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THURSDAY MORNING, JUL^ 8. 1880.^ ONE YEAH..J?I.BQ. OX MOMXHS.- W. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. POU PRESIDENT. GEN. W. S. HANCOCK. OP PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. HON. W. H. ENGLISH, OF INDIAN A.. , STATE DEMOCRATIC.TICKET. ' For Governor. GEN. JOHNSON MOGOOD. For Ucntcuaut-Go vernor. ? G?5?. J. D.: KENNEDY, r ' For Comptroller" General. J. C. COli\ Esq. FGr.Sccrctary of State. Cou Ri M. 8IMS. For Attorney *3onwa!. G kW LEROY'S1. YOUMAN0. , l'or Superintendent of Education. MAJ. HUGH S. THOMPSON. Vor Adjutant .omi Inspector General? GEW. ARTHUR M. MANIGAULT. For 8tato Treasurer, COL. J. P. RICHARDSON. For Prealdcutlal Electors, At 'Large-Hon; John JJ. ?tanning, Col. Wm.Elliott. .... ??/??h 'V;.;: . Second D?tria-Von. C. H.'Slmonton. TMrd Dlttr?cl~~3.. S. Murray, Esq. ; fl>ar/A JWi?rfc?-?ol. Cad. Jones. Dbfrfcf-Hon. G. W. Croft. : ?<?-. AN OFFICIAI. SCANDA?? Tho people of tho State were greatly surpriocu ai tho announcement that on lost Friday Mr. Alexander Laughlin, the expert In the office of Commissioner .Obit, who had charge of tho funding of the hills of the Bank of tho State un* der tho recent Act bf tho Legisla ture, had been arrested on tho charge of withdrawing bills from the pack? ages presented, and funding the re* moinibg billa os of tho aura of the original packages, appropriating the bills KO withdrawn to his own uso. Mr. Laughlin waa arrested ob Ute athdavi&of Commissioner"Colt, and tho preliminary ?S?raination bad before Trial Justice Pickling, who finally committed the accused to jail in default of bail in the sum. of filly thousand dollars. Th? packages certified by. Laughlin to the Treasurer to bo funded aro being re counted, and until this ia finished the exact amount of the'defalcation cannot bo. ascertained, though, the accused io shown to have sold to Mr. Th om au 8. Gibson, a broker in Columbia^four thou sand dollars woith of these bills in May or Juno lait, which h? professed ' were oiinfc hint to ?oll by a friend in tho ari co un try ; and also four thousand dollars to Col. D. Gambrell, another broker in Columbi?, about tho middle* of June. This showing leaves no doubt as tb^jj guilt of the ac?userl, jWho .wns. for. yeara c&ahier of tho Exchange. Bank of Go lumbla, and although it was reported tha* jie had appropriated a large* amoutri oi specie belonging to tho Bank, ha'iipfc spcotaliy'v??>pli:uciitcd aud endorsed by tho president) brid directors'of tho Bank when ? ho i resigned ; in 18G5. He than apant several years in Europe, retarding -u 1873, and engaging' in buslnewi hi Charleston.'' ile was. highly recomracbdr ed to Col.:Colt i.y !proni?hept dttoMh?f Columbia and elsewhere, upon tho'rhJtH of irhich ho wis given''tho appointment Indicated. The discovery' o? thiajowbl. educas- has given cuino for no littlo CQB> ment upon ti\o. .management of. the'?uidt lng of the linnie billa, and may bring; to '.fight ?ncUier stupend??* fraud apoti tho people. Tho ninc?ni ~J ,_Jto defalcation, an far, will probably bo covered l^y a few thousand dollar*; but the amount of, the bms , b?iendy ? presen teu for funding asic?ct to over?oven hundredthousand dollars, although it had not been <eup posed that rj\ore than four hundred thou ?andwero in ciUti"UCGi ;, Tho plates from which theao billa'jirefe printed are now at the Notth, and'liave boen over ?Ince They ;ma?'; have bec? properly used and,iakcu care of, but tho State ?T ~r ~ni???TO'tuw >""'??x"Sui?wwnBi bilii) have nr,? been printed since the Brisk waa closed. Tho unexpectedly large amount Ia hard io account for, and the recent transaction? of Mr. Laughlin nh ow that there h bo confidence what' ?vir tr? he plaebrt in his work. Thor* hus been un unfortunate amount of con Adenia on the pari,bf.-Commissioner OO??, which/?n this "case, amounts almost - U'genco, nineo Mr. .Co-it has virtu ligh character, i at) fres bffia e ima himself them. Thorr?. bills for funding, afterwards purchased in market somo of the very bills he bad presented, which be fortunately recog nized, oudat once set the investigation on foot which developed the swindle. This should be a Warning to our public officers hot to confide duties Which they should discharge to clerks, however much they may trust their efficiency and Integ rity, lu this case we hope the Htate bas 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 oflicers in the future which will repay the present loa. lu the mean time art example sudijlcTi be nmda oi Mr. Laughlin, if con victed, aa he must be from the testimony, which will add a wtoi&?me fear of pun iibment to *?f who may bo tempted to violate a public trust. orin; ir Ali ON WKXSKKV. ' Tlie Nena and Courier publishes the Act of ? 874 relating to the talc of spir ituous liquor?, and we reproduce it, as many of our readers may bave 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 l:/ing liquors, approved March 19,1874, provides : ? . I. That it shall be a misdemeanor, punishable with fine and imprisonment, to wilfully furnish ";.ny intoxicating drink, by sale, gift or otherwise, to any person of known intemperate habib, orto any person when drunk or intoxicated, or to a minor, ot to any insane person, for use os n beverage.