The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 31, 1879, Image 4

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All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itor Intelligencer," and all checks, drais, money orders, 4a, should bo made payable to tho order of E. B. Murray & Co. THE SUPPRESSED GLOVES REPORT. Millions on Millions of the Publlo Funds Stolen and Squandered?Fraud Absolute? ly Unchecked and the National Finances at the Mercy of Thieves and Itobbcrs. (Continued from Last Week.) At the San Francisco Mint there was a deficiency of $235,000 in the Melterand Refiner's Office in 1856?a great discre? pancy between the Treasurer's and the coiner's accounts in 1866, and large losses in 1870. The Superintendent was dis? missed for corrupt practices in 1877. Loss? es were also discovered in 1870 at the Denver Mint and the New York Assay Office. The New York accounts were passed by the Auditor's and Comptrol? ler's offices of the Treasury without prop? er examination of the vouchers, which were paid by the New York Assistant Treasurer without the approval of the officers who should have received the supplies. Up to 1870 the Director seemed never to have examined the New York Assay Office, and the mint regulations were hard to find there. The report of the Director of the Mint for 1877 says (in tables pre? pared by Martin V. Davi3 of Philadel Ehia) that the gold coinage under Director dndeman, 1874-7 inclusive, was $156, 000,000, and greater than that of any previous four years. This was untrue. The coinage of 1874-7 was $166,000,000 (510,000,000 more), and that for 1851-4 in? clusive was $190,000,000, or $24,000,000 more. The Director also fell into this error of $10,000,000, and understated by this sum the total gold coinage of the mints. He also understated the gold coinage 1851-4 by $1,600,000. He sla? ted the total 1852-8 inclusive al $2337 000,000; but his subordinate, Mr. Davis, stated it in the same report, for the Phil? adelphia and San Francisco mints alone, at $247,000,000, over $13,000,000 more. Thus according to official figures two of. the mints coined $13,000,000 more than the whole five! The San Francisco mel? ier and refiner's returns of bullion above the amounts charged as delivered to him in the same report, thns making the mint $36,000,1854-77 is credited to that mint twice in the same report, thus making the mint expenses appear $36,000 less than the truth. The New York Assay office smelter and refiner, Mr. Andrew Mason, by' great care and skill saved and turned in? to the Treasury in 1876-8 $64,000 more than the bullion delivered him for treat? ment was charged at. These returns were suppressed from the Director's re? ports, being lumped with earnings, and Mr. Mason was instructed to return them as such, the motive announced in the instructions being to shield the mints from annoying inquiries as to why they, instead of returning a surplus like Mr. Mason, they charged the Govern? ment with a waste. Thus Mr. Mason was denied the credit he richly deserved and was in one report made to appear as wasting $9,000, in order to hide tbe mis? management of others. The letter order? ing luis suppression was signed as Acting Director of the Mint by Boot. E. Preston, who figures unpleasantly elsewhere in connection with cotton accounts. In 1876 Congress cut down the appropriations asked by the Director over $300,000, but Lindeman contrived to smuggle in a provision allowing tbe earnings from sep? arating gold from silver, and from refin? ing both, to be used in melting expenses without going into the Treasury. The result is that, every year since, the earn? ings have been spent in addition to the sums allowed by Congress, an J $300,000 yearly have been expended without Con? gress suspecting it. * The New York Assay Office receipts from the sale of blue vitriol and sulphu? ric liquor in 1873 were stated by the Di? rector there; at $11,360.91. Four years later tbe annual report stated them as $5,302.5. Both proved to be wrong; the amount was $10,860.91. The Director's annual reports for 1873-4-5 state the receipts aggregating $2,046,000. The report for 1877 shows the same expenditures to be $2,409,000, or over $360,000 more than wa3 acknowl? edged at the time. The expenditures are shown by the yearly reports for 1873-6 inclnsive as $5,062,000. The re? port for 1877 shows them to be $5,635,000 or over $570,000 more; $306,000 of this suppression was in 1876, the presidential election year. Of.more than half this $572,000 suppression there is not the shadow of an explanation. In 1876 the items of expenditure were suppressed from the annual report. In the spring of 1869, 311,400 bars of silver and gold bullion, whose value was unknown, were deposited in the New York Assay office and moneys were loaned thereon to Bailing & Sarder and others by Assistant Treasurer Van Dyck. This was very dangerous, for gilded bars of lead or iron could thus be used to bor? row on without interest or security. At least one lot of boxes said to contain bullion were deposited and borrowed "on in 1869, and taken away on return of the loan without any inspection or test. This practice was broken up in 1869 by George W. Edelman, Deputy Treasurer of the Assay Office; but it was revived the year after Mr. Edelman resigned by Director Lindeman, concerning "British bars and sovereigns," whose genuineness had not been tested; and it continued till the Glover investigation began, when Lindeman stopped it.. From 1806 to 1870 ;he New York As? say