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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1881. TERMS: ONE YEAR_...81.50. SIX MONTHS_'i._- 70c. -Two Dollars If not paid In advance. ENTICING AWAY LABORERS. We have been asked-so many questions about the recent legislation "upon the subject of contracts, and there seems to j be so much misapprehension on the sub-1 ject, that we again publish the late Act, which is as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That any person or persons who shall entice or persuade, by any means whatsoever, any tenant or tenants, labor er or laborers, under contract with an other, duly entered into between the par? ties in the presence of one or more wit nesses, whether such contracts be verbal or in writing, to violate such contract, or shall employ any laborer or laborers, knowing him, her or them to be under contract with another, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- j viction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hun? dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor more than thirty days. I It will therefore be seen that the new law imposes no penalties upon the laborer of any kind.- It simply gives the con? tractor the right to indict and pnnisb by fine or imprisonment the person who en? tices or persuades away the laborer, or hires him, knowing him to be under con? tract. This is in addition to the common I law right of suit for damages. It will also be noticed that the remedy is given not only where the contract is in writing, bat also where it is verbal and entered j into in the presence of one or more wit? nesses. In order to prosecute under the I Act, it is, therefore, necessary to have j one or more witnesses in addition to the j [parties making the contract The labe rer .is made liable to punishment for the vio lation of written contracts by the Generai j Statutes, though some Judges have pro? nounced that part of the law unconsti? tutional. The new Act is constitutional, ] and, if properly enforced, will remedy the evil. The third persons enticing away laborers or hiring them when they know them to be. violating a contract with another are to blame for the greater portion of the derangement of labor, and as soon as a stop is put to that practice the greater portion of tbe evils from an settled labor will pass away. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. The coming Silver Conference, which is to meet in Paris on the 19th of April, promises to yield results of very great importance to the commerce of the world, by the restoration of silver to a thoroughly reliable and generally ac? knowledged value for the interchange of commodities. The conference meets on tbe invitation.of France and the United States for the purpose of fixing a uniform ratio of value between gold and silver .coin, which does not at present exist. In France, Italy, and some smaller gov? ernments, one ounce of gold is worth fifteen and one-half ounces of silver, while in the United States the govern? ment recognizes one ounce of gold as worth sixteen ounces of silver, and in the market it is worth about eighteen ounces. In Great Britain, Canada, Ger? many, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal, gold is the only recognized standard of value. In Russia, Austria, ."Bgypt, Mexico, Central America, Ecua? dor, Peru and China, silver alone is re? cognized as the standard. The countries having the double standard are the Uni? ted States, Greece, Roumania, Colombia, Venezuela, Chili, Uraguay, Paraguay, Japan, Hoilaud. France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Spain. Thus it will be seen that great diversity exists upon this subject, and an establishment of uni formity would be of very great conven-* ience and benefit to all countries whose business men have dealings with the business men of other countries. . The United States will be ably repre? sented in the conference by Messrs. Evarts, Th?r man and Howe, who were appointed by President Hayes for their peculiar fitness for the position. Should a standard be agreed upon, it is likely to be between"the ratio of 1C$ to 1 or 16 to 1; and the adoption of either will re sult in very great advantage to our coun? try, for it will increase the value of silver at least one-ninth in market, without, in any way, limiting the supply. ?s this country produces large quantities of the white metal, anything which increases its price abroad will bring additional wealth and prosperity to our country. The coming conference and its results will therefore be watched with great solicitude by the friends of silver money and those interested in silver mines throughout the country. j MAHONXTS PERFIDY. I The act of Senator William Mahone, of Virginia, in assisting the Republicans to organize the Senate over the Demo? crats is one of duplicity and treachery, which probably will, and ought to, con? sign him at the end of his term to ob? scurity, and hand his name down the history of his country as a synonym for that which is despicable and mean. Ma? hone is not to be visited with censure for being a Republican, because this is a free country, and men have the right to their opinions. He is not be traduced for for? saking the Democratic party und joining the Republicans, for that is n privilege which men have, and, if they exercise it properly and honestly, uo man should condemn them beyond a fair and courte? ous criticism of their judgment. But when a man secures office by pretending to hold principles which ho despises, that roan is guilty of hypocricy of the mean? est and most degraded nature, and that is where the trouble comes in with Ma bone. He has always protested that he was a pure Democrat, claiming, however, to split on local issues in the State from one wing of the