*' .? IL That it shall be lawful "for any member of the family, or blood relation or guardian" of an 'atemp?rate person, minor or insane person, or for any Trial Justice of the towt ?1:1p, to give notice in'writing to any person or persons "en gfiged in retailing, eolllng or bnving in toxicating liquors, forbidding him or then: from furnishing such intemperate person, minor or: insane person with intoxicating liquort." III. That any person who shall furnish or cause to be furnished, within tinco months of the time of such notice, "any intoxicating liquors to such intemperate person, minor or. insano parson, to be used os a beverage,1" shall bo held sev erally "responsible for any injury to person or property which may occur in conse quence of such furnishing, and soy one aggrieved may recover damages against the person so furnishing by an action in stituted in any court of thia State having jurisdiction of civil actions." IV. That in caso any wife shall give such notice, "she shall be entitled to recover Af th* pincn furnishing intoxicating liquor to her husband" damages "for tbs main tenance of herself onc" family during the period when her husband, by reason ol imch furnishing, is incapable of provid ing for tho proper support of her oi them." V. That any person who shall soil in toxicating liquors, to bo drunk on thc premises when sold, whereby a person shall become intoxicated, shall, beside) the liability previously described, "bi liable to pay to the w\fe, parent, child ot guardian ot the person so fount! In toxi coted tho sum Cf five dollars for ever] ouch oflbnee." VI. That whenever any riot or othci breach of tho peace shall occur at an 8lace where intoxicating liquors are sol: io proprietor or koeper "hall be deemei ?nd taken tn be on aider and abettor ii such riot or other breton of the peace and shall be liable to be prosecuted an< punished as such, unless such person cai show that such, riot or other breach o tho peace WOP not caused by the person engaged therein becoming intoxicated oi said premises." Ibo provisions of this Act are ver; good, but tho f rfl '? of deeper root tba the lack of legislation. The fault I with publie opinion and with societj Whenever tho moral sentiment of acore enmity is brought to bear against intern pcrnnco the evil can be checked, but s long as it respectable to become intoxlet bated, and so long ar Bociety receive without condemnation tho man who gal drunk, so long will nil laws to repress th ovil be of no avail. If thoro !o a tompoi ance rcfoi m it must como from th determined disapprobation'of tho mon and and bonovolent portions ol' noctet condemning intemp?rance. It wouh however, be ?t good *de? to enforce tl ftbovo law, for by tho 'exhibition of tl determination to ouppress intemp?rant there would bo ? something for th publie sentiment to rally hr??nd find e; pi&ts1l3olf upon. Th oro Ima been a di bided ? .improvement on this subje recently. about Anderson,. but there oUll"room. Too temperance worker tho ministers in their pulpits mid tl ladles who rule society, should make determined and united fight upon whi key. '. With such ?; combination gre m?raj, social nnd material Iinprevcmei may be worked in tbe' inculcation principles of nobrioly, without which i people can bo prosperous, respected < kabpy. U-i mimi i .-. . Ai.Ti F?5 PARTY. . .The straits to which the Rep?blica ^ drivenfor. thc.purpose of dofendli Cjarfibld, aro very clearly shown by tl following lotter from Judge Lu ko P. P land to the .Republican State Cohve ven Hon of Vermont : Probably no man in Vermont knoi ffcoeral Garfield moro intimately thi I ntTBciT. Hu TV no In uougress duriug tl whole of my ten-year's service and f eight yeare we stood together In tl House and ever on terma of frlondidi sad intimacy. Of his eminent abilit power in debate and untiring devoth ta publie service I need not upeak. JH long service and lcad'ng position Congress ba?e made him known to i the Deopie of tlie country who tako ai Juiciest 4n public affairs. But. eur'p Utica! opponents affect to question I personal integrity and purity of chars ter, and to base their accasatioa up, tha evidence taken before a committee Congress of which I was cbalrma known aa the Credit Mobilier Comm tee. Now I desire to say to the Con ve tion and to ell who may i ncl any inten in my-opinion of ..General Otrneld, ,th nothing which appeared bo foro tb committee, or which ; appears la the repo7f, or any othor matter or thli which ever same to my knowledge regard to him, ever lcd mo to doubt i pcrioualintegrUy. I heitere, him to ' a vfioronghly upright and honest ma *AA who would be so under ail circe? al&jcoa and egaltwt any temptation. Tl ' Use that In being ruado of my namoi , OJ of the report of tba committee which w drawn .by mein wy opinion rankeslinra egf^ me to to ex press roy personal jud ment &a to tho chnrsejer of $?3 mac I n you todo me tho favor to <u>mmi>i?ic? thia n?to to tba COQT^U?GU. ..LUSKP. POLA??O. Kow, Jadgo Pclond trc? chairman ! tho committee which \6t'AAitsJjtA ? !