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B. B. M?BBAY, Editor. THURSDAY M0KN1NG, JAN. 20,1880. TERMS ? ONE TEAB....M.....?.W.SO. EIX MONTHS... VB. RATES o? ABVUBTIS?XO.-Ono Dollar per in?h 'for tb? Ant insertion, and rift/ Cent? per inch fortubseijuent insertions lera than titree month*. No adrertUement counted lea* than an inch. L'O crai contracta w!U bo ruado with thoa? wlsbb.g to ndvertlio for thrte, aix or twel?e months. Adrr r tlslcg by contract must be confined to the Iramrdl ate business of the firm or individual contracting. Olltuar" Notices exceeding five linea, Triroteo cr res??--?, and all personal communication or matten, ?t individual Interest, will bo charged for at adrerUVta; rates. To COBJUtsWHDsarrs.-Ir order U? reef . ? at tention, communications must be eccor .jo .lixl hy ibo true nata? and add ress of the writ?, r. Re jected manuscripts will cot be returned uniras tho uec?ssarr stamps are furnlsb*d to repay tho post ago thereon, Air W<- aro Esl responsible for tho views and opinions or our correspondent?. All communications should bo addressed to "Ed itor Intelligencer," and all checks, drafts, money orders, Ac,, should be made pay obi a to tho order of E. B. M uaeAY A Co. OUIt KAXLKOAD SYSTEM. Wo bavo frequently contended tbat the railroads of South Carolina are without a system, and instead of building up a commercial centro in our midst aro ac tually dissipating our commeroe, and making us tributary to points without tho 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 trude of Charleston. It has been short sighted in our people to allow this state of Hilaire to bo fixed upon us, and al though wo have been suffering from it for yearn, it bas been impossible to induce our peoplo to believe it. Tho cause of j the languishing business of Charleston bas been sought for in every reason ex cept the correct one, which is its unfor tunate raihoad surroundings. A recent combination of Georgia railroad mon, which came near resulting in tho location bf a through Hue to Savannah with de cided discriminations against Charleston, has, however, fully waked up tho citizens of tho latter place, and in fact of the whole State, and now the danger is that in the haste to form a combination to protect Charleston the road will bo inju diciously located, and thus result in serious loss to tho peoplo of tho whole State and detriment to tho growth ot Charleston. A dispatch from New York to tho New? and Courier, under date of j January 22, conveys tho following infor mation : Tho unusual demand, during tho last fow days, fur South Carolina Railroad Block and unsecured bonds io explained at last. A Syndicate of New York capital? ists,prominent among whom are Samuel Sloan, President of the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad, Maces Taylor and Richard Lathers, bas been formed for tho purpose of taking control if the South Carolina Railroad and releasing it from tho litigation which now keops 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 tho great railroad systems of tho West with tho Atlantic Beatward at Charleston. If the plans of the Syndicate are car ried out, the Road is to be managed with finch energy as will speedily render Charleston tho leading shipping port south of New York. Sixty miles of road aro to bo built immediately to connect the Booth Carolina Railroad via Spartan burg, Henderson and Wolf Creek with tho Cincinnati Southern Road. A fleet of Dew'and splendid steamers is to be {?laced on the Kew York and Charleston ino. These, it is Bald, will eclipse those now plying on the Savannah line, and uro intended, amongst other things, to accommodate the Florida trade. Tho Syndicate already own about 40, 000 shares of the stock of tho South Car olina Railroad Company, one of its mem bers alono 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 ?oute from tho Ohio River to tho Atlantic eeaboard. Tb.ev.aav that the iV?arch re nor twill HLQVV tho South Carolina Railroad to be ia. ex cellent financial condition. The Newt and Courier and tho licgitter have commented largely, upon the ques tions involved in tho selection of the routo for crossing the Blue Rldgo, and h a YO agreed in advocating. tho Spartan burg and Asbovllle routo. In advocacy of this route the following table of dis tances is given : . Charleston to Columbio....ISO miles Columbia to Spartanburg. 93 " Sparenburg lo Asheville. 69 " Ashovillo to Morristown!'......... 80 " 'Morristown to Knoxville. 51 " Total.428 Tho distances over the Blue Ridgo route aro aa follows : Charleston io Columbia......180 miles Columbia to Anderson........120 " Andmon io Knoxville............ 195 " Total.451 But by adopting a different Uno from Andersen by the Savaunah Valley Road to EdgefieW, Aiken and Charleston, the distance would be reduced by more than fifty miles, co that thia would bo tho shortest possible line from Charleston to tho Weat. There are ako other rnn8?d?ral?0?s which appoar to us to have been over looked in th eeo calculations Tho Spar Unborg and Asheville Railroad J as, for five mllee, wo havo beor? informed, a . grade of 25Q feet to tho milo, which reu dera it totally incapacitatedi to do tho KnA?naas tx{ a. sn?t (k??..t tl- *t z~ ...