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15. B. JIUHRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1881 TBRM8 i ONE YKAB.S1.0O. SIX MONTHS. 75c. Two Dollarn if uot imlu lu advance. ?KATH OF OK'S. M. XV. flAHV. On last Saturday morning the ead news that General Martin Witherspoon Gary, of Edgefield, had been stricken down in dentil was boroo over the telegraph wires to thu people of this and tho neighboring States, and in every town and hamlet genuine expressions of sorrow and regret were uttered over tho decease of tho great man whose life and services ?ind contri buted so much to tho prestige ami lamo and welfare of Iiis nativo Carolina. For some len day? previous to tho fatal period, Ger '.?ary bad not been in good health, but, with his accustomed energy and will, he did not succumb to tho at tack until Friday morning, when ho wa? taken violently ill with un affection of the brain and kidneys. The ablest phy sicians within reach were . ummoned to his relief, but the sands of lite were well nigh gone. Ho lind passed thc point nt which human aid could avail, and nt 2 o'clock on Suturduy morning, calmly and witltout a struggle, his spirit passed from the stage of time, upon which ho had been so eventful an actor. After funeral services in thc Episcopal Church, tho re mains wero carried by an escort of tho bar and citizens of Edgefield to Cokes bury, tlie place of his nativity nnd youth, and ibero placed to rest in Tabernacle Cemetery, where thc remains of his kin dred who had gone before him sleep. Tlie following sketch of his lifo up to Ibo close of thc war, taken from Iho .AVi/ j and Courier, presents succinctly tho skel don of a history which would, if fully written, fill a volume of great interest to nil of tho people of South Carolina: Marlin Witherspoon Gnry, tho third son of Dr. Thomas Reeder Gnry and his wife, Mary Anne Porter, was born in Cokcsbury, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Ho allende 1 tho well known High School nt that ?plt.ee, and in De cember, 1K50, entered ti:?jSouth Carolina College. Two years inter, in consequence of nn unsuccessful attempt to induce tho Faculty to do away with tho Commons Hall, ho left tho College, with a number of his fellow-students, nnd entered the Junior Class of Harvard Collego, where he was graduated with distinction in 1854. Returning to South Carolina, ho removed to Edgefield and studied law under Chan cellor Carroll. In 1855 ho was admitted to the iiar, and quickly achieved success ns a criminal lawyer. Gen. Gnry was n member of thc South Carolina Legislature in the years 18(!0 and 1861, and made a strong speech in support of the proposition to call a State Convention to adopt un ordinance >f Secession. Seceasion being accomplish ed, ho went at once into service as Cap tain of the Watson Guards, Company ll, Hampton Legion. At the First Hattie of Manassns the command of the Legion devolved upon the gallant Gary, when Col. Wade Hampton and Capt. Conner had been disabled and Lieut.-Col. John son killed. He was with the command in thc subs?quent engagements until tho reorganization, in 18fi2, when bc was elected Lieutenant-Colonel of the Infan try of tho Legjon, consisting of eight companies. In tho battle: around Rich mond, nt Secnnd Mannssas, at Boones boro' Gap nod at Sharpsburg he shared the glorie/ and sufferings of tho Legion. After the campaign the battalion was in creased to a tull regiment and attached to Jenkins's Brigade, With tho regi ment and brigade he served at Fredricks burg, Suffolk, Chickamauga, Bean's nnd Campbells Stations and thc siego of Knoxville. Tho Legion was then or dered lo be mounted, to serve os cavalry or mounted infantry. Thia was speedily done, and Col. Gary was placed in com mand of all tho cavalry on the north side of the James River. After the fight nt Riddle's Shop, in Juno, 1&64, ho was promoted to lue rank of Brigadier-Gen eral, his brigade consisting of the Hamp ton Legion, thc 7th Soute Carolina, tho 7th Georgia and tho 24th Virginia. In all the heavy fighting on the North side, Gen. Gary lcd the brigade, and shortly before tho evacuation of Richmond he was promoted to the rank of Major General. Gary's brigade was part of tho rear guard on tho retreat, and was fight ing incessantly. When the surrender lind been agreed upon bc made his way through thc lines, and joined President Davis at Greensboro. 'laking command of about 200 men of thc- brigade whom he net nt that point on their way to Vir ginia, ho escorted Mr. Davis and tho Confederate Cabinet os fur na Cokcsbury, S. C., where thc escort was dismissed by tho President. A member of bia staff, in a memoir published a year or two ago, gives the following description of his characteristics and qualities as a soldier : "Gen. Gary could not be called a red tape disciplinarian. Ho had no failli in the 'pomp of war,' and his study was not .to make a cheap reputation by tho impo sition of unnecessary re;"rictiona, but to alleviate tho hurd lot of his soldiers, while in camp, by tho allowance of every liberty and indulgence consistent with tho demands of the service. No man, however, laid gloater stress upon .tho essentials of real discipline. Rank and file were made to feel that whatever wae required of them must bo dono, and thoroughly done, and that for neglect or disobedience of nn order no excuse would be received. Human life nnd tho pur - poses of thc nar tho General regarded ns too sacred to bc trifled with, ann ho made it a rule never to receive apologies or ex planations from his subordinate officers for neglect, inattention or mistake. There was