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a E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1881. THKMa : ONE YEAS..?1.50. SIX MONTHS._..... Wc. Two Dollars if not paid In advance. REORGANIZING THE SENATE. The extra session of the Senate, so far, has done nothing beyond waging a strictly party fight upon the reorganiza? tion, each trying to secure the control of the working machinery of uui body. The Democrats have agreed in caucus upon the election of Mr. Bayard as Presi? dent pro tempore of the Senate, and have arranged a well selected list of commit? tees, but the Republicans have- so far, prevented reorganization by dilatory motions and debate, which at times has been very acrimonious. The indications , now are, that the Democrats will ulti? mately, by the assistance of Judge Davis and the absence of General Mahone, control the organization, which will be of decidedly great value, inasmuch as it will very probably give them the power to confirm or reject the appoint? ments which may from time to time be sent in by the new President. It is at least worth the light that is being made over it. GEN. GAJRFTFXTTS POLICY. President GarSeld's inaugural address has been given to the country, and has everywhere been answered with plaudits and commendations as a patriotic, sensi? ble and proper expression to emanate from the chief magistrate of a great country. It is liberal and fair, showing a thorough knowledge and comprehen? sion of the political situation in every ." section. In the address there is nothing, . however, to bind the now President to - any particular policy. He has shown what the country needs, but has not com? mitted himself definitely to any special policy, and, therefore, while we believe he has the wisdom and statesmanship to put into practice the very excellent and worthy ideas to which he has given utter? ance, still we cannot be certain of so {great a blessing until the new adminis? tration has made its Southern appoint? ments. A President may know full well v/hat the. country needs, and yet, from his surroundings, may be unable to fol low the dictates of his knowledge. This was the case with Mr. Hayes. His fail ? ore to give peace and rest to the country came from a lack of moral courage to do ~ what he knew to be right, despite the wishes of those who came is contact with him, so that at the end of his term of office nothing had been done to bring the two sections together, bnt the estrange - ment between them was greater at the end than it had been at the beginning of his term. President Garfield will have to undo much that ex-President Hayes has done before it will be as easy for him to restore the country as it would have ' been for Mr. Hayes to have done so. In this work, however, he will have the ad? vantage of a clear election and no fraud? ulent tenure to his office, which gives him a decided moral advantage over Mr. Hayes. The question is, will Gen. Gar .field use this advantage? We believe that he will, for his mind is broader and more cultured than Mr. Hayes'; his am? bition Is greater and of a more lofty nature, and the opportunity is too good to he neglected. The President who fraternizes and restores all sections of this country has a picture in the future of our history which will rank beside that of Washington, and stand forth in the centuries to come the peer of any ruler among men. We believe that Gen. Garfield has a desire to achieve that place in history, and that he will be able to do so if he follows the dictates of his own judgment. To do this, however, a complete change in the character of the national govern . ment in the South will be necessary. Only men of ability and integrity must be placed in official position. The hun? gry horde of camp-followers and machine politicians must be laid aside, and merit made the only standard for official pro? motion. We do not mean by this that Democrats are to be given office by the Republican President, for he can find an abundance of suitable material within the rank? of his own party, if he will * only take it, though in non-political offices an efficient civil service requires that political opinions shall not be made a requisite for preferment. The success of the new President's policy depends more upon retiring the old hacks of the party in the South than anything else. If he has the moral and political courage to command the Tafts, the Elliotts, and all persons like them, to stand aside, and places such men as Judge Melton, Col. Cochran, and the better class of Repub? licans in this and other States, in the party lead, he will bring order out of political chaos. It has been the political tyranny and corruption of the federal officeholders, and the venal Republican leaders of the South that has driven the Democrats to such excesses as have been committed in the South. If we had a Republican party which was fair and honest, our people would rapidly drop into the easy state of politics which ex? ists at the North, with the assurance that, let success go to which party it would, the material, moral and political interests of the country would not' be seriously disturbed. But as long as Democratic triumph is necessary for the civilization of onr country, and as long as Demo? cratic rule is absolutely required for the protection of the rights of property and of life, so long will the abnormal condi? tion of things now existing in this sec? tion continue. The Federal officials control the Re? publican party in the Sonth, and when? ever their character is changed the char? acter of the Republican party will be changed. Tbe party here is nothing more nor less than the office-holders. The masses of the party aro ignorant, and exert no