The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 31, 1881, Image 2
E. B. MT7RRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1881.
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THE G?EKNVnXE & LAURENS KAIL
BO AD.
. The vote upon the proposition for the
County of Greenville to subscribe the
sum of fifty thousand dollars by taxation
to the capital stock of the Greenville &
Laurens Railroad came off on last Satur?
day, and resulted in a very small major?
ity?272 votes?in favor of (the subscrip?
tion. The contest in the country was
Very animated, and outside of tbe city
the vote stood 666 for subscription to
1476, a majority of 810 against the sub?
scription. In the city of Greenville the
vote stood 1217 for subscription to 135
against, a majority of 1082 for subscrip?
tion. The majority, therefore, was ob
.^nedbyavery large city vote. With
the new condition of things incident to
the consolidation of the Air Line and
Columbia & Greenville management
under the newrleasei Greenville no doubt
feels the want of a new railroad line to
secure competition in freights, but ex?
actly where the outlet is to be had has
not yet been found. The new road will
hardly be built unless some new combi?
nation can be formed by which a compe
? tittve roura can be established.
LEASE OF THE A IK LINE RAILROAD.
The most important event that has
. occurred in the railroad world in South
Carolina since the sale of the Greenville
& Colombia Railroad to tbe Clyde syn?
dicate of-New York, was announced in
the Atlanta Constitution of last Tuesday.
The Richmond & Danville combination,
which is the Clyde Company, and the
Baltimore & Ohio-Company, have each
for many months past had a jealous eye
upon the Air Line road, and each of
them has been endeavoring to effect a
lease cf the road, but without avail until
last Monday the. contract was closed,
leasing the coveted road to the former
Company upon the guarantee that they
will pay the interest upon the bonded
debt, and fite per cent per annum upon
the stock of the Air Line- Company.
Possession is to be given on the second
day of April, and the lessors put up a
bonus of half a million dollars as a guar?
antee of the faithful discharge of their
* contract. After the lease had been af?
fected, the Baltimore and Ohio Company
offered'to duplicate the contract with a
provision for six per cent, instead of five
upon the stock of the Air Line. They
were, however, too-long in reaching their
. conclusion, and their rivals have borne
off the prize. The Air Line is a valuable
road. Four years ago its bonds sold for I
thirty cents on the dollar and its stock
was worthless, while now its bonds are
, worth $1.07, and its stock sold on last
Saturday at 70} cents on the dollar.
This is dUe to the wise and efficient man -
. agement of Col. G, J. Foreacre, the Su?
perintendent of the road, and to the
financial skill of Mr. Sibiey, of New
York, its President. The road has been
greatly improved, and is now in every
respect a desirable property. The effect
of the lease will be very great in tbe
commerce of the up-country, and prob?
ably of the whole State. The Clyde
combination now control the whole of
the important roads in the State, except
the Northeastern, Savannah & Charles?
ton, and the South Carolina roads, which
enables them, to a very large extent, to
control the commerce of South Carolina,
which they will naturally do in the in?
terest of New York, to which point their
lines converge from Charleston, Wil?
mington, Norfolk and Richmond.
The local effect of the lease will per?
haps be more perceptible than its gen?
eral result upon our commerce. ?t com?
pletely destroys the competition which
has, existed at Seneca,. Greenville, Spar
tanburg and Gaffney's, and places those
points in the bands of a monopoly,
which will deprive them of the advanta?
ges tbeyvhave enjoyed over neighboring
towns, and cause them to compete upon
eqoal terms for the trade which they
may iiave. There is the entire absence
of motive for any discrimination in favor
of these points by the present lessees,
and it may be safely assumed that from
this time forward the discriminations
will cease. As to the policy to be pur?
sued by the managers of the combined
lines nothing is known, though there are
rumors of an intended increase of freight
rates all around, while there is also a re?
port that still further reductions are to
be made. Which is correct will only be
shown by time, though we apprehend
that no serious deflection of rates either
np or down will be adopted, except in
equalizing the rates by an increase at
points which may have been too low
heretofore in consequence of competi?
tion, which is now removed. From a
local standpoint, we regard the new
lease as a fortunate one, which will
greatly, benefit tbe business of Anderson
by placing us in as good position as any
of our neighbors for shipping or receiv?
ing freights.
IMMIGRATION.
The work of immigration to South
Carolina is being successfully pushed
forward by the Agricultural Department
of this State. Col. A. P. Butler, the
Commissioner of Agriculture, who is
temporarily in charge of the matter, has
introduced and settled in different parts
of South Carolina over one hundred Ger?
man families since the first of January,
and is continuing the work in a most
successful and promising manner. The
various railroads have made very low
rates of transportation, and are thereby
very greatly assisting the good work.
The Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line, the
Columbia & Greenville, the Wilmington,
Columbia & Augusta, the Northeastern,
and the Cheraw <fc Darlington railroads
have agreed to bring immigrants to
Columbia from New York for $14t76,
from Philadelphia for $13.21, and from
Baltimore for $11.48. . These are all land
routes. Tbe South Carolina Road will
bring .hem by water to Charleston and
by rail to Columbia or Augusta from
New York for $10. In addition to im?
migrant laborer*, Col. Butler u seeking
to induce capitalists to come into our
midst and invest their money. In this
effort he has put himself in communica?
tion with many representative men in
the United States and Europe, and is
confident of ultimate success.
With these results before them, the
Board of Agriculture should at once
select an active, efficient and popular
citizen of this State, in whom all of our
people have confidence, as an Immigra?
tion Agent, and let him enter actively
-upon the great work^of giving to South
Carolina such an addition to the energy
and intelligent labor of the country as
will promote both our material and po?
litical advancement. Intelligent immi?
gration is the surest and most permanent
deliverance that the South can obtain,
and no reasonable effort should be spared
to secure it. The Legislature has dealt
liberally with the immigration question,
and now the Agricultural Department
should use the means at its command to
push forward tbe good work as rapidly
as possible.
PART OF THE PURCHASE MONEY.
. The Republican Senatorial caucus has
nominated the following officers for the
Senate: For Secretary, George C. Gor
ham, of California, who filled the posi?
tion from 1868 until the Republicans lost
control of the Seuate. For Sergeaot-at
Artns, Henry Riddelberger, a warm per?
sonal and political friend of Senator
Mahone. He was a Colonel in the Con?
federate army, and is now editor of a
Readjuster paper, published at Wood*
stock, Va., and is a member of the Leg?
islature of that State, and the author of
tbe celebrated bill to readjust the debt
of that State by repudiating one-third of
the principal and reducing the interest.
Thus the Republicans, after combining
with Mahone, hare officially as a party
endorsed forced readjustment and repu?
diation of State debts. It was a part of
the consideration for Mahone's treachery.
AN IMPIOUS EXTREME.
The temperance enthusiasm in Kansas
has culminated in the passage of a total
abstinence act, which has overstepped
the bounds of Christianity, and is better
calculated to delight the followers of
Robert Ingersoll than those of the Holy
Saviour. In tbe name of morality they
have perpetrated a glaring impiety in
that, among other things, the Act pro?
hibits the use of wine in the Sacrament,
and punishes the minister who adminis?
ters it with two years' imprisonment in
the penitentiary, and shuts up the church
as a public nuisance. All of this is done
in the cause of temperance, and illus?
trates the unholy extremes to which the
enthusiasm of men in a good cause may
carry them. The law,.of course, cannot
be enforced, for the religious sentiments
of the people cannot permit such an in-:
terference with one of the chief ordi?
nances of revealed religion. The Rev.
Dr. Beatty, rector of the Episcopal
Church at Lawrence, announced his de?
termination to continue the ordinance in
bis Church, and said: "We are willing
to render nnto Caesar the things which
are Ceesar's, but we will still give to God
the things that are His. I say, as did
Peter, 'Judge ye whether we should obey
men ratber than God.1' Of one thing
you may be assured, we shall never re?
cognize for a moment the attempts of
human legislation to destroy the great
Sacrament of the Christian Church."
The other ministers of the State will
doubtless follow this worthy example,
and teach the reformers of that State
that tbe laws of God cannot be set at
defiance, even in so good a cause as that
of temperance. The probability, how?
ever, is that a reaction will set in which
will cut down the whole law, and thus
destroy the benefits which might have
been secured by a judicious enactment
upon the subject.
NORTHERN HYPOCRISY.
The North is very quick to recognize
any act of lawlessness in the South, and
I throw up its hands in the most self
' righteous manner conceivable in pretend?
ed horror over our allegod desperate and
vicious deeds, but when an act of genuine
defiance of law occurs in one of the
"truly loyal" States of the North, whose
civilization in their own opinion is abso?
lute perfection, it is very obscurely and
mildly mentioned as though of no im?
portance. For instance, a short para?
graph announces an occurrence in Mich?
igan, which, if happening in South Car?
olina, would require about six columns
per day for a whole week in every Re?
publican paper fully to depict the dan?
gerous and violent character of tbe
Southern rebels. The whole thing is
summed up in these few lines:
Detroit, March 26.?Trouble has
broken out in Presque Isle County, in
this State, among a large settlement of
Poles. The Sheriff undertook to arrest
ten men for threatening to burn a man's
house and kill him. The Sheriff was
attacked by a mob of two or three hun?
dred and driven from the place. The
mob then attacked aud destroyed the
house of the man who complained, and
drove his wife, with a baby of fourteen
months old, out into tbe snow. The
Sheriff appealed to the Governor, who
has telegraphed to use every available
man in tbe county to suppress the in?
cipient rebellion.
There are no flaming head- lines an?
nouncing an impending danger to the
Nation, and no lengthy editorials portray
its fearful political depravity. The truth
is that there is more violence, crime and
lawlessness in the North than in tbe
South, but by concealing their own short?
comings and magnifying the more trivial
occurrences at the South, the Republican
press has led tbe people of tbe North to
tbe belief that they are puritans indeed,
while we are but miserable sinners.
