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'QiSmtm ?xAtltt#mm. E. B. 3niRRA.Y, Editor. THURSDAY HORNING, FEB. I!), 1879. The State of Tennessee owes tie State of Maryland, and it is said the latter will me her in the Federal Courts. After she gets judgment, however, nhe will have _sericu3 trouble to get her money. I; will be the first instance of such a case, and. many intricate and interesting legal questions will arise if the suit is entered. Governor Marks, of Tennessie, advo i a reduction of expenses of the State government, and, to prove his sincerity, propres to reduce his own salary to one tkouiiand dollars. This is the way for men to advocate reform, and if we had a lew uuch in South Carolina the effect would be to speedily secure a return to an& bellum expenses in all of the depart? ments of the State government -?.-: The whipping-post is proposed in a number of States, aid will almost surely bo adopted in sevend of them. In Vir? ginia, Delaware and North Carolina it : proven very efficacious as a punish ; for and preventive of crime. It is ap, severe and certain punishment, makes the rogue suffer for his dimes, and does not buvden the State with the expense of boarding and cloth? ing the criminal It ought to be adopted everywhere. BreMr. Hayes' .sympathy for ";he poor colored man" shows itself by giving sev? eral of the most unworthy and unsuita-. bio. ones important-public positions. He has iccently appointed Sam Lee posfc ias'^r for Sumter, and William H. " Thomas, of Newberry, consul at St. Paul de Loando. Now he has filled the position of Special Eevenue Agent for Louisiana, which was until recently held j by Gen. Longstreet, by appointing Pinch back as his successor. These appoint? ments may be considered as the latest edition of the President's idea of civil service reform. The "stalwarts" are coming back to poivcr. Conkling, Blaine, Cameron, Lo? gan, Carpenter, Zack Chandler and other conspicuous Grantites, and bloody-shirt - Republicans will control their party in the next Senate. It is even reported that Senator David Davis is to be given the Berlin mission, to make room for Oglesby from Illinois. Tho great influx of Grant's friends in the Senate will alarm and ch gust the country so much, that there will be very little disposition to give Grunt,, the great political bum? mer, another term of the Presidency. His friends in advancing their own in? terest have destroyed his prospecfci. Senator Jones, of Nevada, has intro? duced a. bill in tho United States Senate giving any railroad company the right to construct a telegraph line along its road, und to connect with the linos of other roads, .to as to form continuous lines for the transmission of messages between any points in the United States. His bill also prohibits telegraph companies from erecting their lines along railroad lines without the consent of the railroad company. This is a good bill and should be adopted, thereby securing competition to a considerable extent with the present chartered companies, which are huge monopolies. The passage of this bill would save thousands of dollars to the business men of the country. The Supreme Court of tho United States has reversed the decisions of the State Courts in the case of the Comp? troller-General against the Atlanta and Bichmond Air Line Railroad Company to -lecide tho State's right-to tax the property of this Road situated in South Carolina* The State Courts decided against the State's right to tax, while the United States Supreme Court hasJield that as there was. no exemption from tax tion in the original charter a subsequent great is liable to .repeal, and that the ?oad is now liable toState,. County and Municipal taxation. The effect of this decision will bo to.add very materially to the taxable property of the counties .through which.the Road passes, and to this extent it will be a relief to the ot her property iu those counties which are now so grievously taxed to pay interest on bonds subscribed to this Road. Tho passage of the pension arrears bill as explained in Col. Aiken's letter, which * we publish elsewhere, is little less than - legislative robbery by which the people of tho United States will be required to pay out an enormous sum of money. It ? only refers to pensions of federal soldiers in the late war, and gives them back pay, - besides opening the lists for name3 which were not presented under the bill an it originally pased, Tho desire to prove its 'loyalty to the Union induced both [polit? ical parties to vie with each other in their efforts to pass the bill, and by such a course they have both proven that they are a great deal more loyal to themselves . than to the Union. It is humiliating to see two great political parties lacking in tho moral courage to stand up for the rights of the whole people because each is afraid that the other will gain a few votes by a different action. If the coun? try could swap off the politicians fir statesmen it would be a grand exchange. The city debt3 of a number of South? ern cities are so enormous that their citi? zens feel that it will be utterly impossi? ble for them ever to meet them. The city of Memphis, Tennessee, has had its charter repealed in order to avoid the payment of the city debt, and in future wiill have a district government under the State authorities. The creditors, however, have instituted suits in the United States Court to compel the pay? ment of the debts, and therefore an end? less litigation is in prospect. The city of Maccn, Ga., is also overwhelmed with an immense city debt, which it has not pro? vided for tho payment of the interest upon, and its creditors have institute'! proceedings for the appointment of a Beceiver'to take charge of the affairs of the city, and for an injunction against the levy or collection of taxes by the city government. This is a novel pro? ceeding, but in these days of wonderful jurisprudence the application may be granted. There are a nnmbcr of nther