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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1880. TERMS: ONE YEAR..81.50. SIX MONTHS._ 15. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONTENTION. The Democratic State Convention met in Columbia on Tuesday at 12 m., and effected a permanent organization by the election of Col. J. S. Cothran President. The following delegates to the Cincin? nati Convention were elected, to-wit: State at Large?General Wade Hamp? ton, General M. C. Butler, Major T. G. Barker and General John Bratton. First District?C. S. McCall and J. F. Earle. Second District?Samuel Dibble, F. W. Dawson. Third District?Jno. R. Abney, B. F. Whitner. Fourth District?Frank A. Conner, W. C. Cleveland. Fifth District?J. D. Davis, Alfred Aldi Ich. The delegates are solid for Bayard ex? cept Clevland. The matter of nominating State officers was then brought before the Convention, and after a free and general discussion it was decided by s? vote 84 to 67 to make nominations. This closed the work of that day, and we learn from a private telegram received at this place late yes? terday afternoon that the following nom? inations for State officers were made by Convention yesterday: For Governor?Johnson Hagood, of Barn well. For Lieu ten ant-Govern or?John D. Kennedy, of Camden. For Attorney-General?Leroy F. You mans, of Richland. For Secretary of State?R. M. Sims, of York. For Adjutant and Inspector General? A. M. Manigault, of Georgetown. Superintendent of Education?Hugh S. Thompson, of Richland. The telegram did not state who was j nominated for Comptroller-General or j State Treasurer, but the most prominent candidates for these positions are, for the first named office, Gen. John Bratton and J. C. Coit, and for the last named, S. L. Leapheart, W. J. Lavali and J. P. Richardson. We have endeavored to obtain a full account of the proceedings of the Con? vention by telegraph, bnt failed to do so, although waiting several hours for it. Judge Field is not the choice of the California Democracy for President. Having lost his own State, it looks a lit? tle like his boom has spent its greatest force. Gen. Grant evidently thinks that great men are growing scarcer, for in a country of our dimensions he believes it neces? sary for the welfare of the country that one man must have three presidential terms?that is, be it always understood, provided he shall be that one man. The Chicago Convention met yester? day. Gen. Grant will probably be nom? inated for a third presidential term to? day or to-morrow. We will give a full synopsis of the proceedings in our next issue, and from this time on our readers may listen for music in the political world. Senator Thurman is the favorite of the Democrats of California for President. He advocated the bill prohibiting vessels from China bringing more than fifteen passengers to this country, and the Pa? cific States wish to see him President in the hope that his election may give them protection against the wholesale immi? gration from China, which threatens to overrun the gold country with the almond-eyed heathens of the East. The Democratic Convention of Cali? fornia expressed its preference for Thur? man for President, but elected delegates to Cincinnati the majority of whom will vote for Tilden and the minority for Field. Judge Thurman would no doubt have preferred the Convention express? ing a preference for some other man and electing delegates who would vote for him. The votes are appreciated by can? didates more highly than complimentary resolutions. It was Gen. Grant and the Republi? cans who raised the President's salary from twenty-five thousand to fifty thou? sand dollars a year. That increase was made for future Presidents, but after it was ascertained that Grant would be the first future President to receive the in? crease for four years, his action in ap? proving the increase was from his stand? point entirely unselfish, and for the.good of the country. The country could not, however, stand many such expensive blessings. - The friends of Governor Bishop, of Ohio, are urging him for the first or the second place on the ticket to be nomi? nated at Cincinnati. They claim that he has never been beaten in an election ; that he has never failed to receive a large majority in Hamilton County; and that the majority in Hamilton County decides the election in Ohio. Governor Bishop is a good man, and the arguments of his friends are strong in his favor. Bayard, of Delaware, for President, and Bishop, of Ohio, for Vice President would be an excellent Democratic ticket. Although Gen. Grant does not talk, he seems to have a son more communica? tive, for Fred. Grant says his father thinks a time may come when it will be necessary to elect some man to a third presidential terra. He thinks the oppo? sition to a third term is altogether preju? dice, and, as he is in a position to en? counter that prejudice, be is willing to run for a third term to settle the prin? ciple for the interest of the future wel? fare of the country. That is putting the. question in a very unselfish manner, and is no doubt intended to illustrate what great sacrifices the ex-President is willing to make for the benefit of his country (?) As we cannot get the General's views from him, it may be some consolation to get them at second band from his son JreaV It is very probable that Gov. Tilden would have on first ballot at Cincinnati a majority of the votes cast, if it were not for the as?ured fact that the Southern hostility to him renders it impossible for him to command the necessary two thirds vote, and therefore many shrewd politicians, who wish to be on the win? ning side, will not vote for him, though under other circumstances they would do so. Even in the face of this very strong opposition from the South, he will poll in all probability the largest vote of any candidate on the first ballot. We do not regard his nomination as more than pos? sible, and should regret to see it exceed? ingly, but the