THE BENEFITS OF RAILROADS.
The Hon. Gabriel Cannon, of Spartan
burg, in a letter to the Laurensville
Herald, upon the advantages flowing to a
country from the possession of railroads,
shows that in 1872 the real and personal
properly of Laurens was $3,729,730, and
that of Spartanburg $3,409,560, an excess
in favor of Laurens of $320,107. In
1880 Spartanburg had $5,734,320, and in
1879 Laurens had ?2,725,734. In other
words, Spartanburg gained in eight years
$2,324,760, and Laurens lost $1,003,996.
Of Spartanburg's gain $920,000 is on her
80 miles of railroad. This letter was
written in advocacy of building, by tax?
ation, a railroad from Laurens to Spar?
tanburg, and is a strong argument, it
must bo admitted. In order to appre
ciate its force it is only neceasary to
ascertain tbe increased valuation and
look at tbe amount it cost tbe country.
The increased valuation is nearly two
and.a half millions of dollars, and this
was secured at a cost of three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars of subscrip?
tions ; or, in other words, the investment
of this sum by the County has brought
in seven dollars of new capital for every
one subscribed. This, of course, will
continue a permanent capital, and induce
the introduction of quantities of addi?
tional capital in the future. These fig?
ures show the value of railroads, and
should go a long way to satisfy our peo?
ple with the subscription they have made
to tbe Savannah Valley Railroad. When
it is completed the benefits that will flow
to the County from it will more than re?
pay the subscriptions to it.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, recognizes
the fact that the Democratic party has
become badly hacked by having been so
often defeated until now it actually is
ready to give up to anything thtit is pro?
posed by the Republicans, and with that
good judgment which always character?
izes his actions, has come to the conclu?
sion that it is necessary, in the military
expression of the idea, to improve the
morale of the party by achieving some
victory, however slight, in a pitched and
determined fight. He argues that it will
encourage the party, both in and out of
the Senate, if they can balk the Repub?
lican plan, and bring tbem to a recogni?
tion that the Democracy is a strong and
vigorous organization. He is the cham?
pion of the present fight in the Senate,
and if tbe party will stand solidly up to
him, the Republicans will find it no
child's play to obtain possession of the
offices of the Senate before the regular
session begins.
The Boston Herald publishes a table
showing that eleven Fall River mills,
which it names, paid in the year 1880
average dividends amounting to 10 per
cent per annum. The highest rate of
dividend was 40 per cent., and the lowest
11 per cent. Slocks in these properties
worth a par of 100 are quoted at 140,175
and 185. Our people would do well to
keep these profits in the South. In fact,
if our capital would go freely into man?
ufacturing our profits could be made
greater than those of tbe Northern mills.
Anderson is progressing so substantially
in other directions, that we might well
consider the subject of erecting a mam?
moth factory here. We know expe?
rienced and thoroughly reliable business
men who could be induced to undertake
the management. Who will begin the
work of raising the necessary funds ?
Senator Logan thought he was making
a good point, the other day, upon the
Democrats in the Senate when he quoted
from the speech of Senator Saulisbury,
two years ago, advising the Republican
minority to submit gracefully to the in?
evitable loss of the Senate officers, and
commended that advice to the Democrats
now, but Senator Butler retorted very
skilfully by reading Senator Anthony's
speech at the same time, in which he de?
clared that he did not think he would
ever be found trying to turn out faithful
officers because of political differences of
opinion. Senator Butler commended
these sentiments to the Republicans now.
This put the Democrats even with the
Republicans, and then a new start was
taken in the fight
The fight between the President and
Senator Conkling bids fair to begin at
once, and if it does the Democrats will
act wisely in playing from side to side
with that skill and uncertainty which
will widen the breech and deepen the
conflict. They will hold the balance of
power, and can make both sides treat
them with consideration. If a good,
lively political battle occurs in the party,
there will be very little time for inter?
fering with the South, and we may expect
the uttermost consideration from both.
For these reasons we shall be glad to see
the New York Senator begin the war
dance at an early day.
Rumor states that Col. Wm. Johnston,
of Charlotte, N. C, is to be made presi?
dent of the Cheraw & Chester and of the
Chester & Lenoir Railroads, with a view
of consolidating the two roads and ex?
tending them from Lincolnton, N. C, by
way of Yorkville, Chester, Lancaster and
Cheraw to Florence, thus giving to
Charleston an additional valuable rail?
road line into North Carolina, and afford?
ing another route for Western freights
over the Air Line to reach that city. It
is thought the road can easily be com?
pleted, and if so it will become a paying
institution, although it is built upon a
narrow gauge.
Mahone gave the Senate a four hours'
speech on last Monday upon Virginia
politics and Mahoneism generally. At
its conclusion he was warmly congratu?
lated by Conkling, Sherman, Dnwes and
other Republicans, whom we presume he
had converted to the doctrines of forced
readjustment and partial repudiation.
