Eo B. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 3, 1881. gfc; 1 ? ?V 1-1 l-*.TuTfg z ONE YEAR.81.60. SIX MONTHS.. 73c. Two Dollars if not paid In advance. THE LABOR LAW. Among the most important laws passed :> at the late session of the Legislature is the Act to make it a misdemeanor to entice away laborers under contract with another, or to knowingly employ such a laborer. This Act was introduced by Mr. Strom, of Edgefield, and its enforce? ment will afford the planters of our country protection from a very decided annoyance and loss. Those who criticise the law generally do so on the ground that it .places some unfair restriction upon labor, and one of our contemporaies, the Abbeville Press and Banner, which is fair and conservative in its course, has faiie u into the error of saying that about the only piece of demagogism of which the last-.Legislature was guilty was the passage of an Act to punish a laborer for violating his contract. This is a great mistake, for no such Act was passed. The provisions of the new law are in tended to reach the employer who causes a laborer to violato his contract. The man who induces the laborer to violate his contract is pnnished, but not the laborer himself. The new law reaches the man who does not employ enough labor, and iu the busy seasons injures his neighbor by enticing off his hands. There is a right of suit for damages on the civil side of the Court at common law, bnt its remedy would not reach the man who has less than the homestead . exemption. The effect, therefore, of the new Act is only to place all men upon an equality, by providing a punishment which will reach the man who has no property as well as the one who has. It is equitable and right. It is neither morally nor legally right for one citizen to induce a laborer to violate his contract with another citizen. Whoever does it wilfully and knowingly, as the Act for? bids, ought to be punished. Wo were in ?k l&vor of the law when it was before the Legislature, aud have seen nothing to induce any change of opinion upon it. RAILROAD CONTRACT. The Board of Directors of the Savan? nah Valley Railroad Company met at Anderson on last Thursday to open and award contracts for grading twenty miles of the Road from Anderson Court House towards Lowndesville. Two bids were " made for the entire line, and one addi? tional bid for the first two miles. The contract was awarded to Capt. Wj?. Jones for the entire twenty miles, at $1,250 per mile for the first two miles, and $575 per mile for tho remaining eighteen miles, or an average of $642.50 per mile for the whole length, with an additional stipulation for three dollars per acre for grubbing second growth,and four dollars per acre for grubbing origi? nal growth. The contract requires pay? ment at the end of each month upon the estimate of the Company's Engineer at the rate of 85 per cent, of the amount due, the remaining fifteen per cent, being retained by the Company as a forfeit. If any contract was to be awarded at once, the one made was no doubt as favorable as could be obtained. Capt. Jones is the right man for the work,"and if any man can make a success of it he can. The contract is a favorable one for the Company, for it will consume only about $14,000 of the $55,000 capital of the company in grading twenty miles, leaving $41,000 to grade the remaining thirty-five or six miles to the Greenwood and Augusta Road. This contract is awarded at the rate of about $700 per mile, so that the same rate would grade 78} miles, or about carry the road bed to Edgefield Court House, but the work is heavier on the lower part of the line, and it is not expected to do so well. Even if it should require $1,100 per mile below, the company will have money enough to reach the Greenwood and Au? gusta Road, and additional subscriptions can be obtaiued to carry it to Aiken. We think the prospect of securing the Road at least to the Greenwood and Au? gusta Railroad connection are now very fine. Capt. Jones will begin work near the residence of Rev. W. H. King dur? ing the first of next week and push his contract as rapidly as possible to comple? tion. LITTLE MEANNESS. The Republicans are continually taunt? ing the South with repudiation, and yet they have no scruples against voting in opposition to paying honest debts when their prejudice or partizanship can be subserved by doing so. Last week a bill came before Congress to pay Mrs. Page, of Virginia, $136.00, the balance due her husband for salary as Captain in tho United States Navy, previous to 1860. Captain Page had loog been in the ser? vice of the Government in the Navy, and had fought with distinction in the battle on Lake Erie, but wheu the war broke out between the North and the South he resigned his commission, leav? ing the sum of $136.00 due him and un? paid by the Government. "Je did not take either side during the late war. He is uow dead, and Mrs. Page, his widow, is old and in needy circumstances. She asked the Government to pay what it had owed for twenty years, and upon the con? sideration of the bill to pay her claim, the Republicans make it the basis of a vigorous effort to revive the memories of the civil war by declaring that Captain Page deserted the flag, and thereby for? feited his claim. They descanted upon rebel claims and raids upon the treasury, until one unacquainted with the facts would have thought millions of dollars of iniquitous frauds were about to be fastened upon the country by a set of outlawed rebels, instead of simply a res? olution to pay a poor widow the small sum of $136.00, which the government has owed for twenty years. In this meanness Gen. Bragg, a Democrat, of Wisconsin, also took a conspicuous part, as usual, showing all of the venom of which he is so capable, and absolute truculence to tho feeling of hate which pervades the West. It is also due to the Republicans to say that Gen. Chittenden, of New York, advocated the bill, and made a manly speech in its favor. He and Mr. Wright (Dem.), of Pennsyl? vania, each offered to pay the claim if Mr. Goode, of Virginia, who had it in charge, would withdraw the bill. Mr. Goode declined, saying that Mrs. Page was not asking charity, but simple jus? tice?the. payment of the small debt owed her by the Government. The de? bate was a disgrace to the