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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1879. _VOL. XT-NO. 16. SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of various Executions to me directed. I will expose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER next, 1879, at Anderson Court House, S. C, aU of Defendant's interest in ONE BALE OF COTTON. Levied on as the property of Wm. Hanks, fin fevor of A. P. Hubbard, Dr. T. A. Hud gens and others against Wm. Hanks. Terms of sale?Cash. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Oct 16,1879_14_3 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Andeeson. BY virtue of a lien and Order to me di? rected, I will expose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER next, 1879, at Anderson Court House, S. C, all of defendant's interest in ONE BALE OF COTTON. Also on Tuesday after Saleday in Novem? ber, at the residence of Grief T?te, about 30 bushels of corn, more or less; four hundred and fifty bundles of fodder, one lot of shucks and 30 or 35 bushels of cotton seed. Levied on as theproperty of B. A. Gray, in favor of Dr. H. H. Scudday. Terms of sale?Cash. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Oct 16, 1879_14_3 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of an execution to me directed, I wiU expose to sale on the first Mon? day in November, 1879, at Anderson Court House, South Carolina? One Tract of Land, containing ninety-two (02) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of the Estate of Mm. Rosa Lewis, W. B. Bailey, Estate-of John DaLrymple and oth? ers. Levied on as the property of James Dalrymple, deceased, in favor of W. L. Hammond, surviving Executor of S. J. Hammond, deceased, against John W. Dalrymple, Administrator, de bonis non, of I James Dalrymple, deceased, and Rebocca | Dalrymple. Terms of sale Cash?purchaser to pay ex? tra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Oct 9,1379_13_4_ SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, PlCKENS CO?KXY. In the Court of Common Pleas. Joshua Jamison and Ezekiel Long as Ad? ministrators of the Estate of James Long, deceased, Plaintiffs, against Wm. Couch, et. al. Defendants.?Complaint for Relief. BY virtue of a Decretal Order, made in the above stated case, by the Hon. T. B. Fr?ser, Presiding Judge, on the 21th of I March, 1879,1 will sell to the highest bidder [ before the Court House door of Pickens County, during the legal hours of sale, on the FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, A. D. 1879, "All that Parcel or Tract of Land; lying and situated in Pickens County, State afore? mentioned, containing Five Hundred and Fifty Acres, more or less, bounded by lauds of Wm. Stegall, Henry Couch, J. W. Gray and Spencer StegaU, Known as the Old Couch Place," Terms or Sale.?One-half in cash, the other half in twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by a bond with good personal security and a mortgage of the premises sold; purchaser having the [ Srivilege to anticipate payment; and will e required to pay extra for all papers and for recording the same. The above described Place Is known as the "Granny Conch Old Place.' aud is one of the best Plantations in Pick? ens County. JOAB MAULDIN, Sheriff Pickens County. Oct 16,1879_14_3_ SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In Ute Court of Common Pleas. Zacharias T. Taylor, Plaintiff, against Rosa A. Bacot, Joseph D. Taylor, and others, Defendants.?In Partition of the Real Es? tate of David 8. Taylor, deceased. BY virtue of an order to me directed by his Honor B. C. Prcssley, bearing date September 36,1879,1 wiU sell at Anderson Court House, S. C, on the FIRST MON? DAY in NOVEMBER next, 1879, the fol? lowing Lots or Tracts of Land, to wit: Tract No. 2, known as the Saw Mill Tract, containing one hundred and thirty one (131) acres, more or less, as per plat filed. Tract No. 3, known as the Grist Mill Tract, containing forty-eight (48) acres, more or less, as par plat filed. Tract No. 6, containing fifty-eight (58) acres, more or less, as per plat filed. Tract No. 8, containing ninety-six (96) acres, more or less, as per plat filed. Tract No. 9, containing seventy-two and one-fourth (721) acres, more or less, as per plat filed. Tract No. 10, containing eighty-three (S3) acres, more or less, as per plat filed. Tract No. 12, containing one hundred and thirty-four and one-fourth (134i) acres, more or less, as per plat filed. Also, One House and Lot in the village of Pen dleton, being a port of the Lowther Hall land, containing two and three-fourth (21) acres, more or less. Sold for partition among the heirs of Da? vid S. Tojdfor, deceased. Teems or Sale?One-third of the pur? chase money to be paid in cash; the re? maining two-thirds to be paid in two equal annual Instalments, with interest from the day of sale, to be paid annually, with leave to any purchaser to pay the whole or any amount in excess of the cash payment on the day of sale. Purchasers to give bonds, with two or more approved sureties, for the payment of the purchase money, the titles to be executed but not delivered until the whole amount of the purchase money is paid. Purchasers to pay extra for all ne? cessary papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff of Anderson County. Oct 9. 1879_13_4 Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. In the Court of Common Pleas. Francis S. Riley against Clarissa Gaines, Wm. A. Gaines, and others.?Complaint for Partition of Real Estate, &c. \ Y virtue of an order to me directed by _ > his Honor B. C. Prcssley, presiding Judge, in the above stated case, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, at public auction, the following described property, as the Real Estate of Nathaniel Gaines, deceased, to wit: Tract No. 1, or homestead, containing one hundred and eighty-three acres, moro or less. Tract No. 3, containing one hundred and forty-six acres, more or less. Tract No. 4, known as the Garrison or W. A. Gaines place, containing one hun? dred and eighty-six acres, more or less. Tract No. 5, known as the Shaw and Kay place, containing seventy acres, more or less. The said several Tracts situote in Honea Path Township, of Anderson County. The Tracts will be sold by the pluts which will be exhibited on day of sale. Terms of Sale?One-third of the pur? chase money to be paid in cosh; the re? maining two-thirds on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale purchaser to give bond and mortgage to se? cure the same, with the privilege of antici? pating payment. