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Through the Country?Pleasures and Annoyances inci? dent to the Trip. Tampa, Fla., Dec. 21, 1878. Editor Anderson Intelligenetr : I thought when I commenced an ac? count of my trip to this Land of Flowers, preparatory to giving a description of the country, which I had promised some of yonr readers, I would have been long ago through, bat settling in a new country one finds so much to do there is but little time for writing. My last letter left me within two miles of Stockton, Ga., at Mr. Gould's, where we were kindly accommo? dated during Sabbath until Monday morn? ing, and as we expect sometime to-day (March 4th) to reach the Florida border, we feel as though we were nearing our destination, and are proportionately en? couraged. There is a charm about the word home, always attended by its mag? net, which ever attracts ns with glad? dened hearts, and however saddened may be our thoughts by past reminiscences of | friends and kindred ties, severed and left behind ns, even though it be an adopted home it is significant of rest; and what balm is there so soothing to the tired and weary heart? Yet with all towards Carolina, the Stats of our nativity, and Anderson, the place of our births, (for we were all born witlyn the County,) out affections can never be lessened, and our eyes will ever turn with interest I To-day we travel without accident or interruption about twenty-eight miles, and stop with Mr. Philip Lee, a very kind and clever old gentleman, who cor? dially welcomes ns to his "ingle side,'1 which we find quite comfortable, for though Mr. L. informs us that we crossed the line into Florida some three or four miles back, the chilly air does not nd mouish ns that we are much nearer the tropics. There is much of sameness in our journeys from day to day, the conntry for miles back differing little in appear? ance, sparsely settled, and generally along the roads barren and sandy, pre? senting the usual character of the lands ns one nears the sea coast Mr. Lee in? forms us, however, that the pine lands in Florida produce mach better than their appearance would indicate; but of this I will be able to say more and judge bet? ter from experience after a while. Cer? tainly in Carolina such looking land would be regarded almost worthless. Leaving Mr. Lee's on the morning of | the 5tb, we pass through Jasper, a small village on the railroad, in Hamilton County, stopping only a short while to have some iron repaired on my one-horse wagon, and to get some directions to "White Springs," where we expect to camp to-night. To-day we see oranges growing for the first time, and the chil? dren are in perfect ecstacies over them. I give a dime and permission is given them to get as many as they want. Ed? gar soon has his pocket and both hands full, and is crying because be can't carry an> more. Poor child, he doesn't know the disappointment in store for him. The fruit is very beautiful on the trees, but the oranges are sour and bitter sweets, and only luscious in appearance. This reconciles my little boy, satisfying, and, I hope, making him ashamed of, his greed. We pass a churchyard about two miles before reaching the Springs, which is in? deed a lovely spot, but full of awe and solemnity with its surrounding water oaks covered with long-drooping moss, mourning, as it were, for the dead sleep? ing beneath their shades. "Perhaps in this sequestered spot is laid Some one once pregnant with Celestial fire, Hands that the rod of Empire might have swayed, Or waked to'ecstacy the living Lyre." ? White Springs, where we stop to-night, tbongh deserted at this season of the year, I am told is still a place of resort in the Summer for invalids, as well as pleasure-seekers. There is a large hotel for the accommodation of visitors, two stores and quite a number of bouses erec? ted, all of which, I am told, are occupied during the Summer, but are vacant now, giving the place the appearance of a "deserted village." Through the kind? ness of Mr. Adams, who is selling goods there for the accommodation of the neighborhood and those resident perma? nently in tbe place, we are allowed to occupy a comfortable school room, with good fireplace and situated quite near the Springs. This is quite to our taste, and enables us in our hurry through to step down and view the Springs without delay in our journey. The strong sulphurous smell of the water?compared by the boys to "gunpowder"?readily suggests the properties of the water. It is situa? ted on the right bank of the Suwannce river, and I expect, when not overflowed, k has a high temperature, as the water is f very wCrra now, though completely over? flowed by the River, which is much swolj^^y the heavy rains. A very large building has been built immediate? ly over the Springs with steps leading down into the water, several bath rooms partitioned off for accommodation of those desiring to bathe, with other con iveniences. Altogether, I think White Springs a very pretty place, and, though deserted now, gay enough in Summer. On the morning of the o'th we move off in the direction of Lnke City, in Columbia County, which place we pass about twelve o'clock. This little town fi.is about fifteen hundred inhabitants, and presents quite a business appearance. Carts with fruit* and vegetables are com? ing in, and pedestrians hurrying along through the streets, make it look more like a live town than any place we've passed since leaving Anderson. There is l a lake on either side of it, from which it ^ derives its name, and which renders it very picturesque in appearance; and we tare at once unanimous in pronouncing it a beautiful place. Lake City a (Tonis one of tbe great necessities of Florida: s1 railroad, supplying the means of quick transportation, thus affording ready ship? ment to Northern markets for fruito, veg? etables, etc It is quite a sight to us all to see so many green peas growing?fields with five, ten, fifteen and one of twenty-five acres ia green peas. I am told over thirty thousand dollars' worth were shipped from Lake City last season. Leaving this thrifty-looking little town, we move on towards Newnansville, which is the next town on our route. To-night we stop by