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E. B. MURJRAY, Editor. ????- - THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. G, 1SS1. p?? ? , == ~= TERMS: ONE YEAS._.81.50. SIX MONTHS_...*.. T3c. Two Pullmrs If not paid In advance; ?? ,'-!-:-711 DEATH OF MB. PETER A. KEYS. The citizens of Anderson were greatly shocked on Christmas morning by the sad news that Mr. Peter A. Keys had met his death, on the preceding evening in - a collision npon the Air Line Rail? road; where he had been engaged as an engineer for the past seven or eight years. When the recent fast mail train was put on this Road, Mr. Keys, being one of the best and most experienced engineers, was placed in charge of one of these trains, but on last Friday, the 24th of December, he procured an exchange to .the regular passenger, in order that he might spend Christmas day with his family in Atlanta. Upon this train he would without accident have reached his home by one or two o'clock in the after? noon, but such was not the doom in store for him by fate. The Air Line was start? ing a freight train out from Atlanta in two sections, and in order to prevent accident the master of transportation telegraphed the operator at Norcross, whose name was Burgess, the station at which the passenger and freights should pass each other. Four dispatches were sent him on the subject, and each time he was required to telegraph them back - to prove that he correctly understood them. The two first expired before the passenger arrived, and the two last re? mained of force. At 12.30 the passenger train arrived, and the operator gave to conductor Sims and engineer Keys one telegram instead of two, which entirely misled them, and they proceeded, sup? posing that they had the entire Road to Atlanta open to them. The result is given as follows by the Atlanta Constitu' tion: From passengers aboard it was learned that conductor Sims left Norcross in obe? dience to orders above given. When the train was approaching Peach tree creek the freight train rounded ? curve, and in an instant the two engines had collided and the work of death was done. The engineer in charge of the freight train says he did not see the passenger train until he had turned the curve, when he blew down brakes and reversed, but the passenger came rushing on, and in an instant the collision was over. The freight train was running about eight miles per hour, consequently the engineer and fireman had abundant time to jump off aod thus escape. The passenger trai n was running about forty miles an hour, and when the engine struck the shock was terrible. The mail coach, which was just in the rear of the tender, was , "telescoped'* by it. The baggage car was next to the mail coach, but the Miller platform saved all but the plat? form itself. Besides the injuries to these cars and the engine, but little hurt was ? done the passenger train. ' - When the cause of the quick stop was known, Captain Sims rushed to the en? gine, where he fonnd Keys dead under the aide of the engine, and Collins (the fireman), the lower portion of whose body was buried under the debris, strug . gling for freedom. At once every available.hand went to work with a will to extricate the dead and.dying, and after quite an amount of labor their work was rewarded, but the . sight that met their eyes was indeed har? rowing. Keys was horribly mutilated? his left leg being torn to shreds and his ' face and body literally cooked and scald? ed. A stick of wood entered his abdo? men and was driven into his body, tear? ing it almost asunder. The bones of his leg were broken in pieces, the ends of which protruded through the mutilated flesh. His foot was almost detached from his leg, and the sight made the stoutest turn with shuddering from its contemplation. Over his left eye was a terrible bruise and the side of his face was badly mashed. There he lay, his full, hand? some beard matted with the blood bruised from his body, which, but a moment be? fore, was full of life and health. During the greater portion of the af? ternoon Mrs. Keyc a.vi'ied the arrival of the train which she looked for her husband to come on, and could get no answer as to the cause of the delay, ex? cept that the train was behind time, and - it was not until after night that she heard the terrible news. Mr. Keys' remains were carried to Atlanta, where they were prepared for interment, and on the following day?Christmas ?they were brought to Anderson.. Mr. Peter Keys was at the time of his death in the strength of a mature man? hood, which had scarce touched its zenith, being forty years of age. He was raised in our midst, and spent by far the greater portion of his life here, where he was very popular and highly esteemed for his upright life and his manly and genial qualities. The news of his death brought with it a sad Christmas to the honses of many families of relatives and friends in and Around Anderson. On Sunday afternoon the remains were in? terred in the Baptist cemetery, with the Masonic burial rites, after solemn fune? ral services, conducted by Revs. J. S. Murray and Wm. H. Strickland. A large concourse of people gathered to pay this tribute to their departed friend. There has never been but one expres? sion as to the occasion of the accident. It was wholly due to the criminal care? lessness of the operator at Norcross. Mr. Keys, therefore, met his death while at his post, performing his duty in a faithful and efficient manner, which leaves his memory honored and respect? ed, even by those who did not know him. The Laurens Railroad was sold in Col? umbia on last Monday, under decree of foreclosure. The property was sold to Col. A. C. Haskell for thirty thousand dollars, ho being the only person who made a bid. It is understood that the real purchasers are the owners of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and that the Laurens Road will be operated as a portion of this line. It is thirty-two miles long, and is considered a very cheap piece of property at the price paid. ^ Hon. W. H. Trescot, oue of tue Uni ted States Commission to negotiate a treaty with China, has returned, and of coarse the newspaper men havo been after him. Mr. Trescot, however, docs not communicate any informatiau as to the result of the Commission, and it will not be known until published from the State Department. The law to prevent persons from carry? ing concealed weapons is now in force, and every one had better read and obey it. There is no necessity in a civilized, law-abiding country for a niau to go out armed like a highwayman. The habit is an insult to our society, and is dangerous besides. The Legislature has decided to stop it, and some one will be punished for its violation before niany weeks pass. The price of pistols should be considera? bly reduced by the new law?at least we apprehend there will be fewer of them sold. The law is a good one, and should be