E. B. MURRAY,, Editor.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 30, 1879.
Governor Hampton has visited the
State House sovcral times lately, and
continues to improve. He is expected to
be ready for Senatorial d?tr hf the 4th
of next March.
There are only five Sta fea in thc Union
which are entirely free fron debt. These
are Kentucky, Delaware, Weat Virginia,
Colorado and Wisconsin. These States
are in a very desirable financial condi
tion, but are calculated to do a great deal
of barm to the country at large b; mak
ing the inhabitants of all the other Slates
envious of them.
The Teller Committco has been busily
engaged in Charleston taking testimony
as to the olection in South Carolina.
The Radicals have sworn their worst, but
very little of any d.unite proof as to
frauds has been reade. From the testi
mony elicited so far, tho indications are
that the last election was by far the fair
est that has been held in South Carolina
since reconstruction.
The farmers of Anderson County will
hold a meeting in tho Court House on
next Monday to consider the increase of I
the price of guano on the cotton option
plan, and to tak?. auch action as mny be 1
deemed best to secure a duo considera
tion for tho agricultural interests of the
County. The meeting- will be an im
portant one, and it is boped os many will
be present as can arrange to do so.
Tho Chronicle and Constitutionalist sa/L
(be value of all the provision' exported
from the United States to foreign coun
tries during the month of December fools
up tho handsome total of Ol 1,389,341.
This is a large increase over tho exports
of provisions for any month within the
history of the Government. Tho exports
of provisions for November last were $9,
678,618, and for October last, $2,776,898.
The District of Columbia, which is ten
miles square, is perhaps inhabited by a
greater variety of peoplo thnn any terri
tory of the sumo BIKO on the globe. It j
has a population of 160,000, of whom
about one-third aro colored. PersonB
from all of tho States and Territories of
the United States, and from nearly all of
the countries in tho world, reside there.
Every grade of humanity, from the Presi
dent of tho United States to tho hum
blest and most piteous of beggars, may
bo found residing within its limits. Il is
one of the most beautiful and most pleas
ant sections in America.
Co1 Smart, of Somonn. Californio, an
cxte ii i'e farmer of the gold Stato, op
poses any constitutional amendments
looking io inc suppression of Chinese
immigration into that State, and endorses
the Chinamen as laborers as follows : "We
farmers and vinters, want Chinamen for
cooks and fo.' 'hewers of wood and draw
ers of water.' Wo havti no servants
more cleanly in person, more tidy in
work, more quickly instructed, nor more
faithful to their trust. Once domestica
ted, no servants are more regretted at part
ing. Give tho average Chinaman a fair
show,and he will not bo long in falling
into our ways."
Th? Boston Advertiser thinks that if
the bloody shirt is ibo only available
party standard for tho Republicans in
1880 that the party is likely to loso tho
election, It also declares that it will ht
impossible to rally tho North by that cry
any more. This is a pretty candid con
fession to come from a Republican paper,
when the. leading Republicans, such as
Conkling, Blaine, Edmunds, Wm. Lloyd
Garrison and numerous others of tho
faithful, are directing o very effort to*
warda arousing a solid North and West
against a solid South. The Advertiser
snuffs tho defeat from afar, attd wants to
have the pleasure after the battle is over
of comforting these would-be states*:
when tho wreck of Radicalism arrives by
exclaiming in a consolltory manner, "I
told you so."
Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of tho
Treasury, is being urged by his friends
for the Republican nomination for Presi
dent in 1880, because it was hie luck to
be Secretary of tho Treasury whet, re
sumption was accomplished. They claim*
nil of the glory for him, and think the
popularity of the measure will so rapidly
i&creaso that he will be stronger than
either Grant or Blaine, who are now con
sidered h?5 strongest opponents. They
forgot that although the majority of thc
peoplo may like resumption, very few of
them aro pleased with tho manner in
which it has been accomplished. They
also forget that many persons think the
"Hen. John" hns grow" entirely tr>
wealthy for a man who baa not received
larger salaries than the law has allowed
him. Thc30 are two littlo objections to
begin with.
The Senate has confirmed the follow
ing appointments of Postmasters for
South Carolina: Union, J. H. Goss;
Orangeoarg, Alonso Webster; New
beriy, si "rf. Boone. The President bas
1 also nominated tho notorious Sam Lee
for Postmaster at Sumter, but the Senate
very wisely has not so far confirmed thp
appointment. This is a great outrage on
Ute part cf Mr. Hayes, and is intended
to produce mischief and a great deal of
it Sum Leo is unfit for tho position,
and Mr. Hayes knows it. He is detested
by th J p^opi? of Sumter, and he in turn
detests them. The position of Postmas
ter is of all others one Which should be
filled by a mau without prejudice or spite,
and yet Mr. Hayes is seeking to appoint
w ono who ho knows will use X*i* position
to harass and irritate tho people of Sum
ter, it is a shame and disgrace even for
A man who bolds the Presidency an the
result of a fraud to degrado his position
jutting in office men who are cxpect
i ii tended to make all of the iron*
?ible. Mr. Hayes may think this
way to resuscitate the Republican
?ut it teads to solidify and arouse
cf ocrary ti? & asnse of the wrong
tho ???pubtlo?tts will perpetrate
iver they have the opportunity, ft
-.ra p?ceo ci eiissedn?sS on tb? part
; Hayes, which it ia tho dniy of tho
HBBHKSDBBQOS
ELECTION OF U. S. SENATORS.
Tho Legislature of Connecticut has
elected Orville H. Flatt, Republican, to
succeed William H. Barnum, Democrat.
His election v due to the Greenback
craze, which carried off* enough votes
from the Democrats in Connecticut to
give the Republicans control of the Leg
islature of that State.
The Legislature of Missouri has elected
Hon. George G. Vest United States Sen
ator from that State to fill tho term be
ginning on the 4th of March, 1879. Mr.
Vest is a Kentuckian by birth, but hos
been for many years a citizen of Mis
souri, in which State he took an active
part in favor of secession, l?o was a
member of the Coufederato (Congress
from its formation up to 1804, when he
was elected to tho Confederate Senate
irom the State of Missouri. He is repre
sented as a bold thinker, an able man
and a polished orator, ns which he ranks
first in tho State of Missouri. He is a
fino parliamentarian, and will not orly
represent his Jtate with honor, but will
add materially to tho strength of the
Democratic party upon the floor of tho
Senate.