no pride of rank about him. His promotion failed to lift him above, but be waa in sympathy with tho hum blest private in tho ranks. There was nothing assuming or 'stuck up' about the man. Perhaps something of t'ignity was wanting, but his familiar bearing en deared ulm to bis men. He rested his authority, not so much on his rank, as on his conscious ability and his superior fit ness for command. No general officer wns more familiar with or more accessi ble to his men. He recognized lue high character of the Confederate private, and respected his rights and feelings." After tho war Gen. Gary returned to the practice of law at Edgefield, and soon acquired a prominent position and a lucrative practice in bia profession. He also invested largely in real estate, and hy judicious management acquired a large estate. He devoted himself to his profession and private pursuits until the opening of the campaign of 1876, though he was frequently a member of tho ..tious State Onvculions of the Demo totwtic parly, among which? was tho Tax Payers' Convention, where ho took a very prominent part, advocating immigration as the most certain relief for onr people horn the domination bf Ignoranco and corruption. In the May Convention of 1870 he-again boro a conspicuous part, and announced as'his liue of fight what has L?C-JOTO historio.as the straight-out policy. In pursuance of that policy, he met Cbamberlaiu at Kdgcfield and begau tho aggressive warfare will? all thc vim and dauntless courage which character ized Iiis life. This meeting was tho key to the success which followed in Novem ber. Gen. Gary was County Chairman and a candidate for tho State Senate, and carried Edgefield County, which had been a Republican stronghold, by 3,300 majority, thereby securing the redemp tion of tiio State and the election of Gov ernor Hampton, whom he had been thc first to nominate as the party candidate for thc campaign. In tho Senat? Gen, Gary was an important factor. He ad vocated tlie usury law, opposed tho South Carolina University, favored the investi gation nf tho State debt, supported thc efforts to revive the Utuo Ridge Railroad and the Columbia Canal, and was fore most in his zeal for every measure thiv promised the advancement of the pcoph of South Carolina. lu 1878 ho became opposed to Gov Hampton's policy, and committed wha appeared to us thc greatest error of hi lifo, in allowing those differences to bo come personal. The people of the Stat owed Gen. Gary a great deal for hi brilliant and patriotic course, both ii war and in peace, and wouK1 certain! have paid a larger portion of that del had it not been for titi? unfortunate posi lion, which held his claims in nbeyanc for a time. It was, however, but for time, and thc near futuro undoubtcdl had high honors in Htoro for bim lind iii lite been pparcd mid his tastes lcd hit to purjuo them. His death is a loss to his country, ( his state and to his political party. Il was a true patriot and a noble man, f< ahovo his own ambition lie held tl I unity of his party and the welfare of h i State. General Gary was never marrie ' He was a gentleman of thorough rcfin ment, of elegant taste and general cu turo. A kind, generous and devote friend, ho could always bc relied on 1 thoo with whom he was associated. I was ardently and tenderly attached bia aged mother and fond of his brothc and sisters. In him a (ruo man h fallen, and even thone who did not agr with him when alive will not fail to jo in that sincere regret for his death v. Iii is a genuino tributo to tho worth of t life which has ended in the prime of manhood, and which gave promise of much of future usefulness and honor. TEMPERANCE IN CHARLESTON. At a meeting in the oily of Chariest on last Monday night, in tho interest temperance, Judgo A. G. McGrath pi sided and opened tho mooting in a bes tiful and eloquent address, wfter whi Col. Edward McCrady, jr., introduc tho following preamble and rcsolutiot Whereas, in and by the ?awn of t State it is prohibited to ?ell spirituc liquors behind or within any Bcrei booth, or other placo of concealment, to furnish, Hell or givo any intoxicate drink to any person when drunk or ready intoxicated, or to a minor, or any insano person : And, whereas, alike in and by I laws of tho Stale and ordinance.* of I city, it is unlawful for any person to si trade or barter auy spirituous or m liquors, cidor or wino on Sunday, or keep open on that holy day any barroc liquor saloon, or any place for tho sale wine, malt or spirituous liquors will the limits of tho city ; And, whereas, these laws are ope violated, and the evil of intcmpcrao which they wero intended to check, : in some measuro to control, ia greatly tho increase ; 1. Resolved, That tho public sentim of thin community reatiirms these li and will maintain them. 2. Resolved, That thc authorities i officers charged with the execution thoso lawn aro expected to enforce tin and wi!! receive tho support of the p lie in the discharge of their duties. 