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E. B. MPBRA.Y? Editors tIJSSi>AY M?RSES?, JULY 17, 1879. Fbe New Orleans Picayune says that SOVJCharles Foster, the Bepttbli a candidate for Governor of Ohio now i shes he had "fit into the war." Before n. Ewing gets through with him Mr. >ster will also wish he ftad not fit into ? present gubernatorial canvass. The Glover report on frauds in the rcasnry Department is not calculated help the Republican prospects in the ates which elect this fall. The people ill soon realize that the Republican irty has kept itself in power by fraud, s?rpation, tyranny, larceny and forgery. ; is about time to have done with its dstence. The supressed Glover report which the e\v York Star has made public is inter? ring reading to the tax-paying pablic. ?e present a portion of it this Week, hose who have had any doubt about le corruption of the Republican party ust now hang their heads in shame over teir stupidity in not sooner realizing te situation. It is said that President Hayes con? templates formally withdrawing his civil service order of 1877, but we do not be? lieve a word of it. The order was only made to deceive honest and credulous people, .*nd the individual who occupies the position which belonged of right to Mr. Tilden is too great a fraud to with? draw his sham order. The Chicago Tribune is of opinion that Ohastine Cox, the murderer of Mrs. Hall in New York, will constitute the next negro exodus. Very true, probably, but it will not console the stalwarts in the least, for his exit will be forced by a Northern Sheriff instead of the rebel brigadiers, and bis conveyance will be a piece of hemp instead of a rail way train. Tho process of levying contributions i all appointees to office by the gov lent, for the purpose of raising cam? paign funds, is being vigoroas plied by th? Republicans in the interest of the party in Ohio and Maine. It would be very well for the Democrats to make a little fuss in tho coming campaigns about this system of blackmail on the part of -the Republicans. le Sydney (New South "Wales) Mail irday, April26th last,says: "Gen 1 Grant, the great international tramp, yet visit America." We would not used at his coming back in time to er harrass his country by efforts to sndize himself at the sacrifice of the i of the whole people. The Syd r Mail has made a pretty clever es li? ste of his true status, when it styles him international tramp. It is the appella? tion by which the General will in future i known if he attempts farther to dis ? American politics, Ex-Governor William Allen died Bud denly at his home near Chilicothe, in Chio on last Friday. He served as Gov? ernor of Ohio from. 1872 to 1874. In 1874 he was renomioated upon an infla? tion platform by the Democrats of that State, but was defeated by President Hayes, who was then the Republican ididate. He was a man of considera > ability end wa? honored and respect by those around him. His influence, per, which was in favor of extreme ion, iu the campaign of 1874, lost Ohio to the Democrats that year and se ired her vote for Mr. Hayes in 1875. ie remarks of Judge Aldrich to the Jury of Greenville, upon the Dg of John J. Moore in Spartan may, we presume, be considered judicial, or at least as an obiter <i, since the term of Court at which were made v. as not held in the lty where the lynching occurred, > Grand Jury to whom the oration delivered had nothing to do with i matter whatever. It is, in our opin unfortunate for oar judiciary to itenance or wink at lynch law, and , icalarly so for a Circuit Judge to pel out of his way for the purpose of ing for or expressing sympathy . the violation of law, even if it was i under the strongest possible circum of justification. It is the duty ?judiciary to induce men to obey r?not to commend them for its iticn nnder any circumstances. ie Columbia Register, speaking of the lit between the people of Winns o and the Charlotte, Columbia aad staRailroad,says: "We understand the merchants of Winnsboro and > railroad authorities, having made up a test case, the freight rates temporarily raised for that purpose, have been re? stored." The case will now proceed in the coarts, where a judicial decision as to the right of the Company to make the arbitrary charges complained of will be obtained. Before a final decision is reached, the case will in all probability go to tho Sapreme Court of the United States, and will, therefore, consume two or three years in its litigation. The prin? ciples involved are very grave ones, both to the railroads and to the people of the State, for although a portion of the ques? tions involved are peculiar to the char? ter of this road, yet there are others of J general application which will extend equally to the other roads in this State. Among otherHhings the act of the last cession of the Legislature to prevent un jast discriminations in freight charges by railroads in this State is called in ques? tion. While we do not wonder at the opposition which this act elicits from the railroads, and while wo think the road in this case has done a graceful thing in re? ducing its rates in advance of the decision, still we hope the provisions of the last act will be sustained, and that the policy of requiring all the railroads to sys? tematize their charges will be successful. Otherwise, the people will have no pro? tection against the caprice of common carriers. - ^ Barnwell Sentinel: Crops are being 'mid by, and the fins rains on the 2(Jth ait., which were very .""general, it is thought will make much of the early corn.The Barnwell Agricultural and Mechanical Association have passed a resolution to the effect that no gambling., of any de jtion, v. i'i be permitted on the Fair Grounds at their next annual mectipg. r?E IJA?ICALS AJiD THE NEGRO. The following article from the Lemars [Iowa) Sentinel, an intensely Republican paper, written under the head of "The Nigger," will be. profitable food for the reflection of our colored people, for it ihoxre to them fthat their professed Re? publican, friends think of them, and what they wish to do in relation to their right of suffrage : ? While the amiable idiocy that pre? vailed in Congress during the reconstruc? tion days Wfis at its height, the Nigger was enfranchised. He was invested with the ballot on the pretty theory that he was a man and a brother, with ah infu? sion of sand in. his make up.. ft was given him on the school girl notion that affection for the party that gave him hin freedom would make him its perpetual instrument. But. .the Nigger is less ser? viceable to the Republican party as a voter than he was as a slave. He needs too much coddling?too much protection, i He can only vote the Republican ticket when surrounded by ? corcoh of Repub? lican bayonets. There is no grit in him. There is more voting energy and party strength in a dozen raw Irishmen than