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, -. - Master. Ocfc9>1879 - 13 4 TV Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of anderson. In the Court of Common Pleas. William S. Hall and wife, Malinda Hall, Plaintiff's, against Silas McD. Massey, William Massey, Eliza Martin, et al., Defendants.?Decretal order to revoke and reassign land and to sell land, &c. BY virtue of an order to me directed in the above stated case by his Honor B. C. Pressley, bearing date - 1879,1 will sell at Anderson Court House, S., C. on 8ALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, at pub? lic auction, the following described property, to wit: AU that parcel or tract of land containing fifty-nine (59) acres, more or less, and known as part of Tract No. 3 of the Real Estate of Silas Massey, deceased, and adjoining the balance of Tract No. 3, which was assigned to M. H. Massey, and Tract No. 4, which was purchased by J. M. Chamldee, and Tract No. 12, which was assigned to Malin? da Hall, and Tract No. 13, which was as? signed to R. B. Massey, and Tract No. 2, which was assigned to James Massey, de? ceased. Terms of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay extra tor papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 16,1879_14_3 Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court of Common Pleas. Hester Jane Hamlin against Hester Rogers, Ann E. Dacus.?Complaint to Partition Heal Estate. BY virtue of on order to me directed by his Honor B. C. Pressley, presiding Judge, in the above stated case, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, at public auction, the following described property, as the Real Estate of Benjamin T. Rogers, dee'd, to wit: Tract No. I, or homestead, containing one hundred and thirty (130) acres, more or less, adjoining lands of A. M. Neal, and Nos. 1 and 2. Tract No. 2, containing one hundred and ninety-two (192) acres, more or less, adjoin? ing lands of Wm. Turner, Mrs. Rachel Kay, Thomas Crymes, and others. Tract No. 3, containing one hundred and seventy-three (173) acres, more or less, ad? joining lands of L. D. Stringer, L. D. Har? ris and others. Plats of these several Tracts will be ex? hibited on day of sale, and the Tracts sold by the plats. Terms op Sale?One-third cash; the re? maining two-thirds on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale? purchasers to give bond, secured by mort? gage of premises to secure the unpaid bal? ance. Purchasers to pay extra for papers. W. Wl HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 9,1879_13_4 r MASTERS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. Court of Common Pleas. Sylvester Bleckley, Elijah W. Brown, Jos. J. Fretwell and John J. Baker, Parties in trade under the firm name of Bleckley, Brown & Co., Plaintiffs, against Caroline Hall, Warren Hall, Alfred Hall, Elbert Hall and others Defendants.?Complaint to foreclose Mortgage of Real Estate. BY virtue of an order to me directed in the above stated case from Judge B. C. Pressley, presiding Judge, bearing date 25th September, 1879, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S; C, on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, at public auction, the following de? scribed property, to wit: All that piece or parcel of land situated in the County of Anderson and State of South Carolina, known as a part of the B. F. Sloan tract, containing one hundred and twenty acres, (120,) more or less, on waters of Wilson's Creek, bonnded by lands of Robert Simpson on the south, by lands of J. P. Tucker on the west, by lands of B. D. HaU and J. P. Tucker's miU site on the north, except nine and nine-tenths acres of said tract of land which were conveyed by D. L. Hall and F. Hall to Robert Simpson by deed dated the 27th day of January, A. D. 1879. Terms of Sale.?One half of the pur? chase money to be paid in cash, and the other half on a credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale, to be secured by bond and mortgage on the premises, the purchaser having the privilege to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay extra for pa? pers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 9,1879_-13_4 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County In the Court of Common Pleas. Ezekiel Long, Jr., as heir at law and Ad? ministrator of James Long, deceased, against Mrs. Cynthia E. Long, Ezekiel Long, Sr., et al.?Complaint for Sale and Partition of Real Estate. BY virtue of an order to me directed in the above stated case from Iiis Honor B. C. Pressley, presiding Judge, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, at public auction, on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, the following described property, as the Real Estate or James Long, deceased, to wit: TRACT NO. 5, or Anderson Owen Tract, containing 25i acres, more or less, five acres being Wadsworth lease land, with eighteen years to run, adjoining lands of L. H. Gam Drell and others. TRACT NO. 6, or Thomas McCartha Tract, containing three hundred and nine (309) acres, more or less, adjoining lands of M. B. Williams, and others. This Tract to be subdivided into two or more Tracts, and sold by the plats. TRACT NO. 9, or Terrell Bryant Tract, containing one hundred and fifty-five acres, more or less, adjoining lands of? TRACT NO. 10, or White Plains Tract, containing fifty (50) acres, more or less, ad? joining lands of Jacob Martin, and others. TRACT NO. 11, or Guthrie Tract, con? taining one hundred (100) acres, more or less, on Hurricane Creek, adjoining lands of? Terms of Sale?One-third cash j the re? maining two-thirds on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to be secured by mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment any time. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary pa? pers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 9,1879_13_4 Executor's Sale. THE undersigned, Executors of John Cox, deceased, will sell at public out? cry before the Court House door on SALE DAY in NOVEMBER next, said deceased's Real Estate, consisting of 167' Acres of Land, more or less, situate in Anderson County, S. C, and bounded by Freeman's land, Little Beaverdam Creek, Seneca River, and Tract conveyed to Mrs. Sarah Cox, widow of said deceased, in lieu of dower. Terms made known on day of sale. J. WILLET PREVOST, JOHN W. DANIELS, Executors. Oct 2,1870 12_ 5 EXECUTOR'S SALE of REAL ESTATE. WILL be sold at Andereon C. H. on SALE DAY IN NOVEMBER next, all that tract of land containing 100 acres more or less, belonging to the Estate of Aaron Van diver, deceased, on Broadaway Creek, ad? joining lands of J. Willett Prevost, Mrs. Emaline Vandiver, Miss Jemima Nevitt and others. Terms of Sale.?One-third cash, the re? mainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to be secured by mortgage. Purchaser to pay extra for pa? pers. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Ex'r. Oct 9,1879 13 4 TUE CAVES OF LTJRAY. gome or the Wonderful Formations In the Grat Caverns of Fago County, Virginia, Three Hundred Feet Under Ground?The Bottomloas Flfr-Dan dug In the Bull Boon* Letter to the Philadelphia Times. Luray, Va., October 10. Years ago?nobody knows how many ?somebody wandered up on what is now known as Cave Hill. He discovered an opening, which seemed to lead far into the earth. He made a torch?or at least I suppose he did?and started out to ex? plore it. No one knows how long he wandered around in a series of intricate passages. He climbed over chasms, crawled through damp and dark tunnels and slipped into pools of water. On ev? ery side stalactites, from which drops of water fell like rain, glistened as he turned his torch upon them. Dazzled by their beauty he kept on and on. His torch burned low, and then he discovered that lie was lost. He knew not which way to turn. No matter which passage he followed he seemed to get further away from the light of day. His torch flickered and sputtered and went out He was helpless and alone in a vast cave, which no one knew. His foot slipped and he felt himself falling. Down, down he went until he was dashed in pieces at the foot of a steep precipice. Every bone in his body was broken, and to-day three hundred feet under the hill, some of those bones, petrified and as solid as the rocks in which they are firmly fixed, may be seen and are shown to all visi? tors to the Luray Cave who have the courage to climb down into Skeleton Gulch. a simple country village. Lauray is a pretty place. The only way to reach it is by stage. The inhab? itants have great expectations. A rail? road is building, and when it reaches here the charm of Luray will be gone. Now it is a simple little Virginia village. In a few years it will be a bustling town. For a year past more people have visited here than ever before. They come by the scores to go through the cave, which is still new and hasn't lost its novelty yet, even to the residents of Luray. The cave is the one great thing they find to talk about?that and the coming railroad. The trip from Philadelphia isn't such a very long one. Starting in the evening, you reach Washington in ample time for the 8.30 train the next morning from the Balti? more and Ohio depot. By 11 o'clock Harper's Ferry is reached, and then comes a delightful ride of about eighty miles up the Shenandoah Valley, through one of the prettiest and most fertile strips of land to be found in this coun? try. The valley is filled with places made famous by the war. Plenty of traces are left of the fierce struggle waged over every foot almost of this ground. At Windchester, the metropolis of the valley, the great monument made, in Philadelphia now stands as a tombstone over the unrecorded Confederate dead. Sheridan's ride to Cedar Creek every? body remembers. New Market Depot is reached at about 3 o'clock, and then comes the most delightful part of the trip?the ride over the mountains. The stage?it is more of a barouche than a stage?rattles away over a branch of the Shenandoah and drives up to the New Market House with a flourish. The town is three miles from the depot. There are yet eleven miles to travel over, and it will take upwards of three hours to accomplish the distance, for the roads are steep?very steep. The range of mountains right ahead is the Massanut ton range. Up, up you go, over the re? markably good roads. Great, lumber? ing farmers' wagons pass you occasion? ally going to town. Now and then the carriage drives by a spring-house?for you are in the spring country now. Grin? ning negroes, who apparently haven't found out yet that slavery has been abol? ished, and care much less, look out from their little log cabins. They are a happy set. I know of no class of people who take life so easy as the Virginia darkies. On either side are fields of waving corn, with an occasional patch of sugar cane. But now the carriage is nearly at the top of the gap?Pinafore Gap a party named it the other day, and as Pinafore Gap it has gone down on the books of the guides. "Take your last look of -the Shenandoah," says the driver; "in a mo? ment more you will lose sight of it and cross into Page County." You may talk of your Catskills, but I doubt if there is finer scenery anywhere on the Hudson than can be had from the Massanutton range, 2,500 feet above the sea. Away down at the base of the mountains, stretching for miles, is the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Off in the dis? tance the Allegheny Mountains rise. "How blue they are!" says some one. "Wait a moment," says the driver, "and you will see some that are bluer." The summit is reached, and in a moment the Shenandoah and the Alleghanies are shut out from sight. But there is even a more beautiful panorama in store. Now Page Valley is in full view, and the Blue Ridge Mountains tower up to wondrous heights. It is, ind?'' a perfect picture. DRIVING '0 TOWN. Down, down the curriage runs at good rate speed. Now the journey begins to get exciting. The wheels run uncom? fortably near the side of the road, for to slide off it would be death. The moun? tain is steep and the dark side does not look very inviting. It does not take long to descend or to ford the Shenandoah in the valley beneath, and then the road becomes more level. The little log cabins of the negroes increase in number, and occasionally a white man's house is passed. There is invariably something the matter with it, however. Either the chimney is propped up with a pole or the steps are missing, and a plank is neces? sary to gain an entrance through the front door. It is growing dark wheu the carriage crawls up Cave Hill and dashes down into Luray, a mile or so from the cave. The Washington House bell, fixed on poles outside and rung with a rope, sounds the supper hour in clear tones which can be heard all over the village, and after the long ride over the mountains no one is averse to a meal of chicken and corn bread and puro coun? try milk. The greasy bacon so common throughout Virginia and the South is de? lightfully conspicuous by its absence. It ; is rather late to obtain a good view of the surroundings, but if any one can pluck up enough courage to turn out at an early hour he will be amply repaid. The clouds which hide the mountain tops and the mists which rise from the little creek windiug its way through Page Valley gradually disappear and leave the Blue llidgo as black as the faces of the darkies themselves. Then a little streak of pur? ple appears on the Massanutton off to the west, which increases until the whole mountain is colored a bright hue. In a moment more the sun shoots up through a little gap in the Blue Ridge and the sunlight finds its way little by little into the dark caverns which dot the moun? tains here and there. descending into the cave. But the cave. Of course that is the one great attraction. No one knows who first discovered it. Probably tho man whose bones lie at the bottom of Skele? ton Gulch was the first one to enter it, but he never