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IS. lt, MURRAY, IMUo^l THURSDAY MORKINO, APRIL 22, w? TBRM6 x ONE YEAE.-ftl.80. SIX MONTHS...- Y*V ' JUT? OF AOTKBTisrxo.-Ooo Collar per 1st! for the Orot Insertion, and I'ifty CenU per inc! for subsequent insertions lata tenn three montai No advertisement counted leta than an inch, hit oral contracte ?r.'ll be maOo with those wlslilnj t advertise for three, six or twelve months, Ad rei Using br contract moat be confined to the barned! ate business of .the finn or individual eont-VMAiflf] . Obituary Notloea exceeding Ave Unca, Tribute Ot rerpttet, er? *U personal communications ? snattet? of lodi? ld ?a! Interact, vlU be charged fofl at advertising ratos. To CoaA8a**KPKHTe.-In order to receive L tehUon, communication? must be accooipau!? by the ima name and address of tb? writer. Be Jcctt-t manuscripts will nJl.be returned uniese th necessary stamps are furnished to 1 spar the pott sgo thiess. ?Sf Ito sra cot rc?ps=:!L*s *sr th? vlowe aai opinions of our correspondent?. All communication* should be add reseed to "Ed itor Intelligencer/?^andell checke, drsfte, sooej ??-lers, Ac, fi Wula be made payable to the order 0 K. B. MUSKAT & Cov ^WMMB-?B?*a?<BMM?M?M???a????Ma?????^^ Wo aro indebVi to Colonel Jam ea L Orr for assistance ?s thc editorial wo-J this week. The editor-in-chief w absent Tho latest hews iVoru Dr. Bland; thc gentleman who vas shot by Mr. Clishj in Edgefield l*c:t week, was that he wai thought to be somewhat better, and hopes were entertained of bis recovery. Mr. Clisby is considered out of danger. ia said that Corbin will not allow bli natns to be used ac a Republican candi, date for Governor, and it ts not considered probable that a Republican State ticket will bo nominated, the Intention being to make the fight for the Presidential Elec tors. " v 1 - . i 1 i.i^mijr ? . -XT' '} : : Judge Kershaw has filed an order in tho Clerk's office for Richland County, fixing tho day of axle of the Laurens Railroad for the firs* Monday in Angust next. Tho sale wit? bo -nade by N. B. Barnwell, IJsq., Master ofRichland Coun ty, before the courthouse tn Columbia. A party of excursionista from Cincin nati, O., consisting of abont ICO peroone, about ?0 of whom were ladles, have just paid August- and Charleston visits, and are now tn Savannah. They met with a very, warra welcome from the citizens of both cities, end were delighted with the handsome mennoi in which they were entertained. 1 'The Washington correspondent of. tb^e News and Couriercsys that Congressman O'Connor has Induced tho Commltte-vou Commerce lo Increase th? appropriation for the Charleston harbor from $100,000 to 9120,000, and that when the bill reaches the Senate Senators Butler and Hampton will makes uuited effort to obtain a fur ther increase, Tho lowest sum that will bo satisfactory, though; iaudequj ie to tile proper prosecution of the work of im provement,-during tho noa* iscal year ts $200,000'. Tho indications are that Grant is, by no means, out of the race, and while his boom fluctuates considerably, still the manipulators hover allow it to die cut. If Grantcan't get the nomination, ho can name the man to tho Ooavontlon, end his favorite is E. B. Weshburne. In the Huae during the war Weshburne was Grant's strongestsupporter, and made Great more national reputation than all] other {.?en together. Grant repaid this by making him Minister to . France, and if Grant cannot get the nomination he will give it to Washbnrne. The business men cf tern bare atlast .taken steps to build tho Anderson and Essiey Railroad, in order to give Auder eon the full boneht of the Air Line Rail road and competition in freights. Saul dent fonds have been raised by private subscription to survey tho rood, and'a committee bsa beca.appointed to select a cumpefent engineer to do tho work, to confer with the Air Lino authorities, and matte the necessary arrangements. The coramitlri? ta r^mhaand af mart nf anorm and.huaineaa capacity, end we ' believe they will baakf. a succesa of i^ Besides that, not ^Jy the towu but tire men of property atong the whole line of thc .cad sro anxious for tts coneerse?on, and ii Tfi'l be built. Benjamin Singleton^ irv colored rr ?vu from KansAs, examined before tho Senate Exodus Committee ia Washington, aaH that he considered himself thc originut?r of tho whole K*c^3 exodaa movement. He bad previously founded two colored colonies io Kansar> and flooded the conn try with circulars inviting emigration. to Kans?i?. usdsr God, ?? Believed tho exodus.. v-*d.:.dee to hts'efforts. ;;H? hoped it WOUM-MOS iistii si i tbs negroes bod left- tho South, Then a change might cotas in the. disposition of. ibo Southern people. ' If so, Jir would 'advlvj th?itt io go back, for tho ?outb was? their best homo, if tboy:could bo treated well. 3in?i*ton in a matt of peculiar sp pear , 0^00, He gave bis teswmbny io an ex? sit** w^?neir,' ann ho cr^."cxcroinaxiott was quite amudn^, Senator Voorhoe? closing'it-by as ox^iesiow of g?aduesa that hs had at last found the cause of ?ho *qd to the support ot,? Wncrsl Ka? i-nor, but lt desires fair play tag??; therefore, wo thick the at ido by one cf tho ^te papere m ts unfair and unjust, and is In? frem a desire to do General Ha? rather thou ?br public good, r of that paper ls, cr should be, .Jg. the fast that ibo gestion of the ranee liccnw? waa fully dis? Wallace House, where ll fj them from the Comp th ?a is tbs pia t? tigutton lt wu liar General ROI to perform, hu! tho supervision interests of thi "utica of Inaur sscc?isitftting S? irs work, whicl =fJ55??X?d io tb h ? The tendency of the Republican purl] in national adah** is more apparent ever day, and, with, tho decie'ons of the ?u preise Court to back it, becomes threat oniug to the Constitution cud tho rigbb bf the States and the citizens therein Under the present rulings of the Su< pre mo Court, any officer of a State gov eminent, yea, even tho Judges them selves, may bo taken up, indicted, tried and convicted for any offence supposer* to have been committed in derogation cl the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment i, Tho officers of the United States, in whatever capacity, may trample upon the righto and *>ven take tho lifo of s citizen of South Carolina, and yet the State Courts are denied the power to try them. It is absolutely necessary for Congress, which is Democratic, to take some measures to prevent this thing, and unless it is well done and quickly done fe will have passed from a Republic to on Empire, with no State limita and bo rights which the President or the