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E. B. MUKRAY, E?i?or. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 6, 1879. Senator Lamar has introduced in tho Senate a bill providing for a private sec retary fr i each Senator. Tho hill will probably not become a law, a? tho addi tional expense involved in it would bo very great. This is a bad time to in crease expenses. The Sonators should continao to do their own writing, as they have I ion able to keep up very well iu tho pajt. Senator John J. Ingulla has been ro cketed to tho United States Senate from Kansas. His record is not an enviable ono, by any means, as ho is reputed to havo been connected with several ques tionable transactions. This, however, is only good evidence of his truo Republi canism, and therefore ho suits tho pcoplo of Kansas. Hon. J. D. Wnlkor has been elected to tho United States Senate from Arkansas to succeed Stepbon W. Dorsey, tho pres ent Republic?.:: Senator, whoso term ox pires on the 3d of next month. Very little is known of Mr. Wnlkor, except that he is a Democrat of great wealth, and is a comparatively young man. In the Senate ho will havo tho opportunity of allowing tho country to get better ac quainted with him. Tho Louisiana Legislature hos called a Constitutional Convention to meet on the 21st of April to remodel tho 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 rut tho unjust aud inex-. pediont legislation imposed by tho cor ruption and imbecility of Radicalism. It will not be long until South Carolina's timo to take a similar step will arrive. SS Hon. Wilkinson Call has been cloctcd Senator from Florida to succeed S. B. Conover, whoso torin expires on tho 3rd of March next. Conover ic a Radical Sonator whose chief notoriety consists in having voted with tho Democrats in favor of Beating \Jeneral Butler na Senator from this State-ho and Patterson being tho only two Radical Sonators who voted with tho Democrats on that question. Mr. Call is said to bo nn nblo; and excel lent gontleman. Tho Auguota Chronicle and Conttitu lionalitt, in a brief comparison of the death rate for 1878, shows that owing to tho yellow fever Momphls was tho most unhealthy city in tho Union, 79 out of every thousand inhabitants having died. In Now Orleans tho rate was 50 out of | every thousand : in Charleston. 28 : in Washington, 27; in New York, 24; in I'hiiadeiphin, 17; in San Francisco, 15 ; in Milwaukee, 14 ; in St. Louis, only 13}. Thus St. Louis, although so near the ter rible yellow fever bolt, waa the healthiest city in tho United States during tho post year._ Senator Christiancy is said to havo de clined tho Gorman mission on thc ground that the expenses of the mission would bo beyond his means, and the climate would not suit him. The Peruvian mis sion has beou tendered him and ho will accept if confirmed by tho Senate, al though the salary is only $10,000 per j annum, whilo the German mission has a Balary of $17,500. Tho climate of Lima is moro agreeable, and tho customs of j the people more simplo than that of Ber lin, and therefore tho Michigan Senator prefers the second rato instead of the first-class mission. Emigration is beginning to turn to wards the South os a desirable placo for .settling. Our genial climate, ample and fertile lands, and our undeveloped re sources aro attracting their attention. Societies to encourago immigration ought to bo formed in every county in tho State to induce locations of capital and steady labor in our midst. Pam phlets 3otting forth tho advantages of each county, describing tho ?ands, giving their value, varied productions and other important information, should bo pub lished nnd distributed throughout the United States, and every possible step taken to welcome desirable immigrants in our midst. Judge Christiancy, who has proven a failure as Senator from Michigan, will accept tho mission to Peru, which, it is Bald, will bo tondorod him, and In that event Zach Chandler, Grant's old Secre tory of tho Interior, ia to bo elected to tho Senato in his place. Would it not look iauuMttr to the Republicans after 1880 to see Grant President, with Chan dler, Logan, Carpenter and tho other Radical veterans in tho Senate ? Under such an administration Belknaps, Bab cocks and Sheppards would once more bo appreciated, and tho country could again boast of. tho distinction of having pre-eminently tho ring government of tho world. That is what tho Radical j party wants. The Louisiana Legislature has abol ished tho charter of tho Louisiana State ' Lottnrv O?amiMintr ??y.? *h,.v s!*"*v:i r willingness to suppress ono of the great? est swindling concerns that bas over been instituted. It was chartered during tho days o? Radicalism, and will now con test the repealing act on tho ground that it interferes >vith vested rights. It re mains to bo seen whether there is any Court in LouisHna possessing such mor?is as to bo willing to champion, the aldo of such a swindlo. It ought. Inno? Ogo to have been uhut up under indict ment ?a a public nuisance.. Its object btv; been to guli tho credulous, and its result luis been to encourage a species of ambling. Thu soouer all institutions ko it itro closed., tho bettor it will be for tho country. ?ta Chronicle and (JWitf/u- \ . ""The report is again cur* ; m.'.Hampton will have to amputated a second time, red he will uo* s'irvTro ibo fe sincerely trout Hutt this out fr-.-.?