- - c---O'- ' .?? *. ac obrtaclo which cannot be overcome, while on tho old Blue Rldgo route tho grad? does uot exceed seventy foot to the mile, The connection over this lino is not direct, nor is it under tho control in alt of ila parts ol friendly corporations. For instance, the . East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, running from Knox ville to Norfolk, ia operated ia the/nter cst of tho. latter point, and will discrim? nate against all freight which stop* ai at Morristown io? another direction. Then nora Morristown tho .Western Morita Carolina road runs by Aahotillo , and it will ahto discriminate freights which seek a new di ?Uh?ville, Thus th* adoption it? lue?ra two discriminations it reaches this State, while the s route does not incur one., doge Is an imtnonao one, and munity acquainted with tho 'ca of tirade knows ic cannot sue? Iroad communications ^ whore i 1 terminal point on tho Atlantic coast being able by any railroad connection to divert the great bulk of the trade from that city. The Interest? of the three roads connecting Charleston with the great marts of the West would be the same, and their Interests and tho Intcroets of Charles'ioc mutual. EXTRA SESSION. Tho Supreme Court rendered it? decis ion on last Monday in tho case of "The State of South Carolina ex rel the Attor ney General vt. Johnson Hagood, Comp troller General, tnandamut to compel him to levy u tax under tho Supply Bill of the lost session of tho Legislature. A majority of the Court held that the ?rror of J of a mill in tho first Section of tho Act invalidated the whole Scctiou, and the Court unanimously concluded that so much of the second Section as makes provision f >r the Charleston military or ganisation is without tho sanction of law. Tho Court refused the tnandamut. This makes an extra session of tho Legislature necessary, which, it is understood, will bo called for tho 10th day of February. Below wo publish the judgmcut of the Court ?th tho points of dissent by Judge McGowan : The State of South Carolina ex re!, the Attorney (leneral vt. Johnson Hngood, Comptroller General. Thia was an application for n manda mut to compel the Comptroller General to notify cach'Couuty Auditor in tho S*' 'o of tho rate perccntum of the tax aukOorizcd by law to bo levied for various State purposes and to prepare and trans mit to each County Auditor the neces sary formB and instructions to carry into effect the provisions of the Act to raise supplies, eec., approved 24th December, 1879. The return of tiio Comptroller General, which is not traversed, and which must, there' re, bo taken to be true, raises two leg .1 questions : 1st, as to the validity of ?lie first Soction of the Act fixing thc amount to be levied for general Stato purposes, and, 2d, as to the validity of tho provision in tho second Section for ibo military organizations in tho County of Charleston. A majority of tho court having reached tho conclusion thnt tho error in tho first Section is fatal to tho validity of that Election, and tho Court having unani mously reached tho conclusion that so much of the second Section as makes provision for the Charleston military or ganizations is without tue force of iaw, it is ordered that the motion for mandamus be refused. A. J. WILLARD, C. J. Tho point? of Judge McGowan's dis sent were as follows : If the provisions for the 4} mills State levy and tho provisions for the levy of $3,000 for tho Charleston military are declared null, will tho remainder of tho act bo law? or will tho wbolo of tho sec tion containing those provisions be de stroyed? Tho intention of tho Legisla ture was to levy a tax of 4J mills and to make no levy for tho Charleston milita ry. The act as it passed tho House will express tho intention of tho Legislature. An limb may bo amputated without destroying tho whole body. One-quarter of a mill in tho 4J mills is bad. If that quarter of a mill had been added by a separate oi.ncttncnt it could bo stricken out and Icavo tho remainder valid. But the addition was not mnde by a separate sentence, but by simply changing the arithmetical expression "four tind-a half" to "four and-thrco-quarters." I do not understand that four and-three quartera is an indivisible unity, but is only a different manner of expressing the aggregate of four nnd-ahalf and one quarter, which were once distinct and separate, and by being added together make adifferont form of sentence. 1 cnn seo no insuperable difficulty in declar ing four atid-a*ha!f mills lsw aud tho re maining one-fourth nf a mill invalid. I am of opinion that thomaudamuB should be issued. A LITTLE MISTY. The following correspondance appears from a citizen of Anderson County in the Keowcc Cburier: MESSRS. EUITOBS: I wish to say a word la regard to this fence law. I see , the editor of tho Anderson INTELLI GENCER proposing to play a very loose game on us by proposing to nay ?400 to help build tho fenco and the people of PicKcns and Ociuee keep up tho fence in j the future ; for he says i'; is Detter to pay t that than to pay $1,000 or f1,600 next year to repair tho fence. I would Uko to know who would disputo that ? Now it is lust Uko adding of another field to a field and leaving the Anderson fence to act aa 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 fenco and koop it up for their benefit is unjust. Every man that cultivates a field should help keep up the fenco If wo !?ave to keep up the fence I say bands off and fair play. We will let tho stock law go to tho four winds. B. W.'BURNS. Now, our friend need not have sent his communication to Oconee in order to givo it publicity, for our columns could have been secured. Wo republish the article to give the writer tho information he wents, and which will satisfy bim of tho correctness of tho action of our del egation in the Senate and Houso upon this subject. Wo had no interest what over io tho question, and acted on it os a matter of business, trying to do what was best and most economical for tho County. Tho contract, ol which the writer ls prob ably not awn?u, ?vs to gar upper lino of fencing, is, that tho parties building it were to keep it up for three years, at the end cf which time the rails and gates belong to Um persons building it, except, perhaps, two miles of it The three years aire out next Spring and tho Oorj : missioners would then have been com pelled to build a now fence, which would cost from one to two hundred dollars per mile for about eight or ton miles, By going Into the arrangement thus criti cised, wo have Kftvcd the. County a con siderable portion of tho expense of re building this fonce, and released It from any future liability as to it. Wc, there fore, think that tho. expense of three or four hundred dollars to save an outlay of perhaps a thousand and ita future renoir ?rsa geed policy, aud strictly in accord wi tn the best interests of the people of thia 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 tho Act of the Legislatura requiring railroads to carry cotton by weight