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E. 13. M Uli RAY, Editor. THURSDAY, N'OV. 1". 1881. TERMS : ONE Y IC AK.?LftO. SIX MON I IIS. 73c. TWO DullHTf If UOt paid I? uiiwtiice. THU "ELECTIONS ON TUESDAY. IN VIRGINIA.- Return* from various parts of thc State show that the contest between tho Readjuster Radical party ami the Democrats was very close. Mahono claitnes that his entire State ticket is elected with good working ma jorities in both Houses of the Legisla ture, and the Democrats ?re inclined to concede the claims made. IN NEW YOKK.-The Democrats have carried this State (br all tlicState officers, by 15,000 majority, ami occured a ma jority of thc Legislature. IN PENNSYLVANIA.-Thc Republicans have elected their ticket. Thc contest w as. close. IN MISSISSIPPI -'lhere was an over whelming majority for tho Democrats. IN NEW JKBSKY.-Returns not stnli cicut to f inn au idea a? to how this State has gone. The probabilities are, however, that the Republicans have car ried thc day. IN MAKYI.ANO.-The Democrats elec ted their ticket, and secured the Legisla ture. IN MASSACHUSETTS.-Thc election of Long as Governor is claimed by the Re publicans, and generally conceded by thc Democrats and other opponents. Tili: STATUS t)F THE IHISII QUESTION. There appears a probability that the agitation in Ireland, growing out of thc exactions of landlords from their tenants, will subside for a time ut leant. That the Irish tenants, and the whole Island is cultivated principally hy tenants, have been oppressed beyond reasonable for bearance cannot bc questioned, and they have had the sympathy of thc civilized world with them. The Ilritish Parlia ment lately passed an Act for the ame lioration of thc oppressed tenants, mid appointed a Laud Commission to investi gate thc rental value of the lands, with power to reduce tho same when exor bitant. The Irish leaders had little con fidence iu this Commission, and have contiuued the agitation, from which course a number of them arc now in carcerated. Wo thought tho policy of tho leaders an unfortunate one, and fraught with danger to Iii o cause, how ever just, which they advocated. It was due to thc supremacy of the law and the tribunal with ample powers tocorrect tho wrongs and grievances of which they complained, that the complainants should at least await its nction and see if it would remedy thc evils of which they complained. The Laud Commission has just commenced its work, and in several cases greatly reduced the rents. There is said to bc new sixteen thousand appli cations for reduction of rent before the Commission. If this Commission should faithfully discharge its duty, thc dis turbance, which has existed between landlords and tenants for years and threatened tho penco of tiie country, will bo quieted and tho war waged between these classes cease. Under tho decisions made by thc Commission the Land Leaguers seem disposed to await the further nction of the Commission, and there is now every prospect that thoro will bo a truce between the contestants, the continuance of which will depend upon tho Land Commission. A HEMA11KABLE CASE. One of tho most extraordinary cases that has ever been Instituted in the crim inal courts of this or any other country, so far as our information extends, was recently investigated in this County in the case of the State vs. William P. Baker, of C al latin, Tennessee, brought here nuder a requisition from Governor Hagood and granted by Governor Haw kins, of Tennessee, upon n charge of gr>Mid larceny. The extraordinary part of the case lay in the facts and not in the papers, which were regular in form. The charge was one which compelled the Governor of Tennessee to turn Mr. Baker over to tho authorities of this State. Upon notico of the requisition, Mr. Baker surrendered to tho Sheriff of his County, and came on to Anderson with a Deputy of our Sheri fl'. When ho arrived here ho employed Messrs. Mur ray ?fe Murray and B. P. Whitner as his counsel, and was confronted on tho pre liminary trial by Messrs. Brown ?fe Trib bio and J. E. Allen as prosecuting attor neys. Upon his arrival he was bailed ' upon his own recognizance to await tho ' result of the preliminary trial, which, ' from tho intervention of other malters, ' was contiuued in one way and another ' for about two weeks. It was heit! before ! John E. Brcazcale, Esq., and developed 1 the fact that Mr. Baker had not stolen 1 anything, but that there was a disputed 1 settlement of a partnership account be- 1 tween him and Mr. J. P. Donnahoo, an- ' other citizen of Tennessee, who were ' partners in the sule of mules and horses 1 last Spring. Mr. Baker had furnished ' his statement of his partnership transac- 1 tion?, in which he admitted a bainnco 1 due, but Mr. Donnahoo had not fur- 1 nished to Baker his statement until a 1 Bhort time before tho prosecution begon, 1 aud it was BO indefinito as not to give 1 any intelligible idea of tho business. I It was claimed for the prosecution that ! Baker's not paying over tho amount 1 shown to bo duo by him was a breach of 1 trust, and, therefore, larceny. Tho do- 1 fence claimed that there were technical dofectsabout tho proceedings themselves; i that the offence charged was grand lar- < ceny, and there waa no proof of it ; that i the facts did not mako out even a breach , of trust ; and that one partner was not I in law or morals bound to settle up his 1 partnership transactions until tho other 1 was roady also. The Trial Justice, how- i over, adopted tho view of the prosecu- < tion, and the defendant carried the awe up on habeas corpus beforo Judgo Fraser. ? On