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1 E. D. MURRAY, Editor. "THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 2, 1879. Governor Simpson 1 .- appointed ex Gov. M. L. Bonham, of Edgefield, Rail road Commissioner, under the Act of the late sewion of tho_Lcgialnture. Gov. Bouhan, is an excellent gentleman, and his many friends throughout thc State will be gratified to r sar ol' this appoint ment. lu muking ber Chi istmos donations Mrs. A. T. Stewart included iu ber list tinco Hebrew benevolent societies of New York, and Judgo Hilton notified the oflicials that they could procure the money given by applying to bim. They, however, refused to accept the donations because of thc nflYont offered parsons of their nationality by Judge Hilton, ns thc agent of Mrs. Stewart, in refusing then: numissinn to the Stewart lintel in Sara toga. This actio? is a very consistent and proper one, especially as lending I-rael ties contributed the bums offered, so that thc charitable institutions will not suffer by thc refusal. Thc resumption of specie payments began on yesterday, tho 1st of January, 1879, and it is expected that it will bc continued without injury tu tho com merce or citizens of the country. Green backs arc on a par with gold, nnd unless there is a combination of the bunkers in tho lnrgc cities to produco n corner in gold as a sprculntion, there will probably be no shock to thc country in the chnnge. Money matters will contint!- to be hard for a year or so until vnlues get fully ad justed, but wc trust thc greater portion of the financial troubles of our country arc over. Mr. Hayes is said to be the latest con sort to Grantism for a third term. It is announced thnt bc would regnrd thc nomination of Grnnt ns an endorsement of his administration, which he claims lias founded ita policy upon Grant's ex perience. Grant, bc thinks, would carry out his Southern nnd financial policy, while such a man as Blaine would be likely to reverse it. Thcso aro his osten sible reasons, but, wo imagino that he lias rather a tender feeling for Grant, on account of the way be used United States troops in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina to secuto tho votes of these States for his fruuduleney during tho last prcsidcntinl election. In sup porting the ex-President now Mr. Hayes is only returning the favors shown bim in 18.7G. Senator David Davis, of Illinois, bas introduced a bill reorganizing thc fedcrnl judiciary system, by which niuo addi tional Circuit Judges woui? have to bc appointed. The present system is very oppressive to many of tho poor people who nre so unfortunate as to bo involved in litigntion in this Court, oithcr upon the civil or tho criminal sido of the Court, and it should be thoroughly re modlcd ; but Congress seems unwilling to take a step which would devolve upon Mr. Hayes the appointment of niuo ad ditional Judges. This consideration is a wise ono on the part of Congress, for thc people of tho Union feel that there aro plenty of tho actors in tho Presidential fraud who aro now in offico without creating now judgeships for Mr. Hayes to reward others of his chums. The news that Governor Hampton lins so far recovered as to bo considered out of dango" gladdens every true Caroli nian's heart. He is ablo to sit up in bis chair, and has been out upou Iiis piazza enjoying the sunshine. Our people should feel profoundly thankful to the Great Ruler of tho Universo for sparing the life of such a noble and useful pub lic servant. Tho indications aro that ho will bo able to attend tho extra session of tho Senate in March should one bo called. South Carolina will then bavo two able mid influential representatives in the Senate, both of whom have made themselves illustrious and beloved both in wnr and in pence. It will also bo re markable that both of our Senators have lost ono leg. This is the only Stute which has lind such a coincidence since the formation of tho government. The Florida Board of State Canvassers completed tho official count of tho Con gressional election iu that State, and in tho District whero it was thought tho Republicans bad elected their Congress man, tba result has given the election to Hull (Democrat) by 13 majority. Thc returns from Brevurd County, which went Democratic, wero thrown out on the ground thnt tho returns were fraudu lent- and the County Returning Board have been arrested and lodged in jail upon thia charge in default cf bail. The returns norn Mndison County, which went Republican, were thrown out be cause one precinct wns not reported. Tho result of this decision will give the electoral vote of Florida to the Dem? crata, if thc next Presidential election should be thrown into the House of Rep resentatives. .The final adjournment of tho Legisla* turo before tbo Christmas holidays is a step hi the righ*. direction, and shows that the Democratic party will continue to reform past abuse, until it gota the government down to a proper economy. The previous Legislature could not do this in consequence of tho vexed ques tions it had to settle, but the tia: hits come whan tho Lp??8l?k?r?, by di?igcnt work, can do'nil that is necessary in a four wool-' session, and they should not take longer. The country wants only such changes as ate necessary until we can have a constitutional convention The work' of tho past session has been both arduous and important, and the people may rest assured that the mem bers of the General Assembly worked most dilligently to. secure an adjourn ment before tho Christmas holidays. This has been accomplished, and in do ing it legislative expenses have been ro duccd from $125,000 to $-14,000. YI.AKO-YI.ANG.