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-?-?? -'----, . -:-;_ ? ? ??1 ' '? i1""!1 ". i1 BY E. B. MURRAY & CO._ANDERSON. S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 2, 1879. VOL. XV-jSO.1-2. n.ltr/..^ W-TM-?J - I A LETTER FltOM TEXAS. A Former South Carolinian ISevlowa un Article FublUhed In the ?XntelUs?ncer" Augast 28til. WEBBERVILLE, Texas, 8ept. 20. Editor Anderson Intelligencer : In your issuo of August 28th, under tho hooding, UA Truthful Man Tolls tho Truth About Texas," I notlcod a lotter from a gentleman (?) prospecting in thia State to & niece of Prof. DuProo, of Stark villo, Miss., wherein occurs each an utter disregard for the terms "Truth" oud ..Truthful," that I am not a little sur prised to ooo it so readily sanctioned by a paper, on which I havo long depended for truo and unbiased statements. Bo lloviug you to bo os goncrous as you have hitherto boen right, I dosiro to refute tho falso statement of that libelous lotter, and hopo you will givo It space in your val uable paper. Tho dominant incentive which prompts tho making of thia reply j is, tbat I am a native of South Carol1 na, ! though having lived in '.'oxus for tho past | twolvo years, and havo frionds-readers of your paper-whoso minds I wish to ro liovo of tho error into which this gentle man's letter has thrown thom, by point ing ont his inconsistencies and bringing plain facts to light, wfiich I can and will substantiato by good and rosponsiblo men if necessary. Our contemporary opons his list of ob jections to Toxas'by complaining of "timos," ..scarcity of writing material and opportunity of mailing lottora," <kc Now tho times of which ho speaks 1B as abundant here as any whoro on tho fuco of tho globo; but tho tact ls wo Improve our timo in useful employment, and not by iuvouting a batch of falsehoods to deludo our brothers of tho old Sta'tos. As for writing material and mailing a letter, it is just as easy hore as elsewhoro, for tho samo law govorns tho post ofllco boro as in tho old States, and we havo as ninny as wo dosiro or need, thoro hoing ono la ovory town and moat settlomonts of the State, Writing material may be ob tained horo, for booksellers flourish and stroet poddlors grow fat from tho enor mous sales of paper, dec. But ho goes on, "I don't know what to say about Texas." Horo ho speaks tho truth, though unintentionally. Ho con tinuos, "I havo boon lu tho State rbont ono month, and during that timo have traveled over all tho northern, control and western part." This Includes an urea of 158,214 square miles, and to havo traveled ovor this space in 30 days, ho must havo made a daily journoy of 5,103 milos, or havo moved at tho rato of 212 miles per hour-tho fastest timo on re cord. It ls a mystery to mo how a man can travel at that rato and then givo an impartial account of tho country passed ovor, und at tho samo timo bo called a "truthful man." Ho adds, "Ikavoasyot fennel no modern paradise." This dis plays a want of rofinomcnt ana a baso, unappreciative mind, for Washington Irving spoko of tho scenery of Texas as tho mest beautiful ho had ever beheld. William Callen Bryant spoke of our prairies as "the unshorned flelds, rich and bountiful, for which the speech of England has no uamo." Now these emi nent mon's authority ls certainly to bo preferred to ono who displays so little claims to orndltion. To him who is a lover of nature, this is indeed a dream land, and to rise when all these hill:, and mountains and plaina aro Hushed with tho splendors of tho earliest dawn ; to travorso, ovou in midwinter, deep groon cotton fields, while, ?carlet ilnwora diann tho gliding feet; to watch the parplo wraiths of rain haunting tho silvery fair ness of the particolored hills ; to fool tho living light of tho cloudless day beat as with a million pulses ; to go out Into tho luster of tho night aflame with astral splendors, until tho dark still plains and dcop and darker vailoys blaze Uko a phosphorescent sea ; to breathe tho won drous air, soft os tho ?rat Impassioned kisses of young lovo, and rich as wino with dolloious odors of a world of How ers ; ihuso aro our joys, never tasted in othor climes, and theso our advantages never known savo neath tho sunny skies end brood bluo vault of Toxas. "Tho land is rich, cheap and bound loss," soys he, and so far ho is tho "truth ful man," but forfeits all claims to tho titlo in tho succeeding sontonce: "but subject to visitations of grasshoppers and drouth." . This is a malicious fabrication of his own invontlon, for tho grasshop pers havo novor damaged our crops, and this being tho first drouth wo havo ever bad, and it is hy no moans confined to Texas, nineo thu statistics show that it hos boon an unusually dry year through out tho wholo of tho United States ; our crops, 'Us true, have suffered considera bly from the dry weather, but they have by no monns been a total failuro, In proof of which I will cito a fow instances, which are by nc means exceptions : A negro, Jim Gilbert, has gathered 22 bales of cotton of 500 pounds each, and GOO bushels of corn from his crop this yoar, notwithstanding tho drouth. Another coso is of a man who once lived in tho town of Anderson, trot who has rocontly moved to Texas, bas mado 35 bushels of corn to tho aero, it being planted without breaking, the rowe four feet apart and orly six furrowa to each row. These ?Ix furrows includes all tho work the corn received. He also planted and worked the cotton in a similar meaner, and has made three-fourtha of a bale por aero. A gin in this community has ginned 1050 boles of cotton, tho furthest balo being brought ? miles. Wo uso no guano In making our crops. Tho majority of the people don't know what it la ; they would drum a man out of tho country for bring ing tho stinking ntn.fr in the range of their nasal ?rgano, should any ono bo BO rash aa to Invade tho State with a aamplo of the "beet." Still he goes on i "People haul thoir water from crooks and rivers and ponds for miles." In some Instan coe this ls true, but In no caso is it necessary, for water can be obtained in any part of the . State at rt mean depth of 30 feet, and thoso who do haul their water do so because they aro but temporary inhabitant?, and oven theso ?o not haul water over one milo, for common sonso. teaches them that it ia Our more economical to dig a woll that will afford an abundance of frosh, pare water, than to be harrassod with hauling it from a creek or river (for ' there aro no ponds) a milo or more dla Ho speaks of tho scarcity of timber, and small inconvenient houses, but fur ther on adds, "Lumber ls comparatively aa cheap hero ?a