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All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itor Intelligencer." and all checks, drafts, money orders, Ac., should be made payable to the order of E. B. Murray & Co. OCR RAILROAD SYSTEM. We have frequently contended that the railroads of South Carolina are without a system, and instead of building up a commercial centre in our midst are ac? tually dissipating our commerce, and making us tributary to points without the State. Every railroad line in this State, except the South Carolina and the Greenville and Columbia, have been operated in the interest of cities in other States, and have tended to destroy the trade of Charleston. It has been short? sighted in our people to allow this state of affairs to be fixed upon us, and al? though we have been suffering from it for years, it has been impossible to induce our people to believe it. The cause of the languishing business of Charleston has been sought for in every reason ex? cept the correct one, which is its unfor? tunate railroad surroundings. A recent combination of Georgia railroad men, which came near resulting in the location of a through line to Savannah with de? cided discriminations against Charleston, has, however, fully waked up the citizens of tbe latter place, and in fact of tbe whole State, and now the danger is that in the haste to form a combination to protect Charleston tbe road will be inju? diciously located, and thus result in serious loss to the people of the whole State and detriment to the growth of Charleston. A dispatch from New York to the News and Courier, under date of January 22, conveys the following infor? mation : The unusual demand, during the last few days, for South Carolina Railroad stock and unsecured bonds is explained at last. A Syndicate of New York capital? ists, prominent among whom are Samuel Sloan, President of the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad, Moses Taylor and Richard Lathers, has been formed for the purpose of taking control of the South Carolina Railroad and releasing it from the litigation which now keeps it in the custody of the United States Court, with a view to making it without delay the terminal link in the chain of roads which shall connect the great railroad systems of the West with the Atlantic seaboard at Charleston. If the plans of the Syndicate are car? ried out, the Road is to be managed with such energy as will speedily render Charleston the leading shipping port south of New York. Sixty miles of road are to be built immediately to connect the South Carolina Railroad via Spartan burg, Henderson and Wolf Creek with the Cincinnati Southern Road. A fleet of new and splendid steamers is to be placed on the New York and Charleston line. These, it is said, will eclipse those now plying on the Savannah line, and are intended, amongst other things, to accommodate the Florida trade. The Syndicate already own about 40, 000 shares of the stock of the South Car? olina Railroad Company, one of its mem? bers alone holding 20,000 shares. They do not look to any unfair combination with other roads, but expect to win suc? cess by dint of the completion of the shortest and most direct route from the Ohio River to the Atlantic seaboard. They say that the March report will show the South Carolina Railroad to be in ex? cellent financial condition. The News and Courier and the Register have commented largely upon the ques? tions involved in the selection of the route for crossing the Blue Ridge, and bavo agreed in advocating the Spartan burg and Asheville route. In advocacy of this route the following table of dis? tances is given: Charleston to Columbia.130 miles Columbia to Spartanburg. 93 " Sparenburg to Asheville.:. 69 " Asheville to Morristown.80 " Morristown to Knoxville. 51 " Total.423 The distances over the Blue Ridge route are as follows: Charleston to Columbia.130 miles Columbia to Anderson.126 " Anderson to Knoxville.195 " Total.451 But by adopting a different line from Anderson by the Savannah Valley Road to Edgefield, Aiken and Charleston, the distance would be reduced by more than fifty miles, so that this would be tbe shortest possible line from Charleston to the West. There are also other considerations which appear to us to have been over? looked in these calculations. The Spar? tanburg and Asheville Railroad has, for five miles, we have been informed, a grade of 250 feet to the mile, which ren? ders it totally incapacitated to do the business of a great through line. It is an obstacle which cannot be overcome, while on the old Blue Ridge route the grade does not exceed seventy feet to the mile. The connection over this line is not direct, nor is it under the control in all of its part.3 of friendly corporations. For instance, the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, running from Knox? ville to Norfolk, is operated in the inter? est of the latter point, and will discrimi? nate against all freight which stops at at Morristown for another direction. Then from Morristown the Western North Carolina road runs by Asheville to Raleigh, and it will also discriminate against all freights which seek a new di? rection at Asheville. Thus the adoption of that route incurs two discriminations before it reaches this State, while the Blue Ridge route does not incur one. This advantage is an immense one, and every community acquainted with the necessities of trade knows it cannot suc? ceed in railroad communications where there are competing lines, under different management, and a heavy tariff placed upon its trade by the means of discrim? inative freights. The Blue Ridge route, connected with the Greenville and Charleston roads, would make Charleston the direct and objective South Atlantic terminus, with no prospect of any other terminal point on the Atlantic coast being able by any railroad connection to divert the great bulk of the trade from that city. The interests of the three roads connecting Charleston with the great marts of the West would be the same, and their interests and tho interests of Charleston mutual. extra session. The Supreme Court rendered its decis? ion on last Monday in the case of "The State of South Carolina ex rel the Attor? ney General vs. Johnson Hagood, Comp? troller General, mandamus to compel him to levy a tax under the Supply Bill of the last session of the Legislature. A majority of the Court held that the error of i