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E. B. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 10. 1881. TERMS : ONU TEAK.?1.50. 81X MONTHS. 75c. Two Dollars If uot jmld lu advance. li HEAT EXCLUSION TO WASHINGTON. Tho moat elaborate arrangements have been mado for tho inauguration of Gen. Garfield as Presiden: on tho 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 tlic crowd of civilians present in Wash ington on that day will be greater than any that har. ever assembled in the Capi- < toi City of our government. In the fur therance of this display thc railroads of the country bs ve mudo very liberal con cessions iu tho matter of fares for round < trip tickets, which will give tho best i opportunity for visiting tho Capital nt cheap rates t'iat has been enjoyed by our citizens for yeurs. The following fares have been fixed upon for the round trip tick, ts from the points indicated : At lanta $22.00, Seneca City $20.00, Green ville $19.00, Columbia fl9.00-for mili tary companies $15.00 ; Chnrlotlo $18.00 -for military companies $14.00; Char leston $21.00-for military companies $17.00; Wilmington $10.00-for military companies $12.00. These tickets will bn good going from thc lat to thc 3rd of March, and will enable tho holder to return ut any time up to tho 10th of March. Thousand* of people who have never visited Washington will nvail themselves of these reduced rates to do THE TOUS .ME KT I Ntl. The meeting of tho citizens of thc town, which ia called by tho Town Coun cil for thia (Thursday) evening, in tho Court Ilou^e, to consider whether tho town will build a hall or buy a town clock, seems to indicate that thc Council bas decided to do one or tho other, and thc decision of this meeting will be a matter of importance to our municipal interests. No final action ought to bo taken without a lull representation of the taxpayers of thc town, and full informa tion aa lo thc details of thc undertaking entered into. We :.ro in favor of build ing a handsome Town Hall or Opera House, but arc opposed to investing town money in any temporary or makc-ahift manner. Anderson is largo enough to n fib rd a handsome Opera House, nnd ono properly conducted would pay the town u good revenue; HO that wo. think it would be wiser, moro bcnelieiul and moro satisfactory to build a structure with two or four stores on thc lower floor, nnd convenient offices up stairs, nt a cost of ten lo twenty thousand dollars, than to erect n bare hull, that will not ho what we want, nt from fiftceu hundred to three thousand dollnrs ; though if wo ennnot do any better we would prefer a common but tmacious hall to no hull at all. If the town should erect a proper building, with thrco stores on thc ground floor, and eight or ten good offices above, in addi tion to tho Opera House, wo could very safely count upon twelve hundred dol lars per year for atoro rents, with from fivo to eight hundred per year for offices, and fcur o- five hundred dollars from tho Opera House, or, at least, upon two thousnud dollars a year for rents, which would bo over thirteen per cent, upon fifteen thousand dollars, n sum that would secure a very handaomo building. By issuing bonds to maturo annually for ten years, we would havo to raise only fifteen hundred dollars per year. The ' interest at seven per cent., a sum at which the bonds could bo placed at par upon tho whole amount, would bo $1,050, BO that tho sum to bc raised the first year ' would bo $2,5 ?f<. Deducting tho proba- J hie rents, wo would havo only $550.00 to raiso by taxation. By decreasing tho principal $1.500.00 each year, wo would decrcaso tho interest $105.00 each yenr, j so that nt tho ond of ll vc or six years tho , income from tho building would pay tho subs?quent payments, both of interest i\ and principal. Under this arrangement wo would havo to raiso by town taxation, to begin with, t about? $000-for a liberal calculation say $S00-and $100 less each year for six t years, when tho tax would entirely dis appear. Tho taxable, properly of tho town is now $830,000 in round numbers, and is increasing every year at from $50,000 to $75,000. At thc present , nmotin t tho additional town tax necessary < to build this Hall would only he about , ten cents on tho hundred dollars, and , this only for five or six years. At tho < end of ten years tho property would be a Bourco of annual revenuo to tho town of ( from $2,000 to $3,000, depending upon j tho growth of tho placo. Wo hopo suf iic.cnt iniio win u? uniOu to Consider ibis . question fully before final action. TOB BRAME. In the Houso of Representatives last week, when ibo bill for tho relief of Mrs. < E. P. Page waa roached, Mr. Goode, of < Virginia, who had charge of tho bill, ( said that since tho discussion whiob bad i taken place upon this bill on Inst Friday \ ho had received a letter from the widow i of Capt. Hugh N. Page, in which she instructed bim peremptorily to withdraw i her petition. If ho felt at liberty to con- ? suit his owu feelings he would, withont hesitation, press this bill to a final vota, i but in thia matter ho felt constrained to : obey thc instructions which he had re- . ceived from the petitioner. Her feelings 1 had been so wounded by the fierce aa- < sault rnafa upon tho memory of her dead i husband that she was not willing to fur- i nish any pretext fordhe renowal of that assault.. The petition would not havo been presented if tho. humble petitioner i had foreseen that it would have? been ] taken ns a pretext ou which to attack i rudely tho cherished memory of her hon- i orcd dead, nnd to comment uncharitably < upon the character of tho Southern peo- t pie. He'sa<d he lind been accused of a ? desiro in presenting Ibis politl?n to cs- i tablish aprccedent for payment of South- \ ern war chums. No charge could have { been moro unjust or moro baseless. He c wished to repeat what ho had frequently v said, that thc people of tho South had i novor.expected, and did not notf expect, t that gosses incurred by Individual'""as *\t necessary incident of tho war would ever bo reimbursed to them. They lind gone into