in Mhwiaalppi." Thia within Itself is a contradictory atatomc-nt, for it ia out of all reason to assort that timbar can bo shipped hero from o thor States and enid as cheap aa in a country which grows it. Tho truth is patent that tho gentleman has mado a falso state ment, and that thero la aa fine timber in Toxas as anywhere in the world. Ho oomplalns of tho "people" and 'Jio "socloly," which calls to mind a wholo family wjio recently left tho State from tho samo objection, and being encamped In Arkansas ono ovenlng, on their way back, tho lady (?) was asked hy a gentle man, who had visited tho camp soon after they arrived, what objection sho had to Texas. Sho ropllod, "I cau't owallow tho tarnal society," and Imme diately yelled out at ono of her children : "git out'on that frying-pan with yor foot, yor Infernal hog-?yod dovll, or I'll smash yor goard-head inter Jolly with thia broad tr?y." Now, I dou't wonder at auch people finding objections te tho socloty, but I do wonder at their arrogant pre sumption. As for "schools" and "churches," which bo noxt spoaks of as not being worth tho name, I havo only this to say : If his compositions and statemouta aro a specimen of tho Mississippi scholarship and religoon, I thank God that wo havo no such in Toxas, for scholarship that doesn't teach a man to discriminate any botter, and religion that allows its vota ries to utterly disregard truth as his cer tainly does, is by no means a desirable object among tho Texans. But wo havo splendid colleges and seminaries and churches all ovor tho State, and, besides thia, wo havo a good school law that pro vides for tho education of tho masses of children at tho expense of the State, and thoro is not a community lu tho State without at least cr.G organised church in their midst. He then spoko of the'women as being "trifling" and "indolont." "Ho gentleman, who has tho merest spark of manhood in his heart, would make such a remark, oven wore such tho case. Hie nobler sen timents would forbear giving utteranco to what his oyes could not but observo. But such is not the case. Tho woinon of Toxas aro neat in their dress, vivacious and spirited lu conversation, and beauti ful and attractive in appoaranco. Thoy aro, as a class, accomplished and tasty, and aro unsurpassed In tho world for housekeepers. I knew a gentleman in this vicinity, who has boen in tho Stato 50 years-an old veteran-whoso wifo ia as perfect specimen of thriftiness, tldy ncss and neatness os over controlled a household; her rooms aro models of white floors, snowy Huon and shining furniture ; her tablo is constantly loaded with delicacies and choleo viands to tempt tho appetite of an opicure ; her kitchen gleams with tho reflected rays of polished tinware and othor cooking utensils, and everything wears tho impresa of comfort ; her husband is tho embodiment of hon esty, morality and liberality ; ho wean no "slouched hat," never sits on a "rock"-prefers an easy chair-and was never known to speak of tho "beauties of Texas." His wife will attest to tho fact that ehe is not fed on "fat bacon and corn bread." It is truo wo have Borne trifling pooplo in our midst, but coming to Texas did not moko them BO. Women who aro indolent in Texas wero indolent boforo thoy u&me hore. A leopard cannot chango his spots, neither can tho scum of creation bo metamorphosed into an ur bano class of connoisseurs in aesthetics by a simplo chango of locality. But ho saya, "I havo not soon a pretty woman in tu? State.'? Nsysrtkeisss they ors here, and may cosily bo found. It seems as if Gov. Fiekens met with no difficulty in finding one, at least, at whose shrine of beauty he was ovor a dovotcd worshiper. Now, if this distinguished gentleman's taato has any weight, it certainly places us in tho ascendancy as to pretty women. It was asked of mo, by a lady of South Carolina, a fow years ago, whilo on a visit to that State? "how tho ladies of Toxas dressed in regard to fashion," scorning to have tho opinion that thoy wore at best ten or fifteen years behind time. Sho was an intelligent lady, too, and aeemed to bo surprised when I in fu rm .id her that thoy kept timo with .tho fashions as much so as In South Carolina. It is reported that tho Dallas Commercial recoived nowa of A. T. Stewart's death ono hour and fifty-eight minutes boforo ho died. Now, if wo keep up with the nows of tho day at this rate, does lt not look reasonablo that our women will not bo behind in v. .at tor.? of fashion ? no snoko of tho "cow boy" aa tho most contemptible specimen of humanity in tho world. Ho certainly did not expect to find an "English swell," with quiz zing glasses, ote., and if he terms a gen ero na spirit, bravo heart and a wild, ro mantic lifo, contemptible, thon wo have an erroneous conception of tho term. Tholr llvos havo been spent on tho fron tier, away from society and the arbitro monta of conventionalism; tholr cattlo aro their only companions ; the broad plains tholr only conch and the ot' eal blue canopy of heaven tholr co?" _? at night. They know no fear, aud -oweath thoir rough exterior boats aa teodor nnd noblo h oar toa over throbbed in tho bosom of man. It is ?lr?ug? ii mi ib>i gentleman should conclude his let tex by admonishing his daughter to propare for a lifo of hardship and privations, for notwithstanding his numorouB objections to tho Stato and ita many disadvantages, he ia willing to "leave Mississippi" to llvo in Toxas. If it is tho country ho dosorlbcs, why does ho wish to come to it? And if we are such heathens, why docs ho? desire to bring his intelligent (7) family among us? I have not nliomptod in this to speak of tho greater nd van tags of Texas over tho old States, my object simply being to contradict the gentleman's statement and point out its falsity. I will, how ever, if the editor permita, communicate many facts to the INTBLMOENO.?H about Texas, which win be of internet to some of {to readors. J usn cs. - Tho copper ora discovered in Ashe county, N. Cl, in July last, is about to de velop into a bonanza. A vein twenty feet wide baa been reached, which it is believed will provo to bo twenty-flvo feet wide, and it bas already been opened over a thousand feet in length. Seven hundred men ara employed, and the work ia being pushed vigorously. Tho ore yields four hundred pounds of pure copper to the ton. Ten blast forn?cea are at work and ten thonsr nd ! pounds of the refined metal ia tnrnari out i nany. Tr i- mine is in tho northwest corner of Asho county, where North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee almost join, and is operated by Baltimore capitalists. I INAUGURAL ADDRESS. [ Speech of Mr. J. II. ron Hasseln upon As suming the Office of Worthy Patriarch of Anderson Division, 8. of T. PUBLISHED TiY BEQUEST OF A*HB DIVI8I0N. Grand Worthy PtUriarth, Officers and Mem bers: As it bas been tho custom for tho new ly elected Worthy Patriarch to make some salutatory remarks upon his installa tion into oC?ce, and as I desire to uphold this custom, which I think a proper one, I now do so, fully feeling, not ouly that I am inadequate to tho occasion, but also, that X am not as woll quail fl od to fulfill this task as ?orno cf my predecessors were. I trust, therefore, that your orlti cisms will bo as lenient os porclblo. 