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B, B. MUHRAY, Editor. THURSDAY ?0RH1HB, IUIY 3, ?87&. Thc Stu!warla of New Hampshire have declared in favor of Grant for a third term, and, it is asserted willi confidence hy his friends, that nothing can prevent his nomination hy thc Republican party, except his refusal lo accept. Those who know Grant will, therefore, put him down as thc caudidalc, if ihcse statements are true, for he has never, that we remember, refused to accept anything that was ofTer ed to him in the shape of un office or a present. Thc whtdc of tho Democratic party will ho "Inst ditchers" on the question of nppropriating money lo bo used in pay ing United States marshals for Bervices rendered in election work. Not only ?hi?, the whole country will sustain this attitude, for it now beeonvefl ? question as to whether Hie repr?sentatives of thc pe pie are to have any influence in thc government, or arc to be coerced into the passage of obnoxious legislation by the sovcreig n will of nn usurping President. The House has pnsscd tho bill admit ting quinine free of import duty, which will probnbly become a law, as the Presi dent will scarcely think this a matter demanding a veto. It ?B a proper meas ure, for there should be no restriction upon the introduction of standard medi cines which have to be used by ul 1 dusses of our citii .ns for thc purpose of retain ing their health. When the abolition of duly goes into effect it should produce a reduction of nt lenst one-third in the price of quinine. Mr. Hayes is evidently spoiling for a political fight, and now that he lins forced the whole Democratic party into tho "last ditch" on thc question of using United States marshals nt thc polls, he will probably have his hnnds full. Ho lins usurped tho pince to which Mr. Til den was tdected, nnd is now trying to usurp thc wholo functions of Congress in addition. Tho question is now pre sented pqunrcly to thc cotiiitiy. Shall tho will of tho peoplo rule, or is one man to shape thc legislation and execute the lawe of tho land according to his own wishes? _ Thurlow Weed, who has nlwayB been an orthodox Republican and hard money man, now admits thnt tho resumption of specie pnymcnts cnnLJ ??ot have beer, brought about without the remonetization of silver. It will also be found that unless thc silver dollar is coined to a sufficient extent to supply Lho demands of ex change, the spc-io payment cannot be continued without the most ruinous con sequences to tho mnsses of tho pee pie of tho wholo country. The Warner silver bill, or some similar measuro of rolief, should bc adopted to secure thc necessary supply of silver. In thc beginning of the present differ ences between tho President and Con gress, Mr. Hayes contended that Con gress waa trying to ignoro his right to Velu bills by putting them as riders on appropriation bills-that ?B, ho contcd cd for his right to veto becnusc tho meas ures confined more thnn ho thought they should contain. Now he vetoes because tho bills do not contain enough to suit him. Tho Congressmen and tho coun try, however, begin tosco that Mr. Hayes' idea of the veto power is, that it gives him the right to make Congress pass Hitch laws as ho wishes. There is not monnrchial government in Europe, that would approximate a despotism so com plete as will exist in this republic in less than ien years, if this monstrous perver sion of tho theory of our government is allowed to prevail. Thc people of Ohio have the credit in history of starting tho moHt popular and irresistible campaign enslgnia ever pre sented in nn American canvass, which consisted of the log-cabin and keg of | hard cider, formed into transparencies, or built in miniature, and used in pro c dons during tho presidential canvass I of 1840, in consequence of which the Whigs elected Harrison and Tyler by an overwhelming majority. The Democrats of tho Buckcyo State Luv? hit upon a similarly uniquo and tt?cing ensign for tho gubernatorial canvass of the present year, which is to foreshadow tho cam paign of 1880. Tho Democratic ensign for this canvass is a ballot-box transfixed by a bayonet, and upheld hy n musket, which mutely, but forcibly, presents to tho popular mind the great question of | liborty or despotism which is to bo de termined hy tho result of tho coming j oiruggle. Th ero are thousands of voters | who will not trouble themselves to con sider tho arguments advanced by tho different speakers, but will take in the issues as typified by the ballot-box regu lated by tho bayonet. This campaign in Ohio will probably be tho most in tensely interesting struggle of tho com ing ficht. It is th? skirmish for position heforo tho battle, and each party will do ita uttermost to secure the first advantage. The Republicans begin the fight with all tho odds in their favor. Thoy have the national patronage, they have an abund ance of money, and a stork of shrewd aud uuprincipled leaders. The Demo crats, however, have so far overmatched them in the arrangements of the cam paign. The Radicals fight Under Foster and Hoenlooper, who were never in tho j war, and rendered their country no ser vico, except iu ample security, for which thoy have al way- been well paid. The Democrats are led by Ewing and Rice, both of whom fought for the Union, and achieved a reputation for patriotic brave ry which has popularized thom before the people of the Stat?. It is a fight of tho people against usurpation, and fraud, and monopoly, aud tho prospects aro that right will triumph over the strength pf the enemies of the country, and the victory to bo won in Ohio will symbolize a greater one for tho Democracy in 1880. DEATH OE COL. MAUBICE.-A special dispatch to tho New and Courter, dated June 24,. says : ?Ion, S. W. ?daurice, State Senator fi?.- Williamsburg County, died at his residence in this place, thia moraLig, at twenty minutes to ? o'clock. He had been confined to his bod for three months, and waa a great bit patient suf* fexor. THE HI* ART AN RlJ HU ?KAM? .JURY. The G rand Jury of Spartanburg justify the lynching of Moore for tho murder of Miss Heaton, and if thc reaironlng only had application to Moore's case, wc would hot taite Issue with lt, for we be lieve, like them, that bc fully deserved the speedy doom In met; hut tho trouble ls, thnt there is always ntendency in human nature to take the law into one's own hands which cannot bo sanctioned or permitted in n civilized and Id.v-abid'ug State. Where mob la\V feigns there is most frequently n large amount of preju dice and passion, and always too much haste for the action of sober judgment. lu one case the ends of justice may bo accomplished, but when this summary mode of punishing wrong-doers prevails, innocent victims will frequently suffer thc penalty of other men's crime?. Kor instance, had a lynch ?hg occurred in the case of thc murder of Mrs, Hull in New York, her innocent and grief stricken husband is the mau the populace would havo hung