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HENDFJiSOSYILLE E. B. 11EETI5G.
North and South Carolins, Tennesse?, Geor?
gia and Virginia Represented.
Columbia Register.
On the morning of the 3d at 10.80,
we made our departure from Columbia
in the elegant and comfortable coach,
through the kind courtesy of Colonels
Palmer and Dodamead, put at the dis?
posal of the invited gnesta from Colum?
bia. This party consisted of Governor
Simpson, Mayor Stanley, Attorney Gen?
eral Yonmww, ax-Gov. M. L. Bonham,
Hon. Jos. Daniel Pope, CoL F. W. Mc
i Maater, T. D. Kline, Superintendent of
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Road, Judge Andrew Crawford, Major
E. W. Seibels, Captain John S. Wiley,
Alderman W. B. Lowrance, CoL John T.
Sloan,. Jacob Muller, Esq., Justice J. Q.
I Marshall, P. B. Hagood, Joseph Daniel
Pope, jr., L. D. Childs, jr.j John P.
Thomas, jr., John F. Sutphea, Charles
M. Tew, W. McB. Sloan and our hum?
ble self of the Regisier. Everybody
seemed bright and in for the trip, and it
was not long before we circulated into
the car of the old "City by the Sea,"
where wo found that veteran of the
Chamber of Commerce, President Sam'l
Y. Topper, supported by Col. Wm.'L.
Trenholm, Mr. John L. Sheppard and
Receiver Fisher, the representatives of
the city. We were glad to meet, too,
Captain Post, of the United States En?
gineers, who was also in attendance.?
There were other gentlemen from Charles?
ton who united with the Charleston -reo??
resen&tion and creditably swelled the
list. Among them were Messrs. E.T.
Gaillard, P. T.-Lcwton, E. J. 'Sage and.
Major A. Vanderhost. We made good
time to Alston and took the Spartanburg
and Unios train with little or no delay,
and, after a brisk and delightful run,
taking'on many friends at Union, we
arrived at Spartanburg at 8.30 p. m.
Leaving Spartanbnrg at 4 p. m,., witii
four coaches and an ordinary road* en?
gine, we dashed away for the "Land of
the Sky.'' We made a delightful trip to
the foot of the mountain pass and started
op the steep grade at a slow pace and
?crept along one curve after another, when
our iron "horse "pished/" and after a
"shaw 1" "shaw I" "shaw P we came to a
stand-still. Two of the coaches were
then chocked and the engine took up the
two others quickly to the top of the grade
atSaluda acd returned for us, when we
were soon switched alongside and were
on" at a clashing speed for Henderson ville,
where we arrived some minuteti before 8
clock p. m. Let it be understood here
at we had not the R. Y. MoAden, the
engine used for heavy work, or there ;
would have been no detention whatever.
We heard but one expression in connec?
tion with .this feat of engineering in
climbing the Blue Ridge. It is pro?
nounced on all sides a wonderful success.
Whenever the transportation and travel
needii it, a fresh engine, kept at the foot,
of the- grade, will enable any train to
climb the grade with perfect e'ace in fif?
teen or twenty minutes. With this ex?
ception, cr for 65 miles of the route from
Spartanburg, there is no reason why 80
miles per hour for express trains cannot
be made as safely as 15. The iron is
heavy, the trestles are all short, and the
work substantial, so that when through
travel calls for it three hours is all the
me that need be consumed to make the
in from Spartanburg to Asheville.
The South Carolina Road by making
connection from Colombia to Orange?
barg, as the-crow. flies, over the best of
id beds, makes a saving of at least 15
lea, thus avoiding the long expensive
trestle through the Santee swamp, and
cutting the distance between this city and
Charleston to 115 miles. Next, connect?
ing by a most admirable route,' the Spar?
tanburg and Union Road with Columbia,
', can be reduced to 85 miles., making
le distance from Charleston to Spartan?
burg exactly 200 miles. This route, then,
would require from Charleston f aar hours |
to Columbia, aud three thencei to Spar?
tanburg, ana thence three to Asheville?
"dug in all ten hours. Adding two
jars for stoppages on route makes twelve
iours in all that will possibly bei required
the ran from Charleston to Asheville.
xving Charleston, then, at 7 a. m. we
rould arrive at Asheville at 7 p, m., with
a distance of 269 miles from the sea.
forty-two mils more carries us to Paint
" Dck, and 42 miles mor 3 of completed
?.d, requiring five hours, including stop?
pages, puts us at Morristown. 853 miles
L 3m Charleston, at 12 o'clock at night.
Lt this point we are 89 miles from Knox?
ville by the East Tennessee Road and 40
miles from Cumberland Gap, where all
the Western roads will make connection
with the great North Carolinaroute to
the sea. There is no reason, then, leav?
ing Charleston at 7 e, m.^why Knoxville
' and Cumberland Gap should not be made
by 2.30 the next morning, and Louisville
and Cincinnati at 12.30 p. m. the next
day. Through to Louisvillo or Cincin?
nati in 29 hours and 30 minutes! This
is what this great route means; this is
what the great meeting in Hemderson
' ville meant; this is the high hope that
pulsates now from Charleston to Knox?
ville, Cincinnati and Louisville, and on?
ward still to St. Louis, Evans vi .le and
Chicago. The-great dream of Hayne is
rushing to a reality, and only $125,000 is
j wanting to foot, the bill, so for as we are
concerned, and open the way from the
Ohio:to the sea, which, all told, will
. stand thus:
Charleston to Columbia.115 miles
Columbia to Spartanburg.? 85 "
-200
Spartanburg to Asheville._ 69 miles
Asheville to Morristown.84 "
Morristown to Knoxville. 39 "
-192
^Charleston, to Knoxville.-392
Or to Cumberland Gap:
Charleston to Spartanburg.200
Spartanburg toMcrristown._153
Morristown to Cumberland Gap.40
393
Cumberland Gap to Louisville andCin
) cinnati.195
Charleston to Loaisville and Cincianati.^88
What does this mean, when compared
with the present route:
? Savannah to Macon.-190 miles.
