The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, November 20, 1879, Image 1
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