instead of ?neos* ur?ment Tho Act is a good one, and if approved Will effect n considerable re daction in tho freight on cotton lo sota? sections of the Stat?. It has the sanc tion ci the Senate and House of Itopro s?nta?ves, and was Introduced for tho purpose of affording relief io tho people' against unfair and unrcssomblo freight charges on cotton. We hope the Gov ernor will approve the Act speedily, and that it will become a law. Hon. Emory Spoor, Congressman from Georgia, by special invitation, dined with tho President last Saturday. Emory was elected as an independent, which fact may explain the special fendnees of Hayes for tho young Solon. Tho Register is after us again in an ar ticle of three and a half columna, and now accuses us of bad manners and imperti nence. This is precisely the accusation we made against the Register, and as it has been driven to the extremity of the school boy's answer, "You are another," wo inclino to the opinion that the subject has been about exhausted, ami that it is a waste of time for tither paper to follow it further. lu pursuance to the call of R."B. Elliott, chairman, the Republican State Execu tive Committee, consisting of R. II. El liott, W. N. Toft, C. C. Rowen, E. W. Si. Mackey, Sara. Lee, June Mobley, W. J. Myers, E. A. Webster, L. E. Miller and J. E. Ensor, met in f^c postoflice build ing in Columbin on the 22nd, and selected April 28 next ap thc day for holding the Republican State Convention to elect delegates from thia State to the Republi can National Convention to be held in June. Harry Noah, of Columbia, was ! elected secretary of tho committee. The Executive Committee appointed chair men for tho aevcral Counties, but with hold their names for tho present. Stntc News . id Notes. The town of Chewer has a debt of 15,482.70. There', are 885 patients in tho State asylum-182 males and 208 females. Two colored children wero burned to death in Abbevillo County last wcok. Tho colored watchman at the post oilice at Columbia gets $75 per month. A colored man r-" Hampton County mado $300 clear of ail expenses this year farming. Twenty-five law students wero admit ted to practice hy the Supremo Court on Friday, 14th instant. Mr. Wm. Gaskin, of Kershaw County, was run over by a loaded wagon on tho 20th instant ?nd instantly killed. At the examination for school certifi cates for Abbevillo County 74 whites and 4G colored candidates were successful. T. B. Crews, Esq., editor of tho Lau rensville Herald, has boen elected Inten dant of Laurensville on tho "wet ticket." A firo occurred in Charleston on last .Thursday which destroyed tho car Bhed and a largo number of cara of thc South Carolina Railroad. Ben. Hunt, colored, was caught be tween two cars, at Central, on tho night of tho 12th, while attempting to couple them, and instantly killed. Tho Hampton .Democrat, published at Varnvillo, Hampton County, has been purchased by Rev. E. W. Pceplea, who will convert it into a Baptist weekly. There aro sixteen prisoners in the Ab beville jail, fourteen of whom nro await ing trial nt tho next Court, tho other two being Stato witnesses in important case. The Wiunsboro News and Herald says that tho "Democrats of South Carolina oro foolish if they expect to carry the State this fall without a severo struggle." So largo ia tho number of primary pu pila attending tho Duo West Femule Collego thia year that the authorities' have found it neccesaary to employ an assistant. Thero is but one Grongo in working order in tho whole of Barnwell County, They noed a little of the enterprise dowe there that chane'erizo their bro tin en ic Anderson County. The Spartau?jurg Sparlan advises tht farmers to buy their fertilizers at once and not wait until April, when they may havo to take an inferior grade. It ia ad' vice worth considering. The Camdon Journal aayB that it hoi been a prosperous year with the turp?n tino men in tho lower part of tho State and from "all indications tho t-aintl; goddess of plenty ia with them," Tho Abbeville Press and Banner nom inatcs Coi. J. S. Cothran, Solicitor of th< Eightn Judicial Circuit, for Attorney General. He would fill moat any offici in tho gift of the people ably and accep tably. Tho revenue forco, which has beei stationed at Walhalla for somo time were heavily re-inforced recently. Un der command of Col. Johnson they ar now scouring Robun County, Ga., on J bunt for illicit distillers. The Greenville Chronicle, a weekl; paper of 28 columns, made ita first ap pe ara nco ou Thursday last. Mr. A. M Howell, a gentleman of considerable ox perience in the newspaper business, i editor and business manager. The Rev. Donald McQueen* forty-thrc years a minister of the Presbyteiia Church at Sumter, died on Saturday lat after a lingering illness of many month) aged 70. He was educated at tho The< logical Seminary of Columbia. Five prisoners broke jail in Spar tat burg on Saturday. They cut tbroug two feet cf solid lock wn??. They wei preached to_on Friday by Miss Paint? and Rev. K. C. Caver, J. ney we: waiting trial for grava offences. A Columbia correspondent of tl Beaufort Orescent says that 8enator Lip comb, of Nowberry, will no doubt be tl next nominee for Secretary of Stat Some people have, a wonderful tact finding out things that are to be. The Lexington Dispatch says that disease similar to th? black tongue --i_._- ?i- _ m - .t. I'lvtoiuiik auiuiij wa w<im' Ml ?.?.?, ?"rr portion of that county on the Orangebu line. It is proving rory fatal, one ge ttcraau having lost ten head in one woe Death ensues in two days after the i tack. Honi Armslead Bart, of Abbevillo, b been suggested by a correspondent of tl Greenville Knierprise and 3fpuntqineer A suitable person for Governor. Ri Bart is an abla lawyer,* and bas mat frie nds in the State who would bo glad seo bim occupying thc guberhatori 1 ?hair of South Carolina. Th? Charlotte, Columbia and Augua Railroad is undergoing thorough repa! since tho new management as-cunu charm Thero is nothing so wholesoo sometimes for both public and priva enterprises as a change of managemer It has proved os beneficial to the Greet ville and Columbia