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E. B. MUIlliAY, Editor. THURSDAY M0RHIH8, JUME 13, 1078. Tho Philadelphia Ihnes calls Ander son's testimony about the Presidential steal in Louisiana "a crushing revelation of rascality." Eogene Hale, Postmaster General Key and Alexander H. Stephens call it a "Mexicanixation" of the United States Government. In circles versed in the nomenclature of the Republican leaders and their in dependent Democratic friends the inves tigation of crime viii henceforth be known as "Mexicanieatiun," and the more of it we can have the better it will be for the country. Hon. Stanley Matthews has been sum moned before the Investigating Commit tee, and if he refuses to attend the House of Representatives will no doubt take action to compel his attendance. If this ia resisted the Republicans will be pre sented to the country as revolutionists to prevent the discovery of fraud. Tho New York Tribune thinks if Hen dricks would declare against the investi gation of the Presidential fraud, the Democratic ticket in 1?80 would bo Hen dricks for President and Stephens for vice-President Mr. Hendricks, how ever, ia In favor of the investigation, and therefore the ticket will probably be Hendricks and Hancock or McClellan. At least, Mr. Hendricks has moro sagaci ty and patriotism than to court the friendship of the Radicela in order to se cure a nomination for President President Hayes recommended Ander son to Evarts for an appointment aa Consul on the ground that his waa a special case, and yet there are persona who profess to believe that Mr. Hayes knew nothing of the Presidential bar gaining. Toread Matthewa' and Sher man's letters to Anderson, and then read this endorsement of Anderson's applica tion by tho President, ia enough to satisfy every impartial man that Mr. Hayes knew all about it, and wished to carry out the bargain by giving the desired appointment The hanging of a criminal is a "terrible tragedy," but its occurrence does not hart government or society. So, in tho opin ion of all genuine Radicals, and of Messrs. Key and Stephens, the murder of the Radical party may bo a "terrible tragedy," but, nevertheless, the intelli gent and patriotic voters of thia nation are determined to enact that tragedy through the ballot box in tbs next elec tion, and the revelations of the Potter Committee are only to furnish the infor mation necessary to prepare the people for playing their parts in the tragedy. Tho election in Oregon week before last was a very important one, and the reporta from it have been slow about coming in, with some conflict in their statements. The latest end most reliable news, howovcr. is that the Republican State ticket has been elected, bat that the Democrauj have certainly elected their Congressman aud a majority of the Legislature. This gives os a Democratic Senator to succeed Mitchell after the fourth sf next March. We ore willing for Oregon to have a Republican State government os long aa ?ho gives os Dem ocrats in the Senate and Honse of Con gress. The recommendation Sf, President Hayes that Mr. Evarts should give An derson a government appointment in a warm climate bas led to the inquiry aa to whether the present administration has a representativo in the infernal re gions, and if that was not the appoint ment to which Mr. Hayes referred? It would be eminently befitting to give one cf tho operator* in the Prcatvential fraud the mlasicsi to Hildas, as he would bo miro to bee his exp?rience ou the Re turning Boards io cnabie him to procure a treaty, which would bo very beneficial to those connected with this crime when they emigrate to this warm climate. Messrs. S. G. Worth and Geo. H. Boyd, members of tho United States Fish Commission, recently stocked the Pee Dee River, in the lower part of this State, with fifty thousand young ehad, and last week returned from Havre do Grace, Md., with fifty thousand more, which they placed in the Congaree River near Columbio. These young shad were brought on in tin cans, and will require three yesrs in which io grow large enough to propagate. The Savannah River has already hoon stocked, and it is hoped other rivera in our State will be stocked coon. The Broad River has been stocked in North Carolina, and of course we will get the benefit of it The thing which now remains to be done is to require by law that all dams on ?ur large streams shall have fish slue*) kept continually open, and by giving the at tention necessary to so Important a sub ject, wo can Boon have an abundance of tho finest varieties of fish in ail the jrtrearnsof<*urState,"which would be an ?uv:??rnr?m; u?coa?iig. Arrangements aro being mode to carry a cargo of negroes: from North Carolina to Liberia About tho' middle of this m oath. They are to be carried in a body to New York and sail .from that port in tba vessel. "Liberia." The sum of five thousand dollars has been voted to the expedition by tho Pennsylvania Coloni zation Society of Philadelphia, ^d th? crew were delected .by ? Its agenta. The nrrgroeabi Norm-Carowra ones, and they are induced to leave this country by the ino?t enticing descrip tions of Liberia. They aro told that the country is a fine one, and that In it they will live many years longer than they dc here ; that cotton grbwf? there without hjnu*l plaiting, end is like a tree, w they can have the varM abundant crops without much labor; that land of the ?a&S quality sella for fifty cents peV-acre, nnd ihft fenns set out ia coffs* bee?u bearing Ju a?s years/ and contin?o for shirty years wi^o?t any other labor'than S??SLE? JA ATTI! EWS IN TROUBLE. Senator Stanley Matthews has thrown himself upon hi? dignity, and refuses to appear before ?he lloma Committee, which is now investigating