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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY HORNING, FEB. 6, 1879. Senator Lamar has introduced in tho S;nate a hill providing for a private sec? retary for each Senator. Tho bill will probably not become a law, as the addi? tional expense involved in it would be very great This is a bad time to in? crease expenses. The Senators should continue to do their own writing, as they have been., able to keep up veiy well in the past_ Senator John J. Ingalis has bean re elected to the United States Senate from Kansas. His record is not an enviable one, by any means, as he is reputed to 1. nve been connected with several ques? tionable transactions. Thi3, however, is only good evidence of his true Republi? canism, and therefore he suit3 the people of Kansas. Hon. J. B. Walker has been elected to the United States Senate from Arkansas to succeed Stephen W. Dorsey, the pres? ent Republican Senator, whose term ex? pires on tho Sd of next month. Very little is known of Mr. Walker, except that he is a Democrat of great wealth, and is a comparatively young man. In the Senate he "will have the oppo rtunity of allowing the country to get better ac? quainted with him. .The Louisiana Legislature has called, a Constitutional Convention to meet on this 21st of April to remodel tha State Constitution. It will be authorized to sit for sixty days at a cost not to exceed forty thousand dollars. Thus another State will wipe out the unjust and inex-. pedient legislation imposed by the cor? ruption and imbecility of Radicalism. It will not be long until South Carolina's time to take a similar step will arrive. Hon. Wilkinson Call has been elected Senator from Florida to succeed S. B. Ccnover, whoso term expires on the 3rd of March next Conover is a Radical Senator whose chief notoriety consists in > having voted with the Democrats in favor of seating General Butler as Senator from this State?he-and Patterson being the only two Radical Senators who voted with the Democrats on that-question. Mr. Call is said to be an able; and excel? lent gentleman. The Augusta Chronicle and Con.?itu ?onaHfi, in a brief comparison of the deatl rate for 1878, shows that owing to the villow fever Memphis was the most unhealthy city in tho Union, 79 out of every thousand inhabitants having died. Jp. New Orleans the rate was 50 out of ever,* thousand; in Charleston, 28; in Washington, 27; in New York, 24; in Philadelphia, 17; in San Francisco, 15 ; Milwaukee, 14; in St Louis, only 18}. nus St Louis, although bo near the ter ribls yellow fever belt, was the healthiest ty in the United States during the past ear. _ Senator Christiancy is said to have de? clined the German mission on the ground sit the expenses of the mission would beyond his means, and the climate would not suit him. The Peruvian mis? sion has been tendered him.and he will accept if confirmed by the Senate, al? though the salary is only $10,000 per mum , while the German mission has a ilary of $17,500. The climate of Lima moro agreeable, and the customs of ie people more simple than that of Ber in, and therefore the Michigan Senator prefers the second rate instead of the 't-class mission. Emigration is beginning to turn to? wards the South as a desirable place for settlinr. Our genial climate, ample and fertile lands, and our undeveloped re Bonrcen are attracting their attention, cietiea to encourage immigration ?ht to be formed in every county in ie Stare to induce locations of capital id staidy labor in our midst Pam? phlets setting forth the advantages of ach county, describing the lands, giving leir value, varied productions and other ipertant information, should be pub ied and distributed throughout the Juited States, and every possible step ten to welcome desirable immigrants our midst Judge Christiancy, who has proven a failure as Senator from Michigan, will ept the mission to Peru, which, it is i, will be tendered him, and in that it Zach Chandler, Grant's old Secre of the Interior, is to be elected to ie Senate in his place. Would it not ok familiar to the Republicans after 1880 to sac Grant President, with Chan r, Logan, Carpenter and the other lical veterans in the Senate? Under ich an administration Belknaps, Bab and Sheppards would once more i appreciated, and the country could gain boast of. the distinction of having pre-eminently the ring government of ie world. That is what the Radical wants. The Louisiana Legislature has abol led tho charter of the Louisiana State jry Company, and thus shown a igness to suppress one of the great swindling concerns that has ever been ituted. It was chartered during the tys of Radicalism, and will now con? st the repealing act on the grou nd that interferes with vested, rights. It re? ins to be seen whether there is any irt in Louisiana possessing wich norals as to be willing to champion the 3o of such a swindle. It ought long to have been shut up under indict? ment as a public nuisance. Its object has been to gull the credulous, and its , result has been to eneourago a species of gambling. The sooner all institutions liko it are clcaed, the better it will be for the country. The Augusta Chronicle and Contiilu- | ItonaUtt seys: "The report is again cuiv j rent that Gtm. Hampton will have to j have his leg amputated a second time, and it is feared he will not survive the /operation. We sincerely trust that tbis ' rumor is without foundation, though the facO that Gen. Hampton has been com? pelled to abandon his visit to Florida -gives it some color of truth." It is strange that we H^ve to go outside of tho y ^tate toj^irt UCJ.