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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1879._VOL. XIV-NO. 31. lt. , I . -?-1 ".?AT?7 OF SVBSCKXPTION.-Osk Doxaa* and Tiixr Cksts per aannm. In sdranee. Two DoiaajlI ai and of rear. Ssykj tt-Fivx Cxsts for six-months. ? , . ? Subscriptions are a?t taken f< r a law psrlod ' than tlx manths. - , 1UTES OP ADVERTISING.?On* Doilarpar sonars af oaa lach for tho ?rstlnx rtlon.anl Fifty -'Cants per square for subsequent Insertlonslessthan threa ntaxtas. 2\'a adrortiseae its counts less than a taoara. Liberal contracts will ba made wl( h thoee wishing be advertise for three, six or twslfu months. Ac ,.,veTU?lngbyooatractmustbocaanned. to tha lm .. mediatebaiiness of tha arm or indiridox! contrac? ting. . -Obituary Notices eseoedlnjc live lines, Tribntas of Respect, and all personal communications or matters af lndivlduaitntereat. will ba charged for at advertising rates. Annoaneemat ts of marriages .': and deaths, axd notices of a religious character, are e<nfletfnllT aolialtad, and wW be Inserted gratis '"* "* The State Grange. . :-? The State Grange of the Patrons of ' Husbandry of South Carolin:, met in the 'llasonic Temple yesterday morning, and TTS3 opened in the fourth degree by J.N. Li]*comb, Worthy Master. The follow? ing delegates werejresent: Anderson?J. W. Nortis, D. L. Cox, T. F. Payne, T. B. Lee, O. B. Williame, A. B. Bowden and J. J. Trowel. Chester?Dr. E. M, Atkinson, B. A. Lore and T. J. Cunningham. Charleston?E. L. Boche a: id J. Gail lard. Colleton?B, S. Beden. Barn well?L. L. Bice. Darlington?W. T. CuretcflPE N. Parrot and John DuBose. Fairfield?Gen. John Bratton and Dr. D. B. Clayton. Georgetown?Bot. Bcnj. Alston. Kersaaw?L C. Thompson and L. B. 'Stevenson. Marion?B. Mc White. " Marlboro'?3'. B. Willis. Newberry?T. W. Hollowiiy. H. D. Boozer, S. H. Tellers, A. J. F.elgoro, S. A. Hunter and J. N. Lipsconib. Orangebnrg?W. F. Barton, J. E. Gramlin, D. W. Croosr, D. W. Cottino and M. J. Jennings. Spartanbarg?J. P. Lancaster, J. W. Wofibrd and E. C. Allen. *. Samter?A. 8. Brown and W. J. Da? ran t. Williamsburg?W. H. McElween. The following Pomona Granges were represented: Anderson, P. B. Brown; Che3ter,J. E. White; Charleston, A. B. ?rBrOso; Darlington, Wm. Quirk; Ker ahaw and Lancaster, L. J. Patterson; Marlboro", J. B. Jennings; Newberry, J. S. Hair; Ontnceburg, E. J. Felder; Spartanburg, B. J. O. Smith. W. M., J. N. Lipscomb, read his an? nual address, which waa referred to the appropriate committee. , The chair then announced the follow* ing standing committees:. On Master's Address?B. S. Bedon, J. W. Norria, D. B. Clayton. On Executive Committee?J. B. Jen* rungs, B. A. IiCve, A. J. Kelgore. On Kesolutions-^Wm. Quirlt, J. G. Gaiilard, H. D. Boozer. On Business?Ti B. Let*, W. H. Mc? Elween, W. J,Dnrant. On Unfinished. Business?W. F. Bar? ton, S. H. Fellers, 0. B. Williams. On Suggestions for the Good of the , Order?B. Alston, W. T. Cureton, L.B. ^Stephonson, L. L. Bice. Cn Auditing and Finance?L. C. Thompson, J. 1?. Parrott, B. B. Mc White. Bro. E. L. Boclft, W. M. of. Aahley Grange, No. 1, extended an invitation to - the members and visiting brethren of the State Grange to an excursion around the harbor at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. -The invitation was accepted. T -At 4 p. m. the Grange was again called to order. Bro. B. J. O. Smith introduced the following preamble and resolutions, ^passed by Forest Home Grange, No. ^3-3, on the 2$th January, 1879: Whereas the manufacturers of com? mercial fertilisers by their recent de? mand for increased amount of cotton in exchange for said fertilizers hare shown their determination to impose additional burden on the already struggling inter? ests of the, farmers of the country.? . Therefore, resolved, 1st. That, our delegate to the State Grange, to be held in the city of Charles? ton on the 4th of February, be instructed ' to bring the attention of said body to this matter, and to urge en it the necessity for some concerted action. 2d. That we deem it proper lor the State Grange to suggest action, not only for the members ot the Order, but some arrangement in which all the farmers of the State can be invited to participate. 3d. That we suggest to the State Grange the propriety of calling a meeting of the farmers, to be held at each county seat at the earliest practicable date, under the auspices of the respective Pomona Granges, and that such meeting, after organization, elect> an executive com? mittee in whose hands the purchasing of said fertilizers be placed, the farmers subscribing their names to a proper ob? ligation to abide-by the action of said committee. The following memorials and resolu? tions upoa the same subject were also received: From Sandy Biver Grange, La Chester County :4 . Whereas, in recent convention, the "guano dealers" have entered into com? pact to dispose of their fertilizers beyond their real value to our fanning commu? nity ; and whereas it behooves us to take some united action to prevent the unex? pected and undue imposition which is threatened, we, the Sandy Biver Grange, of Chester County, S. C, do moat re? spectfully overture the State Grange to be convened in,Charleston, February 4, 1S79, to adopt some course by which our entire farming community may unite in bo me concerted action to resist the op? pression which is. so eagerly sought to impose upon them. To the wisdom of the Brotherhood we defer the maturing of some plan by which we can be pro? tected, either by fixing the rates to be paid for the several classes of fertilizers, or by the abandonment of the use until proper terms be secured. Your worthy body will' mingle moderation and firm? ness in your deliberation, and your na? ture ccunael will be heard and followed by the "veterans of the plough" from ocean to ocean. From Bull Bun Grange, No. 101: Whereas the dealers in, and manufac? turers of, commercial fertilizers havo en? tered into combination to advance the price of the several grades of their guanos; and whereas the price hitherto paid by ns either in cash or in valtue on time la beyond the producing result of their use, we, the Bull Bun Grange, of Chester County, S. G, do most respect? fully memoraiize the State Grange of South Carolina to assemble in the City of Charleston, S. C, February 4th, who are the proper and sacred custodians of the farming interests of this State, to devise ?oioe measure for the protection of our agricultural interests, either in fixing a tinted price for certain grades of commer? cial fertilizers beyond which we will not pay; or if such a measure fails, then, to pledge tht'msclves by solemn league and covenant against their use, as the only method of protection against such un? gracious imposition; and peradvemure the solemn utterance of your honorable . bo-Iy extending from the seaboard to the ?.. mountains will give potency to the re? monstrance against such ruinous monop? oly. From the Grange at Florence: Pxsclvtd, That it is the sense of this Grange' (Pomona) that not more than four hundred pounds of lint cotton can be paid for first-class fertilizers, and other fertilizers In proportion, delivered at the j planter's depot. On motion., all these were referred to a special committee consisting of the Mas? ters of Pomona Granges, as follows: P. J B. Brown, A. B. Boso, W;n, Quirk, R. A. Love, L. J. Patterxon, J. S. Hair, B. J. ^0. Smith, E. J. Felder, and J. B. Jen? nings. '? 