He was very severe on Senators Brown,
Johnston, Hill and Voorhees, and was
frequently applauded by the Republi?
cans. It is not thought, however, that
his effort has helped either himself or
the Republican party before tbe people
of the United States or of the State of
Virginia.
The President gave Conkling a very
severe little discipline the other day by
nominating his political enemy, Judge
Robertson, for Collector of the port of
New York. The Lordly Roscoe is brist?
ling all over with rage, and the political
fun we predicted before tbe inauguration
is about to begin. The Republican
happy family is likely to be considerably
estranged before the first year of the new
administration has expired.
The President bos decided that he can
do without a session of Congress until
next December. It may be very safely
assumed that if tbe politicians reach this
conclusion the country will not suffer, for
as a general thing it is bad enough to
have a session of that body when the
politicians deem it absolutely necessary.
Was there a bargain with Mahone?
It looks very much like it from the Vir?
ginia appointments, the Senate commit?
tees, and the nominations for Senate
officers. j
Mrs. VaoLew was a general favorite
for Postmistress at Richmond, Va., being
endorsed even by General Grant. Sen?
ator Mahone, however, wanted Dr. Gil
mer appointed, and has had his way.
"He is a bigger man than Grant" just
now, and the Richmond postoffice is one
of the thirty pieces of silver which the
new President is under contract to pay
the modern Judas.
- At the present term of Court of Gen?
eral Sessions for Richland County the
twenty-three remaining cases against
Cardozo, Moses, Chamberlain and others,
for conspiracy, bribery, &c., &c., were
nolprossed. This ends the political
cases in this State._
The Senatorial Contest.
The debate upon the election of officers
of the Senate is becoming tropical in its
temperature. On last Friday when the
subject came up Senator Johnston, allu?
ding to a remark made by Senator Hoar
to the effect that the proposition of the
Democrats to filibuster against the reso?
lution was treasonable, suggested that
some Eastern college should confer on
that gentleman the degrees of which Dr.
Pangloss was so proud, LL. D., A. S. S.
[Laughter.] The Republican party bad
kept the North solid by declarations that
the South was in favor of repudiating the
public debt, and that the only way to
strangle the doctrine of repudiation was
to keep the North solid against the South.
It was a great revolution which saw the
Republican party in caucus nominate for
one of the highest offices of the Senate a
Democrat and Repudiationist, a man
who would be only a petty lawyer but for
the prominence given him by his repu?
diating opinions. He (Johnston) wanted
to see whether the Senator from Ohio
(Sherman), who had so builded up the
credit of the United States, would vote
for Riddlebarger. He proceeded to give
a brief record of the public acts of Ma?
hone and Riddlebarger, to show that they
were Democrats and Repudiators, and in
reply to a suggestion by Dawes that his
colleague (Mahone) was sick and absent,
said that he was willing to postpone his
speech if Senator Dawes would postpone
his resolution, an agreement which Sen?
ator Dawes declined to make.
Senator Logan inquired what effect the
election of a Sergeant-at-Arms could
have upon the publio credit.
Senator Johnston replied that if the
Republicans elected a man they endorsed
his public life and career. He quoted
from editorials in prominent Republican
journals strongly condemnatory of the
"Riddlebarger" 'bill. Amongst the ex?
tracts was one from the Providence Jour?
nal, a paper partly owned by Senator
Anthony, stating that the Republican
party could not consistently and honestly
ally itself with the Repudiation party of
Virginia.
Senator Hawley, Senator Anthony not
being present, called attention to the
fact that although the paper partly be?
longed to Senator Anthony, it did not
follow that he had written a word of that
editorial.
Senator Johnston: "Don't you believe
they are his sentiments."
Senator Hawley: "I don't know. They
are very nearly mine, if there is any
comfort about that."
Senator Logan inquired whether Sen?
ator Johnston's proposition was that be?
cause the Republicans elected Riddle?
barger they endorsed his sentiments, and
was answered in the affirmative.
Senator Logan: "Riddlebarger was an
officer in the Confederate army. Will
the Senator pretend to argue that, be?
cause this side intend to elect him, it
therefore endorses rebellion? Will he
Sretend that because Gen. Longstreet is
linister to Turkey, appointed by a Re?
publican President, the Republican party
endorsed the treason of Longstreet in
former years ?".
Senator Johnston: "The war is over.
Gen. Longstreet has repented very hum?
bly of his sins, and, when a man does
that, you take him to your bosoms; but
the war is over, and there is no question
of secession or rebellion before the coun?
try. But the question of public faiia
and credit is before the country, and,
when you endorse a man on those points,
you endorse him on a living question."
Senator Johnston then proceeded to
describe the improved condition of Vir?
ginia under the control bf the party
called "Bourbons," and at the conclusion
of his speech a motion to go into Exec?
utive session was made by Senator Pen
dleton, but was defeated, yeas 29, nays
29.