-The Ylang-Ylang flower is produced by a largo tree, and itA cdnr scent? tho air for miles around. - Tn. Price prepares his '/lang-Viang Ex tract from the Otto of these Howers, and It is a charming perfume, having a fra grance unlike any '.ber handkerchief extract. A CHAUME OF INCONSISTENCY. In the AViTJ and Courin- of thc 2?th inst., an anonymous communication np- I pears from Anderson under uah: of Dc- j cember 19th, which we publish below : for the purpose of commenting upon it j and showing tlie underhanded and con temptible spirit which it manifests to wards the editor of the INTELLIGENCER. It is as fol lows; Tile late active opposition in the L?g islature of Mr. E. 1J. Murray to the Mond Court might operate a complete surprise on his constitucency. For be it remembered that only as far back ns August last his advocacy of tliis Court was most pointed and pronounced. Hy referring to the editorial in renly to an article written by Mr. S. Ii vue, Jr., of Charleston, contained in the issue of th" INTELLIGENCES! of August the 1st, it will be seen that Mr. Murray isa most zealous advocate for the existence and continuance nf the Bond Court. Let the following extracts, in thc very words of the editorial, show if this he true, viz: "We have claimed, and see no reason to change our opinion that the w hole bond question ought to bc settled as economi cally, ns justly, tm speedily and as per manently as possible, and any citizen of the .State wno interfera for his selfish purposes to prevent such a result is not patriotic. Now the investigation by the Bond Court would, we believe, secure a speedy, just, economical and permanent settlement of the debt question, and un til wc can be convinced that this is wrong wc will hold thc opinion that those who seek partial, tem poa ry and expensive settlement, like suits on cou pons, are nut ns patriotic ns they should be, and if they do not mind they will discover that they have made n mistake in breaking down thc Bond Court, which is the best settlement they will ever get ; for if they reluse this fair means of set tlement, and thc matter is thrown back into the Legislature, they may depend upon it that nothing more will he paid than what is free from all taint of fraud." Again : "< Mir renders can judge for them selves ns to which is the most patriotic mode of settlement, the one proposed by our correspondent, or the one proposed by thc Legislature and approved by the Governor, and if the bondholders destroy tho Court they will rue their folly when more rigid terms nre imposed UJM.II them." How do this language and these ex pressions harmonizo with his utterances in the halls of legislation ? Was Mr. Murray convicted by tho arguments of Mr. Hyde? If so, why did he not con fess it'/ Or has there transpired any thing unusual or extraordinary since in judicul investigations, or any recent start ling developments mude in the bond question, to produce this sudden transi tion and lofty somersault? If so they hnvo escaped our observation. His ar* ir and zeal ure utterly ut variance with i. c consistency, but reflect with perfect faith fulness his short politicnl career and an tecedents, for it is characteristic with him, thc more radical his chango the more vi olent his advocacy for the last position assumed. * This letter evinces nothing but a de sire to injure thc editor of this paper as nn individual, without attempting to vin dicate any matter of principle, for thc unknown njjter does not inform the pub lic what he think? about thc debt of the State or any mode of settlement. He is after gratifying a personal feeling of .hate or envy which he entertains for us, and therefore, without thc independence to assail us over his ow n name, he writes not to his homo paper to condemn the action of a representative, where his con stituents would read the condemnation, but to A paper published in another ex treme of the State, and which circulates tn n considerable extent over the whola State along the linea of railroads. The rcafon for this is plain. The writer knows that ninety-nine hundredths of tho people of this County approve tho action of the entire Anderson delegation (of which wc are only one) upon the public debt question, and hence his arti cle above ipioled could not injure us here, therefore he seeks to impugn our action before the people of the State with the hope that he may contribute something to the effort which certain newspapers are making to write nil of its down who favor nu elimination of the fraud from the settlement of the State's debt. Thc only specification bc has made against us is that of inconsistency in ad vocating the abolition of what is famili arly termed tho Bond Court, because on tho first day of August last we published an editorial which ho claims committed us to tho Bond Court. This charge was made on the floor nf the House by Mr. John J. Hemphill, who had the articles sent to him from Charleston by persons friendly to the ho ders of bonds claimed in tho Bond Con mi- ion's report to bo fraudulent, and the charge was answered by ut at thal time, though the Artes timi Courier published a brief outline of Mr. HemphiU's charge without giving to tho public thc facts set forth in our answer. Our wise-acre critic, therefore, is not an originator but simply a splenetic copyist. There is somo apparent inconsistency in our position, if you judgo from portions of tho editorials, but if you take thc whole of thcrr^ together it will be keen that they were written t'j condemn thc ac tion of the bondholders who were trying their suils beforo a Judge whose views they thought accorded with their own wishes. In tho articles referred to, wc did contend that tho bondholders should submit their cases to tho Court which their friends itt thu Legislature hud se cured the creation of, but they did not do so. Their cases were tried bofore Judgo Mackey, and when he decided againtit them they appealed to thc Su premo Court, ami their cases aro now pending before that Court, independent of the Bond Court's decision. Thc actual number of bonds in suit on tho test cases beforo tho Bond Court is comparatively small, and though thc decision will settle tho principle, still it docs not adjudicate any bonds except those actual!? in suit, and the holders of nay bonds except those in tho suit could still harriss onr treasury, and run the Slate to greal ex pense and trouble in suits for mandamus if the decision of tho Bond Court should be against them. The establishment of this Court only gave the bondholder an additional Court beforo which he might try his claims, and could not settle any cases except those sued beforo it. Th-? bondholders have suits beforo this Court and tho ordinary Court*, and the great majority of these doubtful bonds aro held back to take whichever course offers the best advantages to their holders. Inas much, therefore, as tho bondholders were not bound generally by this Court's de cision and thn St tte "rould bc, vre deemed ! it unjust to tho people to allow tho Court to stand, and preferred to take thc matter before the Legislature,and settle it in a ' permanent and just manner, according to - .... tlie equities bulli of thc people and of llic 1 creditors. Again, ibis unknown critic ?hows an ignorance of thc position ussumcd by us 1 in our speech on this subject, for our ar- j igumcnt was based in part on the failure 10 obtain Ki Ul pion's testimony, which I rendered lite .State's case incomplete, arid 11 was therefore the Legislature's bush ; ness to prevent a decree from going ( against the State on insufficient evidence. I Tho editorials to which this correspon dent, who wishes to slander without giv ing his name, refer-*, wen- published on or before thc lir>t day of August, while thc failure lo secure Kiinpton did not occur until some time in September, and whatever might have been our views about the Bond t'ourt before that time, thb occurrence was of itself sufficient lu induce us to vote against th?