Republican party, and should particularly consign Gen. Bragg to deserved odium. It is to the credit of the country that a favorable report was made by the committee of the whole upon the bill, and Mrs. Page will, tiberefore, probably get her money. THINK OF IT. The great evils of intoxicating drinks have been receiving much consideration of late, and it is to be hoped no small amount of good will result from the agi? tation. Not only is the use of strong drink injurious to tho persons who im? bibe, demoralizing to the communities in which they live, and terrible in their c urse upon the inebriate's family, but it is an enormons and total waste. The man who drinks whiskey, wine or beer gets no more nourishment for his money than he could obtain by drinking the pure, sparkling water which is so freely given by the Creator to all his creatures. It may not be generally known, but is nevertheless true, that alcohol aud malt have almost absolutely no nutrition. The human system which never secretes alcohol in any form, and cannot assim: late it at all, is obliged to consume a por? tion of its energy and vitality in throw? ing this foreign substance off, and, of course, the more a man drinks the greater will be the tax upon his constitution to get rid of it. Experiments made some years ago by Leibig, the celebrated Ger? man scieutist, proved that a barrel of beer docs not contain, outside of the water, as much nourishment as the flour that can be placed on the point of a pen? knife. When this is true, the question is why do men drink? It does not make them any better, nor happier, nor wiser, nor richer. It does not make them any better citizens nor more valuable mem? bers of society. It has a host of evils, and is without anything like an approxi? mate benefit. Men see this; they admit it; and yet they drink. Not only do they drink, but the terrible habit is on the increase. It is difficult to conceive the full extent of the use of intoxicating drinks. The Re? tailer, which is the organ of the brewers, says: "During 1880 taxes were paid on 18,374,000 barrels, or 414,000,000 gallons. This is equivalent to about 150 mugs for every man, woman and child in the coun? try. Leaving out the females and chil? dren, this vast, quantity represents 600 glasses a year for each male over 21 years old in the United States. When we con? sider the very large number of adult males who drink no beer at all, and the other host who partake of it only in the most moderate manner, and at more or less protracted intervals, it is evident that some other American? must drink a great deal. At five cents a glass this beer manufacture of 1880 brought $375,000, 000, or about $7.50 per capita for every man, woman and child. This is a quar? ter more than the total expenses of run? ning the United States Government." Think of it! The beer which pays taxes in one year would retail at near four mil* lion dollars. How much is made with? out paying the tax? How much wine, how much brandy, how much whiskey, how much mm and how much alo is con? sumed in the same time? The sura would be many times as great. This ex? hibit not only shows the wastefulness of intemperance, but it also shows what little things can do. Five and ten cents a drink in the United States alone raises billions of dollars every year. This money, if saved, could do so much good, and make so many poor people happy, that it is a national sin to waste it in strong drink. In speaking of the efforts to enforce the pistol bill, the News and Courier re feni to the fact that there have been more colored men than white men arrested under the new law, and expresses the hope that the law will be enforced against the white as well as the colored man. We are somewhat surprised at as well informed a journal as our Charleston contemporary making such flings at the administration of law in this State. It really reads more like tho New York Times or Tribune than the News and Cou? rier. We cannot discover one particle of discrimination in the enforcement or ad? ministration of law against either race, and, if such discriminatiun exists, those who know of it should plainly point out and condemn it, not by insinuation, but by open and clear exposition. Tho fact thai, more negroes than white men have so far been arrested under the new law does not prove that it is not being en? forced against the whites. It proves that more negroes carry pistols, and because there are few white men that violate Ibis law, is no reason why many negroes should be allowed to violate it. We agree with our contemporary that the law should be strictly enforced against all colors, and we believe, further, that it is being and will be equally enforced against all. The United States Senate on last Fri? day refused to confirm R. M. Wallace as United States Marshal for South Caroli? na. This is as it should be. No man with Wallace's record should be con? firmed by a Democratic Senate. His rejection give3 to President Hayes the appointment of Wallace's successor. Who will it be? The indications so far give no basis for prediction, but from the well-defined course up to this time, we will venture to guess that it will be an Ohio (?) man. A man from any other State does not stand any chance with the present administration. The great revivalist Sankey says: "The Bostonians have a great deal better opinion of themselves than the Lord has of them." Exactly the authority which Brother Sankey has for his statement he does not reveal, but it no doubt horrifies the Blue Blooded Puritans of the Hub, aud from this time forward they will have a miserably poor opinion of Brother Sankey's judgment?in fact, they have already lost confidence In him. The bill tu place Gen. Grant on the re? tired list has agaiu been giving the Sen? ate trouble. Senator Lamar spoke in favor of the resolution and voted for it, but the Senate bad too much conserva? tism to follow him. Vary few persous would object to pensioning Gen. Grant, if it had nothing beyond a personal bear? ing. Iu this case, however, it is equiva? lent to a recognition of the monarchial idea that official position elevutes a man above work. In this country no such doctrine should find lodgment. Tho man who has been President is not enti? tled to any greater privileges under the law than the humblest citizen who voted