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E. B. MURKAY, Editor. JUNE 2, 1881. OME YE AK..-91.60. SIX MONTHS.~.78?. Tiro Bollara U not paid In advance. TUE 1$ ATT LE BEGUN. Tbe ballotiing for United States Sena* tors in tho New York Legislature com menced on last Tuesday. Only one bal lot was bad to fill each vacancy. Mr. Conkling rocelved only 85 out of 148 votes cast to fill the vacancy occasioned by his resignation, and Mr. Platt only 29 out of 149 votes cast lo fill tho vacancy occasioned by his resignation. It re quires 81 votes to elect. The power of .ho President, with his vast patrornge, 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 closo of tho weelr. Tho Democrats voted solidly for Kernnn, who received 54 votes, and Jacobs, who received ?53 vetes. Both Houses adjourned ofter the first ballot. THE NEW TRANSLATION. The new translation of thc Bible lately made by the most learned scholars of Europe and America was placed on the market during Inst week. In England 2,000,000 of copies of tbe Bible and New Testament were speedily disposed of. In Now York a single house sold tho day ibo translation wat? first offered for sale 200,000 by 3 o'clock p. m. The sales thus far have been unprecedented, and indicate that tho religious world feel tho necessity of a moro accurate trans lation than that of King Jomes', nnd are disposed to give tho new translation a fair and impartial examination. Criti cisms adverse to the now translation have already been published, and unless upon calm consideration nnd critical exam ination it shall bo found moro exact to the original than the present translation end superior to it, it will not be likely to supcrccde tho version now in common une. Its introduction must under all circumstances be gradual, and it will re quire years to banish from our churches and hom:* the Bible in common uso for nenr three centuries. A VALUABLE PROPERTY. Tho South Carolina Railroad, includ ing tho lines from Columbia, Camden and Augusta to Charleston, which wili be Bold under order of the United States Court on the 28th of July nest in Charleston, is a very valuable proporty, And its'management is of very great im portance to tho people of South Carolina, and particularly so to tho citizens c! Charleston. This is now tho only rail road system which is operated in tho in terest of our metropolis, and it isasourco ot gratification to know that a syndic.*? of strong financiers has boon organized in New York for the purchase of tho mad when it comes to salo, o nd that it will be operated for tho benefit of Charleston and the Stato under their management. Tbeso gentlemen repre sent so nearly all of tho securities, that no other combination can obtain control ol tho lino unless they pay in cash moro far it than the syndicate deem the prop erly worth. Thia is hardly prcbsbls, and it may bs safely assumed that tho combination, for which Messrs. Higgin son, Fisher, Stout and others are tho purchasing committee, will become the owners of tho road. They mndo a tour of inspection over the lines last w*&, ar.d, owing lo the skillful management and judgment of Col. Fisher sinco ho baa been Receiver, they found the enliro lino in good condition, tho greater por. tiou of it being in most thorough order, HO that on lust Saturday their traiu ran from Columbia to Charleston, n distance of 131 miles, in thrco hours and fifteen minutes, making two stops for wood and waler. .. Between . Summerville - and Charleston the road is so thoroughly firat-class that they tnado fivo miles in flvo minr.ios, which ia tho fastest run ning that has been dono in thin Stale so far os wo know. , , Aa soon as this railroad posses out of tho hands of tho Courts, it? policy will bo to throw out feeders, BO aa to develop tho various portions of tho State and central the business iu tho interest of Charleston. Our people feel a deep in terest in this system in common with tho other portions of South Carolina, and wo wish tho purchasing coinmltteo every success paisible in their proposed enter prise. STATE RIGHTS. Some time ago we took occasion to express tho opinion that tho South bod no further interest in .tho doctrine of Stale right? titan tho North, and that the practical incentives to assert tho doctrine hero bed almost entirely been removed, even tn ?rich a?> extent ?.bat if the ques tion ever arose in an active form again it would como from the North. Thia opin ion has been fully verified recently, and yet very Httlo or no attention is paid to tho activo revival of the principles of the State? rights school. It cornea tho North, and ls either uot recognized or not questioned. Tullis not all.. Tho doctrine not only conies front the North, but lt even cornea from tho very heart of thc Republican party, and comes in ita most concentrated form. Were it pro seeled by ?tsy Dcrr.sc-rf.t, f.n? pnri?cn?ar ly by any-Southern Democrat, it would immediately have been perceived and heralded to the world as a vile heresy and an evidence of an incipient rebel linn. AK lt is, the greatest political quarrel that has occurred since tbe var is now going on, over a question of States'rights nod -sovereignty, which "ia cm*'J?g an immense stir, and yet the tr.