restraint nor control over its officials. If they are Republicans, tbe blackest crimes and the deepest villainies are condoned and commended. The masses of the Republican party down here will never elevate the party, because they are ruled by astute rascals, who, by prejudice and passion, keep them as political slaves. If the party is ever | elevated, it must be through a change of leaders. This is the problem for solution at the hands of the new administration. The President seems to understand it, and it now remains to be seen whether he ha.i the moral courage to grapple with it. We believe that Gen. Garfield in? tends to be the President of the whole people, and shall continue in this belief until the contrary is shown by his official , acts. As we have said, his appointment of Federal officials in the South will, in a large measure, indicate which way the question will be finally solved. THE NEW CABINET. President Garfield has been very gen? erally applauded for thjg selection of his Cabinet, but there appears to be some difference of opinion about it from the following portion of an article written from Washington to the AugU3ta Chron? icle & Constitutionalist, from its accom? plished correspondent, Col. James R. Randall: I asked one of the most famous of pol? iticians, now in retirement, what he thought of the Cabinet. He said: Elaine represents subsidy to ships. Lin? coln represents a martyred memory and the Pullman Car Company. Windom represents the glorification of Eads and the damnation of Vanderbilt, Gould and Garrett. Kirkwood represents the cattle disease and Indian bobby. MacVeagh represents the Pennsylvania Railroad. Hunt represents Dnrell and divorce, and James will be misrepresented by Edward McPherson, who will control his patron? age as Tyner did that of Key. "Taking the Cabinet as a whole," I said, "what do yon think it means?" He replied with a monosyllable of terrible import: "Jobs /" This I give you as the extreme of an unfavorable view, though inter? preted by a master-mind and an expert As many papers and persons have landed the Cabinet to the skies, the reader can pay his money and take his choice. U. S. COManSSIONEK OF AGRICULTURE. A spirited contest is being waged for the position of Commissioner of Agri? culture at Washington. The applicants are the present incumbent, General Wm. LeDuc, and ex-Congressman Loring, of Massachusetts, and Felton, of Georgia. The present incumbent, however, seems to have the inside track. In reply to a question from the correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution upon the subject of his continuance, he said : "My appointment is like that of the Commissioner of Education, who has held his place 12 or 15 years, and is con? tinued upon the favor of the President." "Do you not upon the incoming of a new administration tender your resigna? tion, as the cabinet officers do, as a mat? ter of courtesy?" asked the correspon? dent "Certainly not," said the Commission? er ; "that rule only applies to the Presi? dent's immediate advisers. If the de? partment of agriculture were a cabinet position, it would follow that I should tender my resignation." We do not think the present Commis? sioner as efficient as the head of so im? portant a department should be, but it must be admitted that he is an improve? ment upon the past Commissioners that we have had. The trouble is that the Department is but little more than a political machine to retain certain men in office, and before the appointment of Gen. LeDuc it was decidedly worthless. He has to some degree improved it, and if let alone will probably render it still more beneficial to the class in whose in? terest it was nominally created. At least we are inclined to think that Messrs. Loring and Felton are both too much of politicians to be placed in charge of the Agricultural Department. President Garfield will do well to let the present incumbent alone, unless he can find some man to appoint on account of his agri? cultural record, instead of through sym? pathy for a defeated politician. SENATOR- DAVID DAVIS. Perhaps one of the ablest and most consistent and really independent men in politics at this time is Senator David Davis, of Illinois. He and Senator Ma hone, of Virginia, hold the balance of power in the Senate, and, therefore, the Democratic caucus, in arranging the committees for a reorganization of the Senate, deemed it proper to conciliate him by a prominent position. He is a profound lawyer, and in every way qual? ified for the position which they assigned him of chairman of the Judiciary Com? mittee, but the Senator was unwilling to appear to be brought over by promotion, and therefore declined it in open Senate. He said: No man ever entered Congress freer from political committal or personal obli? gation than I did four years ago. I had been identified with the Republican party, and still look back with pride to its grand achievements. The extreme measures after the war and the excesses incident to the civil strife drove tens of thousands into the liberal movement of 1872. I found myself in company with Charles Sumner, Horace Greeley, Charles F. Adams, Carl Schurz, Murat Halstead, Stanley Matthews, R. E. Fen ton, John Wentworth, Samuel Bowles, Lyman Trumbull, Whitelaw Reid, Leonard Swett, and others known to fame, who bad been conspicuous Republicans. Some of them have returned to the fold from which they had separated, doubtless prompted by patriotic motives. I have never acted distinctively with the Dem? ocratic party, and, unless its methods are changed and its wisdom is broadened, there is little prospect of my revising opinions calmly formed. The country would be materially benefited by the re j