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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8. 1880. terms': ONE YEAR.??.?.??1.50. SIX MONTHS_.- W. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT. GEN. W. S. HANCOCK. OF PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. HON. W.'H. ENGLISH, OP INDIANA, STATE DEMOCRATIC. TICKET. For Governor. Gen. JOHNSON EAGOOD. For Ueuteriaut-Governor. Gen. J. D. KENNEDY. For Comptroller'General. J. C. COIT, Esq. For. Secretary of State. Col. R. M. SIMS. For Attorney General. Gek. LEROY F. YOUMANS. For Superintendent of Education. Maj. HUGH S. THOMPSON. For Adjutant and Inspector General. Gen. ARTHUR M. MANIGAULT. For State Treasurer. Col. J. P. RICHARDSON. For Presidential Electors. At Large? Hon. John L. Manning, Col. Wm. Elliott. First District?Gen. E. Wl Moise. Second District?-Hon. C. H. Simonton. Third District?J. S. Murray, Esq. Fourth District?Col. Cad. Jones. Fifth District?Eon. G. W. Croft. an official, scandal. The people of the State were greatly surprised at the announcement that on last Friday Mr. Alexander Laughlin, the expert in the office of Commissioner Coit, who had charge of the funding of the bills of the Rank of the State un? der the recent Act of the Legisla? ture, had been arrested on the charge of withdrawing bills from the pack ages presented, and funding the re? maining bills as of the sum of the original packages, appropriating the bills so withdrawn to his own use. Mr. Laughlin was arrested on the affidavit of Commissioner Coit, and the preliminary examination had before Trial Justice Fickling, who finally committed the accused to jail in default of bail in the sum of fifty thousand dollars. The packages certified by Laughlin 'to the Treasurer to be funded are being re? counted, and until this is finished the exact amount of the defalcation cannot be ascertained, though the accused is shown to have sold to Mr. Thomas S. Gibson, a broker in Columbia,.four thou? sand dollars worth of these bills in May or June last, which he professed were sent him to sell by a friend in the up country ; and also four thousand dollars to Col. D. Gambrell, another broker in Columbia, about the middle of June; This showing leaves no doubt as to the guilt of the accused, who. was for years cashier of the Exchange Bank of Co? lumbia, and although it was reported that be had appropriated a large amount of specie belonging to the Bank, he was ' specially complimented and endorsed by the president, and directors of the Bank when he resigned in 1865. He then spent several years in Europe, returning in 1873, and engaging in business in Charleston. He was highly recommend? ed to Col. Coit by prominent citizens of Columbia and elsewhere, upon the faith of which he was given the appointment indicated. The discovery of this crook? edness has given cause for no little com? ment upon the management of the fund? ing of the bank bills, and may bring to light another stupendous fraud upon the people. The amount of the defalcation, bo far, will probably be covered by a few thousand dollars, but the amount of the bills . already ? presented for funding amount to over seven hundred thousand dollars, although it had not been sup? posed that more than four hundred thou? sand were in existence. The plates from which these bills were printed are now at the North, and have been ever since ?atfw|lffBrKfJbcy may have been prooerly used and^OT^fiare of, but the State has no guarantee that many additional bills have not been printed since the Bank was closed. The unexpectedly large amount is hard to account for, and the recent transactions of Mr. Laughlin show that there is no confidence what? ever to be placed in bis work. There has been an unfortunate amount of con? fidence on the part , of Commissioner Coit, which, in this case, amounts almost to negligence, since Mr. Coit has virtu* ally left the whole matter to the faithless expert who has brought this grave trou? ble upon himself and the State. Col. Coit is a gentleman of high character, whose whole life has been so free from suspicion or evil, that he has himself been over-confiding in others. The re? sult is now that the whole work of his office will be discredited, unless he goes over the whole of the bills presented himself, so as not only to ascertain the amount, but to verify the validity of the bills themselves. It is much to be re? gretted that the Commissioner did not cancel the biils in person after the cer? tificate of validity had been given by the <e?p?rt, and thereby save the trouble iiad ?eandal which has arisen. In /act, the business seems to have been 43 Loosely conducted that the swindle by Laughiin would have been successful And undetected, except for the accidental fact that Mr, Charles Logan, a broker, who is the attorney in fact fox ex-Sena? tor Robertson, who had presented^sev eral hundred .thousand dollars of these bills for funding, afterwards purchased in market some of the very bills he had presented, which he fortunately recog? nized, and at once set the investigation on foot which developed the swindle. This should be a warning to our public officers not to confide duties which they should discharge to clerks, however much they may trust their efficiency and integ? rity. In this case we hope the State has not lost a great deal in money, and that the detection of the loose manner in which this important business has been conducted will cause a diligence and care upon the part of our public officers in the future which will repay the present loss. In the mean time an example should be made of Mr. Laughlin, if con? victed, as he must be from the testimony, which- will add a wholesome fear of pun? ishment to any "who may be tempted to violate a public trust. THE WAR ON WHISKEY. The News and Courier publishes the Act of 1874 relating to the sale of spir? ituous liquors, and wt reproduce it, as many of our readers may have forgotten its provisions