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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 12, 1880. TBKMS: ONE YEAB.._.....81.50. SIX MONTHS_w_. 75. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT. ? GEN. W. S. HANCOCK, OF PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. FON. W. H. ENGLISH, OP INDIANA. STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.. For Governor. Gmr. JOHNSON KAGOOD. For Ueuteuaut-Governor. Gkk. J. D. KENNEDY. For Comptroller General. J. 0. COrr, Esq. For Secretary of State. Col. R. M. SIMS. For Attorney General. Gmr. LEROY F. YOTJMANS. For Superintendent of Education. Maj. HUGH S. THOMPSON. For Adjutant and Inspector General* Gkk. ARTHUR M. MANIGAULT. For State Treasurer. Col. J. P. RICHARDSON. For Presidential Electors. At Large? Hon. John L. Manning, Col. ? Wni. Elliott. First District?Gen. E. W. Moise. Second District?Hon. C. H. Simon ton. T'drd District?J. S. Murray, Esq. Fourth District?Col. Cad. Jones. Fifth District?Hon. Q. W. Croft. GItAND BAIXY AT WTT.T.TAMBTON. Williamston leads off in the first im? portant meeting of the campaign, and ? we trust the meeting announced for that place on Thursday next, the 19th inst., ' will be extensively attended by the mem bei? of the Clubs and citizens generally of tie surrounding country. We espe? cially bespeak the presence and approba . tiou. of the ladies at this meeting, for if they will only attend its success is as? sured. The meeting is really an impor? tant one, as foreshadowing the enthusiasm which is to characterize the canvass in this County. The locality for beginning the canvass in this County could not hara been more judiciously selected, for our Williamston friends are an enthusi? astic, energetic and whole-souled people, who are sure to make a success of any meeting that is in furtherance of the cause of Democracy. THE GREENVILLE BAELBOAD. On last Monday the taking of the tes? timony before the Master in relation to the disputed sale of the Greenville & Columbia Railroad was begun. The tes? timony shows that the Road with its franchises was first cried off to Mr. Courtenay at the sum of $2,398,600, upon the announcement of which by the Mas? ter, Mr. Cummings immediately claimed the bid. Under the circumstances the Master immediarely re-opened the sale, when it was again knocked down to Mr. Courtenay. at thesum of$2,963,400. Mr. Courtenay and the Company he repre? sents now claim that they should take the property at the sum at which it was first cried off. The parties interested are the purchasers and bondholders, and the amount involved $569,800. The Road would now sell for the larger sum if put up at public auction. The testimony taken by the petitioners proves that there was a mistake when it was first knocked down, that there was no fair sale of the Road except at the last bid, and that common justice to the bondholders, who have already lost so much on their bonds, requires that the purchasers should be held to their last bid, or that the Road should be ordered resold. * O?KES ABIES AND GEN. GARFIELD. The sons of Oakes Ames have pub? lished a lengthy appeal to the American people in behalf of their father's memo? ry, justifying his connection with the Credit Mobilier Company, and denying that there was any bribery or fraud in the management of the affairs of the Company. They admit that members of Congress (among whom it will be recol? lected was Gen. Garfield, the Republican candidate for President,) purchased stock of the Company and received their divi? dends, but allege that the Company sought no further Congressional legisla? tion, and therefore the Company could not have sought to bribe members of Congress. This is plausible but decep ceptive. The Company had procured all the legislation it desired, and what it I wanted was to stop all further legislation, that its action and doings, its frauds and corruptions might not be exposed and j prevented, and for this purpose leading members of Congress, among whom was Gen. Garfield, ,vere enlisted in its favor by the donation to them, or the purchase j by them, of stock of the Company. But if every word of this "appeal" was true, aud if it wholly exonerated j Oakes Ames and all the stockholders, it does not relieve Gen. Garfield. Oakes Ames swore before the Congressional J Investigating Committee, and the Com? mittee believed him, that Gen. Garfield purchased stock of the Company, and j received the dividends upon it, and that j he never loaned Gen. Garfield a dollar, and that he never applied to him for such loan. Gen. Garfield swore before the same Committee that he never pur? chased from Oakes Ames any of the stock of said Company, never received a dollar of dividends on the stock, but that he did apply to Gen. Ames for the loan of money, and that Ames did loan him the exact amount of the dividends^upon the stock which Ames swore he sold him. Now there is perjury here, and will the "sous of Oakes Ames" admit that their father was the guilty party. We think not. The Committee of Congress did not believe it, the country at the time did not so believe, nor does the country to? day believe it. Gen. Garfield stands to day before the country either as impli? cated in the "Credit Mobilier" frauds and bribed by the Company, or as a per? jured man. With the late revelations of Jen. McDonald as to the coi. ..ption of Grunt and his administration, will the American people place such a man as Gen. Garfield, the corrupt tool of a cor? rupt administration, in the seat once { occupied by Washington, Jefferson, Mad? ison and Munroe ? The country cannot afford to do so. The sacrifice is too great?that of its honor, integrity and good name at home and abroad. * A LIVELY FIGHT AHEAD. There is no longer any doubt as to the course of the present canvass in South