construction of both parties, especially since the errors of one seem to perpetu? ate the power of the other. I have voted ! on all public measures according to my convictions of right, and propose to con j tinue that course. An honorable recog ' nition of the trust generously confided to me by Democratic voters in 1877 requires me to sustain the existing organization of the Senate, for which I disclaim all re? sponsibility. Parts of it are neither agreeable to my taste nor to my judg? ment. In giving this vote, it is proper for me to say that whatever may be the result, I can accept no honor at the hands of either side. The country needs rest from sectional strife. The voice of pa? triotism demands peace and fraternal fel? lowship, North and Sonth, East and West. Every good citizen should desire the success of the administration, for we all ought to have a common interest in j the glory and greatness of the Republic, i Measures intended to advance either shall have my cordial support Tbe ' President and his Cabinet are entitled to a fair hearing, and to be judged impar? tially by their acts. If they fail to jus? tify public confidence, it will be a mis? fortune which has overtaken other ad? ministrations having equally good inten? tions and prospects. I 'shall vote for the appointment of all these committees except the Judiciary Committee. I wish to retain my old place on the J udiciary Committee, and, although I am thankful to my friends, X must decline the position I of Chairman. Senator Hill has been taking a very active part in the debate over the ques? tion of reorganizing the United States Senate, and his magnificent abilities have been of great service to the party in this emergency. He has tilted several times with the torfcey-cock Senator from N?w York, and in a good-humored manner set him down; but the great feature of the debate was tbe castigation which he gave Mahone, the truant Democrat from Virginia, upon whose vote the Republi? cans have been relying to secure the re? organization of the Senate. The adroit manner in which Mr. Hill led M'abone to take his position, and then the pow? erful invective and castigation which he hurled at him have done much to un? mask the true inwardness of Mahone* ism; and while it assists the Democrats in keeping him from going over entirely to the Republicans will also seriously damage his chances of carrying Virginia any more. Indeed, the speech of Sena? tor Hill is said to be worth ten thousand votes to the regular Democracy of Vir? ginia._ The newspapers inform us that the recent bwn and city elections in New York and New Jereey.show that the cur? rent is again setting in strongly toward the Democracy. In New York- the Democratic gains are quite general, and none more gratifying than those made in Rochester, a stronghold of Republican? ism. In November Garfield, received 1,089 majority in Rochester, and at the charter election on Tuesday the Demo? crats elected the treasurer by 1,058 ma? jority, and all the other municipal offi? cers but one. They elected a good ma? jority of the Council and school boards for the first time in several years. The elections in New Jersey show Demo? cratic gains all along the line. It is a pity that the current always sets in our favor when we do not specially need it, and then seems to turn in tbe other di? rection as soon as a general election is on hand. It really does look as though there is bad leadership somewhere in the Democratic party. When it was thought the funding bill would pass, some of the National Banks attempted to produce a financial crisis, in order to defeat the bill, by returning their circulation and withdrawing the bonds they had on deposit with the United States Treasurer. By this reduc? tion of the' circulation they thought to deter Congress from passing the bill, and now that the bill has failed they want to put their bonds back and withdraw their notes for circulation. The Secretary of the Treasury has, however, refused to allow the withdrawal. As the banks returned their notes voluntarily, he sees no reason to return them. The govern? ment is not to be made a play-thing of in that way. Mr. Windoni will give these banks leisure in which to repent of their haste. _ A syndicate of New York bankers are said to have offered the new Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Windom, to float tbe government bonds which are soon to mature at the low rate of three per centum per annum until Congress meets and has time to arrange for a new loan. This is generous in the bankers, and it shows the correctness of the rate fixed upon in the late funding bill, which was vetoed by President Hayes. It also shows that government bonds will float at par on three per cent, interest without the compulsory feature which was at? tempted in the fifth section of the late bill. It may, therefore, very safely be assumed that the rate of interest on the next government bonds will not exceed three per cent. The vote in the city of Greenville upon the question of subscribing $25,000 by taxation to the capital stock of the Greenville & Laurena Railroad came off on last Saturday, and resulted as follows: For subscription, 709; against subscrip? tion, 14; scattering, 1. The County votes upon the question on the 26th inet., and a closer vote may be expected at that time as to the County subscription of $50,000, in addition to tbe city sub? scription. It is, however, reasonably certain that enough money will soon be raised in Laurens and Greenville Coun? ties to begin tbe work of grading tbe road. Some men seem to live under a lucky star. One of these is Senator Augustus Cameron, of Wisconsin, who is certainly not gifted with any unusual ability. At