&?.. ... ?Iii-.. receive- any atocle of the Credit Mobilier or of tho Union Pacific railroad, or any dividends or profita arising from either r/tbera." Oakes Amos 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 io 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 hot pay* for the same. Mr. Ames received the eighty per cent, dividend in bonds and sold them for ninety-seven per cent, and also received tho sixty per cent, cash dividend, which, together with the price of the stock and interest, left a balance of $829. This sum was paid over to Mr. Garfield by a check on ?he Sergeant-at-Arma, and Mr. Garfield then u udora toed this sum was the balance uf| divideuds after paying for the stock.' In this report Judge Poland expresses tho opinion of tho whole committee, in substance, that Gen. Garfield's sworn testimony was not truo, and that he did receive dividends aud profits ou', 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 bas acted, but it will bo difficult to convince tho country that a man who, asa member of congress, took dividends from Credit Mobilier stock and afterwards swore that be did not do so, ought to bo elected President of the United Skates. Judgo Poland either stultifies himself by bis lotter, or shows that he hos very loose ideas about personal integrity. We presume he meant to say that Garfield is as honest as the average run of Republican politi cians. Thia may bc true, but he has no claim to tho reputation of nh honest or honorable public servant until the find ings of Jitdg-j poland's committee are proven to be untrue-a task which tho innocent Garfield will not undertake, for ho knowa it cannot be accomplished. THE NOMINATION OF HANCOCK. The speech in which Hon. Daniel Dougherty, of Pennsylvania, presented the nemo of Gen. Hancock to the Cin cinnati Convention, waa both uuiquo and beautiful. It was shrewdly composed and elegantly delivered, touching the sentiment and tho judgment of tho Con vention, and contributed nc doubt to the favorablo consideration of tho Pennsyl vania candidate's claims for the nomina tion. Mr. Dougherty said : I proposo to present to the thoughtful consideration of the convention the name of ono who, on tho field of battle, was styled "tho superb," [cheers] yet won atill nobler renown os a military Gover ; nor, whose first act when in command of Louisiana and Texas waa to salute tho Constitution by proclaiming that tho military rule shall ?vcr be subservient to tbo civil power. The plighted word of a soldier was proved by the act of the statesman. I nominate ono whose name will suppress all factions (cheers], will bo alike acceptable to the North and to the Sooth ; a name thnt will tbrill the republic; a name, if nominated, of a man that will crush the last embers of sectional strife, and whoso numo will be the dawning of that day so long looked for, tho day of perpetu? brotherhood among tho people of America. With him os our champion wo can fling away cur shrouds and wago and aggressive war; with him we can appeal to the Bupreme majority of the American peo ple against the corruptions of tho Bo 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. O, my countrymen, in this supreme hour, when the destinies of the people are in your hands, pause, reflect, take heed, make no misstep. leay I nom- ? ?nate one who will carry every State of the South ; I nominato ono who will carry Pennsylvania loud [cheers],; carry New Jcreey [cheers], carry New York. [Loud cheer?.] I propose the name A voice, "Carry Ohio?"] Aye, aud carry Ohio. [Cheers.] I propose the name of the ecldler statesman, whoso record is os stainless aa his sword, "Win field Scott Hancock. [Loud cheers.] Ono word more; If nominated, ho will take his scat. [Loud cbeora.l After Mr. Dougherty left the platform, he turned .aud came hack. "Allow mo to say.ona word more," he said to tho Chair. Permission was accorded, when, Mr. Dougherty corrected his speech os follows: " "Gontlemen of the convention, I pray your pardon for one word. I said that ff il dominated'; I should hnvo said if 'elected,' Gen, Hancock will take bis seat." [Cheers.] Visitors to Clarendon Hall, in tho. city of New York, can witness tho strange eight of Dr. H. S. Tanner attempting to fast. fer forty dnya without taking any thing into his mouth except Water. - The test began on Saturday, the 27th of Juno last, and is conducted with Dr. Tann or fenced off from the audience so that it ia impossible to get near enough to him to hand him anything to cat.. He is also under constant watch to eeo that the test ls a genuine one, so that it will be well authenticated one way or tho other when the experiment is over. ?>, Tan ner says that his hunger at tho und of the first five days was Intense, '.nd that he did notoxpeet tho pain to b.como leas until after the 12th of July, at which ???V? ??io ii?i'n;vr irui disappear, and it will be a question of constitutional endurance aa to how long he cnn hold out. Th!? experiment will, if persevered in, be apt to decrease the reputation by the I number one, for it is a physical imposai i bility, according to all theory or experi I once, for lt to succeed. The attempt of Dr, Tanner looks Uko tho vagary of a madman. Judgo 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 tho charges against Gen. Warren of the United States Army at tho battle of Five Fork? during the lato war. Judge McGowan was conspicuously engaged in the fight on tho Confederate side ou tho routo to Five Forks, and the court de sired his memory and judgment as to Gea. Warren's conduct of tho Union forces nuder hi* command in the prelim inary fighting;. {Since his nomination for the presidency Gon. Hanpopk has been at his own request 'relieved of servie* QO this court, which wlli perhaps bo engaged for several weeks loathe examination *>f itnesjiea (md thc contfdcratioa of testi mony. t. prefers io! a which Gar jf l.b notovi Tbe first train ou the Augusta & Knox ville- Railroad, ran. over ono mile and a half of the completed track from the City of Augusta on last Saturday. Tho Road will be completed to Oreen wood, South Carolina, in about twelve months, and theo to Sp**tanburg 