South is bound to support the nominee at Cincinnati, even if it be Tilden. The country is beginring to look with intense interest to the Cincinnati Con? vention to ascertain who is to be pitted against Grant in the great effort which is to he made this Fall for the preservation of our free institutions from the destruc? tion which awaits them should innova? tion and imperialism, under the guise of j a third term, succeed this Fall. The grandest man and the most popular name that has or can be presented to lead the great battle for the perpetuity of our Union is Thoraas F. Bayard, the Chris? tian statesman, the pure patriot and the politician without guile. If we want to make a fight upon principle, no man can be selected who is popularly considered to represent principle so thoroughly as he does. If we want to make a fight for the Union of our fathers, no man is so thoroughly imbued with the principles of | that Union and a love for them as Sena? tor Bayard. Of all men, in our opinion, he iB the strongest, and best and most suitable to receive the Democratic presi? dential nomination. The presentation of bis name is equivalent to an assured vic? tory. We publish elsewhere the findings of the Court of Enquiry called to examine into the facts connected with the mutila? tion of Whittaker, a colored cadet at West. Point Military Academy from Sumter in this State. The Court find that whatever injuries were inflicted upon Whittaker were inflicted by him? self. There was no evidence before the Court to inculpate, any other person or persons, but enough?and that, too, un? mistakable?to prove that Whittaker was the guilty party. He was placed under arrest. Our readers will recollect the denunciations which were heaped upon the institution by the Republicans in Congress in consequence of this great atrocit 7 committed at the National Mili? tary School, and the resolutions of the iate Radical Convention in this State on the same subject. The finding of the Court leaves Whittaker in disgrace, de? prives the Radicals of a first-class cam? paign tragedy, for which Whittaker's mutilation was designed, and at the same time will tend to prove to conscientious Northern men the falsity of reports of j similar atrocities at the South. Last week Mr. D. M. Thompson, ac? companied by three of the incorporators of the Columbia and Lexington Water Power Company, arrived in Columbia from the North. A hearty welcome was extended to them by the citizens of Co? lumbia. They, proceeded promptly to the organization of the Company; a Board of Directors was elected, and Mr. Thompson chosen President and Mr. Underhill Secretary of the Company. They made arrangements for opening books of subscription, and as soon as the sum of $400,000 is subscribed the sub? scriptions become binding, and the Com? pany will begin the work. There is now a fine prospect that the immense water power afforded by the Columbia Canal will he utilized, and that this hitherto greatly neglected source of wealth, in? dustry and enterprise will be made to contribute its quota to the prosperity of j Columbia and afford a stimulus to man? ufacturing enterprises throughout the State. The success of these enterprises in the State within the last two or three years, when judiciously managed, show that there is no better investment to be made by capitalists, and that the per centage of profit is greater than can be realized by Northern manufacturies. When South Carolina combines the profit of the producer and those of tbe manu? facturer, her material prosperity will be increased more than two-fold. * We publish this week some amusing letters from Honest John Patterson, which the New York Sun puts in print for the purpose of injuring Senators But? ler and Hampton from this State. The letters do not prove anything except the rascality of the Republican party. They show that to escape justice Patterson was willing to do anything, and that to pro? tect him tbe Republican officials were ready to pocket their oaths and to de? grade their official positions as far as was necessary. These letters of Patterson show that while he wanted to make a trade, such as the Sun charges, he did not do bo, for if he had made any trade with Senator Butler and Governor Hamp? ton, it would have been unnecessary for him to seek protection from Governor Hartrnnft, of Pennsylvania, or the noto riona Judge Humphreys, of the District of Columbia. So long as Governor Hampton remained in office everything possible was done to push the indictment against Patterson, and the corruption of a Republican Judge alone prevented his conviction and punishment. It was not until after Governor Hampton had been elected to the Senate, and near eighteen months after Gen. Butler had been ad? mitted to his seat, and after the Senate had become securely Democratic, that the prosecution of Patterson was discon? tinued, and then it was dropped in con? sequence of a general policy of amnesty adopted under Governor Simpson's ad? ministration, by which prosecutions against Parker, Scott, Kimpton, Cham? berlain and other Republican officials under indictment in this State w?re dis? continued ; and Cardozo and Smalls were pardoned. Thi3 policy had no reference to the seating of Gen. Butler, nor to Pat? terson's vote in the matter, but was based upon questions of State policy, with which the New York Sun has no concern whatever. In this matter the Sun, as usual, has taken papers which prove the rascality of Republicans to make an un? justifiable and ill-timed attack upon tbe Democratic party of South Carolina. A CHAPTER OF CRIME. A Man Killed hy his Son-in-Law in Edge field County. Columbia, May 31. Yesterday evening a difficulty occurred in Edgefield County about ten miles from the Newberry line, in which Thomas M. Blease, formerly of Newberry County, was shot and instantly killed by Gardner, his son-in-law. It is reported that bad feeling existed between the men on ac? count of Gardner's marriage with Blease's daughter, and that Bleaae had made charges