office made 338 such loans, and in many cases the borrowers returned the coin and took bars, leaving the Govern? ment to pay for coining the bullion de? posited to obtain the bars. In 1878 the Superintendent of the San Francisco mint sent L. Von Hoffman & Co. checks for $1,023,000 under instruc? tions from Lindeman, when but $600,000 worth ot their silver had been assayed. Superintendent Acton of the New York Assay Office has been in the habit of signing checks in blank and leaving them thus in the Paying Clerk's posses? sion. Last year eighty-two blank checks were found in the office with Acton's signature. Tbis is a virtual desertion of his duty by Acton, for he cannot know bis clerk's action nor supervise his pay? ments. A rogue in .the paying clerk's place, or a thief getting into the office, could fill up a check for a million, and it might be collected aid the parties disap? pear before detection. If necessary the clerk's conutersignatare could be forged. Superintendent Dunning, Acton's prede? cessor, repeatedly got checks made to his own order for sums due public creditors. Then he indorsed the checks to the cred? itors and turned in their receipts with the vouchers afterward. After a time be grew slow about turning in tbe vouchers and one day it was discovered that he had collected $13,000 of these checks himself. Lindeman employed more than a score of persons in visiting mints and assay of? fices, attending annual settlements, and assisting him in doing so, for which he spent in four years over $11,000. He paid his son, 19 years old and not in the public service, $2,755 for less than six months' service. The law does not al? low traveling expenses to any one but the Director; to October 1, 1873, he re? ceived ?4,300?charged to this account. Frank H. Gassaway, a man of notorious character in Washington, received $1, 668.73 for taking an inventory (16 pages of foolscap), of furniture and fix turea at the San Francisco Mint. At the close of the Lindeman investigation of that mint in 1877, but before the re? port was made, the Superintendent, La Grange, who was removed in consequence man's wife with $1,000, saying it vas a present from the employes of the mint. Seme of the employes, it is said complained afterward that they were compelled to contribute and could ill af? ford it. When Prof. Robert A. Rogers, of Phil? adelphia, E. O. Leech of the Mint Bu? reau, Washington, and A. W. Dowing, Chief of the Coining Department of the Philadelphia Mint, were sent to San Francisco to examine and attend the yearly settlement of the Mint, Lindeman instructed Superintendent La Grange to Say their traveling expenses aud $10 a ay to Rogers from the profits of frac? tional silver coinage. Before the Glover Committee he swore that be had never used these profits thus, but the record convicted him. Lindeman bought in his wife's name, in 1874, 150 shares of the California aud 125 shares of Consolidated Virginia, the "Big Bonanza" Bilver mines of Nevada, which were controlled by Flood, O'Brien, Mackey and Fair. For these he paid 90 per cent, or less, about $25,000. Before the committee he had called these $25, 000 "very moderate means" of his wife's. In March, 1875, he bought of the Con? solidated Virginia Dore silver bullion, valued by the sellers at $1,023,000, and paid them $1,000,000 on account without waiting for tbe assay to show whether it was correctly valued, or 98.3 per cent, of the value as afterward ascertained. The company got their money two months before completion of assay, and were thus enabled to make $15,000 in? terest. In June, 1875, be bought of them imported silver bars valued by them at $1,500,000, and paid tbem $1,425,000 down over two months before completion of assay, and enabled them thus to make $25,000 interest. The assay showed the bullion worth but $1,437,000 or $63,000 short of the valuation, so that he paid tbem in advance 9S.6 per cent, of the value, running a great risk of the over? paying. The bullion was paid for at $1.21J per ounce fine metal, delivered at San Francisco. The express charges were paid by the Government to New York from the profits on fractional silver coinage, instead of being paid by the sellers, and the charges at the Assay Office were borne by the Government, without authority of law. These expen? ses amounted to $32,000, which made the silver cost the Government $1.26 per fine ounce. The market value was $1.24.3 so that the purchase, as well as costing $32,000 more than Lindeman pretended, cost $13,000 more than it could have been bought for elsewhere. Lindeman also directed Superintendent Acton to pay $9,000 more than tbe assayed value of the gold in the purchase, the.sell? ers claiming that the assayers had made a "mistake." Acton replied that there was no authority to pay it, but at Linde man'8 direction, after seeking to throw all the responsibility on Lindeman, he paid, and charged it to "profit and loss." Prof. R. Rogers of Philadelphia, an? other stockholder in the Consolidated Virginia, the sellers, was employed by Lindeman to make an "examination," and of course reported strongly in favor of making the payment. William E. Dubois, Assaycr at Philadelphia, pro? tested strongly against "correcting" as? says at the instance of outside parties, saying that this destroyed the reliability of assays. The payment was hidden in the Directors annual report for 1877, by calling it a "wastage," when no wastage but $14,000 saving, had occurred. The payment took place without tbe knowl? edge of the New York