ir> a thousand well fed niggers. There is not an ounce of "stalwartism" to a ton of Nigger. The more Nigger the misery of the Nigger was ah ?piaiUng armory of party weapons^-as a freeman there is no romance in him?cowardice is not romantic. All over the South he is throwing his ballot for rebels and traitor?, when he votes at all. He is too cowardly to vote his convictions, or too stupid to have convictions. When the "stalwarts" get into power in 1880, he must either be disfranchised or compelled to vote right. The free Nigger is a fraud. We are driven to the admission, after reading the above article, that it is pos? sible for a Republican editor to stumble on to expressing his candid convictions once in a life-time. We have never be fore seen the true feeling of the Repub? lican party as to the negro so clearly defined in words, . The most important admission for the country to consider is, that this patty, Without any sympathy for the negro, has been using him as a theme for stirring up strife and perpetua? ting its own mean life by the lies it could induce the honest and unsuspect? ing masses of voters to believe about the wrongs and oppressions of this race. It is with them simply a question of ser? vice, and the Sentinel, evidently bemoans the fact that the negro is a free man, because it says that he "is less servicea? ble to the Republican party as a voter than he was as a slave." This lament finds further expression in the sentence in which the editor declares?"as a slave, the picturesque misery of the nigger was an unfailing armory of party weapons; as a freeman there is no romance in him." This sentiment fairly represents the in? famous means by which the Republican party obtained and has retained power in this government It was by false? hoods and slanders of our people that it first drew the sectional lines which goaded the South to desperation and. secession, and filled our common country with mourning and blood. After the war, was over this same party kept alive the feelings of strife, when the patriots of- all sections were trying to bury the dead past and forget its sorrows, in order that the Union might be restored, not only in name, but in the hearts and affections of all our people. Their efforts have been successful everywhere except in the ranks of the Republican party, which has never been willing, and is not now willing, to see the elements of discord removed from our land. It is time, when Republican papers admit this purpose as clearly as is done in the above article, for the people who love the Union to. unite in a common effort to drive from power the political pirates who are willing to sacrifice the dearest interests of our land in order to retain power within their own grasp. * To the colored people, however, there are two or three reflections which we de? sire to impress from this article. It be? gins with the assertion that it was idiotic in Congress to have given the ballot to the colored man. It admits that the right to vote was given to the color? ed man, not from any desire to help him as a freeman, but simply to make use of him for party purposes, and hence the Sentinel owns up that the Republican party gave him the ballot because it was thought he would be a perpetual instru? ment for that party. The Sentinel ?fter this is inconsistent in asserting that the negro "iB too cowardly to vote his con? victions, or too stupid to have convic? tions," Sot the Republican party by its own admission did not want him to have convictions. It wanted him to be a machine. The fact that the negro is be? ginning to get convictions that the Southern Democrats are his best friends, and is having the courage to vote accord? ing to those convictions, is exactly where the Radical disgust and disappointment comes in. It is a very marked example of the manner in which men sometimes confer a benefit upon those they seek to injure. The ballot was given to the ne? gro for the purpose of crushing the South, and instead of doing this it will, before we are through with the fight, crush the Republican party. The Sentinel concludes by announcing that when the Republi? cans get into power in 1880 the negro must either be disfranchised or compell? ed to vote right From this our colored people can see that if they wish to re? tain the right to vote, it must be by the aid of the Democratic party, for the Republicans are to-day threatening to take the right of suffrage from them. If the colored people are wise they will all cast their lot with the Democratic party, for in its success they and their posterity are safe in all of their political rights. It is impossible for the Republicans to take the right of suffrage from the ne? gro unless the Democrats assist. In the first place if it does, it cannot amend the Constitution as long as the South remains solid. This section is not a little amused at ravings like those of the Sentinel. The hour of destruction is upon its guilty party, and wo propose doing some of the 1 mocking over its well deserved calami? ty. _ ? "Ex-Governor Chamberlain's ora? tion at Springfield yesterday fell coldly upon the ears of his audience. While 25,000 persons witnessed the parade, but a paltry few hundred were induced to listen to the distinguished fugitive from South Carolina. The fact cannot be de? nied that Chamberlain is decidely below par in the estimation of the respectable portion of the people."?New Haven (Conn.) Begister. ? Three Indians found guilty of mur? der and sentenced to be hanged at Miles City, Montana, have recently committed suicide to avoid that penalty". YELLOW FEVER IN MEMPHIS* The Country was greati/ alarmed by 'the report of five cases of Yellow fever which appeared in Memphis on last Fri? day. The early appearance of the dlcteai'e, especially after the extrabrclinary pre? cautions taksn to avoid its reappearance, and 'the unprecedented cleanly condition of the Btreets of the city, were certainly enough to carry terror and dismay throughout the towns and cities of the entire Southwest. The terrible scourge of lest year did not commence near so soon, and yet it had exhausted the finan? cial strength of the stricken cities and filled their cemeteries with fresh graves. Another epidemic following so closely upon the scenes of last year, from which the pall of death and ruin had scarcely been lifted, mer.es wholesale ruin and terriWs mortality to the whole Valley of the Mississippi. Life would not he safe upon its course, and property, though consisting of the most fertile lands and spacious residences, would be worthless. The ukeleton of death would be felt to be lurking continually upon every spot within the fair and prosperous Valley. Since this report, however, only one uew case has been reported, though three deaths have occurred, and two of the survivors are very ill. Rigid quarantine was immediately established as soon as the