Democratic party. He ran a Hancock electoral ticket, and pledged it to the National Democratic party. It was these professions which enabled him to be elected to the Senate, and he has shown a total disregard for his word and lack of honor in falsifying the professions he made before his elec? tion. If he has honestly changed his opinion, he was bound by every principle of honor and self-respect to resign the trust he bad assumed and run the race over. If he had done this and then been elected to the Senate, we could have re? spected him, though differing with him. He has not chosen to do so, but by deceit and duplicity has obtained the position he dow disgraces. His admirers may plead that he was a gallant soldier in the war, but that cannot efface his present infamy any more than an ordinary horse thief could justify his larceny by tbe same course of reason. If he bad come out and. avowed. his Radical ism like Longstreet or Mosby, his past record might and would go far to prove the sin? cerity of his conduct, but when he cajoles the people of Virginia into electing him to the Senate, believing him to be a Democrat in National politics, he was perpetrating a fraud which alL honest men must condemn. That he may have seen better days and been a better man in the past may induce us to regret, but it cannot excuse his present conduct. The traitor has always been held in con? tempt, and no man has ever risen to greatness by treachery. Nations and parties may profit by tbe treason of one of their foes, but they always despise the traitor, for they know the meanness of his soul and the utter lack of honorable faith that characterizes him. Thus let it be with Mabone. The Augusta Chronicle and Const?u tionalist has footed up the vetoes of Pres? ident Hayes to the number of ten, as follows: "He vetoed the silver bill Feb? ruary 28, 1878; the bill for holding a special term of the United States Court in Mississippi, to try timber cases, March 6,1878; the bill to restrict Chinese im? migration, March 1, 1879; the army appropriation bill, with the measure prohibiting the use of troops at the polls attached, April 29, 1879; ".the military interference bill, May 12, 1879; the ju? dicial expenses bill, because of restric? tions touching the employment of mar? shals at elections; the special marshal's appropriation bill, June 30, 1879 ; the special deficiency appropriation bill, Which was destined to have the deputy marshals appointed by the United States Circuit Court from all political parties, May 4,1880; a bill regulating the ap? pointment of special deputy marshals at elections, June 15, 1880; and, lastly, the refunding bill. Of these only the silver bill passed over tbe Presidential veto." It may also be added that -these vetoes outnumber all of tbe vetoes sent in by Presidents from the beginning of Wash? ington's term to the end of Grant's. Our Presidents formerly had sufficient abili? ty to save them from presumption, but Mr. Hayes found it necessary to make his record in history as an obstructionist. He could acquire no higher reputation. Gen. Ed g er ton, the new Senator from Minuesota, is a man of very varied po? litical experience and antecedents. He is a uative of New"}York, but removed many years since to Minnesota, where he has acquired some distinction as a law? yer. He was at first a Democrat, and, as a representative of that party, came in 1860 as a delegate to the famous Charleston Convention of the Demo? cratic party, which resulted in the split which was the immediate forerunner of secession. As a member of that Con? vention, Gen. Edgerton was remarkable a3 one of the three Minnesota delegates who voted steadily for Jefferson Davis for the nomination for President. After the split-up he went as a delegate to Bal? timore aud helped to nominate Brecken ridge against Douglas, the Northern Democratic candidate. When the war resulted, however, he went into the Fed? eral service and commanded, before its close, a brigade. At the conclusion of the war he espoused the Republican side, and bos since served several terms in tbe State-Legislature of Minnesota. He bos never been an extreme Republican, and he is expected to be one of the moderate Republicans of the Senate. The Democrats have undoubtedly lost much in the estimation and respect of the people, of the United States, by trading and combining with Greenback ers in popular elections. It now remains to be seen what the country will think of a party which trades and combines with repudiators in the United States Senate. The Republicans have recently shown a willingness to retain power by a combination with a renegade Demo? crat and an avowed repudiator. Four years ago they retained power by fraud, corruption and perjury. The party that has done these things will not hesitate to commit any other possible crime in order to perpetuate itself. It may be, however, that justice, though tardy, will yet overtake and destroy tbe evil-doers. The citizens of Columbia have bought out the interest of Thompson & Neagle in the Columbia Canal, and also their contract with the State, and propose de? veloping tbe water power around Colum? bia as a State enterprise. We are glad to see a new impulse given to tbe Co? lumbia Canal, and hope it will be made a complete success at an early day. The development of our capital will be a great blessing to tbe whole State, and will iu a few years return to the State a handsome revenue tor the concessions it has made towards its development. We admire the pluck and business sagacity displayed by the people of Columbia in this matter, and expect to see them at an early day enjoying the blessings of suc? cess in tbeir great undertaking. Gen. Garfield has placed Gen. Win dom in the office of Secretary of the Treasury, although he hails from Minne? sota?a