the frauds in relator to 'he Presidential election, on the ground that as he is A Senator bia conduct should be investigated by a com mittee from the Senate. On a question of privilege in the Senate, he mad JU personal explanation about the testimony of Anderson and tho correspondence, which appears on another page, in wblc i he made a general contradiction on his honor aa a Ser r?or, which be proposed to substantiate finder oath. He deniea that he wa? a party or privy to any promise of protection or any reward to any one, in consideration of the commis sion of any fraudo, real or pretended, in that election. He denies that he en deavored to secure office for Andereon or any one, with the knowledge that he or any One else had been guilty of fraud in that election, and be did not know, and in fact did not believe, that frauds had been committed in that election. Upon his request a Senatorial Com mittee of seven was appointed to investi gate the charges against him, and aa the majority of the Senate are Republicans, and also thc majority of the committee to investigate him are Republicans, ;t is easy to forcee j that the fraudulent Presi dent'? brother-in-law will bc completely vindicated in ids diplomatic transactions connected with the counting of tho elec toral vote of Louisiana. But this Radi cal coat of wlrtewash will hardly be suf ficient to remove the Btains which tLo in vestigations of the Potter Committee have already fixed upon Mr. Matthews. His denial is circuitous, and partakes more of the nature of an avoidance of the testimony of Anderson and the docu menta presented by him than of s con- j M?uict?un of that testimony. The sim-1 pie quostiou for him to answer is, did he write those letters to Anderson ? and did he havo in his possession tho agreement between Anderson and Nash. If he did not, and can show these documenta as presented by Anderson to be a forgery, then tho verdict of the country will bo not guilty so far aa Mr. Matthews is charged in that portion of Anderson's testimony ; but if he did write thoso let ters, all the pleas of ignorance and all tho proteatr lions of innocence which he can make under oath or otherwise will not avail him before the bar of an en lightened public Gentiment. Thoso lot tere are not auch Settern as au innocent man would have written. The Senator's persistent endeavor to obtain ofaco for Anderson, after he had ahown bis charac ter in the letters be wrote Mr. Matthews, is not roch a course as an innocent man would have punned. And lest, but not least, an innocent man would not avail himself of bis petition aa a Senator to ahiold him from having the opportunity of vindicating himself before the Com mittee where tbs original charge was made. The course of Seuator Matthews is not such aa to inspire any confidence in his innocence, and it may * >irly be predicted that, whatever else the Potter Committee may do, it has overwhelmed Mr. Matthew? by the crushing develop ments it has unearthed in regard to bis connection with the counting of the Louisiana vote. The Augusta Chronicle & Constitution alitt thinka the danger of numerous in dependent candidates for Congres) in Georgia is very general, extending, prob ably, into every district. The most im portant Congressional elections occur in the Seventh and Eighth Districts, repre sented respectively by Mear' . Felton and Stephens. Dr. Felton hos been twice elected aa an independent, and will go directly before the people without asking, any favors of nominating con ventiona in this canvass, and, if elected, will, it ia thought, become an indepen dent candidate for Governor of Georgia two yean hence. The Democrats are thoroughly organised to defeat him, and will pretty certainly nominate Col. Jos. E. Brown, a brother of ox-Gov. Brown, of Georgia, and of Dr. W. O. Brown, of this County. Col. Brown is an able and influential man, who, it is thought, will compel Dr. Felton to retire from public life for his country's good. IQ the Eighth District it ia thought Mr. Stephens will ran as an independent, and if BO, the noe will be an Intensely exciting and {reportant one. Judge Wm. Gibson, of tho Angosta Circuit, is the most promi nent candidate for the nomination, and, wo hope he or some good mon who can beat'Mr. Stephens will be nouiimtied. The day for sending chronlo grumblers to Congress has past, we hope. Mr. Stephens' health has been bad, and has cf itself afibrded a. sufficient reason for his retirement, bit* when he attempts to destroy the Democratic part/ by h ia self ish egotism, there is not only a reason for his retirement, but it is the duty of all true Democrats to unite in the effort to defeat his ?ehernes. In the lotter replying to the letter of Mr. Potter, both of which appear In an other portion of this paper, Hon. Alex ander H. Stephens pursues a ve?y unfair JZZ?~? V?V.??U? Mr, Potior and ali of the other Democratic BcpresebUtlvea In Congress. His predictions about trouble und revolution have been so completely dispelled by the course of the Deoi?cratic party, that it ls not necessary to notice bia groundless croaklngs upon this uub > j oct, and tho remainder of the document i is equally as mythical when it ia fully analyxed, He professes to object to the > investigation because it waa ordered . without allowing amendments, and i thereby confined the investigados to > Louisiana and Florida, but, In nwt, the OommlUeo hts now tho fullest authority ?. to investigate, or as Mr, Siephoo? would call it, "Mexicanhte," tho doctoral vote > of any State in tho Union. It ? tra? thc . Democrat* refused to allow tho Bepub 1 Keans to amend their resolution to in? : Tcstigate, b *, aa soon as it was pesiad, they extended the jurisdiction of theil Committee to