pities in very nearly as bad a situation. THE ANDERSON RESOLUTIONS. The News and Courier, which has al? ways persistently adhered to and advo? cated the cause of Charleston capital and power in opposition to the interests of the masses of the citizens of South Caro? lina, is up in that righteous indignation, which it can always assume at the short? est notice and in the most complacent style, over the resolutions adopted by the Anderson and Greenville farmers on Saleday upon the guano question. It says: There is oue feature of the present dis? cussion which 'is discouraging, if not alarming. In the Anderson Resolutions the action of the Fertilizer Companies is described as,"a public wrong, and a blow aimed at the best interests of the Common? wealth;" and "the monopolists who con? spired to commit this wrong are enemies of the farming community." They are "a monopoly which seeks self-aggrandizement at the expense of the rights of others," and must be "rooted out of existence" The Greenville Resolutions treat the action of the companies as "an attempt, on the part of greedy capitalists, to levy increased and unjust tribute upon the agricultural in? terests of the country." This is the work of some professionbl politician. It reads like the harangues on the Bond question, and is an evidence of the depths to which the politician will go to curry favor with the dear people. There is not a farmer in South Carolina who cannot see that this talk about a "public wrong," about "monopolists," about a "conspiracy" and the like is the barest balder-dash. Tho manufacturers of Fertilizers ask for their manufactures what they believe them to be worth. It is no crime. The crimi? nals are the mouthy politicians who draw resolutions and make stump speeches, and, knowing better, have not the poor excuse of believing what they say. Such phrases as those we have quoted from the Anderson and Greenville Resolutions are of a piece with the common threat that no person shall be elected Chief Justice of South Carolina, to succeed Judge Willard, wh?'is not in favor of re? pudiating the disputed 'Consolidation debt. It is too evident that South Caro? lina has still many difficulties to over? come. The State is wrested from the hands of the Radicals, bat Kearney and B. F. Butler have their disciples here, and it will take courage, wisdom and pa? tience to strip the borrowed plumage from their backs, and exhibit them to the people in their true guise, as enemies of order, decency and peace. This language of our contemporary is unwarranted by the facts of the case, so far at least as the Anderson resolutions are concerned, for the meeting was not directed nor controlled by any professed politician, and the only resolutions which were offered were submitted by farmers, one of whom lives ten miles from Ander? son and the other eighteen. The resolu? tions which were adopted were not shown, so far as we have been able to learn, to any professional politician, nor indeed to any member of tho meeting, until they were read and referred to the committee on resolutions. On this com? mittee, which was composed of seventeen gentlemen, the only townsmen were Hon. W. C. Brown, of Belton, and Col. E. M. Rucker, of Anderson, both of whom are large planters, and have no other interests than those connected with agriculture. Tho President of the meet? ing and the Secretary were farmers. No one else had any hand in framing the resolutions pissed so far as we know. The resolutions of the Anderson far? mers no doubt grate harshly upon the ears of our contemporary, which essays to become the champion of the monopo lists, but It must be remembered that our population have a blunt way of calling "a spade, a spade," or in other words, they say what they mean, and do not hesitate to use the proper words to con? vey their ideas. The resolutions com? mented npon by the News and Courier as objectionable might have been more ten? derly expressed, but nevertheless they do not employ stronger language than the farmers of the County believe the facts of tho case fully warrant. The ac? tion of the Guano manufacturers, in at? tempting to arbitrarily combine for the purpose of raising the price of their man? ufactures to a higher sum than the legit? imate rates which could be established upon the great principles of supply and demand, was "a public wrong," because it sought by establishing a union of man? ufacturers to produce a monopoly, tho avowed object of which was to make tho farmer pay more for his fertilizer than they could do without creating a monop? oly. It was "a blow aimed at the best interests of the Commonwealth," because it sought by undue combination to im? pose an arbitrary and exorbitant charge npon the egriculture of the State, which is by far our most important industry, and whatever is calculated to cripple this industry is "a blow aimed at the best in interests of the Commonwealth." "The monopolists who conspired to commit this wrong are enemies of the farming community," because they sought to oppress those engaged in agriculture to an unjustifiable degree to promote their own interests, and it is not surprising that a meeting of agriculturalists should pronounce them "a monopoly which seeks self-aggrandizement at the expense of the rights of others," and that it should bo "rooted out of existence." The man? ufacturers who Bought to create this mo? nopoly have certain chartered rights given them by the people of this State, not simply for the profit of those obtain? ing them, but also for the mutual benefit of the whole people of the State, and one of the implied conditions of every charter is that tho privileges granted therein shall not be used for the oppression of the Commonwealth which grants them. In this case the farmers of Anderson County expressed the opinion that these charter rights had been so used, and that the parties offending ought to have their power to oppress taken away from them by the same sovereign power which granted