which, if enforced, would certainly curtail the evil of whiskey drinking in South Carolina: The Act to regulate the sale of intox? icating liquors, approved March 19,1874, provides: I. That it shall be a misdemeanor, punishable with fine and imprisonment, to wilfully furnish "any intoxicating drink, by sale, ?ift or otherwise, to any person of known intemperate habits, or to any person when drunk or intoxicated, or io a minor, or to any insane person, for use as a beverage." II. That it shall be lawful "for any member of the family, or blood relation or guardian" of an intemperate person, minor or insane person, or for any Trial Justice of the township, to giro notice in writing to any person or persons "en? gaged in retailing, selling or having in? toxicating liquors, forbidding him or them from furnishing such intemperate person, minor or insane person with intoxicating liquors" III. That any person who shall furnish or cause to be furnished, within three months of the time of such notice, "any intoxicating liquors to such intemperate person, minor or insane person, to be used as a beverage," shall be held sev? erally "responsible for any injury to person or property which may occur in conse? quence of such furnishing, and any one aggrieved may recover damages against the person so furnishing by an action in? stituted in any court of this State having jurisdiction of civil actions." IV. That in case any wife shall give such notice, "she shall be entitled to recover of the person furnishing intoxicating liquor to her husband" damages "for the main? tenance of herself and family during the period when her husband, by reason of such furnishing, is incapable of provid? ing for the proper support of her or them." V. That any person who shall sell in? toxicating liquors, to be drunk on the premises when sold, whereby a person shall become intoxicated, shall, besides the liability previously described, ''be liable to pay to the wife, parent, child or guardian of the person so found intoxi? cated the sum of five dollars for every such offence." VI. That whenever any riot or other breach of the peace shall occur at any place where intoxicating liquors are sold the proprietor or keeper shall be deemed and taken to be an aider and abettor in such riot or other breach of the peace, and shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished as such, unless such person can show that such riot or other breach of the peace was not caused by the persons engaged therein becoming intoxicated on said premises." The provisions of this Act are very good, but the evil is of deeper root than the lack of legislation. The fault is with public opinion and with society. Whenever the moral sentiment of a com? munity is brought to bear against intem? perance the evil can be checked, but so long as it respectable to become intoxica cated, and so long as society receives without condemnation the man who gets drunk, so long will all laws to repress the evil be of no avail. If there is a temper? ance reform it must come from tbe determined disapprobation of the moral and and benevolent portions of society condemning intemperance. It would, however, be a good idea to enforce the above law, for by the exhibition of the determination to suppress intemperance, there would be something for this public sentiment to rally around and ex? press itself upon. There has been a de? cided improvement on this subject recently about Anderson, but th ;re is still room. The temperance workers, the ministers in their pulpits and the ladies who rule society, should make a determined and united fight upon whis? key. With such a combination great moral, social and material improvement may be worked in the inculcation of principles of sobriety, without which no people can be prosperous, respected or happy. ALL FOB PARTY. The straits to which the Republicans are driven for the purpose of defending Garfield, are very clearly shown by the following letter from Judge Luke P. Po? land to the Republican State Conven ven tion of Vermont: Probably no man in Vermont knows General Garfield more intimately than myself. He was in Congress during the whole of my ten-year's service and for eight years we stood together in the House and ever on terms of friendship and intimacy. Of his eminent ability, power in debate and untiring devotion to public service I need not speak. His long service and leading position in Congress bave made him known to all the people of the country who take any interest in public affairs. But our po? litical opponents affect to question his personal integrity and purity of charac? ter, and to base their accusation upon the evidence taken before a committee of Congress of which I was chairman, known as the Credit Mobilier Commit? tee. Now I desire to say to the Conven? tion and to all who may feel any interest in my opinion of General Garfield, that nothing which appeared before that committee, or which appears in their report, or any other matter or thing which ever came to my knowledge in regard to him, ewer led me to doubt his personal integrity. I believe him to be a thoroughly upright and honest man, and who would be so under all circum? stances and against any temptation. The use that is being made of my name and of the report of tbe committee which was drawn by mein my opinion makes it prop? er for me to to express my personal judg? ment as to the character of the man. I ask you to do me the favor to communicate this note to the convention. Luke P. Polasd. Now, Judge Poland was chairman of the committee which investigated the Credit Mobilier fraud, and on the J4th of January, 1873, Gen. Garfield, who was accused of complicity in that fraud, swore : "J never owned, received, or agreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier or of the Union Pacific railroad, or any I dividends or profits arising from either of them." Oakes Ames testified in contradiction of Garfield, and on the 