- t'ourt, for we believe that a combination of bond holders was formed to keep Kiiuploii'a testimony Qom ticing bad, because they feared 1 lie effect which the production ol tho documentary evidence in hi-* posses sion would have on their claims. Hui whether he was kept away in this mau ncr or not, thc fact is his testimony wai absent, and thc State could not safllj rest ber case wlihou' it. It is true th? after-developments i:i thc decision of th? Bond Court have been favorable to tin people, but the decision rests upon btv and not upon thu facts; or in otho word*, the decision is bused upon th< legal rights of thc parties, and not upm tho absolute merits of the case. Th decision docs not go into thc charade of any bond, hut only decides that til State has the right to investigate it, nut we only fear that before thc case get through thc Supreme Court of tho Stat and of the United States, thc peopl will sic that those of us who advocate tho abolition of the Court were right. Tho charge of inconsistency, as base on tho position wo occupy, is trivia even if thc two foregoing reasons did m justify us, for mon frequently chang their opinions upon public mensures i all sincerity, and with very groat ad var tage to all concerned ; and in this pm ticular measure many Senators and Rc| resciltulives who voted last year l>) estai lish this Court voted as we did in th last session to abolish it, and lbw wer as good and pure men as any in th Legislature. It is hardly necessary that wo shou! notice the mean insinuations nt tho clo? of tho article quoted, for the readers ( the I.NTKI.I.KiENXKIl ure too well ni qtiuintcil with its Editor's record for nn charges like these to bc believed. NV an? content to lei the action of the Den oeratie party of the County in makin the Editor of this paper its Count Chairman, ami in electing him io th Legislatur.' by the highest vote in th primary election, say whether be ht been inconsistent in his political priuc pies. And now in conclusion we wi say that we pronounce the insinuatioi ut the close ol' this article us false ? they are malicious and uncalled for, an at the same time we ask this unknow writer to unmask himself, and over b own signature in tho IXTKI.I.IGENCEl tu point out to the people of this Count wb.o.so representative we are, the partiel lars wherein wc have been derelict any public trust, or false to any politic principle. It is easy enough to mal charges where one can do so without b ing known, and ne invite this writer, he bo a gentleman, to place his slat ments concerning our political com before the people with the influence his name in support thereof. Since the death of Bayard Tnyl United States Minister tn Germany, tlu bas been quite a list of competitors c tored fur the vacant mission. Sena Christiane}*, of Michigan, is prominen urged, but it is not generally thouj that his claim will be recognized, for i understood that his friends are press; him for this position with a view making a vacancy in the Senate, wh is to bc filled by the election of Zn Chandler. Mr. Eugene Hule, Ghandi son-in-law, is prominent among '. Christiancy's friends on this occasi Gov. Ilurtrnnft, of Pennsylvania, is choice of the Camerons, und may said to be the representative of the rr, tary spirit of the country. Mr. Wi burne, late Minister to France, is : said to bo willing to represent the ( eminent once more in its diplom service. George William Curtis, oil York is likewise prominently spoker and as he is ono of the literary me the country, it is thought he will favor at the hands of tho President Mr. Evarls, who arc accused of havii partiality for "them literary folio Hon. T. B. Bryan, ex-Commissione a??o urged for thc appointment on ground of personal fitness, in that 1 a fluent writer and speaker in Frc German nnd other modern lungur and has had considerable expel icm American polities. There are numc other applicants, and it is more i probable that some "dark horse" win this race, as is generally the i Tho appointment will be made lu nsxt ten days, and the disappointed plicants will go to looking up sonut vacancy in the hope of ''getting a ph We are very much pleased tc see ihe Democratic Presidential slate-mi arc beginning to speak with much f of Senator Bayard, of Delaware, ns most probable nominee. We have 1 toforo expressed the belief that th lection should be made from N'ort or Eastern men, and of theso Set Bayard is cur choice. He is the impersonation of truth, honor and triotism. Such a nomination by Democrats would not only secure party vote, but it would rally the b element of all parties, and give to country a canvass in which the enti asm for un honest candidate could n resisted. There is no more perfect < ncter in American politics than Th F. Bayard, of Delaware. A pure c linn gentleman, simple in his h: honorable and upright i:i his life, and patriotic in his purposes, eulin and able as a statesman, he would I tho grcntcat President the county ever nail, and restore the governnu its original moorings. Baltimore, Md.-? nave used Pr. 1 Cough Syrup personally and iu my I ly for two or three years, and nm pr ed to sayihat there is nothing to con to it ns a remedy for Cough?, Colds James Corrio, Dentist. . 