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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1879. The political trials commenced in the United States Court in Charleston on last Monday, and we publish in another column of this issue the first day's pro? ceedings. With the rulings of the"? pre? siding Judge, the application of the test oath, and ignorant and partisan juries, there is but little hope that any man charged with an offense of a politi? cal character can receive a fair and impartial trial. What justice can be expected when the virtuous and intelli? gent are excluded from the jury, and ignorant negroes and scalawags, who are the political enemies of the accused,"are empannelled to try them? What a mockery of justice! President Hayes, with the regular army and his thousands of deputy marshals and supervisors, has failed to arrest the successes of the De? mocracy, and the calling to his assis? tance .the Federal Courts wilr not avail him. The outrage npon ?iat sense of natural justice which is implanted in the bosom of every man, will condemn such mock trials. It is due to Judge Bryan to say that in the commencement of these trials he has proven himself the able jurist and the impartial Judge. PROPOSED CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. The proposition to change the schedule of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad in connection with the South Carolina Road, so as to run through from Charles? ton in a day, is now under consideration by the proper authorities, and we are in? formed that a portion of them favor the necessary schedule. If such is the case, we are satisfied it must bo from the lack of an examination into its operations last year, for that schedule was neither an accommodation to the business public nor was it advantageous to the travelling public To begin with, the amount of time saved by the change is not very great so far as the up-country, which is the objective point, is concerned. From Charleston to Anderson, as the present schedule is arranged, occupies from 9.15 p. m. to 3.45 p. m. of the next day, or eighteen and a half hours, while the new schedule would take from 5 a. m. to 9.80 p. m., or sixteen and a half hours. It would therefore be of very slight advan? tage in point of actual time consumed in the trip, while the disadvantages will be immense. As the schedule now stands a letter can be mailed in Charleston for the 9.15 night train Monday and reach An? derson at 3.45 p. m. on Tuesday. The merchant in Anderson can upon its re? ceipt arrange to procure exchange or at? tend to other business connected with it and reply so as to have his answer in Charleston at 10 o'clock p. tn. on Wednesday, so that it only requires forty eight hours and thirty minutes to-write and receive a reply, while by the new schedule a letter must be mailed in Charleston on Monday night to leave at 5 o'clock next morning. It would reach Anderson at 9.80 Tuesday night, but could not be answered that night, as busi? ness is closed, and the morning train would pass before it conld be answered. The reply then would be mailed on Wednesday and reach Charloston at 10 p. m. on Thursday, having occupied six? ty-five hours in going to Anderson and returning, and having been in the Post office a considerably longer period. The same would be true of express and of freights, and applies to the whole line from Honea Path to Greenville and Walhalla, and to all points on the Spar tanburg and Ashville Railroad. It would, therefore, be of no possible ad? vantage to the business public, and, as a consequence, the citizens of Anderson, and indeed of every town above Honea Path, are as a mass opposed to the change, which they attested by numerous petitions to have it abolished last year, and, in addition to this, we know that many firms in Charleston do not desire the change, which, if it has any effect at all upon the business of the city, will be injurious and not beneficial. In its effect upon the travelling public it will be equally as bad if not worse. The through travel must be aroused be? fore day some time in order to be ready to leave, and then after travelling all day must be kept up until several hours after dark in order to reach its destination, if the point be higher up than Honea Path. It entirely precludes the propriety of ladies travelling alone, for in case of a failure of friends to meet them at their destination they would be most disa? greeably situated. It would be unpleas? ant to persons visiting private families to have to keep them up and waiting to re? ceive them, and disagreeable to the fami? lies in many instances to receive at such unseasonable hours. It would be un? pleasant to those who might have to travel some distance in the country after the arrival of the train, especially in rainy weather. The proposed schedule would almost entirely break up local travel on the upper portion of the Road, for the inconvenience would induce those who were compelled to go to use private conveyances and the balance to stay at borne. Those, who have fo leave Charles? ton would as a general thing prefer leav? ing at 9&5 p. m. and getting to the end of their journey before the next night, as at present, to leaving at 5 a. m. and trav? elling from 9 to 11.30 p. m. Again, as the Nchedule now stands a very conve? nient connection is made at Seneca City for both the North and West, while under the proposed change it would be about as bad as possible. There is also one other consideration which should receive the company's at? tention?the welfare of the employees. As now arranged those in charge of the trains can stand their work, but to keep thein running to 11 o'clock at night, with another hour of work in shifting, &c, and then reqnire them to be up by four or half-past four in the morning, to be ready for starting again, is too great a tax, and if Bach schedule is adopted the company ought in justice to its em? ployees to provide a duplicate set of hands. Now the foregoing are some of the ob? jections to the change, and its only adr vantage that we can see is that it will give points above Columbia the Newt and Courier a day sooner. This would, oi course be acceptable ??d very