against Gardner of a delicate nature, and threatening to kill him, had sought him for that purpose. Gardner, being apprised of his father-in-law's in? tention, killed him upon meeting him. One Negro Kills Another in Edgefield? Ditto in Newberry. The passengen on the down Greenville train report one negro killed by another yesterday near Saluda River, Edgefield County, and a similar occurrence at Lyles's Ford on Lynch River, Union County. The points being in the coun? try remote from the railroad, further par? ticulars cannot be ascertained. The Auditor of Newberry County Kills Himself. Levi E. Folk, Auditor of Newberry County, an efficient officer and highly esteemed citizen, shot himself with sui? cidal intent, at his home in Newberry, this morning. Folk has long been sub? ject to attacks of brain' fever, and had been in wretched health for some time. There Is no irregularity in his official affairs, his books being accurate in every respect. His private affairs, however, were somewhat embarrassed. Mr. Folk was not dead at last accounts, but no hope is entertained of his recovery, as his brains were oozing from the wound. Folk was married, and had several chil? dren. A Negro Child Whipped to Death by its Father. A negro in the lower part of Sumter County whipped his child, three or four vears old, to death on Saturday night. The negro has not been lodged in jail.?? Dispatches to News and Courier. A PAIR OF DUELS SPOILED. The Troublesome Code In Camden?Two Lawyers Challenged for Endeavoring to Establish a Case of Constructive Fraud ?One Declines, the other Is Arrested. JYcws and Courier, 28lh tdt. Camden, S. C, May 20. Our community seems peculiarly un? fortunate. No people discountenance duelling more than the majority of our citizens do. Yet for the fourth time in less than eighteen months we are dis? turbed by efforts to arrange hostile meet? ings. This time the effort was to have a pair of these meetings. Col. E. B. C. Cash, of Chesterfield, challenged Capt. W. L. DePass, of Camden, and Mr. Rob? ert Ellerbe, of southern Kershaw, chal? lenged Col. W. M. Shannon. Capt. De Pass accepted and Col. Shannon declined. Warrants agaiust Col. Cash, Capt. De Pass and their seconds were obtained, and Capt. DePass and his second were arrested. Col. Cash and his representa? tive succeeded in evading arrest. So the matter stands to-day. It is believed that further efforts are being made to bring about a meeting. Now the causes of this commotion: A Mr. Weinges sued Mr. Ellberbe for dam? ages claimed by reason of violence and injury to the person of Weinges by said Ellberbe. A verdict for about $2,000 was awarded Weinges. This judgment was practically useless by reason of a large judgment or mortgage against Ell? berbe held by the late Mrs. Cash.? Messrs. Shannon & DePass for Weinges instituted proceedings to set aside the judgment or mortgage of Mrs. Cash. Among the grounds upon which these proceedings rested was the charge of fraud, as every one seems to understand it, legal not actual fraud. The difference here is material. A person may by an act or agreement commit what is called legal or constructive fraud without, for one moment, dreaming or intending any wrong; without, therefore, being guilty of anything contrary to perfect integrity. So plain people and professional people seem to understand the matter. Judge Kershaw decided that no fraud of any kind was contained in the judgment or mortgage, but set it aside on other grounds. Appeal to the Supreme Court was taken, and the cause is docketed for future hearing. Messrs. Shannon aud DePass are called out for their professional acts in the va? rious proceedings named, and it is under? stood that the special cause is the alle? gation and the endeavor to sustain, be it understood, constructive fraud. Hearers of the trial say that in this question and all other matters in issue the lawyers seem to strive to avoid anything which might seem at all offensive. Be this statement as it may, it is undeniable that they are challenged to mortal combat for professional acts which are supposed to be most sacredly protected. Our community is tired of these at? tempted duels. Out of the four attempts but one was inaugurated by a resident. It is time for us to have a little quiet. It is time for this matter of duelling to be stopped, once and forever. Our statute*books have the law needed. It is only necessary to execute the law. Columbia Register, May 30. It was rumored in Camden yesterday that the Cash-DePass duel would take place next week. The friends of the primipals held a consultation Friday, when it was mutually agreed to settle the difficulty amicab'7 and honorably if possible; but a frier, i of Colonel Cash's seems to be impressed with the idea that nothing but "fight" will satisfy that gen? tleman. Major Blair, a relative of Cap? tain DePass, has gone to Cash's Depot for the purpose of adjusting the affair. Wind and Rain Storm in Texas.? The Galveston News of tho 28th in? stant contains the following specials: San Saba: During the rain storm last night, a family near here took refuge in a cave near their house, resulting in the drowniug of two little boys, aged two and six. A man, his wife, their little daughter and a young lady with them, were taken out in a drowning condition. Calvert: A heavy wind, rain and hail storm prevailed in the eastern part of this County yesterday, blowing down houses and fences and ruining crops. Brackett: At 1.30 this moruiug the heaviest and most disastrous rain storm set in known to the oldest inhabitants. It is still pouring in torrents. All of the town of Brackett, except a portion on two hills is inundated. In Main Street the water is from five to eight feet deep, and rushing down the street with almost incredible rapidity. The floor of every business house under is water. Several men who were at the mercy of the water went down, all efforts to save them being of no avail. Great anxiety is felt for the safety of families along Los Moras Creek. More than 20 