1 "ll T!io government is determined to make a most vigorous prosecution of the al leged election frauds in South Carolina, and during the session of the United States Circuit Court in Charleston, which convenes this month, a desperate effort will be maile to secure the conviction of Democrats on perjured testimony in order lo sustain the portion of the Re publicans who charge suth wholesale fraud. With a view of dignifying these i trials and giving confidence in their re j suit, it has been arranged that Chief Justice Waite ia to be present as one of ! the Judges. Of course, be is far above any conspiracy with the disreputable j efforts at oppression w hich are being ; made in this State, but he cannot weigh the characti. of thc witnesses and their motives, so that he may be imposed on hy them ; but thc people will be glad to have thc Chief Justice, for it will ensure ut least a fair exposition of thc law. It is also asserted that the iron-clad oath is to bc administered to thc jurors in order that none lint colored men or men in sympathy with thc Republicans in these cases may be summoned from the bystanders to try them, or in other words in order lo enable them to pack the juries. We do not believe thal any such course will be permitted by Chief Justice Waite, for there are grave doubts as to the legal ity of such a procedure, and beyond the examination of a juror, on oath, as to whether he has formed an opinion or not upon the ease, it is unreasonable and out rageous to go, except lo exercise the le gal right ol chah.'ige allowed cither par ty. In 1871 Congress repealed the law requiring the test oath of Federal jurors, hut in codifying the laws it was put in the Revised Statutes of thc United State by the Radical Codifiers, and thus Con gress inadvertently re-enacted it. This restoration of so iniquitous a law was ef fected by trickery, and there is grave doubt as lo its being a law. Thc R?vis?e Statutes professes to be a codification o the laws in existence and not the enact nient of new laws; hence, any provisior contained in it is dependent upon th? original statute for its force and operation and as the law requiring the test oath foi Federal jurors lins been repealed no sucl statute exists, ami the provision in th? revised statute cannot bc enforced. If i should he, thc defendants in these easel would have excellent grounds for appeal The Republicans have made so much fus: about election frauds that public senti meut will condemn them ns armut falsi licrs if they fail to prove their charges ii thc Courts, nml hence they will resort t< means, however disreputable, thei think w ill tend to secure conviction. Dc spite these odds and difficulties we havi an abiding faith that right will prevail that the prosecutions will prove unsuc ccssful, and thc Radical falsehood'! nbou South Carolina will be exposed. The canvass for Governor of Ohio which is to come ??ff this year, is ulrend; beginning to elicit considernble inter?s in political circles. It is of very gren importance to each political pnrty that i should be succe-sful in currying this elec lion, w ith a view to securing the advnntng< success would give to it in the presiden liai canvas*, arni for this purpose eael party is already casting about for it strongest man. The Republicans spea! freely of running Hon. John Shcrmar Secretary of the Treasury, mid it i thought he would bc willing io accer thc nomination, lie would havo th support of the nionied influences, nu would be a decidedly strong candidat? On thc Democratic side Mr. Thu:ma has been the favorite candidate with th politicians, but he refuses positively I run, as he snys, "that tuc interests of tl party do not require him to make tin race, and that certainly his own well-b ing requires that be should not underr the trial and strain of mind nml hoi that a canvass for that olficc would ti cessitate." It is known that Mr. Thu man is one of thc strongest men that w bo placed before tho D?mocratie Co vention for thc presidential nominatio and he fears to make '.he gubernatori race, for if bc should fail bc would u only lose his senatorial position, b would destroy his prospect for thc prc doney. These considerations ar?, doubt, the weighty ones with him reaching Iiis decision on this subject a his positivo declination will assure? bring some score of aspiring Demoer; to the front who will be willing to sei their party ns leader in this import; struggle. If Ohio should bo carried tho Deinocrnts, it would improvo 3 Thurman n prospects for tho president while if it is carried for the Rep?blica it will almost nssuredly secure thc noi nation of an Kastern man as*thc Den eratic presidential candidate. The Springfield Republican is a f lance in political journalism. It beru tho South for the alleged election frau and condemns the Democratic party a general thing, but sometimes it take glance at the Republican rascalities, ? then it speaks out in meeting with rel euee to the doings nf that party. WI in one of these latter moods it charnel ?zea thc assertion of tho New Y< Tribune that "Southern temper i So?thcrn behavior aro growing won as an atrocious falsehood, nml nc "Jay Gould's logic, in this instance, falsehood for its premiss?, and thc ba not for its ultimate point." We are s prised nt thc Republican for wasting time nnd space in telling the cour what all candid men have long kno' Thc Tribune would publish a fslseln about the South front preference, eve: tho truth would serve its ends equi ?ell. Tlie Fattest 3Ian in thc World. Tlie landon lancet announces ns champion heavy iceight, Mr. Wm. Cat bell, of New Castle on Tyne. Ile wei, over 52 stones (728 lbs.) ; is six feet ? inches high, mcasurvs round the shot: ers 9G indies, round tho waist 85 incl ami round the calf of his leg 35 incl He is only 22 years old. lt is with d Cully that bc keeps his present loic weif He was brought up a printer, but size compelled him to discontinue labor. Until recently corpulency boen considered a natural condition, since, hy tho use of Allan's A uti-Fa stiro reduction of from two to five pou a week is effected, it is believed to 1 disease. If Mr. Campbell would usc Anti-Fat. which is a harmless vegeta remedy, foi twelve months, he would reduced to a respectable working weit For particulars,'ask your druggist, or dress Botanic Medicine Co., Butfalo, N Thc Supreme Court of thc United States has just decided a ease from Ten nessee which will he of interest to the whole country, and particularly to thc Southern Stat?.