Carolina. The Democrats will have no walk-over the track this time, for the Republican corpse has been sufficiently galvanized to present the appearance of a very lively fight. Their State Execu? tive Committee has decided to call a State Convention for the first of Septem? ber to nominate an Electoral and State ticket, which means a fierce, partisan and malignant contest for mastery in this State, practically between the white and the colored man. It is to be regretted that it should assume such an aspect, but Elliott, Smalls, Swails, and such creatures, assisted by a few white men without character or interest in the coun? try?some of them paid with revenue and other Federal offices to do this base work for the National administration? have decided once again to lead the ignorant and duped colored men of South Carolina solidly for the overthrow of the conservative, wise and economic admin? istration of the Democratic party, and for the re-establishment of that corrupt, ignorant and profligate reign which Re? publicans themselves have dubbed "the era of good stealing." The gauge of battle will be thrown down. We have but one alternative. It is either to main? tain, the redemption we have won, or lapse into the tyranny we have over? thrown. There is but one solution to this problem.. The State will not be permitted to return to Radicalism. Our people will again as one man rise to crush the hydra-headed monster?Re? publicanism?and its defeat in Novem? ber will be so overwhelming that it will not rise to molest us again for another decade. Onr people, however, must work, and they had better begin the preparation for the struggle at once. Unity and enthusiasm are the requisites of victory, and the experience of 1876 will only the better secure the full play of these qualities in the present canvass. THE WHISKEY RING EXPOSED. That the administration of Gen. Grant was corrupt has been established by the investigation of several Congressional Committees, but that Gen. Grant was knowingly a party to the corruption has been denied by his friends. A book lately published by Gen. John Mc? Donald, a leading member of the whis? key ring, makes new revelations of the whiskey ring frauds, and implicates Gen. Grant as one of the ring, using his exec? utive powers to form and protect the ring, and knowingly receive his part of the spoils. These revelations are start? ling, and creating considerable sensation in the North and West. McDonald says: "There was, I repeat, an under? standing between the President, Ford, Joyce and myself that a 'ring* should be formed, the proceeds from which should constitute a campaign fund, to advance the interest of the administration." This ring was formed for the express purpose of defrauding the government of the revenue arising from the whiskey trfficin the West, and Gen. Grant is now so clearly implicated in it, not only by the declarations of Gen. McDonald, but by the letters written at the lime by differ? ent members of the ring, that if inno? cent it will not do for him longer to re? main silent. It will not do for Babcock, Ford, Joyce or any of the other conspi? rators to attempt the exculpation of the ex-President, but if he would acquit him? self of these disgraceful accusations he must himself explain and refute them, not by a simple denial, but by such cor? roborating facts as shall, in the judgment of the American people, exonerate him. That the whiskey ring, Treasury and other Department frauds have disgraced his ad mis trat ion is sadly true. It was a sense of the disgracefulness and corrup? tion of his administration that defeated him as the candidate of his party for a third term. JUDGE COOKE YIELDS THE FIELD. The Greenville News of Saturday con? tains the following card from ex-Judge Thompson H. Cooke, who, it will be re? membered, was one of the representa? tives from Greenville County to the last Legislature. The card shows that the ex-Judge is very indignant in conse? quence of the attitude assumed towards him by a respectable portion of the Dem? ocratic party of his County on account of his past political affiliations, and that in the future he intends to leave the "party success" entirely to the efforts of others. Whatever may be the intention of Judge Cooke in withdrawing from the race for the Legislature, there is no doubt that the language of his card will admit of more than one reasonable construction. The card is as follows: Greenville, S. OL, Aug. G, 1880. To my Friends of Greenville County : Gentlemen?Allow me to express my sincerest thanks for the kind and gen? erous support accorded me by you in the past, and to announce that I will not, under any circumstances, be a candidate for re-election to the Legislature, because I find that I am the source of some dis? cord in the Democratic party here. There are those of the party, of some respectability, at least, in poiut of num? bers, who act and talk as though it were a matter of indifference to them whether any one, who at any time, saw proper to co-operate with the Republican party, had a right to any immunity or consid? eration from the Democratic party. This stripe of the Democracy I certainly re? gard in no less unfavorable light than they do me. It is, therefore, under such circumstances most congenial to me, to step aside and leave the held to them to manage their personal and the party success. In conclusion, permit me to say that whatever may be my course in the future, politically,- the welfare and interest of the great masses of the people who have stood by me, will be cared tor to the ut? most extent of my humble ability. I am, very respectfully, Thompson H. Cooke. ? Ex-Judge Samuel W. Melton sayB that he had never entertained any inten? tion of becoming a candidate for Gover? nor upon the Republican or any other