'lhe committee on business submitted Bing report, which was adopted: The committee on business respectfully beg leave to recommend to the State Gnvnge the following hours of meeting ard recess: Morning sessions from 9 a. m. to 12} p. m. Eecess from 12:30 p. m. to 7 p. m. Evening session from 7 p. m. to hour of adjournment. Bro. E. L. Roche offered the following, which was adopted: Resolved, That the kind invitation from the Town Council of Chester, to hold a summer meeting in that town, be accep? ted, and the thanks of this Grange be returned for the same, and that the mat? ter be referred to executive committee of the State Grange and that of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society to fix the time. Bro. J. N. Parrott introduced the fol? lowing, which was adopted: Resolved, That a committee of five bo appointed by the W. M. for the purpose ot devising some plan to reduce the rates of storage and insurance charged on cot? ton consigned to Charleston. The W..M. appointed the following committee: J. N. Parrott, L, B. Stephen Bon, A. B. Base, D. K. Norris, A. N. At? kinson. WEDNESDAY'S SEdSION. Pursuant to adjournment, the State Grange met at 7 o'clock last evening, and was opened in the fourth degree by the W. M. The minutes were read and, after correction, were adopted. The roll of the Grange being again called, the following additional delegates reported: B. W. Simpson, B. A. King, J. B. Breland, G. B, Trotter, R. 0. Hairs ton, J. W. Bradluy, James McCutchen, B. G. Price, A. P. West, J. G. Blue. An invitation from the secretary and treasurer of the Charleston Bagging Fac? tory Company, to visit the factory was accepted. . The special order for 8 p. m. was then called, and the Grange entered upon an election for officers, with the following result: J. N. Lipscomb, W. M., Newberry. A. B. Rose, W. O., Charleston. W. W. Bussell, W. Anderson. Win. Quirk, Steward, Darlington. A. P. West, A. S., Edgefield. > B. D. Perry, Chaplain, Williamsburg. A. M. Aiken, Treasurer, Abbeville. T. W. Holloway, Secretary, Newberry. J. N. Parrott, G. K., Darlington. Mrs. R. D. Perry, Ceres, Wiluamsburg. Mrs. E. L. Boche, Pomona, Charleston. . Miss L. L. Wilev, Flora, Chester. Mrs. R. A. Love, L. A. S., Chester. Executive Committee?John Bratton, Fairfield; E. L. Roche, Charleston; J. W. Norris, Anderson. ? . On motion of Bro. B. B. McWhite the following resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote: Resolved, That the unanimous thanks of the State Grange be returned to Ash? ley Grange No. 1 for the pleasant, inter? esting and entertaining excursion around the harbor the past day on board the steamer Sappho, also to the officers of the said steamer for tho courtesy and the efforts made to add to the pleasures of the trip. The committee on the good of the order submitted the following report, which was received as information and made the special order for the second day of the next annual juee ting of the State Grange: The committee ou the good of the Or? der met and took into consideration the condition of the Order in this State, /and, after mature deliberation, present the following suggestions: 1. That the Master of the State Grange shall be a salaried officer, and shall not be at the same time the incumbent of any political office in the State or the United States. 2. That it sh: .11 be the duty of the Master, with the assistance and aid of any of the officers of the State Grange whom be shall select, to visit once a year every county or district of the State, and especially such as are lukewarm or igno? rant as to the Order, and instruct them. 3. That the meetings of the State Grange shall be hereafter held alternate? ly in Greenville or Spartanburg, Colum? bia and Charleston, and shall be held for one week. 3. That the first days of such meetings shall be devoted to aa exhibition of agri? cultural products, domestic manufactures and live stock, open to all members of the Order throughout the State and the United States, but confined to them ex? clusively, and that the State Grange shall award such medals, certificates or awards as they may deem expedient or able to afford. 5. That there shall be appointed indi? viduals, in the discretion of the Master, to address the Grange on specific subjects of general interest at each meeting of the State Grange. i 6. That after this the ordinary legisla? tive business of the Order shall be en? tered on and continued to end of week until completion. Benj. Allston, L. B. Stephenson, L. L. Bice. A Sneak: as Well asaFbaud.?The Christiancy business illustrates about as well as anything can the hypocrisy and pretentiousness that goes to make up the character of the fraud?Hayes. Senator Christiancy was willing to resign and let Zach Chandler into the Senate two years ago if Hayes would, at that time, prom? ise him the Mexican mission, but when the proposition was made the Fraud threw up bis hands in a fine affectation of hor? ror and declared that never would he consent to such a wounding of the pre? cious principle of civil service reform. It was a duty that he owed to the better element of his party to keep such men as Chandler out of power. Again, it was necessary to square off accounts with Fos? ter, who has just been brought out in his true colors by the Tyner exposure, and who, at that time, was occupying the Mexican berth; more than- that; Hayes was afraid the Democrats would turn him out nnless he played high points. Now, however, when he feels perfectly safe from attack, how cleverly be elides down from his high perch to the very wallow of machine politics. Mr. Chris? tiancy is given the Peruvian mission, in order to let Mr. Chandler back to the Senate, the disgraceful trade being fixed up in a day. Let us hear no more talk about Grant from papers of the Spring? field Republican ilk. There was never an hour when, drunk or sober, he was not infinitely the superior of the present fraudulent incumbent of the White House in every moral and manly characteris? tic? Washington Post. Stonewall Jackson's Hobse.?It is known to most of the readers of the 06 server tbat the horse upon which Stone? wall Jackson was riding when he receiv? ed the wounds which resulted in his death is now in the possession of his brother-in-law, Mr. Joseph Morrison, who lives at the old Morrison homestead in Lincoln County, fifteen or twenty miles from this city. Mr. Morrison rode him down yesterday, and Mr. Van Ness, the enterprising photographer, got a first rate picture of biro. The gallant old sorrel shows the effects of age, but is still able to travel ar d do enough service to pay for the oxpense of keeping him. ?Charlotte Obiervcr. ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS! The True Inwardness of the Pension Ar? rears BUL Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 1879. 7b the Editors of the News and Courier: On the 25th of January, Mr. Hayes ap? proved the "Arrears of Pension Bill," thus making it the law. Ever/ mail since has brought me one or more letters from friends in South Carolina express? ing gratification at this fact, and inquir? ing how the writer should proceed to secure his (or her) back pay. for he (or she) pensioner, had been in the Seminole, Black Hawk, Mexican or some other war, with which the "Arrear bill" had noth? ing to do. Before this reaches you their hopes will have been blasted, but it may not be amiss to publish a few thoughts upon the subject of pensions, as our peo? ple at the South are morbidly sanguine that the present Congress will give many of them material relief by passing pen? sion laws, which will apply to Southern as well as Northern soldiers who were in wars anterior to 1861. In 1871 (I think) a pension law was enacted granting a pension to every sol? dier who had been disabled, (or his rep? resentative if he had been killed) in the "war waged for the suppression of the rebellion. Of course this meant only Federal soldiers. The day of payment of the pension was to date from the pas? sage of the law, and all soldiers who did not within five years from that date apply for a pension were to be debarred. The "Arrears of Pension Bill" amends that law so as to date the day of payment back to tbe day of the death or wounding of the soldier, and removes the five years' restriction. So, if a soldier was wounded at the first battle of Manassas and is drawing but $8 a month, this bill gives him additional pay of nearly $1,000 in the aggregate. There are over 300,000 of these pensioners, and their number will now be greatly increased by the re? moval of the five years' restriction and this lumping off to them of ten years' pay at one payment. No one estimates that it will require less than $30,000,000 to pay these arrear? ages, and some say it will require all of $100,000,000. The only obstruction now in the way is the passage of a bill to ap? propriate money to meet the demands of this arrears bill. Whether this will be an impediment of any consequence, you may judge when I tell you a wooden leggea FederaL general framed and in? troduced the bill in a Democratic House which passed it; it then passed a Repub? lican Senate, and was approved by a Be {" ?ublican President, who, convinced at east of its impropriety, hesitated several days before he would sign it, but had not the nerve to veto it. The appropriation committee will doubtless recommend the necessary ap? propriation, the Southern members will not oppose it from that delicate 3cnse of honor peculiar to them, the two parties, North and South, will vie with each other in approving the appropriation, the money will be required to come forth, and the man who chews tobacco or takes an occasional glass of grog will have to pay that much more for his quid and his toddy. The surviving volunteer soldiers of the war are really a power in* the land, and the -two parties North are vieing with each other to secure their votes, so that this arrears pension matter is not, and cannot be considered, a just claim upon the treasury of the United States, but is virtually, if not really, a political meas? ure advocated by either party to defeat the other. Neither .will gain or deserve special credit, and so "honors will be easy." A few more words upon the general questions of pensions. On the 9th March a law was enacted to pension the surviv? ing soldiers, or the widows of soldiers, of the war of 1812. Would you believe it, there are on file now in the pension office more than 26.000 applications for pen? sions under that bill? I did not think this could possibly be the case, but so it is. Human longevity has been admira? bly illustrated since the passage of that bill. As I have received what appeared to me to be a fair proportion of these pension claims from the veterans of the war of 1812,1 have multiplied that num? ber by 292, tbe number of representatives upon the floor of the House, and find that the product is little more than one third the reported number of applicants. I have wondered where these 26,000 vet? erans or surviving widows came from. The effect of this unanticipated num? ber, I fear, has killed the possibility of the passage of a law pensioning the sur? viving soldiers of the Seminole or Mexi? can wars. These wars were fought prin? cipally by Southern soldiers, and this will be another reason why pensions will never be paid to their veterans. When the pension bill relating to these wars was recently under consideration in the House, some one moved to amend by adding a clause granting a pension to every volunteer soldier who was in the Federal army from 1861 to 1864, inclu? sive.' Would you believe it, it passed by acclamation, which really killed the pen? sion bill; and therefore 1 can but say to the Southern survivors of the Florida, Black Hawk or Mexican wars, possess your souls in patience, for I do not be? lieve the Forty-fifth Congress will award you one dollar for the duty you performed or the exposure and risk you suffered for "our common country." There is anothef pension bill yet to be reported to the House, which restores to tbe pension roll those men and their widows of the South who were once on the roll, but were stricken from it by an act passed in February, 1862. Whether it will bo reported this Congress I am unable to say. And if reported, whether it will become law, no one now can tell. You have heard of tbe man who said no one but a Creator could anticipate what would be the verdict of a jury. You or I could diagnose the hidden verdict of a half dozen juries, even South Carolina post bellum juries, easier than we could anticipate the fate of a bill in the Forty fifth Congress, unless it were a bill known to be for the benefit of the entire North. I do not beHeve the bill restoring the Southerners to their rights will pass; first, because the Republican party do not think we have any rights that they are bouud to respect; and secondly, be? cause the Northern Democracy are so nearly of the same opinion that they will not oppose tbe Republicans in order to favor us of the South. The National Democracy to-day are practically divided by the Potomac and the Ohio, and unless something is done to remove this line of division before 1880, 1 can see no reason why Grant or some other nominee of the Republican party may not walk without molestation from private life straight into tbe White House. Your obedient servant, D. Wyatt Aiken. Advised By All.?Every person who has used Dr. Price's Unique Perfumes admire them. His Pet Rose is charming ?the fragrance of sweet blossoms; his Alista Bouquet, delicately delightful? the odor of dainty buds; while his Floral Riches surpass in rich, fresh flowery odor any Cologne or toilet water ever made. ', PREPARED TO CARRY GRANT. How tho Tutore Wanderings of the Mod? ern Ulysses will bo Made Easy at tho People's Expense. From the New York