highly appreciated, but it does seem to us that it would be secured at too much incon? venience to justify the change, and there? fore we trust that General Connor will not impose an actual delay in the de? livery of all the mail except that from Charleston in order to hasten the delivery of the Newt and Courier. We hope he will not so greatly incommode the trav? elling public for the purpose of accom? modating our contemporary. We think the present schedule suits the people of the upper part of the State better than any that can easily be arranged. THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. The Army Appropriation Bill, which lately passed the House of Representa? tives, is now before the Senate for its con? sideration, with every probability that it will pass that body substantially as it went from the House. This bill is one of the most important ones that has been before Congress for years, as the contested pro? visions of the bill are designed by the Democrats to secure fair and impartial juries in the Federal Courts, the right of citizens to go to the polls and cast their votes unawed by Federal bayonets and United States marshals and supervisors; and that these contested provisions will form important factors in the Presiden? tial contest of 1880. The bill making appropriations for the army for the fiscal year ending the last of June, 1880, con? tained provisions repealing the sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States which authorized the Judges of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States to administer to each juror before sworn the test or ironclad oath ; the use of the United States army at the polls on the day of election; and the ap? pointment of Deputy United States Mar? shals and Supervisors to attend at elec? tions, with the power to arrest This bill, when it passes the Senate, as it will do, will go to the President for his ap? proval or rejection. Will he veto it? The Republicans say he will, and cry out revolution. Should the veto come Congress cannot pass the bill over it, as there are not two-thirds of each House in favor of it, and either Congress or the President must yield, or the 'supplies for the army will be cut off. Where will the responsibility rest if the country should be left without an army? It is the duty of Congress to provide for an army equal to the exigencies of the country, and it is its right to say how and for what pur? poses that army shall be used. Congress provides for the army, and says it shall not be used by the President to influence and control elections; but the President says to Congress unless you permit me to use the army for the purpose of sur? rounding the polls with bayonets on the day of election, I will veto the bill, and the country shall have no army. Con? gress represents the people and the States, and for these to yield to the one man power, in matters of such impor? tance as the purity of jurors and the rights of the ballot, would be a shame upon a free government The responsi? bility then would be with the President, who, by his veto, would practically say to Congress unless the army is used by me to control the ballot and perpetuate in power the Republican party, there shall be no army for any other purpose. Let the Republicans make this issue if they desire; they will find that the people are not craven enough to surrender to any party their right to cast their vote untrammelled by bayonets and a partisan army of Deputy Marshals and Super? visors. A few facts connected with the elec? tions of 1876 and 1878 will show the dan? ger to Republican institutions of the em? ployment of soldiers, marshals and super? visors at elections. In the election of 1876 there was an army of more than eleven thousand Deputy Marshals, all belonging to and working for one party, clothed with the authority of the United States, surrounding the polls and tyran? nizing over the voters. In the single city of New York there were twenty-five hundred of these Marshals, men gen? erally of no character, and selected iu consequence of blind adhesion to party, and unscrupulous as to the means used to procure the success of their party. In the election of 1878 there was appointed for the State of New York upwards of twenty-one hundred Deputy Marshals and for the city more than twelve hundred. These, under the direction of the Chief Supervisor, swore out complaints against more than nine thousand voters, had issued thereon more than five thousand warrants of arrest, and actually arrested under these warrants three hundred men. The object was to produce intimidation, and not only to prevent the arrested from voting but to deter others. It is the be? ginning of the destruction of free elec? tions, and, if tolerated by a free people, will lead to a military domination more to be dreaded than a despot. Congress need not fear the issue with the Presi? dent and the Republican party on the repeal of the obnoxious statutes, for the people will Btand by the party which secures to the country a free election. Mb. Hendricks Interviewed.?The New York World publishes a report of an interview with ex-Governor Hen? dricks at Fort Wayne, Ind., a few days ago. Mr. Hendricks is reported as ex? pressing the opinion that the differences in the Democratic party upon financial questions are less threatening than here? tofore. The question whet 1' er paper cur? rency should be furnished directly from the national treasury or through the me? dium of the national banks, Mr. Hen? dricks thinks, is one of expediency, which will, no doubt, be settled so as to leave no strife on that account He thinks treasury notes should be substi? tuted for national bank notes as rapidly as their charters expire. Mr. Hendricks expresses the opinion that the question of coming prominence is that of centrali? zation as opposed to the constitutional rights of all the States, and that in the contest of 1880 the Democrats will be everywhere united upon the side of the constitutional rights of the States, but not as opposed to the constitutional powers of the general government. Mr. Hendricks declined very positively to say anything whatever about Mr. Tilden, but announced his determination on no