Ko $16.00 each. SUITS from $3.60 to $25.00. HATS from 75 cents to $3.50. CASSIMERES from 50c. to $6.00 per yard. A LARGE LOT OP ' H&r^l/i ?vi?\L/C. vLu i nilIU Soon to arrive. A beautiful lot of CASSIMERES already received from New York. Sewing Machines at $25.00 Gash. Call and see mo. L, P. SMITH, McCaily's Corser. March 2S, 1878_13_ly 35,000 pounds of Bacon. barrels New Orleans Syrup, 100 barrels of Choice Flour. hftfrfl nf Ooffes* WE keep a large lot of fres... Fancy Groceries constantly on hand, and will sell * them ai ino lowest prices. Also, we aro just receiving an extensive stock of DRY GOODS, for tho Spring trade-Ladies' Dress Goods, Hats, Shoes, Trimmings, -fte., in great variety. Gents Dress Gooda, Hats, Boots, Shoes, dec., in all tho latest styles. Also, a large lot of READY MADE CLOTHING. . . We keep a full Une of Hardware, Cutlery, Earthenware, Crockery ware, Glassware, 4c. Wa will be pleased to have yon call en us before purchasing ?lii-rsher?, =a tm vriU aci be undersold. BARR & F ANT, NO. IO GRANITE ROW, ANDERSON, 8. C. April 4,1878 12 ly HOW TO MAKE MONEY. You have only to call on Mr.CULLY A TAVLQS, asd they wi? 55? 6ood8 at such Prices as io Save Money. They wiii convince You that Money Saved is Money Made. THEY have on hand a large Stock of all kinda of MERCHANDISE, bought at the very Lowest Prices, and will sell them to customers a> bottom figures for Cash, and on time to all prompt paying purchasers, at reasonable, living profita. Cali and see them. GEORGIA GRANGE STILS, TRIUMPHANT.-AU parties who want the bett Crops in their neighborhood ought to have it. As the Beasoo is advancing, and tho demand for tills popular Fertilizer is greater than waa anticipated. Thed hare only a small quantity on hand. So come at once and be supplied. HoCULLY & TAYLOR, Anderson, B. C. April 4,1878 81 ' ia SHERIFF'S SALE. PERFECTION STATE OF SOUTH OAROLnjA,T ATTAINED AT LAST. BY virtue of an Execution to me direc- L_ a--?. n ".?>... "rr?? n"4 ted, I will expose to Bole on the THO ArODIS LOTtS? and Ism rOI First Monday in May next, at Anderson -j- ATELY patented la t ne best and mnnt ?^?^?Eft ? "?^efoUowing JU economical that con bo used. It con described Real Estate, to wit: tains both STRAINER and CONDENSER. Ad that lot or parcel of Land containing B0 thot ^ CofJco or Tca is freo from dregs, two acres, mere or leas, lying within the and is stronger and better than that made I ?^?limll8.*of of AadSrso.n' of tho samo quantity in nny other pofc' bounded by lands of J. N. Brown and otb- Having pinchase* therlghtfor this Coun ero, Levied upon asthepropertyo/ MUton ly x g?? manufacture flus pot. and am Lindsey in favor of Wilson & Reou against prepare<i to furnish it to ray c?rteme? at Milton Lindsey. Terms of sale Cosh-pur- {J?*Sost reaaotiahlo rates. I will also keep chaser to pay extra for all neccssaiv papers, u ??/.-?- mA JAMES H. MCCONNELL. -_ _ , _ Sheriff Anderson Coui.ly. JjnprOVoi F?Tmor S BOller, April 10,1878_39_. 4 Which ls the b*.xt thing known fox bolling __ __ _ ___ .stock food, clothes, or scalding hogs. I f> IT BIVI A asl Billa I ET "ill sell th?se at manufacturer's prices. UCMIPWI All ElllLLE. I . I also have a full Hus or Store?, Tin WawllOTirtll llllkkba D p waro?&c.. which 1 will seU at \Solosale AND st New York prices, or ot the most reason- . able retaU rates. GUTTERING, ROOF OTHER FIELD SEEDS. ING' ^on.^m^y^md^^to?ly. ---. Wcai End of ?i? ?rarcnjr xxuure. March 28.1876 37 8m , Fresh Arrivai of Drags. QTATE OP SOUTH CAPGLINA, _______ )3 AHDK?SOH' COD STY. ALL CHEAP FOR CASH 1 B* W' W' & ? _ ' WHEREAS, John M. Asbhtf has *.* Those who are Indebted to us please applied to me to grant him Lette? of Ad call and settle. mlnlatraUen, da bonis non, cm the ?WsesflB WILHITK A WILLIAMS. Estate and effects of John Barr Robinson, April 4.1878 88 deceased. . , . _. These are therefore to cite and admonish wt * . ~* _ all and amanlsr the kindred and coeditors milllWftyy liOOdfl. of UlB eaidJohn Barr Robinson detfo^thst UWUB| they be and appear before me in the Court "?VTISS DELLA ?.15xa begs to mrorm or rroDato, to bo held at Anderson C. H. JxL the Ladies of Anderson and sar- on Friday, 19th day of April 1878, aft? rounding country that she is now receiving 1 publication hereof, ot ll o'clock ir? the lore a select aaaortment o? SPRING GOODS- i noon, to show cans?, If any they hare, wny such as Ladiea'a Hats, Bennets, Ribbons, . the sidd Administration should net oe Flowers. Collars, Culls, &o., which will bo granted. Given under roy hand, this sra sold at ibe lowest figures for the cash. A day of April, 1878. _T ? full assortment of Rummer Gooda will be I W. W. HUMPHREYS, J./, added to my stock In a few weeta and *?<?- {? April 4,1878 se ? .y ?Tort made to pki-je my customers in-~~-~~ ' te&a?1^ Millinery, Mantua-Met?ng, " * ?ta-ffi. And U?l?'Dre?. Sood.. Morea tl, 1878_36_?rn fTlHE Ladles will ?nd a t, j asaortoeat M?aaTM?. ~ X of Spring mid Summer eas Goods, GRANGE STORE Kl.?,.n?EM,. ?-. - Klee. ^niTEhave In Store on Consignment a all order? left with us will receive prompt VT Isrge lot of CAROLINA RICE, 10 attention. You are rcspectmUr Invited to emnds fer $1.00. Choice Sager Cared call and examine our new goods. AMS at ll cents per lb. Mn? SALLIE BOWIE * CO.. " JOHN B. WATSON. Waverly House, Anderson, S.e. Anderson, March 2S, 1874. 87-3 March 28,1878 37 lm