-3 from Gorernor Harop ton, and yet, as the above statement has not been denied by oar daily papers, it occasions considerable uneasiness as to his actual condition. The Register pub? lishes notices of the Governor riding out, but beyond saying that he was not doing so well a few days ago, has given us no definite news. We trust that our Au? gusta contemporary's information is not accurate. Advices from-'Enropo report that the Rothschilds and other wealthy Hebrews of England have completed arrange? ments for the purchase of Palestine, and thus this ancient people, who have re? mained a distinct and separate people in all lands and at all ages, will repossess the inheritance of their ancestors, and the barriers heretofore obstructing their re-entrance to the Holy Land will thus be removed. Of course, it is not likely that there will be any very great emigra? tion of the Hebrews* to this cherished land at a very near day, but Providence moves in mysterious ways, and this ru? mored purchase may, if it be accom? plished, form an important circumstance in the mode by which one of tho dearest prophecies given to the^Jews is at the appointed timo to be accomplished. The latest caprice of General Grant, if the newspaper accounts are to be be? lieved, is to return home and be assigned the position of head of the army for life, with the rank of Marshal. He is quoted as rot caring for the Presidency if such a position should he assigned him. Gen? eral Grant feels that America owes him a living, and tho salary is all that he cares for. If ho can get a position for life he will take it, or if necessary he will take the Presidency again to get the money he wants. There is some doubt, however, about the people giving him either place. The General must remem? ber that Republics are ungrateful, and if he does not get all of the rewards he would like, still he can console himself with the reflection that he has already had a great deal more than ho deserved. Noses have been counted in the Lower House of the Michigan Legislature and a majority of the members are reported to favor woman's suffrage, and an effort is likely to be made to strike the word "male" ont of the laws relating to suf? frage. As the men of Michigan have no better sense than to allow the State to be ran by such Radicals as Zach Chandler, the country could not suffer much by any experiment they may choose to make in regard to suffrage. Perhaps the fair sex would have the discretion and pa? triotism to give the State a respectable government to prove themselves worthy of the ballot. If they want to try it the balance of the country can sit off and look on with the complacent assurance that the politics of Michigan cannot be changed for the worst by the experiment. According to the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist the majority of the Republicans in the United States Senate in 1870 was 45; in 1871 was 50; in 1872 was 46; in 1873 was 48; in 1874 was 35; in 1875 was 33; in 1876 was 13; in 1877 was 17; in 1878 was 2, counting Judge Davis with the Democrats. After the 4th of next month the Republicans lose the control of the Senate, and the Demo? crats take charge with the comfortable majority of 10. Both branches of Con? gress will then be Democratic, and after 18 years of Radicalism the legislation of the country will once more bo shaped by the Democrats, and after the election of 1880 we will not only have both branches of Congress, but the Presidency also, un? less present indications fail ns. The country will then witness a return to good and economical government. It is said that during the present year fifteen thousand Mennonites will settle in the Western portion of tho United States, coming hither from Russia. They are German Baptists, who have conscientious scruples against fighting, and have up to this time for many years resided as a colony in Russia, where through their ancestors they have been granted immunity from any military duty. This guarantee has been removed by the Russian government, and honce they are moving out to a country where both civil and religious liberty prevail. We presume that the reason they select the United States is that they feel that they will have no fighting to do here whether they are especially exempt or not, for a nation which will allow its Presidency to be stolen and occupied by the party taking it without showing any resistance is composed of such meek peo? ple that they will not fight over any? thing. Honest John J. Patterson, who for the last six years has been permitted for aome wise, but to all human appearances inscrutable purpose, to disgrace South Carolina in the United States Senate, announces that after the 3rd of March next, the date upon which his term of office expires, he will return to his home ia Pennsylvania. The five years of good stealing which he thought in 1876 was still in South Carolina has totally disappeared, and instead thereof his dreams are now disturbed by the vision of twenty-five years of work in the South Carolina penitentiary which awaits him if he should return and receive his just rewards for the many crimes he has com? mitted in this State. He should not be allowed to retire to Pennsylvania, or any where else, until after he has been brought to South Carolina and stood his trial. The State owes it to its own dig? nity, and to the preservation of the honor and integrity of our public service, that such a career a3 Patterson's should end where it ought to have b?gun?in the penitentiary. The Radicals are having an interesting family quarrel in the fight which is going on between the President on the one side and Conkling on the other over the ap? pointment of the Custom House and Naval officers of New York. Some months ago the President removed Arthur and Cornell, friends of Conkling, and replaced them by favorites of the administration, basing the action upon the charge of mismanagement and other irregularities upon the part of thoso dip missed. The lordly Conkling now seeks to get even with tho administration by having these new appointments rejected by the Senate. The contest ia expected .to be a very close and bitter one on this question, but Mr. Hayes ocems to have decidedly the advantage in the fight, for if no confirmation is had of the new ap? pointments he can make others after the adjournment, and thus prevent Conk ling's friends from keeping the offices. In addition to this the President seems disposed to take advantage of bis oppo? nents by threatening not to make any nomination for the German mission un? til his New York appointments have been acted on. Thus all Senators who have friends applying for this appoint? ment will vote to sustain tho New York appointments. Taking everything into consideration, we are inclined to believe that the administration will whip Mr. Conkling out in this fight. The St. Paul Pioneer Press, a Minne? sota Radical paper, says: "South Caro? lina Democrats place themselves in an awkward position in their anxiety to show that the negroes permitted none