account to accept again the second place on a Presidential ticket Mr. Hendricks is further quoted as saying that if it is j the deliberate idea of Congress that there should be no test oath for jurors, he does not see upon what ground the President can exercise the veto; or, upon the other hand,"if with deliberate consideration Congress should decide to withdraw Fed? eral control and interference with State elections, there is in that no ground for a veto. It is certainly, be thinks, very clear that it is no ground for the interpo? sition of a veto that general legiolatlon is attached to appropriation bills, SOMETHING ABOUT TEXAS. Mr. Editor: Having business in Northwestern Texas, in company with my brother, Jas. B. Moore, I left Ander? son Coutt House on the evening of the 17th of March last, and went by the way of Atlanta to West Point, at which place we changed cars for Montgomery, Mo? bile, New Orleans, Morgan City, and from thence by steamer across the Gulf of Mexico to Galveston, thence up the Galveston Bay to within six miles of Houston, making the remainder by rail, and from Houston to Dallas on the Gal? veston and Texas Central Railroad, and from there to Fortworth, thence by stage to the city of Weatherford, in Parker County, and Jacksborough, in Jack County. Our business being in this County, we remained in it for four days, upon lauds on the Trinity River?the only time spent in the State outside of the time spent on steamboats, railroads and hack lines. Therefore, under the circumstances of such rapid passage, it is not to be expected that we can give a very accurate account of the soil, climate and business of the sections of the State through which we passed; but wc think we take no risk in saying that the soil is by far the richest wc have ever seen. Its productive qualities are not likely to be over estimated, and an average crop in N. W. Texas is claimed to be Irom 15 to 20 bushels of wheat, from "30 to 60 of corn and about three-fourths of a bale of cotton per acre. No manure is used. We never saw a single sack of fertilizer of any kind in the State. The lands in N. W. Texas are not only rich and pro? ductive, but they are in large quantities already cleared and ready for the plow, with a sufficiency of scrubby timber for fencing and building of log cabins and out houses. Two horses, or a yoke of oxen, are sufficient animal power to draw an eight or ten inch plow. The sod is cut by the plow from two to two and a half inches and turned completely over, and when rotted the land is ready for cultivation. To turn the sod in spring or early summer fits the land for sowing wheat in the fall; to turn it in the fall for cultivation in the spring. An aver? age team of horses will turn one acre a day, and the same manual labor that guides the plow here will guide it there; in other words, a good plow boy here is one there. health. The citizens claim the country to be healthy, but you find many families who suffer and are now suffering with chills and fever, and many persons have pneu? monia in Jack County this Spring?some cases fatal?but the great majority of the citizens appear to be as healthy as any people any where. The way many of them live, in miserable huts, dirt floors, etc., it would seem that they invite sick? ness and disease. I will state here that while it is claimed?and it is doubtless for the most part true?that Texas has more doctors than she needs, this is uot the case in all of Jack County. water. Jack is a limestone County, as arc all the other Northwestern counties of the State. Often nearly all the streams go dry. The Trinity River was barely run? ning wheu we were there; but. the creeks and rivers when they cease to run do not dry completely up, but stand in lakes, furnishing plenty of water for the stock. On the creeks and valleys are to be found lakes disconnected with the creeks. They are sinks, filled with rain water, and the character of the ground is such that it holds this water until it evaporates or is taken out by use. The citizens, cows, horses, sheep, hogs and goats all use water in common out of these lakes, and as a matter of course the water is as filthy as it well can be. But they say it "s good enough, and make no effort for better. In some places good limestone springs are found, and the more indus? trious find but little trouble, for the most part, to obtain a well of good water, but you often times fail to obtain water by digging, and some times when obtained is unfit for use. All persons can have good cistern water as cheap in Texas as here. The creeks and lakes have quantities of fine fish, among them the blue cat. immigration. There are, as to immigrants, two classes of citizens in Texas. One encourages immigration and the other discourages it. Lawyers, doctors, merchants and, for the most part, large land-owners, encourage and invite immigration, while the fron? tiersmen and men engaged in stock rais? ing, for the most part, discourage it; and as counties are formed and settled up by us?the people from the States, as they call us?this latter class move on to the front, and will always be there. A per? son desiring to settle in Northwestern Texas, and especially in the frontier counties, where lands arc as rich and productive as could be asked, will find it no flowery bed of ease, uuless he has sufficient money to buy a two-horse wagon?for one could not keep house without this?two horses for each plow he wishes to run, which can be had for thirty or forty dollars apiece. Add to this fifty dollars for farming implements, and you are equipped for the field. In addition you should have means to de? fray the ordinary expenses of your family for one year, which would require about the same there as here. I can safely ad? vise any friend against moving, and es? pecially to the frontier, unless he first determines to own a spot of land of his own. Otherwise he will find himself roving from place to place without either money or friends; and his cry will be, "Carry me back to Carolina once more." But if he plants himself upon that soil, and uses the industry that he is com [ pelled to use here to make a living, to? gether with the economy, I sec no reason why he should not succeed and