for the deed committed by thc negro Chantal no Cox. The detection of murderers very frequently requires the coolest judgment and thc most unbiased minds, whit I: can never bc secured in the case of a nob. Except in tito most outrageous cases, as tho one in Spartan burg, those who join Q mob'aro endan gering thc civilisation nf tho State, the safety of life and properly, and are teaching thc masse- a remedy for crime which, in thc hands of excited or mis guided crowds, is worse than the evils it attempts to correct. Even in extreme cases, as the Spartaubuig lynching, there should be no exultation over the matter ; nnd while Upholding it under its unparalleled and fearful provocation, the principie of lynch-law as a punish ment for crime should bc unmistakably condemned. Tho fact Hutt courts fre quently allow guilty men to escapo is no justification whatever, for public opinion is responsible for this laxity in judicial > tribunals. It is a verdict of twelve men I from different parts of the County which lets a murderer escape, and when people generally feel that thc law should bo vindicated, and net up to their belief, then thc over-leniency to criminals will cense. If the courts do not perform their duty proporly, they should be remodeled and made to accomplish thc purpose for which they havo been organized. Tho people control the courts, and where de fects nro detected in their workings, these defects should bo properly reme died. Tlie correction does not lie in taking the redress of grievances into privnic hands. The ii'ct that guilty men sometimes escapo is no justification whatever, for if there ?snot proof enough to justify twelve men upon their oaths to find a verdict of gui" ty, the coso does not warrain private citizens in assuming to sit in judgment upon a fellow-being, and of their own accord to take the responsi bility of his blood upon their hands. There cnn only be excuse made for lynch law where it is called in to inflict speedy and condign punishment upon some felon who lins committed n must fiendish and atrocious outrage upon law and society. Then where the guilt is clearly established, ns thc oflensc is tin paral lelled in gravity and infamy, a speedy and unusual punishment may bo justi fied-not as tho act of an excited nnd wild mob, but ns the exhibition of tho burning indignation nnd fearful wrath of the penccful and law abiding citizens of the land. In this view, nod in no other, can tho Spartanburg lynching be justi fied, according to our opinion ; and from its sanction no license should in future bo taken by those who have grievances for which the law affords ample punish ment to tho guilty. Lynch-law has been raro in South Carolina, and will not bc countenanced in nny other than cases of exceptional atrocity. President Hayes has sent in his firth veto of Congressional appropriation biljs during tho present extra session of Con gress. His las*, is on tho bill appropria ting funds to pay the salnries and ex penses of marshals with a proviso that nono of tho funds so appropriated shall bo UBed for paying tho salaries or ex penses of marshals whilo engaged in po licing elections. Tho President vetoes tho bill because, ho contends, that it de prives him of tho power to execute tho laws of tho government which he is sworn to do ; but his real objection to it is that tho appropriation ns passed deprives him of tho means to control elections in the interest of his political party. Tho issue is now squarely presented to tho country. Shall tho government become a despot ism to be ruled by one man, or aimil thc representatives of tho people havo a voice in legislation ? According to Mr. Hayes' position Congress hos no right to think or act for itself, but is confined to obeying the wishes of the President. It is as it were so many person , e (scrolled to put measures into tho ahupo so far as form is concerned to suit the wishes of tho auto cratical President, but without thc right to oxerciso any independence of judg ment whatever. Through all of thc Pres ident's veto message it is clearly comniu ..:........) I .. />.....-.-...... tl...I I? .......I .1? .1... ...ww..- -~- .- ...-?....?..MW sovereign wishes it to do upon tho ques tion of appropriations, and thnt body is threatened in caso of disobedience to the will of tho self constituted despot with a perpetual session as a punish ment for its presumption. This is but another step iu the direction of a mon archy. Ono encroachment upon tho right of tho people to rule has been fol lowed by another until, indeed, very little of tho original structure remains. I This is now a republic only in nomo and form, but with all tho odious and dis tinctive features of an oligarchy. The conventions and elections are manipula ted by. foul combinations, and now tho laws aro sought to bo framed by thc ono man who represents the success of these desperate conspirators. The end is drawing nigh. Either the men who have thus usurped and abused power must be driren from place, or tho last vestige cf Ttcpublican government will pass av/i.y in the United. Slates and be numbered with the things that wore. Darlington Southerner : On Monday, the 23d. a colored boy about ten years old while playing with somo of his com panions brought out his father's gun, and pointing lt at a little fellow about five years old pulled the trigger, discharging tho contenta of the gun into his forehead, shatteripg it terribly. After the lad dis* covered tho awful result of bis reckless ct nduct be ran into tho woods and has not been seen aluce. j Thc Democrats in Cong rene hore rc IK'u'tevlly tried m cottclUale Mr Hayes, hy tMiM.iM|.|' (,|V the appropriation bills In suit Iiis fastidious taste, but have np pnrently gained nothing in rebprt for their manifest amiability, eXcejit a con tinued vetoing nf tho measures which were hot framed us thc administration wished them. Koine limo ugo Iii?*? who advocated '??htiiiK tin* I'rcs Idcu t received the appellation ni " hist ditchers," and Mow after a month of wasted time, it seems thal Congress has worked to no purpose, HO far as carrying out thc reforms which the Democracy started out to secure; und, after yielding every other point except the use of United States tnnrsluds, it looks like lhere wns to be a fight between tho President and Congress on this issue as sharp und decided us atty thnt could have arisen in the beginning of thc ses sion. Mr. Hayes is not only dissatisfied, because thc majority in Congress have not allowed him lo spend money for the expenses of United Stati s marshals to assist in controlling elections, but is de termined to make that body appropriate money for this purpose, or to keep a per petual session of that body. In view of this evident desire for ii lighl, it is said that Congress will accommodate him, and that all of the Democratic party have become "hist ditchers" tl pOil this issue. It may tum out after nil that Mr. Hayes' hardheaded policy will infuse into the