-xioii, ihcai?i tho ton, and yet, as tho above statement bas not been denied by ^ur daily papers, it occasions considerable uneasiness as to bis actual condition. The Rtg'xtUr pub lishes notices of the Governor riding out, but hoyt nd paying that ho was not doing so well a few days ago, has given us no definite news. Wo trust that our Au gusta contemporary's information is not accurate. Advices from t?uropo report that tho Rothschilds and other wealthy Hebrews of Englaud have completed arrange ments for tho purchnso of Palestino, and thus this ancient people, who havo re mained a distinct and separate people in nil hinds and at all ages, will repossess the inheritance of their ancestor*, aud tho barriers heretofore obstructing their rc-ontrance to the lioly J .and will thus be removed. Of course, it in not likely that there will be any very g/ea', emigra tion of the Hebrews to this cherished land ut 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 thc mode by which ono of the dearest prophecies given to tho"Jews is at the appointed timo to bo accomplished. Tho latest caprice of General Grant, if tho newspaper accounts are to be be lieved, is to return home and bo assigned tho position of head of tho army for lifo, with tho rank of Marshal. Ho is quoted as not caring for tho Presidency if such a position H.hou ld bo assigned him. Gen eral Grant feels that America owen him a living, and tho salary is all that he cares for. If ho can get a position for life ho will take it, or if necessary he will tako the Presidency again to get tho money ho wants. There is some doubt, however, about the people giving him either place. The General must remem ber that Republics aro ungrateful, aud if he docs not get all of tho rewards he would like, still ho can consolo himself with tho reflection that lie hos already had a groat deni moro than ho desorved. Noses havo been counted in tho Lower House of the Michigan Legislature and a majority of tho members uro reported to fnvor woman's suffrage, and an effort is likely to bo raado to strike thc word "malo" out of tho laws relating to suf frage As tho men of Michigan have nc better senso than to allow tho Btato to bc run by such Radicals as Zach Chandler tho country could not suffer much by any experiment they may clio, .0 to make ir. regard to mi fi rage. Porhaps tho fail sex would have tho discretion and pa. trlotism to givo tho 3tato a respectable government to provo themselves worthy of tho ballot. If they want to try it thc balance of tho country can sit off and look on with the complacent assurance that the politics of Michigan cannot bc I changed for the worst by ino cXp?ii?j?St According to tho Augusta Chronich and Cvnstiiutionaiitl tho mojority of thc Republicans in tho United States Senate in 1S70 was -15 ; in 1871 was 50 ; in 187? wae 4G ; in 1873 was 43 ; in 1874 was 35 ; in 1875 was 33 ; in 1876 was 13 ; in 1877 was 17 ; in 1878 was 2, counting Judge Davis with tho Doraocrats. After the 4th of next month tho Republicans lose tho control of tho Sonate, and tho Demo crats take charge with tho comfortable majority of 10. Both branches of Con greas will then bo Democratic, and afte 18 years of Radicalism tho legislation o the country will onco moro bo shaped b; tho Democrats, and after tho election 0 1880 wc will not only havo both branche of Congrehs, but tho Presidency also, un less present indications fail us. Th country will then witness a return t good aud economical govornmcnt. It is said that during tho present yen fifteen thousand Mennonites will scttl in tho Western portion of tho Unite States, coming hither from Ruesii They aro Gorman Baptists, who hav conscientious scruples against flghtinj and ha\ J UM to this timo for many yea: resided os a colony in Russia, whei through their ancestors thoy have bee granted immunity from any militai duty. This guarantee hos been remove by tho Russian government, and hom they aro moving out to a country who both civil and religious liberty prcva We presumo that tho reason they Bole tho United Suites is that thoy feel th they Y di havo no fighting to do bc whether thov are especially exompt not, fot - nation which will allow i Presidency to bo stolen and occupied 1 tho party taking it without showing ni resistance is composed of such meek pe plo that they will not fight over an thing. Honeat John J. Patterson, who for t last six years has been permitted I some wise, but to all human appe?.ran< inscrutable purpose, tc disgrace Sou Carolina in tho United States Sonn announce? that after tho 3rd of Mar no.f ?1.? ?.?j? ??M I.:.. *?-?. MwAfr) ...lu A.? w nUIVU MAO vi Hil office expires, ho will return to his hot in Pennsylvania. Tho five years good stealing which ho thought in 18 was Btill in South Carolina has total disappeared, and instead thereof 1 dreams are now disturbed by tho vlsi of twenty-five years of work in tho Sou Osroli^a penitentiary -hich ?wait: hi if he should return and receive his ji rewards for the many crimes ho has coi mittod in this State. He should not allowed to retire to Pennsylvania, or a where eise, until after he has be brought to South Carolina and stood 1 trial. Tba 8tate owes it to its own di nlty, and to the preservation of the hon and integrity of our public service, tb such a <uu>?ojr gs Pc^raon'? should ?1 whore it ought to have bogttn-in t penitentiary. The Radicals ara having an interest! family quarrel in the fight which is gol on between tho President on the one si and Conkling on the oth~r over tho a pointaient of the Custom House a Naval officers of New York. Sot months ago the President romov Arthur and Cornell, friends of Conkllr and replaced them by favorites of t auut??lptf?u?n, ? tmoicg ino action up tho charge of mismanagement and otb I irregularities upon the part of those d missed. Tho lordly Conkling now eec to get even with tho administration' I having thctk? nais annointmentu rm.i/1 j by tho Senate. Tho" contest is oxpect question, but Mr. Hayco seems to havo decidedly the advantage in the fight, for if no confirmation VJ had of tho new ap pointments he eau make others after the adjourntngnt, and thu? prevent Conk ling's friends from keeping thc office). lu addition to this the President seems disposed to take advantage of his oppo ncuts by threatening not to make any nomination for the Gcrmnn mission un til his New York appointments hare been acted ou. Thus all Senators who havo friends applying for this appoint ment will vote to hustain tho New York appointments. Taking everything into consideration, wc aro inclined to believe thnt tho administration will whip