ticket, and that he does not know of any intention to nominate State officers upon a Republican ticket. ? The report of Comptroller John Kelly shows that the debt of the City of New York to be $102,565 666, having been reduced since December 31st last 1786,447. gen. hemphjxl quits politics. Gen. R. R. Hernphill, editor of the Abbeville Medium, and who has been a member of the Legislature from Abbe? ville County for the past four years, has retired from politics, much to the regret of his many friends in his own County as well as in the entire State. The last issue of his paper contained the follow? ing card: To the People of Abbeville County : I have been solicited by many influen? tial men in various parts of this County to run for the Legislature again. I have thoughtfully considered the matter, and find that it will be ruinous to my private interests to do so. Situated as I am I And that it will require my whole time properly to attend to my newspaper and meet the demands of an increasing law practice. I therefore take this public method of thanking the people of Abbe? ville for the kindness heretofore shown to me, for the honors conferred upon me and to decline to allow my name to be used as a candidate at this time. I do not retire in the interest of any man. Robert R. Hemphill. An Associate Press dispatch from At? lanta, dated August 9, gives the follow? ing information about the Georgia Dem !ocraticState Convention: "The Demo? cratic Conventon has been in session five days without much hope of making nom? inations under the two-third rule. The twenty-ninth ballot was unchanged, nnd the Convention adjourned until to-mor? row. The majority will not leave Gov? ernor Colquitt for any other man that can be named, as he is within twenty of a two-third vote of -the Convention.? 1 The matter will be referred to the people with a recommendation from the majori? ty to elect Governor Colquitt. All par? ties will unite on the electoral ticket, and the platform and candidates of the Cin? cinnati Convention will be endorsed. The party will act in harmony with the | National Democracy." judge mackey's trip north. A correspondent of the News and Cou? rier, writing from Columbia under date! j of August 9, says: Judge Thomas J. Mackey, who passed through the city to-day on his return to Chester from an extended visit North, gave an amusing account of the tremors and perplexities of the Republican cam? paign orators who propose to carry the oloody-shirt banner into the South during the approaching campaign. He stated that it was certain that they would come, especially to South Carolina, which they claim to consider a doubtful State, and that their efforts will be thorough and desperate to influence the vote. He took the liberty of inviting about twenty five of them to the State, under the fol? lowing circumstances: These twenty-five, he said, consulted him severally, in different places, with gravity and earnestness, concerning their treatment by the whites, in the event of their coming. They were anxious to know whether, if they conducted their meetings with propriety and their speech? es with courtesy, the Democrats would oppress them by riddling them with buckshot or annihilate tbem by exploding torpedoes under the speakers' stands, 1 these being considered the pet methods of Southerners when wishing to cut short unpalatable addresses. The Judge said that he endeavored to re-assure them, merely hinting that if they should devote their speeches to abuse of our people as villains and cut? throats who should be speedily hung, I some unmarketable eggs might be forcibly offered them; and that they were satisfied with this assurance, and would endeavor | to be present. Judge Mackey also consulted with John Kelly, who impressed him by the size of his brain, and he has accepted invitations to address the great Tammany Hall meeting on the 25th of September, and other campaign meetings in the interior of New York State. He thinks that Senator Hampton will be urgently invited to the North during the canvass and that his services there will be of 1 great value to the Democracy. A. Severe Letter from Gen. Cash to Senator Cutler. [From the National Republican.] The following correspondence will ex? plain itself: Cash's Depot, S. C, July 31,1880. To the Postmaster at Washington: On Saturday last I mailed a letter at this place, directed te T. L. Middleton, Washington, D. C. xhe letter contain? ed my reply to the letter of M. C. Butler, published in the Charleston News and Courier, and was sent to Mr. Middleton to have published in the Washington papers?the papers in this State refusing j to publish lest it might injure the Demo? cratic party. The Democratic party is not taking any very especial care of me,! and I desire the letter published. If the letter to Mr. Middleton has not been taken from the office, please deliver it to any editor, Radical or Democrat, in your city who will publish it. As I have not heard from Mr. Middleton I fear he has left Washington and has not receive 1 or taken my letter from the office. Yours*respectfully, E. B. C. Cash. general cash's open letter to gen? eral butler. Cash's Depot, S. C, July 18, 1880. General M. C. Butler, U. S. S., Edgcfield Court Bouse, S. C: General : I have seen your letter of I the 13th published iu the News and Cou? rier, and I believe every friend you have must blush for shame at your conduct. It is the first time in the history of this I State (and probably the first in any civ I ilized land), that one occupying the j exalted position in which the people of South Carolina have (unfortunately) placed you has disgraced and degraded that position by making an unprovoked, uncalled-for, basely false and cowardly at? tack upon a private citizen, who has tamely and willingly submitted to the