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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 16, 1879. Governor Hampton has sent to New York for a pair of cratches, and has been well enough to spend several hours at a time in the open air in the sunshine. The Hon. Julian Hartridge, member of Congress from Georgia, and an able and pare man, died in Washington on the 8th inst. of pneumonia. Mr. Hart? ridge was one of the leading Southern members, and his death is everywhere regretted. Hon. Gustave Schleicher, of Texas, died in Washington on the 10th inst. Mr. Schleicher is the fourth Congress? man who has died during the present session, and the ninth who has died du? ring the term of the Forty-fifth Congress. The cine are Senators Bogy and Morton, and Representatives Leonard, Welsh, Quinn, Williams, Douglass, Hartridge and Schleicher. This is an unusually large mortuary list. Col. John S. Mosby, the famous rebel guerrilla commander of Virginia, who was more devoted to the interests of his State in war than he has been in peace, has left for his Chinese Consulate, and left with the promise that he would not . return until he comes back to see Gen. Grant inaugurated as President. If he stands up to this contract the country can breathe freely so far as he is con? cerned, for in all probability he is gone forever. Gen. Grant, the great European tou? rist, who is making bis journey through foreign countries as an extensive dead beat, notified the Council of Cork, Ire? land, through the American Consul, that be would visit that city a; a given time, bat the city did not take the hint, and merely received the letter as information, as they did not wish to honor General Grant on account of his hostility to the Catholics in this country. The great traveler, however, as soon as he found oat that be was not to get -his traveling expenses and board bill paid as an in? ducement for him to visit Cork, decided that he was mistaken about wanting to go there at all. It was a. case of very sour grapes. Governor Simpson, with his usual good sense and independence, has put an end to the rumors about an extra session of the Legislature in consequence of the re? straining order of Judge Bryan in refer? ence to the interest on the public debt, by declaring that in his opinion there is no necessity for such a session on this ac? count. He goes farther and expresses the opinion that the restraining order will be dissolved, because there was no contract between the State and her cred? itors which would enable them to enjoin this money. Governor Simpson very evidently does not intend to be made a tool of by the holders of disputed bonds, who are trying to embarrass the State by all possible means. A United States Senator, who has a good opportunity of judging, speaks thus of the White House: "No man and and his family ever enjoyed the Presi? dency and the White House so much as Hayes and his family do. To them the whole thing is like the first reading of 'Robinson Crusoe' to a boy, or a first jack-knife or a first pair of boots. They are innocent, harmless people, and, if they gush a little and give it away, it is only because they are callow and green." Of course they ought to enjoy it, for it is generally admitted that it was a free gift from the Electoral Commission. But, then, it is such a pity that they must give it up so soon, for Mr. Hayes pledged himself to take only one term, under the belief that it would help him to get that one term._ The Supreme Court of the United States has just decided by a unanimous voice, the Chief Justice delivering the opinion of the Court, that the acts of Congress prohibiting polygamy in the territories of the United States are con? stitutional, and that the Mormons cannot avoid compliance with them on the ground of religious belief. This decis? ion will rapidly decrease this evil, which has long been a disgrace to oar civiliza? tion in Utah, and will at no distant day completely destroy it as a practice. The Mormons will no doubt prefer ceasing the effort to exercise their creed upon the subject of matrimony when they dis? cover that beyond a doubt having more than one wife means a term of imprison? ment in some penitentiary. The law and the decision of the Supreme Court upon it should be rigidly enforced. The report that an extra session of the Legislature will be necessitated by the injunction granted by Judge Bryan is without foundation. The taxes are not collected until May, with the privilege of deferring the payment of all until the last of October. Therefore no one can tell until after that time whether there will be a deficiency or not. No one talks or dreams of an extra session of the Legislature except the bondholders and their friends, and if they were to secure the extra session it would be very un? lucky for those holding fraudulent bonds. The members would go back with no good feeling for these pestiverous claim? ants, who have no claims in law or equity on the people of our State, and yet are continually harrassing us with efforts to fasten on our people a debt which repre? sents nothing bur, the frauds of Radical? ism. _?? ? It has been announced that Gcueral Sherman will call the reunion of the Army of Tennessee in Chicago for No? vember next, and make it coincident with the arrival of General Graut in that city. This is for the purpose of arous? ing the enthusiasm of the Federal sol? diery in his behalf, but it is not likely to succeed with the masses of the old troops, for it will awaken strange contrasts in their minds. When he commanded them he was a poor but patriotic Demo? crat. Since then, however, the bland? ishments of power and money have proven too great for his moral courage, and in the arms of Radicalism he has become the .friend and protector of the Bslknaps, the Babcocks and the most corrupt portion of the Radical party. There is nothing left of his former record which can inspire an enthusiasm in the light of his last presidential term. Governor Simpson's views upon the Presidential problem, which we publish elsewhere, are brief but concisely ex? pressed and abound in wisdom. The thoughts advanced by him read not like the sentiments of the politician, but like those of a statesman. Wo cannot do bet? ter than heed the suggestion, that the selection of a Presidential candidate should not be made on questions of legis? lation, but with a view of securing a true patriot with high conceptions of our form of