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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1881. TERMS: ONE YEAS..-.?1.50. SIX MONTHS_ 70c. Two Dollars If not paid In advance. THE BATTLE BEGUN. The ballotting for United States Sena? tors in the New York Legislature com? menced on last Tuesday. Only one bal? lot was had to fill each vacancy. Mr. Conkling received only 35 out of 148 votes cast to fill the vacancy occasioned by his resignation, and Mr. Platt only 29 oat of 149 votes cast to fill the vacancy occasioned by his resignation. It re? quires 81 votes to elect. The power of the President, with his vast patronage, is too much for Conkling and Platt. Their defeat is overwhelming, and- it appears that the Administration may succeed in electing Senators favorable to it before the close of the week. The Democrats voted solidly for Kernan, who received 54 votes, and Jacobs, who received 53 votes. Both Houses adjourned after the first ballot THE NEW TRANSLATION. The new translation of the Bible lately made by the most learned scholars of Europe and America was placed on the market daring last week. In England 2,000,000 of copies of tbe Bible and New Testament were speedily disposed of. In New York a single bouse sold the day the translation was-first offered for . Bale 250,000 by 3 o'clock p. m. The sales thus far have been unprecedented, and indicate that the religious world feel, the necessity of a more accurate trans? lation than that of King James', and are disposed to give the new translation a fair and impartial examination. Criti? cisms adverse to the new translation have already been published, and unless upon calm consideration and critical exam? ination it shall, be found more exact to the original than the present translation and superior to it, it will not be likely to snpercede the version now in common use. Its introduction mast under all circumstances be gradual, and it will re * quire years to banish from our churches and homes the Bible in common use for '?'t near three centuries. A VALUABLE PROPERTY. The South Carolina Railroad, includ? ing the lines from Colombia, Camden and Augusta to Charleston, which will be sold under order of the United States Court on the 28th of July next in Charleston, is a very valuable property, and its management is of very great im? portance to the people of South Carolina, and particularly so to the citizens of Charleston. This is; now the only rail? road system which is operated in the in? terest of our metropolis, and it is a source oi gratification to know that a syndicate of strong financiers has been organized in,New York for the purchase of the road when it comes to sale, end that it will be operated for the benefit of Charleston and the State under their management These gentlemen repre? sent so nearly all of the securities, that no other combination can obtain control of the line unless they pay in cash more for it than the syndicate deem the prop? erty worth. This is hardly probable, and it may be safely assumed that the combination, for which Messrs. Higgin son, Fisher, Stoat and others are the purchasing committee, will become tbe owners of the road. They made a tour of inspection over the lines last week, and, owing to the skillful management and judgment of Col. Fisher since he ' has been Receiver, they found the entire line in good condition, the greater por? tion of it being in most thorough order, so that on last Saturday their train ran from Columbia to Charleston, a distance of 131 miles, in three hours and fifteen . minutes, making two stops for wood and water. Between Summerville and Charleston the road is so thoroughly first-class that they made five miles in five minutes, which is the fastest run - ning that has been done in this State so far as we know. As soon as this railroad passes oat of the hands of the Courts, its policy will be to throw out feeders, so as to develop the various portions of the State and control the business in the interest of Charleston. Our people feel a deep in? terest in this system in common with the other portions of South Carolina, and we wish the purchasing committee every success possible in their proposed enter? prise. STATE RIGHTS. Some time ago we took occasion to express the opinion that the South had no further interest in the doctrine of State rights than the North, and that the practical incentives to assert tbe doctrine here had almost entirely been removed, even to such an extent that if the ques? tion ever arose in an active form again it would come from the North. This opin? ion has been fully verified recently, and yet very little or no attention is paid to the active revival of the principles of the Stales' rights school. It comes from the North, and is either not recognized or not questioned. This is not all. Tbe doctrine not only comes from the North, but it even comes from the very heart of the Republican party, and comes in its most concentrated form. Were it pre? sented by any Democrat, and particular? ly by any Southern Democrat, it would immediately have been perceived and heralded to tbe world as a vile heresy and an evidence of an incipient rebel? lion. As it is, the greatest political quarrel that has occurred since the war is now going on, over a question of States' rights and sovereignty, which is . creating an immense stir, and yet the theory upon which it is founded bos not been looked into at all. We confess that we are n little surpised at the personnel of this contest, for we had never sup? posed for an instant that Mr. Conkling would ever directly or indirectly become a follower of John C. Calhoun upou his celebrated theory of our government, which caused tbe late war, and was thought to have been forever crushed out in tbe result of the supreme appeal to arms. But these are the facts. Two .Senators representing the sovereignty of New York oppose a Federal appointment in that State which the Constitution gives the President the right to make. In the exercise of this right the Presi? dent uses the power given him in the Constitution and appoints the man op posed by the New York Senators. They thereupon feel