every State in tbs Union i where charges of fraud ead corr?piioD aro bindo against the last electoral vote. The whole of Mr. Stephens' wails have gone -forth to the country not bec?UM j tho frauda could not bo fully Investir j gated) as he daims, but simply beena? j ?ho Democrats preferred doing a thing j tiiomeelyet? to allowing the Republican? j to- do iV for th? purpoeo i>f waking capl Governor Hampton was invited to ad dress a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, in opposition to any attack on Mr. Hayes' title to the Presidency, and declined in the following reply : "Though I cannot batter myself that any address from roy* ?elf could exert there such an influence as you imagine, I slould most cheerfully respond in person to your invitation, with the hope of aiding to preserve the tranquillity of the country, if my duties would allow me to do so. Hut I shall have to be absent from the State just now for a week or ten days, and this will prevent my visiting your city at the time indicated. Joining you in the hope that the peace of the country may be pre served, and that all its constitutional in stitutions may be maintained in their in tegrity, I am," <%c. We are glad that tho Governor's duties here prevented his acceptance of the invitation, for the meeting is engineered by tho Republi cans, and ia intended to benefit their party politically. The Governor's re malles about assisting in preserving tho tranquillity of the country were surely a satire upon the crowd who are yelling "Mexicanization," because the Presiden tial fraud is being investigated. The tranquillity of the country is not in dan ger, and hence Governor Hampton very properly preferred stayiag at home to going to Ohio to address a Radical mob. While the Republicans had posfteo-iioii of the State governments of Ohio and Sllssouri they divided off the congres sional districts in such a manner as to yield a certain majority of Republican Congressmen from each of these States. This action was fully endorsed by the party of great moral ideas at that time, but nov the tables have turned, and these two State governments are in tho control of the Democrats, who have re districted both States so as to remedy the injustice of the former legislation, and under the new arrangement it is expec ted that eleven additional Democrats will be elected to Congress from these two States, and of course as many Republi cans left off, so that the Democrats will gain twenty-two votes out of these States alone. The Republicans have at last discovered that it is a great political crime to gerrymander congressional dis tricts, and aro making a great deal of fuss about it. Their memories are too short to recollect that they were the ones who first gerrymandered these States, and that the present redistricting is only undoing their work. The fuss, however, comes too late. The changt-o have been made, and tho Democrats will gain twenty-two votes, the greater portion of which do not como from the ?olia South. A raiding party of revenue officers went to the house of a man named Ladd, in Pickens County, on Sunday the 9th inst., and a difficulty ensued in which Ames Ladd was killed. Deputy Marshals Kane, Durham, Moose and Scruggs were in the party. Differ ent versions are givsn of tho killing, one justifying and the other criminating the revenue party. It is to be hoped that a rigid investigation of this affair will be had, and that justice will be fully met. Wo will give the particulars as soon as they are authentically published. a,L_ Potter Investigating Committee bavo proven bv Judoro ?<fl**i?e?, cae cf thc Louisiana Presidential Electors, that his name was forged nine times to the elec tion returns. The first, set of returns he signed, but they were not regular, and Levisee was not at hand when they were sent back for correction, eu some one signed a new set for him. Is this not Mexicanization ? The peace and tranquility of the coun try is not undergoing any serious damage by the Mexicanization which the Radi cal party ia compelled to submit. The price of gold has not advanced, and the price of govornmont bonds has not de clined. Capitalists do not seem to think that there is any danger of a "terrible tragedy." The Senate has agreed to the amend ment to the river and harbor bill., which appropriates 9200,000 to Charleston har bor Instead of 85.000. This is doe to Senator Butler's influence, and will no doubt be concurred in by the House. This shows the advantage of having representatives of our people in Con gress. ^^^^^^^^^^ OUR FLORIDA CORRESPONDENCE. From Anderwa to Florida Thro oj; tx thfl Country-Pleasures ead Asssyanec* Inci dent to th? Trip? ALAFIA, FLA., May 19, 1878. MR. EDITOR : Thera were a good many in Anderson when I left who manifested a kindly interest in asking to hear from me when I reached Florida, and as they aro all readers of yonr valuable paper, and I desire to show my appreciation of what I regard aa an interest in me and mine, and not as an idle word spoken at a farewell for the want of something bet ter, I have concluded to make it a medi um through which to respond, asking your indulgence meanwhile, and promis ing to be brief so aa not to occupy too mach of your valuable time and space. It would be scarcely fair for me to at tempt an opinion of this section of the State in the period of time that I have i been here, the unusual seasons producing j disadvantages which will not furnish . fair precedent to judge from ; hence, I , have decided to confine myself to our trip through the country, hoping it will aftbrd some points of interest, and al another time, if your patience ls not too sorely taxed with this, I will try, whsa ? i am better able to judge, to give those ol , your readers who wished to hear from mc, through a desire to know something of Florida and ita resources,, as fair as , account as I am able, i Wa left Anderson on the ISth of Fehn roary, a Utile after noon. The weather, . lt will be remembered, from about , Christmas op to that time had bean vary > unsettled, and tho roads In a dreadful i condition. Thia was very discouraging i to me, particularly when I remembered the good wife's holy horror of ho-ses, ? and. that my team was measurably tin* i tried, having but recently purchased . them. We got along the first day toler i ably well, encountering ono very severe ; hill near Mr. Moses Deans', and stopper] i to camp tho first night at Mr. Newton .. Barr?as', about 12 mlle* from Andersen, ? Ul mention here that roy rou!