Mr. Conkling out in this fight. Tho St. Paul Pioneer Pr?ts, a Minne sota Kndical paper, sayH : "South Caro lina Democrats place themselves in an awkward position in their anxiety to show that thc negroes permitted none of their number to vole tho Democratic ticket. Where did Hampton's majority come from, then T It must have been the tissue ballot). Fraud and bulldozing are tho two horns of tuc Democratic dilemma in South Carolina." The IHonccr Pms has only read one side of thc South Car olina testimony. Tho negroes would not permit 'heir race to vote thc Democratic ticket where they could help it, hut there wcro a great many who could not be pre vented from voting the ticket which all I sensible and honest men voted in this j State, and thousands of colored men who were not certain ns to tho proper ticket to vote of their own will stayed away I from the polls and did not voto. Its I ignorance of South Carolina politics is displayed when it wonders where Hamp ton's majority came f: :n. He could not help receiving a majority, for no ono ran against him. Fifty votes in thc State would have elected him. In future wc advise the Pioneer Press to either inform itself about South Carolina mattem 01 shut up. Its show of malice and gross ignaroncc is both unpardonable and un? parallelled. Tho enso of General G. W. C. Leo, of Virginia, against thc United States gov ernment for tho recovery of thc Arling ton estate near Washington, which was sold during tho war for taxes duo thc United States, and has since boen used os a burying ground for Federal soldiers, has terminated in favor of General Lee. Tho taxes wero tendered by an agent of General Lee, but tho government refused to rccoivo tho money unless it was pre sented by General Leo himself, and, as he was fighting on thc Confederate side, it was not altogether convenient nor pru dent for him to make a personal tender of tho money. Tho Circuit Court, how ever, very properly held thnt the govern ment could not require tho taxea to bo paid by any particular person, inasmuch .o it. could only have an interest to the I I..~ >_ _i ?.i_r_.?,._.. j vHluO Ci tut) boAOo, am? ui-jiviw:c mc nuiu wns void. This property is situated upon tho Potomac, is a beautiful location, and is a very valunble estate. It was willed General Leo by his grand-father, the late G. W. P. Cuatis, of Virginia. It thoa been in tho family for many years, and is prized on this account ns well as on ac count of its exchangeable value. An appeal to tho Supremo Court . of tho ( United States has been taken, but it is j not likely that thc decision of tho Circuit Court will be reversed, and therefore General Leo ia pretty certain to regain his pntrimony, which prejudice on tho part of government officials has induced them to seek in an unwarranted mnnner to take away from him. Thcro ia said to bo a petition, signed by many Democrats, in circulation to bo presented to tho Governor for tho pardon of Cardoza and Smalls. These individ uals have been fairly convicted of crimes while in ofllco during tho flush days of Radicalism by juries composed of both white and colored citizens. They aro both intelligent men nnd representativo mon of their race They were leaders, and under all the circumstances wo can not seo a singlo circumstance to mitigate their crimes. Thoy aro both bad and vindictive men, who have used their edu cation and inllucnco to mislead tho col ored peoplo nnd stir up strife between tho races in South Caroliun for tho pur poso of giving themselves tho opportu nity to grow rich by fraud and corrup tion in office If there over wero two scamps who deserve to bo punished by a justico-lovlng and law-abiding people theso aro tho men, nnd tho citizen, whether ho bo a Democrat or a Repub lican, who can sign a petition for execu tive clemency in their coses, mu3t havo very looso views of thc iniquity cf bribery and corruption in office. If any petition is presented for their pardon, it, with che signatures thereto, should bo published in order that the peoplo of South Caro lina may know who desires the lib?ra tion of two of tho greatest rascals that wero developed in tho days when it was fashionable to find r?scala in high places. To grant thora a pardon would in our opinion bo a grievous mistake, for, Uk j L. Cass Carpenter, thoy would only leave to curso tho governmont which would givo them liberty. Wo havo no idea that Gov. Simpson would grant any par don, for his senso of duty will no doubt lend him In v'lntff lb?1 r^aaa nf mn? as a very serious ono, growing out of tho commission of grave and inexcusable crimes. If we continuo to punish petty thieves, tho rich and influential ones should not be turned freo without any reward for thoir crimes. Let Cardozo and Smalls lead the van of Radical Stato officers to the penitentiary, and Chamber lain and Patterson follow at an carly day. Justice will then havo begun to fall upon the most guilty heads. Senator Wiudom, of Minnesota, has introduced a resolution in the United Sates Senate providing for the appoint ment of a committee ?*? mature a plan for tho colonization of tho negroes of tho South or scattering them through the different Territories and States o? the Union, with a view of guaranteeing to them tho .Tights, which belong to them nedor tho Costitution. This is rather an amusing proposition, Inasmuch as it is impossible to remove four millions of people, and, ?i?i were possible, it wonld bo very inexpedient and hurtful to thc colored people themselves. Tho design ta nnt intiMi.lft.'] tn tin mnM than ft-.rnlfch a theme for political''agitation and glvo to RatUcaliora a subject upon which to bring ibo colored qucst'on before the people of thc country. Thc colored b J crs from the South have expressed thorn ed ven in favor of tho movement, aud it may bc expected io afford ibera tho op portunity cf vcut??ting the ?plceu which they entertain towards the whito people. To come down to common sende, how ever, it is apparont that thc negro can not bo benefited by