people have certainly been drowned. A dozen bouses were washed away, and it is thought some bore human freight. Many other houses were wash? ed from their foundations. All the resi? dents in the lower part of town are being taken out as fast as possible. The great? est excitement prevails. Abbeville Press and Banner: His Ex? cellency Governor Simpson ha? pardoned Walter Collier who was tried before Judge Thomson at the February term of Court and convicted of arson. The pub? lic will approve this act of justice on the Eart of the Governor.The work of arvesting the small grain and abusing the negroes who had promised to help with the work, still goes bravely or..More new buggies and wagons have been sold in Abbeville County this season than for any season since the war, BLOODSHED Ki COURT. An Exciting Scene at the Session.) in Klng stree. Correspondence News and Courier. Kingstree, May 26. The most exciting and tragic scene that has ever occurred in a Court of this State was enacted here to-day. It was in the case of the State against W. W. Ward, indicted for forgery. The readers of the Nacs and Courier will remember that at the March term, 1879, there was tried at this place a case of foreclosure, where James Harper was the plaintiff and W. W. Ward defendant. Ward held a receipt of Harper's for $2,400 in payment of a bond which Har? per denied wa3 a genuine paper, and which Judge Mackey, sitting in equity, pronounced a forgery, and ordered that Ward be indicted. The criminal suit was begun yesterday and concluded to? day. James Harper was the prosecutor. When the jury rendered their verdict of guilty and the Judge ordered the sheriff to take charge of the prisoner, Ward, who was sitting inside of the bar of the court, and who was perfectly sober, de? liberately arose from his seat, drew his pistol aud fired at Harper one time and one time at W. K. Lane, one of his wit? nesses. Harper escaped untouched, but Lane was wounded in both hands. As quick as possible several gentlemen sprang on Ward and disarmed him and he was taken off to jail. When the fir? ing occurred Harper and Lane were both sitting inside the bar, which was crowd? ed with the lawyera, officers of the court and citizens, all within a few paces of Ward. That no one was killed, is mi? raculous. One of the balls buried itself in the wall of the house, and what be? came of tbe other one has not yet been discovered. Great consternation and ex? citement prevailed iu the crowded court? room, and one or two negroes jumped out of the windows to the ground, a distance of twenty-five feet, uninjured. Judge Aldrich ordered a warrant to be issued against Ward for assault and bat? tery, with intent to kill. Tbe judge has not yet passed sentence on Ward. The forgery case has excited great interest, and was ably conducted by Richard Do? zier, Esq., for the prosecution, and by Messrs. Barron and Lambson for the de? fence. The jury wasan intelligent one, composed of ten white men and two ne? groes. Ward Sentenced to Seven Years in the Penitentiary. Kingstree, May 29,1880. When Ward was called up for sentence he asked the pardon of the Court for his conduct in shooting at Harper and Lane in presence of the Court, but said he had no regrets or apologies to make to the in? dividuals who had robbed him of his liberty and property; that he could not resist any longer. The Judge then de? livered a forcible and impressive sen? tence, in the course of which he said: Mr. Harper was your friend, I am in? formed ; he was one of the sureties on your official bond as sheriff, lent you money from time to time, and finally let you have $3,000, which was secured by a mortgage of a hous "ud lot in this town. He indulged you by extending the credit, until, being himself embarrassed, he felt obliged to foreclose his mortgage. On the trial of that cause you produced a receipt for $2,400, which, although signed by Harper, he pronounced to be a forge? ry, alleging that he had written you a note about corn, the ink of which you extracted by by a chemical preparation called "ink err.ser," thus preserving the blank paper on which tbe note had been written and his genuine signature, over which you wrote the receipt for $2,400. * * * Unhappy man I Not content with the base attempt to defraud the man who had befriended you, not satis? fied with interposing all the delays in your power to prevent tbe collection of the debt, not humiliated at the exposure of the fruud you attempted to practice, not overwhelmed by the weight of the perjury you committed in the effort. support your fraud, not repentant of your treason to friendship, you had the hardi? hood yesterday to attempt his life by a base and cowardly assassination. When the jury handed in their verdict, and the Clerk read the fatal word "guilty," you diew your concealed weapon, and in this temple of Justice, in the very presence of the Court, attempted to murder the man you had wronged, and to sprinkle his blood on the very altar of Justice, firing two shots at him. By the mercy of the good God your victim escaped un? harmed, and the jurors, the officers of court and numerous spectators uninjured. It was the most audacious violation of the sanctity of the hall of Justice and the majesty of the law I have ever known. It proves you to be a very bad man, whose heart is "fatally bent on mis? chief'?a man who has no social re? straint, whose vices and whose vengeance cannot be controlled, except by the iron hand with which offended justice guards those who seek the shield of her protec? tion. How you escaped adding murder to your crimes of forgery and perjury, is one of those mysterious occurrences which the ingenuity of man cannot fathom. Perhaps God in his mercy turn? ed the balls to give you time to repent. It may be that the prayers of your young and stricken wife who, with her little children will now have to struggle with poverty and shame, found gracious audience at the Throne of Grace. This morning that devoted wife, with her old father, came to me to