government. The Governor favors selecting the candidate from the North, and prefers Bayard. He does not think the South should seek or accept a posi? tion on the national ticket in 1860. If the Democratic party is controlled by such wise and high principles as those upon which Governor Simpson bases his preferences, it will be invincible in the I comins: Presidential contest. The Governor has appointed General R. H. Anderson, familiarly known to the soldiers of this State as "fighting Dick Anderson," Inspector of Phosphates, the salary of which position is twelve hun? dred dollars per year. General Ander? son was a fine soldier. A graduate of West Point, he went into the war with military experience, and rose to the po? sition of Lieutenant-General in the Con? federate service. He was then from Fairfield, but since the war has been liv? ing the greater portion of the time in Camden, where he was until lately agent of the South Carolina Railroad Company. To make a practical and successful Super? intendent of Phosphutes requires other qualities than those necessary for Gen? eral of an army, and as General Ander? son has not had any experience in this class of service, it yet remains to be seen whether he will prove a success or not. THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAY? MENTS. We notice a disposition on the part of many papers and politicians to hintat some future undoing of the law under which the resumption of specie payments is now prevailing. The further agita? tion of this subject is, in our opinion, to be productive of no beneficial results. We were opposed to' the law which has forced the resumption of specie payments by a hasty and ruinous contraction of our circulating medium, because we be? lieved that it would injure the masses of our people to benefit a few capitalists and government speculators who have controlled the financial legislation of the Republican party. The result has veri? fied the worst fears of the anti-resump tionists, for under its operation values have fallen so that the landowner and the laborer have not to-day more than from one-halt to two-thirds of what they had five years ago in consequence of the depreciation of values, while on the other hand the capitalists who, with the means and the information on this subject necessary to avail himself of the oppor? tunity, has, by investments in bonds and secure loan?, been able to keep his prop? erty at its value of five years ago. To illustrate, take the man who five years ago had fifteen hundred dollars, which he loaned upon good security. To-day he has fifteen hundred dollars, leaving the interest out of the calculation. Then take the man whofiveyears ago had a little home ' worth fifteen hundred dollars. To-day by the results of forced resump? tion that piece of property is not worth more than about one thousand dollars, and its owner has lost five hundred dol? lars by resumption. It will be seen from this that the operations of the law have not worked equally upon all classes, and the landowners and laborers of the coun? try are the men who have lost by the change. The extent to which this has injured the masses of our people can well be imagined if the reader will think of the sum which has been destroyed for every landowner in order to benefit a few capitalists in the leading cities. In the South we have felt it most severely, because we have received the least possi? ble benefits from it. The meu who are our capitalists have not been largely benefited, if benefited at all, by the change, for nearly all of them have lost more in the shrinkage of the value of their real estate than they have gained by their loans. For these reasons we opposed the resumption act and the policy of the Republican administrations in carrying it into effect, and if it were to do over we would again oppose it. Resumption has, however, been forced upon the country, and by far the greater portion of the injury likely to flow from the measure has already overtaken our people. The greater portion of failures to result from it has already manifested itself, and the depreciation in values con? sequent upon it has reached its minimum. It would therefore be most unfortunate for the whole country to have our finan? cial status again disturbed by a new revo? lution in our medium of exchange, for in these fluctuations the money speculators or brokers are the parties who reap the benefits. The people as a mass are in? terested in a fixed and uniform currency, for their avocations do not enable them to spend their time in studying finance, and, if they were able so to do, their property would not permit them to par? ticipate in the speculations on money fluctuations. Men who have their capi? tal invested in lands and manufactures or merchandise cannot change their invest? ments in a day or a month to take ad? vantage of some rise or fall in the pre? mium on gold. It is alone tho banker or the broker who can turn his capital from one channel into another and an? other, and so on as occasion may suggest. Hence, if the Resumption Act were re? pealed to-morrow, and one hundred mil? lions of greenbacks ordered to be issued, the financiers of the nation would at once realize the effect of the measure, and before the money was issued or the relative value of thing9 could be changed, they would have their investments in such properties as would be enhanced by tho change. Its financial management has been one of the greatest infamies of the Republican party, for it has consist? ently legislated so as to have some change in the value of money continually going on, the whole of which has been in the interest of the capitalists and to the op? pression of the masses of the people. It has been the party of the jobbers and schemers from its very inception, and for that reason to-day the leading bankers and speculators of the government arc supporters of Republicanism. They re? alize the fact that the Radicals have by their oppressive financial schemes opened the doors for rings and combinations by which colossal fortunes have been accu? mulated by those who were intimate with the leaders of that party, while the cry of distress was heard throughout the land on account of the very schemes by which they fattened. The country has, however, reached a firm financial basis, and the people should now demand that the currency shall remain as at present fixed by the bimetallic standard of gold and silver, the continuance