Railroad a?, lt has to the C. C. A A. TheelcclL'U of professors for the Agri cultural Col I ago, and other detailn (or tho opening of that institution, will be perfected at the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina University on tho 11th cf February. The College will probably be opened for i.tudenta about thc !?t of October next. W. C. Benet, Esq., for some time past one of the editors of thc Abbeville Pres and Banner, has retired from thc field of journalism ir. the reason that his duties os an editor conflicted with his duties as a lawyer, and vice verm. He is succeeded by Mr. ll. T. Wardlaw, to whom we ex- j tend a cordial welcome into the frater nity. Mr. L. C. Clink-scales, 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 largo quantity of cotton seed. The fire was accidental, and was caused eittir r by a loose match in the cotton or a spaik from the saws. There was no insurance on tho property, and tho total loss will not be less than fifteen hundred dollars. The special Columbia correspondent of tho Charleston Newt and Courier, sends the following to that paper under dato of January 25: "An agent of parties in Kansas hos been hero for a day or two endeavoring to induce the State authori ties to procure the arrest of C. P. Leslie, tho notorious land commissioner, who is now residing near Topeka, Kansas. Ap plication for a requisition was mado to tho Governor, but was refused, on the ground that no indictment was at pres ent existing against Leslie in the State Courts." Tho Columbia Register says that tho State Superintendent of Education is en deavoring to put in operation a plan by which tho public schools can bo kept open fora longer period each year than they have been hcretoforo. His idea is that after the public stAool fund is ex hausted the patrons of each school make voluntarily contributions to continue it in operation. This .viii enable all classeB to havo tho benefit of tho free school fund, and those who aro able and wish to pay for (heir children's education can do so in this way. By uniting the funds thus obtained, it is thought that more good can bo accomplished than by using them separately. A telegram to the Columbia Register from Sumter, S. C., under dato of Janu ary 22, tells the following sad talc of the consequences of a disappointment i.i love affairs: "Preston D. Mood, editor of the Clarcndor Press and teacher of a success ful private school, blew bis brains out last nig.it nt Manning, where he resided. It is rumored that tho refusal of a fair daughter of Israel to reciprocate his at tachment caused thc nub act. Ho 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 wos talented but erratic-some say not al ways Bane. Ho was reckless as an editor, and wa? recently challenged by young Charles Pool on account of newspaper remarks. Both parties were willing to fight, but tho seconds could VJX agree upon the termB. Young Mood voa well yesterday, attended a party last evening, aud killed himself after returning, home. Ho bas a large family connection here. Tho sad event has excited much sym pathy." Tho Columbia correspondent of the Newt and Courier says : "The negotiations which havo been pending for some time between tho State and Messrs. Dolby & Hangi!, tho contractor.-, for building the Charleston jetties, were brought to a con summation on last Thursday by the accep tance of tho builders of the terms pro posed by the sub-committee of tho board of directors of tho South Carolina Peni tentiary. By this con traci Messrs. Dolby db Bangs agree to buy all the rock needed for the construction of the jetties from thc State quarry near the Penitentiary, paying therefor tho 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 % ile track will bo commenced at oaco and finished in a few days." This contract will give the State a net profit of something liko 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 tho Cooper to tho Ashley River on Charlestos Neck, by means' of which the railroads will be carried to the waters edge. Thia appro priation, therefore, which was considered extravagance by somo, turns out to be a very fine investment for the State, since under it wo get one hundred thousand dollars in three years by spending fifteen thousand doiian this year. A STUANGE CASE OP POISONING. A correspondent of the Newt and Courier, writing under date of January 22, from Laurens County, says : "On Wednesday morning Mr. M. L. Davis and family, roso lu wi'a usual health, a io breakfast and separated to their avocations. Four cf thn li ttl A KTIWH wai;*; ?0 Ribirc'C OfCSic school-bouse. During morning prayers one of '* in little boys commenced vomit ing r.i -J tent out of the house, another -followed bim to see what was tho 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 bo hauled homo in a wagon. Mr. Davis went to the field and ploughed a few rounds and got so sick that ne lay down on his stomach and re mained there until dinner time before he was able to return, to tho house. Mrs. Davis and one little girl escaped the sickness. A messenger was sent for a physician, and he had to go to three pisces before he could get one. Dr. Ed wards came and remained with the fami ly last night: also four cr five of the nearest neighbors came in. AU that ate suoper with the family could not get away. They were prostrated In the esme way. Dr. Edwards has not yet discovered what is wrong. Mr. Davis salted ap al) his bones and heads and hog livers io a barrel where he had soaked his wheat in bl?e stone. Mrs. Davis bad prepared some liver puddings and had some for breakfast and supper, and every one that ate only a few mouthfuls at supper were made slok. Dr. Edwards did not eat any meat at supper and he was not sick last night. This plainly shows there is something wrong with tho meat, or something hurtful has bren put in the liver pudding. All of the family are better to-day, and some of them going about their work again. ?-U? DIU?NAUE LAW. Ax ACT to Provide for Drainage in tho Counties of Anderdon and Beaufort. He it enacted by the Senate and House f Representative* of tbe State of South Carolin:1., now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : SECTIO? 