going beforo the Judge, who was I holding Court at Abbeville, tho hearing ] was fixed for Walhalla last week. After j tho argument of tho case by Mr. Baker'a < attorneys and tho Solicitor, Judge Fraser t decided that Mr. Baker could not be held 1 for grand larceny, oven if he bad com- Jt milted ft breach of trust, but that taking the State'? own testimony, which was all he could consider, there was no br 'ach of trust proven. His Honor, therefore,dis missed thc case, and discharged Mr. I (ak er, saying as he did so thut there was entirely too great a tendency on the part of a great many persons to come into tho criminal courts to fettle purely civil claims. This case lias cost thc State and Coun ty between three and four hundred dol lars for absolutely nothing, and we would advise Governor Hagood in future i<> !?. a little moro careful about is-.uing rc'iui sitiotis where no offence bas been com mitted. In this proceeding Mr. litter bad the sympathy and good wishes of our citizens generally, ami be received very general congratulations upon his vindication at the hands of a Circuit .lodge from tho unfounded charge. SERVED HIM ItI<?HT. A MOST UOltltlltl.K CK I MK SI'KI'.IM I.Y AVKNf.KI). A Negro TnUen from lite Willlnmntoii Guard IlOUse Itllll Hm.:: in < irren \ 1 Ile County for ? I'leiolUli Deed-Nu llelay fur thu Kaw , ami nu Ap peal Allowed-A Swift and Terri lile Ki-ii Hint Inn. On last Friday morning it was ru mored in Amie ison that a negro liad I been lynched near Williamston for one of those heinous crimes w hich shocks the very foundations of society, and calls for tho most speedy, certain and terrible punishment that can be inflicted. In .ju i ry confirmed the substantial portions of the report, and -bowed that thc action of the citizens was not ?inly justifiable, but thut it was their duty as citizens and as members of society to have done what they did in tho vindication of the purity of womanhood ami tho retribution of crime. Tho circumstances which in duced the hanging in this case were es pecially horrible. The crime was in flictcd by a copper-colored negro man, named Hubert Williams, by violence upon a little orphan girl named Hindou, who is only niuo years of ugo, about the first of last week, on the plantation of a Mr. Clark, iii Greenville County. Tho little girl was the daughter of thc Mr. Hladou who was killed a few years ngo on the Greenville & Columbia Kail road, between Helton and Williamston, and her mother died a short time after wards of mania in the Asylum. She was a niece and ward of Hov. .lohn Al laway, of Williamston, but had for .-.onie lime been living ut Mr. Clark's in Green ville County, and ut the lime of thc commission of tho crime was pick ing cotton in a field where thu negro was working. She was forced lo submit lo Ibo most horrible outrage from him, after which bc threatened to cut her throat or kill her if she over divulged it to any person. From fear of thc negro she returned home and concealed her in juries until the su flori ng from them be came so gnat as to lead to detection, when she told thc whole facts to her friends on lust Thursday. A party was immediately organized, and started after Williams, who was found on ibo same plantation upon which thc outrage had boen committed. Ho was arrested and brought lo Williamston, and on the way lhere ho confessed to tho com mission of the crime, but showed no feeling of regret or fear. Upon the ar rival of thc party with Williams Friday morning nbout 7 o'clock, ho was at once carried before E. J. Pinson, Ksq., for a preliminary investigation, but the Trial Justice declined to have any thing to do with tho case, because the offence charged was committed in Green ville County. The party then carried Williams to tho Calaboose in Wil liamston, whore bc remained a little over an hour. Hy thut time a large crowd of citizens, both white and colored, had as sembled in Williamston, and tho de termination was quickly arrived at that if tho prisoner was clearly guilty tho Courts of Ibo country should never be troubled with his case. Tho party was entirely orderly, and they went nbout their work in a careful und business-like way. They called for thc prisoner, but tho authorities of thc towu declined to surrender bim, and Mr. G. W. Ducti*, the Intendant of the town, protested against the crowd ?akiug Wil liams from the prison. It was, however, of no avail, the sober judgment of tho men told them they were right, and they did not propose leaving Williams to the uncertainties of the law's delays. His was no ordinary crime, and no ordinary punishment was suited to tho occasion. He had given bis victim no opportunity to cscnpe his violence, nnd they, the hus bands mid fathers and brothers of that country, did not propose giving bim an spportunily, however poor it might be, to escape tho merited penalty of his hell ish deed. His crime had been awful, so ?n's death should be sure, swift and ter rible. For these reasons the crowd paid io attention to the protests of the mi norities of Williamston. They acted properly in trying to protect thc prisoner is officers of tho law, but the assembled :rowd had a higher duty than the officers , jf the law. That duty waa to make an ?xamplo of tho vile wretch who had committed this deed, in order that our country in future may have no recur rence of such a horrible and fiendish crime. Tho protection of tho good name af our citizenship, and thc safety of so ciety required the work which was beforo them, and tho crowd proceeded to obtain possession of Williams. Ono of the party had ft key which unlocked ibo Cal aboose, and thc