Paying Clerk, and without authority from the Secretary of the Treasury. The purchase altogether cost about $65,000 more than was preten? ded. In the same month Lindeman also took off the Company's hands nearly $2, 000,000 more silver that they were aux ious to sell. January, 1875, the Bonanza stocks, un? der the effect of wild reports about the mines, were very high in price. Consoli? dated Virginia reached 850. Lindeman's $25,000 worth of stock was worth once $200,000. But it fell by October to 210 and California, the other part of the Bo? nanza, to 250. So it was bulled again. In the summer of that year Lindeman visited California on official business, sought a conference with the managers of the mines, and arranged an inspection of them. He and Prof. Rogers then or soon after, a holder of $20,000 or more stock in these mines, inspected them twice. Rogers made a report valuing them at $300,000,000, which Lindeman, saying that other estimates were too high, concurred in and published in bis annual report for 1875. This was widely circulated and jumped Consolidated Vir? ginia to 435 and California to 375. Tbe rise carried Lindeman's stock up to 120,000 and his official representations held the stock up to 180 per original share to the end of 1876, and to 115, till the end of 1877. The mines only produced about a sixth of tbe amount represented, and the stock fell in value about $15,000,000, ac? cording to the Statistician of the United States Monetary Commission. The maintenance of the stock at high prices enabled the owners to sell stock enough to realize about $125,000,000, and the fall caused tbe buyers to lose about $100,000,000, which the first sell? ers pocketed by Lindeman's aid. This spread misfortune and distress through? out the Pacific coast. Oct.. 19,1877, the Secretary of the Treas? ury signed at Lindeman's instance an order stopping the coinage of trade dol? lars. Liudeman managed to let the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, owned by the Consolidated Virginia party and the Anglo-Californian Bank, know of the suspension the same day, though the public did not know it till the next. The second business day after the sus? pension tbe price of trade dollars had risen 4 per cent., and these banks, having had notice, had bought up the dollars aud compelled traders with China to buy of themftt this higher price. Ex Gov. Low telegraphed Lindeman soon after that tbe suspension would drive all the silver bullion in market to the Neva? da Bank refineries; but this had no effect on Lindeman. O. H. Irish, Chief of the Bureau of En? graving and Printing, published last winter a letter to Mr. Atkins, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropria? tions seeking to discredit Mr. Glover's statement about his Bureau. In this let? ter he stated that the Bureau had com? pleted and delivered to tbe Comptroller of the Currency 2,390,000 sheets of na? tional bank notes in the fiscal year 1S7S; but the report of the Bureau shows that it delivered 32,000 sheets more. The Bu? reau bookkeeper swore that there could not possibly be a mistake in the re? port; yet examination showed that the report represented that 310,000 sheets of customs cigar stamps were delivered more than the Bureau claimed to have made! The distinctive paper for printing the Government issues has been stored in a room used exclusively fur that purpose in bundles containing one thousand sheets each. All the distinctive paper is stored in that room. The supply for legal tenders^iaa never been exhausted, that is, it ha3 been added to and drawn from since 18G9, and there has always been large quantity on band. May 1, 1877, there was stored in ibis room the enormous quantity of 18,716, 266 sheets of distinctive paper, and the Chief of the Bureau says there were stored on 1st July last, 5",924,000 sheets legal tender paper, and there is stored of that investigation, presented beside a large amount of national bank note, funded loan bond, aud old fraction? al currency paper; of the latter, part is be? ing used for national bank notes and legal tenders. It was found that the stock of paper bad been counted but once (about five years ago) in ten years. The room in which it; is stored is in the subbasement of the building; the corridors leading thereto are poorly lighted, and seldom wsited, except by workmen employed in shops on the same floor. Sis persons have access to this room at any time during working hours, and any one of thesis can opeu packages of this paper that have been counted and stored, abstract from 50 to 100 sheets at a time and place the bundles so tampered where they would not be reached for years. A man so disposed may, by the with? drawal of small quantities at a time, be? come in the end a dishonest possessor of a large Btock of this paper. No surveil? lance is kept on the movements of these men, and the theft would remain undis? covered till a count was made or the supply eshausted. What has been said of the paper, ap? plies also, only with a still greater force to the custody of the dies, rolls, bed pieces, and plates from which the secu? rities are printed in the bureau. The purloining of these is especially to be guarded against. The Government has not placed such checks upon them as to render their abstraction impossible, nor can they, by the present arrangement for doing the work. A bed piece is a plate of steel the size of the note or coupon, etc., to be printed, having the entire of such note, etc., er? graved ou its surface, and this being