* {furn? iflhed by Mr. John McFall, whoso fre qoent trips to Florida through the coun try had familiarized him with the most direct and practicable routes) lay by Washington, Warrentou, Bandersrille, Erwin's Cross Roads, Black Shiara' Fer ry, (orer tie O co nee,) Dublin, Jackson ville and Stockton, in Georgia, and Jasper, Lake City, Newnansville, Waca hootie, Brooksville and Tampa, in Flor ida, and my intention was to camp every night that I could so manage near some farm house where I could procure a room for Mrs. S. and ino lillie boy, Edgar, nt. night, the larger boys being able to do very well in the wagons. Mr. Bu rr isa received us very kindly, gave us a com fortable room, and showed us other little acts of kindness for which he and his good lady hare our hearty thanks. By daybreak next morning we are up and feeding our horses preparatory to an early start, but in spite of our diligence do not get off until 8 o'clock. We had a long end fearfully muddy hill, called by the neighbors "Beaty Hill," 4 miles from Mr. Burriss', to go up, which tested tho metal of our mules and horses as pullers pretty severely, though they were equal to it, which gave me some encour agement in view of the journey before us; aud wo moved along successfully until 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the second day, (14th) when we stopped to camp for tho night near Harper's Ferry, on the Carolina side, Col. Harper telling us it would bo dark by the time be could get our wagons across, and we preferred to have more time ahead of us, as I was not sure that my mules would go quietly into the flat. We were accommodated with a room by the Colonel, had a pleas ant and agreeable evening with his family, and a comfortable night's rest, and drove out of camp nert morning at 7 o'clock. As feared by me, the moles are unaccustomed to tho nat, and we have trouble to get them in, but Col. H. has plenty of help at band, and we are soon across, but owing to the continued rains the river has been swollen and out of ita banks, making a bad and boggy landing. My mules aro shy and timid, and going right out of the flat into a bog stick fast and refuse to pull. For several hours we are prizing and working to get out, finally have to unload, and are thus delayed until after ll o'clock. I feel under deep obligations to Cel. H. for hit patient and valuaba assistance in getting us out, and move I?J with the confidence inspired at the "Beaty Hill" a little dampened, as only a short distance ahead of me is a worse one, and mules drivers, wife, children, all are demoral ?zed, a condition very unfit for accom plishing large ends, and tho re?uU another balk, ia not much to he won dered at. Luckily for me, however, '. encounter a darkie with his team, am get him to help me np, after which wi have a few yards only of level road, am prospects of rain. I think on account o 'the continuous hills the Lady has con eluded to make the trip on foot, as sh is all this time walking and looking on for hills ahead, secretly wishing, I thin! that she hadn't started ; but it is too lat to reconsider, and we move cn. Accott plishing nearly seven miles that day, w atop for tho night, in tue rain, at bi: Wall's, (the Blackwell place) three mile beyond Ruckersville from Anderson, an thus endeth the 3rd day's lesson. We start off Saturday morning in heavy fog, with prospects of clearing o during the day, hst t?n> ia much dread < tho hill beyond Baker's Ferry, on Bros River, Col. Harper and Mr. Wall bot warning tia of a heavy pull there, tl latter even te!!it>g us we wrmld save I hiring a team at the river to help ua c our "way to Washington, as tho roai were fearfully cut up and bad. Havit undertaken the trip, however, I am d termined not to be discourage1, and mo< on. This morning we gc? along bette mules getting used to it, and I thu -orne slight improvement in roads. V stop nt 12 for one hour's rest and i freahment for man and beast, and lea from persons passing that roads are coi paratively good until we cress tho rivi which we reach about 8 o'clock. IV! Starke, who lives there, oilers to fbrni me help if I desire it. but my mtil have improved and are pulling well, se determine to go it alone, aa I must ( '..sed to depending on myself. We dri out of the flat this time without atickii i nd ..ash on for the dreaded hill, desiri to reach the top before stopping for t night. My lady is out, of course, as have reached the bill, or rather euee sion of hills, aa' there aro three of tb quickly succeeding each other, and tc look fearfully steep and muddy, i boldly attack the first, my scotch ready with their rooka, and stoppln; few times "to blow," we .-re soon saf up it, with renewed courage for the s . ond and third, whioh are safely and si liar y accomplished, and we drive i . cai.;? n*iar an empty double cabin Mr. Henry Hill's place, which we permitted to occupy until Monday mo lng, to-morrow being Sabbath, and we not expect to travel on Sundays. 