Max?n to Atlanta....-103 M
Atlanta to Chattanooga.138 "
Chattanooga to Nashville.151 "
5S2 miles.
Thus, showing Nashville, by the pres?
ent route, only six miles nearer than the
Cumberland and French Broad route to
the Ohio! Does this not literally move
the Ohio to Cumberland with th a saving
of this distance between Nashville and
Loaisville?
So mach, then, for the purpose: of this
great meeting.
\ Henderson ville is a very pretty town
of some 600 to 800 inhabitants. It is, in
fact, only a part of the famous Flat Rock
settlement. The hotel accommodations
were limited for such a crowd as rushed
on the little town, but the people did all
nnrlat thrt circnxEststnces to
meet the emergency, and the accommo?
dations at the private houses were all
that could be wished. We found Mrs.
Patton's?600 yards from the court house
?all that heart could wish, and presume
others fared as well. Late in the night
of the 3d parties were flying hither and
thither for accommodation, some going
to Flat Bock and lodging with Henry
Farmer, the picture of good eating and
good cheer.
The morning of the 4th was ushered
in with the pomp and display of an oc?
casion never before witnessed in Hender
soQville. People came thronging in from
every direction and by every method,
from a four-in-hand toehanksmare. The
yeomanry of the mountain region, accom?
panied by their bonnie lasses of Polk and
Transylvania and Buncombe, flocked to
the town.. Asheville, renowned for the
beauty of her belles and the accomplish?
ment of her sons, joined in the growing
throng, and the streets of the little town
wore indeed the appearance of a holiday.
On reaching the ground, a beautiful
shaday hill near the railroad station, we
found already gathered a large assem?
blage of people. As the special train
from Spartanbnrg and the train from
Charlotte approached, a salute was fired
from a small piece on the ground, whilst
the cheers of the assembled multitude
rang aloft, bespeaking the kindly wel?
come of the assembled thousands.
As soon as the visitors left the cars,
Mr. Ewart, the Mayor of Henderson vi lie,
received them with a kindly, graceful,
spirited welcome, and was replied to by
Col. E. Y. McAdden in his own hearty,
inimitable way.
The procession then formed under the
lead of T. W. Taylor, chief marshal of
the day, and marched to the stirring
notes of the town band, the flag of the
Union flapping to the breeze as the real?
ly imposing array wended its way to the
speaker's stand, on a shady knob withio
sight of the station. Here long tables,
had been prepared for the barbecue, and
the multitude were invited to fire away
and fall back all along the line. This
was done with a gusto, and roasted sheep
and shoal went the way of such flesn
faster than we have seen it in all our ex?
perience.
The barbecue dispatched, Col. McAden
.welcomed the visitors present and ex?
pressed his great gratification at the large
assemblage of people who had responded
to the invitation extended to them.
Marshal Taylor then introduced Gen.
T. L. Clingman. The General made a
brief but telling address, which began
with a glowing compliment to the ladies.
He said that Jacob served seven weary
years for, a wife, but that those who bad
been-interested in the opening of this
great route to tho West had been called
upon to exercise seven times the patience
of the patriarch. The great Robert Y.
Hay ne forty -two years ago had bent all
his energies to accomplish this great
work. Eight millions of dollars had
been expended to achieve the results at a
former day. After the most strenuous
efforts.ever made by man from 1836, Gen.
Hayne, in June, 1842, made a report
looking to its abandonment. He (Cling?
man). had attended the session of the
Legislature in 1842 and urged with all
his might that the great scheme should
not be abandoned, and it was with sad
heart he had returned to bis mountain
home after the conclusion reached by the
Legislature at that time to make no fur?
ther efforts for the prosecution of the
work. He had continued to hope, how?
ever, for better things, and hence to-day,
after forty-two years, he had come again
to join heart and hand in the work of
carrying to a full consummation the
dream of his young days. Gen. Cling?
man then animadverted on the value of
the road in a national point of view, and
said the climate was unsurpassed by St.
Moritr or Ticinio. He confidently be?
lieved that the completion' of this route
would make Charleston a great city,
which she would have been years ago
had her own Hayne lived to carry out
the great dream of hin life. Gen. Cling?
man here alluded to Gov. Jarvis, a gal?
lant officer of his brigade, and gracefully
retired with the announcement that that
officer, now the honored Governor of
North Carolina, would address the as?
semblage.
Governor Jarvis came - forward amidst
much applanse. He said it was with pe?
culiar pleasure and gratitude he witnessed
the enthusiasm of the vast assemblage
before him, connected as it was with the
birthday of American liberty. We had
assembled, however, not only from the
promptings of proud patriotism, but also,
with one heart and mind, to give a help?
ing hand to the completion of a great
connection with the wide and fruitful
West, which now stood so near comple?
tion as to leave no further doubt as to
the practical character of the great un?
dertaking.
"I proclaim," said the Governor, "that
so far as North Carolina is concerned,
her coarse shall be onward. (Great ap?
plause.) Long and patiently have we
waited for this the day of commercial
deliverance, and now that we are in a
stone's throw of the prize, North Caro?
lina and North Carolinians will not stay
the helping hand to the great work.