18th of February following Judge Poland submitted the report of the committee which contained the following judgment upon the connec? tion of Garfield with the matter: "The facts in regard to Mr. Garfield, as found by the committee, are that he agreed with Mr. Ames to take ten shares of Credit Mobilier stock, but did not pay for the same. Mr. Ames received the eighty per cent, dividend in bonds and sold them for ninety-Jieven per cent, and also received the sixty per cent, cash dividend, which, together with the price of the stock and interest, left a balance of $329. This sum was paid over to Mr. Garfield by a check on the Sergeant-at-Arms, and Mr. Garfield then understood this sum was the balance of dividends after paying for the stock." In this report Judge Poland expresses the opinion of the whole committee, in substance, that Gen. Garfield's sworn testimony was not true, and that he did receive dividends aud profits out of the Credit Mobilier fraud. It may be ac? cording to Judge Poland's idea of integ? rity and honor in Gen. Garfield to act as the committee say he has acted, but it will be difficult to convince the country that a man who, as a member of congress, took dividends from Credit Mobilier stock and afterwards swore that he did not do so, ought to be elected President of the United States. Judge Poland either stultifies himself by his letter, or shows that he has very loose ideas about personal integrity. We presume he meant to say that Garfield is as houest as the average run of Republican politi? cians. This may be true, but he has no claim to the reputation of an honest or honorable public servant until the find? ings of Judge Poland's committee are proven to be untrue?a task which the innocent Garfield will not undertake, for he knows it cannot be accomplished. THE NOMINATION OF HANCOCK. The speech in which Hon. Daniel Dougherty, of Pennsylvania, presented the name of Gen. Hancock to the Cin? cinnati Convention, was both unique and beautiful. It was shrewdly composed and elegantly delivered, touching the sentiment and the judgment of the Con? vention, and contributed no doubt to the favorable consideration of the Pennsyl? vania candidate's claims for the nomina? tion. Mr. Dougherty said: I propose to present to the thoughtful consideration of the convention the name of one who, on the field of battle, was styled "the superb," [cheers] yet won still nobler renown as a military Gover? nor, whose first act when in command of Louisiana and Texas was to salute the Constitution by proclaiming that the military rule shall ever be subservient to the civil power. The plighted word of a soldier was proved by the act of the statesman. I nominate one whose name will suppress all factions [cheers], will be alike acceptable to the North and to the South; a name that will thrill the republic; a name, if nominated, of a man that will crush the last embers of sectional strife, and \?L ose name will be the dawning of thai day so long looked for, the day of perpetual brotherhood among the people of America. With him as our champion we can fling away our shrouds and wage and aggressive war; with him we can appeal to the supreme majority of the American peo? ple against the corruptions of the Re? publican party and their violations of constitutional liberty; with him as our standard-bearer the bloody banner of Republicanism will fall palsied to the .ground. 0, my countrymen, in this supreme hour, when the destinies of the people are in your hands, pause, reflect, take heed, make no misstep. I say I nom? inate one who will carry every State of the South; I nominate one who will carry Pennsylvania loud [cheersj, carry New Jersey [cheers], carry New York. [A voice, "Carry Ohio?"] Aye, aud carry Ohio. [Cheers.] I propose the name of the soldier statesman, whose record is as stainless as his sword, Win field Scott Hancock. [Loud cheers.] One word more. If nominated, he will take his seat. [Loud cheers.] After Mr. Dougherty left the platform, he turned aud came back. "Allow me to say one word more," he said to the Chair. Permission was accorded, when Mr. Dougherty corrected his speech as follows: "Gentlemen of the convention, I pray your pardon for one word. I said that if 'nominated'; I should have said if 'elected,' Gen Hancock will take his seat." [Cheers.] Visitors to Clarendon Hall, in the city of New York, can witness the strange sight of Dr. H. S. Tanner attempting to fast for forty days without taking any? thing into his mouth except water. The test began on Saturday, the 27th of June last, and is conducted with Dr. Tanner fenced olffrora the audience so that it is impossible to get near enough to him to hand him anything to eat. He is also under constant watch to see that the test is a genuine one, so that it will be well authenticated one way or the other when the experiment is over. Dr. Tan? ner says that his hunger at the end of the first five days was intense, aud that he did not expect the pain to become less until after the 12th of July, at which time the hunger will disappear, and it will be a question of constitutional endurance as to how long he can hold out. This experiment will, if persevered in, be apt to decrease the population by the number one, for it is a physical impossi? bility, according to all theory or experi? ence, for it to succeed. The attempt of Dr. Tanner looks like the vagary of a madman. Judge McGowan was recently sum? moned to Governor's Island to testify before the military court, of which Gen. Hancock was president, in the investiga? tion of the charges against Gen. Warren of the United States Army at the battle of Five Forks during the late war. Judge McGowan was conspicuously engaged in the fight on the Confederate side on the route to Five Forks, and the court de? sired his memory and judgment as to Gen. Warren's conduct of the Union forces under his command in the prelim? inary fighting. ?ince his nomination for the presidency