1 sky gives prospects of overcloud Iagain, and we are sorry, for we are mt tired of cloudy aud rainy weather. Mr. Hill I would regard as a success farmer. He has a pretty place, fine clo and grass patches, about two hum] ' acres sowed down in small grain, exp? ; to plant, his foreman tells mo, about hundred and fifty acres In cotton, i a hundred and fifty or tx, hundred : ' seventy-five acres in corn. He is m ? convict labor almost exclusively ou ; farm, and Mr. Bolton, who ls in chi ' of them, (Mr. H. is not at home hims, ', informs me profitably, as this is not T first year with them. He baa now soi i teen stout, able-bodied fellows cmplo; ; and has gone for more. These com i are County prisoners, convicted of la nica and committed for different per of time, i No larowuies, I am told, go > for a less period than Jz months. 1 > aro worked 2 by 2, chained by tho j ' rigidly disciplined ?od work wall. 1 H, pays three dollars per month for tl ; bouda and clothes them and pays t t doctors' bills in sickness. Th ceo , contract tobacco bills, and there \ . fourteen out of tho seventeen when I i present who draw tobacco rr tiona, of < ? own accord agree to work so m ooh lo: i and upon the same terms as con? I; Thus they are made self-sustaining (j ?idea bringing an income, to the 6 , and the plan, I am told, ts working tn freeing the State from theft and c >'..'.. crimes. A good many are using this kind of labor here, and I am reminded of the heavy expense (his class of per sons inflict on my own State, Booth Car olina, and think the experiment of util ising their labor in thia nay would he well. What I have written, Mr. Editor, is taken from my road journal, and I will continue it next week if I hare time, as I do not wish to tire you too much at once. Yours truly, O. H. 8. - There are in England and Wales 114 local prisons, or one to every twenty two squaro miles of territory, equal to one to every 200,000 people. Borne are nearly if not quite empty nt time -, - Dr. W. P. Compton, a member of the Legislature from Spat tan burg County, died on Thursday morning, SOtbof May, after three days' illness, lie was a quiet, ?;enial gentleman, and deservedly popu ar among the members. Vader the Supervision or th? Executive Committee of Pomona Orango. Brethren will bear in miud the meet ing of Pomona Orange on the first Satur day in July, and come up with full rep resentations from every sub-Grange. Important business will bo transacted for or against their interest. A flood Yield. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, June 10. I threshed this day for Peter R. Prown his Grange premium acre, which made 1 forty bushell? and one-half gallon of wheat. WM. A. NEAL. Tho following sub-Granges are "clear qn my books" to the 31st of Mar?;h last, viz.: Nos. 71, 141, 155, 175, ?76, 213, 215, 242, 251, 263, 204, 2G6, 300, 339, 340 and 304. There aro several of our usu. Y.y punctual Granges who have not como to timo this quarter, which is cer tainly more attributable to negligence than inaction. Grange No. 155, some times slow in meeting its obligations, re ports nineteen new members, and squares up all dues. This is an evidence of prosperity, and we hope that we shall not soon see it figuring on tho delinquent roll. J. W. NORRIS, Secretary P. G., P. H. Gencrostee Grange Un?an, Composed of Hampton, Rock Mills and Mountain Creek, met with the latter at tho time appointed. At 10 o'clock a number of the most punctual and relia ble members of the Union assembled in the Church and proceeded to organize by j calling Bro. P. R. Brown to the chair, which ho filled with dignity and honor to himself and the order. In transact ing the regular business of the associa tion, a diversity of opinion called forth several short but spirited and argumenta tive speeches from the brethren present, which contributed very much to the comfort and interest of the audience. An instructive essay of some length was read by Col. J. W. Norris, written for and appropriate to the occasion, a copy ?of which was requested for publication, and respectfully declined. The time and place of the next meeting of the as j eociaiion was arranged to take place with Hampton Grange, in August next. And having finished all the other busi ness, the mce??g unanimously adjourned to the baskets Tn the adjacent grove, whero a generous repast was served. OBITUARY. FREDDIE, son of P. K. and Margaret J. McCully, died on the 0th of May, 1878, aged two years and five months. "And thia la the darling's portion, In Mearon, where bo ba? fled. Br angela securely guarded. By angela securely lcd. Brooding In sorrowful ailene* * Over the espl7 nest, Cac you not see through th a shadows. Why lt la all for the best T" "Better the heavenly kingdom Than riches of earthly crown ; Better the early morning flight. Than one when the enn ls down ; Bettor an empty casket. Than Jewels besmirched with sin ; Safer than theta without the fold, Aro AMO that hare entered In." M. Departed this Hie on May 30, 1878, near Store vlllo, in Andeiton County, Mr. LEMUEL HALL, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the community. He was torn on Bock/ El*? near Lee's Shoals, on the 7th d?y of Mar, 1789, and bas lived within a few miles of the place of bia birth, until ba Ii as-it to tho splrlt-land. Ht may truly have been recogoUpd es an honest, upright, goner ona and noble man. He neither sought nor ?taba, ed In bia business associations with the world, on ly that which was truly ?nd legitimately bis own, and ha waa ever ready to accord to other* that which he claimed for himself. His noble and gen erous heart, as exhibited In the charities which ha dispensed, furnish us bring evidences of tho no bUiiy and goodness of his character. Tba