the expiration of his Senatorial term on the 4th of March, he was to have left tbe Senate, in consequence of being beaten for the next terra by Mr. Philetus Saw? yer, but fortune was too tender of him to permit his retirement. Senator Matt Carpenter died, and Cameron was elected to fill bis vacancy, which will keep him in the Senate until March 4th, 1885. He will fill Carpenter's seat but cannot take bis place. France has just placed a loan to the government at three per cent, interest. Tbe party feeling in the United States was too high to permit our government to do so, although it is abundantly able. By this act France becomes the leader of the governments of the world in the mat? ter of interest on her debt. We will, however, soon catch up by adopting the same rate. The Supreme Court has granted a new trial to Dodson, Adams, Bates and Bur? ton, the four negroes convicted of arson for burning the Opera House in Green? ville some time last year. The trial will probably be had at the next term of the Circuit Court for Greenville County. President Garfield has renominated Hon. Stanley Matthews for the Supreme Bench. Now let the Senate reject him and have some suitable man appointed in his stead. ? Postmaster-General James vacated his position as postmaster at New York on March 6tb, and became Postmaster General on the morning of the 7th inst. His accounts as postmaster at New York were rendered to Sixth Auditor McGrew on the morning of the 8th inst. They were at once audited, adjusted and set? tled and found to be correct to a cent, and his sureties have been notified that the.r responsibility has ceased. This prompt settlement of the accounts of an offico tbe receipts of which nearly equal one-ninth of the entire postal revenues of the Government is unprecedented in the history of the department. I Alexander, of Russia, Killed by Re? lentless Nihilists. London, March 14, 1881. The Emperor of Russia was assassi? nated in the streets of St. Petersburg yesterday (8unday) afternoon. The tel? egram thus tells the story: The imperial carriage was attacked on the Ekaterinoisky Canal, opposite the imperial stables, while the Emperor was returning with the Grand Duke Michael from the Michael Palace in a closed car? riage, escorted by eight Cossacks. The first bomb fell near the carriage, destroy? ing the back part of it. The Czar and his brother alighted uninjured. The as? sassin, on being seized by a colonel of police, drew a revolver, but was prevent? ed from firing it. The second bomb was then thrown by another person and fell close to the Czar's feet, its explosion shattering both his legs. The Czar fell, crying for help. Colonel Dorjibky, though himself much injured, raised the Emperor, who was conveyed to the winter palace in Colonel Dorjibky's sleigh. Large crowds assem? bled before the palace, but were kept back by a troop of Cassacks. The Im ?erial family were all assembled at the eath bed. The Council of State was immediately convened. Ail places of public resort are closed. The Standard's St. Petersburg corres? pondent telegraphs thai; the Czar's right leg was nearly torn from his body and his left leg was badly shattered. A Cossack and a passerby were killed on the spot. The Grand Duke Micheal was wounded. An officer of the escort and a Cossack have since died. The Czar lin? gered an hour and a half. All efforts to rally him failed. The only word he uttered after being struck was the name of the Czarewitcb. The latter on leav? ing the palace after the death of the Czar was hailed as Emperor by the crowd. He was surrounded, contrary to his custom, by a strong mounted escort. The peoplo are intensely excited and indignant The soldiery, who greatly loved the Czar, are furious. All of the officials hastened to the palace to inquire as to the condition of the Czar. Tele? grams announcing the death were sent to all foreign courts and to every part of the Empire. It is stated that the bombs were made of thick glass filled with nitro glycerine. The assassins stood on opposite sides of the road. The carriage was moving fast, and the first shell struck the ground behind it, and the back of the carriage was blown out. The coachmen implored the Czar to enter the carriage again, but he moved a few paces from the car? riage to see to the wounded of his escort. The assassin who threw the first bomb tried to point a revolver at the Czar, but the pistol was struck from his hand. The Czar seemed to recover consciousness before his death as he motioned away the doctors who wished to amputate his legs. The Czar witch and Czarevna drove to their palace after the death amid the sympathizing cries of the people. A company of guards surround the palace. The Cologne Gazette's St Petersburg despatch says: The two assassins of the Czar were immediately arrested. A cordon of guards was drawn around the scene of the murder. The streets are densely thronged with excited crowds. Tue utmost sympathy for the imperial family is everywhere expressed. The bells of the principal churches are toll? ing. Official Messenger of St. Petersburg makes the following announcement:? "God's will has been done. At twenty five minutes past three o'clock this (Sun? day) afternoon the Almighty called the Emperor to Himself. A few minutes before his death the Emperor received the sacrament." The Emperor Francis Joseph received the first news of the Czar's murder which reached Vienna. He immediately sent messages of condolence to the Czarwitch and the imperial family. A despatch from Rome says that in consequence of the death of the Czar Premier Cairoli has postponed bis reception until Mon? day. The Duke and Duches of Edin? burgh and the Grand Duke Alexis have left London