of as much greenbacks in circulation as can be kept on a par with gold or silver, and the un? limited coinage of silver dollars of the present standard, which shall be a legal tender for all debts and iu which the in? terest on the government debt shall be paid. With our national finances con? ducted iu this way for the future, the country will gradually and permanently recover from the ill effects of resumption, and the currency of the nation will be stable, reliable and healthy. Prosperity would again dawn upon our land, and the trials and hardships entailed on our people by the unjust manner in which resumption has been accomplished, would be forgotten in the greater devel? opment and more uniform values which would be established. THE LIEN LAW. There is as usual at this time of the year a very general inquiry as to the provisions of the lien law. There were two acts passed by the late session of the Legislature. The first of these re-enacts the law entitled "An Act to secure land? lords and persons making advances" of March, 1878, with the exception of the seventh section, so that it now reads as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit? ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That an Act enti? tled "An act to amend Sections 55 and 56, Chapter CXX, of the Revised Statutes, relative to liens on crops," approved June 8,1877, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 2 If any person or persons shall make any advance or advances, either in money or supplies, to any person or per? sons who are employed or about to en? gage in the cultivation of the soil, the person or persons so making such ad? vance or advances shall be entitled to a lien on the crop which may be made du during the year upon the land in the cultivation of which the advances so made have been expended, in preference to all other liens existing or otherwise, to the extent of such advance or advances: Provided, An agreement in writing shall be entered into before such advance is made to this effect, in which shall be specified the amount to be advanced, or in which a limit shall be fixed beyond which the advances, if made, from time to time during the year, shall not go. Sec. 3. If any person making such advances shall make an affidavit before the Clerk of the Court of the County in which such crop is that the person to whom such advances have been made is about to sell or dispose of his crop, or in any other way is about to defeat the lien hereinbefore provided for, accompa? nied with a statement of the amount then due, it shall be lawful for him to issue his warrant, directed to any of the Sher? iffs of this State, requiring them to seize the said crop, and alter due notice, sell the same for cash and pay over the net proce-.-ds thereof, or so much thereof, as may be necessary, in extinguishment of the amount then due: Provided, hoxcever, That if the person to whom such advan? ces have been made shall, within thirty days after such sale has beeil made, give notice in writing to the Sheriff, accom? panied with an affidavit to this effect, that the amount claimed is not justly due, that then it shall be the duty of the said Sheriff to hold the proceeds of such sale subject to the decision of the Court upon an issue which shall be made up and set down for trial at the next suc? ceeding term of the Court of Common Pleas for the County iu which the person to whom such advances have been made resides, in which the person who makes such advances shall be the actor. Sec. 4. That the above Sections shall be subjected to the provisions of the fol? lowing Sections of this Act. Sec. 5. That each landlord leasing lands for agricultural purpose shall have a prior and preferred lien for rent to the extent of one-third of all crops raised on his lands, and en forcible in the same manner as liens for advances, which said lien shall be valid without recording or filing. Sec. 6. That every lien for advances and for rent, when the agreement is for more than one-third of tli3 crop, shall be filed in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for the County in which the lienor resides within thirty days from the date of the lien, and said lien for rent over oue-third the crop shall there? by be made valid ; and he shall keep an index of all such liens so filed, for each of which he shall receive fifteen cents from the party filing the same, and this shall be a sufficient record of the tame. The second is a new Act entitled "An Act for the further protection of land lords in the collection of rents," approved December 23d, 187S, and is as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gener? al Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That the lien provided for by an Act entitled "An Act to secure landlords and persons making advances," approved March 4, 1878, shall extend to all crops raised on the lands leased by the landlord, whether the same be raised by the tenant or other person. Sec. 2. That subject to the liens pro? vided for in said act and enforcible in the same way as therein provided, the land? lords shall have a lien on all the crops raised by the tenant for all udvauccs made by the landlord during the year. Sec. 3. That in case any portion of the crop is removed from the land rented or leased, and the proceeds thereof not ap? plied to the payment of the rent for the year, or other liens provided for in said act and in this act, and this fact shall he made to appear by affidavit, persons hold? ing liens as provided lor by said act and under this act shall have the right to proceed to collect the amounts which will become due for rent or advances in the same way as if the same had he come due according to contract before such removal. From this it will be seen that the land? lord has a lien on all of the crops grown upon the land he rents for the amount due him on rent, and also fur any ad? vances he may make to the tenant. It is not necessary for him to record any lien for either rent or advances, and his claims for both come in ahead of the claim of any other persons. It is, how? ever, proper that he should havo a writ? ten contract with bis tenant, stating the amount of rent and the amount beyond which his advances shall not go, and then he must keep an itemized account of the advances lie makes. In order for the merchant to be safe in taking liens on tenants, it will be necessary for them to have the consent of the landlord, which had