govern* ment are hound to respect The objec tion ia almost as great in civil as in crim inal cases, where parties are dragged from home and taken to Columbia or Charleston to attend United States Courts, when the State Courts could at tend to the matter equally as well, and much more conveniently at less expense to the parties. We trust that Congress will attend to this subject before it ad journs, for it is of infinitely more impor tance than many things they are now considering. / From tho latest information on the Presidential question, it seems that the Democratic party is st last to bo rid of S.. J, Tilden as an aspirant. Rumors have been afloat for some time tbat ho has bad already prepared a letter, tb be read to the Syracuse Democratic Conven tion^ withdrawing his name from tho Presidential,race, on the ground of fail ure of health, and a desire to see har mony onco more prevail In the Demo- j eratic ranks. '' This rumor ls confirmed by a report of the proceedings at a recent conference hold in New York, at which Gea. Hancock, Mr. Tilden, Senator Bar num and other prominent Democrats were present, where tho whole fields was looked over, and Mr. Tilden declared he would not bo a candidate. This ls a great relief to the Democratic party, for Tilden has hnng like a millstone around our neck, and, like the old man of the sba, contd not ba shaken off. Ho was an antiring worker, a ahrowd manipulator, and an unprincipled trickHtor, whoso pre dominant purpose was selfishness, and whose whole ambition was self-aggran dizement. Wo are sorry that wo cannot bollovo that his failing health and desire for harmony are the reasons which in duced his withdrawal. The Syracuse Courier gives a list of three hundred and thirty-six delegates already elected to the Democratic Convention, and Tilden is credited with only one hundred end forty-aix votes I In that we think tho true reason for his withdrawal is seen. Defeated In his own State, ho could not hopo for success in the Nationc1. Conven tion. The field is now left ope?, for tho Democrats to select a man who ?rn carry the country open the high grounds of constitutional rights of the whole coun try, and wa believe Bayard, Hancock cr Fields can do it. THK OUiiKNVXIXE AltSOH CASE. The trial of Wm. Dodson, Pleasant Adams, Fletcher Maddox, Joseph Bur ton and Bich Bates, charged with the burning, of the Academy of Muslo, in Greenville, last winter, closed on last Thursday, after consuming niuo days of the Greenville Court, and resulted ina verdlcS of guilty for all tho accused. Whoa the prisoners were arraigned for sentence, tho counsel moved.for anew trial, but this was refused, and Judge Thomson, after a moat solemn and im pressive charge and edm jnitlon to the prisoners, amid tee breathless silence of tho multitude., pronounced the following co ?tc u co : "Tho tjontonco of tho Court is that tho defendants William' Dodson, Pleasant Aduna, Fletcher Maddox, Joseph Burton and Bich Batea be taken from tho place whsrs thi.7 now ara to the- place from ; whence they;last came, and there kept in close: confinement until tho eighi&mth day of : June, A, D. one thousand eight hundred:and eighty, and that they be then taken by the Sheriff af Greenville County , to tho dogai place of execution, and there between the hours bf eleven in j tho forenoon and two in tho afternoon of the sarao drj, fcc hanged by the neck until tholr bodies be dead I And may ! God have mercy cn their souls 1" The Daily News gi vc a the following account of tho scene in tito Court Room afc tho close of Judges sentence : During the proceedings of tho morning. Dodson and Maddox appeared to feel the unfor tunate condition in which they wara placed and the terrible ordeal through which they ware passing. Beth Were .visibly affected and werit freely. The oth* er prisoners were a look cf intense Inter est, bulahowod no fceltogj?hate^^ The ..ema that ensued os tho Judge pronounc ed the lost words of the sentence beggars dascriptioa^-Dodson fell upon tho floor cf tko bore, and Maddox's poor old moth ot with frantlo shrieks and cries ran to hjm, throwing her arms around him, gave vent to her great grief. Maddox seemed to ba completely broken down, and his cries could bo heard; all over the court 1 nua..:. rf1 tail niiior rir?r^iiiira AXA ?w>i uun to gi vb way, but suppressed their feelings of ancruiAh if thoy hud ?nv. The rela tives ?f the different prisoners gathered around them with the mest vloleut mani festations cf griei'aml sympathy* Shrtoks, sobs ?and asooh?ng crias ? resounded throughout the court room. Tho ex citement became intense and tho Judge ordered tho Sheriff to takar the prisoner? to the jail, which waa dono, and thaw .wera followed by their relatives ana friends. Dodson hod to bo carried out ; by ons of the officers as ho had not 1 strength enough to ntsnd upon his foot. ; Thus euded ono of the saddest scenes ever . witnessed in Green ville. . ! - Tba resolutions adopt , hy tho Moa sachaaetts Republican Convention ar? tsb 1 ticeable for the abssaeo of everything of t a "bloody-ahirt" nature. They "deplore i the existence of sectional strife and ?ni . snoeiiy and of parties bound by tcrrftort&? lines." Thia is n new departure. - Mr. Lovick Bair, who wildes tea 1 miles from George's Station shot George, ? Evans colored, while r?bbiug hta com 5 alb just before dawn Saturday morning. ? {.Evans received tho entire contento of th? j cnn, flftceu bufcfcebot, sind expired tf?et t;\\? CrtHwhjiw* wenrrr soya : "X'b< J ? tetes*railroad rcanof A-? that Wv P. Clyde > . Clyda lins of, ileasov-s, has par^ >1 C?Wted tho Pcnn?-ylvAriift''Central's inter H cv. ia the Richmond and Linville Road, i'ho?? is nc doubt that a ?ala bsa beet r Tao -Greenville Md Columbia Railroad , and ita Potar? Pollex. ?