The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 17, 1879, Image 2
E. B. MURKAY, Editor.
THURSDAY NOW/riB, APRIL 17, 1879.
The political trials coromenced ia thc
United States Court in Charleston on
laut Monday, and wo publish in auother
column of this issuo the first day's pro
ceedings. With tho rulings of tho" pre
siding Judge, thc application of the
test oath, and ignorant and partisan
juries, there is but little hope that nny
mar. charged with an offenrc- of a politi
cal character van receive a fuir and
impartial trial. What justice can be
expected when thc virtuous and intelli
gent are excluded from the jury, and
ignorant negroes and scalawags, who are
tho political enemies of the accu6ed,"arc
empannelled to try them ? What a
mockery of juHticel President Hayes,
with thc regular army aud his thousands
vi" deputy marshals and supervisors, has
failed to arrest tho successes of tho De
mocracy, and tho calling to his assis
tance the Federal Courts will not avail
him. The outrage upon ?hat sense of
natural justice which is implanted in the
bosom of every man, will condemn such
mock trials. It is duo to Judge Ilryan
to say that in tho commencement of
theso trials he has proven himself tho
able jurist and the impartial Judge.
PROPOSED C1IAWOF. OF SCHEDULE.
The proposition to change thc schedule
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
in connection with the South Carolina
Road, so as to run through from Charles
ton in n day, is now under consideration
by the proper authorities, and wo aro in
formed that a portion of them favor the
necessary schedule. If such is tho case,
wo are satisfied it muHt bo from the lack
of an examination into its operations Inst
year, for that schedule was neither an
accommodation to tho business public
nor was it advantageous to the travelling
public. To begin with, tho amount of
time saved by thc change is not very
great so far as tho up-country, which is
the objective point, is concerned. From
Charleston to Ar.?crson, ns the present
schedule is arranged, occupies from 9.15
p. m. to 3.45 p. m. of tho next day, or
eighteen and ah. Thours, while the new
schedule would tas:o from 5 a. m. to 9.80
p. m., cr sixteen and a half hours. It
would therefore he of very slight advan
tage in point of actual time consumed in
tho trip, while tho disadvantages will be
immense. As thc schedule now stands a
letter can bo mailed in Charleston for the
9.15 night train Monday and reach An
derson at 3.45 p. m. on Tuesday. The
merchant ;n Anderson can ?p?u its re
ceipt arrange to procuro exchango or at
tend to other business connected with it
and reply no as to have his answer in
Charleston at 10 o'clock p. m. on
Wednesday, so that it only requires forty
eight hours and thirty minutes to write
and receive a reply, while by tho new
schedule a letter must bo mailed in
Charleston on Monday night to leavo at
5 o'clock next morning. It would rench
Anderson at 9.30 Tuesday night, but
co'lld not be answered that light, as busi
niss is closed, and the morning train
would pass before it could be answered.
Toe reply then would be mailed on
Wednesday and reach Charleston at lu
p. ru. on Thursday, having occupied six
ty-five hours in going to Anderson and
returning, and having been in tho Post
ofilce a considerably longer period. The
sntnc would be true of express and of
freights, and applies to the wholo line
from Honea Path io Greenville and
Walhalla, and to all points on tho Spar
tanburg aud Ashville Railroad. It
would, therefore, bo of no possible ad
vantage to tho business publ'c, and, as a
consequence, tho citizens of Anderson,
and indeed of every town above Honea
Path, are as a moss opposed to thc
change, which they attested by numerous
petitions to have it .abolished lost year,
and, in addition to this, we know that
ninny firms in Charleston do not desire
the change, which, if it has any eifect at
all upon the bu toss of tho city, will bo
injurious lind ; >l beneficial.
In its e. ile ct uprn tho travelling public
it will bo equally as bad if not worso.
Thc through travel must bo aroused be
fore day Borne timo in order to bo ready
to leave, and then after travelling all day
must be kept up until several hours after
dark in order to reach it* destination, if
tho point bo higher up than Honea Path.
It entirely precludes tho propriety of
Indies travelling alone, for in caso of
a failure of frieuds to meet them at their
destination they would bo most disa
greeably situated. It would bo unpleas
ant to persons visiting private families to
havo to keep them up and waiting to re
ceive them, and disagreeabio io tho fumi
lies in many instances to receive at such
unseasonable hours. It would be un
pleasant to tboso who might have to
travel some distant- ttl 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
Trh" Trcro Cv?Tipc*****. Lw ^? - Lo prmaiC
conveyances and tho balance tc st.vy at
borne. Those, who have to bave Charles
ton would as a general thing prefer leav
ing nt ($5 p. rn. ard getting to the end
of their journoy before the next night, as
at present, to leaving at 5 a. m. and trav
elling from 9 to 11.80 p. m. Again, ag
the ochcdnlo now stands a very conve
nient connection is made at Seneca City
for both tho North and West, while
under the proposed chango it would be
about as bad aa possible.
There is also one other consideration
?hieb should receive tho company's at
tention-tho welfare of the employees.