for'St. Petersburg. The News' St Petersburg correspon? dent says when Colonel Dorjibky asked the first assassin his name he replied Poussakoff. Service will be held at the Winter Palace on Monday. Afterwards the new Emperor will receive the homage of the officers of state. The news of the death of trie Czar was a fearful shock to the Emperor William of Germany. The Times has the following horn St. Petersburg: The doctors' bulletin, pub? lished at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, stated that both legs were broken below the knee, the lower part of the body severely injured and the left eye torn from its socket The Grand Duke Michael was not hurt. The assassins were disguised as peasants. One report states that one of them was so roughly handled that he has since died. All of the army officers have been ordered to remain in their barracks. The Council of the Empire, under the Presidency of the Czarewitcb, was still sitting at mid? night A manifesto will be punished on Monday.?Cable Dispatch to New York Herald. No More Carp for the Present. ?Representative Aiken having received applications from several of his constitu? ents for carp, sends the following letter to the Keowee Courier: U. S. Com. Fish and Fisheries, Washington, D. C, March ?, 1881. Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, House of Represen? tatives. Dear Sir?Yours of March 1st, for? warding the application of Mr. J. L. Mc Curry, of Fair Play, S. C, has been received. I have sent to Mr. McCurry a pamphlet written by Mr. Hessel, the superintendent of the government breed? ing ponds at Washington, giving instruc? tions as to the construction of ponds and the care of fish. Mr. McCurry's applica? tion will be placed on file, and I trust to be able to supply him from the fish of next Spring's spawning, as soon as they are large enough for transfer. It will be impossible for me to do anything at this time, as the recent flood which swept over the ponds in Washington renders it impossible to continue the distribution of fish until we get another crop. Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner. The Bland Murder Case?Edge field C. H., March 11.?The case of the State against A. A. Clisby, charged with the murder of Dr. Wallace Bland, was concluded this evening and a verdict of not guilty rendered by the jury. The trial hegan on Wednesday morning and consumed two days. The Court House was crowded to its utmost capacity during the progress of the trial, and much interest was manifested in the case. The State was ably and admirably repre? sented by Col. J. S. Cotbran, the talented and distinguished Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit, who was assisted by Col. C. L. Woodward. The defense was conducted with signal ability by General M. W. Gary and Major Ernest Gary. At the close of the charge of Judge Aldrich, which was elaborate, fair ana impartial, the jury retired and after an absence of twenty-five minutes returned with a ver? dict of acquittal. The cases of the State against A. A. Glover and of the State against St. Julien Bland for assault and battery with intent to kill were nol prossed this morning. ? The Weekly Advertiser, of Green? ville, has been sold by its owners, Messrs. Edward Bailey and W. L. Wait, to Messrs. Charles B. and J. J. Brady, of Columbia. The new owners will convert the Advertiser into a daily evening paper. Mr. Wait, in his valedictory, says they "have tbo ability and means to make it a first-class one." General News Summary. ? Postmaster James, of New York, is a Welshman and a printer by trade. ? Charleston merchants are petition? ing for an excursion from the up-coun tfy- . , . ? Ex-Speaker Randall has arrived in Philadelphia, and intends resuming his legal practice. ? Nearly one-fourth of the towns of Vermont have elected women for school superintendents. ? A negro woman ou Mr. D. L. Mer riman's place,' near Greenwood, a few days ago, gave birth to triplets. ? A colored man on Dr. Reese Gregg's plantation, in Marion County, was struck and killed by lightning on Thursday. ? Fifteen thousand and five hundred tons of fertilizers have been brought up the Greenville Railroad already this year. ? Forty thousand more bales of cotton have been handled on the Greenville Railroad this season than last up to date. ? After Garfield's inaugural denunci? ation of Mormonism the conntry will be shocked if he recognizes Roscoe Conk ling. ? The Cincinnati Southern Railway Company has made an increase of stock to the amount of ten per cent, of its present stock. ? The State Agricultural Department will pay into the State Treasury this year $25,000 from the 25 cents tax per ton on fertilizers.. ? The municipal election in Hamp? ton county resulted in the election of a wet ticket at the Court House, and a dry one at Varnesville. ? The North Carolina Legislature has passed a total abstinence amendment to the Constitution which will be submitted to the people for ratification in August. ? Mr. Watson, residing near Green? wood, had his dwelling house burnt last week. Nearly all tbe household furni? ture was saved. The fire wa3 accidental. ? Gov. Jackson, of West Virginia, takes strong grounds in his inaugural against the National Government having anything to do with the education of the young. ? The last official act of President Hayes was the pardon of Thoma3 Cowan, a convict in the Illinois State Peniten? tiary, for embezzlement in the postal service in the District of Kentucky. ? Thomas E. Patterson charged with the murder of Charles King, was con? victed last week at Laurensville of man? slaughter and sentenced by Judge Hud Bon to three years in the penitentiary. ? The cost of the railroad projected between the