( Applause.) This is an occasion in which
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes?
see, Georgia and Virginia are united, and
it was with peculiar pleasure I discharge
the duty as Governor of North Carolina
to extend for her the most cordial wel?
come to tho sister States assembled be?
fore me. The reign of peace I trust is at
hand when we shall win great and last?
ing victories and choose that better part
which shall not be taken from us." His
Excellency then, with much warmth, ex?
tended the welcome of the State to Gov.
Simpson, of South Carolina.
After the performance of the Hender
sonville and Spartanbnrg Silver Cornet
Bands, which was greatly enjoyed by the
multitude, Governor Simpson stepped to
the front and was received with a most
responsive cheer from the assembly and
the platform. He said: When Moses
reached the banks of the Jordan he sent
out spies into the land of promise, that
they should behold the fatness thereof.
We have not come, fellow-citizens of
North Carolina, to Bpy out your land to
possess it as did the Israelites of old, but
to rejoice with you in beholding your
beautiful and bountiful mountain region,
where your healthful climate blushes on
J'our cheeks and the abundance of your
ands is displayed in the wide hospitality
which has spread these far-stretching
tables arouud us and covered them with
the rich and juicy flesh of your flockt and
the bread of your own hill-sides and
valleys. I came here, fellow-citizens,
rather as a spectator, to behold and en?
joy all this fair scene before me, than
participate in the proceedings of the day,
but your committee of arrangements
thought otherwise, and as I always have
made it a rule in life to do, I answer as
best I can the demand made upon me as
a fellow-citizen of a common country and
as the Governor of South Carolina, your
nearest sister across the border. I have
no fitting words with which to respond
to the warm welcome of your justly hon?
ored Chief Magistrate. This day is one,
fellow-citizens, on which North Caroli?
nians may justly and proudly recall tho
Sast. The signers of the Mecklenburg
eel a rat ion have the right to claim the
honors of this day. It can never be for?
gotten that the men of Mecklenburg led
the way in the glorious path of duty
which American freemen can never, will
never, forego. [Applause and cheers.]
So we across the border celebrate our 28th
of June, when the British men-of-war
retired before our reeling ramparts ablaze j
with resistless ardor of Carolina freemen.
So, again, we celebrate the 22d of Feb?
ruary, the birthday of our first and still
our greatest President, tho Father of his
Country. These days should never be
forgotten. It is wise, it is good for us all
that we should come together with one
mind and heart on such occasions and
learn to dwell together as brethren of one
fold.
Peace has its triumphs as well as war,
and this work, which is opening a great
link with the affluent West, is just one
of the triumphs sufficient to awaken the
pride and gladden the heart of any peo
Ele. A half century ago Hayne and
IcDuffie, with others, inaugurated this
grand scheme. What these men of gen?
erous and burning patriotism failed to
achieve in their day and generation our
Duncan and your Coleman and McAden,
and Georgia's Anstell, and Union and
Spartanburg, Henderson and Buncombe
have gloriously accomplished in our day!
[Great and repeated applause.] For,
surely, surely, fellow-citizens, what is so
nearly done now, with every difficulty
and doubt put behind us, will not now be
deserted in che moment of final triumph.
Your Governor has said that North Car?
olina will not desert the good work, and
South Carolina will not be found want?
ing. [Great applause.] The Governor
then dwelt at some length on the great
natural sources of progress, agriculture,
commerce and the mechanical arts, and
insisted that there could be no true pro?
gress when these three factors of national
strength moved not harmoniously to?
gether. He then concluded in a fine ap?
peal to the blessings of peace?saying
with fine voice and much fervor: If I
had the voice of an archangel and could
reach over these swelling mountain
ranges billowing up around us, I would
proclaim it to all my countrymen in
every section of this wide Union, on this
the birthday of American liberty, peace
on earth and good will to man as the one
good thing above all others needful
amongst the sons of this groat land,
where it is only to will it for our people
to be free and happy to their remotest
posterity, and where it is only necessary
to pursue the peaceful industries of life
with the ardor our people have ever ex?
hibited in the field to make us the rich?
est as well as the freest people ever
known to history. The Governor sat
down in a burst of applause, and his re?
marks seemed to have been universally
admired.
Ex-Governor Senter, of Tennessee, was
then introduced and made a most busi?
ness-like, sensible and able speech. He
said he had come 600 miles to reach
Hendersonville, a little over eighty miles
from where he resided. He had come
from the daughter of North Carolina to
join with the mother on this auspicious
occasion, when the men who had shoul?
dered this great work were casting about
for the ready means to push the whole
matter to a final consummation. The
speaker said: As the daughter of the old
North State we want you to take us back
to the bosom of our old mother. _ (Ap
flause.) And we want you to do it now.
t is useless to tell the men who have
achieved what I saw, in coming here
through the mountain passes, how to do
it. They will find the way out of the
present snap. They will not consent to
stand still now, almost in sight of the
freat objective point of all their efforts,
came to tell you, he said, that we will
meet you at the border of Tennessee, and
that you may rely upon this as an accom?
plished fact.
When you tap the graneries of the
great West and make this, as it is, the
natural line of transportation and travel
; between the South and West, a new day
and a new life shall have come to you
and to us. We are here to-day to show
our sympathy in the great work and to
assure you from Tennessee that our part
shall be done to meet you as you come
to us, and that you may accept this as?
surance with perfect confidence. Judge
Moses will read certain communications
from important railroad men of our sec?
tion for which I ask a hearing. Gov.
Senter was listened to with profound at?
tention throughout, and the practical
character of his remarks gave great
satisfaction.