invitatian with Mr. Stephen O. Quinn, who lives eleven miles from town, and who informs us that houses are few and far bctwen along the road. Mr. Quinn is a young man but a good farmer. Has three cribs full of corn, several hun? dred bushels of potatoes to sell; rice, sugar, syrup, everything he uses he raises himself, except coffee and flour. This is independence. G. H. 5. Interesting Interview of (jnvernor Simp? son by the Correspondent of the Cin? cinnati Enquirer. Correspondent?Governor, in view of the fixed political complexion in South Carolina, which may as well be accepted as a political fact, and in view of the pos? sible influence arising therewith, it has become important to know the policies and political preferences finding accept? ance with your people. I have, therefore, called to know your Excelleucy's views touching certain questions of interest to the public Governor?I am quite willing that you should know my individual views touch? ing matters of public policy, and though not elected to office with particular refer? ence to my opinions touching such mat? ters, I 'think the views I cutertain and hold are in common with my fellow-citi? zens generally in the South. Cor.?Who do you prefer for President, and ought he to come from the East or the West? Gov.?I prefer Senator Bayard for President over any man in the United States,. He is pure in character? which is the first and most important qualification?exalted iu intellect and sound in politics. I think he has the best conception of the true theory of our system of government of any of our pub? lic men, and his integrity of character would not allow him to deviate from that theory for any pnrpose whatever. 'Tis strange that the people of the United States don't see this, and breaking through party trammels, dou't put him at the head of the government. Next to Bayard I would prefer Hendricks or Thurman. Not because they are from the West, I don't think that the question of locality should have anything to do with this matter. That idea implies that a large number of electors could be in? duced to vote for a man simply on ac? count of bis locality, without regard to his political views or character. I have a higher opinion of the masses than this, and I don't think we should pander to this idea. If there seemed to be any chance for Hancock I would prefer him next to Bayard. I don't know any man in the East suitable for the place. Cor.?What are your views about hard money? Gov.?As a citizen I am a hard money man, but in the election of giysident, I think every question of mere legislation ought to be subordinated to the higher question of confining the general govern? ment to iu constitutional orbit. That is the vital question of the day with us?in fact, the very existence of the govern? ment of our fathers depends on it?and where a man is sonnd on that, this cov? ers a multitude of faults on matters of mere legislation. We had better decide the question whether we shall have the right to legislate before we fall out about what raeasurees we shall adopt. Cor.?What do you say as to the solid South? Gov.?As to the solid South? That matter is perverted. The South is not solid as a section against the North as a section. The people of the several Southern States are solid in the belief that we in the Souib have been most un? justly dealt with by the Republican par? ty, since the war, in overthrowing our governments, and putting us under the heel of ignorance, corruption and inca? pacity. They are solid in the belief that the only rescue from this state of things is the restoration in each State of integri? ty with competency, and as these quali? ties were found alone in the Democratic party of these States, that that party sbou Id be placed in power; and inasmuch as the danger to this came from the general government transcending its constitution? al powers and interfering with the inter? nal affairs of the States, they are solid, too, in the belief that that government ought to be confined to its constitutional boundary, and they are surprised that the people of the Northern States are not sol? id on the same line, because this is no sec? tional question, but it is a question which lies among the foundation stones of the government Cor.?Do you think that the Democratic party South ought to demand a place ou the national ticket in 1880? Gov.?I don't think the Southern Democrats ought to demand a place on the national ticket as a nine que non?cer? tainly not on the ground of locality. No; what we want is good government; and what I mean by good government is as already stated, constitutional government. We don't care anything about office. No doubt the South could furnish men emi inently qualified, but office is a small matter to us compared to the great ques? tion of getting the national government back to its old moorings. Bayard and Hendricks would start this government right for the second century. ? Many a young man is very agreea? ble in social parties, but can't do much more than support himself. For a girl to marry such a fellow is taking great risks. To marry a man who has nothing i but a salaried situation is imprudent. Better wait until by economy he has something to begin married life on. If he really loves he can wait a while, arid if he has a manly nature he ca.. restrict himself of some enjoyments so as to save money to begin matrimonial life with. If he won't do that he is selfish, and not likely to make a good husband. If he can't, then certainly expecting his salary to support comfortably himself and a wife is absurd. Love is indispensable for married life, but some home comforts are absolutely needful to make married life very agreeable. Even if a man has some means it may be very unwise to risk a marriage partnership with him. If he is a little dissipated, or mean and 6elfi?h, or unprincipled, all the worst traits of his character are likely to be manifested as soon as the honeymoon is over. Acknowledged.?Chemists nnd phy? sicians say that Dr. Price's Special Fla? voring Extracts are the purest. They are daily increasing in popular favor. Housewives who desire the most delicious ? flavor in their cakes, puddings nnd pastry, f^rill get it by using Dr. Price's Extracts. THE RECORD OF THE YEAR. South Carolina In 1878?The Event? of a Twelvemonth. From the Charleston News and Courier. JANUARY. 