-? Tbe sale of tho Oreenvillo and Oolam ? bia Railroad was the most important i transfer of railroad property under the hammer, that has ever taten place in South Carolina, and the public are natu rally solicitous to know something of the . intentions of tbe new owuers of the road. . It was a significant incident of tho excit I lng sale that, after the bidding bad been going on for five long hours, the repre ' sentatives of the Air Line interest, whose ' plans were generally understood to bo , antagonistic, commercially, to this city. , approached tho Master, and said : * / have come up to compliment the Mayor oj ' Charleston and to give up this fight I" 1 Some years ago, when the South Caro i lina Railroad obtained control of the Greenville and Columbia Road. Presi . dent Magrath conceived it to bo his duty to work ootb road? as if constituting a single property. No diversion of the business of the* Greenville Road was per* mitted in any direction, and Charleston became tho recipient of the whole vol ume of business along its line. This policy, so advantageous to the interests of this city, provoked much hostility in many sections of the State which claimed that it affected them injuriously. Either Charleston was not thoroughly informed of the extent and cost of this fidelity to ber business interests, or she was lacking In appreciation of it. Certain it is, that the support which tho-o interested in tho prosperity of tbe city owed to President Magrath'B struggle to keep the business of the Greenville Railroad tributary to Charleston, was not given. In Novem ber, 1878, Gen. Connor was appointed Receiver, and tho identity of interest be tween the two Roads was at an end. Public sentiment atong tho line of the Greeuvillo Railroad was clamorous that the line should be made free for business in. any direction, without discrimination, and this policy was urged in the interest of the creditors of the Road, no less than for the accommodation and pacification of shippers. The Receiver acquiesced, and fur moro than a year the Greenville and Columbia Railroad has been an open line to all connections. It is indisput able that the chango bas been a welcome one to tho people of the up-country, while to Charleston its effect has been lesa hurtful than many bad anticipated. Of the cotton movement on the Green ville Road, this city is still receiving ninety per cent. ; and, excepting the items ot first cud second-class through freights, sho has continued to supply her annual freight contributions to the hun dred depots along tho lino. This is cer tainly gratifying as a demonstration of her surpassing advantages as a cotton market, ss well as her ability to bold ber own In fair and open competition with all other points for tho trade of the State. For many weeks post efforts have been made in Charleston to combine the inter ests represented by the holders of the Second Mortgage bonds of the Road, in view of tho approaching sale, in order that this city might re-assert its exclusivo control of the line. It was known that a strong combination of the holders of the guaranteed bonds had been made for leir own protection, and that a bid of at least $2,250,000 would bo made to protect theso investments ; that by tho terms of the sale nt least $760,000 must bo paid within ninety days and $1,500,000 within twelve months. Thus it was necessary for any combination of holders of the Second Mortgage bonds, ia order to pur chase the Koral, to provide, within a limited period, for a very targe cash pay ment. Besides, tho Second Mortgage bonds were largely held as collateral for loans, and, while thc conditions of tho loans authorized the sale of tho collat erals, they forbade tho use of the bonds for any speculative purpose. In the ab sence of any Charleston capitalists, both able and willing to buy the Second Mort gage bonds outright and then bid $2.260, 000 for tho property, it waa believed that the Rood would finally fall iuto thc pos session of the guaranteed bondholders, or else become the property by negotia tion or purchase, at a price somewhat above the aggregate amount of the guar anteed bonds, of the Air Line Railroad, which was, by the location of its line, necessarily a competitor with Charleston for the business of the Greenville Road. At this juncturo, a few citizens suc ceeded in makioh op a Syndicate to buy the Road, and began operations by the purchase of a large proportion of the second Mortgage bonds. In this way they, of course, obtained a great advan tage of the salo, and we have wen how cfiuctivcly they have used it' It Is now contemplated, we are informed, to re organize tho Road under a now name, to add to its -rolling stock and equipment and operate it as it bas been worked du ring tho past year, as an open Road for all business ; but it ls especially declared that there shall bo no discrimination against Charleston. Such a. discrimina t jn, however, would not bo likely, la any event ; for almost tho entire cotton movement of tho Road (02 per cent, for last year) gravitates to Charleston on ac count of the market advantages of Its market, while from our jobbing stores and 'warehoH-*s? tVcts is ^ ds?y movement of freight to tho up-country depots. Self-interest will, therefore, prompt the Greenville Road to consider Charleston interests. We could have wished that the absoluto control of this road should' have once moro rested iu Charleston ; but every effort tb accom plish this result had failed, and the assu rance from responsible sources that is cow given of an impartial administration of the line, in all that affects .Charleston business, is certainly the next best thing. ~Ncu* and Churier. GOOD WOK BY VOICSKL SV??B.-> Tho Washington correspondent of the Charleston ? Netos and Courier says : Mr. Evins has been doing some good work within the last few days. By argument before the military committee he bas in duced them to agree to report In favor cr; an appropriation of $5,000 for the cele bration of the King's Mountain Centen nial In October next With the aricia! committee ch' xorktown celebration ho has been equ ally successful. They h aire agreed to ropo?, favorably his bill approv priatlng $15,000 for a bronce statao of Gen. Daniel Morgan ; abd tho committee on publio buildings have unanimous!; aureed to recommend the ^passage of Evins' bill approprlatlng_$50,000 rfor a Federal Court Hons? at Greenville. In reply to my inquiry whether be had so cured an appropriation for the Catawba and Broad Rivers, Mr. Evins Bays so far be has not succeeded, because the reports of the surveys of those streams have not been sent -to tho commerce committee, and that ho is informed at the1 War De partment that the reports of these eur*, .voys have not vet been received from tho engineers. Without them no appropria tion can bb obtained^ DENNIS KEA??SKV AT WORK.-San Francis?e, April20.