strictly enforced. The Supply Bill as finally adopted levies a tax of five mills for State purpo? ses, two mills for public schools, and two and one-half mills for County purposes in Anderson, making the total tax for this County this year nine and one-half mills, against nine and three-quarter mills last year. The State tax is one-quarter of one mill higher, while the County taxes are one-half of one mill lower. WILL HE BE HANGED AT LAST 2 Ex-Governor Scott Shoots a Young Man In Ohio. particulars of the crime. Napoleon, Ohio, December 26.? The following are the particulars of the murder of young Drury by R. K. Scott, the ex-Carpetbag Governor of South Carolina : Drury was clerk in Know land's drug store, aud celebrated Christ? mas Eve with several young companions, among tbem being Scott's son, who drank too much, and not wishing his pareuts to see him intoxicated accepted an offer of Drury to share the latter'3 bed at the drug store. About 11 o'clock a gentle? man, sent by Mrs. Scott to find her son, discovered his whereabouts, but failing to induce him to go home returned to the hotel and reported the facts to Gen. Scott. The General then went to the store, called Drury up and asked for his son. Drury denied that young Scott was there. The father insisted on going to the bed-room. Drury preceded him and on reaching the door of the room turned round and refused to admit Scott. The General drew a revolver and fired, as he claims accidentally, the ball passing through Drury's brain, causing instant death. Scott got his son and returned to the hotel, reported the shooting aud was arrested and taken to Defiance for safe keeping, there being much excite? ment and talk of lynching here. His Erelinibary trial occurs on Monday. >rury was to have been married on Tuesday. threats of lynching. Cincinnati, December 26.?A dis? patch from Toledo to the Commercial elated last night says : "The shooting of Walter G. Drury at Napoleon, Ohio, by Gen. Robert K. Scott, formerly Colonel of the Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry and afterwards Governor of South Carolina, occurred this morning. Intense excite? ment prevails, and the danger of lynch? ing is so great that a company of mili? tary to-night guards the hotel where Scott is detained, by the Sheriff under arrest." the defendant's version of the shooting. Defiance, Ohio, Dec. 26.?Your correspondent called upon Governor Scott to-day and was referred to his at? torney, C. H. Scribner, of Toledo, who is here and whose statement of the trag? edy at Napoleon, Ohio, on Christmas morning, is as follows: Governor Scott, wife and son are board? ing at the Miller House, in Napoleon. The son is about fifteen years of age. On Friday evening there was a great deal of bad conduct on the streets, the young men of the place driuking aud carousing, with a great deal of loud talk. Mrs. Scott became alarmed at the absence of her son, and got a hotel clerk named Stout to look for him. The Governor had retired, and some time after, hearing persons uttering threats on the street about shooting Stout, Mrs. Scott urged him to go and hunt for the boy. The Governor dressed himself, and, having found Stout, inquired if be had found his son. Stout said that he had, and had brought him to the hotel, but a clerk at a drug store named Drury had got him away from him. The Governor started out in search of the boy, and was in? formed by a young man on the street that Drury had him in the drug store, The Governor went to the front door, rattled and called, aud finally succeeded in arousing the clerk, who opened the door and said the boy was not there, and insisted upon the truth of his statement. Governor Scott told him that from in? formation he had he knew he was there, at the same time walking towards the rear end of the storeroom, and again telling the young man he must find his boy and take him home. The Governor started to go to the door opening from the rear of the storeroom into another room, when young Drury placed himself before him and told him if he attempted to enter that room it was at his peril. Again the Governor told him he must get his boy, and made a movement as if to enter the room. Drury reached over, as if to take a weight or other weapon from the counter, and at the same time made a movement like drawing a pistol from his pocket. At the same moment Governor Scott drew a pistol from his overcoat pocket, when it accidentally ex? ploded. The Governor says his first thought was that he bad been fired at by some one, but soon saw that the young man was hurt, as he sank back on the floor. Immediately afterwards the Gov? ernor heard his son calling from upstairs. He went into a back room and up the stairway, and found his son in an intox? icated condition locked in a room at the head of the stairs. He brought him dowu, hurried him to the hotel and sent men over to see how badly the young man was hurt. They found him dead. On examination the surgeon found the ball had entered under the left jaw, ranging upward into the brain, showing that the pistol was not fired on a level. Governor Scott was brought here last evening by the authorities and has been placed in confinement here over Sunday. His preliminary examination will be held in Napoleon to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. ? A correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier, who was a passenger on the Charleston and Savannah Rail? way, writing under date of January 2, says: "Passengers on the Charleston bound train to-night have given me the following facts as coming from a reliable gentleman who saw the bodies of the victims when they were landed : Yester? day morning, after the severe sleet storm, which during the night before raged along the coast, a steam launch belong? ing to a revenue cutter, stationed near Beaufort, while proceeding to Port Royal, picked up a flat adrift off Bay Point. The crew consisted of eight negro men, lying stark and dead, sheathed in the ice which covered their vessel. It was ascer? tained that they had been drinking heavily the evening before on their trip from St. Helena to Port Royal, and it was inferred that while under the influ? ence of liquor they had fallen into a sleep which was destined to be their last. These bare particulars arc all that I have been able to gather. The names of the men and the minor particulars of the tragedy could not be obtained at the bour I heard the news." iTIie Work of tho Legislature. The Legislature bus adjourned alter a session of twenty-seven working days, and has added to the Statutes of South Carolina one. hundred aud twenty-three new laws, besides electing a Circuit Judge, a Comptroller-General and the Superintendent and Directors of the State Penitentiary. When the General Assembly convened, the four subjects of paramount impor? tance "which were expected to come be? fore it were the repression of intemper? ance, the