best be taken in writing, to the effect that he will consent for the merchant's lien to come in next to his lien for rent and ahead of his lien for supplies. By following these suggestions both farmers and merchants will avoid complications and probable loss. The Legislature of Maine is controlled by Democrats and Greenbackers, who, in the convention of the two houses for the election of State officers, selected Green? back Democrats as follows: Secretary of State, Edward H. Gove, of Biddeford; State Treasurer, Chas. A. White, of Gardiner; Attorney-General, Wm. A. McLellan, of Belfast; Adjutant-General, Samuel D. Leavitt. There was no elec? tion for Governor in the last general elec? tion in that State, as no one received a majority of the votes cast, and, uuderthe Constitution, the House selected two names and sent to the Senate, from which that body was required to select the Gov? ernor. The House sent the names of Dr. Alonzo Garcelon, Hard Money Dem? ocrat, and Joseph L. Smith, Greenback Democrat. The Senate went into the election, and the vote was announced, as follows: The whole number of votes cast, 31?necessary to a choice, IG. Alonzo Garcelon had 21 and Joseph L. Smith had 10. Every Republican Senator voted for Garcelon. The President then declared that Garcelon, of Lewiston, had been elected Governor for the current political year, and thus Republican Maine has a Democratic Governor for the first time since 1854, when the Re? publican party first took its rise and elec? ted Governor Morrill. Governor Garce? lon, in his message to the Legislature, advocated biennial elections for State officers, and a rigid economy in the ad? ministration of every department of the State government. He is a man of fine character, and this term cf Democratic government may change Maine from the Republican to the Democratic column in 1880. It must be rather unpleasant for Blninc to see his own State in the hands of his political enemies. It is, however, the hand of a kind fate, which is thus by degrees preparing Blaine for the still more unpleasant sight of seeing the United States go into the control of the Democratic party by the election of 1880. FROM HON. D. WYATT AIKEN. Washington, D. C, Jan. 10. Maj. E. B. Murray?Dear Major: You and I, and all other true lovers of South Carolina, are always gratified to see the Press speak well of our public men. Perhaps I, more than you, am jealous of any opinion of the Press that is calculated to withhold from any meri? torious public servant his just awards. The editorial squib in last week's Intel? ligencer, relative to the effort of Gen. Hunton, of Va., to secure payment to his State from the United States for money loaned, is to my mind one of that class of publications that excites the jealousy alluded to. General Hunton has done just what you say he has done, only in a little broader sense. He introduced a Bill to have similar debts settled with all other States to whom this money is due, South Carolina among the number. His Bill was referred to the committee on Military Affairs, and by that body referred to Col. Evins to examine and report upon, and he some months ago submitted his report to the Committee, who authorized him to report it to the House as the unanimous sentiment of the Committee on Military Affairs. Except by unanimous consent no re? port can be submitted from any commit? tee (with one or two exceptions) until the call of such committee comes in its order. Whether the call for reports from the Military Committee will be made before the 4th of March, time alone can tell. It may be made in a week. It may not be made at all. When it is made Col. Evins will submit the report. I have thus written you myself, to show that your "hope," in the editorial alluded to, has been anticipated, and that if the interests of South Carolina are not watched here it is not because this claims not looked after. There is much historical interest con? nected with this matter, and I therefore think a somewhat minute report of it may not be uninteresting to your readers. After the Revolution of 1776 the Gen? eral Government was barely able to pay current expenses, and hesitated about engaging in war with Great Britain be? cause of the lack of money. At once the then independent and wealthy States came forward and patriotically loaned all the money the Government wanted. Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Penn? sylvania, Maryland, City of Baltimore, Delaware, Virginia and South Carolina advanced all the needed money. A few years after the War of 1812, Maryland applied to Congress for the payment of the money advanced. Abont 1S20 Con? gress authorized the payment of the priucipal, but said nothing about inter? est. In 1S20 she again applied for the interest, and a Bill passed both Houses of Congress ordering the interest of the debt, together with the simple interest that had accrued upon that interest, to be paid. President Jackson vetoed this Bill, be? cause it was contrary to the usual method of settling claims against the United States, to wit: the United Slates usually paid her debts then in installments, and always applied the payment to the prin? cipal, and after that was liquidated then computed interest due herself for money paid on the principal, deducted this amount from the interest that had accu? mulated upon the principal, and paid tho balance, not allowing the interest due the creditor to draw any interest at all. Really this was a novel method of paying deuU, but it was Jacksonian, I suppose, and if hdoptcd now in the set? tlement of State debts would?well, you know the balance. Maryland persisted, however, until she finally got her money. About 1856 an effort was made to settle these accounts with the various States, and the Comptroller General of South Carolina reported to the Governor of South Carolina that the novel method of computing interest and paying debts by the Treasury of the United States would deprive South Carolina of $??0,000, due as accumulated interest In 1858 the Plate of South Carolina again applied to the General Government for a settlement of this claim, and in her petition protested against the loss of in? terest. The petition was presented in the Senate, and referred to the Committee on Claims, of which Committee Mr. Iverson, of Georgia, was Chairman. That Committee in investigating this matter decided it was not a private claim of South Carolina; but that to meet the question fully