The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 20, 1879, Image 2

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^^tt ?tAtltt$mtx. E. B. MUBBAY, Editor. THURSDAY I0RNIN8, MARCH 20,1879. The Intelligencer has repeatedly invited-the News and Couritr to make good its assertion that oar article of five weeks ago contained what was untrue about, our Charleston contemporary. . The Newt and Courier hat failed to'do this or to attempt it, and therefore the public'can judge ^for themselves' as'^to whether the News and Courier is not the offending party against [truth. Its failure to attempt a vindication of its charge shows that its remarks about the Intel? ligencer were a wilful^and deliberate splenetic slander. There has already been Bo'much unnecessary harshness in the discussion, which has about wound up, that we forbear any further strictures on our metropolitan contemporary, al? though its conduct in this instance richly merits severer comment One of the greatest pedestrian contests ever undertaken has just been concluded in Gilmore's Garden, New York. Row ell, an Englishman, and O'Leaoy, Ennis and Harriman, Americans, were the con? testants. The contest was to begin at 12 z. m. on Monday morning and end at 11 p. m. on last Saturday night, the per? son walking the greatest numbe: ? of miles in that time to receive the champion's belt, besides a large sum of money, as were also all who walked more than 450 miles. Rowell won, walking 5(0 miles; Ennis was second, walking 478 ; Harri? man third, walking 450, and O'Leary, who had hitherto been the champion of the world, left the track several days be? fore the end of the contest, making less than 250 miles. No one of the first three were off of the track for more than forty hours during the whole six days. .? The extra session of Congress which assembled on last Tuesday is one of the most important that has ever met since the formation of the government, and upon its course, in a large measure, de? pends the future of our government The issues it has before it are vital to the very existence of our form of govern-1 ment, and the contest which is predicted between the legislative and executive de? partments ?ovsr these issues will be watched as the solution of the problem of future free government in America. If the infamous election laws, which were framed in the heat of passion which fol? lowed the late war, and which to an un? expected extent has placed the control of the boasted free ballot into the hands of the executive, cannot be repealed before another national election is held, then it may with certainty be predicted that the frauds which made Mr. Hayes President in 1876, when Mr. Tilden was elected, will be repeated in 1880, and, gathering strength from success, they will em? bolden the executive until a formidable attempt upon the Republic will be made. The only hope for the prosperity and peace of the country lies in the success of the Democratic undertaking to abolish these partisan and oppressive laws. Mr. Samuel Lord, jr., of Charleston, in a card to the News and Courier, claims that .Kimpton's testimony on the bond question was folly admitted before the Bond Court in writing, and says that if the Intelligencer and its allies intend disregarding the decision of the Supreme Court, they must look up. some other ground upon which to do.so. Mr. Lord has-got things a little mixed we presume, as the Intelligencer has never given expression to anything which warrants the assertion that it intends to disregard the decision of the Supreme Court, but it has always admitted that such decision would be binding unless reversed by higher authority. So far as the state? ment that Kimpton's testimony was ad? mitted before the Bond Court is con? cerned it is no doubt a fact but his oral testimony is not what we needed so much as the documentary evidence to be col? lected from his books. That is the point where the State lost by not having him present ana that is one of the grounds upon which we think the question should have been taken out of the hands of the Court. If we had Kimpton's books in j evidence they would show and explain the whole of the bond transactions, and the bondholders have obtained an im? mense advantage in his absence from the ? witness stand. Mr. Lord is one of the attorneys for the disputed bonds, and hence his opinion as to the State's case is to be taken with much allowance, as he Jooks r5 the matter with that bias which ffl-j.counsel always have for their own side of a litigated question. The following is a list of the changes in the United States Senate which assem? bled on last Thursday under the call for an entra session: Jamss T. Farley, Democrat succeeds Sargent Republican; of California; O. H. Platt, Republican, succeeds Barnum, Democrat of Connecticut; W. Call, Democrat succeeds Conover, Republican, of Florida; Logan, Republican, succeeds Oglesby, Republican, of Illinois; Wil? liams, Democrat, succeeds McCreery, Democrat of Kentucky; Vest, Democrat:, succeeds Shields, Democrat, of Missouri; Vance, Democrat, succeeds Merrimoc, Democrat, of North Carolina; Slater, Democrat, succeeds Mitchell,Republican, of Oregon; Walker, Democrat succeeds Dorsey, Republican, of Arkansas; Hill, Republican, succeeds Chaffee, Republi? can, of Colorado; Jonas, Democrat suc? ceeds Eustis, Democrat, of Louisiana; " Groome, Democrat, succeeds Dennis, Democrat, of Maryland; Pendleton, Democrat, succeeds Matthews, Republi? can, of Ohio; Hampton. Democrat suc? ceeds Patterson, Republican, of South Carolina; Carpenter, Republican, suc? ceeds Howe, Republican, of Wisconsin. Kimpton in Quest of a Reguge.? It is reported that Mr. Hiram H. Kimp? ton, the ex-financial agent of South Car? olina, desires to become a resident of Connecticut and it is further said on good authority that a friend of Mr. Kimpton has visited Govenor Andrews fat tue purpose of finding out what his coarse would be in case the Govenor of South Carolina should issue a new re? quisition. Governor Andrews is said to nave replied that be should be controlled 4>y the circumstances, which until the ?case supposed should arise, could not be wholly determined. When asked wheth? er he would be influenced by tbe decis? ion of Governor Rice, of Massachusetts, floocerning the extradition of Mr. Kimp? ton from that State, Governor Andrews remarked that the Chief Executive of Connecticut would be able, no doubt, to decide the matter independently.?New York Evening Post, WASHINGTON NEWS. Washington, March 15. The Democratic Senators held a caucus to-day in the Senate chamber, continu? ing from 2 until half past 3 o'clock. All were present except Messrs. Maxcy, of Texas, Jones, of Louisiana, and Hamp? ton, of South Carolina. The object of the caucus was to take measures prelimi? nary to the formation of standing com? mittees. Wallace was re-elected chair? man and Beck secretary of the caucus. The following named were appointed as a committee