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-T E. MURKAY, Bditor. THURSDAY If0RNIN8, FEB. 13, 1679. Tho State of Tennessee owes the Stete of Maryland, and it is said the latter will ene her in the Federal Dourta, After trite gets judgment, however, she will have serious trouble to get her money. It will bo tho first instance of such a case, and many intricate and interesting legal questions will arise if the suit is entered. Governor Marks, of Tennessee, advo cates a reduction of expenses of tho State government, and, to provo his sincerity, proposes to reduce his own salary to one thousand dollars. This is tho way for men to advocate reform, and if we had a few such in South Carolina the effect would bo to speedily secure a return to ante bellum expenses in all of tho depart ments of the State government. The whinpi'jg-post is proposed in a number of'. <*tes, and will almost surely be adopted ii. several of them. In Vi: glnia, Delaven) and North Carolina it has proven cory efficacious os a punish ment for and preventivo of crime It is a cheap, severe and certain punishment, which nukes thc rogue suffer for his crimes, and docs not burden the State with tho expon-i of boarding and cloth ing tho crimine '. It ought to bo adopted everywhere. Mr. Hayes* sympathy for "the poor colored man"Hbows itself by giving sev eral of tho most unworthy and unsuita ble ones important public positions. He has recently appointed Sam Leo post master for Sumter, and William II. Thomas, of Newberry, consul at St. Taul do Loando. Now ho has filled tho po8:*ion of Special Revenue Agent for Louisiana, which was until recently bold by Gen. Longstreet, by appointing Pinch hack as his successor. These appoint ments may be considered as the latest edition of tho President's idea of civil service reform. Tho "stalwarts" aro coming back to powor. Conkling, Blaine, Cameron, Lo gan, Carpenter, Zack Chandler aud other conspicuous Grantitcs, and bloody-shirt Republicans will control their party in tho next Senate. It is oven reported that Sonator David Davis is to bo given tho Berlin mission to make room fer Oglesby from Illinois. Tho great influx of Grant's friends in tho Senate will alarm and disgust the country so much, that there will bo very little disposition to givo Grant,, tho great political bum mer, another terra of tho Presidency. His friends in advancing thoir own in terests have destroyed his prospects. Senator Jones, of Novada, has intro duced a bili in tho United States Senate giving any railroad company tho right to construct a holograph line along its road, and to connect with the lines of other roads, so 03 to form continuous lines for tho transmission of messages between any points in tho United States. H?B bill also prohibit:? telegraph companies from erecting thoir linos along railroad linea without tho consent of the railroad company. This is a good bill and should bo adopted, thereby securing competition to a considerable extent with the present chartered companion, which aro huge monopolies. The passage cf this bill would save thousands of dollars to tho business men of the country. Th? Supreme Court of the United States has reversed the decisions of the State Courts in thc caso of the Comp t-oller-Gcneval against tho Atlanta aud Richmond Air Lino Railroa? Company to decido tho State's right to tax tho property of this Rood situated in South Carolina*- The State Courts decided against tho Slate's right, to tax, while tho United Stntoa Supremo Court haa^olfl ? : *t Md-.there was no exemption from tax tion io tho original charter a subsequent grant is liable to repeal, and that ih? Road is now Hablo tc State, County and Muuicipnl taxation. The effect of thia decision will ho to.add very materially to tho taxable property of tho cqtintieB through which tho Road passes, and to this extent jt will bo a relief to tho other property in thoso counties which are now so grievously taxed to pay interest on bonds subscribed to this Road. Tho passage of tho pension arrears bill na explained in Col. Aiken's lotter, which wo publish elsewhere, is little less than legislative robbery by which tho people -of thi? United States will be required to pay out. an cnormqua ania 6f rooney. Tfc only refers.'to pensions of federal soldiers in ino mic vrar, aud giv?s them back pay, beside* opening the lists for names which were not presented under tho bill as lt originally posed., Tho desire to provo its loyalty to tho Union induced both -polit ical parties to vio with each othr-r in their e:Tcrt= te pass tho bill, and by a "di a course they have beth proven that they are a great deal more loyal to themselves than to tito Union. It is humiliating to see two great political parties lacking in tho moral, cetira'ge to stand up for the right? of tho wh?lo people because each is afraid that the other will gain a few *nt?. Vinr cv illtdrAni- ..(Inn If *U? ........ try could swap off tho politicians for statesmen it would bo a grand exchange. Tho city debts of a number of South ern ??ties aro so ouormous that their clti zens feel that it'will be utterly impossi ble for them over to meet them. Tho city of Memphis, Tennessee, has had its charter r?penle:! in order to avoid the payment of tho city debt, and in future will have a district government under tho State .'authorities.' Tho creditors, however, have instituted *uits in the United Stoics Court to compel tho pay ment of the debts, and therefore an end* less litigation ia in prospect. Tho city of Macon, Ga., is aleo overwhelmed wilban immense city debt, which it hos not pro yjld?i?? -os tho payment of the interest ./and its creditors have instituted prGOiiodioga for tho .appointment*of A. Jitecivor io tako thargo of tho affairs of thc thy, and for an injunction against ll:-,! levy or collection of taxes, by tho. ?itv tfoveramcnfc. Thia is a novel aro TUE ANDERSON RESOLUTIONS. The New? and Ocjrier, which hos al ways persistently adhered to and advo cated thc cause cf Charleston capital and power in opposition to the Interests of the masses of the citizens of Sooth Caro lina, is up in that righteous Indignation, which it can always assume at tho short est notice and in the most complacent style, over tho resolutions adopted by tho Anderson and Greenville farmers on Saleday upon the guano question. It says : Thero is one fonturo of tho present dis cussion which is discouraging, if not alrrming. In the Anderson Resolutions the action of tho Fertilizer Companies is described a.s,"a public wong, and a bl?w aimed at thc bett interest? of the Common wealth;" and "the monopoliste who con tpired to commit thia wrong are encmiet of the Jarming community." They aro "a monopoly which ?eeks self-aggrandizement a.' the exjtense of the rights of others," and must be "rooted out of existence." Tho Greenville Resolutions treat tho action of the companies us "an attempt, on the part of greedy capitalists, to levy incrcnsctl and unjust tribute upon the agricultural in terests of the country." Thia is tho work of nome profesuonul politician. It reads like tho harangue* on tho Bond question, and is an evidence of the depths to which the politician will pjo to curry favor with the dear people, 'lhere is not n farmer in South Carolina who cannot see that this talk abo.it a "public wrong," about "monopoliHti*," about a "conspiracy" and the liko is tho barest baldur-daah. Tho n;anu...cturcrs of Fertilizers ask for their manufacturen what they believe thom to bo worth, lt is no crime. Tho crimi nals aro tho mouthy politician* who draw resolutions and ranko stump sneeches, and, knowing hotter, have not tho poor oxcuso of believing what they Ray. Such phrases as thoao wo have quoted from the Anderson and Greenville Resolution? are of a piece with thu common threat that no person shall be elected Chief Justice of ?South Carolina, to succeed Judge Willard, who is not in favor of re pudiating tho disputed Conso'iJntion debt. It is too evident that South Caro lina han still man, dillicultics to over come. Thc Stato is wrested from the hands of tho Radicals, but Kearney and B. F. Butler havo their disciples here, and it will tako courago, wisdom and pa tience to strip tho borrowed plumage from their hacks, and exhibit thom to the people in their truo guise, as enemies of order, decency and ponce. This language of our contemporary is mwarrantod by the facts of tho case, so far at least as tho Anderson resolutions iro concerned, for tho mooting was not lircctod nor controlled by any professed lolitician, and tho only resolutions which vere offered were submitted by farmore, rae of whom lives ten miles from Ander en and thc other eighteon. Tho rosolu ions which were adopted woro not bown, so far as wo have boeu ablo to earn, to any professional politician, nor ndecd to any member of tho meeting, intil tin y woro read and referred to the ?ommitteo on resolutions. On this cora nitteo, which was composed of seventeen 'ontlemon, the only townsmen woro Ion. W. C. Brown, of Bolton, and Col. Hi M. H?cker, cf Anderses, both of cboni are largo planters, and have no . Kiar !....-..-.-,.:(.= thor, tl-- J - -.?W.W-.-3 v...... lumu WU.'DV'.OU YYIv?ll griculture. Tho President of tho raoot ng and tho Secretary woro farmers. No ne else had any hand in framing the csoIutionV passed so far os wo know. The resolutions of tho Anderson fnr lora no doubt grato harshly upon tho ats of our contemporary, which essays t> becomo the champion of tho monopo lists, but it must be reniombcrcd that our lopulation have a blunt way of calling a spade, a ppade," or in other wordB, hey Bay what thoy mean, and do not icsitato to uso tho proper words to con ey their ideas. Tho resolutions cora nontcd upon by tho News and Courier os ibjectlonnblo might; have been moro tou lerly expressed, but nevertheless thoy do tot employ stronger language than tho armors of tho County believe tho acts of th3 caso fully warrant. Tho ao ion of the Guano manufacturers, in at ompting to arbitrarily combine for the rarposeof raising tho pricoof their tnan lfaciurcs to a highor sum than tho legit imate rates which could bo established upon tho great principles of supply and Jemand, was "a public wrong," becnuso it sought by establishing a union of man ufacturers to produce a monopoly, tho avowed object "of which was to ranko tho farmer pay moro for his fertilizer than they could do without creating a monop oly. It waB "a blow aimod at tho best interests of ibo Commonwealth," because it sought by undue combination to i ra poso an arbitrary and exorbitant chargo upon tho agriculture of tho State, which is by far our most important industry, and whatever ls calculated to cripple this industry IB "a blow aimed at thc best in* interests of tho Cammonwealtii." "Tho monopolists who conspired to commit thia wrong are onoraics of tho farming community," because they sought to oppress those engaged in agriculture to an unjustifiable degree to promote thiir ryun interests, and it ia not surprising that a meeting of agriculturalists should pronounce them "a monopoly which seeks self-aggrandizement at tho expense of tho rights of others," and that it should bo "rooted out of existence." The in?? ufacturera who nought to create this mo nopoly have certain chartered rights given them by tho people of this State, not