lived to tell the story. It is said that tho cave was known a hundred years ago, and that there is to-day a map which was drawn a century since. If so, it is funny that the cave should have been forgotten and the entrance closed, for until prospectors made the discovery a couple of years or so ago no one in this neighborhood knew anything concerning it, except, possibly, in legendary form. One of the proprietors is a Jerseyman, I believe. He and his companion became convinced, from the formation of the land, so they say, that there was a cave here. Perhaps they knew something concerning the map, but however that may be, they began a systematic search. They dug down into the earth and final? ly found a big hole. One of them let himself down with a rope and found himself in a long passage-way. The men bought the land, but as soon as the orig? inal owner discovered what was up, he considered that he had been cheated in some way, and immediately began a suit to recover. It will take a long time to settle the ownership of this cave, for the Supreme Court will finally have to de? cide the question. Just how large the cave is I don't know. There are parts of it that haven't been opened up to visitors yet. Right over the opening is a little house, where the requisite candles and lights are obtained, and then, with Guide Colvin in the lead, you step on to the stairs and go down a dark and steep in? cline until far below the surface of the earth. wonders under ground. ? It is possible that some people may form some sort of an idea what a cave is before they visit one. It is possible they mny have a clearer idea when they come out. I didn't. It is a wondrous affair, of course ; but just where the thing be? gins and just where the thin; ends, and where the sides are, if there are any, and where the centre is, if, there is any, I don't know. All I know is that with four or five others I wandered around at tho rate of a mile an hour for three hours, and didn't know where I was any of the time. There are stalactites and stalag? mites on every side, and any quantity of curious formations of all sorts. You go through narrow passages, you go through passages with high roofs and you crawl through passages with low roofs. It is worse than the Catacombe themselves. You go into large chambers and small chambers and caverns and gulches and all sorts of things. They will show you the Washington Columu and the Spectre Column, which looks exactly like a big white ghost rising out of a chasm. Then they will allow you to drink lime wafer out of the Crystal Lake and take another drink out of the Devil's Lake. They will take you to tho Fish Market, where there is a goodly collection of curious rocks resembling species of the finny tribe. They will snow you a stony dog and stony animals of all sorts; leather made out of stone and a whole patch of potatoes of the same material. They will take yon> to. the Natural Bridge and play a tune for you on an organ of stalac? tites or stalagmites or something or other. A beautiful Angel's Wing flits before your eyes, and the slender Kieling Whip you want to steal as a memento of the visit. You can look over iuto the Bot? tomless Pit, and belieye, if you care to, the story that no one has yet been able to find its depth. Then you can climb down into Skeleton Gulch and see the bones. A good many people don't care to undertake the trip, as it ts rather dan? gerous, but I saw a lady go down into the chasm in safety the other day and then laugh at her companions because they did not dare to follow her. About tho time you enter the Ball Boom you conclude that you don't know where you arc. It is a large chamber with vaulted roof and plank floor, and everybody that enters the cave has to come here and dance. When it is illuminated it is very beautiful. It is somewhere in the direc? tion of the centre of the earth, but just where the guides can tell you ; I can't. The cave is indeed a wonderful affair. There is someting new at every turn, and when the open air is reached you are about ready to turn around and go down into that dark hole again. Feed Young Animals Well.?The man who wears out a calf s teeth in the effort to make it shirk for itself never raised a primesteer noragood cow. Every dollar supposed to be thus saved in the young animal must be replaced by the expenditure of two. The man who feeds best while the animal is young makes the most money. This is generally recog? nized as true by our best farmers, and hence the improvement in stock, aud consequent cheapening in the raising of animals within the post ten years. The same rule will apply to all farm stock. If stinted whilo young they never pay the breeder and feeder a living profit.? Hence, the reason why those who do not keep pace v.-ith the time3 are always complaining that there is no money in stock. The big prices paid by tho best stock feeders are for animals that have had their digestive organs kept intact by early and properly prepared nutritious food. Tho value of a good animal lies in its aptitude to lay on flesh, and those who keep steadily growing from birth will continue this growth and increase in profitable weighc. To do this in the most economical manner the digestive organs must be orignally strong and unimpaired by abuse. Advice to Dyspeptics.?Avoid pork, fat meats, grease, gravies, spices, confec tionaries, tea, coffee, alcoholic drinks, beer, malt liquors, of all kinds. Let your food be plain, simple, whole? some chiefly, fruits and vegetables. Let your bread be made of unbolted wheat meal. Take your meals regularly; if three, let the supper be very sparing. Eat slowly, slightly, masticate thor? oughly. Beware of hot food and drinks. Avoid luncheons by all means. Exercise freely in the open air; never sit moping, but turn your mind entirely from your disease and trouble. Keep the feet dry; let tho soles of your shoes be thick, that no dampness may penetrate them. Keep regular hours; rise early ; exer? cise half an hour gently before break? fast. Banish the pipe, quid and snuff-box, as the plague, forever. Of all the dyspep? sia breeders and promoters, nothing ex? ceeds the use of the ''Indian weed." Keep away from the apothecary; avoid all quack medicines and nostrums. ? The New York Times, having pa? thetically asked, "What can the Repub? lican parly do for tho South ?" the Al? bany Xcws pertinently responds, "Stop lying on us." ? The Memphis Avalanche proposes that the old town be entirely depopula? ted and destroyed, and that a new Mem? phis be built at a place known as Bart lett, eleven miles distant. It suggests that "half a dozen railroad tracks" could do all the transporting between tho new city and the river. There is no hope of the ccssasion of the fever till frost, The Bloodhound Business. Few Southerners, we fancy, will care to thank Mr. John Thomas