8. Resolved, That for the botter im mat ion of the imbi ie and the remitid of those concerned of the penalties int red by their violation that thc taws the Stato '.nd ordinances of the city i of force, as collated and preparen ii faper herowith submitted, be publis n tho New? and Courier. Speeches in favor if their pass wero mado by Col. McCrady, J. J. I? gie, Rev. W. P. Junkin, U. I)., and L. B. Haynes, after which ihcy T unanimously adopted. The object scope of :ho meeting was admirable, is upon tho very s nfc nt and most proi ing line of battle against intempera and we .should bc delighted to see o' communities in tho Stato pursuo thoa policy. Tho laws now upon our sta books, if enforced, would in a very li measure relieve our State cf the r damaging effects of the liquor Irr and in our judgment ti e temper; workers should for tho present COE their labors to securing the enforcon of tho present lows, together with cultivation of a proper and control moral and social sentiment against temperance In tho zeal to secure legislation, for which public opioir uot yet ready, it is more than likely we ure pursuing a shadow and ncglec tuc substance which wo already h In order that tho very stringent lawt now have on tho subject may be t generally uudon tood, we givo belo synopsis of some of its most iinpoi provisions : Section 7 of "an act to regulate salo of intoxicating liquors and to ; and amend thc law in relation then approved March 19, 1874, provides furnishing any intoxicating drink sale, gift or otherwise to a porsoi known intemperate habits, or to a pt when intoxicated, or to a minor, t insane person, for uso as a beverage, be a misdemeanor, punishable by fir not less than $10 nor more than : and imprisonment for not less than tei more than thirty days. In additio the criminal offense, tho same se provides that if any blood reit guardian, committee, ot member o family, or the Trial Justice of the i ship in which a person resides, written notice to persons selling lr eating liquors, forbidding them fron uiahing to such person any liquors, if the parly to whom such notice ls furnishes to such person for use as i erago any intoxicating liquors w three months from the date of notice, such party furnishing tho shall be responsible for any injury I person or property of such persou tho effects of tho liquors BO furn: and where the wifo gives such notit shall also bo entitled to recover damages as a court or jury may aws the maintenance of herself and f during the time her husband is uns provide for their proper Hupport, and tho bond of all retailer*) of spirituous liquors ii liable for the debt so recover. 1. .Section K of the same Act provides that if any person is drunk or grossly intoxicated in any street, highway, pub lic house or public place, bo shall bo liable to a fine of tb or five days' impris oumcut ; and tho person who sells intox icating liquori to such person, to bc drank on tho premiacs, whereby the said pe mon shall become intoxicated, in addi tion tn tho other penalties, shall bo liablo to pay the wife-, parent, guardian or child of the person so found drunk for each and every offense. Section ? provides that the keeper of any placo where liquors art no!d shall be taken to bo an aider and abettor in any riot or othfir breech of thc peace which may occur in or at such drinking place unions hn 'jan prove that the same wa? not caused by the persons engaged there in becoming Intoxicated on such prem ises. Sectiou 10 prohibid- absolutely timsah of spirituous or malt liquors, wine oi cider on Sunday. Tho late Act prohibits thc sale of in toxicating liquum entirely outside o cities and towns. The Charleston meeting has for it object tho enforcement of theso provis ions of the lats-, and if our tempcrano workers will only hold meetings through out the State and arouse to lifo tho pres cnt laws, a long step will bc taken in th direction of temperance reform. Charle* ton hus spoken in the lead upon thi subject. Who will respond next in tit same direction? The Richmond and Danville Railroa Company lian purchased a controllin interest in the Northeastern Railroad r Georgia, which has been projected froi Athens to tho West through the Rabu Gap line, on tho condition thal the Roa is to bo completed to tho North Carolin line within five years. Tho City Counc lias concluded tho terina for tho trausfi of i ti Htock to this Company, but wi submit the question of ita ratification l the people of Athens. The question wi bo voted upon tho last of this mont and there is very little doubt of the ra! fication of tho Council's contract. TL looks badly for the Blue Ridge Railroa though wo hopo some event may y transpire to induce its development. President Garfield has at last reachi the South Carolina appointments, ai baa named for District Attorney Ho Samuel \V. Melton, of Columbia, and f United Stute? Marshal Capt. Absak Blythe, of Greenville. Judge Melton a Republican of prominence and abiiil having filled tho positions of Ciro Judge and Attorney-General under t Republican administration. Ue L mado n reputation for fair and hom conduct, which has given him a hi position in tho State, and our people w bo generally pleased with his nppoii mont to this important office. He is cc servativn i?? snntiment, and will make excellent officer if allowed to sba, J 1 own management of tho office Ca Blythe is also well known to tho peoj of the Stute, and has occupied tho po tion of Circuit Solicitor and Unit States Commissioner under tho Repul can party. Ho is somewhat inclined be a stalwart Republican, but, at t same time, bo has proven himself here fore fuir and upright in his conduct, a our people think he will make an e cient and acceptable Marshal. Tb appointments of the President v doubtless be confirmed whonever I Senate gets over thc prcsont dead-lock The action of tho Democratic Senat in urovonting tho election of officers tho Senate is a great hardship upon A hone. Ho mado n plain bargain, which his voto was to be given to Republicans for the organization of ? Senate, if they would givo bis mau Ride berger tho position of Sergeant at Ari and probably allow him certain pata ago in Virgicia. After this urrangem ho went along like a bravo little