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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNTN?. NOVEMBER 50. 1R79 TT/YT TTTiffT? Vir -MtfV COTTON, COTTON, High or Low, all the same, when you can buy Goods so Cheap at the new Firm of SULLIVAN & MATTISON, At thc Benson House Place, next to Simpson, Reid & Co.'s Drug Store. A SELECT STOCK OF G-eneral JVIerch.axid.ise, EVERYTHING BRAND NEW, at Hard Time PRICES. Boots, Eoots, Shoes, 8hoe8,^^?S&? lu Boots and Shoes wo cannot be excelled, and all we ask is' a trial. Hats, Jeans. Cassimeres, Clothing, Prints, Dress Goods, &o. Of these we have a select line, down .with ibo lowest prices. BAGGING and TIES. By all means try us on these. GROCERIES-In this line wo will always keep to tho front. It is useless to ?numerate our stock, or attempt to lure the buyer with a few prices, which are gen erally no men than baits. All we ask, and what we think is to tho interest of eve ry purchaser, ts a personal examination of our Goods und prices. TOW PACKING for Steam Engines. Best Oil^ Tanned: Whang^iLfeather. Se lect Seed Oats on band. WE BUY COTTON and COUNTRY PRODUCE. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY of all kinds including tho noted Tozer Engine, the best Cotton Gins, and tho very best and most suitable machinery for farmiug purposes that can be procured, for salo on reasonable terms. A Tree Show to AIL The Wonder of all Wonders! In tho way of trade. Kf\f\ USEFUL ARTICLES AT K CENTS EACH. Little, big, young nnd*^^ "old, all buy, and go on their^way rejoicing. Hardware, Tinware, Soaps, Combs, Perfumery, Glassware, Dry Goods, &c, GIVEA A WA Y. Don't fail to see our Five Cent Counter. We, tho undersigned, constituting the above firm, respectfully solicit the patron age of our friends and tho public generally, with, tho confidence that we can give satisfaction io all. JAS. M. SULLIVAN. C. S. .MATTISON. Oct 30,1870 _10 , _ . ? . ; ? ly * DON'T FORGET TO CALL ON HIS STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE IN Staple Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Groceries, &c. &c. ALSO, HEADQUARTERS FOR BUGGY AND WAGON MATERIAL, AND IRON OF ALL . KINDS. "TV" Celebrated American and other first Class Sewing Machines. Be sure to seo his HATS and CLOTHING, bought in job lots, and to bo sold at remarkably low prices. Southeast Corner Waverly House Building. Oct 2, 1879 12 IN THE FIELD WITH NEW ARRAY ! MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS Has Just Returned from tho North where, with hor usual care alie' Selected - FALL; AND WINTER Which are Da*Jy Coining in. , THE LATEST NOVELTIES OF THE, SEASON, In great variety, can bo found at tho LADIES' ?TO?im U.-.Y?- J J ,'7/1J Y' Our Stock is larger than it has ever been, and wo promise to do our best to please customers. If you don't nee anything you need, ask for it,as our room is too small to allow us to exhibit all our pretty things. We promise you tho WORTH OF YOUR MONEY. Remember, we ore determined not tobe undersold. Millinery and Mantua Department complete.'. Give:?B a call.1 A , 'fi LADIES' Isrr??E?E. Sept 25,1879 14 UN IM INCH AM $t C0?. AGENCY FOR Avery's Plows and Wagons, Ni D. Sullivan'L Chewing Tobacco; Best mado South. BUILDERS, MECHANICS MD fABMERS H?BDWA?E; NAILS andi FILES, of all ?tlrwl? and sizes, Hor?lo and BXule Shoo?, Wf>lde?wa^e, / STAPLE DRY GOODS. BOOTS and SHOES, ' HATS and CAPS, GROCERIES. S?pt^5)?879 . . ? , ,. ? ? . j ll_ ly ffT," - 1 ,-U-!-!- 11 S _'? REED .: tc : HERRICK HAVE Just Received a NICE and WEWL-OEIiECTErj S""OCK Of DRY 6000$, HATS,>CAf NOTIONS, BOOTS ana SHOES, Which they oiler at the VERY LOWEST CASH PRICES. A LARGE STOCK OP GROCERIES, Consist? mr in SUGAR, COFFEE, BACON, LARD, CHEESE, FLOUR, Hemlock and Oak Sole LEATHER, And LACE LEATHER, At Prices that cannot bo undersold. Those that aro Indebted to REED A HERRICK for GUANO and Supplies will please come forward and Bettie tho same by the time that it ls due. Those that aro indebted to tho old finn ol'VWILS?N A REED must ?orn? f?/ward and pay what thoy owe us, for we mean to have tho old business wound up, and it shall be ?lnnn. WIt-ST* * REED Sept 25,1870- ' .11 MUB??AIr, HOMEB A&fe, H&?E?y i i J??iflfeS ! ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL MERCHANDISE A SPECIALTY. H^LcSl^EXTS: l^TFBia ZEIOTTSIE], Branch of Luddexi, & Bates, ^yarmah, Ga. nnii?S ii an old established House, and V? rely an Uroly on our. INST lOUalENTS for X success. S*S?KOS-Ch?cko??ng, Kuauo A Co., Weber, Ac Pianos from $125 np to $500, $25 cash and $10 per wontfc. Ono-hojf cash, bianco in ono year. Stool and Cover given. OHO ASIS-Mot?n A Hamlin. Pelouhot it Pelton. Organs $55, $10, $50. $00. $70. $80 up to, $300. $3 up to $10 per month till paid^ ?, ^ JUST THI??K: OP IT! A 5 Octave. 6 stop, including Sob Base and Octave Coupler. ONLY $55.00- SV?=! I^'metor with avery ?-gan. niustrutcd Catalogues and Price Lists sent free. . . ? . McS.MlTn HU3?C HOUSE, GrmivMe, 8. C. N. IL-We.are txcic-nvt agenta for tho ab.-?-? Organs in these parta of North and South Carolina. . 8-Sm TUE RAILROAD CONVICTS. The Dofenco ot th? Greenwood ?nd Au irai Ut Railroad DLrrctors- tlow thc Con vict? Bavo Reen I.