it. The companies themselves have virtually plead guilty to the charge of attempting to oppress the people, for they have receded from their original prices by fifty pounds of lint cotton on each ton of fertilizer, which shows that they know the price they asked was too high. The Greenville resolutions only express the opinion which the farmers of that County entertain upon this subject. Tho News and Courier shows an utter lack of acquaintance with the feelings and wants of the farmers of South Caro? lina when it charges these sentiments of indignation to politicians. It is tho voice of the people, a class for whom our haughty contemporary may yet learn that some consideration even from mo? nopolists is necessary. The course of th^ News and Courier in lugging the bond question into every dis cussion, and misrepresenting the position and sentiments of men who take a differ? ent view of the proper disposition to be made of tho pretended portion of the State debt which is known to be fraudu? lent, from that which our Charleston contemporary occupies, is unfair, unjust and unwarranted in the facts of the case. That the majority of the people of South Carolina are opposed to paying what we do not owe and never have owed, accord? ing tQ any principle in law or morals, is undoubtedly the case, and yet the great majority of the people favor paying all of the honest debt of the State. All who spoke on the debt question in the last Legislature are in favor of paying the whole of our just debt, and the only point of difference was that some felt so liberal that they wanted to pay about three millions that wo do not properly owe, while others opposed it. Thoso who saw fit to oppose paying what is fraudu? lent hare been misrepresented and ma? ligned by portions of the press, particu? larly the b'ews and Courier, until we at least are not disposed to submit in silence to it any longer. We wish to demur to the right of the News and Courier to as? sume that its standard is th# only proper criterion by which to criticise the honesty and morality of public actions. The paper which lent a negative support to the election of Franklin J. Moses, jr., the robber Governor of South Carolina; j the paper which was on intimate terms with "my dear Joscphus" Woodruff, and [ divided with him by way of commissions the profits of a lucrative public patron j age at tho hands of "my dear Josephus," and sought information of him as to what schemes beforo the Legislature needed "puffing or crushing"; the paper which villificd the white people of South Caro? lina on account of the Hamburg riot in terms of which the worst Northern Re? publican papers should have been ashamed; the paper which abused the Democrats of Edgcfield in unmeasured terms because they saw fit to attend a Republican meeting and tell Governor Chamberlain to his face of his rascalities; and the paper which warmly supported Chamberlain for Governor of South Car? olina In 1876, opposing the nomination of Hampton by tho Democrats, in order that he might again be elected, is not the paper to impugn the motives of others or berate public men on account of their views about public matters. The men who do not agree with the" News and Courier upon the debt question are just as sincere as it is, and they would not resort to any disreputable course to secure the adoption of their views. They are willing to let them rest upon the great principles of right or wrong, and the News and Courier is going out of its way to attack the gentlemen who occupy this position when it classes them as follow? ers of Kearney and B. F. Butler. When the Legislature of 1877-1878 found the State in such an impoverished condition that they felt obliged to scale the honest floating debt, which was justly due to our own citizens, down to fifty cents on the dollar, the News and Courier did not deem it Butlerism, although the act pro? vided that these creditors should prove their claims to be good in a Court estab? lished for that purpose, and, after so prov? ing tbem, that they should take bonds of the State for one-half of what they proved to be valid and honest. Then we want to know if a State is compelled to repudiato one-half of what she hon? estly owes to creditors living in her midst, would it be honorable or right to pay a pretended portion of the debt which is shown beyond a doubt to be fraudulent and without consideration? Such a course is not in accordance with our views of justico or right, although it may have the support of tho News and Courier. The holders of honest bonds of the State have nothing to fear from the people of South Carolina, and the honor and public faith of the State cannot be hurt by ignoring what we do not owe, especially after our first Democratic Leg? islature repudiated one-half of a certain class of honest claims. So far a3 the remarks of the Neics and Courier about politicians entering into the discussion of the fertilizer question are concerned, the best reply to it is that no matter what their motives wer-3, they have by discussing the subject already dono the country a great service by caus? ing the cotton option price of fertilizers to bo dropped from 550 pounds of cotton per ton to 500 pounds. If they can cause any further reduction the country can afford to let them talk on a while longer. We do not know who has made any threats about the Chief Justiceship, but it is not unreasonable that members of the Legislature will vote for men for any public office who hold what they believe to be correct views upon the State debt question, and those who think the pre? tended part of the debt ought not to be paid would be doing their constituents a great wrong to vote for a man for Chief Justico who is known to hold the view that it must be paid. There are plenty I of able lawyers on both sides of this ques? tion, and it is more than probable that some able lawyer, whoso integrity is be? yond question and whose views upon the debt problem have not been expressed, will