*ory a poo which lt is founded has not been looked frito at nih v,V?. confess that we aro a litt?o surpiswl at tho pcrtvHtiitl of this,contest, fo? KO hud never sup posed for on instant that Mr. Conkling would over directly or indirectly become ti follower of John C. Calhoun-ti non his d out ral to Two New York oppose a Federal appointment in that State which the Constitution _ gives the President tho right to make. In tho oxercise of this right the Presi dent uses the power given him in tho Constitution and appoint? tho man op posed by the New York Senators. Thoy thereupon feel that as they speak the sovereign will of New York State they should be obeyed even by the President, and lay down ' ?cir commissions at the feet of thc. vereign Stato in order that she may in her majesty and might rebuko tbe Federal meddler who bad been so presumptious as to offend ber representatives. This is an extent to which Mr. Calhoun would never have thought of carrying his Stales' rights theory. Ile only contended that the powers not delegated to the general gov ernment were reserved to the States, but Messrs. Conkling and Platt are uow contending in n practical way for tbe right of a Btatc to control the manner i.i which the powers delegated to the gen eral government shall bc exercised with in ber limits. This is the extremist of extremo State's rights. Wc have merely mentioned this to show how conveniently things may bc overlooked in ono man which would be severely condemned in another. It shows tho hypocricy of politics. Tho present summer is to be politically warm, whether it is physically so or not. Tho campaign in Ohio will in ell proba bility bo with Governor Potter ns the Republican and Judge Thurman as tho Democratic candidate, which ensures a very fierce and close political fight. The content in Virginia will be tri-angular, between tho Democrats, tho Mahoneites and tho Republicans. Tho interest of thc whole country in this contest will in duce a very Bpiri*cd battle, as very im portant results bang upon its termina tion. It is the first serious movemeut in the direction of breaking up tho Holid South, and hence there is a solid reason for tho general interest felt in it. Tho election in New York will be a battlu of giants. Several Slate officers arc to tx; elected and a Legislature. It, too, will bo a tri-angular battle. There will bc tho Administration parly, thc Conkling pnrty and tho Democrats, each trying tc capture tito State. Tho feeling ls ex' tremely bitter, aud the result of thc fight may give lo tho victorious party twe United Stulcs Senators as tho reward foi their labors. Tbo campaign will bo tnt fiorcest ever witnessed in New York, ant tho prospect is very excellent for a Dom ocratic triumph. There will bo no dui season to the politicians thia year. Tho prospects of the Savannah Valle; Railroad havo novcr been so bright ta a present, and wo expect to see work bogui ail along tho line with a largo forco in ? very short time, i f tho present indien tions provo correct tho road will bo bull and the traius running upon it from An denton to Aikon in less than two yean In order to do this, it will only bo noce: sary for tho people along the line to rai? a sufficient ?mount of money to grad the rqad. Thin, wo think, has boon don up to the intersection with the Greer wood and Augusta Railroad, and fror Aikon to Edge field. It will, therefor* be necessary to raiso some twenty c twenty-five thousand dollars In add i Hr. to the amounts now subscribed in ordt to atsure the road. The unprovided poi tion of tho road lies altogother In Edgt field County, and the friends of tho er terpr!se hope to secura the greater poi lion ot' the sum needed from tho citizer of that section, i. hoy aro fully alive t tbe enterprise, and will no doubt sui Bcrlh? very liberally towards tho roai When completed it will put Andersc some forty or fifty miles nearer I Charleston than it now ls, and will d< velop as rich a country as can bo four in South Carolina. The Republicans of tho Now Yoi Legislature aro badly divided on tl Conkling issue; so much BO that bo factions claim to have a majority, tboui it is by no means certain as to which w poll tho largest vote on joint ballot. Tl contingency of a dead-lock is anxious dreaded, and then come in the fen that Dcm. .ats will control the ne Legislature, and thereby gain both Se atora from tho Empire State. Tho ? publicans speak of guarding this poi by meeting again immediately after t election and before tho incoming legis tors take their seats. Tho bonefit of tl move, it is claimed, woulu bf in rend' lng the members * idependent of pub opinion and seo mg tho party agains Democratic ga'.n in the Senate. It is i stated whether Conkling or tho Adm {stratton ia to yield tu this contingen Theie might be some trouble in adjc lng that point. The Rcadjusters' Convention, whi meeh. in Richmond to-day, will not nato a full ticket, for State officers Virginia in spite of Mabono's failure secure his putt of tho political In made in the Senate last .tpring. Th expectation ia to secure a large v from both political parties on the hu of partial repudiation, and thus gi complete control of tho State. In t! however, we apprehend thoy will disappointed, for tho.terriblo exposi and ridiculous failure of Mahono In i Senate will drive off thousands of followers, who aro unwilling that th clawa should bo used to pull Republic chestnuts out of the fire. The defeat IMaheno will io alt probability be i other triumph for the dead-look p duccd bv thia pemnoriU In th? Se??tS Tho South Carolina Railroad I through the energy and business sagac of Receiver Fisher, been carried to water in Charleston, and hencefo through freights will be received j shipped from the Company's wharf wi out the charge for drayage hsretel necessitated, Thin will provo .very be ficial to tho people of tho State, both tho expvuuiun of transport and in reduction of charges. . A man can air ays seo an error a! ho commit? it, unless ho is totally dev of perception. Senator Mahono wo doubtless innist upon electing the of.it of ibo Sonata before organizing' ccrniiiUtcoJ, were bo making anot trade'with tho Republican*/; Havt consol? himself, however, with the c< ibrting assurance that he will know 1 ter nant time. There will be tl spirited context Ot