-.red Fat--Tho True Inwardness of the Penitentiary Investi* gatlon. STOCKADE NO. 5., ) ON GBRBNWOOD & AUGUSTA R. R., V EDOXPIELD CO., S. C., Oct. 22. ) Tr the I*ublic: 80 many horriblo charges of cruelty and brutality towards the convicts at work on the Greenwood and Augusta ^Railroad have lately been published in the newspapers, that the undersigned Board of Directors cf said Road feel it duo to the public, to them selves und to the employees of thb Road, to moko the following plain statement of facts : It is sadly true timi during ibo little over two years that the convicts have been at work on our Road, about half, of those we had in charge have died, but it is also true, that about half of aR their deaths occurred the Ove next succeeding months of the present year, dating from lApril 20,1879. when we receivedoqr.last batch of convicts from the Penitentiary, and we aro sorry to have"to adc!, that wp now believe most of them died of'.ecurvy, although undoubtedly very marry bf tho dead convicts likewise had syphilis and other chronic diseases. At each of tbestockades established on our Road every reasonable 0 flo rt has been made by tho Board to pr?vido for the comfort and health of the convicts con sistent with their safe-keeping. Every stockade has had a good spring or well ol pure ya)er. A^laxge. yard has been en closed for exercise of the sick ; commo dious praon pens havo been erected, an other separate structure for a hospital hoi been built, still another cabin for com missary stores put up, another for a guare house, yet another for the supennten dnnt. besides two large tests for varies.! uses. A bountiful supply of bacon, fiat bread, peas and such other vegetables ai could be bad in the nelghborhojd havt been the usual diet of the welt convicts but they have also bad potatoes, onions sugar, molasses, turnips, collards, etc., bj tho barrel or wagon load, and lemons bj the box, while flour, rice, chickens, mill and other delicacies have been furnishe? ?tho sick in large bUantities, both by th company and by tho neighboring citizen; Mauy and many a box of tobacco ha been served-to the well convicta an whiskey baa been freely administered t the sick ones, especially since we ascei tai 11 cd, on the 19th day of August his' that they had scurvy, since which lim they have ciao been supplied ?berall with ripe fruit", vegetables, fresh meat pure apple vinegar, potatoes, &c. Pai ticular caro and attention have also bee given to the cooking, and a regular diph tnatized practicing physician .lias bee employed, to attend to tho eick ut eac stockade Cleanliness of. person, quai tors, night-tubs, etc., hos been studious! .observed. An abundance of medicin shoe3, clothing,, blankets, etc., have.a ways been k- pt on hand, except, once < twice In summer when we have been little short of clothing and Bhoes, bi during the present year each of our coi vieta bas had three suits of clothes. The convicts may have been press) somewhat bard at times to finish parti ular jobs of work, but ordinarily tin have not been over-worked, and lia oftener worked less than ten hours a di than they have worked the full ten hom As a rule they have never had less thi an hour for dinner and rest in winU and from two to four hours in sum tn? according to the length of the day or tl heat of the weather. The supcrinte dent, overseers and guards have nov abused the convicts habitually or even particular instances to our collective individual knowledge, and some ono more bf tho'directors, who r?sid? nt sut intervals all along the line of road, ha almost.daily, and irequently several tia a day, either visited the stockade .vhc the conviera were kept for the time or t railroad where they were , at work. 1 one but tho superintendent or head ovi 'seor has been permitted to inflict punie ment, and. they only with a strap, and scars are to be. found on the heads or n sons of any of the convicta we have h in charge (as is alleged by some of t newspapers,) we unqualifiedly deny tl they * have been inflicted by our e ployees, except, perhaps, in ono or t instances,' for an attempt to revolt escape. .Yet, although such-has bf our general treatment/tho sickness e mortality, as before stated, has been .vi great, especially during hist Bummer B spring. Tbs. scurvv. was the .ein - fs disease hardly admits of doubt, and though we had the best medical attent in the neighborhood of each stocka 'and although numerous country pin cians visited each of the stockades-J 8, 4 and 6, where nearly all tho dea have occurred--yet wo were not inforn of the presence of scurvy until the 1 August lost, when it was discovered moat of tho'convicts by a medical ct mittee coasting cf D~. J. ?O.- Maxw C. M. iiurkhaiter anti ?. G. Morriwetl That it was scurvy which produced tr of the mortality is proven by the 1 thrtt 03 soba- as the prisoners were tres and dieted for" scurvy, there was aln an instantaneous change for the bet nnd only one death has occurred fi disease at this stockade during tho month, and only two other deaths as are informed bavo happened, among twenty-five convicta returned by us to penitentiary on tba 26th Septem' nearly-all which twenty-five were rapi convalescing at tho time of their'dep* Ure for Columbia. i Tho scurvy of course -waa grer.tly gravatcd dunuj- *he past summer by almost nniversa! and protracted drot ir this psrt sf ?3 Suto, prc cn?nj from supplying the cen vieta with fresh, vegetables they would have ot wise received." On'tho' 8fh day of A last our company received seventy convicts from the penitentiary wit any m?dical examination by our ?ure and that many of those convicts, aa are informed, were afflicted with syp! dropsy, general debility. or other ?oj tutional diseases, which rendered t unfit for grading a railroad, and n them easy- victi ms for the ravages of easo. AltiioOgh .'our written conl called for seventy-five "able bodied" victs, yet we received seron,tinder fi! years of age, ana others having sypl epilepsy, etc. We do not cbargo those convicts were the picked f nv of tho penitentiary, but it is not roi able.that'tba most able-bodied or her were selected by the overseers in the itontiary, to be sent to us, parti cu when we were so glad to get any, tin took all who were oflered without im tion or examination. Among them undoubtedly, several who . bad