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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, PED. 3. 1881. TERMS : <>NE YE AU.?1.00. SIX MONTHS. 73?:. Two Dollars ir not paid In miranee. mmM?mm?mamtmmmmm?ammm?mwmwmammmtm^^i^B^immrmmm>?m TIIK LAHOR ?.AW. Among the most important laws parsed at the late session of the Legislature is thc 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 tho planters of our country protection from a very decided annoyance and loss. Those who criticise the law generally do so ou the ground that it places some unfair restriction upon labor, and one ol our contemporuie?, thc Abbeville 1'resi and lianna', which is fair and conservativo in its course, has fallen into thc error of saying that about thc only piece of demngogism of which the lust .Legislature was guilty was the passage of an Act to punish n laborer for violating IJ?B contract. This is a great mistake, for no such ct WOB passed. Tho provisions of tho new law are in tended to reach the employer who causes a laborer to violate hi- contract. The man who induces tho laborer to violate his contract is punished, but not the laborer himself. The new law reaches tho mau who does noi employ enough labor, and in thc busy seasons injures his neighbor by enticing oil* his bauds. Th ero is a right of suit for damages on tho civil side of tho Court at common law, but its rt.ncdy would not reach the mau who has less than tho homestead exemption. Thc ef?bct, therefore, of the new Act is only to place all men upon an equality, by providing a punishment which will reach tho man who has no property as well ns tho ono 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 nnd knowingly, aa tho Act for bids, ought to be punished. Wo were in favor of tho law when it wa? before the Legislature, nnd bayo seen nothing to induce any change of opinion upon it. RAILROAD CONTRACT. Tho Board of Directors of the Savan nah Valley Railroad Company met nt Anderson on last Thursday to open and award contracts for grading twenty miles of thc Road from Anderson Court House towurds Lowndesvillo. Two bid? wero made for thc entire line, and ono addi tional bid for tho first two miles. The Contract was awarded to Capt. Wm. Jones for the entire twenty m i I c ?, nt $1,250 per mile for the first two MMICS, and $575 per milo for tho remaining eighteen miles, or on average of $042.50 per milo for tho whets length, with nt additional stipulation fur thrco dollars per acre for grubbing second growth, and four dollars per nero for grubbing origi nal growth. Thc contract requires pay ment nt tho end of each month upon the estimate of tho Company's Engineer at the rate of 85 per cent, of tho amount due, the remaining fifteen percent, being retained by tho Company as a forfeit. If any contract was to be awarded ut once, tho ono tnndc was no doubt SB favorablo as could bo obtained. Capt. Jones is the right rr.nr. for the work, and if any man can mako a success of it be can. Tho contract is a fuvorablo ono for tho Company, for it will consumo nnlv about $14,000 of tho $55,000 capital of tho company in grading twenty miles, leaving $41,000 to grade tbe.?maining thirty-five cr six miles to tho Greenwood and Augusto Road. This contract is awarded nt the rato of about S7CG pei mite, so that tho same rate would grade 78} miles, or about carry the road bed to Edgefield Court House, but tho work is heavier on tho lower part of tho line, nnd it jp not expected to do so well. Even if it should require $1,100 permite below, tho company will have money enough to reach the Greenwood and Au gusta Road, and additional subscriptions can bo obtaiued to carry it to Aiken. Wo think the prospect of securing the Road nt least to tho Greenwood and Au gusta Railroad connection uro now very fine. Capt. Jones will begin work near tho residence of Rev. W. H. King dur ing tho first of next week and puah bia contract as rapidly aa posslblo to comple - tion. IATTUK MEANNESS. The Republicans are continually taunt ing tho South with repudiation, and yet they have no scruples against voting in opposition to paying honest debts when . their prcjudico or partisanship can bo subserved by doing BO. T^ast week r. bill ' came before Congress to pay Mrs. Page, of Virginia, $186.00, thc balan?a duo ber husband for salary as Captain in tho United States Navy. prn?tnys ?c 18SC. Captain Page had long been in the ser vice cf the Government iii tut Navy, and had fought with distinction in tho battle on Lake Erie, bot whou tho war broke out between tho North nnd the South bo resigned his commission, leav ing tho anm of $186.00 duo him and un paid by the Government. Be did not take either side during the late war. Ho is now dead, and Mrs. Page, his widow, isi old and in needy circumstances. She asked the Government topsy what it had owed for twenty years, and upon the con sideration of the bill to pay her claim, the Republicans mako it the basis of a vigorous effort to rerive tho memories of tho civil war by declaring that Captain Pago deserted Vuo flag, and thereby for feited bia claim. They descanted. upon rebel claims and raids upon tho treamry, until ono unacquainted with the facts would have thought millions of dollar* of Iniquitous frauds wero about to be fastened upon thc country by a set of outlawed rebels, iu&tcad of.i'nply a res olution to pay a poor widow the ?mall sum yf $186.00, which the government has owed fbr twenty years. In thia meanness Gen. Bragg, a Democrat, of Wisconsin, also took a conspicuous part, aa usual, showing all of tho venom of which he is so capable, and absoluto iruculcnco to tho feeling of hate which pervades tho Weet- It ls also dye to tho IfiBHSEtllUtaHdHiM Republicans to say that Gen. Chiltendcn, J of New York, advocated the bill, and i.nillo a manly Bpecch in its favor. Ho and Mr. Wright (Dem.), of Pennsyl vania, ouch ottered to pay tho claim if Mr. Goode, of Virginia, who had it in charge, would withdraw the bill. Mr. Goode declined, baying that Mrs. Pago was not nsking charily, but simple jus tice-tho payment of tho small debt owed her by tho Government. Thc 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 tue committee of the whole upon tho bill, and Mrs. Page