the next session of the Legislature over the Judges in tho Second and Sixth Circuits. In the Second the Candidates mentioned so far are Judge A. P. Aldrich, ex-Judgo ! John J. Maher, Cols. Wm. Elliott, J. W. Moore and O. W. *. In the Sixth Circuit tho candidates now mentioned are Judgo Mackey, Cols. J. I>. Wylie! and I. D. Witherspoon of the Senate, J. J. HerophiH, Esq., of tho House, and Coi. R. I. Wilson. From such an able array of legal talent tho Legislature may find it difficult to select, but tbc people may congratulate themselves upon thc certainty of securing acceptable selec tions in almost any contingency. Tho commissions to amend the Consti tution and to reviso tho eleciion laws, couferred freely in Columbia lost week, diseur ung vnrious propositions and con sidering very carefully the general pur poses and neccpsities of their important work, after which they adjourned to meet In Greenville on tho first Tuesday in August, al which meeting both com missions will conclude their work. Conk-ling's power is declining. Will ho crumble to dust the Republican party, which ho boa BO often saved from Scanning the Situation, AUGUSTA, Moy 26. Senator M. C. Uullor is ia Augusta to day. He thinks tho course of the Demo crats in the Senate has greatly strength ened the National party. The old. quiet policy, he Hays, bas been thrown aside, and an active spirit now pervades the coun sels of the party. From all parts of tho country come assurances of strength and of encouragement. The backbone of the Karly hos been stiffened and its prospects j Tightened i>n every hand. Especially j in Virginia has tho cfiect been salutary and assuring. Virginia Democrats are ' confident of carrying tho State next fall over the Mahono element. Tho Read juster movement, he said, has f?llen away under the weight of corrupt prac tices and open bargains. The free ballot and fair count ehnm did not deceive any ono. Tho effort to build up a new party with elements of ignorance and cupidity could not prosper. The Administration is be ginning to recognize this, and Southern enators have unpressed the President with tho importanco of ignoring the unprincipled nud incendiary ..?lng of the Republican party in making appoint ments. Senator Butler thinks that re spectul/le Republican placemen in the South will not onb' redound to tho good of the publie service, but will give the Democratic party more unity and stabili ty by giving it au opponent of some de cency in the Southern States. Further than thiB ho was not interested in mak ing' tho Republican party respectable. He thinks that os for as the President acts in his purely administrativo capacity he should be supported bv Southern Sen ntors. For this purpose he had voted for tho confirmation of Robertson as collec tor of tho port of New York. These New York petitioners who opposed Rob ertson did not do so br.couxe they wero interested in the public service. Per sonal and political grounds bad probably influence! them entirely. Such parties had never bet. ' -, friends of the South ; nor had they ever been identified with prac tical measures for tho good of tho coun try. Tho South hos no sympathy with men whose solo policy is to act aB obstruc tionists to the Adminstration. Ho thought the Democratic pnrty had inspired confidence by discouraging financial dickering as well as by trying to put down sectional agitation. Ho did not Bubsoribo entirely to tho free trade ideas now prevalent in some sections of tho West and South. Tho tariff evident ly needed revision and should be revised by a commission of experts, but tho South WM rapidly becoming a manufac turing seotion and was not in favor of abrogating tariff restrictions. Senator Butler spoko most hopefully of Augusta'? prospects in trndo 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 Cot.' tier. _ Atlanta's Prospects. ATLANTA, May 28.-Tho incorpora tora of tho Atlanta and ' Alabama Rail way met to-day and elected Judge A. C. Haskell, of South Carolina, president, and opened tho booka for mibscription to the stock. All of tho shores, amounting to CS.000,000, wero immediately taken, and the books wero closed. Tho majority of tho shares were taken by the Rich mond and Danvillo Railway Company. This road will extend from Atlanta directly to Birmingham. Ala., a diatanco of about 160 miles, and will be a con necting road with tho Air Line. Work will be Immediately pushed - forward, laborers have been already engaged, and by the fall of 1882 this city will bo in full communication with tho coal fields of Alabama. Gen. Gordon'? friends say that the Georgia Western will also bo built. Work on thia road is now being rapidly flushed on the first section of twenty miles rom this city, but this section will be I used by Mr. Cole, and form a portion, of bis road to Roms. Atlanta will certainly have two new railway lines within tho i next twelvo or eighteen months, even if the Georgia Western is never built. The advance in tho value of real es tate hero during tho past two yean hu been extraordinary. Desirable buildings lota could have been bought in 1878 and 1870 for one-third of what they baie in many cases recently boon sold for. Farms on tho outskirts oi tho city two and a half miles from tho Central railway station that in 1878 were bought at $10 por *er? were eold in 1S80 at $45, and can be readily resold now at $80 per acre. The city is being built up rapidly, and now covers on area about'twelvo miles in circumference, ita outskirts being in every direction about two miles from tho railway station. The amount of build ing bemg done ia astonishing In 1880 about 900 now houses wero erected, and it is expected that 1,000 more will bo b??t In 1881. - The Chicago TWotme of Sunday last ls a paper of thirty-six pages, sixteen of which contain the revised edition of tho New Testament. Tho flr?t type of thc Testament waa Bet at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and the last pago made up and stereotyped at 10 o'clock Saturday night, thework being completed, therefore, in precisely twelve boura, ninety-two compositors being employed in setting typo and five in correcting errors noted by proof-readers. Tho twenty \ additional pagos of advertise ments and roaoiug matter wero mean while sot up, corrected, put in forms and stereotyped, so that not a ,line of the thirty-six pug** bsd been put In typo at 10 a. m. on Saturday. - Tho Interunl Reronue officers on tho 22d ult. captured and destroyed a sixty-gallon still, cap and worm, together with 700 gallons of beer, at tho headwa ter.