any such scheme, for if they arc transferred to a Territory it would of necessity bc upon tho frontier, where they would have few of tho corn fur's of civilization, and would live in mortal dread of being scalped by tho surrounding Indians. If they should bc scattered through tl. ? different States their political influence would be com pletely destroyed forever. Tho negroes are in thc best place they will ever find for a home, and if thelludical politicians will only let thom alone there ?H no cauae to prevent them from becoming an in dustrious, contented and prosperous MJO ple. In the States which have bcon Democratic for several years tho colored people arc now more prosperous than those residing in States which havo suf fered from thc misgovernment consequent upon corrupt Iladical governments. If Mr. Windora really wants to confer a favor 00 tho negro, he can best accom plish his end by leging the race alone. It is better able to take care of itself than ho is to take care of it, for bc knows nothing about tho subject. Tho News and Courier says that Mr. Edward King, in a letter to tho Boston Journal, "gives some of thc reasons why Northern capitalists do not start manu factures in tho South. They havo read tho wild stories of tho correcponden'.s of such newspapers a? tho New York JHme? and Tribune, until they believe that there is no 'hcttlcd government' in tho South. Besides this, they foar that the public debt will be repudiated, and that their properly will not bo 'worth anything for nny length of time.' " Our contempo rary says as to the first point, "tho South will live it down," and thon concludes : "It is the repudiation talk that does the real harm. Louisiana and South Caro lina could havo commanded capital with out limit, had tho Democratic govern ments continued lo pay tho interest on their debt. As it is, tho man who has money to lend shuns tho 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 fight." This is all mero assertion, without the slightest foundation. To begin with, there is no talk of repudiation in South Carolina, and every dollar which tho 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 bo becauso her daily papers have not presented to tho world a full and candid statement of thc financial question, and bare themselves raised tho cry of repu diation, in order to secure the payment of a portion of the protended 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 tho valid debt from that which is fraudulent, then there is a repudiation party in the Slate, but not otherwiso. A majority of tho members of tho Legisla ture which created tho fraudulent por tion of tho debt, and a majority of the Legislature which passed tho Consolida tion Act, have been proven to havo ac cepted bribes, and tho Secretary of State, Cardozo, afterwards Treasurer, who issued theso bonds and exchanged thom, 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, aro fugitives from justice. If, therefore, it is repudiation to eliminate the fraud from tho settlement made by Buch r?scala as these, then there is a repudiation party in titi? State, but not otherwise. Therefore, if tho cbargo of repudiation is mado against South Carolina, it is so utterly unsupported by tho facts that it will bo a very easy matter for us to live it down also. But the viows advanced by tho News and Courier aro at variance with tho facts for another reason, which is that tho fiutracial condition of the State has, up to this time, had very little to do with tho location of manufactories in the South. Georgia has repudiated eight million dollars that was as strong an ob ligation as any portion of our debt which was created by the Radicals, and yet her credit to-day in in a moat healthy condi tion, and hor bonds aro considered an excellent investment. Despite this financial prospority of tho State of Georgia, she has no moro cotton manu factories to-day in proportion to area or population than South Carolina bas. Tho true reason that factories havo not bcon built up more rapidly in our midst is that Northern capital has not becomo fully satisfied that tho party of intelli gence and patriotism will continuo in possession of our State governments. Very little will b? du?? in the direction of building up manufactories anywhere now until after the noxt Presidential election, and then if our own people do not stab tho reputation of our State by charging wholesale repudiation, when they know there is no auch intention, tho State of South Carolina will no doubt gaiu aa much by immigration as auy of her Southern sisters. Since tho rendition of thu decision of tho United States Suprome Court which sustains the act of Congress for the sup pression of polygamy in the territories of the United States, the Mormons begin to realize that their practice of having moro than ono wifo is doomed to eud vory speedily, and ilia more reasonable of their number do not seek any legislation looking to a perpetuation of the prac tice, but simply ask that those who have already married more than one wife shall be exempted from the penalties of tho law, and their family relations allowed to remain as it was boforo the rendition of the derron declaring the act of Con gress on tho subject constitutional. To pursue any other cou no would be to put about half of tho Citizens of Utah in the penitentiary, and to illogitimat'so more than one-half of the children. It seems | reasonable that amnesty for thc past should bo granted, bul that the provis ions of tho law should bo rigidly enfor ced in all cases of bigamy which may kmuAu -hetber ikey bc ^-~- j tho Mormons or any other population. Thw subject hos 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. Thc men have been looking after tho President aud member? of Congress, while tho women havo been paying their addresses to Mrs. Hayes, and urging her intercession in their be half. Ono of the members of thin com mittee is a daughter of the lato Brigham Young. They awl: of Congress for thoir people "amnosty