prisoner wns taken into thc custody of his judges and execu Lionera. In order that lhere should no posslhlo mistake as to his guilt, the negro was carried into the presence of the little girl ind fully identified by her. Ho again confessed it, and oxpresscd a willingness Lo be put to death for his deed, but a^ked that they would shoot instead of banging liim. The party by this limo numbered over one hundred, composed of citizens r>f Anderson and Greenville counties. About one-third of thc party were col ored men, and, bo it said to their credit, they were as strongly in favor of speedy punishment tu the white men of tho party. Tho mode of execution was dis suaded, and there was a strong disposi on to burn t:.o guilty man in a brick din that was thought to be burning near >y, but after deliberation moro moderate counsels prevailed, and it ?as decided to bang bini. The doomed culprit was then notified of in's fate, and carried across Wilson's Bridge over Saluda Uiver into Greenville, the County in which the crime was committed. He asked for the services of a preacher, w hich was granted him, a colored minister praying with him before thc execution. At the conclusion >,i the prayer thc minister asked him if he was nally guilty, and thc prisoner once more asserted that he was. liv this time, about half-past eleven a. m., some two hundred persons had assembled, and the arrangements for the hanging were !.t run and consummated in a few min utes. A .suitable tree was selected about two hundred yard- from Wilson's Uri Ige, and just out of-igbt from the road. A rope was fastened to a projecting limb, and a regular hangman's noose was ad justed to the man's neck. Ho was made to stand upon a horse, which was driven from under him, leaving his feet about four inches above the ground. He evinced very little emotion during any part of thc affair, and died very easily, bis neck being broken by the fall. After the hanging the crowd, .some thirty or forty of whom hail gone armed with shot guns and r.llcs to guard against any mis chance, quietly dispersed, thc uttermost good order having pervaded the whole performance. The body was left hang ing until Trial Justice Hawthorne, of ( ireeiiville, neting as Coroner, came down on thc next day and held an inquest over the body. Thc jury made short work of tiic inquisition by returning a verdict that the deceased came to his death by h . iging at the hands of persons un known to thc jury. The man was about six feet high and twenty-one years old, and had a wife and two children. He requested that his re mains should be interred in thc colored burying ground at Greenville, but tho colon d people would not go near the body, and, therefore, the Coroner had thc body buried at thc County's expense near when; tho hanging occurred. While lynch law is always to be re gretted, in such crimes as that for which Uobcrt Williams was hanged, no other course will provo so officient a chock. It is well enough for it to bc understood once and for all, thal whoever commits these crimes, whether he bc black or white, will pay thc penalty speedily at thc hands of an infuriated and outraged people, w ho are determined to stop them by whatever means may be necessary. Hanging will be tried, hut if it does not slop such crimes then other more terrible punishments will bc resorted to, in order to protect society and deter others from their commission. These outrages inu-t cease, lot the cost bc what it may. In tho Court of General Sessions nt Newberry a man was put on trial foi carrying a pistol concealed about his person. There was no conflict ns to the fads. The defense seemed to rely on thc fact thal a small portion of thc pistol was visible. Judge Aldrich held that the fact that a part of the weapon was visible, to-wit : thc small end, did not bring the caso outside ofthe statute, that tho spirit ofthe statue is, that no matter if a part bo visible to one mau, yet it might not be soon by another who was equally near, and to bo uot a concealed weapon, it must be in such a position that all who are near enough cnn see it. Thc jury found tho defendant guilty. Some Practical Observai ions. Mn. EDITOR: In some experimenta litado this year to determino tho relativo cost of producing corn and oats, I ascer tained mic fact of much Importance to my fellow-fnrn irs, if I can induce their, to viow it in tho sanio light that I do. This I will try to do, provided you .viii gi 9 mo space in your popular and in teresting paper. Kor sotno years past the farmers have almost ceased to raise corn-1 mean corn sufficient to supply tho want? of their plantations. This practice is based, in almost every instance, upon a vaguo and doubtful opinion as to whether it is prof itable to raise corn-many believing that it is bettor to raise cotton and buy corn and bacon My experience is that there is but little money, if any, to bo made hy raising cotton exclusively, no matter how conclusive paper calculations provo to tho contrary. Money can ho made by raising cotton, provided its culture is in torsporsed with grain crops, for a farmer, by judicious management, can cultivate a certain amount of corn, oats and wheat without materially interfering with his cotton crop, and these grain crops con stitute, in tho very nature of things, tho actual profus of farming. Consider tho present condition of the farming intorosts of the country : cotton n failure-a largo portion of that raised datnagod hy storms and worms , no corn or bacon ; debts to he? paid, and no nionoy to puredmso a supply of provisions with which to make anothor crop. Is it not timo for tho fur nier.s