State which has repudiated her debts. The Republicans in tbe Senate should have put the Virginia Readjuster, Gen. Mahone, as chairman of the Fi? nance Committee and a member of the Committee on Appropriations. Such a combination as that would have evinced great financial progress by the new ad? ministration (?). The vacant Senatorial positions have been filled as follows: Hon. Wm. P. Frye succeeds Secretary Blaine from Maine; Mr. Dill takes Secretary Kirk wood's place from Iowa; Mr. Augus Cameron takes Senator Carpenter's place from Wisconsin ; and Gen. A. J. Edger? ton takes Secretary Windom's place from Minnesota. During the debate on tbe silver ques? tion Senator Thurman requested tbe priv? ilege of asking Senator Windom a ques? tion. The present Secretary of the Treas? ury replied: "I will try to answer the question, but will first Bay that I am prob? ably the only man in this body who is conscious of the fact that he does not know anything about financial matters." This showed the present Secretary to be candid, if not able. The President, in selecting his Secretary of the Treasury, probably wanted a man who did not think he knew too much. It is often as dangerous for a man to think he knows everything as for him really to know very little. The Senate committee on Finance is composed of five raembers'who advocate the limited coinage of silver and six who favor its unlimited coinage, so that for tbe next two years it is very safe to as? sume that the silver dollar will continue plentiful and remain uninterfered with, unless the Paris Commission agrees upon its regulation, in which event its value will in all probability be increased by the adoption of the French standard of fifteen and a half ounces of silver to one of gold instead of our rate of sixteen to one. The Republicans are, when put squarely to the test, no more rigid in their financial views than the Democrats. Seuator Saulsbury, of Delaware, ques? tioned the right of the Vice President to vote in cases of a tie when the resolution for reorganizing the Senate came up, but Senator Logan met him with the prece? dent of John C. Calhoun having voted when Vice President :for a chaplain of tbe Senate when the vote was a tie. Nothing further was said upon the sub? ject, aud the Vice President continued to give the casting vote when the body was evenly divided. ? The new Czar is entertained with an account of a mine projected by the Nihi? lists to blow up his residence. It is be? ginning early, and is unfair. They should at least give him a chance. His three predecessors occupied the throne of Russia during the whole of the present century, or for an average of twenty seven years. Tbe present Czar ought to be allowed a few years, and the fear of nitro-glycerine should not be poked at him so soon. Mahone's duplicity has killed Inde pendentisin in the South for years to come. His deception too clearly mani? fests the purposes of the Independent. Those who are Republicans will vote the Republican ticket, and those who are Democrats the Democratic ticket. An Independent is only another name for a Republican. Mahone did it, and for his treason to party the Republicans will doubtless pay him handsomely. They have already made him Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, and will doubtless give him extensive Federal patronage in Vir? ginia, in order to build up his interests in that State. How we Lost the Senate and its Re? sults. Washington, March 18.?Iu antici? pation of a renewal of the debate upon the subject of organization the galleries of the Senate were filled this morning to their utmost capacity, while many per? sons, principally members of the House of Representatives, who were entitled to the privileges of the floor, occupied seats in the tear of the chamber. Senator Hale presented the credentials of Wm. P. Frye, as senator from the State of Maine to fill the vacancy occa? sioned by the resignation of Mr. Blaine. The credentials having been read, Mr. Frye appeared and took the oath of office. Senator Dawes offered a resolution requesting the President to transmit to the Senate a copy of the report made to the secretary of State by Edward A. Vandyke, consular clerk at Cairo, on the capitulation of the Ottoman Empire. Adopted". 1 Senator Pendleton called up the or? ganization resolution. Senator Anthony moved that the reso? lution be indefinitely postponed. Senator Con kling inquired whether it was Senator Anthony's desire to have the resolution postponed in order that he might then offer another resolution? Senator Anthony replied that it web. A vote was then taken and resulted yeas 37, nays 37. Seuator Davis of Illinois, voted in the negative with tbe Democrats. When Senator Mahone's name was reached he also voted with the Demo? crats and a buzz of astonishment ran around tbe assembly, but before tbe announcement of the vote he rose and changed his vote, amid some applause and some vigorous hissing in the galle? ries. Senator Camden and Edmunds were paired. The Vice-Presidont then said "the vote of the Senate being evenly di? vided, the Chair will vote aye." He therefore declared the motion carried. A resolution was then offered by Sen? ator Anthony reorganizing the Senate committees on a Republican basis, which was agreed to, yeas 38, nays 37, the Vice President casting tbe deciding vote, and then at 1 o'clock the Senate went into executive session. At 2 o'clock the doors were opened aud the Senate adjourned until Mon? day. The New Czar Takes Warning. London, March 19.?A diBpath from St. Petersburg says: "Tbe leading idea urged at present is said to be to do every? thing for the agricultural interest repre? sented by peasants and land proprietors. All otner sections, such as capitalists, manufactures, scientists and literatuers being