appeal for mercy. With tears and sobs she told me of her desolate condition, of her young children, of the baby at her breast that cannot lisp its father's name. It made me ver? sau and sorrowful to tell her I had no power to stay the sentence of the law. This is one of the consequences of crime, and the indulgence of unbridled passion ; it punishes the faithful and innocent wife, the prattling children and the ten? der suckling. With a very sorrowful heart I had to tell her that I feared your conduct of yesterday had cut you off from the sympathy of the coramuuity and would shut you out from the clemency of the Governor. Live for her and them ? Devote the penitential years to which you are now doomed to sincere repent? ance and firm resolve that when you have paid the penalty of your crime you will ccme forth a new man, whose heart has been softened, whose conscience en? lightened by high communion with that grand philosophy which trains the man to fitly perform the duties of time and enjoy the rewards of eternity. The sentence of tbe law is that you be confined in the State penitentiary at hard labor for the full term of seven years and pay a fine of five hundred dol? lars. Ward is now in the penitentiary. R, C. L. Justice for Old Soldiers,? Wash? ington, May 2S.?The Senate pensions committee to-day voted to report the House bill granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Mexican and Creek, Seminole and Black Hawk Indian wars. The bill provides that all pensions under it shall be at the rate of eight dollars per month, except for per? sons now receiving a pension less than that amount, who aro to be enti? tled to the difference between the pen? sion now received, and eight dollars per month, The bill provides that the pro? visions of the act uhall not apply to any person while under political disabilities, imposed by the 14th amendment to the Constitution, and repeals section 4,710 of the revised statutes, which prohibits the pavment of pensions to any person, or to the widow, or children, or heirs of any deceased person who voluntarily aided o? abetted "the late rebellion," Abbeville Medium: The merchants of Abbeville have agreed to close their stores at 0 o'clock P. M., from May 31st until the 1st of September. EXIT THE COLORED CADET. Tlie Finding of tho Court of Inquiry nt "West Point?Whittaker Convicted of Self Mutilation and Arrested?A Clear Case. West Point, N. Y., May 29. The Whittaker Court met to-day in secret session aud made up its final re? port, which was agreed upon and signed by all the members of the court. The report, after reviewing the facts and evi? dence in the case, gives the following conclusions : First. That the court is unable to be? lieve that such slight wouuds as Cadet Whittaker received could have been in? flicted by persons in the manner and under the circumstances described by him. Second. It does not see why a man with his surroundings and in his condi? tion and frame of mind as shown by his own evidence should have submitted to an assault such as is alleged without summoning assistance during the assault or immediately thereafter. Third. It believes that a person tied as he was, and left as he claims to have been, could have readily released himself, should he exert himself to do so. Fourth. From the testimony of the post surgeon and others, the court is compelled to believe that Whittaker was neither asleep nor insensible when he was examined on the morning of April 6, but that he was feigning. Fifth. The court is not able to discover any motive that any person other than Whittaker could have had in making such assault, and there i3 no evidence whatever to warrant the belief that any other person did make it. Sixth. It believes that the hair clip? ping, flesh cutting and binding could all nave been accomplished by Whittaker himself. Seventh. The theory that the note of warning is an imitation of Whittaker's writing is in the opinion of the court un? tenable. The severe tests to which the experts in handwriting were subheted andtheirpositivetestimouyplr.ee i". be? yond a doubt that Whittaker aimself wrote the note of warning, and that, therefore, he is not ignorant of the per? son or persons engaged in the affair. The latter conclusion is strengthened by the fact that the half sheet of paper on which this note is written is found in Whittaker's possession. Opinion.?After the strong array of circumstancial evidence from the testi? mony of experts in handwriting, and from the conflicting statements of Cadet Whittaker and the lack of veracity evinced by him in certain cases during the inquiry, as shown by the evidence, the Court is of the opinion that the im? putation upon the character of Cadet Whittaker, referred to in the order con? vening the Court and in the official re? ports of the commandant of cadets and the post surgeon, is fully sustained. When the report was sent to Gen. Schofield and carefully read by him, he caused a letter to be addressed to Col. Lazelle, commandant of the corps of cadets, directing the arrest of Whittaker and placing him in confinement in his room. The order was promptly carried out, and Whittaker will remain under arrest until this case is disposed of. A guard will keep him under surveillance. THE INDIAN WAR. Several White Men Killed?The Troops In Pursuit of the Indians St. Louis, May 31. A Southern New Mexico special says: "The Indians attacked a party of Mexi? cans at old Fort Cummins Saturday and one man was wouuded. A paymaster who was passing pursued the Indians with his escort and fought them all the afternoon. They retreated into Cook's Canon at night. Since then five dead bodies have been found in Cook's Canon. Among them is Samuel J. Lyon, a stage driver. All the bodies are terribly burned. A stage coach and three wag? ons also were burned. It is supposed at least four others were massacred. The Indians left in the direction of Florida Mountains. The troops arrived at the scene Saturday and took up the trail of the Indians." San Francisco, May 