to rearrange the standing committees and report to an adjourned meeting on Monday, at 12 o'clock: Messrs. Wallace, McDonald, Eaton, Ran? som. Cockrell, Davis, of West Virginia, Garland, Grover and Pendleton. The caucus, after discussion, agreed upon the following basis for reorganization of the committees: First, seniority; second, the choice of committee by one having two or more chairmanships; and third, the arrangement of chairmanships for the vacancies, according to this pro? gramme. Eaton, the senior Democratic member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, will be its chairman; Finance, Bayard; Military Affairs, Randolph; Judiciary, Thurman; Public Lands, McDonald; Indian Affairs, Coke; Pen? sions, Withers; Claims, Cockrell; Dis? trict of Columbia, Harris; Patents, Kerran; Territories, Garland; Mines and Mining, Hereford; on Revision of Laws, Wallace. Saulsbury has the choice of chairman of three committees, namely, Privileges and Elections, Post Offices and Post Roads, and Public Build? ings and Grounds. Davis, of West Vir? ginia, has the choice of chairman of Ap? propriations and Agriculture; Johnston, bf Manufactures and Revolutionary Pen? sions : Gordon of Commerce and Educa? tion and Labor; Why te, of Civil Service and Retrenchment, Naval Affairs and Printing; Ransom, of Railroads and Li? brary. In addition to the above, Thur? man was chairman on Private Land Claims, and Johnston chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, the only committees with Democratic chair? men and a majority of Democrats. In addition to the standing committees, there are ten select committees, only two of them having Democratic chairmen? Davis, of West Virginia, and Harris. The chairmanship of committees other than these above named will be arranged by the committee. The Republicans will be furnish cd with a list of the Democratic members placed on the committees by the caucus, in order that they may fill the blanks left for Republican Senators, following the usages in such cases. The subject of changing the elective officers of the Senate was not acted upon by the caucus, which adjourned until Monday, noon, next. Washington, March 17. An adjourned caucus of Democratic Senators was held in the Senate Chamber this afternoon for the purpose of receiv? ing the report of the committee of nine appointed by the caucus of Saturday to prepare the Democratic membership of the Btanding committees. The com? mittee announced that the work assigned to them was unfinished, and. it was re? solved to extend their time until to-mor? row afternoon immediately after the ad? journment of the Senate. Some discus? sion then occurred with regard to the advisability of proceeding to nominating and balloting for officers of the Senate. It was generally conceded that there was no need for haste in disposing of that subject, and it was therefore agreed to postpone its consideration until Thursday next. Senator Beck offered a resolution providing in substance that the legisla? tive business of the Senate during the extra session shall be confined to the passage of the two annual appropriation bills which failed of enactment at the last session, including the political meas uses that were incorporated in them by the House of Representatives, viz., the repeal of the Federal election laws and of the jurors' test oath, and the prohibi? tion against the presence of troops at the polk. After some discussion this resolu? tion and the general subject of the order of business were referred to the following committee, with instructions to report to the caucus to-morrow or as soon there? after as practicable: Messrs. Thurman, Saulsbury, Whyte, Kernau, Jones, of Florida, Bailey, Lamar, Voorhees and Vance. All the Democratic Senators were present at to-day's. caucus except Messrs. Gordon, Maxcy and Hampton. Mr. Gordon is ill. Mr. Maxcy is ex Sscted to arrive from Texas to-night, and eneral Hampton has not yet left South Carolina. Washington, March 17. In the Democratic caucus to-night the first ballot for Speaker resulted as fol? lows : Randall, 75; Blackburn, 57; Mc Mahon, 3; Morrison, 2; Cox, 4. This insures the nomination of Randall for Speaker of the Forty-sixth Congress on the first ballot. Washington, March 17. The Republican members elect of the House of Representatives held a caucus in the Hall of the House this afternoon. Frye, of Maine, was elected chairman, and Amos Townsend, of Ohio, secretary of the caucus, which thereupon proceeded to nominate candidates in behalf of the Republicans for the various elective offices of the House. The following were nominated unanimously: For Speaker, Gen. Garfield, of Ohio; for Clerk of the House, ex-Congressman Rainey, of South Carolina; for Sergeant-at-Arms, Gen. Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin ; for Doorkeeper, James M. Milton, of Ten? nessee; for Postmaster, Gen. Henry Sherwood, of Michigan; for Chaplain, Dr. Naylor, of the Metropolitan Metho? dist Episcopal Church, Washington City. The following were appointed te act as an exeeutive and advisory committee of the Republican caucus throughout the 46th Congress: Representatives Frye, Garfield, Conger, Dunnell, James, Har? ris, Henderson, Harmer and Haskell. After some discussion as to its form, but with practical unanimity in regard to its purpose, it was resolved, as the sense of the caucus, that no legislation shall be entered upon during this session other than that for which the session was ! specially called. During the preliminary I interchange of views, a general desire was expressed for a short Bession. The Homestead.?Judge Aldrich rendered a very important decision last week on the question of homestead exem tion, Bays the Newberry Herald. With? out giving the names of parties, the facts areas follows: Judgment was obtained before a trial justice against defendant, and he claimed tbe benefits of the homestead law. He owned no land. Appraise re were appointed to set him apart a homestead in his personal prop? erty. The appraisers made their return jetting apart to defendant personal prop? erty specified in the Constitution as ex? empt to tbe amount of $250, but refused to set apart corn, bacon, flour and fodder, these articles, in the judgment of the commissioners, not being exempt accor? ding to law. The defendant moved the trial justice for an order of assignment, on tbe ground that corn, fodder, bacon and flour should have been set apart to him as exempt. The trial j ustice decided against him, holding that these articles were not exempt, except when the pro? ducts of a homestead; that these articles were not the yearly products of defen? dant's homestead, because he owned no real estate, and that they were not ex? empt as personal property, because they were not enumerated as exempt under tbe Constitution. The defendant ap Sealed to tbe Circuit Court. Judge Al rich sustained the appeal, holding that the personal property a debtor of every