regarded iu certain quarters as more or less disaffected. The following proposals are said to be under considera? tion, Imperial ukases to be issued on tbe Emperor's sole initiative, thus giving evidence of the firm purposes of his own will: Firstly, to promote inter-colonization by the migration of peasants into rich, unoccupied lands, funds being provided therefor; secondly, to give more land to peasants generally; thirdly, to liberate the peasants from the expensive regime of passports." ? The trial of Richard, Ben and Louis James, the negroes charged with the murder of D. M. Howell on the 9th day of August last, was held in Marion last week, and the jury, consisting of nine whites and three colored, brought in a verdict of guilty as to Richard and Ben James, and not guilty as to Louis James, agreeing on the verdict within a few minutes after they went into the jury room. The evidence, though circum? stantial, points conclusively to the guilt of the convicted men. They were sen? tenced by Judge Pressley to be hanged on Friday, June the 3d. Howell, the murdered man, was waylaid on his way home from his store in the evening ana beat to death in tbe streets of Marion. BLACKS TERS?S WHITES. The Relative Increase of tbe Colored Pop? ulation of the United States. Washington, March 18.?The census bureau has issued a bulletin giving in detail the white and colored population of the United States. It shows a total white population of 43,404,876 and a colored population of 6,577,151. The greatest proportion of colored to white is in South Carolina, where three-fifths of the whole population is colored. In Louisiana and Mississippi from one-half to three-fifths is colored,* in Alabama Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Vir? ginia and the District of Columbia, one third to one-half is colored, and in Arkansas and Tennessee from one quarter to one-third is colored. Outside of the former slave States the proportion of negroes is very small. The relative changes in the negro population during the decade between 1870 and 1880 are also given in the United States as n whole. There has been a gain of 625 on an assumed basis of 100,000 whites. Great relative gains have apparently been made in the former slaveholding States. Eight of these States have made gains ranging from 944 to nearly 11,000. It is believed, however, by the census office that these apparent gains are due in a great meas? ure to the imperfections of the census of 1870, and that under the conditions which prevailed at that time it is proba? ble that a mnch larger proportion of negroes were omitted than of whites. South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Ten? nessee and the District of Columbia show a relative increase; Texas, Florida, Alabama and Virginia show a relative decrease. Texas and Florida take the lead of the States which have lost. Both of these States have received heavy white immigration from other parts of the country, which has more than over? balanced whatever gain in the colored population may have been made. They have been the scene of rapid develop? ment, and thus tbe relative decrease of the blacks is to be accounted for not by exodus or dying out, but by the infusion of whites. The movement of the blacks in the Northern and Western States has apparently been of little comparative account, and the migration offnegroes has not attained to such dimensions as to be perceptible there. Mississippi, Lou'. iana ana North Carolina, States from which the exodus principally took place, have all apparently gained heavily in the relative proportion of blacks, while Kansas, to which the major part went, has lost in proportion to its increase in population, ana Indiana has gained but slightly. Hanged, and Hanged Again. James Black, colored, was hanged on last Friday, 18th instant, at Marion, for the murder of Eli Wilcox, colored. He appeared cheerful, but it could be plainly seen that his smiles were forced and that he began to realize his situation. At 11.80 he went around to all the prisoners in jail and bade them good-bye. In the meantime a large crowd had collected in front of the jail to catch a glimpse of the execution. The jailer told Black that he could address the crowd from the win? dow, and he took a drink of water to clear his throat for a talk, but when he faced the crowd his words failed him and he turned away- without saying a word. He sent for his relatives and younger brother to come to bid him good-bye. While he was attending religious services at 12.35 the sheriff told him his time had come, and he was conducted to the scaf? fold, where the death warrant was read, to which Black listened with close atten? tion. After the reading his sister and her two children came to bid him fare? well, and, though they cried piteously, Black did not appear at all affected. At 1 o'clock the prop was pulled from under the scaffold and the spectators were horrified to see the rope break and Black fall to the floor below. He was iramedi | ately picked up and brought back in a I strangling condition and the rope again prepared. Black appeared to suffer ter? ribly, spitting blood from his mouth. He called for water several times, which j was given to him. I Eighteen minutes after the first fall the I trap was sprung the second time, juis neck was not broken aud he died of strangulation. After hanging nine min? utes his pulse beat only at slow intervals, and at 1.30 p. m., twelve minutes after he fell, the doctors pronounced him dead. At 1.47 p. m. he was taken down and de? livered for burial, his mother having ex? pressed her desire not to have him Drought to her after execution. Sheriff Johnson is entirely blameless for the breaking of the rope, it having been considered first-class in every re? spect. His predecessor bought