trat and performed his part of tho ron traci tho letter, sud tho Republicans .".re toe enjoying tho purchase money wh Maheno ha.) paid them by possessing committees of tho Senate. Tho Rep Heans, too, with that honesty wh ah/ays characterizes them when they expecting further favors, aro witling i anxious to pay their pnrt of tho tn but tho Democrats will not allow then do BO. They must bo hard-hoai fellows to refuso Mahono and the Rep Heans the pleasure which tho scttlem of this matter would afford. They actually standing in tho way of comp ing on important political trade, becauso thoy have discovered corrupl in its tm-ms. Mahono and the Repu cans no doubt consider this a n ! unreasonable opposition. The coun however, seems to differ with them that question. ! Alt . making two fair and judie nominations for this State, the Presic seems to have wearied in well doing given himsrdf ftv?r to the old ring fi while. Ho had nominated two respe hin natives, and thereupon carno to conclusion that the genuine car bagger should have a showing, accordingly nominated for PcetmasU Charleston W. N. Taft, the Ex-Sen from Charleston county, whose prov conduct has been exceedingly distast to the peoplo of South Carolina, particularly to the people of Charle lu this the President appears to u evince that vascillation and lac! moral courage which presage?? very j uncertainty as to his futuro policy, evidently wants to establish a reaped Republican party io South Carolina, has nov the independence and resoli j necessary to overthrow the old ring ! tlclans of tho party. In this diloo ? however, wo hopo the Democrats oj Senate will come to his rescue by n ing Taft and allowing him nnothei portunity to give to tho peoplo of ( I leaton an acceptable Postmaster, j opposition to Tsft is not political, I because he is obnoxious persona) l the botter clement of our citizens. \ the Democrats spprovo the nomin of MeRoa and Wy the their oppositic Taft' should be listened to calmly deliberately, and if this is done we no doubt that our Senators will be to present sufficient reasons to Indue i rejection'. Tho ?rial of all tho criminal cases in thc United States Court at Charleston were postponed hut week until next year, except casca which may he taken up at Columbia or Greenville for the conve nience of witnessej and parlies by con sent. This continuance resulted from tlie lack of a United States Marshal for thia State, which is duo to the dead-lock in tho United States Senate. This dead lock, therefore, has given to the people of tho Stflto tho advantage of a postpone ment of tho political prosecution.*, which will result in thc abandonment of very many of the cases, and in that way alford relief to vast numbers of our citizens, who would by immediate trial have boen at che disadvantage of a trial in which thc political passions of the late election would have played au important part. As it is tho mollifying influences of twelve months* time wiii doubtless take away much of the partisan bitterness of tho present, and give to the defendants the advantages of a fairer trial. To this extent, nt least, tho Senatorial contest has proven beneficial to tho people of South Carolina. Republican hypocrisy manifests itself every day. They profess to love tho negro, and to venerate the memory of old John Brown, who was hung for in citing a most diabolical and dangerous insurrection in Virginia before the war, and yet they allow his poor old widow, who ia left old aud destitute by tho exe cution of her husband who gave up his lifo in tho effort to carryout their profes sions, to remain unprovided for-in abso lute poverty. Whatever may be said of John Brown and his crime", it is certain thut ho was not n hypocri'e. What he thought ho acted upon. As much can not bc said of Dawes, and his fellow Re publican hypocrites. They have all of John Brown's faults, without his redeem ing virtue of sincerity. They place a statue to his memory to insult and auger the South, but refuse to give aid and comfort to his aged wido./, to sootho hor in tho brief remnant of her declining years. Oh, generation of Pharisees, hyp ocrites and vipers I In a dispath from Prosperity to the Newt and Courier of last Tuesday, it is stated that "a negro woman was lynched on thc 10th instant for attempting to burn J. S. Blulock's premises, ut Mar tin's Depot, Laurens County. She suc ceeded in burning an outhouse." This proceeding is unwarranted, and deserves unqualified condemnation. Lynch law is always dangerous, aud greatly to bo regretted. It can only be excused in coses of most heinous crimes against law, morality and. socioty, and ehould not in any other instances bo tolerated or coun tenanced. Wc bavK a faithful judiciary and au honest government. The present criminal lawa aro in our own control, and no one should bo allowed to take them in hand, except where the crime is ono of those which shocks humanity and society to such an extent that nothing but the vengeance of an enraged community can properly avengo it. All cases of arson, robbery and kindred crimes should be lei"; to tho coarta to deal with. Consistency ls a jewel that is indeed rarely ever displayed in the action of the Republican party or its allies. Mahono pretends to champion the causo of a free and priceless ballot, together with a fair and honest count, and yet, impostor and renegade, he barters off his own vote. Is he a fit champion for honesty and politi cal faith ? His only display of himself is as a trickster and trader of votes. He professes to bo an independent figuro in American politics, standing up for the right, despite