grow independent in a few years. I have many other impressions about the country, but could not safely state more than I have here stated. cmmate. The thermometer in Jack County, winter and summer, is about tho same as here, but they are subjected to sudden changes called "northers" that is exceed? ingly disagreeable, and sometimes dam? aging to stock in the winter. They usually last about three days. In the summer you have nearly all the time a delightful breeze from the south, called the gulf breeze. We returned home by the way of Little Rock, Memphis and Chattanooga to At? lanta, and passed through Kastern Texas in the night. We made the trip in 10 days, at a cost of $100. John B. Moore. THE INIQUITOUS PERSECUTIONS. A Nice Hatch of Jurors to Try Decent Men. Charleston-, S. C, April 14. At the opening of court Judge Pond announced that he overruled the chal? lenges to the array of the grand and petit jurors, on the ground that no imptoper conduct or fraud was complained of on the part of the officers who drew the ju? ries, and the irregular drawing was, therefore, a matter of no consequence. Judge Bryan divided on this point in an able opinion and the division was certi? fied. This prevents the imprisonment or other punishment of any one tried by these juries until the Supreme Court of the United States has decided the points upon which the Judges divided. The case of the United Stats vs. Wil? liam Kerrigan, for assaulting a supervi? sor, was then called, and Mackcy claimed to examine him upon his voir dire as to his participation in the rebellion. Colonel Edward McCrady, for the de? fense argued, first, that the section of the revised statutes making this a cause of challenge had been repealed, and, second, that if now law, such participation must be proved, and the witness could not be compelled to acknowledge himself guilty of what was, according to the statutes, treason. Judge Bond overruled Doth points, and the Court again divided. Mackey then applied the test oath, ex? cluding nine jurymen in this way, and challenging throe peremptoryil. The de? fense challenged three peremptorily, but refused to challenge participation in the rebellion. The following jury was empanelled: White?B. F. Hayes, Philip Heller, W. A. Leslie, J. H. Lindaman, Charles F. Osborn, L. H. Russell, N. K. Reed, John R. Tolbert; colored?E. P. Wall, Jr., T. P. Wall, J. P. Wragg. A. S. Nights. Judge Magrath then moved to contin? ue the case, in a strong argument to the discretion of the court, but Judge Boud refused the motion. The testimony was then taken, show? ing that the supervisor was not in the performance of his duty when struck. Argument was had for the defense by J. W. Barnwell and Julian Mitchell, Esqs.; for the government by C. Nor? throp ; and the case was submitted to the jury. They brought in a sealed verdict this afternoon which, to every one's as? tonishment, it is said, will be a verdict of guilty. J. W. B. Duped Colored Emigrants. The St. Louis Christian Advocate quotes from the St. Louis Presbyterian a circu? lar, copies of which are said to have been extensively distributed in Missis? sippi and Louisiana. This circular, which is indorsed "strictly private," is dated from the "Office of Colored Colo? nization Society, Topeka, Kansas, Feb? ruary 2,1879," and is headed "Attention, Colored Men !" It goes on to say that "Your brethren and friends throughout the North have observed with painful solicitude the outrages heaped upon you by your rebel masters, and are doing all they can to alleviate your miseries and provide for your future happiness and prosperity. President Hayes, by his iniquitous Southern policy, lias deserted you, while the Democrats, who now have control of Congress, will seek to enslave you if you remain South, and to pro? tect you from their designs the coloniza? tion society has been organized by the government to provide land for each head of a family, which will be given in bod? ies of 160 acres gratuitously. This land is located in the best portion of Kansas, in close proximity to Topeka, and is very productive. Here there are no dis? tinctions in society ; all are on an equal? ity. Leave the land of oppression and come to free Kansas. Lycurgus P. Jones, President. Show this circular to none but colored men, and keep its contents a secret." It is almost impossible to believe that such a cruel piece of deception as this could be practiced upon these poor, harmless, ignorant people?a barbarity worse by far than the most atrocious of the outrages attributed to the "bull? dozers"?but the evidence that the col? ored people have been designedly duped is growing stronger from day to day. The Advocate quotes the Presbyterian fur? ther as averring that "some of the poor creatures" have discovered how grossly they have been deceived, and "have written to their white friends in the South asking help to return home. All of them will be similarly enlightened when they reach their journey's end." The St. Louis Globe Democrat, good Re? publican authority, also reports that some of the victims of the Kansas fever are very sick of it already, and are longing to "go home" again. Three of them re? turned to their former residences in Mad? ison Parish, La., a few days ago the means having been furnished them by their late employers. These denied that they had been ill-treated in Louisiana, and said that they habitually voted the Republican ticket without molestation. These men had voluntary called on a firm of St. Louis cotton brokers and ask? ed to have their passage paid for the homeward voyage. They said they had no particular reason for leaving the South except that they'd "hearn tell" of Kan? sas, and "as all de people was talkin' about comin'," they jest bundled up their things and come along." They had been sick ever since they came to St. Louis, and were very eager to get back. One of them said he meant to warn "all de folks" against turning their faces up the river and looking for Kansas. When he was home, he said, "I had a nice garden, fourteen bogs, mules and plow and every? thing, and could lay down at my ease and enjoy the water I drank. "But I went North, and here I am, homesick and nigh distracted. Folks in the North (lon't want you niggahs, and don't you go." There is, indeed proof that "folks in the North" do not want the colored emigrants. At a meeting recent? ly held in Wyandotte, Kansas, where there are 1,200 of these expatriated frcedmen. destitute and suffering, it was declared and resolved that the communi? ty was not able to take care of the emi? grants any longer, and the State author? ities were called up for aid. Of course there are no government lands in any accessible section for these people to take up, and thp claim of the "Colored Colonization Soqiety" of Topeka that quarter sections oF good soil aro in its control for gratuitous distribution in close proximity to that city is utterly false as all the othor statements made in tho cir oular. The Register ox Depopulation.? This paper, it seems to us, takes emi? nently just views of this matter. The Soulli can never be depopulated by any general hegira of her colored citizens. If any can go, we bid them God-spccd to Liberia, Kansas or anywhere else. They can never be a controlling element in legislation. If they arc to he a bone of contention and keep up the line between the North and South, the sooner they depart the better. Such campaigns as we have had destroy not only the mate? rial resources of the State, but degrade the whole moral tone of our people. In 1S70 we surrendered business and all else to politics. In 1878 very much the same course was pursued.. Labor was demoralized j money expended ; indus? tries paralyzed, and, wo repeat, worse than all, ruinous habits ontailed, espe? cially on the young. Then, in the name of reason and common sense, let all dis? satisfied darkies seek a more congenial clime, where the carpet-bagger reigns and the woodbine twinetb. And it will be true economy to help them go.? Ninety-Six Guardian. ? The sponge trade of Cedar Keys, Fla., since tho first of January amounts to $70,500. Richard Taj lor. A telegram from New York announces the death in that city of Richard Taylor ?a son of Zachary Taylor and a Lieu? tenant General in the Confederate Army. General Taylor was born in Florida, but at the outbreak of the war was a resident of Louisiana, where beseems to have had a good deal of political influence. He was a delegate to the National Demo? cratic Convention held in Charleston in in 1860, and did everything in his power to prevent the breaking up of that body. After the election of Lincoln (January, 1801), he, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Relations in the Louisiana Legislature, reported and as? sisted in passing an act calling a conven? tion of the people, lie was a member of that convention, which severed the State's connection with the Union. When the war commenced he was commissioner] Colonel of a Louisiana regiment, which fought under his command at Bull Run. In October 1S01, he was promoted Brig? adier-General and attached to Stonewall Jackson's command. Under that great military leader he served in the famous Valley Campaign, and won the spurs of a Major-General. In 1863 he was trans? ferred to the West and made commander of the Louisiana Department, with the rank of Lieutenant-General. He showed great skill in his new sphere, frustrated the object of General Banks' Red River campaign, defeated his army in two bloody engagements, destroyed several of his gun-boats, and would have captured the enemy's whole army and fleet but lor the incompetency of General Kirby Smith, who, as commander of the whole trans-Mississippi Department, was his superior officer. After Sherman's inarch to the sea he was called to the relief of Hood and his shattered forces, but be? fore anything could be accomplished the successive surrenders of Lee and John? ston necessitated his own surrender. On the 8th of May, 1S65, at Citronelle, Ala., General Taylor surrendered to General Canby the last armed forces of the Con? federacy. After the war he for awhile took some part in the local politics of Louisiana. In 1873 he went to Europe, where he remained for some time. For the past few years he has written a good deal for Northern period? icals on subjects connected with the war, and but a few days since published a book containing his personal experience of the struggle. General Taylor was a brave soldier and an able General, and bad he fought on a side where there was any chance of success would doubtless have forced his way to the front rank of skillful commanders. Socially he repre? sented the highest type of Southern manhood?mixing with the best society of his own country and Europe, he shone wherever he appeared as an intelligent, accomplished and chivalrous gentle? man.?Chronicle and Constitutionalist. Fire In Charleston. About half past 11 o'clock last Satur? day night, fire was discovered in the two story frame building on King street two doors south of Broad, occupied by Wil? liam Maguire as a shoe and miscellane? ous store. When first noticed the flames had made great headway, and volumes of smoke was pouring from the rear. Mr. Maguire's family had barely time to escape before the fire barred communica? tion with the interior. The fire soon spread from Mr. Maguire's to the three-story building next door, at the southwest corner, occupied by J. J. Borger as a store, bar-room and resi? dence. The buildings, being both old and built of wood, burned like tinder and soon formed a sufficient illumination to show the location all over the city. Mr. Borger and family, who were only awakened by the smoke, effected their escape with difficulty through the rear windows, only saving the few clothes they had time to put on. A colored man named William Sally occupying the rear of the house, barely escaped with his life receiving a burn on the arm sufficiently severe to warrant his being sent to the hospital. The two buildings were a mass of flames within two hours after the discov? ery of the fire, and within an hour fell, completely destroyed. Mr. Borger was insured for $1,000 in the Carolina Mutual Insurance Company on his stock, and thought he had $500 on his furniture in the same company. Both buildings were owned by William Bredenburg, of Augusta, Ga., and were insured, where or for how much, could not be ascertained. Mr. Maguire's stock