that as they speak the sovereign will of New York State they should be obeyed even by the President, and lay down their commissions at the feet of their sovereign State in order that she may in her majesty and might rebuke the Federal meddler who had been so presumptious as to offend her representatives. This is an extent to which Mr. Calhouu would never have thought of carrying his States' rights theory. He only contended that the powers not delegated to the general gov? ernment were reserved to the States, bu t Messrs. Conkling and Platt are now contending in a practical way for the right of a State to control tbe manner in which the powers delegated to the gen? eral government shall he exercised with* J in her limits. This is ? ie extremist of j extreme State's rights. We have merely mentioned this to show how conveniently things may be overlooked in one man which would be severely condemned in another. It shows the bypocricy of ? politics. The present summer is to be politically warm, whether it is physically so or not. The campaign in Ohio will in all proba? bility be with Governor Foster as the Republican and Judge Thurman as tbe Democratic candidate, which ensures a very fierce aud close political fight. The contest in Virginia will be tri-angular, between the Democrats, the Mahoneites and the Republicans. The interest of the whole country in this contest will in? duce a very spirited battle, as very im? portant results hang upon its termina? tion. It is the first serious movement in the direction of breaking up the solid South, and hence there is a solid reason for tbe general interest felt in it. The election in New York will be a battle of giants. Several State officers are to be elected and a Legislature. It, too, will be a tri-angular battle. There will be the Administration party, the Conkling party and the Democrats, each trying to capture the State. Tbe feeling is ex? tremely bitter, aud the result of the fight may give lb the victorious party two United States Senators as the reward for their labors. Tho campaign will be the fiercest ever witnessed in New York, and the prospect is very excellent for a Dem? ocratic triumph. There will be no dull season to tbe politicians this year. The prospects of the Savannah Valley Railroad have never been so bright as at present, and we expect to see work begun all along the line with a large force in a very short time. If the present indica? tions ptove correct the road will be built and the trains running upon it from An? derson to Aiken in less than two years. In order to do this, it will only be neces? sary for the people along the line to raise a sufficient amount of money to grade the rqad. This, we think, has been done up to the intersection with the Green? wood and Augusta Railroad, aud from Aiken to Edgefield. It will, therefore, be necessary to raise some twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars in addition to the amounts now subscribed in order to assure the road. The unprovided por? tion of the road lies altogether in Edge field County, and the friends of tbe en? terprise hope to secure the greater por? tion of the sum needed from tbe citizens of that section. They are fully alive to the enterprise, and will no doubt sub? scribe very liberally towards the road. When completed it will put Anderson some forty or fifty miles nearer to Charleston than it now is, and will de? velop as rich a country as can be found iu South Carolina. The Republicans of the New York Legislature are badly divided on the Conkling issue; so much so that both factions claim to have a'majority, though it is by no means certain as to which will poll the largest vote on joint ballot. The contingency of a dead-lock is anxiously dreaded, aud then come in the fears that Democrats will control the next Legislature, and thereby gain both Sen? ators from the Empire State. The Re? publicans speak of guarding this point hy meeting again immediately after the election and before the incoming legisla? tors take their seats. The benefit of this move, it is claimed, would be in render? ing tbe members independent of public opinion and securing the party against a Democratic gain in the Senate. It is not stated whether Conkling or the Admin? istration is to yield in this contingency. Theie might be some trouble in adjust? ing that point. The Readjusters' Convention, which meets in Richmond to-day, will nomi? nate a full ticket for State officers of Virginia in spile of Mabone's failure to secure his part of the political trade made in the Senate last spring. Their expectation is to secure a large vote from both political parties on the issue of partial repudiation, and thus gain complete control of the State. In this, however, we apprehend they will be disappointed, for the terrible exposure and ridiculous failure of Mahone in the Senate will drive off thousands of his followers, who are unwilling that their claws should be used to pull Republican chestnuts out of tbe fire. Tbe defeat of Mahone will in all probability be an? other triumph for the dead-lock pro? duced by the Democrats in the Senate. The South Carolina Railroad has, through the energy and business sagacity of Receiver Fisher, been carried to the water in Charleston, and henceforth through freights will be received and shipped from the Company's wharf with? out the charge for drayage heretofore necessitated. This will prove very bene? ficial to tbe people of tbe State, both in the expedition of transport and in the reduction of charges. A man can always see an error after he commits it, unless he is totally devoid of perception. Senator Mahone would doubtless insist upon electing tbe officers of the Senate before organizing the committees, were he making another trade with the Republicans. He can console himself, however, with tbe com? forting assurance that he will know bet? ter next time. There will be a spirited contest at the next session of the Legislature over tbe Judges in the Second and Sixth Circuits. In the Second the candidates mentioned so far are Judge A. P. Aldrich, ex-Judge John J. Malier, Cola. Wm. Elliott, J. W. Moore and G. W. Croft. In