description is exempt to tbe amount of $500. We learn that the judgment cred? itor proposes to appeal to the Supreme Court. That Court already has one or more cases of an exactly similar charac? ter before it. I,ts decision is awaited jrith interest. SENATOR BAYARD'S VIEWS. The Tent Oath ami Federal Election Law) Mast be Repealed?Injustice of the One and Tyrannical Character of the Other. From Ike New York Herald. Senator Thomas F. Bayard, of Dela? ware, is passing a portion ?f the interval between the close of the Forty-fifth Con? gress and the time fixed for the extra ses? sion of the Forty-sixth in this city. As this distinguished gentleman is regarded as the head of the more conservative por? tion of the Democratic party, his views upon the proposed legislation which re? sulted in the failure of important appro? priation bills will be read with interest throughout the. country. A Herald re? porter called upon the Senator yesterday, when the following conversation, in which such views are embodied, took place: Reporter?Will there be any general legislation at the extra session of Con? gress? Senator Bayard?I am disposed to think the session will be short, and con? sequently there will be no time to con? sider any but essential measures. Reporter?To what measures do you refer as essential ? Senator Bayard?The two appropria? tion bills which failed and the passage of the laws demanded by the House of Representatives at the last session. Reporter?What are the latter? Senator Bayard?A repeal of the war test oath of 1862, which now excludes nearly the entire white population of the Southern States from the jury box; the enactment of a law providing for impar? tial juries, the right to which is so plain? ly guaranteed to every person by the fifth amendment of the constitution; an amendment of the present law which permits the presence of armed forces at elections to keep the peace, and the re? peal of those sections of the Revised Statutes which provide for the appoint? ment of federal officials as supervisors of elections in the several States, and of countless deputy marshals with unlimited power of arrest, with or without process, even while the election is proceeding, and their own immunity from arrest by State authority, no matter how arbitrary or outrageous their misconduct. method of drawing jurors. Reporter?You speak of impartial juries. Are not the modes of drawing jurors in the United States Courts which are held in the Southern States the same as are employed to obtain jurors for ser? vice in the State Courts? Senator Bayard?Not at all.^ The selection in those States of jurors is prac? tically left in the discretion of the United States Marshals, who generally act under the suggestion or control of the United States District Attorneys and sometimes of the Federal Judges. It is true that the Revised Statutes of the United States contain a loosely worded section which was intended to assimilate the mode of drawing federal jurors to that followed under the laws of the State in which the Federal Court is held, but in Georgia, for instance, where they have an excel? lent State jury system, established by the State Constitution of 1868 (Republican,) that system has been wholly disregarded by Judge Woods and Mr. Justice Brad? ley, and the arbitrary selection of jurors by the clerk of the Federal Court or the Marshal has been sustained against pro? test. In Maryland and Delaware the Federal Marshal summons such persons as jurors as he pleases, and there is no legal remedy. As a consequence the grand a letit juries are composed sometimes .holly and generally almost entirely of men of one political party. You can readily see the consequences when the offence charged against a per? son on trial is political in its nature. Impartial verdicts are in this way ren? dered well nigh impossible, and the feel? ing of injustice caused thereby is deeply seated and is growing in intensity. Reporter?Wheu were the laws passed creating these supervisors and deputy marshals ? Senator Bayard?In 1870-71, and amended in 1872, about a year or two alter I went into the Senate. The ne? cessity for the repeal of these laws is manifest. When they were first pro? posed I saw the danger to the peace of the country which they contained, and from my place in the Senate declared them to be fraught with peril. I de? clared that they were grossly unconstitu? tional, and so utterly invasive of the essential rights of each State that their execution would be inconsistent with the peace of the Union. the election of senators. Reporter?Under the laws which you propose to repeal can these supervisors and deputy marshals interfere with the election of Senators of the United States ? Senator Bayard?Practically they can and do most dangerously in this way:? The same clause of the constitution that gives to Congress a revising power over State regulations as to time, place and manner of holding elections is precisely the same in relation to the election of Senators as it is to Representatives in Congress, excepting that the "place" of the election of Senators cannot be con? trolled by Congress. But as Congress may fix the "place and time," as well as the "manner" of holding elections for Representatives Congress may appoint the very "time and place" which the State has indicated for the election of her Legislature, and in that way compel the presence of marshals and supervisors at the place and time of electing members of the Legislature. I do not see how the State can escape. It is also plain that if Congress has power to place supervi? sors and marshals at the polls where Rep? resentatives in Congress are elected; Con? gress has equal power, for it is conveyed in the pame sentence of the constitution, to put a deputy marshnl at the elbow of each member of a State Legislature du? ring the election of a United States Sen? ator and supervise the records of the Legislature. The exercise of such a power is just as fatal and not more fatal to the rights of the State in one caae as in the other, and its claim by Congress is just as allowable iu one case as in the other. The whole design of local self-government is overthrown if such powers in Congress are admitted to exist and are exercised. I saw this plainly in 1871, and only see it more plainly now. It is just as important for the United States to secure nonest elections of State legislators as of members of Congress, for the State legislators choose United States Senators. the federal election laws. Reporter?Does the repeal of these sections relating to supervisors and dep? uty marshals, as proposed by the late House of Representatives, interfere with punishment of frauds committed at elec? tions? Senator Bayard?No. The proposed repeal would simply remove federal su? pervisors and United States Marshals from control of the conduct of elections in the States, but would not exonerate any dishonest voter or official from the consequence of his