finished, the piece is hardened. A roll is a small cylindrical piece of steel having on its surface, in rekef, the entire engraved work that is on the sur? face of the bed piece; this also, after re? ceiving the impression, is hardened. It is made while the steel is soft by being run over the hardened bed piece, so that ?the entire engraved work on the surface of the bed piece is transferred to its out? side surface by pressure. The plates are large pieces of steel from m which the notes bonds, stamps, etc., are priuted, aud vary in size from that of four note?, each, as legal tenders, to a coupon bond, and are made by hav? ing the work from the roll transferred to their surface by pressure. There are three (3) bed pieces (also called dies) and three (3) rolls, from which the platea for each denomination of notes are made viz: one for the green printing on the back, one for the black printing on the face and one for the red seal. Heretofore, to insure security, it was deemed necessary to have these separate dies, etc., and the several printings ou such note, made by different institutions, but John Sherman saw fit, contrary to law, to bring this entire printing into one bureau, and- to have the entire engraved stock of dies, bed pieces, rolls and plates, for printing legal tenders, bonds, and the backs, faces and seals of each, held in one vault. The custodian to this vault and bis assistants alone have ac? cess to it; in the course of their daily duties they go in and out at pleasure, and there is no difficulty securing for unlawful purposes the bed pieces from which the back, the face, and the seal of any denomination of notes, from one dollar to one thousand dollars, or all of them, are printed, and make from them rolls (an operation of but a few minutes), by which an unlimited number of plates can be prepared. These bed pieces are rarely called into use after the roll has been made, the set of tbree could be conveniently carried in an inside pockot, and as tho preparation of a roll requires but a short time, these bed pieces could be taken away at the close of work, and restored in the morn? ing, until one of each denomination bad been obtained, and by them plates pre? pared for printing millions of dollars of genuine notes. The* vault containing this material has often been left opeu and accessible for hours at a time to any one who could get into the Bureau. It is strange that each of the last three Presidential elections has been followed by a Treasury announcement that large amounts of "counterfeit" notes were afloat. In 18G9 the whole issue of legal tenders was withdrawn and replaced, on the ground that they had been largely and skilfully counterfeited. In 1873 the whole issue of $500 greenbacks?about $35,000,000?was withdrawn and re? placed in the same way. In 1877 a counterfeit $1,000 note was announced. One of the oldest engravers in the coun? try testifies that when a note is so like the original that it cannot easily be de? tected?as these and other '?counterfeits" are said by Treasury officials to be?it cannot really be a counterfeit, but must be a genuine note surreptitiously printed from genuine plates, or from secret re? productions of these plates. Other es Eerts testify that a genuine plate, after eing secretly made, can be altered with a graver in small details enough to make it seem counterfeit to any non-expert. In 1S65 Hank Hall, a nbtcd counter? feiter in New York, hired two plate printers named Lankton, to go to Wash? ington, get employment in the Printing Bureau, and there steal copies of every note plate the Government was using. They did steal copies (by printing on lead sheets instead of paper) of several notes, and could havo stolen all had not a quarrel sprang up. A brief inspection of the Treasurer's books revealed the fact that $19,000,000 of notes were at one time secretly afloat for several months, the Treasury state? ments being false during that time to that extent; and the fact of that secret issue remained unknown till lighted on by the Glover committee. The books were falsified, and a balance forced to conceal this secret issue, by untruly stating that $19,000,000 had been depos? ited as temporary loan, when no such deposit took place. From 18G7 to 1873, while the amount of greenbacks authorized by law was $350,000,000, the Treasurer's books re j vealed the fact that repeatedly the amount afloat was $2,000,01)0 above the authorized amount in the middle of the month, enough being turned over for de? struction on the last day of the month to bring the total down to $305,000,000, and in other months the circulation was cut down as much as $12,000,000 below the published figures in the middle of the month, enough being taken from the unissued notes on hand on the last day to make up the sum to the lawful figure on statement day. Gen. Spinner swore that the public debt statements did not agree with his books; that he did not approve of them; that his name was put to them without his authority; that he was not allowed to publish truthful statements; that balances were forced in these statements, and that he finally got the law changed so as to relieve him of the duty he was not allowed to perform. In nearly the whole of the fiscal year ISGO, the Treasurer's books show that the amount of compound interest notes outstanding was from $5,000,000 to $44, 000,000 more than the published debt statements showed. One month it was $2'i,000,000 less. Three different state? ments of the sum outstanding June 30, 1805, were