As now arranged those in charge of the
traine can stand their work, but to keep
them running to ll o'clock at night, with
another hour of work in shifting, Ac,
. and then require them to be up b, four
or half-past four in tho morning, to be
ready for starting again, is too groat a
tax, and if such schedule- is adopted the
company ought in justice to its em
ployee* to provide a duplicate net of
Now th? foregoing are ?orno of the ob
jections to tho chang?, and it* only ad?
vantage that we eau see is tba. lt wjU
flivo points .above Columbia the Xevt
ami (burier ? day Bonnor. Thia would,
?pf course be acceptable end vary 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 thc de
livery of nil the mail except that from
Charleston in order to hasten thc delivery
of tho News unit (burier. Wo hopo he
will not so greatly inc, m mode tho trav
elling public for thc purpose of accom
modating our contemporary. We think
thc present schedule suits thc people of
thc upper part of the State better than
any that can easily bo arranged.
THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
Thc Army Appropriation Hill, which
lately passed tho House of Representa
tives, is now beforo thc Senate for its con
sideration, with every probability that it
will pass that body substantially as il YV.T.I
from the House. This bill is one of tl e
most important ones that has been befo. .
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, thc rieht 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 (actors in thc Presiden
tial contest of 1880. The bill making
appropriations for the army for thc fiscul
year ending the last of June, 1880, r in
tained provisions repealing the sciions
of the Revised Statutes of tho United
States which authorized the Judges of
t' c District and Circuit Courts of the
United States to administer to each juror
before sworn the test or ironclad oath
the usc of the United States -my at the
polls on the day of election : and thc ap
pointment of Deputy United States Mar
shals and Supervisors to attend at elec
tions, with tho power to arrest. This
bill, when it passes thc Senate, ns it will
do, will go to the President for his ap
proval or rejection. Will ho veto it?
Tho Republican! say ho will, and cry
out revolution, r 'muid thc veto come
Congress cannot pass tho bill over it, as
there aro not two-thirds of each House
in favor of it, and cither Congress or the
President must yield, or the supplies for
thc army will bc cut off. Where will tho
responsibility rest if tho country should
bo left without an nrmy? It is thc duty
of Congress to provide for an army equal
to tho exigencies of thc country, and it is
its right to say how and for what pur
poses that army shall bo used. Congress
provides for the nrmy, and says it shall
not be used by tho President to influence
and control elections ; but the Presideut
sayB to Congress unless you permit mo to
nso tho army for the purpose of sur
rounding the polls with bayonets on the
tiny of eloction, T will veto the bi!!, end
the country shall have no army. Con
gress represents tho people and the
States, and for theso to yield to the one '
man power, in mutters of such impor
tance us thc purity of jurors and thc
rights of tho ballot, would bo a shame
upon a freo government. Tho responsi
bility thou would bc with tho President,
who, by his veto, would practically Bay
to Congress unless tho urmy is used by
mc to control the ballot aud perpetuate
in power tho Republican party, lhere
shall bo un army fot any other purpose.
Let tho Republicans make this issue if
they desire; they will find that the people
aro not craven enough to surrender lo
any parly their right to cast their vote
untrammelled by bayonets mid n pnrtisan
army of Deputy Marshals and Super
visors.
A few facts connected with the elec
tions of 187b* and 1878 will show tho dan
ger *n Republican institutions of the em
ployment of soldiers, marshals nnd super
visors nt elections. In the election of
1870 there- was un army of moro than
cloven thousand Deputy Marshals, all
belonging tc and working mr one party,
clothed with tho authority of the United
States, surrounding tho polls and tyran
nizing over the voters. In tho singlo
city of New York thcro wore twenty-five
hundred of those Marshals, men gen
erally of no character, and selected in
consequence, of blind adhesion to party,
and unscrupulous as to the means used
to procure the success of ihcir party. In
the election of 1878 thcro was appointed
for tho State of New York upwards of
twenty-one hundred Deputy Marshals
and for the city more thnn twelve hundred.
Those, under tho direction of thc Chief
Supervisor, sworo oui complaints against
more than nin?i thousand voters, had
issued thereon more than five thousand
warrants o', arrest, and actually arrested
under these warrants three hundred men.
The rbjact was tc prcduco intimidation,
and not only to prevent the arrested from
voting but to deter others. It is thc be
ginning of the destruction of freo elec
tions, and, if tolerated by a free people,
will lead to a military domination moro
to be dreaded than a despot. Congress
need not fear the icsue with tho Presi
dent and tho Republican party on thc
repeal of the obnoxious statutes, for tho
people will stand by tho party which
secure* to the country a freo election.
Mn. HENDRICKS INTERVIEWED.-The
Now York World publishes a report of
an interview with ex-Governor Hen
dricks at Fort Wayne, Ind., a few days
?ITO. Mr. Hendricks in ri>nnrf/?d *? OE?
pressing the opinion that the difibronces
in the Democratic party upon financial
questions aro less threatening than here
tofore. The question whether piper cur
rency ehould be furnished directly from
tho national treasury or through the me
dium of the national banks, Mr. Hen
dricks thinks, ia ono of expediency,
which will, no doubt, be nettled so as to
leave no strife on that account. He
thinks treasury notes chou ld bo substi
tuted for national bank notes as rapidly
aa their charters expire. Mr. Hendricks
expresses the opinion that the question
of coming prominence is that of centrali
zation as opposed to tho constitutional
rights of all the States, and that in the
contest of 1830 the Democrats will ho
overywhoro united upon the side of the
constitutional rights of the States, but
not aa opposed io tho constitutional
g(wera of the general government. Mr.
ondricka declined very positively to
say anything whatever about Mr.Tilden,
but announced bia determination on no
account to accept again the second place
on a Presidential ticket Mr. Hendricks
ia further quoted as saying that if it is
tba deliberate idea of Congress that thero
should be no test oath for Jurors, he does
not see upon what ground tho President
can oxcrciso tho v*to* or, upon the other
hand,-if with deliberate consideration
Congress should decide to withdraw Fed
eral control and interference with State
elections, them is in that no ground for a
veto. It is certainly, he thinks, very
clear that it is qo ground for the interpo
sition of a veto that general legislation is
mt ached to appropriation billa,
SOMETHING ABOUT TEXAS.