*, of BI? Eastatoe Riv in Eickens County. * The revenue oft rs also seised a box of forty-tb roo pounds of tobacco at Lawtonvillo; four boxes of ono hundred .nd sixty founds, one box of five pounds, and four borea of one hundred and twen ty pounds at Barnwell. Tho tobacco se! cures were on account of som o irregu larities in tiie stamping. THE CENTRE OF CORRUPTION. Iteoi-at Kxpoaores of Official fraud In Wallington. WASHINGTON, Friday, 27. Borne of the devious ways of mail con tractors in tile Star route business are coming; to light In the present investiga tion. It is evid?.it that some of these fellows had the ron of the contract office. For instance-, one Saolsbury put in a bid for a certain service connected with tho Texas routes. Just at 3 o'clock when the bids closed bc was informed that bo 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 $1 less than bis lowest rival and the bid was accepted by Brady. Giddings served as tho catspaw wherewith to rake Sauhnbury's chesnuts out cf the fire. Saulsbury got the contract, and without having bia nsmo appear on the government books had the sp.me transfer red to him by Giddings. A few weeks afterwards tho route was "expedited," ?. e. increased several thousand dollars. In another Instance Giddings became a contractor ou a Texas route and sub-let it at contract price, having failed roget it raised. Despairing of making any monty cut of it ho ?o?d tho route to Frank I Armstrong. The next day after thin 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. Thoy were not tho right ones. He then employed a rear-admiral In favor with that throne, offering him thc same fee. His naval friend was closeted with Brady a few minutes and carno out with tho order. The question naturally arises: "Who was doing this inside business lu Mr. Brady's office and bow much was paid for these extraordinary services?" The treasury department tbioviog, for that is about what it amounts to, excites more attention than tho quality of tho "discovery" would seem to warrant. It is merely the exposure uf what has been going on for years-in fact, over since the war. It may look a little crooked for tho custodian of thc treasury to buy bay rum by tho barrel for Secretary Sherman and other high officials and have it charged to tho contingent fund as "deodorized alcohol." But bow much more KO is it than the employment of men as private servants who are boroo on the rolls and paid for by tho government as "messen gers?'' Everybody will remember tho "discovery" of tho private carriages, which overy leading bureau official had in private uso charged to tho government as "mail wagons, created. Yet the ab"*:'} was not corrected. Privato car riages aro still used and charged as mail wagou* by the head of nearly overy bureau in Washington. There is scarce ly a bureau officer but has his house partly furnished at government expense. Every cb W clerk in the departments bas exercised the same free hand at purchase and salo, and around bim has gathered tho same nest of favorites who hnve fat tened at the public expense. Whnt will the Boss Do ? NT~W YORK, Moy 28. From reports of conversations held with tr airworthy persons who hov?, idked with Conkling and his intimate friends since uta i daru 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 tho Demo cratic members of the Assembly, but Conkling'8 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 tho Legislature with Republi can votes is now admitted to be out of the question by all bat tho 'stalwartest" of his adherents. The reports as to what Conk ling means to do betwoen this and Tues day aro so thoroughly contradictory that there is no use whatever in giving the thousand and ono speculations that are considered worthy of print in this neigh borhood. The story that h i is seriously thinking of giving up tho game for the sake of making money by tho practice of law, is gaining ground upon the report ihat the dirty work he has been forced to do during tbs lost three days at Alba ny in the way of soliciting votes from men whom at other times he would bare ly recognize, hos completely disgusted him with political life and turned his thoughts to law. It i? no* uoubted that Conning can make an income of at least $50,000 a year by Mracticing low hero, for ho is k.iown 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. Somo of our philosophical newspapers affect to consider the downfall of Conk ling ns an indication that tho people re ject tbe 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 bo far from satisfactory to the idealists in politics, at well they may be. Is it not more probable that Conk lirtrrs arrogance has borne fruit? "As stiff-necked as Roscoe Conkling" basal most become a popular saw among our New York politicians, and the ad vice wbloh 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 bo good advice. A mau whoso fortunes depend upon thn good wilf of several thousand persons cannot aflb?d to be arrogant. The