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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, NOV'R 23, 1878. BY TELEGRAPH. Special Dispatch to Anderson Intelligencer. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 27. The Legislature organized yesterday. Hon. T. B. Jeter, of Union, was unani? mously re-elected President pro tern, of the Senate, and Col. T. Stobo Farrow Clerk. In the House Hon. John C. Sheppard was unanimously re-elected Speaker and Col. John T. Sloan Clerk. Prospects of a short and working session are good. The United States Conrt is sitting, but Judge Bond has not arrived yet. The election cases are expected to come off soon, and there is very little doubt of a complete vindication of our people be? fore the Courts. E. B. MURRAY. THE CHAjIBERLAEN CASE. The indictment of Ex-Governor Cham? berlain for official misconduct had been looked for by our people until they al? most despaired of any effort ever being made to bring the great carpet-bagger to justice for his misdeeds whilo an office holding citizen of Sooth Carolina, and when the announcement was made that he was indicted, it produced different emotions in the hearts of our people. We presume that there is is not a patriot in South Carolina who does not feel that justice requires the punishment of Mr. Chamberlain and his associates for the crimes which are alleged and be? lieved against them, but there has .been so much dallying with these criminals by the State, and so much talk accompanied by snch meagre resalts, that we are be? coming heartily tirod of the whole busi? ness, and before any expression as to the proceedings in this case, the general de? sire is to know whether in common lan? guage it means business, or is simply an? other of the many farces we have been compelled to witness growing out of the fraud committee's report. As soon as the committee began its work, General Connor, then Attorney-General pounced down upon Carpenter, Smalls and Cnr dozo, convicting each of them, and pro? curing proper sentences in each case. Circumstances at this juncture compelled hi-, resignation, and since Mr. Youmans has been in office there has not been an? other trial, and even the appeals taken in the cases named have not been de? cided. The only effort which the new Attorney General has made was to secure H. H. Kimpton, and in that case he treated with him, instead of arresting hita in New York, where he would have been delivered up, and allowed him to flee into Massachusetts, where the whole matter ended disastrously to the State. Now the move upon Mr. Chamberlain is made, and the people are anxions to see whether it is to end creditably to the State, or to add one more to the comedy of errors to which we have become ac? customed lately. We are told that Mr. Youmans is not responsible for the Kimpton fiasco, and no doubt it is true, but the unfortunate position in which he has been placed in that case only ren? ders it the more important that there should be no mistake and no fooling in the Chamberlain case. There has been too much leniency to the criminals in South Carolina, acd instead of caging them by inflicting the punishment the laws made by themselves impose for the crimes they committed, we have simply exposed their crimes and allowed them to scatter throughout the whole Union to traduce and villiiy ihe people who were short-sighted enough to allow tbem lib? erty instead of giving tbem a peniten? tiary cell. The result has no doubt been disastrous in a political point of view, for these men have represented themselves as victims of political proscription, and their statements have been plausible, for it is unreasonable for a State to have such testimony as we claim to have against the whole of the Radical crew and yet do nothing to bring them to punishment. The policy of forgiveness has been a mistake, and should be in? dulged no longer. These fugitives from justice are procuring the arrests of our citizens and firing the nation's heart against the Southern people, ?.nd yet nothing of any consequence has been done to put a quietus on them. Not only do we think Chamberlain should be vigorously prosecuted, but Whitte more, Swails, Scott, Patterson, Kimpton, Cardozo and all the leaders should be in? dicted and punished or vindicated in the Courts. If this is done the enemies of the South will lose some of their most effective instruments, and the crusade against our people will have much of its bitterness taken out of it. The policy of amnesty should be changed for the policy which justice requires, and then the honor of the State and the cause of good government will be subserved. The people of South Carolina received the news of the re-election of Hon. J. B. Gordon, of Georgia, to the United States Senate with delight. The Legislature of that Commonwealth could have chosen no more honorable, trustworthy or dis? tinguish man to represent them in the nation's councils; and he will be not only a representative of Georgia, but of the whole South as well. His superior as a statesman and patriot cannot be found in this union, and his noble de? fence in the past of our oppressed and | downtrodden South, coupled with the great services rendered to our own State two years agor has made him especially I dear to the people of South Carolina. When Gordon and Butler are joined after the 4th of March by Hampton and Vance, what nobler representatives could we desire? * As will be seen by reference to an Article in another column Judge Press ley htts granted the motion of Attorney General Youmans to appoint a Receiver for the Greenville and Columbia Rail? road, and has appointed General James Conner, of Charleston, as such Receiver. This action of Judge Prcasley, we are satisfied, will meet with the hearty ap? proval of r.li concerned. A man in whom the publie have more confidence could not have been plac?d in charge of the affairs of the Road, and the creditors may rest assured that their interests will be earefully guarded by Gen. Connor. * THE BAPTIST STATE CONTENTION". "Ike fifty-third annual Convention of the Baptist denomination of South Caro? lina met in Sumteron Thursday morning last, and was organized by the re-election of Rev. Richard Furman, D. D., Presi? dent, Col. B. W. Edwards Vice President and Rev. Luther Broaddus and Maj. E. B. Murray Secretaries. The delegation, though not large, was very good, all parts of the State being represented. The principal subjects that engaged the attention of the Convention were Furmau University aud Missions, State, Home and Foreign. The Board of Trustees of the University was re? duced from twenty-five to thirteen iu number. The work of State Missions has been well managed during the past year, and the resulU were encouraging in consequence. Rev. A. W. Lamar was continued as the Corresponding Secretary and General Agent