it from John J. Tower, of New York, at a cost of $25. It broke just at the end of tbe knot, and was completely rotten. Black weighed 150 pouuds.?Cor. News and Courier._ The Cash-Shannon Duel. From the Cheraw Sun. Cash's Depot, S. C, March 4. Col. A. D. Qoodwyn, Fort Motte, S. G. : Dear Colonel?At the recent term of the Court at Darlington, where I was tried under an indictment for murder, some of tbe witnesses on the part of the State testified that on the day of the con? flict between Col. Shannon and myself several persons proposed an adjustment of the difficulty between us without re? sort to arms, and your name was given as one who had attempted to effect an ami? cable settlement. As you were one of Col. Shannon's counsellors on the field, if any such proposition was made you surely would nave been cognizant of tbe fact. Please, Colonel, do me the justice to say if you, or any one else (to your knowledge) made any effort to bring about a reconciliation, and name the per? son to whom such proposition was made. As you were in close proximity to me soon after I drove upon the ground, and until I left the field, I ask you to say, over your own signature, if you saw any act or heard any expression of mine that was unbecoming a gentleman. I fully appreciate your situation in this matter, and know full well your reluc? tance to speak, and it is or necessity that prompts me to make this request. Sincerely and truly yours, E. B. C. Cash. Fort Motte, March 7, 1881. Col. E. Ii. C. Cash : Dear Colonel?I received your let? ter of the 4th Saturday evening, and hasten to correct the raisstatements made by some of the State witnesses on the day of trial. I did not nropose to you or to any one to adjust the difficulties be? tween yourself and Col. Shannon, and I am satisfied none of Col. Shannon's friends made any such proposal. I saw none of the actions nor heard any of the expressions attributed to you by the wit? nesses. On the contrary, while on the ground and in my hearing your conduct was that of an entire gentleman. Verv truly yours, A. D. Goodwyn. ? There are many indications that the glory of San Francisco is departing. Wild speculation is at an end, and the restless spirits are going to New York to operate. The bonanzas have ceased to yield their millions, and the blind votaries on the outside are now too im? pecunious to respond to the call tor assessments. Seats at the San Francisco Stock Exchange have shrunk from $35,000 to $3,000 with no buyers; and the rival mining exchange, the Pacific, where seals sold for $7,000 in 1876, is closed. The people have given up stock gambling, and understand that their own and San Francisco's future must be built up by legitimate business enter? prise. AMERICAN SOCIETY, Pen Pictures of tho Court Circle of the Now Administration. Washington, March 19. It makes considerable difference what manner of woman a Cabinet officer's wife is, especially in these gay days of Wash? ington society. There is a certain I amount of social duty devolving upon the wives of the President's advisers, which brings them before the world and from the seclusion which they may have enjoyed previous to the elevation of their husbands. It is just as incumbent upon the wife to be everything to everybody as it is for the husband. Seldom has it been that in the selection of a Cabinet the wives of the members enjoyed such distinction apart from the reputation of their husbands as do some of those of the present administration. Mrs. Blaiuc is a fine lookiug lady, tall, with good features, and hair well sprin? kled with gray. She is pleasant in her manners, a ready conversationalist, and shrewd. Her long experience in public life has made her a valuable acquisition to tho administration, or, at least, to that part of it represented by her husband, bhe cnu keep a secret and ward off the inquisitive. One day, about a month ago, a fellow with a curious mind thought to ascertain from Mrs. Blaine whether the then Senator would become prime minister under Garnold. "I suppose you will be delighted when the Senator goes into the Cabinet?" said curiosity. "In? deed," replied Mr3. Blaine in apparent astonishment, "I hare noticed consider? able comment in the newspapers on the subject. Pray, tell me what you know about it." The gentleman could have been bought for a penny about that time. On the 4th of March Mrs. Blaine, before taking her seat upon the stand at the in? auguration ceremonies, walked to the front with the air of a queen and gazed upon the vast crowd below. She was recognized, and a shout went up that showed she was as popular as her hus? band. Mrs. Blaine possesses those pecu? liar qualifications which make a wife a great comfort and aid to a public man. Mrs. Windom is a fine, matronly lady, who has never shown any disposition for society and its frivolties. While she always dresses in good taste, in either black silk or satin, or some solid color, there is nothing dashing to distinguish her in a crowded reception room. She appears to best advantage in the home circle. The oldest fish in the Cabinet basket is Samuel J. Kirkwood, the Secretary of the Interior. He is a plain man, and has an agricultural appearance, but the one who picks him up as a flat will be mistaken. Little is known of his wife beyond the fact that she is an estimable lady, who partakes in a measure the quiet manner of her husband, and has a limited circle of acquaintances. Secretary Lincoln's wife was Mary Harlan, daughter of ex-Senator Harlan, a woman of exquisite loveliness. In her younger days the suitors for her hand were numbered by the score. Her pres? ence in the charmed circle of the Cabi? net will add to its brilliancy. The fact that Mrs. MacVeagh is Simon Cameron's daughter has given her a rep? utation which has preceded her