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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1881. =========================== TERMS: ONE YEAR..?81.50. SIX MONTHS._. TOe. Two Dollars If not paid in ndr&nco. GREAT EXCURSION TO WASHINGTON. The most elaborate arrangements have been made for the inauguration of Geo. Garfield as President on the fourth of March that have ever been witnessed in the United States. The military will be out in full force, and it is expected that the crowd of civilians present in Wash? ington on that day will be greater than any-that-has ever assembled in the Capi? tol City of our government. In the fur? therance of this display the railroads of the country have made very liberal con? cessions in the matter of fares for round trip tickets, which will give the best opportunity for visiting the Capital at cheap rates that has been enjoyed by our citizens for years. The following fares have been fixed upon for the round trip tickets from the points indicated: At? lanta $22.00, Seneca City $20.00, Green? ville $19.00, Columbia $19.00?for mili? tary companies $15.00; Charlotte $18.00 for military companies $14.00; Char? leston $21.00?for military companies $17.00; Wilmington $16.00?for military companies $12.00. These tickets will be good going from the 1st to the 3rd of March, and will enable the holder to return at any time up to the 10th of March. Thousands of people who have never visited Washington will avail themselves of these reduced rates to do ' 80. . , _ THE TOWN MEETING. The meeting of the citizens of the town, which is called by the Town Coun? cil for this (Thursday) evening,- in the Court House, to consider whether the town will build a hall or buy a town clock, seems to indicate that the Council has decided to do one or the other, and the decision of this meeting will be a matter of importance to our municipal interests. No final action ought to be taken without a full representation of the taxpayers of the town, and full inibrma tion.as to the details of the undertaking . entered into. We are in favor of build? ing a handsome Town Hall or Opera House, but are opposed to investing town money in any temporary or make-shift manner. Anderson is large enough to afford a handsome Opera House, and one properly conducted would pay the town 1: a good revenue; so that we.think it would he wiser, more beneficial anci more ? satisfactory to build a^structure with two or four stores on the lower floor, and convenient offices np-stairs, at a cost of ten to twenty thousand dollars, tban to erect a bare hall, that will not be what we want, at from fifteen hundred to three thousand dollars; though if we cannot do any better we would prefer a common but spacious hall to no hall at all. If the town should erecta proper building, with three stores on the ground floor, and eight or ten good offices above, in addi? tion to the Opera House, we could very safely count upon twelve hundred dol? lars per year for store rents, with from five to eight hundred per year for offices, and four or five hundred dollars from the Opera House, or, at least, upon two thousand dollars a year for rents, which would be over thirteen per cent, upon fifteen thousand dollars, a sum that would secure a very handsome building. By issuing bonds to mature annually for ? ten years, we would have to raise only fifteen hundred dollars per year. The interest at seven per cent., a sura at which the bonds could be placed at par upon the whole amount, would be $1,050, so that the sum to be raised the first year would be $2,550. Deducting the proba? ble rents, we would have only $550.00 to raise by taxation. By decreasing the principal $1.500.00 each year, we would decrease the interest $105.00 each year, so that at the end of five or six years the income from the building would pay the subsequent payments, both of interest and principal. Under this arrangement we would have to raise by town taxation, to begin with, about $600?for a liberal calculation say $800?and $100 less each year for six years, when the tax would entirely dis? appear. The taxable property of the town is now $830,000 in round numbers, and is increasing every year at from $50,000 to $75,000. At the present amount the additional town tax necessary to build this Hall would only be about ten cents on the hundred dollars, and this only for five or Bix years. At the end of ten years the property would be a source of annual revenue to the town of from $2,000 to $3,000, depending upon the growth of the place. We hope suf? ficient time will be taken to consider this question fully before final action. FOR SHAME. In the House of Representatives last week, when the bill for the relief of Mrs. E. P. Page was reached, Mr. Goode, of Virginia, who had charge of the bill, said that since the discussion which had taken place upon this bill on last Friday he had received a letter from the widow of Capt. Hugh N. Page, in which she instructed him peremptorily to withdraw her petition. If he felt at liberty to con? sult his own feelings he would, without hesitation, press this bill to a final vote, but in this matter he felt constrained to obey the instructions which he had re? ceived from the petitioner. Her feelings had been so wounded by the fierce as? sault made upon the memory of her dead husband that she was not willing to fur? nish any pretext for^e renewal of that assault. The petition would net have been presented if the humble petitioner had foreseen that it would have been taken as a pretext on which to attack rudely the cherished memory of her hon? ored dead, and to comment uncharitably upon the character of the Southern peo? ple. He said he had been accused of a desire in presenting this petition to es? tablish a precedent for payment of South? ern war claims. No charge could have been more unjust or more baseless. He wished to repeat what he had frequently said, that the people of the South had never.expected, and did not now expect, that Josses incurred by individuals as a necessary incident of the war would ever be reimbursed to them. They had gone into the war with their eyes wide open, had staked everything they possessed upon the issue of the gigantic struggle, and they had lost, and were prepared manfully to accept it as the fate of war. Oh, what a humiliating scene that was for the citizens of a great Dation to wit? ness ! Their government