Again tlie Repuhlicansof Ul i noir, have,
succeeded in electing General John A.
Logan to the United States Senate from
that Stale. He has filled ono term in
that body heretofore, and was distin
guished as a blatant and unscrupulous
agitator of the bloody shirt issues, which
were at that time popular in the North
and V est. Two years ago a conservative !
Legi .?aturo was Bclectod by tho people
of Illinois, and Judge David Davis beat
Lo ?au by a miall majority. Ho is, bow
OT er, a shrewed politician, and does not
'.tko private life. Therefore, ho comes
(o tho front at this, his first opportunity,
and is once more successful, beating Hon.
Richard J. Ogler.by, tho present incum
bent. His election does not chango the
political status of the Senate, but it
gives the Republicans an abler and more
vindictive member.
Thc Republicans arc evincing a dispo
sition to return their old "war horses" to
position. Tho Legislature of Wisconsin
luis elected ex-Senator Matt. H. Carpen
ter to succeed Hon. Timothy O. Howe in
Ibo United States Senate, on tho 4th of
next March. Mr. Curpentcr was an able
Senator, but was inclined to be aggressive
towards the South when ho wus in thc
Senato before Ho was defeated in 1875
by Hon. Augus Cameron, upon whom
the Democruts and n portion of tho Re
publicans united. Siuco that timo Mr.
Carpenter has been practicing law, and
was tho nttorncy for tho Democrats in
1877 on ono of tho questions before the
electoral commission. Ho boa probably
tempered down on the Southern question
by this time, nnd, if so, will bo as good a
Senator as any ono tho Republicans
could give us. At least, we do not re
gard him as a worse man than Senator
Howe, whom j>o succeeds.
The clan Cameron still rules in Penn
sylvania, und at the recent election for
United States Senator, James Donald
Cameron, who was elected in 1877 to fill
tho seat made vacant for bim by the
resignation of Simon Cameron, his
father, was re-elected for tho term begin
ning on tho 4th of March next. Air.
Cameron is about forty-Bix yc^ra of nge,
and is a Princeton Collego man. After
bis college days wcro over he became
cashier of a bunk in Pennsylvania, then
a President of tho Northern Central
Railroad Company of Pennsylvania, and,
in 1876, Secretary of War under Presi
dent Grant. In this latter capacity thc
peoplo of the South remember him as
tho subservient tool of Grant in the uso
of tho army for tho control of elections.
It ?as under his supervision that thc
State Houses of Louisiana and South
Carolina were placed in tho control of
United States troops. Air. Cameron is
not regarded as a man of fine nbiliti a.
He is vindictive, selfish and bitter.
Many much better men could be found
for tho Senate, even in the Republican
party of Pennsylvania.
The Nevada Legislature has re-elected
John P. Jones tc J,O United States Sen
ato for the term beginning on thc 4th of
next March. Mr. Jones is an English
man by birth, about fifty years of nge,
and, outside of his luck, which has made
him a millionaire, has no qualifications
whatever for the Senate or any other po
sition which requires ability or tho better
qualities of mon. He was educated at
Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to Califor
nia whero ho was successively elected to
both branches of the Legislature of that
State. In 1867 ho moved to Nevada,
whero he is largely interested in mining
interests. In 1878 ho was first elected to !
tho United States Senate, and as ho has
"linty of money and the Stats is hope
lessly Republican, he may be ?.blo to re
main there for many years to come. Tho
recent vote stood sixty in his favor to
fourteen for Hillhouso, the Democratic
i candidate. Tho Knoxville Chronicle, in
commenting on th? nnmn of Mr. Jones'
competitor, facetiously says : "Tho Ne
vada Legislature, bad as it is, has dono
the country a service by incontinently
crushing tbe man who has the assurance
to propose dragging such a namo into
the United States Senate. Besides, he is a
f'-,tid. His attempt to play the part of
- ,"i_LI. n_LU-i
livuiCviav, nt. vt. ina .vc p v. ui i cn u i o lil ia au
clearly shown in his name, stamps him
as such."
- The Carolinas seem partial to Govern
ors os Senatorial candidates. North Car
olina has just elected Gov. Zebulon B.
Vance to succeed Judge Merrimon in
tho Senate on the 4th of next March.
Our readers will remember that Gov.
Vance in 1872 supported Judge Merri
man as the Conservative candidato for1
Governor, and after he was defeated by j
Caldwell ho turned up as an opponent of
Gov. Vance for the Senate. By a union
of tho Radical and a portion of the Con
servativo vote Judge Merrimon was elec
ted. Io this election Gov. Vance had de
cidedly the advantage, but the contest
would hare been a little uncertain bad
not .Tndgo Merrimon rethed from tba
ra co on the ground that be desired to
promote the harmony of the Democratic
party. This action ensured the election
of Gov. Vonco, which bas been received
throughout thc country .with pleasure
3ov. Vance was a General in the late
?var. was th? war Governed nf North Cay
dina and is a fino orator.. He is pure in
Miltie*, honorable in bis private lifo and
ibloin statesmanship. North .Carolina
could Juive performed no act which will
reflect more henor on tho old North
State, or give t e universal satisfaction
to the people * 'ie United State?, than
the election of ov. Vaneo to the Senate.
Ho will make one of it* most popular,
iunuentiai and useful members.
Gen. James Shields, who has just been
elected to the United States Senate, to
occupy the unexpired term of Senator
IJogy, of Missouri, has led perhaps the ]
mo. t remarkable career of any mun in
America, born in thc State of Illinois
in 1810, when he arrived at the years of
maturity he began the practice of law as
u young mau without strong friends or
remurkable abilities. His prospects ap
peared not different from those of thou
sands whoso names ur? never known lo
fame. His, L wove.', was a more fortu
nate lot, and ii; 18-10 ho was appointed
State Auditor of Illinois, und six years
later became one of the Supreme Judges
of the State. Under President Polk he
was Land Commissioner, which position
ho resigned to citer the Mcclean war.