simply for the profit of those obtain ing them, but also for tho mutual benefit of tho wholo people of tho Stato, and one of tho implied conditions of every charter is that tho privileges granted therein shall net bo used for the oppression cf the Commonwealth which granta them, la this case tho 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 token away from them by tho same sovereign power which granted it Tho companies themselves have virtually plead guilty to the charge of attempting io Oppress ino people, for they havo receded from thoir original prices by fifty pounds of lint cotton on each toa of fertilizer, which shows that thoy know the price they asked was too high; Tho Greenville resolutions ealy express the opialon which the farmers of that County entertain upon this subject. The News and Courier ohows an utter lauk of acquaintance with the feelings and wanta of the farmers of South Caro lina when it charges these sentiments of indignation to politicians. It la tho voice of tho people, a class -for whom our haughty contemporary may yet loare that some consideration even from mo in cusslon, and misrepresenting the position and sentiments of mon who tako a differ ont view of the proper disposition to be mado of tho pretended portion of Ute State debt which ia known to bo fraudu lent, from that which our Charleston contrCn2pv"?vrjr" G c c * . ^ . c^j \~? tinf*?!**, t??iju. t aud unwarranted itt tho facts of the case. That tho majority of tho people of South Carolina arc opposed to paying what we do not owe and never have owed, accord ing to any principle in law or morah, is undoubtedly the eas?, aud yet the great majority of tho pcoplu favor paying nil of tho honest debt of tho State. All who spoko on tho debt question in tho lart Legislature aro in favor of paying thc whole of our just debt, and thc only point of difference was that nome felt so liberal that they wanted to pay nbout tbmo millions that wo do not properly owe, while others opposed it. Those who saw fit to opposo paying what is fraudu lent havo been misrepresented and ma ligned by portions of the press, particu larly tho ?Yetes and Courier, until wo at lej.st are not deposed to hubinit in silence to it any longer. Wc wish to demur to tho right of tho New? and flourier to as BUino that its standard is th?, only proper criterion by which to criticise tho honesty and morality of public actions. The paper which lent a negative support tu tho election of Franklin J. Moses, jr., tho robber Governor of South Carolina; tho paper which was on intimate terms with "my ?lear Josephus" Woodruff, and divided with him by way of commissions thu profits of a lucrativo public patron age at tho bauds of "my deat Josephus," and sought information ol him as to what Hcbomcfi beforo tho Legislature needed "puffing or crushing" ; tho paper which vi I lilied tho white people of South Caro lina on account of tho Hamburg riot in terms of which the worst Northern Re publican papors should have been ashamed ; the paper which abused the Democrnts of Edgcficld in unmeasured terms because they saw fit to attend a Republican meeting and tell Governor Chamberlain to his face of his rascalities ; and tho paper which warmly supported Chamberlain for Governor of South Car olina in 1876, opposing tho nomination of Hampton by tho Democrats, in order that ho might again bo elected, ia not tho paper to impugn tho motives of others or berate public men on account of their views nbout public mnttora. Tho men who do not agree with tbo^ New? and Courier upon tho debt question aro just as Bincoro as it is, and they would not resort to any disreputable courso to secure tho adoption of their views. They are willing to let them rest upon tho great principles of right or wrong, and tho New? and Courier is going out of its way to attack thc gentlemen who occupy this position when it classes them ns follow ers of Kearney nnd Ii. F. Butler. When tho Legislature of 1877-1878 found tho State in such an impoverished condition that they felt obliged to scale tho honest flrintiw Hebt, which ?res justly due to our own citizens, dow?; io fifty cents on the dollar, the New? and Courier did not deem it Butlerism, although tho act pro vided that these ccditom should provo their claims to bo good in a Court estab lished for that purpose, and, after so prov ing thom, that they should take bonds of ] tho Stato for one-half of what they proved to bo valid and honest. Then wo want to know if a Stato is compelled to repud?alo one-hnlf of what, she hon estly owes to creditors living in her midst, would it bo honorable or right to pay a pretended portion of tho debt which la shown beyond a doubt to be fraudulent and without consideration? Such a course IB not in accordance with our views of justico or right, although it may have the support of tho New? and Courier. Tho holden? of honest bonds of ! thc Stato nave nothing to fear from tho people of South Carolina, and the houor and public faith of tho Stato cannot bo burt by ignoring what wo do not owe, j especially after our first Democratic Leg islature repudiated one-half of a certain class of honest claims. So far as tho romarks of the Nctvs and Courier about politicians entering into the discussion of the fertilizer question aro concerned, tho best reply to it is that no matter what their motives wore, they havo by discussing tho subject already dono tho country a great service by caus ing tho cotton option price of fertilizers to bo dropped from ?50 pounds of cotton per ton to 500 pounds. If they can causo any further reduction tho country can afford to let them talk on a while longer. We. do not know who