tho war with their eyes wide open, bad staked every til.g they possessed upon tho issuo of thc gigantic struggle, and they had lost, and were prepared manfully to accept St ns tho fate of war. Oh, what a humiliating scono thal wan for the citizens of a great nation to wit ness ! Their government lind owed a trifling debt of ^130.00, which it had neglected for twenty years to pay, and when the poor widow to whom it was due asked that it bo settled, party hate and sectional venom had seized its intro duction as au opportunity for a mean and degrading assault upon the character of a dead hero. Mrs. Pago's action was dignified and proper in withdrawing her petition absolutely from thc consideration of a Congress which has such disgraceful demagogues in it. Her plucky rebuke brought a sense of shnmo to thc very men who had so belittled themselves on its previous consideration, aud Conger, of Michigan, who lcd in the contemptible opposition, tried to retrieve his meanness by moving to recommit thc bill, with instructions to the Committee on Naval Affairs to report with a full statement of tho facts of tho case, but Mi. Goode would not permit the bill to tako this course, and had it laid on thc table. Tho whole matter boa been a disgraceful ex hibition of thc demagogism of ccrtnin Congressmen, from whoso services the country should pray to be speedily de livered. SKNATOIt IIUTMSK KXCOHIATKS CONK LING. Tho following synopsis of a colloquy between Gen. Huller and Senator Conk ling is gathered from telegraph of Con gressional proceedings on last Tuesday : Gen. Huller spoko at considerable length upon thc alleged census frauds in South Carolina, and criticized severely speeches mude by a certain stump orator (understood to bo Conkling) in New York, during tho late Presidential cam paign, in which tlint stump orator insult ed and vilUfied thc people of South Car olina and accused tlicm of a conspiracy to fraudulently increase tho census enu meration in order to obtain greater polit ical power. The falsity and baseness of thc accusation, Mr. lintier said, were shown by the results of thc recent re enumeration under tho direction oT Gen. Walker, who was a Republican and also u gentleman. At tho conclusion of Mr. Butler's re marks Mr. Conkling ?aid ho inferred from tho little he had heard of tho gen tleman's speech that it was designed as an attach upon himself, and he hnd only to say that thc vaporing of thc {Senator from South Carolina gave him little con cern. If he hnd done any injustice to tho people of Soulh Carolina he would find seasonable occasion to correct it. Mr. Hutler-"Tho Senator has said that tho vaporings of tho Senator from South Carolina aro matters oi no con cern to him. He will pardon me for say ing that the swaggering insolence of the Senntor from New York is of no concern to me." Mr. Conkling-"I do not need to havo heard tho Senntor in order to ascertain that ho is a person with whom I do not choso to bandy epithets, here or else where, leas? of all hero; and, therefore. I have nothing to add to that which I bavo before said." The colloquy here ended, and tho sub ject was dropped. '' bis ?B n fair sample of thc dictatorial insolence of thc strutting Senator from New York. Ho is first to begin the use of epithets in lack of rcasops for a reply, and when he gets ibo worst of the dis cussion upon his own selected ground he retires in a very lordly manner from tho coniesi. Mr. Conkling knew that the remarks of Senator Huller wcro true, and made uo effort to deny thom. He, therefore, confesses to havo slandered, ??Urcpr?C'??cd ??i? fold falsehoods Up?u tho people of South Carolina for partisan purposes.- Senator Butler did right to excoriate him. Tho Democrats in Congress, both House and Senate, aro sadly in need of party disciplino and leadership - a fact )f which tho Republicans aro fully iwnre, and which they tako great pleas ire in exhibiting to the world by their ihrcwd and thoroughly organized minor ty. The passage of tho Morgan rcaolu ion for counting tho vote for President ind Vico President aptly illustrates tin;;. Tho Republicans were generally in favor >f tho rcGolution, and intended that it hould pass after they got through with hoir fun out of tho Dem?crata about it, 0 thoy adroitly kept their purposes to hcmsclvcs, (which thc Democrats; could icvcr hayo dono.) Tho Democrats hold 1 caucus, decided to pass tho resolution, ind went into tho Senato next day to :arry out their decision, when, much to heir chagrin, tho Republicans refused o voto, and left them without a quorum, .hereby proventing ibo consideration of :he resolution, and showing to tho coun ty tho incapacity of tho Democrats for party management. It may bo n surprise o the people to know that au important Juncture like this no less than nins Dem ocratic Senat' s wcro cither absent or paired, and by this actioti on their part placed tho majority at tho mercy of tho minority. Mr. John F. Hobbs, ? Homey for Gen. Carlos J. Stolbrand in tho contest against Ctol. Aiken for tho scat in the next Con ;res3 from this District, hos served no tice of tht, doy? on which ho will take testimony in tho several counties com posing the District. Ho has allotted to Anderson tho -Ith 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 tho part of the next House of Representatives can givo Stolbranu nny chanco for a seat in Congress. He was badly beaten, and even ran behind tho Marfield electoral ticket, which shows that ho bad very little strength with tho negroes themselves. Congress ovidently might improve apon their rules in such manner as to prevent tho obstruction of business by. ibsenteeism. In tho first place the ab tent?e should forfeit a proportionate per Jlem of his salary, and in the next place i rule should be adopted requiting every Senator or Representativo present to vote vhen nit name is called. This, with the >ower to call the House, would always garantee tho presence of a quorum luring tho session, and absenteeism rould not bo such a clog npou the busW tess of. the country. , The adoption of he two now mle* would almost terml iatcrtho