Democracy a little of that quality of backbone which Cliaudlei . Co. gave to him in the beginning of the fight. Thc issue ns presented by the President is one which will unite the Democratic party, and, if it does not full Into some unpar donable blunder,, will rescue il from de feat in 1880. The Crail ti tes are very much disgusted with the open manner in which the gov ernment is being manipulated in the in terest of Secretary Sherman's nomination for President. Honest John is accused of giving position lo stich men as Smalls, Kidney and other defunct politicians from the Southern States on an agreement with them that he is to have the vote of these States in the nominating convention. Thus, the Radicals are about to find the solid South ns great un incubus on their party ns it. is on the Democratic, for it ls the solid Republican South which will control thc nomination of their can didate for President; and thus it begins to he ?cen that Ho mutter which party wins tho solid South will have a large voice in thc selection of the next Presi dent. The only question, therefore, for thc country to decide is whether i! pre fers heing controlled by the solid igno rant and corrupt portion of the South which is in the Republican party, cr by the solid intelligent and patriotic portion of thc South which is in the Democratic pnrty ? This analysis of the question it beginning to cause ?hr thinking portion of the country to realize that there is nt merit in the partisan issues presented bj the Radicals, for the South is a part o thc Union and has a voice in the Imus action of its nflairs. The question thor is, Do the people of the w hole countn wish to ho under tho influence of tin solid bad clements of this section whicl unite with the Republicans, or of th solid good influence of this section whicl unites with the Democrats? The prefer once for the latter is fast gaining grouni everywhere. THE PLANS OF THE PARTY. View* or Senator Ifuiii|itoii nilli CmifcYCHt mun Kvinn, lttctmrdftoii und AI ki n. DifjHttch to the Newt omi Oiurirr. WASHINGTON, June 24. There is no disposition whatever on th part of the Democrats, to yield u inch of their position, in rogar to withholding appropriations for th payment of deputy marshals. The coi servative element are steadfastly oppa ed to any proposition looking to nn at jourument before all tho legitimnte e: , .--es of the judiciary department Inn I en fully provided for, but even the mo conservative aro unwilling to include tl payment of the obnoxious marshals i such appropriations. Governor Hampton says: "Tho tri policy of the majority now is to elimina thc political riders fror.; tho vetoc' bil and semi it buck to thc President wu li tl clause repealing tho Jurors' Test Dal incorporated in it. The President hi not made any objection to this nieasu in any of his veto messages, and I take for granted that he will sign such n bil und the Democrats would thereby hu' accomplished both tho prohibition the army at the polls and tho repeal the Test Oath, two of tho great poiu they have been fighting for. The ne etcp would bu to send back to him a se arate bill providing for the payment the regular marshals but containing ti prohibitory clnuso in regard to depu marshals for elections, lie weald ve this, and the party could go to thc count upon the issues. I do i,nt think," i said in conclusion, "that tho Democn will yield the point ns to tho electii marshals under any circumstances." Congressman Evins believes tho Dei ocraus are solidly opposed to providi: for the marshals in question, and th they will maintain their present positi at all hazards. "We tnke the groum ho snid, "that thc law authorizing t usc of these men is um, ly unconstil tional, and we cannot consistently or cr scientiously appropriate a cent for th support. This is tho most vital issue all. mid I am in favor of fio-htino- i?i end." Congressman Richardson is in full ; cord with this view, and regarding t issue as the ono most important to I South, is willing to stay hero as long the Republicans force us to do so, rc tl than yield a step. Congressman Aiken coincides in I foregoing views, and tersely adds tli "While no ono wants to go homo m than ho does, he will stay hero until < briel blows his horn before he will v one dollar for the deputy marshals." I have not been able to seo our ot representatives, but these are their sci menta and of all the Democrats in b houses as well. No plan of action been formally agreed upon as yet, tho ono indicated above will very pro bly be agreed upon, and tho party pn isca to freeze to it. m_C. Melt Orangoburg Time?; The rcsidonco Mr F. A. Rricklo, of tho Fork, was tirely destroyed by fire about 12 ??'cl on Sunday night, June 22. He r managed to save a very few articles. insurance.As to the first man ki at Scccssionvillo there are old sold here who claim the honor for Mr. J Jones, of our town, a private in C Humbert's company. It is believed be susceptible of proof that he was ki before Mr. Baggot of Barnwell.i eral ot the colored girls recently sen! North by Rev. W. D. Johnson of the orcd Presbyterian Church to obtain i ations as housemaids, bave come bat Orangoburg. They hired out for awl but as soon as they could got thc mi to defray their expenses came ht They have no desire to return North. Ot'H FLOKIIU < "O U H KS l'O MU' N CK. ALAFIA, FLA., June 20, 1871?. I'.ilit,ir ?n<frr?)n tnlet?iijenrtr : tn Kio long ilgo days of Spanish ro mance, tradition tolls us that a certain Knight (Ponce ?lo I .con) ?ho had become ril li in honor? und high III corni'innd, bill to whom had sucCTWltJtl also Kray hairs, llirrjd by the tules ol'his mistress, of a ?pring on the coast of the great Mexican tiulf, "whoso waters would hiing back tin- lires of youth and renew his wasted years," set nail lu search of thia fountain, and landed among tho mangrove bowers and painted hirds of thu Western Coast on "Kastor Day," or day of Howers, somewhere about tho year 1512, and bap tized thc newly discovered land hy thc nanni of Florida! And thc legend of thosi? HOflfl ?KI "Having Ilium! thu long sought fountain of perpetual youth the Knight with his followers ?tili lives, wandering where the coral howers make forests of heall ty ; where Ibo Gauds are strewed with jems mid th- summer itrrer WU un.'" This is a pretty picture, well calculated in that age of romance and discovery to excito tho adventurer, and while I have never mee with any of these gentry, there is enough of beauty here to make one doubt If Hans Anderson's pictures of "fairy land" arc wholly Imaginary. lu Becking ii country, however, the emigrant, Ullllko tho adventurer, gives little thought or care lo tho ideal, hut re nards things really as they exist; and from this standpoint I will endeavor to fulfil the promise made to Homo ol' tho readers ol' the IiiTKLMOKNCKIl to give them sonic description nf tills country, or moro properly this section of it, its advantages and disadvantages, what nun lie accomplished