will, therefore, probably get her money. THINK OF IT. The creal 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 thc agi tation. Not only is tho use of strong drink injurious to tin: persons who im bibe, demoralizing to the communities in which they live, and terrible in their curso upon thc inebriate's family, but it is sn enormous pud total waste. Tl ie man who drinks whiskey, wine or beer gets no more nourish me nt for his money than he could obtain by drinking the pure, sparkling water which is so freely givsn by tho Creator to all his creature. It may not bo generally known, but is nevertheless true, that alcohol and malt huve almost absolutely no nutrition. Tho human system which never secretes alcohol in nny form, and cannot assimi late it ut all, is obliged to consume a por tion of its energy and vitality in throw ing this foreign substance nfl', and, of courre, the more a man drinks the greater will bo thc tax upon his constitution to get rid of it. Experiments made some years ago by Leibig, tho celebrated Ger man scientist, j.roved that a barrel of beer does not contain, outside of the water, as much nourishment as tho flour that can he placeo" on the point of a pen knife. When this is true, the question is why do mon drink ? It does not make them nny better, nor happier, nor wiser, nor richer. It docs not make them any belter citizens nor moro valuable mem bers of society. It has a host of evils, and is without anything liko an approxi mate benefit. Men sec this; they udmit it; and yet they drink. Not only do they drink, but tho toniblc habit is on tho increase. Il is difficult to conceive thc full extent of thc uso of intoxicating drinks. Thc lie tailer, which is tho organ of tho brewers, says: "During 18S0 taxes were paid on 13.371,000 bnr-vl?( or 414,000,000 gallons. This is equivalent to about 1?30 mugs for every man, woman and child in thc coun try. Leaving out the females and chil dren, this vast (ju au i itv represents 000 glasses year for each male over 21 years .dd in Hie United States. When we con sider tho very large number of adult males who drink no beer nt all, and the other host who partake of it only in tho .nost moderato manner, and at more or less protracted intervals, it is evident that sumo other American? must drink a great deal. At fivo ceuts a glass Ibis beer manufacturo of 1880 brought $.'175,000, 000, or about $7.50 per capita for every man, woman and child. This is a quar ter more than tho total expenses of run ning the United States Government." Think of it ! Tho beer which pays taxes in ono year would retail at near four mil* lion dollars. How much is tnndo with out paying Ibo tax? How much wine, how much brandy, ??ow much whiskey, how much rum and how much alo is con sumed in tho same time? Tho sum would be many times ns great. This ex hibit not only shows tho wastefulness of intemperance, but it nlso shows what little things can do. Five and ten ceuts a drink in tho United States nlono raises billions of dollars every year. This money, if saved, could do so much good, anil make so many poor people happy, that it is a national sin to wasto it in strong drink. In speaking of tho efTorls to enforce tho pistol bill, the News and Courier re fers to the fact that there have been more colored men than whito men arrested under the now law, and expresses the hopo that tho law will bo enforced against tho whito os well as tho colored man. Wo are somewhat surprised at ns well informed ajournai as our Charleston contemporary making such flings at the administration of luw in this State. It really reads moro like tho New York f?mes or Tribune than tho Keics and Cou rier. Wo cannot discover ono particle of discrimination in tho enforcement or ad ministration of law against cither raco, and, if such discrimination exists, those who know of it should plainly point out and condemn it, no', by iuBiuualion, but by open and clear exposition. Tho fact that moro negroes than whito men have so far beon arrested under the new law does not provo that it is uot Icing en forced against the whites. It proves that more negroes carry pistols, and because there are few whito men that violate this 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 wo believe, further, that it is being and will be equally enforced against all. Tho United States Senate on last Fri day refused to confirm R. M. Wallace as United States Marshal for South Caroli na. This ls as it should be. No man with Wallace's record should bo con firmed by a Democratic Senate. His rejection gives to President Hayes the appointment of Wallace's successor. Who will it bo? Thc 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 (f ) man. A man from any other State does not stand any chance with the present administration. The gr?at revivalist Hankey says: ''The Bostonians have a great deal better opinion of themselves than the Lord has of them." Exactly tho authority which Brother Sankey has for his statement he does not reveal, vut it no doubt horrifies tho Blue Blooded Puritans of the Hob, and from this time forward they .will have a miserably poor opinion of Brother Sankey's judgment-in feet, they have already lort oonftden?x> io him. Tlie bill to place Gen. Grant on thu re tired lint ha? again been giving the Sen- ? ate trouble. Senator Lamar ..polco in | favor of the resolution and voted for it, but thc Senate bad tjo much conserva tism lo follow bini. Vary few persona would object to pensioning Gen. Grant, if it had nothing beyond a personal bear ing, lu this cu-se, however, it is equiva lent to u recognition of ibu monurchiul idea that ofiicial position elevutes a mau above work. In this country no such doctrino should find lodgment. Tho man who has been President is not enti tled to any greater privileges under the law than tho humblest citizen who voted for bim. Any other doctrine tends to the establishment of au aristocratic cir cle, and is subversive of all true republi can principles. Such a proposition would not havo emanated from any other President than Cien, (irant. Ile seems to think it Iiis mission, since he has ex hausted tho positions that precedent allows him, to introduce us many innova tions a? posible und to take ull that he can