offence, as now defined by law. Reporter?Do you think that the President will refuse his approval of these reforms? Senator Bayard?I cannot believe that ho would feel warranted in such action. There can be no conceivable constitution? al scruple alleged for refusing his assent thereto, and there is abundant and plain constitutional reason why he should join in giving effect to measures which both houses of Congress, truly und confessedly representing the majority of the Ameri? can people, have deliberately presented to him as essential to the peace and wel? fare of the whole country. There would certainly be a very heavy responsibility upon him and his conscience, involving consequences which I do not care to con? template should he set his individual opinion and par'.y inclinations against the1 earnest convictions and deliberate ex? pressions of a House of Representatives fresh from the people, and a Senate charged with upholding the rights of the several States. Reporter?As far as you know are the opinions which you have expressed ej>s tertained by tbe democratic Senators and Representatives who will meet at the ex? tra session ? Senator Bayard?I believe they are to a man firmly united in respect to the righteousness and necessity of the meas? ures to which I have referred. SOUTH CAROLINA SEWS. Gleanings from our State E:chaii&cs. Abbeville Medium: Mrs. Mary Martin died near Donnaldsville on Tuesday of last week, and was buried at Greenville on Wednesday.Mrs. Sallie Barmore died at her home near Donnaldsville on last Sabbath night from dropsy after a long illness and at a very advanced age. .Mrs. Henry Burton died at her home in the upper part of this county on 2Gth ult., from consumption.Most of the farmers will begin planting corn the lat? ter part of this week. Nearly twice as mucn land will be put down in corn as there was last year.The guano trade has been quite active during the past week. Spartanburg Herald: The Town Coun? cil, we learn, has accepted the proposal of Mr. James T. Eicnberg, of Atlanta, Ga., to erect gas works, and we hope soon to see our streets lighted with ga3.J. E. Giles, Deputy Collector for this Di? vision, went on a raid with Capt. S. P. Lanford and his revenue force one day last week, and in less than twenty-four hours captured and destroyed two stills and fifteen hundred gallons of mash. Newberry Herald: Press Chappell, white, who was sent to the penitentiary at the fall term of Court for one year, has been hired out to his wife.Mr. Geo. Long, while out hunting the 1st instant, met with a painful accident. His pow? der-flask exploded, burning bis face and hands and singing off his eye-brows and eye-lashes.A gun burst in the hands of Mr. Tobe Reagin on the 7th inst., and tore the flesh from the fingers and palm of one band, making a very ugly and painful wound.When the G. & C. R. R. began the rebuilding of the Laurens Road it issued bonds to those who con? tributed money towards its reconstruction to the amount of $175,000, these bonds beingsecured by a mortgage of the Lau? rens Road. $150,000 of these bonds have been subscribed for and taken up. Re? cently a bill was filed in Columbia to foreclose the mortgage and have the road sold. The bondholders are endeavoring to protect their interest by organizing and deciding on some plan of action. The majority of the bondholders are in favor of buying the road and severing it from the G. & C. R. R. The chairman of tbe committee appointed on tbe 4tb, Mr. F. J. Pelzer, of Charleston, will call the bondholders together as soon as that committee is ready to make a report. The Laurens Railroad owns no rolling stock, and it is impossible to make any? thing like an accurate estimate of the value of the road. The fact that the bonds are selling for about thirty cents on the dollar indicates very clearly that it would not sell for the amount of tbe mortgage. Walhalla Courier: Mr. Thomas Adair died at his home in Walhalla, on Mon? day last, after a lingering illness of sev? eral months, in the 56th year of his age. .It is with sadness we have to chron? icle the sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. H. W. Kuhtmann, near Walhalla, on Monday last, from congestion of the lungs. Union Times :-'ilr. O. B. H. Graham, a well known citizen and Coroner of Union County, committed suicide on Tuesday last by shooting himsell in the head with a pistol. For some months Mr. Graham had been confined to his bed by a severe attack of paralysis in the lower part of his body and legs, but had so far recov? ered as to be able by the aid of a crutch and stick to walk. No cause is assigned for the deed. Yorkville Enquirer: Mr. James W. Kuykendal, a wealthy farmer of York County, was stricken with paralysis on Saturday, 8th instant, from the effects of which he died on the following Tuesday. The Canal Agreement. There seems to be some misapprehen? sion arising in our city touching the ac? ceptance by the commission of the propo? sition submitted by Mr. Thompson. The facts of the case do not warrant the very natural anxiety felt in the premises, and for which we attach no blame whatsoever to the public, for a burnt child dreads the fire, and the years hitherto frittered away in the vain Sprague contract is calculated to make our people somewhat incredulous as to these contracts. The present facts are these?that the contract entered into by the commission? ers cannot be fully carried out until the Legislature shall grant a charter to tbe parties proposing the completion of the water power and the erection of manu? facturing improvements, the same to be performed in two years. Now, the pres? ent work under the present appropriation in no way interferes with this Thompson arrangement, but will go on just as if no such arrangement had been entered into by the commissioners. If the proposition entertained by the commissioners should be consummated by the Legislature in the making of cer? tain grants, under such guarantees as the case would demand, then the work which will now be carried on will serve to facil? itate operations under the Thompson contract. But if the Legislature should refuse to make the graut, then the work would go on under Engineer Holley's plan towards the completion of the im? provement. This is all of it if we should write a week, and it Becms to us the com? missioners, whilst wisely taking advan? tage of what is esteemed, on the whole, an advantageous proposition, have done so, so as not to defeat present operations one iota. The conclusion is that the canal is an absolute necessity to our city and a great desideratum to the State at large, and it ta becoming more and more popular with the people of the State every day as its merits are discussed and its great value more understood by the people at largo. It is plain, with tho best water powor in the South, as Mr. Thompson pro? nounced ours to be, and he did so to us in person, telling us that be had been ten weeks in the South