of the Executive Board, which has control of this impor? tant work. The report of the committee on Home Mission, by which is meant the missiouary work of the Southern Baptist Convention in the Southern States and Territories, called out a number of dele? gates, who entertained the Convention with interesting speeches. Over $500 was pledged by delegates present to help on the work, and it was thought that as much more could be raised by them when they returned io their respective churches. It was suggested that Dr. J. B. Hartwell, who has been a mission? ary to China for about 20 years, but who is at present necessarily detained in this country, should be placed in charge of said mission. The report on Foreign Missions and the speech of Dr. Hartwell took a hopeful view of missionary work in China. The Convention got through with bus? iness on Saturday night, but the formal adjournment did not take place until Sunday night. The meeting throughout was characterized by a spirit of Christian courtesy and harmony. ? * Sam Lee, of Sumter, who has been one of the most active of the Radical fomentors of strife and discord between the races in the lower part of the State ever since the war, and who was Speaker of the House of Representatives under the Moses oligarchy, and subsequently Probate Judge of Sumter County, has come to grief at last. He was arrested on the 20th instant, charged with irregu? larities and misconduct in the discharge of the latter office, and in default of bail, which was fixed at the small sum of $500, was lodged in jail to await his trial before the court. This mulatto scoun? drel has done everything in his power against the interests of the white people of this State, and it affords us pleasure to know that he is in a fair way for once to receive his just dues. * We are glad to inform our readers that Governor Hampton is steadily improv? ing. His recovery will be tedious, but no apprehension is felt against its cer? tainty, so far as human skill can foresee. He rests easily and maintains the utmost cheerfulness. All talk of amputation has ceased. * WASHINGTON LETTER. From Our Itcgulur Correspondent. Washington. D. C, Nov. 23. While the city is filling with strangers, and one sees familiar faces of Congress? men who return- to serve out the three remaining months of their terms, thoughts and incidents touching this one and that naturally come to mind. None but these who, on duty right here, have seen the coming and going of men iu public life realize how rapidly the scene changes. It is like the evolutions of the Kaleidoscope. The men who are to-day the leading actors in events, and whose lives seem closely interwoven with the country's being, to-morrow step down and out, seldom missed. Now and then one elected to Congress returns year after year, and becomes a land mark as it were; but as a rule they serve their brief day and pass iuto oblivion. Everybody is talking about the unu? sual changes in the personel of the next House. It is seldom that so many prom? inent members are left out at one time, yet perhaps there never was a time when a clean sweep could be made with less detriment to the public good. Nearly half the members of the present House failed to be returned, and the unfortu? nate ones arc about evenly divided be? tween the two parties. I met Abram S. Hewitt to-day and observe that the trou? bled?almost pained expression of his countenauce has nou departed. Of all the unreturned members none will be more generally missed than Hewitt. He suffers greatly from dyspepsia, nervous? ness and loss of sleep, which renders him ; very excitable and writable; yet with all that he is a worker and a thoroughly honest experienced man whose useful? ness is the greater from the esteem in which be is held by his associates of both parties. But he remarked ouce that he did not regard John Kelly a states? man, and for that error of judgment Kelly named another man to represent the district when the nominating conven? tion assembled this year. Hewitt was a member of the joint committee that framed the bill creating the Electoral Commission, and in the sincerity of his nature took a good deal of stock in the candid professions of his Republican as? sociates on the committee, particularly Hoar and Edmunds. Both the latter were put on the commission, to assist in construing the law which they had help? ed to create. After it becamo evident that these two statesmen were voting to exclude evidence regarding the Louis? iana and Florida frauds, I have seen Hewitt pacing the floor of his committee room declaiming against their perfidy. It is said that he sleeps fewer hours than any man in America. Somebody recent? ly told the story of his discomfiture by a crowing rooster in the vicinity of his quarters. He stood it as long as he could and then offered a colored wuiter live dollars for "that d?d rooster's head," and it was shortly brought to him like John the Baptist's, on a salver. The thrifty waiter bought the rooster for sev? enty-five cents and sold the remains to Welcker for fifty cents, which, with five dollars for the head, made a comfortable profit out of the transaction. Money is no object to this sleepless Congressman. He :s very rich, and buys any house that he fancies he can sleep in. One winter he rented elegant quarters here, and then took all the adjoining apartments to pre- i vent being disturbed. In doing this he cut Senator Conkling out of his former quarters, and created an unfriendliness which lasted some time. Another of the prominent unfortunate is Milton Sayler, who, had he been re elected, would very likely have succeed? ed Randall as Speaker. A combination of circumstances favored his selection. Savior is one of the "good fellows" in public life, whom everybody likes, and a man of considerable ability withal, yet he is not essentially a leader, nor in fact a worker. He likes good company, good wine, with ease and comfort. The boys say, too, that he is not averse to a little game of draw. In habit and disposition Saylcr somewhat resembles Carter Har? rison, another western member who failed to connect. The Chicago papers face? tiously talk about "Our Carter," but here in Washington be is known as "Marine Band Harrison." At the first session of the 44th Congress Holman of Indiana, and some of the other economists, who have no music in their souls, undertook to cut the item for the support of this band out of the appropriation bills. Without that band life at the capital would be reduced to a barren ideality. Harrison took in the situation and rose to the occasion. In an oil-hand speech he detailed how he proposed, upon the election of Tilden, to cock his feet upon the balistrades of the White House, and listen to the heavenly music of that band just as the Republicans had done. That settled it. He had created a laugh and