has made any threats about tho Chief Justiceship, but it is not unreasonable that members of tho Legislature will vote for men for any i public office who hold what they believe to bo correct views upon the State debt question, and thoso who think tho pre tended part of the debt ought not to be paid would bo doing their constituents a great wrong to Vote for a roan for Chief Justico who is known to hold tho view that it must bo paid. There aro plenty able lawyers on both sides of this ques tion, end it ia moro than probable that some abla lawyer, whoso integrity ia be yond question and whoso viows upon tho debt problem havo not been expressed, will bo selected. The New? and Courier protendB to havo discovered foiloworo of Kearney and B. F. Butler in South Carolina. There may bo some ; but there is a far moro dan gerous and plausible class which now threaten tho people of this Slate, and, if they havo not beon discovered, it will very soon appear that Boss Tweed and Boos Sheppard have their ape? in South Carolina, who aro seeking to form com binations for their, own enrichment at tho expense of the whole people, and, under the guiso of tho public honor and good faith, they ave emlcuvoring to socuro a sufficient following to control'tho State. "Their tongues run as smoothly as razors dipped in oil, and they affect tho inno cence of ?ho dove which they havo not, in order to hide tho cunning of tho sor pont which they havo." It will require much, patience and vigilance and endu rance to guard tho public treasury from tho stealthy and insidious schemes of this class. If tho pcoplo can avort the power j of rings and cliques in politics, tho Kearnyism and Butlerism which will be found to exist in South CaraMna will bo an InfiniteA?Miallv urnail number. Kingsiree Star: KIngstrco has had its fourth annual incendiary fire. It j occurred on Sunday last, destroying tho sissi-ssd it~? of thc Mesar?. Beryn?ii?, 1 valued at $10,000. USELESS RESOLUTIONS. Even the Senate of the United States does foolish things sometimes, ond among them ia the pas^xgc cf tho following reso lutions, offered by Senator Edmunds, on tho rc-assembiing of tho Senate after the Cht istmos holidays : Resolved, As tho judgment of the Sen ate, that tho t!i ir leen t? i, fourteenth and fifteenth am- ndmcnts to tho constitution of the United Statis bavo been legally ratified, and are as valid and of tho ?ame paramount authority as any other part of the constitution ; that tho people of each State bavo a common interest in the en forcement of tho wbolo constitution in every State in the Union, and that it ia aliko the right and duty of Congress to cuforct said amendments, sud to protect every citizen in the exercise of thc rigbU thereby secured by laws of the general character already passed for that purpose, and by further appropriate legislation, so far as such enforcement ana protection aro not secured by existing laws; and that it is the duty of tho executive de partment of tho government faithfully and with diligence to carry all such lawn into impartial execution, and of Ccngrcss to appropriate all moneys needful to that end. Resolved, further, That lt is the duty of Congress to provide by law for the full and impartial protection of all citizens of the United States, legp.lly qualified, in the right to vote tor Representatives in Congress, and to this end the Committee on tue Judiciary be, and it hereby is, in structed to prepare and report, as soon as may be, a bill for thc protection of euch rights, and the punishment of in fractions thereof. Tho Senate is not a judicial body for tho construction of law, and thereforo ita opinion as to the constitutional amend ments is not worth any more than tho opinion of tho same number of private citizens of equal ability. It, therefore, can accomplish nothing by its declara tion of tho effect of tho constitutional amendments, and tho 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, tho Senate knows very well fiat the right of suffrage is now fully protec ted and exercised, and in the next placo tho Committee will not have time to pre pare and roport a bill that can possibly bo passed before tho present Congress ends. Thereforo tho whole proceeding was a foolish and child-like piece of bus iness on tho part of the Radical Senators, who realizo that power will pass from thom on the 4th of March never perhaps to return again. GOVERNOR TILDEN VINDICATED. It was thought that tho Investigation of tho cipher telegrams would not ouly show that the Democrats tried to buy tho South Carolina and Florida Roturning Hoards, but also that Mr. Tilden knew of it. Tho result, however, has not jus tified tho expectation. The testimony has shown that the Returning Boards of both South Carolina and Florida wore for salo, and eighty thousand dollar? would have bought the vote of this State. \r~._" ?x_TJ_I?_i \IT_i _L_ a * ....... .