-~In the police court this morning Cbs prosecuting attcrscy . asked tho commitment of Dennis Kear ney. Tba latter was now present at tho - time, but .n a fsw minutes appeared with his counsel, whb asked a delay to enable him to apply to tb? superior court for a WZlt Ci nww?f Cvrpir*. ?.cia wuii murav tho rca ?eat aa unusual and extraordinary. Oommstment waa then made ont abd Kearney, evhtontly greatly depressed and chagrined, was taken below. In a few a "autos he was removed to a hack and driven to the house of correction, where, * after going through tho hands of a barber ' {and donrJiug a convict'* garb, ho was . I placed in a cell. His counsel will apply i j for a writ of habeas corpus, hut it is bbl , {expeciad .to Avail tito prisoner coy thing. - Vanderbilt OWDS $51,000,000 Wpw . of 4 por ..?nt. government bonds, TSM ? Md* fair to beceme th? pwnes of UOty i 000,000 vortb, or about orte-fourteaatb o j ?? in ?ji?Btei*e?. WIM> WOBKOF THE WlNlfH. r*Piifle Hturtouie la Soatb.w?ol?rn tAU 8T. LOUIS, April, 19. Parwengers Tfho pawed through Marsh? field on St. Louis ?nd Ban Francisco Railroad at half-past 8 o'clock last eight, give a few /acta concerning a terrible disaster which occurred there yesterday A man who came to the depot at the edge of the town while the train waa there, reported that at half-past 6 o'clock a furious hurricane struck the place and levelled all that part of the town lying weet of the centre square flat to the S-round. The debris immediately took .re in several places, and the flames ..ould be seen at some half dozen places by the passengers on tbe train. Forty dead Dodie? bad been taken out, end many more were supposed to be bu ried in the ruins or burned up. There were also many living still imprisoned in the debris of fallen buildings. All the physicians of the town were killed except two, and there waa great need of doctors to attend tho wounded, of whom it was said there were some 2,000. A re lief train with twenty physicians and nurses au-.* full of supplies Lft Spriiig ?old, Missouri, this morning for Marsh field, and probably other trains will ar rive during the day. The Btorui was general in southwestern Missouri, and other places probably suf fered damage, but aa the telegraph wires were all prostrated no advices havo been ! received. Violent hail and rain accompa nied tho wind. CHICAGO, April, 19. A special to the Newt says t "The town of Marshfield, Mo., bas been des troyed by a storm and fire. Seventy-five persona were kiiled and two hundred wounded. The telegraph wires are all down." Another apeoial saya that at Grey'a Creek, near Jefferson Oity> Mo., four or five houses were blown down and a number of persons injured. One house was blown across the Missouri and Pacific Railroad track, and no warning being given the train ran into it, demolished the locomotive and se verely wounded the engineer and fire man. The passengers escaped unhurt. Accounts are meagre in consequence of j the prostration of wires. ST. LOUIS. April 19. A telegram from Springfield via Vinita and Kansas City to C. W.Eogoro. general manager of tho St. Louie and San Fran cisco Railroad, says that the hurricane passed a few miles south of Springfield about 7 last night doing an immense amount of damage and killing a great number of people. Fifty deaths are re ported at James River, five mites souths of Springfield, and a great many] persons are missing. The train dispatcher at Conway, fourteen miles this side of Marshfield, reports that be arrived there from Springfield at ll o'clock, and says bo found the country in a terrible condi tion from North View, eeven miles west of Marshfield, to the latter point. Trees three feet in diameter were pulled en tirely out of the ground, telegraph polls twisted off and everything wrecked. The town of Marshfield was demolished, brick aa well as framo buildings being torn to pieces. We did not seo more than half a dozen people aa we came through that town. The place seemed deserted. Doctors and nurses who came on our train from Springfield, about twenty in number, went from the depot alono to hunt up the people, there being no ono at the depot to receive them. A relief train was sent from Lebanon to Marshfield at daylight this morning with about fifty doctors, nurses and helpers, and a full supply of provisions, clothing and medical atores ; also material for reparing the telegraph. The names of the killed and woun ded at Marshvillo hove not been received. Telegraphic communication ia being re stored. There are reports that the City of Granby, about one hundred miles southwest of Springfield, was greatly damaged, also that Warrenaboro', on the Missouri Pacific, sixty five miles thia Bide Of Kansas City, was badly injured but the reports have not been verified. ST. LOUIS, April 19. A special to the Pott-Despatch from Lehanod says that the tornado which caused euch fearful bavoo nt Marshfield last night passed through Green and Webster counties, following tbe course of the ffci?? River in a northeast direction, it struck the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in four places, and left it near Frank's Station, 110 mites thia aide of Marshfield. The latter place presents a terrible appearance, there not being more than a dozen houses unharmed in the place. The Courthouse and many other buildings took fire, and the acene was of ! the most dreadful character. No detalla of the calmlty have been received. Tho force of the wind lifted trees entirely out of the ground. Tele Sraph poles and wir? wore carried hun reds of rods into the woods and tied and knotted among the limbs of trees as though, th cy wore cotton citings. . Every thing possible is being done to assist and succor the wounded, not oniy at Marsh* fi*ld. hut at other PIM? 1-Physicien!?, throughout the country ara flocking to the points' most' injured, and doing all ; they can to alleviate the suffering. Doc I tore vient from Springfield to the James River country, six miles south, as well a3 to Marshfield, and scorer, of kind-hearted people have volunteered as nurses. Capt. Rogers, general manager of the St. Louis and Sen Francisco Railroad, ia sending spacial trains vrith relief wher ever good can be done, and all are doing everything possible to aid the injured and dyiug. Tnfi STATE pE?^r^iJiBY.-~Thi9 in tuit ution hau been talked of and written about so much, that unless there had been {?rent improvements in and around it of j ate we should be ashamed to touch the threadbare subject. A thorough inepec-. tion of the whole premi?is enables us to say that the South Carolina Penitentiary is at present conducted as well as any other institution cf the kind in the United oV?vCT which pomssea no greater facilities for ???e employment cf tts tomates. The cells are pe.?ev?'models of neatness, tho prisoners nra treated humanely, but. firm ly, the health of the prisoners hi excellent, and ?radunlly those who are capable or j learning aro^ being put to work at me ?unti'Ovi if?wm irbtvu V>i?; CT-snv?wi?