be selected. The News and Courier pretends to have discovered followers of Kearney and B. F. Butler in South Carolina. There may be 6ome; but there is a far more dau gerous and plausible class which now threaten the people of this State, and, if they have not boon discovered, it will very soon appear that Boss Tweed and Boss Sheppard have their apes in South Carolina, who are seeking to form com? binations for their own enrichment at the expense of the wholo people, and, under the guise of the public honor and good faith, they arc endeavoring to secure a sufficient following to control the State. "Their tongues run as smoothly as razors dipped in oil, and they aflect the inno? cence of the dove which they have not, in order to hide the cunning of the ser? pent which they have." It will require much patience and vigilenco and endu? rance to guard the public treasury from the stealthy and insidious schemes of this class. If the people can avert the power of rings and cliques in politics, the Kcarnyism and Butlerism which will be found to exist in South Carolina will be an infinitesirnally small number. Kingstree Star: Kingstrce has had its fourth annual incendiary fire. It occurred on Sunday last, destroying the store and stock of the Messrs. Benjamin, valued at $10,000. r . - ? 1 . a USELESS RESOLUTIONS. Even the Senate of tho United States docs foolish things sometimes, and among them is the passage of tho following reso? lutions, offered by Senator Edmunds, on the re-assembling of tho Senate after the Christmas holidays: Resolved, As the judgment of the Sen? ate, that tho thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution of the United States have been legally ratified, and are as valid and of tho same paramount authority as any other part of the constitution; that the people of each State have a common interest in the en? forcement of the whole constitution in every State in the Union, and that it is alike the right and duty of Congress to enforce said amendments, and to protect every citizen in the exercise of the rights thereby secured by laws of the general character already passed for that purpose, and by further appropriate legislation, so far as such enforcement and protection are not secured by existing laws; and that it is the duty of the executive de? partment of the government faithfully and with diligence to carry all such laws into impartial execution, and of Congress to appropriate all moneys needful to that end. Resolved, further, That it is the duty of Congress to provide by law for the full and impartial protection of all citizens of the United States, legally qualified, in the right to vote for Representatives in Congress, and to this end the Committee on the Judiciary be, and it hereby is, in? structed to prepare and report, as soon as may be, a bill for the protection of such rights, and the punishment of in? fractions thereof. Tho Senate is not a judicial body for the construction of law, and thereforo its opinion as to the constitutional amend? ments is not worth any more than the opinion of the same number of private citizens of equal ability. It, therefore, can accomplish nothing by its declara? tion of tho effect of the constitutional amendments, and the instruction to the Judiciary Committee to report a bill to secure protection to citizens in their rights of suffrage is only intended as a little cheap party capital. To begin with, the Senate knows very well that the right of suffrage is now fully protec? ted and exercised, and in the next place the Committee will not have time to pre? pare and report a bill that can possibly be passed before the present Congress ends. Therefore the whole proceeding was a foolish and child-like piece of bus? iness on tho part of the Radical Senators, who realize that power will pass from them on the 4th of March never perhaps to return again. GOVERNOR TILDEN VINDICATED. It was thought that tho investigation of the cipher telegrams would not only show that the Democrats tried to buy the South Carolina and Florida Returning Boards, but also that Mr. Tilden knew of it. The result, however, has not jus? tified the expectation. The testimony has shown that the Returning Boards of both South Carolina and Florida were for sale, and eighty thousand dollars would have bought the vote of this State. I Messrs. Marble, Pelton and Weed, who [ made the negotiations, swear that they did so without Governor Tilden's knowl? edge, and that when he found it out he refused to allow tho votes to be bought, saying ho would never accept the Presi? dency under such an arrangement. Gov? ernor Tilden swears to the same facts, and concludes his testimony with the fol? lowing utterance of noble sentiments, which deserve the consideration of the whole nation, and mark Mr. Tilden not only as one of our greatest intellects, but as one of our purest citizens and ablest statesman. Mr. Hayes wonld do well to ponder over Mr. Tilden's closing words, and reflect upon the contrast which will appear between their reputations in his t tory. Mr. Tilden's testimony closed be? fore the Potter Committee as follows: I To the people who have, I believe, elected me President of the United States, to the four and one-quarter millions of citizens who gave me their suffrage, I owed a duty and a service and every hon? orable sacrifice, but not a surrender of one jot or tittle of my sense of right or my personal self-respect, whatever the disap? pointment to those who voted for me, whatever tho public consequences of suf? fering from a subversion of the electoral system, by which alone true self-govern? ment can be carried on; by whatever casuistry a different course might be advo? cated or defended, I was resolved that if there was to be an auction of the Chief Magistracy of my country I would not be among the bidders. I was determin? ed in such an event, or apprehension of such an event, that I would meet such a degraded condition of public affairs, not by sharing in it in any