Subsequently Senator Brown, of Geor?
gia, obtained the floor and commented
on the great hardship and injustice which
would be done to the present officers of
the Senate and their subordinates by the
election of new officers. This question
had been made one of endurance by the
Republican side ; one as to whether the
special session should extend till the first
Monday in December. The Democratic
side, he said, was ready to go into Exec?
utive session at any moment and do the
business which the Republican President
I had called the Senate together to do.
There were a large number of important
; nominations before the Senate, why
would not the Republicans confirm them ?
Because they thought it was more im?
portant to stay here and elect a Secre?
tary of the Senate and Sergeant-at-Arms
by turning out the little remaining hand?
ful of Democrats. If they choose to
make that issue, he was not afraid to
meet it. '
The Way to the Northwest.
From the Spartanburg Herald.
The sale of the Spartanburg and Ashe
ville Railroad, on the first Monday in
April, offers a fine opportunity for capi?
talists to secure a link in what will be,
at no distant day, one of the most impor?
tant railroad lines in this country?the
shortest line. from the Northwest
to the Atlantic coast. From some ru?
mors in circulation the railroad mag?
nates seem to be on the alert, and we
may expect there will be lively bidding
at the sale. It is surmised that the fol?
lowing important railroad and steamship
companies will have representatives here
on the occasion:
The East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Road.
The Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line
Railroad.
The Clyde Line Steamship Company,
the present owners of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad and
of the Columbia and Greenville Rail?
road.
The bondholders (the future owners) of
the South Carolina Railroad.
The bondholders of the Spartanburg
and Asheville Railroad.
The Spartanburg, Union and Columbia
Railroad.
It has been suggested with some plau?
sibility that a Syndicate be formed by
capitalists from Spartanburg, Union,
Henderson and Buncombe Counties to
look after the interests.of the county sub?
scriptions of said counties. We hope
that sufficient interest may be stirred up
in the matter to make the Asheville Road
?ell for enough to pay back at least a
Eorlion of the county subscriptions made
y said counties.
The grading done on said road, accord?
ing to estimate of Thad. Coleman, eu
gineer of the company, co it $510,000, and
the track $250,000. The total cost of
road was over $800,000, and owing to its
important connections is worth every
dollar of its original cost. Railroad
men and capitalists seldom have a better
opportunity for a handsome speculation
offered them.
? Among the Naval cadets graduating
on the 22d inst., at Annapolis, as cadet
midshipmen, was Franklin J. Moses of
South Carolina.
(>oy. Brown on Mnltonc.
During the discussion in the Senate
over the election of officers ex-Go v. Jo?
seph E. Brown, of Georgia, argued that the
two parties in the country are so evenly
divided that some of the offices of the gov
ernmentshould be filled by democrats, and
referred to the fact that a democratic
senate had two years ago retained one
half of the officers then in office. He
was here interrupted by Mr. Logan with
the question as to what his opinion had
been upon tbe civil set vice reform when
he had been a republican governor of
Georgia. Mr. Brown replied that he had
never been a republican governor,
though admitting that he had once been
a republican, and retorted by a question
as to why Mr. Logan, since he had once
been a democrat, did not come back and
act with the democratic party. Several
amusing passages occurred between the
two senators as to their previous political
records, after which Mr. Brown con?
tinued with his speech, and referring to
the action of Mr. Mahone on voting with
the republican party, he said that every?
body knew that the air was full of
rumors of bargains and contracts, and all
that. He did not know whether they
existed or not, but the very fact that
the republicans were so impatieut to put
in their officers, and the other fact as to
their connection with the senator who
now controlled the senate, should now
cause the gentleman to pause.
The country would ask why this haste
was made. A great many people
thought that there was an understanding
between the republicans and the senator
from Virginia by which he was to have
the patronage of Virginia. He did not
know anything about that?it would
appear better under these circumstances
that the matter be postponed for the
present. Continuing, he said that the
recent action of the republican party and
tbe senator from Virginia bad shown
that the period bad been reached when
no more would be said about confederate
brigadiers; that the period had been
reached that was spoken of by a very
old book when it said "the wolf also
shall dwell with the lamb and the leo?
pard shall lie down with the kid and the
calf and the young lion and the fatting,
and a little child shall lead them." That
period had been reached when the lion of
debt paying republicanism and the lamb
of readjustment and partial repudiation
had lain down in a loving embrace
together in green pastures of luxuriant
richness. He would not say that a little
child or a little general should lead them,
but that a gallant confederate general
would lead them. [Laughter.] He hoped
that tbe day had come when the bloody
chasm had been bridged and when that
old bloody shirt, of which bo much bad
been heard, would be folded up and bu?
ried beyond the hope of resurrection.
Judge Robertson's Apt-ointment.
?The New York Commercial Advertiser,
a Republican paper, speaking of the New
York nominations, says:
"It will be regarded by every friend of
Senator Conkling, and by the public
generally, as a direct snub and insult to
the New York senator. In view of the
fact that President Garfield invited Sena?
tor Conkling to visit Meutor to talk over
the situation, and led the senator to be?
lieve that be would be advised and con?
sulted in regard to New York mat?
ters, the action of yesterday must be con?
strued as violating good faith and as open
defiance of the senator and his friends.