/ ?JO the means of making the institution * self-sustaining one. Shoemakers, coopera, cabinetmakers, and other work l9 being turned out nt the prison dally, which will compare favorably with any articles of a similar kind found lo thia market. Tho greater outer wall baa been built out tb the south and west, and tho construction of it from its temporary terminus at that point and tho eastern end ia still going on, and will ere many months be finished. The prison will then bo perfectly enclosed, and tho frequent attempts at escape, which have heretofore cost so many prison era their lives, ;?d tho prison authorities so much annoyance, will cocoa, Everything about the prison ia in thc most perfect order, and tho most thorough discipline existo to every department. Too much credit cannot be accorded to Colonel T. J. Lipscomb, the Superintendent, ?nd to Dr. George 8. TrcxevnnL the CIhiaf Phy. atetan of the prison, for'the pr?sent ad mirable condition of every thing connect ed with the Peniteatlt^.-~CWtiJHWo?*i ?rfer. . . .,- ? ' ? -. Lancaster Ledger : The election on Monday lost resulted lu .> victory over whiskey, by *? majority ot sixty.three. Tho dry ticket was elected.;....The fruit crop io thia neighborhood was not seri ously Injured by thc recont snow. I Kershaw Gouxite: The ofSco of enumerator appear*-to go a be?.., this county..It will take about halo* of cotton to pay the indebtedness < Kershaw county foi guano and supplies for tho prisent yaar" aa-*S*aa?J**ai*MUM the Sallow* IM Barnwell* BLACKVILLE, S. C., April 16. Wm. 8. Bate* paid the extreme penalty of the law at Barnwell C. H. to day, at half-past 1 o'clock, for the morder of 8. W. Boah at the residence of Mr. D. C. Burckhalter, near Joyce Branch, on Christmas Eve last. ' It wu reported that on attempt to rescue would be made, and Bates ap peared to anticipate something of the kind, but if comtemplated the foresight of the sheriff prevented it. A company of militia was on guard all yesterday and last hight. The execution was private, according to law, and no disturbance occurred. Oates said to the lost that the killing of Bush was not intentional on bis part, and claimed that his case was frejudiced by the prosecuting attorneys. Ie expressed a hope to bis spiritual ad visers that he bad made peace with God. A Catholic clergyman from Charleston, as weil as ministers of other denomina tions, were with bim for some days. Bates ascended tho gallows erected within the jail at thirty minutes after 1 p. m., and the trap fell at eighteen min utes before 2 o'clock. The body was taken down at ten minutes after %. His neck was broken and death was instanta neous. No struggle or muscular con traction was perceptible except a Might motion of the third and little fingers on ono hand. . There was co distortion of the countenance, and the eyes aid mouth were closed. He was allowed the freo dom of the jnil from 10 to 1 o'clock, when he was summoned to the gallows. He ascended a dozen steps and stood on the platform without agitation. His manner was extremely quiet, and he mado no confession. A shor? resume of the facta attending this homicide may uot be out of place in this connection. Oates was present at a. dancing party at the house of D. C. Burckhaltcr, near Joyce Branch, on Christmas eve last. I*, appeared from the testimony that be wes somewhat under the influence cf liquor, and manifested a homicidal tendency, particularly towards the deceased. Bush. After in wt of the ladies bad left thb party, or preparing to leave, Bates entered the room flourishing bis pistol, vowing vengeance against the one whom he alleged bad broken up the party, wheeled round with his pistol, f?resented it at Bush, who was standing n the piazza leaning through the win dow, and shot him lead. Bush was a quiet and unoffending young man, and bad given no cause for provocation to Bates, but on the contrary had done everything in his power to avoid coming in contact with him. His fate was deep ly regretted by the community in which he lived, and a deep sense of indignation bas been all along manifested ?by the public towards his murderer. From what can bo learned of bis ante cedents he was born at Blackville, but at an early age. was removed from place to place until his mother finally settled in Graniteville, where he received his edu cation. \ He entered the factory there and passed through various grades cf employ ment until be became a head operative. During this period, however, his employ ment was interrupted by expeditious to Tennessee and Indiana. He also kept a barroom in Graniteville for a short time. Owing to a difficulty with one B. E. May, whom he shot while on a drunken spree in Graniteville, he left that neighborhood and fonnd employment in W. A. Hol man's store near Joyce Branch, where be was clerking at the time of the homicide. At 18 years of age be married a young woraau in Graniteville, from whom he separated after one month'a married ex perience. The fruit of this marriage is oue child. Bates was a qniet enough man when sober, but was considered dan gerous and violent when drinking. Bates is one of the few white men who have been banged in this State since the war. He waa tried at Barnwell before Judge Aldrich, on the 18th of February last. Va was defended by Robt. Al drich, Esq., tho State being represented by Solicitor Gantt, assisted by D. S. Hen derson, Esq. He was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on the 26th of March last, but upon that day he waa respited until yesterday. Bates was a medium sized man, with dark complex ion, black hair, moustache and goatee, and upon the whole was gentlemanly in appearance. He generally dressed neat ly, with rather .a superabundant display of jewelry about his person.-Special to New* ana Courier. Unoontrolablo Fires in the Woods of Virginia. PETBRSBUBG, April 17. The forest fires which have been raging in this vicinity for the post week .nave become uncontrollable. The flamea and smoke are plainly visible here. Barns and stables in large numbers bave been destroyed and in many instances farmers have lost alt their crops. Hordes, farm ing implements and a number of cabins have been bu?ned, the occupants barely escaping wt th their lives. The destruc tion of cord-wood and timbor ia immense. In Prince George County the fire bas been Very destructive, invading orchards and destroying hundreds of fruit trees. It ie feared that unless a heavy and early rain occurs the fire will destroy the rail road bridges and telegraph poles, hereby impeding travel ana cutting t T tele graphic commu?ication. NORFOLK, April 18. .Passengers report destructive fires alo?g tho line of the railroad from Lynchburg to Norfolk. Several dwell ings hits been . burned in Appoma toz County, and two houses at Nattaway Courthouse. Extensive fires are raging in Dismal Swamp, end have destroyed largo amonnts oftiaibcr, cat. wood and lumber. Every effort is being made tc prevent the flames from making headway Tho weather is dry. and windy, and trucking interests ore suffering greatly foi want of rain. GOLD IH GEOB?iA.