had owed a -trifling debt of $136.00, which it had neglected for twenty years to pay, and when the poor widow to whom it was due asked that it be settled, party hate and sectional venom had seized its intro? duction as an opportunity for a mean and degrading assault upon the character of a dead hero. Mrs. Page's action was dignified and proper in withdrawing her petition absolutely from the consideration of a Congress which has such disgraceful demagogues in it. Her plucky rebuke brought a sense of shame to the very men who bad so belittled themselves on its previous consideration, and Conger, of Michigan, who led in the contemptible opposition, tried to retrieve his meanness by moving to recommit the bill, with instructions to the Committee on Naval Affairs to report with a full statement of the facts of the case, but Mr. Goode would not permit the bill to take this course, and had it laid on the table. The whole matter has been a disgraceful ex? hibition of the demagogism of certain Congressmen, from whose services the country should pray to be speedily de? livered. SENATOR BUTLER EXCORIATES CONK LING. The following synopsis of a colloquy between Gen. Butler and Senator Conk ling is gathered from telegraph of Con? gressional proceedings on last Tuesday: Gen. Butler spoke at considerable length upon the alleged census frauds in South Carolina, and criticized severely speeches made by a certain stump orator (understood to be Conkling) in New York, doring the late Presidential cam? paign, in which that stump orator insult? ed and villified the people of South Car? olina and accused them of a conspiracy to fraudulently increase the census enu? meration in order to obtain greater polit? ical power. The falsity and baseness of the accusation, Mr. Butler said, were shown by the results of the recent re enumeration under the direction of Gen. Walker, who was a Republican and also a gentleman. At the conclusion of Mr. Butler's re? marks Mr. Conkling said he inferred from the little he had heard of the gen? tleman's speech that it was designed as an attack upon himself, and he had only to say that the vaporing of the Senator from South Carolina gave him little con? cern. If he had done any injustice to the people of South Carolina he would find seasonable occasion to correct it. Mr. Butler?"The Senator has said that the vaporings of the Senator from South Carolina are matters of no con? cern to him. He will pardon me for say? ing that the swaggering insolence of the Senator from New York is of no concern to me." Mr. Conkling?"I do not need to have heard the Senator in order to ascertain that he is a person with whom I do not chose to bandy epithets, here or else? where, least of all here; and, therefore. I have nothing to add to that which I have before said/' The colloquy here ended, and the sub? ject was dropped. This is a fair sample of the dictatorial insolence of the strutting Senator from New York. He is first to begin the use of epithets in lack of reasops for a reply, and when he gets the worst of the dis? cussion upon his own selected ground he retires in a very lordly manner from the contest. Mr. Conkling knew that the remarks of Senator Butler were true, and made no effort to deny them. He, therefore, confesses to have slandered, misrepresented and told falsehoods upon the people of South Carolina for partisan purposes.- Senator Butler did right to excoriate him. The Democrats in Congress, both House and Senate, are sadly in need of party discipline and leadership?a fact of which the Republicans are fully aware, and which they take great pleas? ure in exhibiting to the world by their shrewd and thoroughly organized minor? ity. The passage of the Morgan resolu? tion for counting the vote for President and Vice President aptly illustrates this. The Republicans were generally in favor of the resolution, and intended that it should pass after they got through with their fun out of the Democrats about it, so they adroitly kept their purposes to I themselves, (which the Democrats could never have done.) The Democrats held a caucus, decided to pass the tesolution, and went into the Senate next day to carry out their decision, when, much to their chagrin, the Republicans refused to vote, and left them without a quorum, thereby preventing the consideration of the resolution, and showing to the coun? try the incapacity of the Democrats for party management. It may be a surprise to the people to know that an important juncture like this no less than nine Dem? ocratic Senators were either absent or paired, and by this action on their part placed the majority at the mercy of the minority. Mr. John F. Hobbs, attorney for Gen. Carlos J. Stolbrand in the contest against Col. Aiken for the seat in the next Con? gress from this District, has served no? tice of the days on which he will take testimony in the several counties com? posing the District. He has allotted to Anderson the 4th and 5th of March. Col. E. B. Gary represents Col. Aiken, and will make a vigorous defense. Nothing but the most arbitrary partisan? ship on the part of the next House of Representatives can give Stoibrand any chance for a seat in Congress. He was badly beaten, and even ran behind the Garfield electoral ticket, which shows that he had very little strength with the negroes themselves. Congress evidently might improve upon their rules in such manner us to prevent the obstruction of business by absenteeism. In tbe first place the ab? sentee should forfeit a proportionate per diem of his salary, and in the next place a rule should be adopted requiring every Senator or Representative present to vote when his name is called. This, with the power to call the House, would always guarantee the presence of a quorum during the session, and absenteeism would not be such a clog upon the busi? ness of the country. The adoption of the two new rules would almost termi? nate the evil. The Convention of Judges of the Su? preme and Circuit Judges, which met in Columbia last week, appointed Messrs. C. H. Simonton of Charleston, W. H. Parker of Abbeville, and J. F. Hart of Yorkville, as commissioners to codify the laws of this State, under the Act passed at the recent session of the Legislature. The gentlemeu appointed have a large experience at the Bar, bave established line imputations for" ability, energy arid faithfulness in their profession, aud