evil. - . ... Tiie Convention o? Judges of the Su preme aucl Jircuit Judges, which met in Columbia last week, appointed Messrs. C. II. Simonton of Charleston, \V. II. Parker of Abbeville, und J. F. Uart of Yorkville, ns commisioners to codify the laws of this State, under thc Act passed nt thc recent session of the l?gislature. Thc gentlemen appointed have n large experience at tho Far, have established fine reputations for ability, energy and faithfulness in their profession, and com bino thc requisites for a satisfactory dis charge of thc duties assigned them. Thc Wando Phosphate Works, near Charleston, were completely destroyed by firo last week. Tho company was yery fully insured, and will not there fore, lose a great deal, except by the loss of time and thc failure to receive thc profits of one manufacturing season. Thc works will bc rebuilt as soon ns possible, but will not bc in condition to manufacture again beiore next fall. The cause of the fire is unknown. Senator Morgan's resolution denying the right of tho Vk'0 President to count the vote for President and Vice Presi dent, und reserving to Congress thc right to decide it, passed thc Senate with a single dissenting voice, so that one wholesome precedent has been estab lished amid thc many dangerous ones to which these latter days of the Repub lic hav given risc. Senator Butler say? that the Constitu tion of thc United States has failed to provide u Returning I ard for counting thc vote for President and vice-Presi dent, and heneo thc necessity for tho Mor gan resolution or some similar measure. A TAIiK WITH (JEN. (j A RY. Tim Condition nnd Need* ol South Curu llnu. A Reporter for the Netti ami (fourier called on Gen. M. W. Cary at thc Char leston Hotel las' Friday to get an expres sion of his riot'" Ipon thc political out look, State and National, and upon thc material development of South Carolina. (?cn. Cary said : So far as the political situation is concerned, I am not in poli tics nnd my linc of thought is not upon political subjects. I am now engaged in the railroad development of my county, nud us ono of the directors of the Edge* field, Trenton mid Aiken Railroad, I am here in its interests. I and my associates have succeeded ' jyond our most san guinc cxpectatio is Thc people of Char teston have resp ni lcd most liberally to our application r aid, and thc commit tee have been re .( :ved with prent kind ness. In behalf ol tho committee and of tho County of Edgeficld, I wish to ten der to the good people of Charleston our thanks and best wishes. I believe that tho future of Charleston is n very brilliant one, and her past rail road policy, none will deny, hal been a scries of railroad blunders, but no people have contributed moto to railroads and received lesa benefit from what they con tributed than 'he Charleston people. What they gave to the Charleston und Memphis road did not bring back the return that they had anticipated. In my judgment their fatal mistake was in be ginning too far from homo in tho expen diture of their money, aa evidenced in the $1,000,000 subscribed to tho Blue Ridge Railroad. If a portion of thc samo money had been expended in the construction of thc road in the interests of which I am now in Charleston, and which forms one of thc links in the chain of tho Air Line Railroad from Knoxville to Charleston, which begins at Knoxville and runs to Walhalla. Anderson, Abbeville, Dorn'B Mine and Kdgcficld, on to Charleston, tho trade of Charleston would have been built up ?Jan' ]i(tssu with tho construction of this great thoroughfare. When completed thia grand trutik lino will givo Chicago ?ha shortest routo that can possibly bc built lo the Atlantic coast. Phis road ia moro nearly completed than most people are aware of. Two-thirds of the road from Knox ville: to Walhalla havo already been Sraded and tunnelled. Twenty miles of ie road from Anderson townrds Abbe ville havo bceu recently let out to con tractors for tho grading. It will thus be Beon that tho distance between Ando.son aud Edgeficld is the only gap in tho route. Reporter: Wnut do you thiuk about immigration, Uencral, and the labor question, which has recently been dis cussed in the Arie? and Courier? Gen. Gary : I have always been in favor of immigration to this State, and in years gono by advocated it. In my judgment, there is tho same irrepressible conflict between whito labor and black labor, os Seward said there was between free labor and slavo labor. To bring a white immigrant to work hy the eide of tho negro I believe to bo impracticable. Tho kind of immigrants that this Stato needs nre the immigrants who will come with sufficient capital to buy for them selves small or largo farms. Wo have tho cheapest and beat agricultural land in tho United Staten. I do not believe, as soma havo said that tho white nmu cannot work tho year around in this Stato without great physical depression. In the Piedmont and middle counties, I am certain they can work the year round. Probably in the malarial comities bor dering on thc Atlantic they might not bo ablo to do it, but I am informed that by tho uso of a little quin! no at night tho effects of malaria may bo prevented. Thc only way to make tho immigrant who comes hero as n planter satisfied to live in our midst is to treat him as a friend and brother, and abolish tho his toric exclusiveness of South Carolinians, adopting as ont motto, !??no honest whito man la osgood as nuothor." Th?ro must he an offectivo quietus-given to *.ho aristocratic oligarchy that has so long ruled thin State adversely to thc inter eats of tho common people and to the exclusion of all all foreigners. Reporter : Well, General, if you will no: inik about politics, what do you think about the manufacturing and commer cial future of the Stato? Gen. Gary. I nm in favor of estab ishing manufactories of every kind and description all over tho State. Tho last war proved tho stupidity of tho policy of only producing tue materials for man ufacturo rather than manufacturing all articles that wero needed in n civilized community. I am glad to Bee that the