31.?A Tucson dispatch says 0. R. Smith is here from Silver City and states that the whole country surrounding that place is in a state of terror and demoralization. Vic? toria and his band of no less than 350 warriors are spreading death and de? struction before them. Troops under General Hatch appear to be powerless. A volunteer company of men are equip ed, mounted and rationed by the citi? zens of Silver City to aid the military. This company under Captain E. V. Price, reported" to General Hatch at Magollan mountains some days ago of? fering their aid. In response to this offer they were informed by General Hatch that citizens had better attend to their own business, that he would take care of the Indians. At that time San Francisco Valley was being made deso? late by the Indians, the settlers fleeing for their lives and not less than twenty two people killed. It is also well known that when a prominent officer of the Arizona command sent word to General Hatch that bv a certain movement he (Hatch) could coral Victoria iu Bex Ca? non Hatch refused to co-operate and Victoria escaped. The people of South? western New Mexico arc very bitter against General Hatch. Upwards of 250 citizens have been killed in New Mexico by the band of Indians during Hatch's campaign of the last three or four months. They also claim that he has been defeated in every engagement with the Indians and has sent reports to Military headquarters most outrageously falsifying the real sit? uation of affairs in his department. a battle with the apaches. A dispatch from Denver, Colorado, says: The latest reports which come through military sources at Santa Fe, and which are telegraphed from that point here, represent that on the 24th a sharp battle occurred between Victoria's Indians and a portion of General Hatch's command on the headwaters of the Palomas River, about thirty miles South of Ojo Caliente, where General Hatch has his head? quarters. The Indian scouts took an ac? tive part in the battle, and their chief re? ports officially to General Hatch that thirty hostilcs were killed, while the scouts and soldiers engaged claim that as many as fifty-three bit the dust. The battle occurred at daylight. In the morning the United States troops, after marching all night came suddenly upon the Indians, encamped in what appeared a secure spot. The fight at once begun, and the Indians, taken slightly by sur? prise, were soon disconcerted, and fled in disorder. No information has been received as to the loss of tho troops.? General Pope reports that Hatch's com? mand is about dismounted, and will have to follow the Iudians on foot until its horses are recuperated, and Hatch says if the campaign is to be continued as de? sired by the General of the Army it will be necessary to take more troops. A Fatal Accident int Ciiarli s:on. ?Joseph J. Ilalloran, a much esteemed young telegraph employee of Charleston, met with a tuigic end Friday morning. He was helping to unload telegraph poles from a wagon, and in attempting to throw down a pole, the end of which was resting on his shoulder, he fell with his head on the curbing of the pavement and tho pole struck his neck, breaking it and killing him instantly. The sad event caused a great shock in newspa? per and telegraph circles, in which young Ilalloran was deservedly a general favor? ite, on account of his obliging disposition and faithfulness in the discharge of his duties. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Gleanings from our State Exchanges. Chester Slate Bulletin: Chester is growing in importance every year as a cotton market. Since the first of last September 20,-iOO bales of the staple have been shipped from this point, and yet there remains a considerable quanti? ty throughout the country.Cheraw and Chester Railroad bonds are quoted at 101. They are in demand at 100. Darlington News: A fight between t .vo brothers occurred here on Sunday last and resulted in one of them getting his arm broken by the other. They were boys.Mr. S. C. Bradshaw had tbe misfortune to have his still burned down not Jong since, in which were about eighty barrels of virgin rosin. Sixty barrels of crude turpentine in the yard at the time were also destroyed, together with the tools and other valuables. Greenville Advertiser: Dr. Hiden preached his last sermon in Greenville last Sunday at the opera-house, before going to Louisville to engage in his pas? toral duties there. Lancaster Review: On Tuesday morn of last week the house of Samuel Alston, living in the Waxhaws, together with its contents and forty-six dollars in mon? ey, was destroyed by fire. It is thought the house was robbed and then set on fire.The county commissioners have notified "outside paupers" that their ra? tions will cease after November 1. Morrison McPherson, colored, who was shot at this place in a fracas on the 20th of December last, by Mr. Minor Blackmon, died on Tuesday. Spartanburg Spartan: Hannah Tuck? er, who was so badly burned with kero? sene, died last week after a few days' painful suffering. Pickens Sentinel: Last Wednesday Mr. H. J. Gignilliat, agent of the Air Line Railroad at Easly Station, came up and paid into the County Treasury for the Company, ?2,697.30 in gold, being one half of the State and County taxes assessed against the Company in this County. The total State and County taxes assessed against the Company in this County is $5,364.98 ; of this amount $4,471,20 will go to the County. The Company also paid into the Treasury last week $1,350 more in gold, being the $50 per mile due the County under the provisions of the act of the Legislature extending the stock law to this County, making an aggregate of $4,047.30, paid into our Treasury in gold by the Com 1 pany within two weeks. The Air Line is always ahead. Walhalla Courier: Col. 3 ca Sage and his corps of surveyors are out locating the line of the Rabun Gap Short Line Railroad from the Georgia line to the Tennessee line.A water-spout de? scended on the east prong of Cheohee