com? bine the requisites for a satisfactory dis? charge of the duties assigned them. The Wando Phosphate Works, near Charleston, were completely destroyed by fire last week. The company was very fully insured, and will not there? fore, lose a great deal, except by the loss of time and the failure to receive the profits of one manufacturing season. The works will be rebuilt as soon as possible, but will not be in condition to manufacture again before next fall.? The cause of the fire is unknown. Senator Morgan's resolution denying the right of the Vice President to count the vote for Presideut and Vice Presi? dent, and reserving to Congress the right to decide it, passed the Senate with a single dissenting voice, so that one wholesome precedent has been estab? lished amid the many dangerous ones to which these latter days of the Repub? lic have given rise. Senator Butler says that the Constitu? tion of the United States has failed to provide a Returning Board for counting the vote for President and "Vice-Presi? dent, and hence the necessity for the Mor? gan resolution or some similar measure. A TALK WITH GEN, GARY. The Condition and Needs or South Caro? lina. A Reporter for the News and Courier called on Gen. M. W. Gary at the Char? leston Hotel last Friday to get an expres? sion of his views upon the political out? look, State and National, and upon the material development of South Carolina. Gen. Gary said : So far as the political situation is concerned, I am not in poli? tics and my line of thought is not upon political subjects. I am now engaged in the railroad development of my county, and as one of the directors of the Edge field, Trenton and Aiken Railroad, I am here in its interests. I and my associates have succeeded beyond our most san? guine expectations. The people of Char? leston have responded most liberally to our application for aid, and the commit? tee have been received with great kiud ncss. In behalf of the committee and of the County of Edgefield, I wish to ten? der to the good people of Charleston our thanks and best wishes. I believe that the future of Charleston is a very brilliant one, and her past rail? road policy, none will deny, has been a series of railroad blunders, but no people lu.ve contributed more to railroads and received less benefit from what they con? tributed than the Charleston people. What they gave to the Charleston and Memphis road did not bring back the reiurn that they had anticipated. In my judgment their fatal mistake was in be? ginning too far from home in the expen? diture of their money, as evidenced in the $1,000,000 subscribed to the Blue Ridge Railroad. If a portion of the same money had been expended rin the construction of the road in the interests of which I am now in Charleston, and which forms one of the links iu the chain of the Air Line Railroad from Knoxville to Charleston, which begins at Knoxville and runs to Walhalla, Anderson, Abbeville, Dorn's Miue aud Edgefield, on to Charleston, the trade of Charleston would have been built up pari passu with the construction of this great thoroughfare. When completed this grand truuk line will give Chicago the shortest route that can possibly be built to the Atlantic coast. This road is more uearly completed than most people are aware of. Two-thirds of the road from Knox? ville to Walhalla have already been graded and tunnelled. Twenty miles of the road from Anderson towards Abbe? ville have been recently let out to con? tractors for the grading. It will thus be seen that the distance between Anderson and Edgefield is the only gap in the route. Reporter: What do you think about immigration, General, and the labor question, which has recently been dis? cussed in the News and Courier ? Gen. Gary: I have always been in favor of immigration to this State, and in years gone by advocated it. In my judgment, there is the same irrepressible conflict between white labor and black labor, as Seward said there was between free labor and slave labor. To bring a white immigrant to work by the side of the negro I oelieve to be impracticable. The kind of immigrants that this State needs are the immigrants who will come with sufficient capital to buy for them? selves small or large farms. Wo bave the cheapest and best agricultural land in the United States. I do not believe, as some have said that trie white man cannot work the year around in this State without great physical depression. In the Piedmont and middle counties, I am certain they can work the year round. Probably in the malarial counties bor? dering on the Atlantic they might not be able to do it, but I am informed that by the use of a little quinine at night the effects of malaria may be prevented. The only way to make the immigrant who comes here as a planter satisfied to live in our midst is to treat him as a frierd and brother, and abolish the his? toric exclusivcness of South Carolinians, adopting as our motto, "One honest white man is as good as another." There must be an effective quietus given to the aristocratic oligarchy that has so long ruled this State adversely to the inter? ests of the common people and to the exclusion of all all foreigners. Reporter : Well, General, if you will not talk about politics, what do you think about tbe manufacturing and commer? cial future of the State ? Gen. Gary: I am in favor of estab ishing manufactories of every kind and description all over the State. The last war proved the stupidity of the policy of only producing the materials for man? ufacture rather thau manufacturing all articles that were needed in a civilized community. I am glad to see that the Clement attachment is being adopted in different parts of the State. Capt .Searles and Col. J. N. Dallis are now erect? ing a factory of this kind near the Abbe? ville and Edgefield line, which is soon to go into operation. The new railroad will develop a water power on Shaw's Creek superior to that of the water power of Horse Creek, in which Van cluse, Langley and Graniteville are situ? ated. I know very little about com? merce. Since I have beeu in the city, however, I have heard repeated com? plaints from the merchauts here that there has beeu no appropriate legislation protecting them from the competition of drummers from different States, who sell their goods by samples without paying any license to the State, thus discrimi? nating against our own merchants who have to pay a license when they sell by sample in other States. This evil should be remedied by speedy and appropriate legislation. In fine I am iu favor of pro? gress and material development for the whole State and the best thing we can do is to quit harping on the past, bury our past differences, and look forward to a glorious future for our grand old Com? monwealth. I THE RIGORS OF MONARCHY. Tumultuous and Arbitrary Proeeeillnjrs in tho British House of Commons?The Whole of the Irish Members Expelled. LONDON, February ?