Butler for the extraordinary "vindication" of their char? acter which he has undertaken, with the help of his pack of playful bloodhounds and the thrifty negro who consents, for a consideration, to be "treed" as often ns a paying crowd of Northern spectators demands a repetition of the edifying show. In fact, nobody in South Carolina will be disposed to complain if Mr. But? ler should appropriate the "vindication" as exclusively for his own benefit, as he does the dollars of the wondering New Yorkers which it incidentally harvests. The evil of slavery consisted in just such horrible possibilities as form the real at? traction of his bloodhound show. But it is an outrageous libel upon the whole community of those who were once slave? holders to encourage the inference that the pursuit of runaway slaves with dogs was ever habitual, or even common, in ' the South. It was a proceeding that ex? cited as much horror among the Southern people at large as it would have done in any other civilized part of the world, and not one slaveholder in ten thou? sand ever dreamed of resorting to so repulsive a barbarity. How the bloodhound busiuess was regarded in this State the record plainly shows. In 1854 South Carolina, through her Courts and her Executive, was called upon to ex? press her reprobation of just such a per? formance as Mr. Butler is now so pleas? antly illustrating. In the seventh volume of Richardson's Law Report*, p. 327, will be found a full report of the case of the State against Thomas Motley and Wra. Blackledge, who were tried in 1853 for the murder of an unknown negro. We give the case as it is officially reported. "On the trial of Blackledge it was shown that a negro man calling himself Joe, and who said he belonged to Manigault, was taken up as a runaway by one Grant, on July 4,1853; that during that night, Row ell, in company with Blackledge, called upon Grant, who transferred the posses? sion of the negro to Rowell, he under? taking to take charge of him until Grant could take him to jail at Walter boro'. This proof was not made on the trial of Motley. The next day, July 5, according to the testimony on both trials, the negro, unknown to any of the witness? es, was seen in possession of the three prisoners. They had a number of dogs with them. They called the'negro Joe, and he answered to that name. They said they had whipped him because he would not tell his master's name; but he repeatedly said that he belonged to Manigault. Three witnesses testified to the cruel and barbarous treatment to which the nergro was that day in their presence subjected ly Motley and Black? ledge?two of the witnesses thought that the treatment was sufficient itself to kill him; the third, that if sent to jail he must have died. A physician, who heard the evidence, testified that the negro would have died from the abuse he re? ceived, as detailed by the witnesses. "The witnesses described Joe 'to be a black negro, hair very kinky, about five feet six iuches high, and twenty-two years of age.' When they left, he was alive and in the possession of the prison? ers. Circumstances, given in evidence on the trial, led to the belief, that, after the witnesses left, the negro escaped, or was permitted to fly by the prisoners, was pursued by them with their dogs, overtaken and killed not far from the place where last seen by the witnesses. On the 17th or 18th of July, Motley and Blackledge were arrested. Blackledge, by persuasion and hope of immunity, was induced to make a confession. On the trial of Motley, the witness was allowed to state only so much of the confession as led to the discovery of the bones and hair of a negro concealed behind a log in a swamp, not far from the place where Joe was supposed to have been killed. These remains were not identified. The bones were those of a man whose size corresponded with that of. Joe, as de? scribed by the witnesses. On the trial of Blackledge, his confession was brought out by himself without objection on the part of the State. It was to the effect, that after the witnesses lei't, the negro es? caped, was pursued with the dogs by Motley on foot and Blackledge on horse? back, was overtaken and killed by Mot? ley, and his body concealed behind the log where his bones wero afterwards found." The jury convicted the prisoners of mur? der. An appeal was made to the Appeal Court, ana the case was elaborately argued by distinguished counsel, and among other points it was urged by the defence that the evideuce "reduced the charge from murder to manslaughter, or to killing in sudden heat and passion, inasmuch as the negro was pursued as a runaway, which pursuit was lawful." The Appeal Court, after disposing of the technical grounds, thus expresses itself as to the defence. "The third ground, that the evidence reduced the charge, from murder to kill? ing in 3uddeu heat and passion, requires but a passing remark. However lawful the pursuit and apprehension of a fugi? tive slave, the conduct of this prisoner, and of his associate in guilt, affords an exhibition of a wicked purpose and gross recklessness of human life rarely met with. The brief is examined in vain for any evidence of provocation on ?ie part of their unfortunate and unoffending vic? tim, or fur the usual indications of a mere purpose to reclaim and restore a runaway to his rightful owner. The ex? traordinary and dangerous agencies used in the original capture, the cruel and protrac? ted abuse of the slave when in their poivcr and possession, preclude all Bitch extenuation, sought to be inferred, in the absence of proof, because of an alleged atlanpt to escape. However such disclosure may awaken the bitter invective and calumny of iguoraut and deluded opposers of our institutions, such means, for such an end, never will find vindication nor excuse amongst ourselves." The prisoners were sentenced lo be hung on the 3d of March, 1854. They had been removed from AValterboro' to Charleston, where the Court sat, to be present at the hearing of their nppcal, as was their right. On the 25th of January tho Attorney-General, Mr. Isaac W. Hayne, stated to the Court that he had received information calculated to create apprehension that an attempt would be made to rescue the prisoners on their way to Walterboro', and, on his motion, the Court ordered the Sheriff of Charleston to detain the prisoners in the jail in this city until the time of execution. Gover? nor Manning, who was then the Execu? tive, took efficient steps to prevent any attempt at rescue. A military detach? ment, consisting of details from the Washington Light Infantry, Palmetto Guard, Marion Artillery, and other com? panies under the command of General, then captain, A. M. Manigault, was sent to guard the prisoners lo the placo of execution and to maintain the civil au? thority in carrying out the sentence; and on