the Sixth Circuit the candidates now mentioned are Judge Mactey, Cols. J. D. YVylie and I. D. Withersponn of the Senate, J. J. HemphiU, Esq., of the House, and Col. R. I. Wilson. From such an able array of legal talent the Legislature may find it difficult to select, but tbe people may congratulate themselves upon the certainty of securing acceptable selec? tions in almost any contingency. The commissions to amend the Consti? tution and to revise tbe election laws, conferred freely in Columbia last week, discussing various propositions and con? sidering very carefully the general pur? poses and necessities of their iimportant work, after which they adjourned to meet in Greenville on the first Tuesday in August, at which meeting both com? missions will conclude their work. Conkling's power is declining. Will he crumble to dust the Republican party, which he has so often saved from ruin? Scanning the Sitnntloci. Augusta, May 26. Senator M. C. Butler is in Augusta to? day. He thinks the course of the Demo? crats in the Senate has greatly strength? ened the National party. The old, quiet policy, he says, has been thrown tiside, and an active spirit now pervades the coun? sels of the party. From all parts of the country come assurances of strength and of encouragement. Tbe backbone of tbe Karty has been stiffened and its prospects lightened "on every hand._ Especially in Virginia has the effect been salutary and assuring. Virginia Democrats are confident of carrying the State laext fall over the Mahone element. The Read juater movement, he said, baa fallen away under the weight of corrupt prac? tices and open bargains. Tbe free ballot and fair count sham did not deceive any one; The effort to build up a new party with elements of ignorance and cupidiity could not prosper. The Administration is be? ginning to recognize this, and Southern Senators have impressed the President with the importance of ignoring the unprincipled aud incendiary wing of the Republican party in making appoint? ments. Senator Butler thinks that re? spectable Republican placemen iu the South will not only redound to the good of the public service, but will give the Democratic party more unity and stabili? ty by giving it an opponent of some de? cency in the Southern States. Further than this he was not interested in mak? ing' the Republican party respectable. He thinks that as far as the President acts in hia purely administrative capacity he should be supported by Southern Sen? ators. For this purpose he had voted for the confirmation of Robertson as collec? tor of the port of New York. Those New York petitioners who opposed Rob? ertson did not do so because they were interested in the public service. Per? sonal and political grounds had probably influencei them entirely. Such parties had never been friends of the South ; nor had they ever been identified with prac? tical measures for the good of the coun? try. The South has no sympathy with men whose sole policy is to act as obstruc? tionists to the Adminstration. He thought .the Democratic party had inspired confidence by discouraging financial dickering as well as by trying to put down sectional agitation. He did not subscribe entirely to the free trade ideas now prevalent in some sections of the West and South. The tariff evident? ly needed revision and should be revised by a commission of experts, but the South was rapidly becoming a manufac? turing section and was not in favor of abrogating tariff restrictions. Senator Butler spoke most hopefully of Augusta's prospects in trade and man? ufacturing. The revival of business throughout the South was permanent, and Northern capital would flow into our industries in greater volume every year. ?Special Dispatch to the News and Cou? rier. Atlanta's Prospects. Atlanta, May 28.?The incorpora tors of the Atlanta and Alabama Rail v/ay met to-day and elected Judge A. C. Haskell, of South Carolina, president, and opened the hooka for subscription to the stock. All of the shares, amounting to $3,000,000, were immediately taken, and the books were closed. The majority of the shares were taken by the Rich? mond and Danville Railway Company. This road will extend from Atlanta directly to Birmingham, Ala., a distance of about 160 miles, and will be a con? necting road with the Air Line. Work will be immediately pushed forward, laborers have been already engaged, and by the fall of 1882 this city will be in full communication with the coal fields of Alabama. Gen. Gordon's friends say that the Georgia Western will also be built. Work on this road is now being rapidly pushed on the first section of twenty miles from this city, but this section will be used by Mr. Cole, aud form a portion of his road to Rome. Atlanta will certainly have two new railway lines within the next twelve or eighteen months, even if the Georgia Western is never built. Tbe advance in the value of real es? tate here during the past two years has been extraordinary. Desirable buildings lots could have been bought in 1878 and 1879 for one-third of what they ha*e in many cases recently been sold for. Farms on the outskirts of the city two and a half miles from the Central railway station that in 1875 were bought at $10 per acre were sold in 1880 at $45, and can bo readily resold now at $80 per acre. The city is being built up rapidly, and now covers an area about twelve miles in circumference, its outskirts beiug in every direction about two miles from the railway station. The amount of build? ing being done is astonishing In 1880 about 900 new houses were erected, and it is expected that 1,000 more will be built in 1881. ? The Chicago Tribune of Sunday last is a paper of thirty-six pages, sixteen of which contain the revised edition of the New Testament. The first type of the Testament was set at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and the last page made up and stereotyped at 10 o'clock Saturday night, the work being completed, therefore, in precisely twelve hours, ninety-two compositors being employed in setting type and five in correcting errors noted by proof-readers. The twenty additional pages of advertise? ments