get. Tho Union owed Gen. Grant a great deal, but it liss most amply paid the debt. If he U not able to support himself some of his charitable friends ought to awist him, aud ivt the country have al Last a breathing spell from his rapacity. At tho fourteenth annual session of thc National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, held recently in tho city of Washington, I) C., the following graceful compliment was paid our immediate representu'ive in Cenareis, Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken : "And to that other servant who has blood almost alone as tho guurdiau of our in terests oguinst the despoilers in the House of Representatives we offer the outpourings of tb nkful heart-?, wherein J he will be forever enshrined as tho gal- | laut knight whoso lance has more than j once punctured tho vain conceit of the body too poor in furuiers to furnish mem bers enough for a committee on agricul ture, wherein our profession is crucified between its despoilers, defamed and re viled. Let us hope that our Representa tive, horn and reared in the profession which he honors, although rejected by thc builders, will soon become the head of tho corner." The Democrats of Tennessee have done a sensible thing in electing Hon. Howell E. Jackson, a State Credit Democrat, to thc United Stntes Senate. This, at least, gives tho Democracy a wholesome check upon tho incoming administration. Railroad Movements-Thc West mid Charleston. Tho early completion of lines of rail way connecting tho whole Northwestern railway system with K- ?xville ia now assured. At tho anim,., mooting ot stockholders held last week, the Direct ors of the Kentucky Central Railroad ?vere authorized to extend their lino to connect with the Knoxville branch ol tho Louisville and Nashville Ra 1 oad The extension will bc from Lexington to Roundstone, a distance of f>3 miles, or from Puris lo tho same point, a disianco of 71 miles. Tho cost will bo about $2,00 OOO. By building from Paris in slead if running down to Lexington, the Kentucky Central will get a nearly straight lino to Knoxville, and tho Puris route, for that reason, will most likely be ? chosen. lu the President's report to the stockholders the reasons for pushing to tho South i\re frankly given, nnd they dispel snmo of tho clouds which have surrounded recent railroad movements in tho West. The new combination which looks to Charleston ns tho nbjecti\e point on tho South Atlantic ii not primarily a Cincinnati }>rojcct, for Ibo benefit of that city. The nclivo force is tho Louisville and Nashville liailroad which needs an independent ronlo to the >?ea. This road has determined to extend as Knoxville branch from Livingston, the present ter minous, to thc Tennessee line, where it will connect '.villi thc Knoxville and Ohio Railroad, which will be built as rapidly as practicable from its present terminus at Cary ville tn that poinl. Tho completion of tho Louisville and Nashville exten sion and of tho Knoxville and Ohio ex tension will put Louisville and tho whole West nnd Northwest in close connection with Knoxville, whilo tho Kentucky Central by its extension to Roundstone will connect likewise with Knoxville. At Knoxville, connection is made with the Tennessee aud Virginia Ronds, and freight aud passengers can go down to Chattanooga and Atlanta or up to Balti more, Richmond and Norfolk. But there is little to gain if tho new line ia to fiait and bo deflected at Knoxville. Atlanta and tho Virginia ports can bo reached without this. Tho purpose ia to get tn the South. Atlantic without touching Chattanooga and Atlanta. Aa wo have asserted confidently for years a short, direct, and independent lino from tho Northwest to tho South Atlantic const is an imperativo necessity. Thousands of miles of railroad with au enormous busi ness cannot aflbrd tn bi; dependent on *.he singlo railroad which connecta Chatta nooga with Atlanta-the only railroad connection, at present, for the Northwest nud Southeast, between Lyuchburg, Va., and Montgomery, Ala. In t short time, nuder tho arrange ments which have been made, the rail road business of tho Northwest and West will bo ready to pour do?n to Knoxville. What noxt? There are, at least, three projected route? from Knniville !o the SJ?tb; At lantic. Ono of theso I* by way of the East Tennessee aud Virginia Railroad to Morristown, and thence to Wolf Creek. From Wolf Creek to Hendersonville, =>X?y-%'?i"?? ??iilrs, ??? m.ul iciiin?lin io un built. Tho Spurtauburg and Asheville Railroad is in operation from Spa:t ni lling (where it connects willi Charleston) to Hendcrsonville, and the grading is done to within a few miles of Arhevihr. It will tnko less money to reach Char leston by tho Asheville routo than hy tho Bluo Ridge routes ; and wo aro informed that by building nb mt seven miles of new road between Spartanburg and Hen dersonvilio tho grades can be lightened mifiiciently to allow heavy freights to be carried economically and ea-dlv. A Rf ?odd routo ia by tho ?lue Ridge Railroad. Thia road is tn operation from Auderaon to Walhalla, and from Maryville to Knoxville. A rough esti mate is that the road can be completed for about $3.000.000, but the Knoxville and Maryville Railroad is now owned by Mr. Sibley, of tho Air Line Railroad. This route, if tho Savannah Valley Rail road be built, or a line from Ninety-six to Aiken be constructed, will give tho shortest practicable routo to Charleston. Several million dollars havo already been spent upon tho road. Another route is by tho Eastatoe Gap, which Senator Butler describes, in a re cent letter to Senator Pendleton, as fol lows: "Our people on tho south or east side of tho Blue Ridge range of mountain? are extremely anxious 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 mount tains-has been lately overcome by the discovery of a pass through which a rail road may be built, aa I am informed, without a tunnel or a trestle, and with a grade of eos mors than seventy-five rVet lo lite mile. Thc preset terminus of thc Cincinnati Southern Railroad it Chatta nooga is to far toe the west for ita exten sion through this gap, and does not reach -directly at least-tborfo port- on the Atlantic coast neare-l to Cincinnati. Nor