to stop this ruinous practice of rais ing all cotton, and turn their atton tion lo tho making of provisions, which wo must have at any cost? So much bas been said and written on this subject, I would not venture to nehl anothor word were I not able lo suggest something so practical that every ono must ut least stop and couaidor. Having in view the objects which I was endeavoring to as certain, I selected a spot of six acres, up land, w hich I thought as near an averago in quality as 1 could find. This spot was a piece of old field pine land, cleared four years ago, having been planted io cotton up to this year. I mnnnged its cultiva tion so as to know exactly tho cost of working without having to estimato or guess at it. The first of A pril I runoff, without break ing up, with a long, narrow shovel, about five and a half to six feet apart, and cov ered with a long, narrow bull longue, ono furrow on each sido. This cost mo $1.07, also half bushel seed, 37J Cent?, making $1.41. When tho corn was from four to six foot high, 1 plowed with tho bull tonguo two furrows on each side, which cost mo 91,37, Tho second plow ing was with a w ilier bull tonguo and a small iron wing attached. I plowed out thc middles complete, and it cost mo $2.71. Tho third plowing was with n swoop, noel cost mo ?1.37. Gathering cont mo $2. I consider tho chucks worth tho labor of shucking and putting in crib. Tho whole cost was $8.02. Tho ylold, carefully measured, was Os bushels of good corn. The cost por bushel was a fraction ovor 13 couts. This was tho actual cost. I know that many in mak ing calculations of this kind estimate labor at day or fancy prices, but o von ac cording to such estimates tho cost would not bo moio than 25 cont? per bushol. It will bo obsorvoel thoro was no booing. If corn is plowed proporly thoro is no uso for booing, except undor cortain olroum ?tauet?. Owing to tho drought tho yield this year was only a little over half a crop - tl?" hix acres ordinarily ought lo Lave produced 10S bushels. Tin work bein*; thc same tho greater thc j U Ul tho less thc cost per bushel. Try it, and yon uevor again will say corn costs a^ much as it will sell for Np farm, r eau afford to raise colton nt a small profit ami buy corn at $1.00 to $l.-i5 per bushel, when it costs so in neb less to raise it ; ami no farmer can alford to boy bacon at usual Helling prices when ho eau raise it upon eorn which costs him so little Some may say their lauds will not produce as much as mine. Suppose it only produces half, that will only double the cost. Again, soine may say labor costs them niore than I paid. 1 only ask those to estimate the actual amount paid per day for u liam! hired by tho year, and tho ac tual cost of feeding a horse, ad.ling to that the a. tual wear and tear of tho horse, ami they will lind my experience sub stantially correct. Tho trouble is a great many neglect their eorn. only giving it siieh attention as their cotton crops will permit. Corn must not be neglected, e.s p< chilly at thu ti Ul fi when it should have thu second and third plowing. My brother farmors, raise corn. It is the best and chcapOsl teed we can raise. It" you desire to experiment with a view to find something cheaper, still raise corn. Uur fathom said, aud their old sayings aro -ichlom, if 0VCI wrong, "ho who has a piont j of com basa plenty of every thing else." Tho reason is plain, for ho who bas bis crib full of corn bas a crib full ol* profit. Wo can never be in dependent and frc people so lone; as wc neglect to raise corn and bacon, and have to lug to town our whole colton crop and sell it, yea or nay, lo pay for provisions with which to feed our families, and which wo could have raised much cheaper than what wo bad to pay for them. Owing lo a mistake, I was able only to est?mate tho cost of oats per bushel. 1 learned enough, however, lo he confirmed itt my opinion that unless land is not al all adapted to corn, aud is gooil for oats, it will not do to abandon corn for nats. Holli are good, mid both should be inised. but corn is adapted to more uses than oats, and is the cheapest. In estimating the cost of corn, I over looked tho cost of thinning. 10 cents, which should bo added to tho total, mak ing tho total cst $9.32. H. W. SIMPSON. THE NASTY MNTH. Tin-Ir Keast ly Conduct lu tho Street? of Kl dimond. HICHMOND, November 7. The mil il? ry commisssionors now bore Investigating tho ul leged misconduct of tho Ninth Massachusetts regiment, refuse to glvo any information in relation to their investigation, as it has not boon concluded. Tho report will bo made upon their return to Massachusetts to tho adjutant general of that State, under whoso orders they came South. Mayor tarrington, who bas been almost con stantly with the commissioners during their .stay in Richmond, has prepared a statement, giving his views of tho result of the investigation, but that bas also been refused, Tin: gist ol'tho testimony is that Hie number ol* soldiers of tho regi ment engaged in the alleged misconduct was from SO to 70 ; that outrageous ad vances woro made towards ladies in the public si roots ; that many ol" tho soldiers paraded one of the main streets, ill broad daylight, with negro women ol' tue low est character on their arms, embracing and kissing them ; that they took posses sion of vehicles, putting tho drivers olf: thal they invaded bar-rooms, and li ol ped themselves, refusing to pay for drinks, and committed many other acts of wan tonness. Tho officers composing the commission have shown evbry disposi tion to make their investigation as full and searching ns possible, and their re port will doubtless p.ove that they have faithfully discharged their unpleasant duty. It can only bo hero added that, all statements to the contrary notwithstand ing, there is nothing known upon which even an opinion can bo based as to wdiat that report will be or what recommenda tions, if any. will accompany it. Tho commission didn't leave last evening, as they desired to confer with General Fitz liugh Lee upon mailors appertaining to tho inquiry. They expect to leave for Washington this evening. BOSTON. X?vnutb?r 7.