and reading matter were mean? while set up, corrected, put in forms and stereotyped, so that not a line of the thirty-six pages had been put in type at 10 a. m. on Saturday. ? The Internal Revenue officers on the 22d alt. captured and destroyed a sixty-gallon still, cap and worm, together with 700 gallons of beer, at the headwa? ters, of Big Eostatoe River, in Pickens County. The revenue officers also seized a box of forty-three pounds of tobacco at Lawtonville; four boxes of one hundred and sixty pounds, one box of five pounds, and four boxes of one hundred and twen? ty pounds at Barnwell. The tobacco seizures were on account of some irregu? larities in the stamping. THE CENTRE OF CORRUPTION. Recent Exposures of Official Fraud In Washington. Washington, Friday, 27. Some of the devious ways of mail con? tractors in the Star route business are coming to light in the present investiga? tion. It is evident that some of these fellows had the run of the contract office. For instance, one Saulsbury put in a bid for a certain service connected with the Texas routes. Just at 3 o'clock when the bids closed be was informed that he was underbid on an important route. He immediately prepared a less bid, rushed out and got one Geo. H. Giddings, a well known contractor, to sign it and put in a proposal at Si less than his lowest rival and the bid was accepted by Brady. Giddings served as the catspaw wherewith to rake Saulsbury!s cbesnuts out of the fire. Saulsbury got the contract, and without having his name appear on the government books had the same transfer? red to him by Giddings. A few weeks afterwards the route was "expedited," t. e. increased several thousand dollars. In another instance Giddings became a contractor on a Texas route and sub-let it at contract price, having failed to get it raised. Despairing of making any money out of it he sold the route to Frank Armstrong. The next day after this transfer it was increased and expedited. Another contractor, named McDonald, wanted something done in the same line, and although he offered a handsome compensation to certain parties to secure it, failed. They were not the right ones. He then employed a rear-admiral in favor with that throne, offering him the same fee. His naval friend was closeted with Brady a few minutes and came out with the order. The question naturally arises: "Who was doing this inside business in Mr. Brady's office and how much was paid for these extraordinary services?" The treasury department thieving, for that is about what it amounts to, excites more attention than the quality of the "discovery" would seem to warrant. It is merely the exposure of what has been going on for years?Hn fact, ever since the war. It may look a little crooked for the custodian of the treasury to buy bay rum by the barrel for Secretary Sherman and other high officials and have it charged to the contingent fund as "deodorized alcohol." But how much more so is it than the employment of men as private servants who are borne on the rolls and paid for by the government as "messen? gers?" Everybody will remember the "discovery" of the private carriages, which every leading bureau official had in private use charged to the government as "mail wagons," created. Yet the abuse was not corrected. Private car? riages are still used and charged as mail wagons by the head of nearly every bureau in Washington. There is scarce? ly a bureau officer but has his house partly furnished at government expense. Every chief clerk in the departments has exercised the same free hand at purchase and sale, and around him has gathered the same nest of favorites who have fat? tened at the public expense. What willttieBo?8 Do? New Yobk, May 28. From reports of conversations held with trustworthy persons who have talked with Conkling and his intimate friends since his return from Albany this morn? ing, it begins to look as if some desperate move was about decided upon. Most of the rumors point to coalition with the Demo? cratic members of the Assembly, but Conkling's best friends still scout the notion as beneath his dignity and calcu? lated to destroy confidence in him as a leader in either party. That Conkling can carry the Legislature with Republi? can votes is now admitted to be out of the question by all but the 'stal wartest" of his adherents. The reports as to what Conk? ling means to do between this and Tues? day are so thoroughly contradictory that there is no use whatever in giving the thousand and one speculations that are considered worthy of print in this neigh? borhood. Tiie story that he is seriously thinking of giving up the game for the sake of making money by the practice of law, is gaining ground upon the report that the dirty work he has been forced to do during the last tihree days at Alba? ny iu the way of soliciting votes from men whom at other times he would bare? ly recognize, has completely disgusted him with political life and turned his thoughts to law. It is not doubted that Conkling can make an income of at least $50,000 a year by practicing law here, for he is known by every one and is unquestionably a man of abil? ity. His extensive acquaintance with legislators of all kinds makes him a valuable man to large corporations afflic? ted with much litigation. Some of our philosophical newspapers affect to consider the downfall of Conk? ling as an indication that the people re? ject the spoils system personated in Conkling, and will support a civil re? form which Garfield may perhaps insti? tute. Garfield's notions as to what reform in the civil service means appear, however, to be far from satisfactory to the idealists in politics, as well they may be. Is it not more probable that Conk? ling's arrogance has borne fruit? "As stiff-necked as Roscoe Conkling" has al? most become a popular saw among our New York politicians, and the ad? vice which one newspaper tenders him this morning to paste in his hat the prov? erb. "Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall," and read it morning, noon and night, may be good advice. A man whose fortunes depend upon the good will of several thousand persons cannot afford to be arrogant. The two rumors connecting Conkling's name with business enterprises in this city?one that he had been offered $50,000 a year to enter an established law firm, and another that he intends to edit the Commercial Advertiser as a morn? ing sheet devoted to abusing the Admin? istration?have no backbone that I can discover.?Cor. News and Courier. The War Upon Whiikey. Columbia,, May 27. An important Temperance combination was completed here this evening. A joint committee of the representatives of the several Temperance organizations? Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Good Templars?has been appointed to devise the best plan for the operation of their various bodies in harmony in promoting Temperance and advancing the cause of prohibition. The committee met this evening and developed the following plan: A com? mittee was appointed to prepare the matter for publication in the press, whose co-operation in the work was promised, consisting of facts and figures about the liquor traffic, tending to sustain public interest in the cause of prohibition until the meeting of the Legislature. A com? mittee was also appointed to induce the advocacy of temperance from the pulpit. Another committee was appointed to bring to the assistance of the prohibition project the co-operation of the colored temperance societies and individuals in the event of a popular vote on the question ; another to circulate petitions for prohi? bition and aid a similar committee on the part of the State organizations. It is intended to hold during the sum? mer frequent open mass meetings to arouse further public interest in the question. Finally the committee recom? mended the appointment of sub-commit? tees to investigate infractions of the Sun? day liquor laws aud selling liquor to minors, and to report to the joint com? mittee, who will take steps to enforce the laws by publication or prosecution.? This is the beginning of an organized effort, which will be felt throughout the State. A Foolhardy Act. Chicago, May 30.?At 1 o'clock this morning Henry Graft, a German, thirty two years old, died suddenly iu a saloon conducted by Nick Shanks, at the corner of Elsten and Fullerton avenues, in con? sequence of a drunken and most foolish act. Graft went into the place slightly under the influence of liquor, and after passing a few words with a number pres? ent, walked up to the bar and called for a pint of the best whisky. When it was furnished and paid for, instead of taking it away, as the crowd supposed he would do, he coolly drank it to the last drop, Some acquaintances made a joking remark about the size of tbe drink. Thereupon GMft asserted that he could drink a quart more, and was willing to back himself up to tbe extent of five dol? lars. The bet was taken, the money put up, and the full quautity of the liquor poured out. The reckless man put the measure to his lips, and never removed it until the whisky had disappeared. He then turned around with a laugh to claim the money, saying in a mocking way, "There, you, what did I tell you ?" But before the two bills could be placed in his shaking palm he fell to the floor unconscious. The saloon-keeper and startled lookers-on made every exertion to arouse him, but without avail. In a fow moments Graft's respiration and pulse ceased. He was dead. The police were at once notified, and the saloon taken in charge by them, while Shank was arrested to await the action of the coroner's jury. Graft was a single man, and worked at Lister's bone factory on Elston avenue, and is said to have been generally an industrious man. Edgefleld's Railroad Outlet. Augusta, May 26.?To-day Mr. Lewis Jones, president of the Edgefield, Tren? ton aud Aiken Railroad, Mr. A. J. Nor ris, secretary, Gen. M. C. Butler and other gentlemen were in Augusta on im? portant business connected with that en? terprise, and in the afternoou had an interview with Receiver Fisher and other authorities of the South Carolina Rail? road Company. Although no definite contracts have been arranged the Edge field delegation feel pretty well assured that when their road is graded all the way from Edgefield to Aiken, 23 miles, the South Carolina Railroad will iron and equip it. It will, when complet? ed, be a feeder to that road. About eighteen miles have already been graded, and the remainder will shortly be finish? ed. The new road will be a valuable con? nection to tbe Savannah Valley Railroad, portions of which ere now under con? tract. The Savannah Valley will extend from Edgefield to Anderson, a distance of seventy-five miles. This is the long established and original line surveyed from Charleston through the Blue Ridge to the West and is said to be the shortest line from the seaboard. The Edgefield committee leave for home te-raorrow much encouraged over the result of the conference.?Special Dis? patch to the .News and Courier. A Frightfnl Catastrophe. St. Joseph, Mo., May 24. The explosion of fifteen barrels of Danforth's fluid stored in a cellar on Edmund's street in this city occurred at 9 o'clock lost night. The floor over the cellar was occupied as a saloon and billiard room, and was kept by a colored man. A number of negroes were in the saloon at the time, all of whom lost their lives. The exact number cannot be as? certained yet, but it is variously estima? ted at from fifteen to forty-five. Five bodies have been recovered, all burned beyond recognition. It is said that one white woman was in the place at the time of the casualty. The building was instantly and completely demolished. The inmates were all buried in the de? bris, which was completely enveloped by the hot flames of the burning fluid. The efforts of the fire department to subdue the flames were of no avail. Several thousand excited people are now sur? rounding the scene of the disaster, and many women and children are screaming and bewailing the loss of their husbands and fathers or friends. The concussion shook the buildings for several blocks around. _ The Circuit Judges. The following, compiled from the re? cently published volume of Supreme Court Reports, showing in how many cases the various Circuit Judges have been sustained and in how many over? ruled, may not be uninteresting to your professional readers: Cases Coses Judges. Sustained. Overruled. Aldrich.6 4 Frazer.10 2 Hudson. 