was insured for $1,000 in the Virginia Fire and Marine of Richmond. The building and contents were a total loss. The tnree stotry frame dwelling next west of Berger's grocery store c ccupied and owned by Dr. Wm. C Ravenel, was subjected to an intense heat from the burning building on the corn;r, and very shortly caught fire on the roof and in the southeastern room of the third story. Several streams of water, howev? er, were promptly directed to this build ding, and, with much difficulty, it was saved with comparatively little injury. Ravenel saved almost all his furniture, instruments, books, &., but much of the furniture was badly damaged. The building was insured in the insurance agency of Ravenel & Bowen for $4,000. ?News and Courier. Tito Flurry in Cotton. The daily sessions of the Exchange last week were probably the most exciting of any that ever occurred and certainly more so than for many seasons. The business in options was very remarkable, reaching the enormous total of 880,000 bales lor the six days, while a liberal ad? dition to values was made, the gain from the lowest point being (J5(? 'J7 points, or within a small fraction of lc. per pound advance, most of which was retained. So liberal was the movement and rapid the improvement at times that even some of the most positive "bjlls" found themselves outdone in the bid? ding. Everybody who was "short" did what they could to correct their error, while the scramble to secure cotton was universal among the regular trade, and the infection spread to a large number of outside operators. The basis for tho ad? vance is to be found in the great discre? pancy as shown in present supplies as compared with former years, the s'.rong evidences of light additions to come, and a more general belief that cotton must be incroascd in cost until the production of goods is curtailed sufficiently to equalize supply and demand. Liverpool appears to be in a vacillating sort of mood, but only when sending over cable dispatches of a buoyant character did the influence amount to anything here. In far, our market has been an independent cue to a large extent, and contained most influ? ences within itself, through which the daily manipulations were conducted. In view of the radical change in the situa? tion as compared with a few weels ago and the violence of some of the fluctua? tions, it is somewhat remarkable that no failures have been announced.?X. V. Bulletin. _ Ncwberry Herald: Tbc dwelling house ofR. E. Williams, colored, at Helena, was burned Saturday afternoon about sunset. It is supposed to have caught cither from sparks from the chimney or from a defective flue. The house was worth about $1,200; insured foi $S00, .About seventy bales of cottou were sold iu town Monday, the 7th ; the best bringing 105, Spnrtanburg S/tarta?: Mr. Ilezckiah Pollard, a pensioner of the war of 1S12, died on Monday.Salcday passed off very quietly. There was a large crowd for'this busy month. The sheriff, as usual, had nothing much to sell. The farmers are in good spirits, and wc be? lieve they were never more in earnest in regard to" a crop.Rev. Briant Bonner died Monday last at his residence near Grassy Pond, < Freezing the Fever Orin. Washington, April 12. A communication from the Secretary of the Navy was laid before the House this afternoon, giving information in re? ply to the House resolution regarding the breaking out of yellow fever on the United States ship Plymouth. The Sec? retary says the opinion generally pre? vails among experienced naval men that the freezing process is a sufficient protection against the appearance of yel? low fever after it has once appeared on board of a vessel. There are instances where it has resulted otherwise, although they have not been sufficiently numer? ous to entirely destroy the opinion. Why the Plymouth was not sufficiently frozen and fumigated has been referred to a medical board to report thereon. The remarkable fact that the disease broke out at the precise point in the ship where it appeared in November last, may be supposed to weaken somewhat the theory that the freezing process is a reli? able remedy. A single example cannot, however, be sufficient to entirely over? throw the presumption in its favor. The department will continue to resort to it in all cases, but will at the same time add to it all other known sanitary reme? dies as well as such additional investiga? tions as it may discover. In the mean? time, whatever experiments either expe? rience or science may suggest should be tried in order that nothing shall be omit? ted to arrest the progress and ravages of this terrible scourge. ? The Vicksburg papers report that the negro exodus has ceased. This was to bo expected, says the New York Tri? bune. The season for active work on the cotton crop has now begun on the Lower Mississippi, and the blacks who have re? sisted thus far the impulse to join the emigration movement will stay until the next crop is harvested. After they have once commenced ploughing and planting they naturally stick to the fields where they have already invested some days or weeks of labor. By next spring the plaintive voice of the shivering and starved colored man in Kansas will pene? trate the everglades and cane-brakes of the South, and there will be no more "exodus." Senator Windom's Emigra? tion Society will go into liquidation. ? Capt. Eads says that there are now 27 feet of water the entire length of his Mississippi jetties. He has strengthened the sea end of his jetties by a concrete capping, which stands two and a half feet above average high tide. The cap? ping is made in 70 ton blocks of cement, sand, gravel and broken stone, which are mixed in molds, and left till they harden. They are then placed on the willow mat? tresses which form the jetties, and pro? tected on the seaward side by stone and gravel, driving all the water down the channel, and forming a wall that will be permanent. As Senator Vance Puts It.?"The common sense of the people will teach them that the man who stops the wheels of government is the man who stops the wheels of government. In other words, if Congress votes the necessary supplies and the President vetoes the bill furnishing the supplies, the people are going to say that the President is the man who stops these supplies. I know they tell us that the Republican orators on the stump will show the people that it is Congress who stops the supplies, and not the President, but if our orators on the stump can't show the people that it is the President who stops the wheels of government, and not Congress, we had better put up the shutters, go home, and let some one run the party who knows how." "You think, then, Senator, that the people will be made to see that the President and not Congress is respon? sible?" "They will see it without making them. Their good sense will show it to them. All that will be necessary will be to state the case. As I said before, the man who stop3 the wheels of government is the man who stops them, and not somebody else who does'something which he does not like."