of their number to vote the Democratic ticket. Where did Hampton's majority come from, then ? It must have been the tissue ballots. Fraud and bulldozing are the two horns of the Democratic dilemma in South Carolina." The Pioneer Pres3 has only read one side of the South Car? olina, testimony. The negroes would not permit their race to vote the Democratic ticket where they could help it, but there were a great many who could not be pre? vented from voting the ticket which all sensible and honest men voted in this State, and thousands of colored men who were not certain as to tho proper ticket to vote of their own will stayed away from the polls and did not vote. Its ignorance of South Carolina politics is displayed when it wonders where Hamp? ton's majority came from. He could not help receiving a majority, for no one ran against him. Fifty votes in the State would have elected him. In future we advise the Pioneer Press to either inform itself about South Carolina matters or shut up. Its show of malice and gross ignaronce is both unpardonable and un parallelled. The case of General G. W. C. Lee, of Virginia, against the United States gov? ernment for the recovery of the Arling? ton estate near Washington, v/hich was sold during the war for taxes due the United States, and has since been used as a burying ground for Federal soldiers, has terminated in favor of General Lee. The taxes were tendered by an agent of General Lee, but the government refused to recoive the money nnless it was pre? sented by General Lee himself, and, as he was fighting on the Confederate side, it was not altogether convenient nor pru? dent for him to make a personal tender of the money. The Circuit Court, how? ever, very properly held that the govern? ment could not require the taxes to be paid by any particular person, inasmuch as it could only have an interest to the value of the taxes, and therefore the sale was void. This property is situated upon the Potomac, is a beautiful location, and is a very valuable estate. It was willed General Lee by his grand-father, the late G. W. P. Custis, of Virginia. It thas been in the family for many years, and is prized on this account as well as on ac? count of its exchangeable value. An appeal to the Supremo Court ? of the United States has been taker, but it is not likely that the decision of the Circuit Court will be reversed, and therefore General Lee is pretty certain to regain his patrimony, which prejudice on the part of government officials has induced them to seek in an unwarranted manner to take away from him. There is said to be a petition, signed by many Democrats, in circulation to be presented to the Governor for the pardon of Cardoza and Smalls. These individ? uals have been fairly convicted of crimes while in office during the flush days of Radicalism by juries composed of both white and colored citizens. They are both intelligent men and representative men of their race. They wero leaders, and under all the circumstances wo can? not see a single circumstance to mitigate their crimes. They are both bad and vindictive men, who have used their edu? cation and influence to mislead tho col? ored people and stir up strife between tho races in South Carolina for tho pur? pose of giving themselves the opportu? nity to grow rich by fraud and corrup? tion in office. If there ever wero two Bcamps who deserve to be punished by a justice-loving and law-abiding people theso aro the men, and the citizen, whether he be a Democrat or a Repub? lican, who can sign a petition for execu? tive clemency in their caseB, must have very loose views of the iniquity of bribery and corruption in office. If any petition is presented for their pardon, it, with the signatures thereto, should be published in order that the people of South Caro? lina may know who desires the libera? tion of two of the greatest rascals that were developed in the days when it was I fashionable to find rascals in high places. [ To grant them a pardon would in our I opinion be a grievous mistake, for, like L. Cass Carpenter, they would only leave to curse the government which would give them liberty. We have no idea that Gov. Simpson would grant any par? don, for his senso of duty will no doubt lead him to view the case of theso men as a very serious one, growing out of the commission of grave and inexcusable crimes. If we continue to punish petty thieves, tho rich and influential ones should not be turned freo without any reward for their crimes. Let Cardozo and Smalls lead the van of Radical State officers to the penitentiary, and Chamber? lain and Patterson follow at an early day. Justice will then have begun to fall upon the most guilty heads. I Senator Windom, of Minnesota, has introduced a resolution in the United Sates Senate providing for the appoint? ment of a committee to mature a plan for the colonization of the negroes of the South or scattering them through the different Territories and States of the Union, with a view of guaranteeing to them tho rights which belong to them under the Constitution. This is rather an amusing proposition, inasmuch as it is impossible to remove four millions of people, and, if it were possible, it would be very inexpedient and hurtful to tho colored per pie themselves. The design is not intended to do more than furnish a thenio for political agitation and give to Radicalism a subject upoa whir' ^ bring the colored question before the people of the country. The colored lead? ers from the South have expressed them? selves in favor of the movement, and it may be expected to afford them tho op? portunity of ventilating the spleen which they entertain towards the whito people. To como down to common sense, how? ever, it is apparent that the negro can? not bo benefited by any such scheme, for if they are transferred to a Territory it would of necessity be upon the frontier, where they would have few of tho com? forts of civilization, and would live in mortal dread of being scalped by the surrounding Indians. If they shoald be scattered through the different States their political influence would be com? pletely destroyed forever. The negroes are in the best place they will ever find for a home, and if the Radical politicians will only let them alone there is no cause to prevent them from becoming an in? dustrious, contented and