Sun. The brisk northerlies and westerlies, that have prevailed since the United , States sloop-of-war Richmond quitted the Navy Yard several weeks ago, have, in the opinion of naval officers, given the veteran Capt. Bonham, commanding, an opportunity to fly all hia kites. The mission upon which his vessel is bound, it is clear, smells rank in the nostrils of the majority of his brother officers. The Richmond, Brooklyn and Hart? ford, they aay, "are the most seaworthy of our decrepit fleet, and why, therefore, should one of those be assigned to a pri? vate citizen as a pleasure yacht ?" Prom December 31, when the Rich? mond arrived from the Charlestown Navy Yard, made fast to the Farewell buoy, and sainted the Admiral's flag, up to the time she swung graeefully out into the stream from the Long Dock, she was regarded with curiosity by the yard offi? cers. Over $143,000 has been expended on tbe^sbip in the past six months in new machinery, boilers and planking. Part of this sum went toward altering and sumptuously furnishing her cabin to receive ex-President Grant and wife, Col. Fred Grant aud others of his suite. Some of the long list of officers that have been assigned to the Richmond hare, it is said, long been accustomed to what is known as fancy duty. Owing, however, to the number of these young gentlemen aboard, the wardroom was found to be too small for them, and part of the num? ber are compelled to bunk in the steer? age with the midshipmen and petty officers. The Richmond's cabin has been thor? oughly overhauled. What was good enough for plain John Rodgers, rear ad? miral United States navy, was not, in the opinion of the department, suitable for the ex-President. Naval Constructor Pook of the Charlestown yard was given carte blanche in the embellishment of the same. If the cabin was intended to be magnificent, Mr. Pook was successful. As a cabin it is regal.. The main en? trance to the ship when at anchor is on the starboard side, wheuce a broad and elegantly fitted companionway leads to a sort of grand saloon on the main deck. The saloon is divided into three suites of apartments?drawing, dining and recep? tion rooms. On state occasions these may be thrown into one spacious apart? ment. Beside these there aro large state rooms abutting upon the forward and after bulkhead. The painting and deco? ration of all are essentially bright; the woodwork being of light colors, having panels and stiles picked out with orange and green. The cornices and pilasters are of a delicate hue. Sage green silk blinds and lace curtains embellish the ports and deadlights. The sides of the ship and the bulkheads forming the drawing and reception rooms, are hung with mirrors framed in oak and gold, the wooden fittings in some cases being of polished mahogany. When in the tropics the temperature of these apart? ments will be cooled by means of clay punkahs or monkeys, which, .filled with water, will depend from the interior of the poop-deck. In the bedrooms?for they are too large to be called staterooms?full-sized feather beds rest on brass bedsteads, sus? pended by gimbals. These work in upright standards. In a seaway the mo? tion of the bed is like that of a compass, being disturbed slightly by either the rolling or the pitohing of the ship. The dining-room is surrounded by rude tran? soms covered with silk. There are four bathrooms, with pipes leading to weih in the waist, which are kept filled with water by the crew. When a hot bath is desired, another pipe, leading to the tubs from the engine, heats the water by steam. The reception room contains a large library, and the walls are covered with choice pictures. The two stern chasers that were wont to look frowninglv from the after ports have been removed altogether from the ship. On the gun-deck proper are twelve 8-inch broadside guns, six on each side. In tho waist are a long 9-inch rifled pivot gun and two Gatling guns, and a 200 pounder Parrot adorns the to'gallant fo'castle. Beside the five boats that belong to the Richmond?one launch, three cutters, and a gig?the 45-foot steam launch be? longing to the Brooklyn, after a thor? ough overhauling, has been suspended from her davits. A large brass canopy has been built over it, which in very warm weather may be covered with can? vass. Although merchant ships of the same tonnage are handled in a masterly man? ner by fifty men, the Richmond has a crew of 330. Nearly all the ship's rigging, chains and anchors are new. Of the latter there are five, each weighing near 7,000 pounds, beside unnumbered kedges and grappling irons. The Richmond carries forty-five offi? cers, line, staff and warrant, ana the petty officers are unusually numerous. Naval officers say that such an excur ! sion party as this never before quitted an I American port in a Government ship, except the late expedition of Capt. Sha feldt with a roving commission in the Ticonderoga, directing him "to open up trade generally." The ex-President at first expected to board the Richmond at either Spezia or Marseilles, in the Mediterranean. The route first chosen for Gen. Grant's excur? sion was said to have been from the Med? iterranean to Bombay. Thence he was to travel through the Western Ghauts to Poonah, Mahanaleshwar, and perhaps to Ahmedabad. Again joining the ship at Bombay, where ic was to await him, he would sail down the Malabar Coast, visit Beypoor, and proceed across to Madras, passing Counbatoor, and Seringapatam. From Madras he was to visit Ceylon, and thence to Calcutta. Iiis course thence was to be northwesterly, through Be? nares, Patna, Cawnpore, Agra, Delhi and Lahore. From Lahore, the capital of the Punjaub, he proposed visiting the Maharajah of Cashmere at Jummoo. Such'was the programme arranged for Gen. Grant by the men in this country who are understood to be coaching him for the next Republican nomination, and to be paying the expensecof his foreign tour with that object in view. But when the statement was first published that the United States vessel Richmond was to be detailed to carry him over the last part of the trip, and protests began to come in from all parts ot the country, these man? agers became alarmed, and wrote to Gen. Grant that it was best for him to go to India in one of the mail steamers, and by the time the Richmond reached Bom? bay the people here would have gotten over their first burst of indignation. He could there join the Richmond, in the meantime having followed out the pro? gramme above given, and sail in her to China and Japan. j ? There is ono advantage in marry i ing a woman who hasn't a mind of her i own; she can't forovertbe giving you f? \ piece of it. f SENATOR SHIELDS' ADVENTURES. What He Saw of the Bed Men In the Early Days of Minnesota. The literary reception at Hon. Horatio King's residence on Saturday was even better attended than usual, the attraction of the evening being a sketeh of his early experience in the Indian country by the recently elected Senator from Missouri, Gen. Shields. Some sweet singing by Midlle. Erni, a young debutante in the musical world, and recitations by