-Tho colonel of the Massachusetts Ninth has received a letter from Colonel t i rub, of tho New Jersey battalion, denying that tho reports detrimental to the Massachusetts regi ment wero originated or circulated by bim or any member of his battalion. Ile.says as held officer of the day be had nothing tb report of the Ninth Massachu setts oxeept their excellent drill, and states that tho injurious reports emanat ed from tho editorial columns off tho Hichmond journals. Explosion or a Steam Mill with Fatal Hes ii H.s. Yesterday evening about sundown, tho boiler of the steam engine which runs tho grist and saw mill of Mr. W. Q, Cromer about three miles cast of this village exploded, destroying tho mill, nnd very seriously injuring Charles Cox, white, and Robert Keilor, colored. Hen ry Richardson, colored, was scalded. Mr. Cromer, Scott Chiles and John Strowdcr escaped unhurt. Dr. Parker and Dr. Mellrido woro immediately sent for. From Dr. Mellrido, who returned from tho scene of tho exp?o?' n last night about twolvo o'clock, wo learn the follow ing particulars : Robert Keller bad both thighs broken, ono arm broken und badly mutilated, his lower jaw was torn away,'and his tongue cut noarly In two. He ?lied whilo being taken fro'm tho nilli to his homo about a milo distant. Keller, was not omploj'od at tho mill, but was a customer who was loafing nbout the mill after his "turn" had been ground. Charles Cox's right leg below Hie knoo was struck by a falling piece of machin ery, breaking both bones, tearing nil tho Mesh from tho bones for a distance of at least nix inches-, nnd othorwiso mutila ting tho ilesh which, tho Doctor says, is simply indoscribablo. Tho worst and most serious injury which Mr. Cox re ceived was n blow on the right sido of the bead which produced concussion of tho brain, rendering bim comatose, from which it is be?!?v?u it is impossible for bim to rally. Mr. Cox is a worthy voting man, aged 17 years and was an cm ploy co at the mill. Mr. Cromer was standing within one foot of Mr. Cox when tho ex plosion took place, but was uninjured. Tho explosion is accounted for in this way : The engineer bad been nrranging something about tho engine which was out of gear. Tho register indicated 120 pounds to tho square Inch, and tho steam was escaping from tho ^nfety valve. Ho inp annoyed by tho excapo of tho steam, he threw n log chain over tho lover of the safety valve, which closed it. In a few minutes, as might bavo been ex pected, Ibo boiler burst. Tho boiler is bellcvod to bavo boen porfoet.-Abbeville Ptett aud Banner, 2nd hut. Holding a Tight Grip on Nothing. Tho Homo (< ?a.** Courier says that a niau in that vicinity rcfusod $0 per thousand for bis Confederate bonds, although he had enough of them to bavo realized $2,000 nt that price. This man just bororo tho war closod sohl a largo lot of cotton and invested every cont of tho procooda in negroes ami Confedcrato securities, owning nt tho downfall of tho Confeder ?lo Government KIO negroes nnd $100,000 w ?rth of Confedcrato bonds. Tho man is unreconstructed, as ls shown by his let ter of rotusnl, which is ai follows : "Dear Sir: Your letter of tho 27th is to hand. I have a part of a wagon load of Confeti, securities, but I nm holding them for $1.000 per thousand. I expect ono of thoso day? that my children will get tho full amount of my Confederate money, together with all my bank stocks. Moro unpromising things bavo como to pass." - Four niurdorors aro sentenced to bo banged in South Carolina on tho 2Rh of this month. TUE RICHMOND AND DANVILLE, A Kumar that tho Virginia Metropolis I* io bo Munn m ml out of lier Interest. RICHMOND, November 1. Humors that ibo Clyde an 1 Terkins interest in Now York aro negotiating lo secure control of the Richmond amt Danville Road nro credited in i ii oles here to-dav that heretofore leellncd to enter tain these rop'-rts. Tho mattel is attract ing Homo attention here in financial cir cles. It is .stated that .Messrs. Clyde and Perkins, who own a very considerable amount of stock in this road, are in a fair way of securing the nd litional amount in c (--.uv to .rive thuin and those alleged to bo acting with thom control of tho Richmond ami Danville Railroad ll they sn..coed in accomplishing this object theso huge holders of stocks in that company design making tho Virgin ia Railroad an important part ot' thu main lino. This is generally regarded i here as a hostile movement to tho inti r ? st.- of Richmond. Those supposed to bo friendly to this rumored movement aver that they lune no desire lo antagonize the interests of Ilicbiuoud. They look upon tho matter, it is claimed, not as a policy affecting the inter?s;s of any par ticular locality, but ono merely of stock speculations,*tho Clyde and Perkins poo plc believing that if their plans aro suc cessful the stock of the mail will bo greatly increased in value. There wa-, some fluctuation m tho stock hero to-dav, ono house having an order fora whole block. It is stated that the plans of .Messrs. Clyde A Perkins have not yet boen fully perfected. .Most if not all of the parties to these expected transactions uro now in New Voi l:, and it is thought that something defiuilo will bo learned in regard lo the matter in a lew days. If tho surmises of those w ho have been giving this movement their attention uro e..noel, those who do not sympathize with the Clyde-Perkins interest will either have to submit to a policy which they* do not now ?sectil to approve or dispose of their stock. A Denial of Ibo Koport. RICHMOND, VA.. November ."