>. G.30 p. m.?In the House of Commons this evening Sir-Vcruon Harcourt, home secretary, replying to Mr. Parnell, said that Mr. Davitt was arrested under his ticket of leave because his action was construed incompatible with his ticket of leave." Mr. Paruell asked what conditions Mr. Davitt had. violated. There was no an swer.to this question. The Irish members shouted "shame," and the other members cheered tremendously. The scene sur? passed all description. The Speaker called upon Mr. Gladstone to move his resolution. Mr. John Dillon rose, but the Speaker refused to hear him. After repeated warning the Speaker "named" Mr. Dillon, ana Mr. Gladstone moved his suspension amidst enthusiastic cheers and cries of "order," the Irish members Bhouting, "shame." A motion for the suspension of Mr. Dillon was adopted by a vote of 395 to 33. Mr. Dillon refused to withdraw from tbe House, and was forcibly removed by the Sergcant-at Arms by order of the Speaker, amidst cries of "shame" by the Irish members. Michael Davitt, the agitator, was ar? rested in Dublin to-day under his "ticket of leave." At a meeting of the Laud League, in Dublin, yesterday, it was resolved to hold a national convention between the pass? ing of the coercion bill and its becoming operative as law. The House of Commons is very crowd? ed this afternoon. Mr. Mitchell Henry, home ruler, and Mr. Collan, liberal, gave notice of further amendments to Mr. Gladstone's resolution. Mr. Cowen, rad? ical, gave notice of a motion deprecating the use of Mr. Gladstone's resolution to curtail the liberty of Ireland. There was a hastily summoned meet? ing of the cabinet council at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Gladstone, replying to Mr. Cowen, radical, said it was due to the House and to the Speaker that his (Mr. Gladstone's) action of yesterday should be discussed as early as possible, but that the House cannot give a motion subject priority over the obstruction resolutions or pro? tection bill. The remarks of the premier were greeted with loud cheers. Mr. A. M. Sullivan announced that he withdrew his motion relative to the Speaker, as he refused to be party to a farce. Mr. Sullivan protested against Mr. Dillon's forcible removal as an act of violence and illegality. The Speaker pointed out the fact that Mr. Dillon had defied the chair. Mr. Gladstone rose to address the House. Mr. O'Donoughue, liberal mem? ber for Tralee, rose to move an adjourn? ment of the House. The Speaker ruled that Mr. Gladstone was in possession of the House. Mr. Parnell moved that Mr. Gladstone be no longer heard. The Speaker declared that Mr. Parnell was defying the chair, and upon his per? sisting the Speaker declared that he was wilfully obstructing the proceedings, aud "named" him. Mr. PainelPs suspension was moved, but upon the Speaker mak? ing an order that the House be cleared for a division, all the home rulers refused to leave the house. The motion to sus? pend Mr. Parnell was ultimately voted upou, and resulted in his suspension by a vote of 405 to 7, the home rulers not voting. Mr. Parnell declining to with? draw he was forcibly removed from the House by tbe Sergeant-at-Arms and five other officers, tbe home rulers waving their hats as he passed out. Mr. Finnegan, liberal and nationalist, then persisted in speaking, and was "named" by the Speaker. It appears that all the home rulers will cause themselves to be suspended suc? cessively. The force used in Mr. Dillon's case merely consisted in the Sergeant-at Arms taking his arm. 8 p. m.?The motion for the suspension of Mr. Finnegau was carried by a vote of 405 to 21; the home rulers again refused to vote and the Speaker had their names, numbering 27, taken down. Their con? duct is in accordance with a resolution taken at the meeting this afternoon to adopt the course recommended by Mr. A. M. Sullivan, that the Irish members should remain in their seats instead of going to lobbies or division. A motion to suspend 27 home rulers was carried by a vote of 410 to G, where? upon they declined to leave tbe House, only yielding to superior force. They were removed singly by the Sergeant-at Arms. After the vote suspending the home rulers, Mr. Gladstone rose to move his resolution to prevent obstruction, when Mr. O'Donnell moved that Mr. Gladstone be not beard. Mr. O'Donnell was imme? diately "named," and Mr. Gladstone moved his suspension, which motion was carried by a vote of 311 to 1. Mr. O'Donnell, declining to withdraw, was removed with two other home rulers who refused to leave the House. When a division was taken Mr. Gladstone then moved his resolution. Mr. Gladstone referred to the irretriev? able waste of time since the commence? ment of the session. In regard to his resolution, he stated that the government had drawn largely on the loyal confidence of the opposition. Mr. Gladstone then moved his resolution. He said that he was willing to accept certain suggestions of the opposition. The only way of meeting the obstruction was to give tbe House enlarged powers to check it. He earnestly appealed to the members to support the government and rally to the performance of a great duty, and not let the House degenerate into the laughing stock of the world. The Address of the Irish Members of Par? liament. LONDON, February 4.?As soon as the Irish members had been suspended yes? terday a meeting of the party, held after the discussion, decided to issue a mani? festo to the Irish people, asking them to remaiu quiet and not allow themselves to be forced into a conflict with tbe armed forces of the empire. During the night Mr. Parnell received several communi? cations from Liberal Clubs throughout England condemning the action of the Speaker aud hoping that the agitation in I England against coercion would be car ' ried on vigorously. The address of the Irish members to the Irish