published, differing many mil? lions, and none of the three was true. Secretary McCulloch publicly acknowl? edged some years since that on one occa? sion ho caused $4,000,000 withdrawn greenbacks, that had been paid off and were to be destroyed, to be counted and published in the "debt statement as "cash on hand 1" The first man who was entrusted with the destruction of withdrawn notes, Charles H. Cornweil, Chief of the Re? demption Division of the Treasurer's office, was caught stealing the notes and reissuinsr them. The amount thus reis? sued is not known, but it is estimated by judges at over $100.000. The second chief, Frank Jones, was detected in mak ing a false certificate of destruction of $40,000 worth, and Gen. Spinner, Secre? taries Boutwell and Bristow, and others, persistently refused to investigate the | matter, though about $800,000,000 of notes had passed through Jones' hands in perfect shape, much of it never even having been issued. The checks and precautions against theft in destruction are found to have been grossly neglected and disregarded in many respects. Gen. Spinner swore that "tbey have a rule that nothing must be divulged that takes place in the Treasury." The report concludes by stating that J many of these and other matters need much more investigation; that by no other method can the people learn the truth about the Government, or Congress | get the information necessary to legisla? tion ; that the Treasury is full of oppor? tunities for wrong that have doubtless been largely used; that, that as well as other Departments is run by a Bing; that the Government has far too much to do to do it honestly or well, and that only by wholesale cutting down of Govern? ment power and a wide abolition ofj Government functions and offices can despotism and national ruin be escaped. ItcmarKnble Prayer of the Late Prince Louis Napoleon. A prayer in tbe handwriting of the Prince Imperial has been found among papers in his desk at Camden Place. It is published by tbe London Morning Post, which adds: "The elucidation of his high character alone justifies the pub? lication of a sacred document, which will prove to the world how intimately he was penetrated with all the feelings which most become a Christian, and which give higher hopes than are afford ed by the pains and perils of this transi? tory life." The following is a transla? tion: "My God: I give to Thee my heart, but give to me faith. Without faith there is no strong prayer, and to pray is a longing of my soul. I pray not that Tbou shouldst take away the obstacles on my path, but that Thou mayst permit me to overcome them. I pray not that Thou shouldst disarm my enemies, but that Tbou shouldst aid me to conquer myself. Hear, O God! my prayer. Pre? serve to my affection those who are dear to me. Grant them happy days. If Tbou only givest on this earth a certain sum of joy, take, O God I my share, and bestow it on the most worthy, and may the most worthy bo my friends. If Thou seekest vengeance upon man, strike me. Misfortune is converted into happiness by the sweet thought that those whom we love are happy. Happiness is poisoned by the bit? ter thought, while I rejoice those whom I love a thousand times better than myself are suffering. .For me, O God! no more happiness. Take it from my path. I can only find joy in forgetting tbe past. If I forget tno3e who are no more, I ehall be forgotten in my turn, aud how sad tbe thought that makes one say, 'Time effaces all.' The'only satis? faction I seek is that which lasts forever, that which is given by a tranquil con? science. O my God! show me ever where my duty lies, and give me strength to accomplish it always. Arrived at the term of my life, I shall turn my looks fearlessly to the past. Remembrance will not be for me a long remorse. Then I shall be happy. Grant, O God ! that my heart may be penetrated with the conviction that those whom I love, and who are dead, shall see all my actions. My life shall be worthy of their wituess, and my innermost thoughts shall never make them blush." A Whale Thresher.?The schooner Martha, from George's Banks, brought, with a cargo of fish to this port yesterday, the largest whale thresher remembered by old market men to have ever been seen in this city. It was caught in a pound net. at Wood's Hole, Mass., on Tuesday, and was killed with a lance. The last one exhibited in Washington market was fifteen years ago, and it was : so small a specimen of its kind that some fish dealers believed that it was a species of shark. The fish that arrived yesterday was exhibited by C. A. Lewis. It was very uearly fourteen feet long, and it monopolized the entire front at the stand. Persons stopped to examine it, and all day long a throng was press? ing around it. lialf of the length of the curious fish was body and the other half tail. The tail tapered off gradually, and had been looped up by a rope at? tached to a beam above. The weight of the creature was 000 pounds. The naked skin on the back aud sides was a uniform bluish drab color from the snout to the tip of the tail. The tail was as much a separate part of the body as a dog's tail is of its body, which appearance made it resemble a land or amphibious animal more than a fish. The eyes were as large as a cow's, and could be rolled in their sockets. The mouth was comparatively small, and the teeth short, sharp and of a uniform length in both jaws. Sticking straight up from the middle of the back was a dark fin, eleven inches long, of the ! same color as