saved the band. Governor Swann, of Maryland, is an? other of the old stagers who got left. The Governor has been in Congress five terms, and wanted to come again ; but be got married last summer to a rich old girl, a widow of sixty, and while off courting and honeymooning some of the younger bloods iu his district set the pins up against him. The Governor is very rich and most too old to be of great use? fulness in Congress. Once in a while he makes a little speech, or at least the Record credits him with doing so, but I doubt if anybody has heard him. When be stands up to talk he is perfectly mo? tionless, except a slight movement of the lower jaw, and that is the only sign that he is saying anything, as his " still small voice" cannot be heard three feet away. He is a liberal entertainer, and next to Fernando Wood gives the most elaborate dinner parties of any Congressman.? These two and Mr. Hewitt probably ex? cel any three men ever in Congress in the glorious art of tickliug the palates of their friends. "Fernando" is the only one of three who comes back, and he had a tight squeeze, both in the nomi? nating convention and at the polls. He lost caste somewhat with the party by his course during the exciting times of the electoral count. It did look strange to see this old Bourbon Democrat hobnob ing with Eugene Hale, and other Radi? cals, and taking the leadership of the Republicans against those of his own party who were determined to defeat the count by filibustering. Hostility to Til den has been assigned as one of the pro? pelling causes. There is not a greater aristocrat in manner, bearing and gen? eral appearance, than this same Fernan? do Wood. He is as straight as a ramrod, while from his dress, dignity, white mus? tache and soldierly carriage, one might readily mistake him for Kaiser Wilhelm. If he was ever popular with the rabble, as must have been the case in the palmy days of his career in New York, it was before he married a rich wife and took to the exclusive ways of bloated bondhold? ers. On the other side of the house there are quite as many notables to sink from view after March 4th. Eugene Hale is among the first. He is considered a man of fair ability, but his chief prominence as a leader comes from parliamentary knowledge, and a tendency to get on his feet oftcner than any body else. When Blnine was in the House, Hale was such a close follower of his that Cox one day in the heat of debate termed him "Elaine's little pup," but the language was withdrawn. The name oftcnest applied to him is "Bub" Hale, and I am not quite certain whether it arose from his relationship to Zach Chandler, or his Lieutenancy to Blaine. Townsend, of New York, is another of the vanquished. He is the humorist of the Republican side, though there is nothing so very funny in anything he says. Besides these there is Burcbard, of Illinois, dress parade Banks, and last, though by no means least, Ben. Butler. But I must cut this thing off somewhere. PHONO. GRAND BURST OF ELOQUENCE. Senator Gordon, in a recent speech be? fore the Georgia Legislature, after re? ferring deprccatingly to the recent speeches of Senators Blaine and Conk ling and Secretary Sherman, said : "Will the masses of the Republican voters sustain these leaders in such a policy of oppression ? I cannot believe it. I cannot believe that they will be sustained by that wing of the party which supported President Hayes in his patri? otic recognition of the fact that the war was ended, in tue withdrawal of the troops and leaving Louisiana and South Carolina to exercise the rights of self government. [Applause.] "I wish you also to know, my country? men, that there are hundreds of thou? sands of patriotic men in that party, who if they saw our danger and the reaction? ary danger to tbem, would unite with you to avert it. There arc thousands of Chistian men in that party who do not sympathize with these wrongs, whose hearts bled for our recent afflictions, and whose purses were employed to relieve Southern suffering. [Applause.] That was a spectacle that presented the better side of these men, and was a spectacle that touched and moved the great South? ern heart, and caused it to beat once more in responsive throbs to the great heart of the North as deep calleth unto deep, [loud applause,] and Southern prayers ascended that Jehovah would not only reward them a thousand-fold, but that this great Southern woe, made national by Godlike sympathy, might be? come the grave of all sectional animosi? ties. "But now, what a revolution ! What a contrast! At the very moment when Southern suffering and Northern benefi? cence were binding together these es? tranged sections, these grave senators seek to reopen the wounds that were healing and to revive the passions that were dying. At the hour when good will was being restored, when races were at peace, when both races aliko were en? joying the blessings of education and good government, these leaders bring out the bloody shirt again, and run it up the party staff and fly it as a symbol of a new civilization and restored Union." The Abbeville Revenue Trou? bles.?Commissioner Raum at Wash? ington has received a telegram, from Collector Brayton, dated Columbia. No? vember 21, that Captain Hoffman tele? graphs that his detachment of the reve? nue force was surrounded lost night in a house where they were stopping, iu Ab? beville County, near the Georgia line, by a band of armed men of at least fortv, and ordered to leave the county. Their lives were threatened and several shots were fired. The officers withdrew to Ab? beville Court House to await reinforce? ments, which Brayton ordered. He says warrants for the arrest of the offenders will be obtained and executed. Also that Special Deputy San ford re? ports the wlzurc, near Spartnnburg, of two hordes, n wagon and seventy gallons of whiskey, and the arrest of two block? ades. The Commissioner replied, instructing Brayton to reinforce Hoffman sufficient? ly to overcome all resistance, and make all proper seizures and arrests, and con? cludes < "I wish it distinctly understood that I 'will oppose any further amnesty in your State. Offenders must expect to be prosecuted to the full extent of (.h.fi law." '__ ? A blind man, .Mr. John Q. Don nell, has been elected to the Indiana Legislature. GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA R. R. Gen. .lames Connor Appointed Receiver by Judge l'ressicy. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 24. Judge Pressley last night issued an order in the Greenville and Columbia Railroad case, which recites in substance that all the questions involved have been fully argued before him without objec? tion or intimation of deficiency in the pleadings, or a want of proper parties to the cases. These questions require time for their proper consideration. Pending such consideration the Attorney General of the State, which is the holder of nearly all the first mortgage bonds and the guarantor of more than a million and a half of the. bonds supposed to be secured by statutory lien, having moved for the appointment of a Receiver in order to the proper preservation and future dis? tribution of the property, a very large number of the bondholders having con? curred in the motion, and the supposed objection of others that the road is al? ready in the hands of a Receiver under the order of Judge Melton made in 1872, having been met by the fact that, though the ollicers of the ro:.d were by Judge Melton constituted officers of his Court and made responsible r?s Receivers, they have never excuted the required bonds, filed their accounts nor performed the other duties named by that order, Gen. James Conner, is therefore appointed Receiver for this Court with all the pow? ers pertaining to such Receivership, and is required to file a bond in the office of the Clerk of this Court in the sum of $50,000 for the faithful performance of the duties, &c. It iu further ordered, that the earnings and income of the said road be deposited from day to day in the Carolina National Bank of Columbia, a monthly statement to be made of such receipts and all disbursements. The creditors of the road are accorded free access to the above statements, with lib? erty to file exceptions, &c, but are en? joined and restrained from instituting suit or from further prosecuting suits already instituted, or from enforcing judgments against the said company. Murder iu Sumter. From the Columbia Register. Sumter, S. C, Nov. 21. Rev. R. E. White, who has been preaching at Kingstree, Mount Hope and Forreston, and who was but recently married, while coining from Manning tc Sumter iu a buggy with his wife, was shot in the head and killed by some un? known person. He was carried to the nearest house, (Spencer Davis',) niue miles from Sumter. He lived but twenty minutes. He was educated at the South? ern Baptist Theological Seminary, and was a young man of great promise. He was born in Ireland, and was a delegate to the Baptist Convention, which as? sembled here to-day. There is great ex? citement among the few who knew this sad event to-night. Colonel Walsh, act? ing Coroner, Dr. John S. Houghson and others leave immediately to hold an in? quest and post mortem examination. Sumter, S. C, Nov. 22. A post mortem examination of the body of Rev. R. E. White was made to-day, about 1 o'clock, by Dr. Hughson, at the house of Mr. Spencer Davis, nine miles below Sumter, which revealed a gunshot wound just above the left ear. The ball penetrated the brain, making its exit through the opposite parietal bone and producing death in a few minutes. It is supposed that ;,he murderer mis look Mr. White for a gentleman of Clar? endon, who took an active part in the interests of the Democracy in the late campaign. This morning Richard Coleman, a col? ored man, living five mile below the scene of the murder, was arrested and lodged in jail, circumstantial evidence being strong against h:.m. The funeral services of Mr. 'White took place at the Baptist Church this after? noon. The Baptist State Convention, now in session at this place, attended in a body. Impressive and touching ad? dresses were delivered by Rev. A. W. Lamar and Dr. J. C. l?den. The body will be laken on the train to-night, en route for Spartanburg, the home of the bride of yesterday and the widow of to-day. SuMTEr, S. C, Nov. 25. Further developments in the case of the killing of Rev. IL E. White cause the belief that he came to his death by an accidental shot from a rifle in the hands of some person at a distance, the ball ricocheting and striking him at such an angle as to at first make the impres? sion that the shot was but a few steps otf. Richard Coleman has been released. The Cradle axd the Grave.?It was a smart saying of General Grant, to? ward the close of the war, that the plen? tiful lack of robust warlike material in the Southern Confederacy had compelled the recruiting officer "to rob the cradle and the grave." It was a memorable ex? pression, and has been perpetuated. The editor of the Petersburg Post, with a lively acknowledgment of the fitness of things, and, with delicate irony, turns it against the people who are iooking to? ward Grant to save them from them? selves. Our esteemed brother says: "We are glad to observe that since the close of the war all the robbingof cradles of living children and graves of dead men's bones has been confined exclusive? ly to the North and West The kidnap? ping of poor Charlie Ross and other in? fants, and the darirg robbery of the graves of Colonel Harrison, of Ohio, and A. T. Stewart, of New York, present the horrifying picture in its true colors. No such atrocious crimes as oither of those have been heard of in any portion of the South." We are sorry to apply this phrase to the manufacturers of it, but it is a chick? en that has come home to roost with the traditional curse upon it. ? A new scheme of taxation has been proposed in the constitu? tional convention of California, some thingafter the plan laid down by Hon. George W. Julian, of Indiana, in the In? ternational llcvieu: It is described as "graduated progressive taxation," and provides for a division of the land of the State into classes, the valuation for the purposes of public revenue being depen? dent on the number of acres possessed by each tax payer. Thus it is proposed lo add SO per cent, to the valuation of land when the holder thereof owns more than 1,000 acres, and the assessment is to be further increased in proportion as ownership comprises increased acreage, ft need hardly bo pointed out that the avowed object of the contemplated legis? lation is to place a check upon the accu? mulation of extensive landed estates, which lias already been going on to a eoii.idurnblc extent on the Pacific coast. ? A Washington correspondent r?f the Philadelphia Time* has been getting some opinions about (len. Grant's chances for a Presidential nomination. Post? master-General Key said that during his recent long irip he found the people of the West for Grant. "I iveiil a long way," he said, "and sawn great many people, but 1 scarcely ?aw anybody that was not for Grant. 1 lpt1 you, he \* vary popular in the West. Qf course I saw a few who were not in favor of Gen, (Irani for next President, hut they mostly he longed to the old Liberal Greeley party, who object to a third term. They do not like Grant, but they would support him if nominated rather than a Democrat." Secretary McCrary said: "The Iowa Re? publicans arc for Blaine first, bill they would support Grant if he should hie nominated." Representative Page, of California, s:.i.i that no man but Grant, is talked of on tiie Pacific coatt, ? A Russian stennicr has carried thy heaviest cargo of cotton which ever left Charleston?