appeal of tho hungry and suffering were never pr?acnted to him in vain, and his deeds of benevolence will . ts tenderly remembered by many who knew him. Of bim lt may truly be said, "that his left hand ? knew not what hi? right hand done." Early In I Ure ho realized the Importance of preparation for I eternity, and sought moat sincerely Jesus, thc only " bopa or man's redumption. Ha was foi a number of years a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and more than twenty-five years ago ba united himself to that body of believeT known as "Christians" or "Disciples?' and continued stead fast tn the faith unUl tho day of bia death. Tho' denied the pleasure of aiteudlng tho meetings of any local organization of "Christians," his faith In their doctrines never wavered. He was a constant and faithful reader of the Bible, and ?specially the New Testament Scriptures, and always deman ded a "thus saith the Lord" for every demand of faith and practice. Qod'a Word was his constant companion and gulda. For many years bo looked forward to tba summons of tba Mast jr which should call bim boma. It was a subject upon which ha often thought, and about whfch ho de lighted to talk to all who wera about him, always expressing bia readiness "to depart and ba with Jeana." fcwversl years ago ha made preparation for bis burial, having tba necessary clothing made, and selecting and marking the place for his grave. On Thursday, May SO, 1878, he occupied his usu al place at the dinner table: in th* ?fUrnn?o tertatned bia Minds who bad called to aaa bim, and even when nbtht began to throw ltr mantle upsn earth.-ha talked lons and pleasanUy to a K*t grana-daajhtar ?ho lingered beside bim. t ers bina tfcMck bad coma, tho manUc ol death h fd bean thrown arvund him, bis body wea gaib irra In lu dark folds, and hts spirit had passed to lu Bajfiiiiiinr. ' Without one complaint, without one ktfbxgl?, Ufe'a lau moment? were passed, the contes? over and tho soul gathered with the ran somed, Uli wife and two children had preceded hint, and be leave? ena ton, with many relative*, and n boat of friands to mourn their sad and ir reparable lom. Bat why waept For him lt la far better to bo with Got. '-ila ls not dead, but ileepeth": "Asleep tn Jamal bleared slc?p, From vhich none ever waka to wein," A FRIEND. BftJ RN HAM'S WMBMTt? WST A. CKAPEiT. Alav^MlUlM lACSBggT. rjSSBI B1DU0ED ARL 80.78, jrnsBjftdatata* Orne?, Yo**, Pa. Atlanta ams Charlotte Air Une R. R rtsawux? Trains win run ai follows on and af ter Sunday, June ?tb, 1178: G Ol KG BAST. Arriva at Seaera....". 7:ta p ta Leave Suelea....-.~....7.-<a.p ra GOING WEBT. Arriva at Beaeoa-j.-,."'7|0fl a m Leave Seneca-.,,....,.".7:0S aaa Ciao? connection st Atlanta tor all paints Weat, gm} at Charlotte for all palau Kail. _ O, J. YOB.BACKK. Gan. Rup't. CASSUtXRES. TTJ8T RECEIVED, a nice assortment of .J VIRGINIA 0A8SIXIERE8. Thceo r\?c the best gooda in tho market. Cal! soon Sf you want a good Summer ault, A. B. TOWERS & CO, April 4,1878 I? TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS. Acourdiug tu a resolution of the Corni ly Executive Committee, a Convention of the Democratic party r?f Anderson County will be held io the Court House at Anderson on Tuesday tbe Kith day of July next, at ll o'clock a. m. All of the clubs in the County are therefore no tified to elect their delegates to this Con vention in accordance with the constitu tion of the party, which entitles each club to one delegate for every twenty five members. E. 73. MURRAY, County Chairman. NOTICE. APOCKET BOOK was 1 -nt in the town of Anderson en the 51- or ?th day of June, lt contained a small amount of change, and one Note ou Mrs. Marga rot Brown, payable to nie, for $75, with a credit of $20. auu one Note on J. D. Kin}! for $5. payabio to Frank McLees or bearer, and perhaps other papers. Peraonr. are notified not to trade for these Notes. Any person leaving this property at the INTELLIOKKCKB Omeo will be suitably rewarded hy the un dersigned. 8. C. HUMPHREYS. June 13, 1878_48 _1_ THE STATE OF 80UTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. By W. W. Humphreys, Esq., Probate Judge. To Hester Rogers, Ann E. Dams, Jacob D. Rogers. William C. Rogers, Sarah C. Kay, Elisabeth Milan*. Benjamin I^by, Sr., Jacob D. Irby, Chesley Irby, Benjamin Irby, Jr., Margaret Irby, James Irby, ThomsB Irby, lela Irby and Benjamin C. Acker-Greeting : YOU are hereby required to appear at t lie Court of Probate, to be holden at Anderson Court Houso, for Anderson Coun ty, on the first Monday of August, A. D. 1878, to show cause, if any you can, why tho Real Estate of uenjamfn T. Rogers, de ceased, situate in said County, on Little Beaverdam Creek, waters of Rocky River, bounded by lands of L. D. Stringer, A. Harris, Thomas Crymee, A. M. Neal and Richard Kay, and containing five hundred and ru venteen acres, should not be parti tioned as set forth in the petition, allotting 1088600 to Hester Jane Hamlin tho-hereof, 4860000 and the remainder as follows, to wit : 590233 Hester Rogers, -, Anna E. Dacus, 1620000 251 !-, Jacob D. Rogers and Sarah C. Kay 24300 2051 each, tho -, Benjamin C. Acker, the 24300 2GG?3 2051 -Benjamin Irby, Sr.,-, and to Ja 180000 72900 cob D. Irby, Chesley Irby, Benjamin Irby, Jr., Margaret Irby, James Irby, Thomas 4102 Irby and Ida Irby each the-. 510300 Given under my hand m.d seal, this fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sev [L. a.] enty-eight, and in the ono hundred and second year of tho American In dependence. MURRAY A MURRAY, Attorneys Pro. Pet. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. To the Defendants Benjamin Irby. Sr., Ja cob D. Irby. Chesley Irby, Benjamin Ir by, Jr., Margaret Irby, James Irby, Thoma? Irby, Ida Irby and Sarah C. Kay. TAKE NOTICE, That the petition in this action, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed In the office of tha Probate Court at Anderson Court House, in the County of Anderson, in said State of South Carolina, on the fifth day of June, A. D. 1878, and that the ob ject of said petition ia to partition the real estais of Benjamin T. Rogers, deceased, aa set forth in the foregoing summons. MURRAY & MURRAY, Att'ys. Fro. Pet., Anderson, 8. C. June 13,1878_48_6 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AHDKBSON COUNTY. ?> BY virtue of an Execution to me direct ed, I wilL expose to gale on the First Monday in July next, at Anderson Court House, South Carolina, the following de scribed Real Estate, to wit : One Tract of Land, situate and lying in the County and State aforesaid, containing forty-one acres, more or l?sa, bounded by lands of Robert Dugan, Anderson Brock, Mrs. 8arah Reese and otuers, levied upon aa tho proDerty of John R. Cothran, at the suit of James E. Holliday. Also, one Tract of Land, containing sev enty-nine acres, more or leos, bounded by la ida of A. C. Banister, A. C. Price, J. O. McKee, and lands of Defendant, levied up on as the property of H. P. Price, at the suit of Joel Jon ncc n. Terras of sale Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. JAMES H. MCCONNELL. Sheriff Anderson County. June 6,1878 47 4 Alii) OTHER FIELD SEEDS. Fresh Arrival of Drugs. ALL CHEAP FOR CASH I X3T- Those who are ndebted to us please I call and settle. WILHITE A WILLIAMS. April 4.1878_38_ Millinery Goods. MISS DELLA KEYS begs to inform ina Ladies of Andmon and sur rounding country th*', ?he iq now receiving a select assortment of SPRING GOODS such as LadicVs Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Collars, Cufft, Ac., which' will be j sold at the lowest figures for the cash. A full assortment of Summer Good- will be added to my stock in a few weeks, and ove I ry effort made to please my customers in ! styles and prices. Millinery, Mantua-Ma king and Stamping attended to as usual. MISS DELLA KEYS, In the Centennial House. March 21, 1878 88 Sm Valuable House and Land for Sale. A Valuable Dwelling with all necessary 1 jttL m out-buildings, and SOT A?res of | Kwu IMU?, B?iuaU) on it," v? iiiiamiitun Road, two miles Northeast of Anderson, can DO purchased In one tract or in smaller tracta to suit purchasera by applying to tho undersigned. The placa has two settle menta, with, wolla o? ?ood water, springs, and valuable bottoms upon two creeks. For tirms, ?fcc, apply to W. T. W. HARRISON. May 9,1878 43_Sm j Thoroughbred Stock for Sale. mhorottxrt-bred Merin? ehe??, X Grado Cotswold and ?oatS down Sheep, Austere fioats. vs**** n?cn ?ow?. A Thorough-bred JER SEY BULL to stand. For particulars, call on or apply to B. FRANK RUSSELL, At Bosoobel Farm. Post Office-Pendleton Factory* May 16,1878 40 8m I "VrOTiCK OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. J3I Notice fs hereby given that tho under I signed, Administrators of the Est?t? of i D-?\ ld M. Watson, deceased, will apply to ! the Judge of Probate for Anderson Ooauty, on Tuesday. July Otb, 1878, for a Final Settlement end discharge from said Estate. MARTHA E, WATSON, Adm'*. " WM. G. WATSON, Adm'r. June 0,187?._\7_r>_ Hardware. THE best assortment of Knob Locks, Pad Locks, Pocket and Tablo Cutlery, Ac, in town. Glvo us a call. A. B. TOWERS A CO, Feb 14,1378_. '_ 376 Men and Boys Wanted! TO buy HATS of'ua from 25c io $4.00 each. Gall soon if you want a cheap Hst on A. B. TOWERS A 00. April 4, ian SH QUICK SALES \ SMALL PROPITI WE H A VB JUST RECEIVED, and have in Store a compute assortaient of Ooo,! in our line, consisting In part of A Vice Line of Spring and Slimmer Flints, Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings at prices lower than ever was known brfor?. Ticking from 10c. to 25c per yard. ?Cot tenadea Md Plaid Ilomespo??-Our Cottonades and Plaid Ho tucson made in Columbus, Ga., are the best goods in that line that can be had, Colors warranted* Hosiery, ?%?.<-A good assortment of English and American Hosiery and Notion?? Boot? and Maocs-Persons in need of a good Shoe or Boot will please call on tu ' It is not economy to buy a ?hoddy Shoe. * Floor-Best Tennessee F'our. Buckwheat Flour at 5c. per lb. New Orleans) H?laa?es), common to the bout, fJugar, ColTce, Halt, Iron and Nails, wlN FANCY GROCERIES, We have Mince Meat, Raisins, Citron, Curnmti?, Apple and Quince Butter, Com. Stan h Flavoring Extracts, Fresh Soda Crackers, Canned Good?, and other things too numen, ? to mention. Potware-Another lot of that cheap Votware, i French Calf *?kins. Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Buggy Materials. Manilla Rope Crockeiy, China and Glassware, Lamp Goods and Chandeliers, something new abonil? Wooden ware-Tray?, Churns, Buckets, Brooms, ?fcc. Fish, Hardware, Bacon, Lard, Garden Seeds, Kerosene Cit. A nice assortment of Wall Papering. To arrive this week Cashmarets, Tweeds and Linen Goods. We solicit thc attention of Cash Buyers, and all of our friends and customers to our Stock and Prices. We do not say we will sell Goods 'ower than anybody else ?ut rh-it we will Mil as low as any ono 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. ' ?. B. TOWERS & CO. Ko- 4 Granites Ko. ?r, Anderson. S. C. 39 April ll, 1878 CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE. LOOK AT MY PRICES. PANTS from 65 centa to .?7.00 per pair. VESTS from 75 cent? to $5.00 each. COATS from $1.25 to $15.00 each. SUITS from $3.60 to $25.00. HATS from 75 centeto $8.50. CASSI M JUKES from 50c. to $6.00 per yard. A LARGE LOT OP READY MADE CLOTHING Soon to arrive. A beautiful lot of CASSIMERES already received from New York. Sewing Machines at $25.00 Cash. Call and see me. L. P. SMITH, McCulIy'o Comer. March 28,1878 13 b i II IIII un TI 35,000 pounds of Bacon, 50 barrels New (Moans Syrup, lUU barrels of Choice Flour, bags, of Coffee. WE keep a large lot of fresh Fancy Groceries constantly on hand, and will sell them at tho lowest prices. Also, we are just receiving aa extensive stock of OBY ?GOODS? for tho Spring trade-Ladies'Dress Goods, Hats, Shoes,?