for him. Any other doctrine tends to the establishment of an aristocratic cir? cle, and is subversive of all true republi? can principles. Such a proposition would not have emanated from any other President than Gen. Grant. He seems to think it his mission, since he has ex? hausted tho positions that precedent allows him, to introduce as many innova? tions as possible and to take all that he can get. The Union owed Gen. Grant a great deal, but it has most amply paid the debt. If he is not able to support himself some of his charitable friends ought to assist him, and let the country have at least a breathing spell from his rapacity. At the fourteenth annual session of the National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, held recently in the city of Washington, D. 0., the following graceful compliment was paid our immediate representative in Congress, Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken : "Aud to that other servant who has stood almost alone as tho guardian of our in? terests against the despoilera in the House of Representatives we offer the outpourings of thankful hearts, wherein he will be forever enshriued as the gal? lant knight whose lauce has more than once punctured the vain conceit of the body too poor in farmers to furnish mem? bers enough for a committee on agricul? ture, whereiu our profession is crucified between its despoilers, defamed and re? viled. Let us hope that our Representa? tive, born and reared iu the profession which he honors, although rejected by the builders, will soon become the head I of the corner." The Democrats of Tennessee have done a sensible thing in electing Hon. Howell E. Jackson, a State Credit Democrat, to the United States Senate. This, at least, give? the Democracy a wholesome check upon the incoming administration. Railroad Movements?The West and Charleston. The early completion of Hues of rail? way connecting the whole Northwestern railway system with Knoxville is. now assured. At the annual meeting of stockholders held last week, the Direct? ors of the Kentucky Central Railroad were authorized to extend their line to connect with the Knoxville branch ol the Louisville and Nashville Ra 1 oad The extension will be from Lexington to Roundstone, a distance of 58 miles, or from Paris to the same point, a distance of 71 miles. The cost will be about ?2,000.000. By building from Paris in? stead of running down to Lexington, the Kentucky Central will get a nearly straight line to Knoxville, and the Paris route, for that reason, will most likely be chosen. In the President's report to the stockholders the reasons for pushing tu the South are frankly given, and they dispel some of the clouds which have surrounded recent railroad movements in the West. The new combination which looks to Charleston as the objective point on the South Atlantic is not primarily a Cincinnati project, for the benefit of that city. The active force is tho Louisville and Nashville Railroad which needs an independent route to the sea. This road has determined to extend as Knoxville branch from Livingston, the present ter minous, to the Tennessee line, where it will connect with the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad, which will be built as rapidly as practicable from its present terminus at Caryville to that point. The completion of the Louisville and Nashville exten? sion and of the Knoxville and Ohio ex? tension will put Louisville and the whole West and Northwest in close connection with Knoxville, while tho Kentucky Central by its extension to Roundstone will connect likewise with Knoxville. At Knoxville, connection is made with the Tennessee and Virginia Roads, and freight and passengers can go down to Chattanooga and Atlanta or up to Balti? more, Richmond and Norfolk. But there is little to gain if the new line is to halt and be deflected at Knoxville. Atlanta and tho Virginia ports can be reached without this. The purpose is to get to the South, Atlantic without touching Chattanooga and Atlanta. As wo have asserted confidently for years a short, direct, and independent line from the Northwest to the South Atlantic coast is an imperative necessity. Thousands of miles of railroad with an enormous busi? ness cannot afford to be dependenton the single railroad which connects Chatta? nooga with Atlanta?the only railroad connection, at present, for the Northwest and Southeast, between Lyuchburg, Va., and Moutgomery, Ala. In a short time, under the arrange? ments which have been made, the rail? road business of the Northwest and West will be ready to pour down to Knoxville. What next? There are, at least, three projected routes from Knoxville to the South At? lantic. One of these is by way of the East Tennessee aud Virginia Railroad to Morristown, and thence to Wolf Creek. From Wolf Creek to Hendersonville, sixty-three miles, the road remains to be built. The Spartanburg aud Asheville Railroad is in operation from Spartan burg (where it connects with Charleston) to Hendersonville, and the grading is done to within a few miles of Abbeville. It will take less money to reach Char? leston by the Asheville route than by the Blue Ridge routes; and we are informed that by building ab ?ut seven miles of new road between Spartanburg and Hen? dersonville the grades can be lightened si'fficiently to allow heavy freights to be carried economically and easily. A second route is by the Blue Ridge Railroad. This road is in operation from Anderson to Walhalla, and from Maryville to Knoxville. A rough esti? mate is that the rond can be completed for about ?3.000.000, but the Knoxville and Maryville Railroad is now owned bv Mr. Sibley, of the Air Line Railroad. This route, if the Savannah Valley Rail? road be built, or a line from Ninety-six to Aiken be constructed, will give the shortest practicable route to Charleston. Several million dollars have already been spent upon the road. Another route is by the Eastatoe Gap, which Senator Butler describes, in a re? cent letter to Senator Peudleton, as fol? lows: "Our people on the south or east side of the Bluo Ridge range of mountains ure extremely auxious to make some direct railroad connection with Cincin? nati and the Western cites. Tho chief obstacle to this very desirable end?the hitherto impassable barrier of the moun? tains?has