suppression of the habit of .carrying concealed weapons, the amend? ment to the laws relating to duelling, and the enactment of measures looking to the better conduct of elections. Upon the first three of these subjects the Leg? islature has acted definitely and posi? tively. The anti-whiskey law it is hoped will, at least, decrease the number of bar? rooms, lessen the opportunities of getting drink, and, in proportion, diminish drunkenness. Should this hope be dis? appointed the law will) at least, afford a revenue which can be applied to the re? duction of general taxation. All the measures relating to a remod? elling of the election laws of the State, as well as propositions to amend the Constitution have been referred to a Commission raised for the purpose of considerinc them during tho recess. Their reports will come before the Leg? islature at the next session. The Com? mission to which the registration bill, as well as all other cognate measures, have been referred consists of Messrs. E. B. Murray, Edward McCrady, Jr., C. J. C. Hutson, J. W. Gray and Andrew Craw? ford, and Senators Perry, Lartigue and Maxwell. The Commission is author? ized to sit for twenty days during the recess, and it is hoped will give the sub? ject such attent?r>n ,s will enable the Commission ti> t<iace before the Legisla turn at its next session such measures as will give the required relief, and so meet the approval of both houses of the Gen? eral Assembly. Among the most important of the laws which have been enacted other than those above enumerated are the follow 5nE: An act ratifying the constitutional amendment relating to the homestead, which was adopted at the last general election. An act to determine and perpetuate the homestead. This act simply provides the means for carrying out the constitu? tional amendment. An act to extend the time for the re? demption of forfeited lands until May next, upon the payment of the taxes and penalties, without costs. An act to provide for the revision, di? gest and arrangement of the statute laws of the State. This acr, raises a commis? sion of three persons, who are to be elected by the Judges of the Supreme Court and Circuit Courts, and who shall codify the laws of the State and report, if practicable, to the General Assembly at its next session. An act requiring all railroad compa? nies in this State to construct and keep in repair an adequate stock guard or cattle gap at every point where the line of railroad of any such company crosses the line of any fence in this State. An act enlarging the powers of the City Council of Charleston to prevent interments in the city without a proper certificate of the disease of which the deceased died. An act to provide for a flour inspector under the direction and control of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. An act to prohibit the driving or roam? ing at large of cattle or other stock from North Carolina into certain counties bor? dering on that State. An act to amend chapter CXXXVIII, of the General Statutes so as to give juris? diction to the courts to try and punish persons guilty of homicide when the de? ceased may be wounded, poisoned or otherwise injured in one county, and die thereof in another. An act to aid aud encourage immigra? tion into this State by returning to im? migrants the taxes paid by them for five vears on real property not exceeding $1,500. An act to amend the act to secure landholders and persons making advan? ces. This act provider, that an index shall be kept in the office of the clerk of court, in which iudex are entered all liens on crops, and this indexing gives a lien on the crop when the rent and ad? vances exceed one-third of the crop. The landlord orpersou making advances has had hitherto a lien on oue-third of the crop without indexing. An act to bar the right and claims of dower to a widow who accepts the dis? tributive share of her deceased husband's estate. An act extending the time for funding the unquestionable debt of the State so as to allow a continuance of the funding in new bonds of all the old bonds of the State that come in under the consolida dation act. An act extending until March next the time in which bills of the Bank of the State may be funded. An act to transfer to the department of agriculture certain duties heretofore pertaining to the Comptroller's office with regard to phosphates. An act creating a harbor commission for the bay and harbor of Charleston. An act to make it a misdemeanor to entice or persuade a laborer to le.'.ye the employment of another. An act to amend "an act to create the "department of agriculture," so as to re? quire all dealers and shippers of phos? phates in this State to pay the privilege tax per ton to the Agricultural Depart? ment, and iu default to be liable to all the pains and penalties in said act. An act to provide for the appointment of a commission to amend and simplify the mode of assessing and collecting the taxes of this State. Ati act requiriug the Governor to order the recall of all leased convicts upon sat? isfactory proof of their ill-treatment. An act to provide for a public guardian of the estates of minors, idiots and luna? tics, and to define the powers and duties of such guardian and to fix his liability. An act to alter and ani'?nd section 17 of chapter CXVII of the General Statutes in relation to escheators and to confer on the several county auditors of this State all the powers, privileges, duties and emoluments pertaining i.o the office of escheators as contained in said chapter. An act to provide for the appointment of a commission to consider and suggest amendments to the Constitution of the State. The principal matters which have been referred to commissions and postponed for consideration by the General Assem? bly at its next session are the election laws, the propositions to amend the Con? stitution, the railroad laws, the militia laws and the tax laws. The work of the session was, as a whole, well done and quickly done. A noticeable improvement in the mode of legislation at the receuL sessiou is the clear statement of the objects of each measure iu its title. This renders the bills intelligible, and avoids the passage of measures, in the rush of business, which arc not understood. There isstill another reform needed in the final en? grossment of Acts, so as to avoid the frequent grammatical errors which ap? pear in the laws. Some authority for their correction, it seem?, might, with safety, be given to the engrossing depart? ment so that such error.