Judge John L. Moses then came for-,
ward and assuring the public of the au?
thoritative force of the writets read sev?
eral communications.
Judge G. D. Fowles, of North Carolina,
was introduced and made an ornate ad?
dress, in which he paid a handsome com?
pliment to Vance, Ransom, Hampton and
Butler. He concluded with a remark
which was cheered to the echo, that B.
Y. McAden might go to bed to-night
conscious of having achieved a great
work.
President S. Y. Tupper, of the Charles?
ton Chamber of Commerce, was then in?
troduced. He was handsomely received,
and listened to with great attention. He
said: I have come among you for the first
time to breathe your mountain air, and
your bracing air and beautiful scenery to
speak in fitting terms of the wonderful
work you have performed. When you
raise an obelisk upon the mountain to
the memory of Hayne, McDuffie and
Gadsder., Charleston claims the privilege
of contributing a block in honor of the
living heroes Duncan and McAden, who
are pushing on the work they so nobly
began. (Immense applause.) We are
told that all Frenchmen, when they die,
fo straight to Paris. As a Charleston ian,
may as well assume, therefore, that all
your roads, when completed, lead straight
to Charleston. (Laughter and applause.)
Charleston has much at stake in this
enterprise. I regret that under her pres?
ent embarrassments she can offer but lit?
tle pecuniary assistance at this time.
The man who advocates railroad appro?
priations in that city, in the face of heavy
taxation, a large municipal debt and the
millions we have sunk already in railroad
enterprises, must encounter some oblo?
quy, and the opposition of small politi?
cians and office-seekers. But I will ven?
ture against that sort of censure. I will
go back to Charleston and tell the people
of this majestic spectacle among the
mountains to-day; of the thousands that
have assembled to cheer on this work by
which Charleston is to be quickened and
built up. And I will then ask them to
make some sacrifice, and even part with
some of their possessions, if necessary,
to complete this connection with the
West. But I bring you now the hopes
and greetings of a kindred people, bound
to you by ties of blood and a common
destiny; a people so lately impoverished
by war, and but slowly advancing towards
prosperity. They commend your energy
and pray that this connecting link be?
tween the West and South Atlantic may
be speedily accomplished.
You have before you one at least who
has advocated your cause and believed
in the consummation of it. It is now
the only practicable route by which the
seaboard and the West can be united,
and so impressed upon me was this belief
that a year ago I referred to it in the
communication which I had the honor to
make to the committee on commerce of
the United Stales Senate when urging
the appropriation for Charleston harbor.
We are preparing in Charleston to meet
you. It is your natural outlet to the sea.
Our railroad will shortly be extended to
the water's edge and its freight will be
brought within the reach of the ship's
tackles; and as the general government
is now at work in earnest, deepening our
bar and harbor, the largest merchantmen
and steamers in the world will soon be
?able to enter our port in safety.
About ?30,000,000 have been invested
iu Charleston in presses, warehouses,
banks and railroads for the accommoda?
tion of commerce.
I did intend going into some statistics
and figures showing which is the shortest
route to Cincinnati, and how much it
would be for your advantage to trade
with Charleston. But in the presence of
these fair ladies I have not the heart to
do it. I would as Boon repeat the multi
{tlication table or cipher out a sum in
ong division as expect to interest them
over a table of railroad distances. Would
that I could, in proper terms, make some
acknowledgment for my friends and my?
self to these ladies for adding grace and
decorum to this vast assemblage by their
presence.
Major D. B. Duncan was then intro?
duced, and said that he would be untrue
would I catch inspiration from
to himself did he fail to acknowledge the
gratitude and appreciation which swelled
his bosom on the occasion. He would
be still more untrue as a man did he fail
to acknowledge where the chief honors
of this achievement belonged. It was to
be remembered to the enduring honor of
Union County, though no part of the
Spartanburg and Asheville Road wonld
touch her border, yet she initiated the
work with a subscription of $150,000. It
is true Spartanburg, Henderson and
Buncombe have done nobly, but all must
yield the palm to Union. (Applause.)
Again it must be said but for Maj. Cole
man, whose genius scaled the mountains,
the road would never have reached suc?
cess. Therefore, to this great, earnest,
modest child of genius, the son of your
own soil, we come to do honor according
to his unquestioned merits. (Wild cheers
for Coleman, and much applause.)
The Hon. J. M. Leach here came for?
ward and made one- of those rich, ready
and rare addresses peculiar to him and
very satisfactory to large assemblies. He j
said his name was attached to every bill
for internal improvements that had ever
Eassed a North Carolina Legislature, and
e had sustained this road with all his
might. Now he was prepared to say that
it must go on. There was no other thing
to say about it, and.be was reminded of
the story of the little boy who was found
gouging in a gopher hill with a sharp
stick. Time and again he was advised
of the fruitlessness of his task. At last
when he had been many times exhorted
to desist he said: "I'll be sure to get him;
I must get him; by thunder, I must get
him; for if I don't, we won't have any
meat at home." (Burstof laughter.) Now,
this is just the wav it stands with the
matter of finishing this road. We must
do it or there will be no meat in the fam?
ily. (Much laughter and applause.) And
when you see McAden at the end of a
sharp stick scratching for the means to
do it, you may be sure, my fellow-citizens,
that the gopher meat is sure to come.
(Laughter and applause.) The General
went on, making telling hits, all meaning
business as well as fun all the time, and
at times coupled with pathos and eloquent
bursts, which roused applause in every
direction.