laws, awaits and courts a full investiga? tion of his conduct and asks for nothing more than a fair trial and even-handed justice. You, sir, have prostituted your high office to array public opinion against me and to have judgment passed upon me without a hearing. Your course was "unprovoked and uncalled for," as I had never expressed to any one the unbounded contempt I had for you. Your attack is "cowardly," for you assail me 71016- when I am in the fetters of the law. Your attack is "basely and mali iciously false," for while you profus to "know nothiug of the merits of the case," you carefully misrepresent (and to my in? jury) the facts you do know, and you have the brazen effrontery to use the words '?swasb-bucker" and "border ruffianism." Your past record should severely admon? ish you against the use of such expres? sions. In addition to your other quali? ties of heart nnd soul, you may add that of the basest ingratitude. A short time after you had completed your campaign 'as a peddler of bogus lottery tickets, you piteously appealed to me to aid you in re? moving the barnacles and filth you had collected upon you in the foul wallow. You had no claims upon me, but in pity for you I generously urged my injured friends to give you a fair hearing before you were condemned. They await that "hearing" now, General, but doubtless will wait in vain. Subse? quent to this you cunningly, adroitly and very politely solicited the privilege of inserting your hands into my pockets, but I politely declined the distinguished honor. Can that be the sore that chares you now, General ? or has your intuitive sharpness enabled you to read my unex? pressed thoughts, and that you are now my enemy, for the reason that you know I believe you to be unscrupulous, heart? less, totally selfish, cruel and cowardly ? I could not expect or wish, General, that a man of your soulless character could understand or in any manner appre^te the motives that actuate and sustain me in my present difficulties, nor would I hope for sympathy from a man who has re? cently been branded in public as a liar and whoon/y sought redress by returning the offensive epithet. As you have hereto? fore on all occasions been for sale to friend or foe, Radical or Democrat, the idea occurs to me as to the propriety of buying you for the present occasion.? Please, General, name your price ?. E. B. C. Cash. What Senator Butler Says Abeut it. Senator Butler was interviewed in Co lumbia, on Thursday night, and said "Colonel Cash's letter to me shows him to be a lunatic or a blackguard, an of course, I cannot notice him in either capacity. I have done him no harm and if I had injured him, it is usual among gentlemen, as the first step, ask for an explanation. Instead of th be has chosen to write me a letter by mail which does him more harm than does me. He is welcome to all the glory that he may acquire from this vulgar and coarse exhibition of a bad and malicious heart. I have not noticed, and do not intend to notice, anything he may say TANNER TRIUMPHANT. He Completes his Fast, and Breaks It on Milk and Watermelon. New Yoek, August 7,1880. Dr. Tanner is in good condition, and will undoubtedly complete his fast at noon. A large crowd is in attendance At 11 o'clock ne stood at the window on Thirteenth street looking at the crowd in the streets. A few minutes previously he walked one lap around the hall. His brother-in-law, M. M. Gardener, called on him this morning. His visit seemed to make the faster nervous, and he com plained of "goneness" in his stomach At seven o'clock this morning he had fit of vomiting. He then got up and dressed. At 7.30 he was much exhaust ed, and laid down on 1*" cot. He re mained in this positiou uutil 10.15, when he went into the lower hall. After his walk he again laid down and was cov ered with a blanket. At 10.50 he arose and walked into the front room. A large table of watermelons, fruits, bread, etc is spread in the hall. Later.?Dr. Tanner completed his forty day's fast at noon to-day. As soon as the time was up, the crowd cheered Tanner enthusiastically. About 1,000 persons were in the hall, and an immense crowd on the sidewalks. He at once drank a glass of milk, and called for Georgia watermelon. This he tapped dug his hand into, and ate heartily of. When remonstrated with he asked to be ? let alone, saying, "No, my Lord, I am running this now." When he placed the glass of milk to his mouth he re marked, "Gentlemen, you don't believe that's good." The signal for the expira tion of the fast was a whistle from a fac tory in the vicinity. When it blew Tanner had a peach in his hand, but be fore he could put it into his mouth, some body snatched it away from him. In response to the plaudits of the assem blage, Tanner, who was sitting upon chair, placed on a table, raised his hand kerchief over his head. At a quarter past twelve he got down from the table and left the hall in a coach in charge of Dr. Gunn, who took him to his own resi deuce, where he will undergo careful medical treatment. During the morn ing about 2,000 persons visited the hall Just before noon his temperature was found to be 99, pulse 92 and respiration 17. Tanner's weight at the end of his fast was 121} pounds, showing a loss ef 36 pounds during forty days. On leaving the hall the doctor walked unassisted down stairs with a slice of melon in his hand. He received an ova tion from the crowd in the street, shops and windows, and exhibited much grati fication at the hearty reception. He or dered the cover of the carriage thrown back, and joked and talked with the crowd that surrounded the vehicle After two or three dozen persons had grasped his hand the two accompanying physicians had to grab him by the arm and hold him in his seat to prevent him from tearing himself out, as they feared