-5,150 bales. PATRONS <)V HUSBANDRY Heating < r the National Grange at ?Ich nioail, Virginia. Tlic National Orange Patrons of Hus? bandry mot in twelfth annual session at Richmond on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The Grange opened at the hour ap? pointed, and was called to order by the Worthy Master, Mr. Samuel E. Adams, of Minnesota. The other officers were reported as present. A committee on credentials reported twenty-five States represented and pres? ent by delegates. Delegates were pres? ent from all parts of the country?from Oregon, in the Northwest, to Florida, in the Southwest, and from Maine to Texas. After a small amount of routine busi? ness Dr. J. M. Blanton, Master of the State Grange of Virginia, delivered the address of welcome to the National Grange. The Master's report was then read. In conclusion the following suggestions are made: First. This session should be as short and inexpensive as possible. Second. The wisdom of this body should be taxed to project plans for the revival of dormant Granges. Third. In every proposed change of laws, opinions, regulations, ritual, regalia or anything else, the stability of our or? der should be closely consulted. Fourth. A new book has been publish? ed and circulated at very considerable expense, containing the Constitution and By-Laws of the National Grange, cere? monies appropriate for installation and funeral occasions, for the dedication of Grange halls, rules for the organization and government of co-operative associa? tions, the declaration of purposes, a di? gest of decisions and opinions, parlia? mentary law, &c. This will be likely to instruct and govern our members for a long time to come, and hence the fewer the alterations made, consistent with our general welfare, the more reliable and more valuable will be this compendium. Fifth. Article XII of our Constitution reads as follows: "Religious or political questions will not be tolerated as subjects of discussion in the work of the order, and no political or religious tests for membership shall be applied." Every single member has dedicated himself by solemn act to an inflexible support of this provision. The pleadings of shrewd demagogues, the towering ambition of selfish, insidi? ous leaders in times of intense excite? ment, may create a temptation to cut loose the Grange ship from her secure moorings, but an unswerving fidelity to obligations assumed will prove an anchor both sure and steadfast in sessions of cajolery and trial. Every semblance of an infringment of our fundamental law should be sedulously avoided. Fanati? cism, political or religious, if given un? bridled license, with torch and axe in hand, will sooner or later seal the doom of a society or a republic. Sixth. Let the doctrines enunciated iu the "Declaration of Purposes" be regard? ed as immovable landmarks. Seventh. Standing, as we do to-day, upon a soil made illustrious as the "Moth? er of Presidents," and sacredly holding the ashes of him who was "first in war, firs', in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," let us, the representa? tives of the agricultural classes of this country, and the descendants of revolu? tionary sires, solemnly resolve to uphold and maintain forever the "unity of gov? ernment." At night thero was a reception at the Capitol, where Governor Holiday deliv? ered an address of welcome, which was responded to by Master Adams. Col. Lamb of Norfolk, the Hon. D. P. Chase of New Hampshire, G. W. Komer of Augusta, and Col. D. W. Aiken, of South Carolina, also spoke. Col. Aiken began by apologizing for speaking, lie had spoken so often to them, and did not care to go over the same ground; not that there was nothing to say. As the drunken man said of the road, it was not the length but the breadth of the subject which appalled him. There was so much to say. There was nothing, next to the Church itself, which was nobler than this Order of Patrons. They sought the good of their fellow-man?they sought to elevate the lanner, and not only him, but they made him bring his wife also ; and if there was a bachelor farmer around, he soon found a wife to enjoy the great blessings of the order with him. The Order of Patrons, as had been said, was non-partisan?non-sectarian. Away up in the snows of Minnesota he was a Patron ; in sunny Florida or iu his own home he could be no more. Finding out that he was in a fair way to make one of the best speeches of the evening, Mr. Aiken thanked the meeting, and rather abruptly concluded. Grand Master Blauton, at the close of Mr. Aiken's remarks, declared the meet ting adjourned. At the conclusion of the exercises Governor Holiday was introduced to a number of the delegates and their wives. The reception was a pleasant one in every respect, and seemed to have been highly enjoyed by all present. State and National News Items. ? Seventeen lawyers of Memphis died of the yellow fever, ? Clark county, Kentucky, mourns the death of a six-legged calf. ? The gin-house of Mr. Wm. Burris, of York, was incendiarized ; loss, about $2,01)0. ? Governor Hampton's vote in the State reached 119,550 by official count of the board of canvasser-. ? Rock Hill has been selected as the next place of meeting for the Presbyte? rian Synod of South Carolina. ? James Turner shot and mortally wounded James R. Peck at Union on the 19th inst. Turner is now in jail. ? A meeting will be held iu Charles? ton the first Monday in December to or? ganize an Agricultural Fair Association. ? The debt which this country owes to Grant is a rousing defeat, and it stands ready to pay it with interest on demand. ? Dr. Rufus Bratton and family re? turned to their home in Yorkville on the 18th inst., after an absence of seven years in Canada. ? An iron wedge, seven inches long, was found in the stomach of a hog butchered in Robertson county, .Ken? tucky. ? Rev. James Hodgson, adventist, of Petersburg, Va., says the the world will come to an end on the 5th of January, 1879. ? A correspondent of the Lancaster Lalgcr nominates General Samuel Mc Gowan, of Abbeville, for United States Senator. ? The Greenville Enterprise awl Mountaineer nominates Hon. James Con? ner, of Charleston, for the position of United States Senator. ? Exrt'ollcctor H, G. Worthiugton (of the Poitof Charleston) Is a defaulter in ?1,500 and suit has been entered iu Washington against his sureties, ? A bronze bust of William Gilmnrc Simms, the South Carolina author, has just been paid for, and arrangements will soon be made to place it iu position in Charleston. ? Mr. Jacob Keitt, of Orangburg coun? ty, who lives alone with Iiis servants, was shot one morning last Week, wheth? er by himself or some one else is rather doubtful. ? The demand for dwellings ami bust^ ncss houses in Snartaubllrg continues