Mu. EDITOR: Having business io
Northwestern Texan, in company with
my brother, Ja?. II. Moore, I left Ander
son Couit House on the evening of the
I7th of March last, and went by the way
of Atlanta to West Point, at which place
we changed ears for Montgomery, Mo
bile New Orleans, Morgan City, ami
from thence by steamer across the Gulf
of Mexico to Galveston, thence up the
Galveston Pay u> within six miles of
Houston, making the remainder by rail,
and from Houston to 1 ?alias on the Gal
veston and Texas Central linilroud, und
from there to Kortworth, thence hy stage
to thc city of Weatherford, in Parker
County, and Jacksborough, in Jack
Cc-inty. Our business being in this
County, wc remained in it for four days,
upon lauds on the Trinity Uiver-the
only time spent in th State outside of
thu time spent on steamboats, railroads
and hack lines. Therefore, under lin
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 . e State
through which we passed; but we think
we take no ri-dc in saying that the soil is
by far the richest WO have ever seen. Its
productive qualities are not likely to be
over estimated, and au average crop in
N. W. Texas is claimed lo be (rom 1"> to
20 bushels of wheat, from 30 t.# 00 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 thc; State. Tin: lands in
X. W. Texas are not only rich ami pro
ductive, bul they are in large quantities
already cleared and ready lor the plow,
with a sufficiency of scrubby timber for
fencing and building of loe; 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 bind is ready for
cultivation. To turu the ?od in spring I
or early hummer fits the land for sowing I
wheat in the fall ; to turu it in thc fall I
for cultivation in the spring. An aver
age team of horses will turn one aere a
day, and thc same manual labor that
guides tho plow here will guide it there;
in other words, a good plow boy herc is
ono there.
HEALTH.
Thc citizens claim the country to be
healthy, but you find many families who
suffer nnd are now suffering with chills
and fever, and many persons have pneu
monia in Jnck County this Spring-some
cases fatal-but the great majority of the
citizens appear to bc ns healthy as any
people any where. The way many of
them live, in miserable hut-., dirt floors,
&c., 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 not
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. Thc Trinity River was barely run
ning when wo were there; but. the creeks
and rivers when they cease to run do not
dry completely np, but stand in lakes,
furnishing plenty of water for the stock.
On the creeks and valleys arc to bo found
lakes disconnected with tho creeks. They
aro sinks, filled with rain water, and thc
character of tho ground is such that it
holds this water until it evaporates or is
taken out by uso. Tho citizens, cows,
horses, sheep, hogs and goats all use
water in common out of these lakes, and
ns a matter of course the water is as
filthy as it well can be. Dui they say it
is good enough, ami make no ellon for
better. In some places good limestone
springs aro found, and the moro indus
trious find but little trouble, for tho most
nnrt, 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 uso. All persons can havo good
cistern water as cheap in Texas as here.
Thc 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. Ono encournges
immigration and the other discourages it.
Lawyers, doctors, merchants and, for thc
most part, largo land-owners, encourage
und invite immigration, while tba fron
tiersmen and men engaged in stock rais
ing, for the most part, discourage it ; and
as counties nrc formed and settled up by
us-tho people from tho Slates, as they
call us-this latter class niovo on to the
front, and will always bo there. A per
son desiring to settle in Northwestern
Texas, and especially in tho frontier
counties, whero landa aro as rich and
productivo as could oe asked, will find it
no flowery bed of ease, unless he has
sufficient money to buy a two-horse
wagon-for one could not keep houso
without this-two horses for each plow
ho wishes to run, which can bc had for
tuirty or forty dollars apiece Add to
this fifty dollars for farming implemento,
and you aro equipped for the field. In
addSiicr. you. should hire r.-.t??? 1? de
fray tho ordinary exponscs of your family
for ono year, which would require about
thc same there ns here. I can safely ad
vise any friend against moving, and es
pecially to tho frontier, unless he first
determine.! to own a spot of laud of his
own. Ot her wi.- a ho will find himself
roving from plnco to pince without either
money or friends; and his cry wiis bc,
"Carry mo back to Carolina once moro."
But if ho plants himself upon that soil,
and uses thc industry that ho is com
pelled to use here to make a living, to
gether with tho economy, I see no reason
why he should not succeed and grow
independent in a few years. I have many
other impressions about thc cotintrv. but
could not safely state more than ? nave
hore stated.
The thermometer in Jack County,
winter and summer, is about tho samo as
hero, but they are subjected to sudden
changos called "northers that is exceed
ingly disagreeable, and sometimes dam
aging to stock in tho winter. They
usually last about threo days. In tho
summer you have' nearly all tho timon
delightful breeze from tho south, called
tho gulf breeae.
We returned home by thc way of Little
Rock, Memphis and Chattanorv .-. to At
lanta, and passed through Eastern Texas
in the night. We mndo the trip in p>
days, at a cost of $100.