of a mill in the first Section of the Act invalidated the whole Section, and the Court unanimously concluded that so much of the second Section as makes provision for the Charleston military or? ganization is without the sanction of law. The Court refused the mandamus. This makes an extra session of the Legislature necessary, which, it is understood, will be called for the 10th day of February. Below we publish the judgment of the Court with the points of dissent by Judge McGowan: The State of South Carolina ex rel. the Attorney General vs. Johnson Hagood, Comptroller General. This was an application for a manda? mus to compel the Comptroller General to notify each'County Auditor in the State of the rate percentum of the tax authorized by law to be levied for various State purposes and to prepare and trans? mit to each County Auditor the neces? sary forms and instructions to carry into effect the provisions of the Act to raise supplies, &c., approved 24th December, 1879. The return of the Comptroller General, which is not traversed, and which most, therefore, be taken to be true, raises two legal questions: 1st, as to the validity of the first Section of the Act fixing the amount to be levied for general State purposes, and, 2d, as to the validity of the provision in the second Section for the military organizations in the County of Charleston. A majority of the court having reached the conclusion that the error in the first Section is fatal to the validity of that Section, and the Court having unani? mously reached the conclusion that so much of the second Section as makes provision for the Charleston military or? ganizations is without the force of law, it is ordered that the motion for mandamus be refused. A. J. Wilxard, C. J. The points of Judge McGowan's dis? sent were as follows: If the provisions for the 4} mills State levy and the provisions for the levy of $3,000 for the Charleston military are declared null, will the remainder of the act be law ? or will the whole of the sec? tion containing ihose provisions be de? stroyed? The intention of the Legisla? ture was to levy a tax of 4J mills and to make no levy for the Charleston milita? ry. The act as it passed the House will express the intention of the Legislature. An limb may be amputated without destroying the whole body. One-quarter of a mill in the 4} mills is bad. If that quarter of a mill had been added by a separate enactment it could be stricken out and leave the remainder valid. But the addition was not made by a separate sentence, but by simply changing the arithmetical expression "four and-a half" to "four and-three-quarters." I do not understand that four and-three quarters is an indivisible unity, but is only a different manner of expressing the aggregate of four and-a-half and one quarter, which were once distinct and separate, and by being added together make a different form of sentence. 1 can see no insuperable difficulty in declar? ing four and-a-half mills law and the re? maining one-fourth of a mill invalid. I am of opinion that the mandamus should be issued. A LITTLE MISTY. The following correspondence appears from a citizen of Anderson County in the Keoxcee Courier: Messrs. Editors: I wish to say a word in regard to this fence law. I see the editor of the Anderson Intelli? gencer proposing to play a very loose game on us by proposing to pay ?400 to help build the fence and the people of Pickens and Oconee keep up the fence in the future; for he says it is better to pav that than to pay $1,000 or $1,500 nex't year to repair the fence. I would like to know who would dispute that ? Now it is just like adding of another field to a field and leaving the Anderson fence to act as a cross fence. Now I don't see any use of a cross fence if a man don't intend to pasture his land. A turn-row will do just as well, and for us to build the fence and keep it up for their benefit is unjust. Every man that cultivates a field should help keep up the fence If we have to keep up the fence I say hands off and fair play. We will let the stock law go to the four winds. B. W. Burns. Now, our friend need not have sent his communication to Oconee in order to give it publicity, for our columns could have been secured. We republish the article to give the writer the information he wants, and which will satisfy him of the correctness of the action of our del? egation in the Senate and House upon this subject. We had no interest what? ever in the question, and acted on it as a matter of business, trying to do what was best and most economical for the County. The contract, of which the writer is prob? ably not aware, as to our upper line of fencing, is, that the parties building it were to keep it up for three years, at the end of which time the rails and gates belong to the persons building it, except, perhaps, two miles of it. The three years are out next Spring and the Com? missioners would then have been com? pelled to build a new fence, which would cost from one to two hundred dollars per mile for about eight or ten miles. By going into the arrangement thus criti? cised, we have saved the County a con? siderable portion of the expense of re? building this fence, and released it from any future liability as to it. We, there? fore, think that the expense of three or four hundred dollars to save an outlay of perhaps a thousand and its future repair was good policy, and strictly in accord with the best interests of the people of this County. We have made these ex? planations because we think they will satisfy the writer and every other reason? able man. We regret to learn that Gov. Simpson has failed so far to approve the Act of the Legislature requiring railroads to carry cotton by weight instead of meas? urement. The Act is a good one, and if approved will effect a considerable re? duction in the freight or. cotton in some sections of the State. It has the sanc? tion of tho Senate and Houso of Repre? sentatives, and was introduced for the purpose of affording relief to the people against unfair and unreasonable freight charges on cotton. We hope the Gov? ernor will approve the Act speedily, and that it will become a law. Hon. Emory Speer, Congressman from Georgia, by special invitation, dined with the President last Saturday. Emory was elected as an independent, which fact may explain the special fondness of Haye3 for the young Solon. The Register is after us again in an ar? ticle of three and