been lately overcome by the discovery of a pass through which a rail? road may be built, as I am informfd, without a tunnel or a trestle, and with a grade of not more than seventy-five feet to the mile. The preset terminus of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad at Chatta? nooga is to far toe the west for its exten? sion through this gap, and does not reach ?directly at least?those ports on the Atlantic coa9t nearest to Cincinnati. Nor cau it traverse that fine agricultural and manufacturing region lying between the Blue Ridge aud the sen coast, without a branch diverging from its present line eastwardly, so as to pass the moun? tains through this natural opening. Links of a trurk line arc now being graded from Aiken, S. C, to Edgefield, and from Easley Station, on the Air Line Railroad, towards this gap, (Eastatoe) which, if you will examine the map, you will find is tho nearest route from Cin? cinnati to Charleston. I say Miuks of a trunk line.' I mean that different rail? road companies under charter from South Carolina are being thus graded, which by consolidation could be made a trunk line, and with continuation through the mountains, and Western connections, I would make the shortest line to the sea coast. Js it practicable, do yon think, to ! make this connection with any of your I roads, so as to make an independent direct short trunk line? If so, in my judgment, one of the best and most pro? fitable Hues could be established on the continent, and at a smaller expense than any similar enterprise in the country. These roads on the east side of the Blue Ridge are being graded with convict labor, and ono of them has not cost more than $250 per mile, for the grading, for the last eight miles. It is true the progress is slow?for tho want of capital?but I believe if there was a prospect of having an extension to Cincinnati and the Wes? tern cities, capital would be forthcoming for their early completion. Port Royal harbor, as you know, is one of the finest on the Atlantic coast, with water of suf? ficient depth to admit the largest vessels afloat; and when the Cliarlestion jetties have been completed within the next two or three years, we hope to have twenty-five feet of the water at the bar, so that the shipping would be amply ac? commodated for any amount of freight? age. "Since the completion of the Southern Cincinnati, terminating as remotely as it does from us, many of our business men are turning their attention to Cincinnati for many of your manufactures, such as buggies, carriages, wagous, furniture, hardware, &c. And, of course, with a direct trunk line of railroad through these mountains, at a point such as I have indicated, this feeling would be immensely increased, and a reciprocity of profitable trade established. That section of country north of a line drawn from Augusta, Ga., through Columbia and Cheraw, in S. C, is unsurpassed in any part of the world for its endless wa? ter power for machinery, and cotton manufactories are being and will continue to be built upon them. These manufac? tures will of course want a market, and your city and other adjacent Western cities will be importaut customers it q'tick, direct transportation should be at hand to take them away. "Last summer, after I left you in Ken? tucky, I came over the Southern Cincin? nati to Chattanooga from Lexington, Ky., in about ten hours. What is want? ed is a road to Knoxville, and thence through the mountains at some conven? ient pass direct to the Atlantic coast. Could not the Kentucky Central reach out in that direction and establish an in? dependent trunk line such as I have sug? gested? Our people in South Carolina would take hold of such a project with earnestness and zeal, aud afford every as? sistance in their power to make it one of the finest commercial highways in Amer? ica. We have spent a vast amount of money on the Blue Ridge Railroad, which was to cross the mountains at the Rabun Gap; and but for the interven? tion of the war, the road would have been completed. Perhaps this route might still be adopted with advantage, but from what I have heard of the Ensta toe Gap route, it would doubtless be cheaper than the Rabun Gap route. Either, however, would accomplish the object to which I take the liberty of call? ing your attention, namely: A short, direct, economical trunk line from Cin? cinnati to the Atlantic coast.'*' Senator Pendleton's letter, in replv, is dated December 23,1880. He says: "This subject occupied the attention of Cincinnati a3 long ago as I can remem? ber. Indeed, one of the earliest recol? lections I have is of an illumination of the city in honor of a visit of Commis? sioners from South Carolina, in the in? terest of railroad connections. It is very obvious that the interest of both sections will be advanced by greater facilities of intercommunication than we now have. The Cincinnati Southern Railroad, find? ing its terminus at Chattanooga, does not answer all the requirements of active business between the parts of the country of which you speak. The difficulties in the way of building the railroad, though great, are by no means insuperable. Examinations and surveys are continual? ly pointing out advantageous gaps and water ways, by which grades can be re? duced, and heavy tunnelling, in a great measure, be avoided. The new routes to which you allude tend in the same direc? tion. Lately much interest has been ex? cited in Cincinnati by a proposed exten? sion of the Kentucky Central Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Rail? road to the Tennessee State line, there connecting with the road to Knoxville, and the prospect is that this extension will be speedily made. The roada lead? ing south from Knoxville, combining with this extension, will accomplish the purpose which you have in view." Coming from one of the largest stock j holders of the Kentucky Central Railroad i this letter was highly encouraging, and the extension spoken of, as we have seen, is now determined on. In publishing the letters of Senators Butler and Pen dleton the Edgefield Advertiser says: "No doubt when Senator Butler wrote thus to Senator Pendleton he had in his miud's eye the late change in the charter of the old Savannah valley Railroad Company. At the last session of the Legislature the charter was