the well-known elocutionist, Mr. John Twee dale, preceded and followed Senator Shields' address. The veteran gave his scrap of biography In a modest way that almost hid from view the principal char? acter in the moving scenes he related. In the spring of 1856, while traveling in Minnesota, near the Big Woods, about forty miles from St. Paul, he came to a lake of such picturesques surroundings as to tempt the traveler to explore it. Fastening bis horse to a tree, he strolled on through the country, and on trying to retrace his steps, be found that he had lost his way. Night was-falling when he descried a Sioux village of fifty tepees or wigwams. Entering the large tepee he saw some forty Indian warriors. They took no notice of the traveler's entrance, and he approached a young and intelli? gent looking Indian, took hold of a string of beads which he wore round his neck, and pulled a trifle too hard, for the next moment the beads strewed the floor. The young man rose, seized his rifle, and, pointing to the beads, ordered a squaw to pick them up. He then motioned the visitor to precede 1 im, and they marched out of the village, to a point opposite to where he had entered, and either by ac? cident or design on the part of the In? dian, made a bee-line for bis lost horse, which they found still securely fastened to a tree. After making his guide happy by giv? ing him a five dollar gold piece, the trav? eler made his way without difficulty to St. Paul. Delighted with the fertile spot he had discovered, he purchased the tract, including the lake and village, and returned there after a few months with a party of ten, and formed the nucleus of a settlement, which is now a large and prosperous city. They got on friendly terms with their Indian neighbors, who bad frequent battles with the neighbor? ing Chippewas, with whom they were at war and whose scalps would frequently adorn their spears on their return. Oue night the white settlers were startled by a horrible uproar in the Indian village, and Gen. Shields started thither with a half-breed interpreter. He found the Bquaws dancing round a large fire, utter? ing most unearthly yells and poking long sticks into the flames at two Chippewa captives, who were bound to trees close by, whom they were prepared to put to death. Gen. Shields told them be could not permit this to be done on his land, and threatened to obtain soldiers from Fort Snelling and burn the village if they did not release the captives. This produced no impression either, aud he was about to return to the settlement for help to attempt a rescue, when the half breed suggested buying the captives. The offer of ten dollars apiece was glad? ly accepted by the chief, who gave orders for the liberation of the intended victems. They appeared to feel no pleasure or grat? itude at their deliverance, and quietly accompanied Gen. Shields to his house, where food was set before them. Though they had fasted for three days they ate but moderately, and departed the next morning. They were set down as un? grateful wretches and Boon forgotten. Some time after, when started on a journey to Selkirk settlement, he applied to the Chippewa chief for guides. Eng? lish-speaking men were asked for, but the chief said that though he had some who had been educated at mission schools and converted to Christianity, they would He and steal on eve:y opportunity. He had two whom be could depend on, and who worshipped a white man, and these he sent. On seeing .Gen. Shields they threw down their guns and fell at his feet, making the wildest gestures of grat? itude and pleasure. He recognized them as his two ?proteges, and soon had reason to recall the hard opinion he had found? ed on their former behavior. While making the journey they were startled by a loud Sioux war whoop. The guides warn ted to fight the strangers alone, be? ing unwilling, as they said, to bring their white brothers into their war. They were restrained, and a flag of truce sent, when it was discovered that the supposed Sioux were half-breed Scotchmen from a settlement near by. Their leader, Andy McKay, who was besides a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, said his men thought the others to be Sioux, and intended to have scalped them all after leading them into an ambush by the false war whoop. They passed toe night round the campfire, the Scotch Indians singing Burns' songs and speaking English with an accent that would not have disgraced a native of Ayrshire. The general re? mained for three years in the wilds of Minnesota, and the recollections of the eriod were among the most pleasant in is life. He was warmly applauded throughout his relation, his racy stylo adding to the interest of his narrative.? Wellington Post. Examine the Combs.?It is the easi? est thing in the world when you know how 'tis done?to tell when your fowls are in ill health, even in the incipient stages of any disease or ailment, if you but examine your flock carefully. The comb of each fowl is a true index to the workings of their systems. If they be in ill health, the comb will lose color and will become far less firm in texture; as the malady increases the color decreases, till a very Rick bird will show a comb almost devoid of -.carlet color, being of a livid dull crimson, or else pale or ashy in appearance. If the cholera or any dis? ease should come into the flock, carefully examine the combs of each bird, morn? ing and night, and all those which aro wanting in that bright, rich color which denotes perfect health, remove at once from the flock to a place remote, where they should at once be put under medi? cal treatment. The comb of the fowl is an honest index of the true inwardness, and should daily be consulted by the fancier who values the health and well being of his flock. Look at the comb of a laying hen or pullet 1 She is in the height of health ana strength and carries her unfailing sign of health fulness on her head, in the shape of a blood-red, bright and full comb. A vigorous cock or cockerel will carry the same sign, though not, perhaps, in bo eminetit a degree.?American Poul? try Yard. Don't. Don't speak angrily to a child. Don't kick a dog when he is asleep. Don't go back on the friends of your parents. Don't often visit your neighbors at meal time. Don't neglect a cough thinking it will cure itself. (Thousands die of con? sumption by bo doing.) Don't forget Dr. Price's Gilden Medical Discovery, for it cures a cough or cold in one-half the time required by any other medicine, and is the only medicine known that posi? tively cures consumption in its early stages. j- J OUR GRAND MILL SITES. An Eminent Now England -Expert Look? ing into the Advantages of South Carolina at n Great Manufacturing Region. Columbia, Febuary 4. Mr. D. M. Thompson, of the well known firm of Thompson & Nagle, architects, mechanical and mill engineers, Provi? dence, R. I., is now visiting South Car? olina upon business of the first impor? tance to the people of the entire State, to wit: that of investigation in person the subject of manufacturing in all its branches, with