a general law must be passed covering all the pertinent cases. Mr. Iverson presented such a Bill, which passed the Senate by a very large majori? ty, strange to say the most active oppo? nent being Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, whose State was then advocating her claim of more than one million dollars. He contended these loans had been closed out as donations, &c, and should not be opened up again as new claims upon the General Government. When this Bill went to the House it was lost by a very close vote, some of the advocates of the payment of these honest debts actually voted against the Bill because of the then scant Treasury of the General Government. In 1870 Maine and Massachusetts made application to Congress lor a return of their loan, and it was accorded them, the Treasurer being ordered to pay over $700,000 to these two States, which he did. In 187G the Legislature of Virginia passed a joint resolution, instructing her two agents here, (whom she had appoint? ed in 18G0 to prosecute this claim against the Government,) to intercede with her Senators and Representatives to attempt to recover this loan. For this reason Mr. Hunton, in November, 1876, intro? duced "a Bill to provide for the recom putation of the accounts between the United States and the several States, growing out of moneys expended by said States in the War of 1812." And this Bill was referred as above reported. I think you will agree with me that this history of this whole matter is inter? esting reading, and worthy the thought of our people. Whether we will ever get credit for the amount due us I am unable to state, but that it is an amount worth contending for you will not doubt, when I tell you that South Carolina loaned the Government in 1S12 such an amount that if it were all paid to-day would be per? haps $300,000. The amount due Virginia is over $1,000,000; Delaware, $20,000; New York, $50,000; Pennsylvania, $225, 000, and the city of Baltimore, $25,000. Your obedient servant, D. WYATT AIKEN. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Glennlngs from our State Exchanges. Greenville Neics: The people of Green? ville have enjoyed a week of delightful skating. The lowest point reached by the mercury during the cold spell was six degrees above zero.The Green? ville National Bank has re-elected its old officers for the ensuing year, as fol? lows: President, Hamliu Beattie; Cash? ier, J. J. Elackwood; Teller, Luther McBec. The bank is well managed and prosperous.The fire companies of Greenville have elected Cant. Joseph Allen chief of the Greenville fire de? partment, with Messrs. Wm. Redmond and Thomas Lewis as assistants. As the fire department is voluntary, they deny the right of the city council to elect these officers, and refuse to serve under any other than those of their own choice. *..Mr. John II. Harrison died at his residence, in the lower part of the county on the 8th inst. In all the relations of life he was a model man, and his loss is universally lamented. Edgefield Advertiser: On the first day of the new year, died the oldest man in Edgefield county?Mr. Abraham Riley. Mr. Riley lived near Dorn's Mills, and was aged 115 years. Marion Star: The snow is all around us.David Cu3aek, colored, a youth of 18, was shot and instantly killed by an unknown party on the 24th of December. .A young man named Herring was found frozen to death last Friday, near Gaddy's mill-pond. It seems that some time during Thursday night the deceased fell into the pond and was found next morning near by dead. Orangeburg times: W. J. DeTrcville, Jr., Eon of our esteemed townsman, Col. DeTrcville, has been elected to a profes? sorship in the State Agricultural College at this place. Sumter True Southron : Col. J. J. Dar gan declines to become a candidate for the nomination for State Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned in that County by the election of Hon. T. B. Fr?ser to the Judgship of the Third Circuit. The candidates for the position are Col. Jo? seph H. Earlc, Capt. H. E. L. Peeplcs and Capt. James M. Carson, with chances favoring the first named gentleman, who would be a most excellent selection. Mr. B. A. Hussey has been re-elected keeper of the poor-house for one year. .The thermometer reached 17 degrees above zero during the cold snap.Mr. James Hodge, an old and esteemed citi? zen of Sumter, died at his home on the 23rd ult., from dropsy of the chest. He was about 8T years old.Mother Mary Agatha, formerly Superioress of St. Jo? seph's Academy of this place, was on a visit to the institution during the holi? days, and was called upon by a large number of old friends and former pupils. .The Sumter fire engine company's fair on Dec. 27 netted $4U0. The Barnwell People: A good many people are moving to the Granitevillc factories in search of work.Twelve prisoners in jail and all growing fat. Mr. Jasper Redmond has had the misfor? tune to lose two of his children by dipth theria. The eldest one expressed herself as having a premonition of her approach? ing demise by saying several times that before another Christmas she and her sisters would be dead. No one in the house was sick at the time, and since that time two children have died, and the only one left is now in a critical con? dition.The County Commissioners met on Tuesday and drew checks for sonic thirteen hundred dollars in favor of creditors of the county. The balnncc iu the county treasury is about two hundred dollars.Judge Xldrich is engaged in hearing argument as to the tender of bills of Bank of the State in payment of taxes. Mr. H. M. Thompson, of Willis ton, and Robert Aldrich Esq., of Barn well, for taxpayers; Col. V. Hay Gantt for the State. Pickens Sentinel: Abncr O'Dcll, of Liberty, accidentally shot himself last week with a pistol. "He is getting well. .Wolf Creek was frozen over during the late cold snap. Seneca City Advertiser: Rev. S. S. Gaillard, an eminent divine in the Pres? byterian Church, for many years pastor of the church at Greenville, died at Griffin, Gn., last week. Greenville News: Col. A. M. Speights has moved into the old Goodlett House, recently occupied by the Southern Bap? tist Theological Seminary, and is now keeping the Commercial Hotel.Ex Mayor and Representative Cleveland wears his honors with quiet dignity, ami is still the most popular man in the city and county. Who knows hut a requisi? tion will be made on Greenville for a Governor, and where could a