so amended that, instead of running from Anderson, on the west side of Rocky river, down the immediate valley of the river to Hamburg, as was the original intent, the company may now run their road on the east side of Rocky river to Bel ton, nnd from Belton, due south, to Dmn's Mine, some fifty miles, on the Edgefield and Abbeville line. This tbey have deter? mined to do; and although they tailed to secure convicts to labor on this route, still, nothing daunted, they are at this very time advertising to give out con? tracts for the grading of twenty miles of the road, commencing at Anderson Court House. At the next session of the Leg? islature they will again apply for con victs, and will doubtless get them. And of course the ultimate design of the Sa? vannah Valley Company is to push on their road to meet ours at Edgefield. From Dorn's Mine to Edgefield is twen ty-four miles; and a railroad route al? ready carefully reconnoitered makes it only twenty-two. From Edgefield to Aiken, by the road now in progres?, is twenty-one miles. "So in this year of grace 1881 another grand opportunity opens itself to Edge field, and more particularly to Charles? ton. And if Charleston would do her duty?for there is no doubt of this beinj.' the shortest and most direct routo to Cincinnati?we believe Edgefield would do hers. Both Charleston and Edgefield have missed too many grand chances in the pa?t to be slumbering now over per h ips the last one." So there is no difficulty in getting to the sea from Knoxville, by one ui th< projected routes, and there is some talk of opening an additional line from Co lumbia to Charleston. This can be dorn by building a road from the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, via Manning, to the Northeastern RaMroad. i The perautis at the back of this aro the 1 capitalists interested in the Greenville and Columbia Railroad and Atlantic Coast line. But the true pivotal point, in the Northwestern railroad movement is the South Carolina Railroad, whether the connection with Charleston is to he made by way of Columbia or by the Savannah Valley Railroad. Until the South Carolina Railroad is out of Court and in the hands of its owner.-, the ten million dollars which the road represents lie dormant., and are unavailable as an effective force in railroad combinations. The first thing to do is to put the South Carolina Railroad in first-rate condition. From Charleston to Branchviile the track has been laid with steel rails, and such rails are being laid from Branchviile to Columbia and Augusta. Much has been done towards putting the depots and platforms in order. But the Charleston steam fleet must be augmented, and the South Carolina Railroad tracks must run to the water side. The now steamships will be ready by the fall, if there be no delay in selling and reorganizing the road, and the work of extending the tracks to the Cooper River can begin at onee. With more swift steamers for the New York line, and the means of dis? charging and loading heavy freight at the water side, the South Carolina Kail road will be in position to accommodate all the business that can be obtained, and will reach out for business that is not, at present, available. We shall have the Knoxville connection some day; and we shall have it soon, if the South Carolina Railroad can be sold and reorganized during the spring and summer. There is no obstruction, we believe, except by the holders of a comparatively small amount of Non-mortgage bonds, and by the counsel for the old Syndicate, who claim fees amounting to twenty-five thousand dollars, which the New York Purchasing Committee arc unwilling to allow. This is all, so far as we know, that stands in the way of the immediate completion of the arrangements for put ling the South Carolina Railroad in the hands of the new owners. After that, for Charleston, the outgoing and incom? ing trade of the mighty West!?Xe>rs and Courier. Stolbraml Against Aiken, lion. U. Wyatt Aiken has retained Col. E. B. Gary to manage his defense in resisting Gen. Stolbrand's claim to his seat in. Congress Col. Gary served his answer yesterday on Stoibrand which was as follows: Washington-, D. C, Jan. 1SS1. C. J. Stolbraxd, Esq., Columbia, S. C.: Sir: Your notice of contest "in the matter of the election of Representative to the Forty Seventh Congress," served upon me by your Attorney J. F. Hobbs, was duly received, and in reply thereto I have to say, that I object and except to each and all the grounds of contest as therein set forth. First, Because the allegations arc so vague and general that they become immaterial, and no evidence would be competent in their behalf. Second, No precincts being named, nor frauds specified, nor names of par? ties to the alleged general frauds being mentioned, the grounds fall from want of sufficient particularity. Third, Were it possible to prove and establish the general allegations made, there is neither evidence nor claim that the contestant was a candidate for elec? tion to the Forty-Seventh Congress of die United Slates. And not waring my exceptions to your said notice of contest, I hereby expressly deny each and all the charges and alle? gations therein contained and set forth, and require you to prove the same. Prepared, as I am, to vindicate my right to a seat in the Forty-Seventh Congress of the United States as member from the Third District of the State of South Carolina, I allege and charge as a matter pertinent to the issue raised by you that at various precincts in the Dis? trict persons of color desiring to vote the Democratic ticket, upon which I was a candidate, were debarred the privilege of so doing unless in secresy, or under the protection of their employers; that hav? ing voted the Democratic ticket they were proscribed and maltreated by par? ties, both male and female of their own race; that Republican voters on the day of election, took possession of the polls and held them as long as they were able to the exclusion of Democratic voters; and that general intimidation occurred at various precincts in the District. All of these several and various alle? gations will be proven, and it will be shown, that these acts occurred notably at Columbia, Richland county, Pomaria, Ncwberry County, Greenwood and Cokesbury, Abbeville County, and Lex? ington