--, which doubt? less occur through the frequent amend? ment of the bills, might be avoided. There was little waste of lime in sense? less debate. Honest and wholesome difference of opinion upon most matters evoked sufficient discussion to bring out the merits and demerits of the measures proposed, and to allow an intelligent dis? position to be made of then. A large numher of measures was slaughtered in ' both Houses, aud the State ha j been thereby relieved of many useless and cumbersome Statute?". Owing to the de? feat in the Senate of the resolution pro? posing an extra session next November, the next regular scssion will necessarily be a long pneVr-Condeiiscd from News and Courier. A RAILROAD TRAGEDY. Additional Particular* of the Accident on the North Carolina Central. The Indian Creek trestle is about fifty five feet high, and crosses a deep ravine, extending .over nearly half a mile of waste land. The train was composed of two passenger coaches, three box cars, and a combination car. When it reach? ed the trestle, a8 is customary, the en? gineer "slowed up." The engine and tender had just passed over the structure, and the driving wheels of the locomotive had scarcely cleared it, when a crash was heard by Engineer Hail from the rear. He at once reversed his brakes and stop? ped the engine. He had hardly done so when the whole train except his engine was precipitated through the trestle work to the ground, fifty-five feet below, and with it all of the passengers and road? men, except the engine-driver and his assistant. The structure was an old one, but deemed safe, and so passed upon by railroad men. It was about one hun? dred and fifty feet long, Beneath one end of it the water was quite deep, but this was passed over in safety. Almost as soon as the cars struck the ground they caught fire from the over? turned stove3 in them. These stoves quickly communicated the fire to the dry wood work of the cars, which were soon in flames. As the wrecked cars were piled upon one another, the unfortunate inmates found it impossible to effect their escape. Four of them were fairly roasted alive in their horrible prisons. Two men were so terribly burned and in? jured as to produce death. Goodson, Bloom, McKenzie and War lick were burned up. Smith was not dead when his pitenti3 appeal for help reached the ears of the engineer, who rushed to the spot where Smith was jam? med in among the wrecked cars. As soon as the suffering man saw assistance near at hand, he besought the engineer in the most heartrending appeals to save his life. Engineer Hail made the most heroic ntlempts to do so. He set ener? getically to work to cut away the debris by which Smith was held, in order to re? lieve him from his fiery prison, but as all of the brakemon and passengers were either killed or disabled he could get no assistance. At every blow of the engin? eer's axe the man cried very piteously for him to do his best to save him. Hail worked with the energy born of despera? tion, but the flames spread with great rapidity, and the poor fellow was burned to death before bis eyes, and while the ringing of the axe upon the hard oak timber sounded in the burning man's ears. Smith was a handsome fellow about 25 years old, and brave as a lion. Although he was being roasted alive, with the exception of his piteous appeals, he bore his horrible sufferings with a courage rarely witnessed under such ter? rible circumstances. He spent last Sun? day in Charlotte, N. C, with friends. S. W. Goodson, another one of the passengers who was also burned to death, was about 45 years old. He leaves a wife and several children. He was a native of Virginia. During the war he was chief clerk in the Confederate Bu? reau for the Exchange of Prisoners, and was well known to many of the officers of the two armies. Soon after the war he was connected with the Richmond Examiner, under the late H. Rivers Pol? lard. Mail Agent Bloom and Brakemen McKenzie and Warlick were at the bot? tom of the wreck, could not be extrica? ted, and were burned up. It is probable that they were either dead orunconscious before the fire gained anv headway, and were thus saved the terrible pangs of be? ing roasted alive. Conductor H. P. Johnson was found half a mile from the scene of the disaster, about half an hour nfter it occurred, sit? ting down in the woods on a fallen tree, with a severe wound in the head, and partially crazed from the effects of the blow and the terrible scene through which he had just passed. All the wounded persons were sent to Lincoln ton, where they were kindly cared for. Among those who were passengers or officers on the train and saved are S. H. Griffin, snlesmau for Austin, Nicholas & Co., of New York; Richard Limcbrick, of Cleveland, N. C.; Engineer Hail and Fireman Smith. All of the survivors except the two last named were more or less injured, some of them quite painful? ly. Johnson, Griffin and Limebrickare in Lincolnton, the first named at a pri? vate residence and the others at Burton's Hotel. Five physicians are in atten? dance, and they are receiving every attention that it is possible to bestow. The mail and most of the express mat? ter were burned. The express safe was recovered after the fire. AH the cars are either totally destroyed or utterly wreck? ed. The railroad authorities are at a loss to what to attribute the disaster. Some think the box cars jumped the track, and then knocked down the trestle, the coaches following and piling up on top of them. The road on which this accident occurred is.only about 30 miles in length, running from Charlotte to Lincolnton, a small town in Lincoln County, in the western part of the State. Superintendent Johnson went to the scene of the disaster early this morning. Timber and other material have also gone forward to repair the damage to the trestle-work. A Queer Contradict ion. The News and Courier of the 2Sth of December last published the following harrowing account of a fearful aud sad tragedy as follows: Jacksoxboro', S. O, December 2b'.? Will you be so kind hs to publish the following sad, sad story: Yesterday morning (Christmas) a negro who works with me came up to my house and told me that there was a dead white man lying down on the Railroad about four miles from this place. I took my wagon down to the place indicated, and found a nice looking, poorly dressed lad, lying dead near a spot where he had built a fire to keep Jiimself from freezing, for it w.13 cold aud rainy on Christmas morn? ing. I found in his bauds, which were clasped across his breast, the following little note: "Whoever finds me please bury me where I am. My name is James Maxcy Timmons, from Greenville, S. C. Fare? well forever!" According to his request I did bury him where he died. It was a very pretty place, too. I dressed him nicely, ancl put him in a very neat collin. He had no money on his person, nor anything else of value but his cuff buttons. I put them in a clean shirt and put it on him. S. J. Emott. The Greenville Seiet of January 3rd says: The very sad and elaborately distress? ing death of Mr. Maxcy Timmons, over which the News and Courier and the Daily News shed lavishly lugubrious tears and commented with a pathos that must have drawn sympathetic tears from many a credulous reader, has turned out to