Ile Blurted as u brigadier-general, and
never rose above that rank. As a brave
and faithful soldier, however, be was un
excelled. in the charge at Cerro Gordo
he was shot through the lung, the grape
shot passing through und out ncur the
spine. Although thc p: sicinns gave
him up, he was out nt thc head of his
brigade in ten weeks. At Chapultepec
he was again wounded, and at the close
of thc wur he returned home UH one of
the bruvesl and most popular heroes of
the wur, His war record elected him to
tho United States Sen ? from Illinois in
18-10. At the end of his term he was not
re-elected, and moved to Minnesota, then
n territory. In 1859 ho was elected one
of tho first two Senators from that State,
and drew thc short tenn. When thc
lute war broke out he espoused the Union
cause, and was again placed in commai i
of a brigade. In this return to tho mili
tary he achieved a victory which has dis
tinguished him in defeating Stonewall
Jackson in thc Shenandoah Valley,
though the victory was of short duration
Gen. Shields throughout his whole caree)
has boen n Democrat, and despite bil
fine opportunities for amassing wealth
bo has conic out a poor but honest anti
respected man. Lost session lien Ilutlei
brought him into prominent notice po
litically by endeavoring to have hin:
elected door-keeper over (Jen. Fi Ms, thc
Democratic caucus nominee. This tailed,
but it accomplished his election to thc
Senate from the State of Missouri. Tbui
he baa served bis country in two greal
wnrs, and has represented three promi
nent States of tlie Union in tho United
States Congress. His highest praise
however, consists in hid purity and integ
rity of character. His term of office will
expire on the 3rd of next March.
Thc New York Legislature has, as was
A.nnolArl__!.._?-.1 T >-i~l-1.1.--_|
v .< iv..<.., re-eiecteu itoscoe kunming, 01
Utica, to the United States Senate for six
years from thc 4th of next March. Mr.
Conkling is ono of the most accomplished
and able members of the Senate, and un
til very recently bas been one of the most
conservative Republicans of thc Union.
Ho was born at Albany October 30,1820,
and is therefore in his fiftieth year. He
received only an academic education, and
locnted in 1816 at Utica for tho practice
of law. Ho was District Attorney ami
Mayor of Utica, und was elected to Con
gress'four times previous to his first elec
tion to the Senate, which was for th<
term beginning March 4, 18G7. Ho wai
re-elected in 1873, and has therefore beei
elected for three successive terms, whicl
is nn honor never before conferred b]
New York upon any man. Mr. Conk
ling bas always been ono of the Kepubli
can leaders of tho Senate sinco he enterci
that body, but bas never had such undia
puted sway as ho probably baa at th i
time. Uutil recently he has maintains
the respect of both political parties, bu
his unfair misrepresentations, which wer
intentional, upon the Southern que*iio
and other mattera have proven him to b
a time-serving politician, looking a fa
bis own promotion moro than his com
try's good. He ia possessed of the nbilil
and judgment necessary io make a grei
stntcamau, but lacks the moral courcy
to allow it to control his actions. I
other word?, he measures the propriel
of any action by tho probability that
will advanco or injure thc prospects
Ko: coo Conkling. It has been statt
tbnt his Beat will bo contested on tl
ground that tho Constitution of Ne
York, which requirca a new ni'port io
mont of members of tho Legislature, h
been omitted by thc Republicans for tl
purpose of retaining control of tho Le
isl aturo and re-electing a Republican
the Sflnntr*. Tho charge is a substanti
ono, and is sufficient to refuse Mr. Con
ling his scat upon, if the Senators ha
bnckbone enough to stand up for the lu
Tho Dem?crata in the New York Legi
laturo have published a protest again
his election on this account, and pr?ae
the facts in such a strong light that ii
difficult to see what answer Mr. Coiiklh
can make to it. Thc protest in substan
recites tho following facts:
By tho '.Mirth and fifth sections of ti
third article of thc State constitution
is mada the solemn and sworn duty
the Legislature to apportion tho Sta!
and both tho Senator? and members
tho Assembly among tho several cou o ti
accord!np* to the number nf ?heir rc:pc
tivo inhabitants. This duty is also d
mamlcd under tho same provision of tl
constitution which requires tho basis
Senatorial and Assembly repr?sentatif,
to follow an enumeration of the inhu
itants ovcry ten years after 1859. Tl
census of 1875 was duly taken andr
ported to the Legislature on the openii
of the session of 1876, and for three yea
the Democratic members have first ask?
and then demanded Mint-he fundament
law should bo obeyed. These repeat?
requests hnvo been as frequently donii
as they have been mado. Under a ju
apportionment of the Senate, New Yoi
city, with Richmond county, is eolith
to 7 members, while 5 represent that cit
Kings county is entitled to 3, but is e
lowed only 2, and thin with a surph
population of 46,000. New York city 1
the lawful count ia entitled to 27 men
hers of Assembly instead of fi-2. Kin;
county is entitled to 14 members in'jtei
of 9, and Monroe, county to 4 instead <
8. These additional members, all b
longing to Democratic district?, are nu
awarded to the following counties pr
are represented, except in ono district, r
B-wuolican members of tho Legislatun
Madlsop. Delaware, Ontario, Guttural
eua, Columbia, Washington. Nisgnr
Wayno, Oawego, Oneida and St. Lat
renee. Tho Assembly r.mrwumfcitli
population nlso gives the following ul
pqual record : For tho Fourth district <
Kings county, 68,975; Sixth distric
Ki&gB, 54,485 ; Ktghth district, King
08,112; Nindi district, Kings, 85,029;
Eighth district, New York, 00,054 ; Fif
teenth district, New York, 00,920 ; Sev
enteenth district, New York, 64,390;
Twentieth district, New Y'ork, 78,6.16;
Twenty-first district, New York, 64,656 ;
Second district, Monroe. 05.553. And.
lilis, witli the following in contrast to the
above, in single districts: Delaware, 2
representatives, population 41,526 ; Mad
ison, 2 representatives, population 41,
114; Oswego, 3 repr?sentatives, popula
tion 75,729 ; St. Lawrence, 3 representa
tives, population 78,082; Ontario, 2 rep
resentatives, population 45,403; Cata
i a o;'o-, 2 representatives, population
45,771 ; Columbia, 2 representative-?,
population 40,318 ; Washington, 2 repre
sentatives, population 40,374 ; Wayne, 2
representatives, population 47,026 ; Ni
agara, 2 representatives, population 47,
t?'.tl ; Otaego, 2 representatives, popula
lion, 49,034. Senatorial districts-Twen
tieth district, Herkimer and Otsego, pop
I illation, 89,338; Eighteenth district, Jcf
I fenton and Lewis, 90,096; Twenty-sixth
district, Ontario, Yates and Seneca, 91,
034; Sixteenth district, Clinton, Essex
and Warren, 101,327 ; Twenty-fifth dis
trict, Cayuga and Wayne, 106,12U.