the day appointed these men were du? ly hanged. Let it not be forgotten that the State of South Carolina thus officially provided a "tree" for tho protection of even runa? ways from abuse?not a tree for the runa? ways to climb, but a tree from which their pursuers were to be hanged by the. 1 neck, in case the does were not called off ? in time.?Xcws and Courier. >'ov<lcnskji>ld, the Explorer. The New York Herald's Japan corres? pondent furnishes many interesting de? tails of Professor Nordenskjold's Arctic experiences, gleaned from the Professor himself while in Tokio. His ship, the Vega, was arrested in her passage by the ice on the 28th of September, 1878. Two days more of open weather and she would have entered Bchring's Strait, and reached Yokohama two months earlier than she did. The winter was spent on the cast side of Koljutshan Bay, one mile from shore, in latitude (57 deg. 7 min., and longitude 173* deg. west from Greenwich, the Vega obtaining a release on the ISth of July. The cold was in? tense, with mild weather at some inter? vals. During their detention the Vega was the constant rendezvous of the hap of the mainland, called the Tschuktschi. They transact a trade between Siberia and Alaska in winter by sledges over the bridge of ice, and in sumraerby the open sea. The winter was a hard one, and the visitors to the Vega received 3,000 pounds of bread among them. These people, though paying a slight tribute to Russia for permission to trade, admit no allegiance. They have no government, no laws, and almost no religion. Thou? sands of them were seen by the officers of the Vega, but they never saw or heard of a single case of quarreling among them. Pefect harmony prevailed in their villages and families; the wo? men were treated by them with great deference and politeness. Their lan? guage is peculiar, and shows no affinity to any other known tongue. The young women are very fair, of perfect symme? try and fine proportions. The men are tall, above the average height, and some were seen equal to the best specimens of Northern Europe. One woman was seen of gigantic proportions, her height being over seven feet. Not an article was stolen from the Vega during her stay among these people, though they were daily visitors. It is impossible to fancy a more Arcadian race. Without chiefs or criminals, they experience no difficul? ty in distributing the joint product of their bunting and fishing, and their whole pride is to own a boat a little lar? ger than ordinary. The Vega visited Behring's Island, now occupied by the American Alaska Trading Company. The most important industry is the export of the skins of the sea bear. From 30,000 to 50,000 are slaughtered on Behring's and Copper Islands annually, but only at the time when the hair is in the best order. No young or females are allowed to be kill? ed, and otherwise stringent regulations are enforced for the preservation of a valuable species. The result is that their numbers are now augmenting, and they display no fear or anxiety on the ap? proach of men. Under these precautions the amimal is thriving and multiplying enormously. On one proraonotory could be seen as many as 200,000 of these ani? mals, which not long ago threatened to become extinct in consequence of their indiscriminate slaughter. commercial result3. Profossor Nordenskjold expresses the opinion that the northeast passage be? tween the Atlantic and Pacific will be frequently repeated, and commerce can be established so that the underwriters will be willing to take risks on vessels engaged in it. He apprehends no ob? stacles in the way of experienced navi? gators yearly plying from the Pacific on one side and the Atlantic on the other to the mouths of the Lena; and then, when the sea is available for intercourse be? tween Lena, Yencsci and Obi and the vast oceans, almost all Siberia, and even some parts of North China will be acces? sible by water. He deems that the ex? tent of Siberia, the rich virginity of its soil and its other natural riches are only comparablo to the same conditions in North America one hundred and fifty years ago, and he thinks that the future development of the rich tracts of Asia may equal that attained in the past by the United States. Tiur-le Tragedy in Illinois.?Wm. Hogg, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Bloomington, 111., returned home at noon the other day and on entering the parlor shot his daughter, Mary, aged 18. Passing out into the yard he called for his son William, aged 12, who was playing, placed the pistol to his head and fired, the ball coming out under the opposite ear. Then, stepping into the woodshed behind the house, he placed the pistol to his own head and fired, the ball lodging in the brain. He fell upon the floor, where he was fouud soon afterward by a passer-by with a revolver in his right hand and his blood dyeing the floor around him. Mary and ner .'father are both dead. The son is likely to recover. Hogg recently married a young wife, his second, and was apparently living in comfort. This morning his wife went to Normal, and probably escaped a like terrible fate. Hogg was always considered excentric. He was for years a successful speculator in lands, but recently he had been unfor? tunate, losing the bulk of his property. This it is supposed preyed upon Iiis mind. From Prof. Wise's Balloon.?A roll of papers was found on the beach of Lake Michigan at Lake Station, Ind., thirty miles southeast ol Chicago, on Oc? tober 20, which was thrown from the bal? loon in which Prof. Wise and Mr. Burr left St. Louis three weeks ago yesterday. The package contained circulars for a western land company, similar to those found in central Illinois, and on their backs were written the following senten? ces : "Thrown from Prof. Wise's trans? continental balloon Pathfinder," and "Dropped from Prof. Wise's balloon." The papers had evidently been in the water some time, but they were not mu? tilated, and the writing was plain. The balloon passed over Lake Station on the night after its departure from St. Louis. The finding of these papers is considered conclusive evidence that it must have gone down in the water. There is much excitement at the Station, aud a large number of persons searched tho beach for miles, hoping to find some trace of the missing balloon and men. Taking the Census.?We have re? ceived from Francis A. Walker, Super? intendent of Census, a circular concern? ing tbc office of enumerator under the census law. By the Act of 1S70 enume? ration districts are not permitted to ex? ceed 4,000 inhabitants according to the census of 1870. The number of inhabi? tants in enumeration districts, except in cities or large towns, should ordinarily fall far short of this limit. The amount to be paid to enumerators will be from $4 to :?G per day of ten hours of actual work. The work is to bo done within four weeks in the country and within two weeks in cities. The Superintendent thinks that country physicians and schoolmasters will prove the best enume? rators. The enumeration is to be made in June, 1SS0.?Xcwberrg Herald. py, peaceful and indi| inhabitants a sea bear farm. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. What tlte Lead Ins Journals of Various ShiKlrs of Opinion say about the Result in Ohio. From the New York Times. All the dispatches from Ohio show that the interest in the election of yesterday was intense and the rote polled was among the largest ever known mthe State. This is greatly due to the importance of the general issues involved, and par? tially to the effect which the result of tho election was expected to have upon the personal fortunes of distinguished men, especially in the Democratic party.? The campaign, so far as the pualic dis? cussion went, has been almost as com? pletely national in its character as if representatives in Congress, or even Presidential electors, were to have been chosen. On the Republican side great prominence has been given to the South? ern questions. Although Mr. Foster was intimately connected with the earlier ef? forts of Mr Hayes to give a new complex? ion to the Southern policy of the gov? ernment, neither he nor his friends have hesitated to occupy the most "stalwart" ground. In fact, Mr. Sherman, who is regarded as the political sponsor of Mr. Foster, has gone as far as any one could go in advocating the views which the extremest Republican critics of the Ad? ministration nave advanced, and Mr. Schurz, who has been the most intelli? gent of the President's advisers in South? ern matters, gave more temperate and ra? tional, but not less emphatic support to the doctrine that the only remedy for the evils with which the South threatens the country was a decided Republican sentiment in the North. The magnet which drew the disaffected to the Repub? lican ticket was the unmistakable firm? ness of the party for equal rights in the South. Had the Republicans taken the highest ground on the currency, we be? lieve they would have succeeded equally well, and their victory would have had greater value. But the significance of the victory lies in the evidence which it affords that the people of Ohio, fairly representing the people of the North, are thoroughly aroused as to the tenden? cy of Democratic rule, and are resolved to overthrow it wherever it has gained a footing. From the New York IIcraM. This decisive Republican triump is of national interest. Besides disposing of several prominent Ohio statesmen, it will inspire courage and hope in the Repub? lican party throughout the United States. Even locally it is of considerable impor? tance. It extinguishes Senator Th?r man's chances of re-election and puts an end to any lurking aspiration which Eff? ing may have had to be Thurman's suc? cessor. But these local consequences are as dust in the balance. The great sig? nificance of the Ohio election lies in its influence upon national politics and its bearing on the selection of candidates and the success of parties in the great Presidential contest of next year. It makes it impossible for tho Democratic candidate to betaken from Ohio, and fa? vors Tilden's chances of nomination by putting some of his principal rivals out of the field. But in proportion as it im? proves Tilden's chances of nomination it diminishes his chances and the chances of any Democratic candidate for an elec? tion. Tilden is a shrewd calculator, and it may turn out that he will not covet the nomination after the smoke has lifted from the preliminary battles of the pre? sent year. If New York should follow the example of Ohio, Tilden would sim? ply lose his labor by iutriguing any fur? ther for the Democratic nomination, and he may prefer that some other candidate should lead the forlorn hope. The result in Ohio tends to a Republican success in New York, and should this be the actual effect, Tilden may bid a long farewell to Presidential honors. From the New York World. All that can be asserted positively of the result in Ohio to-day is that the Re? publicans have failed to take that great Commonwealth out of the wavering line of States doubtful for 1880, and to plant it, as they hoped to plant it, in the van of the Republican column, where of old it used to stand. Mr. Elaine stands on as fair a footing to-day in Maine as Mr. Sherman in Ohio. Mr. Ewing has been beaten, as he elected to be when at the outset of his'canvas he deliberately aban? doned the strong ground of an outright Democratic protest against the vetoes of President Hayes, and undertook to coun? ter with his own financial theories the stalwart facts of a magnificent harvest in the West, of unparalelled crops at the South and of an inflowing tide of gold from Europe. It appears, even from the partial reports so far received, that the Democratic candidate in Ohio owes his defeat chiefly to the stern hostility pro? voked among the German-born Demo? crats of Hamilton County by his finan? cial heresies. From the Washington Pout. This is disheartening intelligence. We had hoped, even when it was evident that Foster had been elected to the Gov? ernorship that the Legislature would turn out to have a Democratic majority on join', ballot, and the fact that the re verse is really true is what makes it a serious disappointment. The result is probably due, more than anything else, to the unfortunate stand of Gen. Ewing I on the financial questions. The people of Ohio evidently do not believe in soft money. On the whole we think it is about time for the Democratic party to recognize the fact that this is a hard money country. Let it return to its old time principles and act, in every instance, accordingly. From the New York Tribune. This great victory must not be belittled by assigning it to too narrow causes. It is not the result of Mr. Foster's energetic canvass, nor of the labors of any man, however able and sincere. It is not the result of the Sherman boom, nor of the Grant boom, nor of the Elaine boom, nor of the Hayes boom. All these currents in the campaign have had their effect, no doubt, but the one mighty cause has been the profound conviction of the people that the interests of the country would not be safe for the next four years in Democratic hands. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. Ohio has in a very distinct manner re? pudiated both Ewing and Thurman, and vith them the financial heresies which they have advocated, and it has declared itself so emphatically in favor of all that is worth while in Republicanism that nothing but egregious bad management on the part of the Republican leaders, combined with superlatively good man? agement on the part of the Democratic ditto, can prevent the Republican candidate of next year from getting the electoral vote of tho State. From (lie Philadelphia Times. The vote of Ohio simply means that the present National altitude of the De? mocracy has recalled Republican deser? ters, stragglers and grumblers back to their party allegiance, and that the State has auchord herself in the Republican column for 1880. The Ohio idea ought to bo allowed to stay dead this time. It has a great deal of impudence, but it certainly can't have enough to attempt to impose itself upon anybody any more. From the Xcw York Sun. While, however, Gen. Ewing was put forward as the Democratic candidate, he was known as an advocate of soft money and of the oppressive, inquisitorial, un? constitutional income tax. The circum? stance that be held to such unsound and odious doctrines goes far to reconcile us to bis defeat. From the Philadelphia Press The result effectually disposes of what is popularly known as the "Ohio idea" in finance. The paper-money delusion has been repudiated in the Stare in which it had its origin and where it was propagated by men of ability and char? acter. From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. The Ohio victory is a warning to the South that it cannot obtain the suprema? cy that it covets by the means it has adopted; and what Ohio has said re? specting this matter will be said with equal vehemence by other Northern States in November. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Ohio is firmly fixed in the Republican coumn, an integral part of the coming "Solid," made necessary by the ominous threats of a "solid South." Further, the result in Ohio indicates a solid Republi? can column this fall. GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. ? Ex-Senator Patterson, of "South Carolina," is running a Baltimore boree car line. ? North Carolina owea $27,000,000 and owns only $127,000,000 of property with which to pay it. ? The Court. House bell is tolled at Salem, North Carolina, when a trial is on hand before a magistrate. ? Twenty-five hundred emigrants em? barked at the close of last month from Genoa for the United States. ? The Southern cotton this year is much finer than has heretofore been raised. Buyers say it is tip top. ? Georgia has made provision for her crippled soldiers. They are to receive sixty dollars a year for five years. ? Property left for educational purposes by William Hulme of England, valued in 1691 at $200, is now estimated at from $2, 500,000 to $3,500,000. ? A noted and successful cotton mer? chant predicts that if frosts be postponed until November the crop will be not less than 5,500,000 bales. ? A prize fight between an unarmed man and a dog is reported at New Alba? ny, Ind., and both contestants used their teeth, and the dog was whipped. ? Dr. J. F. Lnsor, late Superinten? dent of the South Carolina Lunatic Asy? lum, has received .an appointment as Sur? geon in the United States Army. ? Gen. Walker, who is to superintend the United States census of 1S80, esti? mates that the population will be be? tween forty-six and forty-seven millions. ? There will be five Sundays in next February, and those of us who are fortu? nate enough to live forty years longer may see another February of five Sun? days. ? An active Northerner who settled at Richmond Bath, in Richmond County, Ga., has sold in the Augusta market, du? ring tho season, $39 worth of grapes from a single vine. ? One of the largest wool growers in Pennsylvania says that the red hills of the Carolinas and Georgia are vastly better for raising sheep than any part of Pennsylvania. ? The Colleges at Due West have opened with very encouraging prospects. Eighty pupils answered to the first roll call in the Female College and thirty-five in Erskine College. ? Uncle Jumbo was caught with a stolen chicken hid in his hat, and when asked how it came there he replied: "Fore de Lord, boss, that fowl must have crawled up my breeches leg." ? Love is like a river?if the current be obstructed it will seek some other channel. It is not unfrequently the case that the kisses and attentions bestowed on the child of six years, are intended for the sister of sixteen. ? An editor having read in another paper that there is a tobacco, which, if a man smoke or chew it, "will make him forget that he owes a dollar in the world," innocently concludes that many of his subscribers have been furnished with the . article. ? The Rev. William McKay, after reading several notices from his pulpit in the Methodist church at Geneva, Ind., said there was another matter as to which he desired to inform his congregation. His wife had eloped with Mr. Hatton, a neighbor. ? Investigations made by Northern newspaper reporters have put beyond all dispute tho question as to the ability of the negro to sneeze. It seems that his nasal possibilities are about equal to those of the white man, and that perhaps, he is the bigger sneezer of the two. ? In Decan, India, rats have become so numerous that a committee of State has been appointed to devise means for their extermination. They destroy every means of human subsistence, and have spread terror through the country. Sure? ly there are no cats in that country. ? A workman on a railroad at Flor? ence, Italy, was run over and killed. His sweetheart laid her self on the track to die in the same manner, but the train only injured an arm, which was subse? quently amputated. Still determined on suicide, she tore off the bandage and bled to death. ? The following from a Georgia paper raises a question as to which is the core dangerous end of the mule. One of them in the lower end of Gordon County, a few days ago, got Mr. Reuben Jones' finger in his mouth and refused to let go. After he had kept his unfortunate cap? tive in misery for half an hour he gave one quick jerk and literally pulled the flesh of the finger from the bone. ? Statistics show that the inhabitants of New Jersey who are in the State pris? on have better health and longer life than those who are out of prison.? Whether this is due to the strong con? stitutions of tho convicts, or to their forced observation of the laws of health is not shown by the figures. But, from either standpoint, the facts are signifi? cant. ? The plague of wild beasts and snakes in India is extraordinary indeed. Snakes alone in 1S78 killed nearly 17,000 persons, and tigers, elephants, leopards and other beasts nearly 3,000 more. Efforts were made at the same time to destroy the animals, but without appa? rent reduction of numbera. About 127, 000 snakes and 22,000 wild beasts were killed and $50,000 paid in rewards for their destruction. Free Shade, Middlesex Co., Va.? Having used Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup in my family with the greatest degree of satisfaction, I unhesitatingly recommend it as the best remedy that I know of for children. THOMAS Y. LAWSON.