Gen. Hancock has been at his own request relieved of service on this court, which will perhaps be engaged for several weeks in the examination of witnesses and the consideration of testi? mony. The St. Louis J*08l~J)i*]i(t(cl( suggests Ihat General Hancock came from rcvor lutionary stock, which it prefers to Credit Mobilier stock, from which Gar? field has derived a portion of his notori I propose the name ety. The first train ou the Augusta & Knox ville Railroad ran over one mile and a half of the completed track from the City of Augusta on last Saturday. The Eoad will be completed to Greenwood, South Carolina, in about twelve months, and then to Spartanburg as soon as pos? sible, and from Spartanburg by Ashe ville to Knoxville. It is another of the railroad lines projected through our State in the interest of the commerce of other States. While this Road is being built for Augusta, our State ought to be building the Blue Ridge for Charleston. The case agaiust the Texas desperado Currie, who insulted Miss Cummings, a member of a theatrical company travel? ing in Texas, and shot Porter, another member, who was traveling with Miss Cummings, while waiting at the depot for a train in Marshall, has resulted in a verdict of "not guilty because of in? sanity," which is a mockery of justice and a disgrace to the civilization of the community in which it occurred. Such flagrant cases of acquittal as this give the Southern States a lawless character, which they do not deserve. The hang? ing of a few such desperadoes as Currie would greatly improve the reputation of the whole country. Atlanta celebrated the Fourth last Saturday in the grandest style since the war. The visitors were estimated at 20, 000. There was a processiou of the mili? tary, firemen and vans representing the business industries. Senator Joseph E. Brown and others spoke in the afternoon in the City Hall Park to an immense gathering. There was a magnificent dis? play of fireworks at night, and thousands of people were on the streets. The Chicago Times, in the bitterness of its wrath at Hancock's nomination, suggests that the lamented Oaks Ames did not enjoy the acquaintance of Gen. Hancock. No, and the beauty of it is, that no men of similar characters and purposes enjoy his acquaintance. They prefer the society of the innocent Gar field. _ A terrible cyclone passed near Colum? bia on last Monday, and blew down the second story of the machinery building in the penitentiary yard, in which were 233 convicts at the time. Five convicts were injured, but it is not thought any deaths will result. The escape is mi? raculous. THE PRESS EXCURSION. A MOST PLEASANT REUNION AND VALUABLE RECREATION FOR SOUTH CAROLINA EDITORS. The Reception In Greenville and Interest? ing Views and Incidents Along the Route to Cincinnati and Return. The recent session of the South Caro? lina State Press Association in the city of Greenville was by far the most largely attended and elicited the greatest interest of any session the Association has ever held?facts which are largely ascribable to the extensive and agreeable excursion which had been arranged to wind up the meeting. Among the many attentions and courtesies shown the members of the press along the whole length of the route, it would be very difficult properly to describe any of thorn in an article of the length to which this sketch must be confined. Upon the meeting of the Association IK GREENVILLE an address of welcome was delivered by ex-Gov. Perry in that genuine, hearty and elegant manner and style which have always characterized his appearance in public, and was appropriately responded to by Mr. T. B. Crews, the President of the Association, who evinced great readi? ness and precision in the remarks in which ho replied. This formal part of the programmo over, the citizens, in co? operation with the journalists of the Mountain City, in a hundred ways prac? tically illustrated the sincerity of the welcome they had extended, and took every occasion to add to the pleasure of the journalists and show them the achievements of Greenville's brain and vim and energy and liberal progressive public spirit. Invitations to the College CommencG nients were extended and accepted, though the exercises of Furman Uni? versity, which had two graduates with the degree of Master of Arts, one of whom; was Mr. "Walter Brown, of Wil liamston in this County, were princi? pally concluded before our arrival. Tbo Greenville Female College com? mencement came off on Wednesday and Thursday, so that full opportunity was had for attending the graduating exer? cises of a class of eight or ten accom? plished young ladies. Tho Association as a body visited tho College by invita? tion on Thursday, and witnessed the Calisthenic drill of all tho students, and were delighted with the precision and readiness with which tho many and varied evolutions wero gono through, it being rendered as systematically and perfectly as any military company could possibly go through the evolutions of tho drill. On tho cvoniug of tho same day the graduating exercises came off in such manner that both tho Faculty of the College and the young ladies have reason to be highl}' congratulated. The accom? plishments of the lady graduates as evinced in their compositions and man? ner show them to have been efficiently instructed and to have acquired valuable stores of knowledge. Alter the com? mencement exercises were concluded a reception was given to the graduating class at the College Chapel, at which tho members of the Press Association were invited guests, and enjoyed a very pleas? ant evening. Everything was in excel? lent taste, and tho occasion passed off with nono but pleasant memories to those who wero present. Throughout the entire display Prof. Townos im? pressed himself as a most thorough and accomplished presiding officer and in? structor, and tho scholars prove that ho is ably assisted by the othor members of the