Court House. I further charge and shall oiler to prove that at every precinct in the Dis? trict colored voters desiring to vote the Democratic ticket were compelled under duress to vole a ticket other than that of their choice. Respectfully, &e., " D. Wyatt Aiken. The (?recnvillc and Latirens Road. The Board of County Commissioners of Greenville County have called a con? vention of taxpayers of Greenville Conn ty to meet at Greenville Court House on February 7, to determine the question of subscribing to the capital stock of the Greenville and Laurens Railroad Com? pany and to fix the amount of subscrip? tion, the same to be thereafter submitted to the qualified voters of the county for ratification. The company propose to build a road from Greenville to Laurens, and, in aid of tlie enterprise, ask of Greenville County the subscription of ?00,000 in bonds. There is considerable excitement over the project;, and the friends of the movement are confident of success. There is, however, a spirited opposition to the construction of the road. The Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer disapproves of the measure, because under the present plan of the company tiie road can only be a local one for the section of country through which it is to pass, and cannot affect one way or an? other the prosperity of the country in general or enhance the value of its lands its a whole. Jf it is the design of the company to ultimately extend the road to Asheville so as to gain the western connection such intention should be stated, there beirrg more reason for the issue of bonds lor such a line. Le Due's Tea. "What success have you had with the tea business, General?" "An attempt was made to raise tea about thirty years ago in Georgia." replied the Commis? sioner, "and the tea plants had grown up into a sort of hedge there, when a man came to me who had been raising tea in Asia, and made the proposition to give it a trial again. lie went to that place, about forty miles from Savannah, cultivated some of the old plants, planted some new ones, and gathered a crop. I have a machine here made in England for making tea, drying the leaf, etc., which can do as much work as five hundred people a day, and have pre? pared some of the tea. I took it to A. A. Low, the eminent lea merchant of New York, arid asked hint to have his ?xuert examine some ol il, without say? ing where it was raised. The expert -aid it was raised in India, in the pro since of Siani, and was worth filly cents a pound. This encouraged me, and I chose a place iu South Carolina to begin the systematic culture of tea, which the proprietor, Mr. Middlelon, allowed me to lave for ?1, and I am now cultivating ilie lea. We can raise tea, I am satisfied, all along our Atlantic slope, from the over part of Virginia out to Texas." ? Woflbrd College has one hundred and twenty-fix students this year. Ohio Again, ami this Time a Brother in-Law. It is not necessary for a Democratic newspaper lo add anything to what the New York Times says concerning the nomination of Mr. Stanley F. Matthews as Justice of the Supreme Court; espe? cially as the other .Stalwart newspapers (excepting the New York Tribune) write in a similar strain : "It occurs to the mind at once that Mr. Matthews is an Ohio man, the brother-in-law ami intimate, personal and political frier.d of the President; that he was one of the counsel before the Electoral Commission, and a zealous promoter of the operations by which the difficulties in Louisiana that met the Administration alter the electoral vote of that State had been secured were adjusted, but it will strike no one that he is peculiarly fitted for a high judicial position. "In political life he has been erratic and impulsive, guided by almost any consideration but a profound regard for the hightcst interests of the public. During his short career in the Senate ho distinguished himself by advocating some of the most vicious measures pro? posed at a critical time in our financial experience. "Before the standard silver dollar had been restored to our currency, to intro? duced confusion into the working of resumption, he offered and sup? ported a resolution declaring it to be the right of the Government to pay its debt in the depreciated coin, his pur se being to provide a use for it and promote its restoration. lie argued that silver had not depreciated, because, as he said, it would buy more in 1877 than in 1S7?, basing the claim on the fall of general prices that had attended the appreciation of legal tender notes. When an effort was made to bring him to the real basis of comparison by a ref? erence to what had occurred abroad, he scornfully a?kcd 'What have we to do with abroad ?' This revealed the range of his reasoning in dealing with the operation of general principles. He was the champion of the corporations against the Thurman bill, and as a lawyer he has been conspicuous in his defence of cor? porate interests. These incidents in the history of Mr. Matthews are mentioned as illustrating his lack of the judicial character. He may have been honest and conscientious in what he has done, but he has neither been judicial nor judicious. "If the character of our highest tribu? nal has declined, it is due to the kind of men who have been appointed to its bench and the causes that have induced the appointment. No other sanctity but the qualifications of the Judges can hold it in that esteem and reverence which it is desirable that it should have from all parties and classes of citizens. Every new appointment should raise and strengthen it in the estimation of the people, and no consideration should determine the appointment except the eminent fitness of the man lor the place. That this is the consideration that induced President Hayes to appoint Mr. Matthews no one will be bold enough to pretend. Political and personal grounds are the only ones upon which the action is to be explained. But it is highly characteristic. The President is theo? retically in favor of selecting the best and fittest men for office, but he lacks the firmness and resolution to put theory in practice, as he has been proving for four years. If the appointment of Mr. Matthews is confirmed, we can only hope that his judicial career will redound to':his honor and that of the country. We can