appearance of the fever was reported, but this has now been relaxed, and it is now believed the plague will hot become epidemic. The cases reported probably retained the germ of the disease in the system from last year, and were develop? ed by the recent hot and unseasonable weather. Throughout this summer there will be doubtless matty isolated cases of this fell disease in the wake of last year's pestilence, but we trust no such dread calamity as that of last summer is in store for the already smitten cities of the Mississippi. Upon this subject the following synopsis of the fever history of Memphis may be of interest to our read erst Yellow fever has.visited Memphis sev? eral times. In 1866 there were some sporadic cases. The next year there were 231 deaths by fever. In 1873 the fever broke out on September 14, and ended on November 9. There were 2,000 deaths. Last year the mortality was appalling. There were 17,600 cases and 5,160 deaths, the population, of the city being reduced, by flight and disease, to about 16,500. There is no question that the rapid spread of the fever in 1878 was due to the foul condition of the city. It is ad? mitted to have been "disgraceful in the extreme." There was no organized scav? enger system, no means by which the ashes and garbage could he daily carted away. The accumulation of forty years were decaying upon the surface; a bay? ou dividing the city, and which was the main drain, was sluggish and without current, owing to the want of water and the fact that there had been scarcely any rain for several weeks. The pools which had formed at the abutment of the several bridges were covered with a scum of putri? dity, emitting deadly effluvia. "The streets were filthy, and every affliction that could aggravate a disease so cruel seem ed to have been purposely prepared for it by the criminal neglect of the city government, who turned a deaf ear to the persistent appeals of the press. * * * * * Every interest was carefully guarded and provided for, uave that of the health and lives of the peo? ple." The first death by fever occurred in the end of July. On August 14 a death by fever was announced. There were thirty-three new cases on the 15th, and the flight of the citizens began. In less that ten days,'by August 24, 25,000 persons had left the city, r.nd in camp, leaving less than than 20,000 to face the consequence they could not escape. The horror and suffering, the brightness and darkness, of the months that followed will never be half told. There were heroes and heroines, and a glorious ar? my of martyrs. The last recorded death by fever in the city was on November 30. Disagreeing upon nearly every other point the doctors are almost a unit as to necessity for thorough sanitation in order to ward off or mitigate the attacks of yellow fever. They all declare that filth, especially decaying animal matter and excrement, is a prime if not the potent cause of the severity of the attacks of this curse in the Mississippi Valley. The specific poison may be in the air, but its propagation depends upon condi? tions the destruction of which is within the reach of all classes in the South Memphis was dirty and foul beyond measure in 1878, the seeds of the disease have never been eradicated, nor was the city able to make ready for a new attack this year. New York can beat the world on mys? terious and villainous murders. Close upon the murder of Mrs. Hull comes one of an aged gentleman which is given by the Herald, from which we make the fol? lowing synopsis: The mystery surrounding the death of Mr. John F. Seymour at about midnight on July 3 has not been lightened in any degree, although the police have actively investigated the circumstances as far as they have been able to do so. Concern? ing his death they are still in the dark, and frankly adroit that there is little probability of their ever reaching a solu? tion of the mystery. Mr. Seymour was sixty-one years of age, large and finely built, and weighing about twohundred and twenty-five pounds. He had been a crockery merchant, and was at one time in very prosperous circum? stances. Half a dozen years ago he fail? ed, and has not since been engaged in business, but with his wife has lived with her brother, Bishop Seymour, the recent? ly elected Bishop of Illinois. On Thurs? day evening he told his wife that he would go out to the grounds around the house for a walk, and accordingly passed out of the house. A little while after Bishop Seymour came in, and being told by his sister that her husband was outside, he left the door unbolted. Mrs. Seymour fell asleep, but soon awakening she missed her husband, and, arousing her brother, they went in search of him. They found him lying on the grass dead from a bul? let wound. The coroner's inquest rendered a ver? dict of accidental death from a pistol shot, fired by a person unknown. The circumstances were puzzling and the jury thought this the shortest way road out of the case. It is, however, a little strange that no clue has been found as to who I fired the accidental shot. The occurrence happened in New York, however, and according to the Herald, Times and Tri? bune's logic, this is sufficient guarantee that it was in a .thoroughly civilized manner. Spartanburg Spartan: The house of the Rev. J. M. Carlisle was entered last week by a thief, and a watch and some clothing taken therefrom.Mrs. Nancy Brown, deceased, died a few days ago, about 83 years of age. She belonged to the Lockhart family, which settled in the Limestone section before Limestone had a name. Her husband, Mr. James Brown, died a few years ago, and it was said at his death that he was the oldest Mason in the State. LYKCH LAW. The following report is given In the Greenville papers of Judge Aldrich's remarks in his charge to the Grand Jury upon the lynching of John J. Moore in Spartanhurg County; I am not one to excuse Lyhch Law, nor will you. It is always 'dangerous and generally wrong, for the people to pass by a telhplo of juBtlce and Inflict summary punishment. But sometimes human nature will, and must assert its dignity and defend the virtue i?Gd chasti? ty of.woman. , Outraged humanity will not and cannot wait for the slow and un? certain process of the law's del^j. It too often happens, thst ?y Ingenious use of the instrumentalities that hedge around the accused, he escapes the jftsi punish? ment of 'ils crime, It sometimes occurs that evec. when l?ries are brought to the point Of conviction, tho appeal tribunals oh some technical quibble, not affecting the meri ts of the case in the slightest degree, balk justice and send the culprit back for a new trial. Hence, society be? comes impatient, and now and then man? ifests this impatience by taking the law in Its own hands. I say,. this is always dangerous. It is manifestly wrong when done in secret, when the self-constituted avengers of the law band themselves to? gether in oath-bound societies and ad? minister, what they call justice, but is simple vengeance, not in the light of day, but In the darkness of the night, conceal? ing their persons in frightful disguises. We bad enough of that in the Ku Klux reign, condemned by good men every? where, and which. I trust, will never be enacted again in this State. "But when Dishonor stalks to our hearths, Law ceases and Murder takes the Angel shape of Justice.'