for all violations of tho act of 18G2, and such legislation as will legitimatize their children beyond all question, keep their names from being dishonored, and preserve unbroken tho relationship of families as they now ex ist." Buch requests are in accordance with humanity, and as these people have committed the crime of bigamy iu tho infatuation and zeal of an heretical re ligion, it is but right that the post should be forgiven them, and their families shielded from tho dishonor and disad vantages that would attend the enforce ment of tho act in cases which occurred previous to the decision of tho Supreme Court. The idea of calling officially on tho lady of thu White House is, however, a novel proceeding to say thu least of it, and is probably without a parallel in thc history of our government. It has given rise to considerable comment, and every where the peoplo of tho United States want to know whether tho 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 know what her views arc in regard to Mormonism. Wo thought that tho country bas two presidents at this time one (Mr. Tilden) is president de jure, and tho other (Mr. Hayes) is de jacio presi dent through fraud; but now it seen that wc are still more fortunato as a na tion, for wc not only have a president de jure, but two presidents de jacio. Hereafter communications to the Chief Executive of tho United States should bc addressed to Their Excellencies Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, presidents, ??'c. THE PHOSPHATE QUESTION, AGAIN'. BEAUFORT, S. C., Jan 30, 1878. MR. EDITOR : We notico in your issue of tho 23d inst., an article on tho "Phos phate Question" above the signaturo 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 tho Committee of Ways and Meena, of the plan adopted in March, 1878, (mak ing exclusivo granta of largo areas to corporations,) feel satisfied that ho will not consider so impatiently now as ho did then tho suggestions we propose to make concerning this property of the Stato, and our remarks upon tho plan he offers for developing it. This property in phosphate deposit be longing to the State is prec-iseiy similuf to that found in the land and owned by individuals, tho phosphate formation underlying tho waters presenting tho same gonernl features as that occurring in tho land, viz : bcd9 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 timo by acci dent and by search. Whilo it seems probable that all these land phosphates will not be discovered for some time to come, it is certain that many years will elapso before tho full extent of the water deposits will bo known. To obtain an approximate estimate of tho extent and value of theso phosphate beds occurring in tho land it is necessary to make a survey so minute, elaborate and costly that the owners of pho3phato lands ver3* frequently avoid tho oxponse by leasing them in tracts for a royalty on tho quantity mined. The Stato being tho 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 cousider this is considerably higher than tho average price obtained by tho landowner. Tho 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 tho operators aud by the supervision of her own Special Agent. Tho landowner gives an exclusivo right to the area he leases, because whatever may be said by tho theorist oi general rights, it is certain that a considerable outlay of capital, which must bo protec ted, is necessary to put those phosphate beds, whether lying in the water or upon the land, in a condition for gathering the rock; but ho is careful to apportion h'm leases, both as to extent of area and time for development, to the capital of thc i-355ccs. If a Conformity io the pinn of the individual owner and like prudence had boen observed in arranging tho limita of thurn tracts of phosphate terri tory belonging to tho Stato and terms of the leases thereon, tho plan would have boen the beat possiblo for the State. But as these leases (both as to extent and terras) were made to suit tho wishes and interests of the parties asking for them, it is a matter which should causo no great oui i?rinu that tho present condition of this property of tho State should have been reached, vis. : that all the valuable and available deposits of the State aro in tho possession of u few individuals, and upon terms and conditions which render tho 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 tho Radical regime, it is nevertheless equally true that it was continued, and ita evils inten sified by D?mocratie legislators, who, if not fully informed as to the business, should havo known that a course so op posed to all the principles of progress ant} envelopment could lead only to the ruin of all the interests involved, and that the whole peoplo of the State would, sooner or later, feel tho weight of the fetters they were helping to rlvot on the necks of those of a section of tho State. In th? remedy proposed by Mr. Simp son, viz.: that tho State shall enter Into tho business of mining phosphate rock and of manufacturing commercial fcH? ??vf9, IM,?vi? miv<n io mm vti ' ?li?? miVttilv ago which tho Stato will have ;n tho 'unpaid labor of fivo of six hundred con vieta. Much of the raining is done nec essarily with machinery, aa the bulk of the deposit of the State itu in waters of an average depth of fifteen feot at.mean ?OW water, except in CJ*MAW Ttlver. In localities where hand labor ia employed thCoO laborers must be skilled in the usc of tho implements, and for this reason no convict labor ha? so far been employed in mining iu tho waters of tho State. In the manipulation of rock, machinery if employed almost entirely, aud .ur phos phate rock constitutes only one of tho component parts of tho commercial fer tilizers, and as tho 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 tho Stato by allowing a rebate of royalty on til rock manufactured withiu thc borders of the Stato ; although tho phosphate territory is probably more re stricted In limits than was nt first sup