1. That from and after the passage of this Act all land owners of the Counties of Anderson and Beaufort shall remove from thc 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 lewi thou five nor moro than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the Court before which, the caso may bo tried. SEC. 3. Any person convicted of cut ting down trees across or into running streams upon thc lands of another, in the Counties aforesaid, shall ho liable to the same punishment above prescribed. Approved December 23, 1878. MR. EDITOR : For the information of our citizens generally, you have kindly consented to ro-publish tho 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 tho Legislature 6howed a proper appreciation of tho subject when they wisely passed tho above Act. It is believed by somo of o'.r beat physicians that a very largo proportion of all the fever cases in our County can he traced, directly or indirect',, to the lack of proper drainage on swamp lands. When onco the malaria is generated, a favor able w ind may waft tho poison for miles, aud infect whole neighborhoods living at a remote distance. Thus it will be aeon that our citizens aro all interested in the proper enforcement of the provisions of thc above excellent law. See to it that the creek-, 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 unablo to perform the service required, or not like ly to reap any Bpecial benefit therefrom. On the Eighteen-Mile Creek some very encouraging experiments have been made in tho removal of obstruction to tho flowing of aand or med along the beds of the stream and old ditches. At a comparatively slight expense, tho ditched have washed to a sufficient depth in a aingle aeaaon to produce good crops. Engineer Lee, of our County, thinka that a fail of six feet to tho mile ia amply suf ficient to wash off the sand, 'f the ditches are kept clear of all obstructions. The I 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 does 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 Stute House. When tho Republicans meet thia fore noon thero will be as little show of arms as possible, and the soldiery will bo kept in the hack ground. The Republicans apparently feel strengthened this morn ing and are generally urging the disper sion of tho Fusioniat Legislature. "No fooling any longer," ia the Repub ' lican talk to-day. The State House ia converted into a eort of barracka. 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 tho Fuaioti?st Legislature and government, but whether ho acts before the first of next week ia doubtful. By Sunday night tho State troops will all bo under arma. The Republican au thorities assert that if thero is a civil war, the reaponaibility rests upon the Fusioniats. BOSTON, Jan. 26.-Tb-? Herald?? Au gusta apecial says that the Fusion Senate met to-day, with only teven members, and took a recess to 4 p. m. It is now thought that after hearing what the Supremo Court has to say to the Fusion statement and questions, Governor Davis will issne a proclamation calling on the Fusion Government to disperse, and will ci 'bice it by arrests. It is thought that Wednesday will bo the iaat 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 Fuslonists are in better spirit to-day. Most of their men havo re turned and will remain until an answer Is received from the 8upreme Court. Both branches of the Republican Leg islature passed resolutions providing for a constitutional amendment for electing tho Governor by a plurality instead of a majority vote. The Senate appointed a committeo to investigate the enlistment and enrolments of men and cu tho loss of the State seal. A DUEL BETWEEN Two COLOBEI> MEN.-Late on Tuesday evening;, the lo cality of a atoro 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, mot at the ?lun?, wncro a number of other negroes had gathered, and got to drinking. The old quarrel was renewed between Clark and Houston, and tho for mer who bad bis gan with bim. pro posed that Houston go and get b"*> gun and they settle their difficulty by an exchange of shots. Houston, who lived 1!n ui-o neighborhood, hastened home and procuring his gun returned to the scene. Ground WM marVAi4 ntr ??A ?u~ combatants faced, when without any further preliminaries, both fired simulta neously and both fell at i the sam? time. The guns were heavily charged with buck shot. Clark was shot In the left side and breast, some of the shot, it ia Eresumed, entering the lung. Ho waa rought to the city and carried to the of fice of Dr. Chisholm, who examined his wound and found it to bo very serious, and on Wednesday morning he was sent to the Colored Infirmary. Houston, who received three or four shots in the body, two in the abdomen, was carried off by his friends, and Was believed to be in a dying condition. In <<?-.sequence of the affair occurring in tho country, and those who were present probably fearing they might get iuto trouble if they Bald much on the subject, lt was not generally known.-Savannah jVetct. - Louisiana leads off ic practically discontinuing tbe grand jury system. The new consUution recently adopted, provides that grand juries may be called ia each parish once a y*"\r, and that their power ot Indictment shall continue, but this, io reality, ls little moro than the privilege of scrutinizing the acts ol pub lie officers. Criminal causes are taken from the jurisdiction of the grand jury, and all offenses heretofore required to be prosecuted by Indictm*.**- ire to be be gun before a magistrate and tried by a petit jory. It ii also provided that three fourths of a jury may return a verdict in .civil coses, and in criminal cases below felonies a jury.may be waived. The Exodus Investigatiou. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26,18S0. I Before the exodus commute?, Warren Waring, clerk in one of the executive departments and Secretary of tho Emi frrant Aid Society, testified to receiving otters from relatives in North Carolina purporting that the colored men there are 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 Aryn*, a paper devoted to the interests of the colored race, and principal of the Howard Uni versity Scuool, testified that he is a na tive of North Carolina and a graduate of | Oberlin College und of Harvard Uni versity. Visits North Carolina every year. Has. carefully studied the condi tion of her people. Ho was one of the founders of tho Emigrant Aid Society, and drew up its constitution ; its object was to aid colored people fleeing from oppression, such as those then accumi* . lated at St. Louis, bound for Kansas. At one of its first meeting?, however, a Mr. Mendenbnll spoke suggesting tho advisa bility of diverting the emigrants from Kanga* and sending about 6,000 into In diana, os that was a doubtful State in the coming election. No cae but Otny ob jected at that time. "I felt," he says, "that wc bad been used long enough ns tools." The fide'ity of the colored peo ple to the Republican party had been re warded by thc withdrawal of protection from outrage Therefore bc opposed the longer use of bis people by any political party, and when (IG saw the exodus was to be used politically he withdrew from the society. Others, though holding the same views, remained in it. He wanted emigrants to go to Kansas, where they were invited and could get homesteads. Hy answers from prominent North Caro lina colored men to whom he bad written bo learned that three men-Perry, Wil- | Hams and Taylor-had gone among the ' most ignorant negroes and told them the government wanted them to go to In diana, and would give them a dollar and a half daily during tho winter, and two dollars to two dollars and a half during the rest of tho year; some were promised suits of clothes. These men registered tho 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 tho great exoduB from ISorth Carolina." The witness gave a favorable account of tho ^ctual 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.-Wo regret that we are called upon to chronicle an other homicide in our county. On last Thursday, John Barnes, an old mau, 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, weare told,he began by striking and choking Milton W. W. Nicholson. It seems that Barnes, who had been living au a renter, on the land of W. J. Duffie, was about remov ing to another State and had wagons ready to load his property. By previous arrpufcoment, General W. F. Ervin, as surveyor, had gone to tho place on that day with young Nicholson and his father as chain carriers, to run off a strip of the land to W. F.' Corbin, who had contract ed for it from Duffie. By reason of some misunderstanding as to somo of the property, tho parties bad concluded not to run the land that day, and had start ed borne, when Barnes approached young Milton Nicholson and began to abuse his father, ho (Nicholson) saying and doing nothing. Barnes then struck him once or twico and caught him by tho throat. Nicholson tried to defend himself, and in the melee the crowd gath ered around the parties and it was BOOU discovered that Barnes waa bleeding. He died in a short time, the femeral ar tery having been cut in two places. The evidence on the inquest, wo near, ia con flicting and unsatisfactory, and ?he-o ia much differenco of opinion as to what Kerson did the cutting. Milton W. W. icholson a youth about eighteen years old, with whom Barnes was engaged, has been arrested, or, rather, came forward _J_LI_i*_j ;_i_ j_, .uim liiuiocti up, auu ia nur, luugai iujail at Walhalla. Young Nicholson and tbe parties who went with him to run land were perfectly sober, but we are informed that Barnes was drinking. Wo forbear further comment, os tho mat ter will undergo judicial investigation. Keoicee Courier. A KENTUCKY BLACK HOLE.-A dis nate.h from Frankie!*, Ky., gives the re port sf tfee pilsff? S=??l?iry Committee made on tho 19th instant to the Ken tucky Legislature on the condition of tho penitentiary. - It describes a deplorable state of affaire. The. committee finds that there are eight convicts there con fined that cannot live moro that a few j months. There are at least fifty others, ? conic of whom are confined to their beds, j 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 aro 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 tho work shop?, bad ventilation, imperfect \ sewerage and lack of wholesome mea. - Washington letter: "It was given I out Borne weeks since that Mr. F. A. Walker, tho superintendent of the cen sus, bad determined to recommend to tho President the names of persons deemed I suitable for census supervis?lo witu?ut regard to politics. It was said that with this understanding lt might bo assumed ! that about one-balf ?of the supervisors would be appointed from among Demo crats, and so far as the South was con cerned that all, or very nearly all, of tbem would como from the D?mocratie party. Tho Republican sonators . and memoers bave generally expressed dissat-. isfaclion at this, as in addition to other objectio? tu?y ?"??O timi ?c...ocratlc supervisors in the South will be apt to exaggerate the amount of population in order to retain if not increase the pres ent representation of tho Sonth in tho lower house of Congress. Asa consequence cf this feeling several Republican sena tors lately cailcd on Mr. Walker to ask that Republican supervisors be appointed in tho South, but they carno away quite' dissatisfied, and some of them charge V > Walker with b.?ng a Democrat or Bristow Republican, which they say is no better. Thesr? senatora either do not consider or willfully ignore the fact that if capable men are to bo appointed ia the South they must necessarily, to a greet extent, be taken from the Demo cratic party in that section, is is under stood thal a list of supervisors as niado out by Mr. Walker bas been completed, and is now ia tho hands ot* the secretary, of the interior, who will revise it, and thoa 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 proportion?. Th? Lord Mayor of London appeals for morey to prevent actum slarvution ; and we very much mistnko tho feeling of thia country, if purse*, are not freely and prorntly opened to stay the inroads of privuuon among the unfortunate Irish people. - A bill has been offered in tho Mis sissippi Legislature making il a.penalty for any ono to encourage or decoy cnn- : grants from thc State. , FOR SAIiE. -Combined MOWER and REAPER. Apply to 2*_K. A. ll ELL, at Farm. G f?Z 0881 'GZ "Of 'SNOB V KOXAVHO VC U oj A ?