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 tjie 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 against tho Texas desperado Currie, who intuited Miss Cummings, a member of a theatrical company travel ing in Texas, and shot Porter, another member, who was traveling with Mies 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 acd a disgrace to tho civilization of the community in which it occurred. Such flagrant cases of acquittal as this give tho Southern Reates a lawless character, which tl; ?y do not deserve. The hang ing of a few such desperadoes as Currie would greatly improve the reputation of tho whole country. Atlanta celebrated the Fourth last Saturday in tho grandest style since the war. The visitors wero estimated at 20, 000. There was a procession of the mili tary,, firemen and vans representing the business industries. Senator Josoph 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 nigM, and thousands of peoplo were on tho streets. Tho Chicago Time?, in tho bitterness of its wrath at Hancock's nomination, suggests that the lamented Oaks Ames did not enjoy tbe acquaintance of Gen. Hancock. No, and the benuty 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 lost Monday, and blew down the second story of tho 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. Tho Reception tn Greenville and Interest ing- Views and Incidents Along the Konto to Cincinnati and Botarn. Tho recent session of the South Caro lina Stato Press Association in the city . of GroenvUlo was by far the moat largely nt tended and elicited the greatest interest nf any scsolon tho Association has over held-facta which aro largely ascribable to the ostensivo and agreeablo excursion which had boen arranged to wind up tho . coting. Among the many attentions and -ourtesies shown tho members of tho press along the whole length of the routo, it would be very difficult properly tc deaoribe any of thom ia an article of '.no length to which thia sketch must be confined. Upon tho meeting of tho Association IN GREEHVILI.K an address of welcome waa delivered by ox-Qov. 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, tho President of tho Association, who oyinced great readi ness and precision in tho remarks in which ho replied. This formal part of the program mo over, the citizens, In co operation with the journalists of tho Mountain City, in a hundred ways prac tically illustrated tho sincerity of tho welcoino'thoy had extended,, and took every occasion to add to the pleasure of tho Journaliste and show them the achlovomonts of Greenville's brain and vim and energy and liboral progressive pnblio spirit. Invitations to tho Col lego Commen?a merita were extended and accepted, though the exercises of. ?forman Uni versity, -which hod two graduates with tho dogroo or Master of Arts, ono of whom; was Mr. Walter Brown, of WR llamston In thia County, wore princi pally concluded before our arrival. i Tho Greenville Female College com mencement como off on Wednesday and Thursday, 'so that full opportunity was had for attending tho graduating exer cises of a class of eight or ten accom plished young ladlee. Tho Association as ? body visited tho College by Invita tlon on Tuuisday, .and. witnessed the Caltathonio drill of all tho students, and were dollghtod with tho'precision and rc?dlnco.1 with which tho many and varied evolutions woro gone through, lt being rendered ns systematically and perfectly aa any mil lin rv company could possibly go through tho evolutions of tho drill. On tho ovonlng of tho samo day tho graduating exorcises como off In such wanner that both tho Faculty of tho Oollego and the young ladles havo reason to bo highly congratulated. Tho accom plishment? of the lady graduates as evinced in their compositions'and man ner show them to have boen efficiently instructed and to have acquired valuable stores of knowledge. After the oom monuemont exercises wera concluded a reception was given to the graduating class at the College Chapel, at which the members of the Prosa Association wore invited guests, and enjoyed a very pleas ant ovonlng. Everything was in excel lent tasty., and tho 'occasion passed off with noue but pleasant memories to those who were present! Throughout tho entire display Piof. Townes im pressed himself as a most thorough and accomplished presiding officer and In structor, and tho scholars provo that ho la ably assisted by tho other members of tho Faculty, sc? that tho Greenville Fe male College convinced tho visitors present ?hat lt has a bright future In tho work of female education in South carolina. ..,!'.. Ono of th? ployant, attentions paid the Association hero waa the carriage drive over tho City on Thursday afternoon, wh}c}i gavo to many ot the Journalist?, who wcr6 in ijrsr>ny IRp for the first time, a new idea of tho. importance of this growing City, as lt hangs upon..a gmti* nlnpo at the base of thogr&tt Blue Klage, almost bono a Ik .-tlie shadow of ?iohaiOt? D)\ I'Atla Mnuutahv Its .'