Attorney General Toumans, of South
Carolina, was then introduced, and made
a beautiful address, in which he recount?
ed the triumphs of physical science. He
spoke of Hayne as a martyr to the great
work,,dying at Asheville just before the
scheme was abandoned. He said South
Carolina had spent millions for roads and
Charleston had sper.t her treasure like
water for connections with the interior.
Whatever the great West may now do,
then, in completing the work so nobly
begun with us?whatever of rich products
she might send to our shores?we shall
give back to the Northwest a more pre?
cious dowry than bride ever gave bride?
groom?a broad and beautiful harbor.
I Here the speaker alluded in most appro
Sriate and complimentary terms to Cap ;.
. C. Post, now'engaged in the works of
I Charleston harbor.
Ex-Governor Bonham, when intro?
duced, said briefly he had not come to
indulge in a speech. He wished simply
to be present on the interesting occasion.
He was glad to be here and to know that
South Carolina had done her duty in this
matter. Chicago had promised, if we
should build the road to Cumberland
Gap, to meet ns there.
Col. R. Y. McAden was introduced and
welcomed with cheers. He said it was
hardly fair to make him build the road
and then put double duty on him in
speech-making besides. Coleman, by his
genius, bad not only brought ns over the
mountains, but he had advanced his pro?
fession twenty years by the work. When
they had undertaken this work it was a
very doubtful achievement from every
point of view. In less than five years
they had mastered every difficulty, and
all was now plain sailing. Only $125,000
was wanting to go to Asheville only 9J
miles of grading was necessary arid that
over the smoothest section of road. The
cry now was: Shall the road go on?
What says North Carolina ? What says
South Carolina? What says Charleston?
These are questions which must now be
answered. There was no time to lose.
We must go on, and for one he was pre?
pared to say it must and shall go on.
(Great cheering and applause.)
N. H. Bu3bee, Esq., of Raleigh, N. C,
was then introduced and spoke at some
length in a spirited address, touching the
day and the occasion.
Mr. John W. R. Pope, of the Register.
was introduced by Gen. Clingman, ana
spoke briefly, as follows: He did not
consider this an occasion for rhetoric or
fine talking at all. It was an occasion
for facts and business. Facts always
meant what they said and said what they
meant. We are at Hendersonville to?
day, 271 miles from Charleston, directly
on the way to the great West. We have
been told 6J miles of grading is all we
have to do, and the rest of the gap, some
42 miles, would be done?indeed wsb
Erovided for by North Carolina. We
ave to deal with the 21 miles to Ashe?
ville, with only O*- miles of grading to
do, and that $125,000 will finish the road
and iron iL Let us, then, keep a steady
eye on this $125,000, and ask ourselves
in North Carolina and South Carolina
what we can do to cure this deficiency.
That was the live issue now ? The glori?
ous past is a great matter; the pressing
demands of the present greater. What
can you do in this matter? That's the
question now, and "that's what's the
matter with Hannah," now. Never was
there an occasion in which the old max?
im was more pertinent, "Ho gives twice
who quickly gives."
Gen. Clingman thanked the audience
for their attention and decorum, and the
meeting was among the things that were.
We can only add that it was a great suc?
cess, and that no less than 3,500 people
were present.
The Nature of a Miracle.
A priest, after vainly trying to explain
the nature of a miracle to a doubting
Irishman, suddenly stopped, kicked him,
and asked, "Did you feel that?" "Yes,"
Baid the Irishman. "If you hadn't," re?
sumed tho priest, "it would have been a
miracle." Thus argument sometimes
fails to convince, though every objection
be fully answered. Like stubborn are
the few who yet doubt the efficacy of Dr.
Pierce's Family Medicines. Positive
proof of merit has repeatedly been ad?
vanced. Testimonials from prominent cit?
izens in nearly every town in North
America have been published, certifying
to the doctor's sincerity, honesty, and su
Serior skill. Why longer doubt? If af
icted with a cold, cough, bronchitis,
consumption, or any scrofulous disease or
humor, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis?
covery will effect your speedy cure. Give
no heed to what some unsuccessful phy?
sician, or healthy and "skeptical" neigh?
bor may say. Decide for yourself. J. A.
Alexander, M. D., of Broadway, Va.,
writes that ho has thoroughly tested Dr.
Pierce's Family Medicines in an exten?
sive practice, and has found them to
possess superior merit, and to do all
that was claimed for them. He further
says that a copy of tho Pcoplo's Common
Sense Medical Adviser should be in
every house.
? "Ah, yes," said Mrs. Partington,
some years ago on the 22d of February
as she saw the military pass by, "Wash?
ington is dead, and the worst of it is that
his mantlepiece don't seem to have fallen
on any man now living." _
LUMBER! LUMBER!
ALARGE lot of gooi Lumber is kept
constantly on band at my Lumber
Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson,
and orders for large or small lots of any
kind desired will be promptly filled at low
prices. Mr Robert Mayhem is my agent
for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and
will furnish any information desired to
persons wishing to moke an order.
JOHN KAUFMAN.
Jan 80,1879 1? ly
45 Years Before the Public.
THE C?NU!N?
DB. ?. McIAHE'S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
ovsrErsiA and sick headache.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
PAIN in the right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres?
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe?
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen?
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dyjl, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss of mem?
ory, accompanied with a painful sen?
sation of having left undone some?
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa?
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer?
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In i'act, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex?
isted, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the liver to
have been extensively deranged,
AGUE AND FEVER.
Dr. C. McLanljs Liver Pills, in
cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most h:i;?py results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
For all bilious derangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are uncqualed.
15 LTV A RE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine arc nsver sur-nr coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid,
with lite impression Du. McLa.ne's Liver.