looking up this mat? ter, and deliberately pronounced this to be tbe case a-? a practical and experi? enced mill engineer?it is plain that a great manufacturing city is Columbia's future destiny, and that as such she must become a most important, market for all kinds of up-country products. Now, thon, let U3 all put our heads together to carry on our share of the bargain in good part, and if the contracting parties can make a good thing out of it, so much the better for us; for so much surer will be the great success of the enterprise. Let us not shake loose from the first party who, oomjn^ to us with the very best Northern references, has given the best evidences of being in earnest in develop? ing a great resource which has been so long idle. Let us give him a helping hand in this matter, whilst, at the same time, we show our faith in the enterprise by going on with the present work.?Co? lumbia liegisfev, ? At Ironton, Ohio, some time ago a cock fight took place in a Magistrate's office. A few days afterward the Magis? trate and all parties concerned were arrested. They pleaded guilty and were, twenty-five in number, lined $150 and costs each, the full extent of the law. ? It is idle for Mr. Blaine to remind Virginia that his grandmother was born there. No Presidential candidate can be permitted to make a platform of his grandmother, l GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. ? Andrew Johnson, son of the late ex President, died last Thursday at his home, Union Depot, Tcnn. ? At Charleston, W. Va., last week the nose of Worstcr Booz, a miner began bleeding, and before it could be stopped he bled to death. ? A variegated bale of cotton which weighed over six hundred pounds, was sola in Griffin, Ga., for six dollars, and the seller was even satisfied. ? John Q. Pinkham, who in January, 1S77, killed a widow named Berry, by whom he was employed as a laborer, was executed on Fridav morning at Concord, N. H. ? Queen Victoria, it is rumored, has expressed a strong wish to see Canada, and the Prince of Wales is encouraging her to visit both that country and tho United States. ? As soon as the news reached Wash? ington City of the death of Colonel Alston, Senator Gordon telegraphed that Mrs. Alston and her children should never want while he lived. ? Nearly one hundred men were hung in this country in 1878. If the figure had been one thousand no one would have been surprised, unless at the idea that justice was being done. ? Tho Duke of Newcastle, a well known sporting man, is dead. In twelve years he ran through a property that brought him $300,000 a year, and his furniture was sold at auction. ? Hon Henry Waterson, the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, is in Washington endeavoring to secure the Secretaryship of the Senate for his father, Harvey M. Watterson, now in his sixty-eighth year, who was a Repre? sentative from Tennessae forty years ago. ? Secretary Sherman estimates that the arrearages of pensions bill will cause a deficit in tho Tieasury of $28,000,000. Congress appropriated money to pay these arrears, but made no provision for raising the funds. This matter will be brought before Congress at the extra session. ? The Atlanta Constitution says that Redpath and other apostles, including the Hon. Eli Perkins, are to be engaged in composing a bible for use- among Re? publicans. The object of this is to get a version of the ten commandments that will be satisfactory to the members of the party. ? The "candid opinion" of the New York Star is that an effort on the part of Mr. Tilden to obtain a second nomination for the Presidency would hopelessly di? vide the Democratic party. But it must be remembered that Mr. John Kelly is one of the owners of the Star, and that Mr. Kelly is rabidly anti-Tilden. ? The Washington Republican is re? sponsible for the statement that Repub? lican leaders fifteen years ago favorea the pensioning of Confederate cripples, and General Grant heartily approved the plan. The Republican wishes to "whoop up" the solid South for Grant. May we not ask our Washington contemporary, "What are you giving us?" ? At a Republican mas3 meeting at San Francisco, Tuesday night, the senti? ments endorsed were that while crediting Mr. Hayes with honesty, of purpose in vetoing the Chinese bill, his action did not represent the views of the Republi? can party in California, and the party in California, and the party declined re? sponsibility therefor. ? A venerable darkey carrying a small satchel took bis stand at the head of the market on Saturday night. His sign board consisted of an illuminated dry goods box which bore the inscription, "Let us save the Azor," and his stock in trade consisted of a lot of framed and unframed photographs of the noted bark. It is supposed that the exodites are trying to raise the wind in this way so as to en? able them to haul the bark off the legal lee 9hore upon which she is now stranded. Business was not brisk.?News and Cou? rier. ? The store of Charles K. Walton, at Yanceyville, Louisa County, Va., was burned Sunday, the proprietor perishing in the flames. The people attracted to the scene were deterred from rendering assistance by the knowledge that powder was kept in the store. When it exploded one side of the house was blown out. Walton's body was four.d minus legs, arms and head, which had been blown off. It is believed that Walton was mur? dered for the money he had in the store, and the building then fired. Much ex? citement prevails. Walton was a popu? lar young man, and belonged to one of the most respected families in the county. ? It is stated that Hayes' message to the Forty-sixth Congress will be brief, and mainly confined to the objects for which the extra session is called. He will, however, ask for an appropriation to supply a deficiency of twenty-eight mil? lion dollars lost by reduction of the i tobacco tax. In regard to the probability of the Democrats insisting on a repeal of the test oath and supervisor of election laws as a condition of granting supplies, Mr. Hayes says he has not yet seen the programme, and therefore could not pass an opinion upon it, but he could not be? lieve, in the absence of information, that any revolutionary movements were con? templated. ? Mrs. Ann Eliza Young has written a long letter to Mrs. Hayes on the sub? ject of polygamy, which closes as follows: "Polygamy desolates every home which it enters. Surely it will neither be im? proper nor unwise for you to exert your influence against that vast and increasing crime. It is opposed to all that you prize in domestic and social life; it makes the civilized, Christian home im? possible. Even if you can only do but little?though you can only speak words of sympathy, such words will speedily be wafted westward to thousands of aching hearts; and will be refreshing as the dew of morning to many a weeping Hagar, wandering in worse than desert lands." ? The Russian government has or? dered