posed, there is no doubt of the fact that j thc quantity of deposits within these limits ia immense and incapable of ex haustion for a very long time to come. In our opinion tho proper and only remedy uudcr existing circumstances is to re-apportion the entire phosphate area, diminishing tho cxtcut of thc tracts as provided in phosphate acts of March, 1878. Give exclusivo rights to small nrcr" for one or two years at furthest with provision that they shall bo for feited unless the work be begun during tho first year. The operations will thuB bo confined to a comparatively small area, and tho amount of capital invested, which will always regulate itself to tho advantages of the localities, immensely greater, tho collection of tho royalty moro certain and couvenient, and the bulk of thc phosphate territory remain under the control of the State. This protection will of course meet with opposition from thc holders of these exclusive grants, aud especially from that class of holders who have no charter from the State, aa in the case of the Coosaw Mining Company and the Carolina Min ing Compauy, which are joint stock com panies. But we have never been able tc understand why obligations induced by misrepresentation, if not by direct fraud, ?mould be hold more sacred and brading than obligations knowingly entered ink by tho Stato after considerable discussion aud much light having been thrown upor the subject. We do not mean to say that there will bo no difficulties ta be met with in ad' justing the areas, ot that they will b( readily ovorcomo by agents who aro ut terly ignorant of a business of great in tricacy, but wo do assert that if th< administration of this proporty of tin Stato ia modeled after that of tho indi vidual owner, and thc samo care, dill gence and common sense managemen ..-m i u rwl na In n.?o?fo t-n-.it ri nw rt n ? I ? n ? ?j.. . . ...v. ^V..V^..J.J, v.... 1 ..t_ _1_1_1. _ I_1 _ _lil -I -ll _ 1 tucoo jiuuDjiuavo ucua mn jr icm a luigi income to tho State and afford remunera tive employment to a largo number o its now idle aud Bullering citizons. _. J. W. S. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS? Gleanings tram oar Stute Kxchangcs. Pickens Sentinel: tlr. James Lewi? of this county, had a valuable horse stolei lastSaturday night.?....On Monday night the 20th instant, E. C. Denton, white stole a mule from Mr. William Payne, o Central, in thia county. Mr. Payne, an< Mr. R. G. Gains started Tuesday morninj in pursuit, and overhauled him nea Webster, N. C., brought him back am turned him over to the Sheriff on Thura day following. Denton appears to b about 20 or 21 years old, and says h came from Briston, East Tennessee. Enterprise and Mountaineer : A drov of Tcuneaseo mules hos been sold sn th city during the post ten days or tw weeks. The prices ranged from $12? t $150. Ninety-Six Guardian: The Ninety Six ana Aiken Railroad, chartered b the last Legislature, has been begun unde good auspices. The engineer has sui veyed and located tho route, and thei report ia cheering indeed. A careful a timate, all the oetails, shows that th distance ia 28} rules; with contract labe it will coBt tu. grading and trestlinj ?27.546; an averago of $962.14 per mile with convict labor it will cost'for sam $11,027, or an average of $385.15 pi mile. Tho figures enow that the ron can be built very cheaply. Yorkville Enquirer : Captain Gardnt informa UB that the other dav he bougl a bale of cotton, ginned by Mr. Cranfon of Bullock's Creek township, woighir 805 pounds. Rock Hill Herald: A garded 8cko< has been organized under encouragin auspices, with Captain B. P. Alston, ML A. B. Stonoy and Mrs. Caroline Neil i the corps of teachers.Mumps has bec a prevailing diseaso Tn our town f< many months. It is thought it will soo disappear for lack of material.Quil a large drove of Tennessee horses an mules passed through town yesterda Prices aro higher, the range for this li being from $100 to $125 cash.We leal that many of the Lancaster farmers ai still picking cotton. This is owing j part to tho pru valence of chills in the fal m part also to tho immense crop wit which that section was favored.M Henry Massey, who resides seven mil north of this place, lost a number of boj recoutly from tho effects of acid pho Ehate, which tho animals bad eaten aft urglnriously making entrance in the Iii room of his ginhouse where the stuff wi stored. Darlington News: Thero is ramo hom m ado provisions in Darlington Counl this year than any year since tho wa and still tho erv of hard times !? be?; on every side.'.....The present. Tow Council nave paid a debt of several hui dred dollars, kept np the streets, at have a rand on hand still without taxlr property, and vet some people are di ?osed to grutnblo at them.Mr. Joh [. Schumi, who has returned from Lal City, Fla., where ho has beon engaged I business, says that twenty-seven crates ! green peas were shipped from that plai last week by a single firm.Mach Gai den, who killed Jack Sanders, about ? the 4tb of Joly Igufcj And foy ?bora a r ward of $50 was offered by the State, w arrested, together with his concubin Julia Hadlee, near Florence last Batu day, and the happy pair have a snit rooms at tho brick house on the come Florence Times: It is currently vcpor ed that Lonis Richardson, who left wil a party to work turpentine in Orang borg, baa killed his wife.A colon man recently declared with emphasis t< many of his race ara idle in FJcronc and that is tho cause of a great part > of the stealing, and the fighting betwee wives and their husbands. . Lexington J)ispat?