^.i - j. vim'ta c. uv. wu, uuv made tho negotiations, swear that they did HO without Governor Tilden's knowl edge, and that when ho found it out he refused to allow tho vote3 to bo bought, Haying ho would never accept the Presi dency under such an arrangement. Gov ernor Tilden swears to the samo 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 on? of our greatest inteBects, but aa ono of our purest citizens and ablest statesman. Mr. Hayes would do well tc ponder over Mr. Tilden's closing words and reflect upon the contrast which wit appear between their reputations in his tory. Mr. Tilden's testimony closed bo foro tho Potter Committeo as follows : To the people who have, I believe elected me President of the United 8tatea to tho four and one-quarter millions o citizens who gave ino their suffrage, '. owed a duty aud a service and every hon orable sacrifice, but not a surrender o one jot or little of my sense of right or ni; personal self-respect, whatever tho disap pointaient to thoso who voted for mc whatever the public conscquoticc3 of sui fcring from n subversion of the electors system, by which alono truo self-govern ment can bo carried on ; by. whatevc casuistry a different course might be advc rated or defended ? WES resolved that i there was to bo an auction of tho Chit Magistracy of my country I would nc ; bo among tho bidders. I was doterait ed in Buch an.event, or nnprohensio of such an event, that I would meet euc a degraded condition of public affair not by sharing in it in any degree, not b acquiescence, not by toleration, but by a unqualified, perpetual protest, appealin to the people to reassert,ro-cstablishc their great rights, the greatest of the rights, tho right without which all otho, wero worthless-their right to elcctiv self-government. Dispatches from Washington on tl 3rd inst, state that tho Democratic cauci has agreed to support a bili abolishir tho national banking system, and r placing national bank notes with grooi backs. Thia is In accordance with Se ator M. C. Butler's financial views, an if coupled with his idea of repealing tl tax on Stalo banks, will provo a gre relief to tho country. Tho national bar act waa a war measnre, tho object which was to place tho wholo curren of tho Union undor tho control of tl administration. It has done this, ai the effect all over the country has be to secure banking monopolies, which, nliics and abettors of Republicanism order to keep in. power tho porty whi has given to them their privileges, OJ continue the system which has toso lor on extent centralized the money pow of the country. Tho system is moreov a very burdensome one to the counti for the basis upon which theso banka i established is a capita' invested in Unit Sf.-itr-s bonds to s???re thijir nlwujlntU which gives to them interest on thi bonds which represent thoir capital sto< and the further privilcgo of loaning th circulation on interest by which a doul income is derived from them. Th? ? biogs, with the protection gu?rante against State banka, hos given to natioi banka ft monopoly of tho bnsim throughout thc entire country. The pi posed change would' be decidedly bei ficial to ali parts of our country. In t South tho injury would bo very little the banka themselves, because they cot chongo and condini their business StAte bankers^ and still bo free from a over competition, for thcro is no mor in the country with which to start n bank?. It is in tho large Northern a j Vrr???ni cilios that tho most importt t changes would tako place The Democratic catie?:? in Washington has at last summoned sufficient nervo to offer a pitciicd hattie with the R?publi cain ovor the test oatli for United States jurors, and will amend one of tho impor tant appropriation bills so as to include & prOTi?i?ii ?boi?n?lir?g tu? right ?f ?l9 District Attorney or of the presiding Judgo in the Federal Courts to roquiro tho tost oath of jurors in any caso. Tho present law is a moot 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 bo inoperative the Democrats in Congress iutend to maleo 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 jurien, which would leave thom to bo composed of negroes and young men who have grown up ?ince tho war. Ita enforcement would give tho District Attorneys a most ex cellent opportunity to pack juries for tho trial of political or other prosecutions, and would be used to defeat justice and gratify personal revenges by moBt of the men who fill these positions in the South. Tho propriety of thc repeal cannot ibr au instant bo doubted by any impartial man, and although it is bad policy, gen erally speaking, io tack general legisla tion on to appropriation bills, in this instance thc end justifies the moans, and the Democrats in Cougreas will bo sus tained by public sentiment in romoving from our statute book?, such an unjust and infamous law. An era of commercial prosperity is destined soon to dawn upon tho Southern States, by tho erection of flourishing manufacturing interests in our midst. Tho reasons which iudicato this change arc forcibly expressed by tho Philadel phia North American, which says : "Thcro is very little doubt that cottou manufac turing in the North will becomo a thing of tho past within a generation after prosperity is restored in thc South. It will no longer pay to carry tho raw ma terial hundreds of mi.es and transport coal and supplies to the colder climate of the North, when both can bo saved by tho erection of factories on the spot. New England will IOHO her cotton mills, just as Bhe lost hor glass factories, when tho manufacture was begun at Pittsburg, and the froight on coal and sand savod. Tho future of the South is in her own hands, and she alono holds control of ber destiny." As soon as the excitement of the nevt presidential canvass is over, if the Southern States retain their Demo cratic governments, as they no doubt will, tho work of building up factories will begin, nnd as they get into success ful" oporation, a general prosperity will begin to dawn upon all occupations in our mid-it. If tho New York newspapers aro to be believed, United States Commissioner D?vcDp?it ?r?c?tOu 60??0 aiX ?? eight thousand persons in New York just be foro or during the last election, on the alleged ground that they were not prop erly in possession of their registration paper.?. 