?Washington Cor. Cin? cinnati Enquirer. ? The New York Times devoted thir? ty-two columns to reports from various sections of the country on the popular inclination for Presidential candidates in 1880. It has special reports from one hundred and fifty-seven localities, em? bracing all the leading sections of the Union, of which one hundred and thirty favor Grant, ten prefer Blaine, with Washburue, Garfield, Sherman, Conk ling, Edmunds and Chandler coming in as scattering in the order named. Of the same localities, the correspondents of the Times report ninety-eight as preferring Tilden as the Democratic candidate, twenty-three declare for Thurman,eleven for Bayard and the others are divided between Hendricks and Hancock. The Times may be right about Grant; but its report as to Tilden is all fudge. It tells us rather what it hopes than what it knows. Abbeville Medium: An election forin tendant and wardens was held in Due West last week with the following result: Intendant, W. M. Grier; wardens, Win. Hood, H. E. Bonner, H. M. Young, J. Y. Sitton' Chester Bulletin: Not a single prisoner in the county jail.Cotton is now bringing 10J in this market.This sec? tion was visited last Thursday and Fri? day nights with heavy frosts. The peach crop and early vegetables were entirely cut off. REPORT OF THE CONDITION of the National Bank of Anderson, AT Anderson, In the State of South Carolina, at ** the close of business April 41h, 1S79: RESOURCES. Loans und Discounts.8 81,050 51 Ovcril rafts. 24 02 U. S. Bonds to secure Circulation._. 50.000 00 U. S. Hoods on hand. 20,000 00 Other stocks, bonds and mortgages. 7,"o:i 50 Due from approved Reserve Agents. 17,7(17 43 Due from other National Hanks. 9,030 S4 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures. 1,000 00 Current Expenses and Taxes paid. 1,08(3 ."10 Premiums paid. 1,525 oo Rills of other Hanks.?. 4,0;? 00 Fractional Currency, (including nickels,) 144 4U specie, (including Gold Treasury Notes) 4.0S? 60 Legal Tender Notes. 5,500 00 Redemption Fund with U.S. Treasurer, (5 per cent, of Circulation,). 2,250 00 Total.8210,297 74 liabilities. Capital Stock paid in.._.8 50,000 00 Surplus Fund. 10,000 00 Undivided I'rolits. 12,953 40 National Hank Notes outstanding. 40,000 00 Dividends unpaid. 95 00 Individual Deposits subject to check. 71,211 U9 Demand L'ertilieales of Deposit. 26,035 29 Total.8210,297 74 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUSTY OK ASDKltSOS. J I, J. A. BROCK, Cashier of the above named Hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knov.-k-dge and belief. .1. A. ItKOCK, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of April, is79. 11. FRANK MACLDIN, Notary TubHc. Correct?Attest: 11. F. CUAYTOJf, ) O. H. 1*. Fast, ^Directors. Joseph N. Bicowy, J April 17, 1S79 40 1 GRAIN CRADLES. DON'T buy your Grain Cradles until yon see "ours. They will be in in a few days, ami will be sold at extremely low priecs. A. B. TOWERS de CO. April 17, 1870 4.U FRESH ARRIVALS. ANOTHER lot of beautiful Calico, Pique, Long Cloth, Oottonadcs, Ciinnlmms, ('becked Homespuns,Cashmarcts, ite. A. B. TOWERS & CO. April 17, 1S79 40 VIRGINIA CASSIMERES. JUST RECEIVED, a lot of those excel? lent goods that gave such perfect satis? faction. Call soon and make a selection. A. B. TOWERS ?t CO. April 17, 1870 -10 NEW FIRM ACAIN THE undersigned, having bnughtont Iho entire stock of SULLIVAN St CO., will con? tinue the GENERAL MERCANTILE BUSINESS at the same stand formerly oc? cupied by them, under the name ami stylo of J\ !P. SULLIVAN &o CO. Wc will keep constantly on hand a large and well-selected stock of? Groceries, Provisions, Plows and. Patent Plow Stocks, FLOUR, from $5.50 per barrel up. BACON, very low. N. ?. MOLASSES, new crop, price reduced. COFFEE, seven pounds for one dollar. SUGAR, ten. twelve and fourteen pounds for one dollar. HATS, from -10 cents up. SHOES, men and ladies, 75c. a pair up. DRY GOODS, a full lino. We have just received a new and beautiful lot of SPRING and SUMMER CALI? COES. Our terms arc CASH EXCLUSIVELY. Therefore, we arc prepared to offer inducements iti the way of good bargains, and respectfully solicit the patronage of our friends ami the public generally. J. P. SULLIVAN. C. P. JONES. W. A. VANDIVER. A pril 17. 1S70_40_ EXTRA FINE FLOUR, CHOICE N. O. MOLASSES, And BACON in abundance. Call in get Prices before Buying. AFINE VARIETY OF RIO COFFEE, from 15c. to 20c. per pound. There are some Colfces higher, but none better. Staple Dry Goods, Hats and Shoes, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. SCYTHES AND CRADLES, HOES and PLOWS, And other Farming Implements for sale at the very lowest cash prices. REED & HERRICK. April 17, 1S7!)