can it traverse thal fine agricultural and manufacturing regiou lying between tho Ulue Ridge und thcscacoHht, without a branch diverging from its prevent line eastwardly, so as to poss thc moun tains through lliis nuturul opening. Links of a mink line are now being graded from Aiken, 6, C., to Edgeficld, and (rom Eadey Station, on the Air Linc Hail road, towards this gap, ( Kastatoe) which, if you will examine thc map, you will find is tho nearest route from Cin cinnati to Charleston. I say 'tinks of a trunk line.' I menu that different rail road companies under charter from South Carolina are being thus graded, which by consolidation could be madea trunk line, and willi continuation through the mountain!', and Wertem connections, would make the shortest line to the si a coast. Is it practicable, do you think, lo make this connection with any of your roads, so na to make an independent direct hhort trunk line? If so, in my judgment, one of tho best ami most pro fitable lines could be established on thc continent, und at n smaller expense than any similar enterprise in the country. These roads on the <'ast side of thc Hine Ridge are being graded with convict labor, and ono rd' them luis not cost more than $250 per mile, for thc grading, for the last eight miles. It is true thc progress jw slow-for tho want of capital-but I believe if there was a prospect of having au 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 tl c Atlantic coast, with water of snf tinicnl depth to admit llie largest vessels afloat; and when thc Clinrlestion jetties have been completed within thc next two or three years, we hope to have twenty-five feet of tho water at thc bar, so that the shipping would bc amply ac commodated for any amount of freight age. "Since thc completion of the Southern Cincinnati, terminating as remotely as it does from us, many of our business men ire turning their attention to Cincinnati Cor many of your manufactures, such ax buggies, carriage.*, wagons, furniture, hardware, &c. And, of course, with a direct trunk line of railroad through these mountains, nt n point such as I have indicated, this feeling would be immensely increased, and a reciprocity of profitable trade established. That ?ection of country north of a linc drawn from Augusto, Cia., through Columbia and CheraW) in S. C. i:t unsurpassed in any part of thc world tor it< endless wa ter power for machinery, and cotton manufactories arc being and will continue to be built upon them. Theso manufac tures will of course want a market, and vour city and other adjacent Western cition will bo important customers il q'liclc, direct transportation should be nt 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 hour-?. What is want ed i? a road to Knoxville, and thence through the mountains at some conven ient pass direct to the Atlantic coast. Could not tho Kentucky Central reach -mt in that direclion and establish an in dependent trunk linc sut h as I have sug gested? Our people in South Carolina would take hold of such a project with earnestness mid zeal, and afford every as -istanco in their power to make it one of tho finest commercial highways in Amer ica. Wc have spent n vast amount of money on the Blue Ridge Railroad, which wus to cross the mountains nt lue Rnbun Gap ; and but for the interven tion of the war, the road would have weed completed. Perhaps this route might Blill bo adopted with advantage, ki tit from what I have heard of the Ivista ' e Gap route, it would doubtless be cheaper than tho Rnbun Gap route. Either, however, would accomplish the object to which I take th? liberty of call ing your attention, namely: A short, direct, economical trunk line from Cin cinnati to tho Atlantic coast.'-' Senator Pendleton's letter, in reply, is dated December 23, 1880. Ho says:" "This subject occupied the attention of Cincinnati as long ngo as I can remem ber. Indeed, ono 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 tho interest of both sections will be advanced by greater facilities of intercommunication than-wo now have. The Cincinnati Southern Railroad, find ing ita terminus nt Chattanooga, does not answer all the requirements of nctive business between the parts of tho country of which you speak. The difficulties in the way of building the railroad, though great, aro by no means inoperable. Examinations and surveys are continual ly pointing out advantageous gaps and water ways, by which grades can bc 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 hns been ex cited in Cincinnati by a proposed exten sion of the Kentucky Central Railroad and the Louisville and Nushville Rail road to tho Tennessee State line, there connecting with t'-e road to Knoxville and the prospect is that this extonsior will be speedily made. Tho roads lead ing Routh from Knoxville, combining with this extension, will accomplish tin purpose which you have in view." Coming from one of the largest stock holders of the Kentucky Central Rai I mac this letter was highly encouraging, ant the extension spoken of, ns we have seen is now determined on. In publishing the letters of Senators Butler and Pen dicion tho Edgeficld Advertiser Fays: "No doubt when Senator Huller wrot< thus to Senator Pendleton ho had in hi miud's eye the Into chango in thc charte of the old Savaonnh Valley Rnilroat Company. At lue last session of tin Legislature tho charter was so amendei that, instead of running from Anderson on tho west aide of Rocky river, dowi tho immediate valley of tho river ti IIiimuui?, ns ?as l?t} original intent, tili company mnv now run their road on lin east sidfl nf RnrL-y river to Belton, an; from Belton, due south, to Dom's Mine some fifty miles, on tho Edgcfield am Abbeville linc. This thoy have deter mimd to do; and although they (ailee to secure convicts to labor on this route still, nothing daunted, they aro nt thi very time advertising lo gfvo out con tracts for the grading of twenty miles o tho road, commencing nt Anderson Cour House. At the next session of the Leg isluture they will again apply for cou vieta, and will doubtless get them. Am of course thc ultimate design of the Sn vannait Valley Company is to push o: their road to meet ours ar Edgefielt From