here. She is tall, graceful of figure, and, hav? ing spent years in society with her father when he was in the zenith of his politi? cal glory and power, comes well prepared for the new honors which both her hus? band and herself will receive. Those who know her intimately say that she possesses in a marked degree many of the characteristics which distinguish her father, and that these traits are more largely developed than in any of the rel? atives. Having been brought up in a political atmosphere, she has acquired the faculty of reading men and women at a glance, and I am told that hers has been the directing mind in many of the movements made by her husband. Mr. MacVeagh intends to keep house here, and his establishment will be among the most noted at the capital. Mrs. Hunt will be the belle of the Cabiuet beyond doubt. She is a beauti? ful blonde, agreeable in manuer and cul? tivated in tasto. Mrs. Hunt is one of the best educated ladies in Washington, and withal a brilliant society woman. Her circle of acquaintances is large, and she entertains with true Southern liberality. Postmaster James bos a lovely wife, who will be an ornament to society here. The Cabinet is not made* up of rich men by auy means. Blaine is probably fixed better thau any of the rest, so far as a bank account is concerned. He has a fine residence, handsomely furnished, on Fifteenth street. The rest of the members live moderately, and it is doubted whether they will branch out, because the salary of $8,000 per year which each will receivo will hardly war? rant extraordinary expenses. In the last administration Secretary Sherman bore the brunt of entertaining on behalf of the ministers, under the new regime this falls to the lot of Mr. Blaine. What Nihilists Seek-Intervlew With One of the Organization. There are probably very few, if any, living iu this country who are more familiar with the deep laid schemes of the Nihilists to overthrow the Govern? ment of Russia, and tho preliminary plottings for the accomplishment of this end against the life of the late Czar, than "W. C?ky," the Nihilist correspondent of the Springfield Republican, otherwise known as John Baker. A reporter of the Herald had au interview with him yesterday. He said in reply to a ques? tion : "There are two factions in Russia seeking a change in the Government? the extreme Radicals, who are justly termed Nihilists, and the others, who suffer the odium of the name but who are simply revolutionists. Personally I object to being called a Nihilist, but there seems to be no escape from tho name. About three weeks ago three agents of the Supreme Secret Revolu? tionary Government, the chiefs of which ?I mean the Revolutionary Government ?hold doctrines entirely different from the extreme Radicals, sent by the under? ground railway, which is peculiar to Russia at the present time, a request for an audience with the Czar, promising his personal safety and asking in return their own safety. The object of the pro? posed interview was to lay before the Czar the true condition of the country and to request him to come and mix for a few hours incognito with the people and see for himself. The Czar, who was really good at heart, although weak in mind, granted, strange a3 it may seem, the interview." "Did he grant the request and go with them on the tour of inspection as sug? gested?" "He did so promptly." "Did he require auy other than verbal vouchers for bis safety ?" "None; he took their word, they expressing a willingness to be searched, which, however, he did not ask. I should state that these agents were rep? resentatives of the highest families in the Empire. "What was the extent of the joint tour of ii pection ?" "They went, for instance, to a police? man and told him that in a house which they designated at random lived a prom? inent Nihilist. A body of gendarmes at once made their appearance upon the signal of the polieceman, and the master of the house was arrested without war? rant, be only being told that ho was wanted. Afterward one of the agents in another street accused one of his com? panions of having robbed him. The money and jewelry of the accuser were found upon the person of the accused, and yet, in half an hour afterward, the latter joined tho party, stating, ns was afterward proven that he had given the largest share of the fictitious theft to the chief of the police district. To cut this part of the narrative short, they showed to the Emperor the rotteuness of nearly all holding official positions under the Government, including the Emperor's own brother, to whom was traced a theft of 12,000,000 rubles of Government funds." "How did the expedition terminate?" "After the parties had returned to the place of meeting the Emperor asked, 'What is the remedy for all this?' 'A share of the government by the people,' was the answer. 'What is wanted from me?' continued the E- -ror. The answer was simply, 'Give to the Poles what you promised and your father and uncle before you?a constitution?and not only to the Poles, but to the whole nation. An article that is good for exportation ought to be doubly good for home consumption. It was good for Russia in your eyes to spend millions of money and to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives in order to obtain a constitution for Bulgaria, and independence to Rou mania, and it ought to be good for Rus? sia. It is in your power to become really the father of the people, as you are styled. Grant a constitution and you will establish firmer the Romanoff dynasty and be loved by the whole of your people, like the Austrian Emperor.' In the characteristic manner of his family he answered, 'Not during my lifetime, or after me, if I can help it.' Upon this they left him, and you see the result." "Do you trace the Czar's