Clement attachment is being adopted in different parts of the State. Capt .Searles and Co). J. N. Dallis are now erect vine and Edgeficld line, which is Boon to go into operation. Tho new railroad will develop a water power on Shaw's Crook superior to that of the water power of Horse Creek, in which Vau cluse, Langley and Granitevillo aro situ ated. I know very littlo about com merce. Slnco I have been in tho city, however, I have heard repeated com fdainta from tho merchants hero that hero hos been no appropriate legislation Srotecting them from tho competition of rummers from different States, who sell their goods by samples without paying any license to the Stato, thus discrimi nating against our own merchants who have to pay a license when they sell by sample in other States. Vi evil should be remedied by speedy anu appropriate legislation. In fino I um ic favor of pro gresa ?nd material development for the whole State and tho best thing we can do ls to quit harping on tho past, bury our past differences, and look forward t<? a glori?os future for our grand old Com- J a ?onwaaUb;- * lt T1IK K Kt O KS OF MONAIU HY. umultaoui ?uni Arbitrary l*rocue<lln*-n lit thu JliHint* House of (.'?million? -Hie Whole ?if th? Irish Mellion * Kapelle?!. LONDON, February .'?. G.80 p. m.-I? the Hou-e of Co m mo n ?i bis evening Sir Vernon Harcourt, borne ecrotary, replying to Mr. Parnell, said bat Mr. Davitt was arrested under hi* icket of leave because his action was onstrued incompatible with his ticket of .ave. Mr, Parnell asked wiiat conditions Mr. Javilt had violated. There was no au wer to this question. The Irish members houted "shame." and thc other members hecred tremendously. The Bcene sur asscd all description. The Speaker ulled upon Mr. Gladstone to move his e-solutioii. Mr. Jubu Dillon rose, but he Speaker refused to hear him. After epeated warning tho Speaker "named'' lr. Dillon, and Mr. Gladstone moved is suspension amidst enthusiastic cheers nd cries of "order," tho Irish members bouting, "shame." A motion for the uspcnsion of Mr. Dillon was adopted by vote of :WJ to 33. Mr. Dillon refused > withdraw from the House, and was jrcibly removed by the Sergcunt-at irma by order of the Speaker, amidst rica of "shame" by the Irish members. Michael Davitt, tho agitator, was ar cstcd in Dublin to day under bli "ticket f leave." At a meeting of the Laud League, in hiblin, yesterday, it was resolved to hold nutionul convention between thc pass iig of the coercion bill and its becoming perativo as law. Thc House of Commo is is very crowd* d this afternoon. Mr. Mitchell Henry, onie ruler, and Mr. Coltan, liberal, gave <>tice of further amendments to Mr. iladstoue's resolution. Mr. Cowen, rad ..al, gave notice of u motion deprecating he use of Mr. Gladstone's resolution to urtail thc liberty of Ireland. There was a hastily summoned mect ng of tho cabinet council at 2 o'clock Ins afternoon. Mr. Gladstone, replying to Mr. Cowen, adical, said it was (lue to thu House and a thc Speaker that his (Mr. Gladstone's) ction of yesterday should bc discussed s early aa possible, b?t that the IIouso anuot givo a motion subject priority ver thc obstruction resolutions jr pro tection bill. The remarks of thc premier ,-erc greeted with loud cheers. Mr. A. M. Sullivan announced that he rithdrew his motion relative to the ?peaker, na ho refused to be party lo a urce. Mr. Sullivan protested against Ir. Dillon's forcible removal as an act of ioleocc and illegality. The Speaker pointed out thc fact that Ir. Dillon bad defied the chair. Mr. Gladstone rose to address the louse. Mr. O'Donoughnc, liberal mern II r for Tralco, TDSC to move nu adjourn i jut of the House. Thc Speaker ruled that Mr. Gladstone rus in possession of thc House. Mr. Parnell i ?ovcd that Mr. Gladstone ie no lunger heard. The Speaker declared that Mr. Parnell eas defying the chair, and upon his per isling thc Speaker declared that he wa> fitfully obstructing the proceedings, and named" him. Mr. Puinell's suspensiur >as moved, but upon the Speaker muk ng an order that the House bo elenret Dr a division, all the home rulers refus?e o leave the house. Tho motiou to sus end Mr. Parnell was ultimately votei ipou, and resulted in his suspension by i oto of 403 to 7, the homo rulers no oting. Mr. Parnell declining to with raw he was forcibly removed from tin louse by tho Sergeant-at-Arms and fi vi ther officers, the home rulers wavinj heir hats as lie passed out. Mr. Finnegan, liberal and nationalist hen persisted in speaking, and wa 'named" by tho Speaker. It appears thal all tho home rulers wil a u se themselves to bo suspended sue essively. Tho force used in Mr. Dillon' ase merely consisted in the Scrgeant-at Irma taking his arm. 8 p. m.-The motion for thc suspensio; f Mr. Finnegan was carried by a voleo 05 to 21 ; the home rulers again refuse o vote and tho Speaker had their name: ?umbering 27, taken down. Their con uct is in accordance with n resolutio ?ken at t' ? meeting this afternoon t dopt tho course recommended by Mi L, M. Sullivan, that tho Irish membei hould remain in their scats instead c oing to lobbies or division. A motion to suspend 27 home rulei ras carried by a vote of 410 to (J, where pon they declined to leave the Housi nly yielding to superior force. Thc rere removed singly uy the Sergeant-al irma. After tho vote suspending the hom ulers, Mr. Gladstone roso to move hi ^solution to prevent obstruction, whe Ir. O'Donnell moved that Mr. Gladston e not heard. Mr. O'Donnell was luann lately "named," and Mr. Glndston loved his suspension, which motion wi arri ed by a vote of 311 to 1. Mr. O'Donnell, dccliuiug to withdrav ros removed with two other home rule: rho refused to leave tho House. Whe division was taken Mr. Gladstone thc loved his resolution. Mr. Gladstone referred to thc irrctriei bio waste of time since tho commcuci lent of tho session. In regard to h ^solution, ho stated that Ihegovernmct nd drawn largely on tho loyal confident f tho opposition. Mr. Gladstone thc loved his resolution. He said that 1 ros willing to accept certain sugge3tioi f tho opposition. Thc ?oly wny i looting tho obstruction wns to give tl louse enlarged powers to check it. 1! aruestly appealed to tho members upport tho government and rally to tl crformance of n great duty, and not 1 :io House degenerate into tho lnugh'u Lock of tho world. lie Address of the Irish Members of I'u 1 lament. LONDON, February 4.