a view to ascertaining what has been done in this line, and, more particularly, what is possible to be done toward fully developing this great interest in the speediest and most practi? cable manner. Mr. Thompson brings with him letters of introduction and recommendation from Senators Hill, Gordon and other promi? nent Southern gentlemen, besides refer? ences from many of the leading and best known manufacturers and engineers of New England, and Northwest, which commend him as a thoroughly accoin Elished, practical engineer, and master in is particular profession. It requires but a short acquaintance with him to inform our citizens of the fact that his presence and business in this State, at this time, is a matter of public interest, and no oppor? tunity should be neglected of affording him pormptly all the light and assist? ance requisite to the prosecution of his disinterested endeavor in behalf of the State's prosperity. During bis visit to Columbia Mr. Thompson has patiently and intelligent? ly studied the subject of the capabili? ties of the vast water power running to waste at the very gates of the Capital of the State, and the conclusion at which he has arrived as to the immediate possi? ble results of its proper direction and management more than confirms all that has been heretofore said on the same sub? ject. As his survey of the scene of future operations at this point bos not been completed, it is not yet time to say more than Mr. Thompson regards the work as being far more than one of mere local in? terest and importance. The proper and prompt development of the Columbia Ca? nal, in his opinion, would not only at? tract capital to Columbia, but the econ? omy ana profits of the successful manu? facture of cotton here would quickly lead to the investment of other capital in the same department all over the State. The first thing to be done is to make the water power available by building the necessary dam. It will not then be suf? fered to the remain long idle, and, indeed, it is considered a safe prediction that if but one cotton factory properly conduct? ed could be set in operation by a compa? ny organized at home on the cooperative plan, it would be quickly found that abundant capital could and would be found ready, even in South Carolina, to invest in so safe and profitable an ester prise. The friendly interest in South Carolina affairs, and South Carolina's future, manifested by the gentleman above nam? ed is as encouraging and gratifying as it is in marked contrast with the views of many others who have preceded him, i much for the purpose of Hpying out the nakedness of the land. His observation of the country and its people have led him to entertain the most kindly and hopeful views in regard to the future of this section, and it is anticipated that the report of so important and able an ob? server will go far, indeed, towards remov? ing some of the serious misapprehensions so currently entertained ana expressed abroad upon the same subject. The report of Mr. Holly, the engineer j employed by the State to survey the ca? nal, has not yet been made public, and Mr. Thompson declines to anticipate that report by any account of his own views in regard to the special matters to be treated of therein. There is much to be said on kindred matters, however, and such views as he may feel at liberty to express will bo given to the readers of The News and Courier in due season.? News and Courier. The Plaque in Russia.?The black death, which has again appeared in some parts of Russia, has proved very destruc? tive, and caused the greatest alarm. This is the same disease which, in the fourteenth century, desolated the globe,! and it gets its name from the black spots, symptomatic of a putrid decomposition, that shows themselves at one of its stages on the skin of the sufferer. It is thought te have had its origin in China in 1333, some fifteen years before its outbreak in Europe, and it raged for twenty years, while droughts, famines, floods, earth? quakes that swallowed towns mountains, and swarms of locusts spread devastation everywhere. During the same period Eu? rope had as many abnormal conditions as as the East. The order of Naturo ap? peared to be reversed. The seasons were at various times inverted; thunderstorms were frequent in midwinter, and volca? noes, lone considered extinct, burst forth afresh. The theory is that the extraor? dinary activity of the earth, accompained by decomposition of vast organic masses ?myriads of locuts, brutes, and bodies of human beings?produced some change in the atmosphere inimical to life. Some writers say that the impure air was j actually visible as it approached with its burden of death. The plague owed its extension almost wholly to infection and contagion. Three years passed from the date of its appearance in Constantinople before it crept by a huge circle to the Russian territories. Statistics were not obtainable then, but it is estimated that in China alone 13,000,000 people died, and in the remainder of the East 24,000,000 while in Europe 25,000,000 souls perish? ed, making a grand and terrible total of 52,000,000. Although there is little dan? cer of the spread of the pest to Western Europe?for many generations it has been confined to the East?it is not strange that the Russians should be star? tled by the ravages the black death has already made. Persons attacked with it are said to die like flies and the igno? rant and superstitious peasantry are so horrified by it that many arc thought to have perished of pure fright. Fortunate? ly, the laws of health and the peculiar? ities of disease are much better under? stood now than in centuries gone by. - mom ? Trie ice harvest on the Hudson Riv? er this season is the most successful ever known, the quality better. The gather? ing will be finished this week, and it is expected 3,000,000 tons will be obtained, which, it is supposed, will suffico for a two years' crop a thing that has never hap? pened before. ? In joint session of the Tennessee Legislature last Thursday, there were fourteen candidates fur the office of State Libraian, and the prize was car? ried off by Mrs. Hatton?the male candidates making a very poor stand. But .Iu8t to Say.?It is but just to say that the firm of Steele & Price were the first to place in the market articles for culinary purpose that are strictly pure and wholcome. Their Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder has obtained its popular? ity and extended sale by purity of the materials.. MEMPHIS AND HER RECEIVER. How Uio Now Arrangement will Probably Work. Memphis ha> been uncharted and abol? ished by the act of the Tennessee Legis? lature. Where, two days ago, there was a busy city and a thriving mart of com? merce, may now be found no more than a howling wilderness of houses, inter? sected by some twenty odd miles of wood? en pavements, mostly in a state of decay and pretty generally unpaid for. But the city, the corporation of Memphis, no longer exists. It has been decorporated, and has no title even to a name. It might as .ve." be