boer turned to tho penitentiary as worthfe otiier lessees. If we or our emph have been guilty, of a wanton abu our trust we have taken a strange wi exhibiting it. The ' lato in vost ig which has been had by the peniten authorities into tho causes of tho au i ty among the convicts on our road set on foot by our President, Gen. 1 Bradley, and at our own expense, the Superintendent of the Peniteni Gen. T. J. Lipscomb, admits in bl port to tho Board of Directors ol Penitentiary, giving an.account of bis first visit to our stockade on the 2istof! August last. In that report, which bears dato 2nd of September, 1870, he says he came to inspect our convicts, in conse ?uence of "having rece!ved a letter from len. P. H. Bradley, President of G. & A. II. H., stating that a great deal of mor* talky and sickness existed among the convicts lensed to that company." The Burgeon of tho Penitentiary, Dr. Tresovant, never visited our convicts f until the 25th day of August, when be was ordered to do so by Superintendent Lipscomb, yet both of these officers, if we are correctly informed, bad been com manded by an order of tho Board of Di rectors of the Penitentiary as far back as tho 22nd of April last to visit every con vict camp in tho ?Hatc. .Why aid the Superintendent nod surgeon of tho Pen itentiary ?lumber .over discharging this duty so long? - They could not plead ignorance of the fearful mortality among our convicts, because regularly ' every month tho Superintendent of our Roan, 3: J. Cahill, 'made a report to Gen. Lips comb of time l?stet wor1ud;.by each con vict as well as of tho'list of the sick or dead} since his last monthly report. The Superintendent and Burgeon ot' tho Pen itentiary opght jo bo and doubtless arc skilled in the best methods to treat con victs at work on railroads, abd if eitbei of them had visited our Toad in thc spring or early summer, his suggestion! would gladly have been pot into prac tice, perhaps, to tho benefit of tho con victs, .particularly if it bad been impress' cd upon us as it has been sinco, that ni prisoners lon? confined aro pr?dispos?e to scurvy. . When at.last Superintended Lipscomb and Surgeon Trczcvact die make reports on our t'eatineut of con vieta, those reports contained sucl charges that our company wnssummonet to appear before tho Board of Director of tho Penitentiary to answer thos< Gu&rjgeS. On tho 18th day of. September ou Presidont, Vice President nuil Stiperin tendent did appear beforo thftt'Bbard am mado a thorough showing in written an .ewers, and by numerous certificates' o gentlemen and ladies near tho stockad and line of our railroad that the b?rde of the charges was without fou nil ali or Yet as tho subi; tan co of those -'charge hos been published in the newspaper wo respectfully submit that it Would b but fair to publish tho answer to ' tb charlo a?80. Let all the charges and a the answers, therefore, go to tho wvl .together, and wo do not fear bein^ a? quitted of any intentional guilt or groi negligence in our treatment of the coi victo. Fair play ?B a jewel, aud bot sides ought to bo beard. As a result < the investigation by tho Board of Dire tors of the Penitentiary on tho 18th i September, it was agreed by and bet wee the Penitentiary Board and by our Boar through ita President, General ?!nulle that Dr. Pope, Hospital Steward of tl Penitentiary, and Dr. T. J. McKle. 'wl had been the Surgeon in charge of rai road Stockade No. 4, Bhould. make thorough examination ot all tho convie ci our road, both sick and woll, and ord such of them back to Columbia os tin deemed advisable, because of being un to work on tho road, dr for bettor tret ment in tho permanent hospital in t city than our temporary hospital on t road afforded. Those physicians select twenty-five convicts to bo thus returut and they wore promptly returned at t expenso of the company, although sovei able bodied ones were taken from wo on tho railroad without complaining being sick ut all. Several others rapit convalescing on the sick list under tre mont for scurvy, and who would so baye bconroady for Ichor "on the road, opinion of a number of physicians; i eluding two of tho undersigned, who B them tho day beforo they started I Columbia, were also included m t twenty-five before mentioned, while fe or five obviously feeble ones wera left our hands. Ono of those, twqnty-f convicto sent to Columbia died.on I road and another ono shortly after-, arr lng in Columbia, but if they' were feeble to bo removed thither, it wu? fault of our company, aa. Dr. Pope, yi represented tho penitentiary, . when monstrated with, said carry thea, matter if they Bhould die on tho road, would take the responsibility. After carrying out tho wishes of j Board of Directors of-tho Pc n ile nt in wo hoped our troubles were over, i that we should be permitted to proc with our road prosperously, especially appropriate treatment for scurvy had only improved tho health and strengt! thc remaining conmisto/ hut their Hoi also. .. Judge then of our surpriso wi on the Gth day of October Supcrint dont lipscomb and 'TV- B. M. Taylor, Columbia, turned vp at.the stockade, spectcd tho same -? .-id the convicto w out giving any notice to our Presid? Surgeon or Superintendent, or snyic word as to their object. We nover ki their purpose until General Brid tey coi ved on th? 15th"day of'October la?1 copy of n resolution of thc -Penitenti Board, passed at a special meeting of Board, when only - membors ^ present, ordering us to immediately turn all the rcni? '.oin;; convicts at !w for us except eight, in conformity \ the recommendation of Dr. Taylor, di 0th instant. ? From all thia, -it,would B< that there was a desire Uo break? up? railroad entirely, and have all tho < victo returned to the penitentiary, ei< to bo supported in idleness at the oxpi bf tho taxpayers or to cut a canal puild iaetories, as we" as operate th for -.