a half columns, and now accuses us of bad manners and imperti? nence. This is precisely the accusation we made agaiust the Register, and as it has been driven to the extremity of the school boy's answer, "You are another," we incline to the opinion that the subject has been about exhausted, and that it is a waste of time for either paper to follow it further. Iu pursuance to the call of R.'B. Elliott, chairman, the Republican State Execu? tive Committee, consisting of R. B. El? liott, W. N. Taft, C. C. Bowen, E. W. M. Mackey, Sam. Lee, June Mobley, W. J. Myers, E. A. Webster, L. E. Miller and J. E. Ensor, met in the postoffice build? ing in Columbia on the 22nd, and selected April 28 next as the day for holding the Republican State Convention to elect delegates from this State to the Republi? can National Convention to be held in June. Harry Noah, of Columbia, was elected secretary of the committee. The Executive Committee appointed chair? men for the several Counties, but with? hold their names for the present. State News and Notes. The town of Chester has a debt of $5,482.70. There', are 385 patients in tbe State asylum?182 males and 208 females. Two colored children were burned to death in Abbeville County last week. Tbe colored watchman at the post office at Columbia gets $75 per month. A colored man of Hampton County made ?300 clear of all expenses this year farming. Twenty-five law students were admit? ted to practice by the Supreme Court on Friday, 14th instant. Mr. Wm. Gaskin, of Kershaw County, was run over by a loaded wagon on the 20th instant and instantly killed. At the examination for school certifi? cates for Abbeville County 74 whites and 46 colored candidates were successful. T. B. Crews, Esq., editor of the Lau rensville Herald, has been elected Inten? dant of Laurensville on the "wet ticket." A fire occurred in Charleston on last Jhursday which destroyed the car shed and a large number of cars of the South Carolina Railroad. Ben. Hunt, colored, was caught be? tween two cars, at Central, on the night of the 12th, while attempting to couple them, and instantly killed. The Hampton Democrat, published at Varnville, Hampton County, has been purchased by Rev. E. W. Peeples, who will convert it into a Baptist weekly. There are sixteen prisoners in the Ab? beville jail, fourteen of whom are await? ing trial at the next Court, the other two being State witnesses in important case. The Winnsboro News and Herald says that the "Democrats of South Carolina are foolish if they expect to carry the State this fall without a severe struggle." So large is the number of primary pu? pils attending the Due West Female College this year that the authorities have found it neccessary to employ an assistant. There is but one Grange in working order in the whole of Barnwell County. They need a little of the enterprise down there that characterize their brethren in Anderson County. The Spartanburg Spartan advises the farmers to buy their fertilizers at once, and not wait until April, when they may have to take an inferior grade. It is ad? vice worth considering. Tbe Camden Journal says that it has been a prosperous year with the turpen? tine meu in the lower part of the State, and from "all indications the saintly goddess of plenty is with them." The Abbeville Press and Banner nom? inates Col. J. S. Cothran, Solicitor of tbe Eighth Judicial Circuit, for Attorney General. He would fill most any office in the gift of the people ably and accep? tably. The revenue force, which has been stationed at Walhalla for some time, were heavily re-inforced recently. Un? der command of Col. Johnson they are now scouring Rabun County, Ga., on a hunt for illicit distillers. The Greenville Chronicle, a weekly paper of 28 columns, made its first ap? pearance on Thursday last. Mr. A. M. Howell, a gentleman of considerable ex? perience in the newspaper business, is editor and business manager. The Rev. Donald McQueen, forty-three years a minister of the Presbyterian Church at Sumter, died on Saturday last after a lingering illness of many months, aged 70. He was educated at the Theo? logical Seminary of Columbia. Five prisoners broke jail in Spartan? burg on Saturday. They cut through two feet of solid rock wall. They were preached to on Friday by Miss Painter and Rev. R. C. Oliver. They were waiting trial for grave ofTences. A Columbia correspondent of the Beaufort Crescent says that Senator Lips comb, of Newberry, will no doubt be the next nominee for Secretary of State. Some people have, a wonderful tact at finding out things that are to be. Tbe Lexington Dispatch says that a disease similar to the black tongue is prevalent among the cattle in the lower portion of that county on the Orangeburg line. It is proving very fatal, one gen? tleman having lost ten head in one week. Death ensues in two days after the at? tack. Hon. A mislead Hurt, of Abbeville, has been suggested by a correspondent of the Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer as a suitable person for Governor. Mr. Burt is an able lawyer, and has many friends in the State who would be glad to see hitn occupying the gubernatorial chair of South Carolina. The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad iB undergoing thorough repairs since the new management assumed charge. There is nothing so wholesome sometimes for both public and private' enterprises as a change of management. It has proved as beneficial to the Green vill? and Columbia Railroad as it has to the C. C. & A. The election of professors for the Agri? cultural College, and other details for the opening of that institution, will be perfected at the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina University on the 11th of February. The College will probably be opened for students about the 1st of October next. W. C. Benct, Esq., for some time past one of the editors of the Abbeville Press and Banner, has retired from the field of journalism for the reason that his duties as an editor conflicted with his duties as a lawyer, and vice versa. He is succeeded by Mr. H. T. Wardlaw, to whom we ex? tend a cordial welcome into the frater? nity. Mr. L. C. Clinkscales, of Abbeville County, had his gin house burnt down on Tuesday, 20th instant, together with two valuable new gins, all the gin gear? ing and other machinery, twenty-seven bales of cotton and a large quantity of cotton seed. The fire was accidental, and was caused either