more sensi b'sc and reliable man be found for the position ?.On last Saturday night Walter II. Pegg, who had recently removed to Greenville S. C, as the Air Line telegraph operator and collector was found in a gully dead. He was an upright young man who always kept his affairs with the company straight. On Saturday he seemed somewhat despon? dent, without any known cause, and im? bibed whiskey freely. It is supposed that in returning to the city that night he fell into the gully, and being unable to help himself was frozen to death. Abbeville Drc-sand Banner : Professor Kennedy, of Due West, is in very bad health and has been under the weather for several months past.Capt. E. B. Calhoun had his left shoulder dislocated last week by falling through the plank sidewalk to the depot.The fence law was universally discussed on snlesday*, and a large majority are in favor of it, although there is some opposition being manifested. Spartanburg Herald: The thermome? ter at Saluda, in Pace's Gap, stood one degree below zero on Monday, Gth inst. Cheraw News: The Great Pee Dec River at this place has been frozen over for several days during the past week. Clarendon Press: The town of Man? ning will soon join the temperance cause, and licenses granted to saloon keepers will be rescinded. The county commis? sioners have also refused to grant licenses for retailing spirituous liquors in the county. Darlington News: Mr. Couch, the agent of a nursery in Greensboro, N. C, who passed through this section deliver? ing trees some weeks ago, said that he sold $1,200 worth in this county. Kershaw Gazette: It is estimated by our statistician that there were 783 tur? keys murdered in Camdcn during the Christmas holidays. Yorkville Enquirer : On Sunday night last the dwelling house of Mr. Benson F. Hardin, in this county, on the Ches? ter and Lenoir Railroad, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Hardin succeeded in saving but little of his furniture. The origin of the fire is snpposed to bo accidental. Carolina Sparlan: Our commissioner makes an encouraging report as to pub? lic schools. He thinks they may run three to five months the present year. Mr. D. Williams, of Cowpens, while re? turning to bis home on the 28th of De? cember, was taken sick on the road, and died within a quarter of a mile from his house of heart disease.Arthur, a little son of Wyatt Hawkins, of this county, about eight years of age, while playing with his brother in the kitchen, went to run out at the door, and looking back as he ran, struck his head against the door frame. He very soon became senseless, and died in about an half hour, before medical assistance could be ob? tained. Columbia Register: Col. James T. Sims has been appointed State Librarian, vice Feininger removed.Mr. H. Clay Richardson, the able reporter of the Register, has severed his connection with that paper. He had many newspaper friends, who regret his loss to journalism in this State.Governor Simpson has appointed the following Masters: W. W. Humphreys, for Anderson County; L. H. Watts, for Laurens County; Silas Johnstone, for Newberry County; James Chestnut, for Kershaw County; A. Q. McDulfie, for Marion County.Rev. Wm. B. Mack, D. D., of Tennessee, died in Columbia, S. C, on last Friday morn? ing, while on a visit to his son, the Rev. Joseph B. Mack, D, D., pastor of the Columbia Presbyterian Church. Dr. William Mack was a gentleman of tine culture and an able divine of the Presby? terian faith.Col. T. J. Lipscomb has instituted a reform in the management of the South Carolina Peuitentiary, by refusing to allow parties hiring couvicts to return them when they get sick. Thus when convicts are hired for six months or any other period, the party hiring has t;o keep them for such period, and if they become sick the expense of feeding and doctor's bills falls on those hiring. This will effect a great saving to the State, and will be a kindness to the prisouers, for those hiring them will be more careful to prevent them from tak? ing sick.Senator A. P. Butler, of Aiken, has been appointed Fish Commis? sioner under the recent act. There is no salary to the office, and only eight hun? dred dollars has been appropriated for the expenses of the Commissioner in pro? curing fish with which to stock our wa? ters. Upon entering on his office he re? ceived 25,000 young salmon as a present from the State of Maryland, which he distributed in the rivers of the lower and middle portion of the State. He wiil soon place a lot in the up-country, tak? ing the Broad, Saluda, Seneca and other rivers in this part of tho State. The work of stocking our rivers has just begun, but from the experience of other States, we may expect gratifying results. Col. Butler is the right man in the right place. Camden Journal: An affray occurred in the store of Mr. W. H. Ellis on Mon? day night between a white and a colored man, in which the colored man, whose name is Abram English, shot at the white man with a pistol, but missed him. This presents a fine opportunity for some Trial Justice to test the efficacy of the new law in relation to the use nf fire? arms in public places.On last Mon? day morning Major J. M. DeSausture re? ceived a stroke of paralysis in his right side. He was improving at last ac? counts.An aged gentleman from Richland County passed through Cam deu, on his return home, accompanied by a fair young bride whom he had cap? tured in this county. Newberry News: The ladies of the Presbyterian Church have taken^ upon themselves the noble responsibility of providing for an orphan child, Laura Whaley, and have placed her at the Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton, S. C. Lexington Dispatch: Lexington is one of the towns not ruled by Uix-eaters, nor have we a noisy cat in town, no fish horns, no hand organs, no mothers-in law ever come here, and lightning strikes over in Richland. Edgefield Adrerliser: The red shirts of Grey and Hibler townships serenaded the Hon. .Iiwnes Callison on Christmns night. He responded in an eloquent speech, feasted the boys on Mrs. C.'s cake and wine to their heart's content, and sent them on their way rejoicing singing "The Sweet By-and-By.".Mr. Wm. Johnson died at his home in Edge field County on the 30th of December, 1878, aged 8G years. He was a member of the Methodist Church for sixty-four years, and was a class leader for sixty two years. He was one of the first bus scribers to the Southern Christian