{he benefit of Cvlumbia, at th/e penso of tho rest of tho State. It is. tho Greenwood and Augusta Railroai on the extreme western verge of tho Si but it is on imnortant link in IhtjrsQi system of tho State, BS it will be a c Heal extension of tho Port Royal I road, especially when completed to 8 tanburg and also to Anderson, as it be in time and connect our greatest port, Port Royal, with tho great N< west. There lore, all-tho people in tern Carolina are deeply concerned i early completion, particularly tho 6 tics of Beaufort,, Colleton, <H?mi Barnwell, Aiken,. Edgofield. ?vc. .. that wo have no serious sickness an our convicts, and that (hey arc all w ing splendidly, ;excepi four or tm ii ones unaccountably loft us, it seems that wo should havo to quit work at juncture, when'our grading is n< completed mid when our^railr?ad'1 have just begun to be collected id c township along the liue from Greent to Fury's Ferry. ; If the road ls to be suspended, as bo the case temporarily, at least, if al convicts are to bo taken away ei eight, for it I? mockery to offer to I tia only eight with-which to work, our taxpayers will Also become dem ized in all probability, and thereby fl ly embarrass us,' but doubtless thc city medical expert/- from tho capita their allies intcn^l our work shoul suspended, and .mr railroad taxes, t possible. y*rt, convicts or nor eon our road shall cot prove a failure, our stockholders and friends maj assured of this. If wo or ?cur agents havo abuse trust in mistreating tho convicts, State has our heavy ?nd valid bond I which to sue for damages. Beside? II lill lill ???Mil has tbe lair and can indict and punish us. Wo have her consent to use the con victs by act of the Legislature, aud we ?..Iso have her contract in writing through her officer and agent to tho same effect, and wo intend to stand upon our legal rights, until either the Legislature re peals the Act granting us the labor or until tb? courts shall order us to surren- ! der the convicts. We are tho more resolved on this course, because a medical committee, consisting of three wall-known and skill ful ;<by jlcians of Edge?eld, to wit : Hon. H. A. Shaw, now a member of tho Leg islature, E. M. Burkhalter and G. 8. Mer riwether, have this day reported, after careful investigation, that tho health of our convicts has much improved of late, and that the whole of them are capable of performing tho oidinary labor required of the ordinary laborer-except six who are resting in tho yard-not ono in tho hospital, and only ono dc.th during tbe lost tnouth, from heart disease, of a con vict formerly iujured on tho Edgeflcld and Trenton Railroad, whence ho was returned to. tba penitentiary as worthless but was deemed good enough to bo sent to onr road. Wc feel confident that tho' harrowing experience we have acquirt 1 will prevent us ever having any ;;.?re ecurvy among our con viols. In reference to the grave charges which have been preferred against either us or our agents in the public prints, we say bpldly once and for all, that we invite impartial investigation by the courts or by a committee of the Legislature Our self-respect as men,'to say nothing of our pride of character as citizens, would have ?trevented us from intentionally wrong ng or permitting tho convicts to bs wronged. Moreover, wo havo had and still have a deep, direct, personal and ?ecuniary interest'ia trealmg the con icts weil, so as to get our roud com pleted. For these reoBonsa just or gen erous man wouid think tho terribie meir ness and mortality among them had suf ficiently distressed our feelings and em barrassed our enterprise, without nine making us tho recipients of wholesale and undeserved abuso. More convicts died in the penitentiary lost year than died on the Qreonwooc and Augusta Railroad, au? about ai many died in the penitentiary lost yeai as have died Od our road. Wt? have alst been reliably informed that tho genera symptoms of tho discaso which hoi {?roven so fatal to tho convicts on bott be railroad and in tho penitentiary du ring the two last years have been identi cally tbe same-general debility, erug lions and dropsies of tho lower extremi ties, alternating with chronic diarrhoea which aro attendant symptoms of scurvy according to all the medical books. Now, as the health of the convicta ii the penitentiary this year has been es ceptionally good, and as the health o our convicts has been wretched, especial ly that of the last lot of soventy-uvo w received without medical examination ii April last, tho public can draw, its ow inference as to how the mortality cease so suddeply in tho penitentiary and wh it broke out KO alarmingly on our roa immediately afterwards. When so many convicto died in th penitentiary lost yoar, no clamor wu raised in any quarter concerning it, bi when only about the samo number ha\ died this year on our road, and died, toi of diseases'contracted in all probabilil to a largo extent in tho penitentiary, < in tho jails, before being sent to us, great hue and cry is heard all over tr land. Our company got its first hundred coi vieta from the peni tertiary on tho 241 of September, 1877, and as our own su f;eons examined each ono before recel ng him, they were for the most, part very healthy lot of laborers, among who ? only BIX deaths occurred, even whe counting several who wore kiiied for tr lug to escape during the first eigi months that wo had them, say up to Ma 1878. But ofter we obtained a nccond lot i fifty convicts on tho 2nd of May, 187 tho sickness and mortality among the soon developed nt a fearful rato, si When wr got still a third batch of for more, December