two rumora connecting Conkllng's name with business enterprises in this city-one that he b?j been offered $50,000 a year ' to enter an establish eil law firm, aad 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 Obwrier. Tho War Upon Whiskey. COLUMBIA, May 27. An important Tempor?neo combination was completed boro this. evening, A joint committee of the representatives of the several Temperance organizations Wc v an'a Christian Temp?rance Union and Good Templars-baa Wen appointed to devise the best plan for the operation of their various bodies in harmony in promoting Temperance and advancing thc causo of prohibition. The committee met this evening and developed the following plan : A com mittee Was appointed to preparn the matter for publication in tho prcas, whose co-operation ia tho work waa promised, consisting of facts and figures about the liquor traffic, tending to suai?'n publia interest in the cause cf Prohibition until the meeting of the Lr* re. A com mittee was also ap^-,i. , ro induce the advocacy of temperance from the pulpit. Another committee waa appointed to bring to tho asaistanco of tho prohibition project the co-operation of the colored temperance societies and indi viduals in the event or a popular rota on the question ; another to circu? ato p?titions for prohi bition: and aid a similar committee on the part of the State crg^nicatiOns. It is intended lo hold during the ?Um mer frequent open mass meetings to arouse further publio interest in tbo question. Finally the committee recom mended the appointment of sub-commit tees to investig?le infractions of the Suu day liquor laws and 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 cn organized effort, which will bo felt throughout the Stale. A Foolhardy Act. CHICAGO, May 80.-At 1 o'clock thia morning Hoary Uralt, a German, thirty two years old, died suddenly in a saloon conducted by Nick Shanks, at the corner of Elston and Fullerton avenues, in con sequence of a drunken and meat foolish act. Graft went into the place slightly under the influence of liquor, and after passing a few words with a number pres orr., walked up lo the bar and called for a pint cf the best whisky. Whoo it wua furnished and paid for, instead of taking it away, as the crowd supposed he would do, he coolly drank it to the lost drop, Some acquaintances made a joking remark about tho size of the drink. Thereupon Graft asserted that he could drink a quart more, and was willing to back himself up to ibo extent of five dol lurs. Tho bet was taken, tho money put up, and the fu'i ouuutity of the liquor poured out. The reckless man put tho measure to his lips, and ?lover removed it until the whLtky hod 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 shakiug palm be fell to the floor unconscious. The saloon-keeper and startled lo ?kers-on made every exertion to arouse him, but without avail. In a few moments Graft's respiration and pulse ceased. Ho waa dead. The police were at once notified, and the saloon taken in charge by them, while Shank was arrested to await tho action of the coroner's jury. Graft was a single man, and worked nt 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. i*. C. Butler and other gentlemen were in Augusta on im portant business connected with that en terprise, and in the afternoon had an interview with Receiver Fisher and other r.uthoritics 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 tho way from Edgefield to Aiken, 23 miles, thc South Carolina Railroad will iron and equip it. It will, when complet ed, bo a feeder to that road. About eighteen miles have already been graded, j and tho remuinder will shortly bo finish ed. The new road will be a valuable con nection to the Savannah Valley Railroad, portions of which are now under con tract. Tho Savannah Valley will extend from Edgefield to Anderson, a distance of t?oventy-five miles. This is tho lone established and original lino surveyed from Charleston through tho Blue Ridge to tho West and is said to bo the shortesl line from the seaboard. Tho Edgefield committee leave fm home lo-morrow much encouraged ovci the reBult of the couference.-Special Dis I patch lo the News and Courier. - mm rn mm A Frightful Catastrophe. ST. JOSEPH, MO., May 21. Tho explosion of fifteen barrels ol Danforth's fluid stored in a cellar on Edmund's street in tim city occurred at 9 o'clock last night. The floor over the cellar was occupied os a saloon and billiard room, and was kept by a colored man. A number of negroes wero in tho saloon at the time, all of whom lost their lives. The exact number cannot bo 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 timo of the casualty. The building was instantly and completely demolished. The inmates were ail 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 wemen and children aro screaming and bewailing tho lo&3 of their husbands and fathers or friends. The concussion shook the buildings for several blocke around. _ _ The Circuit Judges. The following, compiled from the re cently published volume of Supreme Court Reports, showing in hov: many cases the various Circuit Judges have been sustained and in how many over ruled, may not be uninteresting to youi professional readers : Cases Cases Judges. Sustained. Overruled, Aldrich. 6 4 Frazer. .10 2 Hudson. 5 4 Kershaw. 2 3 Mackoy. 1 5 Pres&ley. 7 1 Thomson. 8 3 Wallace. 8 4 In some instances, of course, tho judg ment of tho Court below was modified by tho Appellate Court. Grant and Garfield. Tho lriends of Gen. Grant say that neither he nor they can over, under any circumstances, forgive President Garfield. They say that Gen. Grant was inveigled into the Whito Houso with tho invita* tion to a so-?ni breakfast and asked with a particular air of friendliness whether ho had any requests to make ; that the fturposo was to betray him into giving nformntion aa to how he contd beat be snubbed, os the only two recuesta he made were ruthlessly disregarde J. Thero seems no doubt that President Garfield will have to encounter for the iring re mainder of his term the active and bitte: apposition of the most influential element of tho Republican party.