With the'following districts showing a
moot unjust contrast: Second district,
Kings, 172,725; Third district, Kings,
292,258; .Seventh district, New York,
178,226; Eighth district, New York,
235,432, Ninth district, New York, 107,
530. These lurge districts have but one
Senator each, and thu record given is not
upon the gros3 but upon the representa
tive population. We believe that thc
apportionment required by the constitu
tion has been wilfully neglected in the
interest of one mau (a Senator in Con
gress,) working officially and otherwise
for his own re-election-a third term Sen
ator in favor of a third term President
quarreling with the federal administra
tion, because he cannot control the pat
ronage of the government, opposed n',
heart by thc whole administration part*?
not less than by all Demecrats, and yi .
with no man in caucus, Senate or As
sembly, with courage enough to proclaim
his best convictions, and therefore sup
porting a mau who uses his place and
power not HO much for the honor of the
State and tho peace and welfare of the
country as to make himself a Senator
and to keep his friends in office. To se
cure this re-election for a third term Re
publican Legislatures have not only re
fused to obey the supremo law, but ha??
spurned all appeals from great bodies M
highly taxed and long oppressed citizens
to this continued wrong.
The Norristown (Ga.) Herald Bilya : "If
Alexander H. Stephens were to step into
one side of a largo pair of scales, and all
the medicines ho swallowed during the
past fifteen years were to be suddenly
dumped into tho other side, thc shad
owy statesman would shoot up like a
balloon. He has taken eight hundred
and seventy-nine kinds of medicine, and
that he should now weigh sixty five
pounds, instead of sleeping with his
j fathers, is little short of a miracle."
This is not all of tho wonder. If any
other man had taken one-half of the un
popular positions in politics that Mr.
Stephens has, ho would long ngo have
been politically dead, nnd yet Mr. Ste
phens is as strong and influential as ever.
He seems to be a law unto himself, out
of tho reach of both the physical and po
litic!'.! laws which govern common mor
tals.
The sensational correspondents of
Radical newspapers ate busily engaged
in the cflbrfc t:> manufacture iucidents
going to show that tho Democratic par
ty of tho South ia becoming divided.
Last week a correspondent of one of thc
Dallimorc papers related the fact that a
number of Democrats from thc South,
who were officers in the late war, met in
one of thc hotels in Washington, and in
private conversation expressed themselves
as enthusiastic in their advocacy of Grant,
declaring that they believed that ho
could carry a majority of tho Southerf.
States. Now another correspondent
writca that a prominent Democrat of
Georgia has sent Gen. Gordon a written
argument, setting forth that tho only
hope of success for the Democratic party
in the next campaign is to nominate
Hayes for a second term. The correspon
dent says that Senator Gordon replied
that he was in favor of a straight-out
Democrat for president in 1880, and
therefore could not consider the proposi
tion in befalf of Mr. Hayes. There ia one
conspicuous fact connected with these
? stories about Democratic dissension.
I The mimes of tho prominent Democrats
are never given. If they wer--?, ninety
nine times out of a hundred their Democ
racy would have the minus nign before
it and they would be found in some gov
ernment office or seeking ono. No
Democrat could vote for Grant or Hayes
cither, and any person in favor of either
would rank in our estimation as a miser
able Radical. '.
In tho Houso of Representatives a stir
was created by tho discussion of the hill
of Maggic'.Barron and others, minors du
ring tho war, for supplies furnished the
Union Army. Gen. Edward 3. Bragg, a
Democrat, of Wisconsin, said that if tho
South was solid for tho Democratic party
simply for purposes of getting money out
of the treasury, it would bo well for the
Northern Democracy if the Southern
Dem?crata went over to the Republican
party, and he hoped they would do so.
He stigmatized tho Southern claims com
mission as a court which had bred fraud
and perjury throughout the land. He
thought very little loyalty existed South
during the war. This speech marks Mr.
Bragg as a man who has the right name,
and is possessed of an infinite lung
oannidty vt*l* ? marvelously sm a.'.! supply
of brain, and shows that his demagoguery
far exceeds his Democracy and patriotism
combined. Instead of being expedient
for the fskuith to go over to tho Republi
cans, we suggest that Mr. Bragg hr.d bet
ter mako that political journey himself,
os he would not have far to travel in
order to reach his destination. There is
very little difference between auch a
Democrat as he is and such Republican
as Mr. Blaino, except that Mr. Blaine
harps oh tho solid South to help the
whole Republican party, while Mr.
Bragg harps on it to help himself indi
vidually at tho expense of his party. Of
the two classes of men we admire the
bloody shirt politicians of the Radicals
more than the Bruggs of tho Democracy.
The South baa shown no disposition to
press claims against the government, an4
tho only ones allowed to be paid are
those?of persons who were loyal dnring
the war to the Union. Thia excludes all
who the bulk of the Southern peoplo
sympathize With, and they ?a? uOi rc
iponsible for the daims winch may bo
^<c9vo?tdr Th csu claims are a matter of
io consequence tQ tb? Smith, and the
ibol i Hon of the court of claims nod the
.e fusai to pay any wir claims North or
South would not inconvenience us. Such
tuen as Mr. bragg aro a great load for
any party to carry. The Democratic
party and thc cou nt 17 at large would
gain infinitely by swapping him off for a
respectable Republican.
The annual circular of Dunn, Barlow
& Co. shows that during tho year 1878
there were 10,478 failures in the United
States, with liabilities roaching $324,000,
000, which exceeds the failures of 1877
by 1,671 in numbers, and $40,000,000 in
liabilities. The year just closed has boen
more disastrous to business than even the
panic year of 1873. Several causes ure
assigned in the circular for this marked
j increase, prominent among wit. l? is the
j repeal of the Bankrupt law, which in
duced many expecting to fail to hasten
up to take advantage of it-s provisions.