prosperous peo? ple. In the States which have been Democratic for several years tho colored people are now more prosperous than those residing in States which have suf? fered from the misgovernment consequent upon corrupt Radical governments. If Mr. Windom really wants to confer a favor on the negro, he can best accom? plish his end by letting the race alone. It is better able to take care of itself than ho is to take care of it, for he knows nothing about tho subject. The News and Courier says that Mr. Edward King, in a letter to the Boston Journal, "gives some of the reasons why Northern capitalists do not start manu? factures in the South. They have read the wild stories of tho correspondents of such newspapers as the New York Times and Tribune, until they believe that there i3 no 'settled government' in the South. Besides this, they fear that the public debt will be repudiated, and that their property will not be 'worth anything for any length of time.'" Our contempo? rary says as to the first point, "the South will live it down," and then concludes : "It is the repudiation talk that doeB the real harm. Louisiana and South Caro? lina could have commanded capital with? out limit, had the Democratic govern? ments continued to pay the interest on their debt. As it is, the man who his money to lend shuns the South, and a wreck of public and private credit is threatened. Purely as a matter of busi? ness, it was wiser to pay than to fighs." This is all mere assertion, without the slightest foundation. To begin with, there is no talk of repudiation. in South Carolina, and every dollar which the State honestly owes will bo admitted by all, and provision made for its payment. If South Carolina has the finger of scorn pointed at her as a repudiatiouist, it will be because her daily papers have not presented to the world a full and candid statement of the financial question, and have themselves raised the cry of repu? diation, in order to secure the payment of a portion of the pretended debt which they admit was created in fraud and cor? ruption, without any benefit to the State or her people. If it is repudiation to sift the valid debt from that which is fraudulent, then there is a repudiation party in the State, but not otherwise. A majority of tho members of the Legisla? ture which created the fraudulent por? tion of the debt, and a majority of the Legislature which passed the Consolida? tion Act, have been proven to have ac? cepted bribes, and the Secretary of State, Cardozo, afterwards Treasurer, who issued these bonds and exchanged them, is convicted of corruption in office, and under sentence of imprisonment for his official crimes, while Chamberlain, Kimp ton, and his other associates in tho work, are fugitives from justice. If, therefore, it is repudiation to eliminate the fraud from the settlement made by such rascals as these, then there is a repudiation parly in this State, but not otfierxvisc. Therefore, if the charge of repudiation is made against South Carolina, it is so utterly unsupported by tho facts that it will be a very easy matter for us to live it down also. But the views advanced by the Nctcs and Courier are at variance with the facts for another reason, which is that the financial condition of the State has, up to this time, had very little to do with the location of manufactories in the South. Georgia has repudiated eight million dollars that was as stroug an ob? ligation as any portion of our debt which was created by the Radicals, and yet her credit to-day is in a most healthy condi? tion, and her bonds are considered an excellent investment. Despite this financial prosperity of tho State of Georgia, she ha3 no more cotton manu? factories to-day in proportion to area or population than South Carolina has. Tho true reason that factories have not been built up more rapidly in our midst 13 that Northern capital has not become fully satisfied that tho party of intelli? gent and patriotism will continue in possession of our State governments. Very little will be done in the direction of building up manufactories anywhere now until after the next Presidential election, and then if our own people do not stab the reputation of our State by charging wholesale repudiation, when they know there is no Buch intention, tho State of South Carolina will no doubt gain as much by immigration as any of her Southern sisters. Since the rendition of the decision of the United States Supreme Court which sustains the act of Congress for the sup? pression of polygamy in tho territories of the United States, tho Mormons begin I to realize that their practice of having more than one wife is doomed to end very speedily, and the more reasonable of their number do not seek any legislation looking to a perpetuation of tho prac? tice, but simply ask that those who have already married more than one wife shall be exempted from the penalties of the law, and their family relations allowed to remain as it was before the rendition of tho decision declaring the act of Con? gress on the subject constitutional. To pursue-any other course would bo to put about half of the citizens of Utah in the penitentiary, and to illogitimatize more than one-half of the children. It seems reasonable that amnesty for the past should bo grautcd, but that the provis? ions of tho law should be rigidly enfor? ced in all cases of bigamy which may hereafter occur, whether they be among tho Mormons or any otkeV population. This subject ha3 elicited tho deepest.con cern in Utah, and delegations of men and women have been sent to Washing? ton from that territory to intercede for the polygamists. The men have been looking after the President and members of Congress, while tho women havo been paying their addresses to Mrs. Hayes, and urging her intercession in their be? half. One of the members of this com? mittee is a daughter of the lato Brigham Young. They ask of Congress for their people "amnesty for all violations of the act of 1862. and such legislation as will legitimatize their children beyond all question, keep their names from being dishonored, and preserve unbroken the relationship of families as they now ex? ist." Such requests are in accordanco with humanity, and as these people havo committed the crime of bigamy in the infatuation and zeal of an heretical re? ligion, it is