?.--ll is stated on the best authority that thoro is no foundation for the published reports that tho control of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company is likely to chango hands. Colton After thc Frost. NKW jOllLKANs, November ."..-Tho mocrnt has row ived II n ii ni her of special dispatches concerning tho condition of the cotton crop, of w hich tho following is a ?Ullimary : Alulfit.M.-Itaiii and frost have occur red. Tho weather is line and cool hud good for picking, which will soon bo over. Arkansas.-Tho cotton crop in sonic sections of tho State is nil gathered, but not yet marketed in consequence of rain lately, but the rain has damaged tho crop very slightly except to hitorfeiu with picking. Tho crop estimate is now small er than it was a month ago. Farmors are holding back their cotton for bettor prices. Florida.- The weather is good for pick ing which is nearly finished. Two thirds of tho crop has been marketed. Georaia.-The past weok has boen fa vorable for gathering. Tho dry and hot weather has caused the cotton to open unusually fast and it Is hoing picked as fast as ?t opona. Very little ol the crop has bei i marketed, the plant?is being too busy. A heavy frost occurred on Thursday but did no damage. Isinisiana.-Tho weather has been rainy and very little iii ld work has been don?. 1 aero is no chango in tho estimate of yield. Most of the crop has been mar keted anil tilt? balance is rapidly hoing shipped to market. JjissUtsippi.-Cotton has been damaged somewhat ol' lato by rain, but tho weather is now lino 'Yost occurred on friday morning. Ticking will bo finished by December, if the weather continuos as ?it present. Tennessee.-Tho w eather during the past windi has boon unfavorable for picking. Tho crop will be gathered liv November -7. About throe-eights of the crop has boen marketed. Texas.-A heavy frost occurred on Thursday, but tho cotton crop shows no chango. Worms still continue. Tho yield now is calculated at live-eights of a crop. Ninety per cont, of tho crop hus been picked ?ind half the crop marketed. H. K. Scott. NAPOLEON, OHIO, November ?.-Tho jury in tho Scott-Drury case.after being out since -i o'clock yesterday' afternoon, at II o'clock to-diiy brought in a verdict of "not guilty. Tho verdict was received with demonstrations of approval bv those present, Ex-Governor Scott was tried for the murder of NV. G. Drury on January '2, 1880. Ile was indicted for murder in tho second degree. Drury was a drug clerk in Kneeiand's drug "store, and on the evening of tho murder was taking caro of a young son of Governor Scott, who WILS drunk. The Governor went to get his son, and says that Drury refused to admit him to the bedroom und mado a movement Jto draw a weapon, where upon thc Governor drew a pistol and iired the fatal shot. The defence is that tho shooting was accidental. More About Confederate Hands. LONDON, November 2.-The Pall Mall Gazette thia evening says: ' There is no truth whatever in the statement that there is n huge amount of money in tho Bank of England which was deposited to the credit ofthe Confederate government mid is available for tho payment of Confederate bonds. Wo beliove it does not hold n single penny, and doubt whether thoro is any such money in any bank in this country. Tho whole story is a gross fabrication, and tho titting product nf a {inoculation that has no substantial foundation." Tho London Timi* says : "Wo are aldo to say that tho Dank of England dos not hold a penny available for tito payment Of Confederate bonds. The public should beware of buving bonds intrinsically worthless in faith of such rumors. l'dgclleld'.s Fut ure. This week w o have no time nor spaco for moral rellections upon tho lire, nor for practical exhortations or sugges tions. SufUco it to say, for the present, that wo already seo on all sides unmis takable signs that Edgolield will bo speedily and handsomely rebuilt-not only Bpeodly, but handsomely. In two years from this timo Edgofi?ld, with a railroad leading from tho seaboard to tho great West, and with n now and brilliant public, sipinro, will scarcely have a re gretful memory of tho present evil days. "I Will Aris'o" is surely marked on Kdgoflcld's shield. All tho world may rely upon that !-Advertiser. Wallnce Versus Mnekey. The National Repuldiean announces that "Col. K. M. Wallace is going to mako ? strong effort for tho colleotorship of tho port of Charleston and that his competi tor is Judge T. .1. Mackov." Wallace was in Washington Saturday Wlth Chnmbeilain, but neither could bo interviewed. This may bo the solution of his presence, but it is vory unlikely that any change will bo mado in South Carolina c.llceholdcrs for sonio timo. Fatal limiting Accident. OitANOKiu no, November 5.-Mr. JJ. H. J. Xeiglor, whilo on a door drive, acciden tally shot and kille l himself, yestorday, in attempting io llanillo tho gun of a friend who wished to call off tho pack from a falso trail. Tho entire load of buckshot entered his body, touring his vitals through. Ho leaves a largo and dependent family. How ARTHUR LISTENS HUT DON'T TALK.