degree, not by acquiescence, not by toleration, but by an unqualified, perpetual protest, appealing to the people to reasscrt.re-established , their great rights, the greatest of their rights, the right without which all others were worthless?their right to elective j self-government. Dispatches from Washington on the 3rd inst. state that the Democratic caucus has agreed to suppoit a bill abolishing tho national backing system, and re? placing national bank notes with green? backs. This is in accordance with Sen? ator M. 0. Butler's financial views, and, if coupled with his idea of repealing the tax on State banks, will prove a great relief to the country. Tho national bank act was a war measure, the object of which was to place the whole currency of the Union under the control of the administration. It has done this, and the effect all over the country has been to secure bankiug monopolies, which, in the larger cities, have been tho powerful allies and abettors of Republicanism in order to keep in power the party which has given to them their privileges, and continue the system which has to so large an extent centralized the money power of the country. The system is moreover a very burdensome one to the country, for the basis upon which these bunks are established is a capital invested in United States bonds to secure their circulation, which gives to them interest on their bonds which represent their capital stock, and the further privilege of loaning their circulation on iutcrest by which a double income is derived from them. Thcso things, with the protection guaranteed against State banks, has given to national banks a monopoly of tho business throughout the entire country. The pro? posed change would be decidedly bene? ficial to nil parts of our country. In the South tho injury would be very little to tho banks thomselvcs, because they could chango and conduct their business as State bankers, and still be free from any over competition, for there is no money in the country with which to start new banks. It is in the large Northern and Western cities that the most important changes would tako place The Democratic caucus in "Washington has at last summoned sufficient nerve to oS'cr a pitched battle with the Republi? cans over the test oath for United States jurors, and will amend one of the impor? tant appropriation bills bo as to include a provision abolishing the right of the District Attorney or of the presiding Judgo in the Federal Courts to require tho test oath of jurors in any case. Tho present law is a most iniquitous one, which was repealed several years ago, but again slipped into the revised sta? tutes so as to raise tho question of its validity, and while it is generally be? lieved to be inoperative the Democrats in Congress iutend to make it so beyond a doubt. Tho law, if enforced, would debar every man who fought in tho Con? federate war, or sympathized with the South, from serving on juries, which would leave them to bo composed of nogroes and young men who have grown up oince the war. Ita enforcement would give the District Attorneys a most ex? cellent opportunity to pack juries for the trial of political or other prosecutions, and would be used to defeat justice and gratify personal revenges by most of the men who fill these positions in the South. The propriety of tho repeal cannot for an instant be doubted by any impartial man, and although it is bad policy, gen? erally speaking, to tack general legisla? tion on to appropriation bills, in this instance the end justifies the mcan9, and the Democrats in Congress will be sus? tained by public sentiment in removing from our statute books such an unjust and infamous law. An era of commercial prosperity is destined soon to dawn upon tho Southern States, by the erection of flourishing manufacturing interests in our midst. The reasons which indicate this change arc forcibly expressed by tho Philadel? phia North American, which says: "There is very little doubt that cotton manufac? turing in the North will become a thing of the past within a generation after prosperity is restored in the South. It will no longer pay to carry tho raw ma? terial hundreds of miles and transport coal and supplies to the colder climate of the North, when both can be saved by the erection of factories on the Bpot. New England will loso her cotton mills, just as she lost her glass factories, when the manufacture was begun at Pittsburg, and the freight on coal and Band saved. The future of the South is in her own hands, and she alone holds control of her destiny." As soon as the excitement of the next presidential canvass is over, if the Southern States retain their Demo? cratic governments, as they no doubt will, the work of building up factories [ will begin, and as they get into success? ful'operation, a general prosperity will begin to dawn upon all occupations in our midst. If tho Now York newspapers are to be believed, United States Commissioner Davenport arrested some six or eight thousand persons in Now York just bc foro or during the last election, on the alleged ground that they were not prop? erly in possession of their registration papers. This was done to assist the Re? publicans in carrying New York, and is spoken of as a very great oppression and inconvenience to the citizens generally. It was, however, to help the Republicans, and therefore Mr. Davenport remains in office, and very little fuss has been made about it, although the New York Herald Bays plainly that he ought to be removed. An impartial observer, to have noted the election proceedings both North and South, would think from the amount of attention alleged Southern frauds are receiving, while so little is said of those at the North, that it was a much greater crime to commit a fraud in a Southern election than in a Northern one. The reason of this, however, is that the cry is raised against the South to prevent investigation of the greater crimes com? mitted in sorao of the Northern elections. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Gleanings from oar State Exchanges. Georgetown Tunes: Georgetown has always been noted for its geese, grass and babies.In celebration of the nirthday of Washington, the Georgetown Rifle Guards will giveagrand ballon evening of the 22d of February. Laurens Herald: No attention is paid to the late fence law act in this vicinity as yet.Court convenes here on tho third Monday in February. Judge A. P. Aldrich, of Barnwell, will preside. Marion Star: A colored female was burned to death in a house near Berry's Crossroads, last week.Only seventeen prisoners in jail at an expense of thir? ty cents a day for hog and hominy. Give us a whipping post and turn 'em loose.Mr. Stephen Foxworth, 112 years of age, died at his residence near Marion last week.Strong efforts are being made in Columbia to have Cardozo pardoned. When Cardozo is pardoned, every "cuss" in the penitentiary ought to be set free. Them's our sentiments. Winnsboro News and Herald: Mr. Wm. Harwell, one of the posso that recently killed the colored man Boyd, and the person who, it is alleged, fired the fatal shot, delivered himself to the authorities on Thursday afternoon. He claims to have acted in self-defenso, and he makes a strong case. The killing was done with an old-fashioned single barreled horse pistol. Chester Reporter: The graded school at Chester is working very satisfactory. It numbers 114 pupils.About 130 shares have been subscribed for towards inaugu? rating an agricultural and mechanical fair association in Chester County. Edgefield Advertiser: A negro man named Zeke Daniel was killed by a pass? ing train near Johnston on Monday night last. He was endeavoring to cross with his wagon.Mrs. Elizabeth Leopard, age 107, died at Graniteville last week. Five generations of her children attended her funeral.Since the breaking up of the extreme cojd woather, Mr. Clisby and his convictfl have set to work with renew? ed energy upon the grading of the Edge field and Trenton Railroad. The heaviest of the grading is already comple? ted, and the Beaver Dam trestle is fairly and satisfactorily in progress of construction. It seema almost absolutely certain now that we may move our next crop by rail from Edgefield. It will be a fine day for us whon we see the trains running in an out of our town. Abbeville Press and Banner: Robert Pratt was thrown from his buggy last Monday and badly hurt.Five Abbe? ville widows have been enrolled on the pension list of tho war of 1812.Some 2,000 acres of land was sold at Abbeville on Monday. Price nominal.The fence law agitators have been thoroughly re? conciled and turned their little hatchets to splitting rails.They aro awakening t-? the tune of the hammer again in old Abbeville, Swistf cottages and tcnomciif houses are all th/j go.They are agitatk ing the filling the route from Ninety-Six to Aikcn, some B8 miles, with a narrow gauge road costing from $11,000 to $28, 000.The friends of the "razor backs" and free rootiug failed to come to time on the 27th ultimo, the day appointed for the meeting of the opponents of the stock law.Gen. McGowan has backed out from the woman question before tho lit? erary club, and has engaged the services of that interesting young gentleman, Mr. Tillman Wardlaw, as a substitute. Abbeville Medium: The people of Ab? beville are reviving the old idea of the Savannah Valley Railroad. A meeting has been called to put tho ball in motion. The Medium thinks the times are too hard to run t'je machine.Tho upper Long Cane society, which has existed since 1863, t.t a meeting last Tuesday elected the following officers: President, J. W. Perrin; Secretary, Robert H. Wardlaw; Treasurer, A. B. Wardlaw. Only threo miles of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad remain to be graded on the Georgia side, and notwithstanding the temporary complications on this end of the line there is no fear as to the speedy completion of the work.The regular spring term of court for this county began on Wednesday, Judge T B. Fraser of tho Third Circuit presiding. Witnesses and jurors were promptly in attendance and the work ot the session began without delay.Aiken, Spartan burg, Greenville and Union have voted the fence law on themselves. This shows how much weight should be attached to the complaints of those who claim that the measure would have been voted down had it been left to a popular election. Gus McLees, son of the Rev. John Mc? Lees, of Greenwood, while out hunting with a party of boys last Saturday, was most seriously, perhaps fatally, injured by tho accidental discharge of a shot-gun in the hands of Robert Tarrant, a son of Trial Justice Tarrant i The entire load entered the young man's face, putttng out both eyes and wounding him so bad? ly that be may not recover at all. Young McLees is about fourteen years old and quite a promising lad. His misfortune is one of especial hardship. Union Times: The next court for this county will commence on first Mon? day in March, Judge A. P. A Id rich to preside, There are ten cases of capital offenses on the sessions docket, which will, no doubt, occupy the time of tho court for two weeks. Tho court will have a long and busy session.Mr. Betry Pear? son, age 03 years, living on Gilkey's Creek, after doing a bard day 's work, at plowing, on Thursday last, went home, eat a hear? ty supper, seating himself comfortably in bis chair and immediately fell forward in? to the fire. Notwithstanding every effort was.'made to rcsucitate him. he did not speak after he fell, and died in a few minutes. A sudden attack of heart dis? ease is said to be the cause of his death. .On Wednesday last a car load of 1 large black walnut logs from the moun? tains passed through here for Charleston. This is the first shipment of the many fine species of timber in which the moun? tains of this and our sister State abound. Burnwel 1 People: The free school sys? tem so far has proved a signal failure. The schools