This is chown, it ia claimed, by the fail
ure < during tho first three quarters of the
year, which averaged 2,803 in numbers,
and $00,000,000 in liabilities, while there
wr*re in thc last quarter only 1,800 in
number, with $37,172,003 in liabilities.
This may ?how that thc Bankrupt law
had some effect, but is hardly as conclu
sive as the circular claims, for the greater
proportion of failures always oc:tir in
the first three quarters. The fall 'ho
business season of the year, and the
liability to fail then ia much lesa than in
either of tho other three quarters. Be
sides the Bankrupt law being repealed,
the circular sets out the long dry weather
in thc West und the yellow fever scourge
in the South, together with the uncer
tainty of the financial legislation to be
adopted by Congress. These things, no
doubt, had their influence upon the bus
iness of the country to a great extent,
but in our opinion the principal cuuse of
the disastrous business year lies in the
fact that tho whole country was rushing,
without any adequate preparation, to the
period of forced resumption of Bpecie
payments, which caused nil values to
ahrink, nnd paralyzed, to n considerable
extent, every department of business.
Tho goal of resumption has now been
reached. The bottom in values ia be
lieved to have been touched. The shock
of thc financial crisia has reached it?
acmo, and henceforth it ia believed tin
industriea of the country will gradually
recuperate, values will accommodate
themselves to thc fixed standard, and any
development which may be attained will
be substantial and permanent. Our
trouble, however, ia not over, for many
who have survived the shock of resump
tion have been so crippled financially
that they will yet go under, and by far
the greater majority will find the coming
year one in which they will bo required
lo exercise all of their induatry nud bus
iness tact to keep themselves from get
ting behind. It will take the country at
least a decade to obliterate the blighting
effects which the partisan '.nd arbitrary
legislation of the Republican party on
fi:) an ci al mattera has emailed upon its
citizens. Thc coin standard, however,
hos been restored, and though it baa
been done in a bungling manner, it is,
if properly carried out. destined to in
crease the prosperity and development
of tho country in a permanent manner.
Henceforth tho condition will, wc be
j licve, steadily improve
OFFICIAL RECORDS.
Col. R. M. Sima, Secretary of State, re
ceived a summons to appear before the
Teller Investigating Committee, and
bring certain poll lists from Charleston
Couuty with him. The Colonel very
properly decided that he could not re
move the records from bia office, and
addressed tho committee the following
reply to tho summons:
COLUMBIA, S. C., January 23,1879.
lion. JET. M. Teller, Chairman Teller Com
millee, ?Senate United Slates.
DEAU SIR ; I havo the honor to ac
knowledge tho receipt of a subpoena ad
dressed to me or my chief clerk, to ap
pear before your committee in the city of
Charleston, on the 22d J-nuory inst.,
and to bring thither the poll hats of the
following polls, in the city of Charleston,
S. C., for tho election of November 5th,
A. D. 1878 : Market Hall, Precinct No.
1, Ward 3, Palmetto Engino House, Pre
cinct No. 2, Word 3, Hope Engino House,
Precinct No. 1, Ward 4, Mp.r:on Engine
Houae, Ward 6, Ashley Engine House,
Ward 7, Niagara Fngino Houae, Ward 8;
the said subpoena having been served on
Mr. M. C. Robertson the evening of tho
22d inst., and by him handed to me about
9 P. M. on the same evening. I regrei,
that my construction of my official duties
will not permit mo carry out of my office
in Columbia publie records which bavo
been deposited there under tho laws of
the State, and for that reason that I can
not produce the document described in
the subpoena before your committee in
Charleston.
These documents aro matters of public
record in my oSiea in Columbia, and I
?bull be happy to afford your committee
every facility in their examination here.
As the pur poso of summoning mo seems
to have been entirely aa the custodian of
theao recorda, I have not deemed it nec
essary to nppenr before your committee
in person, especially as I could not do so
without great inconvenience and neglect
of my official duties, Very ree-pcdtfully
you.* obedient servant,
(Signed) R. M. Sims,
Secretary of State.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Gleanings from our State Eichungen.
Abbeville-V????M??.' A meeting of the
Santucky farmers is called for nr***. Sat
urday to take sides in the guano war.
j The plan is to get the per-ilc to co-oper
ate with each other in :.. . tight against
monopoly. A aing.o man can do the
guano trade no injury, but tho entire
community speaking out together will
make , the fertiliser companies come to
terms or keep their stuff....,,Mr. Damion,
and-his sister. Mrs. Richter, came very
near losing their lives last week by the
festivo freak of a mulo, which backed the
bu'riry in which they were riding off tho
bridge over Long Cano nt Morton's Mill.
Mrs. Richter was badly hurt but will re
cover without any fatal result.
Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer:
On last Thursday morning A. L. Jackson,
committed to Greenville jail on a charge
of highway robbery, escaped'from con
finement, and is now at large. He m nd o
an exit by getting out at a hole sawed by
him elf )p one of the front windows.
Th.' j alo;-" i- i II formed that whet) PH* Jo
limbo tho prisoner had a small saw con
cealed under a cork solo worn in one of
his boots,
Ifiuety Six Chm^Zfri U*- J. M. Wftt
tjjews and family havo moved from our
town to Belton, Anderson County.
Florence 7??i*?; Mr. Thoa. E* Hewitt
died after a very short illness at his resi
dence In Florence cn "Wednesday morn
iugof congestion. He was brought home
sick on the Norih Eastern Railroad on,
Tuesday afternoon, find died ?cforp day
the next rootuing,
Pickeus Sentinel: A meoting of tho
farmera cf Picken* County will be held
at this pluce ou t?alcday next fur tho pur
pose of taking into consideration the in
creased price of guano ?>n the cotton op
tion pian. A full attendance is earnrvt!/
desired.
Laurensvitlo Herald: Mrs. Mary J.
Jacobs, wife of Kev. W. P. Jacobs, and
Matron of Thornwell Orphanage, died at
the Orphanage, Clinton, S. C., on the
15th instant.
Barnwell People: Tho exodus of col
ored people lo Beaufort continues.
Early risers report a slight fal' of snow
and sleet on Sunday last.Mest of the
free schools are to be closed about the 1st
of February.The County Commis
sioners will, at their meeting, on the 4th
of February, commence the investigation
of thc past indebtedness of tho county.