--As soon ns tl rish members had been suspended ye ;rdny a meeting of the party, held aft ,ie discussion, decided to usn*) a mai: . to to tho Irish people, asking them (.?main quiet and not allow themselves o forced into a conflict with thc iirnn urces of the empire. During tho nig If. Fnruu?i received cuverai connuUL allons from Liberal Clubs througho England condemning thc nction of tl peaker.iud hoping that tho agitation England against coercion would bo ci led on vigorously. Tho address of tl rish members to tho Irish pcoplo w cceived in Dublin to night. It says : "Fellow-countrymen, at a momo .hon too many acts of the Ii-?sh exec Ive abrogate tho law and tend to dri ou from positions of constitutional ti ?on, tho reign of forco bas been inaug atcd Against us as your repr?sentatif ero on tho floor of tho House of Coi ions. A proposal to depart from t rdinary and legitimate proccduro 'nrlinuient, and to suppress at r siro ho liberties of our country, has minos pon us duties from which we could r brink. Strictly and admittedly conG ag ourselves within the rules and la f Parliamentary action, wo resist hese flagrant proceedings. Only by orting to open illegality could our eflb o defeated. On Wednesday last, iolation of tho laws and liberties 'arlinment, tho voico of the Irish rep cotation waa arbitrarily silenced, not ttcilitato any effort of useful lcgislati or the English people, which hos aiwi eceived our advocacy and support, 1 n order that a coercion act lor Irehi night ba forced through tho Lcgislatu /isl evening wo thirty-five, your rep entail ves, for claiming our rights witl ho rules and precedents of thisasscm rere removed by force from the chaml nd a scene recalling tho worst dayi lie Stuarts disgraced tho record* of P lament. Advantage Was taken of i nforced absence to rush through lotted resolutions which wer.- dcsigi gainst Ireland* which vest in an tn id uni autocratic power, and deprive ^K?mtmtMtm?^immmmm???W????wtw?W?KB?tmWam???twa. aa your n preventatives, of ntl guarniitcca of freedom cf action or ? peech. In thc mid-t of such proceedings the news which reaches ot from Ireland daily grows in gravity. Meetings nr<i illegally suppressed, arrests oro arbitrarily made. Yesterday a man well known to us and lo many of you during these recent ?venta as the counsellor ol' tolerance, re straint and prudence, bas been seized without warning and Hung back into the horrors of penal servitude. Fellow* countrymen, we adjure you in the mitist of there trials and provocations to main tain Ute noble attitude that bas already assisted your ultimate victory to reject every temptation to conflict, disorder and crime, and not to be terrorized by thc brief reign of despotism, ff you be true to yourselves your triumph is cet tain. "To our countrymen in Great Britain we appeal to frustrate all endeavors to excite enmity between them and their English fellow-citizens, among whom many generous voices are even now raised on our behalf. "Fellow-countrymen-Iii discharge ol our d'JtioH herc our attitude and our ac tions have been and sbnll be in every in stance guided by consideration! for your interests. Wc ask you by your orderly self-restraint, your unshaken Organiza tion, your determined perseverance, tc strengthen our bands in the struggle wc arc maintaining." What thc- Irish Ininti I.oniflti) ni Ami rim hurt to Rwy About it. Irii-di National Laud League of tin United Stales, Heaton, February 4.-Tc thc Members of the Land League ?un; the American People: The crisis hat been reached in Ireland, lt is not tlu unexpected thal has happened. Tin suppression of free speech, arrest witllOU bail, tho darkening of thc land with spic and soldiers, coercion, the blow befon the remedy-all these inevitable. Lng land moves but slowly toward justice Hehold ber well-worn weapons. Thero is 11 new Ireland. In the mas of her people courage, patriotism, zeal endurance, leadership and capacity sui ficiont for the time exist ; strong, thought ful, resolute men lend. If they an silenced others will leap to lill thc vacan places. Ireland cries for justice. Tin Lund League is her voice. Englam must build more jails before that voici can bc stilled. To thc outrage upon th people's representatives, to thc ottemp to place Ireland on her knees to beat inn scourge her before righting her wrong? lo thc arrest of the brave Michael Davin let America answer in protest. As th bonfire flamed upon all thc hills in tba olden time when the edict went forth, s now in every American city let thc fir of your indignation blaze. Call publi meetings everywhere at once. As yo saved thc Irish people from death an raised them from despair, show that you sympathy is still with them in thei grand struggle for justice. Members of the League, knit close! together. Add to your numbers. Fori new branches in every place whet friends of thc c:\u.-e can be found. Flat yourselves in immediate coinmuuicntio with us. Ireland moves fast to thc st premc crisis, and wc must bc close tt gelber when thc hour arrives. Trust th patriotism, wisdom and prudence of th Iris':; leaders. They are cheered by yoi sympathy. Make your sympathy mm marked. Organize everywhere. F. A. COLLINS, President. The Acquittal of Buford. Thc telegraph has already uuiioiincc the acquittai in Louisville of Col. Toi IJuford after standing trial for a secoti time for thc murder of Judge Elliott, < the Court of Appeals, tho highest cou in Kentucky. This case has attracted universal attei tion. It was on the morning of the 271 of March, 1879, that Buford attacked li victim and shot bim down in cold blooi while a charge remained in bia gun ft an associate judge on thc Supreme beni of thc State. Thc trouble was about tract of lund in Henry County, adjourn Franklin County, in which the capital situated. It seems that Miss Mary ll ford had purchased, through means larg ly furnished by her brother, this tract land, und had mude n partial payment $20,000, leaving the same amount to 1 paid, and that in thc ineautimc it w discovered that thc title was defect!v There was a long litigation, mid tl result was that all tho money put in tl land was lost. During tho pendency tho suit Miss Mary died, and lier broth persisted in eayiug that tho trout about thc land killed her. Buford qm ?