hero In the way of a living, and what Inducements it offers to the settler. In attempting this I can only bop to give a very imperfect idea, as I have been ber i hut little over a year, and w hile I shall sp ?ak from my own expe rience and observation in that time, I shall have to draw from what I have beard from others, who have been hore longer and ure consequently not only better informed, but better ablo to give practical demonstration hy their sur roundings of what Imr been accomplished here, and we aro generally agreed that what has been dono once can ho done igain ; provided, ulwuys, that tho same operativo for?es aro brought to hear for its accomplishment. Thal Florida has boon considerably written up hy tourists I um well aw are, and tho views of oppo dto extremists have grossly iniHrepresen od tho State; diverting, too, it is to noto, mw di (Toron t tho impressions mado upon ninds too contracted to take in more than me thing at a linio. Thus, ono view ing ivcrything through u rose-colored glass, .viii draw you a picture all of sunshine md Howers: and his imagination run ling wild w ith him ut Ibo sight of un mingo or banana grove p indent with {olden fruit, or perhaps fragrant with ;eainifni Howers; or the lake scenery or jay view ; tho earth covered with its va riegatod carpeting, ami tho waters spark ing with mirlada of fish, cries out in his fullness, "Kureku!" Another, seeing brough the glass darkly, will tell you .bat this is a land of alligators, snakes, nusqultocs, sand Hies, Ac, nnd even beso can hardly live here in uny enjoy ment of health ami comfort. I say these iro narrow mid contracted views, bo .auso thoy do not represent the general 'ondition of things. There aro sections hore w here, from n well regulated dower garden, ono inny ibtain a fresh and beautiful bouquet of Howers as well at Christinas as on tho 4th if July, and whero tish can ho had in tbunduuco all the your round ; and there iro sections whero ono may count fifty litigators nt ono Hmo. somo of thom 12 ir 15 feet long, and tho country has tho ?ppcaruneo of being so unhealthful "thut i rcspoetnhlo tadpole could not livo and mjoy good health all tho year." But .hose aro Isolated spots, sue' us may bo round in the swamps of South Carolina, ind furnish no criterion from which to judge a country. Health being paramount to every thing ilse, it may bo appropriate in this eon lection for mo to say, and I speak, of .ourso, of Hillsboro county, as my ob lervation has been conllned principally .o ll? limits, that the endemic diseases of die county, while of a malarial type, uro a.lld nod quite remedial to treatment. Fndc.ii, a congestivo typo of remittent fever ls not known herc, und my practical jxperienco and observation will justify ?no in sai'ing that tho only endemic dis jase of this county ls intermittent fever, ?hneo I havo been hero I havo tuet somo inoradlo OAVCS of disease other than in lorniittents, but few that aro not of that ypo. It ls an accepted fact now that yphoid fever and diphtheria, that aro nu oh dreaded whero they huvo been tnowo, aro infectious diseases, and us ho tldo of emigration Hows lu, thoy may JO introduced ; so with tho eruptivo evora-measles, scarlot fever and small lox, nono of which havo como under my )xperieneo slnco I hnvo boon hero, but iro common to all sections whom inato .Ul exists. Pneumonia is said, by resl ?en t physicians, to bo oxtronioly rare, md bowel affections, whon they oxlst, iro generally tho result of improprieties n diet, und rarely of a malignant chnrac or. 1 havo mot somo hero who claim hat when thoy carno hero they were ihysieal wrecks from pulmonary dis tase, hut aro now hnlo and hearty and :ould not livo olsowhore. Thorolssomo hlng so painful in tho terrihlo march of his diseaso, snatching away in thr very irir.no of lifo tho most chorishod objects if human affection, that I should Uko to JO ohio to writo n.nt j *\?A fcur.d in this .l?mate, so delightful In many respects, i panacea for tho most incurable of all Usenses, pulmonary tubercle. Hut not io. Many como hero cherishing this rain hopo; hut, alas! to die. And while ionio huvo had their health restored boro :iy impur, -ion in that wo havo too high i dow point with tho temperature to war rant mo in recommending this elimato ind section to consumptive?. Yet, withal, I consider Hillsborn county from u gen eral standpoint ns porhap3 tho most tiudtiifVii in the State, anti bollovo lt will boar fuvornblo comparison willi tnat in *ny other State. Wo aro about sixteen milos a little cast nf south from Tnmpa, with tho A Infla river in two miles of us and Hillsboro bay within three Thcso lurnlsh our .'omniunlcation by boat with Tampa, [?ur co?- f seat and principal market, In tho bol. of varinblo winds and between tho great bolla of tho tortiHdoes. Tho thorniomoter seldom goes much aliovo X)?, and from 0 o'clock In tho morning, lasting all day, wo havo tho most de lightful sea broozos, fanning our cheeks ind making tolorablo tho othorwiso Liu ruing sun. It is only of Into years that Florida has begun to attract tho Attention of omi {rants, and somo lands that ten years ?go could bo bought for $3 por acre can not now bo bought for flOO. Thoso who ?ino hero then and not them out oinngn rrnvos, and had nerve and d?termination ?.bout thom to endure for a season, aro low independent. Land situated any whero near to trans portutlon h rapidly advancing in prlco, nmS emigrants continue to como in every year. In time thu whistle ul* tho "Iron boree" will be benni all around us, fora? Heitlern como lu railroads are being talked of, and already the contract is let for a road frmn Tampa to tho Upper H ti ?lolitt'si and ? t hilrtr r granted fur another from fjaiiiosvillo by Ocala, Tuinpaand-to Charlot!'* Harbor. Tlieso facilities for f pu lek traiiHi>ortution will develop our renou reen and onlianco the value of prop erty. Thin in not ns good a country for farm ing an many others ? have ?eon. (?IHM) lands (hummock ; will bring from twenty lo thirty bushels of corn to the arre, worth ?1 per bushel. Rye and oats do told ably well, and while sonic wheat is grown in I North Florida, I bi lleve none so far south as this. A crop of Irish anil sweet pota toes may bo grown on tho santo land. I believe it will bu no exaggeration for me to say' that ISO btlshcls ol' sweet pointues is not a big yield per acre, and OOO bush els have been made. Irish potatoes, with a little more preparation, w ill do quite as well as sweet potatoes. (I would like for some of my friends lu Anderson who like to have "truck" growing around them to have some of the seed ol'these Florida sweet potatoes, and would send thom if I thought they would be willing to pay the freight on them-about ?