- Washington Letter. _: - Tho salo of guano in Greenville for tho season just closed, hos been exceed ingly heavy. The amount delivered at tho city warehouse was 20,984 asoka The amount delivered by the merchants from their own storerooms and the two depots was 86,762 sacks, making tho total eales of Greenville ? for the sea son 66,380 sacks, or 6,638 tons. Averag ing tho price at (88 per ton and, says the New South, our farmers will pay this ?ear for phosphates $214,244, or if paid n cotton, about 6,400 bales, nearly one sixth of the amount brecyht to this mar ket during the s*a>>Cu. - Tho Laacastor Nevi?w says: "We are told that negroes in that section of tho county xnown aa Tank bavo formed a laagfjts.- pledging thsmse?v?a that after a certain date they will not. hire to whito persona ac houso servants or field labor ors. The repeal of tho Hen law will bring them to their senses." TH09K who desire to boy STOVES, 1 MIBHISICt GOODS, should read signed. Kerosene Stoves a Ne. 4. with four 4-inch Burna No. 31, with throe 4-inch Boru . No. 8, with two 4-inch Burner! My largo stock of Stoves aro made by th crts, Stephenson** Ck?. "THIS TIMES" a the market. Bay no othev. I am solo manufacturer of the. bost ?'ffc and buy one. Sise, Gl feet long, 2 fest wi last ten years. Pr icc, $3.50. My Tinware, has been ] and Iray al June 2,18S1 47-Sm General New? Su ai marr. - Jefferson. Davis will be 73 years of age on the 3d of Ju*>e uext. - The oats crop is a failure in Barn well County, ewing to a severe drought. - The liens recorded in the clerk's office at Orangeburg to dato number 8,704. - In Abbeville County the farmers aro paying 75 cents a day and board for hoe hands. - Two negro children were burned to death on a plantation in Sumter County on Friday night. - Hon. JT C. Sheppard, ofEdgefield, will deliver the anniversary address ot ]. Li...m: ..^uiicgo this year. - The locusts are splitting tho limbs of fruit trees in Oconoe 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, 8. C., Is president, tc build a railroad frcm Atlanta to Birmingham, Ala. - A colored man in Orangeburg Coun ty ono day last week attended the preach ing of his wife's funeral services in the muming and got married again in the afternoon. - Ti J trial justice at Roclt Hill, York County, last week fined a colored roan $25 for being a laborer p.'ieady 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 hos just repurchased his magnificent country-seat of "Ogontz," near Philadelphia. - Mr. Ebbio Suber, son of Mr. Wade W. Buber, of Newberry, was recently drowned while bathing in Broad River. H's body was not recovered until about forty-eight hours afterwards. - Tho youngest son of the late Sccre tary Stanton has married the daughter of Mrs. Phillips, the lady who was sent to Ship Island by Gon. Butler for insulting Union soldiers in New Orleans. - During tho month of April, 1881, there woro shipped from Chester, 152 bales of cotton. The iotal shipments Binco 1st of September, the beginning of the cotton year, amounted to 25,524 bales. - The Winnsboro' News and Herald sayB : "Cadot Gaillard has been appoint ed one of the gunners to 'shov. off in the artillery drill boforo tho 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 dayn ngo to hit a seven foot target at milo off four times out of a possible seven.- 'Early training will tell.'" - The Hon. J. L. Jones, who has bad r charge of the Columbia Female Collego B for the lost five years, and who has a served ns president of colleges for thirty c years, has retired from that institution to f "engage in literary pursuits of a different 1 character, affording a more extended f field of enterpri?e." Tho Rev. O. A. Dar by, of the Columbia Conference, basbeen chosen to sncceed Mr. Jones in the man agement of tho College. - Senator David Davis has written a letter to a friend in Illinois, in which ho says, among other things, that "new par ties aro not organized in a day, but tho next Presidential election is nearly four years distant, and thero will be abundant timo for the people to take the matter iu their own hands and to create a ?rent organization tc protect their interest, now held in tho grip of great organiza tions and monopolists." - The Spartanburg Herald says: Col. J. B. Yates, chief engineer of tho North Carolina Midlnnd Railroad, was here last Saturday, making arrangements for surveying the line of the proposed road from Spartanbnrg to Shelby, N. C. He bas employed Capt. S. S. Kirkland to make the surrey, ?;ho will commence work on the line as soon as he finishes the survey of the Greenwood, Laurens and Augusta Road, which will be within tho next few days." - Mr. C. B. Hodges, of Florence, nome timo ago bought a patent corn pen eil, Buch as is sold for the purpose of re Moving cr removing these pests, and made application os per directions. In a short while tho little toe began to swell, and the pain was so severe oe to necessitate the calling in of a.physician. The stuff permeated his whole Bys tem, and at one time he was in a critical condition from the poisiouing. He now bas to go on crutches. - A special dispatch to tho Atlanta Court i i ution from Laurens County reads as follows: "A student from the county, who attended lectures in yonr city this spring, brought home with him a green corpse, which he deposited in an out building. His ni?ce took a great fancy