assassination to his refusal to comply with the demand thus made upon him?" "Yes, mo3t decidedly." "How are the people of Russia to be benefited by the Czar's assassination?" "They will wait to see if Alexander III will fulfil the pledge which he gave to the old Russ party of the reforms that he would inaugurate upon his accession to the throne. Should he fail to fulfil this pledge they will not wait another twenty-six years. The late Emperor received due warning and did not heed it. The present Emperor has his warn? ing already, and his future destiny lies in his own hands." "What do the Nihilists ask?" "Simply when a man is seen to be drowning to be permitted to hold out to him a stick and pull him ashore, without being compelled to go perhaps a dozen miles to ask his permission to save one's own father. They ask that deportation to Siberia and incarceration in dungeons be stopped; that those who are in one or the other shall be set free. And, in a kindly word of advice to the Russian Government, through the Embassy at Washington, I suggest that moderation be used, and that wisdom shall take the place of folly. Humanity can stand only so much misery, and when too much is put on, why, then those who have sown must reap. There is yet time to save the Government from a general up heaval by granting what Turkey gave to her people just before the war?a Consti? tution. If it does not come within a short period, the bastiles of Russia will be opened by force, and a sound repub? lic will rise in place of a rotten, despotic dynasty." "Do they propose to do away with the Empire ?" "No. We fully recognize that the people in Russia to-day are not fit for a Republican form of government, and will not be for the next half century but they must have a representative form of government?a Constitution, and the abolition of Siberia as a place ol impris? onment for political prisoners." ? It is said that there are quite a number of old mountaineers living in the mountains of Greenville and adjoin? ing counties who turn out once every four years, when they can bear of an election to take place, and vote for Andrew Jack? son for President. A man who would undertake to make them believe that "Old Hickory" is really dead might be regarded as a political emissary, repre? senting some newly organized movement to oust Jackson, and as one working in the interest of some other candidate. To make the average reader believe that this statement is true might be as difficult as to convince the old mountain patriots of the changes of administration that have taken place since Jackson's time, but, notwithstanding this, the serious charge is made against them that they are so unprogressive as to continue to vote for the re-election of President Jackson. Flour, Flour. ALARGE lot of FLOUR, for sale low by A. B. TOWERS & CO. March 24, 1881 37 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Jane Bishop, deceased, are notified to present them, proper? ly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law. W. W. KNIGHT, Executor. March 24,1881 37 3* Bradley's Patent. WE now have Bradley's Patent and Carolina Fertilizer on hand. Price, 450 pounds Middling Cotton per Ton. Also Combahee Acid. Give us a call before buy? ing vour Guanos. A. B. TOWERS & CO. March 24, 1881_37_2_ FEATHERSIW & BENET, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. WILL practice in the Counties of An? derson, Oconce, Pickens, Greenville and Laurens. March 24,1881_37_4 WARNING! ALL persons are hereby warned not to hire or harbor Robert Rakes, as lie is under contract with me until December 1, 1881, and has left me without cause. Per? sons disregarding this notice will be dealt with according to law. E. H. KAY. March 24,1881 37 1? BAKERY! HAVING obtained as fine a Baker as Charleston affords?C. A. Buchheit? I am now ready to furnish fresh BREAD and HOT ROLLS for breakfast. Also, Pics, Cream Puffs, Wigs, Cakes, Rusks, <fcc. Orders for Weddings, Parties and En? tertainments of any kind promptly attend? ed to and satisfaction guaranteed. Will bake Chickens, Turkeys, or anything cheap. Positively no bread sold on Sunday. S. M. VANWYCK. March 24, 1881_37_4m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Mrs. E. A. Major has ap? plied to me to grant her Letters of Administration on the Estate of John C Major, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said John C. Major, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to De held at Anderson C. H., on Friday, the 8th day of April, 1881, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis? tration should not be granted. Given un? der my hand this 18th day of March, 1881. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. March 24, 1881_37_2*_ TAX NOTICE. Railroad Taxes Collected with 15 per Cent Penalty Attached. OTICE is hereby given that the Sa? vannah Valley and the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad Tax Books will be open in my office from the 25th of March to the 5th or April for the collection of said Railroad Taxes, with 15 per tent, pen? alty attached. This is to allow any who may choose to pay said Tax and Penalty without further costs. After the 5th of April, Executions will be issued against all delinquents. M. P. TRIBBLE, Treasurer Anderson County. March 24, 1881 37 1 N EEPORT OF THE CONDITION ok the National Bank of Anderson, AT Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business March 11th, 1S81: RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts.8118,731 71 Overdrafts. 25 27 U. S. Bonds to secure Circulation. ."0,000 00 Other stocks, bonds and mortp-ages. ?2,539 00 Due from approved Reserve Agents. 60,213 25 Due from other National Hanks. 25,92ij 71 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures. 1,000 00 Current Expenses and Taxes jmid. 1,525 60 Bills of other Banks. 