.street railway, UH HiaiHifif^rJes, Its spacious business j ho?0(*; ft? elegant priyaj^ reahi . .. ?i i Itu handsome chorcha?,. pR JmpfM-a th? visitor -with tho1 feel that St ls a plane of niul that its citizens aro fully up to thc spirit of tbo ago lu which they livo. On Friday morning an excursion.on a special train was had to Piedmont, whero Col. Hammett, tho projector and presi dent of the VJedmont Factory, with whose wonderful success our readers are already familiar, ehowed us through the Factory, which lu to bo doubled in size and capacity soon, and which for extent will oxecod any manufacturing enter prise in tho South, except the ~".ui/ld & Phoenix Co., of Columbus The Piedmont Factory is a (trana uce?is, and illustr?tes 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 twolve months is a sufficient comment upon Piedmont. Of courso, ovory ono present was delighted with tho visit and what was to bo seen upon it. The banquet givon to tho members of tho Prosti by tho citizens of Greonvillo was by no moans tho least of tho atten tions '-?tended. It waa really a sumptu ous and elegant artair, presenting a tablo beautifully decorated and laded with tho mont delicate and varied bill of faro which could br- providod to please and tempt tho appettto, whothor tho tasto should most delight in tho liquid or the solid form of partaking. The tablo was presided ovor by Col. William Beattie, tlio Proaidont of tho Qroonvtllo Board of Trado, who, et tho conclusion of tho ro post, proposed as tho first toast of tho evening "Tho South Carolina Press As sociation," to which Mr; Crows, tho Pros idont ol' tho Association, respondod in un excellent address. Tho next toast pro posed was "South Carolina," and Gov. Simpson was called on to rospond to tho sentlmont, which ho did in a short and appropriate speech, in which he ox pressed the bellof that "tho State is oil rising ground," and entering upon au ora of unprecedented- prosperity. Gen. Johnson Hagood was next called for to rupond to "Our Visiting Friends," which ho did in a few well chosen words. Maj. W. J. Houston, of tho Air Bino Railroad, and Capt. W. E. Earlo were called upon to respond to "Our Railroad ConnectlouB," Capt. Patrick then re sponded to "Our Educational Institu tions," and Col. H. P. Hammett to "Our Manufacturing Interests," after which Rev. J. C. Furman, D. 1>., was ? called out upon tho theme, "Tho Pulpit," aud made a most admira ble address in that elegant tasto and in toresting stylo which always character ize his speeches. The speaking for tin evening was concluded by Maj. H. T Wardlaw, of tho Abbeville Prcs$ ant Banner, who responded to tho toast "Woman," In a most felicitous and hap py manner. At about eleven o'clock tho guests de parted, and many of tho journalists ac copied tho Invitation to attend the Bal givon at tho Mansion Houao by thi Mountain City Club, whoro tho beauty and grace of Greonvillo wero assembled presenting a most beautiful and interest lng picture of loveliness. Several ver? pleasant hours wero spent at this enter talnmont, whoro thoso w ho enjoyed in fascinations of thc dance and thoso win contented themselves with tho pleasure of conversation, were made to feel them selves equally at home, and wero eqnali; agreeably entertained, so that tho buspi tality of the Mountain City Club and it most pleasant attendants upon this occa Bion Will not soon bo forgotten. On Saturday morning a number of th visiting journalists wont out to Got Perry'H olegnnt mansion, "Sans Souci, some three milos from tho City, v.-her they were most cordially welcomed an hospitably entertained by tho ex-Go\ ornor, who ls a mose interesting convoi satloualist, having .% mind well ?tore with science, literati.ro and history. H is a polished gentleman, conversant wit men and current o vet'ts, and mada a ri markably strong Impression upon *fc members of. tho Press, who had tl: pleasure of meeting bim porsonall; HU residence is most beautifully situ: tod upon au eminence, surrounded I majestic oaks and commanding a maj nl?cent viow of tho Blue Ridgo Moni talus in the States of North Carolin South Carolina and Georgia, giving.1 tho charmed spectator a range of vie reachii^Y over some ono hundred mil of territory. With this natural beaui and grandeur tho ox-Governor bau tl most extensivo, handsome and best a lected library in tho up-country, and spending his timo in th3 .enjoyment the pleasures which these things a Obi . At half-past throe Major W. J. Hon ton, of tho Air Lino Railroad, assumi ch argo of the exounJon pr and, plo lng UH in two now and commodlo coaches upon ii the Air Lino, \ started to Atlanta, fooling that wo wc in pleasant hana's, bonnd for a mc agreeable excursion. Oar readers kuc ?hat tho Air Lino ls ibo princo of Soul ern roads, and that its management, tho hands of Col. G. J. Foreacro and M I Io un ton, is equal to that of any Road: this country. It ts a progressiv* . irpoi tlon, which realises tho in.-", rt an tie providing for tho future, and ito poll has been to build up and develop t country through which it passes by c< tributing in its freight pud passen' rates to any thing which will bring I migrants or capital. along its ll' Thorefore it hus started eoveral colon of settlers upon its rome, and now has agont in 8wK*?rIuu? for the purpose bringing ont small farmers from t country with suf?cloiit capital to I and cultivate little farms in the Pi mont belt of South Carolina and uppor portion of Georgia through wb tno Road posses. This eonrse of tho . Lino lsdovoloping tho country rapid and lt is not to bo wondered that Road with such wise and progress polloy IA in thorough order and ev way delightful to travel upon. Loav GreonvP1^ wo passed through a prc and well milt!vated section of P.ckons i Oconco counties, reaching Toccoa ( '?br supper considerably before anndoi After leaving Toccoa wo passed throi a ragged and picturesque county, v the Currabce Mountain and Broad RI ?j-alloy upon , the loft, and numerous-I and distant vlows of the' lofty