-rAdvices by tele graph and mail received from the gold minn in' Wbit* Oiiiinlt^ ?Kn?? *h?i th: Sield grows richer and richer, and then , of course- an increase in the excite ment. Col. J. H. Nicholls: who hat started home, telegraphs us from Mono Airy that the Messrs. Lumsden found ot Tuesday a nugget that weighed 440 pen byweights. /This la about one-third^ lor Er ' lb sn. tho nugget th KC Ww? o?owi Atlanta on Tuesday,, and ia almos equal to the nugget of 520 pennyweight* which was the largest ever lound ii Georgia. . ? A card from Mr. E. J. Storr, reliabl Sulieman who is on the ground, write st the boya bavo begun to count thei day's werk by the pound, and that ot Monday, only two hand* btr-ug at work they took ont twenty-four pounds of gol?] or to bo exact 942 penny weight*. All c thia found in nugget?. One naggi weighed tbrco hundred and thirty peons weights, another fifty-five pennyweight! Ths others were smaller pieces, rangln, f-e-t five to forty pensyecigbt*. Th days work on Monday of the two hand amounted to over $000, os the bullion i worth about 9ft cent* to the penny weigh We await with curiosity further nen from this rich mine. We have litt! _._t..i_*_-_-*-*. - ._. uuout >UM eux, awuOT?ug *?m KC? t% UU? fortuno out of the vegetable garde! that bas for flit/ year* been given to Xl cultivation of turnip* and potatoes. Bi whatever they get will be a small O.rlur compared to that which awaits him wi CRICKS tba sparkling v?dna that warn tl hills and mountains that ?hut In thc Va ley of Naooocbe.-Ai kinta Constitution. - Gabriel White, colored, who wi sentenced to be hanged on Friday i WaUerbcro' for the murder of Frederic Bellinger, colored, in Collctou County c the SOth of January lost, has taken i ' appeal tb the Supreme court of tho Stat ona ht* execution bas been stayed pew tog the consideration of the appeal. SOOTH GAROMNA NEWS, Ol wan Inc* from ?mr Slate Bicrtarijr-?a. Abbeville Fra* and Banner i The rete nue office? oo Wednesday last seised thirty-thrco packagc-3 of whiskey 'it ?v.o residence of Gol. J. E. Calhoun. In con Tentation with Col. Johnson, who is in charge of the revenue turee, he expressed the opinion, which was fully endorsed hy Mr. Kennedy, a member of the fs/rce, that Col. Calhoun bad not intentionally violated the revenue laws ; they bad the fullest confidence in the Colonel's good intentions; bis mistake was in buying from ? ugonera who had not paid the 90 cents Ul on the gallon, instead of pur chasing from regular licensed dealers; every member of the force will sign a pa per recommending the propel authorities to compromise with tho .Colonel..The Abbeville Rifle* have organized and elected the following officers: M. L. Bonham, Jr., captain ; S. C. Cason, first l'/jptenant; W. C. McGowan, second lieutenant, I. P. Cothran, secretary and treasurer.We believe that it is not generally known that almond trees can e grown in this country as easily as peach trees. The trees are cheap, ano in course of a few years they bear crops of the fin est nuts In the world. The crop is more easily destroyed by frost thru ia the peach crop. Abbeville Medium : Wo nominate Gen. W. A. Walker, of Chester, for lieutenant governor on our "Ticket for the times" instead of Col. Aldrich, who declines to offer for any State nomination.A very serious cutting affray took place at Man uel McKellara "neat market on Wash ington street on lost Thuralay, in which McKellar cut Peter Pasel v on the left ch?ek with a butcher kn.fo. The cut waa about an inch and a quarter long, and in aeveral places went clear through the jaw into the mouth. An eye tooth was cut in two by the force ci' the blow. .Numbera of our farmers on the Sa vannah side are scarce of labor, and come of them are doing alt their own ?. ork. Barn weil People : Cn Wednesday night of last week Mr. John B. McNnb's store, which is situated about ono hun dred yards from his house, and within the curtilage, in George's Creek. Town ship, together with a general stock of goods, was destroyed by fire. Incendia ry. Loss $000:.A company has been formed in Barnwell for the building of a street railway. Newberry Herald: A you^g, able-bod ied colored woman, named Mary Pitts, while burning brush on Mr. Snail i Liv ingston's place, had her clothes *o take fire and was so badly burned that she cannot live. Spartanburg Herald: It is rumored that efforts are being made to induce Capt. J. B. Patrick to remove bis military In stitute from Greenville to' Limestone Springs., in ! this county.During the storm'of last Tuesday two teams of mules ?ear Cross Anohor, were knroked down by the lightning, of which one, belong ing to Mr. Samuel Johnson, was killed. Williamsburg Kingrtree Star: Mr. R. P. Lawrence, a farmer living near Lane's tn this country, mn.do lost year aa th** result of faming with one ox. five heavy bales of cotton, 200 bushela of corn, with fodder lu proportion and rice and pota toes enough to last himself and family. Darlington Netoe: The Confederate monument will be unveiled on Saturday, the lot of May. Gen. Conner will deliver the oration.Mr. Irvine B. branson, Tor many years clerk of the Court of Dar lington County, died on the 8th inst. Walhalla Courier: The peaches are believed to have bceo all killed by the recent frost..Turner Gibone, who waa tried and found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Mrs. Compton, near Fair Play, in This county, is at work, !n Pickens, on the Pickena and French Broad Railroad.Tho bonded ware bonse and distillery of James & Wright was entered on Monday night last, and two copper stills, caps and worms stolen. It ia suspected that somo of the whiskey in the barr?la waa alsoatolen. The hasps on the doors were broken and the thieves entered in that way. Lexington DUpa/ck: Aleck Williams will bo hung in the jail enclosure on Fri day the 23d, in accordance with hi? sen tence at iaat term of Court, for tho mur der of the negro on Dr. Moller* a place some years since. The Governor his de clined clemency. The Hunted Moonshiners. WASHINGTON, April 15. It will be remembered that one of the acie of President Hayes, much criticised at the time, was to offer a general arr.nts ty to Illicit diatillere in th*? MU country of South Carolina if t' -ey would come into Court and plead guilty. Three