Mississippi River and the Atlantic seaboard, the construction of which will be commenced this year, is estimatad to be in the neighborhood of $300,000,000. ? During the delivery of General Garfield's inaugural address, President Hayes held the hat of his successor, while tbe enthusiastic daughter of the incoming President, forgetting herself, applauded from time to time. ? The successor of ex-Senator Kirk wood, Mr. J. W. McDill, was born and educated in Ohio,' where he practiced law before removing to Iowa. It is im? possible to keep Ohio men out of office. They watch every opportunity. ? John G. Whittier having declined, the Yorktown commission has invited Paul H. Hayne, of South Carolina, to compose an ode for the Yorktown cen? tennial, to be set to music, and rendered by performers in continental costume. *? A special Election will take place in Indiana next Monday, at which it will be decided whether Indiana is to remain longer an "October State;" that is to say, whether it shall continue to hold gubernatorial elections in October. ? A Carapbellite preacher called on the President on Friday and urged his profession and denomination as grounds for being taken care of. The President kindly informed the caller that the Government was not a church organiza? tion. ? Garfield isn't ashamed of tbe old mother who patched his trousers when he was poor. Let Grant look on that spectacle and blush for his manhood. He allowed it to bo discovered by acci? dent that he ever had a mother.?Phila? delphia Record. ? Lincoln's administration was the era of war, Johnson's the era of factional strife, Grant's the era of sectional hate, Hayes's the era of fraud. The admin? istration of President Garfield promises to be the era of peace and prosperity.? Washingon Post. ? The iron on the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad has been laid to Quaker Springs, five miles thia Bide of Augusta. The company now has four hundred thou? sand dollars, and will push the work for? ward to an early completion. The road will be finished to the river by the first of May. ?The smokehouse and kitchen belong? ing to Mr. William Harmon, of Bordeaux, Abbeville county were burned last Wed? nesday night. The fire was the act of an incendiary?both houses being fired at the same time. The contents of the houses were destroyed. The loss is about $300 or $400. ? Secretary Robert Lincoln refused to be "interviewed" in Chicago the other day, saying good humoredly: "I have in? terviewed peqplevmyself, I know how it is done, and I don't interview worth a cent." Mr. Lincoln, who is now thirty seven years old, has three children, the eldijst and youngest being girls. His eldest daughter is twelve years old. ? It is astonishing how popular the little unpretending Christian Church on Vermont avenue lias become since Mr. Garfield's nomination to the Presidency. It is also quite a discovery to find how many Congressmen are communicants in this church: Willis, Errett, McMillan, Money, Armfield, Hawk, Pettibone, New, White of Kentucky, and Hostetler. ? The St.tte Sunday School Conven? tion will meet in Columbia, Wednesday and Thursday, April 13th and 15th. Each county is entitled to as many delegates as it has representatives in both branches of the Legislature. This will be an important meetingand a full rep? resentation is desired. Delegates to the International Convention at Toronto will then be elected. ? As a Baltimore man was walking in a street in that city with two friends, on Thursday, he suddenly vanished. Inves? tigation showed that an old forgotten well, over which the pavement was built, had suddenly caved in under the pedes? trian, dragging him fifteen feet below the surface. He was rescued, having sus? tained only slight bruises and cuts. ? When President Garfield kissed the open Bible, upon taking the oath, some one is said to have stepped forward to see upon what portion his lips had rested. It was the 21st chapter of Proverbs and the verses he kissed were these: "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord pondereth the hearts." "To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice." ? George Washington, Martin Van Buren and Samuel J. Tilden, Presidents of the United States, never drew their salaries during the terms for which_ they were elected by the people respectively. Washington declined to receive any com? pensation for his services, Van Buren took his $5100,000 in a lump after retiring, and one Rutherford B. Hayes drew Til den's salary monthly in advance regular? ly each month during the term.?Detroit Free Press. ? The Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D. D., has accepted the invitation to supply the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church in Columbia until the first of next Septem? ber. This will be a great loss to the work of endowing the Seminary, but traveling does not agree with his health, and by the advice of his friends he has concluded to make the change. He has been confined to his bed for several days just recently, but is now somewhat bet? ter.?Register. ? Ex-President Hayes is reported as responding to an interviewer at Pittsburg: "I am satisfied with the Cabinet, and think the inauguration speech one of the grandest ever delivered. In fact, President Garfield could not have per? formed an action or made an expression more pleasing to me than those already made." In reply to the question whether he was glad to be through with the cares of office, he replied: "Well, I can't say that I am particularly glad." _ ? Mr. Jesse Habourn killed a good size bear with a pine rail, in the Long Acre neighborhood one day last week. After night his attention was attracted to the hog pen, when he