Aa soon a? it is completed they will pay
?int. nrn rotj tbs SS1CUH? r??ii?cu fluni tuc
one mill tax levied and collected for pay
ment of past indebtedness.
Union Timet: On the morning of the
15th a destructive fire occurred at tho
Keithfield rice-pounding mill on Black
Uiver, which destroyed the mill and a
large quantity of rice in all conditions.
The mill was owned by Robert Adger.
The rico in the mill was owned by a
number of plantera. The total lo.?s of
property is estimated at $36;G65, on which
them waa $14,0<J0 insurance, leaving as
tho total losses of individuals $22,(305.
Orangeburg Democrat : Fine red-horse
are being caught in the Edislo already,
which promises a good and profitable
season to the fishermen of our county.
Ina few days more shad will begin to
run.Mr. Wm. Whaley, son of Maj. T.
B. Whaley, of our town, died on Friday
last of consumption.The annual meet
ing of the Orangeburg Agricultural and
Mechanical Association will bo held on
February 8th.
Orangeburg Time?: A company of
Northern fishermen are engaged in catch
ing sturgeon in the South Edisto.
Lancaster Jleview: Dr. J. C. Belk. a
promising young man and physician,d.. d
on Wednesday, 15th inst., seven miles
above the village of Lancaster, on the
Charlotte road, of au attack of pncuino
uia.
Marlboro Planter: In tho recent con
flagration at Mandeville perished thc
battle-flag of Colonel Keitt's regiment,
Twentieth South Carolina Volunteers
Many historic relics of tho Confederacy
were lost.
Darlington AVtr< .* There are nincteer
colored persona in the Darlington jai
waiting for trial for crimes ranging fron
arson and burglary downwards.
Kershaw (Jazctte : What was onc<
known as the Haile plantation, ten mile:
below Camden, waa part of the property
sold by the Sherifl on the 1st inst. 1
was knocked down for $3,900. Whei
Maj. DeSaussuro bought it some year
ago he paid $30,000, and wo are told tba
it once brought $50,000.Mr. Rober
Sinyrl, an old and esteemed citizen o
this county, died on Thursday last.
Dr. E. M. Boykin and his son, Mr. Jobi
Boykiu, returned to Camden last wee!
from Louisiana.Col. Dove Seeder
bid farewell to his many friends in Ker
shaw County several days ago, and ha
gone to Texas to find a new home.
Winnsboro News: A meeting of th
merchant:* and factors of Winnsboro wa
held recently, for the purpose of takin
some concerted action in reference to th
violations of the charter of tho Charlotta
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com
pany. Mr. H. L. Elliott was called t
the chair, and Mr. D. R. Flenniken wn
appointed secretary. After some debate
s subscription was raised to defray th
expenses of employing counsel to assis
lite Attorney tjenerai in proceedin
against the company to compel its com
pl iance with the terms of its charter.
Edgefield Advertiser: l..e free school
for Edgefield County for 1879 will ope
on tho first Monday in February.Th
salary of the Railroad Commissioner i
twenty-one hundred dollars a year, wit
twelve hundred for the hire of a clerl
Tho Act also gives him an office at th
Capital of the State. The salary is raise
by an assessment on the gross earnings <
tho railroads of the State. His duti<
are many.
Keower Courier: The following is th
result -it the municipal election of Wa
halla, held on Monday the 20th instant
Intendant-C. L. Reid. Wardens-/
Brennecke, C. Wendelkin, C. E. Watsoi
Wesley Pitchford.Burglars are mal
ing it lively for the Walhalla merchant
Several stores and other places of bus
ne89 have recently been broken open an
robbed of many ?rticles. No arrests ye
......Wells in town nearly all dry.Tl
Eleasing intelligence reaches us that oi
achelor Representative, Mr. George I
Chem', was married, on Thursday evet
ing of last week, to Mins Sallie Creswel
of Anderson. We congratulate tl
happy couple and welcome the bride I
her new home in Oconee.Mr. R. 1
Mason, of Fair Play, has been appointe
aid-de-camp to Governor Hampton. (
P. Fields, of Pickens, has received a lil
appointment.One night last week Ul
"moonshiners" were passing throug
town with a load <.?' illicit whiskey. M
Kennedy, U. S. Revenue officer, assiste
by Messrs. Cummings and Blodgett, a
tempted to arrest them, when tho "mom
shiners" fired on them with pistol
Kennedy was unarmed. Cummings rt
turned the fire. Tho "moonshiners" g<
away by tho swiftness of their feet.I
sneaking with a citizen of Anderso
County a few days back about the d<
mand of manufacturers for a larger prie
for fertilizers, he stated that the increase
price, with a purchase equal to that <
previous years, would amount to a tax o
that county of about fifteen thousan
dollars. Can the people stand this e:
hauation ? -With us the amount will I
smaller, but the proportion will be tl
same.
Lancaster Ledger: Lancaster Couni
bonds, issued in aid of the Cheraw
Chester Railroad, are selling at six
cents on the dollar. . A splendid inves
ment for capitalists.A gentleman I
the name of Fogel, and his family, pat
cd through our town on last Thursday r.
their return from Texas. He left Was!
higton, N. C., about B?X years ago, ai
after trying Texas for that length of tiu
carno lo the conclusion that thero we
no better landa, or fairer prospects for i
industrious man to make a fortune tin
was afforded by tho old North State. J
says that thousands of people have en
grated from other Slates in Texan tb
would now be glad to get back to th<
old tramping grounds.A case of f
sault and natfArir ?faa hrnnuKt bsib
Justice Massey, of Cane Creek townsh?
a few days ago, the particulars of v.hi
is as follow? : Peter Dunlap, a color
preacher, united in marriage Hardy Rc
and Fanny Brown, colored. It was
runaway match. Fanny is 14 years ol
Joe Brown, the father of the girl, wc
after his daughter, took' her from h
husband and whipped her back hon
The husband sued out a writ for nssat
and battery upon his wife} the fath
claimed that he was only chastising 1
child for misconduct. Tho case was i
manded to the Circuit Court. There t
several questions of law involved in tl
case, ono of which in, at what age docs
female become free from ber parents a
marriageable f
Aiken Review: The Rev. Thomas
Hay, of Camden, S. C., has been call
to tho pastorate of the Aiken Presbyte
an Church...,..Northern visitors Aro ra
Idly coming Into towi), enlivening \
atrcets aqd masing tho boarding-bout
keepers and livery stable men, and
fact everybody happy.., ...tWe have bea
l?verai larmer* express the opinion tl
the majority of the farmers near tot
?re in favor of a stock law. Gst up
meeting gentlemen, and talk ah ont it
pour club. Thc township will be bei
iUted.On the night of the 17th i
itaqt tho dwelling bouse of W. W, Rta
inga, J^q-i with its contents, was cul?
xmsumca by fire. Mr. Stalling? a
amity barely escaped with their lives
he rOi>rbadvbegun to fall io when tb
iwoke. Mrs. Turner, his motheMn-la
? ..