-, in which there were State banks whose bills were receivable for taie?. The decision is set forth in the following condensation from the Chronical and fvnttilutionatitt: "The Hank of Tennessee, organized more than twenty years before the civil war, issued notes which the State agreed, by a clause in the bank's charter, to receive for taxes. The notes issued during the supremciicy of the Confederacy, bower* ever, were declared void by the Consti tution adopted ut the reconstruction of the State, and the collector of taxes, who refused to receive them, was made defendant in this suit, plaintive claim ing thal this constitutional amendment was i' elf voi<]. The Supreme Court linds nothing in the record to show that these notes were issued in aid of tho re bellion, and nothing from which pre sumption to this effect -an Lc- properly drawn and decides : First -That the constitutional amendment declaring these notes void is of nncfTcct because it impairs obligations of contracts. Sec ond--That the State of Tennessee has always, since its first admission into the Union, been the State of Teiinc-see. Its secession did not, according to the major ity, interfere with its perpetual success ion and perpetual identity. Not only is it the same body politic now, but has al ways been the same. It has not only been all this time a State and the same State, but it bas always been one of thc United States-a State of the Union, rieferring especially to the share of the State in thc rebellion, thc majority say: It never escaped the obligations of that Constitution, though for a while it may have ended their enforcement." From this decision Chief Justice Waite, together with Associate Justices Ilradley and Harlan, dissent, and emphatically protest that banks of rebellious districts were used in aid nnd support of the re bellion, and deny that the nets of a're bellious State are binding on a recon structed State. This position of the mi nority, if enrried to its legitimate length, would expunge nil conlrncts or obliga tions of the State incurred before or du ring thc war, which would be rather a wholesale repudiation, but fortunately for the holders of this class of claims against Southern States, the majority of thc Court think diiTcrcntly. Judge Bradley says this decision will "ultimate ly lead to the recognition of tho war debts of the rebel States." Thc principle of the decision will also apply to the Hills of the Bank of this State which were issued dnrin;' the war, and will in crease the State's liabilities to the extent of tho war issue of these bills. They nre in the hands of the people all over the State, nnd will no doubt be bought up at nominal rates by speculators as thc Bills of the Bank of the State issued before the war have been. Tho Augusta Chronicle and Consliia lionalist bas been the able and persistent advocate of deepening thc Savannah Uiver so as to render it navigable for smnll steamers, and informs us that on the fifth of November last Mr. Jumes P. Carson, under the direction of den. Gil more, chief of the United States Engi neer Corps, began a survey of thc river, which extended up the T?galo prong of the stream to the junction cf the Tallulah and Chatooga rivers. Ile reports nbout thirty miles from Augusta the Long Shoals, five miles ; about sixty-fire miles from Augusta Trotter's Shoals, seven miles long, with a fall of seventy-five feet ; then comes twenty-fives miles of good stream, Il to 15 feet deep, to Little Uiver, after which thc stream to Ander Bonville is very bad, having the Cherokee Shoals, fall of sixteen feet per mile; also, the McDaniel, Gregg and Middleton Shoals. Above Anderson ville are Hat ton and Guest Shoals. He thinks the river to Andersonville eau be rendered navigably for n much less sum than has been previously thought, and favors opening up the river by removing the obstructions, without canals or dams. Above Andersonville, for a distance of thirty-five miles, to a point near Pan ther's Creek, a small steamer drawing two feet of water can easily bc navigated. An estimate of thc cost will bc furnish ed, nnd Congress will be urged to appro priate a sufficient sum to open the river. If done, it will develop a fertile region of country, which, though in a large measure neglected now, is susceptible of tho highest development. With steam boats plying the waters of the Savannah, its shores would become the site of pros perous settlements, nnd lucrative em ployment in all kinds of labor. Thc Senate committee appointed to investigate the alleged frauds in tho late Southern elections, under Mr. Blaine's resolutions, consists of thc following Senators: Messrs. Teller, Cameron of Wisconsin, Kirkwood, Honr and McMil lan, ns Republicans, and Messrs. Bayard, Wallace, Bailey and Garland, nt Demo crats. This committee has to sit with closed doors or in secret session, but with such men as represent the Democratic pnrty upon it, there will bo very little opportunity for tho Radicals to obtain any other advantage from this connie of investigation than that the sfcrct sessions will induce hundreds of Radical negroes to swear to outrages which never existed, believing that they will never be discov ered in their perjury. The committee also meets n difficulty in beginning its work, which is rather embarrassing. They have boer, appointed to investigate but "no money has been appropriated to pay for tho investigation, ?nd unless the Senate decides to appropriates money to pay tbeso expenses, it is not likely to amount to much of nn investigation nfler ali. _ - Tho illicit whiskey traffic is again assuming large proportions. It is car ried through our town by the wagon load, night and day. At thc upper end of town the retail of this article is causing trouble and loss to thc better elliss of cit izen.?, and wholly demoralizing to the thirsty and indolent. This is a violation of both the State and United Slates laws, and wo call upon thc officers of both to nssist in abating this great nuisance. Thc citizens could nlso assist in breaking up the illicit traffic by giving informa tion to the officers of the law.-JCrniree Courier. Whv let your baby suffer and perhaps die, when a bottle of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup would at once relieve it sud effect a curr*. Price 25 cents. < '-tigress rc-asscmbles on tlio 7th ?UBL, and the session will probnbly bo an im portant one as several bills of great pub lic interest are now pending, especially the bill regulating presidential elections, which was discussed last session, and bas been very generally commented upon by the press throughout the land. That there ought to be i change of thc electo ral system bas beet: fully shown by the troubles which followed the laut election, and Congress (?light to remedy the evils ?if the present system, so as to prevent a repetition of such crimes in the future, but we fear that in the present state of party feeling nothing can bc done with this bill. The session ends on the 4th of Marc)', and will therefore be what is termed the short session. In all proba* bil i ty, however, thc Senate will be con vened in extra sesiiun to consider execu tive business, and, if so, the Democrats will have the