have no assurance of it from what is known of bis qualifications." President Hayes behaves as if the first duty of a President were to provide for his friends and dependents, and he is making the best of his opportunities. Having in mind his generosity in dis tributing public offices and his personal petiuriousness, the public will begin to suspect that a desire to save the cost of wines and other liquors had as much as anything else to do with the economical temperance (barring Roman punch) enforced at the White House dinners. Blainc Saluted as Premier. Washington, Jan. 27.?Senator Beck, of Kentucky, made an earnest plea to? day in support of the bill to admit for? eign-built ships, owned by American citizens, to American register. He at? tacked the protective policy. Senator Crinkling surprised the Senate and the galleries by paying the closest attention to the speech. He even took a seat in the circle and faced the senators. A number of New York shipping mer? chants were present. The Maritime Exchange is very anxious that the bill should pass this session, for they have no hope of any success with it in the next Congress. Mr. Blaine also listened closely to Mr. Beck's speech, and rose tu reply. Mr. Conkling did not appear to know that Mr. Blaine was speaking. There have been rumors this winter that Mr. Blaine would shortly announce a change ill his views and favor fire ships. He most effectually stopped that rumor to day. He spoke with more energy and fire than he ha3 shown in the Senate for months. Basing hi* remarks on his opening statement that the policy advo? cated by Mr. Berk looked forward to permanent dependence by this country upon England for its ships, he taunted Mr. Beck just a little on the political side of the question, saying that the Demo? crats had gone to the country on that, and that it was not necessary to speak of the result. The Senator from Kentucky was quick and sharp with his reply. He reminded Mr. Blaine that the Democratic party had gone to the country, and on the pop? ular vote had probably won. He added that the party went to the country in lS7b' and won, and had been J out of its victory. Then he said that he was very glad that the discussion had led the Premier of the new administration thus early lo proclaim the policy of that Ad? ministration to lite country. Blaine's speech was really an argument in favor of subsidies. He held up the example of other governments and the policy of this government toward the Pacific Roads, and predicted that it would be necessary to resort to the same interests in order to revive our commer? cial marine. Return of Captured Gun*. Washington, January 29. Capt. James E. Jouctt, commanding the United States steamer "New Hamp? shire," at the naval station at Beaufort, S. C, makes the following report to the Secretary of the Navy, under dale of January 2d: "By order of the Depart? ment I delivered to the Beaufort Volun? teer Artillery the two brass field-pieces captured by the Navy at Hilton Head, November ?, 1SC1. The return of these pieces, after nineteen years' captivity, to ibis company was most gratifying, not only to the company, but to the winde community of Beaufort, S. C. Yester? day was set apart as a day of rejoicing in commemoration of this event; a salute of nineteen guns was fired in your honor. As this company represents the State of South Carolina and her Governor, I re? lumed the salute gun for gun. In the evening a banquet was also given in honor of this event. The only invited ".nests were the officers of this vessel, and they were requested to appear in lull dress uniform, which marks a most happy and cordial sentiment oti the part of llicsa people. Everything passed off in the most pleasant and cordial manner. I hope the Department approves my re? turning the salute."?Di*patch to the Acic York Turn*. ? The ?Scientific American estimates that more than $35,000,1)00 was brought into the United Slates, last year, by lor eigfl immigrants. General Hancock Elected Presi? dent.?Yesterday tiie National Rifle As? sociation of America vindicated its name, and pioved itself thoroughly national by selecting for its President a man of national reputation?Gen. \V. S. Han cock. General Hancock, on his own part deserved this recognition, as he had loner shown himself to be a warm friend of Urccdmoor. Since he has been in command at Governor's Island he has thrown all his influence in behalf of the rilic movement, and has not oniy suc? cessfully urged the authorities at Wash? ington to send army teams to Creednior, but has aided the work in many other ways, and by his presence on the range during matches.?iY. Y. 6'??. ? An Iowa clergyman regulates his marriage fees by weight, the ra:o being (bur cents a pound for the groom and two lor the bride. ? At the examination for public school teachers of Abbeville, held on Saturday, 22nd ult., twelve first grade and two sec? ond grade certificates were issued to whites, and four second grade and twenty nine third grade to colored candidates. ? A bill has been introduced in the New York senate providing that every passenger coach on every railway of the State shall carry a saw and an axe. Such a law vigorously enforced in every State would doubtless be the means of saving many lives. ? Hon. Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, has been nominated to the vacancy on the Supreme Bench as Associate Justice, in place of Judge Swayne, resigned. Judge Swayne has been on the bench eighteen years, and retires before too heavy a pressure of work. ? A revenue force on Sunday bight, 22nd ult., broke up an illicit whiskey still of 85 gallons capacity, near the State line in Greenville County, and destroyed 1,200 gallons of beer and 30 gallons of low wines appertaining thereto. No arrests were made. ? President Gonzales, of Mexico, has telegraphed to R. S. Hayes, President of the International and Great Northern Railroad Company, authorizing the sur? vey of the International Railway from Laredo to the City of Mexico. The sur? vey will begin at au early date. ? One reason why the Democratic papers are in favor of Bruce for the Cabinet is that if a Southern Republican is to be appointed, he might as well be a gentleman aud an honest man, and Bruce comes nearer filliug the bill thau any active Southern Republican whose