! And so it. was when Mo?r? paid the penalty of his double cflm?, rape and murder. Every father, husband and brother was aroused to frenzy by the brutal outrage on that poor, innocent, unprotected girl. Instantly, with no masks on their faces, but openly, in the broad light of day, God's sun shiqihg in their eyes, these fathers, husbands and brothers brought this cruel monster to the Very spot where he had ravished her, and there, while her desecrated person was mantled in the blush of shame, mur? dered her in cold blood! there they erec? ted the gibbet, and dealt out to him swift justice. It was not law, but who will dare to call it murder! The following account of the treatment of a colored child in New York City, will give our colored people a correct idea of the manner in which the northern peo? ple carry out their professions of friend? ship when the colored, people go among them: The cries of a child apparently in great terror coming from a slaughter house at No. 407 East Forty-seventh street, early last evening, attracted the attention of passers-by and caused a crowd to collect. Among those who heard the child's cries was George McKnight, twenty-four years old, of Seventy-fourth street. As the cries continued McKnight leaped from his cart and entered the slaughter house, where he saw two brawny butchers laughing at the terror of a little colored boy whom they had hoisted up to the ceiling with the windlass used in slaugh? tering cattle. The hook with which the butchers had secured the boy to the windless was fast tearing his garments, and the child was in danger of falling to the ground. McKnight remonstrated with the colored boy's tormentors, and one of them, known in the vicinity as : "Terry," became angry at his interference ' and ordered him to leave the place. On the refusal of McKnight to go nntil the I boy had been released from his danger? ous |position, "Terry" seized a heavy [ oak stak, bound at the ends with iron I rings, and struck McKnight a blow on the head with it that felled him insensi I ble to the ground. He then fled, and the police bad McKnight removed to Bellevue Hospital, where his injuries were pronounced by the physicians to be of a serious nature. While the Republican papers of the Notrh are berating the civilization of the South, we respectfully commend to their attention the case of the murder of Miss Mary Sanford by her husband at No 382 Tenth Avenue in New York, of which John McVay, the only witness, gives the following account: "About half an hour previous to the shooting I was sent for by John Sanding. I went up to his room and be asked me to bring him a pitcher of beer. His wife was ironing. I brought the bear and Mr. San? ford poured out a glass full. He offered it to his wife, but she refused. Then he pressed her to take it, but she again de? clined. At this John seated himself by the window and asked his wife to 'come and kiss him.' His wife laughed at her husband, which provoked him, and he took from his pocket the pistol. 'I've had enough of this,' he said, and point it at her fired. She fell to the floor and I ran out into the street." The United States Courts. A Washington despatch of July 12th gives the following in regard to the effects of the new laws in relation to Ju? ries and Marshals: To prevent delay in convening the District Court of Charleston, S. C., the Attorney General forwarded by telegraph to the Judge of that district a copy of the new law making provision for the judicial expenses of the government and prescribing the mode of drawing juries. The jurors had been selected under the provisions of the old law, but upon re ceipt of the new act they were dismissed and a commissioner appointed under the existing law to act in conjunction with the Clerk of the Court in drawing jurors from a new list. This Court will be the first to proceed with business un? der the new law. The Attorney General has issued a circular to the United States marshals calling attention to the fact that the ju? dicial bill for the fiscal year ending June 30,1880, is apportioned into specific ap? propriations and cannot be devoted to other expenses under any circumstances. Blanks for requisitions also accompany the circular, and marshals are directed to use money only for "fees of jurors," "fees of witnesses," "for support of Uni? ted States prisoners" and "miscellaneous expenses." Marshals are especially di? rected by the accompanying blanks to observe "that the specific sum which is advanced from one appropriation must be expended for the purposes of such appropriation alone;" and as each divis? ion of expenses has its peculiar appro? priation the accounts of each appropria? tion must be kept distinct and separate from the accounts of other appropriations, and further requiring them to keep their books so that they will show how much has been advanced to them from each appropriation and how much is to its daily credit._ The bill introduced in the House of Representatives to prohibit the collection of money from the office-holders for campaign purposes was defeated by Re? publican filibustering. No action could be had on the measure. What the party has been doing for many years it is still doing?the President's civil-service order to the contrary notwithstanding. The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce writes as follows: "Agents of the Republican Cam? paign Committee are exacting unusually large contributions from Government clerks. Last Friday, pay day, these fel? lows were on band, and as officials and clerks were paid off they were asked to turn over a liberal amount for the Ohio and Maine elections. In the Third Au? ditor's office of the Treasury Department alone $700 were thus raised. All the clerks of the Second Controller's office ex? cept one responded, and that one's name and political record was asked for and noted. This sort of thing is going on throughout the ? departments. The 'bleeding' process is being applied with extraordinary vigor and success." THE StUf'S DEADLY BAYS. Fifteen Deatho In Chariest cm Saturday ? The Greaseat Heat Ever Known. Charleston News and Courier, July 14. The heated tei'iil; which began on Wednesday. last, reached its height on Saturday, when the thermometer regis? tered higher than it had done in Charles? ton within the memory of the oldest in? habitants. At 2 o'clock p. m. the ther? mometer reached 101 degrees at Dr. Blackman's