(led us administrator, und thus beeac in law what ho hud always been in fat thc defendant in thc action. Alter tho salo the abcrifT of Hen County undertook to oust Buford fro thc farm, but was met at thc door with double-barrel shotgun anti a promise < thc part of Buford that bc would ci tainly kill the first man who crossed 1 threshold. Negotiations were enter into, and it was formally agreed th Buford might remain in possession un tho causo was decided in the Court Appeals, to which il had been taken, ai he on his part agreed to yield peaceal possession if that decision should also adverse. After thorough argument ni consideration, tho Court of Appeu sitting nt Frankfort, the Stato capit: earlyiu 1878 aflirmed thejudgment of t lower court. Thc opinion waa delivered Judge Elliot. Bu foi d's counsel, not 3 satisfied, obtained from thc court a relic: ing, .1 rare occurrence, and the case w again argued, and n few day? before t murder bad again been affirmed, ihcopi ion this timo being delivered by Judge j H. Cofer, one of Judge Elliott'sczdleagu and being substantially thc same na t former opinion. Tom Buford was Frankfort nt thc time, and on the moi ing of the 27th of March called on Jud Cofer nt bia house, to seo whether t case was finally ended, and learned tl: it was. Tho Court of Appeals usual aita from ll to 1 o'clock, and it was 011 a few minutes after thc latter hour Hi Judge Elliot and Judge Pryor, anett of his colleagues, were in the habit roaching the Capital Hotel, wbero th boarded, and almost in vat ?ably corni from tho courtroom together. On tl d?y it uopp?Scu tl??l Co?ri adjourned few miuiilea before 1, and that Jud Pryor came on alone. He met Bufe on thc hotel steps, who stopped him a talked for a minute or I wo about his ca when the Judge passed on with 11 fric who had como up, nnd Buford then w< into his room, got is shotgun mid ga bag, and came out to tho Eteps agi about tho timo that Judge Elliot ca along, accompanied by Judge Hines, I fourth member of thc court. As Judge Elliott stepped up Bu h saluted him with thc remark that ho v goiug snipe-hunting, and invited 1 Judge to accompany him, and upon declining, said : "Well, won't you tak drink, then ?" and before tho Jut could reply ho had emptied ono barrel tbe gun, containing a load of bucksli into the Judge's Dody, causing inst: death. Ho then surrendered hims remarking that tho load in tho other I rel was intended for Pryor, and ti banded thc policeman who took cha of him nu envelope, which containet paper dated that morning in tho natl of a will, beginning : "AVhntevcr n happen mo I desire that my'nioce, An O. Wallace, shall havo all my propert It is supposed by mr>.ny that it was Bufoi intention to kill both Elliott nnd Prj aud was only prevented by their accid tal separation and Pryer's, nrrival little earlier than ho expected, and t he then expected to bo nt once hanged tho populace, which accounts for Ecculiar manner of commencing his tn 'f course tho ontirc Stato stood aghns this tragedy. A mo*itli l'.'.er an ind mont was found against Buford, change of venue (o Owen County < f[ranted, and tho trial, which carno n July, resulted in a verdict of mur ?h the finit degree Buford was glvei life sentence in tlio 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 .-bout until thc 11 lb of the present monti' that tho 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 MeMnnamu followed with thc closing speech for tho State. The case was given to the jury nt 5 o'clock, and ut 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 thc an nals of Kentucky. Summer Sleeting of the State Agricul tural Society* At tuc meeting of thu Executive Com mittee of tho .State Agricultural and Mechanical Society held on Wednesday at thc Columbia Hotel au invitation from tho Executive Committee of the Greenville County Agricultural Society lo hold its next annual summer meet ing in the city of Greenville was, on motion of Colonel William Wallace, ac cepted. Thc time for thc summer meet ing was fixed for tho second Tuesday in August. The Secretary wa9 instructed to notify thc Executive Committee of the Slate Grange of the action of this com mittee. Mr. J. M. Newman, of Georgia, waa appointed essayist for the summer meeting. Subject-"Fruit and Fruit Culture." It was also resolved that each agricul tural society in thc State select an essayist for that occasion on thc follow ing subjects respectively : Anderson County Society-"Tho Cultivation of thc t irasses." Abbeville County Society-"Small (J rain." Greenville County Society-"The Manufacture of Cotton nt the South." Newberry County Society-"Immi gration." Chester County Society-"Sheep liais ing." Union County Society-"The Raising invited tosend delegates to thc 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 lo send delegates to tho same. On Motion of Mr. Thompson thc State Agricultural Association of Georgia was meeting. We learn that it is the purpose of the committee to make grent improvements in tho fair grounds, which, when com pleted, will make them among thc finest, ff nut tho very finest, in tho United States. In the premium list will bc a prize odored for the best specimen of ensilage, not less than twentv or twenty-five tons. -Register, -Uh, Killed by n Bursting thin. COLUMBIA, Feb. G.