Dom's Mino to Edgeficld is twen ty-four miles; and a railroad route ul ready carefully reconnoitered makes i only twenty-two. From Edgeficld t Aiken, hy the road now in progress, i twenty-one miles. "So in this year of grace 1881 anolhc grand opportunity opens itself to Edgi field, and moro particularly to Charle ton. And if Charleston would do ht duty-for ibero is no doubt of this bein the shortest and most direct route I Cincinnati-we believe Edgeficld woul do hers. Both Charleston and Edgcficl have missed too many grand chances i the past to be slumbering now over pe h ipa the last one." So there is no difficulty in getting I the sea from Knoxville, by ono ot it: projected routes, and there is sntno tal of opening an additional line from C lumbia to Charleston. This can be dm hy building a road from ihe Wiimingtoi Columbia and Augusta Railroad, v Mnnning, to the Northeastern Ra-lro i The persona at the back of this ard tl capitalista inter, ?ted i ti the Greenville and Columbia Railroad and Atlantic Coast line. lint the true pivotal point, in ilie Northwestern railroad movement is the South Carolina Railroad, whether tuc connection with Charleston is to be made by way of Columbia or hy the Savannah Valley Railroad. Until the South Carolina Railroad is oui of Court and in ll e hands of its owner-, the ti n million dollars which the road represents lie dormant, mid aro unavailable as an effective force in railroad combinations. The first thing to do is to put thc South Carolina Railroad in fir-t-rate condition. From Charleston lo branchville thc track lias been ?aid willi steel rails, and Kuch rails arc being laid (rom Branchville to Columbia and Augusta. Much lias been ? lone towards putting the depots and platforms tn order. Rut the Charleston j -team fleet must be augmented, and thc South Carolina Railroad tracks must run tu the water side. The new steamships will bc re.:<ly hy the fall, if there be no delay in selling and reorganizing the road, and the work of extending the track- lo thc Cooper River can begin at once. With moro ^wift ?teamers tor the New Vor!; line, and the me.ins of dis charging and loading heavy freight at the water side, thc South Carolina Rail road will be in posilion to accommodate all thc business that can be obtained,and will reach out for hit si new thal is not, at present, available. Wo shall have thc Knoxville connection some day ; and wc shall have it soon, if thc South Carolina Railroad can be . aid and reorganized during the spring and summer. There is no obstruction, w<- believe, except by the holders of a comparatively small amount of Non-mortgage bonds, and by the counsel lor the old Syndicate, who claim fees amounting to twenty live thousand d< liars, which the New York Purchasing Com tn i I tee are unwilling to tllow. This is all, so far as we know, that stand? in the way of the imm?diate completion of the arrangements for pul ling the South Carolina Railroad in the hands of the new owners. Alter that, for Charleston, the outgoing and incom ing trade of the mighty West !-iWwi and Courier. Stoibrand Against Aiken. Hon. 1). Wyatt Aiken has retained Col. E. R. Cary lo manage his defense in resisting (Jen. Stolbrauu's claim to bis seat in. Congress Col. Caty served his answer yesterday on Stoibrand which was as follows : WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22, 1881. C. J. STOI.DKAXI), Esq., Columbia, S. C. : SIR: Your notice of contest "in the matter of the { lection of Representative lo the Forty Seventh Congress," served upon mc by your Attorney J. I"' Hobbs, was duly received, and in reply thereto I have to say, that I object anti except lo each and all the groundi of contest as therein set forlh. First, Ilecau-e the allegations arc so vague und general that they become immaterial, and no evidence would bc comp?tent 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 suiTicient particularity. Third. Were it possible to prove and establish the general allegations made, there is neither evidence nor claim that thc contestant was a candidate for elec tion to the Forty-Seventh Congress nf the United States. And not waring my exceptions to your said notice of contest, I hereby expressly deny each and all thc charges and alle gations therein contained and set forth, and require you to provo thc 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 n candidate, were debarred thc 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 anil 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 tho exclusion nf 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 he shown, that these acts occurred notably nt Columbh, Richland county, Pomnria, Newberry County, Greenwood and Cokesbury, Abbeville County, and Lex ington Court House. I further charge and abai I otl'er lo prove that at every precinct in thc Dis trict colored voters desiring to vote the Democratic ticket were compelled under duress to vote- a ticket other than that of their choice. Respectfully, eec., D. WYATT AIKEN. The Greenville, and Laurens Road. Thc 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 thc capital stock of the Greenville and Laurens Railroad Com pany and to fix the amount of subscrip tion, thc same to be thereafter submitted to the qualified voters of the county for ratification. Tho company propose to build a road from Greenville to Laurens, and, in aid of the enterprise, ask of Greenville County tho subscription of $50,000 in bonds. There isci.nsiderableexcitenient over the project, and thc friends of thc movement aro 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 tho present plan of the company tile road can only bo a local one for the section of country through which it is to pass, und cannot affect one way or.an other thc prosperity of the country in general or enhance the Value of its lands as a whole. If it is the design of the company to u'iiinfttelj extend ibo road to Asheville so ns to gain the western connection such intention should be staled, there being moro reason for tho iRsue of bonds for such n line. Le Due's Ten. "What success have you had with tho tea business, General ?" "An attempt was made to raiso tea about thirty years ago in Georgia," replied tho Commis sioner, "and