drug store, and the average for the day was 95 4-7 degrees. At Geo. W-. YfYiliains's warehouse., at the corner of Hayne and Church streets, the ther? mometer reached 111 degrees. At Smith & Valk's office, in Hasel street, it reached 108 degrees. At Wyllie & Teacher's of? fice, on Adger*s wharf, it reached 106 de? grees. At the Signal Office the highest point reached was 104 degrees. This, in every instance, was In the shade.. Yesterday opened cloudy With the wind from the. east; the highest point reached by tile thermometer being 62 degrees at 10 and 12 o'clock; the average for the day being 87 5-7 degrees. At 7:30 p. m. the clouds which had been passing over the city from the southeast all day, were met by a thunderstorm from the north? west, and for over an hour and a half the rain fell in torrents and the thunder kept up a continuous roar. The thermometer during the storm fell to 77 degrees, and there is every reason to believe that the Unprecedented heated spell just passed through has been finally broken up; THE HEATH ROLL. John Heinz, a German farmer, living near the Three Mile House, was sunstruck on Saturday morning, and died in a few hours. Deputy Coroner Fitzgibbon held an inquest, and the verdict, was death from tlje effect* of the excessive heat. Mr. L. H. Cramer, who keeps a bakery at 54 Anson street, died suddenly at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the ef? fects of the heat. He had just finished dinner and bad entered the bakery when he was overcome. He died in about ten minutes. Mr. Cramer was 31 years of age, was born in Lamstedt, Hanover, and had been in this country about eight years. He was a member of Walhalla Lodge, A. F. M., and of the German Rifle Club. His funeral services took place at St. Matthew's Church yesterday afternoon Mr. A. D. Graver, who keeps a grocery store at the corner of King and Spring streets, died from the heat about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. He had not left the store during the day, and died evidently from the oppression of the weather. He was buried yesterday afternoon, the Ger? man Fire Company, of which he was a member, attending the funeral services in a body and in full uniform. Capt. 8. W. McTureous died at his residence, 18 Bull street, at 1 o'clock Sat? urday morning from the effects of the warm weather. Capt. McTureous was a gallant Confederate soldier, and served through the war with distinction. He was 43 years of age at the time of bis death, and leaves a wife to mourn his loss. Mr. H. M. Larrisscy, a watchman in the employ of the South Carolina Bail road, died as his residence, 22 Cannon street, at 8 o'clock on Saturday evening, from sunstroke. Mr. Larrisey was 30 years old. and had lost a leg in the ser? vice of tue railroad. He was stricken down about 4 o'clock, and was at once carried to his residence, where he died before medical aid could be summoned. Mr. Henry Albers, a German about 40 years of age, who keeps a grocery store at the corner of Laurel and Borgard streets, was overcome by the heat be? tween 8 and 9 o'clock on Saturday night, and died at 7 o'clock yesterday morning at his residence over the store. He had been quite well all day, and bad not com? plained of feeling badly up to 7 o'clock on Saturday night. He leaves a wife and several children. Henry Johnson, a colored laborer, re? siding in President street, died on Satur? day morning from the excessive heat. He came home from work Friday night and complained of feeling badly. He grew worse during the night, and died Before a physician could reach him. Deputy Coroner Philippy held an in 3uest, and the verdict of the jury was eath from the excessive beat. The de? ceased was 48 years of age. William Price, colored, aged 64 years, living on the King street road, came home from the field where he had been working on Friday afternoon, overcome by the heat and died during the night. An inquest was held by Deputy Coroner Philippy on Saturday, and the verdict was death from the visitation of God. Henry Dougherty, a colored boy, 4 years of age, living at 112 Tradd street, died on Saturday evening from convul? sions superinduced by the heat. An in I quest was held by Deputy Coroner Phil? ippy, and the jury rendered a verdict of death from covulsions. Mr. William Monaghan, sixty-five years of age, a milkman by occupation, fell in his residence at the corner of Meet? ing street and McKeegan's alley during Saturday afternoon, overcome by the heat. Physicians were sent for, but he died in a short time, before assistance arrived. Mr. Monaghan had only one arm, and was extensively and favorably known throughout the city. While he lay dead in one portion of his house, Mr. James Harlow lay dangerously ill of the same malady in another. Mrs. Bermayer, aged 69 years, living at the corner of Spring and Norman streets, was prostrated late on Saturday afternoon, and died in about two hours, despite the efforts of her physician, Dr. J. S. Buist, and friends. Mr. B. Gralton, of 4 St. Philip street, a chimney contractor by occupation, was stricken down in his house during the afternoon, his symptoms being very vio? lent. Medical assistance was immedi? ately summoned, but when the physician, Dr. Cbazal, arrived, Mr. Gralton was al-, ready dving. He leaves a wife and fam? ily. ,. . I John Turner, a colored man living in i St. Philip street, just above Wentwortb street, engaged as a waitingraan in Or? ange street, was taken sick from the ef? fects of the heat on Saturday morning and died in a few hours. Daphney Grant, a colored woman liv? ing in King just below Hasel street, was sunstruck on Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock, and died almost immediately. Mr. James E. Manning, a painter for C. D. Franke, residing in Nassau street, was overcome by the beat on Saturday and died very shortly after. ? The Secretary of State, Mr. Evarts, says that the Republicans ought to carry three or four Southern States in 1880, for the reason that " the best class of South? erners are sick of Bourbon rule, and would like to ally themselves with the party of intelligence, property and influ? ence." We can assure the honorable Secretaiy that he is deceiving himself as well as his friends. There never will be a break in the Southern line so long as the bloody-shirr, champions are unrebuk ed in the North. The party of "intelli? gence, property and influence" ia the South is the Democratic party, and, al? though there is some difference of opinion as to the men who should represent the party in Congress and in the State gov? ernments, there is none as to the infamy of the slanders heaped upon the Southern people by the recognized Republican leaders of the North. The South re? members to her sorrow and indignation the carpet-bag and negro thieves that wero kept over her for many long years, and having emancipated herself from the rule of such unprincipled and ignorant rascals she will see to it that they are never restored to power. On this you may implicitly depend, Mr. Secretary. There is room enough in a corner of every traveler's writing desk to carry the tourists' friend?Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills. Price 25 cents. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Gleanings from oar State Exchanges) Charleston News and Courier: In the rear of Centennial Hall, on Sullivan's Is? land, may be seen the skeletons of sever? al Confederate 9oldiers buried there during the war. The tidp.9 and winds have shifted the sands and uncovered the bones of the dead heroes, and left them bleaching in the sun. It is certainly somebody's duty to have these remains decently interred in a grave cf sufficient depth,.and it would aeem that the Town Council of Moultrieville are the proper persons to take the matter in hand. Pickens Sentinel: The revenue officers have again commenced operations. They had several cases up before Commission? er Thornley last week, but we believe no one was bound over to court......Mr. E. Smith Griffin, an enterprising citizen of Liberty township has been recently showing what can be done on our nu? merous water powers, at a small cost, say $2,000. He has put right on the main road leading from this place to Easley, a corn mill, circular saw mill and a cotton gin, all run by one overshot wheel with improved machinery. He grinds 6 bush? els of corn per hour, and saws about 5, 000 feet of lumber, and can gin 10 bales of cotton, all in a day. This is a paying investment......This section has not had a season of rain in about eight weeks, and crops are seriously injured. Cotton is not much more than half its usual height and should it set in seasonable now, it would take the second growth and shed nearly all the fruit now on it. Forward upland corn is seriously injured, garden vegetables entirely burnt up, and the prospect is really getting gloomy. In some sections of the county, however, good showcM have fallen, and the pros? pect is much better than in this vicini fcy Abbeville Medium: Most discouraging accounts of the condition of tbe crops are heard on all sides and the drought bus already cut off the yield fully one-third. If we do not soon have rain there will be a total failure all around. We have not had such a dry year since 1845..The design of establishing an Associate Re? formed Presbyterian church at this place has not by any means been given up, but is taking on more definite shape every day and greater probability of success. Winnsboro' Newe and Herald: We are informed that, the negro recently bitten by a mad dbg in the Watered section has since shown decided symptoms of hydro? phobia. Beaufort Cretcent: Jack Gillison, a res? pectable old colored man, was acciden? tally sh and killed by a young man, Mr. Hamilton Fuller, on Monday, 7th inst. The old colored man was fishing in a marsh in which young Fuller was hunting cranes. The latter did not know the former was any where about, and in shooting at a crane missed his object and hit the old man. the ball passing through the temple and penetrating the brain. He was not found for several hours after the unfortunate accident. Aiken Review: Last week, near Wind? sor, while a little son of Mr. D. B. Dicks was ploughing he was accidentally struck in the side by the plough handles, from the effects of which he died on Thursday last. Abbeville Press & Banner: Last Fri? day night as Mr. John A. Devlin's wag? on, loaded with wheat, was coming to to town, two negroes who were lying on the side of the road hailed Mr. Dansby, the driver, and ordered him to stop on the hill between Mrs. Enright's and Fort Pickens. Mr. Dansby refusing to halt, they seized the horses by the bridles, when he drew his pistol, and the would-be highwaymen flea in the direc? tion of the railroad......Last fall Richard Romans, a Democratic colored man of this vicinity, sowed two bushels and three pecks of wheat on six acres of land, and has just threshed out ninety-three bushels. A good yield. Barn well People: The gin-house of Mr. W. R. Boynton, who resides between Al lendale and Buford's Bridge, was de? stroyed by fire on Saturday last. Chester Bulletin: A car load of cattle was shipped to Charleston from this place on the 4th by Messrs. Knox & Globe. Mr. Hamilton McCandlass of this coun? ty, made this season five hundred and fifty bushels of oats on ten acres of land. The McCollough Factory site was pur? chased last Monday by Messrs. J. H. Smith, J. J. Stringfellow and W. H. Gregg.Some sections of the county have oeen visited by copious showers. If the dry spell had continued much lon? ger the farmers would have been incon? solable. Catawba River and Torbit's mill pond were said to have been lower than were ever known at this season. Spartant urg Herald: Several sections of the county have been visited with good rains during the past week. Beaufort Sea Island News: The office of the Southern Express Company at Port Royal has been discontinued. Ex? press packages for that place come to the Beaufort office and are taken down to Port Royal by team.The crops on St. Helena Island are reported to be suffer? ing materially from drought, and in some portions of the island the corn is almost ruined. Large numbers have abandoned their crops and have gone to the rock mines to work. Beaufort Cresent: The entire cargo of the Rier has been discharged, and is now lying on the beach. It is expected the wreck will be soon dismantled. Chester Reporter: A strange occur? rence was related to us last Saturday by Mr. W. H. Wise. One day last week he "turned out" a hog which he had penned up for a few months. Ti.e hog ran off briskly, and had gone but a short dis? tance when both hind legs broke square off, in the fleshy part.During a recent heavy rain on Mr. W. H. Craiu's plan? tation, near Lewis's Turnout, a space of ground about ten feet square, on which were growing corn and cotton, was struck by lightning. The cotton was scorched and withered; the corn was uninjured. Mr. Crain would like to have some of the wise men esplain.There is no lull in the deep dissatisfaction and excited feel? ing evoked all over this county by the recent appointments to the offices of au? ditor and treasurer. The people are greatly aroused, and a public meeting to take some action on the matter is talked of. Darlington News: The Annual Sum? mer Fair of the Darlington Fair Com? pany will be held at the Fair Grounds on the 7th of August next.The Pee Dee Telegraph Company have received their charier, and will proceed at once to ex? tend their line to Cheraw and Beunetls ville. Dr. J. E. Byrd, the president, in? forms us that the line will be complete to Cheraw by the middle of August. Several bad cases of fever are reported in the vicinity of the mill-ponds.On Saturday night last tbe heaviest rain fell