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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, NOV'R 21, 1878. After this issue of the Intelligencer the editor will be absent for several weeks, and though he expects to continue edit? ing the paper, it is possible that some? times an article may be written by some other person, without always expressing the opinions of the editor. It is, there? fore, due to him and to the public to state that all editorials written by other per? sons will have an asterisk (*) at the end. THE LATE ELECTIONS. The apparent Republican success in the Northern States at the November elections has made very different impres? sions upon the leaders of the Democratic party throughout the country, and the future policy of the party is entirely un? settled. Many hold that the defeat in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut has lost us these States, and that we should give up the hope of carrying them in order to make the contest for victory entirely upon Western soil. Those who advocate this line of action do not regard the financial issues as settled, and pro? pose to enter the contest with a platform and nominees agreeable to Western and Southern opinion, without reference to the North and East. Such a conclusion seems to us entirely erroneous for several reasons. In the first place, our country cannot afford to be politically divided by geographical lines, so that all the States in the South and West shall be Demo? cratic, while those in the North and East shall be Republican. The party which should thus declare its intention .0 array one geographical section against another would be more than apt to meet defeat at the polls, for the country has already had bitter experience from the result of the Republican party's policy in 1860, which arrayed the other sections of the Union a&ainst the South, thereby occasioning the civil war, which has well nigh destroyed the whole fablic of our government The Republican party has continually sought to keep up this sec? tional complexion in our national poli? tics, and has, as a direct consequence, been overwhelmingly condemned by the people of the United States in every elec? tion since 1874, and to-day hold the ad? ministration of the government by un ***7jarralled fraud and official villainy. The elections for the House of Represen? tatives have for the last three times re? sulted in Democratic majorities, and the Presidential election of 1876 gave the immense majority oi near half a million for the Democrats. In the face, there? fore, of this decided and repeated con? demnation of the Republican party in the whole country, it seems to us that any policy on the part of the Democrats, which would tend to sectionalize the issues of the coming Presidential contest, would be releasing a decided advantage which we have over the Republicans, and would be a great mistake. Of course, we think it is not only desirable to get every State to go Democratic that we possibly can, but it is right and ad? vantageous for as many States to be united in political faith as possible, pro? vided that the organization is not entered into for the purpose of opposing one sec? tion against another. This appearance of sectional division in politics should not be given in the policy of any political F'ity. The platform and nominees should not be selected with reference to any section, but should endeavor to meet the views and command the suffrages of every section of the whole Union. Only by such a wise, conservative aud general policy can the Democracy hope to main? tain its vantage ground in the govern? ment, and finally to triumph over the party which was formed in sectional hate, has lived on strife and discord, and to? day holds its sway by fraud and usurpa? tion. In addition to this we think any great despondency on the part of the Demo? crats over the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut elect ous is uncalled for at this time, for although the Republi? cans have carried the Congressional del? egations in each, their vote does not in? dicate a political revolution. State offi? cers were not selected in any of them except Connecticut, and the result was to a large extent controlled by side issues and local considerations, which will have very little bearing in a national election. These States have each gone Democratic in the Presidential elections since the war, except in the Grant-Greely cam? paign, which was not a contest between Democracy and Republicanism, but be? tween two factions of Radicalism, with the Democracy playing second fiddle for the weaker faction. The politics of these States has been oftener Democratic than Republican, and when the important crisis comes we believe they will all three be Democratic again. In Connecticut the Republicans will get their State offi? cers, because the Legislature is Republi? can, but on a vote between the two par? ties alone the Democrats would have won. It is, in our opinion, unsafe to give up the contest for the electoral votes of these States with a view of capturing Ohio, Wisconsin and Illinois, which have all gone Republican in every Pres? idential election since the war. It is