by a loose match in the cotton or a spark from the saws. There was no insurance on the property, and the total loss will not be less than fifteen hundred dollars. The special Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier, sends the following to that paper under date of January 25: "An agent of parties in Kansas has been here for a day or two endeavoring to induce the State authori? ties to procure the arrest of C. P. Leslie, the notorious land commissioner, who is now residing near Topeka, Kansas. Ap? plication for a requisition was made to the Governor, but was refused, on the ground that no indictment was at pres? ent existing against Leslie in the State Courts." The Columbia Register says that the State Superintendent of Education is en? deavoring to put in operation a plan by which the public schools can be kept open for a longer period each year than they have been heretofore. His idea is that after the public school fund is ex? hausted the patrons of each school make voluntarily contributions to continue it in operation. This will enable all classes to have the benefit of the free school fund, and those who are able and wish to pay for their children's education can do so in this way. By uniting the funds thus obtained, it is thought that more good can be accomplished than by using them separately. A telegram to the Columbia Register from Sumter, S. C, under date of Janu? ary 22, tells the following sad tale of the consequences of a disappointment in love affairs: "Preston D. Mood, editor of the Clarendon Press and teacher of a success? ful private school, blew bis brains out last night at Manning, where he resided. It is rumored that the refusal of a fair daughter of Israel to reciprocate his at? tachment caused the rash act. He was about 21 years old, and was the son of Rev. Henry M. Mood, a distinguished Methodist minister, and a most exem? plary gentleman. The young man was talented but erratic?some say not al? ways sane. He was reckless as an editor, and was recently challenged by young Charles Pool on account of newspaper remarks. Both parties were willing to fight, but the seconds could not agree upon the terms. Young Mood was well yesterday, attended a party last evening, and killed himself after returning home. He has a large family connection here. The sad event has excited much sym? pathy." The Columbia correspondent of the Newt and Courier says: "The negotiations which have been pending for some time between the State and Messrs. Dolby & Bangs, the contractors for building the Charleston jetties, were brought to a con? summation on last Thursday by the accep? tance of the builders of the terms pro? posed by the sub-committee of the board of directors of the South Carolina Peni? tentiary. By this contract Messrs. Dolby & Bangs agree to buy all the rock needed for the construction of the jetties from the State quarry near the Penitentiary, paying therefor the sum of 42 cents a ton, delivered on board the cars. They are to build a track connecting the South Carolina Railroad with the Penitentiary. The work of constructing this track will be commenced at once and finished in a few days." This contract will give the State a net profit of something like one hundred thousand dollars within the next three years. It is the contract upon condition of which the Legisla? ture passed the Charleston Ship Canal Act giving fifteen thousand dollars to open a canal from the Cooper to tho Ashley River on Charleston Neck, by means of which the railroads will be carried to the water's edge. This appro? priation, therefore, which was considered extravagance by some, turns out to be a very fine investment for the State, sinco under it we get one hundred thousand dollars in three years by spending fifteen thousand dollars this year. A Strange Case of Poisoning.? A correspondent of the News and Courier, writing under date of January 22, from Lau re ns County, says: "On Wednesday morning Mr. M. L. Davis and family rose in their usual health, ate breakfast and separated to their avocations. Four of the little boys went to Raburn's Creek school-house. During morning prayers one of the little boys commenced vomit? ing and went out of the house, another ?followed him to Ree what was the matter and he fell sick, finally all four of them were prostrated in the yard, vomiting and purging. The teacher had them re? moved to a neighbor's house until they revived enough to be hauled homo in a wagon. Mr. Davis went to the field and ploughed a few rounds and got so sick that he lay down ou his stomach and re? mained there until dinner time before he was able to return to the house. Mrs. Davis and one little girl escaped the sickness. A messenger was sent for a physician, and he had to go to three places before he could get one. Dr. Ed? wards came and remaiued with the fami? ly last night; also four or five of the nearest neighbors came in. All that ate supper with the family could not get away. They were prostrated in the same way' Dr. Edwards has not yet discovered what is wrong. Mr. Davis salted up all his bones and heads and hog livers in a barrel where he had soaked his wheat in blue stone. Mrs. Davis had prepared some liver puddings and had some for breakfast and supper, and every one that ate only a lew mouthfuls at supper were made sick. Dr. Edwards did not cat any meat at supper and he was not sick last night. This plainly shows there is something wrong with the meat, or something hurtful has been put in the liver pudding. All of the family are better to-day, and some of them going about their work again. THE DRAINAGE LAW. An* Act to Provide for Drainage in the Counties of Anderson and Beaufort. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : Section* 1. That from and alter the passage of this Act all land owners of the Counties of Anderson and Beaufort shall remove from the running streams of water upon their land all trash, trees, rafts and timber during the months of March and September in each year. Sec. 2. Any person convicted of a violation of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not les* than five nor more than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the Court before which the case may be tried. Sec. 3. Any person convicted of cut? ting down trees across or into running streams upon the lands of another, in the Counties aforesaid, shall be liable to the same punishment above prescribed. Approved December 23, 1878. Mk. Editor : For the information of our citizens generally, you have kindly consented to re-publish the above Act of the Legislature on tho subject of drain? age. There can be no subject of more vital importance to our citizens generally than the proper drainage of our bottom lands, and the Legislature showed a proper appreciation of the subject when they wisely passed the above Act. It is believed by some of our best physicians that a very large proportion of all the fever cases in our County can be traced, directly or indirectly, to the lack of proper drainage on swamp lands. When once the malaria is generated, a favor? able wind may waft the poison for miles, and infect whole neighborhoods living at a remote distance. Thus it will be seen that our citizens are all interested in the proper enforcement of the provisions of the above excellent law. See to it that the creeks and streams in every neighbor? hood are thoroughly cleared of all ob? structions of rafts or debris of every de? scription, and don't hesitate to lend a helping hand in cases where the owner or owners of adjacent lands are unable to perform the service required, or not like? ly to reap any special benefit therefrom. On the Eighteen-Mile Creek some very encouraging experiments have been made in the removal of obstructions to the flowing of sand or mud along the beds of the stream and old ditches. At a comparatively slight expense, the ditches have washed to a sufficient depth in a single season to produce good crops. Engineer Lee, of our County, thinks that a fall of six feet to the mile is amply suf? ficient to wash off the sand, if the ditches are kept clear of all obstructions. The law requires that the duty shall be per? formed in the months of September and March. Where not attended to last Fall, see to it that March doe3 not pass by un? improved. T. .H R. Maine Still in a Muddle. Augusta, Me., Jan. 24. Three companies of troops and a Gat ling gun now garrison the State House. When the Republicans meet this fore? noon there will be as little show of arms as possible, and the soldiery will be kept in the back ground. The Republicans apparently feel strengthened this morn? ing and are generally urging the disper? sion of the Fusionist Legislature. "No fooling any longer," is the Repub? lican talk to-day. The State House is converted into a sort of barracks. Stoves have been set up in the cellar to cook rations of beef, &c, for soldiers. The Republican Governor is strongly urged at once to disperse the Fusionist Legislature and government, but wheth" - he acts before the first of next week i_ doubtful. By Sunday night the State troops will all be under arms. The Republican au? thorities assert that if there is a civil war, the responsibility rests upon the Fusionists. Boston, Jan. 26.?The Hcraid's Au? gusta special says that the Fusion Senate met to-day, with only seven members, and took a reces3 to 4 p. m. It is now thought that after hearing what the Supreme Court has to say to the Fusion statement and questions, Governor Davis will issue a proclamation calling on the Fusion Government to disperse, and will enforce it by arrests. It is thought that Wednesday will be the last day of the dual government. Later?Both Houses of the Fusion Legislature reassembled at 4 o'clock, but adjourned without transacting any busi? ness. The Fusionists are in better spirit to-day. Most of their men have re? turned and will remain uutil an answer is received from the Supreme Court. Both branches of the Republican Leg? islature passed resolutions providing for a constitutional amendment for electing the Governor by a plurality instead of a majority vote. The Senate appointed a committee to investigate the enlistment and enrolments of men and on the loss of the State seal. A Duel Between* Two Colored Men*.?Late on Tuesday evening, the lo? cality of a store on the Louisville Road, about six and a half miles from the city, was the scene of an impromptu duel, which resulted seriously. It seems, from what we can learn, that Tom Clark and Charles Houston, two colored men, be? tween whom ill-feeling had long existed, met at the store, where a number of other negroes had gathered, and got to drinking. The old quarrel was renewed between Clark and Houston, and the for? mer who had his gun with him, pro? posed that Houston go and get his gun and they settle their difficulty by an exchange of shots. Houston, who lived in tho neighborhood, hastened homo and procuring his gun returned to the scene. Ground was marked off and the combatants faced, when without any further preliminaries, both fired simulta? neously and both fell at the same time. The guns were heavily charged with buck shot. Clark was shot in the left side and breast, some of the shot, it is presumed, entering the lung. He was brought to the city and carried to the of? fice of Dr. Chisholm, who examined his wound and found it to be very serious, and on Wednesday morninjr he was sent to the Colored Infirmary. Houston, who received three or four shots in the body, two in the abdomen, was carried ofTby his friends, and was believed to be in a dying condition. In consequence of the affair occurring in the country, and those who were present probably fearing they might get iuto trouble if they said much on the subject, it was not generally known.?Savannah News. ? Louisiana leads off in practically discontinuing the grand jury system. The new consitution recently adopted, provides that grand juries may be called in each parish once a year, and that their power of indictment shall continue, hut this, in reality, is little nioro than the privilege of scrutinizing the acts of pub? lic officers. Criminal causes are taken from the jurisdiction of the grand jury, and all offenses heretofore required to be prosecuted by indictment are to be he gun before a magistrate and tried by a petit jury. It is'also provided that three fourths of a jury may return a verdict in civil cases, and in criminal cases below J felonies a jury may be waived. The Exodus Investigation. Washington-, Jan. 26,13S0. Before the exodus committee, Warren Waring, clerk in one of the executive departments and Secretary of tho Emi? grant Aid Society, testified to receiving letters from relatives in North Carolina purporting that the colored men there arc poorly paid for labor, and are discon? tented. He had read letters in Indiana papers from negroes saying they were delighted