This is the construction the - outside
world puts on the nomination of Judge
Robertson for collector of the port of New
York. The selection, tbe outside world
will also say, is not President Garfield's,
but the personal nomination of Mr.
Blaine. It was not a wise nomination to
make, in view of all that has occurred
during the past year. Otherwise, no bet?
ter appointment could be made than Mr.
Robertson's. No man is better fitted for
tbe place. No man is more entitled to it
by long services to the party. The
course which Mr. Blaine has misled
President Garfield into following?for it
is his programme, and all recognize his
hand in it?is certain to lead to a mis?
chief, heart-burnings and divisions.
General News Summary.
? The price of seats in the New Or?
leans Cotton Exchange bos been raised
from $200 to $500, there being a great
demand for them.
? In New York on Thursday evening,
Gen. Grant was elected president of the
Mexican Southern Railroad Company,
and accepted the office. He leaves for
Mexico at once.
? At tbe recent ball at the Elysee, in
Paris, President Grevy scandalized socie?
ty by wearing no decorations, and shak?
ing hands freely, after the fashion of the
president of the United States.
? The Arkansas Legislature last week
passed a biil making it a misdemeanor to
sell in that State a dirk, bowie-knife,
sword cane, or brass knuckles, or pistol of
any kind, exeept such as are used in tbe
army or navy.
? Secretary Lincoln is said to have
more visitors than any other members of
the Cabinet. His list is swollen by
troops of colored people, who pour in
simply "to shake hands with the son of
the man who issued the emancipation
proclamation."
? Miss "Gail Hamilton's" home in
Massachusetts is a delightful old farm?
house which was her father's and to
which she has added some improvements.
She has a fine library and a great many
pretty things, and is confessed to be a
faultless housekeeper.
? The charitable institutions of Char?
leston are maintained at an annual cost
of $67,000, distributed as follows: Or
phanhouse $20,000, Almshouse $8,000,
City Hospital $20,000, Ashley River Asy?
lum $4,000, and Seven Physicians to the
Poor $5,000.
? The Executive Committee of the
Atlanta Cotton Exposition have deter?
mined lo offer $2,000 for the competitive
test of cotton production. This amount
will be divided into five premiums, to be
distributed to the successful competitors.
The first premium will amount to $700,
the second to $600, the third to $300 and
tho fourth and fifth to $200 each.
? The buffalo are rapidly passing out
of existence, and unless something is
done for their protection it will not be
long before they will become entirely a
thing of tho past. It is estimated that
over 80,000 of these animals were killed
in Dakota and Montana the past winter
for their hides alone.
? John G. Thompson is said to have
made $100,000 in his six years' service as
sergeant-at-arms of the House, and this
is easily possible. The office is worth
that "to any honest man," as the ser?
geant-at-arms acts as private banker for
most of tbe members and disburses all
?he expenses.
? A notice is posted up at the Air
Line depot, signed by General Manager
G. J. Foreacre, giving warning to em?
ployees of the road that no one once dis?
charged from the service of the company
for cause shall ever be reinstated in his
former, or given any other position on
the road.? Charlotte Observer.
? Mrs.Lincoln.it seems, picked out
the pretty Miss Harlan to be her son
Robert's wife. She saw tho young lady
at the opera for the first time, and was so
attracted by her appearauce that she
sent her a bouquet. Mr. Lincoln pre?
dicted that Mrs. Lincoln would get the
young people married, for he told Sena?
tor Suraner that she was great on match?
making.
? The Scientific American notices at
some length the discovery in Alexander
County, N. C, of a new mineral by Pro?
fessor Hidden, who visited this State last
year in search of platinum for Mr. Edi
bou's electric light. The new mineral is
of a green color, nearly transparent, and
nearly as valuable as the diamond. It is
claimed as an American mineral, nn]
known to the world until Professor Hid
den's discovery.
? The New York Sun figures out that
the combined Republican vote, of all
complexions, musters 147 in a full House
of Representatives of the Forty-Seventh
Congress, while the combined opposition
is 145. It is suggested that Hon Wm.
D. Kelley or some other man may como
the Mab one game over that body in
electing a Speaker.
? The New York Herald says: "Be?
fore the war slavery closed the gates of
the South to foreign immigrants. It is a
question whether her blacks, now num?
bering nearly six millions and rapidly
multiplying, will not have the same
effect, at least in the near future."
When the East and West get too crowded,
.population will swarm down South.
Nothing will stop it. It will be a migh?
tier flood than the Mississippi.
? On Thursday, 17th instant, on the
plantation of Mr. Lewis Wilson, near
Fort Mills, in York County, there was a
log-rolling, at which a misunderstanding
took place between Mr. Wilson aud his
son-in-law, Mr. Kimbrell, whereupon
Mr. Wilson dealt Mr. Kimbrell a blow
across the head with his handspike and
killed him instantly.
