The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 12, 1880, Image 2
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.
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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