in this couuty generally close after a session of eleven weeks for the scholastic year.Blackville was visited during the post week by two fe? male tramps, soliciting money under the guise of charity.Mr. J. W. Crum was seriously injured by a wagon-body falling on him, crushed his leg and foot He is still confining to his bed.Little Willie Berry while driving a nail last Monday had his eye put out by the nail flying up and striking him in it. Barnwell Sentinel: The county ofijeera are busily engaged putting their room in order, and will move into their quarters at once.Barnwell is constantly im? proving. A spirit of go-abeaditiveness is everywhere visible. Seneca City Advertiser: Upwards of 4,000 bales of cotton have been shipped from this point by way of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line and Blue Ridge Rail? roads this season.Persons from the North in search of health are constantly arriving in our town. ?? . The Camden Journal compliments So? licitor Abney very highly on the able, efficient and courteons manner in which he performs his duties.The Journal advocates the passage of a law allowing the County Commissioners in each coun? ty to rent or purchase a farm and com? pel every loafing vagrant in the county to work on it and raise provisions for his support and for the support ofthepoorin the county, which would relief every coun? ty of a heavy expense, besides relieving them of the great number of thieves and villains who are the terror of all honest and hard working people. Lancaster Ledger: Several cases of diphtheria are reported in the village. .The farmers entertain fears that the most of the fruit crops will be destroyed this year on account of tho recent warm spell of weather forcing out the peach .blooms.Mr. William Thompson, while superintending the cutting of some timber, met with a painful accident He was standing by the tree, and as it fell it struck an old log which was lying on the ground, throwing it from the stump, striking his leg and breaking it in two places. Darlington Southerner: At a meeting of the Agricultural Society, held on Mon? day a resolution was adopted urging tho farmers of the county not to buy any guano at tho prices fixed by the con? vention of guano companies recently held in Augusta, and also requesting the various railroad companies to reduce the rates of freights on fertilizers, otherwise the farmers must cease to patronize them to the extent thoy have done.On Mon? day morning lost the store house of Mr. Henry M. Smith, about eleven miles from town, was destroyed by fire. Loss $1,500; insurance, $600. Under tho Snpewlnlon of the Executive Committee of Pomona Grange. The Executive Committee of Pomona Grange aro requested to meet at John B. Watson's store on Monday, the 17th inst, at 10 o'clock. Members please attend promptly._ The following Sub-Granges are clear on my books to the 31st December, 1878, viz: Nos. 71, 141, 154, 214, 215, 216, 251, 266, 271, 339, 340, 242, 295,175, 300. The following are delinquent one quar? ter : 176, 235. Delinquent two quartors: 213, 204, 364. Delinquent three quar? ters: 263, 273, 369. Delinquent four quarters: 177, 212, 294. Delinquent six quarters: 272. Delinquent twelve quar? ters : 343. J. W. Norms, Sec. P.G.P.H. The State Grange met in Cbarlesu.ii on the 4th inst, with a good represent i tion from the sub-Granges. The usual routine business was taken up and dis? patched, followed by Borne other impor? tant branches of business. The Guano question was maturely discussed, and after consuming much time and labor, the judgment of the body was set forth In the following report of tho Committeo to whom the whole subject had been re? ferred : Your committee to whom was referred memorials and resolutions from Subordi? nate Granges in regard to fertilizers, beg leave to report: 1st That tho State Grange solemnly and earnestly remonstrates against the wrong in advaucing the price of fertil? isers, which is au article ot common use, and just after the adjournment of the State Legislature. 2d. That we intend neither hostility nor combination against the manufactu? rers of fertilizers to impose any damage upon them, but simply to .express our HHHHk&? - ?; v:' ? mature conviction against a common oppression, so ruinous to the vital inter? ests of the entire State. 3d. That wo advise our Pomona and Subordinate Granges to take immediate action, through their respective execu? tive committees, upon this subject, which with present light will accomplish all we desire. 4th. That the delegates present will immediately advise their respective Granges of the information obtained at this meeting, so as to facilitate the per? fecting of all arrangements necessary for relief. 5th. That the action and determination of the State Granges on this whole matter, and all actions, communications and cor? respondence of Patrons, Granges, Subor? dinate or Pomona, also of all authorized agents, are to be strictly confidential and under the strictest bonds of secrecy, in accordance with "obligations of our Or? der," and under seal. 6th. That the report of Bro. Felder be re? ceived, approved and spread upon our minutes, and the thanks of this State Grange be returned to him for his valua? ble counsel, and we also earnestly com? mend him to the patronage of onr Order. J. S. Hair, Chairman. On motion the Worthy master and Brother Bratton were appointed a com? mittee to wait upon Bro. Smith, Worthy Master of the Georgia State Grange, and acquaint him with the action of this Grange in regard to fertilizers, and to ask his co-operation in the arrangement made and to be made as submitted by this Grange. Col. J. N. Lipscomb was re-elected Master, Dr. Rose Overseer, W. W. Rus? sell Lecturer, and J. W. Norris member of the Executive Committee. The ses? sion was pleasant and harmonious, and the Grange adjourned on Friday morn? ing to meet in Columbia on the first Tues? day in February, 1880. Sugar and Molasses. JUST received, a fine article of New Or? leans Sugar and Molasses, for sale low by A. B. TOWERS & CO. Potatoes and Fresh Garden Seeds. EARLY Rose and Goodrich Potatoes, D. M. Ferry & Co. and Landreth's fresh and genuine garden seeds for sale by A. B. TOWERS & CO. I? SMJWirT, t ASHTABULA STOCK FARM AND POULTRY YARD, WARREN & STRIBLING, OFFER Eggs from Bronze and White Holland Turkeys, Partridge Cochin? and Plymouth Rock Chickens, Pckin, Po? land and Rouen Ducks. 