true their majorities have been greatly reduced, and Ohio in the State election preceding the last went Democratic. They are, therefore, well worth fighting for, but we should not stake all upon carrying them when there ere other im? portant States presenting equally favora? ble prospects. The late elections have, to our mind, aeitled the Greenback craze, and demon? strated that the Democratic party has made a mistake in allowing itself to be drawn into a contest over unnecessary issues. The Republicans have been the gainers both North and West by this agitation. The result should teach the DemociMtic party that it cannot hope to succeed by countenancing communism j Or dallying with repudiationists. The people of the whole country are in favor of a larger circulation of greenbacks than we now have, but while they are in favor, we believe, of a greater amount of circulating medium, they have unquali? fiedly condemned the idea of flooding the whole country with an unlimited amount of irredeemable paper currency. This decision is the safest and most r.d vantageous one that could have been reaehed for the people. A sound cur? rency which is of fixid value is the great? est blessing which a country engaged in agriculture, mining or manufactures can have. The capitalists, the brokers, or the commercial men who are continually studying finance, are able to keep up with financial fluctuations, and by in? vesting, selling and .-e-investing they are able to prosper by dealing even in a worthless currency. It is not so with the farmer whose products are obliged to go upon the market at the season they are harvester. When he sells he wishes to obtain a currency which be can keep for months without fear of depreciation, and if he should be so unfortunate as to be compelled to borrow money it is to his interest that it shall not be of greater value when pay day comes than it was at the time of borrowing. Even the or? dinary laborer is interested in a stable currency, for when he contracts for a month's wages he is interested in the money retaining its value, and rot in re? ceiving one sum for one month and an? other for the next, in consequence of currency fluctuations. The true policy for the party is to declare in favor of na? tional treasury notes to such amount as can be maintained at par with specie, for the abolition of national banks and for the restoration of banking under the State laws. With such a financial plat? form as this we believe the Democratic party can command the suffrages of the great mass of the people of the United States, and so far from losing the North? ern States we ought to be able to carry more of them than ever before. The re? verses of the November elections should make the party more careful. The best and purest men of the country should be put at the head, and a thorough canvass be made of every State in the Union. Instead of abandoning the North, we hope the Presidential nominee for two years hence will be Senator Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, who is the most exalted type of the statesmen of this age. The name of such a man at the head of the ticket, with Mr. Hendricks, Judge Thurman, or some other able and pure man from the West, would recall the pe? riod of our country's greatest glory, and arouse a patriotic enthusiasm which would sweep over the entire Union with triumph, calling back the days of old when the best and greatest men of the land ruled the counsels of State. It would obliterate the recollections of strife and calamity which have distracted our people, and assure the permanence and success of the free institutions of our government for the future. Wholesale arrests are being made in the low country by United States officials upon the affidavits of ignorant and per? jured negroes, charging Democrats with fraud in the election and with intimida? tion of voters. These cases will not amount to anything with a fair trial, but if they are to come on before the sub? servient Judge Bond, with packed juries and perjured witnesses, they may give a great deal of annoyance, though we have no idea that this vindictive Radical Judge can secure a conviction before even a packed jury in the United States Court. Indeed, it is notorious that many of these prosecutions are not expected nor intended for anything more than a justification of the charges of fraud which the defeated candidates are making, and after hanging over for a few terms they will be quietly dismissed and nothing more heard of them. There is also an? other point in these prosecutions which is worthy of the consideration of the peo? ple of the whole couutry, which is, that hundreds*of warrants are made out and served by villainous commissioners and deputy marshals who procure them to be taken out for the purpose of making the fees allowed by the government. There is no reason for such an extensive array of cases in this State, and the whole pro? cedure is of a pace with Merrill's in? famous swindles under the pretense of extirpating Ku Kluxism. In that mat? ter there were about one hundred war? rants issued for every one case that had enough in it to be served. We have no doubt that this species of rascality is be? ing