>M v .ai?s loj 8JLVO f\{\ T aans AVOTTBA rnans-ui \J\J K aivs HOI sxvo aaas 17STATE NOTICE. JJ All persons having demands against John W. Duncan, deceased, will please pr? nent them to the undersigned within twen ty days from this dutc or they will be barred, and it will be so pleaded, as I am prepared to make all sett lenients. li. F. DUNCAN. Jan 2T-, 1K80_29_ 1? NOTICE. IHEREBY warn all persons from har boring or employing WILTON JEN KINS, a mulatto hoy about 10 years of age, with a scar on his forehead, ann also one on omi of Iii < arms. He is bound to me by law, mid for his delivery at my residence, 3J miles west of Anderson C. H., I will pay the sum of live dollars. LEWIS ABERCROMBIE. Jan 20. 1880 29 I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDKUSON COUNTY. Hy ll', ll'. Humphrey*, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS. Augustus A. Dean has applied to nie to grant him letters of Administration on the Personal Estate of Robert B. McCurlcy, deceased. These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tue kindred and creditors of thc said Robert B. McCarley, deceased, that they bo and appear before nie in the Court of Probate, lo no held ut Anderson O. H. on Monday, 10th dav of February,. 1880, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they huve, why thc said Adminis tration should not bc granted, (liven un der my hand this 27th day of January, 1880. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Jan 29, 1880 29 2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. By W. If*. Humpfireys, Judye of Probate. WHERE*0, Elias McGee bas applied to ino to gnuie bim Letters of Administra tion on tho Personal Estate of James A. Teasley, deceased. These ara therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tho kindred and creditors of the said Janies A. Teasley, deceased, that thoy be and api>ear before me In the Court of Probate, to bo held at Anderson C. H. on Friday, the 13th day February, 1880, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why tho said Administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand, this 26th day of January, 1880. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Jan 29, 1880_29_2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AKDEBSON COUNTY. By W. W. Humphreys, Judye of Probate. WHEREAS, Isaac M. Bryan has mado suit to me to grant him letters of Adminis tration, on the Personal Estate and effects of Archibald C. Campbell, deceased. Tbese nre therefore to cite and admonish all kindred and creditors of the said Archibald C. Campbell, dee'd., to bc and ap pear before nie in Court of Probate, to oe held at Anderson Court House, on Mon day, February 10th, 1880, after publication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under inv hand, this 23rd day ol January, A. D. 1880. W. A". 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 Robt* I Buist. Jr., Johnson, Robbins cfc Co., Ja via Lambeth & Sons, for sale wholesale au? re tail at growers' prices. Also, a quantity of Genuine Seed IRISH POTATOES, which will be sold at lowest prices. WILHITE it WILHITE, Druggists, Anderson, S. C. Jan 29, 1880_29_ SIXTY BARRELS -OF EARLY ROSE -AND PEERLESS NORTHERN SEED POTATOES, FINE I! JUST RECEIVJE5?O. WE offer FIVE DOLLARS for best Peck from our Seed. (Samples returned.) SLOAN BROS., Druggists and Seedsmen, Greoiwllle, 8. O. Full Stock of PURE DRUGS ai rways on band, wholesale and retail. Jan 29,1830 29 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANBERSON COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. J. P. Cooley and wife, A. C. Cooley, Plaintiffs, ?galnat Abba Wilson, John L. Wilson, ct al., De fendants.-dummm* for Relit/- -Complaint not To ibo 'Defendants Mattie Orr, Sallie Orr, Elisa Taylor, Leo Willara. Essio Willard, William lt. Wilson, Matilda McCoy and John M. Orr ; YOU aro hereby summoned and required to an swer tbo complaint tn thia action, a copy ol which ia died in tho offlco ortho Clerk ortho Court or Common Fleas, at Anderson C II., 8. C., and to eorve a copy of your an j wu r ta tho said complaint on tho subscriber at their office, Anderson C. M.. ?. C" within tw-nty days after tho a?rtica heroof, Kxcluttrc of tha day of such Berrico ; and if yon Ml to answer tlio complaint within tho timo afore said, the pluInUrTa tn thu asl]on will apply to the Court for tho relief demanded in tbo complaint. Dated Andorson r. Il n ?C T" -g A T>. L6&, M (JOKE 4 ALLEN, riainUflV Aitoroor*. To the Dernndanta Mutilo Orr, Sallie Orr, Ettss Taylor, Leo Willard .Essie Willard. William BL Wilson, Matilda McCoy and John XL Orr: TAKE NOTICE, That ?he complaint In this caa? ls Sled to confirm the partition and svln of thc Beal Estate of William M. Wilson, sold by order of fT, W. Humphreys, Probato Judge, on ?al eda J In October, A. D. 1869, and purchased by the Do fnadant, John M. Orr, In which you hare an inter est. The lauds sold are described as fol> wa . Tract Ko. 1, containing ono hundred and t wenty. eight aeree, bounded by lands of Moses Hodms, T. II. Mccann and others. Tract No. a, contain ing about clghtr-ar? acres, bounded by lauds ol Thomas K. Junkin and lot No. 1 Tract No. E.con taining about aoTsntr-ouo acres, bounded by lands Of Wm. Ford. Josse Prater and Tracts No. 1 and 3. MOOUE A ALLEN, PJainllttV Attoracya. Jan SS, IMO S? ft .- 1 1 '--~ WnXOStTsS nOULB rtUUXX, WiCU?