1 thank you moat sincerely, brotbren, for tho honor you have comorred upon mo hy electing mo to tho highest ofllco in your gift, and 1 shall always endeavor to provo mysolf worthy of tho trust you have reposed in mo. Tho work be fore us ls a great ono, and the cmount of good wo expect to do will be measured by the zeal and energy we omploy in perform lng it ; and I now ask tho co- >p eratiou of every earnest tempor?neo workor that wo may bo onablod to in crease tho good and benefit moro than ever betbro. A good Son of Temperan co can work in different ways. First, by securing now members to tho Division. Secondly, by attending the mootiogs regularly, and by using his influonce with his friends to do the same. Then tboro aro other ways in which he can work, but which aro seldom over ex posed to light. The object of this organization is, among others, to suvo mon from ruin by liquor. It is not onough to bring a man who has boon in tho habit of intoxicating himself into tho Division, administer the pledgo to him and lot tho matter rost there, ns at that period ho is gonorsliy weak and easier Imlv?"oed by th-J ono mlos of our great cause, ai.-l moro sus ceptible to temptations than ho will be after the evil habit is broken and chang ed. Then is tho time for you to show him in every way that you are his friend. Encourago him dally. The path of so briety is tho ono by which mon succoud. Tell him and show him by examplo that tho friends, with whom ho associates should bo tempor?neo poople. In otboi words, toke him by tho hand and lead him os you would ?. blind man until he has reached that broad highway of sobri ety whoro bo can sustain himself by his own strength and dofy and conquer all temptations. Tobe a good temperance workor you must have the cause at heart, and always study how to promote its in terests. I also bog leave to call tho attention oi tho members to the grave duties and re Bponsibilities whic\ are resting upor. them. You will remember that tho hon or and the famo of thin our beloved Di vision ls In your hands for safekeeping Guard it woll ; bo not only faithful your self, but seo that others aro, and If you ar not, it becomes your duty, in accordanc with tho Constitution, which you hav all signed, to roport such fact? to tho Di vision, which I know will always doa out justice and morey to tho orrin, brother. In reviowing tho post labors of this DI vision I can only a peak compliment?t-; of thom, ss they havo always been al tended by tho most beneficial result? How many mon havo wo in this Dlvisio: who wore once fast travelling on tho roa that loads to destruction, and by win ?i??ue \vcru ?ioy savour 'This DivlBiO is certainly entitled to tho thanks on everlasting gratitude of those mon, < whom we have not a few in our mids My name may also s a rely bo placed upo that list with tlieso mon, and I can ossui you that I shall never forget tho dobt owe to this Division, and I think tl least I can do toward paying it is to onli mysolf with you in tho ranks of tl temperance *.rmy and holp to put dov, that terrible foo to humanity-liquor, always expect to be a member of tb Division os long as it stands, and I icc hopefully toward tho futuro, feeling th we are on tho right track, and that \ must surely win in the end. Let- ns, therefore, act In unity \ let cv ry member do his whole duty; wo; wherever end whonovor you ca and I can assure you that tho ht vest, which Ia partly being reap now, will be a large one. Tho resu which aro attalnod in this work w not bc only for to-day, but will show self in future generations, who will lo back with thaukialueas to their fore tors for having ho early and so earnest engaged themselves in so glorious ca UH*. I shall not attempt to say anythi about thc virtues of tempor?neo a its blessings, aa there aro men hi who can do KO with m n oh mora cloque: and power than I am posts oas od of. I havo to state yet, and it affords : great plcasuro to do so, that a groat sh: of tho credit for the good that has bl accomplished is due to tho lady momb of this Division ; and with their ass! ance in tho futuro wo aro bound to a ceod. In conclusion, I than *, ?ho officers t momborsof this Divioun for courtes shown mo while holding tho offices of S. and W. A., and tho officers of Grand Division for tho pleasant manne which they have discharged their dm to-night. - Forty miles iu fifty minutes was time made by a Virginia corrier-pigc - Continued fine weather hos remo all fears of a poor cotton crop ia Qi g?- Oem is still selling in sosHipo?ti of North Alabama at twenty cent? bushel. - The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Gazette t of a negro who came out ot the war t (314 and cow owns a farm, stock, ci etc., worth $20,000-all mode by let mate Cunning. - It is stated that there are fifty authorized distillers in the small co ty of Gaston, North Carolina, and i the price of corn bas gone up to nil eenie per bushel. - Benjamin F. Butler, of Maasat sett*, has been nominated for Go Te: bf BO many parties and factions that cannot at present recall theirnamet. ia enough to Lu ow that ?hoy mi profa bo reformers. Their objectivo point roform tho Republicans oat of office ; for tho parp?se of accomplishing grand feat, they havo promised to rei almost every thing that needs reform There ia bat one omission in their .ale programme. They havo not prom to reform Benjamin himself.