? Jake and Lum Harris, white, killed
a mulatto named Edward Bridges on
Thursday, March 17, about six miles west
of Gaffney City, in Spartanburg County.
The difficulty arose from Bridges being too
intimate with a sister of the Messrs. Har?
ris. Bridges weut to the field where the
Messrs. Harris were at work and pro?
voked a dispute. The latter have not
tried to escape, and express their will?
ingness to await the decision of the law.
? Gen. D.H. Hill, one of the Confed?
erate leaders, is now president of the
Arkansas Industrial University, at Fay
etteville, in that State, at a salary of
$3,000 a year. He told a reporter the
other day that the war seemed far back
in history to him. "His form is erect,"
says the reporter; "his dark blue eyes
sparkle as brightly as ever, and the only
trace which time has left upon him is to
change the color of his hair from black
to iron gray."
? The farmers of Canada are scarcely
less astute in money-making devices than
the Yankee peddlers whose wooden nut?
megs have become historic. The latest
device, which is reported to be getting
alarmingly common in some parts of the
dominion, is the preparation and sale of
"galvanized" butter. This interesting
article of merchandise is made in rolls,
the outsides of which are of the primest
{iroduct of the dairy plastered on in thin
ayers over huge lumps of lard, sheep's
fat, &c, of the poorest quality.
? A Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times gives names, places
and dated to prove that ex-President
Hayes did drink wine, brandy and whis?
key, and that Mrs. Hayes accepted a
present of a case of the latter beverage.
The statement was elicited by the claim
of a minister that the Hayes' were teeto?
talers.
We learn from a private source
that the notorious Henry Sparnick, who
used the position of Judge of Probate
under Radical rule to plunder the wid?
ows and orphans of Aiken County, is
now engaged in business in Chicago.
Sparnick was a roan of brains and educa?
tion, but was actually one of the vilest of
the infamous gang who held high carni?
val in crime during the Radical regime.
A sealed sentence awaits him in the
Clerk of the Court's office for misappro?
priation of the funds of the Probate
office, which will be opened whenever he
makes it convenient to visit South Caro?
lina.?Aiken Journal.
? Murat Halstead, who is now in
Washington, tells a correspondent how
Abraham Lincoln when President set?
tled a controversy over a postmastership.
Two men were in the field for the officer
Petition after petition, delegation after
delegation hastened to Washington. The
two seemed to be equally qualified for the
place. Finally the patience of Mr. Lin?
coln gave out and he said to his secretary:
"This matter has got to end somehow.
Bring a pair of scales." The scales were
brought. "Now put in all the petitions
and Tetters in favor of one man and see
bow much they weigh, and then weigh
the other fellow's pile." It was found that
one bundle was three-quarters of a pound
heavier than the other. "Make out an
appointment at once for the man who
has the heaviest papers," said Mr. Lin?
coln, and it was done.
? A Washington letter says: "Presi?
dent Garfield is having, in one sense, a
much more agreeable experience than
his immediate predecessor in office.
During the entire term of Mr. Hayes
there were a number of Republican sen?
ators and members who never called at
the White House at all, and there were
no Democratic senators or members who
cahed, except a few from the South who
wanted office for their friends. There
were not a few who never even would
accept the formal evening invitations
to the White House, and it is certain
that there was not one day of Mr. Hayes'
sojourn in the White House that his
disputed right of tenure of office did not
fling its shadow across his path. But
the new President, who has always been
personally one of the most popul?r pub?
lic men who ever came to Washington, is
called upon daily by the most distin?
guished of the Democrats, and many of
them with no axes to grind, but simply
to testify their respect and regard."
A Milch Cow Wanted.
ANY person having a good Milch Cow
for sale will please apply at the Ix
TELLIOEHCER Office.
March SI, 1880_38_
Notice to Trespassers.
ALL persons are hereby forbidden to
hunt, fish or otherwise trespass on
my lands. Those disregarding this notice
will be dealt with at law.
D. S. WHITE.
March 31, 1881_38 1*
TRY
ORR & SLOAN'S
STANDARD
LIVER CURE.
Ik
Not a Patent Medicine,
Ask Your Physician.
Formula Printed on Fie?
ry Bottle.
Only 75c a Bottle.
IP your Physician
does not endorse it. do
not buy. If he does,
try a bottle.
It is the only LIVER
CURE that touches the
Liver?the others only
act upon the Bowels,
and this goes direct to
the Liver.
K .A
Book Canvassers Wanted!
WANTED to sell "KING'S MOUNTAIN
AND ITS HEROES." Sells at sight
in this State. Large commissions. Exclu?
sive county rights given. Send for 8-page
descriptive circular.
PETER O. THOMSON, Publisher,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
March 31, 1881 38 2
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
The undersigned, Executors of the
Estate of Stephen Martin, deceased, here?
by give notice that they will apply to the
Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on
the 4th day of May, 1881, for a Final
Settlement of said Estate and discharge from
their office as Executors.
P. M. GLENN,
W. \V. MARTIN,
Executors.