the body, tough and com? pact, yet neither bony nor hard. The lish yielded like caoutchouc to the finger, but on releasing the pressure tbe skin sprang back to its original form. The body from end to end, seemed a mass of cartilage. The long tail is used by the animal like a rawhide in attacking its enemy, the whale. It forms a sort of alliance with the sword-fish, the latter thrusting its sword into the whale from below, and the thresher attacking it from above. The threshers run in schools, and from ten to twenty will attack a whale at once. Those who have witnessed a combat between threshers and whales say that it is an exciting spectacle. Tbe water flies iu showers of foam in all di? rections, as the threshers hurl themselves at the whales like animated cowhides. For hours they rain blows on the head and sides of the huge animal. Between the piercing thrusta of the swordfish and the flail-like blows of the thresher, a whale rarely escapes. From the carcass the victors get their food for many a day afterward. Through tbe little slit in the side of the thresher exhibited yesterday oozed blood as red as that of a land animal. The gills were four in number on each side.?New York Sun. Faith.?The following isan incident ou the recent return ot some British officers from Afghanistan: Scenc-The wildest part of the Khyber, with barren rocks towering on all sides; an English officer riding along, escorted by a motley company of Maliks and tribes-men all armed to tbe teeth ; more armed Afreedecs in the mid? dle distance; a weary, lonely figure toiling on thedusty road in huge black boots, face burned a brick red and fringed by a scan? ty sandy beard. The figure is clad in a thick wadded garment and hasa bundle on its back. "Halt! Who arc you ?" "Tur kestani." "Whereare your comrades?-' '?I am alone." "Where arc you going ?" "To Mecca." "How will you get there ?" "God will help." "Peace be with you." "And with j-ou." The figure moves off, and the armed circle break up. This poor devotee had tramped hundreds of miles through hills and valleys, swarm? ing with cut throats, secure in his simple faith which had led him to leave dis? tant Turkestan in quest of the still more distant Mecca.?Indian Pioneer. Cunx bread.?If you want dclicinm corn bread, make it with Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and you will be lelighted with it. Breakfasting on com bread made with Dr. Price's Baking Powder, will not leave a heavy, leaded feeling in tbe stomach, so often felt after the use of salcratus and adulterated bak? ing powders. _ THE Y HAVE COME I THOSE GRAIN CRADLES we spoke ol, and we hope you will call and see tbem. We can offer yon bargains. A. h. TUWlilta & CO. 45 Years Before the Public. the'cenuine DE, C. McLANE'S celebrated LIVER PILLS, for the cure of Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, nYSFSPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. I)AIN 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 dull, heavy sensation in the bad 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 fact, 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. McLane's Liver Pills., in cases of Ague and Fever, when taken with Quinine, are productive of the most happy 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 unequaled. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. The genuine are never sugar coated. Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Dr.. McLane's Liver Pills. The genuine McLane's Liver Pills bear the signatures of C. McLane and FLEMING IJros. on the wrappers. Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Flem? ing Bros., ofl'ittsburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name McLane, spelled differently but same pronunciation. YELLOW FEVER?BLACK VOMIT. It Is too soon to forget tbe ravages of this terri? ble disease, which will no doubt return in .1 more malignant and virule.it form in the full of 1879. merrell's hepatine, a Remedy discov>.. ed in Southern Nubia and used with such wonder? ful results in South Ar'erlca where tbe most ag? gravated cases of fever are found, causes from one to two ounces of bile to be ?ltcrcd or strained from fhc blood each time it tosses through the Liver, as long as an excess of ulle exists. Ity its wonderful action on the Liver and Stomach tbe HEPATINE not only prevents to a certainty any kind of Fever and Black Vomit, but also cures Headache, Constipation of the Bowels, Dyspepsia and all Malarial diseases. No one need icar Yellow Fever who will expel the Malarial Poison and excess of bile from the blood by using MERKELL'S HEPATINE, which is sold by all Druggists In 23 cent and $1.00 bottles, or will be sent by express bv the Proprietors, A. V. MERRELL 4 CO., 1'hila., Pa. Dr. Peinberton's Stillingia or Queen's Delight. The reports of wonderful cures of Rheumatism, Scrofulr., Salt Rheum, Syphilis. Cancer, Ulcers and Sores, that come from all parLs of the country, are not only remarkable but so miraculous .is to be doubted was It not for tbe abundance of proof. REMARKABLE CCRE OF SCROFCLA, d>e. Case of CW. J, C. Branson. Kinoston, Ga., September 15, 1S71. Gents?For sixteen years I have been a great sufferer from Scrofula In its most distressing forms. I have been enn?ned to my room and bed for lif teen year* with scrofulous ulcerations. The most approved remedies for such cases had been used, and the most eminent physicians consulted, with? out any decided benefit. Thus prostrated, dis? tressed, desponding, I was advised by Dr. Aycr, of Flovd