2. Arrival of 250 colored people iu Charleston en route for Liberia. 3. Revival of La Societe Francaise, Charleston. 4. Shooting affray corner of Broad and Meeting streets; Geo. \V. Rouse and J. P. DeVeaux wounded. 6. A family of colored persons mur? dered and burned in Barnweil County by ?Fortune Bush, colored, aud others. 7. Election of city otticers. 8. First Democratic victory in Wil? liamsburg County. 9. Trial of the Orangeburg officials. 12. Duel near Savannah between Rob? ert Fishburne and W. S. Harley, in which the latter was killed. 13. Murder of George Oeten by Turner Jackson, Lancaster. 16. Judge Reed signs an order restrain? ing sale of delinquent lands in cases where consolidated bond coupons have been tendered in payment of taxes. 17. Municipal thanksgiving day. The Legislature reassembles. Arrival of 150 emigrants from Alabama for Liberia. 19. Meeting of Chamber of Commerce to consider the question of resumption. 22. The Supreme Court vacates six of the Circuit Juigeshipn. 2G. Organization Sumter Manufactu? ring Company. 28. The University bill passes its final reading in tbe House of Representatives. 29. Convention of District Lodge, No. 5,1. 0. B. B., Charleston. FEBRUARY. 1. Correspondence between Governor Hampton and Internal Revenue Collec? tor Brayton concerning the appointment of deputy collectors. 2. Opening day of the races at Wash? ington Course. 4. Mrs. Matilda Fletcher delivers an address in tbe State House at Columbia. 5. Sixth annual session State Grange at Columbia. 6. Tenth anniversary of the Confed? erate Home. . Isaac Wilson, colored, killed by Frank Rowden, colored, at Chester. Meeting of the State Horticul? tural Society at Columbia. Capture at Kingstree of Scruffin Davis, notorious negro outlaw. Meeting of the planters of Wateree Swamp concerning the filling up ot the trestle on the Wilmington, Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad. 7. Destructive cyclone in Augusta and parts of South Carolina. Meeting of the I State Democratic Executive .Committee j at Columbia. 13. Bill to prevent unjust discrimina? tions by railroads passed tbe House. One hundred emigrants for Liberia ar? rive in Charleston from Ninety-Six, Ab? beville County. 14. Governor Hampton vetoes the chain gang bill (his first veto.) Election of six circuit judges by the General As? sembly. 17. Bill to fund the bills of the Bank of tbe State reported in the House by the judiciary committee. 18. Grand ball and flag presentation to the German Hussars. 19. First report of tbe committee on frauds submitted to the Legislature. Ju? lius Welsbaum killed by G. N. Cain near Blackville. 20. Daniel Middleton, escaped convict and outlaw, killed by officers in Radcliffe street while resisting arrest. 21. Arrival of Walker Light Guard, Richmond, Va., accompanied bv Gen. W. H. F. Lee. L. C. Northrop confirm? ed in the Senate as U. S. district attorney for South Carolina. 22. Grand review of 4th Brigade by Governor Hampton. 23. Fourth Brigade banquet at Mili? tary Hall. Inspection and review by Governor Hampton of First Regiment National Guard. 25. Parade of Darlington Volunteers, Darlington Court House. Murder of Frank Brice, near Bennettsville. 2<i. Report of legislative committee on frauds of tbe printing ring. 28. Revenue raids in Pickens County. MARCH. 1. Convention of- medical officials in Charleston in reference to National Quar? antine. Burning of Methodist Church Ladson's. 4. Meeting of Democratic County Con? vention, Anderson. 5. Suicide of Scott McKee, New berry. Explosion of a boiler at Lowery's, Rich land County ; one person killed and sev? eral wounded. 7. Murder of Jacob Glaser, Tripe row, Charleston. 9. Redmond's raid on Picken's jail; release of prisoners. 10. The Legislature compromises on the Bond question. 13. Consolidation of the Wagener and German Artillery Companies. Tbe bill creating the Court of Claims passed the House. 14. Meeting of the Abbeville County Democratic Convention. 15. The phosphate bill passed the House. 17. Visit to Charleston of Rev. Dewitt Talmage and Rev. C. F. Deems. 18. Dedication of monument to Irish Volunteers. Arrival of Liberian bark Azor at Charleston. 21. Meeting of bondholders of South Carolina Railroad, Charleston. Judge Mackey organizes posse to send in pur? suit of Redmond gang. Graud jury at Pickens indict revenue raiders and Illicit distillers. 22. Adjournment of Legislature. 23. Meeting Orangeburg Couuty Dem? ocratic Convention. 24. Destructive forest fires throughout the State. 2b*. Hampton opened the campaign at Anderson. 27. Charleston Bagging Factory pre? paring to commence work. 28. Hampton r.t Abbeville. 29. F. J. Deschamps committed sui? cide, Lynchburg, Sumter County. APRIL. 1. Municipal election Georgetown; Democratic victory. 2. Trial and acquittal of Miss Wood at Columbia for killing Samuel Henry. 4. Cold snap in Charleston. Shed Gil more murdered near George's Station. 7. Meeting State Medical Association at Greenville. 8. F. J. Moses arrested in New York. U. S. Supreme Court decides that a mu? nicipal corporation cannot tax its own stock in hands of non-residents. Burn? ing of Gregg Maxcy'a house near Colum? bia. The Vine Growers' delegation visit Sumter. 9. Meeting stockholders South Caro? lina Railroad, Charleston. 12. Annual meeting Survivor*' Asso? ciation, Charleston. 14. Revival at Citadel Square Baptist Church, Dr. Hawthorne. 15. First anniversary of reorganization of Marion Artillery. 17. Visit of the German Artillery to Hilton Head and Beaufort. 19. Hanging of Robert McEvoy at A i ken, fcr murder of J. J. Gregg. Kyfus Springs, revenue official, killed in Green? ville County. 21. Liberian bark Azor sailed for Mou rovia. 23. Flonil Fair, Charleston. Grand Lodge I. 0. G. T. met at Charleston. 24. Spring meeting 'State Horticultural Society, Charleston. State Press Asso? ciation annual meeting, Charleston. Opening of Catholic fair. Charleston. Meeting of mortgage and non-mortgage bondholders of South Carolina Railroad. Grand Division Sons of Temperance an* i nual meeting, Charleston. 25. Jeff David convicted of the murder of the Franklins, Abbeville County. 