practiced now, and that the taxpay? ers of the United States will have to pay one hundred thousand dollars or more to these incompetent and vicious Federal officers, who are usiDg their positions to gratify their personal enmity or their po? litical interests. The course now being pursued in South Carolina is an outrage, but we have been long subjected to such treatment by Federal officers. The thing has, however, gone about far enough, and it is time to put a stop to it, and teach the rascal' who are engaged in it that the men who forge prison chains very frequently wear them themselves. Indictments in the State Courts against those who make the affidavits would very properly lie for perjury, and after the discharge of the cases in the Federal Courts they might be prosecuted for ma? licious prosecution. We should teach the rascal* who institute these cases that it is a perilous undertaking to seek po? litical revenge by groundless prosecu? tions. The most healthful sign, among the I small things, that we have seen for the Democracy is the fact that Mr. Charles A Dana and the paper he edits, the New York Sun, have forsaken Mr. Tilden, with the Democratic party, and gone back into the Republican fold, which they left several years ago because Presi? dent Grant did not give Mr. Dana some Federal appointment for which he ap? plied. Since its profession of Dcmo ratic sentiments the Sun has done us much more harm than guod, for under the guise of friendship it has frequently dealt the party organization some very unfortunate blows, and when it did ad? vocate Democracy it did so in a virulent, vindictive aud bragadocio style, which was always indicative of so much spleen that it was more calculated to drive the independent voter off from the party than to secure his adhesion. The defec? tion of the Sun from the Democratic party only changes a secret enemy into an open foe. It in a good riddance, and the party may congratulate itself upon having this dead weight unloaded. The corn crop in this county is being harvested, and we hear from all quarters that the yield is far btlow an average, The drought in the summer injured the crops more seriously than was at first an? ticipated.?Km*"** Courier. HB. HATES' NEW POLICY. The all absorbing theme with the poli? ticians now is the President's announce? ment that be considers his Southern policy a failure, and will henceforth use every means at his command to enforce the laws and prevent fraud and intimida? tion of voters in the Southern States. This change of the President has disap? pointed the many Democrats who have thought well of Mr. Hayes, and gives a corresponding amount of satisfaction to the Radical leaders who are receiving him back into the ranks of the bloody shirters with 'he most profuse indications of confidence .ind respect. As we have never had any confidence in his fraudu lency, we are not in the least surprised at his present position, which only shows that what we have from time to lime said of him is true. No man who would in? trigue for the Presidency, or who would accept the position when it was noto? riously procured by intrigue, is worthy of the confidence of the people. The first nets of Mr. Hayes were apparently friendly to the South, but they were acts of necessity, which he was compelled to perform, and for which he is neither en? titled to gratitude nor respect from any portion of the people. When the Demo? cratic House of Representatives refused to appropriate any money to sustain the army so loug as it was employed for po? litical purposes, he found himself com? pelled to remove the troops from Louis? iana and South Carolina, wherefore he made a virtue of necessity, and in remov? ing them sought, and from many receiv? ed, the gratitude due to a Southern ben? efactor. He has appointed the principal Radical scamps to offices in the South, and has not from the beginning of his term performed a single disinterested act of friendship for the South that we can now recouut. His pretended change therefore is not a change of intention but simply one of expression. He now avows his intention of doing what he has here? tofore done, pretending that he was not doing it. The change is a very fortunate one for the South and for the Democratic party, as it directs the attention of the country directly to the questions at issue, while heretofore his policy has been such as to withdraw public attention from the South and encourage the idea that the Southern question was settled. As long as the South was the theme for political contention the Democrats were the gain? ers, and even under Grant, with Morton in his full glory, the Republicans were terribly overthrown at the polls in the Presidential election, and Mr. Hayes, after coming into the Presidency to which Mr. Tilden was elected, saw that the people were tired of the Southern question, and by professing to settle the subject by a complete restoration of the South, he took from the Democrats one of their strongest political levers. The result was that in the absence of this question financial questions arose, and while the Republican demagogues made all they could out of the solid South, the Democrats treated it as a