tho tea plants had grown up into a sort of hedge there, when a man came to mo who had been raising tea in Asia, and made tho proposition tn give it a trial again. Ho went to that place, about forty miles from Savannah, cultivated eomo of the old plants, planted some new ones, and gathered a crop. I have a machine hercmadoin England for making tea, drying tho leaf, etc., which can do us much work as five hundred people a day, and havo pre pared some ot thc tea. I took it to A. A. Low, the eminent tea merchant of New York, and asked him to have his ?.xocrt examino nome ol it, without say ing where it was raised. The expert said it was raised in India, in the pro vinco of Siam, and was worth fifty cents a pound. This encouraged mc, and I chose a place in South Carolina to begin tho systematic culture of tea. which the proprietor, Mr. Middleton, allowed me to i?uvo for $1, and I am now cultivating tho tea. We can raise tea, I am satisfied, all.along our Atlantic slope, from the ower part of Virginia out to Texas." - Wofford College has ono huudrvd ind twenty-six students th? year. Ohio A;;.tin, and thin Time n Brother? fit-Law. it is not iicci'Asarv lor a Democratic newspaper to u<i<l anything to what thc New York Time* hays concerning the nomination of Mr. .Stanley P. Matthews as Justice of thc Supreme Court ; espe cially as the other Stalwart newspapers ? except i og thc New York Tribune) write in a similar .-ti?tin : "It occurs to thu mind ut once that .Mr. Matthews ia nil Ohio man, brother-in-law end intimate, personal and political frier d of the President; that lie WUK one ol thc counsel before the | | Electoral Commi-sion. 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 il will strike no one that I j bc H peculiarly fifed for a high judicial | j position. "In political life he has been erratic and impulsive, guided by almost any consideration but a profound regard for tile (tightest interests of thc public. During his short career in the Senate he distinguished himself by advocating some of the mos', vicious measures pro* posed al u critical time in our financial experience. "Before the standard silver dollar had been restored to our currency, to intro duced confusion into the working ol resumption, he offered and sup ported a resolution declaring it to be ibo right of the Government to pay its . debt in the depredated coin, his purpose ] being to provide a use for it and promote ' its restoration. He argued that silver J had not depreciated, because, as bc 1 said, it would buy more in 1877 than . in 1870, basing the claim on the fall 1 of general prices thut had nt tended tho appreciation of legal tender notes, when an effort was made to bring him to the leal basis of comparison by a ref erence to what ha?l occurred abroad, he scornfully u-ked 'What have we to do | I willi abroad ?' This revealed the range of his reasoning in dealing with the operation of general principles. He was the 1 | champion of the corporations against thc | i Thurman hill, 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, bul he has neither been judicial nor judicious. "If the character of our highest tribu nal has declined, il is due to the kind of men who have been appointed to its bench and the eau*cs that have induced the appointment. No other sanctity but the qualifications of the Judges can hold it in tliat esteem aud reverence which it is desirable that it should have | 1 from all parties and classes of citizens. Every new appointment should raise and strengthen it in thc estimation of thc people, and no consideration should determine thc appointment except the eminent fitness ol thc man for the place. That ibis 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 tho action j is to be explained. But it is highly t characteristic. The President is theo- ( ret ?cally in favor of selecting thc best and fittest men for office, bul he lacks the firmness and resolution to put theory iu practice, ns he has been proving for four years, if the appointment of Mr. Matthews is confirmed, we can only hope that bis judicial career will redound ' toMiis honor and that of the country. | Wo can have no assurance of il from * what is known of his qualifications." 1 President Hayes behaves as if the first duly of a President were to provide for his friends and dependents, and ho is j making the best of his opportunities. ^ Having in mind his generosity in dis ^ tributing public offices and his personal j penuriousness, the public will begin to | suspect that a desire to save thc 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. Blaine Saluted ns Premier. I WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Senator Beck, of Kentucky, made an earnest plea to day in support of the hill to admit for eign-built ships, owned by American citizens, to American register. He nt- | 1 tacked the protective policy. Senator Cnn kling surprised the Senate j 1 and the galleries by paying thc closest | a attention to the speech. He even took a seat in the circle und faced the senators. A number of New York shipping mer chants were present. The Mar?timo j Exchange is very anxious that the bill ? should pass this session, for they have no t hope of any success with it in the next t Congress. Mr. Blaine also listened t closely to Mr. Beck's speech, and rose to ? reply. Mr. Conkling did not appear to know thal Mr. Blaine was speaking. There have been rumors this winter | ( that Mr. Blaine would shortly announce a chango in his views aud favor free ships. Ile most effectually stopped that rumor to day. Ile spoke with more energy and fire than ho has shown in the Senate for months. Basing his remarks on his opening statement that the policy advo- 1 caled hy Mr. Beek looked forward to 1 permanent dependence by this country 1 upon England for its ships, he taunted 1 Air. Beck just a little on the political side of the question, saying that tho Demo crats had gono to the country on that, and that it was not necessary to spcr.k of the result. I; Thc Senator from Kentucky was quick | 1 and sharp with his reply. Ile remiuded Mr. Blaine that the Democratic par?y bud gone to the country, and on tho pop ular vote had probably won. He anded that the party went lo tho