. ? ? ?
wasvlightly burned in escaping fruin ibo I
house. The bro suppled to he thu work |
of an incendiary. , _
Newberry Neu*: About dusk Friday
evening, as Mr. Jumes Wheeler, the jail
or, opened tb? door between the entry
juai ironiiiig tut? i:c?? mm in** O??C-r out
side passage, three of the colored jail
birds flew ut him rushed over him and
took a leap for life. Une of them, Jesse
Harmon overanxious to be free,jumped
from thc third Btory-some forty feet,
and consequently when he Btrucic the
ground could go no further, his thigh
being badly broken. The other two
Drayton Hiller and Peter Williams, more
considerate, took their jump from the
second story--only about twenty feet
from the ground. They were unhurt, and
pursued the even tenor of their way for
some disiunce, hui were ?inu?y overtaken.
After lingering until about 3 o'clock
Monday morning Harmou. died in npitc
of the efforts made to save his life.
II Y Hi E X KA it.
MAKItlKD, on the 7th of Junuary, 1871),
bv Rev. it. C. Ligon. at the residence of thc
bride's father, Mr. il. O. Prince, of Abbe
ville County, and Miss C. J. Galbreath, of ?
Anderson County.
On the 21st January. 1S79, ut the resi
dence of the bride's father, hy Kev. It. C.
Ligon. Mr. Wm. O'Kriant. of Anderson
County, and Mrs. M. K. Mann, of Abbe
ville County.
On the23d January, 1879, by Hov. It. C.
Ligon, ut the residence ol the bride's father,
Mr. J. W. Uurriss, of Anderson County,
and Miss M. It. Crawford, of Abbeville Co.
On Tuesday, thc 20th inst., hy Kev. D. 1*
Whittaker, at the bride'? residence. Mr. Le
roy M. Whittaker und Mrs. 8. E. Martin,
alf of Anderson County.
On Thursday, January 23, Ly Kev. C. V.
Barnes, Dr. Wm. Haynie and Miss Rosa
McDonald, al 1 of this County.
On Thursday. January loth, hy Kev. G.
H. Cartledge, Dr. John M. Hums, of Jack
son County, Ga., and Miss Julia C. Telford,
daughter of G. B. Telford, of Hunks coun
ty, Ga.
On Wednesday, Junuary 1, 1879. bv Kev.
A. Coke Smith, Mr. C. M. IlcPhuil, of An
derson County, and Miss Mary E. Turner,
of the city of Green ville.
Valuable PlantatioD for Sale
PERSONS wishing to buy a Valuuble
Place, on whic h there is about Two
Hundred Acres of Wood Land, and about
Ono Hundred and Fifty Acres in cultiva
tion, and good cow and hog pastures, have
now the opportunity.
Any one wishing to see this property, the
undersigned will take pleasure in showing
it to them.
I?. J. WAKEFIELD.
Near S torey il lc, S. C.
Jan 30,1870 20_8?_
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AKOEBSOM COUNTY.
By ll', ll'. Humphreys, Judye of Prolate.
WHEREAS, W. T. Krock has applied
to mc to grunt him Letters of Administra
tion on the Personal Estate of Mary Lind
sey, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular thc kindred and creditors
of the said Mary Lindsey, deceased, that
thoy bc und appear before mc in thc Court
of Probate, to be held at Anderson (.'. H. on
Saturday, 15th day of February, 1879, after
publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the lore
noon, to show cause, if any they have, why
th*) said Administration" should not bc
grr.nted. Given under my hand, this 29th
day of January, 1879.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P.
Jan 30, 1879 29 2
HE-PORT OF THE CONDITION
Ol' TUB
National Bank of Anderson.
S T Anderson, In tho State or South Carolina, si
*? tbc close of liual nest I .ni uar v Igt. 1879 .
UESUUItCES.
I.'jam and Discounts. j 87 cos c'l
Overdrafts.' 8 3*1
U. 8. Bonds to sir ure ClrculaliorilV.'.'.'.'.'.'.;.'. flo OOO 00
U. ir1, Bonds on baud. 20,000 Ofl
(Mie. stocks, bonds rind mortcages., ??'.?(?'Jt BO
Due from approved Ui-scrvo Agent?. it'osi it
Due from other National Banks. .SAW 77
Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures. lioon OD
Premiums paid. I K??? M
Fractional Currency, (including nickels.) ' 73 43
Specie, (Including Uoki Treasury Notes) 4 821 10
Legal Tender Notes. 4 6"3 00
BeaempUon Fand with U. S. Treasurer, '
(5 per cent, or Circulation,). 2,250 00
Total.S'212,8UG 03
" , LIABILITIES. '
Capital Stock paid In.".$ 50,000 00
it?3t-fi2-S??s.- -?.,KK) M
Undivided Profits?._. g 3()a $0
National Bank Notes outstanding....'.'.'.'". ?W) o5
Dividends unpaid. 603 00
Individual Deposits subject to check.....'.'. 7C 064 98
Demand Certificates of Deposit. 24 98G 23
Du? to other National Banks. ' 31 00
Total. ?21*> sar, na
STATJ? OF SOUTH CABOL?NA. i*?1"*J? 00
COUNTY OP ANDERSON. J8S:
I, J. A. BROCK, Cashier of tho above named
Hank, do solemnly swear (hat the above statement
la true, to tho best o? my knowledge and belief
j . .. . , J A. BROCK, Cashier,
subscribed and sworn to before mn this 29th
day of January, 1879.
Correct-B?t?NK MAUI<DIN. ^tary Public.
JOSEPH N. BBOWN, "1
B. BLKCKLEY, ^ Directors.
UKO. W. FAST, j
Jan 30,1879 29 !