Faculty, so that tho Greenville Fo male College convinced tho visitors prosent that it lias a bright future in tho work of female education in South Carolina. One of tho pleasant attentions paid the Association hero was tho carriage drive over tho City on Thursday afternoon, which gavo to many of the journalists, who wero in Qreenyille for the first time, a new idea of tho importance of this growing City, as it hangs upon a gaut)e slopo at the base of the great Blue ltidgc, almost beneath the shadow of the beauti? ful Paris Mountain. Its street railway, its manufactories, its spacious business houses, jts elegant priyatp residences and its handsome churches, ail Ijpppcsa tjijc visltor with the fact that it is a place of progress, and that its citizens aro fully up to the spirit of tbo ago in which they livo. On Friday morning an excursion on a special train was had to Piedmont, where Col. Hammett, tho projector and presi? dent of tho Piedmont Factory, with whose wonderful success our readers are alroady familiar, showed us through the Factory, which is to ho doubled in size and capacity soon, and which for extent will exceed any manufacturing enter? prise in the South, except tho Eaglo it Phoenix Co., of Columbus, Ga. The Piedmont Factory is a grand success, and illustrates what capital can do in manufacturing in the South with the right man to direct it. Tho fact that it has declared a dividend of twenty-six per cent, in twelve months is a sufficient comment upon Piedmont. Of course, every one present was delighted with tho visit and what was to be seen upon it. The banquet given to tho members of tho Press by the citizens of Greenville was by no moans tho least of tho atten? tions extended. It was really a sumptu? ous and elegant affair, presenting a tablo beautifully decorated and laded with the most delicate and varied bill of faro which could be provided to please and tempt tho appetite, whother the taste should most delight in tho liquid or tho solid form of partaking. The table was presided over by Col. William Beattio, the President of tho Greenvillo Board of Trade, who, at tho conclusion of tho re? past, proposed as tho first toast of tho evening "Tho South Carolina Press As? sociation," to which Mr. Crews, the Pres? ident of the Association, responded in an excellent address. Tho next toast pro? posed was "South Carolina," and Gov. Simpson was called on to respond to the sentiment, which he did in a short and appropriate speech, in which he ox pressed the belief that "tho State is on rising ground," and entering upon an ora of unprecedented- prosperity. Gen. Johnson Hagood was next called for to respond to "Our Visiting Friends," which he did in a few well chosen words. Maj. W. J. Houston, of tho Air Line Railroad, and Capt. W. E. Earlo were called upon to respond to "Our Railroad Connections." Capt. Patrick then re? sponded to "Our Educational Institu? tions," and Col. II. P. Hammett to "Our Manufacturing Interests," after which Rev. J. C. Furman, D. D., was called out upon the theme, "Tho Pulpit," aud made a most admira? ble address in that elegant taste and in? teresting style which always character? ize his speeches. The speaking for the evening was concluded by Maj. H. T. Wardlaw, of tho Abbeville Press and Banner, who responded to the toast, "Woman," in a most felicitous and hap? py manner. At about eleven o'clock tho guests de? parted, and many of the journalists ac? cepted the invitation to attend the Ball givon at the Mansion House by the Mountain City Club, where the beauty and grace of Greenville wero assembled, presenting a most beautiful and interest? ing picture of loveliness. Several very pleasant hours were spent at this enter? tainment, whore those -who onjoyed tho fascinations of the dance and those who contented themselves with the pleasures of conversation, were made to feel them? selves equally at home, and wero equally agreeably entertained, so that the hospi? tality of tho Mountain City Club and its most pleasant attendants upon this occa? sion will not soon bo forgotten. On Saturday morning a number of tho visiting journalists wont out to Gov. Perry's elegant mansion, "Sans Souci," some three miles from tho City, where they were most cordially welcomed and hospitably entortaincd by the ex-Gov? ernor, who is a most interesting conver? sationalist, having a mind well stored with science, literature and history. He is a polished gentloman, conversant with men and current events, and made a re? markably strong impression upon the members of tho Pres-', who had tho pleasure of meeting him personally. His residence is most beautifully situa? ted upon a-J eminence, surrounded by majestic oaks and commanding a mag? nificent view of the Blue Ridge Moun? tains in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, giving to tho charmed spectator a range of view reaching over some one hundred miles of territory. With this natural beauty and grandeur the cx-Governor has tho most extensive, handsome and best se? lected library in the up-country, and is spending bi3 titno in the enjoyment of the pleasures which these things afford. At half-past threo Major W. J. Hous? ton, of tho Air Lino Railroad, assumed charge of the excursion party, and, plac? ing us in two new and commodious coaches upon tho Air Line, we Btarted to Atlanta, feeling that wo wero in pleasant hands, bound for a most agreeable excursion. Our readers know that the Air Line is tho prince of South? ern roads, and that its management, in the hands of Col. G. J. Foreacro and Maj. Houston, is equal to that of any Road in this country. It is a progressive corpora? tion, which realizes tho importance of providing for tho future, and its policy has been to build up and develop tho country through which it passes by con? tributing in its freight and passenger rates to any thing which will bring im? migrants or capital along its lino. Therefore it has started several colonies of settlers