country in 187G and won, and had been cheated out of its victory. Then he said tba', ho was very glad that thc discussion ha J led ibo Premier of the new administration early to proclaim the policy of tb Ad ministration lo the country. Blaine's speech was really a. gument in favor of subsidies. He held up tho example of oilier governments nnu the noS?c-y of this government toward tho Pacific Roads, and predicted that it would bc necessary report to thc sumo interests in order tn revivo our commer cial marine. Return of Captured Hims. WASHINGTON, January 29. Capt. James E. Jouett, commanding the United States steamer "New Hamp shire," at the naval station al Beaufort, S. C., makes the following report to tho Secretary of tho Navy, under dato of January 20: "By order of tho Depart ment I delivered to thc Beaufort Volun teer Artillery the two brass field-nieces captured by the Navy al Hilton Head, November 5, 1861. Tho return of these pieces, after nineteen years' captivity, to Ibis company was most gratifying, nnt only to the company, but to the whole community of Beaufort, S. C Yester day waa 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 Uovernor, I re turned tho saluto gun for gun. _ In tho evening a banquet was al o given in honor of ibis event. The only invited guests were tho officers of this vessel, und thoy wert* requested to appear in full dress uniform, which marks a most happy and cordial sentiment cu tho uart of theso people. Everything parsed off in tho most -pb'.i.-ant and cordial manner. I hopo thc Department approves my re turning the salute."-Dispatch to the Sew Yort Tinm._ - Tho Scicntijif! American estimates that more than $35,000,000 was brought iola tho United Slates, last year, by lor eign immigrants. GENERAL HANCOCK ELECTED PRES? UKJIT.-Yesterday the National Rifle As iodation of America vindicated its name, ind proved itself thoroughly national by (electing for ita President a man of uitional reputation-(Jen. W. S. Han? ;ock. General Hancock, on his own ?art deserved this recognition, nu he had ong shown himself to bo a warm friend >f Crecdmoor. .Since he has been in .ommand at Governor's Island he has brown all his influence in behalf of tho -?ile movement, and has not only Mic ..e^sfully urged the authorities at Walli ngton to send army teams to Crcedmor, jut has aided the work in many other .vavs. and by his presence ou the range luring matches.-*Y. Y. ??un. - Au Iowa clergyman regulates his narriuge fees b?- weight, thc rate being our cents a pound for the groom and two or the bride. - At thc examination for public school cachers of Abbeville, held on Saturday, 22nJ ult., twelve first grade and two sec )vd grade certificates were issued to /bites, and four second grade and twenly lino third grade to colored candidates. - A bill has been introduced in tho S'cw York senate providing that every lassctiger coach on overy railway of tho slate .-hall carry a saw and an axo Such i law vigorously enforced in every State ivould doubtless be tho meant! of saving nany lives. - Hon. Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, has been nominated lo Hie vacancy cn thc supreme Deneb tis Associate Justice, in dace of Judge Swayne, resigned. Judgo sway ne has been on thc beuch eighteen ,'ears, und retires before too heavy a pressure of work. - A revenue force on Suuday hight, 22nd ult., broke up an illicit whiskey dill of 85 gallons capacity, near the State inc in Greenville County, and destroyed 1,200 gallons of beer and 30 gallons of ow wines appertaining thereto. No irrcsts were uiade. - President Gonzales, of Mexico, has telegraphed to R. S. Hayes, President of the International and Great Northern llailroad Company, authorizing tho sur rey of thc International Railway from Laredo to the City of Mexico. The sur rey will begin al au early date. - One reason why tho Democratic papers arc in favor of Bruce for tho Cabinet is that if a Southern Republican is to be appointed, lie might as well bc a gentleman and an honest man, and Bruce cornea nearer lillitig the bill than r.ny ictivc SoUlberu Republican whoso Miine ins been mentioned. - Mr. Hayes has ended thc suspenso n the fifth judicial circuit by nominating District Judge Billi.,bs, of New Orleans, for the seat vacated by Judge Woods. Mc will doubtless bo confirmed, and then fudge Pardee, an Ohio man, will step otu the district judgeship. There is Holli ng in politics equal luau Ohio mau. - The wheat crop of southern Illinois, southern Indiana and probable of all jilter territory on thc samo parallel is ru i ned by a hard winter coming in con unction with the late planting. The di-< ricts in which tho plant is absolutely nllcd by ice aud frost include some of he best wheat-growing aections oi the tountry. - The Horry Sew* says that an effort s being made lo organize a joint slock :umpany for thc purpose of putting two lew steuuiers on the route to Charleston, nie to run between Cunwayburo', on tho tVuccutnuw River, uud Charleston aud ho other to run from some poinl on the Jtreut Pee-Deo, to make connection with he thi mgh sicumer t<> Charleston. - The city taxes in Charleston have leen fixed at 21 per cent, for the ensuing ear. The appropriations are-iulerest, ?01,555.05; police, v/0,525; streets, 5101,500; drains, $4,500 ; Board of dealth, $13,000; Alms House, ?8,000; ire department, $20,000. Total to run a :ity of 50,000 people. $500.760.05. In he sumo proportion, Greenville, being me ninth as large, would require $66, >40 to keep her going. - The Spartanburg Herald takes tho ground thal "good streets and good roads ire ti public necessity," and suggests tho ippoiutmeut of a city engineer and a Kiuuty engiueer, who shall receive suffi rent compensation to enable them to lev?te their limo lo changing and im .roving the grades of tho streets and ouds. lu order to curry out thc ec heme hu issuu of interest bearing bonds is uggested. - On January 31 a freight train on he North Carolina Railroad going east, lOUSisltng of eighteen cars, including a iiis-seiigcr coach, was wrecked one mile louth of Gibsonvale. Thu engine and welve curs left thc track, going down au iinbanknicnl eight feet high. Couduc or Halsey und fireman iianning were iisluuliy