Pi i.i.?.
'!':.?? genuine McLatck's Liter Pills bear
ihc m/i:ii;ur:s of C. McL.ane and Fleming
on the wrappers.
J-i ist u:>on having the genuine Dr. C
McLaxk'* I.;vkr-Tills, prepared by Flem?
ing iiro?.. of Pittsburgh. Pa., the market being
fall ttt imitations of the name McLaiie,
sccHcd differently but same pronunciation.
YELLOW FEVER?BLACK VOMIT.
It la too eoon to forget the ravages of this terri?
ble disease, which will no doubt return In a more
malignant and virulent form in the fall of 1879.
MERRBLL'8 HEPATINE, a Remedy discover?
ed in Southern Nubia and used with such wonder?
ful re-nlts In South America where the most ag
gravaled cases of fever are found, causes from one
> two ouncen of bile to be filtered or strained
from ilie blood each time it passes through the
Liver, as long as an excess of bile exists. By Its
wonderful action on the Liver and Stomach the
HEPATINE not only prcvonts to axcrtainty any
kind of Fever and Black Vomit, but also cures
Headache, Constipation of tho Bowels, Dyspepsia
and all Malarial diseases.
No one need fear Yellow Fever who will expel
the Malarial Poison and excess of bile from the
blood by using MERBELL's HEPATINE, which
is sold by all Druggists in 23 cent and $1.00 bottles,
or will bo sent by oxpress bv the Proprietors,
A. F. MKRRETJi & co., Philo., Pa.
Dr. Pemberton's Stillingla or Queen's
_ Delight.
The reports of wonderful cures of Rheumatism.
Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Syphilis. Cancer, Ulcers and
Sores, that come from all parts of the country, are
not only remarkable but so miraculous as to be
doubted was it not for the abundance of proof.
vPM*mrAHT.n CURE OF SCROFULA, Ac.
Out oj Col. J, C. Branton.
Kingston, Ga., September 15,1871.
Gents?For sixteen years I bavo beon a great
sufferer from Scrofula in its most distressing forms.
I have been confined to my r>>om and bed for fif?
teen yean with scrofulous ulncratlons. Tho most
approved remedies for such cases had been used,
ana the most eminent physicians consulted, with?
out any decided benefit. .Thus prostrated, dis?
tressed, desponding, I was advlted by Dr. Aycr, of
Floyd County, Ga., to commence the use of your
Compound Extract Stillingla. Language is as in?
sufficient to describe the relief I obtained from the
uso ot the Stillingla as it is to convey an adequate
Idea of tho intensity of my suffering before using
your medicine-; sufficient to say, I abandoned all
other remedies and continued the use of your Ex?
tract of StiUingia, until I can sar truly. "I am
cured of aU pain," of all disease, with nothing to
obstruct the active pursuit of my profession. More
than eight months have elapsed since this re?
markable cure, without any return of the disease.
For tho truth of the above statement, I refer to
any gentleman in Bartow County, Ga.. and to the
members of tho bar of Cherokee Circuit, who are
acquainted with me. I shall ever remain, with the
deepest gratitude, your obedient servant,
J. c. BRANSON, Att'y at Law.
A MIRACLE.
West Poixt, Ga., Sept 10,1870.'
Gents?My daughter was taken on tho 25th day
of Juno, 18C3, with what was supposed to be Acute
Rheumatism, and was treated for the same with no
success. In March, following, pieces of bonoToe
Sn to work out of tho right arm, and continued
appear tiU all the bone from the elbow to the
shoulder joint came out. Many pieces of bone
came out of tho right foot and leg. Tho caso was
then pronounced one of White Swelling. After
having been confined about six years to her bed,
and the case considered hopeless, I was Induced to
try Dr. Pemberton's Compound Extract of Stillin?
gla, and was sowcll satisfied with its effects that I
have contlnued the uso of It until tho present.
My daughter was confined 'o her bed about six
years be for o she sat up or even turned over with?
out help. She now sits up all day, and sews most
if her time?has walked across the room. Her
general health is now good, and I believe she will,
as her Umbs gain strength, walk well. I attribute
her recovery, with the blessing of God, to the use
of your invaluable medicine.
With gratitude, I am yours truly,
If. ?. BLANTON.
West Point, Ga., Sept. 1G. 18*0.
Gests?Tho above certificate af Mr. W. B. B!an
ton we know and certify to as being true. Tho
thing is so; hundreds of the most respected citi?
zens will certify to it. As much reference can be
given as may be required. Yours truly,
? CRAWFORD & WALKER, Druggists.
HON. D. H. WILLIAMS.
dr. pemberton's stillingia 's prepar?
ed by A. K. MERRILL & CO., l'blla., Pa.
Sold by all Druggists In 81.00 bottles, or sent by
express. Agents wanted to canvass everywhere.
Send for Book?"Curious Story"?lrco to all.
Medicines sent to poor people, payable, in Install?
ments.
Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after Monday, June 2nd, 18?J. the pa?scn
ger Trains over the Grconvlllc and Columbia Rail?
road will be run daily, Sundays excepted:
UP.
Leave Columbia at.10 HI a m
Leave Alston.12 20 p m
Leave Ncwbcrry.... 1 81 p m
Leave Hodges.?. 4 27 p m
Leave Bclton.6 0.1 p m
Arrivo at Greenville. 7 30 p nj
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at.6 45 a m
Leave Helton. 8 25 a ra
Leave Hodges. 5 55 f in
Leave Ncwbcrry.12 45 p m
Leave Alston.?. 2 17pm
Arrive at Columbia. 3 -15 p m
ANDERSON BRANCH A BLUE RIDGE R, B.