from France a monument to com? memorate its triumph over Turkey. The design is by an aged artist of St. Peters? burg, who took part in the campaign of the Napoleonic invasion. On the top of a truncated pyramid stands a Russian eagle, with his talons upon the crescent and the Turkish standard. On the four 6ides of the pyramid the most important events of the war are depicted in bas relief. Among the exploits to be repre? sented arc the orossing of the Danube, tho blowing up by torpedoes of a Turkish ironclad, the storming of Kars, the visit of the Czar to the hospital of Simnitza, and the encampment of the Russians be ; fore Constantinople. ? The latest style of putting up a tel? egraph line is to plant toe telegraph pole ' with gunpowder, as it were. The Scien? tific American says that a man takes a bundlo of cartridges and a crowbar; drives tho crowbar into the ground four or fivo feet; pulls out and drops in a cartridge; lights a time fuse and drops it op top of the cartridge, and starts ou. By the time he has walked 200 feet, to where the next telegraph-pole is lo be planted, the cartridge left in the last dole explodes, and makes a hole in the f;round four or five feet deep, and as arge around as a flonr-bnrrol. Then threo men come along with a team and Coles, and set up a pole in cadi of these oles, and tramp the dirt around it firmly. In this way four men can set up 150 poles a day, at a cost of only one-third of that required whero the holes are dug in the ordinary way. ? One of tho strangest accidents on record took place on Saturday. It is re? ported by the Cincinnati Enquirer, and properly comes under the head "Strange, if True." When the tow-boat Joseph W. Gould was coming down the rivor, they overtook Boynlon above Ironton, swimming in the viver with his gum rubbor suit on, They put a ropo around him and took him in tow, intending to tow him as far as Portsmouth, but while bowling along at the rate of eight miles an hour, and everything going on swim mingly, they met with a stretching mis? hap. The foot of Boyton's rubber suit caught on a snag, and, as the boat could not be stopped in time, something had to stretch or break. The boys say they be? lieve that gum suit stretched out 100 feet long, but when the snag broke off, where wa3 Boynton? The pilot says he Baw something ricocheting on the water about a half a mile ahead of them, like a twenty-inch bomb shell thrown from a mortar. ? Colonel Georg? W. Busbyhead, an ex-chief of the Cherokee Indians, ?( North Carolina, and also an ex-Confed? erate Colonel, was in our town Monday and Tuesday last. He had with him a Cherokee Baptist preacher named Suate Owl, who could net speak one word of English. They had been on a visit to their friends among the Catawba Indians, eight miles south of this. Most ef the Catawbas are familiar with the Cherokee language, and on Sunday last this Indian divine preached to them in that lan? guage, which is a written one, he having with him a Cherokee Testament. From Colonel Bunhyhead we learned that about 300 of the Cherokee tribe, out of a total of about 1,500, belong to the Meth? odist and Baptist denominations. Col? onel Bushyhead raised a regiment from among his warriors during the Confed? erate war, and led them most gallantly on many a bloody field in East Tennes? see. While here be solicited aid for some of the very indigent of his people. Several of our citizens gave him small contributions, for which he expressed the highest appreciation. He was well pleased with the kindness Bhown him by our people.?Bock Hill Herald. ? The lawB of the land are good enough and severe enough ; there is no fault to be found on that point; but it is the want of a rigid, fearless and impar? tial enforcement which invites crime, and the law's delay in eur courts which rather encourages it. Our courts and their proceedings need reform?a very radical reform. The lawyer sinks his good citizenship, his individuality, his inmate love of right and justice in becom? ing tbe advocate. Quibbling, delaying, technicalities, sophistries all are brought to bear in a criminal cose, and the most extraordinary efforts made to save a mur? derer when he has bad a fair and impar? tial trial. Many times the murderer not only has one trial, but two and three, and when he is at last sentenced, then petitions are gotten up to be sent to the Governor for a pardon or reprieve. When public sentiment shall be educated to deal out justice, and see that it is speedily executed; when our court rooms cease to be converted into trial farces; when lawyers shall be taught that one fair trial is all that will be granted to a criminal; in a word, when public senti? ment shall be educated to a high sense of right and justice, and a great respect for law and legal statutes, not only until then need a reform be looked for. When public sentiment shall declare that a man who in a 'quarrel shoots down an? other, being armed at the time, shall be considered as having armed himself to provoke or give an insult, a murderer, and tried as such, and bung as such, there will be a healthy reaction as to tbe carrying of arms and the taking of life. ?Savannah Recorder. The Poor Deluded Negroes. Some of the Bepublican newspapers at the North, and particularly in this city, have seized the opportunity of a few ne? groes migrating from certain parts of the Southern States to Kansas, or elsewhere in the Northwest, to represent this as a significant movement, and as the result of unfair treatment of the colored people by tbe whites. In the first place, there is no considerable migration, and certain? ly not to the Northwest. Whatever is taking place is from tbe poorer soil of tbe Atlantic States to the richer lands of the Mississippi Valley in the South. The negro likes excitement and change, es? pecially since emancipation, but the mass of negroes are working contentedly and earning good wages with their old masters, or in the locality of their eld homes. Still, it appears some have been the victims of unscrupulous speculators, as nearly all are of the wandering peddlers, and as they were of the Radical politi? cians during and immediately after the war. Every one remembers how these good-natured, confiding and simple peo? ple were humbugged by the Radicals promising them a mule and forty acres of land each. It seems the Kansas spec? ulators have been practicing a like de? ception. The Kansas City Times, of the 5th, says a large number of colored emi? grants from Mississippi came the day before. They were of the genuine old plantation kind, and full of belief of the various stories that had been told tbem before leaving home. After all their baggage had been unloaded and piled away, one of the party stepped over to the Kansas Pacific land office, and thus addressed one of the officials .