-Lom, Churier-Journal. . Xl COLOBADO SHADOWS. A Bide of tho Fit-tor* that La not Orton Terned to Ute Public G nra-A Few Large Fort nue a Made, but Disappointment and Misery tho Common Fat?. Denver Letter in St* Paul Pioneer-P est. The mineral wealth stored away in tho vant mountain ranges Passing through tho central and western portion of Colo rado is certainly very great-great,judg ing from indication? upon the surface, far beyond the power of man to compre hend. Commencing in the north, the rich ?'Incers and gold-bearing veins of Boulder and Central, with great fissure veins of Georgetown, the silver queens, resources aro to be found that will produce work for tho present and future generations, as nothing short of centuries of hard labor can remove the precious metala stored away in the clefts of the flint-like rocks of these mountains. Passing on to Leadvillo and vicinity, those vost deposits of carbonate of lead are found which are so rich in si* vor, and which, if they do not extend indefinitely into tue earth as the fissure veins do, at least spread out over vast surfaces. From Leadville down the Arkansas valley in dications could not bo hotter, and tho names of Cleora and Poncho Springs, as mining localities, aro heard on all sides. Passing Btill farther dowu the valley to Ouster county, that great mining camp of recent dato is found, which is second only to.Leadville in the excitement it caused and which it resembles somewhat in tho nature of its nincral formation. This camp, Silver Cliff by mimo, so noted for its mineral found sticking oven to the grass-roots, is situated in tho beautiful Wot Mountaiu valloy, and surrounded by thriving farms and stock ranches, presents a great contrast to other mining tanina which are usually exposed scar the tops of black and barren mountain rouges. West and southwest of Silver Cliff, over the rango, aro to bo found the world renowned Gunpision and San Juan countries, filled with their immenso fis B?ro veins, which will furnish work for untold generations of eager fortuno hunters. It is no wonder thai, with these vost oxposurcs of mineral wealth, backed by the marvelous Btories fromjtho assayers, of hundreds and even thousands of dollars to tho ton, tuet can bo taken from this "dirt," that men loso their senses, loso their power of calculating, and spend years of their lives and thousands of their accumulated capital, to reap? what a fortune much greater than thc one put in ? Not by a legitimate business, excepting in a very few cases. Let us nee, judging by the only criteri on we have-the past-what the relative chances for small capitalists and labor ing men are in mining as compared with other occupations. It is estimated that there are at leaai 100,000 men prospecting in Colorado this summer. Thes? mon do not waste their time, but work hard from early morning until late nt night climbing ana tramping over tho roughest of country, and digging in the hardest of ground Lcd on and on by the wildest of enthual asm from one place to another, now ii one locality where a rich strike is ro ported-then over the mountains to tb< next.place, where a fortuno is sure fo any one that comes-but it turns ou about the same in each case ; it is disap pointment everywhere. Come with us along tho Chicago creal near Idaho, with your trout-rod ashing has been good, and as a bl a cl and Btormy evening approaches we wil ?jo back to a good shelter and a comfor table night. P>ut as we struggle aloof over the rough ways of the canon, let u stop a moment to view but one of thi many prospectors scattered over thi ttockya. He is silting on a rock bosid the prospect hole in the hard ground whicl hos cost him days of exhausting worl to hollow out, his head elightly turne lo ono side, is resting upon tho hand which in turn is supported by tho handl of his pick. The long white beare flowing over the rough minor's coat be longs to a face with a discouraged an tired out look, while the eyes with thei far away expression as if tney wera gai lng into the distant past, snow plain1.; enough that he has not struck "pay dirt. This iono man as ho Bits thero in the ai preaching darkness appears to be 1 every w:;y in sympathy with surroundin nature. The black and ragged rocks ru thousands of feet upon either sido, whil acattorcd over them, the scrub pim u??giLiLj; inj ni every CruViCo glv? Cut ibu mournfull wail in chorus with tho rusl ing waters of the creek. In the bael ground, up too canon, ia m impenetn bio blackness, while over I ie id from ridf to ridge tho threatening clouds aro arche With ono exception the scene is or which Ruskinso aptly calls mountai gloom. This exception is a cloud at 01 sido of the gorge brilliantly illuminate by tho setting sun, and from which thrown a singlo stream of light aero tho valloy, touching the hair and fon head of tue miner, and bringing out h features in strong relief Let ns boj tho miner'sgloo^n basan invisibleatrca of light across its dark track in the aha] of some pleasant memory of the pat The old man probably knows there is bi ono bonanza for ten thousand prospe tors. Still, with that fascination whit leads on tho gambler, and against f more fearful odds, ho will try it agai To-morrow he* will perhaps cross ov tho mountarn to Leadvillo ( md as tl chances are ninety-nine to one that 1 will not strike, ho will cither get out the mountain:!, add one more to tho Si silent SiGGpcro, not covered the so resting in tho carbonate camp's city the dead, or, if be has friends, he one the scores shipped Erst for a final restii place. One hundred thousand prospectors the mountains, one-quarter of them in ai around Leadville and Ten Mile ; tho sands upon thousands of prospect hob and less than fifty paying mines in ti locality: thousands of holes aroui Silver Cliff, and half a dozen payii mines-those ara facts the prospect JOGS not appreciate tumi ii is too tate. In the first place the voin is to found. That may bo comparatively eat but will it pay to work it? is the fm pc tant question. If it will pay. has t miner tho capital to develop it? Sn pose a vein a few inches thick ronni through solid rock ; it costs from $25 150 per foot to run a shaft or tunnel take out tho ore. This ore after shi mentj milling und other expenses, willt iinarily just about clear the cost. Thc Me scores of mines that are consider good strikes that turn out just this w or much worse. Where is tho money made then mining? We know end see many w make their fortunes, both miners a capitalists ; but let us ask '.?gain is it do legitimately? Do they take the mon they have obtained from tho earth? iocs it come from farms, factories, woi mops and other Eastern industries? 