went out and dis? covered a large bear on the inside killing one of his hogs. He immediately stop? ped up the gap and as Bruin attempted to climb over he was struck with a rail in the hands of Mr. Habourn and knock? ed back senseless, and before be could recover Mr. H. jumped into the pen and cut his throat.?Ashville (N. C.) News. ? The National Cotton Exchange statement issued on Wednesday shows the following movement for the six months ending with the close of Febru? ary : Total rail movement overland 707, 961 bales?a decrease from last year of 162,671 bales; overland shipments di? rect to the mills 374,626 bales?a falling off of 58,305; total Northern spinners takings from all sources 1,294,509 bales; total amount of this year's crop handled at the ports and overland points of cross? ing during the six months 4,976,831 bales?an increase over last year of 311, 721 bales. ? The Baltimore American discovers that Baltimore girls arc the prettiest because of the climate and of the food thev eat. Ohio girls, it says, eat pork and 8auerkrout, Massachusetts girls eat codfish balls, Virginia girls eat bacon and greens, the Gulf states girls eat gumbo, New Hampshire girls eat pie and dough? nuts, and Kentucky girls eat blue grass beef, and yet all these are prettier than the girls of Europe. But the Baltimore girls eat oysters, terrapin, canvasback duck, bay mackerel and soft shell crabs, all productive of beauty. Not only has the Baltimore girl become beautiful, but the canned oysters of Baltimore have begun to make beautiful the girls of the Mississippi valley. ? Senator Bell, of the Illinois Legis? lature, has introduced a bill in that body which attacks intemperance in a new form. The bill prescribes the eligibility of officers under the laws of the State, and provides for their removal for certain causes. It enacts that no person shall be eligible to any office of honor, trust or profit, who has acquired the habit of be? coming intoxicated, and it provides that if the habit is acquired after the election or appointment, it shall be cause for re? moval. It provides that ten electors can file charges against persons holding State offices, or any of the Judges, on setting forth that they are in the habit of getting drunk, and prescribes mode of trial, &c. It also provides that five electors may file with the Circuit Clerk of the county in which they reside a sworn information against any officer of the county, city, town or village, township, precinct or ward, setting forth the fact of habitual intoxication, and it prescribes mode of trial. ? There 13 a deal of talk about repub? lican harmony?that the administration is getting a good start, with "amens" from all the factions. This may be true, but if it is, there are a few suggestions to to be offered which will not make it ap? pear so. The conduct of Vice-President Arthur is, to say the least, inexplica? ble. He keeps away from the white house, makes no recommendations for office, and is completely under Conk ling's thumb. Toward the retiring pres? ident his conduct wa3 simply outrageous. He was invited to dine at the white house, and excused himself on account of a previous engagement. The etiquette which prevails here is that no invitation to dine with the president is to be declin? ed, no matter what embarrassments it may create. On the day the new presi? dent was inaugurated Arthur was invited to lunch. He did go to the white house, and with the president reviewed the troops; but he managed to slip away before lunch was announced. Hayes and His Savings.?Cleve? land, Ohio, March 8.?The Cleveland Herald publishes to-day, by authority, the following concerning ex-President Hayes's salary and savings: "The whole truth concerning the al? leged savings of ex-President Hayes from his salary can bo told in a few words. The aggregate of that salary for the four years was $200,000. The expenses of the position during that time was $134, 000. Had Congress refunded the $4,000 he paid for the expenses of the "visiting statesmen" to Louisiana, his savings would have been about $70,000. As it is, he went out of office with $66,000 to be carried from his account as President to the benefit of his account as a private citizen. When he became President he was burdened with debts to the amount of $90,000, mostly on account of bequests charged upon the Btrchard estate. Of this amount he has paid $60,000 out of his savings from the Presidential salary, so that the net available result in cash of his Presidential term is $6,000. A $200,000 Suit Against Carl Schurz.?A dispatch from Washington, dated March 10, says: Charles D. Gil more, an attorney and claim agent, of this city, whose practice consists mainly of Interior Department cases, brought suit to-day in the District Circuit Court against Carl Schurz, ex-Secretary of the Interior, for $200,000 damages upon the alleged ground that Schurz, without any just cause, disbarred him from practice in the Department of the Interior in April last, and thus broke up a legal business whose profits Gilmore estimate at $40,000 per annum. The disbarment of Gilmore was the result of an investi-' gation in which, as alleged, it appears that Gilmore had been bribing one of the clerks of the Land Office. In his com? plaint, Gilmore denies that he was ever guilty of any dishonest, fraudulent or improper act. S. T. DENDY, A. M. DUFFLE, Wnlhalla, S. C. Anderson, S. C. DE1VDY & DUFFJE, Attorneys at Law, .Anderson, - - S. C. WILL give prompt attention to all bus? iness entrusted to their charge. March 17, 1881_3G_ly_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of anderson. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Elizabeth Major, Plaintiff, against Maggie E. Shirley, et al., Defendants.?Complaint to Sell Land to pay Debts, Relief, <tc. BY virtue of an order of his Honor Judge Kershaw. all persons having demands against the Estate of E. J. Major, deceased, nre notified to present and prove them beli. j me on or by the 8th of April next. Failing to do so, they will be barred of an/ benefit in the decree to be made in the above stated casn. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. March 17, 1S81_3G_4_ Patents and Claims. HAVING formed a copartnership with J. S. Duffle & Co., of "Washington, D. C, I am prepared to prosecute promptly all claims for Pensions, or increase of Pen? sions for Soldiers, or the widows and chil? dren of soldiers who served in the war of 1812, the Indian wars, the Mexican war, or the late war. Also, Bounty*, Back Pay, Restoration to Pension Roll, Land War? rants, and all other claims against TT. S. Patents secured for Inventions, Discoveries. Designs and Trade Marks. No fee charged except for preliminary examination unless a Patent is obtained. A. M. DUFFIE, Anderson, S. C. March 17, 1881 30 ly J. P. SULLIVAN & CO. Have Two Hundred Barrels CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR, At $6.50 and $7,00 per Barrel. Satisfaction guaranteed or money paid back. March 17, 18S1 30 WHOLESALE and RETAIL FURNITURE WARERQOMS. GJ-. ZET. TOLLT, Always the Leader of Low Prices in Furniture in this State, NOW announces co the public that he has greatly enlarged his Warerooms, and is enabled to carry the LARGEST STOCK OP FURNITURE THIS SIDE OP CHARLESTON. I have on hand, and am still receiving direct from the best manufactu? rers, Furniture of all descriptions, which I guarantee to sell cheaper than any one else. I haye in stock 500 Bedsteads of different kinds, and good Bedsteads can be bought from me, with Slats and Castors complete, at 82.00 apiece, and upwards. 600 Chairs and Rocking Chairs. The celebrated Rattan Seat Chair, nicely painted, can be bought from me at 75c. apiece. Fine Cane Seat Chairs at 85.00 per set. Cane Seat and Cane Back Rocking Chairs at $11.65 apiece. 60 Bureaus, of all styles. Bureaus, with arch standard, large frame, glass plate 13x22 at ?8.00 and upwards. Snites of all styles and descriptions, from a Suite consisting of French Bedstead, Bu? reau, with arch standard, glass plate 13*22, four Cane Seat Chairs, one Cane Soat and Back Rocking Chair, one Towelend Washstand with Drawer and one Table, at 819.50 up to 8150, and everything else in proportion. Wardrobes, Sideboards, Mattresses, Par? lor Suites, CHEAPER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. Children*' Carriages, and in fact everything.kcpt in a first-class Furniture Store. On hand a fine lot of COF? FINS and CASKETS, from a $5.00 Coffin to the finest Glass Casket at $100. An almost lifetime experience, and buying for Cosh, and from first hands, enables me to say that I CANNOT AND WILI NOT BE UNDERSOLD. My Warerooms are on DEPOT STREET. Come and see me and be convinced. March 10, 1880 35 THIS SPACE BELONGS TO J. R. & L. P. SMITH, Mc'Cully's Corner, - Anderson, S. C. WHO ARE NOW RECEIVING A LARGE STOCK OF GENTS' F?IME GOODS. THESE GOODS WILL BE SOLD LOW DOWN. Give them a call, and next week look out for full particulars in the Intel GENCER. March 10,1881 35 NEW FURNITURE STORE. WE have CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, DRESSING CASES. SIDEBOARDS, CHAMBER SUITES, PARLOR SUITES, MATTRESSES, LOUNGES, PICTURES and FRAMES, together with a fine LOT OF COFFINS and CASKETS. All in the Masonic Hall. Terms Cash, and small profits. March 2, 1881._34?3m_JOHN B. MOORE. STRAYED, ON last Sunday night, a block mare MULE, of medium size, about nine years old, with small knot on the left side ot neck about four inches below the ears, and shod all round, escaped from my sta? ble. Any information concerning her will be properly appreciated, and a suitable re? ward paid for her return to the undersigned. J. N. COX. March 17,1881 3G i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By TP. TP. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. Whereas, G. M. Rogers has applied to me to grant him Letters of Administra? tion on the Personal Estate of Elizabeth Rogers, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Elizabeth Rogers, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H. on Friday, the 1st day of April, 1881, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 15th day of March, 1881. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. March 17,1881 3G 2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson* County By TP. IP. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, A. W. Thompson has ap? plied to me to grant him letters of admin? istration on the Personal Estate and effects of Mrs. L. H. Taylor, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. L. H. Taylor, deceased, to be and ap Eear before me in Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the first day of April, 1881, aftoT pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 15th day of March, 1881. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. March 17,1881_36_2 REDUCED PRICES. ?0 CALL OIV JOHN E. PEOPLES And get the Celebrated MERRYMAN GUANO, 475 lbs. Cotton per Ton. NAVASSA GUANO, 450 lbs. Cotton per Ton. Massa Cotton Fertilizer, 425 lbs. Cotton per Ton. I still have on hand plenty of the Na vassa Acid for composting. Call and see mo before purchasing else? where. JOHN E. PEOPLES, Anderson, S. C. March 3, 1SS1 34_3m Livery Stable at Hartwell, Georgia. WE have opened in Hartwell, Georgia, a LIVERY, FEED and SALE STABLE, and would be pleased to have the patronage of any and all. 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