* "Say, boss, whar do dey get dem $200 and dat 160 acres of land. I'se come all de way from ole Mississippi wid de ole woman and de picaninnies to get dat, and dey do tell me ober dar (pointing to the Union De? pot) de Gobenor cb dis State am a col lord gentleman; is dat so boas ?" Frank Crane told him there must be some mis? take, as at present they were not giving away any money or land. The honest darkey'scountenance fell several feet, and he left, stating "he would leave de ole woman here and see dat Gobenor." and, purchasing a ticket for Topeka, ne left on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train for that point. In all probability some loud mouthed Radicals, who are in the habit of vocifer? ating about negro rights, are at the bot? tom of this swindle. In time the colored people will learn who are their best friends.?New York Star. The Drainage Law. An Act to provide for Drainage in the Counties of Anderson and Beaufort. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ef Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same; Section 1. That from and after tbe passage of this Act all land owners of the Counties of Anderson and Beaufort shall remove from the running streams of water upon their laud all trash, trees, rafts and timber during the months of March and September in each year. Sec. 2. Any person convicted of a vio? lation of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the Court before which the enso may be tried. Sec 3. Any pereon convicted of cut? ting down trees across or into running ntrcnms upon the lands of another, in the Counties aforesaid, shall be liable to the same punishment above prescribed. Approved December 23,1878. Caupet-Baooers Going West.?It is not generally known that the thriving and hitherto happy youngCommonwealth of Colorado has become the Mecca of the Southern carpet-baggers, who are swarming thither from the desolate pas? tures of the South, where for the past ten years they have been feathering their nests at the expense of a war-worn peo Slc. About a year and a half since, Utlgo R, B. Carpenter, a South Carolina judge under Ohamberlnin's administra? tion, and a notorious faro dealer, went te Denver City, where he opened a faro bank and a law office, and was soon fol? lowed by ex-Congressman L. Cass Car? penter and about a dozen of the lesser lights of South Carolina Radicalism. Suite a numbor of carpet-baggers have so gone to Denver City from Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi, and the good people of Colorado will soon find them? selves at the mercy of a most graceless Bet of knaves. Dakota is to be burdened with ex-Senator Spencer, who has been laying pipe for a warm reception by in? flating the Dakota items on the river and harbor bill about 200 per cent. Ho was supposed to represent Alabama to a small extent, but he bent all his legislative en? ergies in the direction of building up his proposed new base of operations.? Wash ington Letter, Randall's Form an.?Mr. Joseph 0. S. Blackburn, of Kentucky, who pro? poses to dispute the claimi of Sam Ran? dall for the Speakership of the next House, is now serving his third term in Congress and is a recognized leader on the Democratic side. Joe is41 years old, a graduate of Centre College, Kentucky, a lawyer by profession, entered the Con? federate army in 1801 and servod to the close of the war. He walks with a bad limp?the effect of a Union bullet hav? ing been deposited in his left leg by a boy in blue to remind Mr. Blackburn that his attempt to overthrow the consti? tution and the Union was a somewhat seri? ous and reprehensible undertaking. He is a free and easy speaker, and his orato? ry largely partakes of the usual aurora borealis style that characterized the typ? ical Southern stumper. His presence is good and his voice resembles the sound of a fireman's trumpet, which is a needed qualification in a man who wish&i to be heard in so boisterous and turbulent a body as the House of Representatives. Undoubtedly he would make as good a presiding officer as Randall, but that is saying very little in praise of Joseph? He lacks a little of the dignity that Ran? dall possesses?and Randall never bad any to spare?but that Joe will rival Sam as a partisan, if be ever gets into the Speaker's chair, there can do little doubt. Blackburn represents in his own proper person the very latest and most approved style of modern Democracy, and is, therefore, a most fit man to be made the conspicuous figure-head of an extra session of Congress that has been called in consequence of the parti? san blindness and stubbornness of his party. A dyed-in-the-wool Bourbon, a States' rights Democrat and an ex Confederate brigadier, all united in one and the same person, present claims for consideration that cannot be ignored by the new order about to be established in Washington.?From the Chicago Trib? une. Fatal Affray in Atlanta.?Col. Robert A. Alston, a native of South Car? olina, but for years a resident of Georgia, and a member of the present Legislature, was killed in an affray in Atlanta on Tuesday, 11th inst., by Capt. E. S. Cox. Alston fired three shots and Cox two. Alston was shot in the right temple, the ball passing through his brain. Cox was shot in the mouth and through the left hand. Alston is dead, but Cox is not seriously hurt. The difficulty arose from Alston's having a power of attorney from Senator Gordon to sell the latter's inter? est in the State convict lease Cox is a sub-lessee under Gordon, and wanted Alston to sell Gordon's interest to Wal? ters, who had promised to buy Cox out. Alston sold to another person. Cox threatened Alston at noon that he would kill bim before sundown if the trade was not cancelled and made with his man. He hunted Alston down.* Gov. Colquitt and others having detained Alston at the capitol, the quarrel was renewed, and both drew their pistols with the result above stated._ The Ball Given Sherman. Duncansby, Miss., March 6,1879. To the Editor of the News and Courier: Please deny on my authority that L was present at a ball given to Gen. Sher? man, at Jackson ville, Florida. I would certainly nave avoided meet? ing the man who was guilty of the cruel? ty of burning Columbia and the cow? ardice of denying it. Yours truly, Wade Hampton, Jr. ? Wm. H. Devlin, formerly a foreman in one of the mills at Lowell, who beat bis wife to death in December, 1877, and afterwards smothered his infant, was banged on Friday at East Cambridge, Mass. Suffering for a Life Time. Persons afflicted with rheumatism often suffer for a life time, theii tortures being al? most without n mission. The joints and muscles of such unfortunates are in most cases shockingly contorted and drawn out of shnpe. To afford them even temporary relief, tho ordinary remedies often prove utterly useless. Hostetter's Stomach Bit? ters, on the other hand, is avouched by per? sons who have used it. to be a genuine sou reo of relief. It keeps the blood cool by promoting a regular habit of body, and re? moves from it impurities which, in the opinion of all rational pathologists, origi? nate