1 State Convention Y. M. C. A. ncSumtor. ; 26. Senator Butler moves forappropri : ation for Charleston jetties. MAY. 1. Visit of Washington Artillery to Savannah. j 2. David Harrison killed in Kershaw ] County while resisting arrest by a deputy j sheriff. Eleventh Annual Convention i of the Lutheran General Synod of North ! America, opened at Newberry. 6. Turnverein tournament in Savan? nah. Democratic Conventions of Aikeu and Sumter Counties met. 7. Meeting at Kingstree of the corpo? rators of the Georgetown and North Car? olina Narrow Gauge Railroad. 8. Eighty-eighth Annual Convention Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina at Charleston. The Court of Claims met and organized at Columbia. ? 10. Memorial Day, Charleston. Mass meeting at Hibernian Hall on the phos? phate question. I 11. Wrecking of a train on the Port Royal Railroad at Camp Branch. Peter Cooper passed through Charleston on visit to Limestone Springs. 13. Visit of the German Fusiliers to Savannah. Opening day of the Charles? ton Sch?tzenfest. 15. Republican Executive Committee met at Columbia. Adjourned meeting of South Carolina Railroad bondholders at Charleston. 16. Meeting of Charleston Jobbing merchants to organize an association. 17. Meeting of the new trustee:} of the South Carolina College at Columbia. - 19. Arrival at Sierra Leone of Libe rian bark Azov. 20. Beaufort County Democratic Con? vention met. Annual meeting of South Carolina Historical Society. 21. Destructive fire at Greenville. 22. Meeting of veterans Hart's Battery at Blackville to agree upon reunion of survivors. 23. Corpl. Dolan, Fifth Artillery, kill? ed at Frenchy's bar-room, St. Philip street. 25. Arrival of Gate City Guard, Gov? ernor Hampton and Governor Colquitt at Charleston. Grand review and in? spection Fourth Brigade. Hot spell, thermometer 94 degrees. 26. Governor Colquitt preached at Triuity Church Charleston. Grand mil? itary Mass at St. Mary's Church. 28. Columbia Sch?tzenfest opened. 29. Work commenced in tho Charles? ton Bagging Factory. 30. Annual regatta of the Regatta As? sociation South Carolina at Charleston. June. 3. Destructive fire at Rock Hill, York County. Arrival at Monrovia oi' Libe rian bark Azor. 4. Sale of the Preston Mansion, Co? lumbia. 5. Darlington Democratic Convention met. 6. Irish Festival, Charleston. Sale of Port Royal Railroad to Union Trust Company, New York. Judge Bryan grants an injunction restraining the judgment creditors of the South Carolina Railroad from impairing the security of the first mortgage bonds. 7. Trial and acquittal of the Tripe Row murderers. 9. Amos Ladd killed by revenue offi? cials iu Greenville. Destructive hail storm in Anderson. 10. Municipal election inSummerville. Appropriation for Charleston jetties passed the Senate. Frcnchy acquitted of the murder of Corporal Dolan, Charles? ton. Commencement Woflbrd College, Spartanburg. 11. Organization of the Underwriters' Association of South Carolina at Colum? bia. Annual meeting of the Charleston Library Society. Anniversary of Uuited Episcopal Sunday Schools, Charleston. 12. Closing exercises Ciaflin Univer? sity at Orangcburg. Governor Hampton addresses the colored students. 13. Bill restoring the Citadel Academy buildings to the State passed the Senate. 16. Consecration of the new Catholic Church at Barnwell C. H. by Bishop Lynch. Dedication of a uew Free Church at Port Royal. 17. Gus Harris killed at Edgefield by Norton Booker. 18. Celebration of the 97th anniver? sary of the battle of Ninety-Six at the battle ground. Commencement Colum? bia Female College. 19. Commencement Furman Universi? ty, Greenville. 20. Walter Fr?ser committed suicide near Aiken. Jesse Terry murdered his wife and then committed suicide near Ellcnton. 23. Commencement Newberry College, Newberry. F. W. Weathersbee fatally stabbed near Ellcnton by Prince Wash? ington, colored. 24. Commencement Williamston Fe? male College. 25. Democratic Convention of York County met. 26. Commencement Adger College, Walhalla. 27. Grand jury of Pickons County find a true bill against the murderers of Amos Ladd. 28. Seventy-eighth anniversary of the Beaufort Artillery. A News and Courier reporter interviews Redmond, the out? law, in the mountains. JULY. I. Commencement Due West and Ers kine Colleges, Abbeville. 3. Motion before Judge Kersh.iw at Greenville for transfer of Ladd murder case to U. S. Court. 4. Reunion of the Survivors of Hart's Battery at Blackville. 6. An unknown tramp murdered at Hardeeville. Collector Baldwin chloro? formed and robbed at Columbia. 8. Marion County Democratic Conren-1 tior. 9. Wm. Springs, revenue official, con? victed at Greenville of larceny, sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. F. W. Dinkius killed near Beaufort by John Sunday. 10. Colleton County Democratic Con? vention. Gaines' Mill, Saluda River, Laurcns County destroyed by fire. II. Summer meeting of the Agricul? tural Society of South Carolina at Charleston. 12. Proceedings instituted to attach the property of the S. C. R. R. in Au? gusta, Ga., to satisfy judgment. Execu? tion of llcury Wise for the murder of Fletcher Brown at Waltcrboro'. 13. Harvey Terry fined *500 by Judge ? Aldricli for contempt of court. New ! berry County Democratic Convention. 14. Severe gale in Charleston. Dis ? covcry of the Cone conspiracy to rob and murder Thomas Kiiilcy, Charleston. 15. Judge Ivcrshaw refuses lo grant llic motion to transfer Ladd murder case to U. S. Court. Successful experiments ! at the new Artesian well, Charleston. I Hampton County Nominating Conven? tion. 16. Democratic ward meetings in Charleston. Anderson Convention. 17. Rifle contest between Fusiliers and Hussars, Charleston. Visit of the I Sumter Light Infantrv to Wilmington, N. C. 18. Meeting of the Charleston Cham ; her of Commerce. The repeal of the bankrupt law and the regulation of rail? roads discussed. Democratic primary elections, Charleston. The Loeklear brothers convicted of the murder of Frank Bryce near Bennettsville. 19. Severe storm in Orangeburg Coun? ty. 20. Charleston County Democratic Convention. Milton Williams, a colored Democrat, brutally assaulted by Radical negroes in Abbeville. 