to be greater than the supply, notwithstand? ing the nuiiihor id'each that have been built during the pasl year. ? Mrs. W. Z. McGheo. of Cokesbury, and her little daughter were painfully burned on Monday morning. The child's clothes had ratight fire nnd Mrs. McGhcc in her efforts In wive Lite child pit her hands badly burned. The child's body had sustained .some severe burns. ?The annual me ling (?f ihe South Carolina Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, .South, will begin its regular session at Nowberry on the 1 Ith of next month. ? The Rev. Dr. Joseph Walker, the venerable and beloved pastor of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of Beau fott, has removed his residence to Balti? more, after having ministered in this par? ish for over half a century. ? Sampson Hall, colored, who lives but a few miles from Rock Hill, bought a plantation last week for which he paid $2,100 all cash but about $300. It is needless to say that Sampson is a Demo? crat, and a good one at that. ? A fire at Pinckneyville, in Union County, on Tuesday, destroyed a gin house of Mr. Clougli Farrer, with thir? teen bales of cotton. The greatest part of the cotton was the property of a col? ored man. ? Mr. John Wilbanks died at bis home near Cross Anchor, in Spartanburg Coun? ty, on the 11th instant. He lacked a few days of being 9'J years old. Mr. Jacob Woodward died near Hill's Factory on the fHb instant, aged 94 years. ? The lomj time given to the purchas? ers of guanos is the bait used for buyers. Yea, ami it has taken some two and three years with the loss of a crop, the land it was raised on, and the little ox thrown in, to get over a single '"bite."?Marlboro Planier. ? Johnnie, a 5 year old son of Mr. A. L. Lawton, of Calhoun's Mill's, was in? stantly killed last Sunday evening by the kick of a mule. He was struck with such force by the heels of the animal as to scatter his brains against the tree near which he was standing. ? Ex-Governor D. H. Chamberlain, against whom indictments are pending in the South Carolina Courts for com? plicity in fraudulent land sales some years ago, is represented by the New York World an saying: "I am innocent of the charges, but as soon as the Court convenes that will try them I shall go to South Carolina. I want to be there, if I am convicted, and see how the thing is done." ? Ex-District Attorney D. T. Corbin, of South Caroline., said to a reporter at the Astor House yesterday: "I shall go to Washington ere Congress meets, and shall press my claims for admission to the seat now occupied by General M. C. Butler in the United States Senate. I am hopeful of being successful in the contest. All the Republican Senators are for me, except Patterson and Came? ron. How they will vote when the case is called up again I am unable to say. They may have changed their minds since the last session."?X. Y. World. HANCOCK AND HAMPTON. An English View nf American 1'olltics in the S ear Fatare. From the Anglo-American Times London, October 18. The defeat of the Democrats and Greenbackers iu Ohio may prove fatal to the chances of Senator Thurman for the Presidential nomination, and it is alleged that the prospects of Mr. Tilden are waning, in consequence of the success which has so far attended Mr. Kelly in his manipulation of the Tammany vote. Thus, the names most familiarly associ? ated with the great political event of 1S80 drop out, or arc "scratched" one by one. As they go, the name of Bayard becomes more promiucnt than ever, as the most consistent of his party on the views now beginning to prevail. They say, however, that the man for the first place must belong to the Valley of Mis? sissippi, for all sorts of candidates have been run from the Atlantic States, and always to defeat. Seymour, Grcely, Til den, hailed from the Empire State; so in the west the voters are determined to have for the first place on the Democratic ticket a Western man. Who is the puz? zle over which many fertile minds are at work, though the dark horse may trot out of his own accord in the interval; whereas for the second place there seems to be no difficulty in the selection. Al? ready Governor Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, has been named, and he ap? pears to fill the requirements admirably, j The South demands a candidate of its own on the ticket. It is felt that the place must be second, not first: and the man, one to whom no serious objection could be raised. Some urge a fusion ; names which would represent the pre? vailing sentiments of the party, and as it alleges, of the country. They say that the Democrats are helplessly split on finance, therefore to take any politi? cian is to cast away many votes. The inflationist would be opposed by the re sumptionist without reference to party, and the resumptiouist by the inflationist. An Eastern man is objectionable to the West, and the West has scarcely a states? man around whom the East would rally. Let us cast these issues aside, and select a distinguished Northern general for the Presidency, and a distinguished South? ern general for the Vice Presidency; combining on the same ticket the men who opposed each other most manfully on the field; a fusion ticket, to represent reconciliation. General Hancock, it is pretty generally admitted, would suit for the first place, and General Hampton for the second. Governor Hampton's reputation in the North is almost as good as in the South ; nor is it confined to party: for he is re? garded as a statesman, imbued, it is true, with Southern views, yet sound, patri? otic, honest, and able. Several South? erners have made a reputation in Con? gress of late, but no one has acquired a name so high for executive ability. The conduct of the government of South Carolina since the collapse of the carpet? bag regime has stamped General Wade Hampton as the man for the position. It required tact, judgment, knowledge of character, the discrimination which teaches how to act in these intricate oases touching the relations between the races. None but a man born to the work could have succeeded, while few reared on the spot were qualified to utilize whatever knowledge their rearing have imparted. For none but a superior man could rise above the prejudice, the sentiments generated in the locality; and nowhere stronger than in South Carolina. Hampton was born to the inheritance of plantations and slaves. He was educated in the midst of the most arrogant of that aristocracy. The Palmetto State prided itself on the lead it assumed on questions it termed "domestic." It was typical of the feeling that prevailed south of Dixie's line, as was Massachusetts on the other sido to the North. It was South Carolina that led in the war ; and the class to which Governor Hampton be? longed were its leaders, alike in battle and in council. And it was they who lost