UP.
Lcavo Belton.f> 03 p m
Leave Anderson. 6 50 p m
Leave Pcndlcton. 7 45 p m
Leave Perryville. 8 20 p ra
Leave Senecn City. 8 30 p m
Arrivo at Walhalla.i) 00 p m
DOWN.
Leave Wal hall a._.5 15 a m
Lcavo Seneca City.... 5 45 a a?
Leave Perryville.., ? 58 a m
Lcavo Pcndlcton. C 10 a a
Leave Andorson. 7 35 a m
Arrive at Bolton.8 15 a m
THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Suo't
ClUICK SALES
AND
SMALL PROFITS
IS our motto, and we can make it to your
interest to call and ace us when you are
in need of anything. We wiU sell you
good Goods at low prices.
A. B. TOWER13 & CO..
No. 4 Granite Row.
April 17,1879 40
asp
RELIABLE.
? ?_? ?. svotu/s Ltvjsb InvigobatobJ
.: tidsrl Family Eemedy for
?.< ? ?;: ?im t:i?Liver, Stomach jt< "
jjtiul 2owcls.~-It is Purely ?.<ka7i
^Yegefrude.? It ncver^**"
?TVoiiitntea?It is ^
JO.itU.iiticaud ^WJjjj
5Toui(
Liver!
*Invigorator5
"has been nsedj
in my practice"?
[jJP'and by the public,|
for more than 35 years,;
?with unprecedented results.'
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.i
i. T. W. SASFORD, M.D., ^f^crr^
AIT DBCflflUT WILL TEI.L 100 ITS KPUTATIOX. 5
SMITH'S WORM OIL!
Athens, Ga., December 8,1878.
A few nights since I gave my son one dose
of the Worm Oil, and the next day he passed
sixteen large worms. At the same time I gave
one to my little girl, four years old, and she
passed eighty-six worms from four to fifteen
inches long. W. F. Phillips.
WORM OIL for sale by Drussists gener?
ally. Prepared by E. S. LYDON, Athens,
Georgia. Price 25 cents.
March 14, 1879_35_ly_
Agents Wanted to Sell
Gen. "Dick" Taylor's New Book,
DESTRUCTION
AND
RECONSTRUCTION,
Person?.! Experiences of tho Into War,
BY BICHARD TAYLOR,
LIoutenant-General in the Confederate Army.
1 Vol., 8vo, Cloth, 271 pages. Price $2.
For further particulars, apply to
D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers,
G-iu and 551 Broadway, New York.
June 26,1879 _50_2_
A LIMITED NUM
|BER of active, ener
'getic canvassers to en?
gage in a pleasant and profitable business.
Lrood men will find this a rare chance
TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement
by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating
what business, they have been engaged in.
None but those who mean business need
apply. Address,
FINLEY, HARVEY & CO.,
March 29, '79?ly Atlanta, Ga.
WANTED;
Is a perfect Blood PCBIFim, Uid is tho
only purely Vegetable remedy known to sci?
ence, that has made radical and permanent
Ctbes of Syphilis and Scbotula in all their
stages.
It thoroughly removes mrreuty ..?
system; it relieves the igunta of in. ? : '.!
rheumatism,and speedily cures u!l .
(MM.
For sale by SIMPSON, REID & CO
Anderson, 8. C.
April 17,1879 40 ly
WATER WHEELS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,
aTLaFMr.PUIIEYB MD mffl?m 1 HBflgj)
POOLE # HUNJ,
EALTIMOHE. .
WANTED!
A No. 1 YOKE of OXEN.
APPLY TO
J. M. Matthews, Belton, S.O.
(Formerly of Ninety Six,)
MANUFACTURER of the Palmetto
Cotton Gin and Condenser. Agent
for the New Economizer Steam Engine and
Boiler, the Farquhar Thresher and Separa?
tor, Saw Mills, Qrist Mills and other Ma?
chinery.
Repairing faithfully done. Lottcrs by
mail receive prompt attention.
April a, 1879_ 3S_2m
The Nineteenth Century adds the
Eighth Wonder of tho World.
The Holman Liver Pad,
PLASTERS and SALTS,
Cures without medicine, simply by absorp?
tion. A suro cure for Dyspepsia, Tor?
pid Liver, Biliousness, and all
such Diseases.
Call at once, ye invalids.
Sold in the Town of Anderson only by
SIMPSON, REID & CO.,
Benson House Corner.
March 20, 1879_30_ly
Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R. R.
On and after Sunday, Juno 1st, 1R71), Double Dal?
ly Trains will run on this road as follows :
GOING EAST.
Klebt Mail and Passenger Train.
Arrive Seneca.0 00 p m
Leave Seneca.3 01 p m
Day lVscngcr Train.
Arrive Seneca.9 12 D m
Leave Seucca.9 13 a m
GOING WEST.
Night Mall and Passenger Train.
Arrive Seneca.0 33 a m
Leave Seneca...-.?.-.6 31 a m
Day Passenger Train.
Arrive Seneca.?.5 15 p in
Leave Seneca..5 16 p m
Through Tickets on salo at Gainesville, Seaeca
City, Greenville and Sparta nburg to all points
Ea*t and West.
W. J. HOUSTON, G. P. and T. Agent.
Notice of Appointment of Attorney.
WS. SHARPE has authorized me to
? act as his Attorney during his
temporary absence from the State.
JOSEPH N. BROWN.