the powers of the contend ing political parties, and ho hos never dared to volo contrary to the caucus dictates of his Republican masters. Oh 1 thc shame that all true Virginians must feel at thc disgraceful and corrupt con duct of the man who professes to repre sent them in the United States Senate. Mahono is nothing but a political pirate. Those who follow him or condone his infamy oro either ignorantly or inten tionally public enemies. Tho Republicans like Mahone to advo cate a free ballot and a fair count, and yet they have just bargained for the voto of tho little man from Virgiuia, by which they organized tho Sonate, nnd four years ago they refused a fair count for the Presidency, and by forgery, perjury and corruption obtained for President Hay es what really belonged to Gov. Til den. The Democrats need not fear to go before the country upon this issue. Tho accusations mado by tho Republi cans are only intended to divert atten tion from tho great crimes their party ?3 continually committing against liberty and law. Mrs. Mary A. Gary, the mother of GOD. M. W. Gary, who was quito ill at tho timo of the death of her distinguish ed son, died on last Monday, about two hours after the romains of her son had been committed to thoir final resting place. The nows of Qon. Gary's death had not V>npn communicated to her, and sho wes continually expecting and hoping for his arrival up to the hour of her doatb. She waa an accomplished end excellent lady, and a wide circle of rela tives and friends cherish her memory with fond affection. THE STAnviNo WOMAN.--leva City, April ll.-Miss Hattie Deucll still lives and appears stronger than at any timo for the last three days. She waa persuaded by her Mends yesterday to admit other Shysiclans than her brother-in-law to ay. She admitted Dr. Cowperthwait, who says she is mach stronger than ho expected to find ber. Her pulse is about 140, bat weak ; her respiration about 91 : her tongue slightly moist and covered with thin whito coating; eyes bright sod wide open, showing some appearance of insanity. She appears under the excite ment of visits from strangers, rome what stronger, but her symptoms-have been so variable for the last few days it is impossible to say how long she can live. This is the 4Sth day of her fast DEATH OF THE FABTEB.-Tows dtg, Ii a, April 12.-Miss Hattie Deuell, the fasting girl, died at noon yesterday and was buried this afternoon. Immedi ately after death a post mortem exami nation was made by Dr. Cowperthwait, dean of the homoeopathic department of the university. Not a drop of blood was found in the body, which weighed forty five pounds. The stomach was also entire ly void of any substance. No further par ticulars have yet been made public Receipts of Cotton mid Sale? of Fertil izer*, Du.ing the present season tue cotton receipt? at Greenville have amounted to :tl ,i>00 bale), and the receipt? of fertil izers to 5,363} tons, of which 4,320 tons were transported over the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. The receipt? of cotton at Spartanburg have amounted to 2t),00o bales, and the receipts of fertilizers from October 1, J880, to March 30, 1881, to -1,000 tons. The cotton receipts at Columbia have amounted to 29,682 bale*. The shipments of cotton from New berry from October 1, 1880, to thc lHt of April, have amounted to 15,474 bales. The cotton shipments from Gaffney City, on tho Air Line Railroad, from October 1, 1880, to March 26, 1881, amounted to 8,878 bales, an increase of 2,01 t? bales over tho shipments of the previous year. Tho cotton Hhipmcnts from Willium stoj, ou tho Greenville Railroad, have amounted to ?,5u0 baies, and thc receipts of fertilizers to 78.1 tons. The cotton shipments from Douald.s ville Station, in Abbeville County, have amounted to 3,211 bales, and tho receipts of fertilizers to 870 tons. Three thousand six huudrcdaud eighty i ix bales of cotton havo been Hhipped from Hodges, and 585 tons of fertilizer? received at thc same station. The cotton shipments from Greenwood have amounted to 3,050 bales, and the receipts of fertilizers to 298 tons. The cotton shipments from Prosperity, in Newberry County, have amounted to 3,050 balei>, and the receipts of fertilizers to 550 tons. A Hold Financial Stroke. WASHINGTON, April ll, 1881. The Secretary of tho Treasury to-day issued a circular callir,?-; in tho$195,000, 000 C per cent, bouds (tho whole amount now outstanding; on the 1st of July next, but allowing to holders of bonds the privilege of continuing tho loan during tho pleasure of the Government with in terest at 3] per cent., provided tho bonds are received by thc Secretary on or before ! the 10th day of May, 1881. The public announcement thus mado of thc financial policy of thc Adminis tration excites general comment. The late hour was chosen to prevent anything like an abnormal pressure in Wallstreet. Mr. Windom's proposition to scale down the interest on tho sixes after tho 30th of June is declared sufficient to entitle him to the cake as the Great Readjuster. Great ' terest is felt as to the effect upon thc mo..dy and stock markets to-morrow. A QUEER MEETING.