MANUFACTU
ETIWAN PHOSP:
Call nt once for ]
The Quality of these Fei
GET TH
ETIWAN DISSOU
ETIWAN CROP F
ETIWAN GUANO,
FOR ?y
ULLINA
J-.- 30, 1879 .
PRICE FOR THE ?
FOR THE
Delivered nt Anderson, S. ?)" eil
WANDO FERTILIZER, per ton, f(
V " on Time ui
m " " formiddlh
??ANDO ?C-?jj PHOSPHATE. O
M ? ci
" on
for
? . CAROLINA I
Same prices nnd terms as above giv
which is a ton for
.KTW PAL^ETTO ACID FHOSPHA'
the Wando Acid, aa above.
These are all Standard Fertilizers, are i
on, Farmers, get what you want of these i
uay cheap irwin-Joni do ii.
BLECKLEY, III
Take Particular Noti
GENERAL MERCHANDISE to be ft
cheap for cash, or on time to prompt pavia
you will trade with us-will do you right
^Andsr^n^O^j^ar^^
A, W. TODD.
TODD *
Architects
ANDERSC
T)LA.NS furnished for nny kind of Buil
A us at Anderson, S. C.
Jan 30,1870 r
OMKS?KAD NQTI?K.
Mis. Julian Klrod, widow ot 8. L.W.
her \TppM'atioii will be beard on tb?-ith
lay of Vare!: nest, at 10 o'clock ?. m., at
?,,,t0- W. W. HUMPHREYS,
J migo of Probate.
Jan 30, 1871? ? ttl__ J*
O. H. P. FANT,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
TT AS on band Sixty ?oxes and Caddies
ll ur Tobacco, which lie will sell at
button) price* for canil. Also to good nu-n
on time. Also dials in Commercial Paper,
Storks (tc*
Ornas-TWO door? below Simpson, Reid
A Co rs drug store, and next to Cant. Thoa.
M White's lintel, In tho Henson House. .
Jan :'.'?, 1*7!> 28 _8ni, *
LOST.
rilHK undersigned hereby gives notice
JL that on the 27th inst., between Ander
son C. ll. and Helton, ho lost a Pocket
Hook, containing a Soal Note on John Ban
Robinson for Fifteen Hundred Dollars, da
Hil 0th February, 1803. He forewarns any
person trading for taid iS'otc, and will libe
rally reward th ' Under if ho will deliver tho
sante to bim or to W. W. Humphreys, Esq.,
Anderson, S. C.
It. H. ROBINSON, -
Honea Path, 8. C.
Jan 30. 187?? 29__2*
GOOD NEWS!
FOU THE FARMER,
50 to IO!) per cent, increwse lu
.Fl
'I
as proved by two years experience, without
any outlay in money ; costing nothing
but time to prepare the seed during
winter or early spring.
For $1, (payable only after trial, at matu
rity of the crop,) I will give full directions
to every one sending his name and address.
I8AIAH T. CLYMER,
Qunkcrtown, Bucks Co., Pa.
Jan 30, 1870 20_3?
PUBLIC S?H00L N0TI0E.
npiUS Trustees of Public Schools in An
1 derson County will find below tho
pro rata share of School Funds, exclusive of
Poll Tax, belonging to tho Free Jchools of
each School District, apportioned on the
basis of average attendance during the past
year.
Trustees are requested to keep a record of
every meeting, and to approve no papers
except at their regular monthly meetings:
Fork.$401 00
Pendleton. VJ? 20
Garvin. 380 80
Brushy Creek. 414 20
Bock Mills. 270 40
Centreville. 607 80
Hopewell. 313 70
Williamston. 420 40
Savannah. 477 00
Varoniles. 404 50
Broadaway. B07 80
Belton. 457 GO
Corner. 280 80
Hall. 430 80
Martin. 445 40
Honra Pain. 454 10
Anderson. 499 20
lt. W. TODD, School Com.
Jan 30, 187!? 20 1
New Advertisements.
TirlE
FOB . AUNPRV U8E. ^
GEO. C. WARE,
Manufacturer and Wholesale Lcaler in
PURE APPLE CIDER
-AND
CIDER VINEGAR.
Bole Proprietor and Manufacturer of
E. R. CONDIT'S TABLE SAUCE,
287 to 205 W. Third St.,_CINCINNATI, O.
A DAY to A st nts canYasslng for the FIRE
SIDE VISITOR. Terra? and Outflt Free,
ros P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine.
$7
9(\ Taney Cards, Chromo, Snowflake. 4c, no twe
?V alike, with name, 10 cts. J. Hinkler A Co,
Nassau, N Y._
A g\ MIXED CARDS, with name 10 tts. Agent*
*t3Joullit IQ cts. L. JONES A. CO. .Nassau,N. Y.
TO ADVERTISERS.
Send for our Select List oV Local Newspapers
Sent free on application. Address OEO. P. KEW
ELL 4 CO., 10 Spruce St. N. Y.
, CHEMICALS,
RED BY THE
HATE COMPANY.
Prices, Terms, Sic.
:tilizers are Guaranteed !
E BEST.
/ED BONE, (Acid.)
ODD, (Chemical.)
?.L.E BY
-1ST &D CO.
3m
BEST FERTILIZERS
^?SLAJEe, 1879,
Expenses paid "by the Companies.
ir Cash-down.$40 00
util IstNovomber, 1879. 60 00
lg Cotton, payable Nov. 1,1870. CG0 Tua.
ash-down. 28 00
Time, 1st November, 1879. 30 50
middling Cotton, a ton for. 400 lbs
FERTILIZER,
ei5?tu0 ,XY?J?do? c*ccPt for Cotton,
538 lbs. middling.
TE sells precisely upon the samo terms of
well known, *nd not adulterated. Come
?ld and most excellent manures, ?od dor.'*
tOWN & CO., Agents, Anderson, S. 0.
o
Oft TWo h.ave *\WR7? o" ??nd about tho
1 i**?* atock of GROCERIES and
>und in tho country. We will sell them
o, good and undoubted parties. We hope
,1DY, BROWN Sc CO,
P. W. HAHN.
: HAHN,
AND Builders;
>N, S. C.
lings.
9
Patties at a dtjtnnco can addr