^ per barrel. What says my nhl friend, Capt. Uroylcs, neighbors Darr and Fr lomon, and you, Mr. Editor? If together you think them worth tlie freight-without extra charge, of course-I will take pleasure in send ing you two or three 'jarr?is. Hut llttlo hotter crop than peas can be raised on any farm. Tho vines make tine forage and as a m an tl ri ul crop for turning under green lt is second only to clover. Three crops oftlie.se can bo raised in ono year at a yield of ton bushels per acre. Chufas, that were beginning to be planted by a good many in Anderson be fore I left, yield abundantly here, and many contend that a bushel of chufas ls worth ?M much as a bushel of corn to fat ten bogs. "Uubers" (peanuts) and pin dars aro also good for hogs, and I suppose will do well. I bavo about an aero ol each planted, and thoy look promising. Melons, when planted once, scarcely need replanting, as they spring up voluntarily the next year all over the hold where thoy bavo been. Vegetables of all kinds eau bo raised in abundance, and scarcely t week that something cannot be planted, though December and January aro tin months most Huitablo for gardening Casava, which grows linoly here, make: a very nutritious and palatable diet, ant is ?aid to bo tho richest In starch of anj vegetable wo bavo. Parties in Tampt aro investigating thc host modes of mau ufacturing starch with a view to goini into tho business, which, if done, wil enron iago raising casava and arrow root and make them both a source of profit Ginger and many other plants of a trop ical nature that I do not recall arogrowi hero. Sugar cano grows well on gooi land, ratooning for soveral years, and i one of tho principal crops. .So also doe rice. The above will glvo you an idea o those products of tho soil which will en ablo ono to livo while ho is preparing for anti awaiting tho result of tho greate source of profit bo is to reap from th culture ol'tho citrous family, more par ticularly tho Hweet orange and lemon, bclievo in no branch of agriculture o horticulture will thorn ariso greater pro fi than from tho cultivation and rr ?sing c these two. Somo como hero appearing /rom their actio/u, to think that the orang is a spontaneous growth, anti that a foi tuno ls to bo mndo out of lt in thrco c four years without work ; and heneo, ablo to get away, go ort' dissatisfied an disgusted. Tbero nover was but on Eden, and when from that tho cominan came, "by tho sweat of thy face shall y oat broad," it liad no restriction. Moue will como nearer growing on trees hoi than anywhere elso, but it takes tin: and labor, sprinkled with n good deal < endurance, to effect it. To thoso who bavo nover seen an o ango grove, and know nothing of tl profits that result from it, any duicrij lion would be USOIBKH, for it would not 1 believed. I would expect to bo asko "Would you believo it if you hadn't set it?" I will say, howovor, that a wt cultivated grovo ten years old will Lc: from 10(10 to 120?oranges to tho treo, won from a cent to a cent and a quarter at tl troo e.'.ch. I rode np under a clump sixtcon trees last year that 40,000 orang bad been sold ort of, anti tbero is ?ne tr not very far from hero that tho own claims to bavo gatborcd 10,000 orang from la3t year. How is that for high? Tho good sonso of your readers, al Editor, will tell thom that theso rcsul cannot be looked for tho first threo four j oars; but if a man will buy bi forty or fifty acres of land convenient transportation, sot him out a grovo ai livo hard for a few years, his pat icu will not go unrewarded, In my opinio Theso facta considered, I bavo no he1 taney in saying that I believe Sou Florida to bo tho best poor man's cou try in tho universe, provided bo is i dustrlous, frugal and patient. In otb word'), if ho will mako up bis mind livo bani for a fow years, by ?nana: mont and industry ho will : oouor roar rich harvest for bis labor that will secu his future independence than any wbf olso. Tho most of the public lands that n noni' to transportation bavo been tak up, though thoro uro somo in tho intcrl that aro ns good ns any, but a good wn from any shipping point. Somo w bavo moro land than they really net in ordor to induce emigration, and enable thom to got moana to lnintnvnt rest, will sell a part quito cheap, and tl is perhaps tho best way to securo a ct vonient location. South Florida ia a great cattlo count, and many invest their inonoy in catt tho increase paying them a better int oat, they think, than anything ol Somo stock-owners bavo fifteen or twt ty thousand head, and mark ovci thousand calves a year. Thoy have t feront shipping points, and always ll a ready Milo for thom in tho Cuba tn ku is. So much pur hoad anti graded cording to ago is tb' *vay thoy aro so prices ranging fron, twelve to fourtt dollars per bead-not much idoa is li of gross wolght, and sonic stock-owni novor saw a livo steer weighed. I Imvo already occupied too much your space, and have boon trying to ll a stopping point, but thoro is so muet: writo about that it is hurd to do. I belle though, I bavo given tho principal pol of interest to tho Bottler. At anotl taino I may glvo you an account of so of tho ploasuros that biguilo us from < Intro rs occasionally. Q. H. : - Johnson C. Whittaker, of So Carolina, the present colored cadet of Military Academy, got along very v last war as a third class cadet. A y ago ho was found deficient, aud rcqui to go over tho third class courso agi In mathematics he stands now No. among sixty-four members, in Frei No. 43, and in druwimr ho stands at foot of the class. Hols very light, w rather handsome curly hair, m'? 1 on rade it ia vcr/ difficult to pica him among bis white classmates. Ho hi room to himself, and is thrown cntii on his own private resources rnr fell ship and entertainment.-iv*. ? . Trib\ "FIUHTING DICK" ANDERSON. Th? Hero ed ? Hundred llalli*? Laid In hi? <?rttvc. AViri mid (burier. BEAUFORT, S. C., Jude 2f>. Our community has just been" painfully allocked by the death ol Oen. H. H. An derson, who expired about 5 o'clock thia aftei noon, of apoplexy. There ia univer sal sorrow an gloom over the and event, for the General was a favorite with all. BEAUFORT, H. C., June 27. A s the last rays of the setting sun glin??