serious reaction from the exertion. On reaching the residence of Dr. Gunn, Dr Tanner at once lay down in the front pnrlor and endeavored to sleep. The milk and watermelon had notdis agreed with him. Dr. Gunn himself is reported ill through over exertion. At 2.30 Tanner was resting quietly in good condition. He has eaten of watermelon in small quantities three or four times without deleterious effects. At 4.30 Dr. Tanner drank one ounce of light Hungarian wine, after which he ate a small slice of watermelon. At 4.30 he was eating with great relish a piece of beef steak. He did not swallow the fibre, but only partook of the juice of the meat. He saw no visitors during the afternoon, and it was reported that he was in excellent spirits. The Triumphant Tanner Trying his Appo tlte. New York, August 9. Dr. Tanner continues in good condi? tion. He passed a quiet night, sleeping most of the time. At seven o'clock this morning he ate heartily of beef stiak and bread. At nine he took two boiled eggs and stewed potatoes, drinking two ounces of light wine. At eleven o'clock he swallowed a dozen raw oysters with crackers, washed down with four ounces of milk. He was weighed at noon, the scales indicating 132] pounds. His pulse at that hour was 95 and tempera? ture 100. The Oconee Radicals. The Radicals of Oconee County held a meeting at the court house in Walhalla on Saturday last. Out of 600 colored voters in the county about one-third that number were in town. The meeting was called to oider at twelve o'clock by Morgan H. Bryce, County Chairman.? He was elected Chairman and Elias Jenkins and two other negroes Secreta? ries. The only speaker present was Ad? jutant and Inspector General Speer, of Greenville, who indulged in the same stereotyped speech he has made twice in Greenville and once in Spartanburg. His assertions were listened to quietly by the Democrats in attendance until he stated that the taxes were greater under Hampton's that under Chamberlain's administration, and that Senator Cleve? land, of Greenville, admitted that fact, and he (Speer) challenged the Democra? cy to disprove it. Col. J. J. Noton asked permission to reply to this false statement, but Bryce decided that it was a Republican meet? ing, and was not called for joint discus? sion, and would not consent to divide time. At this juncture the colored band from Anderson?employed by the Radi? cals?struck up, and drowned the voices of both parties. A short time after Co? lonel Norton came into the meeting, armed with the tax books, and asked to reply to Speer, but was again refused a hearing. No disturbance took place. No enthusiasm was manifested. A Gar? field and Arthnr Club was formed, but only about 100 negroes signed the roll. The revenue officers were present before the meeting organized and left immedi? ately after, taking no part in the meet? ing. Byrce and his brother-in-law, Americus Frasier, were the only whites who took part except Adjutant and In? spector General Speer. David Davis Out for Hancock. Washington, August 8. The following is made public to-day by Mr. Harvey: Bloomington, III., August 4. My Dear Sir ; The training and habits of my life naturally lead me to prefer civilians to soldiers for great civil trusts, but as parties are organized voters must choose between the candidates they pro sent or stand aloof, indifferent or neutral, which no good citizen ought to do at a Presidential election. I have no hesita? tion in supporting Gen. Hancock, for the best of all reasons to my mind, because his election will put an end to sectional strife and to sectional parties, and will revive the patriotic sentiment all over the land, which political leaders and factions for sinister ends have sought to prevent. There can be no permanent prosperity without pacification. Great as were the achievements of Gen. Hancock in war his conduct in peace when in command of Louisiana and Texas in 1867 was still greater, and justly commends him to the confidence of the country. That was a time when passion ruled in public councils, and military power was exerted to silence civil authority. The temptation was strong to sail with the rushing current, for an inflamed partisan opinion was too ready to condone excesses and to applaud oppression. General Haucock's Order No. 40, in assuming charge of the Fifth Military District, announced that the right of trial by jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty of the press, freedom of speech, the natural rights of persons and the rights of property, must be respected. These principles are the basis of free government and the proclamation of them by General Hancock stands out in striking contrast with the action of his superior who soon after rebuked and drove him from that com? mand for uttering sentiments worthy of all honor. The soldier clothed with extraordinary power voluntarily uncover? ed before the civil authority, sheathed his sword, testified his fidelity to the Consti? tution and set an example of obedience to law which will pass into history as his proudest claim to distinction. The man who in the midst of the excitements of that stormy period was cool enough to see his duty clearly, and courageous enough to execute it firmly, may be well trusted in any crisis. His letter to Gen. Sherman recently brought to light lifts Gen. Hancock far above the past appreciation of his civil ability. It marks him as one of the wisest of his time, with a statesman's grasp of mind, and with the integrity of a patriot whom no sense of expediency could swerve from his honest convictions. Long and unchecked possession of power by any party leads to extravagance, corruption and loose practices. After twenty years of domination by the Republicans, chronic abuses have become fastened upon the public service like barnacles ou