with their new homes there. Charles N. Otny, (slightly colored,) editor of the Washington Argus, a paper devoted to the interests of the colored race, and principal of the Howard Uni? versity School, testified that he is a na? tive of North Carolina and a graduate of Oberlin College and of Harvard Uni? versity. Visits North Carolina every year. Has. carefully studied the condi? tion of her people. He was one of the founders of the Emigrant Aid Society, and drew up its constitution; its object was to aid colored people fleeing from oppression, such as those then accumu? lated at St. Louis, bound for Kansas. At one of its first meetings, however, a Mr. Mendenhall spoke suggesting the advisa? bility of diverting the emigrants from Kansas and sending about 5,000 into In? diana, as that was a doubtful State in the coming election. No one but Otny ob? jected at that time. "I felt," he says, "that we had been used long enough as tools." The fidelity of the colored peo? ple to the Republican party had been re? warded by the withdrawal of protection from outrage. Therefore he opposed tho longer use of his people by any political party, and when he saw the exodus was to be used politically he withdrew from the society. Others, though holding the same views, remained in it. lie wanted emigrants to go to Kansas, where they were invited and could get homesteads. By answers from prominent North Caro? lina colored men to whom he bad written he learned that three men?Perry, Wil? liams and Taylor?had gone among the most ignorant negroes and told them the Sovernment wanted them to go to In? iana, and would give them a dollar and a half daily during the winter, and two dollars to two dollars and a half during the rest of the year; some were promised suits of clothes. These men registered the names of those consenting to go, charging them from twenty-five cents to three dollars each. The first emigrants, being few in number, were well received and immediately employed. These wrote back to their friends advising them to come, "and hence," said the witness, "it is easy to understand the great exodus from North Carolina." The witness gave a favorable accmint of the actual condi? tion of the colored people in North Car? olina, and said the exodus therefrom was uncalled for and disastrous to the emi? grants. Tho committee then adjourned until Friday._ Homicide in* Oconee.?We regret that we are called upon to chronicle an? other homicide in our county. On last Thursday, John Barnes, an old man, and for a long time a citizen of White Water Township, was killed near his house by being stabbed with a knife in a sudden fracas, which, we are told, he began by striking and choking Milton W. W. Nicholson. It seems that Barnes, who had been living as a renter, on the land of W. J. Duffie, was about remov? ing to another State and had wagon3 ready to load his property. By previous arrangement, General W. F. Ervin, as surveyor, had gone to the place on that day with young Nicholson and his father as chain carriers, to run cTa strip of the land to W. F. Corbin, who had contract? ed for it from Duffie. By reason of some misunderstanding as to some of the property, the parties had concluded not to run the land that day, and had start? ed home, when Barnes approached young Milton Nicholson and began to abuse his father, he (Nicholson) saying and doing nothing. Barnes then struck him once or twice and caught him by the throat. Nicholson tried to defend himself, and in the melee the crowd gath? ered around the parties and it was soon discovered that Barnes was bleeding. He died in a short time, the femeral ar? tery having been cut in two places. The evidence on the inquest, wo hear, is con? flicting and unsatisfactory, and there is much difference of opinion as to what person did the cutting. Milton W. W. Nicholson a youth about eighteen years old, with whom Barnes was engaged, has been arrested, or, rather, came forward and gave himself up, and is now lodged iujail at Walhalla. Young Nicholson and tho parties who went with him to run land were perfectly sober, but we are informed that Barnes was drinking. We forbear further comment, as the mat? ter will undergo judicial investigation.? Keowee Courier. A Kentucky Black Hole.?A dis? patch from Frankfort, Ky., gives the re? port of the prison Sanitary Committee made on the 10th instant to the Ken? tucky Legislature on the condition of the penitentiary. It describes a deplorable state of affairs. The committee finds that there are eight convicts there con? fined that cannot live more that a few months. There are at least fifty others, some of whom are confined to their beds, who in all probability cannot live longer than the latter part of the coming spring. About 200 others are in a state of debili? ty and weakness practically unfitting them for duty or work. The balance of the convicts are unhealthy-looking and some affected by the injurious influences which have prostrated the others. This state of affairs is due, in the opinion of the committee, to over crowding in the work shops, bad ventilation, imperfect sewerage and lack of wholesome food. ? Washington letter: "It was given out some weeks since that Mr. F. A. Walker, the superintendent of the cen? sus, had determined to recommend to the President the names of persons deemed suitable for census supervisors without regard to politics. It was said that with this understanding it might bo assumed that about one-half ?of the supervisors tvould be appoiuted from among Demo? crats, and so far as the South was con? cerned that all, or very nearly all, of them would come from the Democratic party. The Republican senators and members have gene-rally expressed dissat? isfaction at this, as in addition to other objection they allege that Democratic supervisors in the South will be apt to exaggerate the amount of population in order to retain if not iucreasc the pres? ent representation of the South in the lower house of Congress. Asa consequence of this feeling several Republican sena? tors lately called on Mr. Walker to ask that Republican supervisors be appointed in the South, but they came away quite dissatisfied, and some of them charge Mr. Walker with being a Democrat or a Bristow Republican, which they say is no better. These senators either do not consider or willfully ignore the fact that if capable men are to be appointed in the South they must necessarily, to a great extant, be taken from the Demo? cratic party in that section. It is under? stood that a list of supervisors as made out by Mr. Walker has been completed, and is now in the hands of the secretary of the interior, win will revise it, and then hand it to the President, who may also make some changes before sending it to the Senate. ? Tho extent of the suffering in Ire? land is assuming terrible proportions. The Lord Mavor of London appeals for men y to prevent actual starvation; and we very much mistake the feeling of this country, if pursca arc not freely and promptly opened to stay the inroadsnf privation among the unfortunate Irish people. ? A bill has been offered in the Mis? sissippi Legislature making it a penalty for any one to encourage or decoy emi? grants from the State. FOR SALE.?Combined mower and reaper. Apply to 2?