people was received in Dublin to night. It says: "Fellow-countrymen, at a moment when too many acts of the Irish execu? tive abrogate tbe law and tend to drive you from positions of coustitutional ac? tion, the reign of force has been inaugu? rated against U3 as your representatives here on the floor of the House of Com? mons. A proposal to depart from the ordinary and legitimate procedure of Parliament, and to suppress at a stroke tbe liberties of our country, has imposed upon us duties from which we could not shrink. Strictly and admittedly confin? ing ourselves within the rules and laws of Parliamentary action, wo resisted these flagrant proceedings. Only by re? sorting to open illegality could our efforts be defeated. On Wednesday last, in violation of the law3 and liberties of Parliament, the voice of the Irish repre? sentation was arbitrarily silenced, not to facilitate any effort of useful legislation for the English people, which has always received our advocacy and support, but in order that a coercion act for Ireland might be forced through the Legislature. Last evening wo thirty-five, your repre? sentatives, for claiming our rights within the rules and precedents of this assembly were removed by force from the chamber, and a scene recalling the worst days of the Stuarts disgraced the records of Par? liament. Advantage was taken of our enforced absence to rush through the House resolutions which were designed against Ireland, which vest in au indi? vidual autocratic power, and deprive us, as your representatives, of all guarantees of freedom of action or speech. In the midst of euch proceedings the news which reaches us from Ireland daily grows in gravity. Meetings are illegally suppressed, arrests aro arbitrarily made. Yesterday a man well known to us and to many of you during these recent events as the counsellor of tolerance, re? straint and prudence, has been seized without warning and flung back into the horrors of penal servitude. Fellow countrymen, wc adjure you in the midst of these trials and provocations to main? tain the nohle attitude that has already assisted your ultimate victory to reject every temptation to conflict, disorder and crime, aud not to be terrorized by the brief reign of despotism. If you be true to yourselves your triumph is certain. "To our countrymen in Great Britain we appeal to frustrate all endeavors to excite enmity between them and their English fclfnw-citizens, among whom many generous voices are even now raised on our behalf. "Fellow-countrymen?In discharge of our duties here our attitude and our ac? tions have been and shall be in every in? stance guided by considerations for your interests. We ask you by your orderly self-restraint, your unshaken organiza? tion, your determined perseverance, to strengthen our hands in the struggle we are maintaining." TVlint the Irish Land League of America lms to Suy About It. Irish National Laud League of the United Stales, Boston, February 4.?To the Members of the Land League and (he American People: The crisis has been reached in Ireland. It is not the unexpected that has happened. The suppression of free speech, arrest without bail, the darkening of the land with spies and soldiers, coercion, the blow before the remedy?all these inevitable. Eng? land moves but slowly toward justice. Behold her well-worn weapons. There is a new Ireland. In the mass of her people courage, patriotism, zeal, endurance, leadership and capacity suf? ficient for the time exist; strong, thought? ful, resolute men lead. If they are silenced others will leap to fill the vacant places. Ireland cries for justice. The Land League is her voice. England must build more jails before that voice can be stifled. To the outrage upon the people's representatives, to the attempt to place Ireland on her knees to beat and scourge her before righting her wrongs, to the arrest of the brave Michael Davitt, let America answer in protest. As the bonfire flamed upon all the hills in that olden time when the edict went forth, so now in every Americau city let the fire of your indignation blaze. Call public meetings everywhere at once. As yon saved the Irish people from death and raised them from despair, show that your sympathy is still with them in their grand struggle for justice. Members of the League, knit closely together. Add to your numbers. Form new branches in every place where friends of the cause can be found. Place yourselves in immediate communication with us. Ireland moves last to the su? preme crisis, and we must be close to? gether when the hour arrives. Trust the patriotism, wisdom and prudence of the Irish leaders. They are cheered by your sympathy. Make your sympathy more marked. Organize everywhere. P. A. Collins, President. The Acquittal of Buford. The telegraph has already announced the acquittal in Louisville of Col. Tom Buford after standing trial for a second time for the murder of Judge Elliott, of the Court of Appeals, the Litest court in Kentucky. This case has attracted universal atten? tion. It was on the morning of the 27th of March, 1879, that Buford attacked his victim aud shot him down in cold blood, while a charge remained in his gun for an associate judge on the Supreme bench of the State. The trouble was about a tract of land in Henry County, adjoining Franklin County, in which the capital is situated. It seems that Miss Mary Bu? ford had purchased, through means large? ly furnished by her brother, this tract of land, and had made a partial payment of $20,000, leaving the same amount to be paid, and that in the meantime it was discovered that the title was defective. There was a long litigation, and the result was that all the money put in the land was lost. During the pendency of the suit Miss Mary died, and her brother persisted in saying that the trouble about the land killed her. Buford qual? ified as administrator, and thus became in law what he had alwaj-s been in fact, the defendant in the action. After the sale the sheriff of Henry County undertook to oust Buford from the farm, but was met at the door with a double-barrel shotgun and a promise on the part of Buford that he would cer? tainly kill the first man who crossed his threshold. Negotiations were entered into, and it was formally agreed that Buford might remain in possession until the cause was decided in the Court of Appeals, to which it had been taken, aud he