killed. Engineer Murphy hud lis left arm broken and was scalded. Lhc passengers .escaped without injury. Jauso of accident unknown. - Tho Southern cotton mill boom leeiss to have reached the North. Thc Jommissioner of Agriculture of the State s in constant receipt of inquiries from aipiulisla there regarding the advun ages offered by thc State for manulac urers. Thc latest was one from Phila lelpbia, asking advice as to thu best oration fur a colton ir.il!, and on various ither mailers. Tho chief point of iu puiry is whether thc report thut manu actures ure exempt from taxation for ?.? years ia correct. This seems to be tlmost too good for tho moneyed men herc to believe. - Tiie net receipts of coltou at all Jolted States ports during last week vere 124,086 bales; same week last year, .34.501 bales; total receipts, 3,940,687 jalea ; last year, 3,711,650 bules. Ex jorls for tho week, 10?.303 bales ; sumo veck lust year, 104,854 baies ; total ex Wt*, 2,451,687 bates; laai^year, 2,075, 16'2 bales. Mock ut all United States torts, 807,627 bales; last year, 950,lKHJ jules. Slock nt till interior towns, 161, 74 bales; last yeur, 271,068 bales. Stock nt Liverpool, 473,000 bales; lust fe?r, -iSl,0iK? bales. Siwli uf American ifloat for Great Britain, 461,000 bales; asl year, 278.000. - A curious experiment is being mado n Chicago by a doctor of the i. ?mo of De a Bantu. This is nothing less than au .dibrt to make a negress white. Do lu [tunta has so far been quito successful, lie face of his patient having bleached mnsiderably by tho uso of tho lotion .villi which he treats her. The doctor lues not in tho least doubt the complete mccees of his experiment, but is alruid bat ho will not be ablo to keep his ne gress while utter he has got her to that ;olor, His plan of operation is, he says, irery Himple, and consists simply in de stroying the color on the cuticle of a pa tient, which mukes a negro black faster than the blood can make it. If, however, the application of the lotion is given up, the color returns to tho cuticle and tb? whitened negro becomes ble -k again. - So great has been tho success from a business as well as a moral point of view af the coffee-houses established in the chief English cities as a means of keep ing men away from tbe bar-rooms, thut the way would seem to bo plainly open tor similar enterprises in this country. Most of the Englisn companies pay an annual dividend of 10 per cent, on their capital. Tiie coffee-houses supply coffee, tea aud cocoa, soups, cold meats and bread and butter-all the articles being o? good quality and the prices low. Newspapers arc kept in abundance, aud the customers arc freo to remain aud read ns long as they please. The coffee house which serves us un agency of tem perance musl bc a ?url of club house, to which poor pcoplo can resort sud find wholesome, cheap beverages liiat will not make them drunk. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Tho undersigned, Administrator of Estate of Tho?. H. Mallison, deceased, here by gives notice that ho will apply to tho Judgo of Probate for Anderson County, on the -i'll day o? March, ISSI, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and discharge from his office ns Administrator. A. E. MATI'ISON, Ailm'r. Feb 3.18X1 30_ NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Tho undersigned. Administrator of Estate of Martini A. Barksdalc, deceased, will apply to tbe Judge of Probate for An derson County on thc 7lh day of March, 1881, for a Final Settlement of baal Estate, and a discharge, from said administration. J. Ii. CLARK, Adiu'r. Feu 3, 1681_30_5 GREAT SALE of BUGGIES. IOOK out for tbe great sale of Open ?nd J Top Doggies. Tliey will arrive in Anderson on or ubout tho 10th inst. Thc work is guaranteed for one year. Manu facture.! by the Ulobe Manufacturing Co., of Cincinnati. W. 8. DODI), Waverly House. Feb 3, ISSI _30_ 2 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned hereby give uotico that bc will apply to the Judge of Probate at Anderson C. H., ti.*'., on the 3rd day of Mardi, 1881, for u Final Settlement and discharge from the Estate of J. J. Acker, deceased. If. I. EI'TING, Adm'r. FobS, 1881 30 S 5 s >%afeg3-^3 i ~ ? ? 2 ag, -?a.? Cl ? BHf^Hff lg"? ""?I ' Og: 51 S! H? 2 - g g- . (c RP Si ?.? 83 ? 5 0 ts ft fS-si^fiP " S ? e as-ssf&l [r s C 2 s ?; i a ? ? 3 ~ cn t vj ?< ^ ?? sa SALE OF Valuable Real Estate. IWILL sell on SA LED A Y IN FEB RUARY ri?.xt, if not sold at private sale be.ore that date, tho Valuable Tract of Land whereof the lato Rev. Thomas H Cunningham died seized and possessed sit uate in Savannah Township. Andamon County^ 8. C., unjoining lands of Mri Elisabeth Ounn.nghani, J. G. Cunningham, B. F,?Cray ton, B. A. Davis, et al., contain ing Three Hundred and Nineteen (319) acres, more cr Ices. One-half or tho Tract in suite of cultivation, \>c other half in oriRmal forest. For terms apply to Thomas Steen cte Co Auction and Commission Merchants. Green s' C' ^ ' ?r *?'?Vt?r? Anderson, Mas. C. F. CUNNINGHAM, T n T- STENHOUSE. Agent Jan 0, 1S8I 26 5 Administrator's Sale. WILL bo sold at tho late residence of Newton Scott, deceased, on Satur day. 12th day of February next, the follow ing property, to wit: Two seta of Blacksmith Tools, Ono ot Carrlago Makers' Tools One lot Wagon Lumber, Houschuld and Kitchen Fuvniture Ono Cow. Terms or sale-Cash. Jan 27, 1881 WM" MgUKI*' A'"^ PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS. THE Plymouth flock is one or tho finest and largest Chickens grown, and Is becoming more popular as it is better known. 1 bavo a limited number or EZ?TS from this stock, and also from other breeds which aro puro, and which I will sell at two dollars per dozen. Orders addressed to me at Anderson, 8. C., will recelvo prompt and carani! attention. Persons wishing Eggs should send in their oniere at once ?m,il?fi ,.0,kin,.1,of ?fW i]es^< ? ??5y will bo filled in tho order received Jan 27,1881 P"ANKJ^A^^ Mortgagee's Sale. BY virtue or tho power confined In Mortgage, executed by Elias Terrell to . .v/?? ?ididay in February next, tho Lot at Liberty Hill, know? as No. 7, coii taimug one aero. 1 Tonus cash-purchaser to pav for papers JOSEPH N. ll'HOwN, Jan ia, 1881 . 27 Assignee.