21. Levy on city property, Charleston, at the suit of Parsons & Henry, New York, for past due interest on city stock. 22. Greenville County Democratic Convention. Democratic Nominating Convention in Charleston. 23. Bloody affray at Allcndale. J. S. Mixon wounded und E. R. Allen killed by E. M. Williams. 24. Return of the Azor with Mr. A. B. Williams, the Newt and Courier corres? pondent, from Liberia. 25. Susan Wright, colored, and her two children died of starvation near Roadsville, Charleston County. District Gonference M. E. Church at Cokesbury and at Sumter. Floral Fair at Cheraw opened. 26. Eighth annual session Darlington County Sunday School Convention at Timmonsvillee. 29. Solar eclipse visible in Charleston. 30. First annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Catholic Central School, Charleston. 31. Democratic State Convention met in Columbia. Radical Nominating Con- j vention Aiken County met. AUGUST. 1. Reports received of yellow fever in | the West. Timothy Hurley, ex-treas- \ urer Charleston County, arrested. Hamp-; ton and State ticket nominated by the Convention. Republican primaries iu Charleston. 4. Dedication of tbe church on Sulli van's Island. Cutting aU'ray in saloon ! on Market street; Michael Curley se? riously stabbed. 5. Radical Convention, Charleston. Sale of Bath Paper Mills, Aiken. 6. The first cose presented to the Bond Court. Mrs. Edua Black murdered in Greenville. 7. Radical State Convention met at Columbia. H. H. Kimpton, ex-State financial agent, arrested at Wcstfield, Mass. The first bale of new cotton sold at Charleston. Meeting of the Columbia District M. E. Conference. 8. The Ladd murderers turned over to custody of the United States Court at Greenville. 9. Two hundred and sixty-seven illicit distillers surrendered themselves to the Federal Court at Greenville. 11. Centennial celebration Father John by Germans of Charleston. 12. Municipal election in Anderson. Hampton opened the campaign at Edge field. Meeting at Anderson of the bond? holders of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. Bloody affray ut EdgefJeld between Booker Toney and the Booth brothers; three men killed. 13. Joint meeting of the South Caro? lina Agricultural and Mechanical Socie? ty and the State Grange at Spartan burg. Eveberry Woodhain shot and killed by A. E. Woodham near Darlington. First bale of new cotton received at Newberry. Meeting of the Darlington Agricultural and Mechanical Society. 14. Tremendous rain storm at Charles? ton ; portion of the city inundated ; rain? fall 5.14 inches iu two hours. 15. Alex. Dewitt hanged at Darling? ton. Reunion of the 6th South Carolina Volunteer Survivors at Chester. 17. First bale new cotton at Camdcn. 18. Capture in Charleston of notorious gang of black burglars. 20. Destructive hail storm in Lancas? ter County. Receipt of first lot new Car? olina rice at Charleston. Wm. H. Gh'antt killed by Robert Snipes in Lan? caster. Three negro children burned to death, Sumter County, near Lynchburg. First annual meeting of the South Caro? lina Sunday School Association at Green? ville. 22. First bale new cotton received at Cheraw. Sheriff Jones, of Abbeville, disappeared. Democratic Convention, Newberry County. 23. Execution of John and Neil Loek? lear and Pompey Easterling, Bennetts? ville, for murder of Frank Bryce. 24. First bag Florida long staple cot? ton received in Charleston. Reunion of the students of Newberry College at Pine Grove, Orangeburg County. 26. Regatta at Augusta, victory for Palmetto Boat Club. Visit of Forest City Light Infantry, colored company, to Charleston. 28. Luunch of the St. John's, the new Florida and Charleston steamer, at Wil? mington, Del. First bale new cotton at Anderson. 29. The Azor sailed from Charleston with naval stores. Democratic Conven? tion, Kershaw County. 30. Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts, re? fuses to honor Governor Hampton's re? quisition for II. H. Kimpton. Active measures inaugurated in Charleston for relief of yellow fever sufferers. Union Savings' Bank of Columbia suspended. Drs. Yates, Simons, Spencer and DeSaus sure volunteer fur Memphis. SEPTBMBKR, 2. Contract for building the Charles? ton jetties awarded to Dolby & Bangs, New York. The work of locating the line for the north jetty commenced by United States engineers. 3. First bag of the now sea island cot? ton crop received in Charleston. Meet? ing of the Union County Fair Associa? tion. 4. Judge Bond commences the hear? ing at Baltimore of the case of Calvin Claflin & Co. vs. the South Carolina Rail? road. 7. Departure of the Charleston nurses for Memphis 9. Municipal elections in Abbeville, Aiken and Spnrtanburg. Launch of the new pilot boat I'nlmctto at Charleston. 10. Municipal election, Barnwcll. 11. Equinoctial gale, Charleston. 12. S. J. Lee, ex-speaker of the House of Representatives, convicted of the fraudulent sale of the Gregg mansion, Aiken. Democratic county convention, Orangeburg. 15. Disastrous freshets in Congaree, Watcrcc and Pee Dee Rivers. 17. Democratic county convention, Richland. Arrival at Charleston of the steamship Lartimjlon, the first of the fleet of British freight steamers. 18. Judge Bond decides to appoint a receiver for the South Carolina Railroad. Governor Hampton, recovered from ill? ness, speaks at Greenville. Democratic county convention, Aiken. 19. Mr. J. H. Fisher appointed rc I ccivcr of the South Carolina Railroad. 20. James Baswell run over and killed by a train on the Air Line Railroad, I Pickens County. 23. Democratic county convention I York. 26. Grand Democratic rally at Sum i mcrville. 28. Ebb and flow of Artesian well I tides, in Charleston, first noticed in these columns, by J. D. Eudds; subsequently proven Dec. 4. ) 30. Annual meeting Anderson County Bible Society. Senator S. L. Duncan j and Postmaster E. A. Webster arrested j at Orangeburg on the charge of bribery ; to procure office. OCTOBER, 1. J. II. Fisher took formal possession as receiver of the South Carolina Rail ; road. ! 