but right that the past should be forgiven them, and their families shielded from the dishonor and disad? vantages that would attend the enforce? ment of the act in cases which occurred previous to tho decision of the Supreme Court. The idea of calling officially on the lady of the White House i3, however, a novel proceeding to say tho least of it, and is probably without a parallel in the history of our government. It has given rise to considerable comment, and every? where the people of the United States want to know whether the government is controlled by the man or the lady of tho White House Some enterprising repor? ter ought to interview Mrs. Hayes, and let us kuow what her views are in regard to Mormonism. Wo thought that tho country has two presidents at this time? one (Mr. Tilden) is presidentdc/arc, and the other (Mr. Hayes) is de facto presi? dent through fraud; but now it seems that we are still more fortu.:alc as a na? tion, for we not only have a president de jure, but two presidents dc facto. Hereafter communications to the Chief Executive of the United States should bo addressed to Their Excclltncies Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, presidents, dc. THE PHOSPHATE QUESTION, AGAIN. Beaufort, S. C, Jan 30,1878. Mr. Editor : We notice in your issue of the 23d inst., an article on the "Phos? phate Question" above the signature of Mr. R. W. Simpson. We who remember the confident and persistent advocacy in the House of Representatives by this gentleman, who was then Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, of the plan adopted in March, 1878, (mak? ing exclusive grants of large areas to corporations,) feel satisfied that he will not consider so impatiently now as he did then the suggestions we propose to make concerning this property of the State, and our remarks upon the plan he offers for developing it. This property in phosphate deposit be? longing to the State is precisely similar to that found in the land and owned by individuals, tho phosphate formation underlying the waters presenting the same general features as that occurring in the land, viz: beds or veins of rock, varying in thickness and extent, appears at irregular distances on the surface, or cropping up sufficiently near to the sur? face to be accessible, and which are be? ing discovered from time to time by acci? dent and by search. While it seems probable that all these land phosphates will not be discovered for some time to come, it is certain that many years will elapse before the full extent of the water deposits will bo known. To obtain an approximate estimato of the extent and value of these phosphate bed3 occurring in the land it is necessary to make a survey so minute, elaborate and costly that the owners of phosphate lands very frequently avoid the expense by leasing them in tracts for a royalty on tho quantity mined. The State being the owner of phosphate territory of an unascertained extent and value, could not have adopted a more prudent plan that of tho individual under similar con? ditions. Nor does it appear that tho amount fixed (?1 per ton) is an unfair one to the State, when we consider this is considerably higher than the average price obtaiued by the landowner. The protection to the State in this right of royalty is also as ample as it could possi? bly bo made, being guarded by securities required of the operators and by the supervision of her own Special Ageut. The landowner gives an exclusive right to the area he leases, because whatever may be said by tho theorist of general rights, it is certain that a considerable outlay of capital, which must bo protec? ted, is necessary to put these phosphate beds, whether lying in the water or upon the land, in a condition for gathering the rock; but he is careful to apportion his leases, both as to extent of area and time for development, to the capital of the lessees. If a conformity to the plan of the individual owner and like prudence had been observed in arranging the limits of these tracts of phosphate terri? tory belonging to tho Stato and terms of the leases thereon, the plan would have been the be?t possible for the State. But as these leases (both as to extent and terms) were made to suit the wishes and interests of the parties asking for them, it is a matter which should cause no great surprise that tho present condition of this property of the State should have been reached, viz.: that all the valuable and available deposits of the State arc in the possession of a few individuals, and upon terms and conditions which render the opening or closing up of these sources of wealth a matter of individual caprice or interest in disregard of all other in? terests. While it is true that this vicious legislation was begun by ignorant and unprincipled men during the Radical regime, it is nevertheless equally true that it was continued, and ita evils inten? sified by Democratic legislators, who, if not fully informed as to the business, should have known that a course so op? posed to all the principles of progress and development could lead only to tho ruin of all the interests involved, and that the whole people of the State would, sooner or later, feel tho weight of the fetters they were helping to rivet on the necks of those of a section of the State. In the remedy proposed by Mr. Simp .son, viz.: that the State shall enter into tho business of mining phosphate rock and of manufacturing commercial fertil? izers, much stress is laid on the advant? age which the Statc^will have in tho unpaid labor of five or six hundred con- r victs. Much of the mining is done nec? essarily with machinery, as the bulk of the deposit of the State lie in waters of an average depth of fifteen feet at mean low water, except in Coosaw River. In localities whero hand labor is employed these laborers must bo skilled in the use of the implements, and for this reason no convict labor has so far been employed in mining in the waters of the State. In the manipulation of rock, machinery is employed almost entirely, and our phos? phate rock constitutes only one of the component parts of the commercial fer? tilizers, and as the quantity so used in this country is proportionally much smaller than in Europe, to prohibit the exportation of rock would be to destroy tho mining interest. Although this ex? portation