on his part agreed to yield peaceable possession if that decision should also be adverse. After thorough argument and consideration, the Court of Appeals, sitting at Frankfort, the State capital, early iu 1878 affirmed the judgment of the lower court. The opiniou was delivered by Judge Elliot. Buford's counsel, not yet satisfied, obtained from the court a rehear? ing, a iarc occurrence, and the case was again argued, and a few days before the murder had again been affirmed, the opin? ion this time being delivered by Judge M. H. Cofer, one of Judge Elliott's colleagues, and being substantially the same as the former opinion. Tom Buford was in Frankfort at the time, and on the morn? ing of the 27th of March called on Judge Cofer at his house, to sec whether the case was finally ended, and learned that it was. The Court of Appeals usually sits from 11 to J o'clock, and it was only a few minutes after the latter hour that Judge Elliot and Judge Prvor, another of his colleagues, were in the habit of reaching the Capital Hotel, where they boarded, and almost invariably coining from the coiutroom together. On this davit happened that court adjourned a few minutes before 1, and that Judge Pryor came on alone. 11c met Buford on the hotel steps, who stopped him aud talked for a minute or two about his case, when the Judge passed on with a friend '.no had come up, and Buford then went into his room, got is .shot-gun and game bag, and came out to the steps again about the time that Judge Elliot came along, accompanied by Judge Hines, the fourth member of the court. As Judge Elliott stepped up Buford saluted him with the remark that he was goiug snipe-hunting, and invited the Judge to accompany him, and upon his declining, said : "Well, won't you take a drink, then ?" and before the Judge could reply he had emptied one barrel of the gun, containing a load of buckshot, into the Judge's body, causing instant death. He then surrendered himself, remarking that the load in the other bar? rel was intended for Pryor, and also handed the policeman who took charge of him an envelope, which contained a paper dated that morning in the nature of a will, beginning : *' Whatever may happen mc I desire that my niece, Annie O. Wallace, shall have all my properly." It is supposed by many that it was Bu ford's intention to kill both Elliott and Pryor, and was only prevented by their acciden? tal separation and Pryor's arrival a little earlier than he expected, and that he then expected to be at once hanged by the populace, which accounts for the peculiar manner of commencing his will. Of course the entire State stood aghast at this tragedy. A month later an indict? ment was found against Buford. A change of venue to Owen County was granted, and the trial, which came off in July, resulted in a verdict of murder iu the liret degree. Buford was given a life sentence in the penitentiary. An appeal was taken on various errors, and in December following a new trial was granted. No particular effort was made to bring it about until the 11th of the present month that the jury was com? pleted and the trial begun. The defence was based upon the alleged insanity of the prisoner. Yesterday Mr. Thompson, of Lexington, spoke four hours for the defence, and Judge McManama followed with the closing speech for the State. The case was given to the jury at 5 o'clock, and at a late hour last night a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity was rendered. Thus ends one of the most celebrated cases in the an? nals of Kentucky. Summer Meeting of the Stale Agricul? tural Society. At the meeting of tbe Executive Com? mittee of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society held on Wednesday at the Columbia Hotel au invitation from the Executive Committee of the Greenville County Agricultural Society to hold its next annual summer meet? ing in the city of Greenville was, on motion of Colonel William Wallace, ac? cepted. The time for the summer meet? ing was fixed for tho second Tuesday iu August. The Secretary was instructed to notify the Executive Committee of the State Grange of the action of this com? mittee. Mr. J. M. Newman, of Georgia, wa3 appointed essayist for the summer meeting. Subject?"Fruit and Fruit Culture." It was also resolved that each agricul? tural society in (he State select an essayist for that occasion on the follow? ing subjects respectively: Anderson County Society?'"The Cultivation of the Grasses." Abbeville County Society?"Small Grain." Greenville County Society?"The Manufacture of Cotton at the South." Ncwberry County Society?"Immi? gration." Ouester County Society?"Sheep Rais ing." Union County Society?"The Raising invited to send delegates to the Summer of Horses." On Motion of Mr. Roche the Secretary was instructed to notify the Executive Committee of the State Grange and each of the above named societies aud request them to co-operate in the Summer meet? ing and to send delegates to the same. On Motion of Mr. Thompson the State Agricultural Association of Georgia was meeting. We learn that it is the purpose of the committee to make great improvements in the fair grounds, which, when com? pleted, will make them among tbe finest, if not the very finest, in the United States. In the premium list will be a prize offered for the best specimen of ensilage, not less than twenty or twenty-five Ions. ?Register, Ath, Killed by a Bursting (Jim. Columbia, Feb. 6.?Mr. George W. Daniels, who was one of the parties to the Rose-English homicide about a year ago and was acquitted when Rose was convicted, was killed last night by the explosion of his gun. He left the city about 11 o'clock last night with Mr. Fred. Friday with the inteution of spending the night in the country and going hunt? ing to-day. They walked aud had reach? ed a point about five miles from the city beyond the Arthur plantation, between 12 and 1 o'clock in the night, and wero crossing an old field. Daniels had been during the walk occasionally shooting his gun in the air, reloading as he went, and at this point fired again. The gun ex? ploded in his hands, mutilating the left hand and driving a piece of the barrel about an inch into bis cheek under the left eye, killing him iustantly. It was known that he had just jumped across a ditch, and mud was found in tbe muzzle of the gun. It is, therefore, believed that in crossing the ditch he stuck the