name has been mentioned. ? Mr. Hayes has ended the suspense in the fifth judicial circuit by nominating District Judge Billings, of New Orleans, for the seat vacated by Judge Woods. He will doubtless be confirmed, and then Judge Pardee, an Ohio man, will step into the district judgeship. There is noth? ing iu politics equal toau Ohio man. ? The wheat crop of southern Illinois, Southern Indiana and probable of all other territory on the same parallel is ruined by a hard winter coming in con? junction with the late planting. The dis? tricts iu which the plant is absolutely killed by ice aud frost include some of the best wheat-growing sections of the country. ?The Horry Sews says that an effort is being made to orgauize a joint stock company for the purpose of putting two uew steamers on the route to Charleston, one to run betweeu Conwayboro', on the Waccamaw River, aud Charleston aud the other to run from some point ou the Great Pee-Dee, to make connection with the through steamer to Charleston. ? The city taxes in Charleston have been fixed at 2} per cent, lor the ensuing year. The appropriations are?interest, ?251,535.05; police, ?70,525; streets, ?101,500; drains, ?1,500; Board of Health, ?13,000; Alms House, ?3,000; fire department, ?20,00*1. Total to run a city of 50,000 people. 5560.760.05. In the same proportion, Grceuville, being one-ninth as large, would require ?66, 640 to keep her going. ? The Spartanburg Herald takes the ground that "good streets aud good roads are a public necessity," and suggests the appointment of a city eugiueer and a county engineer, who shall receive suffi? cient compensation to enable them to devote their time to changing aud im? proving the grades of the streets and roads. In order to curry out the scheme the issue of interest bearing bonds is suggested. ? On January 31 a freight traiu on the North Carolina Railroad going east, consisting of eighteen cars, including a passenger coach, was wrecked one mile south of Gibsouville. The engine and twelve cars left the track, going down au embankment eight feet high. Conduc? tor Halsey and fireman Hanning were instantly killed. Engiuecr Murphy had his left arm broken and was scalded. The passengers .escaped without injury. Cause of accident uuknown. ? The Southern cotton mill boom seems to have reached the North. The Commissioner of Agriculture of the State is in coustaut receipt of inquiries from capitalists there regarding the advan? tages offered by the State for manufac? turers. The latest was one from Phila? delphia, asking advice as to the best location for a cotton mill, and on various other matters. The chief point of iu quiry is whether the report that mauu lactures are exempt from taxation for ten years is correct. This seems to be almost too good for the moneyed men there to believe. ? The net receipts of cottou at all United States ports during Jast week were 124,086 bales; same week last year, 134,591 bales; total receipts, 3,946,687 bales; last year, 3.711,550 bales. Ex? ports for the week, 109,303 bales; same week last year, 104,8-34 bales; total ex? ports, 2,401.637 bales; last year. 2,075, 282 bales. ' Stock at all United States ports, 807,627 bales; last year, 950,096 bales. Stock at all interior towns, 161, 774 bales; last year, 271,U6S bales. ?iock at Liverpool, -173,000 bales; last year, 481,000 bales. Stock of Americau nfloat lor Great Britain, 461,000 bales; last year, 278,000. ? A curious experiment is being made in Chicago by a doc.or of the name of De la Bauia. This is nothing less thau au effort to make a negiess white. De la Bantu has so far been quite successful, the lace of his patient having bleached considerably by the use of the lotion with which he treats her. The doctor does not in the least doubt the complete success of his experiment, but is afraid Ibat he will not be able to keep his ne? giess white alter he has got her to that color. His plan of operation is, he says, very simple, and consists simply in de? stroying the color on the cuticle of a pa? tient, which makes a negro black faster than the blood can make it. If, however, the application of the lotion is given up, the color returns to the cuticle and the whitened negro becomes black again. j ? So great has been the success from a business as well as a moral point of view of the coffee-bouses established in the chief English cities as a means of keep? ing men away from the bar-rooms, that the way would seem to be plainly open lor similar enterprises in this country. Most of the Engnsn companies pay an annual dividend of 10 per cent, on their capital. The coffee-houses supply coffee, j tea and cocoa, soups, cold meats and bread and butter?all the articles being of good quality and the prices low. Newspapers are kept in abundanre, aud the customers are free to remain and read as long as they please. The collee li.mse which serves as an agency of tem? perance must be a soil ol club house, to which poor people can resort and find wholesome, cheap beverages that will not make them drunk. NOTICE FINAL .SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of Estate of Thos. S. Mattison, deceased, here? by ?ives notice that he will apply to tbo Judgo of Probate for Anderson County, on the 4th day of March, 1SS1, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and discharge from his office as Administrator. A. E. MATTISON, Adm'r. Feb 3. 18S1 30_5? "VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Xi The undersigned. Administrator of Estate of Martha A. Barksdalc, deceased, will apply to the Judge of l'robate for An? derson County on the 7th day of March, 1881, for a Final Settlement of'said Estate, and n discharge from said administration. J. B. CLARK, Adm'r. Feb 3, 1SS1_30_fi GEEAT SALE of BUGGIES. LOOK out fur the great sale of Open and Top Buggies. They will arrive in Anderson on or about the 10th inst. The work is guaranteed fur one ye... Manu? factured by the Globe Manufacturing Co., of Cincinnati. W. S. DODD, Waveriy House. Feb 3, 1881 30 __JJ_ NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned hereby give uotico that he will apply to the Judgo of Probate at Anderson C. II., S. C, on the 3rd day of March, 1881, for a Final Settlement and discharge from the Estate of J. J. Acker, deceased. H. I. EPTING, Adm'r. Feb 3, is$l 30 5 ft m I 1