tho (Hb, 1878, tho mc tal i ty again swelled to an undue propc tion. However, it is but the simple tm that whon we received the %econd ai third batches of convicts above mcntio tioncd, Mr. Parmelo, the then Su peri tendent of the Penitentiary, strenuous objected to our tabing th?m, bec&?so, ho said, most of themwe"^ badly diseas and would die on our hands. We unfc tuaately failed to heed bis,counsel in o eagerness'tb get labor of any sort! "' Th have died, as ho predicted they would, great numbers, but the last lot of sc vent five received from Superintendent Lir comb, on the 7th of April, 1879, hu died at a far more appalling rate, consi inc tho time we havo had them, than a Ofthe other Iota. Iii:August, 1878, Superintendent Pi uieie visited our Stockade No. 8 ata tii when there was nearly as mucn sick m and as many deaths among the convl as there were at Stockade No. 5 in A gust. 1879,. when Superintendent Xii . comb yisifed it at our request. Super! - tendent. 'Parmelo : highly praised t general plan of our stockade as well as our management, pf. tho prisoners, bc Sick an^VEll) . saying ra were doing better part by tho convicts In our tem| rary country quarters than ho could ? for. thora in the permanent quarters the penitentiary. Although our Stoi ado No." 5, in < its appointments a discipline* ls almost a duplicate of Sta ade Nd.'^,' which elicited tho Wit encomiums of Superintendent Tarmclc 1878, yet Superintendent Lipscomb v not satisfied'with anything ho saw StCCkoUO 2w, ? III ACM cr. . : In submitting this statement o? foch tho public, wo claim that if mista' have been made they were unintcntiot 2. That convicts have always been w fed; and generally well clothed. 3. That tho Secretary's minutes sh that the Directors have issued ev< Order and used all duo vigilance to. r vent cruelty, hardship or inhumanity. 4. That the mortality was duo larg to previous condition of convicts, and diseAflo'boyond the pale of mediclncr. j 5, That tho convicts havo" been atlo ed by physicians who are the peers 1 any in the State. G. That the hospital treatment was good as could be given to manacled p onerd, and equal to thai, received hy ?rdinarv laborer of tho country. As alargo number of newspapers foi space to publish severo attacks on management of convicts, wo hope tl sense of justice will induce them publish this response. P. II. Bradley. President, G. D. 'J man, Vice President, A. M. Aiken, ? gtary, R. W. Lites^W. K;. Bradley, Kennedy, R. H. Middleton, Ji Stone, W. L. Parks, Jos. Mcrrlwothet I M. Burkhalter, G. W. Nixon, J. D. N : J. C. Maxwell, B. Royoolds, Jr.,fJ; . Dendy, E. B. Hodges, J. T. Parks, J. Pre?sl?y, T. F. Blloy. - An old tarnier, the first' time ho ; an oyster J??W, waa asked how ho li it. ^W'JII,'.'ho . answered. "I liked soup v.ett crior'.gh, bat I wish they'd out them poi'yhogs." GOVERNOR ItOIUNSOH SPEAKS. The Cause of the Disaster In New York. ?tUercttw with th* Kew York World. "There was never a candidato who ran with so many influences ageiust him who carno so near being elected. If yon want to know what I consider the first cause of tho defeat ot* tho party in this election you must go hack to 187/, when John Kelly entered into an alliance with tho corrupt Canal King ia opposition to the reforms that had bcon initiated by the Democratic party. From that timo to the present wo have been beaten. Kel lby in that year went into tho convention pledged to the interests of tbr.t ring, and no has remained in alliance with them ever since." "Has'stalwartiem,' the waving of the 'bloody shirt' os it is called, hurt you io this canvass?" "Yis,'f replied the Qovornor; "but with an air of resignation, "wheo ono is out id a hard shower bo dots not mind & few stray drops, como from what quarter they may ; still, there is no denying that this appeal to the passions of tho people has bad its effect in New York as in other States. It is the Republican trump card, which so far they havo novor failed to play with success. This cry of a solid .7ouih and the necessity of a solid /forth to meet it, all wei! informed men, whose business it is to watch public af fairs, know to be the sheerest nontenso ; but tho masses of the people loyal to tho very core are easily alarmed by any appeal to their patriotism, and there can be no doubt that many votes have beon secured for Mr. Cornell by this appeal by tho false assertion that a national issue was involved in this election ; or in pthor words that the Presidential contest of next year depended upon this result." "How do you account for Mr. Kelly's voto. Governor?" "I presumo that ono causo which helped on that vote was the junketing tour which he mado through the State and the false assertion that he was tho regu lar nominee, and stood a chance of being elected Gavernor. He never entertained the slightest hope of such a result him self, but he continuously asserted it ia his speeches, and lho.