barrel in the earth, aud that the barrel being thus stopped up caused tbe explo? sion. The gun was blown into fragments. A coroner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts. Mr. Daniels was about 08 years old, and left a wife and seven children in very mode? rate circumstances. Uenernl^Xcws Summary. ? The total estimated value of the ex? ports from Georgetown during the past year was ?2,2S1,530. ? Several arrests have lately been made in Spartanburg County for carrying concealed weapous. ? Cold, rainy weather has killed a good number of cattle and sheep in Louisiana this winter. ? Francis Hahn, near Greenville, has six hundred gallons of home-made wine worth $1.50 per gallon. ? The debt of Memphis, Tcnn., isabout one-third of the value of all the real and personal property in the city. ? The Presbyterian congregation in Greenville have resolved to build a new church with a seating capacity of 600. ? Mr. M. A. Vandorford, Policeman, was shot and killed by a drunken despe? rado named Yarboro at Salisbury, N. C, last week. ? Three years ago there were at Pick ens Courthouse only two stores and three lawyers; now there are six stores, five lawyers and two law students. ? The outrage mill grinds in Aiken, and the negro witnesses are being freely picked up by the State courts on charges of perjury and riot. ? Thegin-houscof Mr. J. A. Mitchell, near Mount Willing, was destroyed by fire on the night of January 19. The fire was incendiary, and the loss about $1.000. ? A valuable chalk bed lias been dis? covered on the Wilkinsou place at Sum? merhill, three miles from Aiken. It be? longs to Mr. Julian Yates and is valued at $5,000. ? At a recent meeting of the New York Agricultural Society it was claimed by a speaker that a thousand pounds of sugar might be made from an acre of cornstalks. ? The Tennesee Radicals, with the assistance of low tax "Democrats," have elected the Secretary of Slate and Comptroller, the straightottt Democratic incumbent of the Treasurcrship being re-elected. ? At Baltimore, about midnight of Wednesday, the boiler of the pleasure yatch Carrie, of Philadelphia, exploded, making a complete wreck of the vessel and killing three white men and a colored man. ? The Lancaster Ledger: Our County has been fully represented in all the wars which have taken place on this Continent since the year 1492. Fifteen of tho Florida veterans arc still living in this country. ? The introduction of Amercau street cars into Rio de Janeiro has produced a great change in the social and business life of the people. There are two kinds of cars?one for barefooted peeple, 5 cents; and one for those who wear shoes 10 cents. ? Miss Parnell, a sister of the Irish agitator, aud Mrs. A. M. Sullivan, the wife of the member of Parliament from Menth, are forming a Ladies' Land League, in order to continue the work of relief, should Mr. Parnell and his follow? ers be arrested under the coercion bill now pending. ? .lohn Forbes fifty years ago was the collector of taxes for Vermillion County, III., which then included the present site of Chicago. Rather than incur the ex? pense and (rouble of a journey over the prairies from the county seat to that town, he paid Chicago's taxes out of his own pocket. ? The death rate among cattle in Florida has been tearful during the re? cent cold weather. ? In White Hall Township, Abbe? ville County, the darkies have an organ? ization known as the "Laborers' Protec? tive Union." The full-grown members purpose to demand $100 and rations for the year's services, and for "half-grown" boys, $5 a month. They propose to reg? ulate by force those who attempt to dis? regard this rule. ? The new courthouse at Aiken will be an elegant and commodious structure and will cost $12,733. It will be com? pleted by the contractor in time for the September term of Court. The financies of the count) are in a very healthy con? dition, and the board will be able to meet every bill with the cash as it falls due. ? The New York Evening Post says; Mr3. Barnwell Rhett. widow of Senator Rhett ot South Carolina, and the widow of a former Mayor of New Orleans, will both become inmates of the Louise Home at Washington, established and kept up by Mr. Corcoran, the Washington bank? er, lor the benefit of Southern gentle? women who have been unfortunate. ? The schoo'. commissioner elect of Pickens County, 0. T. Jones, having failed to qualify by the first day of Janu? ary, .as required by law and his predeces? sor, G. W. Singleton, having resigned, the office is now vacant, and will remain so until an appointment is made by the Governor. The county board of examin? ers met last week and fixed the salary of school commissioner for the present year at $400. ? The Rev. Thaddeus SaUers, col? ored, has stood a highly creditable examination before the Board of Exam? iners of the Episcopal Church, and will be ordained a Deacon in St. Mark's, colored Episcopal Church, Charleston. He will take charge of that congregation. He is the first colored man ever ordained in the Episcopal ministry of this State, and highly spoken of?as he deserves to be. He is a native Charlestonian. ? Mrs. Martha Clark, wife of J. Q. A. Clark, of Abbeville county, died suddenly at her house on the evening of January 23d. She was engaged in preparing supper, and stepping out of the house, remained longer than was expected. In searching for her, she wa3 lound dead. Heart|discnse carried her off. Mrs. Clark was a most excellent woman and long a consistent member of the Baptist church. ? A dispatch to the News and Conner from Milletts, under date of the Gth inst., says: "Information has just been received at this place of a fatal shooting scrape last night, about 7 o'clock, at Stoney Bluff, just across- the river. Acolored man -named Israel was shot by Wilson Coker white, and died to-day about 1 o'clock. There was some difficulty about the delivery of freight by Coker, acting for the agent, and angry words ensued, whereupon Coker drew his pistol and fired, the ball enter? ing the left breast. Israel lingered in much pain until to-day, when he died. Coker immediately left, and was seen on this side of the nver to-day." SAWING NOTICE. IWILL commence SAWING LUMBER in a few days. All persons who want Sawing done will bring in their logs at once. A. H. OSBORN, Anderson, S. C. Feb 10,1881_ 31 4 HEADQUARTERS FOR GUANO IAM AGENT fir the following