may bo checked with advant? age to the State by allowing a rebate of royalty on all rock manufactured within the borders of the State; although the phosphate territory is probably more re? stricted in limits than was at first sup? posed, there is no doubt of the fact that the quantity of deposits within these limits is immense and incapable of ex? haustion for a very long time to come. In our opinion tho proper and only remedy under existing circumstances is to re-apportion the entire phosphate area, diminishing the extent of the tracta as provided in phosphate acts of March, 1878. Give exclusive rights to small areas for one or two years at furthest with provision that they shall be for? feited unless the work be begun during tho first year. The operations will thus be confined to a comparatively small area, and the amount of capital invested, which will always regulate itself to the advantages of the localities, immensely greater, the collection of the royalty more certain and convenient, and the bulk of the phosphate territory remain under the control of the Slate. This protection will of course meet with opposition from the holders of these exclusive grants, and especially from that class of holders who have no charter from the State, as in the case of the Coosaw Mining Company and the Carolina Min? ing Company, which are joint stock com? panies. But we have never been able to understand why obligations induced by misrepresentation, if not by direct fraud, should be held more sacred and binding than obligations knowingly entered into by the State after considerable discussion and much light having been thrown upon the subject. We do not mean to say that there will be no difficulties to be met with in ad? justing the areas, or that they will be readily overcome by agents who are ut? terly ignorant of a business of great in? tricacy, but we do assert that if the administration of this property of the State is modeled after that of the indi? vidual owner, and the samo care, dili? gence and common sense management exercised as in privato concerns, that these phosphate beds will yield a large income to the State and afford remunera? tive employment to a large number of its now idle aud suffering citizens. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Gleanings Crom cur State Exchanges. Pickens Sentiiiel: Mr. James Lewis, of this county, bad a valuable horse stolen lastSaturday night.On Monday night, the 20th instant, E. C. Denton, white, stole a mule from Mr. William Payne, of Cen*raL in this county. Mr. Payne, and Mt. ' L G. Gains started Tuesday morning Webster, N. C, brought him back and turned him over to the Sheriff on Thurs? day following. Denton appears to be about 20 or 21 years old, and says he came from Briston, East Tennessee. Enterprise and Mountaineer: A drove of Tennessee mules has been sold in the city during the past ten days or two weeks. The prices ranged from $125 to $150. Ninety-Six Guardian: The Ninety Six ana Aiken Railroad, chartered by the last Legislature, has been begun under good auspices. The engineer has sur? veyed and located the route, and their report is cheering indeed. A careful es? timate, all the details, shows that the distance is 28j miles; with contract labor it will cost for grading and trestling, $27,546-, an average of $'J62.14 per mile; with convict labor it will cost for same $11,027, or an average of $3S5.15 per mile. The figures show that the road can be built very cheaply. Yorkville Enquirer: Captain Gardner informs us that the other day he bought a bale of cotton, ginned by Mr. Cranford, of Bullock's Creek township, weighing 805 pounds. Reck Hill Herald: A garded school has been organized under encouraging auspices, with Captain B. P. Alston, Miss A. B. Stoney and Mrs. Caroline Neil as the corps of teachers.Mumps has been a prevailing diseaso In our town for many months. It is thought it will soon disappear for lack of material.Quito a large drove of Tennessee horses and mules passed through town yesterday. Prices are higher, the range for this lot being from $100 to $125 cash.We learn that many of the Lancaster farmers arc still picking cotton. This is owing in part to the prevalcnco of chills in the fall, in part also to the immense crop with which that section waB favored.Mr. Henry Massey, who resides seven miles north of this place, lost a number of hogs recently from the effects of acid phos Ehate, which the animals had eaten after urglariously making entrance in the lint room of his ginhouse where the stuff was stored. Darlington News: There is more home? made provisioi.3 in Darlington County this year than any year since the war, and still the cry of hard times is heard on every side.The present Town Council have paid a debt of several hun ' dred dollars, kept up the streets, and have a fund on band still without taxing property, aud yet some people are dis? posed to grumble at them.Mr. John H. Schmid, who has returned from Lake Cily, Fia., where he has been engaged in busincsn, says that twenty-aeven crates of green peas were shipped from that place last week by a single firm.Mach Gad den, who kdled Jack Sanders, about the the 4th of July last, and for whom a re ! ward of $50 was offered by the State, was arrested, together with his concubine, Julia Harllee, near Florence last Satur? day, and the happy pair have ?i Buit of rooms at the brick house na the corner. Florence Times: It is currently report? ed that Louis Richardson, who left with a party to work turpentine in Orange burg, has killed his wife.A colored man recently declared with emphasis too many of his race are idle in Florence, and that is the cause of a great part of of the stealing, and the fighting between wives and their husbands. Lexington Dispaloh: Dr. B. R. Wyee and Mr. Wade Caughinan have captured in the Saluda River up to date over 100 wild gecse. Several gentlemen of the county have timed flocks around their premises.A negro woman was burned io^cafh last week on the plantation of Alts. Henry Geiger,, in Sandy Run. It is 'supposed that she had gone to.sleep before the fire in her house, from which bar clothes caught. J. w. s. overhauled him near Winnsboro News and Herald: The parties charged with the killing of the negro Adam Boyd were taken' before Judge Mackey at Chester on a writ of habeas corpus. The