-ono of tho Stalwart senators says: ' Tho truth is, Arthur is worso than Grant, so faros talking ROOS. YOU ennuot irot anything out of him. Ho will only sit or stand and liston. Tho only way that you can judge of how onv naines that aro suggested to bim affect him is that occasionally you BOO achango of expression on his taco, showing that bo favors one nnnio moro than bo does anothor. 1 gavo him twenty odd names the other day from which, in my judg ment, lie would do well to select a Cabi net. As I named thom over, ono by ono, 1 thought I could seo r'- an expression on hi? faro that he did not favor somo nt al), that ho thought others might bo sat isfactory, but that is all I know about it. He bas nover said a word to indicate what bis purposo ls." Tho Stalo "Hilliary Academy. Tho effort* t. re-establish tho Citadel \cademyos ono of tho Educational agen cies of t?Vstato moot with a ready sym pathy from all who have known through {heir ?wi. oxporieiiceor have rocoguizod in ..thors the value.,'the system oftra.n im,' th?roadontod for fitting young men In a practical uiatilier for tim great busi ness ol' life. , Tb?s result nf her teach ing*> was duo in largo degree tu the military (. aturo ol the establishment. Th- rigid discipline pos Kible under this scsiem was ol great Lem lit in many wa . s. Receiving vouths bv>I. hom homo, at thal supreiiio moment when characters an- made, cr marred, by surrounding Inducimos, the wholesome restraints ot military discipline served to preserve the inexperienced from thc temptations lound in promis, nous society, to enforce attention to study, and generally to mould both mind and body into a recog nition of authority and obedience lo Tho intenso individuality which is tho peeuliaritv of A mer ?can character, and which in after life bxs often been the in spiration to high achievement and signal success, requires wholesome restraints ami checks m vouth to inc?lcalo a rever ence for law and order. The tendency of the education at tho Citadel was pow erful in thi- direction, and all tho recip ients of her teaching, rich or poor, what ever had been thc faults or merits of home training, were placed on tho samo platform and com pe! led to obey the samo rules. lt was an educatiouoftho whole system, body and mind received equal attention and*wore developed with equal success. \Vhatovor objections may bo advanced to the military training ol'Wost Point as creating an excess of soldiers in tho Re public, the education at the Citadel was open to no such stricture... No prospects opened before these gi ad mites of prolonged military service, and they naturally tell int.. the ranks and commenced tho struggle ?d' lifo without any dream of martial strife or glory. Tho physical training under this system had a marked effect on character, and frequ univ was no insignificant agent in shaping ibo future, and adapting Ibo constitution to the rougher responsibili ties of life. Tho whole tenor of life at tho Citadel was to make tho vouth intensely practi cal. Ile was made to wait on himself, clean bis own shoes and accoutrements, scour bis own Door, police his own loom, and generally to recognize the fact that in conforming lo the rules of tho Academy he was doing his duty. This was the secret of the high measure of success reached by thi- system of education. If after "years, no matter where tho scene of labor might be, tho effect of training was to hispir? strict attention to duty and obodionco of orders, and under such circuni: tabees some degree of suc cess was sure. The great lesson bad been inculcated that the 'Minies of life are moro than lire." A Negro Lynched in Tennessee, NASH VII.I.I:, November G.-Massy Hill, colored, who attempted to commit an outrage on a little girl near Manchester, was taken from jail hy a mob last night and lynched. - Keely, tho Philadelphia motor man, proposes to compromise with tho Now York shareholders by submitting work ing drawings of tho apparatus to a special committee of directors, at tho ".anio time taking it apart and explaining its con struction. Tho drawings ho proposes shall be placed in some safe deposit com pany for the uso of tho stockholders in tho event of bis death. In tho meantime tho Philadelphia shareholders aro saiil to back Keely up in bis persistency to keep dark tho secret of his vapor powor. "VfOTICE OP HOMESTEAD. j3l Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of December next, at my otliee, the a].plication of Mrs. Milly Fleming for llome.-tcad in the Real and Pyrsonal Estate of Richard Fleming, deceased, will be heard und adjudicated. W. NV. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Nov ll?, 1881 17 5 AFl'LL supply of School Rooks and Stationery, Slates. Inks, Ac., alwavs on hand. Also. Photograph and Auto graph Albums, Scrap Hooks. Writiug Desks, Work Poxes, Barometers, Stereoscopes, Pictures, Mottoes. Frames, and a great many useful and Fancy Articles in our line. Books not in store, She Music and In st ri.ction Books purchased at Publs-shers' prices, at short notice. Subscriptions received for Newspapers ami Magazines. We hope our efforts to es tablish a Hook Store will he sustained by the public. ?Jive us vour patronage. GEO. W. PANT <fc SON. Anderson, S. C., Nov. lo, Issi. 18-? MASTERS SAL?T STATE OP SOPTII CAROLINA, AxiiKiisoN COUNTY. Court vf Con mon Pleas. Ezekiel hong, as heir at law and Adminis trator of James Long, deceased, Plaintiff, against Cynthia E. Long, and others. De fendants.- Complaint lor Sale and Parti tion of He'll l?state. BY virtue of an order to me directed in t he al ove stated ease by his Honor J. IL Hudson, presiding Judge, bcarmi; date June 2-1. 