hundred and twenty-nine persons surren dered and pleaded guilty under this pro mise ia 1878. It ia gratifying to rena in Mi*. Reum's report : I am glad to be ablo to report thal, dating from thia great act of clemency, thora oas been a steady improvement in tho condition of affairs in connection with the internal revenue I service in South Carolina. There exists -a much better state of public opinion in respect to enforcing the laws. The State officers have generally lent their inftuanrn ba favor of tho their observance, and the press advises the peopie to abstain from violating their laws. The United States officers nave not recently been resisted. Four officers stationed at walhalla; four at Spartanburg and two at Choraw police the country, without npprepeoBiocs of danger, prevent the running of illicit distilleries, affiliate with the people and encourage them to establish legal distil leries if tboy will embark in the business of making soi rita. Considering the amount of political capital which hos been made in tile Notth out of the whiskey war tn the mountain regions of tho Sooth, and remembering that tho popualton ts in tba main rude and illiterate and the reverso of law respecting, it is curiana to read that tn the whole of this region, which.iucludcs parts of Arkansas, Ala bama. Georgia. Kentncky. North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Vir ?nia, and cn arco greater than the whole lan? of Great Britain there were no more than twenty-five revenue officers and employ?es' killed Ond forty-nine wounded tn a period of nearly four years, from Juno 80,1876, to February 1,1880, with ? *50*k rg^r^jout^d ' bv ? 048 seiz ures of distilleries and 6,153 arrests of persons. ' On the whole this report shows a promising condition of improvement, considering the character of the country and of its population, a rema' able abstinence from violence. It show.-, also that Commissioner Raum baa dealt with o very difficult duty lu a moat sagacious and effective manner.-Special. lo ike New York Tbnea. : TILDEN'* RELIANCE ON THB SOUTH. -A New York letter says : "Some of the city journals oro publishing reports from varions Southam States to show the im possibility of Mr. Ti felon's getting any considerable support from that quarter in tho Democratic National Convention. Mr. Tilden, I am Informed, attaches bo', little impi-.rtance to these statements, which he characterizes as but 'weat- III. ventions of the enemy.' The great nias* of the Southern people, he has no doubt, aro heartily in favor of bia renomination, and whatever opposition Is manifesting itaclf on tho part of some of the leaders, he is quite certain, will melt away bofore the ConvontioM assembles. MrT Tilden, it is thus seen. Isoiio of the meet hopeful of tnen. Nothing, apparently, can dis courage him. He hus a firm belief In himvelf and in the alleged nec&nliy which must compel the Democratic party to again make him their standard-bearer, tn spite of themselves. Ho hos no ap Kehenslorr* for the South. He ls certain st will toke ?ore of itself. He ia more anxious aoont the situation nearer homo." THE 8DN SPOTS AND THEW MEAN ING.-The retara of the sun spots, ac cording to the mysterious law that gov erns their appearance, is daily becoming more manifest. They throng across the gveat biasing globe of the sun singly, in groups, sod In row?. They show r. de cided tendency to flock together, and generally there is at leset one principal member of a group, of enormous size, surrounded by a dozen or more smaller spots, some of which can bo detected only with high telescopic powers. Many of j them, however are as large as a continent, and the largest exceed the whole earth in size. Surrounding tho spots are the faculte ridge-* of-light that stand out clearly, by their superior brilliancy, troc? the intense brightness of the sun's disk. Any one can see the larger snots on a bright day with a good spyglass, but great care must be taken to protect the eyes with a deeply colored, almost opaque glass. Sun spots seem to be con nected iu some ?trange way with the me teol?gica! condition of the earth. When, after caving been almost entirely absent fora time, they begin to reappear in great numbers, seasons of excessive heat usu ally occur. At- such times, too, the northern lights oro most frequent, Prof. Piszzi Smyth announces that tbeso lights have begun to shake out their banners in :he skies of Scotland, after au absence of several years, and be predicts a period of heat, to begin before the summer opens. COUNTING THE ELEOTOBAL VOTE. Washington, April 17.-The Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Rules and the Senate committee on the subject of counting the electoral votes held a long private meeting to-day with a view to agreeing upon some recommend ation for action in regard to the electoral count to be taken by the Senate at this session. It waa substantially decided to recommend that the two Houses of Con gress shall adopt a new joint rulo provid- j lng that in case only one certificate of j tho electoral vote of a State be presented to Congress it shall not be rejected, ex cept by the affirmative vote of the two Houses, and that in case of dual returns neither shall be counted unless the two Houses agree that one of them is the true and valid return. This proposition waa substantially the same that was offered by a Senator in the 44th Congress and then adopted by the Senate in the form of a bill, which, however, failed to receive final action in that body in consequence of Mr. Thurman having entered a motion to consider ita passage. The former 22d joint rule on the subject required every vote to be rejected to which any objection was sustained by either House. - A Confederate soldier named Moore crawled out ander tho fire of two armies to give relief to a wounded Union Cap tain. He recently received information, at hin borne in Arkansas, that the Cap tain bas bequeathed him $10,000. - A Georgia negro sharpshooter is io trouble because be hit the mark; but the mark was the finger of .a little boy who held it up and dared the man to shoot at it. RED CHIEF "UlJTILIi bo at Anderson C. II. on the V V 21st, 22d, 28th and 30th of APRIL, and the Sd, ?Ith, 12th, 13th, 21st and 22d of MAY. Persons wishing his services can apply to J. C. Whitefield, Esq. April 22,1880 41 _2 FOR SALE, ^SECOND-HAND Portable Steam Engine, on Wheels, suitable for Ginning or Threshing. Apply to R. P. DIWER. April 22,1880_41_3_ Master's Sale. 8TATB OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY or* ANDERSON. In t\e Court of Commanditai. D. P. areer, Plaintiff, va. John P. Greer, Samantha E. Autrey, et ai. Defendants. -Complaint for Partition, dx. BY virtue of an order to rae directed by bia Honor Thomas Thomson, presi ding Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit, ?n tho above stated case, I will Bell ot And?