Creek on Saturday night last. The creek was higher than everTrnown in the range of the spout, which was confined to an area of a few miles. Inside this area the land was badly washed, and some of the crops had to be replanted. General Gordon's Father De? fends Him.?Mr. Z. H. Gordon, the venerable father of General John B. Gor? don, has written a letter, in which he pronounces as "infamously and shame? fully false" the report that his son sold out the United States Senatorship. He says General Gordon has ever been a du? tiful, obedient and confiding son, and that in March last he informed him that he was tired of public life and craved the Eeace and quietude of his home and ome affairs, besides which he could not save up any money out of his salary, and that the idea of dyiug and leaving his family without a competency troubled him no little. Mr. Gordon, Sr., says he urged his son to resign, and was only surprised that he did not do so sooner. ? Gen. Gordon has accepted the posi? tion of associate and consulting counsel for the new railroad combination, of of which Mr. Newcomb is the head, which includes a continuous line, under one management, from St. Louis to Sa? vannah. The salary will probably not be les3 than fifteen thousand dollars per annum. ? Over three hundred men are em? ployed in the machine shops of the South Carolina Railroad Company at Charleston. They are able to turn out every kind of work needed on the road, including the building of locomotives and passenger coaches. ? Richmoud, Virginia, has forty-five churches, which are attended by one in sixteen of the population. ? The Cincinnati Commercial is au? thority for the statement that Chicago and Cincinnati breweries are working day and night to make their supplies equal to the anticipated demands during the Presidential Conventions. NEW SHOE SHOP. -0 IDESIRE to inform my old customers, and the public generally, that I have returned to Anderson and opened a SHOE SHOP, and will be pleased to receive orders either for Making or Reparing Boots or Shoes. I will superintend all work done in my Shop, and guarantee that it will be done in the best of style. I will use only good ma? terial, and employ none but tbe best of workmen. All work delivered according to promise. Shop in the room rear of J. E. Brcazeale's law office, over J. P. Sullivan & Co.'s Store. R. Y. H. NANCE. June 3, 1880_47_3m F. KIND, U. DIERCKS, Superintendent. Proprietor. PHOIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C., manufacturers of STEAM ENGINES Water and, Horse Powers, COLUMNS FOR ST0R1E FRONTS, Railings for Balconies. SAW AND GRIST MILLS. ALL kinds of CASTINGS done at short notice and low prices. Work done in good, workmanlike manner. Repairing of all kinds Machinery tmd Engines, WATSON it SON, Agents, Anderson, S. C. June 3, 1SS0_47_3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COUKT OF COMMON PLEAS. A. Y. Shirley and Wm. R. Cartec, Plaintiffs, ngainst Rachel E. Harris, Entalino Jones, R. A. Shirley, Sallio Wilson, Helen McDaniel. R. P. Shirley, John N. Shirley, Lcttie Shirley, Thomas Shirley, Newton Shirley, Eichaid Shirley, Rebecca J. Jack, Fanny L. Shirley, Elzora \ickory ,Emina Goolshy.and Franklin Shirley, Defendants.? Summom for Relief?Complaint noi Screed. To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to an b\ver tho complaint in this action, a copy of which is filed in the ollico of the Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson c. H., S. c. and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, Ander? son c. IL, S. c, within twenty days after the ser? vice hereof, exclusive of the day of nuch service; and if you fail to answer tho complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in thin action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated May 25, A. D. 1S30. J. L. TRIBBLF, Plaintlfls'- Attorney, Anderson, S. C. [l. s.]?John \Y. Daniels, c. c. P. To the Defendants above named: Take notice that the object of Ibis action, In which a summons is herewith served upon you, is to remove cloud from Titles to Real Estate assign? ed to Plaint ill's by the Probate Court, and to con? firm proceedings in Probate Court r.o partition the Real Estate of James Shirley, deceased. Tho premises in question are described as follows: Tract No. 1, containing one hundred audsixiy three acres, more or less, and Tract No. 2, contain? ing one hundred and twenty-three acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs, Sophia Millwee. Hugh Rush and James Erskiue. No personal claim is made against you. J. L. TltlUULE, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Tu the Defendants: Take notieo that the complaint and summons In Ibis action were tiled in the office of John W. Daniels. c. C. P., Anderson County, on the 2Mb day of Ma", IS80. J. L. TUMBLE, PlnintinV Attorney. June n, ls-.o 17 0 aVCISS 3D ZELLA. KEYS Calls the attention of a he Ladies to her SPRING AND SUMMER M8L.LSNERY. THESE GOODS are of the LATEST STYLES. Prices to suit the times. Call and examine my Goods before buying. MANTUA-MAKIXG attended to as usual. McCuIIy's Corner, Up Stairs, Anderson, S. C, April 8, 1880_3!)