in going to view the body most every day, and sho assisted him in boiling and cleaning tho bones. She was suddenly taken Bick a few days ago and died. The attending physician says her death was caused by tho odor from the dead body. A gentleman who saw this skeleton says it was a beautiful young lady." - The correspondent of the Pori? In tranti-yent in St. Petersburg, who profess es to bs equally well informed os to the movements in tho palaces and tho plans of the Nihilists, writes that the Empress recently discovered between tho 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 Hcssy Heliman was seen hang ing, and on the other her Majesty. Be neath were written the wordB, "An eye fer an oyo. Your child will meet the samo feto os mine." Tho Empress is said to havo fainted on rending this lugubrious threat. NOTICE FINAL GETTLEMENT. Tho undersigned, Administrator of tho Estate- of John E, Norris, deceased* will apply to tho Judge of Probate for An derson County on Wednesday. July 6,1881, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from said administration. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Adm'r. de louis non with tho Will annexed. Jnne 2,1881 47 5? P?OPOEA?.S FOB GRADING SAVANNAH VALTFV RAILROAD. SEALED proposals are invited for grad ing the remainder of tho Savannah Valley Railroad from the lower terminus of the Road now under contract to the Inter section with the Augusta and Knoxvillo Railroad, being about thirty-six miles, either as a whole or In sections of not less thui one u.-Ue. Tho Board of Directors rtscTVfts the right to reject any or all bids. - A profile can be seen on and arter tho 12th inst, nt tho office ofihos. B. Lee, Chief Engineer, Anderson, S. O. .Bit?= io uv ???resscd io J. JS. lin.-xeale. Secretary, Anderson, S. C., until tho 21st o'.' Jnno, 1881. JAB. M. LATIMER, Presiden? J. E. BRXASOALE, Secretary. June 2,1881 47 8 .o-> r IN WAUK and other HOUSE FUR the following, and then coll on tho under ind Oil a Specialty. rs-Double'. $7.50 ers,. 4,50 I....... 4.00 e celeb?-at?d Storo Founders-Thomas, Rob nd "RODTHfiRR RAKRR" are tho best in ?AH PRIilT DRYER in the world.. Call de. Made of tho best galvanised Iron. , Will Muccd in Price. Come I yon Need. 17. H. SBEli, West End Waverly House. HEADQUARTERS FOR For the counties ot Abbeville, Anderson, Oconcc. Piekens, . Greenville and Laurena. Stea m Engines, Steam Power Presses, Cotton Grins, Peeders % Condensers. CHE abovo cut represente the HALL SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN, man facturcd at Sing Sing, New York, wbich bas been sold in all of tho above-named tauuties, nnd which ha? given entire satisfaction win rever uGcd. The saws are ?ade of tho best imported steel. The saw abaft is the largest made. An examina Ion of othor Gins will convince you it is the most substantially built Gin in use. b nover breaks the roll, and therefore does away with the expense of the revolving ead, as the Beeret of making the Gin to prevent its breaking tho roll is in the roper Bbapo of the roll-box. It in thc only Gin that runs successfully with tho 'eeder ana Condenser attached, and the only Gin that will feed yellow cotton.' lelow I give vou a few testimon?ala aud names : Lewis C. Clinkacates; Abbeville ; i. J. Stringer, J. YV. Poore, Bolton, W. M. Shirley, S. TL Timms, John D. Kelly, Sasil Callahan), and many others : BREWERTON P. O., Laureus Co., AugUBt 6, 1880. Sir. John E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C.-SIR : Tho 60-Caw Hall Cotton Gin, Feeder nd Condenser wo bought of you last Fall ia a perfect success in every respect. We un it by Bteara, and gin 10 bules of 450 lbs. per day with ease. It ia tho best con ducted and finest finished Gin I ever saw. It ginn faster, makes u better Bomple, nd thuB far excels in turnout any Gin ever used ia this part of the country. This an be proved by all tho people who huvo had cotton ginued by me. We ginned or the public laut Fall GOO bales, and give the beat satisfaction of all the ginners. :he seed being so perfectly clean, it makes a better sample. Further, it s?par?tes rom the seed cotton, before going into tho roll-box, rocks, grit, nails and matches, "hero ia less danger from fire, owing to the Self-Feeder taking out all hard substan ce before they come in contact with the Baws. The cotton picked by the Gin the &8t season was carefully weighed before it was picked and after being baled, and be average yield the season through waa 1 lb. of lint for o very 2 J lbs. of Beed cot on. I have used siuco tho war Gins of four different makes. Yours makes a better tut, cleans the seed better, gina much foster, and for its simplicity u murpassed. I bink it is destined, in a great measure, to supersede all others. I heartily recom aend it to those who wish to purchase GinB. It will moro than repay the additional oat. Very respectfully, KNIGHT & BALENTINE. BELTON, S. C., Mav 4,1881. Afr. John E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C.-DEAR SIR : Your favor o? ibo SOth of ipril received, and in reply I havo to say that after a very late start I ginned 150 ales of cotton on the Half Self-Feeding Cotton Gin. Everything has worked well, nd the whole outfit bas given entire satisfaction, both to my customers and myself. would not think of running a Gin without the Feeder and Condenser. The 'eeder does better work than possibly con bo done by bond. Both tho Feeder and londenser aro indispensable. Yours truly, - JOSEPH D. PINSON. ANDERSON, S. C., May 7, lb?i.-John E. Peoples, Agent Hall's Gin-Sm .