1 prospector makes a strike ; does he wc bia mine? No; he has tried that a Suda that it does not pay ; but ho tal In a tenderfoot just come to the mot taina. This poor soul deludes himself with tim idea that he is to mako an im mense fortune in a year or leas out of tho small capital that ho had been years in accumulating, when ho is to return homo to friends and family, and speud the rest of his days in making acquaintances happy by his marvelous deeds of generos ity. Thia stranger ia a strange land, wno in bis own conceit that in a few wc ctn ho has lound out all there is to know about mining, ia taken to thc mino by tho prospector, allowed with bis own hand to pick out of the vein a piece of ore, carry it to i>e Assayed, and in every way to satisfy himself that it is a glorious chance-in fact, one not equaled ny any other in tho mountains. Half of his for j tune-say fivo thousand dollars-he puts j into tho mino, tho other half into ma chinery and stock for development whon, to his sorrow, ho finds it takes fifteen hundred dollars to blast, hoist, and ship ore that will return him but ono thousand. It waa my fortuno in mo day. in ono of the oldest aod most substantial towns of the State, to go to a shoemaker who had sunk five thousand ; to a hotel whoso landlord had previously been a capitalist to the amount of ten thousand, end to talk with ono of tho boarders who had parted with eeventy-fivo thousand, tho product of a fine business in Phila delphia. It had all pone into splendid mining property-or, rather, property where the indications were good. Now, none of these havo a cent to show ; but all own splendid mines, worth millions which they would part with for a small consideration. These aro not the exception, but the rule ; the exceptions aro those who have made a good thing out of legitimate mining. Thu proprietors and sharpers who sold theso properties mado a good thing ; theso wonderful strikes and sales aro reported through the press of the State, nut tho miserable failures tlut follow are never heard of. Where did the $90,000 come from that was made in these threo transactions? Out of the mines of Colorado? No, not ono cent of it ; it carno from selling shoes, etc., in the Eastern Stages. The case is often tho same with largo capitalists, and when they do get a good mine tho chances are often against theirgettiug anything after all the leaks that may occur between tho superintendent, engineer, assayers, smel ter, etc., aro taken into account. Another way to mako money at min ing is to get up a stock company of ten or twenty millions. Don't fool around with any small sums ; but put it right up to twenty, millions ; people will havo con fidonco thon that there aro millions in it, Get out a few thousands of dollars' worth of ore on tho dump, let the oxperts come and seo it, pay thom well for a glowing account which they can givo without telling any literal lies but will deceive ; then throw the stock upon tho market, Get anything you can for it-fifty ccntt or a dollar a snare, sell a hundred thou sand shares and walk off with tho pro ceeds. Tho Basaick mine, et Silver Cliff, i one of tho most promising of tho twentj million dollar mmes, although tho vcit contracted to nothing a short timo agc when they were getting their pile of or? out, in order to have the necessary hun dred thousand cr BO "in sight," ant although the formation of that sectioi ia so broken up that it is very uncortaii what is to bo found, and again although not a ton of ore has been milled still Mr. Bassick is sporting around wit! over a million and a quarter cash in hi pocket, tho proceeds ot part of bis inter est in this mino. Thia may turn ont i food thing for the company that brough Ir. Ba&sick out ; it probably will. I may alto turn out well for the stockhold ern, but to say the least, the chancos ar even that tho mine will fail cither ii working or in ore and the stock at last g< a-begging. j ' Countenance is given to this kind o business by a very few successful compa nies, such as the Little Pittsburg, a Leadville, which has paid in a fbi months in dividends nine huudred thou sand dollars, and which, it is expectcc will pay a dividend of ono hundred an fifty thousand dollars for tho month c September. If ?his holds out, as it nrnt ably will for some time at least, from th fact thatono million dollars' worth of or has been blocked out so it is in sight, th stock ought to givo a good return. Bi there is just ono Little Pittsburg in Cole rado, and out of the scores of mines tin have stock upon the markets, less tba half a dozen, according to tho "Minin Journal," aro dividend paying. By tb way, I say thoro is but ono Little Pitt burg in Colorado ; the fact is there ai several Bichmonds in tho field, and would adviso people to look out if thc buy in Little Pittsburg to see to it that tl ono they buy in is not in Boulder coui ty or some other locality outside < Leadville. A mino sells better in tl East just now if it is called Littlo Pitt burg. Taking all things into considerate Lr.vu tho mines of Colorado been source of wealth to tho country? Tl press of the State bas been telling us i along that $25,000,000! in bullion was como out of the mines thia year. Offici returns for the first six monthsgive, hoi ever, only $5,000,000, which will glv $10,000,000 or say $12,000,000, for tl year. Suppose tho 100,000 prospectors hi worked as nard in raising wheat in t! Bed River country as they have on ti of the barren mountains, add whit th have made to tho capital that has bei expended without the slightest hope any return, and I believe it would found that every dollar in bullion that h been taken out ls offset by two putin the mines. Is the country, as a who as yet any better olf for having this va mineral belt? Would tho nation enriched by Minnesota's wheat field if took 40,000,000 in labor and capital raise a crop worth 20,000,000 ? Why c not mining bo carried on in just as leg imate a way and give lust aa sure rctur as farming? Simply because it is nnc< tain; it in a game of chanco; hence gives riso to speculation and vast ve tures. Five men in a hundred may by ho and by ciook make eomothlnp; nut mining; it would be a poor" farm! country where five men in a bundi failed to mak anything. There can be question bnt that labor and email ca; tal aro indefinitely better off in fanni than in mining. Eighty acres of go wheat land is a sure bonanza; you not haye to form a stock company twenty millions to develop. it ; voil not expose yourself , to perpetual d?i ness within their rocky walls after uncertainty; you have a euro thing, though there may not be immedii millions in ii. There aro no immediate mill (ona legitimate mining: the ore has to taxe? out and reduced slowly, as 1 crops are taken one by ono frost t farm ; but if you are going to specula why not go to gambling at once, whi the chances of success are much bett? If the crowds of able-bodied and uaw cess ful men. who are rushing; into < minos woro making a good living on I Northern Pacific vhest-landathere woi be fewer by far find a drunkard's oi suicide's gravf?. TUE ti. 6 A? BAILBOAD CONVICTS. Tho Other Sido of tho Quent Ion-Mr. Rfbh, the