_2ui BLUE R8DCE RAILROAD! IS NOT COMPLETED, but we are assured thnt in the near future it will ho. In the meantime vuu will all need Clothes, and wc are prepared to show the PRETTIEST LINE OF? FANCY CASSMERES, ENGLISH DIAGONALS, 4c, That we have ever exhibited before. An entire new line of GENTS' UNDERWEAR, COLLARS, CRAVATS, SHIRTS. Ac. A beautiful assortment of COTTONADES, TWEEDS, JEANS and CASHMARETS, from 12]c. to 75c. NO ADVANCE. Wc bought our Woolen Goods early in January, before they were much advanced, and will give our customers the advantage, anp sell them Goods at very nearly old prices. The increased patronage we have received during the past Winter has enabled us to purchase a heavy Stock this Spring, and to oiler extra inducements to our friends. We will be pleased to see all of our cus? tomers and the balance of mankind at our old stand. VIRGINIA CASSIMERES. We also have a fine stock of this "honest make" of Goods that our people admire so much. READY MADE CLOTHING. We make a specialty in this line, and have selected our Clothing with unusual care. We are receiving a very large invoice this season of Cassimere Suits, Black Cloth and Diagonal Coats and Vests. Suits from $2.50 to $20.00. A NEW FEATURE. We have added to our stock this season a fine assortment of Boys' and Youths' Clothing from four to sixteen years of age. The Ladies of our County have long felt the 1 T need of these articles for their younger I **? SMI in, Boys, and we are ready to supply tins want. | McCully's Corner, Anderson, S. C. SEWING MACHINES.?We are still handling one of the best Sewing Machines made, which wc will sell cheap and on good terms. Call in and get the extra induce? ments we offer for a machine to be paid in Cotton. IT WILL PAY YOU. J. R. Je L. P. SMITH, McCully's Corner. March 18, 1S80 30 _3m J. B. CLARK. JOHN H. CLARK. E. L. CLARK. NEW STORE AND NEW GOODS! In the New Centennial Building-. rJIHE undersigned are just receiving and opening a BRAN NEW STOCK of? CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Such as FRENCH and ENGLISH BROAD CLOTHS and DOE SKINS, FRENCH and ENG LISH DIAGONALS and WORSTEDS, FOREIGN and DOMESTIC SUITINGS and PANT GOODS. We shall keep in stock Goods to suit every class of customers?that is, as regards the price. Our Furnishing D3partment, such as? LINEN and PAPER COLLARS, CRAVATS, SUSPENDERS in great variety, GLOVES, HALF HOSE, HANDKERCHIEFS, &c, &c, is complete, READY MADE C1LOTIIING ;n large variety?Linen Dusters, Cassimere Suits, Alpaca Coats, White Duck Vesting, Ac, all of which we want to sell, and will do so at THE LOWEST LIVING RATES. TAILORING DEPARTMENT.?Our Tailoring Department is still carried on under the especial charge of the Senior Partner, who takes the greatest pains to please our customers as to style, work and fit. SINGER SEWING MACHINE?We are still agents for this Machine, and feel that it is unnecessary for us to add anything to its praise, as they are so universally kuown all over the world; but will say that there has been some very recent improve? ments made that now makes it one of the lightest running and most noiseless machines in use, and sold on easy terms and warranted to give perfect satisfaction. Please call and see us if you want anything in our line before buying elsewhere. J. B. CLARK & SONS, Centennial Building. March 18. 1880 _30_3m SPECIAL. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY FOR 1880. A CAR LOAD OF "New Improved Cardwell Threshing Machines," Just received. Come and see for yourself what you are buying. A "LITTLE GIANT" COTTON PRESS ON HAND. The only Hydraulic Cotton Press for plantation use in the market. With a half barrel of water one man or boy can pack many bales. After careful enquiry, we have secured the agency for the best Machinery in the market, and can sell as low, ;".f not lower, than they can be bought elsewhere. We sell? The "Tozer," the "Eclipse," and the "Wood, Tabor and Morse" Engines, the Geiser Threshers, Cotton Ginss Presses, Saw Mills, Saw Gummers, Corn and Grist MUls, &c. Rubber Belting on hand. SULLIVAN & MATTISON. April 29,18S0_ C. A. REED, AGENT, DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE. HEADQUARTERS FOR MENS' AND BOYS' HATS. The Lowest Prices in the market for Hats. T8? MOST POP?UR &HD BEST SEWING MACHINES Attachments and Needles for different kinds of Machines, A GOOD STOCK OF THE CELEBRATED LOUIS COOK VEHICLES, Such as Open and Top BUGGIES, Double-Seat BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, <tc. &c. ALL KINDS OF BUGGY MATERIAL AND IRON. Southeast Corner Waverly House Building-. April 15, 1SS0_40_ HO! FOR THE LADIES' STORE! flSS LIZZIE WILLIAMS has just returned from the North where, with her 'JL usual care and good taste, she has purchased THE FINEST STOCK OF LADIES' GOODS, Ever brought to this market. We deal exclusively in Ladies' Goods, buy of the best houses, and consequently can boast of the greatest variety. We have from the cheapest to the finest. EVERY DEPARTMENT IS COMPLETE, from the Millinery to the Mantua. We thank the public for the very liberal patronage bestowed on us, which shows the high appreciation of our efforts to please. We cordially invite the Ladies to examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere, and we promise as many Goods for their money as can be bought in this market. 3IISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS Sc CO. March 18, 18S0 3(1 _ QUICK SALES and SMALL PROFITS. A. B. TOWERS & CO., Have Received their Stock of Spring and Summer Goods. IN DRY GOODS we have a large line of Prints, Ginghams, Plaids, Homespun, Bleached and Brown Shirting ami Sheetings. A line assortment of Cottonades, Vir? ginia Cassimcres, the best goods made. HATS, SHOES AXI> BOOTS?A splendid line of Men's and Boys' Huts. Wc make a speciality of good Hoots and Shoes. We keep a full line of T. Miles & Sons Shoes. There aro :.o better Shoes made. Wc warrant the work to stand. HARDWARE. IKON AND NAILS?A large assortment in this line. Wo make a speciality of Fine Tools. HOUSEKEEPING GOODS?In this line we keep Crockery, China, Glassware, Buckets. Tubs, Brooms, Hollow Ware, and many other articles too'tedious to mention. FANCY GROCERIES, BACON, HAMS, LaRD. FLOUR, CORN, SUGAR. COF? FEE, MOLASSES. Try some of our tine Roasted Coffee. We make a speciality of FINE TEA. BUGGY MATERIALS, Saddles, Bridles, and the bast assortment of Buggy Whips in the Town. Corn Shelters and Straw Cutters, the best to be had. Call and see them. Wall Paper ami Carpets? a large assortment. We cannot name all the articles we keep in an advertisement, and would respectfully ask all in want of Goods to give us a call. We will try and pleaso you in prices and quality of Goods. We sell LOW for Cash, or to PROMPT paying customers on time. Come and see. April 1, ISa'O A. B. TOWERS &. CO., No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C.