be a fiction concocted with such artis? tic skill and with so admirably apposite nn array of circumstantial confirmatory surroundings its to betray into belief of its absolute verity all but one or two per? sons, to whom the antecedents of the principal actor in the drama were well known. The peculiar sadness and deso? lation of the alleged demise on Christmas morning rendered the incident a note? worthy one, and almost every exchange that comes in has a reference in huge type to the untimely taking off of "Some? body's darling." The tearful poets who bavo ground out laborious rhymes ou the subject can .suspend, however. A tele? gram was received yesterday by relatives of Mr. Timinons from his brother who visited Adam's Run to investigate the tragedy. This declared that the entire death, last words and funeral were fig? ments of the imagination of the supposed deceased, the sentimental department of the News and Courier having been made the victim of a neatly executed hoax, probably the work of young Timmons hip a:If. The affair has its tragic side after all, however. The young man's relations here underwent as much suffering as if he had really died, through their trust in Hie plausible story, and the trick is clear evidence that the unfortunate is really insane, for no man in his senses could be supposed to perpetrate such a deliberately cruel deception, and no mo? tive except a freak of madness can be imagined for the extraordinary action. ANOTHER COLLISION OX THE AIR LINE. At Least Three Men Killed?K?nning One Train Ilchiml Another?A Smash-Up. Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 27. Intelligence of another frightful rail? road disaster readied this city this morn? ing ..bout eight o'clock. It occurred on the Air Line Railroad, five hundred yards beyond Paw Creek Trestle, nine miles from this city, about seven o'clock. Two freight trains, of the usual size, left Charlotte this morning in sections, one about fifteen minutes behind the other. At Paw Creek Trestle fourteen cars of the forward train, Engineer Anthony, broke loose and stopped, after running a short distance. In the rear car were Flagman Bob Griffith of this city and six passengers, three of whom were colored. When the detached cars stopped Flagman Griffith jumped off, and having told the trainmen to notify the passengers that they had broken loose from the remainder of the train, he immediately started to signal the second section, which he knew must be only a few minutes behind. He had not gone back far before he heard the approaching train blow, and then real? ized the fact that he could proceed no further because of the trestle, which is 150 yards long and very high. He waived his flag as the engine in charge of Engineer Wisenberry came in sight, and the engineer expressed his recogni? tion of it by immediately blowing on brakes, but his train was heavy and he was nearing the bottom of one of the biggest grades on the road, hence it was impossible to stop. As soon as he real? ized this fact, and before crossing the trestle, he reversed his engine and con? tinued to blow on brakes. Realizing the impending catastrophe, he left his seat and, standing in front of the firebox with his hand on the lever, awaited the shock. It came, and he was partially knocked down by a stick of wood from the tender, but was otherwise unhurt, though almost entirely shut in by the mass of debris which was thrown against the engine. His life was probably saved by the fact that the rear of the ten.fer was thrown to one side, thus diverting the full mo? mentum of the train from the engine to the side of the cut, against which the shattered cars were piled up. All the passengers in the cab of the forward section were either killed or seriously injured. Thomas A. Gailher, of this city, escaped with broken ribs, but Philip S. Wisnante, also of this city, Charlie Sellers, of Pinebrook, and a negro named Ned Stroud were instantly killed. The wreck caught fire and burned up, and at least one man was burnod alive, as his cries could be heard, but nothing could be done for him. Mr. Gailher is the sole survivor of the pas? sengers in the cab. A large force of men is now engaged in moving the wreck aud building a track around it. .The Carolina Tea Farm. The Hon. W. G. LeDuc, United States commissioner of agriculture, arrived in the city on Sunday evening, and is quar? tered at the Charleston Hotel. He is accompanied by his private secre? tary, Mr. ?. D.'LaDow, the Hon. J. H. McGowan, a member of Congress from Michigan, and also a member of the committee on agriculture of the House of Representatives, and by Mr. J. Jack? son, the expert tea culturist connected with the department. The object of the commissioner's visit is to find a suitable location to establish the experimental tea farm for which Congre.-s has already made the necessary appropriations. Yesterday Receiver Fisher, of the South Carolina Railroad,'placed a spe? cial train at the disposal of the parly, who, in company with Mr. E. L. Roche, secretary of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina, inspected the lands lying along the South Carolina Railroad be? tween this City and Sumerviile. At Sumerviiic carriages were secured, and the party visited the plantation of Mr. Hcmy A. Middleton, about two miles from the village. After a thorough ex? amination of the soil and the premises, the commissioner determined to locate the farm at that place, provided suitable arrangements can be made for the con? trol of the property. The land selected is a light sandy loam with a good clay subsoil, and is sit? uated on the high and healthy ridge be? tween Sumerviile and the Ashley Riv? er. A portion of the farm is now under cultivation and the rest is covered with a second growth of pine and oaks. The tract contains one thousand acres, about two hundred acres of which the commissioner proposes to plant in tea. If the experiment succeeds he will bring the whole body under cul? tivation. The advantages of the farm to Sumer? viile and the whole State cannot he over estimated. It will open a new field of enterprise and labor, and increase the variety and value of our productions ? Nervs and Courier. ? The South Carolina Legislature is being generally commended for the au? dacity it has displayed in "tackling" questions which legislators, are in the habit of dodging as they do a pestilence. In what was considered of all Stales the home of dueling, there is a most strin? gent dueling law, which in addition to inflicting the severest penalties upon all those who engage : s principals or seconds in affairs of honor, also debars ihem the right of suffrage and of holding ofiiee ever afterwards; in a State where, ac? cording to current estimate, the people arc at least as reckless of life as those of any other, the representatives have Inkcn the liberty of absolutely prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons, and also the "sale of intoxicating liquors, except in incorporated towns and villages, ;vils which are most prolific of dangers to the lives of its citizens. Not content with throwing around its people these safe? guards, it has even gone further; the encouragement of immigration and of manufacturing enterprises has been marked by the passage of laws exempt? ing from taxation all actual settlers and all factories started in the Stale, for a period of ten years. All this has been done during a session which by constitu? tional limitation is perhaps shorter than that allowed in any Slate in the Union, ? Charlotte Observer. ? The Washington Star has been looking into the cost of General Mc? Dowell's vote for General Garfield, of which so much has been said. An cx nrmy officer .