that has fallen in this portion of the county since April. The farmers were more than glad to see the rain as it was badly needed. Corn was cut off* by the drought, but the prospects of the cotton crop were never better, as the manures have not been expended by frequent rains, and will now begin to take effect. Edgeficld Advertiser: On Thursday night last, two of the oldest homesteads in our county were reduced to ashes? and at pretty much the same hour. And both these homesteads belonged to widow ladies, and both were uninsured. One of these was Mrs. Garrison Hollo way's large and comfortable residence in the Gilgal section. .'The other house de? stroyed was, at thfi old John Simkins place, three miles/iorth of us, owned by our townswoman, Mrs. Lucy Bates, a daughter of S. W. Nicholson, Esq.On Sunday last, the eleven weeks drought that has prevailed in our section was broken by a tolerably good rain. And this rain, although still partial, was more universal than luy that has fallen with? in the past two nonths. But it has cotno entirely too for thousands andthous ands of acres of corn. In many sections of our county, in fact in most sections, the aspect and status of the corn i3 indescri? bably miserable. Camden Journal: The cholera is play? ing havoc among the hog3 in some sec? tions of our county. Yorkvllle Enquirer: Seven shares of old stock of the King's Mountain Rail? road were sold on Monday last at $1 per share. ?10.00 REWARD. IWILL give the above sum for the ar? rest of LOUIS FLETCHER, a young man of about 18 years of age, who has re? cently been in my employment, and who left me on Sunday last, secretly taking away with him, without warrant or au? thority, various articles of my property. Upon his delivery in Anderson Jail the above sum will be raid. JAMES ANDERSON. July 17,187P_1_V_ "Thou Shalt not Steal." THIS applies only to rogues, as Daniels is putting an Attachment to Firearms that will shoot a rogue without regard to direction, and is absolutely safe to the owner. Cost, $2.50. The above command is enforced by the Attachment. State and County rights for sale. This a rare opportunity to mako money. Bring on your Firearms. J. A. DANIELS. July 17,1879 1 Application for Charter. NOTICE is hereby given that an applica? tion will be made to John W. Dan? iels, Esq., Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County, at 10 o'clock a. m., on Saturday, the 16th of August next, at his office at Anderson C. H., for a charter for "The Anderson Presbyterian Church," pursuant to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for grant? ing of certain Charters," approved Februa? ry 20tb, 1874. A. B. TOWERS, Chairman Board Trustees for "The Anderson Presbyterian Church." July 17, 1879 1 1 joseph b. robertson, frank e. taylor, hun!!y c. robertson. Robertson, Taylor & Go. successors to Geo. W. Williams 4c Co., COTTON FACTORS, WHOLESALE GROCERS, asd General Commission Merchants, 1 AND 3 HaYNE STREET, Charleston, - SJ. C. WILL give all business their most care? ful attention. Consignments of Cotton solicited. July 17,1879 1 2m THE FALLi SESSION OF WiHiamston Female College, Williamston, S. C, WILL open on MONDAY. AUGUST 4, 1879. If you are looking for a School as good as the best, with rates as low as the lowest, send for a new illustrated Catalogue. Rev. S. LANDER, President. July 10,1879 52 3m Valuable Property for Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of anderson. Court of Common PUas Jonathan B. Lewis vs. A. Reed Campbell, J. B. E. Sloan, et OL? Complaint to Fore? close Mortgage. BY virtue of an order to me directed in the above stated case from Judge A. P. Aldrich, presiding Judge, bearing date June 13, 1879,1 will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALEDAY in AUGUST next, at public auction, the following de? scribed property, to wit: All that Parcel or Lot of Land situate in the Town of Belton, County of Anderson, containing 43 feet front and 63 feet in depth, bounded on the North and East by lands of J. B. Lewis and A. J. Stringer, on the South by lands of B. D. Dean, and front and West by lands of the Greenvillo and Columbia Railroad Company. TERMS OF SALE- One-half the pur? chase money to be paid in cash; the bal? ance on a credit of twelve months, with bond and two good sureties and mortgage of the premises, with interest from day of sale, witk the right of the purchaser to an? ticipate the deterred payment. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS. Master. July 10,1879 52 4 Valuable Property for Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County In the Court of Common Pleas. J. W. Norris against Mary J. Harrison.? Judgment for Foreclosure. BY virtue of an order to me directed in the above stated case by his Honor T. B. Fr?ser, presiding Judge, bearing date March 1st, 1879,1 will sell at public sale at Anderson C. H., S. C. on SALEDAY IN AUGUST next, the following described property, to wit: All that certain Piece, Parcel or Lot of Land, and the Buildings thereon, situate within the corporate limits of the Town of Anderson, known as the Pool Spring Place, containing twenty acres, more or less, and adjoining lands of B. Frank Mauldin, J. Fleet. Clinkscales, Joseph N. Brown and others, and known as the late residence of Gen. J. W. Harrison. TERMS OF SALE-One-half of the purchase money to be paid in cash; the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to be secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for pa? pers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. July 10,1879 52 4 TO GIN OWNERS AND COTTON PLANTERS. TOU are respectfully invited to call on us and examine the samples now on hand of the celebrated Daniel Pratt Gin Co.'s Gin, Condenser and Feeder, which are far superior in points of durability and excellence to any other Machines now being offered to do the same kind of work. We call your attention to the annexed certificate of Mr. E. B. Rice, of Belton, S. C, who has been using one of our Gins for the past two seasons; and in addition we refer you to the following gen? tlemen who have our Gins and Condensers in use: Messrs. B. A. Davis, Girard & Bolt, J. B. Sitton, James B. Pruict. Waddv Bums, Harris, Drake & Co., C. K. Williford, Mc Gill & Hutchinson, Joshua Jamison, G. G. Richards. Belton, S. C, June 27,1879. I Messrs. McCully & Taylor, agents Dan? iel Pratt Gin Co., Anderson, S. C. I Dear Sirs?The G0-Saw Pratt Gin bought horn you in the fall of 1877 has been thor? oughly tested since that time, and has given enure satisfaction. I have no hesitation in pronouncing the sample made by it to be superior to that made by any Gin known to me. I have ginned as much as 350 bales of cotton?have had no repairiv? to do, and the Gin is now in perfect order. Its great improvement consists in its Revolving Head, which prevents cotton roll from breaking, and which completely destroys the