-Mr. George W. Daniels, who was one of thc parties to thc Rose-English homicide about a year ago and was acquitted when Rose waa convicted, was killed last night by the explosion of his gun. He left thc city about ll o'clock last uight with Mr. Fred. Friday with the intention of spending the night in the country and going hunt ing to-day. They walked and 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 wcro crossing an old field. Daniels had been during thc walk occasionally shooting his gun in thc air, reloading ns ho went, and nt this point fired again. The gun ex ploded in his hands, mutilating thc left li ?nd und driving a piece of the barrel Buout an inch into his cheek under the left eye, killing him instantly. It was known that ho hail just jumped across a ditch, and mud was found in thc muzzle of the gun. It is, therefore, believed that in crossing thc ditch bc stuck tho barrel in thc earth, and that tho barrel being thus stopped up caused the explo sion. The gun was blown into fragments. A coroner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance with tho above facts. Mr. Daniels was about 38 years old, and left a wife and seven children in very mode rate circumstances. (jCiiernlj.Xews Summary. - Thc total estimated value of tho ex ports from Georgetown during tho past year was ?2,281 ,G30. - Several arresto have lately been made in SpartanburgCounty for carrying concealed weapons. - Cold, rainy weather has killed a good number of cattle and sheep in Louisiana thia winter. - Francis Hahn, near Greeuville, has six hundred gallons of humc-mado wino worth $1.60 per gaiion. - Thodebt of Memphis,Tenn., isabout one-third of tho value of nil thc real and personal property in tho city. - Tho Presbyterian congregation in Greenville have resolved to build a new ohurch with a seating capacity of 600. - Mr. M. A. Vandorford, Policeman. waB shot nod killed by a drunken dospe rndo named Yarboro at Salisbury, N. C., Inst week. - Three years ago there were at Pick ens Courthouse only two stores mid threo lawyers ; uow thcro aro six stores, five lawyers and two law students. - The outrage mill grinds in Aiken, and the negro witnesses arc hoing freely picked up by the State courts on charges of perjury and riot. - Tho gin-house of Mr. J. A. Mitchel), near Mount Willing, was destroyed by fire on tho night of Januiry 19. Tho firo was incendiary, and tho loss about $1.000. - A valuable chalk bed has been dis covered on tho Wilkinson nineo at Sum merhill, three miles from Aiken. It be longs to Mr. Julian Yates and is valued nt $5,000. - At a recent meeting of tho New York Agricultural Socieiy ii wasciairaed by a speaker that n thousand pounds of sugar might bo mado from nu aero of cornstalks. - ibo Tenncsco Radicals, with tho assistance of low tax "Democrats," havo elected tho Secretary of State and Comptroller, the straightout Democratic incumbent of tho Treasurership being re-elected. - At Baltimore, about midnight of Wednesday, the boilpr of tho pleasure yatch Carrie, of Philadelphia, exploded, making a complete wreck of tho vessel aud kilting three white mon and a colored man. - Tho Lancaster Ledger : Our Couuty has been fully represented in all thc wars which nave taken place on this Continent sinco tho year 1492. Fifteen of tho Florida veterans aro still living in this country. - Tho introduction of Amercan street cars into Rio do Janeiro has produced a great chango in tho social and business life of tho poople. There are two kinds of cars-ono tor barefooted peep'..,, ? cents ; and one for thoso who wer shoes 10 cents. - Miss Parnell, a si.'ter of the Irish agitator, and Mrs. A. M. Sullivan, the wife of the member of Parliament from Meath, ore forming a Ladies' Land League, in order to continue tho work of relief, should Mr. Parnell nnd his follow ers bo arrested under the coercion bill now pending. - John Forbes fifty years ngo was the collector of taxes for Vermillion County, III., which then included the present site of Chicago. Rather than incur tho ex pense and trouble of a journey over thc prairies from tho county scat to that town, he paid Chicago's taxes out of his own pocket. - Tho ?kath rate nmong cattle io Florida ha? bec? fearful during tho re cent cold weather. - In White Hall Township. Abbe ville County, the darkies have au organ isation knoivn as thc "Laborers' Protec tive Union," Tho 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 bc un elegant and commodious structure and will cost $12,733. It will bo com pleted by thc contractor in time for the ?September term of Court. 7Mie financies of thc county arc in a very healthy con dition, and the board will be able to meet every bill with the cash ns it falls due. - Thc New York Evening Post cays ; Mrs. Barnwell Illicit, widow of Senator Rhett of South Carolina, and tho widow of a former Mayoi of New Orleans, will both become inmates of the Louise Home at Washington, established and kent up by Mr. Corcoran, thc Washington bank er, lor thc benefit of Southern gentle women who have been unfortunate. - Thc school commissioner elect of Picken* County, O. T. Jones, having failed to qualify by thc first day of Jauu ary, ns required by law and his predeces sor, O. W. Singleton, having resigned, thc office is now vacant, and will remain so until ari appointment is made by thc Governor. Tue county board of examin ers met last week und fixed thc salary of school commissioner for thc present year at $400. - The Rev. Thaddeus Salters, col ored, hus stood u highly creditable examination before tho Board of Exam iners of the Episcopal Church, aud will bo ordained a Deacon in St, Mark's, colored Episcopal Church, Charleston. He will take charge of that congregation. Ho is tho first colored man ever ordained in tho Episcopal ministry of this State, and highly spoken of-as he deserves to be. Ho is a native Charlestonian. - Mrs. Martha Clark, wife of J. Q. A. Clark, of Abbeville county, died suddenly at ber house ou tho 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 was lound dead. Heart'discase carried her ofl*. Mrs. Clark was a most excellent woman and long a consistent member of the Baptist church. - A dispatch to tho News and Courier from Miiletts, uudcr date of the Otb inst., says : "Information has just been received at thia placo of a fatal shooting scrape last night, about 7 o'clock, at Stoney Bluff, just across tho river. Acolored man named Israel was shot