March 31, 1881 38 _5 '
FEATHEBSTON & BENET,
ATTORNEYS AT IAW. I
WILL practice in the Counties of An?
derson, Oconee, Pickens, Greenville
and Laurens.
March 24, 1881 37 4
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_
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 bv law.
W. W. KNIGHT, Executor.
March 24. 1881 37 3?
BAKERY !
HAVING obtained as line :i Baker as
Charleston affords?C. A. Buchhett?
1 am now readv '.o furnish fresh BREAD
and HOT ROLLS for breakfast. Also,
Pies, Cream Puffs, Wigs, Cakes, Rusks,
<&c. 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
Patents and Claims.
HAVING formed a copartnership with
J. S. Duffie & Co., of Washington,
D. C, I am prepared to prosecute promptly
I all claims for Pensions, or increase of Pen
j sions for Soldiers, or the widows and chil
I dren of soldiers who served in the war of
I 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. S.
Patents secured for Inventions, Discovories,
: Designs and Trade Marks. No fee charged
I except for preliminary examination unless
! a Patent is obtained.
A. M. DUFFIE, Anderson, S.C.
Mwrch 17. 1881_36_ly
Flour, Flour.
ALARGE lot of FLOUR, for sale low
by A. B. TOWERS & CO.
March ?1, 1SSI 37 2
NEW MILLINERY AND MANTUA-MAKING STORE.
THE undersigned having opened a New Millinery, Mantua-Making and Notion Store
in Anderson, with an entirely new and beautiful line of HATS, TRIMMINGS,
FLOWERS, LACES and NOTIONS of various descriptions, and with experienced La?
dies of taste to superintend the making up department, will be pleased to have the Ladies
call and examine our stock of Goods, and leave orders for work at our rooms, on the
SOUTH END OF BRICK RANGE. We are confident that we can please in styles and
prices. 91 RS. ANNA LEAK.
Maroh 31, 1881_38_3rn
MILLINERY AND NOTIONS.
THE undersigned begs leave respectfully to call the attention,of the Ladies to the new
Spring and Summer Stock of HATS, BONNETS and NOTIONS usually found in
a well supplied Millinery Store. These Goods are of the latest styles, and will be sold at
the most reasonable prices. The MANTUA-MAKING DEPARTMENT will be kept up
as heretofore, and no effort will be spared to please those who entrust their orders to me.
I will be pleased to have persons call and examine my goods at the second store in the
Waverly House before purchasing. MISS SALLIE BOWIE.
March 31, 1881 38 3m
NEW MILLINERY GOODS !
MISS DE 1,1,A KEYS having selected a full and FASHIONABLE STUCK
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
^* i 1 .. ??????m
STILL JLHIE^ID!
An Immense Stock of the Celebrated
LOUIS COOK BUGGIES, PH/ET0NS, &C.
Now on hand and arriving. Will not be undersold
in any First Glass work anywhere, and can
furnish any style Vehicle you want.
I STILL KEEP A LARGE STOCK OF
First Class Sewing Machines of different kinds.
MY STOCK OF SPRING HATS
Is complete, having just received a lot of Sample.Hats to be sold at WHOLESALE
PRICES. Don't fail to call in and see them. Also, my stock of
Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware, Iron, &c, very Cheap.
C." A. REED, Agent.
March 31. 1881 38
EVERYTHING ENTIRELY NEW.
NEW FIRM. NEW GOODS.
NEW STORE.
BBOWlsT BEOS.
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 fairly 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-i.EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF
CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
If we cannot please vou in a Ready Made Suit, wc 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.
fSSr Call in and we will try to treat you right.
J. R. & L. P. SMITH,
March 24, 1881 37?3m McCully's Corner, Anderson, S. C.
f
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS
.APPRECIATING 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?
SPBIUG STOCK,
And will do her best to please all by giving
The Latest Novelties and Newest Styles
FOR THE LEAST MONEY.
35?" Be convinced by calling at the
LADIES' STORE.
March 24, 1881 37 ^^^^^
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
FURNITURE WAREROOMS.
GK IF. TOLLY,
Always the Leader of Low Prices in Furniture in this State,
NOW announces to the public that he has greatly enlarged his Warerooms, and is
enabled to carry the LARGEST STOCK OF FURNITURE THIS SIDE OF
CHARLESTON. I have on hand, and nm 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 o.' 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 Scat 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 nt 8S.00 and upwards.
Suites of all styles and descriptions, from a Suite consisting of French Bedstead, Bu?
reau, with arch standard, glass plate 13x22, four Cane Scat Chairs, one Cane Seat and
Back Rocking Chair, one Towelend Washstnnd 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 evervthing kept in a first-class Furniture Store. On hand a fine lot of COP
Fl NS and CASKETS, from a $0.00 Coffin to the finest Glass Casket at $100.
An almost lifetime experience, and buying for Cash, and from first hands, enables rae
to say that I CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. Mv Warerooms
are on DEPOT STREET. Come and see me and be convinced.
March 10, 1380 35