Fertil? izers :? THE CRESENT BONE, EUREKA GUANO and ACID, ORIENT GUANO, CAROLINA GUANO. RUSSELL COE'S GUANO and ACID, PLOW BRAND GUANO, SEA FOWL GUANO, AMERICUS GUANO, The above arc first-class Fertilizers, and I have no doubt arc as good as is sold. Come and sec me before you buy. C. E. HORTON, Williamston,S.C. Feh 10, 1881 31 3 TOWN MEETING ! THE Town Council of Anderson, S. C, respectfully requests the citizens of the Town to meet in the Court House on THURSDAY, the 10th inst., at 7 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of considering the proposition to erect a Town Hall or put a Clock in the Court TIouso st ecple. Bv order of the Town Council of Ander? son; S. C. THOS. C. LIGON, Feb 10,18S1 31?1 Clerk. Advertisements. SCIENCE vs. EPILEPSY! on DOCTOR against QUACK!! A Leading London Physician Establishes An Office in New York for the Cure of Epileptic Fits. [From Am. Journal if Medicine.] Dr. Ah. Mescrole (lato of London), who makes a specialty of Epilepsy, has without doubt treated and cured more cases than any other living physi? cian. His success has simply been astonishing; we have heard of cases of over 20 vears' standing, successfully cuml bv him. He has published a valuable work on this disease, which he sends with a large bottle of his wonderful cure free to any fmfierer who may send their express and P. 0. ad? dress. We advise anv one wishing a cure to ad? dress Dr AB. MESEROLE, No. % John St., New York. f A YEAR and expenses to agents. Out? fit Free. Address P. 0. VICKERY, Au? gusta, Maine. TO ADVERTISERS.?Lowest Rates for adver tisoig in 970 GOOD newspapers sent free. Ad? dress Gi:o. P. ROWELL & CO., 10 Spruce St.,N. Y. GREAT SALE of BUGGIES. LOOK out for the great sale of Open and Top Buggies. They will arrive in Anderson on or about the 10th inst. The work is guaranteed for one year. Manu? factured by the Globe Manufacturing Co., of Cincinnati. W. S. DODD, Wavcrly House. Fcb 3, 1S31 30 2 PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS. THE Plymouth Rock is one of the finest and largest Chickens grown, and is becoming more popular as it is better known. I havo a limited number of Eggs from tliis stock, and also from other breeds, which are pure, and which I will sell at two dollars per dozen. Orders addressed to me at Anderson, S. C, will receive prompt and careful attention. Persons wishing Eggs should send in their orders at once, stating the kind of Eetgs desired, us they will be filled in the order received. FRANK CRAYTON. Jan 27, 1881 29 14 SALE OF Valuable Real Estate. IWILL sell on SALEDAY IN FEB? RUARY next, if not sold at private sale before that date, the Valuable Tract of Land whereof the late Rev. Thomas H. Cunningham died seized and possessed, sit? uate in Savannah Township, Anderson County, S. C, adjoining lands of Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, J. G. Cunningham, B. F. Crayton, B. A. Davis, et al., contain? ing Three Hundred and Nineteen (319) acres, more or less. One-half of the Tract in state of cultivation, the other half in original forest. For terms apply to Thomas Steen & Co., Auction and Commission Merchants, Green? ville. S. C, or Dr. R. F. Divver, Anderson, S C Mrs. C. F. CUNNINGHAM, Per T. STENHOUSE, Agent. Jan ?, 1881 2G_5 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Tho undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of R. Sanders Smith, deceased, hcrebv gives notice that he will apply to the Judge" of Probate at Anderson C. H., on the 2nd day of March, 1881, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discbarge from said administration. The Choses in Action belonging to the estate, and appraised worthless or doubtful, will be sold at Anderson C. H. on the above stated day at 11 o'clock a. m. C. C. SMITH, Adm'r. Jan 27, 1881 29 5* NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned hereby give notice that lie will apply to the Judge of Probate at Anderson C. H., S. G, on the 3rd day of March, 1881, for a Final Settlement and discharge from the Estate of J. J. Acker deceased. II. I. EPTING, Adm'r. Feb 3, 1881 30 5 CALL ON BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO., ANDERSON C. H., S. C, AND BUY YOUR GOODS. Their stock is large, consisting of General Mcrchan ehandise, say? 40,000 pounds Meat, Five Car Loads Flour, Two Car Loads Corn, 2,000 Steel Plows, Plow Stocks, &c, 500 Handled and other Hoes, $3,500 worth Marcy's Shoes. A large stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Hats, Yankee Notions, Saddlery, Crockeryware, Tobacco, &c. ?tc, always on hand. All of which we will sell as cheaply for Cash' or on a Credit to mod, reliable and prompt payinr/ customers as can be bought any where in this country. We arc still agents for the celebrated Wando Fertilizer and Acid Phosphate, and (here arc none better made. Price of the Fertilizer 475 pounds, and of the Acid Phosphate 375 pounds middling cotton, all told payable 15th October, 1881. Conic on everybody, and buy your Supplies, Goods and Fertilizers from us. Those who owe us money vow due must pay up at once. BLECKLEY, BROWN <fc CO. Feb 3. 1881_29_ GUANO FOB 1881. rpHE undersigned begs leave to call attention to the fact that he now lias a supply of JL the justly popular EUTAW G?AXO AND ACID PHOSPHATE, Which he will sell for cash or on cotton option. Terms of Guano on time, 450 pounds middling cotton, payable Nov. 1, 1SS1. Acid Phosphate, 350 pounds, payable at same date. In the State analysis the En taw stands at the head of the list. THE BEST GROCERIES Can always he had by my customers at the lowest prices, and my stock of DRY GOODS Is in every respect first-class. They arc kept replenished as the trade demands, and the prices are as low as can be found anywhere in this market. I am now selling GENTS' CLOTHING AND LADIES' DRESS GOODS AT COST, FOR CASH, to make room for Spring stock. A full stock of HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, Will a'.so be found by calling upon the undersigned at No. 10 Grs iteRow, Anderson.S.C. W. F. BARR. Feb 3. 1831 30 UPPLIES AND FERTILIZERS AT SULLIVAN & MATTISON'S Down to the Bottom. -o GET THEIR BONE BLACK FERTILIZERS, RUSSELL COE'S GUANO AND ACID PHOSPHATE. (NO CHARLESTON ROCK.) -o THE LARGEST STOCK OF Groceries, Plows and Plows Stocks, EVER BOUGHT BY US. See Us, Try Us, and Save Money! SULLIVAN & MATTISON, Centennial Building, next to Crayton's. Feb. 10,1881 ? 11