County, Go., to commence tho use of your Compound Extract Stillingia. Language is as in? sufficient to describe the relief I obtained from the use of the Stillingia as it is to convey an adequate idea of the intensity of my suffering before using your medicine; sufficient to Bay, I abandoned all other remedies and continued the use of your Ex? tract of Stillingia, until I can sav truly, "I am cured of all 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 anv gcntlemau in Barlow County, (fa., and to the members of the 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. Wist Toint, Ga., Sept. ig, 1870. Gents?My daughter was taken on the 20th day of June, 18M, with what was supposed to be Acute Rheumatism, and was treated for the same with no success. In March, following, pieces of bone be? gan to work out of the right arm, and continued to appear till all the bone from the elbow to the shoulder Joint came out. M.-.ny pieces of bone came out of the right foot and leg. The case was then pronounced one of White Swelling. After having hcen confined about six years to her bed, and the case considered hopeless, I was Induced to try Dr. Pemberton's Compound Extract of Stillin? gia, and was so well satisfied with its.effects that I have continued the use of it until the present. My daughter was confined to her bed about six years before she sat up or even turned over with? out help. She now sits up all day, and sews most of her time?has walked across (lie room. Her general Health It now good, and I believe she will, n? her limbs gain strength, walk well. I attribute her recovery, with the blessing of God, to tbe use of vour invaluable medicine. with gratitude, I am yours truly, If. B. BLANTON. West Point, Ga., Sept. Iti, 1870. GENTS?Tbe above certificate of Mr. W. B. Wan? ton we know and certify to as being true. The thing is so; hundreds of the most respected ri li? stens will certify to it. As much reference can lie . given as may be required. Yours truly, CRAWFORD A WALKER, Druggists. HON. D. II. WILLIAMS. dr. pemberton's stillingia h prepar? ed by A. P. MERRILL & CO., 1'hila., Pa. Sold by all Druggists in Si.00 bottles, or sent by express. Agents wanted to canvass everywhere. Send for Book?"Curious Story"?Iree to all. Medicines sent to poor people, payable in install* men Is._. Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and after Monday, .June 2nd, 187U. the passen? ger Trains over tbe Greenville and Columbia Rail? road will be run dully, Sundays excepted: UP. Leave Columbia at.10 35 a m Leave Alston.12 20 p m Leave NcT.-borry. 1 :t;i p ra Leave Hodges. 4 27 p m Leave Bellon.(i 0:1 p m Arrive at Greenville.7 'M p 111 DOWN. Leave Greenville at.fi V a m Leave BMton. 8 25 a m Leave Hudgrs.? U Ii.', p m Leave Newberry.12 4? p m Leave Alston. 2 17 p m Arrive at Columbia.3 45 p m AJTDBRSOy BRAXCIf A BLUE RIDGE R. R. UP. Leave Bellon. 0 03 p m Leave Anderson.G m p ni Leave Pendlcton. 7 45 p m Leave Perryvillc. 8 2(1 ji m Leave Seueea Citv. s :;o p m Arrive at Walhal'la.'J 00 p m DOWN. Leave Walhalla.5 18 a m Leave Seneca City..1 45 a ra Leave I'errvville. 8 55 a m Leave Pendlcton. G 40 a a Leave Anderson. 7 3.1 a m Arrive at Bellon. s IS a ra THOMAS DODAMKAD. (Sen. Sun't QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS IS our motto, and we can make it t<? your interest to call and set- us when you ore in need of anything. We will sell you fiuml Coods at low prices. A. B. TO WEILS it CO., No. I Qranito How. April 17, 187U 40 ?? AKD RELIABLE. 5 !'Ci;I> 3 LlV?P. LvYIGOr.ATOItJ t.. ...;..rd Family Remedy for "i' tbo Livcr, Stornach ?ifi^lj S.ti jD-jr.via.-~-It is Purely 1 JC itliarticnnu^WJ * JiTonic. fV< gctuLlo.?It never ^ ?>? hilibttes?It is IW5? g?* LiverJ y.? Invigoratorj ^W*li*iiWBI?l^^,% ^na 136611 nse(35 ^?^1* in my practice^ J^P* and by the public,; ^?*'for more than 35 years,; ?u*** with unprecedented results.; SEND FOR CIRCULAR.? 5. T.W. SAHFORD, W.O., Kiwroax^ri%| DU ITS REPUTATION. ? g AXT DRUGGIST WILL TELL TOU ITS RErUTITIOK SMITHS WORM OIL! Athens, Ga., December 3,1878. A few nights since I gave my son one dose of the Worm Oil, and the next day hepasscd 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. P. Phillips. WORM OIL for sale bv Drussists gener? ally. Prepared by E. S. LYDON, Athens, Georgia. Price 25 cents. March 11, 1870_35_ly_ A LIMITED NUM JBER of active, encr 'gctic canvassers to en? gage in a pleasant and profitable business. Good men will find this a rare chance XO MAKE MONEY. Such will please answer this advertisement bv letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have been engaged in. None but those who jnean business need apply. Address, FINLEY, HARVEY & CO.. March 20, '79?ly Atlanta, Ga. ss Is a perfect Blood Purifier, and is tho only purely Veoetadle remedy known to sc! ence, that has made radical and Permanent Cures of Syphilis and Scrofula in all their stages. ' ? It thoroughly removes mercury from tlio system; it relieyes the agonies of mercurial rheumatism,and speedily cures all skin dis? eases. For sale by SIMPSON, REID & C Anderson, S. C. April 17, 187'J 40 _ly WATER WHEELS, MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, MACHINE MOULDED GEARING, SlAMff.PUJlEIS AD HMERS A SEEGALHfc LE & HUNT, WANTED! A No. 1 YOKE of OXEN. * APPLY TO J. M. Matthews, Belton, S.O. (Formerly of Ninety Six,) T\ XANUPACTU RER of the Palmetto i.YJL Cotton Gin and Condenser. Agent for the New Economizer Steam Engine and Boiler, the Farnuhar Thresher and Separa? tor, Saw Mills, Grist Mills and other