majority, and the President pro (em. of that body will after that date be a Democrat. Hence, should there bc a failure to elect ihe next President by a vote of the people and a tie in tho vote in the House of Representatives, as would probably bc the case, whoever is elected President pro tem. of the next Senate would become President of thc United States. Thc State Treasurer has announced bit intention to begi.i lite payment of the in tercst on the valid bonds ol this State to day, under thc provisions of section li of thc appropriation bill, which direct) the application of tho money in tin treasury for the payment of interest ot the disputed debt to the payment of tin valid intcest for this year. Holders o the val.ii. jonds will therefore rcceivi their interest as fast as it matures. Thi action of the last Legislature in thus de ciding to make a marked difference be tween the two classes of bonds will sepa rate the influence of thc bondholders, fo the hoblers of valid bonds will realiz that they nre to be protected without doubt, and will therefore cease totroub! the State, which will regularly pay tbci interest. Having satisfied these, w should next sift thc honest portion of th bonds classed as invalid from the disher est and pay off the former in new bond: while we should, and no doubt will, rt fuse to pay one cont ol' that portion ? the debt which ia fraudulent. Thi would be a just, honorable and cquitabl settlement, which the people would ci tlorso and public sentiment at home au abroad commend. Gen. Eppa Hunton, one of Virginia representatives in Congress, is endcavo ing to induce that body to repay to b State thc money she advanced to tl General Government in thc war of iSl with Great Britain. Maine, Massacbi setts and Maryland have been paid on $1,000,000 on account of their loans i inc Genurai Government, while Virgini South Carolina, Georgia, and other State have never been reimbursed. It is to 1 hoped that our representatives in Co; gross will assist Gen. Hunton, and try have South Carolina's claim paid als It is true that the claim of these Stat is "a Southern war claim," but then it a war claim which even the vindicti Mr. Blaine could hardly class as unp triotic. Maine bas been paid, and coursa tho Slato from which the Senat hails would not have received payme unless it wus just, and therefore we pt sume that be will lind neither nulliflc timi, treason nor rebellion in our part it. The money would come to Sou Carolina now as a timely boon, and cou be placed to very great advantage assisting to solve the difficult financ problem which confronts our people. I Thc Republicans have about decid? it is thought, to run Grant as their m candidate for the presidency, and order to prepare public sentiment in favor be will return to America in t spring or early summer. When he lat in Sau Francisco ho will bo most g gcously received, ns his funds int'-tvl expend about a million dollars to scei a proper demonstration in his beb; Thon in Now York a reception to c somo two million dollars will bo gii him, mid another to cost n million m in Philadelphia with numerous magr cent, though less expensive, ones other cities. Grant will represent Northern capitalists, and they prop spending their money freely in prod ir?g an enthusiasm for him, feeling t if elected he will amply reimburse- tb* If, however, the Democrats aomin such a mau as Senator Bayard nil money Grant could command would i produce as much enthusiasm as tho s I plo magnetism which a ticket headed an honest man would possess. Senator Blaine, in bis speech in Senate upon tho alleged election fra in the South, was very severe in his nunciation of thc Southern people, particularly of South Carolina, wi called forth Senator M. C. Butler's m en speech in that body in tlcfenso of State. Those who know thc Senator have heard him speak, can well ?mn? its chnrncter and healthy influence u public sentiment. Of thc speech New York World says : "As an instrument for the confu-ic Mr. Blaine tho speech was admin prepared, but it was something n than that. It was not only a manly clear defense of Mr. Butler's own Si but a cool and courteous one also; ni Senator from South Carolina is cnti to unusual credit who could retain coolness and his courtesy in defeni his State from charges so tnonstroi have been brought against ber for purpose of snhjeciing her again to odious nnd scandalous despotism which she was for ten years subj ct Governor Hampton will have a wo colleague, as South Carolina a real r< scntativo, in Mr. Butler." Senator Conkling's friends nnnoi positively that he will not be a candi for the Presidentini nomination from Republican Convention. This is a prise to the whole country, and is ac< panied by the explanation that thc ator prefers to be the leader of his r. in Congress rather than rhk his influ in seeking the Presidency. This si much wisdom on tho part of Mr. C ling, for he gracefully retires in manner from the contest which w have two very doubtful urohUm?. i solved, First, he could hardly get n^TMnation from his party ; and, sec if nominated ho could hardly be eic i as the country has about decided to I n Democrat next time. Speech of Dr. Y*'. C. Brown in Favor 1 of Abolishing the Bond Court. ? Mu. SPEAKER: I had boped that no necessity should ?Kain arise for nie to .peak on the bona question, which waa so elaborately discussed at the last ses- j sion of '.bis'House. Theil this whole question waa submitted to a special court, and it vws confidently expected that a I decision would ha".! been reached long ? before this, and an end would have been | ut* ?le of thc vexed and disturbing sub- ; jVet. hut circumstances have combined I to bring about delay, and every incident j of the trial of the cases before the court, points out the necessity and duty which devolves on us of repealing thc resolution establishing the court, anti of going tor ward in the immediate and final settle ment of the question. The evidence of ll. II; Kimpton, so absolutely necessary to the just determination of how much wc honestly owe, has been withheld by the conspiracy ?if the bondholders, so that the iniquitous character of the debt cannot be fully developed, reeking ami dripping with fraud as it is known to be. Now, 1 ask, Mr. Speaker, is it right in us to allow the ends of justice to be defeated in this way, and permit all this vast amount of debt to be saddled on the poor, toiling taxpayers of our .Slate through a subvcrsmii ol' the fundamental principled of justice and common