-> who were advo cating his causo did the same, so tha> tunny people, honest themselves arid slow to suspect lils honesty and trickery ia others, were really deluded into cant ing their votes for him, who, had tlviy been aware that by sn doing they wore assisting to elect a Republican, would 1 never have done it." -"Wore not your vetoes, Governor, di rected against certain special interests, and did not theso combino against you in tho late election ?" "All," said the Governor, very em phatically, "all thoso without exception who desired to plunder tho public havo been opposing mo in tho lato canvass. The records of tho canvass will show that conclusively. Since I havo boon Governor of this State I havo vetoed many bills the object of which, or at any rate the effect of which, would havo been to take money out of tho pockets of the people unjustly, and of course the pro moters of all these wicked schemes have opposed my re-election. Still, I am father proud of such opposition, and can not regret a singlo veto that I havo put for'.h. Aa I said at the outset the causes of ray defeat are many and various, and this doubtless is ono of the chief of them. I am neither disheartened nor disap pointed nt the result. When I accepted this nomination I thougbtvit not unlikely I might loso tho fight, but I did hot shrink from the contest, for I thought I was.in a better position to accept defeat than almost any other mau who could be uominated." "What nro your plans for the futuro, Governor?" "To go homo and attend to my busi ness, which hos beon sadly neglected of late ; and I assure you that I go with great gladness. I don't wish my friends to think that personally I regret the re sult of tho recent election, for I do not. On the contrary, so far as my own com fort goes, I am rather glad to be relieved from the troubles and annoyances of of ficial life. Tho only regret that I have is on account of tho party ; but if the rest of tho State ticket is elected the party hos not suffered a defeat. At any rate I don't think that this election should bc considered as decisivo of the result next year. There were many different issues, somo of them purely personal, some of which I have mentioned and others of which I need not speak of, which largely determined this ^result, but muon will in ali probability be elim inated from tho contest next year. Cur adversaries havo, of cQurso, insisted t'jat tho national issues of next year wa? large ly dependent on this election;-it wan politic for them, as politics ge. to do so; and by. this cry and the flaunting of the "bloody shirt" th ev doubtless obtained votes; but bad not Mr. Kelly bolted from tho Syracuse nomination, no sane man in view of tho ascertained result can doubt that the entire State ticket of tho Democracy would live been elected. This is proof enough that the fight was purely a local ono and'confined- to State issues entirely, and I bnvo little doubt that with a candidate acceptable ? not to any section of tho party , but to all of tho party, wc eau carry tho State in;1880." '.That leads me to ask, Govnrnor, if ?ou oro in favor of thb nomination of Ir. Tilden again for the Presidency ?" "That question I don't caro to answer just now. It is not tho proper time, nor is my opinion of sufficient importanco about it to carry any weight. Mr. Tilden is a warm friend of raine, end if nomina ted ho would have mv ?unnnrt. ns would* any other candidate who might bo chosen by the .National . Convention ; but as to tho policy of nominating Mr. Tilden I really have no opinion to express, ono way or the1 other.' . > "What do you think of Mr. T.?v?rd as a candidate?" "A noblo and pure man, without a staia pa hto esc?tcb?on. I only Jiop?,;for bis own sake, (bat he may not be nomi nated, for they wonld abuse him unmerci fully. Ha . would not escape calumny, and bis previous record would not avail him. Tho torrent of vituperation would be let loose on bim as soon as he received tho nomination." "What do you think of the ticket named by Mr. McDonald, of Indiana, in this morning's World f" "Hendricks'and Potter?" I should say that would bo a very atong ticket; but I am not all BU to of thc policy of swapping horses in just that way while Crossing a stream?" "What would bo your nd vierlo Souci era mea in Congress ia tho coming ses* sion, Governor?" "I have none to-give except that they must wait and watch,stand fast by consti tutional ..?l-ciplcj, and be guided by cir cumstanced as tuoy arise." - Yoong Seward placed a pistol at his head, io the presence of the girl who had rejected his suit, nt Houston, Mian., and said he-was going, to commit suicide. He counted, "Ono, two--," Kmi ah? covored her eyes with her honda. "Look atme," he said; she obeyed: "threeI" and into his brain went tho fatal bullet. V VJU1 ??ludependent" Doctrine. Tho card below published by Wm, J. Gayer, independent candidate for Mayor of Charleston, baa no, special interest for the people of this section, but it contains in such plain language the views of the independents, that we rive it in full io order to expose tb ? sophistry of u Joh doctrines : Fellow- CSlUens Ojf Charleston t A d?sir? to place myself right upon the record, and a determiua'.ion not to be mUcoo ?trued, induce mo to uddreae you. When I accepted tho pollination of my friends in June last as the "people's national Democratic candidato" fur the Mayoralty of Charleston, I diftincUy stated that I intended to run witblu ano not Without the Democratic fold. This I now reiterate. I love my people top well not to dedra thoir cordial support. The office of Mayor would haye no value': for mo without this. I stated openly at the meeting referred to that I had always been opposed te out and dried conventions and cut aud dried primaries. ? Such cut and dried conven* lions and primaries are tyrannies at best and thavostics I upon true Democracy. They have been always dangerous' a?d odious to a liberty-loving people, .and are resorted to only in tho interesta of those who are too weak before the people, aud who could not be elected in any other Way. If tho people of Charlest?n are tired of any ono thing it ls of the government of more cliques and eins**?, and of publio servnnta dictated by tuom. They , want,, if I know them, no ono foisted on them by office-seeking politicians, whoso only strength ia derived from well-managed machinery. In this State at this timo machine politics should have no placo. I Wo aro mot right herc with tho argu ment that such a course is necessary to bold the Democratic party toarother. If this bu true, thou God help