-d on thc waters of the bay and gilded he tre? tops, thc bndy cf fighting Dick An denton was laid in ita last resting ?dace in the Cemetery of Ht. Helena Church, Beaufort. During his abort stay in this place Cen. Anderson had won the good-will and esteem of all the people of thc sea coast, to many of whom he was a compar ative stranger, and although his death was sudden, almost the entire population of the city turned out to pay the last tri bute of respect to his memory. The funeral services took place this af ternoon nt 9 o'clock. A half hour previ ous to that time thc Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, Capt. II. M. .Stuart command ing, marched up to thc residence of thc deceased. The company turned out about forty, rank and hie, and paraded in full uniform as infantry, leaving two gun detachments at the armory in charge of the battery to lire tho salute in honor of the dead hero. The body was borne from thc house to the bourse by thc following pall-bearers: Col. Wm. Elliott, Judge Hudson, Col. Paul Hamilton, Col. F. Gantt, Messrs. John (r. Barnwell, Carlos Tracy, lt. B. Fuller, James W. Moore and W. J. Ver dier. Thc funeral cortege was formed in tiio following order : First, drum corps; second, Beaufort Artillery ; third, henrse ; fourth, pall-bearers; fifth, citizens in carriages and on foot. Marching to the sound of mullled drums, tho cortege reached thc church, where the Artillery opened ranks and presented arms, thc pall-bcurers carrying in tho casket und depositing it in front of the chancel. The church was fdled by tho ladies of Beaufort. After the casket had been de posited in front of the chancel the artillery marched into the central aisle, faced in wards, rested on their arms and stood thus through the.services. After thc ser vices in the church had been concluded the remains were borne to the cemetery adjoining the church, where they were laid to rest beside the last resting place of John Barnwell, better known in the carly history of South Carolina us Tus carora John, for bia Indian fighting. As the coffin was lowered into the grave a salute of three guns was fired from the arsenal and the belia of the church were tolled. In the funeral cortege Dr. R. R. Sams, thc color bearer ol'tho Ileaufort Artille ry, carried the sword preacnted to Gen. Anderson by thc State of South Carolina for his services in thc Mexican war. It is a splendid blade, encased in a gold scabbard, the hilt surmounted by a gold bust of Calhoun. The scabbard bears the following inscription : "South Carolina to Capt. Richard Herron Anderson, as a memorial of gallant conduct in services at Vera Cruz, Cherabusco, Molino Del Ray, Mexico." It is a duplicate of the sword presented bv thc State to the late Gen. Shields. It is a noteworthy coincidence that Gen. Anderson was buried OP tho eve of Carolina day, and it is a significant fact that a large number of the Carolina sol diery, wdio paid the last tribute of res pect to his memory, were Northern citi zens who have settled in the State since the close of the late war. The following editorial from the News and Courier gives and interesting sketch of tho lifo and services of the departed hero : Ex-Lieut. Gen. R. H. Anderson died suddenly at Beaufort, S. C., on Thursday last. Thc blow is na severe as shnrp. South Carolina had not a son who did more fot her fame, in the Confederate struggle, than was achieved by him who has fought bis last battle, and who knew, in peace, pain3 and troubles hard er to bear than the dangora and priva tions of war. Sadly enough he had only held for a few months an appointment which gavo him comparative ease, and it was in contemplation to nominate him, next, year, for a public office, which should mark conclusively the estimation in which ho was held by the people ortho State. Gen. Anderson, was tho son of Dr. W. W. Anderson, of Sumter District, and was in the G2d year of his age. Ho was educated at Edge Hill Academy, aud being appointed a cadet ut Weat Point he went there, while extremely young, graduating about 1840, and being assign ed to duty in tho famous Second Dra goons. In that regiment he saw much bard service on the frontier and in the Florida war. In the Mexican war he to distinguished himself that thc State of South Carolina presented him a Sword of Honor. At the time that South Caroli na seceded from the Union ho held the rank of Captain. He instantly resigned his commission, came to Charleston, and was appointed Colonel of the First Regiment of Infantry, succeeding Gen. Barnard E. Bee. After tho fall of Sumter, he was transferred to Gen. Bragg's command at Pensacola, and commanded tho Confed erate forces at thc attack on Santa Rosa Island, where the enemy were dispersed, and the commanding officer, Gen Vogdcs, wa?? captured. On July 19, 185*1 bc was appointed Brigadier-General, his bri gade being composed of the First Louisi ana Regulars, 1? irst Florida, Fifth Geor gia, the Seventh and Eighth Mississippi and Tyler's battalion of marines. Af terwards he took command of tho brigade composed of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth South Carolina Volunteers, and the Sec ond South Carolina Rifles. This brigade formed part of Longstreet's Corps. From the time that he became its commander, the military record of Geu. Anderson is part of the glorious history of tho Army of Northern Virginia. On July 14, "loG2, Gen. Anderson was appointed Major Gen eral the division being composed of thc brigades of Mahone, Wright, Armistead and Martin, to which wcro afterwards added tho brigades of Posey, Wilcox and Pryor. At the battle of Fredericl s'mrg, Anderson's Division was composed of tho brigades of Perry, Featherstone, Wright, Wil Icox and Mahone. Upon tho wound ing of Gen. Longstreet at tho Battle of the Wilderness, Gen. Anderson waa placed in command of tho First Corps. This was done nt the especial request of Gen. Longstreet, although Gen. Ander son's division belonged to the third Corps. A more c.ignal mark of confidenco could not have been given. On Juno 1, 1864, ho was appointed Lieu tenant-General, and upon the return of Gen. Longstreet to duty in the fall of the year, Gen. An dersor took command of tho force which had been commanded by Gen. Beaure gard in front Petersburg, consisting of the divisions of Bushrod Johnson and Hoke. To thia command the division of Pickett was added not long before the ?vacuation of tho "Cockade City." Gen. Anderson left Petersburg in command of what remained of the Fourth Corps. Tho day before the surrender, Gen. An derson's command having been reduced to less than five hundred muskets, ho was relieved from duty with tho Army of Northern Virginia, by Gen. Lee, in order that he might be free to make ids way to Johnston's army and give that distinguished officer the benefit of his eminent ability as a soldier, tcfore ho could reach Gen. Johnston, having to make a long detour, the capitulation of J oh ns torrs army had taken place, and Gen. Anderson went sadly to his old home near Stutesburg in this Stat?. How shall we speak of Gen. Anderson asa soldier? His valiant deeds speak for him I At thc battle of Williamsburg, he commanded Longstreet's Division, hts brother, who was his aide-de-camp, being killed at his Hide. In the battles around Richmond ho won new fame, making the last and successful charge at Gaines's Mill, and winning his promotion to the rank of Major-General. At Sharpsburg lie was wounded in the thigh, but re lUfllned in command of his division until he fell fainting from his horse. At Chan cellorsville, with a line of battle no stronger than a picket line, lie heid the Confederate centre while Jackson execu ted his famous flank movement. The men of Anderson's Division were ten paces, or more, apart. Only the thick woods, concealing their weakness, deter red the enemy from making a crushing uitack. ?icu. Lee sent mm thrice tue order to press the enemy, being unaware of his critical