upon its route, and now has an agont in Switzerland for tho purpose of bringing out small farmers from that country with sufficient capital to buy and cultivate little farms in tho Pied? mont belt of South Carolina and tho upper portion of Georgia through which tho Road passes. This course of tho Air Line is developing the country rapidly, and it is not to be wondered that the Road with such wiso and progressive policy is in thorough order and every way delightful to travel upon. Leaving Greenville we passed through a pretty and well cultivated section of Pickcn.s and Oeonce counties, reaching Toccoa City for supper considerably before sundown. After leaving Toccoa wo passed through a rugged and picturesque country, with the Currahce Mountain and Broad River valley upon the left, and numerous hills and distant views of tho lofty peaks of tho Blue Ridge upon the right. In one of tho ravines upon the left is a beauti? ful geyser spouting up for some fifteen feet from tho ground and returning in sparkling drops and white spray to form tho littlo rill which trickles down the mountain side, forming, as Hugh Miller has beautifully expressed it, "one of Na? ture's saws, which arc cutting down tho hills." T|io fountain ill tins instance is formed bygathoring the littlo strmim in a tube on the hills above and bringing it undor ground to the outlet some distance below, where tho well known principlo of hydrostatics forces it upward to a height nearly equal to the mouth of tho tube through which it is brought. Many think it spouts up spontaneously out of the ground, and regard jt a great na'ura} wonder, which it appears to be, though it is only one of the pretty evidences of the enterprise and desire to ploasoits passen? gers on /Jje part of the Air Line Railroad. TJic Road passes through (Iiis beautifully rugged country until it reaches Sit. Airy. the highest railroad elevation on the lino from New York to New Orleans. Iloro Maj. Houston (stopped tho train long enough for those who desired, to go upon tho hotel observatory and view tho mag? nificent landscape presented from this elevation. It was at the hour of early twilight, when the last red rays from tho sun, which had set, were streaming over the lofty peaks of the distant mountains to the west, investing them with n love? liness aud grandeur which they possess at no other hour of the day. The view is far reaching and magnificent, so that it is not strange that many soekers after rest and pleasure delight to visit Mt. Airy, where there is so much of natural beauty, both of landseapo and mountain, to at? tract and please. Tho ascent from Toccoa to Mt. Airy is rapid, and for some miles after leaving Mt. Airy the descent is almost as marked. From this point to Atlanta tho country is unattractive, and but for tho view of Stono Mountain, some twenty miles to the left just before reaching Atlanta, there would be nothing of special interest to tho traveller. This mountain is noted as a considerable elcvatoin of granite, rising in regular shapo in a plain many miles distautfrom any range of mountains or any other peak. We arrived in Atlanta at half-past! ten o'clock, and were comfortably quar? tered at the Kimball House, one of the best hotels in tho South. On Sunday morning tho members of the party at? tended Church according to their prefer? ence, and after dinner, at half-past throe o'clock, the party started on tho Western ife Atlantic Railroad for Chattanooga. This is tho celebrated State Road of Georgia, which, when completed, an? nually i.ivolved a heavy expense to tho Stato -,o run it, until Hon. Joseph E. Brown was elected Governor and ap? pointed Dr. J. W. Lewis Superintendent, after which tho Road annually paid large sums into tho State treasury, thereby materially reducing tho taxes of the Stato. Since the war this Road has been leased to a company, of which Gov. Brown is President, for the sum of three hundred thousand dollars per annum, which is paid into tho State treasury reg? ularly at tho rate of twenty-live thousand dollars per month. After paying the State this largo sum, the company keep tho Road and its rolling stock in thorough ropair, and luakc handsome dividends for themselves, showing how profitable the lines of railroad crossing the mountains for the purpose of bring? ing Western commerco to tho Atlantic Ocean may be made, and affording an irresistible argument upon a financial basis in favor of the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad for South Carolina, which would shorten the distance to the West from tho Atlantic ooast by from one hundred and fifty to two hundred miles, giving to us the immense advan? tages always to be found along the great trunk lines of commerce between two great and rapidly developing sections of our country. Upon this Road we found one of the Air Line cars, provided es? pecially for tho accommodation of tho Press AssociaiL ..xd the haudsome private coach of Gov. Brown was ten? dered to Gov. Simpson and accepted by him as an additional amou nt of room and convenience for tho party. Col. B. W. Wrenn, of tho Western & Atlantic Road, Col. E. P. Wilson, General Ticket Agent, Mr. J. W. Marstella, Assistant Secretary of the Cincinnati Southern Road, and Mr. J. F. Blackburne, Secretary of ;ho Board of Trade of Cincinnati, mot tho Association in Atlanta, and accompanied us on the excursion. The *peed of travel upon this Road is very rapid, and the running is smooth and accompanied with veiy little noise. All along the lino of this Road may he seen tho re? mains of entrenchments and fortifica? tions used by Johnston's army during the late war, and there is scarcely a town upon tho route which did not witness one or more sanguinary conflicts between the contending armies. The Kcnnesaw range of mountains, which rise to the loft of the Road, about thirty miles above Atlanta, prcscuts sonic pretty views, and is tho fcaturo along this route, which has given its name to