settled matter, so that they lost as much as it would have been possible to lose under any cir? cumstances. Now, the action of the President restores the question to its original status, and brings the country once more face to face with the problem as to the permanence of free institutions in America. The people of the North realize that, every blow which is struck at the South helps to shackle every State in the Union. The Democratic party of the whole country should rally with the cry, the Constitution and the Republic must be sustained. The centralization to which the Republican party is carry? ing the government should be proclaim? ed by every orator from every stump, and the result will have very little of doubt connected with it. The will of the peo? ple as expressed at the ballot box has al? ready been set at naught by the fraud and force of the Republican party, and the people having submitted to that, the administration is emboldened to make further efforts to destroy local govern? ment and gather all of the power into the hands of the President. This having bceu accomplished, a simple proclama-' tion would be necessary to make him emperor or dictator. Of course, Mr. Hayes could not get this far along in the destruction of free government, for he neither has the ability nor the popularity to accomplish it, but he might, go so far in the direction that his successor could complete the destruction of liberty itself. These are the dangers which overhang the country, and the changed attitude of Mr. Hayes is well calculated to secure proper attention to them. The Hon. Zach. Chandler now pro? poses to use United States troops to or? ganize the next Congress in the interest of the Republicans, like Grant used them to organize the Legislature of Louisiana four years ago. We hope his programme will be adopted, and that the country will see the usurpation and ty? ranny which the administration of fraud is willing to enact if opportunity is afforded. The proposition would, indeed, be a startling one, if our people had not so frequently seen the will of the people set at defiance and overturned by the strong arm of arbitrary power, It is proposed for the Republican members elected to the House of Representatives fo assemble with enough of the beaten lladical candidates from Southern dis? tricts to give them a majority, and then to organize by the election of a Republi? can Speaker and other officers. This procedure is to be carried out by the use of Uuited States troops, aud to prepare public opinion for such a measure, whole? sale arrests are to be made in South Car? olina and other Southern States, while thousands of affidavits are to be publish? ed, setting forth fraud and intimidation. If the Republicans could only be mad? dened enough to try this scheme, it would secure the complete overthrow of their party, and insure a return of the government to the party of law and or? der. The Senate is Democratic, and of course it would not only refuse to recog? nize the revolutionary body, but would act with the Democrats, who would or? ganize the lawful House of Representa? tives. The little game which Mr. Chan? dler proposes cannot do more than allow the Republicans to make fools of them? selves, and they are at perfect liberty to proceed with the farce of the exhibition whenever they choose. Mr. Chandler had probably forgotten about the Demo? crats having the Semite. The Northern papers are teeming with charges of election frauds in South Caro? lina, and many of them cannot find terms severe enough for the expression of their condemnation. These same parti? san journals have published the election returns from this State for the past twelve years, and, strange to say, they never discovered anything wrong about the elections until the Democrats ob? tained tho government, although the most glaring and infamous election frauds were perpetrated at every election. We are not able to say that no frauds have been committed in our late elec? tions, but if any have been, there is no doubt that the Republicans have sinned more than they have been sinned against, and whatever frauds have been perpetra? ted by Democrats have been individual and without the sanction of the party. Our people abhor any tampering with the sanctity of the free ballot, and are as ready to prevent or punish it as the peo? ple of New York or Pennsylvania. The election here has been as free and fair as in either of the States named, and there is no doubt that it has been fairer than any that was ever held while the Radi? cals had sway in our State. As strange as it may seem, the Radicals have made an ignominious failure for the lack of shrewd and experienced leaders. In many Counties they failed to have print? ed tickets, and the negroes in large num? bers refused to vote because they were afraid to trust any one except their Rad? ical leaders to fix up tickets for them. In other Counties their candidates, see? ing that they would be unable to control the colored vote, and realizing that defeat was certain, counselled the colored people not to vote, in order that the smullness of the vote might give them plausible ground to charge intimidation, fraud, and so