-.aid to a reporter: "General McDowell has been rewarded for having come from the Pacific coast to New York to vote for Garfield, hut his vote cost ihu government about ?1.200. He got an order from the War Department lor him? self and aide-de-camp to come East, and under that order both of them drew their regular mileage and allowances, amount ing to about $1,200. The records will show the fact. The Concealed Weapon Law, Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and IJciuse of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting iu General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That any person carrying a pistol, dirt, dagger, s.lung shot, metal knuckle-, razors, or other similar deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury, con? cealed about his person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a Court of competent jurisdiction shall forfeit to the County the weapon so carried concealed, and be lined in a sum not more than two hun? dred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than twelve mouths, or both, in the dis? cretion of the Court. Six*. 2. It shall be the duly of every Trial Justice, Sheriff, Constable or other peace officer to cause all persons violating this Act to be prosecuted therefor when? ever they shall discover a violation hereof. Sec. 3. In all convictions hereunder the fine imposed shall, if collected, be paid into the treasury of the County wherein the prosecution is localed. Sec. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to peace oflicers while in the actual discharge of their duties as such oflicers, nor to persons carrying concealed weapons while upon their own premises. Sec. ?. That if any person be convict? ed of assault, assatilt and battery, assault, or assault and battery with intent to kill, or of manslaughter, and it shall appear upon the trial that the assault, assault and battery, assault, assault and battery with intent to kill, or manslaughter shall have been committed with a deadly wea? pon of the character specified in Section 1 of this Act carried concealed upon the person of the defendant so convicted, the presiding Judge shall, in addition to the punishment provided by law for such assault, assault and battery, assault, or assault nud battery with intent to kill, or manslaughter, inflict further punishment upon the person so convicted, of con? finement in Penitentiary for not less than three months, nor more than twelve months, with or without hard labor, or fined in a sum of not less than two hun? dred dollars, or both fined nnd impris? oned at the discretion of the said Judge. Sf.c. G. This Act shall go into effect on the first day of January, A. D. 1881. ? When Gen. Grant was compli? mented, just before the adjournment for the holidays, by the two houses of Con? gress suspending their business for the purpose of paying respects to him, com? ment was made on the fact that two or three prominent Republicans in the Sen? ate and the House of Representatives were conspicuously absent on that occa? sion. Among those more prominently mentioned in this connection was Sena? tor Blaine. It is said that the reason why Mr. Blaine neglected to pay his respects to Gen. Grant in the Senate Chamber was that only a few days before, when in New York, Gen. Grant had declined to sec him when he called and sent in his card. Mr. Blaine, it is enid, was also informed that Gen. Grant had said be would never speak to him again. Friends here of Gen. Grant also say that he is incensed against Gen. Sherman on account of the strictures of the latter on the proposition to create Gen. Grant captain general. In fact, it is current rumor that Gen. Grant is angry with every one who did not favor his renomi nation at Chicago last summer, and car? ries his resentment so far as to refuse to hold any personal intercourse with any of them. ? The continued cold weather at Ni? agara has caused enormous qualities of ice to accumulate. The Horseshoe Fall is frozen solid for 200 feet from either shore, in consequence of which the Clif? ton Water-works Company have ceased operations. Thoy cannot control enough water to keep their machinery in mo? tion, tiieir reservoirs have run dry, and the town is without a water supply. The massive mounds of stalactites, the formi? dable icicles suspended from the grizzly rocks are grand beyond description. The ice mountains keep working their way upward, and now reach a height of about 120 feet. The spray has made wonderful formations. The pretty cedars are so loaded with ice that they droop nearly to the ground. The grand old trees on Goat Island and in Prospect Park are completely frosted over, and groan under their heavy coats of ice. Heavy ice continues running over the falls into the river below, and threatens every moment to form an ice bridge. All the icc-houscs in the vicinity are nearly filled with clear ice, from 12 to 14 inches thick. ? Mr. Vennor, the Canadian weather prophet, having come very near the exact condition of the weather for December in his predictions, his forecast of what may be expected in January becomes of interest. Mr. Vennor says: "I anticipate that New Year's callers will have heavy sleighing this year from Montreal to Washington, and that a cold snap during the first part of this mouth will preserve it for that deriod. I expect blockades of snow iu the United Stales about the 7lh and 8lh of January, and rainy days du? ring the month will be exceedingly lev.