-Ex-Lieutenant Governor and ex-member of Congress Rnnsier is not afraid of hard work, even if ho has seen better days, and is now working as a common laborer in con structing the extension of Ray street. A singular coincidence occurred yesterday, which must have brought vividly to thc mind of tho ox-stutesmnn the truth of the saying, that times chango and men change with them. A cart load of gar bage to bc thrown on the street came up and v/iL-, dumped not far from where Rnnsier stood. In distributing the rub bish a pamphlet was picked up, and proved to be a portion of the Congress ional Record containing a speech made by Ransier on the Civil Rights bill. News and Courier. Ueueral News Summary. - Tho Grand Lodge Knights of Honor of South Carolina meets at Yorkville, April 19th. - There are only three colored mon on the petit juries of the U. S. Circuit Court now in session in Charleston. - Tho cotton factory investments in South Carolina during the past four years have paid from 171 to 25 per cent. - Tho Washington, D. O., Presbyt^v has refused to censure the Rev. lur. Ramsdol who married a Catholic lady. - Owens and McDuffie, on trial at Yorkville last week for killing the Indi an, Harris, a few weeks ago, were acquit ted. - Tho residence of Mr. Galloway, Marlboro' county, was burned recently, and his child, three years old, perished in tho ?ames. - Tho anuiversary meeting of tho Fairfiold Survivors of the Sixth Regi ment, S. C. V., will be held at Winns boro' on April ll. - The namo of Atlanta and Charlotte Air Lins is to bo ignored, and the branch will be called, with tho rest, Richmond and Danville Railroad. - Governor Long has appointed ex-United States Attorney-Goneral De vens to a seat on thc Supreme Bench of Massachusetts, in place of Justice Soule, resigned. - Capt. E. C. Henry, an intimate friend of President Garfield, will bo Mar shal of the District. Fred. Douglass will get a good placo ; but Garfield wants n white man at the White House. - Poor Matt Carpenter's dead body is still lying in a vault at Washington wait ing formal burial ; but the live Mahone is of moro importance to his Republican brethren than a dead Emperor. - The cocking main between South Carolina and Georgia terminated in Char leston on Thursdny. Sixteen fights were fought, and the South Carolina won the main by a score of nine to seven. - The Abbevillo Medium says : "The poor old crazy negro, Abraham Marlin, who was convicted at tho last term of the Court in this county, for murdering his wife, will he bung on the 22d of this month. - Tho widow of John Brown, tho individual whose suspension at Harper's Ferry is historical, called on Gen. Gar field on Wednesday, but he was too busy to seo her. She is destitute and seeking assistance. - On Saturday, second inst., Elisha Strickland was killed at Page's store, in Maries County, by rcior rage, the owner of tho store. Strickland is said to have been a bad, boisterous man. It was a case of solf-defcnce. - At the municipal election at Pick ens C. H. on Monday, 4th inst,, tho fol lowing officers wero elected : For Inten - dsn t,P. McD. Alexander ; Wurde ns, J. T. Price, J. E. Boggs, J. B. Newberry and G. W. Taylor. - Work on the tunnol under the Hud son at New York is still going on. Forty feet was finished last week. Two hun dred and twenty men aro employed, and this number will be increased to three hundred by May. - It is said that Mr. Conkling has ottered the Southern Democratic Sena tors, if thoy will assist him in his opposi tion to Judge Robertson's confirmation, bis influence in securing to thom the Federal patronage in their States. - A colored convict at Raleigh, N. C., bad a room-mate who died. The survi vor hid the body under a bed, introduced himself into the coffin, was taken with out the walls, frightened away the color ed gravo diggers and escaped. Ho has been recaptured. - Tho Edgefield Advertiser says : "We are delighted to say that tho now con cealed weapons law seems to be working decidedly well in Edgefield. Since the beginning of the year the few scrimma ges we have had, on public days, have been entirely of thc fist and skull order." - A fatal accident occurred on the 2nd instant in Clareado t county. Two negro men, Colcloug t and Charlie Rbamo, brothers, were coming out of the field. Colclough was riding horseback and bsd a gun in his hana. It seems that they began to play and Charlie attempted to wrest the gun from Col clough^ hand, when it accidentally fired off. The shot entered Charlie's neck, breaking the bone and cutting the jugu lar vein. Tee verdict of the jury was that he came to his deatb by accident. - The recent decision of the United States .Supremo Court in tho case of Miles, a Mormon who had been convicted of bigamy in the Utah courts, affords ? fresh illustration of the difficulty of deal ing with the evils of polygamy by legal process. Three points were made hy Miles'* counsel in bis appeal to the Su premo Court: First, that adherents of tho Mormon faith wcro excluded from the jury; second, that tho declarations of Miles were admitted as proof of his mar riage ; third, that the testimony of the alleged second wife was admitted to prove the marriage of Miles to his first wife. Tho first two coi nts were overrul ed, but the justice of the third point was conceded, aud on the strength of it the decision of the Supreme Court of Utah, affirming thc validity of Miles's convic tion, was reversed, tinder this decision, the obtaining of evidence sufficient to convict of polygamy, already extremely difficult, becomes practically impossible. The Mormon marriage ceremonies aro of a secret character, and the records of them aro closely guarded. The first wife cannot be used as a witness against ber husband ; and as to the second wile, until the fact of tbe man's tiret marriage is proved, she i? prima facie his first wife, and therefore incapacitated as a witucss. The Supremo Court, in its decision, remarks that if both wives are excluded from testifying to the first marriage, as in the opinion of this Court they should be, under the existing rules of evidence, testimony sufficient to convict for poly ?auiy in Utah is hardly attainable." 