2. Grand Democratic rally in Charles ton. Judge Shaw died at Sumter. J 3. Radical county convention, Ker? shaw. Grand Democratic meeting at , Bonneau's. 4. Day of fasting, humiliation and ; prayer. i 6. Joseph Sellers committed suicide in Chesterfield County, j 7. John M. Harris mortally wounded by Win. Dent, Columbia, i 9. Ladd murderers applied for habeas j corpus before Judge Bryan, Charleston, i Held that notice must be given to solic i itor Eighth Circuit. Democratic ward j meetings, Charleston. 10. Fall meeting of the Agricultural ; Society of South Carolina, Charleston, i First frost at Ellenton. j 12. Row at Radical meeting, Sumter. j 13. Consecration St. Johannes German : Lutheran Church, Charleston. Hamp l ton settles the dispute among the Demo i crats in Hampton County. I 14. First Regiment Colored Troops in* j spected and mustered in at Charleston by j Gen. Moisc. Laying the corner stone of .Music Hall, Charleston. Municipal clec j tion Blackville. Hon. Tbos. M. Nor I wood, of Georgia, addresses the Chamber I of Commerce on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Radical county convention, ! Beauiort. 15. Democratic nominating conven? tion, Charleston county. S 17. Arrests of Democrats in Sumter under Section 5,520. 18. Two colored children burned to death, Abbeville. 19. Eli Parsohs killed by John Wood?, Kingst reo. 20. The Sumter prisoners released on bail by Judge Bryan. 21. Orangeburg Radical county con? vention. Daddy Cain's mass meeting in Charleston. Taft invited by Radicals to serve out his term in Stute Senate. 23. Fair of Pee Dee Agricultural and Mechan:cal Society at Cheraw. Radical primaries, Charleston. 25. Visit of the Beaufort Artillery to Charleston. Radical nominating con? vention Charleston county. Sixteen cit? izens of Williamsburg arrested under Section 5,520. 29. Darlington Agricultural and Me? chanical Fair Company Exhibition open? ed at Florence. Hampton speaks at Beaufort. Opening day of Union Coun? ty Fair. 31. Grand Democratic mass meeting in Charleston. Porter Smith, a colored Democrat, mobbed by Radicals at Green? ville. Funeral of Capt. H. Harms, Charleston. The Charleston Light Dra? goons' excursion to Augusta. The Ba? con Mansion in Edgefield destroyed by lire. NOVEMBER. I. Return of the Charleston physicians from Memphis. C. H. Brunson killed by John Boslic, Barnwell. 5. Election day. D. H. Chamberlain indicted for land commission frauds by the grand jury of Richland County. 6. Return of the Federal troops from their Summerville encampment. 7. Consecratiou of St. Mark's Church, Charleston. ' 8. Accident to Governor Hampton, re? sulting in the loss of his leg. II. Wholesale arrests of Democrats in Orangeburg. 12. Opening day of tho State Fair, Columbia. Three of the Charleston man? agers of election arrested hy Mackey. Lieutcnant-Govemor Simpson proclaim? ed as Acting Governor of the State. 13. Seven Democrats arrested in Sum? ter. Two managers of election arrested at Mount Pleasant. Meeting of the Lu? theran Synod of South Carolina at Mount Pleasant Church, Barnwell County. 14. Wholesale arrest of Democrats at Kingstrce. Arrival at Charleston of the new Florida steamer f* John's. Organ? ization of tbeSuntec Sic.\mboat Company at Vance's Ferry. 15...United States Commissioner Poin ier opens the "outrage" court in Charles? ton. E. W. M. Mackey arrested for libel at the suit of W. L. Daggett. Andrew Burns, a colored minister, convicted of the murder of his wife in Richland County. Arrest of Democrats in Co? lumbia. Sale of Pendleton Factory. 15. Gov. Brown, of Te?NkS, and Senator Norwood, of Georgia, have a joint dis? cussion before the Charleston Chamber of Commerce on the Southern Pacific Railroad question. Arrest of Democrats in Kershaw County. 19. Hearing of the Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad case commenced before Judge Presslcy at Columbia. Motion for a receiver. \V. N. Taft shot by J. C. Millar, Charleston. Jas. R. Peake killed by James Turner, Union. Sam Lee ar? rested in Sumter. Ex-Judge Wiggin ar? rested at Blackville on charge of mal? practice as solicitor Second circuit. An? nual meeting of the South Carolina Pharmaceutical Association at Charles? ton. 20. Opening day Orangcburg County Fair. 21. State Baptist Convention met at Sumter. Rev. R. E. While accidentally killed near Sumter. Judge Presslcy de? cides to appoint a receiver for the Green? ville and Columbia Railroad. Munici? pal Thanksgiving Day, Charleston. Meeting of the stockholders of the North? eastern Railroad, Charleston. 22. SherifTTiudal and his deputy ar? rested in Sumter on the charge of resist? ing the process of the Federal C..urt. Arrest of Democrats in Georgetown. 23. Gen. James Conner appointed re? ceiver of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. 25. Arrival of the steamship Votiere!, first vessel of the steam line between i Charleston and Liverpool. Charles S. I Hariison accidentally shot and killed by Capt. Bellanger at Edgefield. 26. Meeting and organization of the i Legislature. 2S. Inter-State Rifle Match at Charles i ton. Thanksgiving day. Congressman Smalls and ex-Treasurer Cardozo sen? tenced in Columbia on dismissal of their I appeal by the Supreme Court. j 30. Disastrous fire in Port Royal. Fire on board British bark Royal Diadem, I Charleston. DECEMBER. j 1. A change for the worse in Governor j Hampton's condition. Consultation of I physicians called. 2. Fatal afTray in Laurens; Wm. Kil gore murdered and several persons woun? ded by Alf McNinch. Sale of tho Wcatherly plantation in Marlboro' for $11,500. 3. The grand jury in the U. S. Court tluow out the bills against the citizens of Georgetown. T. B. Frascr elected Judge ot the Fourth Circuit. 4. Governor Hampton sworn iuto office in his sick chamber. The Democrats ar? rested in Clarendon County acquitted in the U. S. Court at Columbia. 5. Gen. Gary's attack in the Senate upon Governor Hampton. 6. Three members of the Aiken Bar ? arrested by U. S. Commissioner Poiner. The first bale of Carolina raised jute re? ceived in Charleston from D. \V. Haw? thorne, Due West, Abbeville County. 7. A. W. Cordes murdered at George? town by Paul Allston. i 10. Industrial Exhibition of the Agri? cultural Society of South Carolina open j ed at Military Hall, Charleston. Grand Lodge A. F. M. convenes in Charleston. j Amputation of Governor Hampton's leg, and his election as United States Sena i tor. Loss of the steamer National off Georgetown bar with all on board. I 11. Capture of Dan Washington, noto? rious negro outlaw, Charleston. South Carolina Conference meets at Newberry. 