forth. The papers which lend themselves to circulating the falsehoods and libels emanating from defeated Rad? ical candidates, are simply making them? selves the willing tools of men who have neither regard for truth nor honor. If all the votes which are the subject of reasonable suspicion were thrown out, the Democrats would still control the State, and every County iu it, except Beaufort. To charge fraud is one thing? to prove it is another. The proof is the only justification of the charge; and as the election is in the Courts, public opinion should not be formed until after the judicial determination of the ques? tion. Whenever it undergoes this test the wild statements that have been tele? graphed and written to horrify the coun? try and inflame the public mind against the people of South Carolina, will dwin? dle into insignificance, assuming the proportions of a mole-hill, instead of a huge mountain of fraud as now reported. The charges of fraud only emanate from defeated candidates, and the yell they are raising is prompted by the hope of procuring Federal appointments. It is about time for the honest people of the Union to call a halt on the game as played at present, as it is likely to be one in which the people are to receive nothing, except the pleasure of paying the bills. Mr. Blaiue, in a congratulatory address [ after the election, called upon the Repub? licans to protect the four millions of col? ored people in their rights of suffrage, claiming that as they have only two or thiee colored men in Congress they are practically disfranchised. If he wants to have colored men in Congress he will have to run out tho Radical carpet-bag? gers, for they monopolize the Radical nominations. If, however, he means that he wishes to perpetuate the right to vote conferred by the constitutional amend? ment*, he need not trouble himself, for the people of the South intend to hold on to these provisions, so if that is the only subject which induces the valiant peace warrior of Maine to fight the South he can compose himself in quiet, for we are as anxious to keep the advantages which negro sufTrage gives us as he is to con? fer these advantages. It is amusing, any way, to see how brave and belligerent Mr. Blaine is towards the South now, when he did no fighting when the civil war of? fered such excellent opportunity for brave men to satisfy their pugnacious propensities. The notorious Radical fomentor, E. W. M. Mackey, who has recently been villi fying and traducing the good people of South Carolina in communications to different Republican journals ut the North, has gone one step too far iu charging Mr. W. L. Daggett, the fore? man of the Charleston News and Courier Job Printing Office, with stuffing twenty five hundred tickets into the election box at the Palmetto Engine House precinct in the City of Charleston. Mr. Daggett has very properly felt it his duty to muz 7.1e this defamer of the good people of South Carolina, and has Indicted him for libel in the State Courts, thus giving the State Solicitor the opportunity of prose? cuting the arch conspirator against good government, for one of the most officious and uncalled for libels that has been perpetrated. The heinousness of the offense is heightened by the fact that Mr. Mackey is a lawyer, and the assistant prosecuting officer of the United States In South Carolina. If he Is convicted the severest penalties of tho law should be imposed upon him.. President Hayes has just pardoned a gang of Republicans who were convicted of ballot-box stuffing in Cincinnati, and yet at the same time he is greatly in? censed at the reported violations of the election laws in some of the Southern States, ridiculously having the kind of tickets that were voted in South Carolina carried to the White House and manipu? lated in his presence that he might un? derstand the mode of ballot-box -lulling. Of course, the manipulators were Re? publicans, and of course they showed Mr. Hayes how to sUlfT ballot-hexes j but did it occur to his fratiditlency that their familiarity with the process of stuffing ballot-bcxcs docs not prove any? thing on the Democrats. They were only showing him how the Radicals have carried elections for the eight years they ruled in South Carolina. We wonder, however, if a t-et of Southern Democrats should be convicted of the same offence as the Cincinnati Radicals if Mr. Hayes would pardon them also? ? The Pec Dee Walehmni%t publi-heJ at Darlington, S. C, by Messrs. Gilbert has suspended. Mosby, the ex-Con federate, who holds a foreign consulate, but resides in this country and draws pay, has settled the political problem, s.> far as his dictum can accomplish the result, by announcing that the battle of 1SS0 it already fought and von, and Grant i? the man. Perhaps he is the man who is going to be run over in that battle. The people may in? tend to perpetuate Radicalism, but they certainly do not contemplate a repetition of Giantism. Mosby has become noto? rious as one of Grant's most servile un? derstrappers, and it is difficult to say whether the opposition to Grant or the disgust with his man Friday (Mosby) is stronger in the minds of the American people. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. Alumni Meeting of the Grand Division. The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of South Carolina, met in the hall of Columbia Division, No. 6, November 13, at 7i o'clock, p. m., G. W. P. E. B. Murray presiding. Officers Present.?E. B. Hurray, of Anderson, G. \V*. P.; J. \V. McCreery, ofCamden, G. \V. A.; L. P. .Smith, of Anderson, G. Scribe; A. I). Cttmpsty, of Columbia, G. Sentinel. Vacancies were filled by G. W. P. The following repre? sentatives were appointed: Rev. C. Sent), P. G. W. P.; \V. A. Edwards, G. Con.; J. A. Elkins, G. Chap. The G. \V. P. appointed Representa? tives LaMotte, Tolly and Elkins Com? mittee on Credentials, who reported cre? dentials correct from all the Divisions. Candidates in waiting were then initia? ted into Grand Division. The report of Grand \V*. P. and Grand Scribe were called for and read and sub? mitted to proper committees. Communications were read from G. Con. W. H. Bailey, of Palmetto, No. 4, and D. G. W. P. Ernest Moore, of Lan? caster, No. 28, expressing their inability to attend this session. After attending to various business matters, the Grand Division went into nomination of officers for the next year, which resulted as follows: G. W. P.?G. F. Tolly, of Anderson. G. W. A.?M. B. "McSwecney, of Ninety-Six. G. Scribe?L. P. Smith, of Anderson. G. Chaplain?Rev. C. Senn, of Lexing? ton. G. Conductor?Wm. Wilcox, of Nine? ty-Six. G. Treasurer?W. A. Edwards, of Orangeburg. G. Sentinel?J. Marjenhoff, of Charles? ton. On motion, the Grand Division elected delegates to the National Division to be held in the city of Washington, D. C, in June, 1879. The following Committee on Laws was appointed by the G. W. P.: Representa? tives McCurry, Tolly and Elgin. On motion, the Grand Division de? cided to hold its summer session with Watarce Division, No. 0. at Camdcn. After hearing reports from the com? mittees on the G. W. P. and the G. Scribe's reports, and the adoption of the same, the Grand Division adjourned un? til Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. THURSDAY MOBKIKG. The Grand Division met this morning pursuant to adjournment, G. W. P. Mur? ray in the chair. The minutes of the previous session were read and coufirmed. The Committee on Communications made their report, which was adopted. On motion, the Grand Division went into an election for officers for the next year, which resulted in the choice of the members nominated at last night's ses? sion. The Committee on Laws made their report, which was adopted. The officers elect were then duly in? stalled into office. On motion, the thanks of the Division were tendered to Columbia Division, No. 6, for their kindness and hospitality to the members of this body during its session. The following resolution was unani? mously adopted: Resolved, That this Grand Division cheerfully and heartily acknowledges the zeal, fidelity and efficiency which has characterized the administration of the retiring Grnrid Worthy Patriarch, Msj. E. B. Murray. After earnest remarks from G. W. P. G. F. Tolly, the Grand Division ad? journed to meet at Camden, in July, 1879. ? On last Thursday evening there oc? curred iu this county one of the most horrible casualties of which we have ever heard. Wade Barber, colored, living on lands of the estate of Gaptain W. A. Pedon, deceased, left home in the after? noon, to be gone for the night. About dark his wife left the house and went to the spring, a short distance, leaving two small children, one about two and a half years, the other an infant less than a year old, alone in the house. In one end of the house was a large pile of seed cotton, Wade's entire crop. The eldest child it is supposed, was at play in the cotton, and communicated fire to the heap. In a short time, before the moth? er could return from the spring, the house was in flames, preventing her from entering. The house was entirely con? sumed, aud the children were burned to death. One of them had crawled a short distance from the house and was found dead next morning ; the skull and a lew bones of the other were found among the ruins of the house.?Chester Reporter. ? Every day since the election several colored men may be seen at almost any hour of the day lounging about the streets of Ivingstrec, with clubs an inch and more in diameter. The council should take notice of this matter and not allow the streets of the town tobe used as a public loafing place. We understand that they come here for a purpose which bodes no good to themselves or the peace of the town. The white citizens of the town are tired of being menaced. The election is over and if we cannot have peace in one way we will have it in another, even if it requires force. The town of Kingstrce belongs to the people of Kingstrce, It iaan incorporated town and the home of its inhabitants, who pay special taxes for special privileges, one of which is to be free from public nuisancis and suspicious characters. If the coun? cil does not see into this matter other parties will. A word to the wise is suf? ficient.?Kingstrce Star. ? Now that the election is over and our members elect to the Legislature art safe for the next two years, it will