JOHN B. MooRp.
THE INIQUITOUS PERSECUTIONS.
A Nif? Mali li of Juron to Try mei nt
Men.
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 14.
At thc opening of court Judge Pond
announced that he overruled the chal
lenges to the array of the grand anil petit
jurors, on the ground that no imptopcr
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 ol' no consequence.
Judge I lr va tl divided on this point in an
aide opinion and the division was certi
fied. 'Phis prevent*, the imprisonment or
other punishment of any one tried by
these juries until the Supreme Court of
the Ullited States has decided the points
upon which the Judges divided.
The ease of the United Stats vs. Wil
liam Kerrigan, for assaulting a supervi
sor, w as then called, and Mackey claimed
to examine him upon his voir aire as to
his participation in the rebellion.
Colonel Edward McCrady, f..r the de
fense argued, first, thal the neclion of the
revised statutes making this a cause of
challenge had been repealed, and, second,
thal 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 lionel overruled ooth pointe, and
the Court again divided.
Mackey then applied the test oath, ex- |
eluding nine jurymen in this wav, and
challenging ibrce pcremptoryil. lite de
fense challenged three peremptorily,
but refused to challenge participation in
the rebellion.
The following jury was empanelled :
White-IJ. E. Hayes, Philip Heller, W.
A. Leslie, J. H. Eimlamau, Charles E.
Osborn, I,. H. Russell, N. K. Reed,
John R. Tolbert ; colored-E. P. Wal!,
I Jr., T. E. Wall, J. 1'. Wragg. A. S.
Nights.
J nlge Magrath then moved to contin
ue the case, in a strong argument to thc
discretion of thc court, but Judge Rond
refused the motion.
I The testimony was then taken, show
I ing that the supervisor was not in the
performance of his duty when struck.
Argument was had for the defense bv
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 bea verdict of
guilty. J. W. II.
Duped Colored Emigrants.
The St. Louis Christian Advocate quotes
from the St. Louis Presbyterian a circu
lar, copies of which arc said to have
been extensively distributed in Missis
sippi and Louisiana. This circular,
winch is indorsed "strictly private," is
dated from tho "Office of Colored Colo
nization Society, Topeka, Kansas, Feb
ruary 2, 1879," and is beaded "Attention,
Colored Men !" It goes on to say that
"Your brethren and friends throughout
tho North have observed with painful
solicitude the outrages heaped upon you
by your rebel masters, ami are doing all
they can to alleviate your miseries and
provide for your future happiness and
prosperity. President Hayes, by his
iniquitous Southern policy, has 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
ot a family, which will be given in bod
ies of UK) acres gratuitously. This laud
is located in thc best portion of Kansas,
in close proximity to Topeka, and is
very productive. Here there are no dis
tinctions in society ; all aro on an equal
ity. Leave tho 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
tho outrages attributed to the "bull
dozers"-but the evidence that tho 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 tho poor
creatures" have discovered how grossly
they have been deceived, and "have
written to their white friends iu the
South ask'i g help to return homo. All
of them will bo similarly enlightened
when they reach their journey's end."
The St. Louis Globe Democrat, good Re
publican authority, also reports unit some
of thc 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
thev had been ill-treated in Louisiana,
and said that they habitually voted thc
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 tho
homeward voyage. They said they had
no particular reason for leaving thc South
except that they'd "bearii toll" of Kan
sas, and "as alt de people was talkin'
about comin'," they jest bundled up their
things and como along." They had been
-lek ever since they came to St. Louis,
and wero very eager to get back. Ono
ot" them naid ho meant to warn "all dc
folks" against turning their faces up tho
river amt "looking for Kansas. When he
was home, he said. "I had a nico garden,
fourteen hogs, mules and plow and every
thing, and could lay down at my case
and enjoy the water I drank. "Rut I went
North, and here I nm, homesick
and nigh distracted. Folks in tho
North don't want you niggahs, and don't
you go." There is, indeed proof that
"folks in tho North" do not want the
colored emigrants. At a mooting recent
ly held in Wyandotte. Kansas, where
there aro 1,200 of tlieso expatriated
freedmen, destitute and suffering, it was
declared and resolved that tho communi
ty was not able to take care of the emi
grants any longer, and thc Stato author
ities were caliea up for aid. Of courso
there are no government lands in any
nccc?sibio section tor these pcoplo to
takp up, and tho claim of the "Colored
Colonization {Jofiicty" of Topeka that
quarter sections of good soil aro in its
control for gratuitous distribution in closo
proximity to that city is utterly false ns
nil thc other statomonti made in tho cir
cular.
TUF. REOISTER ON DEPOPULATION.
This papor, it Booms to us, takes emi
nently just views of lbi? mutter. Tho
South can never ho depopulated by nny
fencrai hegira of her colored citizens,
f nny cnn go, we bid them God-speed to
Liberia, Kansas or anywhere else. They
eau never be a controlling element in
legislation. Ifthcyaroto bo a bone of
contention and keep up tho line between
the North and South, the sooner they
depart the better. Such campaigns as
wo have had destroy not only the mate
rial resources of tho State, but degrade
the whole moral tone of our people. In
1876 wo surrendered business and all
else to politics. In 1878 very much tho
same courso was pursued. Labor was
demoralized | money expended ; indus
tries paralyzed, and, wo repeat, worso
than all, ruinous habits entailed, espe
cially on tho young. Then, in the name
of returnn and common sense, let all dis
satisfied darkies seek a more congenial
clime, whero the carpet-bagger reigns
and tho w?odbino twsr.cth. And it will
be true economy to help them go.