'he Court, of course, must iuterprct the law.os it finds it, and cannot concern itself with thc results of such interpre tation. The remedy lies in the enact ment by Congress of a law making both wives available as witnesses on indict ments for bigamy in Ulah ; and tbero should bc no delay in the enactment of this law, if Congress has any serious "ntention of restraining polygamy by the enforcement of the laws against it. - William Means, 'bc new Demo cratic mayor of Cincinnati, is one of the leading iron men of thc West, and is noted for his integrity, sterling habits and freedom from rings, which is moro than can be said of the Republican ex-mayor of tho brilliant pork city. His father is Thomas Means, a nativo of South Carolina, who is one of the oldest millionaires living in tho Ohio Valley. He scarcely moved outside of his accus tomed paths to secure tho election, and strongly resisted tho entreaties of his friends to "go nmong the people" to solicit votes. Ho was elected practically without money and without machinery, and says ho will enter upon the duties of his otiico altogether untrammelled and unpledged. - Colored men are represented as Lav ing handsome farms and valuable herds of cattle in Texas. Senator Burton, of Fort Bend County, is colored, and is esti mated to be worth $50,000. Ho is o Iso an educated man. While a slave in Vir ginia he was taught reading and writing by his mistress. She was made very poor by the war, and ho then showed his appreciation of hor instruction in former days by supporting ber in her adversity until her death. On her daughter's wed ding day he sent a present of a thousand dollar check. Tho whole of his property has been acquired in Texas. - A charter was granted by the State of Florida on Tuesday to a company to build a ship canal to connect tho Atlantic Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico. The Philadelphia company, recently formed to drain the Everglades, and the canal company are virtually the same enter prise. AT McCULLY'S HALL? ANDERSON, H. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 16, at 8 P. M. The Wonderful Musical Prodigy, BLIND TOM, Renowned throughout tho world na boinf* the Greatest Natural Piaul?t Living, will appear as above, and exhibit the marvelous gift which has gained Kim world-wide fame and has both astonished and delighted tho greatest Masters of Mnsic. Doors open at 7.30. Admission, 50c. Reserved Seats, 75c. Scats may be secured in advance at tho Tost Office. April 14,1881_40_1 FOR SALE. ',043 ACRES OF LAND ! IN Franklin County, Qa., five miles east of Carncsvillo and three miles from West Bowersr'Ue, on the Elberton Air Line Railroad. Another Railroad will soon be built from West Bowersville toCarncsville. 100 n-'Toi. of above land in higa state of cul tivation, will good dwelling and other im provements. A eood Circular Saw Mill, Cotton Gin, Thresher and Syrup Mill, with plenty of water for other machinery. My prico is Five Thousand Dollars-Cash. My Post Office is West Bowersville, Ga. JAMES S. LATINER. April 14, 1881_40_3 SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDKKSON COUNTY. BY virtue of a Lien of Crop of 1880 to mo directed, I will expose, to sale on Saleday in May next, 1881, nt Anderson Court House. South Carolina, ono BALE OF C >RRTON. Levied on as tho property of W. M. Spoon in favor of Bleckley, Brown & Co. Terms of Sale-Cash. JAMES H. MCCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. April 14, 1881_40_3_ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AMDEBSON COUNTY. liy W. ll'. Humphrey*, Judge of Probate. "?"TTTHEREAS, Larkin Newton has ap v v plied co mo to grant him Letters of Administration on the Estate of Fanny Ingram, deceased. These arc thercforo to cito and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Fanny ir.rrr.rr;, deceased, that they bo and appear before mo in tho Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H., on Saturday, tho 30th day of April, 1881, after publication hereof, to show canso, if any they have, why tho said Adminis tration should not be granted. Given un der my bond this 7th day of April, 1831. W. W. HUMPHP.EYS, J. P. April 14, 1881 40 _2 QTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, By ll'. W. Humphrey?, Judge of fVo&ate. Whereas, Larkin Newton hos applied to mo to grant him Letters ol* Administra tion on tito Personal Estate of Jesse Ingram deceased. These are thercforo to eiiu aud admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of tho said Jesse Ingram, deceased, that they be and appear before mo in the Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H. on Saturday, tho 30th day of April, 1881, ofter publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why tho said Administration should not be granted. Given nuder my hand, this 7th day of April, 1881. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. April 14, 1881_40_2_ IN MEDICINE PURITY IS Ol' FIRST IMPORTANCE. PURE Drugs and Medicines. Standard Patent Medicines. Perfumery, Fine Toilet Powders. Colgate's Cashmere Boquet Hosp. Extra Fine Hair Brushes. Improved Wire Brushes. . Electric Hair Brushes. Racers and best Shaving Soaps. Try onr Tooth Brashes, aud it not satis factory we will refond the money paid for them. Come and see what wo have. WILHITE A WILHITE. Ji$r For Sore Eyes nse Wilhlto's Ey Water. A care guaranteed in .every case. April 14, 1881 40 NOTICE TO CREDITONS. j SHERIFF S SALE. AU persona having demands against i ... ""r TV.. the Estate Of Zachariah I-YHon. deceased, STATE OP SOUTH CAROLIN A, arc notified to present them, pro|?cr- | AWPBKSON COUNTY. ly proven, to the undesigned within tho ? TJY VIRTUE of an Execution to me time prescribed by law. Jj directed, I will expose to sale on the J. lt. TRIMBLE, Albu r. lirst MONDAY in MAY, A. D. 1881, at April H. 1881 -10 3 . Anderson Court House. .South Carolina, the following Tract of I^nid, to wit : Stockholders' Meeting. ^J^^^IZ Atlantic Sc FrenehJIroad Valley R. R. i ?? \??g? g SAvSr, T.." . ,. . i, c,,".i.i. ,t.i I contaWlitt ?ne hundred and twenty-five HE Annual Mee lng of thc S^ckkcM- ? ??gK B'crcf moK or |eB8 bounded by lands . ,T<;f1, ,L;^- J SiiV'nshAY MAY ofiieorgeSbirley. Jam ? Robinson, William ?ll Stock must be represents in person ! ? ^ ftd? or by proxy du y c wu od : ?T A tro{; deoU Dy order of thc President. Tj;um'b ok'gAut-CssU. Purchaser to pay A"r?i ii ifi?t in K1UK' . extra for all necessary pane?. April 14, 1881 40 J | JAMES IL MCCONNELL, "RMFM T ^4 TOr* Slicriff of Anderson County, S. C. MEDICAL CARD. ? _Aprii 7, issi o 4_ ll AVINO completed my Collegiate Course ! FEATHERSTON & BENET, H of lectures at the Jefferson Medical *JJJJ.IAIA| College,Philadelphia, haye sasoclated roy- ATTORNEYS AT LAW. eelf with Dr. P. A. Wdlnte, und now offer my Professional services to the {>eople of V?T*ILL practice in the Counties of An Allderson and the surrounding country. wy dersoil, Oconee, Pickens, Greenville J. O. WILHITB, M. I). nn,i laurens. April 7, 18S1 30 lm March J4, 1881 37 4 ? RARE CHANCE. PllEP^ " ITO RY of au inventory on th? first day of Juue, I will offer my uiitiro Stock at PRICES MUCH BELOW THE REAL VALUE.' My Stock is large and complete, and consists, in part, of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing, Trunks, Valises, Notions, Ladies' Hats. No pains will bc spared to mako it to your advantage to give me your patronage. This is ? A. RARE CHANCE. > ' And will remain open only for 00 days. ^?~j r?H Coy* Particular atteution is called to my Main moth Stock of ^ g CLOTHING, w HQ Which is far more complete than any season yet. cd Iti8the tj ^ LARGEST IN ANDERSON. ^ SPECIAL INDUCEMENT IS OFFERED TO MH CLOSE. Q Boy Give me a call, and you will be sure to make "*^S your purchases. . LESSER,, . PARIS STORE April 14. 1881 33 szpiR,i:r>rc3- G-OOZDS. We have on hand and are Daily Receiving AN IMMENSE STOCK OF FRESH GOODS, Staple Dry Goods, Family anti Paney Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Hardware, Crockery, &c.. Which wc will offer at the LOWEST LIVING PRICES for Cash, Cotton or Barter. TOBACCO, TOBACCO. Our supply of Tobacco will be kppt up to the full standard, ami we.defy competition in prices. J. R. PANT & CO. STEAM ENGINES. SAW MILLS. THRESHERS, ANO ALL KIND8 MACHINERY. HAVING accepted the General Agency for the CEI,CT?RATEI> GEISER MA CHINERY, consisting of SELF-REGULATIr'G GRAIN SEPARATOR. CLEANER and BAGGER, PEERLESS PORTABLE, TRACTION and DOMESTIC STEAM ENGINES, SAW MILLS, and other Machinery, I um prepared to lill orders at short notice and on reasonable terms, und guarantee satisfaction. Como and sec me before buying, and remember that cheap machinery is not always the safest and best. Jct. IF. DIVVER, Anderson, S. C. April 7, 1881 39_ ly EVERYTHING ENTIRELY NEW! NEW FIRM. NEW GOODS. NEW STORE. SI^O"WIsr BROS. A RE now opening as Fine a Stock of New Goods as waa ever brought to this market .?3L which wc will sell at prices that are regnlar "EYE-OPENERS." We have on band, and daily receiving Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Crockery, Hardware, Woodenware, Groceries, Provisions, Etc. Etc. ^sr- Give us a call nt the NEW BUILDING, just below Masonic Hall, nd seo how fairly we can treat von. " March ?4, 1831 * 37 _ i v BUGGIES, BUGGIES, BUGGIES. WE HAVE ON HAND a Car Loadlof BUGGIES-Top. no Top and DoubloSeat from the Globo Carnage Works, Cincinnati, O., which wo will sell for LESS MONEY than anybody. Every Buggv warranted. ^\7\A-G02sri3, WJLO-OIsrs. Another car load of ST. LOUIS "EXCELSIOR" WHEELER'S PATENT-the only wagon with eight bearings sold in this market. BETTER THAN ANY_CHEAPER THAN EVER. PLOWS sad PLOW STOCKB-We sell "OLIVER CHILL"-tho onlv Plow that will turn any land. Fanner's Friend, $3.50. Universal Iron foot, $2.00. FIELD SEEDS-Clover, Red Top and Orchard Grass. OUR STOCK OF GOODS IS COMPLETE ! Your every want shall be supplied, at PRICES WAY DOWN. LAST AND LEAST! Wo hvre CONSIGNMENTS OF CASn TO LOAN. Will bc pleased to accommc dato all who want to borrow. WATSON Sc SON. Dec 10, 1880_io_ Wj' MILLINERY AND NOTIONS. THE undersigned begs leave respectfully to cull tho attention of the ladies to tho new Spring and Summer Stock of HATS, BONNETS and NOTIONS usually found in a well supplied Millinery Store. These Goods aro of tho latest styles, and will be sold at the most reasonable prices. Tho MANTUA-MAKING DEPARTMENT will be kept up as heretofore, and no effort will bo spared to pleaso those who entrust their orders to mc. I wm bo pleased te have persons aili and examine my goods at tho second store in thc Waverly Houso before purchasing. MISS SALLIE BOWIE. March 81, 1881_38_3m NEW MILLINERY GOODS ! liyTlSS DELLA KEYS having selected a full and FASHION ABLE STOCK JLfJL OF MILLINERY GOODS in Baltimore Tor the Spring and 8ummer 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, r* heretofore, continue tho MANTUA-MAKING DEPARTMENT of ber business, an viii give prompt and careful attention to it. Orders for Qood.- i.nd work oro respectfully solicited at her stand over Andrew & Provosts' Confectionery. March 24.1881 37 2m