Overseer( Interviewed-Ho denlos that Uicy havo been Mistreated. Abba.?le /Yew arid Banner. We had a c&U yesterday from Mr. John Bich, overseer of all the convicts at work on tho Greenwood and August"? Bailroad. Mr. Bich has boen in the em ploy of the road over sinee the com mencement of the work, and for sixteen months hos held tho position which he now holds. Ile is therefore perfectly conversant with all the facta in reference to the treatment of tho convicta. After some preliminary remarks, wo asked him to mako a statement concerning the convicts now nt work on tho G roon wood and Augusta Bailroad, to which he re plied : ? "Well ; I do not know what informa tion you dosiro. I will answer and ques tion you moy ask." Question -I presumo, Mr. Bich, that you have seen tho commenta of tho nows papera in reference to tho treatment ol tho . jnvicts now at work on tho Green wood and Augusta Bailroad. I Answer-Yes; I have seen what the Nc .? and Courier and tho Xegistci have ?ski, and I pronounce their statements in ii.e main untrue. Q. L' what particular aro they incor rect? A. ? refer particularly to the incorrect ness of the report in conuection with thc statement that somo twenty-five or thir ty prisons were returned to the peniten tiary laBt week. Nono of thom wort blind or speechless when they loft camp but tbreo of them wcro in a prostrate condition from general debility. Th? authorftira of tho road objected to th? sending of th eso three back to tho peni tcntiary from tho fact that they thought tiley worn unnhln to mako tho trip, Q. When did you receive the last lo of prisoners ? A. About tho first of last April. Q. What was their condition ? A. Bad indeed. Many of them wen broken down, diseased and totally unfi for .service. Out of the soventy-?v? hands received at that timo thoro won not moro than twenty-five good hands Others did somo work, while a very con Bidernble number did not work nt all Among this lot who did us no good- wa McGarvey. Wo didn't want hun back Tho Board of Directors had done all the; could to got him pardoned. Ile nove worked, and finally died of grief. Q. About how many did no work ? A. Twelve or fifteen of tho last lot-di? no ser vico ut all. They never pretenda to. work, and about twenty-five other have never earned their food. Q. Who excused these moo from ?er vico ; you, or tba physician? A. I did it rayaolf. It was plain tho many of thom wero unable* to work. 1 wasn't in them. O. Did tho convict* have sufficiea medical treatment, and proper nursin when sick? A. Yes ; Dr. Thos. J. Mackee, ono c the best physicians of Edgcfield Count} an old army surgeon in the Confederat service, visited tho stockade durln April, May and June. Since thon th stockade waa moved. Dr. Merriwethc an excellent physician, now bas chare of tho Bick. Ile visits them twico a da; Tho sick a;e waited ou by tho convale cont convicts. We havo plenty of med cines. They are administered by a- whi man, whose duty it is to givo a genon supervision to tuc Bick. Q. With what diseases are the convie more generally effected? A. Except the chronic eaaee, th ero wot moro cases of diarrhea and Bc'urvy tbs anything else. Thoro woro a fow casi of fever. The scurvy was produced du ing the extreme dry weather, when Was impossible to secure vegetables. YV were compelled to ?oed principally c dry peas, bacon, bread and molasses. "Q. In it true that ono hundred at twenty-five out of two hundred hai died? A. No, air. I can not, however, fro memory give tho exact mortality. W09 very great, though. Q, How do you account for that gre mortality? A. In consequence of 30 roany di*?eas< hands having been Bent to us from t! penitentiary instead of healthy and abl bodied mon. Some of the best wofke now on the road are of tho first lot, wi were strong and healthy when they can to us, and have done work continuous from that timo to the present. Q. Why did you not at once return tl diseased hands to the penitentiary ? A. Uecauso the State authoirlies h notified us that they would not recei them back or exchange them ? Q. It seems, however, Mr. Bich, tb von have just sent back a number. U< ia this? A. It is true that we havo just BC back a lot cf cur sick. The State autln ities made a special order in this instnni which ordor had long been desired tho Bailroad authorities. Q. What is tho present physical cou edon of tho convicts? A. Very good. We have now ot about fifty, all of whom aro doing wc on tho road, with a few exceptions. Thi or four aro doing duty in camp, cookii cleaning np, ?0. We have no nick nc Two in tho yard aro complaining, 1 they nro about able for duty. Q. Havo the State authorities visit the ?tockado, and if BO, how often? A. They havo been thero four tim Colonel Parmole was thero in Augt 1878; Col. T. J. Lipscomb in Augi 1879; Dr. Trezevaut carno a few ui later. He carno, it is eaid, at tho sugg tion of Colonel Lipscomb. Dr. Vt came m (September last. These are l only visits which we have received fr any State officials since we common work. Colonel Parmolo expressed hi self as well satisfied. Ho gave us gi praise for cleanliness, prison mana ment, and the condition of the hands, though the mortality was nearly Sreat at that time as it has been at ; me since. The other visit?n made expression in my hearing. O. How are tho prisoners confined ni ?ht.? A. They are kept by shackle chains tacbed to a long chain running the wh length of tho stockade. They sleep o plantform covered with ht raw, and h Blankets. The sores of which tho no papers are making so much compta are confined exclusively to tho scro lui or disaesed mon. There is not a n now in the stockade with sore legs, fact, there is not a sore anywhere on 1 of them, although it is alleged that beat them so badly. We have a oompi of as fat and sleek skinned negroes aa > bo found in Abbeville County. Ti work bard and do so cheerfully, arid 1 better and healthier than tho negroei 00 the streets of / ??ovillo. The Bailr Company is ready L.nd anxious to bo vcstigatea at any and all times. Q. Have many convicts escaped li ly? A. Nu, air; they very seldom attei to escape ?ow. Cur ?TB io in of guare them is so complete, that they cannot capo. Seven or eight have been kille their attempts to escace sinco wo C monccd work. I havo killed taree. 