- The 0-Saw Hall Oin, made at Sing Sibg, N. Y., bought of you last Fall, hos given por 2ct satisfaction. It cleans the seed well, and makes a superior lint, and runt, light, 'he saw shaft and BOWB are the best I over Baw. L. H. WELBOviN. To J. E. PEOPLES-The OO-Saw HolI Gin, Feeder and Condenser I bought from ou last Fall beats any Gin I have ever seen; and I have used and tried four diffor nt kinda. It nina light, makes a good bample, gins fast, and will surpass any Gin a making a good turnout and in cleaning the seed. Now, if you desire a good lin, try the Hall Gin, Feeder and Condenser, made at Sing Sing, N. Y. Tho 'eeder and Condeuser can't be beat, as the Feeder wili feed any kind of cotton ellow or dog-tail. ABRAM BOLT. ANDERSON, S. C., May lb, 1881.-John E. P?cules, Anderson, S. C.-DEAR SIR : 'he 60-Saw Hall Gin, Feeder and Condenser, made by Hall S. F. Cotton Gin Co., ling Sing, N. Y., bought of you last Fall, has given perfect witiafaclion to myself nd customers. I have used tho Emery, Star and Needle Gin?, and much prefer tho lall to either of them. I ginned last season upwards of 400 bales colton on the loll Gin, and during the whole season the Gin, Feeder and Condenser did not give ie an hour's delay. I can .cheerfully recommend it to any ono wishing to purchase Gin. I found no difficulty in ginning yellow cottou, as the Feeder feeds yellow otton, and takes out all grit and hard substances before it comes in contact with ne saws. WM. A. NEAL. ANDKRSOX, S. C., April 30, 1881.-John E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C.-DEAB SIB: Tho 0-Saw Hall Gin. Feeder and Condenser, made at Sing Sing, N. Y., bought of vou last 'all, beats anything of tho kind that I havo ever used, and I have used several different lakes of Cotton Oma. It is the best Gin in uso for durability lightness cf draft, doab og the seed perfectly, and never breaks thc roll, and gives entire satisfaction to myself na customers. I was burnt uui thc ?5ih of iaa! september, and my customers waited no month on me until I could get another Hall Gin to gin their cotton. This con bo roven by my neighbors. The Feeder and Condenser'can't bo beat. I havo nover had ny trouble with thom. Yours truly, M. A. COBB. PIEBCXTOWN, S. C -Mr. J. E. Peoples, Anderson, S. C.-DEAB 8m : Tho 60-Saw Self 'eedlng Hall Cotton Oin, with Condenser attached, made at Sing-Sing, N. Y., purchaied f you last Fall has given entire satisfaction. It saves tho labor of ono hand, and feeds icm regularly than could bo done by hand, nover breaking the roll for a day at a timo r attended to. I ginned 350 bales last Fall with it, and it is Tn as good order oppearantly s ever. It makes ?amples to compete with any other gin. Mr. Sanford Martin had a ale ginned on my gin last Fall tkat was pronounced by tho Piedmont Manufacturing ompany to bc tho best over brought to that market. D. H, HAMMOND. DUE Wm, S. C., July 24, 1880.-Mr. J. E. Peoples.-DEAB SIB: In answer to your estai I will soy that tho Hall Self-Feeding Cotton Gin. mado at Sing-Sing, N. Y., that I ought of you has given entiro satisfaction. I ginned nino bales a day weighing 450 lbs. Heans tho Bocd perfectly and makes a superior sample of lint. I want no bettor foreneed nd lightness of draft. Only wish I had taken an 80-saw instead of a G0-saw. Yours truly, J. L. HADDON. ANDERSON, 8. C., May 14,1881.-Jno. J2. Peoples, Anderson, B. C.-The Hall Gin manu ictnred at Sing-Sing, N. \., and purchased of you last season, is the best constructed and nest finished gin wo have ever nscd. It runs light, never chokes or breaks tho roll, and ir 6ampl6 cannot be excelled by any gin ever used in this section. It has given this eighborhood entire satisfaction, and in our opinion is equal to or better than any other in in use to oar knowledge, and would advise any ono wishing to purchase a good gin 0 bny the Hall Gin in preference to any otner, MARTIN Sc DUCKWORTH, Wldlamslon, S. C. T1US SCHOFIELD ENCJINJB, which hes been Bold tn every section of tho outhem States, end which has given such universal satisfaction, will be kspt on hand, nd sold at prices that will compete with any first-class Englno manufactured. Tho allowing testimonials will give an evidence of its superior simplicity, durability and ?wer : AHDXBSON, S. C., May 0, 18St.-John E. Peonies-Dear Slr ; The Schofield Enrinopar based of you-olx-h?rso power-has given perfect satijfao'.ion. It is thc. best Engine I ava ever used, and I hove used three other different makes. . I like U for three reasons, ol. It is simple and durable. 2nd. It rana smoother and-steadier than any Engine in Or country. 3rd. It hos moro power than any Engine mado to the number of horso ower. I ran a 60-Saw Gin ana Feeder with 25 lbs. stearn, and can recommend this lin Ino as she one for farmers to bny. J. M. CHAMBIdSE. PiKBOXTQwa, 8. C.-Mr. J. E. Peoples-Dear Sir ; Tho five-horse pc SCIJO f eld En ine purchased of you last Fall lins given satisfaction. - My engine/* says it Ls th., lightest nuning Engine ho ever had anything to do with. Can kwp np more steam with less ?ood than any other. It rahs a 50-Saw Hall Gin, with Feeder and Condenser attached, 'Uh all ?*>??, and gin s?vcn bales pc:- day. D. H. HAMMOND. AHOXRSO?, 8. C., Ar.,113. 1831.-Tb J. E, Premies : Tho alx-borw Schofield Br.f^.o bought from yen last Foll has given entire se%HfacUon. . It ia v?ry simple In its raa hlnery, and any ordinary man eau run it without any tremble. I sta 1waning a 40-inch Iren lar Saw Hill, and nave sawed as high as COGO feet in one day out of old-field pine >g?-logs being very small. It ha?; moro power then any G-horac Engine I ever saw. cheerfully recommend this Engine to all who desire an Engine. It can't bo beat as to nootb, running. ABRAM BOLT. Samplet of tho above Machinery can be seen by calling at my Store, and par es desiring to purchase will find it to their interest to call on or confer with me hy .ail. * . JOHN E. PEOPLES, Agent, Anderson, S. C. Jane 2,1681 47 3m