condition. At last he rode in person to the spot where Cen. Auder son was. Two attacks had been repell ed ; thc third was about to bc made. Jackson's guus opened at the critical mo ment and created a diversion. Seeing for himself the position of affairs, (len. Lee, usually so reserved and self-contained, clasped (?en. Anderson Ly thc hand and snid : "My noble old soldier, 1 thank you from the bottom of my heart." After the march through the burning woods to Spotsylvania, and Iiis successful repulse ofthe enemy. Gen. Lee wrote him and his command a warm letter of thanks. So much of it na related to himself he suppressed. Tho rest he published to the corps. Three times ho was person ally thanked by letter by Cen. Leo. and to few of even those nearest to him was it known that auch letters had been writ ten. Urnve as a Paladin of old ; gentle and modest aa a woman! At Cold Har bor, Gen. Lee sent to ask how he was get ting on. The answer waa: "(J ?ve my com pliments to Gen. Lee, and tell him that J have just repulsed the. enemy's thirteenth charge I" 'lo the latest hour of the Army of Northern Virginia he was in the thick of tho contest. What shows tho charac ter of the man better than his terse ad vise to a superior officer, who saw the enemy closing in upon flem with over whelming force, nu army against two divisions! When asked what could be done, bia words were, "Fight, to be aurel" Worthy commander waa he of Ander son's Division, which never turned its back up"u the enemy, savent Gettsyburg, and there the men, disregarding the or der to retire, were almost dragged to the rear. "Fighting Dick" Anderson ! Equal to any emergency ; ready in every place ; fit for every responsibility ; doing loyal service wherever he was placed; free from resentment when slighted, as Presi dent Davis chose to alight him, and giv ing to those whom he should have com manded cheerfulest nid and readiest obe dience! South Carolina had cause to be proud of him, to love him, and to honor him. Yet was he almost a strnnger amongst his own people ! The planting in which bc engaged, af ter the close ol hostilities, was unprofiui ble. President Magrath, of the South Carolina Railroad, rescued him from an almost hopeless condition, by finding employment for him in his own office and, afterwards, as agent at Camden. When removed from thia post, upon the road passing into tho hands of a Receiver, he waa appointed by Govornor Simpson Special Phosphate Agent, which office he held at the time of bia death. It is too late to speak of what might have been, and should have been. There will be profound regret now that moro waa not done, by the State, for one to whom so heavy a debt waa due. For few positions, in civil life, was bc qualified. Rut he waa well read, and posaessed of large in formation. Ii was not in him to take part in a scramble for preferment, and they who pushed themselves to the front left no room for Lieut. Gen. Anderson, tho ranking officer in tho Confederate service from South Carolina. It is past. Tho sweet, loving spirit is at rest. Carolina's noble soldier sleeps in the bosom of the Mother he loved so devotedly. Those who knew him as he was, and who live after him, have in his life a model of Christian forbearance and humility, and knightly courtesy nnd truth. So tender and ao true ! God bless the memory of "Fighting Dick" Ander son. Sanguinary Riot at Chicago? CHICAUO, June 22. One of tho companies which, under a recent net of the Legislature, must short ly cease to exist, became involved in a fight with some unarmed people this after noon, which resulted in thedeathof sev eral of tho latter. The Bohemian Sharp shooters, an association composed of some twenty individuals, held a pic-nic to-day at Silver Leaf Grove, at the corner of Og den and Western avenues. During a dance one of the Sharpshooters engaged in ?quarrel with Volney Clark, a visitor, and alter beating him severely, had him ejected from tho grounds. Clark stated his grievances to a crowd outside the gates, and gaining some sympathy there, inaugurated an indiscriminate throwing of sticks and atones into the inclosure where the pic-nic was being held. The lieutenant of the company, Frank Ladweic, ordered tho long roll sounded and bayonets fixed. A charge wns immediately made toward thc gate, and the crowd was bayoneted and Babred until they fell back. The company reformed outside of the gate in single line, hieing the street, and, loading their guns, fired a volley into tho crowd. They immediately re loaded and agn.in fired, each Sharpshooter picking his mau. It is stated that three or four volleys were fired. The weapons t::;cd wero muzzle-loading Springfield muskets, and the cartridges contained nino buckshot each. As soon as the affair became known, two squads of police repaired to tho accne and arrested the whole company, which formed in march ing order under the American flag and proceeded to West Mndison Street Sta tion, where they aro now incarcerated on the charge of murder, and guarded by a heavy detachment Of police. Tho cup to in of the company was not present du ring ic.e affray. It is rumored that an attempt will be made by tho Lehr and Wehr Verein to rescue the prisoners to night. LATER-The Lehr and Wehr Verein, which has been holding n pic-om out side of the city to-day, made no effort on their return to release tito prisoners, lt appears that tho pic-nic was given by a Bohemian Sunday school, and that a numerous gung of drunken roughs lind all along given considerable trouble, until finally those in charge of matters sent for the Sharpshooters for protection. They arrived about three o'clock, and shortly afterward tho trouble began, as above re lated. The lieutenant to-night denies that he gavo the order to fire, but says that after he had cleared the grounds by n bayonet charge there was such a rain of stones ?nd bricks that his mer. began a desultory fire without orders. Tho mem bers of the company all refuse to talk about .he affair. Seventeen are detained, the others having been released. Thc arrival of tho police to conduct them to the station probably oaved the Sharpshooters from personal violenco, as they were surrounded by un excited mob of about 2,000 persons. The following is believed to be a complete list of casual ties: Valentine E. Clarke, severely wounded by blows on tho head ; D. H. Wilkie, a bayonet wound three inches in length on loft templo ; John Donohue, left side of jawbone shattered and shot through the body, said to have died; Henry Williams shot in body and neck ; Albert Jenkins, shot in right shoulder; Daniol McCarthy, bayonet wot-nd. A little boy, name unknown, was cut with a bayonet. Laurel.sville Herald: M rs.Sallie Govett, now living ut Thomas Crowdcr'a, on Cane Creek, in this county, from tho best infor mation is 10-1 years of agc. She is well, abb: to walk about, and retain-gn.'.d con trol of her mind. She. was born in Frank lin County, N. C., but bas lived in this county for over fifty years. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Uleauhig? fruin our mate Kxchnngeii. Aiken Courier-Journal : During thc spring Henson just closed there vero 1,794 guests in Aiken.Tlic Granite ville factory stopped operations for ono day last vreek. The cause assigned was the scarcity of water. A heavy rainfall Tuesday night remedied the dilliculty by Idling thc ponds. Edgefield Adrerliter : In the old case of the negro Joe Stevens, for the murder of another negro, on tho Hidge, tho de fendant was again found guilty of mur der. Stevens was convicted before Judge Aldrich, last June, of mulder, and Mr. Ileitis carried his case to the Supremo Court, and succeeded in getting him n new trial upon somo technical irregular ity in the drawing und empanelling tho jury. He has again been convicted, and Mr. Bettis, in a legal argument of great force, made a motion in arrest of judg ment, but Judge Wallace overruled tue motion, and sentenced thu prisoner to bc hanged on tho first Friday in August next.On Thursday morning last, tho gin-house, gin, ?fee, of our honored towns man, Dr. M. W. Abney, on his farm at old l'ottersville were destroyed by fire? Yorkvillc Newa: Cut worms are de stroying corn in parts of York County. .Another fatal accident on the rail occurred Sunday morning at a point about five miles below Chester, between that point and Woodward's Station. The victim on this occasion was Hob Miller, a colored train hand, whose home is in Charlotte, and who was run over by a. freiglit train and cut to pieces. Spartauburg Sparlau : Mr. Thoa. P. Storey, near Glenn Springs, has a rifle which was used nt tho buttle of King's .Mountain by his uncle Anthony Storey, with which he shot from a hollow chesty nut tree six or seven of thc British. Walhalla Courier: Mr. Robert Kelly, who resides near Walhalla, was bitten by a poisonous snake on Thursday last. Liquor was used freely and the young man is out ol* danger.Judgo A. J. Willard and wifo aro registered at Rie mann's Hotel. They are no doubt on their way to their summer retrent in the mountains.Mr. J. B. Baldwin has been appointed depot agent of the Air Line Railroad at Seneca City, and has entered upon the discharge of bis duties. .A special excursion train for whites will be run on the Air Line Railroad from Charlotte to Atlanta, on tho 7th of July. This will give excursionists a day in Atlanta. Fare from Seneca and West minster and return about two dol'ars. Charleston News anti (burier: As tho excursion train from Columbia reached ? point about two miles above Summer ville last night the engineer discovered just ahead of the engine a man lying on tho track. Brakes were put down and the locomotive was reversed, but the train was going at such speed that it was im possible to stop before the locomotive and several of the cars had passed over the unfortunate mau, cutting him almost in two and killing him instantly. The de ceased was a white man, well dressed, is unknown, und it. is supposed that he was lying on thc track in a state of intoxica tion. The remaina were left at Summer ville. Beaufort Newt : Thursday of last week a colored woman, Eliza Mikel, left her home on the Wallace place, St. Helena, to attend a meeting at thc Brick Church. During her abscence her aged mother, who was blind and decrepid, set fire to the house and was burned to death with the destruction of the building. No in quest was held. GEN. GRANT'S ASPIRATIONS. - Ex Secretary Bone, who has just reached b'inie, left Cen. Grant and party on tho 21st of May in Shanghai, and at that timo the distinguished travellers were in excellent heulth and spirits. Gen. Grant then expected to start homeward on Sep tember 10, aboard the steamship City of Tokio. Speaking of Gen. Grant's Presi dential aspirations, Mr. Boric said : "It appears to me as though he were going to be the next nominee of tho Republican party, and tho next President of the United States. Wherever he went that was the opinion held by every one. I had made up my mind to ask him to de cline thc honor positively, out I lacked tho courage. My friends have said there was no use in my making the experiment, and even Democrats coincided with them. The General himself does not allow tho mutter to bother him. He never alludes to it in any way. If the nomination was urged upon him os a necessity, however, I do not think he would refuse it." l^rOTICE TO CREDITORS. JJ? Persons having claims against the Estate of William Allen, deceased, are hereby notified to present thc sumo, p oper ly attested, to either of the undersigned within the time prescribed hy law. Also, persons indebted to said Estate are request ed to make payment at once. S?RAH M. ALLEN, Ex'x. A. F. ELROD, Ex'r. July 3, 1870_51_3* MEDICAL CARD. HAVING associated with mo Dr. Sniu'l. M. Orr, wo will hereafter practice Medicine and Surgery under the name and pty ie of NARDIN ifc'ORR. Office in Centennial House, one door East of Orr <fc Tribblc's Law Olllce. W. H. NARDIN, M. I). July 1, 1879_51_ BEST GIN MADE. WILLIAMSTON, S. C., June 30, 1879. MRSSIW. BI.KCKLEY, BROWN <fc Co., Agents, AspEasoN, S. C. Gentlemen: The Noblet! O? ?ootl ricli Cotton Clin bought of you some three or four years ago was, and is, tho best Cotton Oin, to my mind, that is sold in this section of country. I have been a cotton producer and buyer of some experience, and can safely testily that the lint from the Ncblett ?fe Goodrich Gin, with a corres ponding yield, is as fine as that of onv other Gin sold In this section, with a decided dif ference in its fnvor with respect to its sim plicity of construction, durability, price and light running features. I ginned slX thousand pounds of seed cotton with this Gin in one day with horso-powcr on a forty-saw Gin. In other words, four live hundred pound bales of cotton. J. W. DACU8. I fully coiner with Mr. Dacus in the above ns to thc quality ni this Oin, and can say that it will do nil that !? recommended for it. S. WHARTON, Moffattsville, 8. C. Thc above (lins are for salo hy BLECK LEY. DROWN it CO., Agents, at Ander son, 8. C. Cull n.id examine specimen. July 'I, 157? Sj THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP ANDERSON, CO?1IT OF PROBATE. To LYDIA A. M. VAN WYCK, Execu trix of Wm. van Wyck, deceased : IT having been made to appear to my sstisfa:ti on that you have moved from and beyond the limits of this Bute, and have been absent therefrom fer ten consec utive mouths last passed, You are hereby ordered and required to account before mo in person on thc tilth day of August next as Executrix of tho lust Will and Testament of Wm. Yan Wyck, deceased. \V. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. June 'Jl, 18711_50 4 J. a COTIIRAX, I ll. O. SCUDhAY, Abbeville, & c. I Anderson, s. c. COTIIIIAN & SCUDDAY, Attorney? nt Uw, ANDERSON, - - H. C., WILL practice in all the Courts of this State, mid in the C. S. Courts. Orrie*-Northwest Corner Henson Hon? Building. Jan IO, 1870 27 ly