1 is more tb.au. any other guardsman ha killed. Q> What are tho prospecta for fla?ut lng tho Railroad? A. We aro bound to finish lt. Wo don* intend to atop until it ia finished. Thi State authorities have promised to ir crease the number of our co viols to on< hundred in December. Wo IA ve abou thirtcon miles to finish. The heavies work hns been completed. The piers o tho bridge are now being built. Thro? piora are finished. At this point Mr. R'.?h bogged to bi excused, as ho had busiuesa elsswhen and left us. THE CAPTURE OP ANDES* An Historical Narrativo that DHcredlt American Patriotism. We aro indebted 'o captaiu Charlee H. Townsend, says the Kow Heaver; (Conn.) I'aUadium, for the followingcopj of an interesting manuscript. In tnt year 1817 Gen. King waa written to by a friend who desired to know the exact facta In rotation to Major Andre's cap ture, etc. Tho following letter was writ ten by Gen. King in reply, and although previously solicited for publication, is now, for the first timo, given to the pub* lio : RIDGEFIELD, June 17,1817. DEAR SIR : Yours of the 9th ia before me. I have noted tho contenta, and am sorry to express the indignation I feel at tho idea of being obliged to translate a foreign language to obtain a tvia history of any part of our revolution. The fae tc, so fur as I am acquainted with thom, J. will ?lato to tho best of my ability and recollection. Paulding Williams, and Vau Wort I never saw before or since that event. I know nothing about them. Tho time and place where they stopped Major Andre seems tc justify tbs char acter you havo drawn of them. The truth ia, to the imprudence of tho man, and not the patriotism of any one, is to bo ascribed tho capture of Major Andre. I waa tho first and only officer who had charge of him while at tho headquarters of tho 2d Regiment of Light Dragoons, which waa then at Esquire Gilberts .in South Salem. Ho waa brought up by an adjutant and four mon belonging to tho Connecticut militia, under tho command of Lieut. Col. Jamison, . from the linea iicnr Tarrytown, a character under tho disguised nnmo of John Anderson. He looked somewhat like a reduced gentle man. His small clothes wero nankeen, with long, whito top boots, in patt his uudrcss military suit. His cont, purple with gold laco, worn somewhat thread bare, with a smari' brimmed tarnished beaver on his head. Ho woro his hair in a queue with a long, black band, and bis clothes somewhat dirty. I "In this garb I took chargo of him. After breakfast my barber came into shave me, after which I requested him to undergo the samo operation, which he did. When the ribbon was taken from his hair I observed it was full of powder. This circumstance with others tlint: oc curred induced me to bel i ovo that I had uv.? ordinary person In chargo. Ho re quested permission to take tho bed while his shirt and small clothes could be washed. I told him that was needless, for a chango waa at his service, which ho accepted. Wo woro close pent up in a bedroom with a guard at tbo door and window. There was a spacious yard be fore tho door whioh henesired he might bo permitted to walk iu with me. I ac cordingly disposed of my guard in such a manner aa to prevent an escape, While walking together he observed that ho must mako a confidant of somebody, and he knew not a moro proper person than myself. I proceed with the May jor's own Btorv. He said he carno up the North River in tho sloop-of-war Vulture for the purpose of seciiK? a neninQ by flflg j of trucoT This waa uot~howcver, accom I plished. Of cours? he bad to come ; ashore in a skiff, and' aftor he had done his- business the wind was ao high the Dutchman who took him ashore dare not venture to return him oh board. The ui;,ht following thy militia had lined tho ?nore, so that no attempt would be mode with safety, consequently ho was fur nished, after changing his clothes, with a continental horse ano Gen. Arnoia's pass, and was to take a route by Pcekskill, Crumpound, Plnesbridgo, Sing Sing, Tarrytown, etc., to New York. Toothing occurred to disturb him on his route ca tii he arrived at the last placo excopt at Crumpound. Ho told me bis hair stood erect and his heart was in his mouth on meeting Col. Samuel B. Web, of: our army, pl urah In the face. Aa acquain tance of his said that Col. Studdert knew bini and he thought that ho was gono, bu'* they kept moving along, and soon K- assed oach other. He then thought imsolf* past all danger, end, while ruminating on his good luck and hair breadth escapes, he was assailed by three bushmen near Tarrytown, who ordered him to stand. He said to them, 'I hope, gentlemen, you belong to the lower par ty.' 'We do,' sajrs one. 'So do I,' says he, 'and by the token of thia ring and key you will let mo pass. I am a British officer on business of importance, and j must not bo detained/ "One of them took his Watch from him, and then ordered bim to dismount. The j moment that was done he said ho found ho was mistaken ; he must shift bis tone. He says : 'I am happy, gentlemen, to find I am mistaken-you belong to the upper party aud BO do I;and to convince you of it, here is General Arnold's pass,' handing it to them. 'Damn Arnold's Sass.' said they. 'You said you were a iritish officer. Where 1B your money ?' 'Gentlemen, I have nono about mo,' ho replied. 'You a British officer, pooh ! A gold watch and no money I Let search him.' They did so, but found none Says one: 'He has hia money in h boots ; let's have them off and see,' They took off his boots and there they found bis papers, but no money. They then examined nts saddle but found non He said ho saw they had such a thi for money, he would put thom ia a ws to get it if they would bo directed by bi They answered bim in this way : 'If w deliver von at King's Bridge, wo shall seat to tuc> B?gnr-houso ana you will sa your money. H"> says: 'If you wil not trust my bono, two of you may stay with me and ono shall go, with tho letter I will write. Name your aura.' The sum was agreed upon, not I cannot re collect whether it was five hundred or one thousand guineas, but the latter, I think, was the en m. They held a con sultation for a long .ilse, and finally they told hun if ho wrote a party wonld bo sent out and take them, and then they shoiCd all be prisoners/ They said they had concluded to take him to the com manding officer on the lines. They did so. and retained tho watch until General Washington sent for them to Tapan, when tho watch, waa restored to Major Andre. "Thus, you soe, had money been at command after tho imprudent confession of Major Audre, or any security given that the- British would have cut canil* dence in, he might have passed on to Sir, Henry Clinton's headquarters with all ; his papers and Arnold's pass into the bargain, I do not recollect to have saan I A trna statement of thia business la any 1 -I- 1 "1 ' . Il -....... s history that bnfl fallen into my .hands, If my memory.Ber ve? mo, Arnold solicited 1 and obtained ?he command of Weat