2,ls0 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels, pen? nies. 43 06 Specie. 23,491 ?5 Legal Tender Notes. 10,580 00 ReoDmption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (."?percent, of Circulation,). 2,250 00 Total.8834,161 4S LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in.?.8 50,000 00 8urplus Fund. 25,000 00 Undivided Profits. 12,984 99 National Bank Notes outstanding. 40,700 00 Dividends unpaid. 2G0 00 Individual Deposits subject to -.heck. 153,272 30 Demand Certificates of Deposit. 52,344 19 Total.$334,601 48 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 County of Anderson. J I, J. A. Bp.ock, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement u true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. A. BROCK, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of March, 1881. B. FRANK MAULDIN, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: Geo. W. Fint, ) J. W. Norbis, i-Dirsctors. Joseph N. Brown, ) March 24,1831_ SJ_1 WARNING! ALL persons are hereby forbidden to hire or harbor my "children?Jane, Sallie, Amanda and Lou Ravenel?Jane and Lou being unde r contract with J. W. McFhail and Oscar iYice, and having left them without my consent. Persons disre? garding this notice will be dealt with ac? cording to law. DANIEL RAVENEL. March 24, 1881 37 1* S. P. DENDY, A. M. DUFFIE, Waliialla, S. C. Anderson, S. C. DENDY & DUFFIE, Attorneys at Law, A.nderson, - - S. C. WILL give prompt attention to all bus? iness entrusted to their charge. Office?In the School Commissioner's Office. March 17, 1881 3fi ly Patents and Claims. HAVING formed a copartnership with J. S. Duflic & 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 U. 8. 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. Mnrch 17, 1881 30 ly NEW MILLINERY GOODS ! MISS I) EL LA KEYS having selected a lull and FASHIONABLE STOCK OF MILLINERY GOODS in Baltimore for the Spring and Summer seasons, will be glad to show them to her customers, feeling that she is better prepared than ever before to please them in styles and prices. She will, as heretofore, continue the MANTUA-MAKING DEPARTMENT of her business, and will give prompt and careful attention to it. Orders for Goods and work are respectfully solicited at her stand over Andrew ifc Prevosts' Confectionery. March 24,1881 37 2m EVERYTHING ENTIRELY NEW. NEW FIRM. NEW GOODS. NEW STORE. BROTO BROS. ARE now opening as Fine a Stock of New Goods as was ever brought to this market, which we will sell at prices that are regular "EYE-OPENERS." We have on hand, and daily receiving Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Crockery, Hardware, Woodenware, Groceries, Provisions, Etc. Etc. ??- Give us a call at the NEW BUILDING, just below Masonic Hall, and see how fairlv we can treat you. March 24, 1881' 37 ly SPRING 1881. SPRING 1881. WE ARE READY NOW, To Show you, Friends and Customers, the Best and Largest Stock of READY MADE CLOTHING We have ever had. Come in and examine our Stock. WE ALSO HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. If we cannot please vou in a Ready Made Suit, we have a beautiful line of BROAD? CLOTHS, DIAGONALS, FANCY CASSIMERES, (English and American,) and can make It for you. We have also a fine stock of JEANS, COTTONADES and TWEEDS, very cheap. LASTLY, WE HAVE READY MADE SUITS FOR BOYS, From four to nine years, and from ten to twenty. Call in and wo will try to treat you right. JT. R. & L. P. SMITH, March 24, 1881 37?3m McCully's Corner, Anderson, S. C. __ MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS A. ?PPRECIATING the patronage given her by the public, enters the Spring of 1881 with the hope of giving pleasure and profit to her customers. With usual care she has selected her? sPRiiTG stock:, And will do her best to please all by giving The Latest Novelties and Newest Styles FOR THE LEAST MONEY. Be convinced by calling at the LADIES' STORE. March 24,1881_37 _ J. P. SULLIVAN & CO Have Two Hundred Barrels CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR, At $6.50 and $7.00 per Barrel. ?3"' Satisfaction guaranteed or money paid back. March 17, 1881 36 WHOLESALE and RETAIL FURNITURE WARER00MS. Or. F. TOLLY, Always the Leader of Low Prices in Furniture in this State, NOW announces to the public that ho has greatly enlarged his Warerooms, and is enabled to carrv the LARGEST STOCK OF FURNITURE THIS SIDE OF CHARLESTON. 1 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 have in stock 500 Bedsteads of different kinds, and good Bedsteads can be bought from me, with Slats and Castors complete, at $2.00 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 $5.00 per set. Cane Seat and Cane Back Rocking Chairs at $1.65 apiece. 60 Bureaus, of all styles. Bureaus, with arch standard, large frame, glass plate 13x22 at ?$.00 and upwards. Suites of all styles and descriptions, from a Suite consisting of French Bedstead, Bu _...1_l. _\-_J__l -I_ ?1??? 1 0?O) f.-.,,? <<o.,^ <Unof Pliairj ntin Pnno Qnof on/1 lor Suites, CHEAPER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. Childrens' Carriages, and in fact everything kept in a first-class Furniture Store. On hand a line lot of COF? FINS and CASKETS, from a $?.00 Coflin to the finest Glass Casket at $100. An almost lifetime experience, and buying for Cash, and from first hands, enables me to say that I CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. My Warerooms are on DEPOT STREET. Come and sec mo and he convinced. March 10, 1SS0 _ 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 .llasonic Hall. Terms Cash, and small profits. March 2, 1881. 34?3m JOHN B. MOORE. THE BEST GOODS THE CHEAPEST. IF you want the Best CONFECTIONERIES and good GROCERIES, call on U? M. ST EI PEL. Masonic Battling, Arthnou. 3, C. July 22, 13S0 2