_33 , ly Spring; and SiiurM_? ai Sim 1879. CLOTHING AT BOTTOM PRICES. WE ANNOUNCE to the people generally that wc are now receiving a larger lot of READY-MADE CLOTHING than we" have ever had before. You can bny from us a Suit ol* Clothes from 93.00 to s 30.00. We arc also receiving a fir.o as? sortment of S IEL" X BTS, Cheaper than you can mnke them. We also carry in our stock Piece Goods, comprising all the late styles of Black Doeakins and Broadcloths, Fancy Casai meres, Black and Fancy Cashmarets, which wc will cut and make up at the very Lowest Figures. NflTinN nCDADTMCfUT ?Wearc prepared to furnish anything you HU I lUll ULI All I III til I . may desire in this line-such as Half Hose, Collars, Cravats, Suspenders, Gloves, Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, &c, ifec. QCWINP MAPUInSCC ?"W?havea few Sewing Machines on hand that OlWIRU III M Uli lllLy. we will guarantee, and sell at very low figures. It will pav you to call in and examine our stock. We respectfully ask you to give ua a trial. J. R. & L. P. SMITH, McCuIly'n Corner, Anderson, 8. C. March 20, 1879 36 3m LOOK IN FRONT OF THE TIDE. LADIES' STORE STILL AHEAD ! MlSS LIZZIE WILLIAMS has just returned from the North, where she super? intended the selection of her Goods in person. Past experience gives promise of future success. We promise our friends if they give us a call to show them 'ALL THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON, In great variety. We have the latest in the way of Hats, Grloves, Shoes, Pretty Things for the Neck, Face and Feet, In fact, everything to make the Ladies look neat, sweet and dear to the heart, bat CHEAP TO THE POCKET. Give us a call, examine for yourself, don't take our word. Remember, we are not to be undersold. Thanking the public for past fa? vors, we solicit a continuanee of the same at the LADIES' STORE. March 27, 1879 14 TAX NOTICE. rpHE County Treasurer of Anderson JL County will have his Office in the Court House open for the reception of State and County Taxes on and after THURS? DAY, first day of MAY, 1879. The following is the Tax Levy for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1879 : For State purposes.?. 2} Mills For County purposes. 3 Mills For School purposes.2 Mills All male citizens between the ages of 21 and CO years of age are liable to a Poll Tax of One Dollar, except those exempt by law. One-half the above levy is duo and paya? ble from the first day of May to the first day of June, and the other half from the fifteenth day of September to the 30th day of October. Five per cent, interest will be charged cn the first installment of this tax on all per? sons who fail to pay the same before the first day of June. SAMUEL E. MOORE, Treasurer Anderson County. April 17, 1870_4?_2 AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. Tozer's Plantation Engines, The Cardwell Threshers & Cleaners, The Cotton Bloom, The Gullett Steel Brush and Taylor Cotton Gins, And everything in the way of Agricultural Machinery and Machine Repairs, for sale on favorable terms. As to the merits of all Machinery sold by nie, I will be glad to furnish the best tettimoniaU. Satisfaction guaranteed. I can be found at the store of J. P. Sullivan it Co., where I would be pleased to see those wishing to buy any? thing in this line. J. M. SULLIVAN. April 17, 1879_40_Cm SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Akdessox Cocsty. BY virtue of an execution to be directed, I will expose to sale on the first Mon? day in May, 1879. at Anderson Court House, S. Cm the following Personal Property, to wit: ONE BAY MULE, levied on as the property of George Lewis in favor of A. J. Stringer & Co., against George Lewis. Terms of sale cash. JAMES IT. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. April 17, 1879 40_3 GREAT REDUCTION IN prices of CARPETS. We have just marked down our entire stock to aston? ishingly low prices. Anybody can buy now. We have a few pieces of beautiful patterns suitable for Mats and small Rugs that we will sell low. A. 15. TOWERS & CO. April 17, 1S79 _40_ FEED CUTTERS, &C. WE have just received another lot of Hrcunan it Co.'s superior ma? chines?such as Dexter Feed (.'utters and Corn Shelters, Grain Fans, Cider and Sor? ghum Mills. The verv best. A. B. TOWERS <t CO April 17, 1879 40 NEW SAW MILL IN TOWN. ALL kinds of SAWING done at the low rate of Forty Cents per hun? dred fret, liring on your Logs. A. H. OS150RNE. March 27, 1879 37 3m Dissolution. THE copartnership heretofore existing between N. K. Sullivan, J. P. Sullivan and J. M. Sullivan, nndcr the name and style of SULLIVAN it CO., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All business connected with this firm will be settled at their old ?Und. N. K. SULLIVAN, J. P. SULLIVAN, J. M. SULLIVAN. April 8, 1879. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. WE, the undersigned, having purchased the entire stock of Merchandise formerly owned by Messrs. Sullivan & Co., have this dav formed a copartnership under the name and style of J. P. SULLIVAN it CO., with the view of engaging in the General Merchandise Business, at the stand former? ly occupied by Sullivan & Co. J. P. SULLIVAN, C. F. JONES, W. A. VANDIVER. April 8, 1870._40_ FLORAL EXHIBITION of the Agricultural Society of S. Carolina, To Be Held at Military. Hall, CHARLESTON, S. C, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, APRIL 22, 23 and 24, 1S79. PREMIUMS will be awarded for the best display of Pot Plants, Cut Flow? ers, Hanging Baskets, with Growing Plants, arrangements of Flowers, Fruits, Vegeta? bles, &c, drc The Secretary will be present at the Hall on Tuesday, the 22d instant, from 10 a. m. to 8 p. ni.,"to receive articles sent for Exhi? bition. All articles should be plainly marked with name of exhibitor. Premium list can be obtained by address? ing the Secretary. Admission 25 cents. Children during the day 10 cents. E. L. ROCHE, Secretary. April 17, 1879_40_1 Is a perfect Blood Purifier, and is tho only purely Vegetable remedy known to sci? ence, that has made radical and Permanent Cures of Syphilis and Scrofula in all their KtOgCS. It thoroughly removes mercury from the system; it relieves the agonies of mercurial rheumatism, and speedily cures all skin dis? eases. For sale by SIMPSON, REID * CO., Anderson, S. C. April 17, 1879 40 ly QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS IS our motto, and we can make it to your interest to call and see us when you are in need of anything. We will sell you ooo'l Goods at low prices. A. B. TOWERS A CO.. No. 4 Granite Row. April 17, 1879_40_ GROCERIES. OUR line of FAMILY GROCERIES is complete. Fine TEAS, viz.: Gunpow? der, Young Hyson, Oolong and English Breakfast?a Specialty. A.D. TOWERS it CO. _ April 17,1S7Q_40_ mVn tehca *8 to *7. RevolversjaanaB*^^ JA fi?O. Over 10Olatest ynvelUcs. MJkVA % ?i?h'utuM.?*aupfIjCaJir.ili?Uto.T?ft.^T^