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, lt was, however, to help the Republicans, and therefore Mr. Davenport remains in office, and very little furo has been made about it, although Ll e Now York Herald says plainly that ho ought to bo removed, An impartial observer, to have noted the election proceedings both North aud South, would thiuk from the amount o: attention alleged Southern frauds an receiving, while BO little is said of thos< at tho North, that it was a much greate; crime to commit a fraud innSoutb.cn election than in a Northern one. Tb reason of this, however, is that the cr is raised against the South to preven i investigation of tho greater crimes com mittcdin some of the Northern election! SOUTH CAROONA NEWS. Gleanings from oar Stato Exchanges. Goorgotown Times: Georgetown ho always uoaii noted for its geese, grass an babies......In celebration of tho birt I ula of Washington, 'the Georgetown TtlfJ Guards willgivoagrand ballon evening < the 22d of February. : Laurens Herald? No attention isjpai to tho late fonco law act in this vicinit ns yet......Court convenes hore on th thiru Mouday in February. Judge A. I Aldrich, of Barnwell, will presido. Marion Star: A colored female wr bumed to death in a house near Berry Crossroads, lost week.Only seventee prisoners in jail at an expenso of tin. ty cents a, day for hog and homim Give us a whipping post and turn 'ci loose.Mr. Stephen Foxworth, ll ?enrs of age, died at his residence nei larion last week.Strong efforts ai being made in Columbi^ to havo Cardoa pardoned. When Cardozo is pardonei every "cuss" in tho penitentiary ought < be sot free. Them's our sentiments. Winnsboro Newt and Herald: Mr. Wt Harwell, one of the posse that recent killed the- colored roan Boyd, and tl ".t,? ti I? "H-,-,.5 A..? il. - r"? I'v?uu...../, .w J.J ullUgVUj 1UCU I?U ACM? shot, delivered himself tc- the aufhoriti on Thursday afternoon. Ile claims have acted in eelf-defenso, and he mak a strong case. Tho killing was done wi an old-fashione singlo barreled hor pistol. Chester Reporter : Tho graded school Chester is working very satisfactory, numbera 11-$ pupils..,.,,About 130 sba* have been subscribed for towards iuaug fair association in Chaster County. Edgefield Advertiser: A negro m? named Zeke Daniel waa killed by a pa; ing train near Johnston on Mondr.y nig last. Ho was endeavoring to cross wi his wagon......Mrs. Elisabeth Lcopai age 107, died at Granitevlllo last wei Five generations of her children attend her funeral.Sinco the breaking up tho oxtretne cold weather, Mr. Olisby a bl? convicts have sot to work with rene ed energy upon the grading of the Ed; field and Trenton Railroad. Tho heavl of the grading ls already comp ted, and the Beaver Dam trestle fairly and satisfactorily in progress construction. It seems almost absolut? certain now that we may move oar nt crop by rail from Edgeneld. It will bi fino day for us when wo soe the tra! running in an out of our town. Abbeville Press and Ronner : Rob Pratt was thrown from his buggy 1 Monday and badly hurt......Fivo Abl villo widows have been enrolled on I Smsion Hat of tho war of 1812..Soi OOO acres of land was sold at Abbcvi onMonJay. Price nominal..Tho fer law ."^itators havo been thoroughly com,-.lcd ?nd tarnod their little hatch to splitting rails......They aro awaken! to the tune of tho hammer again in < Abbeville, Swiss cottages and tcnoim houses aro all. ?he go.They oro agit ling tho flliiry the route from Ninety-* j to Aiken, tvjto'? raiileo, with a narro Sauge road coating from $11,000 to $28, 00.The friends of the "razor back?'' and free rooting failed to come to time on the 27th ultimo, the day appointed for the meeting of tho opponents of the stock ia?..Gen. McGowan has backed out from the womavi question before the Ut erarv cl n I> inil hfi" engaged th? tvrvir.*? of that* interesting young gentleman, Mr. Tillman Wardlaw, as a substitute. Abbeville Medium : Tho people of Ab beville aro reviving tho ola idea of tho Savannah Valley Railroad. A meeting baa becu called to put the ball in motion. Tho Medium thinks the times are too hard to run the machine.Tho upper Long (.Jane Society, which has oxisted since 1863, at a meeting last Tuesday elected the following officers : President, J. W. Porrio; Secretary. Robert H. Wardlaw ; Treasurer, ?. li. Wardlaw. Only threo miles of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad remain to be.graded on the Georgia aide, and notwisnstandiog the temporary complications on this ena of the line tbero ia no fear as to the speedy completion of tho work.Tho regular spring term of court for thia county began on Wednesday, Judge T B. Fraser of tho Third Circuit presiding. Witnesses and jurors were promptly iu attendance and tho work of the session began without delay.Aiken, Spartan burg, Greenville and Union have voted the leuce law on themselves. Th:? shows how much weight should be attached to the complaints of those who claim that the measure would have been voted down bad it been left to a popular election. Gus McLces, son of tho Rev. John Mc Lees, of Greenwood, while out hunting with a party of boys last Saturday, was most i orion sly, perhaps fatally, injured by the accidental discharge of a shot-gun in the h?s?a of Robert Tarrant, a son of Trial .Tuittco Tarrtnt.