*Trimmings, ?fcc., in great variety. Gents' Dress Goods, Hats Boots, Shoes, &c., in all the latest otyles. Also, a large lot of READY MADE CE.OT11ING. H Wo k?sep a full line of Hardware, Cutlery, Earthenware, Crockerywaro, Glassware, <&c. We will be pleased to have you call on U3 before purchasing elcewhero, as we will not be undersold. BARR & FA??T, NO. io GRANITE: ROW, ANDERSON, 8. c. April 4.1878_13 _ ly ONE HUNDRED TONS OF ZELLS AIMQNIATED BONE PHOSPHATE. AND ACID PHOSPHATE, ON HAND AND TO ARRIVE TO BE SOLD ON A " s Cotton Option at 15 centa per pound for Middling Cotton. ?ST" Call in end get our terms before buying els a whore. WILSON & REED, No. 7 Granite Kow. March 14,1878 29 ly CARDEN SEEDS ! Fresh, Geixuiiie and. Gbu.aranteed9 At Wholesale and Retail Prices, from three of the largest and most reliable houses : D. M. FERRY, COMSTOCK, FEEBF. A CO., ROBERT BUIST. Ten cent papers reduced to rive cents. Give us a call is all we ask. Prices to suit everybody and the times Jan 81,1878 _ SIMPSON, EEXD & CO. 15 11 11 - .,.ft -WILLI AMSTOK FEMALE COLLEGE, WIUIAMST?N, S. C., IS approaching the close of a most pleas ant and prosperous session. The One Study Plan, which, ia one of lui principal peculiarities, gives constantly increasing satisfaction. Each pupil, having only one leading study at a time, can give this study such attention as to ensure much better success than ls possible when tho mind is occupied by several subjects at oacc Williamston ls a well-known Bummer resort for invalids in search of health. Tho Chalybeate Spring, a very short distance from the College, has greatly benefited many of our pupilo, who, coming to us tn delicate health, have returned bnmn strengthened in body and mind. Unusual attention la given to physical exercise. By the habitual practice- of light calisthenic, movements and the careful use of the Health-Lift every day, the evils of sedentary life are greatly mitigated, if not entirely overcome. For other attractive features of this live Up-Country School fur Girls, apply for a Catalogue to RfiV. B. LANDER, A. M., President. May 9,187?_0 ly ELECTION NOTICE, tot?v^Tdsy made bj any work er of eltn.r sex, riAt fa tholr own localMa.', .V.T.lcnlars sad .atopies frc?, Improre your ip?reUMOstthlt!>itv l?aiv . Address Oto?o? A CO.. rMrUaaA, Maine. If y ou want to MAKE MON EY pleasantly and Out, nd ?rex? FiKtRT, HAOVKV ?fc <o., Atlanta, GA. "TTKTHEREA8, more than fifty resident TV and qualified voters of tho Town of Anderson have netirionod the Intendant and Wardens of ?ajd Town to submit to tho ^r.nlifled electors thereof tito question of subscribing the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars to the Capital Stock of ?The Sa vannah Valley Railroad ?Company," in ac cordance with tho provisions of an Act of tho General Assembly entitled "An Act to Charter the. Savannah Valley Railroad Company," approved March 12th, 1878. Therefore, be ft Remited, By the Intendant and Wardens of the said Town of Anderson that anclec tion be and hereby ia ordered for said Town tobe held on tho 18th Day of Joly next, at which said election tho question of subscribing the aura of.Fifty Thousand Dollars by the said Town to th? ?capital stonk of tho said Savannah Valley Railroad Company shall be submitted, to tho quali fied electors of said Town. Stesotted, That , said election shall be by ballot, and that the ballots shall have writ ten or printed on them the words, "8ub Ecrlption" or "N?> Subscription," and shat if a majoritv o? ?he ballets cast at said cjoc M?? ?uttii B?T? wtiwen or printed cn mem the word "Sub?erintIou." tho Town of An derson ^rill nnbacr?b? tho said wm of Filly Thousand Dollars to th* capital ?tock of said Railroad Company ; the wild subscrip tion to be mada in Boven per centum cou pon bonds, payable twenty years after tne date thereof, ?n auch instalmedU ?* the said Intendant and Wardens ?ball deter mine, wi Ut Interest payable send-annually: but if a majority of the ballots casi at said election shall have written or printed on them the words, "NO Subscription,"then said Town wlU make no subscription to th? capital stock of said Railroad Company. JUiilxd. Th?? t?ro ns?? c?w?ira nos?1" held in tim Court House from nine o clock In the morning until five o'dock in tbo evening, and that G. F. Tolly, J.L. Tribbla and James M. Cathcart be, and hereby ?J appointed Managers to conduct wi lion who, before they o?*m the polia ** sHd vloctien, sholl take th? oath ftlrty.ana impartially to oonduct ihosame; ?>d upon UoSng the polls shall forthwith vroc#ato count tho vote?, statingthe whofc number of votes cast, th? whole number osa*?? "SubBcripUon," arid the whole number oatt "No Subacxrptioh." and sbaH within two days transmit tha report of ?Oe aamM? * acaled envelope, to the Intendant of?'? Town, who snail open the report of ?ala Managers, and siiell onnounoo and papiwn the whole number of volts cost, the WW? es5?b*r coat for ..Subscription." an? Ute tho whola number cast "No Subscription. Resetted, That tho ?dd attbacripMon or Fifty Thousand Dollars shall be ?l?0 ??JJ condition that the samo shall be o*P??*} in tho oonatructiou of tho ?aid with iii tho limits of the County of Ander *?n' W. W. HUMPHREYS. Intcndsflt, J. C. WHITEFIELD, J ERTHA Zf. WILSON, E. F. MURRAH, W. 8. LIGON, Y ordena, '* June?, 187? . 47 7