Alnety-SLc Uuanlian.
- Thc sponge trade of Cedar Keys,
Fla., since tho first Qr January amounts
to $76,600,
Richard Taylor.
A telegram from New York announces
the death in that citv of Richard Taylor
-a ?on of Zachary Taylor and a Lieu
tenant General in the Confederate Anny.
General Taylor wm born in Florida, but
at the outbreak of the war was H resident
of louisiana, where be seems to have had
a good deal ?d' political influence. He
was a delegate lo the National Demo
cratic Cob vent ion held in Charleston in
in 180o, and did everything in hit power
to prevent thc breaking up of that body.
A lier the election of Lincoln ( January,
1*|>1 ), he, as Chairman of the .Senate
Committee on Federal Relation* in the
Louisiana Legislature, reported and as
sisted in passing an act calling a conven
tion of the people. He was a member of
that convention, which severed the State's
connection with the Union. When the
war commenced he was commissioned
Colonel of a Louisiana regiment, which
fought tinder his command at Hull Mun.
In Oe tobe, 18?1, he was promoted Brig
adicr-General and attached to Stonewall
Jackson's command. I nder that great
military leader he served ill the famous
Valley Campaign, and won the spurs of
a Major-Gcueral. lu loG;{ he w!x trans
ferred to the West and made commander
of the Louisiana Department, w ith the
rank of Lieutenant-! ieiicral. He showed
great skill in his new sphere, frustrated
the object of General Itauks' 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
tor tho incompetency of General Kirby
Smith, who, as commander of the winde
trans-Mississippi Department, was his
superior officer. A fier Sherman's march
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 ami John
ston necessitated his own surrender. On
the 8th of May, 18(3">, at Citronelle, Ala.,
General Taylor surrendered to General
Cnn by the last armed forces of the Con
federacy. After the war he for awhile
took some part in the local polities
of Louisiana. In 1<S7?1 he went to
Hu rope, 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 BO ld i'.T and an able General, and
had bu fought on a side where there was
any chance of success would doubtless
have forced his way to thc front rank of
skillful commanders. Socially he repre
sented tho highest type of Southern
manhood-mixing with the best society
of his own country and Europe, he shone
wherever ho appeared as an intelligent,
accomplished and chivalrous gentle
man.- Chronicle ami Cotutitutionaliet.
Fire in Charleston.
About half past ll o'clock last Satur
day night, lire 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 smoko was pouring from the rear.
Mr. Maguire's family had barely time to
escape belore thu fire barred communica
tion with the interior.
Tho fire soon spread from Mr. Maguire's
to thc three-story building next door, at
the southwest corner, occupied by J. J.
Borger as a store, bar-room und resi
dence. Thc buildings, being both old
and built of wood, burned like tinder and
soon formed a sufficient illumination to
show the location all over thc city.
Mr. Borger and family, who were only
awakened by the smoke, elTected their
escape with difficulty through tho rear
windows, only saving the few clothes they
had time to put on. A colored mo:i
named William Sallv occupying tho rear I
of thc house, barely escaped with his life
receiving n burn on the arm sufficiently
severe to warrant his being sent to the
hospital.
Tho two buildings were a mass of
flames within two hours alter the discov
ery of tho fire, and within an hour fell,
completely destroyed.
Mr. Borger was insured for$1,500 in the
Carolina Mutual Insurance Company
on his stock, and thought he bad $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.
I Tho three stotry frame dwelling next
? west of Berger's grocery store occupied
and owned by Dr. Wm. C Ravenel, was
subjected to an intenso heat from the
burning building on tho corner, and
very shortly caught fire on the roof and
in tho southeastern room of the third
story. Several streams of water, howev
er, were promptly directed to this build
ding, and, willi 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 thc insurance
agency of Ravenel & Bowen for $4,000.
-Acte? and Courier.
Tho Flurry in Cotton.
The daily sessions of the Exchange last
week were probably the most exciting of
any that ever occurred nnd certainly
more so than for many seasons. The
business in options was very remarkable,
reaching thc enormous total of 880,000
bales for the six days, while c. liberal ad
dition to values was made, tho gain
from tho lowest point being 95(/r 97
points, or within a small fraction of lc.
per pound advance, most of which was
retained. So liberal was thc movement
and rapid thc improvement at times that
even some of tho most positivo "bulls"
found themselves outdone in the bid
ding. Everybody who was "short" did
what they could to correct their error,
while tho scramblo to secure cotton was
universal among tho regular trade, and
the infection spread to a large number of
outside operators. The basis for the ad
vance is to be found in the great discre
pancy as shown in present supplies as
compared with former years, the strom*
ovidences ot light additions toc?me, and
a more general belief that cotton must be
increased in cost until tho production of
goods ia curtailed sufficiently to equalize
supply and demand. Liverpool appears
to DO in a vacillating sort of mood, but
only when sending over cable dispatches
of a buoyant character did tho influence
amount to anything herc. In fact, our
market has been an independent ono to
a largo extent, and contained most influ
ences within itself, through which tho
daily manipulations were conducted.^ In
view of the radical chango in the situa
tion as compared v ?th a few weeks ago
nnd the violence of some of tho fluctua
tions, it ia somewhat remarkable that no
failures have been announced.-X. Y.