the bottom of a stranded ship. There is no hope of reform by leadeis who have created a system of maladministration, and who are inter? ested in perpetuating its evil*. Nothing short of the sternest remedy gives any promise of effective reform, and the first step toward it is in a change of rulers, ihe government must be got out of the ruts in which it has too long been run. New blood must be infused into the management of public affairs before relief can be expected.. The people demand a change, and being in earnest they are likely to be gratified. Very sincerely, David Davis. To Hon. James E. Harvey. Slaughter of the Innocents. A special from Americus, Georgia, dated August 6, gives the following par? ticulars of a crime committed in Webster County, twenty miles West of that place, on tbe evening of August 4. It states that Woodson L. Gunnells,' a well-to-do farmer, left home to visit a sick neighbor, and, returning at 10 p. m., found his wife and nine often small children in a hor? rible sleep, from the effects of morphia administered in lemonade by Mrs. Gun? nells. There is no doubt that she pre? pared tbe fatal beverage and administer? ed it to the children and drank of it herself with a fatal intent. Mr. Gun? nells was married to this his second wife seven years ago and has by her four children ; the other six arc by his previ? ous wife, and, as far as known, their step mother has been a dutiful and kind Earentto them. Mrs. Gunnells is from a ighly respectable family. A note in the handwriting of Mrs. Gunnells was found under the morphia bottle on the table, in which she stated that she had deliberately administered morphia to the children and herself with the intention of destroying them all, and that she was not actuated by any domestic trouble. Owing to the lapse of time before medi? cal aid arrived, Mrs. Gunnells's case was hopeless, she lay on her back on the bed in the unnatural sleep produced by the fatal drug, and all efforts of physi? cians and sympathizing friends to restore . her were futile. The children's case was not so hopeless, and, by the unceasing efforts of the physicians, some of them showed signs of returning consciousness. All of the step-children and some of the younger children are now thought out of danger. The youngzs*, an infant of a few months, was saved by the fact that its mother could not introduce enough of the fluid down its little throat to destroy life. It is probable that three of the children will die; these three are pre? sumed to have drank more freely of the deadly beverage than the others. The dispatch concludes: "All tbe evidence taken negatives the idea of insanity and points directly to a cool, deliberate determination on the part of the hitherto quiet-hearted lady to take away her own life and that of her family, and at the same lime conceal from the world the cause of her act." ? At an election in Memphis on Wednesday for sheriff 8,500 votes were cast, of which the Democratic candidate received 5,600, a colored candidate 500, the rest scattering. ? Regulators are giving trouble in Fleming County, Kentucky. Two ne? groes who murdered Perry Jefferson, at Mary's Lick, on the 3d instunt have been lynched, and two wealthy citizens, one the defeated candidate for State senator, ? There is only a bare possibility of a compromise in Virginia, and the regular Democrats have shown no disposition to make any bargains with the Readjustee. Some believe that the split is so great that the Republican State ticket will be elected. There is a general impression, however, that Hancock will carry the State by a large majority. ? The New York Herald gives this accouut of a little incident at the Fifth I Avenue Hotel after Gen. Garfield had arrived: "After Gen. Garfield had re? tired to supper, the crowd still remained in the wide corridor of the hotel, and politics formed the main staple of con? versation. The two names, Garfield and Hancock, were heard every instant on everybody's tongue. Just at the time when the discussion was at fever heat, a small man, hardly more than five feet high, black haired and wiry, came sud? denly to the counter of the hotel, and in a loud, piercing voice exclaimed : 'Bill Scott will bet any man here $10,000 that Hancock is elected.' A profound still? ness fell for an instant on the audience, but the next moment a great big Repub? lican, whose name is locally famous, caught the bold intruder by the collar of' the coat and fired him out of the front door, to the intense amusement of all present." That was all right, as it was the Republican's funeral entirely, and it was cold-blooded business to "sass" the mourners. But at the same time it was a good illustration of the eagerness man? ifested by the Republicans this year to take bets offered against their candidate. Abbeville: Violet Davis, colored, died at Abbeville last week from mortification resulting from a snagged foot, which, in ?ome way, become poisoned.Farmers' clubs are being organized in the county upon a plan somewhat different from the Grange, but having praciically the same purpose in view.Sketches of the candidates are being published in the county papers. Beaufort: During the last eleven months 28,207 bales of upland cotton have been shipped from Beaufort to foreign ports, weighing 13,400,110 pounds and valued at $1,573,000. Three hundred bales of sea island cotton valued at $42,000 were also shipped from this port. ? The colored people in Bibb County, Georgi?, pay taxes on $255,558 worth of property. ? A Nashville dispatch reports the shooting at Woodland Mills, six miles from Union City, of Harry Crenshaw by Alexauder Ellison, colored. Crenshaw went out to quiet a boisterous crowd of colored people and fired into it, and Elli? son returned the fire with a double barrelled shotgun with fatal effect. Elli? son was arrested, and it is thought he will be lynched. ? The literary efforts of Col. Cash, not to speak of his dueling proclivities, are calculated to do South Carolina much harm, whether intended or not. Capital ind immigration will never seek a State where men like Col. Cash abide. We think it would be well for all parties con? cerned to let Col. Cash stand his trial and not provoke him to any further com? munications.?Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist. i??? j ANNOUNCEMENTS. For the House of Representatives. The many friends of HUGH M. TRINCE announce him as a candidate for the Legis? lature, and as a gentleman every way wor? thy to represent the Banner County in that body. _Saluda Sipe. The friends of Mr. R. P. CLINKSCALES respectfully announce him as a candidate for a seat in the lower branch of the Gene? ral Assembly from Anderson County?sub? ject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary election._ The many friends of Maj. E. B MUR? RAY respectfully nominate him as a can? didate for re-election to the Legislature? subject to the Primary Election._ The many friends of JEPTHA WAT KINS beg leave to announce him as a can? didate for the Legislature?subject to the primary election._ The friends of Col. E. M. RUCKER re? spectfully announce him as a candidate for the Legislature at the ensuing election subject to the nomination of the Democratic party._'_ Dr. J. H. REID is respectfully announ? ced as a candidate for the Legislature?sub? ject to the choice of the Democratic party at the primary election. Dr. Reid has serv? ed the people of Anderson County as State Senator, and is a gentleman of judgment and prudence, and in every way qualified to make a good representative. Anderson. For County Commissioner. The friends of Mr. R. S. BAILEY, re? cognizing his peculiar fitness for the office, respectfully announce him as a candidate for re-election as County Commissioner of Anderson County?subject to the result of the primary election of the Democratic party of this County._ Capt. G. A. RANKIN is respectfully announced as a candidate for County Com? missioner for Anderson County?subject to ratification at the Democratic primary elec tion._ The many friends of WM. S. HALL, Esq., respectfully announce him as a can? didate for re-election to the office of County Commissioner of Anderson County?sub? ject to the choice of the Democratic party at the primary election._ For Judge of Probate. W. W. HUMPHREYS is respectfully announced as a candidate for re-election to the office of Judge of Probate for An? derson County, subject to ratification at the Democratic Primary Election._ For Clerk of Court. With pleasure we announce Mr. JOHN McFALL as a candidate for Clerk of Court. Mr. McPall is a maimed soldier, and is thoroughly competent to serve the people of Anderson County in that capacity. Mart Democrats oy Salopa Side. The many friends of Capt. JOHN W. DANIELS respectfully announce him as a candidate for re-election as Clerk of the Court for this County. Capt. Daniels has proven himself an eificicnt and acceptable officer, and will abide by the action of the Democratic party in the coming canvass. The many friends of B. C. JOHNSON, of Brushy Creek township, nominate him for Clerk of Court for Anderson County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Mr. Johnson is a one armed Confederate soldier, and if elected will make a competent and obliging officer. For County Treasurer. We respectfully nominate Mr. WILLIAM McGUKIN for the office of County Treas urer?subject to the choice of the Demo? cratic party at the primary election. We do this feeling assured that he will, if elect? ed, fill the office as acceptably to the people in the future as he has done in the past. _Many Fbienih. The friends of Col. M. P. TRIBBLE re? spectfully announce him as a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the action of the Democratic party. Col. Tribble is a thoroughly reliable and competent gentle? man, and if elected will make an excellent Treasurer. Belton. For Sheriff. The friends of JAMES H. McCONNELL announce him as a candidate for re-election for Sheriff of Anderson County?subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. For Congress. The manv friends in Anderson County of Hon. D. WYATT AIKEN, our present able and distinguished Representative In Congress, take great pleasure in presenting his name as a candidate for re-election to the voters of this Congressional District. THE FALL TERM OF THE Carolina Collegiate Institute (For Hogs and Girls,) WILL open SEPT. Gth, 1880. Tuition per Term?$4, $G, $8, $10 and $12. Board, exclusive of washing, $G to $10 per month, according to the number of days per week the pupil is boarded. Entrance fee, 25c. W. J. LIGON, Principal. August 12, 1S80_5 4 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. naylis McConnell, Plaintiff, against Margaret Har? ris, Sarah McConucll, Newton McConnell; et al., Defendants.?Summons /or Relief?Complaint not Sereed. To the Defendants, Charles McConnell. Martha Ann McConnell, Mary c. Gentry, John II. Jones, Margaret Harris, Saruh McConnell, Nowton Mc? Connell, and heirs of Daniel McConnell, deceas? ed, tu wit, Sarah McConnell, William McCon? nell, Richmond McConnell, Thompson McCon? nell, Hester McConnell, I'inclcney McConnell and Margaret McConnell, heirs of Allen McCon? nell, to wit, Manilla McConnell, Jane McConnell, James McConnell, Sam. McConnell, Lewis Mc? Connell and other heirs unknown, heirs of John McConnell, Rachel McConnell, Elizabeth Mc? Connell r.nd other heirs unknown, Polly McCon nell, Mary J. McConnell, Elizabeth Elrod, Rachel Dunn, Mary A. Cape and Mrs. C. A. Crow : TOU r.re hereby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint in this action, a copy of which is filed in the office of tho Clerk of tne Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson c. H., S. c., and to serve a copy of your answer to tho said complaint on the subscribers at their office, Ander? son c. II., s. c, within twenty days after the sor tIcc hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and It you fall to answer tho complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court fur tho relief demanded in the complaint. Dated August 4, A. D. 1880. ork, WELLS A ALLEN. I'lalr.lln'a Attorneys, Anderson, S. c. [l. h.)