Advo srte ,and continued taking it up to the time of his death. Teachers' Examination. rTllIERE wiil lie an Examination of X Teachers on Saturday, 2.">th inst., be? ginning at u a. in. and closing at 2 p. m. All who expect to teach Public Schools Ibis year, wiio have not been examined, had better appear on that day. Those who failed on first and second grade will have a trial on grailc below. R. W. TODD, School Com. Jan in, 1870 27_1_ Sale of Land by Executrix. IWILL sell at public outcrv at Anderson C. II., on SALE DAY in FEBRUA? RY next, tho Tract of Land, about five miles South of the Town of Anderson, adjoining lands of J. C. Hay nie, Thomas A. Drake, John B.Armstrong and others, in two Tracts of 102 and 84 acres, respec? tively, plats to be seen at olUcc of D. F. Whitncr. Terms op Sale?One-third of purchase money cash; balance on a credit of one year, with interest from day of sale, tobe secured by bond ami mortgage. Payment may he anticipated. I'urehaser to pay ex? tra for papers. ELIZABETH H. WH1TNER, Executrix of J. N. Whitncr, dee'd. Jan lf>, 1870 27 3 CBAKGE SEPARTME.KT. Cud. r tho SiipcrviKlon of tlin Executive) Committee of I'oinona <.ran<rc. Tlic fullowing officers have been elec? ted to serve in Pomona Grange, No. 0, for the ensuing year, and will be in? stalled on the first Saturday in April next, at 12 o'clock m.: P. R. Brown, W. M.; T. B. Lee, 0.; E. M. Rucker, L.; A. B. Bowden, S.; J. Harper, <J.; J. W. Norris, Sec.; K. Breazeale, Tr.; M. B. Williams, A. S.; Win. Davis, G. K.; Miss Anna Daracott, L. A. S.; Mrs. J. W. Norris, C.; Mrs. Belle Burriss, P.; Mrs. J. W. Picken?, F. The following officers have been elec? ted to serve Town Creek Grange, No. 215, for the ensuing year: Robert Ste? venson, W. M.; W. J. Vandiver, 0.; P. R. Brown, L.; J. C. Rush, S.; W. R. McConnell, A. S.; L. W. Gentry, Chap.; Rnb't Morehead, T.; L. D. Harris, Sec.; W. G. Hembree, G. K.; Miss Essie Brown C.; Miss Emma Morehead, P.; Miss Alice Bailey, F.; Miss N. 0. Dob? bins, L. A. S. The above officers will be installed at their Hall on Saturday 18th inst., at 12 m., by Maj. T. B. Lee. Commercial Fertilizers. At a meeting of Associate Grange, No. 1, Anderson County, held at Sandy Springs, Saturday January 11, five sub? ordinate Granges were reported, and the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted and ordered to be printed: Whereas we see that a large number of | manufacturers of commercial fertilizers assembled in convention in Augusta on the 18th December, 1878, and, after free and full discussion, resolved to raise the price of all standard fertilizers to 500 pounds middling cotton on the sea coast, notwithstanding the decline in the price of cotton ; and, whereas, it is very ques? tionable, indeed, whether the farmers could use commercial fertilizers, even at prices heretofore paid. Therefore, be it Resolved, That we advise all farmers of I our County to discontinue the use of | commercial fertilizers at prices now de? manded, and, if necessary, to abstain en? tirely from use of fertilizers until such prices can be obtained that will justify their use. Resolved, That these resolutions be presented to the Pomona Grange, and that a copy of the same be handed the Master, with request to present the same to State Grange at the Feburary meeting in Charleston. Club Meeting*. There will be an election for Trial Justice of Savannah township held at Davis' Mill on Saturday, 25th inst The polls will open at 10 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 p. in. Members of East Savannah and West Sa? vannah Club? are entitled to vote. Those who cannot attend can send sealed ballots with their names written thereon. Mana? gers will be appointed in due time. D. L. WuiTTAKER, 1 T).M:.???.o B. A. Davis, j ??tonts. Thero will be a primary election held at Sherard's Store on Friday, 24th instant, for Trial Justice of Corner township. Polls open from 10 o'clock a. m. until 3 o'clock p. ra. Managers?B. F. Morrow, C. C. Simpson and Jerry Yeargin. Members of the Club unable to attend may send their tickets sealed up with their names written on the back of envelope. J. H. Reid, President. Ilopcwell Democratic Club will hold its primary election for Trial Justice Friday, 24th instant, at Ball's Old Mill. Polls open from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Managers?Capt. M. B. Williams, L. D. Stringer and L. W. Gentry. W. A. Neal, President. Club No. 1. Fork township, will meet at N. O. Farmer's Friday, January 17th, to hold an election for Trial Justiccs. Man? agers?J. C. Gantt, D. S. White and W. A. Dickson. Polls open from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. D. L. Cox, President. Club No. 2, Fork township, will meet at G. W. Marct's Friday, January 17th, to hold an election for Trial Justice. Mana? gers?G. W. Farmer, Wm. Lee and Newton Bollman. Polls open from 10 a. m. to 2 p. ti. P. S. Mahaffey, President. The members of Hock Mills Democratic Club arc requested to meet at Williford's Store on Saturday, 18th inst., for the pur? pose of electing a Trial Justice for said township. Managers?Frank Shirley, S. L. Gray and J. J. Gilincr. Polls open from 1 p. m. to 4 p. in. G. W. Miller, President. The members of Broadaway Democratic Club will meet at Neal's Creek on Saturday the 18th of January, Trom 1 to 3 o'clock p, m., to elect a Trial Justice for Broadaway 1 jwnship. Members unable to attend can send sealed ballots. Managers: J. M. Elgin, W. A. McFall and Joseph B. Moore. Wm. Shirlet, Acting President. There will be a meeting of Ccntreville township, at Hunter's Spring, for the pur? pose of electing a Trial Justice for said township. All members of other Clubs re? siding in the township arc requested to meet with us on Saturduy, 18th of January, at 10 o'clock a. m. Managers?T. H. Burriss, Thus. B. Lee and W. B. Watson. J. Belton Watson, President. The members of Neat's Creek Democratic Club will meet at Neal's Crock on Saturday the 18th of January, from 1 to 3 o'clock p. in., to elect a Trial Justice for Broadaway Township. Members unable to attend can send scaled ballots. Managers: T. W. Martin, J. X. Vandiver and J. B. Carpenter. M. E. Mitchell, President. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. All parsons having demands against the Estate of Jacob Mouchet, deed, are no? tified to present them to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and all indebed to makepavnicnt at onco. J. T. MOUCHET, Ex'r. Jan 10, 1S70_27_ 3 J. S. COTItRAN, I H. Q. Sri'DDAY, AbliCTillc, S. C I Anderson. S. C. COTHRAN & SCUDDAY, Attorneys nt Law, ANDERSON, - - 8. C? WILL practice in all the Courts of this State, and in the U. S. Courts. Officb?Northwest Corner Benson House Building. Jan 10. 