\ ? Dr. B. R. Wyi and Mr. Wade Caugbraan have capture in the Salada lilvor up to date over IC wild geese. Several. gentlemen of ii county have tamed flocks around the premires.A negro woman w*s burne lo death last week "on tho plantatiou . Mrs. Hours* Geiger., in Saudv Ruo. is supposed that she" had gone to alee ^before tho fire in her house, from whic Winnsboro News and Herald: The parties charged with tiie killing of the neg o Adam Boyd were taken before Judge Mackey at Chester on s writ of habeas corp av?. The boy, John Price, waa discharged, and the three men, Isaiah Smith, Arthur Blizzard and James t'rice, wero bound over in the sum of $100 each to appear for trial at thc approaching term of thc Court of General Sessions for this county. Barnwell People: Small grain crops were greatly improved by Inst week's spring-iiko weather.Commercial fer tilizers are being warchousod at thc va rious stations oa our railroad*..The prisoners iu our jail aro imitators of Paul and Silas, so far as singing nongs in rtrison is concerned.The South Caro ma Railroad leads the fashions, as it has longer trains aud 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 wero most hospitably enter tained by Simon Brown at his equine hostelry. Many visitors have called on them, and several havo already secured employment. Hampton Democrat: Judge Kershaw, tho impartial, will ever bo known as "the first Judgo In Hampton County.". Wilson Greathcart and Sam Greatheart, two noted cotton speculators of the ebony hue, were convicted yesterday of bur glary. Judge Kershaw, no doubt, will give them a rest from lock pickiug and cotton sampling.A short time ago a seven year old child of Dr. Ruddell, near Lawton vii lc, swallowed a grain of corn, which lodged in its throat. The child was carried to Augusta, and there under went a painful operation, hut with fatal result.Our Sheriff went to Beaufort one day last week and returned with five blackbirds. Two of them are accused of throwing tho cars off the track near Early Branch; two others of attempting to pro cure goods under falso pretenses ; and one of breaking into a smoke-house. Sumter Watchman: Capt. J.M.Carson declines to he a candidate for the State Senate. His withdrawal leaves six can didates in the field Malboro Planter : Mr. Alex. Legotte, while on a visit to bis parents in thiri county, last week, met with an accident that will likely detain him hero for some days. He had started on his return home, 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 tho loft leg, breaking both hones just below the knee. Aiken Courier-Journal : Tho first in stallment of tho Chapin Library, con taining COO booka, bas arrived.Rob ert May, who was shot by Willian Bates, in front of Flatt's store, at Grantville, on last Wednesday, is improving. Walhalla Courier: Tho farmers have commenced preparing their lands for an other crop.The Postmaster General has discontinued the post office at Kco wce, in this county.King Kalakaua, of tho Sandwich Islands, is a subscriber to the Kcowee Courier, and reads it. While in Seneca City a few days ago, we noticed going up Bcveral now buildings, which shows that there is enterprise and capital in our sister town.Tho cross-tie business is quite lively in our county just now. We understand that one gentle man has a contract for 75,000 cross-ties for the Greenville and Columbia Rail road.Jake Edwards and Bill White, colored, have been arrested on the charge of stealing from Dr B. S. James and [others. We hope tho balance of tho " gang will be apprehended. Our Tenure of Lifo Depends In a great measure upon our regard for or neglect of thc laws of health. If wc violate them wo cannot expect to "make old bones." But that the span of existenco allotted to o naturally delicate constitution, or ono which has boen shaken by disease may bo materially lengthened, is a fact of which we heve daily proof. Tho vivifying ar d restorive inflaonco of Hostetter's Stomach Hit tom upon a failing physique affords a'striking illustration of the power of judicious medication to strengthen tho hold on lifo. Restored digestion, complete assimilation, renewed appetite, sound re pose, theso aro among tho benefits con ferred npon tho debilitated by that su premo r?novant. With a circulation en riched, a frame invigorated, and a nervous system tranquilized, tho invalid, aftor a course of the Hitters, feels that his life tenure is no longer tho precarious thing that it was-that ho may yet enjoy a "green old ago." HEADQUARTERS ron GARDEN SEEDS. CHEMICALS FOB Home-Made Fertilizers ANY one wanting to uso thi3 imust hand in their order? by tho 10th of February. Call on rr Kn ,o-ft SIMPSON, REID & CO. Feb 0,1870 30 ly SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF 80UTII CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. BY virtno of various Executions to mo directed, I will cxposo to salo on tho Wist Monday in March next, (1879) at Anderson Court House, 8. C., tho following Kcal Estate, to wit : i All of Defendants interest in Ono Tract of Land, containing ono hundred and forty ?TOTD* nur?, ?r lcss? bounded by lands of Dr. W. C. Brown, G. W. Cox's old homestead and others. Levied on as tho property of Q. W Co* In favor of E. W. Marshalf & Co. a.id otb* ere. against ?. W. Cor. ?-^" iB,?a otu Terms pf sale Cash-purchaser to pay ex tra for all necessary papers. JA?' j? H. MCCONNELL, Jfg10,1370 8h^ffye"?" <Wy. SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COURTT. HYT????n ?* *!i f?*?1"?00 *? me directed, | ?rV1?! Dcfc4n(>nt'8 interest in ono Tract of Land, containing fourteen hundred and twenty-rive (1425) acres, moro or la^Xun ded by lands of R. T. Chamblre J w Provost, William Riley and others, and fc"'h? Gonerostco Tract of the Es tate of D. 8. Taylor, deceased. . Levied on as tho property bf E. M. Ta^ felM. -VOr P* A* against E,?, "', T?* a?,BtLl0~CtUih- Purchaser to pay oxtra for all noccswiry papera. 13 JAMES rf. MCCONNELL, Feb 0,1870 Sht?ff Anderson Couniy. SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AHDKBSON COUNTY. T?Yrl?? rf2AU ous" CXK!Tl?<T to me j sasr-s-C- ??M'?4 fis r^rVl ?i Dofe.n?*int,? Interest In ono Tract nenf n& oon?*?n,n8 on? hundred and sixty (100) aeres, raoreor less, bounded hy lamb of ?ioscs chamMee. E. J. Major and otW and known aa the residence of CapU JohA uonan?. dec^aaedv 1 n Lcrledon as the property of L. T. ttoU Term* of sale Ctah- Parth.^.