Ma? chinery Repairing faithfully done. Letters by mail receive prompt attention. April 3/kSTu_38_2n The Nineteenth Century adds the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Holman Liver Pad, PLASTERS and SALTS, Cures without medicine, simply by absorp? tion. A sure cure for Dyspepsia, Tor? pid Livcr, Biliousness, and all such Diseases. Call at once, ye invalids. .Sold in the Town of Anderson only by SIMPSON, REID ?fc CO., Benson House Corner. March 20, 1*7!) ."0 ly LUMBER LUMBER! ALARGE lot of good Lumber is kept constantly on hand 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 tilled at low prices. Mr. Robert Maytield is my agent for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired to persons wishing to make an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 30, 1871)_W_ly;_ Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R. R. On and niter Sunday. Juno 1st. ISTU, Doable Dai? ly Trains will run on Inia row] M follows : GOIM2 EAST. Night Mail and Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.0 of) p m Leave Seneca.'J 0] j> ui Day I'assengerTraiu. Arrive Sen oca."..n 12 v. m Leare^Seneca.'?> 13 a tu iioiMi WEST. Kighl Mail and Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.fi 35 a m Leave Seneca.6 til a in Pay Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.a lfl p ui Leave Seneca.S Ii! p in Through Tickets on mle at iSalncavlllc, Seneca C"iiy, Urcenrille and Spartanburg lo all points Kaat ami W>'.-t. W. J. ItOlfeTOS, (i. P. ami T. Agent. FRESH ARRIVALS. ANOTHER lot or beautiful Calico, I'lqnc, Long Cloth, Cottonades, Giuglmtns, CUi eked Homespuns,Casliinnrcts, Xc. A. IL TOWERS & CO. April 17, 1S70 _ JO UOTHER LOT OF well-selected Goods tluit will not fail to please the eye and lit the purse. Call early and nilcn. They arc going oil' rapidly. A. 11. TOWERS A CO. F. W. WAGENER & CO., CHARLESTON, - SOUTH CAROLINA, Cotton Factors, Wholesale Grocers, AND LIQUOR DEALEES. AGENTS FOR Oriental Gun Powder, Fruits and Flowers Smoking Tobacco, Celebrated Reversible Cotton Tie, Wagener and Georgia Grange Fertilizers. fiSf Samples of anything :n our line sent on application with pleasure. P. W. WAGENER. G. A. WAGENER. April 10, 1879 39_ly EXTRA FINE FLOUR, CHOICE N. O. MOLASSES, And BACON in abundance. Cull in get Prices before Buying:. AFINK VARIETY OF RIO COFFEE, from 15c. to 20c. per pound. There uro some Cullecs higher, but none better. Staple Dry Goods, Hats and Shoes, AT GREATLY REDUCED FRICES. SCYTHES AND CRADLES, HOES and PLOWS, And other Farming Implements for sale at the very lowest cash prices. REED & HERRICK. April 17.187!)_33_ iy STILL FURTHER REDUCTION IN FREIGHTS AND PRICES OF ALL CLASSES OF GOODS. * WE now have in Store, and arc receiving from the Northern and Western iaaxkets a full Stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE. One Car Load of" Bacon, 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, Cups, Clothing, Glass, Crockery ware, ifcc. &c, all of which will be sold low for cash or barter. If you want anything kept in a well-assorted stock of the above articles, or those usually found in firsUclass 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 maka pavmcut of their Notes and Accounts at once, fob 13,1879 12 _ ly GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF . HATS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, In order to reduce my stock in those lines. GROCERIES AT LOWEST PRICES. HARDWARE, IRON" BUCCY MATERIAL. ' J??SEWING MACHINE,f^'lZ not haul Machines about to sell them?therefore do not have to include any expen? ses in the prices. AGENCY FOR FIRST-CLASS FERTILIZERS. C A REED, Agent. Jau 27, 1879 _13_ FURNITURE, FURNITURE. -0 CHEAPER THAN EVER. TOLLY the Leader of LOW PRICES. 00K at some of the figures at which yon can buy Furniture at in Anderson:? J Good Hard Wood Cottage Bedsteads at $2.50; .without Slats and Castors, $2.00. Towel End and Drawer Washstands, $1.35. Large Wardrobes, $11.00. Large Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.50. Good, strong Rocking Chairs, $1.40. Cane Bottom Chairs, per set, SG.00. Painted 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 arc 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 terras areas favorable as any Standard Guano. Give us a call before buying. A. B. TOWERS & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, Sept. 30, 1878?Messrs. A. B. Towers iC- 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 Sp'ringl 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 sccinc my cotton. ? B. A. DAVIS. Fob 13, 1879 31 YIRG-IUIA HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. A. j. DODAMEAD, .... Proprietor. THIS House is conveniently located?11 Main street, near State House?being within live minutes' walk of the business portion of the city and the depot. The rooms arc large and well ventilated. Reds clean and comfortable". The table is supplied with the best the market allords.' 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 the NEW p. * ?> .* itiUAi; lT Id THK Only Sowing Mach!;, > wbhh has a iM-^aKadiiin.Slwfili P 1_ f Ititi Self Setting Heecs. "ere: rre^-c the Thread ' U Slips SUteac-. ; "n a S; mpiest, i he Mos i i - ? ?: ??*.'. and in E; enj Respa f The Best Family Sowing laeiiel The "NEW AMLRU '.V .?v ? ?-. c?.-s not get out of orrW, and wi'l di more wo.-x with i.>s iauoi U.?m .... ? ,. i ?,ZL,,*.^ r- , T ?pplication. I'.ustrated Circular furniahad on AGEIJ _ ;. \i* JLHTBD. J. S. DOVr.Y Manager, Bi X. Charles Street. llaltirore, Xt] C. A. Anderson, S. c.