friction produced by cotton box, there? by increasing its speed, preventing injury to saws, and the sample from being gin-cut. E. B. RICE. OUR STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE Is complete, and we invite purchasers to give us a call before buying. McCULLY oz TAYLOR. July 10, 1879 52 VIRGINIA CASSIMERES. JUST RECEIVED, a lot of those excel? lent goods that gave such perfect satis? faction. Call soon and make a selection. A. B.. TOWERS & CO. April 17,1879 40 13 "EST GIN MADE. Wiii-iAMSTox, S. C, June 30, 1879. Messrs. Bi.ecki.ey, Bbowk & Co., Agents, Andersos, S. C. Gentlemen: Tlic Neblett & Good? rich Cotton Oin bought of you some thre" or four years ago was, and is, the best Cotton Gin, to my mind, that is sold in this section of country. I have been a cotton producer and buyer of sonio experience, and can safely testify that the lint from the Neblctt & Goodrich Gin, with a corres? ponding yield, is as fine as that of any other Gin sold in this section, with a decided dif? ference in its favor with respect to its sim? plicity of construction, durability, price and light running features. I ginned six thousand pounds of seed cotton with this Gin in one day with horse-power on a forty-saw Gin. In other words, four five hundred pound bales of cotton. J. W. DACUS. I folly concur with Mr. Dacus in the above as to the quality of this Gin, and can Bay that it will do all that is recommended for it. S. WHARTON, Moffattsville, 8. C. The above Gins are for sale by BLECK LEY. BROWN <fe CO., Agents, at Ander? son, S. C. Call and examine specimen. July 3, 1879 61 LADIES, READ THIS. THE STEAM COOKEB which I have been advertising is recommended by the following housekeepers who have purchased since my advertisement first ap? peared : Mr. L. H. Seel?Dear Sir: I have suc? cessfully used your "Steam Cooker" two months, and I can recommend it to all housewives. Mrs. LETHE J. RUSSELL. Mb. L. H. Seel?Dear Sir: I would ad? vise every lady to buy one of your "Steam Cookers" who has not yet bought. Mrs. WM. B?RRISS. Mb. L. H. Seet/?Dear Sir: We are using your "Steam Cooker," and are delightw with it. Mrs. W. G. WATSON. Mb. L. H. Seel?Dear Sir: 1 am using your "Steam Cooker," and I would not be without it. Mrs. A. B. BOWDEN. Mb. Seel?Dear Sir: I have found your "Steam Cooker" to give perfect satisfaction in all the articles cooked, and in rice and hominy it is a decided saving, as the whole of these articles leave the vessel without caking and the usual waste. Yours truly, Mas. A. A. FRIERSON. Mr. L. H. Seel?Dear Sir: I am happy to say that the "Steam Cooker" purchased of you lias given entire satisfaction. It cooks admirably, and is a desirable addition to the culinary department. Mrs. G. P. TOLLY. Mb. L. fl. Seel?Dear Sir: I have used the "Steam Cooker,*' and take pleasure in stating that it gives entire satisfaction. Would not be without it. Yours truly, Mas. L. P. SMITH. A NEW and Valuable COOK STOVE. I also now have for sale the new KERO? SENE COOK STOVE, which is the most economical and convenient culinary ar? rangement for cooking generally that can be found anywhere. It saves cost in wood, is perfectly safe, and works admirably. It will afford pleasure to have you call and examine it for yourself. I have made a practical test of it, and can recommend it most heartily. In order to present induce? ments to try this arrangement, I will sell a Steam Cooker, Bake Oven and Kerosene Stove at the following Extraordinary Low Prices : No. 2 at $7.00; No. 3 at $10.50; or No. 3J at $12.00. Call and see me in West End of Waver ly House, Anderson, S. C. L. H. SEEL. May 29, 1879 46_ the attention OF THE LADIES OF ANDERSON IS respectfully invited to my SPRING STOCK OP MILLINERY GOODS, which has been selected with care to suit the varied tastes of my customers. The stock of these Goods is elegant, and will be kept replenished as the trade may demand. The prices are in all instances as reasonable as can be found for the same class of Goods anywhere else. Millinery, Mantua-Making, Stamping and Plaiting will be attended to promptly and carefully. The Ladies of the town and surrounding country are invited to call and examine my stock before pur? chasing. MISS DELLA KEYS, In Centennial House. April 3,1879_38_2m MONEY IN IT ! MR. P. G. MASSEY having purchased the Patent Right for COSTON'S GIN SHARPENER, forPickens,Oconee, Anderson and Abbeville Counties, and for Hart County, Ga., and having formed a o fartnership with him for the use of this atent, I am now prepared to sharpen your gin saws better and cheaper thu\ you nave ever had it done before. This Gin Sharp? ener is superior to any that has been used in this country, and does the work bttter than it can possibly be done by hand. I will travel through the country and sharp? en your Gins at your houses, or you can bring them to me at Anderson C. H. Send in your orders at once, and be prepared for the cotton season. I am also prepared to do any other work that may be needed. B. P. WILSON, Anderson, S. C. May 22,1379_45_3m WimiTE&WILHITE, (Successors to Wilhite& Williams,) No. O GRANITE BOW, CASH DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, FIXE TOILET SOAPS, FANCY HAIR and TOOTH BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES, TRUSSES and SHOULDER BRACES, GRASS and GARDEN SEEDS, Pure WINES and LIQUORS, for med? icinal purposes. Also, Paints, Oils. Varnishes and Dye Stuffs, Letter Paper, Pens, Ink, Envelopes, Glass, Putty, Carbon Oil, Lamps and Lamp Chimneys. Physicians Tro-criptions accurately compounded. July 10,1879 r.2 New Advertisements. ruin W a blessing. It locates disease. When? ever the bowels become Irregular, use Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient, it will save much pain and dancer. Nature some? times Is io outraged by ?ic burden she is mode to carry, through the hecdlcssness of her children, that ?he openly rebels, and punishes fearfully. Don't neglect the proper treatment when tbo symptoms first appear. Resort to the aperient, and get well speeduy. _SO D BY ALL DRUGGISTS._ -..?? .? ?? ? uimila. ... i r.-r month r. ?? il.iwa I.-1 ti ? .??.-?.:,(?>.rit our I ?; v.<v>'t ? ;il imvni ?.k. Iii i /???? . ? ? nenr QPVTI T.?. O. BICH 4 CO.. Portland, OAjH ?7 Maine, for best Agency Business in the World. Expensive Outfit Free. $r*'W a Month and expenses guaranteed to agent* _I * Outfit free. Shaw A Co., Augusta, Maine. (felWW A YEAR and expenses to agents. Outfit ?P ( i t Free, Address I*. 0. VICKERY, Augus? ta, Maine. Adrprlkpnipnt of 4 linc'1 Inserted 1 week in AUVCril-JCllltlllaso newspapers lor $10. Send 10c. ?orY100 Page pamphlet. Ii. P. ROWELX &. "medical card. HAVING associated with me Dr. Satu'l M. Orr, we will hereafter practice Medicine and Su-rgery under the name and stylo of NARDIN & ORR. Office in Centennial House, one-door East of Orr & Tribble's Law Office. W. H. NARDIN, M. D. July t, 1S73 51