not be out of place to begin to talk a little about the length the sessions ought to be. We are not clamorus about a rediiction of the per diem, if the sessions are made shorter, if, however, the next Legisla? ture is to continue for three or four months, as did the last, we would be in favor of a reduction in the pay. Six weeks ought to bo ample time in which to do al! the legislation' necessary. Indeed we are not sure that a month?the ante bellum maximum?is any too short a period. Let the Legislature work more in day time?go to work earlier, say 10 o'clock a.m., instead of 12m. Burn less gas, and let the members?some of them at least?be less gassy, and work more.? LaurenstlVe Herald. ? Have not hing to do with those fel? lows who come along, jump up on a box in the middle of the street, and want to ''introduce a new article;" the last one of them arc swindler?.? Chester Reporter. ? Wc learn that Mr. Thomas Chap? lin, of Lewisville, while lying in bed on Sunday morning last, and playing with a pistol 'accidcnntally shot, himself in the neck from which he instantly dided.? ()rnugrt$w r<j Timr*. ? Xcwberry will vote to change the fence law on the 17th of December. ? There will be three editors in the next Legislature?one in the Senate and two in the House. ? Greenville sends six convicts to the penitentiary this week. ? From every section of the State comes accounts of daring burglaries and robberies, which are committed invariably by worthless negroes. ? The work on the national jetties in Charleston harbor begins December 1st. ? The gin house on Mr. Baruch Dun? can's plantation, which is rented by Lewis Ducket, was destroyed by fire on Thurs? day morning 7th ins t., just before day. We learn that there were about 60 bales of cotton in the building, all of which were consumed, together with the press, a wagon and some other articles. It is thought to have been the work of an in cindiary. ?Ncicbcrry Herald. ? On the afternoon of the 6th inst. the gin house of the widow S. Graham was set on fire and entirely consumed, together with its contents, by the ignition of a match. It was with great difficulty that the screw, which stood near by, was saved.?Kingslree Star. NOTICE. Dr. M. L. Sharpe Must have Money. "PERSONS owing him will confer a favor XT by calling to pay their accounts be? fore Christmas. Nor 21,1878_19 3_ "VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. -LN Notice in herehy given that the un? dersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Nicholas Trippc, deceased, will apply to the Judgo of Probate for Anderson County, on tho 23rd day of December, 1873, for a Final Settlement and discharge from said Estate. JOHN H. TWITE, Adm'r. Nov 21, 1873_19_5_ NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judge of Probate at Anderson C. II., S. C, on the 23rd day of December next, for a Final Settlement and discharge from the Estate of James R. Drcnnan, deceased. JAMES II. McCONNELL, Ex'r. Not 21. 1878_If)_5?_ NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The uiiderMgned,- Administrator of the Personal Estate of S. L. W. Elrod, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate, at his ofiicc, on the 23rd day of December, 1878, for a final settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from said ad? ministration. W. S. PICKENS, Adm'r. Nov 21, 1S78_1?_5_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. A. A. Dean, Committee of Robert B. Mc Carley, a Lunatic, Plaintiff, against Rob? ert B. McCarlcy and wife, Stacy McCar ley, Eliza McCarlcy, Lizzie Davis, James McCarley, Mary McCarlcy, Samantha Bryant, heirs of John McCarley, names and number unknown, heirs of David I). McCarley, to wit: Joseph McCarlcy, James McCarley, Wm,McCarlcy, Martha McCarley and others, names and number unknown, R. B. Dean and A. B. Towers, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Com plaint not Served. To the Defendants above named? YOU arc hereby summoned and requi? red to answer the complaint in thin action, which ia filed in the office of the Court of Probate for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, at Anderson, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the timeafore said, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated November 10. A. D. 1878. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiffs Attorney. To the Defendants James McCarley, Mary McCarlcy, Samantha Brvant, heirs of John McCarlcy, deceased, names and number unknown, Joseph McCarley, Jas. McCarley, Win. McCarley, Martha Mc Carly, and other heirs of David D. Mc? Carley, names and number unknown : Take notice that the complaint in this ac? tion, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Court of Probate at Anderson C. H., in the County of Anderson, and State of South Carolina, on the 10th day of November, A. D. 1878, and that the object of said action is for sale of the Real Estate now in the possession of the Defendant, Robert B. McCarley, for the payment of debts, and for other relief, which said real estate embraces 200 acres of land, more or less, situate in Anderson County, in said State, adjoining lands of Robert B. Dean and others. No personal claim is made against you. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiffs Attorney. Nov 21, 1878 19 6. - ? 5? co ? C fOg-l-3 2 <l ~- m-, S co = a^<~ j O B. iRr? o t-T" ?a . 2 5 i cd .2 = g<g O 1*315 ? igM et ||vU E? v, mo? . g Nov 7, 1378 MONEY WANTED DR. G. M. JONES wants money. All concerned had better cull ut Iiis office at an early day and pay up, or make some arrangements*fur paying. He must have money. Come along and save trouble. He is prepared to execute all work in the Dentistry line. Terms cash, at moderate rates. _N ov 14, 1378_IS_2 DISSOLUTION. THE undersigned have this day, by mu? tual consent, dissolved the partnership heretofore existing under the firm name of E. B. Murray it Co. All persons indebted to this firm for advertising or subscription arc requested to settle at once with either of the undersigned or Mr, W. W. Keys, as We wish to close up the old books as soon as possible. J. FLEET WOOD CLINKSCALES, E. B. MURRAY. November 8, 1378. COPARTNERSHIP. THE undersigned have tin's day formed a copartnership for the conduct of the Aniuchsox Ixtelligexcer, and a general job printing business at Anderson Court HoiMO under the firm name of E. B. Murray it Co. Thankful for the patronage heretofore ac? corded the Ixti:lu<;k.\'. i:u, they respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. J. KLEETWOOD CLINKSCALES, E. 11. MURRAY, W. \V. KEYS. November s, 1S7S. _ _ SHIRTS! IJtlGHT dozen more of those Splendid ii SHIRTS, "cheap as dirt." A. B. TOW ICHS & CO. _Sept 12. 1878 _9 Seeds! RED CLOVER. RED SAPLING CLO? VER and ORCHARD GRASS SEED for sale low hv A. I!. TOWERS it CO. Oct 10_13_ Paper Hangings! BEAUTIFUL lot of PAPER HANG? INGS and WINDOW SHADES for ow by A. B. TOWERS it CO. : 10 13 a Hats and Caps! ALARGE and fine assortment of HATS and CAPS, for sale low by A. B, TOWERS A CO, OH in 13 Ten Times the Greatest and Grandest Show on Earth! THE GREAT LONDON CIRCUS And Sanger's British Menagerie, On its Triumphal Southern Tom-, and the Smith's Favorite Show. ANDERSON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29th. tote TWO ELABORATE PERFORMANCES! :;,onn Cushioned Opera Chairs and Seats for 8,000. Famous in every land under the 8nn. Behold its Catalogue of Special Features. ROYAL TALLY-HO MAIL COACH. A literal representation of Royal Pleasure Life in the Mother Country. FIVE ELEPIIAXTS IN PYRAMID. Military Brill, Playing Eloquent Music, Dancing Waltzand Quadrille, Standing on Hind Legs, Head, etc. Croup of Five Royal Bengal 1 igers! Trained and performed by the English expert, Alfred Still. 10 World Renowned LADY RIDERS, led by the challenged Empress of the Arena, M'lle ELISE DOCKRILL. 12 Superb Male Equestrians, beaded by the undisputed King of the Circle, Francesco Brown. 30 Agile Leapers, inspired by the Austrian Athlete, Frank Gardner, in his terrific Leap and Double Somersault over a Herd of Elephants?thirty-eight feet. Lair of 10 grave-robbing Hyenas, manipulated in open den in the streets during the Pa? geant. Swimming Queen in a trial of endurance, G minutes under water. 100 Beautiful Little Ponies. 7 Massive Cold-encrusted Chariots. Over 100 Star Performers. 2 full Brass and Reed Bands. Man-sized Riding Monkey. (W0 Horses, Men, Women and Children. 10 Great Clowns, and the Largest Menagerie on Earth. All transport? ed in 105 specially built twelve wheel Cars. GORGEOUS FREE STREET PROCESSION occurs Daily between 9 and 10 o'clock a. m. 50c. for Adults, and 25c. for Children under 9 Years. Reserved Seat?, ~.">c. Extra. pSr Will exhibit at NEWBERRY November 28, and at GREENVILLE Novem? ber 30. Nov 21. 1878 10 McCully & Taylor Pay highest market price for Cotton, and you will do well to see them before selling. IJgOV 21. 1378_12_;_3m LADIES' STORE ALWAYS AHEAD! -0 By Merit we intend to Maintain and Increase our Trade! -0 w E are continually looking to the interest of our customers. As prices change almost daily, it ii impossible to keep them constantly before you. Among our arrivals we shall continually place before our customers some land slides beyond the whisper of competition. We have prices that will teach you the difference be? tween dealing with live people and dead people! Between buying for Cash and Credit buyers! Pluck instead cf luck ! Cash instead of credit! Brains instead of cheek 1 Give us a call. We will level your head on the subject of Bargains! We deal in goods and not in trash! Sell the best goods for the least money! Look in at the Ladies' Store and be convinced. Nov 21, 1S78 _14_ J. D. MAXWELL, Nov 7, 1878 lo ? .----- - - - DR3NK OLD DURHAM WHISKEY. Labratory of Statk Assavkb ami C'liEMlsT, Rii iiMoNP. Y.v., Sept. 5, 1878.?I have carefully tested a sample of "Durham Ityu Whiskey." selected by myself from the stock oi* Messrs. Ellison .v. Ilarvev, and lind it free from adulterations. Ulsan excellent article of Whiskey, and altogether suitable for use as a leverage or medicine. Sigurd W. H. TAYLOR! M. D.. State Chi mist. Tin- superior Old Ityc Whiskey, equal to any made in the counln , can Ik- had at iTOZEHLST O'lDO^TiTELL'S Dealer in Family Groceries, Liquors, Fine Wines, Etc. Etc. DU POT STREET, Also, at PALMETTO S IS.OOX. H'avvrly House Building, Slain St., Anderson. $. V. Nov l t. l.s;s 1- 3m