pcakt the Blue Ridge upon thc right. In of the ravines upon tho left ls a bea' ful geyser ?ponting up for nome fifi feet from the ground and returning sparkling drops and white spray to fe tho Ut?? rlL" which trickles down mountain aide, forming, a* Hugh Ml h>s beautifully expressed it, "one of lura's saws, which are cutting down hills." Tho fountain In thia InsUno formed by gathoring thvltUio streacn a tube on tho hills abovo and brlngln undor ground to tho outlet gomo d'>Cn belftw, wherb the well known' j tine of hydrostatic* foioea it upws,*d t height nearly equal to die month of (abo through which it is brought. M think it spouts up spontaneously ou l-WGtidcr. which it appears to be? thone j is only ono of tho pretty evidence-* of I entorprtoo and doflro to pl cuso J ts pasi Rpr* pu |he part of tho J&e I/ino Ralln Tlu? Road pasco* throngh thlsoeantlf ragged country until it reaches Mt. A tho highest railroad elevation on ?he lino from New York tu Kow Orleans. Hero Maj. Houston stopped tko train long enough for those who' desired, to go upon the hotel observatory and' vlow tho mag nificent landscape presented from thia devotion. , li was at the hour of carly twilight, when tho last red rays not ' '< sun, which bad set, were streaming over the lofty peaks of the distant mountains to tho west, Investing them with n love liness and graudour which they possess at no other hour of the day. The vlow ls far reaching and magnificent, so that it ls not strange that many seekers after rest and pleasure dollght to visit Mt. Airy, whore there ls so much of natural beauty, both of landscape and mountain, to at tract and please. The ascent from Toccoa to Mt. Airy ls rapid, and for tomo miles after leaving Mt. Airy the descent is almost as marked. From this point to Atlanta tho country ls unattractive, and but for the vlow of Stone Mountain, some twenty mile; to titn left just before reaching Atlanta, thero would be nothing of special ir I??re; it to tho traveller. This mountain ls noted as a considerable clovatoln of granito, rising In regular uhapo in ?. plain many milos distant from any rango of mountains or any other peak. We arrived in Atlanta ut half-post ton o'clock, and wore comfortably quar tered at tho Kimball HOUHO, ono of tho 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 throo o'clock, tho party startod on tho Western ?fe Atlantic Hailnvd for Chattanooga. This is tho celebrated State Hoad of Georgia, which, 'when completed, an nually involved a heavy expenso to tho Stato to run lt, until Hon. {Joseph 12. Brown waa elected Governor and ap pointed Dr. J. W. Lewis Superintendent, after which tho Hoad annually paid large sums into tho Stato treasury, thereby materially reducing the taxes of tho State. Since tho war this Road has boen leased to a company, of which Gov. Brown is President, for the sum of threo hundred thousand dollars per annum, which is paid into tho State treasury reg ularly at tho rato of twonty-flvo thousand dol?ais per month. After paying tho Stnto this large sn.m, the company koop tho Hoad und its rolling stock in thorough ropair, and make handsomo dividends foi themselves, showing how profitable the lines of railroad crossing the mountains for the purposo of bring ing Western commoreo to. tho Atlantic Ocean may he ruado, and afibrding ac Irresistible argument upon a financial basis in favor of tho construction of the Blue Ridge RMI road fe- South Carolina, which would Bhorten ,he t Istanco to the West from tho Atlantic coast by from ono hundred and fifty to two hundred milo?, giving to us tho imraenso advan tages always to be found along tho great trunk lines of comiuorco between two great and rapidly developing sections of our country. Upon this Hoad wo found one of tho Air Line cars, provided es pecially for tho accommodation of the Press Association, and the handsome private coach of Gov. Brown was ten dered to Gov. Simpson and accepted by him asan additional amount of room and convenience for the party. Col. B. W. Wrenn, of the Westonr& Atlantic Hoad, Col. E. P. Wilson, General T'-'kot Agent, Mr. J. W. Marsiella, Assistant. Secretary of tho Cincinnati Southern Hoad, and Mr. J. F. Blaokburne, Seoretary of ;he Board of Trade of Cincinnati, met thc Association in Atlanta, and accompanied us on tho excursion. Tho speed of travel upon this Hoad ls very rapid, and th( running is smooth and accompanied with veiy little noise. All nlong th? lino of this Road may bo seen tho rc mains of entrenchments and fortifica' tionB'UBed by Johnston's army dunn;: the Into war, and thero is scarcely a towt upon tho rou to which did not witness om or moro sanguinary conflicts betweon th? contending armies. Tho Kcnnesav range of mountains, which riso to th loft of tho Road, about thirty milos abovi Atlanta, presents some pretty views, an< ?? tho foaturo along this route, which ha given its name to tho line which i known as tho "Konnesaw Ronte," ii which the Western & Atlantic Road is prominent link. Further, on w strike a fertilo and veil cult?vate section of tho Stato, through which th Etawa River wends its courso. Thia is muddy stream, with broad stretches c bottom lands, which aro greon wit promising crops of corn. Somo distanc above this stream wo como to Timm HUI, tho highest piLit between Atlant and Chattanooga, and which takes it narao from tho celebrated tunnel thor which ls ono of the first railroad tunne' over constructed lu the United States. 