boy, John Price, was discharged, and the three men, Isaiah Smith, Arthur Blizzard and James Price, were bound over in the sum of $100 each to appear for trial at the approaching term of the Court of General Sessions for this county. Barnwell People: Small grain crops were greatly improved by last week's spring-like weather.Commercial fer? tilizers are being warehoused at the va? rious stations oa our railroads.The prisoners in our jail arc imitators of Paul and Silas, so far as singing songs in prison is concerned.The South Caro? lina Railroad leads the fashions, as it has longer trains and is faster than any rivals. Having good conductors, passengers need feel no apprehension of danger from its lightning speed.Some twenty Ken? tucky emigrants reached Blackville last week, and were most hospitably enter? tained by Simon Brown at his equine hostelry. Many visitors have called on them, and several have already secured employment. Hampton Democrat: Judge Kershaw, the impartial, will ever bo known as "the first Judge in Hampton County.". Wilson Greatheart and Sam Greatheart, two noted cotton speculators of the ebony hue, were convicted yesterdav of bur? glary. Judge Kershaw, no doubt, will give them a rest from lock picking and cotton sampling.A short time ago a seven year old child of Dr. Ruddell, near Lawtonville, swallowed a grain of corn, which lodged in its throat. The child was carried to Augusta, and there under? went a painful operation, but with fatal result.Our Sheriff went to Beaufort one day last week and returned with five blackbirds. Two of them are accused of throwing the cars off the track near Early Branch; two others of attempting to pro? cure goods under false pretenses; and one of breaking into a smoke-house. Sumter Watchman: Capt. J.M.Carson declines to be a candidate for the SV.te Senate. His withdrawal leaves six can? didates in the field Malboro Planter: Mr. Alex. Legette, while on a visit to his parents in this county, last week, met with an accident that will likely detain him hero for some days. He had str.rted on his return borne, now in North Carolina, and when near this town the animal tried to run, and then began kicking violently. Mr. L. was struck twice on the left leg, breaking both bones just below the knee. Aiken Courier-Journal: The first in? stallment of the Chapio Library, con? taining 500 books, has arrived.Rob? ert May, who was shot by Willian Bates, in front of Platt's store, at Graniteville, on last Wednesday, is improving. Walhalla Courier: The farmers have commenced preparing their lands for an? other crop.The Postmaster General has discontinued the post office at Kco wee, in this county.King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich Islands, is a subscriber to the Keowee Courier, and reads it. While in Seneca City a few days ago, we noticed going up several new buildings, which shows that there is enterprise and capital in our sister town.The cross-tie business is quite lively in our county just now. We understand that one gentle? man hoa a contract for 75,000 cross-ties for the Greenville and Columbia Rail? road.Jake Edwards and Bill White, colored, havp been arrested on the charge of stealing from Dr B. S. James and others. We hope the balance of the gang will be apprehended. Our Tenure of Life Depends in a great measure upon our regard for or neglect of the laws of health. If wc violato tbem wo cannot expect to "make old bones." But that the span of existenco allotted to a naturally delicate constitution, or one which has been shaken by disease may be materially lengthened, is a fact of which we have daily proof. The vivifying and restorative influence of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters upon a failing physique affords a striking illustration of the power of judicious medication to strengthen the hold on life. Restored digestion, complete assimilation, renewed appetite, sound re? pose, these are among the benefits con? ferred upon the debilitated by that su? premo rcnovant. With a circulation en? riched, a frame invigorated, and a nervous system tranquilizcd, the invalid, after a course of the Hitters, fecis that Iiis life tenure is no longer the precarious thing that it was?that ho may yet enjoy a "green old age." HEADQUARTERS FOR GARDEN SEEDS. CHEMICALS FOR Home-Made Fertilizers ANY one wanting to use tbi3 ;must hand in their ordcra by the 10th of February. Call on SIMPSON, REID & CO. Fob 0,1S79 30 ly SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of various Executions to me directed, I will expose to sale on the First Monday in March next, (1S79) at Anderson Court House, S. C, the following Real Estate, to wit: All of Defendants interest in one Tract of Land, containing ono hundred and forty (146) acres, more or less, bounded bv lands of Dr. W. C. Brown, G. W. Cox's old homestead and others. Levied on as the property of O. W. Cox in favor of E. W. Marshall & Co., and oth? ers, against Gh W. Cox. Terms of sale Cash?purchaser to pay ex? tra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Feb 6,1870_30_i SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of an Execution to me directed, I will expose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY in MARCH next, (1879.) at An? derson Court House, S. C, the following Real Estate, to wit: All of Defendant's interest in ono Tract of Land, containing fourteen hundred and twenty-five (1425) acres, more or less, boun? ded by lands of R. T. Chamblee, J. W. Prevost, William Riley and others, and known as the Gencrostee Tract of the Es? tate of D. S. Taylor, deceased. Levied on as the property of E. M. Tay? lor in favor of D. A. Dell against E. M. Taylor. Terms of sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. MCDONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Feb 0, 1870 30 4 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of various executions to me directed I will expose to sale on the first Monday in March, 1879, at Ander? son Court House, S. C, the following Real Estate, to wit: All of Defendant's interest in one Tract of Land, containing one hundred and sixtv i,]C9) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Moses Chamblee. E. J. Major and others, und known us tbc residence of CapU John Holland, deceased. Levied on us the property of L. T. Hol? land in favor of