5 4 Kershaw. 2 3 Mackey. 1 5 Pressley. 7 1 Thomson.3 3 Wallace. 8 4 In some instances, of course, the judg? ment of the Court below was modified by the Appellate Court. Grant aud Garfleld. The iriends of Gen. Grant say that neither he nor they can ever, under any circumstances, forgive President Garfield. They say that Gen. Grant was inveigled into the White House with the invita? tion to a social breakfast and asked with a particular air of friendliness whether he had any requests to make; that the purpose was to betray him into giving information as to how he could best be snubbed, as the only two requests he made were ruthlessly disregarded. There Beems no doubt that President Garfield will have to encounter for the long re? mainder of his term the active and bitter opposition of the most influential element of the Republican party.? Washington lAilcr. ._ ? The sale of guano in Greenville for the season just closed has been exceed? ingly heavy. The amount delivered at the city warehouse was 20,984 sacks. The amount delivered by the merchants from their own storerooms and the two depots was 35,762 sacks, making the total sales of Greenville for the sea? son 56,380 sacks, or 5,G38 tons. Averag? ing the price at $38 per ton and, says tbe New South, our farmers will pay this year for phosphates $214,"!J, or if paid in cotton, about 5,400 bale*, nearly one sixth of the amount brought; to this mar? ket during the season. ? The Lancaster Review says: "We are told that negroes in that section of the county known as Tank have formed a league, pledging themselves that after a certain date they will not hire to white persons as house servants or field labor? ers. The repeal of the lien law will bring them to their senses." General News Summary. ? Jefferson Davis will be 73 years of age on the 3d of June next. ? The oats crop is a failure in Barn well County, owing to a severe drought. ? The liens recorded in the clerk's office at Orangeburg to date number 3,704. ? In Abbeville County the farmers are paying 75 cents a day and board for hoc hands. ? Two negro children were burned to death on a plantation in Sumter County on Friday night. ? Hon. J. C. Sheppard, of Edgefield, will deliver the anniversary address at Erskine College this year. ? The locusts are splitting the limbs of fruit trees in Oconee County. Some trees are dying, but whether from this cause is not known. ? A company has been organized in Atlanta, of which Gen. A. C. Haskell, of Columbia, S. C, is president, to build a railroad from Atlanta to Birmingham, Ala. ? A colored man in Orangeburg Coun? ty one day last week attended the preach? ing of his wife's funeral services in the morning and got married again in the afternoon. ? The trial justice at Kock Hill, York County, last week fined a colored mnn $25 for being a laborer already under contract. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court. ? Jay Cooke has at last paid all his creditors in full, and has a comfortable fortune left. He has just repurchased his magnificent country-seat of "Ogontz," near Philadelphia. ? Mr. Ebbte Suber, son of Mr. Wade W. Suber, of Newberry, was recently drowned while bathing in Broad River. His body was not recovered until about forty-eight hours afterwards. ? The youngest son of the late Secre? tary Stanton has married the daughter of Mrs. Phillips, the lady who was sent to Ship Island by Gen. Butler for insulting Union soldiera in New Orleans. ? During the month of April, 1881, there were shipped from Chester, 152 bales of cotton. Tbe total shipments since 1st of September, the beginning of the cotton year, amounted to 25,524 bales. ? The Winnsboro' News and Herald says: "Cadet Gaillard has been appoint? ed one of the gunners to 'show off in the artillery drill before the board of visi? tors at West Point. The skill he acquir? ed as a school boy demolishing flies with pea-shooters enabled him a few days ago to bit a seven foot target a mile off four I times out of a possible seven/ 'Early training will tell.'" ? The Hon. J. L. Jones, who has had charge of the Columbia Female College for the last five years, and who has served as president of colleges for thirty years, has retired from that institution to "engage in literary pursuits of a different character, affording a more extended field of enterprise.'' The Rev. 0. A. Dar? by, of the Columbia Conference, hasbeen chosen to succeed Mr. Jones in the man? agement of the College. ? Senator David Davis has written a letter to a friend in Illinois, in which he says, among other things, that "new par? ties are not organized in a day, but the next Presidential election is nearly four years distant, and there will be abundant time for the people to take tbe matter in their own hands and to create a great organization to protect their interests, now held in the grip of great organiza? tions and monopolists." ? The Spartanburg Herald says: "Col. J. B. Yates, chief engineer of tbe North Carolina Midland Railroad, was here last Saturday, making arrangements for surveying the line of the proposed road from Spartanburg to Shelby, N. C. He has employed Capt. S. S. Kirkland to make the survey, who will commence work on the line as soon as he finishes the survey of the Greenwood, Laurens and Augusta Road, which will be within the next few days." ? Mr. C. B. Hodgea, of Florence, some time ago bought a patent corn pen? cil, such as is sold for the purpose of re? lieving or removing these pests, and made application as per directions. In a short while the little toe began to swell, and the pain was so severe as to necessitate the calling in of a physician. The stuff permeated his whole system, and at one time be was in a critical condition from the poisiouing. He now has to go on crutches. ? A special dispatch to tbe Atlanta Constitution from Laurens County reads as follows: "A student from the county, who attended lectures in your city this spring, brought home with