June 26, 1879 50 2
f. w. Wagener & co,
CHARLESTON, - SOUTH CAROL INA
Cotton Factors, Wholesale Grocers,
AND
LIQUOR DEALERS.
AGENTS FOR
Oriental Gun Powder,
Fruits and Flowers Smoking Tobacco,
Celebrated Reversible Cotton Tie,
Wagener and Georgia Grange Fertilizers.
jg"?* Samples of anvthing in our line sent on application with pleasure.
F. W. WAGENER. G. A. WAGENER.
April 10,1879 _ 39_ly
extra fine flour,
CHOICE N. O. MOLASSES,
And BACON in abundance.
Call iii get Prices before Buying.
AFINE VARIETY OF RIO COFFEE, from 15c. to 20c per pound. There are
some CofTees higher, hut none better.
Staple Dry Goods, Hats and Shoes,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
SCYTHES AND CRADLES, HOES and PLOWS,
And other Farming Implements for sale at the very lowest cash prices.
REED & HERRICK.
April 17. 1370 33 ly
STILL FURTHER REDUCTION IN FREIGHTS
AND PRICES OF
ALL CLASSES OF GOODS.
WE now have in Store, and are receiving from the Northern and Western markets a
full Stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
One Car Load of* Baeon,
One Car Load of Flour,
One Car Load N. O. Molasses:
In addition to these things, we have a fresh stock of Groceries, Dry Goods,
Hardware. Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Clothing, Glass, Crockery
ware, tic., Ac, all of which will be sold low for cash or barter. If yon want anything
kept in a well-assorted stock of the above articles, or those usually found in first-class .
mercantile houses, call on us for it, and we will supply you at the very cheapest prices.
BARR & CO.,
NO. 10 GRANITE ROW, ANDERSON, S. C.
P. S.?All indebted to the old firm of BARR & FANT are notified to call and mako
payment of their Notes and Accounts at once.
Feb 13.1879_12_ly
GREAT REDUCTION
IN PRICES OF
ITS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES,
In order to reduce my stock in those lines.
GROCERIES AT LOWEST PRICES.
AND
BUGGY MATERIAL.
SEWING MACHINE,^It
not haul Machines about to sell them?therefore do not have to include any expen
| ses in the prices.
AGEXCY FOR FIRST-CLASS FERTILIZERS*
C A. HEED, Agent.
Jan 27, 1879 ? _ 13_
FURNITURE, FURNITURE.
cheapee than ever.
TOLLY the Leader of LOW PKIOES.
J^OOK at some of the figures at which you can buy Furniture at in Anderson:?
Good Hard Wood Cottage Bedsteads at $2.50; without Slats and Castors, $2.00.
Towel End and Drawer Withstands, $1.35. I^aree Wardrobes, $11.00.
Large Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.50.
Good, strong Rocking Chairs, $1.40. Cane Bottom Chairs, per set, $6.00.
Fainted Chamber Sets, consisting of Dress Bureau, Bedstead, Washstand and
Table, $14.00; with four Chairs and Rocking Chair, complete, $19.75.
Walnut Chamber Suits, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Bureau,
with Arch Standard and Glass, Washstand and Table, $23.75; with four fine
Walnut Chairs and Oval Back Rocking Chair, $32.75.
And everything else in proportion.
I have on hand a very large Stock, from a fifteen dollar Suit up to a two hundred
dollar Suit. I claim to sell cheaper than Greenville, and will duplicate any bill that can
be bought there.
G. F. TOLLY, Depot Street.
Oct4,1877 12
BRADLEY'S PATENT PHOSPHATE
AND
COMBAHEE ACID PHOSPHATE.
WE are agents for the above celebrated Fertilizers, having sold Bradley's Patent for sev?
eral years, we know it to be good. As to the ACID there is none better. See Mr.
B. A. Davis' certificate attached. Could give more, but one is sufficient Our terms areas
favorable as any Standard Guano. Give us a call before buying.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
ANDERSON, S. C, Sent. 30,1878? Messrs. A. B. Towers & Co.?Dear Sirs: I beg leave to
say to you that I am well pleased with the Bradley's Guano that I bought of you last
Spring. In fact I do not think there is any other guano equal to it except perhaps one
other, and there is no man who has used a greater variety of fertilizers than I have. I
shall want it again, and a great many of my neighbors expect to use it next year, just
from seeing my cotton. B. A. DAVIS.
Feb 13, 1379_31_?_
YIBGINIA ? OUSB,
COLUMBIA, S- C.
A. J. DODAMEAD, .... Pbopbietob.
THIS House is conveniently located?11 Main street, near State House?being within
five minutes' walk of the business portion of the city and the der>ot. The rooms
are large and well ventilated. Beds clean and comfortable. The table is supplied with
the best the market aflords. Rates reduced to suit the times. Board and Lodging, per
dav, $1 50?ministers, $1.00. B. A. WILSON, Manager.
Dec 5. 1878 21
Buy only tke
new
AMERICAN
It is tub
Only Sewing Machine
?men rus x
P It has Self Setting Needle,
|| "ever Breaks the Threat
U Never Skip3 Stitches. ?
" Is the Lightest Bosnia^
77? Simplest, the Most Durr
u'uie, and in Every Respect
imlj Sewing lacliine!
The "NEW AMERICAN" is ov v ? ? ? ??- riops not get out of order and will do
more work with lets lauor than lm ?. . ...,..> Illustrated Circular furnished on
?pplication. 1
agent; ?? ai-ited.
J. S. DOYEY Kann-C!. ..: N. rharles Street, Baltirore, Md.
C. A, REED, Agent, Andersen, S. C. Special inducements for ca h.
Dec 5, 1878