tho Demo cratic party. The pooplo should be welded together in everything involving the true interesta of' the community ;. but this cannot be done by crushing out liberal sentiments in the party, by dogmatically forcing tuen aud ?pinions upon a people, or by engender ng bitterness among fellow-Democrats. All that tho people ask. is for men, whom they know to bo capable and of sufficient strength in tho community to secure a fair election without resort to violonco, fraud or chicanery. Any. other coarse is short-sighted and hurtful lu the ex tremo. I hold that ia the policy of 1876 and. 1877 our people, under the leadership of Senator Hampton, pursued tho right course. They secured to the State, under that leadership, good and economical government. Such government could not have been obtained had the narrow' and contracted views that, in my oniuiou, aro sought to bo forced upoo thia com munity been foll?n od. . Hud the Demo* eratic party in this State nunovsnccd, as ?no wing of tho Democratic party of this city did in its call lu Ward 7 nttnounco; that nona but white Democrats could or should be "allowed to attend Gr tuko Eart," Gen. Hampton never would have eeo Governor of the State of South Oar olinn, aor would ho and Gen. Butler be now representing this State in tho United States Senate. ??0 I fully endorse the views expressed by Senator Hampton in his speeches when he was a candidato for Governor, in 1876, ead ia the speech recently made by him in Abbeville ia regard to the liberal courso which should bo pursued. . If his views be not Democratic, aud if they do not express the sentiments of tho Demo cratic party in Sooth Carolina, theo I confess that I am no Democrat. If his views aro Democratic, and I will state here what I understand thom to be, theo I am a Democrat in full accord with.ray party. . I understand Gen. Hampton to boin favor of a liberal government, dealing out oven-handed justice to Democrat anc Republican, to white man aud blackman ?di?io. I understand bim to frown down fraud and corruption in whatever party it may hi found, and among whatever men ft may exist. I understand - him io deprecate in this Stato'tho raising of any issues that would array raco against race, or class against class. I understand him further to desire the voices of all good men, independent of what may havo been their party affiliations in the interest of ?ood. honest aod economical government, in this platform I proposo to stand, aod 00 this platform I confess that . I would Siroudly receive the vote of any man bo onging to any party. w??_ j_ G.'VSI?. .November ?th, 1873. Adam's Hoon ut cut. ELMIRA, November 4.-Tho idea of erecting e monument to Adam io this city is no toko. A subscription paper with tho following heading is now befog circulated : "We, the subscribers, agree to pay the sums set opposite ons respective oames, for tho parp?se of erecting a monument Ito Adam. Said monument shall bo erected within a mlle of the prfcseot city, on a spot selected by a committee .of. three, who sh all bo elected by tho cub' ecribers of a majority in amount, of the wholo amoont sobacribad for thin pur pose. All subscriptions shall -bo naya, pie to the treasurer 'oh demand., Th? amount of money necessary to purchase the site for this monument and enclose it with a suitable fence, aod provida lifo membership tickets, ?hall, bo considered a part of the coot of this ? monument Each subscriber shall be entitled to a life member's ticket of admission to tho mnnnmant. Arcbravori on conner.' for. himself or friends, for each which ha may subscribe." Frank C. Hall, tho great American traveler and banker, is treasurer of the fund. Like Mark Twain, he has wept at tho tomb of Adam. Tho idea of erect ing a monument to Adam in El-aira originated, with , thc Kev. Thomas iv. Beecher in a discourse in which it wet held that, if Elmira waa not the Gardsn ef Eden, it shonld tutve been. Mark Twain, whose sq miner residence is hero, 1 and whose wife is. a native' of the city, I at onco f 'V. in with theBev. Mr. Beech er. They propose to raise ?z,w? for th? ?arp?se of erecting tho monument. Ex iayt-r Arnot, D. C. Robinson, tho Gov ernor's ?On ; the Hon. Seymour Dexter, Mark Twain, Mt. Beecher, .Charles J. Lanrtdon, Mark. Twain'? brotberiia-law j Dr. Opf?rj?raff^vx-Spcakor Maguire and ether pr?cisent residente; have sub scribed to the'fand. A marbia tnootP moat et?venty-five feet high ls to bc raised. It is to havo an inscription Writ ten by Mark Twain. It is expected to be .in'position for upvciliog.. Uv.' next spring.--N. Y. &m, AW. o" - Tho Humboldt (Tenn.) /(row ad vises Southern land-owners to divide theil property into' f?rty-acre tracts, and sell thom to small farmers on ten years' cred it at .six or seven per cent: Interest. If this is done, the Argus think??, the South would bo independent of hard timrj. Crying lr. n prinre evn?cnra-or pain. Whoa tho Baby is fretful and inclined to "Oryiilg-SpellrV, remove tho causo by Using Dr. Ball's Baby Syrup. BAYES ANO CHANDLER. flow Mio Arji#blo President- ?ra* Tra?