by Wilson Coker white, and died to-day about 1 o'clock. There was some difficulty about tho 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 sceu on this side of the river to-day." SAWING IN?TIUE. IWILL commence SAWING LUMBER in u few days. All persona who want Sawing done will bring in their logs at once. A. II. OSBORN. Anderson, S. C. Feb 10,1681 _ 31_4_ HEADQUARTERS FOR GUANO IAM AGENT kr 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. Como und see me before you buy. C. E. HORTON, WUlianiston.S.C. Feb 10, 1881 31 3 TOWN MEETING! rp H K Town Council of Anderson, S.e., X respectfully requests tho citizens of HIP Town to meet Sn the Court House on THt'KSDAY, thc 10th inst., nt 7 o'clock p. m., for tho purpose of considering the proposition to erect a Town Hall or put a Clock in the Court TIouso steeple. TJy order of thc Town Council of Ander son. 8. C. THOS. C. LIGON", l\b 10, 1881 01-1 Clerk. New 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 MrdUlne.] Dr. Ab. Meterole (Iso* of I/ondon), who make* a specialty of Epilepsy, lias without doubt treated anti cured Utore cases than auy other liv j ni: pbysl clan. Iii* success has simply been astonishing ; ?rc have heard of cases of over 20 years' standing, successfully cured hr him. Ile has published a vuluablc work cn this disc-ate, which he willi a Urs?.' bottle of bis wonderful cure fre<j?U> any bufferer who may send their express and P. O. ad dress. W< idvlM any one whhlnir a cure to ad dress Dr Ab. MK.SEUOLE, No. U4 Joha St., New York._ if "m A YKAIt and expenses to agent*. Out 7K / / /lit Freo. Address P. O. VICKERY, Au ____ Kus,a, Mulae. TO ADVERTISERS.-Lowest Hates fur adver tising in U70 HOOD newspapers seat tree. Ad dtessOHO. P. HOWELL A CO., lt) Spruce St., N. Y. GREAT SALE of BUGGIES. TT OOK out for thc great sale of Open and i J Top Buggies. They will arrive in Anderson on or about tho loth lust. Tlie work is guaranteed for ono year. Manu factured by the Globe Manufacturing Co., of Cincinnati. W. S. DODI), Waverly House. Feb 3, ISSI 30 1? PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS. THE Plymouth Rock ts one of the finest and largest Chickens grown, und is becoming more popular as it is better known. I have a limited number of Eggs from this stock, and also from other breeds, which arc pure, and which I will sell ct two dollars per dozen. Orders addressed to mc at Anderson, S. C., will receive prompt and careful attention. Persons wishing Egt;3 should send in their orders at once, statinir the kind of EKKS desired, as they will bc filled in thc order received. FRANK CRAYTON. Jan 27, 18*1 29 14 SALE OIT Valuable Real Estate. T WILL sell on SALEDAY IN FEB JL RUARY next, if not sold nt private sale before that date, thc Valuable Tract of Land whereof the Inte Kev. Tilomas H. Cunningham died seized and possessed, sit uate i.> Savannah Township, Anderson County. S. C., adjoining lands of Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, J. G. Cunningham, 13. F. Cray ton, B. \. Davis, et al., contain ing Throe Hundred and Nineteen (319) acres, more or less. One-half of the Tract in state of cultivation, thc other lialf in original forest. For terms apply to Thomas Steen ?fe Co., Auction and Commission Merchant-"}, Green ville. S. C., cr Dr. R. P, Divvcr, Anderson, S. C. MKS. C. P. CUNNINGHAM, Per T. STENHOUSE Agent. Jan (J, ISSI 20 5 "VTOTICH FINAL SETT'.FJIENT. -131 Tho undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of R. Sanders Smith, deceased, hereby gives notice that ho will apply to thc Judge of Probate at Anderson C. "H., on tho 2nd day of March, 1881, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a dischargo from said administration. Thc Choses in Action belonging to the estate, and appraised worthless or doubtful, will be sold at Anderson C. H. on tho above stated day nt ll o'clock a. m. C. C. SMITH, Adm'r. Jan 27, 18.81 29 5? ?VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. -i-S The undersigned hereby give notice that be will apply to tho Judge of Probate at Anderson C. H" S. C., on the 3rd day of March, 1881, for a Final Settlement and discharge from tho Estate of J. J. Acker deceased. II. I. EPPING, Adm'r. Feb 3, ISSI 30 5 CALL ON BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO., ANDERSON CL H., S. O., AND BUY ..OUR GOODS. Their stock ia large, consisting of General Merchan chandisc. say 40,000 pounds Meat, Five Car Loads Flour, Two Car Loads Corn, 2,000 Steel Plows, Plow Stocks, ?fcc, 600 Handled and other Hoes, $3,500 worth Marcy's Shoes. A largo ?tock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Hats, Yankee Notions, Suddlery, Crockery wa re, Tobacco, ?fcc. &c, always on hand. AU of which we will sell as cheaply for Oath, or?n? Credit to good, reliable and prompt paying customc.-s as can be bought any where in this country. We nrc still agents for the celebrated Wando tfertiltieer and Acltl l*hon|iiittle, and there are none bitter made. Trice of thc Fertilizer 475 pounds, and of the Acid Phosphate 375 pounds middling colton, all told, payable loth October, 1881. Come on everybody, ana buy your Supplies, Goods and Fertilizers from us. Those who oire us monet/ now due must pay vp at once. BLECKLEY, BROnN & CO. Feb 3, 18.81 29 _ GUANO FOB 1881. THE undersigned begs leave to call attention to the fact that bc now bas a supply of the justly popular EUTAW GUANO AN? ACID PHOSPHATE, Which be will sell for cash or on cotton option. Terms o: Guano on time, 450 pounds middling cotton, payable Nov. 1, 1881. Acid Phosphate. 350 pounds, payable at same date. In the State analysis the Eutaw stands at the head of the Hst. TUE BEST GROCERIES Can always bc had by my customers at the lowest prices, and my stock of DRY GOODS Is in every respect first-class. They nre kept replenished r thc trade demands, and tho 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 also bc found by calling upon thc undersigned at No. 10 Granite Row, Anderson,B.C. *W. ST. BARR. Feb 3, U ' _ 30 AND FERTILQIlulS 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, . p , Centennial Building, next to Cray ton'?.