called Thebes or Tanais as Memphis. TheTennesseean Memphis did not have as long a life as that of the venerable capitol of Old Egypt, which flourished for more than a thousand years. But then they bad neither Nicholson wooden pavements nor municipal bonds in those primeval times. The modern Memphis was laid out in 1820 incorpora? ted as a city in 1831. After surviving for forty-eight years it has been disincor ?orated and again "laid out" in 1879. he receiver for the late corporation, however, if he should be appointed, will still find some property belonging to it which he can seize upon. There is a handsome park and a Jackson statue in the centre of the city. There are build? ings erected for schools, courts, &c, which were the property of the defunct corporation, and will naturally fall into the receiver's possession. In fact he might take a contract to conduct the mu? nicipal affairs of the people in the vicin? ity of the late city for the benefit of the creditors, leasing the public property to them at a reasonable rent, and acting generally as a trustee for a neglected es? tate. In noticing the proceedings inaugura rated for the appointment of a receiver, the Memphis Appeal of Wednesday last says: "The filing of this bill is likely to complicate matters. Until its prayer is refused or granted the new bill repealing the charter cannot be enforced, as accor? ding to Section 69 of the Code of the State the repeal of an act cannot aannl or injuriously affect proceedings begun under iL" The Appeal, in commenting on the probable workings of the proposed re? ceivership, says: "Under and by virtue ol the act, and the granting of the above prayer by the Court, the friends of the measure claim that the receiver so appointed will be su Sreme within the city limits, will not be ampered by a council, will be an officer of the Court, supported and sustained by the Court. His orders, would, therefore, be in the nature of the orders of the Court, any failure to obey which would be a contempt, punishable by fine and imprisonment, or both, at the option of | the Court. He can enforce the collection of taxes, those past due as well as those just assessed or to be assessed, and he can compel prompter obedience to existing ordinances than any city government we ever had. He can compel the enforce? ment of sanitary measures, the paving of | the streets, the sewering of the same, and any measure he deems necessary for the safety and the welfare of the city. In a word, his would be the one-man power I which Memphis needs to lift her out of | her difficulties. The only thing now wanted is the man of iron nerve, and with sufficient brains to take the place and do the work. Under this bill, by virtue of which the court has been pray? ed to appoint a receiver, the taxes are limited to one dollar and sixty cents, and these are levied by the State. Man? damuses cannot run, and will, say its friends, have immunity from that, the one great barrier to our welfare and prog? ress. The receiver has also the power to compromise and settle the past due debt, and thus save the credit of the city, which, under the bill retains its corporate rights, titles, immunities, attachments and be? longings." Blown from iL Cab.?Shortly before ! seven o'clock Saturday evening, while the express train from New York was n earing Lin wood, on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, between Chester and Wilmington, three students of Princeton College attempted to pass from the car in which they had been seated to a car in the rear. The wind was blowing fiercely from the northwest, and the first student was nearly blown from the platform. He lost his hat and had to hold on tightly to the brake wecel. The second student, j a son of Dr. Yaugham, a prominent phy? sician of Wilmington, Del., was not so fortunate. The wind blew opeu bis overcoat, and the garment filling by the fierce gust, the young man was blown backward and hurled with terrific force over on the Delaware river side of the track. The train bad gone on about four miles be? fore the conductor was apprised of the accident. He was urged to return, but thought it safer to run rapidly to Wil? mington and dispatch the particulars to Lin wood. This was done, and when the express train reached Perryville, a dis? patch from Linwood awaited it, stating that a hand car had been sent out and that the dead body of Vaughan had been picked up. His death must have been instantaneous, owing to the veloc? ity at which the train was going when he fell. He had intended to take dinner with his father on Sunday and return to college on Monday. Ho wa^ abouttwen. ty-five years old, and of slender build. Hints for Lovers.?In the first place, it is an imposition on any well bred girl to keep her up later than half past 10 o'clock when you have the oppor? tunity of Beeing her often. If you always leave her with the wish in her heart that you had staid longer, you gain so much. Never run the risk of wearying her with your presence. Be just as earnest and straight-forward as in your honorable dealings with men. Impress your friends with the worthiness and seriousness of | your love, so that vulgar and senseless bantering will appear to them as such. Love is religion?the suprcniest happi? ness ; wear it manfully and proudly, but holily. Woo a woman bravely. If there is anything humiliating to a woman, it is to have a lover whom sno wishes to hon? or, weak and vapid, ever yielding and half afraid of her. She longs to tell him to "act like a man !" The man who con? ceals or denies his love for fear of being laughed at, is a coward. A love that has no divinity is not love but passion, which of itself has nothing ennobling. That was a beautiful inscription on au engage? ment ring: "Each for the other and both for God." - Elizabeth, New Jersey, having 28, 000 inhabitants, declared itself bankrupt Saturday by defaulting not only on the interest on its bonded debt but also by failing to provido the means requisite for the payment of the bonds which matured on that day. v The Cheapest.?Reliable articles like Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts, Vauilla, Lemon, Orange, Ginger, etc., that have etood the test of the best judges in the country, are the cheapest in the I long run, if health ? to be considered, LEGAL ADVERTISING.?We are compelled la require cash payments for advertising ordered ry - Executors, Administrators and other fiduciaries. and herewith append the rates for the ordinary notices, whleh will only be inserted when the money comes with the order: Citations, two insertions, - - ? - 93.80 Estate Notices, three insertions, - ? 2,oe Final Settlements, fire insertions - ? 