1 is something over a half milo iii long tl and, for tho most part, la located throug solid ,rock. At the timo it was complete this tunnel ranked, as ono.Of the rallroo wonders of the ago, but it has of lal years boon sb Dar exceeded lu length, di flcu^tr of consttucUo? and lmporlanc that it is by no means romork?bl From this point to Chattanooga lt is gradual declino in altitude, cito height Atlanta which is lower titan Tunn HUI, being itself several hundred fe higher from tho loved . of tho BOO, a fa which would not bo -expected, Kin Chattanooga ls right In tho mountain Tho rt ream s through this section a sluggish and in somo cases ' stagn?t The limestone crops out as a promlno foaturo of tho soil, and the production confined to ceioals, corn and grossi with very littlo of colton, which ls oi dontly a poor crop for that country* Just lo the left - of Chattanooga'ls M donivy Ridge, a gradually 'ascend! rango of hills, upon-which .ono oft most Important and disastrous confilt of tho Confederate War wa* foug whoro General Bragg allowed his fhn to bo driven from a Ono and advan goons position without so much as ev a serious effort to maintain his Iii Traveling oh a fow milos landed ns it Chattanooga, which is a ?mall city considerable rr-, J facturan; importan situated upon ino loft hank of tho T< nossee River and at tho foot of f ook< Mountain. Here -we rested at tho SU ton House, a spacious and elegant hoi which, In its cuisine and > appoint me: la equal to tho best. The morning vi from thia hotel, as thc soft light of t rising. sun dears up the grand mot tains and tho bright river to the sight tho dollghted tourist, ia ono the m picturesqeo and fascinating-that can Imagined. In timos of high fresh* howpvor, wc are told that this picture beauty is exchanged for one of terr and often suffering and prtvaUon, as j Tennessee River, swollen by a thoura torrente, from tho surrounding moi tains which enclrc]o Chattanooga, ov flows Ita banks and deluge* tho gros portion of tho city, ?omotimssr'alng ii tho Hccond story of many of ibo busln house? and residences. Tho city is nc pretty one, haying but two prjr.el streets, and tho balance of It-being s< toted around without- any apparent i Nott week wc will finish tho sketch this trip, giving some impressions ofi scenery and character ?>f tha country Cincinnati, ami comparing lt with ? portion of South Carolina, - There are now three Hebiew? io , Congress-Messrs. Jonas, Morse ami Einstein. lu tho House there are six Qerman Representative, amoug whom ire Heilman, of Indiana; Poebler, of Minnesota ; Muller, of New York ami Deuster, of Wisconsin. - A suggestion has been made by the Boston Herald that "the Republican National Committee should assert the he nationality of the party by making rigorous campaigns in the Southern ?tatca." It adds: "Prominent Rep?bli cas of the North, like Blaine, Conkling, Logan, Ingersoll, and others, would be .espectfully listened to in the South, and J y going there they would accustom the Southern people to broader and more tolerant views of political differences." A GREAT ENTERPRISE.-The Hop [litters Manufacturing Company is one >f ItochcKtcr'e greatest business enter irises. Their Hop Bitters have_ reached \ sale beyond all precedent, having from heir intrinsic value found their way into dino it every household lu the land. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Fxecutor of tho l?state of Mrr. Ann Hvynie, dee'd, hereby rives nolie? that he will apply to tho I idge of Probate for Anderson County, on :he 10th day of August, 1880, for a Final settlement ??f said Estate und dischargo from ris oilicc as Executor. J. II. LITTLE, Ex'r. July 8,18?) 02 .5 FOR SALE. ONE Forty Sow Gullett Oin ; ono Utlcy Press; one Leonard Smith Smutter. Lil in good running order. Terms cash, or rood merchantable paper. Apply ot An irew & Provosts, Anderson C. H., or at my Pai?i. J. WILLET PREVOST. July 8, 1880 52 3 Stockholders' Meeting. TUE Stockholders of the Anderson Far mers' and Mechanics' Association are requested to meet in the Court' House tv Anderson on Wednesday, tho 14th inst. A full attendance is desired. By order of tho President. J. L. TRIBBLE, Secretary. July 8, 1580 62 I Notice to Road Overseers. BY resolution of tho Board of County Commissioners, it was decided that -he Public Roads or highways Bhould be tvorked out ami put tn good order by tho loth August, 1880. You will, therefore, warn out all hands liable to Road Duty, and put your respec tivo sections in good traveling condition by the ubovo specified time. All Overseers no?;rctlng or refusing to iomp'." with this ord'.r will bo dealt with ia tho law directs in such cases. R. S. BAILEY, N. O. FARMER, WM. S. HALL, County Commissioners. July 8, 1880 . 52 4 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. BY virtue of Executions to me direct ed, I will expose to salo on the First Monday in August, A. D. 1880, before the Court House door at Anderson, the follow ing property, to wit : All of tho Plaintiffs interest in one Tract jf Land, containing ninety live (DJ) acres. ?ore or less, situated in Anderson County, jounded by landa of Joel Ellison, John Siddlo and others. Levied on as thc prop ?rty of Minerva Wynne, the Plulntilf, in favor of McDovld and Duncan and A. S. Duncan, Defendants, for cost of snits. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to poy jxtra for all necessary pupers. JAMES a. .MCCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. July 8, 1880 52 -1 ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Hi the Ditiriet Court of the United Stairs, DU trict of South Girolina. In Re. \ B. A. McAll8ter, Bankrupt, J Petition to Sell Ex Parte \ Peal Estate. J.H. McConnell, Assignee. J BY virtue of on order of his Honor Judgo Oeorgo S. Bryan, I will sell at Ander son Court House, South Carolina, on SALE DAY IN AUGUST next, tho following Real Estate, f wit ; Two Tract? or iota orland " Of said B. A. McAlister, sltuato In tno County of Anderson, on the Tacker's Mill Road, andon bronches 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 live ocres, adjoining Lot No. 1, hinds be longing to David Crawford, Estate of John Wakefield, Phillip Cromer, Weston Hajn and others. LOT NO. 2, Contoining ono hundred . and sixty-flvo acres, adjoining lands belonging to Major Janies Thompson, David Crawford, Lot Nb. 1, and others. . Plats containing courses, distances, <&., of tho above Lota may bo aeon by calling upon the undersigned. TERMS OF SALE. One-half cash; the balance on a credit of I Iwclvo mont!:.?, with interest from day of I sale, to ba scoured by bond and mortgage, The purchasers to pay extra for all papers. JAMES H. MCCONNELL. Assignee, , July 8,1880 62 . . 4 ? Valuable Property in Town of Belton. IWILL offer for salo on SALEDAY TS SEPTEMBER noxt, Ot Anderson, S. Cj, tho following described property in the Town of Beltj.:n : STOREHOUSE AND LOT. Lot one-quarter ocre, moro or less. House I 21 by 81 feet, three stories. Including base ment; basement 24 bv GO feet- ?h?!?fn**?A I count. . pointed ; storeroom 24 by iS'tczC, ' shelving and counters painted. Room od- I Joining Store-room 16 by 20 feet, j third story 24 by 73 feet, not ceiled. Fire places In each story. Good shingle roof. DWELLING AND LOT. Lot three acres, moro or leas. House 18 by -ii feet fror.?; t ;-o front rooms 18 by 18 feet; h nit-way 8 ice?.; extension to rea?, and built with main bony of house, 18 by 85 feet, containing bed-room, dining-room, Bntry and kitchen. Platxa io front 10 by feet ; roar 10 by 35 feet, both with bolus tera, &o. Two chimneys, three fire-places. Honse finished, and painted inside and cut Good well of water, garden, stable, ?fcc. Property can be bought at private sale before Saleday in September. TERMS-Cash, or satisfactory paper. J. N. SUTHERLAND, . Belton, 8. C. Juno 17.1880 40 12 The X4^. "PEOPLE'S" SEV ISligl ha Wlieri fur cir AT COST, AT COST, AT COST. NEW YORlT cASH STORE OFFERS IT8 ENTIRE STOCK AT COST! TO THE PEOPLE OF ANDERSON COUNTY: ^VT^E propose to offer our entire stock tho acknowledged largest in tho entire up country Dry Goods, Boots. Shoes, Clothing, Hats, AND EVERYTHING* ELSE, AT NEW YORK COST I .., . .. ... : "...,; ',. !;-.f,fi ... /In'' -:?d) Why Po We Do This ? BECAUSE oui- Stock ls too largo for this season of tho year ! BECAUSE wo niako moro hy helling everything at cost than carrying over, as to nil indications, Goods aro going to bo low noxt season. BECAUSE wo need every inch of our largo store for an..immense stock of Fall Goods. BECAUSE the people expect of us to follow the example of tho leading Store in every city td have a great "Clearing Sale." BECAUSE we can afford it, and we '..>oio our hundreds of customers appreciate our efforts. Lay asido your prejudices, and don't think that Charleston, Atlanta or New York are the only plato* where you buy what you want at a low figure. We say-give us a trial, and you will bo agreeably disappointed and highly pleased. No house can buy for less than wo do, and no house can sell for less than we do. ARNSTEIN & ROSE. Andereon, S. C.. June 17.18.'0. OUR IS COMPLETE, From which we can most conveniently load Wagons with tho 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, . Thrco Car Loads New Orleans and Mus covado Molasses, 800 bushels Tennessee Corn, Two Car Loads Excellent Flour, Ono Car Load Liverpool Salt, 25 barrels best Northern Beed Potatoes. Wo have also a largo stock of Plonglis, Sugar, Coffee, Boota and Sboen, Dry Good?; Hardware, Hats, Yankee Notions, And in fact almost every kind of Goods needed by tho public-;-from a Paper of Pin? vp to a Hogshead of Idotatset, Wo offer our Goods for cash or on credit until next Fall at reasonably low prices-io good and prompt paying cuitomem. Como and trade with us. . BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO. Anderson, 8. C., Feb. 12,1880. NEW SlOjFSK?K IDESIRE to Inform my old customers, and tho publia goucrally, that I huvO returned to Anderen und o?cnaa' r. ?iirar "?^^',""" wi" bo pleased tb rccolvo orders cither for. N Making of Reparing Boots or Shoes. I will superintend ail work dono in my Shop, and guarantee that tt will be done In tho best of style. I will usa only good ma terial, and employ none but tho best of Workmen. All work delivered according Co.'s Store, Granit? Bow. , R- Y. II, NANCE June3,1880 47 . *r> TESTATE NOTICE. JU All persona having claims against ?be Estate of John B. Adger. J/., deceased, will pleaso render them, properly attested: and all persons Indebted Xn said Estate will piesse make payment to the undersigned. : . JOnN B. AUGER, T i. , ,MftAdm r" Will mnexed. 3 Running ZING MACHINES, THF) 'EOPL?'3'* SiWNGfflACHIN? !?LrUH n,.tg' hj? 6|n>l>le tcwlon, lc large, baa ita*?y threadetl elpjUIo, wiudda bobbin wilhont running thc works of thc MACHINE! and ls sb ?Imple in ita .construction that lt Is . easily understood . the Pcoplo'a Madrina U the test for ?ll tfnds pf F?n.liy Spwlng. D^t jp usc. " VIC W^VN'?: AQ*3?f????t BVp m KWW?ed. Semi m*. S?w?tf? Hmm co,,