*. The second quarter will opeu with heavy falls and terminate in a cold snap. The middle of the month will bring snowfalls, which will terminate in milder weather toward the end of the third quarter. The thaw, which will be interrupted by a brief cold spell, will extend from about the 18th of the month into February. The record of this month will show it to have been a severe one, and the general conditions of the weather will remind us of some of what are called real old-fash? ioned winters." ? The gross revenue of the United Kingdom for 18S0 was ?83,290,390. The receipts from customs decreased du? ring the year ?482,000, and from excise duties $007,000. The receipts from stamps increased ?940,000 in conse? quence of the changes in the probate dues devised by Sir Stallbrd Northcote in his last budget. The postoflice revenues show an increase of ?251,000, and the receipts from telegraphs ?195,000. Dark rings around the eyes indicate the existence of worms. Hasten to use Shri ner's Indian Vermifuge to expel these mis? erable pests. It is a sale and reliable agent. Always use it according to the directions, and it will do its work well. j 'Tis autumn, and the leaves arc dry and rustic on the ground, and chilly winds conic whistling by with low ami pensive sound. To guard against coughs and colds you should go to Williite & Wilhile's drug store and get a buttle of Coussens" Honey of Tar. Trice "lUc. White's ('rennt White Vermifuge is the best worin killer. A Cough, Cold or Sore Thront should be stopped. Neglect frequently results in an Incurable Luuff Disease or Consumption, /frown's Bronchial Troches ore certain totficc relief in Asthma, lironcliUis, Coughs, Cutnrrh, Vnnsumptircnud Throat Diseases. For thirty years the Troches have been recommended by physicians, and always give perfect sat? isfaction. They are not new or untried, but having been tested by wide and constant use for nearly an entire generation, they have attained well-merited rank among the few staple remedies of the age. VuMic Sjwuters and Singers use lhem to clear and strengthen the Voice. .Sold at twenty-live cents a box everywhere._l.">-1y REMOVED. Ihave moved my BARBER SHOP from the Benson House Building to the back room over the New York Cash Store, where I will be pleased tosec my many friends and customers. liazors ken! in good repair fo 1 'o ec us a year. BENJAMIN COLLINS, Jan ?, l&Hl SC :.' o 0 i 3 02 H ft Pi a o JL HAVE u large stock of the above ACID GUANO and ASH ELEMENT on hand, and am prepared to make terms for Cash, Cotton Option or Currency. Our Farmers will find it to their interest to see mc before making their arrangements. Special Inducements offered to those wanting to hny in Car Load Ijots. My office is on the first floor of the Centennial Building". W* SL LIGON. Jan (J. its I 2t Oiii THE BEST GOODS THE CHEAPEST. IF you want the Best CONFECTIONERIES and good GROCERIES, call on ii. M. STEIFKL. Masonic Building, Anderson. S. C. Julv 22. I8S0 _ 2 ly AN ORDINANCE To Raise Supplies for the Town of Au? demon, S. (!., for th? Year 1SS1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Intendant and Wardens of the Town of Ander? son. S. C, in Council assembled, and by the authority of the same,? That a Tax, for the sums and in the man? ner hereinafter named, shall be raised and paid into the Public Treasury of the said Town for the uses and purposes thereof: Sectios 1. There shall be paid the sum of fifteen cent1? on every one hundred dol? lars worth of Real Estate and Personal Property, except the Carolina Collegiate Institute, Oreelcy Institute, Farmers' and Mechanics' Association and the Churches of the Town. Sec 2. There shall be lour days work on the Streets, under the supervision of the Assistant Marshal, by every able-bodied male person between the ages of sixteen (1G) and fifty (f>0) years; or any person may commute the same by paying to the Treas? urer the sum of two dollars; and any per? son liable as above, and failing or refusing to make payment by the time hereinafter specified, shall beheld liable to the penal tics provided by law. Sec. 3. There shall be paid by the owners a tax of 15 cents on the one hundred dollars of the value of all Bank Stocks ; and that all Fire and Life Insurance Companies shall be taxed the sum of 15 cents on the one hundred dollars of their gross receipts col? lected or received by their agents in the Town of Anderson ; and the Southern Ex? press Company shall be also taxed 15 cents on the one hundred dollars of its gross re? ceipts collected by its agent. Sec. 4. There shall be a tax of 15 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of mer? chandise or goods manufactured abroad and offered for sale within the corporate limits of this Town; and it is the meaning and intent of this section more particularly to apply to Buggies and Wagons. Sec. 5. Ami be it further ordained; That the taxes on Real Estate shall be paid ac? cording to the valuation by the Town As? sessors, and all other taxes according to the returns made on oath to the Clerk of the Town Council. Sec. ft. And be it further ordained, That the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and required to publish in one of the County newspapers, on or by the 15th February, 1881, a statement showing the amount of Personal Property returned by each and every tax-payer of the said Town. Sec. 7. And be it further ordained, That all returns shall be made on or before the first day of February, 18S1, and all taxes shall be paid on or*before the first day of March, 18S1; and persons who shall fail to make their returns within the time speci? fied shall be assessed by the Clerk of the Council; and if any person or persons shall refuse or neglect payment of the taxes herein levied within the time specified, the Clerk of the Council is hereby authorized und required to add twenty per centum penalty to the amount of the taxes of the person"or persons thus refusing or neglect? ing payment of their taxes; and if the twenty"per centum penalty so imposed and the tax are not paid within twenty days, it shall bo the duty of the Clerk of the Council to issue Executions therefor imme? diately and collect the same by due process of law, as provided in the Charter of said Town. Done and ratified in Council and the Seal of the Corporation of the Town of Anderson, S. C, affixed thereto, [seal.] this the 4th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. G. F. TOLLY, Intendant. TII03. C. EICON, Town Clerk. Jan 6, 1881 2(3 1 Notice to Fiduciaries. ALL Administrators, Executors, Guar? dians and other Fiduciaries, who by law arc required to make their returns to the Judge of Probate, are hereby notified to do so during the month of January, 1891, or the penalty of the law will be enforced. * W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jan G, 1881 _ 2(3_4_ BELTON HIGH SCHOOL. THE Exercises of this School will com? mence on Monday, January 10th, 1SS1, and will remain in session for thirty two weeks without intermission. Terms': Primary Class.$10 50 Intermediate Class. 10 00 Higher Class. 22 50 Full credit will be given for all public monevs received. W. F. CON, Principal. Helton. S. C, Jan. 18,1881. 26-4 NOTICE. Office ok the Bo.Mti) of County Commissioners of Anderson County, Januury 4th, 1881. "VTOTICE is hereby given that on Tucs JLi day, the 11th day of January, 1881, at It o'clock a. in., the Board of County Commissioners for Anderson County will meet at their office to elect a Steward and a Physician for the Poor House of Anderson County for the year 1881, and that sealed proposnls will be received until that time. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. .1. II. JONES, R. MARCUS BURRISS, EZEK1EL HARRIS, County Commissioners. Jan 0, 1881 " 2G 1 Notice of Dissolution. rpiIE Firm of BARR it CO. is this day X dissolved by mutual consent. All parties indebted to us by Note or Ac? count will please pay up at once, as we are anxious to settle up the business as soon as possible. The Notes and Accounts of the firm are at the store of W. F. Barr. Pay? ment may be made to either member of the late firm. W. F. BARR, J. FEASTER BROWN. \V. J). BROWN. Jan. I. mi. The undersigned will continue a General Merchandise Business at the old stand of the late firm, No. 10 Granite Row, where he will be pleased to see his friends and custo? mers at any time. W. F. BARR. Jan G, 18.sl -Jo LUJIBEB! LUMBER ! ALARGE lot of good Lumber is kept constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson and orders for large or small lots of an) kind desired will be promptly tilled at low prices. Mr. Robert May field is my agent for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired lo persons wishing to make an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 30,1870 20_ ly FOE RENTER SALE. HOUSE AND LOT. BLACKSMITH SHOP. WOOD SHOP, VACANT LOTS, SMALL FARM, in 20 minutes walk of Public Square, will be rented in whole or in parcels of 5, 10. 13 or 2n acres. For sale, one extra fine Snlkev. Call on JOHN W. DANIELS. Dec 10, 1880 23 3 SALE OF Valuable JReal Estate. IWILL soil on SALEDAY IX FE? lU'AKY next, if not sold at private sale before that date, the Valuable Tract of Land whereof the late Rev. Thoniaa H. Cunningbani died seized and possessed, sit? uate in Savannah Township, Anderson County. S. ('., adjoining lands of Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, J. 0. Cunningham, B. F. Crayton, 13. A. Davis, et al., contain? ing Three Hundred and Nineteen (319) acres, more or less. One-half of the Tract in state of cultivation, the other half in original forest. For terms apply to Thomas Steen A Co., Auction and Coiiimissio'n Merchants, Green? ville. S.or Dr. R. F. Divvcr, Anderson, S. C. Mas. C. F. CUNNINGHAM, Per T. STEXHOUSE, Agent. Jan G, 1881__2G__ ? REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. IWILL sell, or offer for sale, to the high? est bidder, at Anderson, S. C, on Sale day in February, 1881, one Lot of Land, sit? uated in the Town ot Williamston, S. C, containing twenty and three-fourth (203) acres, more or less, adjoining lands of A. F. Welborn, E. J. Pinson, Mrs. McCorkle and others. On this land is one of the best building sites in Williamston. It is also in a high state of cultivation. Anyone wish? ing to buy at private sale can do so before day of sale. Terms?One-third cash, one-third Janua? ry 1st, 1SS2, balance January 1st, 1883, se? cured by mortgage or approved security. N. R. WILSON. Jan fi, 1881 20 4 s TAT]-: OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County By W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Wm, McGukin has applied to me to grant him letters of administra? tion on the Personal Estate and effects of Newton Scott, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Newton Scott, deceased, to bo and ap Ecar before mc in Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the 22nd day of January, 1881. after pub? lication hcreol, to shew* cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 1th day of January, 1881. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Jan G, 1881 2G 2 New Advertisements. A HOUSEHOLD NEED. Send 3-cent stamp for an 80-page Book ou "The Liver, its Diseases and their Treatment," INCLUDING MALARIAL TROUBLES, &e. Address DR. SAN I OK I), W'i Broadway, New York. PLAYS! PLAYS! PLAYS! PLAYS I Fur Reading Clubs, for Amateur Theatrical*, Temperance Plays. Drawlng-Rooni Plays, Fairy Plays, Ethiopian Plays, Guide Books, Speakers, Pantomimes, Tableaux Lights, Magnesium Lights, Colored Fire, Burnt Cork, Theatrical Face Prepa? rations, J alley's Wax Works, Wigs, Beards and Moustaches at reduced prices. Costumes, Scenery, Charades. New catalogues sent free containing full description and prices. Samuel Presch S, So.v, 33 E. Hilt Street, New York. A YEAR and expenses to agents. Out lit Free. Address P. O. VICKERY, Au? gusta, Maine. YOU CAN DEPEND ON THE ACTION OF WARRANTED PURE $777 and BUY THEM of the manufacturers, who warrant them of absolute purity und standard. Lowest prices. Baugh & Sons, lOSSouth St., Baltimore, Md. Factory established over twenty-fice years. LANDRETHS' SEEDS' BEST II If not sold in roar town, you i t can get them by mail. Drop i I us a Postal Card for Cata logne and Prices. The Oldeit and most extennee Seed Grow* in thr tfmtttd Stales. DAVID LANDItETH & SONS,Peiladjl J?a, Will b-malle.l tnnInallappllranu, enl toruitomeriwithout nr.irrir,).- it. It omtahM live tohncil plain, ft.) enjrmlni?, bVhii sue pasn, and lull .WHptlon., pri.v, mliUrwtl?I for nlanlioK iVj nirieUti Vegetable micl Flmr Stnlf, l'lint., Ilotr ., [,. Intsl'ial'lc to all. JtieUfHH cr"?n irril? will Im fooml nmn retlaUe f-r planting In the S?utk than Ihme frown i.i a winner climate. W? inak.' a incdaltT of ?npplvbg V!.*.:>;-r?. Trurkincn ?od MartH ISardMen, .\a\lr?i?. D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit. W# SCHOOL NOTICE. X. a. LIGON WILL open her School for small chil? dren on the 10th day of January. 1881. Terms?Five dollars per term of thirteen weeks. j2?f Full credit will be given for.*'' public moneys received. HERMAINN BULWINKLE. Factor &. General Commission Merchant, CHARLESTON, S. C, DEALER in GERMAN KAI NIT, or POTASH SALT, Peruvian Guano, No. 1 and No. 2. Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotia Land Plaster, Ground .South Caro? lina Phosphate, and other FERTILIZERS. Als.), COHN. OATS, HAY, Ac. Orders filled with dispatch, and liberal advances made on consignments of Cotton and other Produce 17?3m XTUTIOK FINAL SETTLEMENT. JA Notice is hereby given that the under? signed, Administratrix of Personal Estate of J. K. Richardson, deceased, will, on the 14lh day of January, 1SSL, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, for a Final Settlement and discharge from said Administration. Mrs. N. K. RICHARDSON, Adm'x. Dec 9,".1880 22 5 ?VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. JLl The undersigned. Administratrix of Estate of \V. A. Polls, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun? ty on the Otli day of January next, for ? Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from said administration. Mks. A. K. FOTI'S, Adm'x. Dec iss0 -I 5f _ INSTATE NOTICE. L All persons having demands against the Estatcof Albert MeCrary, deceased, are notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescri? bed by law. Those indebted to the Estate will also make pavineiits to the undersigned. ' SAM'L. McCRARY, W. H. McCRARY, Dec 2o. 1SS0 2-1?Executors.