Bulletin.
Newberry Herald: Tho dwelling houso
ofR. E. Will ?ams. colored, at Helena,
was burned Saturday afternoon about
sunset. It is supposed to have caught
either from sparks from tho chimney or
from a defective flue, Tho house was
worth about $1,200 i insured tor $800,
..About seventy bales of cotton were
6old in town Monday, the 7th ; tho best
bringing 10 J,
Spartauburg S?mrtan : Mr. Hezekiah
Pollard, a pensioner of tho war of 1812,
died on Monday.Salcday passed off
very quietly. There was a large crowd
i*?>r tlii? busy month. Tho sheriff, as
usual, had nothing much to soil. The
farmers are in gooa spirits, and wo be
lieve they were never more in earnest in
regard to a crop.Rev. Briant Bonner
died Monday lost at his residence near
Grassy Pond,
Freezing Hie Fever Germ.
WASHINGTON, April 12.
A communication from the Secretary
of the Navy waa laid bciore tho House
thU afternoon, giving information in re
ply to thc House resolution regarding
tuc breaking out of yellow fever oil 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 tbe appearance of yel
low fever after it bas 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 ami fumigated has been referred
to a medical board to report thereon.
The remarkable tact that the disease
broke out at the precise point in thc ship
w here it appeared in November last, may
bc 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 ail cases, but will at thc same time
add to it all other known sanitary reme
dies as weil as such additional investiga
tions us it may discover. In thc 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.
- Tho Vicksburg papers report that
the negro exodus has ceased. This was
to bc expected, says the New York Tri'
butte, 'lbe season for active work on tho
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 slay 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 .:ext spring the
plaintive voice of the shivering and
starved colored man in Kansas will pene
trate thc 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. Fads says that there are now
27 feet of water thc entire length of his
Mississippi jetties. Ho hos strengthened
the sea end of his jetties by a concrete
capping, which stands two and a half
feet above average high tide. Tho cap
ping is made in 70 ton blocks of cement,
sano, gravel and broken stone, which arc
mixed in molds, and left till they harden.
They are then placed on the willow mat
tresses which form thc jetties, and pro
tected on thc seaward side by stone ;<nd
gravel, driving all the water down the
? channel, and forming a wall that will be
permanent.
As SENATOR VANCE PETS IT.-"The
com mon sense of the people will teach
them that thc mau who stops thc wheels
of government is tho man who stops
tho wheels of government. In other
words, if Congress votes tho necessary
supplies and the President vetoes tho
bill furnishing the supplies, the people
are going to say that ?lie President is tho
mau 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 tho supplies,
and not tho President, but if our orators
on the stump can't show tho 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 thc people will be made to see that
tho President and not Congress is respon
sible?" "They will see it without making
them. Their good Beuso will show it to
them. All that will he necessary will be
to stat? Ute case. As I said before, thc
mnn who stops the wheels of government
is tho mau who stops them, and not
somebody else who doc3'Bomethiug which
he does not like."- Washington Cur. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
- Tho New York Times devoted thir
ty-two columns to reports from various
sections of tho country on the popular
inclination for Presidential candidates
in 18S0. It has special reports from one
uidred and fifty-seven localities, cm
urncing all the leading sections of the
Unien, of which one hundred and thirty
favor Grant, ten prefor Blaine, with
Washburue, Garfield, Sherman, Conk
ling, Edmunds and Chandler coming in
as scattering in the order named. Ol' thc
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 telU
us rather what it hopes than what it
knows.
Abbeville ?tedium: An election for in
tendant and wardens was held in Due
West last week with tho following result :
Intendant, W. M. Grier; wardens, Wm.
Hood, II. E. Bonner, H. M. Young, J.
Y. SittonJ
Chester Bulletin : Not a single prisoner
in the county jail.Colton is now
bringing 10} in this market.This Bec
tion was visited last Thursday and Fri
day nights with heavy frosts. Thc peach
crop and carly vegetables wcro entirely
cut on.
REPOST OF THE CONDITION
OF TUR
National Bank of Anderson,
AT Anderson, tn tho State of South Ca roi i DR, at
tliu close of business April -nh, 1ST0 :
RESOURCES.
Loan? and Discounts.8 84.6?O 51
Overdraft*. 24 03
U. 8. Hund? lo secure Circulation.- 50.000 00
C. 8, Ho nih on hand. 20,000 00
Other stocka, bonds and mortgages. 7,703 50
Due trom approved Reservo Agents-. 17,767 48
Duo from other National Rinks. 9,030 S4
Real Estate, Furniture anti Fixtures. 1,000 00
Current Expenses and Taxes paid-._.. 1,6S6 30
Premiums i>ald._ 1,525 00
Bills of other Hanks.-. 4,335 00
Fractional Currency, (Inrtudlr.g nickels.) 144 49
Sjiccie, (including Uold Treasury Note?) 4,080 60
Legal Tender Notes.- 5,500 00
insiciuntion Feed -nb JJ. e. ?;zs^*??,,
(Sparcrux, of Circulation,)...,. 8,250 00
Tola)."...8210,297 74
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in.8 50,000 00
Surplus Fund. 10,000 00
Undivided Profits.-._. 12,955 46
National Hank Notes ouUtaudtug. 40,000 00
Dividends unpaid..,.. 95 00
Individual Deposits subject to check. 7t,2lt 99
Demand Certificates of Deposit. '.6,035 29
Total.-...8210,297 7*
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I ".