*?a, tn? CBMBW. t I ?4 IUlowW V. ? t--V ~-Sfc- t*dk -tia* U jl util W a Til ST?S^^^^ \ ELjpTION_ NOTICE. In the \tter of the ATLANTIC AND FRENCi BROAD VALLEY RAIL RQA.D'\'ctitioa for an Election mt Sub tcription \fhe Capital Stock of laid Rail road O/mLy, PURSUAr to a resolution adopted by thc Bou of County Commissioners 10th JnnuaryWaut, (petitions having been filed by eitizc\"f Belton, Williamstoii and Brushy Creektownshir*. ) tho Amount of subscription tA,e gani road was fixed in tho above norm Townships at the sum of Six Thousaud Wars each, to be poid in four annual inajnicnts, without interest. Notice is liereby\ven that an election will bc held ut the foVn-ing times and places, between the hou 0f 0 o'clock a. m. and 4 p. ni. : WilliaiAoii Township, at Wil liumston, Fobriiarjr?, 1880 ; Bolton Town ship, at Belton, Arch 1, 1880; Brushy Creek Township, atVauldin's Cross Roads, Mureil 0,18.?0, at w*jcb all qualified elec tors in said Townson wfil vote "Subscrip tion" or "No Subscrruon." Tiie following nauta persons are ap [xiiiitcd manager? to cSTtiiict said election : Belton Township-JW Acker, E. B. Rice and E. T. Tollisonl Williamston Tow::3hV_B. J. Pinson, R. V. H. VV. Hodge and Wes Unities. Brushy Creek Townalk-J. N. Olenn, Win. Callahan and I. W. tkeuo. At the close of the noli tho managers will count tho votes and deAre the result, Which result ?hail be certilieMn writing by thc chairman of each board Obuanogers to Hie Chairman of tho Boord ofajuiity Com missioners, also certifying wk-ther a ma jority of the votes coat in V>|r respec tive townships huvo void in fipr of such subscription. \ R. S. BAkEY, Chairman County 'Jouiniialpners. Jan 22, 1880 _28 \_?_. HORSE SHOEINO" ARD \ FARM WORK A SPECIALTY THE undersigned liavo formed a copyt nership under thrjilrm naino of BV Bon it Dooly, lor tho purpose of carryitg on a regular Blacksmith business, such ?X Shoeing Horse?, making, mending ana\ sharpening Plows, Ironing Wagons, repair- \ ing Guns and Pistols, and all kinds of work \ usually done in tiie Blaclwniitta Shop. We are located near tho Presbyterian Church, at the old shop stand. Tenons desiring work done in our lino will do \rc\l to call on us before having their work done. ABE BENSON, DAVE DOOLEY. P. S.-We have heretofore been employ ed with Mr. David White, which should bo a guarantee of workmanship. Jan 22, 1880 28_ J. W9. MATTHEWS, BELTON, S. C., MANUFACTUIIEU OF PALMETTO COTTON GIN, CONDENSERS AND PORTADLE PRESSES. Agent for tho New Economizer Steam Engine, Far quhar Thresher mid Separator, Saw and Wrist Mills, Oin Feeders, &c Old Engines and Threshers taken In port pay for new ones. Repairing carefully done. Second-hand machines nt low figures. Pri ce* und terms on application. Orders so licited. Letters by mail receive prompt attention. Jan 15. 18S0_27_3m UNDER WEAR. A LARGE STOCK of Ladies' and Gon Jt\. tlcmen's Underwear. Merino and all Wool-euro to nlcose. Also, Flannels of tho different grades. Goats' Fine Stiir?H a Specialty. In these goods wo defy competition, re gardless of what othor people say. COME AND PROVE US. In Oar Notion Department We have a great many attractions. Come and see them, for wo can't begin to tell you about them. Still Headquarters for Carpets, Rugs, &c _A. B. TOWERS & CO. Jersey Bull to Stand. THE round sum of Ono Thousand Five Hundred Dollars was paid for the sire of "YORK." "York" is a grand and mag nificent animal, and will ;tand one month at tho following places: January, Anderson, at D. S. Maxwell's. Fobruary, WilUaniston, ht March, Belton, at Price, $3.00 in advance. For further ser vice of Jersey Bulls and particulars, apply to J. C. STRIBLING, Ashtubula Farms, Pendleton, S. C. Dec 25, 1879 24 10 WE HAVE RECEIVED rpHlS SEASON a large stock of DRESS _L G00D3, such as Mohairs, Alpacas, nuozigm, ..... ,.v ., , ?A,, vi?, .uiiuaia of tho very best make. We are Selling A great many Cloaks, and have a largo number left that are pronounced "beautiful and very cheap." Also, some nico Bhawla very low down. A. B. TOWERS-* CO. Oct 23, 1879 15 LUMBER! LUMBER! A LARGE lot of good Lumber ls kept JL\. constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson, and orders for largo or email lots of any kind desired will bu promptly filled at low prices. Mr. Robert Mayfield is my agent for tho sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired to persons wishing to muke an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 30,1879_29 -_ly KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL., xORKYIIdLE, S. C. THE Exercises of tho TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR will begin February 5, 1880. Terms per Besti?n of Five Months, in Advance. For Tuition, Boarding, Light, Fuel and Washing.$100 00 Uso ot Books, Stationery and Sur geon's fee., 5 00 For Circular, containing full information, apply to Col. A. COWARD, Principal. Deo 25, 1870 24 Always Something New ! A ND ATTRACTIVE at No. 4 Granite JLJL Row. This timo wo havo just re ceived an cl ?gan t lot of FINE BL AN KETS, Ladies* and Gents' Underwear, something GOOD. Another invoice of beautiful CT.OAKS, very chean. Also, finest Now Crop Now"Orleans Mo lasses, choice Magnolia Hams, and a great many other good things. Como and see them. A. S. 'i'GVr r,ivj as CO. Dec 4, 1879 21 Notice to Fiduciaries. ALL Administrators, Executors, and other Fiduciaries who by law aro re quired to mako their returns to tho Judgo of Probate, aro hereby notified to do so du ring thc month of January or tho penalties of tho law will bo enforced. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judgo of Probato. Jan 8,1880 20 4 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice ls hereby given that the un? dersignod,Administrator of tho l?state pf H. Dalrymple, dc??uae?, wiii apply to tho Judgo of Probate for Anderson Coun ty, on 17th day of February, 1880, for a Final Settlement and discharge from his office as Adininhtr/vtor of tho Personal Estate of the said W. H. Dalrymple, deceased. JOHN W. DALRYMPLE, AdrhV. Jan. 15,1880 27 5 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. . The undersigned, Administrator of tho Estate of Mrs. Margaret Cox, hereby gives notice that ho will apply lo the Judgo of Probate at Anderson C. H., on tho 11th dpy of February, 1880, for a Final Settle ment of said Estate, and a discharge from said Administration. FLEETWOOD CLINK8CALES, ?w " Administrator.. Jan 8,1880 20 6 C. JH. SLOAN , ' WITH EDWIN BATES & CO.; JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, No?. 139 and 104 70>etlug Street, J CHARLESTON, - S. <\ .Mri 22,18fi0 23 2