hon esty? No sir! we should stand firmly herc on thin floor and defend thc rights of our constituents from the plunder of the bloatetl bondholders and the blood sucking money-changers w ho have joined hands to drive us into remediless bank ruptcy. The people depend on us t?i protect their rights, and have no paid hirelings to lobby their schemes through this body. Kven with the insuflicieut evidence before it, I have no fears of the court deciding against us, but there awaits us a long system of appeals and expensive litigation, and why nut meet the difficulty in a manly way, and make a finality of the whole matter as indepen dent and honorable men should ! The time is propitious, for we are no longer impeded by the large body of Radicals who, united with recreant Democrats in the last House, brought about this dis graceful state of affairs and trampled the fair fame ol'South Carolina in '.he ?lust. Mr. Speaker, another argument in favor of the repeal of thc resolution is the fact that w e are utterly unable to pay nil of the State debt. You w ill sec from the report of the Comptroller General that the State of South Carolina is held liable for over $14,000,000. The interest on this alone is $84i),0OO, lo be raised an nually. Add to this two mills for school taxesj four mills for State expenses and three for county, and we would have thc enormous tax of sixteen mills. And in some counties, where they have to pay V railroad tax, it would be simply out rugeous. With cotton at seven and eight cents, no people on earth could stunt such a tax and live. Besides this th? $80,000,000 interest on thc United State debt nil has to come from tlie toil nm labor of the masses ol thc people. Si they will be enslaved while the rich nm heartless bondholder sits in the shade reposes on cushioned chairs, lives in fin? houses, walks on Brussels carpets nm lolls in luxurious carriages, und care not who is taxed or how much, lt i estimated that every working man, wu man and child in the country pays a annual tribute of $3.05 to these bond holders, who were truly said by Georg Washington to bc "idlers nnd usurers. The Irish pny only $1.25, nnd they bnv for years been expatriating themselves t escape these burdens. Famine an stnrvation, the wnil of the w idow nnd th cry of the orphan have exiled the be: people on tho globe from thc green isl of Lrin. So it will be herc :f we faste this Radical debt on our poor people. No honest man in the State has r< ceived n dollnr of value from this ii famous debt forced on us by the vile thieves and viilians that, ever disgrace humanity. Some say the seal of tl State binds u- o thc payment of this ii famous debt. How was it put thor? The State was lying prostrate in the dus the shining bayonet and flashing swot drawn over her head, und thus her pa sied nrm did the work of force nnd frau And nome men on this flo?ir, forgettii tho degradation ol* their State, wou lend n helping hand to these arch villai of tho century and sanctify the plund of n gnng of shameless robbers. Suppose these thieves had, under tl pretence of law, issued bonds sutlicie in amount to equal the entire value of; our property, which they would ha done could they have fourni sale t them, cnn any one say it would ha been right to entail slavery upon c children to pay such n debt? If by o payment of these fraudulent bonds i endorse thc actions of Chamberlain ni his confederates, we hold out an indui ment to other freebooters to repeat t same iniquity, and enslave the people a set of wealthy bondholding slot jobbers nnd speculators. The gentlem on the other si?le presume on the ign rance ot thc people, when they say ti a compliance with the forms of law w sanctify fraud. I warn them now not persist in this course of duplicity, tyran and oppression. After long years of fi bearance nnd submission on the part thc taxpayer, one common murmur li commenced rising from nil parts of c country. A great storm is lowering o\ our bends, its lurid clouds begin to c Bcure the sky and its darkening vapt fill the air. We nre wnlking over n vi cano whose flames rage beneath our fe and which threatens to burst forth streams of heated lava and consul everything in their course. Sir, look thc columns of real estate advcrtisemei in the newspapers of the day, nnd i pecially in Charleston and Uicliln counties, nnd all for taxes. These i the little homes of the joor, the shell? that protect their wives and childr from the rains, storms and sleets of wi ter, thc places where first they saw t light of day, the little inheritance tin hubers nnd mothers saved for their ch uren after a life of economy, toil a labor. Those who bought these bonds wc warned by thc taxpayers' unions, t boards of trade, the chambers of coi mcrcc and thc newspapers. They wc proclaimed to he fraudulent evcrywhc and the purchaser look his dinner... J invested his money to overturn our civ izalion and destroy our people, and who advocates their payment mali common cause with thc plunderers w tarnished our honor, cru. ned ?>ut o liberty and rioted upon the substance a helpless people. He makes comm cause with ihc mercenary vandals win march through Georgia and this Sn was fol owed by a cloud of smoke rolli tip in the heavens, like thc cloud win led the Israelites, and whose midnic "".c ?6nivG up oy thc mimes private residences, and who put t TI t0,i,u? ,cily n.ml her In ru] They wa ked through your State on I ashes of burnt homes and left your bio relations homeless au?) starving To d we find the soil, which could not burnt, advertised to pay the. interest bonds forced upon you hy thc pi scoundrels of a money ring. But I will not consume the time of l House The people or South Carob cannot and will not pay these bonds, a ,k J va? and of no purpose. The ? mond for payment is atrocious and suiting. Tlie people will risc in tl. might ?nd crusf, out these vampires, a Sni ,C3',.a,n?"? t,,c hiithleU auns oouth Carolina, wno have arrayed thc sc ve, on the side of oppression wrong, must go down with them in m iteU disgrace and contempt. LEMON-lt is from the rind of Messina lemon that Dr. Price preps WnFm? F,aTvorinR -^racUof!Le , Whiia other Le,,,T Extracts ?n a li m^rplh,'.tr,Cn,,a ?d" oVt?rp rr sine "-e 8 any Ien*lh * S rr sine ,",onm> lemony tame. RKWARPBD.-Steele & Price, the man ufacturers of Dr. Price'* Crean Rakintr Powder, ur? rewarded hy tlie rrpuutn n $ of manufacturing good article?, lt ?HU H shameful ouiffKsii.ii to mike that many nre willing t ) nu? adulterated arricies because ?" ? mall reduction in price._*mmm tl FOR SALE OE REMT. ONE HOUSE AND LOT in the Town of Undersoil, on Strecl running parallel with ami East of McDuttle Street, houar i-, new, and contains two rooms. <???'