Coes rv or AHORUSO*. . J
I, J. A. RHOOK, Cashier of the ?boro named
Raak, du .-..'H .uni, ?wear thai ihe above statem>;nt
ia true, to Ibo beal of iny knowledge and belief.
J. A. BROCK, Cashier.
Sntiscrltxsl and sworn to before me this If.th
day of April, 1879.
H. FRANK MAULDIN, Notary Public.
Correct-Atteat :
R F. CRAVTOH, )
O. II. P. FAST, > Directora.
JosKni N. RKOWJC, J
April 17.1879 40 1
GRAIN CRADLES.
DON'T buy your Grain Cradles until
you seo ours. They will ba in In a
few days, and will be sold at oxtrcmcly low
prices. A. B. TOWERS & CO.
April 17.1870 <0
FRESH ARRIVALS.
ANOTHER lot or beautiful Calico, Pique,
Long Cloth, Cottonadcs, Ginghams,
Chucked Homespuns, Cashmsrcts, Ac.
A. B. TOWER8 & CO.
April 17, 1879 40
VIRGINIA CASSIMERES.
JUST RECEIVED, a lot of those excel
lent goods that gave such ]>crfect satis
faction, i '.di soon and make a selection.
A. B. TOWERS A 00.
April 17,1870 40
NEW FIRM AGAIN.
rpilE andersiirned, having I?.ngia ?ut the entire stock of SULLIVAN ? CO., will con
JV. tiinie thu GENERAL MERCANTILE BUSINESS ut the ?unie Mund formerly oe
cupicd by them, under the name and style of
vj. IP. STJLLIV'j?L.ISr & co.
Wc will keep constantly un hand n large und well-selected stock of
Groceries, Provisions, Plows and. Patent Plow Stocks,
FLOUR, from $5.50 i?er barrel up.
BACON, very low.
N. O. MOLASSES, new crop, price reduced.
COFFEE, seven pounds for one dollar.
KIO AH, ten, twelve und fourteen pounds for one dollur.
HATS, from 40 cents up.
SHOES, men und ladies, 7oc. a pair up.
DBY GOODS, a full lino.
Wc have jus', received a new and beautiful lot of SPRING and SUMMER CALI
COES. " . ,
Our tenus are CASH EXCLUSIVELY. Therefore, we are prepared to offer inducements
in the way of good bargains, and respectfully solicit the patronage < t our friends and the
public generally. , p SULLIVAN.
C. F. JONES.
W. A. VANDIVEE.
April 17. 1870 1?_
EXTRA FINE FLOUR,
CHOICE N. O. MOLASSES,
And BACON in abundance.
Call in {rot Prices before Buying.
AFINK VARIETY OF KIO COFFEE, from 15c. to 20c. per pound. There are
some Coll?es higher, bul none better.
Staple Dry Goods, Hats and Shoes,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICKS.
SCYTHES AND CRADLES, HOES and PLOWS,
And other Fanning Implements for sale at the ver.- lowest cash prices.
April 17. 187!)
REED & HERRICK.
'?'. ly
Spring: and Snmmer 1879. Sj! ?mil Sumer 1819.
CLOTHING^T^BOTTOM PRICES.
"flTE ANNOUNCE to the people generallv that weare now receiving a larger lo', of
VV READY-MA DH CLOTHING thun we have ever bad before. You can buy fr nu
us a Suit ol' t'lotlien from S3.00 lo MO.OO. We ure also receiving o tlr.e as
sortment of
SHIFTS,
Cheaper than you cm make them. Wc also carrv in our stock Piece Goods, comprising
all the late styles of Black Boenkinn mid Broadcloths, Fancy Canni
mcrcM, Black and Fancy C'ashninrctM, which wc will cut and make up at tho
very Lowest Figures.
UnTIAU nrnADTUFUT -Weare prepared to furnish anything you
RU I lUrB Uti All I III tn I . Tay ?-??re i? this linc- such as Half lb.se,
Collars, Cravuts, Suspenders, Gloves, Linen mid Silk Handkerchiefs, <tc, Ac.
CrilfflMP AJ? AP Ul M ETC -We have a few Sowing Machines on hand that
OtwulMy 111 Alfil I ll tO. we will guarantee, and sell at very low figures. It
will pay you to call in and examino our stock. Wc respectfully ask you to give us a
J. R. & L. P. SMITH,
Mci'ulIy'H Corner, Anderson, S. <U.
^Mareil 20. 1879 ^ _ 3T? ^ ^ 3m ^
LOOK IN FRONT OF THE TIDE.
LADIES' STORE STILL AHEAD !
M.I8S 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 tho way of
Hats, Ooves, Slioes,
Pretty Things for the Neck, Face and Feet,
[n fact, everything to make Hie Ladies look neat, sweet and dear to thc heart, but
DH EAP TO THE POCKET. Give us a call, examine for yourself, don't toko our
word. Remember, we are not to be undersold. Thanking the public for past fa
vors, we solicit a continuance of the same at the
LADDIES' STORE.
March 27, 1879 14
TAX NOTICE.
THE County Treasurer of Anderson
County will have bis Office in the
Jonrt House open for the reception of State
ind County Taxes on and after THURS
DAY, first day of MAY, 1870.