^._ exirx ror pnp?s. ~1-*T* ,AteP- ff?. MCCONNELL, Feb 0,4879 TTy$^n^fy: NOTICE. . ' E ALL iwmoi?? aro hereby warned not to ?WL, employ nor harbor my ?On. Perry . .?Mr Perrin, colored, who ls only iiflcon yer.rt BB jld nod hus left nie without cause ur my ML Wseut. Any ono disregarding thia not!.? ?gP ?ni Ou iirj<*oiled agaiuatat law. n ill OU "6 VEmY 1?JBBBINi Fc*3_??79 _9B Notice to Contractors. I THE County Commissioners will let the contract for rebuilding the liridgu over Broadmouth Creek on Saturday March 1st. All bids uro to bo accompanied by at least-two eurcties. The right to reject any gil or ull bids reserved, opocillcationa lurnbh ud hy applying to Commissioner W. 8. I,oU' lt. 8. BAILEY, N. O. FARMER, W. 8. HALL, County Commissioners. J. L. TamnLB. Clerk. ?j ?olf?opTiim I Clover, Blue <Jra*s, Herd? Grans, Orchard Oran*, g> Luceme and ?IiufttH. AL80, CARDEN SEED, Wholesalo and Ketail. ALSO, A full mic of DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, LAMPS, g ami DRUaaiSiX1 SUNDRIES, for salo M cheap for cash by WILIIITE & WILLIAMS. _Feb 0^1879 30_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THC COURT OP PROBATE. Wm. i. Hall and wife, Malinda Hall, Plaintiffs, against Enos Massoy and Thomas Massoy, Defendants.-Summotu for Relief-Complaint Saved. To tho Dofondants linos Massey, Thomas Massoy, William ? Shaw, Jame? Shaw. Lcvinab Hays, Win. L, Massoy, and tho children of'James Massey, deceas ed, to wit: lt. W. Massoy, J. 8. McD. Massoy, Eliza J. Sholnut and Fannio Massoy : .\TOt7 aro horeby sumnioned and ro JL (mired to answer thu complaint in this action, and to sorv? a copy of yonr answer to tho said complaint on tho Bub scrlbor at his omeo, Anderson Court House, S. C., within twenty days nfter the service hereof, exclusivo of tho day of such Borvico; and if you fail to answer tho complain' vithin tho timo aforesaid, the plulntitr lc his action will apply to tho Court for tho relief demanded in tho complaint. Dated Fob. 5, 1879. JOHN B. MOORE, Plaintiffs' Attornoy. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. NOTICE Ls horoby given that an action hos boon commenced In this Court upon a complaint of tho above named plain tiffs for tho purposo of con fl rm lng tho partition, Balo and assignment of tho real estate of Si Massoy, deceased, and alno tho aeoou- t ng had in tho Probato Court before 1 ?8 Honor W. W. Hum phreys, Judge f Probato. inHN B. MOORE, Plulntllfs' Alto- noy. Fob 0, 1670_30_0_ Valuable PlaDtatioD for Sale -o "PERSONS wishing to buy a Valuable AT Place, on which there ia about Two Hundred Acres of Wood Land, and about Ono Hundred and Fifty Acres in cultiva tion, and good cow and bog 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 COTIIRAN, I H. G. MUDDAY, Abbeville, S. C. I Anderson, 8. C. COTHRAN & SCUDDAY, Attorneys at Law, ANDERSON, S. C., TT?7TLL practice in all the Courts of this TT State, and in the U. S. Courts. OFFICE-Northwest Corner Benson Houso Building. Jan Kl, 1870_27_ly LUMBER! LUMBER! A LARGE lot of good Lamber is kept ix constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard at tho Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson, and oiders for largo or small lots of any kind desired will be promptly filled at low prices. Mr. Robert Mayfield is my agont for th ; Bale of Lumber at Anderson, and will tarnish any information desired io persons wishing to make an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 30, 1870_29_ly HOMESTEAD NOTICE. Mrs. Johan Elrod, widow of S. L. W. Elrod, having applied to mo for tue benefit of tho Homestead In the Real and Personal Estate of the sold 8. L. W. Elrod, dee'd. All persons interested will take notice that her application will bo beard on the 4th day ot March next, at 10 o'clock o. m., at my office. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jan 30,1870_20_6 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Tho undesigned. Administrators of tho Personal Estate of Mrs. Nancy Harpor, deceased, hereby gives notice that thev will apjdy to W. W. Humphreys, Judgo of Probate, at his office, on tho 25th day of February, 1879, for a final settlement of rsa'd Estato, and a discharge from said ad ministration. J. M. ACKER, ISAAC C. HARPER, Administrators. Jan. 23,1879_ 28 b Cheaper than Ever Known Before /RENTS' and Boys' Hats and Caps, a VT good selection^: Hanlware, o? all dc ccfipiion-j, best quality, such as we alvrays try to have; Tools in great variety; 'fabio and Pocket Cutlery : a large stock or Locks of all kinds; Whito Oak and Hemlock Solo Leather; French and American Calf Skins, Shoo Findings, Ac., Ac. Call ?nd examino our largo stock of goods. A. B. TOWERS & C?. _ No. 4 QrantleRow,. KrC>TICE PINAL SETTLEMENT. -LY Tho undersigned, Administrators of Oillam Shearer, doe'ed, hereby gives notice that they will apply to the Jndgo of Prc^ato for Anderson County, 8. C., on thc T.0th day of February noxt, for a Final Settle ment of said Estate, and a dischargo there from. M. A. SHEARER, Adm'x. ^ A. C. DOBBINS, Adm'r. Jan 0, IS7P 38 g NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. , Tho undersigned, Administrator de bonu non with tho will annexed, of tho Es tate of Mrs. Annie Robinson, deceased, horeby gives notice that he will apply to tho Judge of Probat? for Anderson County, on the 16th day of February noxt, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a dis charge from his office as administrator. II. B. A. ROBINSON, Adm'r. Jan 9,1870 20 ?* SPEGIAI. INVITATION. ~ THE peoplo of Anderson and vislnlty, ?nd mon? particularly THE 1JA.X>I138, ?IWBSSSP?^.'^16440^ and see bar Sept 20,187? 1B'?^Ca Hardware! OUR Stock of HARDWARE cannot Lo .~.i,'J?xcdi0i V1. l?ioT?wn. Tools, Mi, ?J^km aVd ^,b,10 Cutlery, Screw-THlngc? and Blacksmith's Bellow?, Anvl?s, Vis?s Hammers and Tongs. ? ? ?"? _ A.- B. TOWERS & C*. "'. '.- -.-* ' ? ' -1, , Read Thu A L^.,?no *"> indebted to us for Merchan *??_?_r Oufcno Will pleasa at toni. in. ----o-wwim as.soon SS pc&slhlo. Wo jT,1"^?)*. ??d will elvo tho highest pilCO