- The entire load entered tho young man's face, putttng out both eyes and wouadiug him so bad ly ti uti ho may not recover at ail. Young McLces is about fourteen years old and quite a premising lad. His misfortune is onn of especial hardship. Un?on 'limes: The next court for this county will commence on first Mon day in March, Judge A. P. Aldrich to preside, There are ten cases of capital offenses ou the sessions docket, which will, no doubt, occupy the time of tho court for two weeks. Tho court will havo n long and busy session.Mr. Berry Pear son, age 03 years, living on Gilkey's Creekj after doing a hard day s work, at plowing, on Thursday last, went home, eat a hear ty s'.pper, seating himself comfortably in his >;hair and immediately fell forward in to the fire. Notwithstanding every effort was .'made to resuc?tate him. he did not speak after he fell, and died in a fen minutes. A sudden attack of heart dis ease is said to bo the cause of his death. .On Wednesday last a car load ol large black .valnut 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. Barnwell People : Tho free school sys tem so far has proved a signal failure. Tho schools in this county generally closo after a session of eleven weeke for the scholastic year.Blackville was visited during the past week by two fe male tramps, soliciting money under thc guise of charity.Mr. J. W. Crum waa 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: Tho county officers 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-aheaditivonesa 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 Camdeii Journal compliments So licitor Abney very highly on tho able, efficient and courteous manner in which ho performs his duties......Tho Journal advocates the passage of a iaw allowing the County Commissioners in each coun ty to ront 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 tho support of the poor in the county, which would relief every coun ty of a heavy expense, besides relieving ! them of tho great number of thieves and villains who are the terror of ail honest j and hard working people. Lancaster Ledger : Several casca ol 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 ont 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 etvuck an old log which was lying on thc ground, throwing it from tho stump, striking his leg and breaking it : in twe places, .Darlington AufAerncr .' At a meeting of tho Agricultural Society, held on Mon> day a resolution was adopted urging th, .fermera of the county not tc buy an j guano at the prices fixed by the coa vention of guano companies recently held in August and also requesting tin various railroad companies to reduce, th? rates of freights on fertilizers, otherwise the farmers must cease to patronize then to tho extent thoy have done. w...On Mon day morning lost the store house of Mr Henry M. Smith, about eleven milet from town, was destroyed .by fire. Losi $1,600 ; insurance, $600. QBAKSg PBPAttTMgHY. Under thc Supervision or tho Exe cru ti v< Committee of l'omnn? Greaje. Tho Executive Committee .of Pomont Grange are requested to meet at Joh .< B Watson's store on Monday, the 17th inst, at 10 o'clock. Members please attcnt promptly. _ _ Tin following Sub-Granges are clea: on my books to the 81st December, 1878 viz: Nos. 71, 141, 164, 214, 216, 216 251, 236, 271,380, 840, 242? 296,176, 800 Tho following are delinquent ono quar j ter : 176, 236. Delinquent two quarters I 218. 264. 364. Delinquent thren ana? tera: 263, 273, 360. Delinquent fou quarters: 177, 212, 294. Delinquent ai: quarters: 272, Delinquent twelve quat tors : 343. J. W, Nonius, Sec P.G;P.H. The Statb Orango met in Charlestoi on the 4th inst., with a good represents Hon from the sub-Granges. The asna ton tine business; was taken dp and dis patched, followed by some other i m poi tant branches of business. The Guan question waa maturely discussed, an? after consuming much timo and laboi the judgment of the body VMS set fort] In the following report of tho Committe to Whom the whole subject Bod been rc ferrod: Your committee to whom was referre memorials and resolutions from Sobordi hate Granges in rogard to fertilizers, bei leavo to report: 1st. That the ? * e Grange solomnl; and earnestly remonstrates against th' wrong, la advancing tho price of fortil i xe rs, which ia an article of common use and just after tho adjournment of tit Stato Legislature. 2d. That wo intend neither heWiHt; nor.combioatlon against the raa?*?4??tu rara of fertilisers to impose any de magi upoa them, hut simply to express ou mature conviction against a common oppression, so ruinous to the vital inter esta of the entire State. 8d. That we advise our Pomona and Subordinate Oranges to take Immediate action, thrcy-^h .heir respective execu tive committees, upon this nibject, which . with present licht will uccomniiah 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 arrangement? necessary for relief. Otb. That the action and determination of the State Granges on this whoie matter, and all actions, communications and cor respondence of Patrons, Granges, Subor dinate or Pomona, also of all authorized agents, are to be strictly con fidential and undei the strictest bonds of secrecy, in accordance with "obligations of our Or der,*' and under seal. Ctn. That the report of Bro. Felder be re ceived, approved and spread upon our minute?, 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 our Order. J. 8. HAIR, Cliniruiar?. On motion tho Worthy master and Brother Bratton were appointed a com mittee to wait upon Bro. Smith, Worthy Master of tho Georgia State Grange, and Acquaint him with tho action of this (?j ange in regard to fertilizers, and to ask his co-operation in tho arrangement made and to bo made as submitted by this Grange. Col. J. N. Lipscomb waa re-e'ected Master, Dr. Boso 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 en tho first Tues day in February, 1880. Sugar and Molasses. JUST received, a Ono article of Now Or leans Sugar and Molasses, for sale low hy A. B. TOWERS & CO. Potatoes and Fresh Garden Seeds. EARLY Rose and