1870_27_ly AUCTION SALE. ?TR. RAND, representing the large firm JL of J. It. McCallum & Co.. begins a sale at Auction of a large and valuable stock of Goods in the Benson House at An? derson, S. C, on Wednesday night, the 15th of January, and will continue ftotn day to day until disposed of. The stock embraces Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hardware, Notions, Ac, and will be sold to the high? est bidder without reserve. Call and secure bargains at once. Jan in, 1879_ 27 1 Ladies' Fine Shoes! * WE beg to call particular attention to our stock or Utdies' SHOES and GAITERS, manufactured forusbvT. Miles Si Sons and Dalsheincr Bros., Philadelphia. Please look at our Stock before buyinc. A. B. TOWERS'* CO. Oet 16 13 East La Porto Academy, JACKSON CO., X. C. Fourth Session begins Wednesday, January 1st. 1*79. Board und tuition jut session of live months, $37.50. Refer to B. L. Lowry, Seneca City, S. C. Address, for catalogue and particu? lars, L J. SMITH, Eiist La Porte, Jackson Co., X. C. Jan 0, 1ST!)_2?_4 APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEAD. Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Oma Stewart has made application to nte for a Homestead In the real and personal property of her late husband, James Stew? art, deceased, and that said application will be heard by mo at eleven o'clock a. iii., on Tuesday, llth dav of February next. * \V. W. HUMPHREYS. Judge of Probate. Jan 0. 1879_2?_5__ Sale of a Valuable Engine. WILL be sold at HELTON, in Anderson County, on Saturday, the 25th instant, at 12 o'clock m.. ONE FIFTEEN HORSE POWER STEAM ENGINE. Good as new. having been in use but five years, and during that time only at inter? vals. Sold under a chattel mortgage from A. P. Willingbani to John Kaufman. Terms?Cush. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 8,1879_26_2 T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. ir. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, B. D. Dean has applied to me to giant him letters of admin? istration, ou the Estate and effects of Edie Barton, deceased. These are thereforo to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of tho said Edie Barton, deceased, to be and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on Saturday, 25th January, 1879. alter pub? lication bereol, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 8th day of Januarv, 1879. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Jun 9.1S7U 26 3 s s T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, E.W.Brown has applied to me to grant him Letters of Administra? tion on the Estateand effects of Ferro w Hall, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish I all and singular the kindred and creditors I of the said Ferrow Hall, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court j of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H. on [ Saturday. 25th day of January, 1879, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the lore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 8th day of January, 1879. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Jan 9, 1879_26_2 MORTGAGEE'S SALE OP REAL ESTATE. BY virtue of the power and authority conferred by H. P. Price, I will sell I nt Anderson C. H. on SALEDAY in FEB? RUARY next, all that TRACT or PARCEL OF LAND, containing seventy-nine acres, more or less. J situate in Anderson County, S. C, on wa? ters of Wilson's Creek, adjoining lands of B. F. Price, J. 0. McKee, H. P. Price and others. Terms or Sale?One-third cash ; remain? der twelve months credit, secured by mort? gage, with interest from date. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. B. WATSON, Assignee of Jamas II. Wandsley. Jan 9. 1879_26_4_ SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, . Anderson Count r. BY virtue of an Execution to me directed. I will expose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY, 1879, at An | derson Court House. S. C, the following property, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, I containing one hundred and fifty (150) I acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. Caioline Mattisen, Mrs. Annie Matti | son, James W. Poorc, Abr.cr R. Cox, and I others. Also, on TUESDAY after the First Monday in February, at Defendant's resi? dence, in Anderson County, One Iron-gray Mare Mule, One Dark Bay Marc Mule, About one hundred Bushels of Corn, About fifteen hundred bundles Fodder. Levied on as the property of J. J. Cox. in favor oi Aris Cox and Nancy Cox, Admin? istrator, against J. J. Cox. Terms of sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Jan 7, 1879_3(3_4_ FREIGHT REDUCED. STOVES, STOVES, STOVES. E. PEOPLES Has just receired 100 Elegant Cooking Stoves, With all the latest improvements, which he proposes to sell at prices to suit the hard times. Don't talk about going to Green? ville, as the Railroads have reduced freighu, j and I can afford to sell as cheap or cheaper than Stoves can be bought in upj>cr South Carolina. Try me. TIN WARE cheaper than ever. Highest prices paid for RAGS and RAW HIDES. J. E. PEOPLES. Sept 19, 1S78_10_ Towers' Plow! WE arc now jireparcd to sell thin cele? brated PLOW at low jiriccs. Wc warrant these Plows to give satisfaction, or no sale. Turning Plow, complete. $4 7? Plow Stock, $2.50. A. B. TOWERS Jc CO. Oct 10_12 Cheaper than Ever Known Before. GENTS' and Boys' Hals and Cajis, a good selection ; Hardware, of all de? scriptions, best quality, such as we alwavs try to have; Tools in great varictv; Table and Pocket Cutlery ; a large stock of Locks of all kinds; White Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather; French and American Calf Skins. Shoe Findings, &C, Ac. Call and examine our large stock of goods A. B. TOWEliS & CO. No. 4 GrantieRow.. Piedmont Factory. Mit. ?. H. P. FANT is the agent for the sale of the Piedmont Goods at Anderson C. H., and will supply the de? mand on the same terms and at the same price as if the Goods wore ordered directly troiu the Factory. H. P. HAMMETT, Pres. and Treas. Bicdtnont MTg. Co. Sept l'J, 1S7S_ _ 10 3m Paper Hangings! ABEAUTIFUL lot of PAPER HANG? INGS and WINDOW SHADES for sale low by A. B. TOWERS & CO. Oct 10 1?