_e. A. BELL, at Farm. f. K 0881 'f* mT ?sxos s soiavho '? 'tf oj a|<l(lV ?oils joj SJiVO aaas Auma a saaesna OOT ?airs hoi sxvo aaas ESTATE NOTICE. All persons Laving demands against John W. Duncan, deceased, will please pre? sent them to the undersigned within twen? ty days from this date or they will be barred, and it will be so pleaded, as [ am prepared to make all sett laments. B. F. DUNCAN. Jan 29, 1kr0 21) 1? NOTICE. IHEREBY warn all persons from har? boring or employing WILTON JEN? KINS, a mulatto boy about 111 years of age, with a sear on his forehead, and also one on one of his arms. He is bound to me by? law, and for Ilia delivery at my residence, 31 miles west of Anderson C. II., I will pay the sum of live dollars. LEWIS ARERCROMBIE. Jan 29, 1S80 20 1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By IF. IF. Humphreys, Judge of rrobatc. WHEREAS. Augustus A. Dean has applied to me to grant him Letters of Administration on the Personal Estate of Robert B. McCarlcy, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Robert B. McCarley, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H. on Monday, 10th day of February, 18S0, after publication hereofj to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis? tration should not be granted. Given un? der my hand this27th dav of January, 1880. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Jan 29. 1880 29 2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. IF. Humphreys, Judge *f Prolate. WHEREAS, Elias McGee has applied to me to grant him Letters of Administra? tion on the Personal Estate of James A. Tunsley, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said James A. Tcasley, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H. on Friday, the 13th day February, 1880, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 26th dav of January, 18S0. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Jan 29, 18S0 29_2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Andebson County. By IF. IF. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Isaac M. Bryan has made suit to me to grant him letters of Adminis? tration, on the Personal Estate and effects of Archibald C. Campbell, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all kindred and creditors of the said Archibald C. Campbell, dee'd., to be and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on Mon? day, February llith, 1880, after publication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 23rd day of January, A. D. 1880. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jan 29, 1880 29 _2? JUST RECEIVED, A Large Lot of GARDEN SEEDS AND ONION SETTS, From the reliable Seed Houses of Robert Buist, Jr., Johnson, Bobbins & Co., David Landreth it Sons, for sale wholesale and re? tail at growers' prices. Also, a quantity of Genuine Seed IRISH POTATOES, which will be sold at lowest prices. WILIIITE & WILH1TE, Druggists, Anderson, S. C. Jan 29,1880_20_ SIXTY BARRELS -OF EARLY ROSE ?AND? PEERLESS NORTHERN SEED POTATOES, FINE !! JUST RECEIVED. WE offer FIVE DOLLARS for best reck from our Seed. (Samples returned.) SLOAN BR0S.; Druggists and Seedsmen, Gi'convillc, S. C. ?Sr- Full Stock of PURE DRUGS al? ways on hand, wholesale and reta':!. Jan 29, 1SS0 29 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. J. P. Coole? and wire, A. C. Coolcy, Plaintiffs, ?gainst Abba Wilson, John L. Wilson, el a!.. De? fendants.?-ifaaiawiM for Relief?Oowptalnt not Served. To the Defendant!) Mattle Orr, Sallic Orr. Eliza Taylor, Lee Wlllard, Essie Willard. William B. Wilson, Matilda McCoy and John M. Orr : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer tho complaint In this action, a copy of which is filed In the oilice of the Clerk of Hie Court of Common Fleas, at Anderson C IL, & C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tin: subscriber at their office, Anderson C. IL, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if yon fall to answer the complaint within the time afore? said, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court lor the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Anderson C. IL, S. O, Jan. 28, A. D. ism Mi n IHK .V ALLEN, PlmintlAV Attorneys. To Hie Defendants Mattio Orr, Sallie Orr, Elisa Tavior, Lee Wlllard, Essie wlllard, William B. Wilson. Matilda McCoy and .lohn M. Orr: TAKE NOTICE, That the complaint in this case la filed 10 confirm the partition and sale of the lteal Estate of William 91. Wilson, sold liy order of W. '.V. Humphreys, Probate Judge, on s-aleday In October, A. D. 1883, and purchased by the De? fendant, J?l.n M. Orr, in which you bare an inter? est. The lands sold are described as follows: Tract No. 1, containing one hundred and seventy eight Bereu, bounded by lands of Moses Hodges, T. II. McCann and other's. Tract No. ?-*, contain? ing about eighty-Are acres, bounded by lauds of Thomm F. Hankin ami bit No. 1 Tract No. 3,con. talnlnc about acronly-one aero, bounded by lands of Win. Ford, Jesse Prater ami Tracts No. 1 and 1. MOORti A ALLEN, Plaintiff*' Attorneys. Jan St, 1SS0 tl'.i jj wauivsTO'. nans roi.uxE, wnsasuiu, scift c?t?hju. /^Xrr. tamwei Ln*er. A.-.V., V.l>.. jyetiJemt. f S*??i.m? .'!?:> the Fi:'! M-niJny i? KrVuwy undAiiKwt f K? h P r -Iri of -O ?nIh i. dirHtd into Um t>?k. Scrtiorw; [u.l f..li.>.v,tl l.v i r-wk. ranttna. Euch wcti.m I? den.t?l hy r?. hiiu:.ii Iocm .p~-ml ?tu.lv, in i IM dptiwttfll lioiMi J?. Tliimee, W fim lie fY f*> HARITJSmiMU Ooiv?. l*r Even mm stbwc M?m]t?l A\ HUMS !? eu or more um a Diicawat of 1? <? U ptr ceaL on nut 6e?i?a't Tuition!! t<T (inJUicTioss Tiiivati, Mid mny o.vur it ."'