this agonizing complaint and its kin? dred malady, the ;out. Besides this the Bitters remedy disorders of the stomach, liver and nerves, prevent and eradicate in? termittent and remittent fevers, promote appetite and sleep", and are highly recom? mended by physicians as a desirable medi cinal stimulant and tonic. The Nineteenth Century adds the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Holman Liver Pad, PLASTERS and SALTS, Cures without medicine, simply by absorp? tion. A suro cure for Dyspopiia, Tor? pid Liver, Biliousness, and all such Diseases. Call at once, ye invalids. Sold in the Town of Anderson only by SIMPSON, REID St CO., Benson House Corner. March 20, 1870 ?0 ly' "VfOTICE TO CREDITORS. .IN All persons having claims against the Estate of Maj. George deaborn. deceased, ar?? hereby notified to present the same to tlie undersigned, at Anderson, 8. C, law? fully proven, within the time required by law. JOHN W. DANIELS, Adm'r. March 20,_1879_36_3__ Copartnership Notice. GEO. W. FANT. FOSTER FANT. THE undersigned gives notice that he has associated his son, Foster Kunt, with him in the Book and Stationery Busi? ness, under the firm name and style of GEO. \V. FANT it SON. The business will be continued at Hie Post Oilicc as herc fore. GEO. W. FANT. March 20,1879 30_ 3 VMIMWIM MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES AMD, BOILERS, MACHINE MOULDED GEARING. SEAfTOG, KUTO ID HIKE1SEOALSI? POOLE & HUNT, '. EALTXMOitE. '. NOTICE. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, - A.ndzbso.v, S. C, March 12,1879. IN accordance with a recent Act of tho Legislature requiring County Auditors to appoint three intelligent and discreet freeholders for each Township of their re? spective Counties to assist the Auditor in assessing the Real Estate in their respective Townships, I huve made the following ap? pointments: Anderson?S McCully, W S Sbarpe, JB Watson. Belton?G W McGee, B D Dean, Joshua Acker. Broadaway?B F Hammond, S M Gecr, T W Martin. Brushy Creek?Joshua Jamison, W S Fickcns, John Rosamond. Centreville?Wm Burrias, K Brenzeale, J B Watson. Dark Corner?D Sadler, J W Sherard. J T Barnes. Fork?D L Cox, G W Maret, A Hunter. Garvin?R F Simpson, L Newton, Warren Martin. Hall-Jesse P McGee, L M Hall, W J Milford. Honea Path?T A Hudgcns, James Gam brell, R N Wright, Hopewell?John Harper, R H Anderson, Jcptha Watkins. Martin?J A Drake, R Clinkscalcs, G M McDavid. Pendlcton?Wm Simpson, A B Bowden, P McPhail. Rock Mills?J J McLees, S C Humphreys, J J Gilmer. Savannah?R Burriss, Sr, E J Earle, Wm Jones. Varennes?J W Notris, W G Watson, J C Haynie. Williamston?G W Anderson, H 1 Ep ting, J D King. T. J. PICK.EN8, Auditor Anderson County. March 20, 1879_36_ lllAIITrn A LIMITED NUM vVuif 9 rLIBER ?fuaive. tn?r ? ? ntm I leilefgetic canvassers to en? gage in a pleasant and profitable busine?. Good men will find this a rare chance TO MAKE MONEY. Such will please answer this advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have been engaged in. None but those who mean business need apply. Address, FINLEY, HARVEY & CO., ; March 20, '79?ly_Atlanta, Ga. GOOD OLD TIMES COME AGAIN. WE have just received Twenty-fonr Thousand rounds of old fashion, smoked, country, grea? sy BACON?sides, hams and shoulders. It will make people honest to eat this good old stuff. Come forward and be sup? plied. BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO. March 13,1879_35_4 Notice to Road Overseers. THE Overseers of Highways are ordered to call out the hands and pat the Highways in good order between now and the first of April, and to cut out the Roads twenty feet in width. Where new Over? seers havo not been appointed, the old one* will act. R. S. BAILEY, Chm'n. J. L. Tribblk, Clerk C. a Towers' Plow! WE are now prepared to sell this cele? brated PLOW at low prices. We warrant these Plows to give satisfaction, or no sale. Turning Plow, complete, $4.75. Plow Stock, *2.50. A. B. TOWERS & CO. Oot 10 12 Potatoes and Fresh Garden Seeds. EARLY Rose and Goodrich Potatoes, D. M. Ferry & Co. and Ltmdreth's fresh and genuine garden seeds for sale by _A. B. TOWERS A OCX Bead This! ALL who are indebted to us for Merchan? dise or Guano will please attend to settling the same as soon as possible. We need money, and will give tho highest price ' for Cotton. A. B. TOWERS & CO? South Carolina Railroad. Charleston, Nov'r9,1S7S. On and aftor Sunday, 10th last., Pasjou jcr Trains will rur. as follows: for acousta. (Sunday morning excepted.) Lcavo Charleston at.9:13 a m and 7.S0 p m Arrivo at Augusta.5:00 p m and &55 a m rox columbia. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston at.?.7:30 a ra and 8:30 p m Arrive at Columbia..1:35 p m and 7:23 a m FOB CHARLESTON-. '(Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Augusta at.?:a0 a m and 7:30 p m Arrive at Charleston....4:20 p m and 7:15 a m Lcavo Columbia at.?3:25 p m and 3:00 p ai Arrivo at Charleston_.9:45 p m and 6:15 a na Above Schedule makes close connection at Co? lumbia with GreonTlllo and Columbia Railroad and Charlotte road, and at Augusta with Macon and Atlanta trains, S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintendent. S. B. Piowcms, General Ticket Agent. DON'T YOU READ THIS ! I HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING POPULAR BRANDS OF CIGARS: 5,000 VIRGINS, 1,000 FAT A MORGANA, 1,000 ON HAND, 500 HIGH LIFE, 500 PRIZE NICKEL, And a great many other brands too numerous to mention. During the next sixty days I will sell the abovo brands of Cigars at prices that will astonish the natives. I wake a ?pecialty of GOOD TOBACCO and CIGARS. A. Fresh. Lot of Confectioneries Arrived. FRUITS of all kinds constantly on hand. Remember my goods arc sold cheap for cash only. Call and see me. I can't be undersold in Anderson. JArhlES ANDERSON, East End of Masonic Building, Anderson, S. C. March 20, 1870 3G 3m Suis aid SimM_? ni Sur 181 CLOTHING AT BOTTOM PRICES. WE ANNOUNCE to the people generally that wo are now receiving a larger lot of READY-MADE CLOTHING than we have ever had before. You can buy from ui a Suit of ClotheN from 93.00 to M O.OO. We are also receiving a fine as? sortment of SHIRTS, Cheaper than you can make them. We also carry in our stock Pi?co Goods, comprising all the late styles of Ulack Doeakins and Broadcloths, Fancy Caaal mcrei, Black and Fancy Cnshmarets, which we will cut and make up at the very Lowest Figures. NftTinN nCDADTMlTMT ?We are prepared to furnish anything you HU I IUli uli All I INlH I . may desire in this line-such as Half Hose, Collars, Cravats, Suspenders, Gloves, Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, ?Sc, <fec. 1 CCllllNT MAPUIMCC ?We have a few Sewing Machines on hand that OELWHlU lllMUlllllLO. we will guarantee, and sell at very low figure*. It will pay you to call in und examine our stock. We respectfully ask you to give us a trial. _ ' J. R. & L. P. SMITH, WcCully's Corner, Anderson, S. <J. March 20, 1879 8<J 9m