3,01 TO CORRESPONDENTS.?In order to reeeiTe attention, communications must be accompanied by the true name and address of the writer. Re? jected manuscripts will not be returned, unless the necessary stamps are furnished to repay the postage, thereon. *3- We are not responsible for the views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications shotid bo addressed to "Ed? itors Intelligencer," and al checks, drafts, money orders, Ac, should be mo le payable to the order of E. J. MURRAY A CO., Anderson, 8. C. A Marrying Man.?Rev. John Manr deline, of Brooklyn, just sentenced to five years imprisonment for bigamy, missed his calling, he should * have been a humorist. In his confession to the judge he wrote: "After my first wife died in 1873, I went to Philadelphia, where I became acquainted with Mary , E. Rustel, and married her. Soon after my wife left me on account of my reli- ?' gion. I then went to Newark as a preach-' er of the Gospel. There I became ac? quainted with an old widow, who pro? posed marriage to me, and, after telling her my circumstances as regards my first I wife, who is living, got married to her. She also left me. I then went to Brad fort, Conn., where I made the acquain- ' tance of a third woman, to whom I was married. She found out the circum? stances respecting my previous marri? ages, and one morning upon returning from work I found that she also had fled. I then came to Troy, where I formed the acquaintance of a servant girl, to whom I was married. She fled from me. Learn? ing that this last person intended to have me arrested, I left Troy and went to Lowell, Mass. I came across a friend who introduced me to a young lady, and after some time keeping her company I proposed and was married to her. About a month after she was informed of my previous marriages, and I had to leave Massachusetts. I then came to Winneld, L. I., where I was married to my wife, Miss Weidel, and for which I was ! locked up. I therefore ask for mercy." A Haunted House.?Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette, from Rich? mond January 17, Bays: "A strange story is told here to the1 effect that the parsonage occupied by the Rev. Moses . D. H?ge, of the Presbyterian Cbnrcb, and situated on the corner of Main and ??; Fifth streets, is haunted. Dr. H?ge, it is stated, has the utmost difficulty in keeping servants. They come and utay one month and see the mysterious appa? rition and hear the human sigh, and then they leave, nor do they wait long '.. for wages. The bouse was built und . occupied for years by Major Gibbon, a' distinguished officer in the colonial V army. After the Revolutionary war he lived there in handsome style. At out the hour of midnight a figure robed in white walks with solemn step through the hall and vanishes noiselessly. It is said by those who elaim to have iieen it to be the figure of a lady. And .hat j as the figure sweeps by, a deep-drawn sigh is heard which proceeds from the back parlor in the house. Such is the strange tale which the affrighted servants tell. It is strange that servants came there from a distance who have never heard of the traditions of the house, and upon the first night see the same figure. They all tell the same story. The figure cannot be traced to any authentic source, but many have heard the deep-drawn sigh wh' h proceeds from the back par? lor. Upon going into the parlor noth? ing is seen or heard, but immediately upon going out in the passage the sigh is heard again. It is only heard about the hour of twelve o'clock at night It i\ is attributed to some strange accoustic' ? property of e room." ? Pearl Millet.?A letter from a cor? respondent in Florida tells of a small expriment made there with the above forage plant. The seed was sown about j the middle of June, on new and poor [ground, and a little fertilizer was put r. with it into tho drill. It was cut four times. The first time, it measured over seven feet in height The other cuttings were shorter, bnt none of them was un j der four feet. For the quantity of seed I sown and the quality of the land which received it, the yield of the forage is stated to have been enormous. Another correspondent writing from Birdsville, Georgia, says that he has cul? tivated "Pearl" Millet as a forage and : 1 soiling plant for twenty-five years, and esteems it highly: It is a sure crop until the advent ol a killing frost, and its yield is always in proportion to the fertility of the soil. It has never yet developed I either an enemy to itself or a pest to neighboring plants. It withstands droughts well, and readily recovers from any tempoary disaster.?Rural New Yorker._ Important Languages of the World.?According to a credible esti? mate there are at present ninety millions who speak the English language, namely, in Great Britain, North America, on the Bermuda Islands, in Jamaica, George? town, at the Cape of Good Hope, in Aus- ' tralia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and tho East Indies. Nearly seventy-five million speak the German language?in Germany, with . Alsace and Lorraine, Switzerland, in Austria, Hungary, Russia, North and South America, the La Plata States, in Rio Grand, Australia, and to some ex? tent in the East Indies. Fifty-five millions speak Spanish? Spain, Cuba, Mexico, the South Ameri? can Republics, Manilla, etc. Only forty-five millions use the French language?in France, Belgium, Switzer? land, Cayenne, in Canada, and some other places in North America, The French language, according to this state men, is used by half as many people as the English and three-fifths as the Ger? man. ? California this year produces 7,000 000 gallons of wine, and starts a raisin ?' culture of great future promise with a product of 30,000 boxes. All known va? rieties of foreign grapes that gave any promise of flourishing in California soil have been tried, and no expense has been spared in their cultivation. The wine growers of the Pacific coast with a va? ried experience of twenty years, now un? derstand their business thoroughly.? Some of their experiments have proved successful, and some of them have failed . utterly; but they have found a dozen va- - rieties of excellent foreign grapes that are as prolific as in their native soil, and turn out as well. It is asserted by Cali fornians that theirs is to be the great wine-growing territory of America, and that the best wine and raisin grapes will not grow east of the Rocky Mountains. The range is confined, in their view, to California and possibly a part of Arizo? na, and the district capable of producing the best quality of grapes is said tobe no larger than the wine districts of France. ? Senator-elect Matt Carpenter is not so much of a stalwatt as ho was. In his Milwaukee reception speech a few days ago he said: A chief duty and a chief means of increasing the prosperity of the country is that the existing differ? ences in the South be healed. Bayonet rule has had its run as long as it was useful, and civil government is now the proper instrumentality to use ?n dealing with the affairs of the South." In the French army, cavalry bands have been suppressed, and uniforms are neither so varied nor so brilliant as they used to be. With compulsory service the bait of gaudy trappings is not required, and with the new arms of precision showy colors afford too fair a mark to the enemy. Even white horses are be? ing eliminated from the army service as for as possible. There are no zouave regiments now except in Algeria.