him a green corpse, which he deposited in an out? building. His niece took a great fancy in going to view the body most every day, and she assisted bim in boiling and cleaning the bones. She was suddenly taken sick a few days ago and died. The attending physician says her death was caused by tbe odor from the dead body. i. gentleman who saw this skeleton says it was a beautiful young lady." ? Tbe correspondent of the Paris In? transigent in St. Petersburg, who profess? es to be equally well informed as to the movements in the palaces and the plans of the Nihilists, writes that the Empress recently discovered between the leaves of her prayer-book a sheet of paper with a pen-and-ink drawing on each side. Each sketch represented a gibbet, on one of which HessyHelfman was seen hang? ing, and on the other her Majesty. Be? neath were written the words, "An eye for an eye. Your child will meet the same fate as mine." The Empress is said to have fainted on reading this lugubrious threat. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of John E. Norris, deceased, will apply to the Jndge of Probate for An? derson County on Wednesday, July G, 1S81, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from said administration. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Adm'r. de bonis non with the Will annexed. June 2,1881_47_ 5? PROPOSALS FOR GRADING THE SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILROAD. SEALED proposals arc invited for grad? ing the remainder of the Savannah Valley Railroad from the lower terminus of the Road now under contract to the inter? section with the Augusta and Knoxvillc Railroad, being about thirty-six miles, either as a whole or in sections of not less than one mile. The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids. A profile can be seeu on and after the 12th inst. at the office of Thos. B. Lee, Chief Engineer, Anderson, S. C. Bids to be addressed to J. E. Brcazeale, Secretary, Anderson, S. C, until the 21st of June, 1881. JAS. M. LATIMER, President. J. E. Breazeale, Secretary. June 2, 1881 47 3 A-TTElTTIOlsr -o THOSE who desire to buy STOVES, TINWARE and other HOUSE FUR? NISHING GOODS, should read the following, and then call on the under? signed. Kerosene Stoves and Oil a Specialty. PRICES AND SIZES. No. 4, with four 4-inch Burners?Double'. $7.00 No. 3J, with three 4-inch Burners,. 4.50 No. 3, with two 4-inch Burners. 4.00 My large stock of Stoves are made bv the celebrated Stove Founders?Thomas, Rob? erts, Stcphcnson & Co. "THE TIMES" and "SOUTHERN BAKER" are the best in the market. Buy no other. I am sole manufacturer of the best STEAM FRUIT DRYER in the world. Call and buy one. Size, GJ feet long, 2 fect wide. Made of the best galvanized iron. Will last ten years. Price, $8.50. My Tinware has been Reduced in Price. Conic and buy all you Need. L. H. SEEL, June 2,1881 47?3m West End Waverly House. HEADQUARTERS FOR MACHINERY, For the counties ot Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee. Pickens, Greenville and Laurens. Steam Engines, ?team Power Presses, Cotton Grins, Feeders % Condensers. T HE above cut represents the HALL SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN, man? ufactured at Sing Sing, New York, which has been sold in all of the above-na* Counties, and which has given entire satisfaction wherever used. The saws are made of the best imported steel. The saw shaft is the largest made. An examina? tion of other Gins will convince you it is the most substantially built Gin in use. It never breaks the roll, and therefore does away with the expense of the revolving head, as the secret of making the Gin to prevent its breaking the roll is in the proper shape of the roll-box. It is the only Gin that runs successfully with the Feeder and Condenser attached, and the only Gin that will feed yellow cotton.' Below I give vou a few testimonials and names : Lewis C. Clinkscales, Abbeville; A. J. Stringer, J. W. Poore, Belton. W. M. Shirley, S. R. Timms, John D. Kelly, Basil Callanam, and many others : Brewerton P. 0., Laurens Co., August 6,1880. Mr. John E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C?Sir: The 60-Saw Hall Cotton Gin, Feeder and Condenser we bought of you last Fall is a perfect success in every respect. We run it by steam, and gin 10 bales of 450 lbs. per day with ease. It is the best con? structed and finest finished Gin I ever saw. It gins faster, makes a better sample, and thus far excels in turnout any Gin ever used in this part of the country. This can be proved by all the people who have had cotton ginued by me. We ginned for the public last Fall GOO bales, and give the best satisfaction of all the ginners. The seed being so perfectly clean, it makes a better sample. Further, it separates from the seed cotton, before going into the roll-box, rocks, grit, nails and matches. There is less danger from fire, owing to the Self-Feeder taking out all hard substan? ces before they come in contact with the saws. The cotton picked by the Gin the last season was carefully weighed before it was picked and after being baled, and the average yield the season through was 1 lb. of lint for every !\ lbs. of seeri cot? ton. I have used since the war Gins of four differeut makes. Yours makes a better Hut, cleans the seed better, gins much faster, and for its simplicity unsurpassed. I think it is destined, in a great measure, to supersede all others. I heartily recom? mend it to those who wish to purchase Gins. It will more than repay the additional cost. Very respectfully, KNIGHT & BALENTINE. Belton, S. C, May 4,1881. Mr. John E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C?Dear Sir : Your favor of the 30th of April received, and in reply I have to say that after a very late start I ginned 150 bales of cotton on the Hall Self-Feeding Cotton Gin. Everything has worked well, and the whole outfit has given entire satisfaction, both to my customers and rayseff. I would not think of running a Gin without the Feeder and Condenser. The Feeder does better work than possibly can be done by hand. Both the Feeder and Condenser are indispensable. Yours truly, -JOSEPH