*? fonncd Into av Stalwart-Zack Chandler's "Sp!no Hraelng*' PUfrlniage aa Hocomit cd by EJpiaclfc Washir^tori Correspondence & Y. Graphic. At one of the meetings of the National Republican Coinuilitco. at the time the Electoral bill was pending. Mr. Chandler astonished cvorbody by suddenly offering hlaieshjnallot ^achnlrnian of tho commit tee, stating as ii is reason that it had be come very apparoul tu ulm that he w?e> not enjoying the confidence of the Presi dent elect, and. ho presumed Gov. Hayes would prefer to have somo other person in whom ho had full confidence, to man ago his Interests before the electoral Commission. The consternation which was caused by this unexpected announce ment is hard to describe. Gov. Hayes' friends, figuratively speaking, got down upon their knees and besoucbt him to reconsider his determination, but Chand ler was inflexible. They offered him all, that could be in Hayes' name, position, patronage-anything ho could a*k-.if ho would only continuo to manage the cam paign. Finally, Chandler said that ho would withdraw bis resignation if cor-' jlain conditions wera complied with, and the assurances wera given very readily. They were easy conditions ono involved no sacrifico ?pon tho part of President Hayes or his friends.. They worp tho, ; , most reasonable in tho world, and felrly generous on Mr. Chandler's part. They , were honorable, legHimato in every ar.-ioe, and should have! been voluntary on th? side of the Ohio men. When these con ditions were guaranteed; Mr. Chandler . withdrew his resignation and went to work. Their fulfilment was to have been immediate, but ? day?, passed, months tiasaed, Hayes inaugurated; Mr. Chaud ar waa kicked out of Gab??et; h'-. -. services were ignored, hiV. counsels re jected, and to the day bf I N death those assurances which wore ruabs bte by the friands of Prc3ld?n6 Hayes werb never' parried out. Their fulfilment was ti ever begun. Mr. Chandler felt r-Ms very keenly- T have heard him tell ve story twice. I have heard him name 'the mea whoso broken proraiocs.were of the most jrcgrctful remembrances 'of his. long ca reer, and his commente upon1 their dis honorable Conduct were vt-ry severo. From tho' ti ruo th at. he was rcliorcd of his duties at the Interior Department by " Secretary Sch?re until tho 12th of No vember 1878, SenatortChandler did not cmter tho White House; I It was aperiod ?if eighteen months, and he was in Waah ngton repeatedly (luring that tim?, but bb did not call upon tho President, nor hold any .communication, with bini. Ko yrould recommend noone for office, and : wc?3ldeay to peoplo who fought his in fluence ?" V ' Tho President' wbiild ubt notice my.' }/lsH if I should utter ono. I havo no nfluenco with this administration.'? ! On the 12th of November, 1878, I was ?uite astonished to see Mr. Chandler ?mlng out of tho White' House Efounda. I was not aware that ho was in tho city, and had sot beard that his feeling to wards tho President bad .changed. He shook hand* cordially with mo aa we met at the East gato, ncc I expressed- som?"r surprise at seeing him coming from tho Executive Mansion. Ho jokingly replied, ?ndsald; "Come over to my houso sed I'll toll ./ou ebmothing."V 1 It was a cold, raw day, and he: wai well:, trapped up. We wes* into his library; v blob waa tho front ro?m of the batte ment in bis houso on H street, and after ; taking off his wraps he drew up tl chair i to the fire, and loosing at mb tn M pocul I iarly earnest "way that was chnracteriatlo j of him, ho said: ! ! "You want to kwhfc 1 suppose-, what:? ^?ras'at u^ there at the Whlla House. I'll tell you. I have been trying to stiften : , tho President's backbone.'' ? He said it very slowly and repeated :. "You asedft'i publish it y ?'-s* . ?w?y r telling you ,for your own guiditnce. I nme down h?rc to Wa^ulugtba-(I'm sick, and wasn't fit to bc-me^-r-to s?ifeu^= the-Presld?nt'fl-backbone." "Did you succeed ?" I asked.;?? . "Never you mind. You wait a whilo. my son, and then you go up mid inter View Hayes. You ask him if ho don't think bis Southern pollcy.is about played . cut, and if ho don't think hr.* jlhg reb els is better than giving tf 4: offices. Remember now," bo-continued, "'you'ra cot to prld.'anything about whit I* Bay; but I want to koop you posted :e,nd be fore many days you'l httr'B'oEQfithtag ?rom^.Jaayca isaequaro man.?-. , "When, did you find that out?" I asked. : "I found it out to-day.'; I beard, that Hayes,was"sick of bis sentimentalista, and I'carno down hero to give him a ton ic. I didn't como fornothing-,1 and no?,?-, my son; mhrk these1 _ wor?S. ' 'Before i Hayes gel: d^iVs with tba iT^?crfC-y he'll bo'a blacker Republican than; I i T.,,., ; -7 "How Loso HAVE I TO LIVK?"-ii is.not ovcry .one who wka himself this ?uest?on, b?banse, atrang?V enough, it ia bib belief of most person* that th'olr lives will "bp exceptionally lengthy; Howcv er, lifo assurance companies are aware of tho credulous Weaknesses of those Whose lives ti?y assure, and ' have ' therefore compiled .numerous tables ot expi-jUncy' of lito for th'eirown guidance, wh?th aro carefully referred to jbefore a policy iggranted. Tho following I? one of these wcul-authonticaicd tablea, in uso. among London assurance, companies, showing .the average length of liib.&t Various ages. In tbb first column wo' havo tho 'present __x>_:_-?if ?J_LA:_a j_:?..*_ . ?.?vii v- y- ? -*>,?'* ~? "??^?.?fc:? ?-?>- -. tub second cold mn Wo aro" enabled to poop, aa (t were, behind the scenes -of an asBnraneO' office, and esther "from their tablo thenumberof yeats they will give us tb live. This tablo his boen tho result of careful calculation? and seldom proves misleading. Of course, sadden and pre mature deaths, as woli aa, lives unequally extended, occasionally occur, but this ls a table of the average expectancy of life of an ordinary man or woman i Moro years Age. to live. 1. I?::;:;: ...w so..,.t... 30. 4b.28 60.,.M 00.14 70.0 80....4 Our reaaors will easily gathyriVoiu Ino -above tabulated statement thc number of years to which their lives, according to tho law of averagco, may . reasonable bo expected to txXQu?;~IIaap<r'? Jfttfi?v ' - Darios Part?a of Rocht fcrred.$800,000 worth of proj nephew to ?notent it in a bus Snoy, and now wants to get : e nephew announces Kio i keeping lt. The great demand for Sh rb Ycrmlfoge is solely duo lo valu?. Thousands uso it to-' terence to any Otb cr,' and >.ay tifoys and expels worms fcffeei