_'.'iZ mm .itJu.'i in i?? Srtt h"i". ?1 ?i?ui".? a ELATION NOTICE. In the ?jitcr of the ATLANTIC AND FRENC BROAD VALLEY RAIL KOAD.-VftUion tor an Election on Sub? scription ,,i,e Capital Stock of said Rail? road C''>M^,1Vi PTRSUA-r to n resolution adopted by the Bo,i 0f County Commissioners lOlh Janaarjrjgtant, (petitions having been filed by citizc ()f Helton, Williamston and Brush}* CrcekTownships.) the amount of subscription tqle snj,i road was fixed ;n the above nanr Townships at the sum of Six Thousand i>llara each, to be paid in four annual moments, without interest. Notice is licrcby V0Il that an election will be held at the fo,wjng times and places, between the hoi, 0f 0 o'clock a. m. and ?i p. m.: Willian'on Township, at WU liatnston, Februarys, 1880; Bellon Town? ship, at Belton. llrch 1, 1880; Brushy Creek Township, acr.auidiii's Cross Roads, March G, 1881?, at wjcb all qualified elec? tors in said Townshij wjn vote "Subscrip? tion" or "No Subscri'.jon." The following naiia persons are ap? pointed managers to Ctduct said olection : Belton Township?J s. Acker, E. B. Rice and E. T. Tollison. Williamston Townsh._E. J. Pinson, R. Y. II. W. Hodge and imes Gaines. Brushy Creek Townshj?J. Jf. Glenn, Wm, Callahan and I. W. ickens. At the close of the poll the managers will count the votes and detjre the result, which result shall be certilie |n writing by the chairman of each board o,nanagers to the Chairman of the Board onOUnty Com? missioners, also certifying wither a ma? jority of the votes cast in keir respec tivc townships have voted in fiiorofsuch subscription. R. S. BAf.EY, Chairman County ConmiLr-oners. Jan 22, 1830_28 G HORSE SHOEING FARM WORK A SPECIALT'. THE undersigned have formed a coprt norship under tho.nrm name of Bti son & Dooly, for the purpose of carryiig on a regular Blacksmith business, such a Shoeing Horses, making, mending and sharpening Plows, Ironing Wagons, repair? ing Guns and Pistols, and all kinds of work usually done in the Blacksmith Shop. We are located near the Prcsbvterian Church, at the old shop stand. Persons desiring work done in our line will do well to call on us before having their work done. ABE BENSON, DAVE DOOLEY. P. 8.?We have heretofore been employ? ed witli Mr. David White, which should be a guarantee of workmanship. Jan 22,1880 28 J. M. MATTHEWS, BELTON, S. C MANUFACTURER OF PALMETTO COTTON GIN, CONDENSERS AND PORTABLE PRESSES. Agent for the New Economizer Strain Engine, Far qultar Thresher and Separator, Saw and Grist Mills, Gin Feeders, &c Old Engines and Threshers taken in port pay fornew ones. Repairingcarefullydone. Second-hand machines at low figures. Pri? ces and terms on application. Orders so? licited. Letters by mail receive prompt attention. Jan 15. 18S0 27 3m UNDER WEAR. ALARGE STOCK of Ladies' and Gen? tlemen's Underwear. Merino and all Wool?sure to please. Also, Flannels of the difiurent grades. Gents' Fine Shirts a Specialty. In these goods we defy competition, re? gardless of what other people say. COME AND PROVE US. Iu Onr Notion Department We have a great many attractions. Come and see them, for we can't begin to tell you about them. Still Headquarters for Carpets, Rugs, <tc. A. B. TOWERS & CO. Jersey Bull to Stand. THE round sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars was paid for the sire of "YORK." "York:I is a grand and mag? nificent animal, and will stand one month at the following places: January, Anderson, at D. S. Maxwell's. Fobruary, Williamston, at March, Belton, at Price, ?3.00 in advance. For further ser? vice of Jersey Bulls and particulars, apply to J. C. STRIBLING, Ashtabula Farms, Pcndleton, S. C. Dec 25,1879 24 10 WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS SEASON a large stock of DRESS GOODS, such as Mohairs, Alpacas, Melanges, Lustres, ifcc, dec. Our Prints are of the very best make. IVc are Selling A great many Cloaks, and have a large number left that are pronounced "beautiful and very cheap." Also, some nice shawls very low down. A. B. TOWERS & CO. Oct 23,1S79 _15 LUMBER! LUMBER! ALARGE lot of good Lumber is kept constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson, and orders for large or small lots of any kind desired will be promptly filled at low prices. Mr. Robert Mayneld is my agent for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired to persons wishing to make an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 30,1S79_29_ly KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL, YORKYILLE, S. ?. TUR Exercises of the TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR will begin February 5, 1880. Terms per Session of Five Months, in Advance. For Tuition, Boarding, Light, Fuel and Washing.-iilOO 00 Use ot Books, Stationery and Sur? geon's fee. 5 00 For Circular, containing full information, applv to Cob A. COWARD, Principal. Dec 25. 1879 24 Always Something New! AND ATTRACTIVE at No. 4 Granite Row. This time we have just re? ceived an elegant lot of FINE BLAN? KETS, Ladies' and Gents' Underwear, something GOOD. Another invoice of beautiful CLOAKS, very cheap. Also, finest New Crop New Orleans Mo? lasses, choice Magnolia Hams, and a great many other good things. Come and see them. A. ?. TOWERS & CO. Due 4, 1S7D _21_ Notice to Fiduciaries. ALL Administrators, Executors, and other Fiduciaries who by law are re? quired to make their returns to the Judge ot Probate, are hereby notified to do so du? ring the month of January or the penalties of the law will be enforced. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jan 8, 1880 20 4 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Administrator of the Estate of II. H. Dalryniple, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun tv, on 17th day of February, 1880, for a Final Settlement and discharge from his office as Administrator of the Personal Estate of the said W. H. Dalryniple, deceased. JOHN \V. DALRYMPLE, Adra'r. Jan. 15, 1880 27 5 \foTICH FINAL SETTLEMENT. _j_N The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Mrs. Margaret Cox, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judge of Probate at Anderson C. H., on tho 11th day of February, 1880, for a Final Settle? ment of said Estate, and a discharge from said Administration. FLICETW'UOD CLINKSCALES, Administrator. Jan \ isso 20 5 C. II. SLOAN WITH EDWIN BATES & CO., JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, Nos. 122 and 124 Sleeting Street, CHARLESTON, - - S. C. Jan 22, I860 28 2