D. PINSON. Anderson, S. G, May 7,1881.?John E. Peoples, Agent Hall's Gin?Sin : The 40-Saw Hall Gin, made at Sing Sing, N. Y., bought of you last Fall, has given per? fect satisfaction. It cleans the seed well, and makes a superior lint, and runs light. The saw shaft and saws are the best I ever saw. L. H. WELBORN. To J. E. Peoples?The 50-Saw Hall Gin, Feeder and Condenser I bought from you last Fall beats any Gin I have ever seen, and I have used and tried four differ? ent kinds. It runs light, makes a good sample, gins fast, and will surpass any Gin in making a good turnout and in cleaning the seed. Now, if you desire a good Gin, try the Hall Gin, Feeder and Condenser, made at Sing Sing, N. Y. The Feeder and Condenser can't be beat, as the Feeder will feed any kind of cotton yellow or dog-tail. ABRAM BOLT. Anderson, S. C, May 18,1881.?John E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C?Dear Sir : The 60-Saw Hall Gin, Feeder and Condenser, made by Hall S. F. Cotton Gin Co., Sing Sing, N. Y., bought of you last Fall, has giveu perfect satisfaction to myself and customers. I have used the Emery, Star and Needle Gins, and much prefer the Hall to either of them. I ginned last season upwards of 400 bales cotton on the Hall Gin, and during the whole season the Gin, Feeder and Condenser did not give me an hour's delay. I can cheerfully recommend it to any one wishing to purchase a Gin. I found no difficulty in ginning yellow cotton, as "the Feeder feeds yellow cotton, and takes out all grit and hard substances before it comes in contact with the saws. WM. A. NEAL. Anderson, S. C, April 30, 1881.?John E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C?Dear Sib: The 80-Saw Hall Gin, Feeder and Condenser, made at Sing Sin" N. Y., bought of you last Fall, beats anything of the kind that I have ever used, and I have used several different makes of Cotton Gins. It is the best Gin in use for durability, lightness of draft, clean? ing the seed perfectly, and never breaks the roll, and gives entire satisfaction to myself and customers. I was burnt out the 25th of last September, and my customers waited one month on me until I could get another Hall Gin to gin their cotton. This can be proven by my neighbors. The Feeder and Condenser can't be beat. I have never had any trouble with them. Yours truly, M. A. COBB. Piehcetown-, S. C?Mr. J. E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C?Dear Sib: The 50-Saw Self Feeding Hall Cotton Gin, with Condenser attached, made at Sing-Sing, N. Y., purchased of you last Fall has given entire satisfaction. It saves the labor of one hand, and feeds more regularly than could be done by hand, never breaking the roll for a day at a time if attended to. I ginned 350 bales last Fall with it, and it is in as good order appearantly as ever. It makes samples to compete with any other gin. Mr. Sanford Martin had a bale ginned on my gin last Fall tkat was pronounced by the Piedmont Manufacturing Company to be the best ever brought to that market. D. H, HAMMOND. Due West, S. C, Julv 24, 1880.?Mr. J. E. Peoples?Dear Sib: In answer to your postal I will say that the Hall Self-Feeding Cotton Gin, made at Sing-Sing, N. Y., that I bought of you has given entire satisfaction. I ginned nine bales a day weighing 450 lbs. Cleans the seed perfectly and makes a superior sample of lint. I want no better for speed and lightness of draft. Only wish I had taken an SO-saw instead of a 60-saw. Yours truly, J. L. HADDON. Anderson, S. C, Mav 14,1881.?Jno. E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C?The Hall Gin manu? factured at Sing-Sing, N. Y., and purchased of you last season, is the best constructed and finest finished gin we have ever used. It runs light, never chokes or breaks the roll, and for sample cannot be excelled by any gin ever used in this section. It has given this neighborhood entire satisfaction, and in our opinion is equal to or better than any other gin in use to our knowledge, and would advise any one wishing to purchase a good gin to buy the Hall Gin in preference to any other, MARTIN & DUCKWORTH. Williamston, S. C. THE SCHOFIELD ENGINE, which has been sold in every section of the Southern States, and which has given such universal satisfaction, will be kept on hand, and sold at prices that will compete with any hrst-class Engine manufactured The following testimonials will give an evidence of its superior simplicity, durability and P?WANnER.<oN S.O. May 6,1881.?John E. Peoples?Dear Sir; The Schofield Engine pur? chased of you-six-horsc"power-has given perfect satisfaction It Is the best Engine I have ever used and I have used three other different makes. I like it for three reasons. 1st It is simple and durable. 2nd. It runs smoother and steadier than any Engine in our country 3rd. It has more power than any Engine made to the number of horse? power. I run a 50-Saw Gin and Feeder with 25 lbs. steam, and can recommend this En? gine as the one for farmers to buy. J- M. CHAMBLEE. PieRcETOwn S. C?Mr. J. E. Peoples?Dear Sir : The five-horse power Schofield En trine purciiascd'of you last Fall has given satisfaction. My engineer says it is the lightest runninc Engine he ever had anvthing to do with. Can keep up more steam with less wood than anv other. It runs a 50-Saw Hail Gin, with Feeder and Condenser attached, with all ease, "and gin seven bales per day. D. II. HAMMOND. Anderson, S. C, April 3. 1881? To J. E, Peoples: The six-horse schofield Engine 1 bought from'vou last Fall has giveu entire satisfaction. It is very simple in its ma? chinery and any ordinary man can run it without any trouble. I am running a 40-inch Circular Saw Mill, and have sawed as high as 3000 feet in one day out of old-field pine logs?lo^ being very small. It has more power than any G-horsc Engine I ever saw. I cheerfully recommend this Engine to all who desire an Engine. It can't be beat as to smooth running. ABRAM BOLT. Samples of the above Machinery can be seen by calling at my fciore, and par? ties desiring to purchase will find it to their iuterest to call on or confer with me by mail. JOHN E. PEOPLES, Agent, Anderson, S. C. June 2,1S81 47 3m