most; who were the chief sufferers. Yet when it came to healing the wounds of the prostrate State, at the moment when race was arrayed most bitterly against race; when the (lag under which the Re? publicans rallied throughout the North was the "anti-shot gun policy" of South Carolina, to General Hampton all eyes turned, and his was the hand that effected the cure. He knew how to con? ciliate ; how lo soothe the irritation of those who looked to him as a follower, while he could command the confidence and love of the colored population. Eminently fair iu his dealings, per? sonally disinterested, and having a large capacity for comprehending what was submitted, he dcallout justice ; so acting as to become n buffer between conflicting factious?those who had been oppressed, and those by means of whom the carpet? baggers had been unable to oppress. ; The consequence was peace where tur \ moii had prevailed; honesty of adminis? tration where corruption was the rule; '? dignity end good order in offices and legislative halls at which the world hail , been jeering; indeed the change could I not escape the observation of the country, : anil lias done more than anything else to suppress the nuti-Souihcrn cry on which certain politicians relied to rally the Republican party. These appeals to passion were destroying a machine which ought to have been utilized in controll? ing the great questions of the day ; ques? tions concerning the repairs of the rav? ages of the war, which, owing to the party neglect, had been allowed to run riot in inflation theories and communistic doctrines. It has, therefore, been felt by those best qualified to form an opin? ion that more is due to Governor Hamp? ton for removing the "bloody shirt" from politics than to any other man ; though the cry has really been more injurious of late to the Republican than to the Democratic party. Still (he drift of both has been towards dissolution, due to the inability of either till lately to take a stand on the true issues. Re? lieved from the Southern question, the real points upon which the battle of party has to be fought come out; and on these the rally is being made. No Southern name stands higher in the North than that of Wade Hamp? ton ; yet, no man stands higher in the South. His own section cannot accuse him of what in it would be deemed a shortcoming; no betrayal, as there re? garded, of his State, of Iiis section, of his party. He threw his fortune and his sword into its scale, and served with distinction throughout a war which re? duced him from wealth to poverty. The efforts which have commended him to the North have been more iuecessful in re-uniting than were the sacrifices which commend him to the South in disunting. He failed where it was well for the con? tinent, for the republic, perhaps for man? kind, that he should fail; and he has succeeded where it is certainly well that he should succeed ; displaying not only an admirable temper but a sound judg? ment and an executive ability. These arc the reasons which have made the name of Wade Hampton so well receiv? ed when it was suggested for the second place on the Democratic ticket; and so general is the approval, that the Gover? nor, who might prefer a seat in the Sen? ate, may have to bow to public opinion and reserve himseif for the nomination that looms ahead. ? A Texarkana lady is the mother of twenty-three children?all alive. ? The pigeon roosts of Forrest county Pa., netted the hunters about SSOOO. ? General Beau regard is hard at work upon a book of recollections of the late war. ? The total number of students now at Yale College is 1,022. ? During the past year New Jersey spet 4=1,972,032 on her public schools. ? There arc 1,289 convicts in the Georgia penitentiary. The receipts from the hire of the cenvicts is $14,000. ? North Carolina has for some years been shipping cotton seed oil to Italy, in a clarified state, where it is used in place of the more expensive olive oil. It has of late begun shipping peanut oil. ? Up to date the cotton exports from Galveston, Texas, have been 105,575 bales, against 54,214 for same period last year. ? A Wilkcs county, Ga., farmer has dug an eighteen-pound potato. ? The Paris Exposition was finally closed at five o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th inst. The receipts, since the opening, were $2,530,749. ? In Georgia many marriages are postponed until the price of cotton lises. ? The American Agriculturist suggests that some dog-fancier could make a handsome sum by giving his attention to the raising and training of Shepherd dogs. ? Alabama has an Anti-Equestrian Society, based on the belief that horses were never made to carry burdens on their backs, and it is extremely cruel to ride them. ? The latest utilization of paper is for artificial teeth, specimens of which were exhibited at the recent paper exhi? bition at Berlin. They are said to be singularly durable. ? The Columbus Sentinel says the Mayor of Cairo passed over a hundred tr:;mps into Kentucky Wednesday. They informed him that there were ten thousand on their way South. ? The prize for the best bale of cotton exhibited at Paris hat been awarded to Memphis. The same bale received a grand testimonial, as being the best ever raised in the world. ? In sixteen months Texas has exe? cuted eight murderers and two commit? ted suicide in their cells, while Judge Lynch has also done some good work on the frontier. TO KENT. THE bouse and lot on Main street, south of, and adjoining, the University. The house contains six rooms. There is a ser? vant's house, also stables, and the best garden in Town. Apply to W. W. HUMPHREYS. Nov 27, 1878._20_1 Hunter's Spring Academy. THE Soring Session will open January 13,1878. Tuition, per month, in Common School Department. $2 00 Higher Department, per month. 2 50 Board, per month. 8 00 Music extra. J. C. HUDSON, Principal, Anderson, S. G. Nov 20. 1S78 2U 1 NOTICE OF SALE. THE undersigned, Administrators of the Estate of Col. James Long, deceased, will sell at his late residence, on Thursday, 10th day of December next, the following Personal Properly, viz: Six or soven bales of Cotton, Corn, Fodder, Shucks, Wheat, Oats, And other property. Terms of Sale?Cash on delivery. J. JAM ESON, E. Z. LONG, Administrators. Xov 28, 1878 _28_3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Andkuson County. By IF. IF. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, W. T. Grabbs has applied to me to grant him letters of administra? tion, with the will annexed, on the Estate and effects of Mrs. N'ancy Cronicr, deceased. These tire therefor* to cite ami admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Nancy Cromer, deceased, to be and ap? pear before nie in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on Saturday, 14th Dec ember, 187.s, alter pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my bund this 23d day of November, 1878. \Y. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Xov 28. 1*78 2U 2 BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS GOODS AT J. C. BEDELL'S CHINA STOIiE, GREENVILLE, - - S.U. DON'T buy that CHRISTMAS PRES? ENT until you examine his Stock. If you can't go yourself, send by your neighbor. Also, an IMMENSE stock of Crockery, Glassware and Lamp3. Nut 2s, 1878 20 _3* NOTICE. Dr. H. L. Sharpc Must have Money. IPERSONS owing him will confer a favor by calling tu i?ay their ucCOUllU 1?. turc Christmas. Nov 21, WS 19 3 Delinquent Land Sales. ANDERSON TOWNSHIP. Cohli, Marv J., 1 building, one lot. Clover, ltui ' ill, 1 building, 1 lot. Harrison, Murv J., 50 acres, 2 buildings, not. ' Johnson, Samuel, 1 lot. Williams, Henderson, 1 lot. BELTuN. Brown, Elias R., Est. of, 1 building, 1 lot. Boalner, W. P., 1 Int. Davenport, W. M., 97 acrws, 1 building. Kelly, Sarah, Est. of, 55 acres. Kates, K. T., 2 lots. King, Josiah, lt'0 acres, 1 building. Mattison, W. H? 1 building, 1 lot. Hogers, W. C, 322 acres. Wiilingham, A. 1*., 1 building, I lot. Walking, .Martin, 1 lot. Davenport, II. 11., 1 building, 1 lot. BROADAWAY. Holland, John, Est.. 100 acres, 1 building. Jackson, J. M., 25 acres. Jackson, Nelson J., 23 acres. Smith, Kmaliuc, 37 acres. BRUSHY CREEK. Jackson, P., Est., 90 acres. Smith, Amanda A., Id acres. Satterlield, J. W., 85 acres. Tarrant, Absalom, 112 acres. CENTREVIILE. Ahcrcrombic, Lewis, 1 GO acres, 1 building. Rlassingame, Emma, 1 acre. Chasteen. Heliot A.. 15 acres. Kent, Sarah C, 37 acres. Oshorne, W. M., 133 acres. DARK CORNER. Adams, J. F., 84 acres. A very, It. A., 200 acres, 1 building. Ueisberg, Oscar, 42 acres. Wilson, Emery, 2$ acres. McCullough, N. T., 1 acre. FORK. Carnes, F. A., 5 acres. Ilix, Berry, 120 acres. Janard, L. L., 15acres. Palmer, Cox & White, 25 acres. Terry, Solomon, 1 building. 1 lot. Double Spring Church, 9 acres. GARVIN. Eaton, Joseph C, 34 acres. Eaton, John J., 103 acres. Haync, June, 1 acre. King, George W., 254 acres. Smith, Frank R., 50 acres. Wood, C. W., 13 acres. Newton, Samuel, 210 acres. HALL. Barksdale, Allen, Est., 200 acres. Hall, Aaron, 159 acres, 1 building. McPhoiL Phcobe, Est., US acres. Tucker, John P., 322 acres, 4 buildings. Whitman, David, 109 acres. Neer, C. W., 2 acres. HONEA PATH. Brock, Caroline, 52 acres, t'oolcy, J. it J. T., 1 building, 1 lot. Davis, Sallic, 120 acres. Grcer, M. L. Mrs., 30 acres. Greer, W. lt., 1 lot. Greer, D. lt., 1 lot. Lyle, E. L., 30 acres. Lindsay, Mary, 112 acres. Mattison, Robert, 3 acres. Roberts, H. B. Est., S acres, Robertson, George, 2 acres. Scawright, J. Wash., 1 lot. Scawright, L., 124 acres. HOPEWELL. Guyton, Aaron W., 123 acres, 1 building. Harper, Thomas, 77 acres. Moore. Perry H., 17G acres. Simpson, Alex. F., 100 acres. MARTIN. Alewine, S. and C, 150 acres. Ambers, Francis, 30 acres. Bird, Martin, 78 acres. Callaham, Pickcns, 130 acres. Fowler, J. L., 80 acres. Hanks, Stephen, 172 acres. Morrison, Pressley M., 35 acres. Morrison. Harrison, 30 acres. McClinton, A. S., 50 acres. Barks & McCurry, 200 acres. Roberts, Cynthia J., 148 acres. Taylor, Eliza E., 78 acres. Thompson, Twine, 40 acres. PENDLETOX. Harper, William, 235 acres. Harper & Burriss, 3 acres. Hastie, John, 1 building, 1 lot. Lindsay, Mary C, 113 acres. Mays, Samuel, 128 acres. McElroy, Mary M., 241 acres. Williams, J. W., 46 acres. Smalls, Thomas, 1 lot. Walker, H. P., 1 building, 1 lot. Caminade, Peter, Estate, 1 acre. ROCK MILLS. McClinton, Alex. S., 50 acres. McClure, Thomas J., 154 acres. Rimer, Lucindo, 100 acres. SAVANNAH. Adams, Robert B., 100 acres. Loften, Robert, 5 acres. McDaniel, Rebecca, 10 acres. Shaw, W. T., 102 acres. Simpson, Jerry, 113 acres. VARENNES. Johnson, Joel, SO acres. Sanders, Booker, 2 acres. Watt, William, 59 acres. WILLIAMSTON. Duckworth, A. Caroline, 1 lot. Fleming, R., 110 acres. Green, Cyrus, 44 acres. Martin, Maria C, 100 acres. Owen, W. F., Agt. E. Owen, 124 acres. Ncal, A. M., 1 lot. Fickle, J. E., Agt., 1 lot. Richardson, John F., 1 lot, 1 building. Tripp, Elizabeth, 250 acres. Welborn, R. H., 30U acres. Wood, Henry, 1 lot. Burns, Amanda, 1 lot. AD?ITIONALS. Bobbins, W. J., 1 lot, 1 building. Williams, G. D., 1 lot, 1 building. Robinson, John M., 1 lot. Henderson, John R., 80 acros. Russell, Tbos. W., 82 acres. Bo wen, Sallic M., 102 acres, 1 building. Waters, Early, 12 acres. Farmer, P. Frank. 1 lot, 1 building. McGne, Thomas C, 1 lot. Smith, John, 38 acies. Floyd, James R., 44 acres. Walker, John S., 425 acres. McAlistcr, Mary J.. 103 acres. McAdams, E. A., 223 acres. Cochran, john R., 4G acres. Robinson, W. J., 52 acres. Ragsdalc, John S., 50 acres. Thomson, Thos., 1 lot, 1 building. Freeman, M. F., 200 acres. Russell, Wtii., 1 lot. Reed, Bachus, 1 lot. Wagner, T. D., 175 acres. Warley, J., Est., 44 acres, 2 buildings. Simpson, Caroline S., 100 ucres, 1 build? ing. Rogers, S. E.. 100 acres. Palmer, Madison, 30 acres. Robinson, James, 70 acres. Cason, Ben., 1 lot. NOTICE is hereby given, that the whole of the several parcels, lots and parts of lots of real estate, described in the pre? ceding list, or so much thereof as will bo necessary to pay the taxes, penalties and as scssments charged thereon, will be sold by the Treasurer of Anderson County, South Carolina, at his olliec, in said Countv, on the first MONDAY IN DECEMBER, A. D. 1878, unless said taxes, assessment! and penalties be paid before that time, and such sale will be continued from day to day until all of said parcels, lots and parts of lots of real estate shall be sold or oflered for sulc. T. J. PICKENS, Auditor Anderson County. Nov. 27, 1878 20 Notice to Contractors. 1MIE under.-igncd will let out the Con? tract to Repair the Court House Steeple on MONDAY, December 9,1878, to the lowest res]M)nsibte bidder. The right to reject UUV or all bids is reserved. O. H. P. FANT, J. C. GANTT, SAMUEL BROWNE, County Commissioners A. C J. L. TKtnni.r, Clerk of Board. N.iv 14, 1878 _ _18_4__ South Carolina Railroad. CltABLKSTO*, Nov'r?, 1S7S. On and after Sunday, loth hist., I'auuogcr Trains will run a> follows: KOR ACOVSTA. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston it.Mil ? n and 7.30 p m Arrive at Augusta..'?.iw p m and 6:55 a m rou columuia. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston at.7::iu a ni and 8:30 p m Arrive at Columbia.1:35 p m and 7:25 a m FOIt CHARLESTON. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Augusta at.tdN a m and 7:30 p m Arrive at l barleatOU.4:-.'0 p m and 7:15 a m Leave Columbia at.S?3 [> m and 8:00 p ni Arrive at Charleston.9:43 p m and 6:15 a m Ahovc Schedule makes close connection ai Co lumbia with (irecnville and Columbia Uailroad and Charlotte road, and at Au^u.ia with Macoc ami Atlanta trains, 8. 8. SOLOMONS, Supcrinteadeut. S. B. Fickk.ns, General Ticket Agent.