?Joits W. Daniels, c. c. P. To tho Defendants above named: Take notice that the above stated action is com? menced for the purpose of perfecting the titles to the lands of the Haute of William McConucll, de? ceased, containing three hundred and forty-eight acres, more or less, situato in the County and State aforesaid, bounded by lauds of Dr. A. E. Thomp? son and others, which was sold by order of the Ordinary, and bought by John J. Jones. No per? sonal claim is made against rou. ORR, WELLS & ALLEN, Plaintiff's Att'Tfl. August 12,1880 fl U NOTICE. All parties desiring tojpurchase the ONLY GENUINE HALL GIN, FEED Eft and CONDENSERS, manufactured by S. Z. II ILL, Little Rock, Arkan? sas, will please apply to J. liAYLIS LEWIS, Anderson, S. G. August 5, 1880_4_2m GRAND CLEARANCE SALE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AT THE PARIS STORE! -o:o: FROM this day on until the first of September my entire Stock of SUMMER GOODS will be offered at HEAL New York FIRST COST: 200 Pieces Prints at 5c. per yard. 20 Pieces Victoria Lawn at 10, 12 and 15c, 60 Pieces Pique at 5c. GENTS' READY MADE CLOTHING way under Cost. Ladies' and Gents' STRAW HATS at a great sacrifice. Xj ESS353R^ paris store. Anderson. S. C Aueust 5. 1880. AGRICULTURAL ENGINES. "the ran," mo "wood, tabor & mw; N FOR THE GINNING SEASON. "The Taylor," "Cotton Bloom," and "Patent Steel Brush" COTTOlsT GKTHSTS ON REASONABLE TERMS and at bottom prices. Now is the lime to give in your orders. The best COTTON PRESSES, and in fact everything in the AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY line sold by m. EXTRAS for the Tozer Engine always on hand. Prices of Best 3-pIy Standard Rubber Bolting, per tfjot ? 2* inch. 4 inch. 6 inch. 6 inch. 7 inch.. *16c. 22c. 27c. 30c. 35c. Any width can be had of us on short notice. Best Oil Tanned LACE LEATHER, RUBBER HOSE, GUM AND TOW PACKING at prices as low as any house within the State. As to RUBBER and LEATAER BELTING, we will beat any prices that the buyer can give us. Always remember that our stock of General Merchandise is Complete. SULLIVAN & MATTISON, CENTENNIAL BUILDING. August 5,1880_ 1000 BUSHELS, 1000 BUSHELS. One Thousand Bushels of Pure Unmixed RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS, FOR SALE BY HEED, MOORHEAD & CO., No. 7 Granite Row. We also keep a Full Line of Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, &c, WHICH we offer to the public at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. Give us a call before purchasing. REED, MOORHEAD & CO. No. 7 Granite Row, Andtnon, S. C. July 29, 1880_3_ QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS. A. B. TOWERS & CO., TAKE this opportunity to inform their friends and customers that they will offer in? ducements in prices of Goods from now until the 21st of August, in order to reduce our stock. 203?Two hundred and three Men and Boys' Hats for sale cheap. Shoes and Boots?Persons in want of good Shoes will iind it to their interest to examine our stock before buying. We make a specialty of Ladies' Fine Shoes?"Miles' Bay State"?and other brands of Shoes, that we warrant to be solid leather and not rip. Groceries and Provisions?Fancy Groceries, among which you will find best Peach Preserves, Pie Fruit, Extracts, Raisins, Citron, *fcc, Jfcc. Bacon, Lard, Hams, Corn, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, best Green, Black and English Breakfast Tea. Hardware?A good assortment of Hardware. Fine Tools a specialty. A good assortment of DRY GOODS, YANKEE NOTIONS, &c. Headquortors for FINZ SHIRTS. Give us a call. Try our fine ROASTED COFFEE. Try our fine TEAS. Try our Peach Preserves. Housekeepers will find with us a good assortment of Crockery, China and Glassware, Potware, Trays, Coffee Mills, Knives and Forks, Spoons, and many other things needed by housekeepers. Dexier Feed Cutter?The best Feed Cutter in the market. Dexter Corn Sheller defies competition. Call at No. 4 Granite Row on July 8, 1880 A. B. TOWERS & CO. READY FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. WE have laid in an immense stock of all kinds of Goods, which we will dispost of at the LOWEST PRICES for the Cash, or on Time to prompt paying customers. We keep on hand a large supply of? GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Such as- DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, CLOTHING, NOTIONS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, WOODEN WARE, LEATHER, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, And a thousand other articles too numerous to classify. Give us a call, as we are not to be undersold by any house in the up-couutry. BARR & CO., NO. 10 GRANITE ROW, ANDERSON, 8. C. April 20, 1880_11_ CASH, ~ CASH, CASH. -0 WE will sell Goods for Cash at the VERY LOWEST RATE, and as we sell only for CASH we can afford to give more for the same amount of money than if we had to run the risk of time sales. Our stock of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, &c., Is complete. We have just received a large lot of New Oleans Syrup, Bacon and Flour, Which we are selling very low. We take COUNTRY PRODUCE in barter, and pay the highest prices for it. We have One Hundred Boxes of TOBACCO which we are selling very Cheap. FANT & BRO. Jan 15, 1880 12