12. The body of Thomas E. Screven found in the suburbs of Charleston. 13. Introduction of the bill to abolish the.Bond Court. 15. Governor Hampton reported im? proving. 16. The supply bill reported in the House. The bill to abolish the Bond Court defeated. Application before Judge Bond at Charleston for the ap? pointment of a receiver of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. > 17. Gold quoted at par for the first lime since 1861. IS. Joe Hunt and Joe Markley, color? ed, run over and killed on the North? eastern Railroad, near Charleston. Jim Barnwell, colored, murdered on Stono River. 19. Decision of the Bond Court an? nounced. 22. The Governor pronounced out of danger. 23. Mrs. J. Grooms burnt to death in Charleston. First hard freeze of the winter in Charleston. 24. The General Assembly adjourns sine die. 25. Mr. C. H. Burhans run over and killed in Savannah. 28. Sale of lands for delinquent city taxes in Charleston. 29. Ex-Governor M. L. Boubaro ap? pointed railroad commissioner. Grant, Father and Sox.?Royalty is already partly established among us. Hereditary privileges are coming in vogue. A son of Gen. Grant is accorded privileges which would not be extended to him but for the fact that be is a son of Gen. Grant. Birth giving to him politi? cal advantages over Americnn citizens in general. In the army Frederick Dent Grant had already been rapidly promoted, not on the ground of merit, but owing to the ac? cident of birth. Now he has been grant? ed leave of absence for two years, or as some accounts say, for an unlimited time ?to accompany his father on a govern? ment vessel to India, China and Japan. His place, meanwhile, on Gen. Sheridan's staff is to be retained for him. Here is favoritism?flagrant favoritism ?on account of birth. It is akin to an hereditary nobility?a departure in the direction of monarchial government. We have no personal ill will toward this ynuug man, but, we will spare no one who stands in the sunlight of the vi? tal American principle of equality. Yet out of this nettle danger will we pluck the flower of safety. This unwar? ranted favoritism to young Grant will serve to make the very name of Grant? as the synonym of an upstart hereditary nobility?hated and abhorred by masses of the American people.?K YSun. A Certain Cure for Chills and Fever.?Several years ago I was travel? ing with a very intelligent Kansas stock dealer. In the course of a conversation he remarked that in tbe early settlement of that State he had suffered much, as all early settlers always do in the West, from this disease. He had used the ordinary remedies, largely composed of quinine, with the usual results?curing, for the time being, to return again in a week or two. Being among some of the Indians south of that State, he came across a French? man who called himself a doctor. This man advised him to get an ounce of camphor, all in one piece, if possible, sew it up in a small cloth bag, hanging it round his neck with a tape, so it would come at the bottom of the sternum or breast bone, and securing it there with another tape round the body, to keep it in place. This, he said, would all evapo? rate in a week or ten days, when he must get another and use it in the same way. Two ounces thus used, costing 20 cents, would cure, he declared, the worst case of ague so it would never come back. The Kansas man declared that he had tried this remedy in hundreds of cases, and had never known it to fail. Since obtaining this information I have tried it many times, with the same results. So simple and harmless a remedy ought to be in general use.?Prairie Farmer. Mrs. Senator Gordon.?The Wash? ington correspondent of the Chicago Times relates the following: Some people were speaking the other day of the regularity with which Mrs. Sen? ator Gordon attends the sessions of the Senate, and the keen interest with which she watches the debates. One of the party said that she is so devoted to her husband that she goes with him every? where. During the war she took her two little boys, one almost a baby, and lived with her husband in camp, follow? ing him into battle, in fact, sharing all the danger with him. She had an am? bulance at her service, and it was in this that she used to follow him. When he was so seriously wounded, she hud her am? bulance driven right into the battle-field, and had him pulled out from among the dead and wounded and placed in the ambulance and she drove off with him. All of this was done under t he heaviest fire, and the cover of the ambulance was pierced with bullet-holes. Some one said to her: "How could you have the nerve to do it ?" "Why," replied Mrs. Gordon, "I did not think any more of it than I should of pulling one of my boys out of the fire if he had fallen in." A Ludicrous Scene. Thermometer 94 dcg. iu the shade' Loco.?Broadway. Dramatis persona1,? An exceedingly fat lady puffing like a steam engine, and clinging to the arm of a small wiry gentleman whose face has become very red, either from the unusual exercise or the consciousness that a hun? dred eyes arc looking at hint with a ha-ha! in each pupil. Naughty boy: "I say, Charlie, pretty small tug to tow her in with that cargo." Allan's Anti Fat will reduce tbe weight from two to five pounds per week. It is purely vege? table?nature's own remedy for this dis? eased condition. Procurable of your druggists. _ Exquisite Odors.?The L'nique Per? fumes made by Dr. Price are the favorite perfumes for the handkerchief and toilet. 