The following is tho Tax Levy for the
fiscal year ending October 31, 1879 :
For State purposes.-. 2? Mills
For County purposes. 3 Mills
For School purists. 2 Mills
All male citizens between the anea of 21
ind GO years of age are liable to a Poll Tax
jf One Dollar, except those exempt by law.
One half tho above levy is duo and paya
>le from the first day of May to the tirst
lay of June, and the other half from the
ifieenth day of September to the 80th day
>f October.
Five per cent, interest will be charged cn
he first insUillincnt of this tax on all per
lons who fuil to pay the sanio before thc
irst day of June.
SAMUEL E. MOORE,
Treasurer Anderson County.
April 17, 1879 40 2
Dissolution.
THE copartnership heretofore existing
between N. K. Sullivun, J. P. Sullivan
and J. M. Sullivan, nuder 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 stand. N. K. SULLIVAN,
J. V. SULLIVAN
J. M. SULLIVAN'.
April 8, 1879.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
WK, tho undersigned, having purchased
the entire stock of Merchandise formerly
owned by Messrs. Sullivan it Co., have this
day formed a copartnership under thc r.anie
und lyle of J. P. SULLIVAN it CO.,
with ie view of engaging in the General
Merchandise Business, at the stand former
ly occupied by Sullivan ?t Co.
J. P. SULLIVAN,
C. F. JONES,
W. A. VANDIVER.
April 8, 1879. 40
AGRIGULTURAL
MACHINERY.
Tozcr'8 Plantation Engines,
The bardwell Threshers & Cleaners,
The Cotton Bloom,
Tho Guilt!* Steel Br,sh and
Taylor Cotton Gins,
\nd everything in thc way of Agricultural
Machinery and Machine Repairs, for sale
>n f i .orable terms. As to the merits of all
Machinery sohl by nie, I will be glad to
u miali the bett testimonials. Satisfaction
ruaranteed. I can bc found at tho store of
I. P. Sullivan ?t Co., where I would be
ileased to see those wishing to buy any
hing in this lino.
J. M. 8ULLIVAN.
April t7j iu-x? *Q ?UL
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSOJI COUNTY.
BY virtue of an execution to be directed,
I will expose to sale on tho first Mon
lay In May, 18<9, at Anderson Court House,
1. C.. the following Personal Property, to
?it: ONE BAY MULE, levied on as thc
?roperty of George Lewis in f?vor of A. J.
Jtrfnger it Co., ugainst George Lewis.
Terms of salo each.
JAMES H. MCCONNELL.
Sheriff Anderson County.
April 17, 1879_40 _3
GREAT REDUCTION
[N priesa of CARPETS. We have Just
marked down our entire stock to aston
shingly low prices. Anybody can buy
low. Wo have a few pieces of beautiful
.attorns suitable for Mats and small Rugs
hat we will sell low.
A. B. TOWERS A CO.
April 17, 1870 40
FLORAL EXHIBITION
OF TUE
Agricultural Society of S. Carolina,
To BE TlRi/n AT MILITARY U?LJ.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
TuESDAT, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
APRIL 22, 23 AND 24, 1879.
PREMIUMS will be awarded for the
best display of Pot Plants, Cut Flow
ers, Hanging Baskets, with Growing Plants,
arrangements of Flowers, Fruits, Vegeta
Wea, Sc., ?c. b
Tho Secretary will bo present at thc Hall
on Tuesday, tho 22d instant, from 10 a. m.
to G p. m., to receive articles sent for Exhi
bition. All articles should be plainly
marked with nnmo of exhibitor.
Premium list can bc obtained by address
ing the Secretary.
Admission 25 cents. Children during
tho day 10 cents.
E. L. ROCHE, Secretary.
April 17, 1879 40 1
FEED CUTTERS. &C.
WE Lave just received another lot of
Brennan <t Co.'a superior ma
hines-such ai Dexter Feed Cutters and
J?rn Shelters, Grain Fans, Cider and Sor
sum Mills. Tho very best
A. B. TOWERS A CO
April 17,1879 40
KEW SAW MILL
IN TOWN.
A LL kinds of SAWING done at the low
t\. rate of Forty Cent? per ?i lin
fred feet. Bring on your Logs.
A. H. OSBORNE.
March 27, 1879 37 Sm
SSS
Is a perfect BLOOD PCRinitB, and is tho
only purely VEGETABLE remedy known to sci
ence, that has roado radical and PERMANENT
CURES ftYVfULS and SCSCTULA ?" anthcir
stages.
It thoroughly removes mercury from tho
system; lt relieve* tho agonies of mercurial
rheumatism, and speedily cures all ?kin dU
r"or salo by SIMPSON, REID tb
Anderson, S. C.
April 17, 1870_ 40 ly
CO.,
OJUICK SAL.ES
AND
SMALL PROFITS
IS our i itto, and we cnn mako it to your
intel a to call and eec ns when you aro
In need o. anything. Wo will noll you
flood Goods at low prices.
A. B. TOWERS A CO.,
No. 4 Granite Row.
April 17, 1879_40
GROCERIES.
OUR Uno of FAMILY GROCERIES is
complete. Fine T?-AS, vis, : Gunpow
der, Young Hyson. Oolong and Kuglitth
Breakfast-a Specialty/.
A. ll. TOWERS A CO.
April 17,1870 40
TLT.-lorn "Wh