13 eggs of either for $2.75. White-faced Black Spanish, Brown Leghorns, White African Bantams and White Guineas, 13 eggs ot either for $2.00. We also ofTer a few more Jersey Cattle, Cotswold and Merino Sheep, and four va? rieties of domestic Rabbits. No nse in sending off to get better Poultry. Ours is the best obtainable, taking many premiums wherever exhibited. Our Partridge Cochins took the two first and one second prize at recent Poultry Exhibition at Washington, D. C. Address J. C. STRIBLING, Mana? ger, Pendleton, S. C. Feb 13,1879_31_5* SPECIAL INVITATION. ? -o THE people of Anderson and vioiaity, ana more particularly THE LADIES, Are respectfully invited to call and seo oar CARPET EXHIBITOR, and largo lot of samples of Beautiful Carpets. A. B. TOWERS <St CO. Sept 26,1878_11_ MERRYMAN'S GUANO FOR SALE by JOHN E. PEOPLES COMPARE the commercial value with otlicr Fertilizers, and yon will al? ways find Morryman's 50 to 100 percent, cheaper than any other. Farmers, you who hare used this Gu? ano, will do your neighbors a great favor by telling them of its merits. Come on and get what you want. Price, per ton, 500 lbs. Middling Cot? ton. JOHN E. PEOPLES. Feb 13, 1879_31__ HOMEMADE FERTILIZERS AND Clover, Blue Grass, Ilcrds Grass, Orchard Gross, Liifcrno and Chufas. ALSO, GARDEN SEED, Wholesale and Retail. ALSO, A full line of DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, LAMPS, and DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES, for sale cheap for cash by WILHITE & WILLIAMS. Feb 6, 1879_ 30_ HEADQUARTERS ^ FOB GARDEN SEEDS. CHEMICALS FOB Home-Made Fertilizers ANY one wanting to use this ;raust hand in their orders by tho 10th of February. Call on SIMPSON, REID & CO. Feb 6,1879 30 ly J. S. COTHBAJf, I IL G. SCUDDAY, Abbeville, S. C | Anderson. & C COTHRAtf & SCUDDAY, Attorneys at Law, ANDERSON, - - S. C, WILL practice in all the Courts of tills State, and in the U. S. Courts. Office?Northwest Corner Benson House Building. Jan 16,1879_27 . ly BRADLEY'S PATENT PHOSPHATE AND COMBAHEE ACID PHOSPHATE. WE arc agents for the above celebrated Fertilizers, having sold Bradley's Patent for sev? eral years, we know it to be good. As to the ACID thero is nono better. Seo Mr. B. A. Davis' certificate attached. Could give more, but one is sufficient. Our terms areas favorable as any Standard Guano. Give us a call before buying. A. B. TOWERS & CO. ANDERSON, 8. C, Sept. 30,1878?Messrs. A. B. Towers <fc Co.?Dear Sirs: I bee leave to say to you that I am well pleased with the Bradley's Guano that I bought of you last Spring. In fact I do not think there is any other guano equal to it except perhaps ens other, and there is no man who has used a greater variety of fertilizers than I have. I shall want it again, and a great many of my neighbors expect to use it next year, just from seeing my cotton. B. A. DAVIS. Feb 13, 1879 31 _ -h" M?CULLY & TAYLOR Are always looking after your interests, and are happy to inform their customers Hint they have succeeded in obtaining for you a LIBERAL COTTON OPTION PRICE On Guanos for the present year. GEORGIA GRANGE AMM0N1ATED BONE, GEORGIA GRANGE FERTILIZER, WAGENER'S GRANGE ACID. These Celebrated brands of Goepb are now represented alone by us, and their standard for Excellence and Stability ore unimpaired, retaining the same high standard as hereto? fore For definite information call ami see us, and we can assure you that tho prices arc as low as you could wish. We aro still in the Cotton Markel, and buy for highest Cash Prices. Our stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE is complete, being constantly added to by fresh arrivals. Soliciting your examination before buying, and Don't Forget to Call and See Us about Guanos! Now is the time to place your orders to ensure a supply. McCULLY & TAYLOR, Northeast Corner Public Square. Fcb 13, 1870 31 ly ItSTIEW FIRM. STILL FURTHER REDUCTION IN FREIGHTS AND PRICES OF ALL CLASSES OF GOODS. -0 WE now have in Store, and are receiving from the Northern and Western markets a full Stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Ouo Car Load or Bacon, One Cai" Load of Flour, One Car Load IV. O. Molasses. In addition to these things, we havo a fresh stock of Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware. Hoots, Shoe*, Hats, Caps, Clothing, Glass, Crockery ware, <tc., ifcc, all of which will be sold low for cash or barter. If you want anything kept in a well-assorted stock of the above articles, or thoso usually found in first-class mercantile houses, call on us for it, and we will supply you at the very cheapest prices. BARR & CO.. NO. 10 GRANITE ROW, ANDERSON, b. ?. P. S.?All indebted to the old firm oi BARR & FANT uro notified to call and make payment of their Notes and Accounts at once. Feb 13.1879 . 12 ly IE1D THIS, I BE GOVERNED ACCORDINGLY. A LARGER, BETTER, AND CHEAPER STOCK THAN EVER BEFORE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC NOW READY AND ARRIVING. F B Moi C s, LOUR, all grades guaranteed, prices extremely low. aCON, cheapest as the cheapest. ASSES, new crop. OFFEE, very good at seven pounds for one dollar. UGAR, ten, twelve and fourteen pounds for one dollar. All other Groceries proportionately low. A Full line of Dry Goods, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Plows, Hoes, Nails, &c., Dowu to rock-bottom, hard-time prices. FF"RTII I 7 P" RQ?Etiwan, Acid, Chemicals, Guano, and Wilcox, Gibbs r C. 1\ I I Llt-LllO (i; Co's.-Manipulated Guauo on reasonable terms, us before buying elsewhere. SULLIVAN & CO. Feb 13,18fB . - 10 . ' ^