Goodrich Potatoes, D. M. Ferry it Co. and Landreth's fresh and genuino garden feeds for sale by A. B. TOWERS & GO. Fine M-Joiry, &c. ASHTABULA STOCK FARM ARD POULTRY YARD, WARREN & STR1BLING, OFFER Eggs from Bronza and White Hoi.mid Turkoys, Partridge Cochins and Plymouth Rock Chickens, Pekin, Po land and Rouen Dnc?re. 13 eggs of either for $2.75. White-faced Black Spanish, Brown Leghorns, White African Bantams and White Guineas, 13 eggs ol either for $2.00. We also offer a few. more Jersey Cattle, Cotswold and Merino Sheep, and four va rieties of domestic Rabbits. No Uso in Banding off to get better Poultry. Ours is tho best obtainable, taking many premiums wherever exhibited. Our Partridge Cochins took tho two first and one second prize at recent Poultry Exhibition at Washington, D. C. Address J. O. STRIBLING, Mana ger, Pendleton, S. C. Feb 13, 1878___31_5? SPECIAL INVITATION. npriE people of Anderson and vicinity, JL and moro particularly Aro respectfully invited io call and soo onr CARPET EXHIBITOR, and largo lot of Bamples of Beautiful Carpets. A. B. TOWERS A CO. Sept 2d, 1878 .11 MERRYM?N'! III Al mk NU B FOR SALE ny I0HN E. PEOPLES CO ?IPA RE thc commercial value vith other Fertilizer", and yo?! will al vays find Morryman's fiO to 100 percent, ?beaper than any otho.. Furniflns, you who havo uaed thia Gu mo, will do your uoighbora a great favor )y tell??g~1hem of ita morita. Come on md get what you want. Prico, por ton, OOO lb?. Middling Cot on. JOHN E. PEOPLES. Feb 13, 1879_ Hil? FERTILIZERS AND Ulovcr, Bino Grass,, Hords Grass, Orchard (?rizan. Lucerne and Chains. ALSO, GARDEN SEED, Wholesale and Retail. - ALSO, A full line of DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, LAMPS, md DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, for tale Jieap for cash by WILHITE & WILLIAMS. Feb 0, 1E79_ 30 ;_ HEADQUARTERS FOR GARDEN SEEDS. CHEMICALS FOB Home-Made Fertilizers ANY ono wanting to use this imusl hand in their orders by tho 10th of February. Cali on SIMPSON, REID & CO. Feb 0,1870 30 ly J. & COTIIKAN^ \ ll. Q. SCUDDAY,^ C0THRA?? & SCUDDAY, Aiiumujo ut Law, ANDERSON, - - S. C., WILL practice in all the Courts of tills State, an? in the U. S. Courts. OFFICE-Northwest Corner Benson Houso Building. Jan 16, 1870_27 / ly ?LEY'S PATENT PHOSPHATS AND COMBAHEE ACID PHOSPHATE. 11IE aro agents for the above celebrated Fertilitera, having sold Bradley's Patent for *cv Vv eral years, we know it to be good. As to the ACID thora is nono better. Seo Mr. B. A. Davis' certificate attached. Could give more, but oiio is sufficient. Our terms are os favorable as any Standard Guano. Givous.a call beforo buying. A. B. TOWERS & CO. ANDERSON, 8. C., Sept. 30, 1878-Ifew*. A. Ii. Towen dz Cb_Dear Sirs : I beg leave to say to yon that I am well pleased with the Bradley's Guano that I bought of yon last Spring. ID fact I do not think there ls any other guano eqnal to it except perhaps ?na other, and there is no man who has used a greater variety of fertilisers than I have. I shall want it again, and a great many of my neighbors expect to uee it nert yoar, just from seeing .my cotton. B. A. DAVIS. Pcb 13; 1579 31. HEAR TH g GOOD MEWS ! M?CULLY & TAYLOR ^LRE always looking after your Interests, andero happy.to inform .thou- customers that thoy havo succeeded in obtaining for you a ' XIIBERAIL COTTON OPTION PRICE On Guanos for the present year. ' GEORGIA GRANGE AMMOMATED BC NE, GEORGIA GRANGE FERTILIZER, WAGENER'^ GRANGE ACID.. 1 These Celebrated brands of Go??,are now Knrcsr rited alono by us, and their standard for Excellence and'Stability aro unimpaired, retaining tho uuno'high standard os hereto fore. For definite info?.motion call ami see us, and we can asauro you that ..JO prices ara as low as you could wish. ' We aro Still In tho Cotton Market, and buy for highest Cash Prices.. Our stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE ls completo, being constantly addotl <to by frosh arrivals. Soliciting your examination beforo buying, and Don't Forget to Call and See Us about 8uan?8 1 Now ls tho timo ti place your ordora to ensure a supply. McCULLY & TAYLOR, Northeast Corner Public Square. Feb 13, 1879 ' . ' '. ly STILL FURTHER REDUCTION IN FREIGHTS AND BBJCBS O?' ALL CLASSES OP GOODS. -1-o WE now have In Store, and are receiving from the Northern and. Western markets A full Stock of GEM EBA* MCWCHAMDISE. Ono Gdv IL.on.cl of* Baeon, Ono Car- Load of* Flour, One Car Load No O. ?lolamaso?. In addition to these things, wo have a fresh stock of Groceries, ?ry Hardware. Boote, Bhoe?, Mata, Cape, ClothlnK. Gla-uv mor? A* *e -? ?r ?h?-h sUi tz. z?\i ion ?u? cnn or bart?-. If you want any thins ?ant iiila well-aasorted siock of th* abov? artleles, or thoa? naually found In firat-eloac. mercantile houses, call on us fbr it, and we will supply you at tho rory cheapest prices. BARR & e?., . WO. IO GRANITE ROW, ANDERSON. ?. f. P. S.-All Indebted to the ?ld finn of BARR & FANT are notified to call atid maka payment of their Notts and Accounts et once. Hfobia.1879 ? ? ? > . s-s*a BHD THIS. BHD BE 60VERHED ACC?RDINGLT. PITBIM-I?S!ERE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC NOW READY AND ARRIVING. . ?LOUB, allgrades guaranteed; prices extremely low. . ?OA00N, cheapest &s the cheapest. . -ftxOLASSES, new crop. VjOFFER, v?ry good at seven pounds for ono dollar. rO?G AB, ten, twelve and fourteen pounds for ono dollar K n ii v ? ? , r- Ai' ?tW Grocerie? proportionately low. * . ? HNE ,OF DI>: 0?* Hats, Boots, Shoes, Plows, Hoes, Kails.*, arr- rvrii ? ^?EL* pottom, bard?me pk'jces. tr ^ "Tl LIZERS Wiiew,Gibb? W beforo bovina; ?Wh?*. ^ Manipulated Guano un reasonable terms. S*o