-? son C. H., S. C., at public sale, on SA'JE DAY IN MAY next, the following proper ty, as tho Real Estate bf Mary T. ?>^er deceased : ' ! LOT NO. 1, containing nine and six tenths (9 0-10) acres, more or less, situate In the l?wn of Honea Path, in Anderson County, and adjoining Ianda of T. A. Hud gens. D. 8. McCullough and Lot No. 2 of tho Real Eshite of Said Mary L. Greer, doe'd. . V?7 V0' 2- containing eleven and one half (u?) acres, moro or less, situate In tho Town of Honea Path, In the County of Anderson, and adjoining lands of T. A. Hudgens, W. Daca?, and Lot No. 1 of the Real Estate of said Mary L, Greer, de ceased, and lying on the Greeuvillo & Co lombia Railroad. LOT NO. 3, containing Ton and ntn? tenths (10 ?-i?) aereo, more or less, od ndjoiulng Lot No. 2 of the Real Estate of sold Mrs. Mary L. Grefx, deceased, and ianda or ;?. A. Hudgcns, and lying on the Grccnvlllo and Columbia Railroad. TEEMS Or SALE-One-third cash, and tho remainder on a credit of twelve months, With interest from day of aale, and a mort gage of tho premises to secure the purchase .money. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, , April B, 1880 89 M?T IS NOT COMPLETED, bat we are assure T r-?T^1"10 yQU wUI aU ae?d Clothes, and LINK OP TWEEDS/JEANS and 0A8HMARETO, ? T ??winiA --vAaraaxrjixuKS.XUli* ' We,?l^,jk>?5 a.flna Btock of this "honest mike-'.* of rtoc?a thai our people admiro so mucn. . READY MADE CLOTHING. We make a specialty in this lino, and .have selected oar Clothing with unusual care. ? We ate receiving a \P.TV lara? invniT, W"?a H Cassi mero antts, Black Cloth Swio^OO * a?* VeSl8v Sa?? from A NEW FEATURE? Wo have added to our stock this season a ilise assortment of Boy?' and Youths' clothing from four to * Ix teen years of aka. Tho Ladle?, of our County havolong feltthe need of th?c articles for their youncer Boys, and we are ready to supply tins want. SKW1W? ?A??ffSies?-Wcar? sti made,, which wo will sell cheap and on jrooc menta we offer for a machine to bo poid In < JV ?. Jte X*. P. SM March 18, 1880 . DEALER IN GENEE HEADQUARTERS FQnl The Lowest Price? lt Attachments and Needles tb A GOOD SK CELEBRATE? LOU] Such tis Open aad Top BUGGIES, Bout AM> KINDS OF BUGGY ? April ?, 38S0SOa*hCafi? Wi TAX NOTICE. TBHMTUBFI'S Orrie*, ANUEKSOS, 8. C., April lOtb, 1880. TN accordance with the Supply Bill, arv I proved February 20, I8o0. notice la hereby given that this Office will be open for the collection of Taxes Saturday, May lat, 1880, and will remain open until May 3lat. The rato per. centum of Taxes.is as fo'.lows : State Tax.4J Mills. County Tax.3 " Behool Tax. 2 " Foll Tax.One Dollar Total. 91 '. Tax Payers of the Townships of Belton and Wlllfomaton will be required to pay a Tax of seven mills, in addition lc State and County Taxes, for tho conutruction of the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad. Abo, for the construction of thc Savannah Valley Railroad an additional tax, over and above the Slate and County taxes, will be requiraf?u bo paid by the taxpayers in the following townships to the ernennt named, to wit: Centreville. 7t inlils; Varonnes. 71 mills; Savannah, 74 mills; Hall, 71 mills ; D.-rk Corner, 74 mills. For thc convenience of the Tax Payers I will be at the following places at tau times ??at"d f?r the collection of Taxes : Willlamston Township, at WUilsrostou, Tuesday, Msy 4th. Bruxiy Creek Township, at Glenn's Store, Wednesday, May 6th. . Garvin Township, at Bethany, Thursday, May Otb. Pendleton Township, at Pendleton, Fri day, Moy 7th. Fork Township, at Farmer's Store, Mon da , May 10th. Bock Milla Township, at Providence Church, Tuesday, Moy lilli. Savannah Township, at HolLiud's Store, Wednesday, May 12th. Dark Corner Township, ot Sherard 3 Store, Thursday, Moy lIHh. Hall Township, at Carewell Institute, Monday, May 17tb. Martin Township, at Cllnkscalea' Mills, Tuesday, Uuy 18tb. V?rennos Township, at Flat Rock Church, Wednesday, Muy 19th. Con trevino Township, at Hunter's 8pring, Friday, Moy 21st. ,. " . Broadaway Township, at Neal's Creek Church, Monday, May 24th. , Hopewell Townabip,at HopowoU Church, Tuesday, May 25th. Honea Path Township, at Honea Path, Thursday, Moy 27th. Belton Township, at Belton, Friday, May 28 th . And for tho balance of the time during the month of May at my Office in tho Court House at Anderson. Taxes are payable in the following kinda of funds, and no other : Gold and Silver Coin, United 8tates Currency, National Bank Notes, and for County Taxes Jury and Witnesses Tickets. WM. McGUKIN. Treasurer Anderson County. April 15, 1880 40 _3 REDUCED PRICES. CALL OTX JOHN E. PEOPLES And Get tho Celebrated MERRYMAN GUANO, 475 lbs. Colton per Ton. NAVASSA GUANO, 450 lbs. Cotton per Ton. Narassa Coin Fetter, 425 lbs. Cotton per Ton. I still 'have on hand plenty of the Na Tossa Guano and Navassa Acid for oom post ing. Call and BCO me before purchasing else where. JOHN E. PEOPLES, Anderson, S. O. March 4, 1880 _84__. jL??iiu iJ??aui . AU vu SIMPSON. REED & CO. STILL FOR GARDEN SEEDS FROM the most sellable Seed Growers North. Our stock is larger and more select than ever before. Wo Invite whola-, sate aa well as retail buyers tb call ?nd ex. amine our stock at the' Drug Store, Corner Benson House. T. v ," ?Li SIMPSON, REID* & CO. Feb 19,1880 15 RA BB ba ? ri niknvnv d that in the near futura it will bo. In the 1 wo aro prepared to show the PRETTIEST MUSE DIAGONALS, &c, Uro new lino of GENTS' UNDERWEAR, A beautiful assortment of OOTTOKADES. om 121c. to 75c. ' NO ADVANCE. We bough: our Woolen : Goods early in January, before they were much advanced, and will give our customers the advantage, au^ sell them Goods at very nearly old prices. i Tb? increased patronage we have received during tho past Winter hos enabled, os to Surehaso a heavy Stock this Spring,, and > offer extra inducements to our friends. Wo will bo pleased to nee all of cuV oua 1 terners and tho balance of mankind at our I ola stand. J, R. ?s? L. p. SMITH, McCnlly's Cornw, Anderson, S. ii. U handling ono of the best Sowing Machines OTK, R?oOsslly'? Corner. 88 _._ Stu 9 AGENT, MERCHANDISE. ps; ?Ha BOYS' HIITS. i the market for Hats. I BEST SEWIMS MACIIltlE t of floren t kinds of afachlnca, K3K OP THE rJ???1 IB COOK VEHICLES, la-Seat BUGGIES, PHOTONS, dc. Sic. ;MATEft?AI. ANO IRON irerly Houoo BKIMI?:?. IO -