the lino which is known as tho "Kennesaw Route," in which the Western & Atlantic Road is a prominent link. Further on we strike a fertile and well cultivated section of tho State, through which the Etawa River wends its course. This is a muddy stream, with broad stretches of bottom lands, which are green with promising crops of corn. Some distuico above this stream wo come to Tunnel Hill, the highest point between Atlanta and Chattanooga, and which takes its name from the celebrated tunnel there, which is ono of tho first railroad tunnels ever constructed in the United States. It is something over a half mile in length, and, for the most part, is located through solid rock. At the time it was completed this tunnel ranked as one of the railroad wonders of the ago, but it has of late years been so far exceeded in length, dif? ficulty of construction and importance, that it is by no means remarkable. From this point to Chattanooga it is a gradual decline in altitude, the height of Atlanta which is lower than Tunnel Hill, being itself several hundred feet higher from tho level of the sea, a fact which would not bo expected, since Chattanooga is right in the mountains. The streams through this section are sluggish and in some cases stagnant. Tho limestone crops out as a prominent feature of tho soil, and the production is confined to ceieals, corn and grasses, with very littlo of cotton, which is evi? dently a poor crop for that countrjv? Just to the left of Chattanooga is Mis? sionary Ridge, a gradually ascending rango of hills, upon which ono of the most important and disastrous conflicts of the Confederate War was fought, where General Bragg allowed his forces to be driven from a fine and advanta? geous position without so much as even a serious effort to maintain his line. Traveling on a few miles landed us into Chattanooga, which is a small city of considerable manufacturing importance, situated upon tho left bank of the Ten? nessee River aud at tho foot of Lookout Mountain. Hero we rested at the Stan ton House, a spacious and elegant hotel, which, in its cuisine and appointments is equal to the best. The morning view from this hotel, as the soft light of tho rising sun clears up the grand moun? tains and the bright river :o the sight of the delighted tourist, is ono the most picturesque and fascinating that can bo imagined. In times of high freshets, however, we are told that this picture of beauty is exchanged for one of terror, and often suffering and privation, as the Tennessee River, swollen by a thousand torrents from tho surrounding moun? tains which encircle Chattanooga, over? flows its banks and deluges the greater portion of the city, sometimes rising into the second story of many of the busine-is houses and residences. The city is not a pretty one, having but two principal streets, and tho balance of it being scat? tered around without any apparent de? sign or taste. Next week we will finish tho sketch <if this trip, giving some impressions ofthe scenery and character of the country to Cincinnati, and comparing it with our portion of South Carolina, ? There are now three Uebiews in , Congress?Messrs. Jonas, .Morse und , Einstein. In the House there are six German Representative, among whom are Heilman, of Indiana; Poehler, o! Minnesota; M?ller, of New York and Deuster, of Wisconsin. ? A suggestion has been made by the Boston Herald that "the Republican National Committee should assert the the nationality of the party by making vigorous campaigns in the Southern States." It adds: "Prominent Republi? cans of the North, like Blaine, Conkling, Logan, Ingersoll, and others, would be respectfully listened to in the South, anil by going there they would accustom the Southern people to broader and more tolerant views of political differences." A Great Enterprise.?The _ Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Rochester's greatest business enter? prises. Their Hop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having from their intrinsic value found their way into almost every household iu the land. ?VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. _Li The undersigned, Executor ol the Estate of Mrs. Ann Haynic, deed, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 10th day of August, 1880, for a Final Settlement o*f said Estate and discharge from his office as Executor. J. II. LITTLE, Ex'r. July 8,11SSO 52 5 FOR SALE. ONE Forty Saw Gullctt Gin ; one Utlcy Press; one Leonard Smith Snmtter. All in good running order. Terms cash, or good merchantable paper. Apply at An? drew it Provosts, Anderson C. H., or at my Farm. J. WILLET PRE YOST. July 8, 1SS0 52 3 Stockholders' Meeting. rpHE Stockholders of the Anderson Far X niers' and Mechanics' Association are requested to meet in the Court House at Anderson on Wednesday, the 14th inst. A full attendance is desired. By order of the President. J. L. TRIBBLE, Secretary. July 8, 1SS0 52 I Notice to Road Overseers. BY resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, it was decided that the Public Roads or highways should he worked out and pat in good' order by the 15th August, 1SS0. You will, therefore, warn out all hands liable to Road Duty, and mit your respec? tive sections in good traveling condition by the above specified time. All Overseers neglecting or refusing to comply with this order will be dealt with as the law directs in such oases. R. S. BAILEY, N. ?. FARMER, WM. S. HALL, Countv Commissioners. July 8, 1S80 . il 4 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of Executions to me direct? ed, I will expose to sale on the First Monday in August, A. I>. 1880, before the Court House door at Anderson, the follow? ing property, to wit: All of the Plaintiff's interest in one Tract of Land, containing ninety-live (U5) acres, more or less, situated in Anderson County, bounded by lands of Joel Ellison, John Siddle and others. Levied on as the prop? erty of Minerva Wynne, the Plaintiff, m favor of McDavid and Duncan and A. S. Duncan, Defendants, for cost of suits. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. JVIcCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson Countv. July 8, 18S0 52 4 ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. In the District Court of the United Sf<t/<:<, Dis? trict of Suttlh Carolina. In He. } B. A. McAlister, Bankrupt, f Petition to Sell Ex Porte [ Rent Ettate. J.II. McConnell, Assignee.) BY virtue of an order of his Honor Judge George S. Bryan, I will sell at Ander? son Court House, South Carolina, on SALE DAY IN AUGUST next, the following Real Estate, to wit: Two True In or Lots of Laud Of paid B. A. McAlister, situate in the County of Anderson, on the Tucker's Mill Road, and on branches of Governor's Creek, waters of Rocky River? LOT NO. 1, The Homestead Lot of said B. A. McAlis? ter, containing one hundred and twenty five acres, adjoining Lot No. 1, lands be? longing to David Crawford, Estate of John Wukerield, Phillip Cromcr, Wcslon Hays and others. LOT NO. 2, Containing one hundred and sixty-five acres, adjoining lands belonging to Major James Thompson, David Crawford, Lot No. 1, and others. Plats containing courses, distances, ifec, of the above Lots may be seen by calling upon the undersigned. TERMS OF SALE. One-half cash; the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to he secured by bond and mortgage. The purchasers to pay extra for all papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Assignee. July 8, 1880 52 4 FOR 81 IE. Valuable Property in Town of Belton. IWILL offer for sale on S A LED AY IN SEPTEMBER next, at Anderson. S. C, the following described property in the Town of Belton : STOREHOUSE AND LOT. Lot one-quarter acre, more or lass. House 24 by 81 feet, three stories, including base? ment ; basement 21 by (JO feet, shelving and com..crs painted; storeroom 24 by 75 feet, shelving and counters painted. Room ad-I joining Store-room lti by 20 feet; third | story 24 by 75 feet, not ceiled. Fire places | in each story. Gooil shingle roof. DWELLING AND LOT. Lot three acres, more or less. House 18 by 44 feet front; two front rooms 18 by IS feet; hall-way 8 feet; extension to roar, and built with main body of house, 18 by 35 feet, containing bed-room, dining-room, pantry and kitchen. Piazza in front 10 by 24 feet; rear 10 by 35 feet, both with balus? ters, &c. Two chimneys, three tire-places. House finished, and painted inside and out. Good well of water, garden, stable, &c. Property can be bought at private sale before Saleday in September. TERMS?Cash, or satisfactory paper. J. N. SUTHERLAND, Belton, S. C. June 17. 1880 40 12 1 AT COST, AT COST, AT COST XIIE HEW YORK CASH STORE OFFERS ITS ENTIRE STOCK AT C OST ! TO THE PEOPLE OF ANDERSON COUNTY: E propose to offer nur entire stock? the acknowledged largest in the entire up country? Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AT NEW YORK COST I Why Do We Do This ? BECAUSE our Stock is too large for this season of the year! BECAUSE we make more by selling everything at cost than carrying over, as to all indications, Goods are going to be low next season. BECAUSE we need every inch of our large store for an immense stock of Pall Goods. BECAUSE the people expect of us to follow the example of the leading Store in every city to have a great "Clearing Sale." BECAUSE wc can afford it, and we know our hundreds of customers appreciate our efforts. Lay aside your prejudices, and don't think that Charleston, Atlanta or New York are the only places where you buy what you want at a low figure. We say?give us a trial, and you will be agreeably disappointed and highly pleased. No house can buy for less than we do, End no house can sell for less than we do. ARNSTEIN & ROSE. Anderson, S. C. June 17. 18' 0._ OUR NEW WAREHOUSE IS COMPLETE, From which we can most conveniently load Wagons with the good old WANDO FERTILIZER AND ACID PHOSPHATE, AND THE CAROLINA FERTILIZER AND Palmetto Acid Phosphate.. Call and buy our Fertilizers for Cotton deliverable next Fall We Have Just Received, 25,000 pounds Tennessee Meat, Three Car Loads New Orleans and Mus? covado Molasses, S00 bushels Tennessee Com, Two Car Loads Excellent Flour, One Car Load Liverpool Salt, 25 barrels best Northern Seed Potatoes. We have also a large stock of? Ploughs, Sugar, Coffee, Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods, Hardware, Hats, Yankee Notions, And in fact almost every kind of Goods needed by the public?from a Paper of Pins up to a Hogshead of Molasses, We offer our Goods for cash or on credit until next Fall at reasonably low prices?to good and prompt paying customers. Come and trade with us. BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO. Anderson, S. C, Feb. 12,1880. _ NEW SHOE SHOP. -0 IDESIRE to inform my old customers, and the public generally, that I have leturned to Anderson and opened a SHOE SHOP, and will be pleased to rccoiveorders cither 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 the hest of workmen. All work delivered according to promise. Shop in the room over Barr it Co.'.'- Store, Granite Row. R. Y. II. NANCE. June 3,1880 47 1 3m ESTATE NOTICE. All persons having claims against the Estate of John B. Adger, Jr., deceased, will please render them, properly attested ; and all persons indebted to said Estate will please make payment to the undersigned. JOHN B. ADGER, Adm*r. with Will annexed. July 1, 1880_51_3 The Light Running "PEOPLE'S" SEWING MACHINES. TUE " PEOPLE'S " S|W!NG MACHINE IS light-running, has simple tension, is large, has ha* ea.-ily Ihrefilled shuttle, winds a bobbin wit lion*, running the works of the MACHINE ! and is so simple in its construction that it is easily understood ; the People's Machine is the best for all kinds of Family Sewing. jlcst in use. Where our machines are not represented. Send for circular tu the PHILA. SEWING MACHINE CO., pbiladolphia, Pa.; I July .s, ls.Sij 52 ly