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All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itors Intelligencer," and all checks, drafts, monay orders, A.c., should be made pavablc to the order of E. B. MUl'tRAY A CO.. Anderson, S. C. '?His Kxistcncp. There eithv.' is or is not a Supreme Be? ing. If there is .a Supreme Being, then he is entitled to the adoration and wor? ship of all his intelligent creatures. If there is no Supreme Being, then what is called religion is a vanity. Such Be? ing the case, it must be evident, to .my reflecting mind, that so much is involved in this question that it is by far the most important inquiry that can be presented to us. By far the greater number of the human family believe there is a God, and render to him some sort of adoration and worship. This has always been the case and, perhaps, always will be so. In all ages there have been a few individ? uals who have, in words, at least, denied the existence of a God. Such persons are called atheists. Practical atheists always have been numerous and practical athe? ism common. It has been the prevail? ing opiuion that those who say they are atheists are not, in fact, what they say they are. It is manifest that it is the duty of each member of the human family to bo saistfied, upou good and reliable evidence, whether there is a God or not. Of those who profess to believe in the existence of a God, many, no doubt, have never in? vestigated the subject. They have sim? ply assented to what others have stated to them. In this they have exhibited great credulity, but not much wisdom. The existence of a Supreme Being is a matter of too much importance to be treated so lightly. That there is a God may be inferred from the existence of the universe. With regard to the vast universe, a part of which constantly comes under our ob? servation, and a part of which each one of the human family is, it may be remark? ed that it cither created itself, is self existent, or was created. It will hardly be claimed that the world created itself. If so, we may conclude that at some pe? riod it did not exist?it was a nonentity; yet when it was not, it had creative pow? er?a power sufficient to produce itself. Such reasoning is too absurd to be accept? ed as correct by any sane mind. To say that a tiling could create itself, is the same thing as to say that a thing is and is not at the same time. It is little, if ary, less absurd to say that the universe always existed, and existed in and of itself, or is self-existent. To suppose that the universe is self-existent is to suppose that it possesses one of the incommunicable attributes of a Supreme Being. If the universe is self-existent, then it is not under the control of laws outside of itself. Self-existence includes absolute independence. This is contra? ry to facts. We see that every portion of the universe which comes under our ob? servation is controlled by laws which nei? ther originate in it nor reside in it. Ev? ery one of us is conscious that we are controlled by laws over which we have no control. These laws do not reside in us; tbey are lodged in some one out? side of us. We may safely conclude that the universe neither made itself nor is eternal in its being. It had a beginn! g, and consequently was, at some period, it matters not wben, created. If created, then it had a creator, and that creator was God?the Supreme Being. Another proof of the existence of a Su? preme Being, is the marks of design which are manifest in all things. No one will deny that there are evidences of design in the universe. We see design in the animal kingdom. Some animals are designed to live on the land; others in the air; others in the water, and some animals are fitted to live either in the water or on the land. The same is true concerning the vegetable kingdom. Some vegetables are designed for trop? ical climes, while others flourish only in temperate latitudes. In those regions where the apple matures to perfection, the orange will not bear. Wheat will not reproduce itself in equatorial regions. It is manifest that the animals and veg? etables are adapted to the places where they are found. Manifestations of design are seen in the bark and leaves of trees; in the stalks of grass; in the coverings and teeth of animals, and the very structure of the earth itself. If there is evidence of de? sign, it is clearly evidence of a designer. Who, then, designed all these things? The only satisfactory answer is God. It is vain to say that nature designed all things, for we may ask what is nature? The harmony which is seen in the uni? verse is another proof of a Supreme Be? ing. This harmony is so great that amongst all the parts which enter into the vast whole, there is not the least con? flict. This earth on which we live and in whose bosom we are soon to find our long home, has two motions. The one is called the daily and the other the year? ly. The daily is its revolution on its own axis. This takes place every twenty lour hours and produces night and day. The circumference of earth at the equa? tor, is more than twenty-five thousand miles; hence at the equator the earth moves at the rate of more than one thou? sand miles each hour. Think, for one moment, of a locomotive moving at the rate of one thousand miles au hourl This would be more than sixteen miles per miuute. Such a train would be heard by the inhabitants of the whole region through which it would pass. No human being could act as its engi? neer. But great as is this speed of the earth in its daily motion, what is it when compared with that in its annual revolution round the sun. In every three hundred and sixty-five and one fourth days, the earth makes a circuit round the sun. This annual revolution causes the change of seasons. The dis? tance passed over is six hundred millions of miles! What a distance ! The mind can form no clear idea of what it means. Six hundred millions of miles per year, would be at the rate of eighteen miles per second ; or sixty-four thousand eight hundred miles per hour. This is suffi? cient to startle us but we need not fear, for astronomers tell us that the earth has not varied in its revolutions the one huudredth part of a second in two thou? sand years. It has never come in con? tact with any other portion of the uni? verse, nor has any other part come iu contact with it. Perfect harmony pre? vails. We neither feel a jar nor hear any sound. The child's little toy-wagon, when rolled over the nursery floor makes more noise than the revolutions of this ponder? ous earth. If there is not a Supreme Being, who manages the earth in its revolutions we may ask ? Are we not in danger of be? ing dashed into atoms at any moment? If there is no God?no Supreme Being ?we are in a perilous condition.? York ri/le Enquirer. 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