Point, in consequence of his being an t invalid, and the reason why his negotii s ation was not completed by flag of truce ? I will state,whaO General Washington s told tho French ambassador, Lucerne, t He stated on his route to Hartford that t Lo dined with General Arnold at Ha? f verstraw jit Joaliua Smith's, where 9 Arnold and Ardra met. General Arnold showed him a letter from Gen ? cml Robinson di?re d to General Israel j Putnam, an officer commanding Weat Point, requesting aa interview by flag on busiuesa cf the first importance to the United States. General Arnold asked General Washington if ht should go and > hear what he had to say. General Washington replied that it would be very improper for the , commander-in-chief of i a p'-'jt to meet anybody himself. He i fruid send a trusty hand if bo thought ' proper. But. he added, I had no more > suspicion of Arnold than I had of myself, i Thia accounts for Major Andre's failure fc to negotiate by flag, and bis subsequent ? movements.. : ' "I have thus complied with your rd i quest, giving yon such facts, by what I i had from the mouth of Major Andre, and what I hoard General Washington tell the French minister soon after tho exe cution of Andre. Directors? Meeting. Pursuant to call of tim PresideaV ihr Directors of tho Belton, Williamston and Easley Bailroad met at the residence oi Mr. Calaban, in Anderson County. Octo ber 6th 1879. .Tho Board was called to order by President Bowen. Chief Engi neer Kirk was appointed Secretary pro tem. Dr. W. C. Brown explained the r?s onne fnr tywt.rcnn lng. tlin iaonnli? ?j Jjlset.0i;5 in Anderson County, whir-1* oatisfao? tory to tho Board. Maj. D. F. Bradley moved titi th* Legislature be petitioned to amet 1 tad charter of the road at its next sitting so as to authorize tho Company to change tbs - name of tho road from tho "Belton, W liamaton arid Easley Bailroad" to that c tho "Atlantic- andi French Broad Valley Baiload," and to authorise the Bead to consolidate with any other-Bead beyond the limits of South Carolina. The mo tion was unanimously adopted. On . motion of Maj. T. H. Bussell, Chief Engineer. Capt. Kirk, was called upon for an estimate of outlay necessary to commenco work with one hundred men. ' Maj. Bradley then addressed the Board iu.f?vor of c-omt?enciDg work in Novem ber next, at Easley Station, on tho sec tion between that point and Pickeas C.. H., and Btated that funds necessary to purchase outfit and continuo work Ave months would bo raised at PickeusO. H. and Easley Station. Dr. W. C. Brown moved that tho sub scription from Easley and Pickens 0. H. bo called in and appropriated at onco to the commencement of work, which shall begin at Easley and bo carried towards Pickens C. H. Unanimously carried. ! On motion of Maj. Bradley, Capt, John L. Thornley, at Pakens C. H., and Mr. W. M. Hagood, at 7iasley, were au thorised to receive subscriptions and turn the money over to President Bowen, in- ; whoso bayda it is to bo .tald fpr expendi ture On motion of Maj.'B. Z>. Dean, books of subscription aro to Li opened at the following places: Augusta, Ga., Charles ton', S. C., Port Boyal, B; C., Columbia, Newberry,. Abbeville Greenwood, Duo West, Anderson CH., Greenville, Pick ens and Easley. On motion, the Pickens Sentinel was 1 i 'requested to publish these proceedings, and nil tho papers whore, bcoko of BUD Bcriptlpn nra to be opened ~~r? recreated Ito. copy. . B; E. BOWEN, President. Ww. J. KIRK, Secretary pro tem. ATTITUDE OP THE SOUTH TOWARDS TILDEN.--The South dona not- want Mr. Tilden. It in idle to keep silent for fear ' of opposing now the man whom we may - have to support in the future. If Mr. Tilden is nominated the major ity of the Bouthern Dem?crata will vote for bim on principle-on the wiso princi ?lo that they are voting not for tho maa, ut for the cause in whose naine thom/ a ia chosen, and for whose ends he -rsv* work. They strive to secure bis ele*, ?au because or their faithfulness to tb; ?Democratic party to which tho count y owes touch, and from which it ha.- good ivHsori to expeut-mofo. j But, on .tho other hand, there will be a ' largo number that will vote against Mr. Tilden also on principle-on the indo pondcut principio thaine ia not tho right man for the oilco ho seeks. Now euch a dividion must bring great trouble, causing defeat-in 1880 andalsorgankipg tho party for years to como. A man should naorifice a prcjndico for tho sake of a great and wise end. Thara ehould be' no~fruleor ruin" in tho voter in any nen so, . Bat, at tho same time, ono section of the country should not have a man forced on them who not onlyls not their second choice, but ia not their third choice, nor their fourth choice, nor ?v?^ their last choice frc in any nusiicr ot possible candidates. Whether tho charges against Mr. Til den be true or not, they have injured bini boforo the neople. He cannot call forth the enthusiasm that is necessary to suc cess.-The State, Bickmond> Va. -. -. THE POWER OF LdVB.--Qn a bed In tho pest-house a young maa was lying stricken with the exantkematie plague thst baa Hpgcrcrcd ? ?o?ig.ia this city. There was rio suffering in concert tomate his - pangs endurable ; he alone of al) tho city lay in the hateful bouse with tho yellow flag; the hateful symbol of tobac co, fluttering out its message of warning, cryirg to the winds "Unclean l" Uddn* ur-the song of tho lepers in Judea: bot Helped physician walked the earth no longer. Nevertheless as .attribut? of Ckriat remains on earth; there was one that dared tho monster in his den and wrestled with him for the nrira. Day and night abo stood at her post by thc loathsome couch, naming her lover from whom tho world bad turned shoul dering away, still seeing tho beautiful through Ute voil of horror, uncheered by voice, mu?lo or flower,' alone with- nor lover and the monster that claimed him; counting time by tho creeping shadows, administering the medi'dno with a ten der hand, disputing with death for a lifo ; the bosom of a virgin opposed to ari arm of bell. Tho crisis passed ?nd the aicfc man left the conch; tho two wont their way, the Mexican with tko girl who hold bim back from death's jaws : no trumpet sounded nor drum beat but os bravo a heart beats in tho breast of that girl as nerved Murat or Ney or toe heroes of the Alamo, and her noble act deserves tho world'a applause. But abo witt never get iw*'oe<^uijo she Ja a poor Mexican girl, besides abo does not o?nl (L--Am Anitmin JTetaJ'l, Edison will not be satisfled until ho has discovered ? better remedy for Coughs and Colds than Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Wo say he wiU nem nvcooa-i.