?i well of water <?n premises. .. Also ONE FARM, lying about six miles Northeast of Anderson C. H., ??d known as thc John Kay place. BaM rarni con tains 152 acres, more or less. .1 |?>n ? ari an thc necessary buildings and accommoda tions required. ' For further particulars aij ,,| v to tho undersigned at Aiidersmr C..II. 1 . M. I). KENNEDY. Jon 2. 1*"!> _2'?_._J_ UV JAS. II. MCCONNELL, Auctioneer. CLERK'S" SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COVXTT OK AXDKESON. Vturt of Commun Went. William L. Trenholin, as Executor of George A. Trenholin, deceased, Assignee of Theodore I). Wagner, Plaintiff, against (,'liarles Richardson Miles ami I'Mwanl McC'rady, Jr., Trustees. William ll. Tres cot und wife, Eliza N. Trcscot, cestltis quc-triisf, ami others, Defendants.-CW? plaint to forechte Mortgage of lieut Edale. I>UR8UANT to a Decree of Foreclosure and Sale, made at February Term, 1-M7rt, of thc court aforesaid, I will sell to the bl?h est bidder, on Salcday in January, ISTi). be fore the Court House door, the mortgaged premises, described in these proceeding* ns containing about four hundred and eighty acres, situate in thc county aforesaid, about three and one-half : dies from Pendleton, on earvin's Creek, and divided into two tracts, viz: TRACT NO. 1, known as the Home place, containing about 345 acres. TRACT NO. 2, adjoining the Home place, and containing about 10? acres. Plats to be exhibited on tiny of sale. THUMS OP SALK-One-third cash, balance on one year's credit, interest from day ol' sale, purchaser lo nive bond and mortgage to set ure the balance of purchase money, willi leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. ? JOHN W. DAWELS, CC v. V, S.-Since thc above advertisement was inserted it bas been ascertained by survey that Tract No. 1 contains'Wi. cres and Tract No. 2 contains ITU acres. JOHN W. DANIELS, c. c. r. _ Dec. -.Vi, 1878 23 2 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AKDEBSON COUNTY. BY virtue of various Executions to mc di rec teil, I will expose to salo on thu First Monday in January, 1879, at Ander son Court House, the following Tracts of Land, to witj ONE TRACT OF L i <il), containing one hundred au 1 ninety-foui (194) acres, more or less, the .> mc being a part of thc Heal Estate of I), l'rniett, bounded by Mill Tract, hon. tcad of De fendant and others. Also, THE MILL TRACT, i containing sixty acres, more or lesa, bound I ed by lands of Newton Clinkscales, home stead ol Defendant and others, upon which there is a Saw Mill, with a Rood circular saw and fixtures, and a Crist Mill, and a 45-Saw Cotton Gin, all in good condition, and a comfortable Miller's house. Also, three acres of Land, wilh a neut residence at or near Hermon Institute, bounded by lands of Z. Hall, S. A. Dean, and others" Thc above levied upon aa the properly of E. I). Pruiett in favor of T. L. Clinkscales and Jerry M. Drown and others, against E. I). Pruictt. Terms of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary pupers. JAMES ii. MCCONNELL, Sheri ir Anderson County, Dec 12, 1S78_ 22 A SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANUKRBOH COUNT V. In the Court of Common Pleca. L. C. Harkness. Executrix of J. N. Hark ness, against E. I). Pruiett, W. M. Pruiett and Joshua Pruictt.-Judgment for Ftnr elosure of ?teal Property. BY virtue of rm order to mc directed bv Hon. L. C. Northrop. Judge of th? Eighth Judicial Circuit, pro tem., I will ex pose to sule on thc FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1879, at Anderson Court House, S. C., ail that TRACT OF LANI), Situate and lying in the County and State aforesaid, and con tain tug one hundred and sixty seven (1C7) acres, more or less, am! known as the homestead of James J. Hark ness, deceased, on Rocky River and Hen coop Creek, beginning nt a stake on Rocky River, running up said river to P. O. X 8, thence f>5 E. 2340, to a pine stump X ?. thence N. 31 E. 10, to .. stake on Hen coop Creek, thence ir,> said creek to a niapl? X 3, thence H. 41, E. b, 4U to a stone. X?, thence S. 841, E. 8 Od. to ll. O. X 3, thence S. ?:?, W. .17 to large poplar X :t, thence N. 7o\ W. to beginning corner. Terms of sule Cash-purchaser to pay ex tra for nil necessary papers. J A M viii H. .MCCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Dec 12, 1*78 22. 4 SHERIFF'S SALE* .STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. BY virtue of various Executions to me directed, I will expose to salo on the First Monday in January next. 187!), at Anderson Court House, S. C., th? following t racts of Land, to wit : One Tract of Land, known as IheGam rt? * et' staining ono hundred and tlliy-fivc (155) acres, more or less, bounded by lauds ur Harper Cambrcll, B. L. Jolin son and others. Also, ^ One Loth? the Tjown or Relton, known as tho "x. 0. R. Horton lot, containing ten ( IO) acres, more or less, bounded bv lots of Jamas W. Poore. W. F. Cox and ochers. Levied upon as the property of John J. Mallison in favor of F. W. Wagoner it Co.. and others, against G. W. Cox and John J. Mattison. Terms of salo-Cash. Purchaser to pny extra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. MCCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Dec 12.J878_ 22 4 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. BY virtue of nu Execution to mee Irected, ...vf w,!lexPosoto sale on tho FIRST MONDAY in JANUARY, 187!), nt An derson Court House. 8. C., thc following personal property, to wit : ONE FOUR HORSE POWER. Levied upon as the property of Wm. Jones Jon?"VOr ?f h' H" Tcrry ft?ninst W"J Terms of sale cash. JAMES n. MCCONNELL. Sheriff Anderson Countv. Dec VJ, mrs .J3 4 SPECIAL INVITATION. THE people of Anderson and vicinitr, and more particularly THK LADIES, ,-?V,?J.,nC'Olll,vinvite<1 to call and see om CARPET .EXHIBITOR, and largo lot ol samples of Beautiful Caritta. , " . A. R. TOWERS A CO. Sept 20, 1878 ll Paper Hangings ! A ^vHTIF?L ,ot of PAPER HANG II N.l,S Bl,d WINDOW SHADES foi n Mr,''1' A- TOWERS St CO. _?iL'_?_13_ OGroceries. UR line of FAMILY GROCERIES li complete Fine TEAS, vis. i G-inpow Rr~w,,u,K !?y*?n? bolong and I. lis! Break fast-a Spreiallr,. A II TjMiri.-.?. ri _ct 10 13 ?>?? v?t?* ,n 7?"T own t!lwn- *S om flt fri? ?lUriri. , I^der, ir you want a bu.lncu.i ?.? ?r c,,,,cr ,0* CS" ?"?ke ?n at . ?y ?I ^^^J^r^aair;;.1-^"1- * "