w. A. Geer, and others, against L. T. Holland. Terms of sale Cash. Purcha<!er to pay extra for paperar J^MES H. McCONNELL, .Sheriff Anderson County. Feb 0,1879 ' 30 4 NOTICE. ALL i>crsons are- hereby warned not to employ nor harbor my son, Perry Perrin, colored, who is only fifteen years old, and has left me without cause or my consent Any one disregarding this notice will bo proceeded against at law. i'EURY PERRIN. Fob G, 1379___30_3* Notice to Contractors. THE County Commissioners will let the contract for rebuilding tho Bridge over Broadmouth Creek on Saturday March 1st. All bids are to bo accompanied by at least two sureties. The right to reject any or all bids reserved, jpccitications famish? ed by applying to Commissioner W. S. Hall. R. S. BAILEY, N. 0. FARMER, W. S. HALL, County Commissioners. J. L. Tbibblk. Clerk. AND Clover, Blno Grass, Herds Grass, Orchard Grass, Lucenso and Chufos. ALSO, GARDEN SEED, Wholesale and Retail. ALSO, A full line of DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, LAMPS, and DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES, for salo cheap for cash by WILHITE & WILLIAMS. Fcb 6,1870 30_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. Wm. S. Hall and wife, Malinda Hall, Plaintiffs, against Enos Masscy and Thomas Massoy, Defendants.?Summon* for Relief? Complaint Served. To the Defendants Enos Massey, Thomas Massey, SVilliam J. Shaw, James Shaw. Lcvinah Hays, Wm. L. Massey, and tho children of James Massey, deceas? ed, to wit: R. W. Massoy, J. S. McD. Massey, Eliza J. Shclnut and Fannio M asscy: YOU "are hereby summoned and re? quired to answer tho complaint in this action, and to sorvo a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tho sub? scriber at his office, Anderson Court House. S. C, within twenty days after tho service hereof, exclusive of tho day of such service; and if you fail to answer tho complaint within tho tinio aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to tho Court for the relief demanded in tho complaint Dated Fob. 5, 1879. JOHN B. MOORE, Plaintiffs' Attornoy. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. NOTICE is hereby given that an action bos been commenced in this Court upon a complaint of the above named plain? tiffs for tho purpose of confirming tho partition, salo and assignment of tho real estate of Silas Massey, deceased, and also the accounting had in tho Probate Court before his Honor W. W. Hum? phreys, Judge of Probate. JOHN B. MOORE, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Fob 6, 1879_30_6_ Valuable PlantatioD for Sale -o PERSONS wishing to buy a Valuable Place, on which there is about Two Hundred Acres of Wood Land, and about One Hundred and Fifty Acres in cultiva? tion, and good cow and hog pastures, have now the opportunity. Any one wishing to see this property, tho undersigned will take pleasure in showing it to them. H. J. WAKEFIELD, Near Storeville, S. C. Jan 30,1870_29_3? J. a COTJJKAN, I II. G. SCUDDAY, Abbeville, S. C. I Anderson, S. C C0THRAN & SCUDDAY, Attorneys at Law, ANDERSON, - - S. C, WILL practice in all the Courts of this State, and in the U. S. Courts. Office?Northwest Corner Benson House Building. Jun 18, 1879_27_ly_ LUMBER! LUMBER! ALARGE lot of good Lnmber is kept constantly oh hand at my Lumber Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson, and orders for large or small lots of any kind desired will be promptly filled at low prices. Mr. Robert Mayficld is my agent for the sale of Lnmber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired to persons wishing to make an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 30,1879_29_ly HOMESTEAD NOTICE. Mrs. Johan Elrod, widow of S. L. W. Elrod, having applied to me for the benefit of the Homestead in the Real and Personal Estate of tho said S. L. W. Elrod, dee'd. All persons interested will take notice that her application will bo heard on the 4th day of March next, at 10 o'clock a. m., at my office. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jan 30,1879_29_5_ NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Tho undersigned, Administrators of the Personal Estate of Mrs. Nancy Harper, deceased, hereby gives notice that they will apply to W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate, at 1?3 office, on the 25th day of February, 1879, for a final settlement of said Estato, and a discharge from said ad? ministration. J. M. ACKER. ISAAC C. HARPER, Administrators. Jan. 23, 1S79_28_5_ Cheaper than Ever Known Before GENTS' and Boys' Hats and Cape, a good selection ; Hardware, of all de? scriptions, best quality, such as we always try to have; Tools in great variety; Table and Pocket Cutlery ; a large stock of Locks of all kinds; Whito Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather; French and American Calf Skins, Shoe Findings, <tc, <tc. Call and examine our large stock of goods. A. B. TOWERS & CO. _No. 4 GrantieRow,. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrators of Gillam Shearer, dee'ed, hereby gives notice that they will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, S. C, on the 10th day of February next, for a Final Settle? ment of said Estate, and a discharge there? from. M. A. SHEARER, Adm'x. A. C. DOBBINS, Adm'r. Jan 9,1879_36_8 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator de bonu non with the will annexed, of the Es? tate of Mrs. Annie Robinson, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judge of ProbaU for Anderson County, on the 15th day of February next, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a din charge from his office as administrator. R. B. A. ROBINSON, Adm'r. Jan 9, 1870 26 5* SPECIAL INVITATION. TnE people of Anderson and vieinity, and more particularly THE LADIES, Arc respectfully invited to call and poc onr CARPET EXHIBITOR, and largo lot of samples of Beautiful Carpets. A. B. TOWERS & CO. Sept 26, 1878 H Hardware! OUR Stock of HARDWARE cannot be excelled in the Town. Tools, Lock*, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Screws, Hinges, and Blacksmith's Bellows, Anvils, Vises, Hammers and Tongs. A. B. TOWKKS 6 C*. Read This! ALL who are indebted to us for Merchan- . dise or Guano will please attend to settling the same as soon as possible. We need money, and will give the highest price for Cotton. A. B. TOWERS dt CO. OctlO I?