1881, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S.C., on S ALEDA Y IX I) EC KM PEL, ISSI, the following described proper ty, as the Real l?state of James Long de ceased, to wit : THE HOME PLACE, coutaining one hundred and twenty acres, more or less, being Wadsworth Lease Jami, with about twenty-one years vet to run on branches of Beaverdam Creek, adjoining James Martin. H. Waldrop, and others ONE OTHER LOT. adjoining Home Place, containing four acres, more or les? also Wadsworth Lease Land THE DORR PLACE, containing forty, lour acres and forty-four rods, more or lesrs also Wadsworth Lease Land, with about four years to run, adjoining M. B. Williams and othei-s. THE ANDREW OWEN TRACT, con taming twenty-five and one-fourth acres inore or less, adjoining lands of L. H. Gnni broll and others, live acres of this Tract being Y\ adsworth Lease Land, with about fifteen years to run. TT.^ir 9' W< AND NANCY DORR i.i'. Ab h, four years to nm of a Tract of Land containing eighty-one and Hiree fourth ncri-s more or less, adjoining Ma tilda Owen, Elijah Owen and others. VanWyck Lands. PLAT NO. 2, containing eighty-three and three-fourth aeres, more or less ad joining lands of J. P. Mitchell, et al. ' 1 LAT NO. il, containing forty-nine acres more or ?ess, and adjoining Plats No 2 ?ands: 5 K" 4 0f Bald Vu?TV'yck .JA***, n0, 4' contal?!n8 ono hundred and tifty-hvc acres, more or less, and ad orning landI of "Ezekiel Murphy, and Plats VNVck^ PLAT NO. 5, containing one hundred and seven acres, more or leas, lying on tho WII minston and Five Noted, Roads and adjoining Plats No. 1. No. .!, No 4 No fi Np. i, of said VanWyck Lands, the Whit? Plums Tract and Mrs. Milly Scott containing ene'hundred ., containing one bnodr?d mid fifteen acres moro or less,% nndXr!"' ' ^ * ^iKS THE TERREL BRYANT PLACE. . piaf No. l, remaining two hundred and eight acres, more or I ?ss, situate on waters o Big Beayerdarn, adjoining landa"of'WW Martin, J. I. Spearman and others. Abm,' SfffeSrtf! ?V^ove Tract will br? sob by itself, of which a Plat will bc exhibited on dav of sale. 1IU11T THE WHITE PLAINS TRACT con taming twenty-live abd three fourth acres' n ore or less, adjoining lands of John ?TS dy, M m. Martin and others. Torus or SALE. Ono-third cash and the remaining twe hmis on a credit of twelve month? with interest from day of sale, to be sec ?Ved a mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment nt any time. Pureba sors to take subject to any' .cases that may have been made by the Administra" ^ rim-hasers to pay extra for all ne??t??ry FOR SALE. YJOKTY ACRES OK LAN D on tho Gen ii , pal's Road In iii* Town of Anderson. Very healthy location. Convenient to Schools, Churches and Dpetors. If not sold before will be offered at public auction on'SALWAY IN DKCEMBEB, 18S1. For terms, &c . apply t?wM SAyRB NOV to, im I? _J*_ Valuable Land for Sale or to Rent. IOFFER for sale or rent the Homestead of the late Mrs. Martha Simpson, on Ka'vi '?ah River-43U acres-60 acres tine river bottoms. Liberal terms a- to time of pivnvnts. Apply to my Attorneys, Messrs. brown A 'fribble, Anderson, h^n>SON Nov 10, 1881_1*_1_ WAGON FACTORY. ?\ rviii'li.iX A ?O. are now prepared 111 to make and repair wagons, buggies, (arming Implements, Ac ut short notice. One-horse Wagon* on hand and mad? to order. Mr. 1>. M. Stephens makes n specially of this branch of the business. , Our Wagons ure guaranteed to bc-better ami j cheaper t han those of loreign make. HIIK hstniitli Nhop.-Horso-shoeing, plantation work, ami everything!!! this lino done promptly al reasonable prices. WASTED--All Who have had work done at our shop are ea stly requested to rome forward and pa;. ior the same, as we need money to carry on our business, no not put it off, but come right along. McGUKIN A CO., Depot Street. Nov 10, 1881 17 8 MASTER'S^ STATE OK 85S5,^ /'? the (-""url of OjnjT { N. 8. Reeves. Plaintiff ^ Reeves. W. P. R^J? ?lt* l^Y virtue ofadtxreUTo^ I > reeled m thc UW0 J?1?? \ Honor T. B. Fraser Tt^l otb November, 18N.'f5|SM 0. H., S. C., on SALEDAVI? ?ER, 1881, the following I!t tv, ns thc Real EslaWfe* deceased, to wit : N??U TRACI' NO. l.conUlnt and thirteen and MS3%$| less adjoining landj 0f Kc?e/t and others, as De*\j*? E. W. Long, Sept. -"Jg? H?i TRACT NO. 2. comZi TRACT NO. 3, contain! acres, moro or less, adiolnin.? * lumbus Scott, N. S. Ki0*** EXECUTORS' SALE. rpIlE midcrsigned, Executors ol' .Stephen X McCiilly, deceased, will oiler lor sole, at Anderson C. H., S. C., on SALLI) A\ in DECEMBER next, tho followi.g de scribed Kcal Estate, to wit : LOT NO. 0, on University Hill, lying immediately West of the University, and fronting on*Greeley Street, and containing four acres, two roods and thirty-six poles. 1 OT NO. 5, on University Hill, lying immediately East of J. Baylis Lewis, con taining two acres, one rood and eight poles. OLD FIELD LOT, containing seventeen ?md one-half acres, adjoining Wm. Sayre, J. F. Wilson, H. Frank Cray ton, and oth ers, t ONE TWO-ACRE LOT, bounded on the North by Orr Street, South by C. & G. H. K. Co. lot, East by Mrs. M. J. Orr, near the I Depot. THUMS or SALK-One-third cash, and re mainder on a credit of twelvemonths, with interest from date, to be secured by bond und mortgage of premises. Purchasers to pay extra for pap?is. N. A. McCULLY, 1 W. W. HUMPHREYS, j Nov 10, 1881 18_4 per pint made hy E. W. WtTj9S THUMS OV S.u.c-One-tl iitf'^lM remainder on a crodi't o'f t?j-"H With interest from day 0f ?X"l(S to give bond, with at least ties together with a mortp^f^H ises to secure the puichaMmon^H sers to pay extra for all no**?' *fl Nov 10, 1_881______18 H ^ Master's^grJI STATE OF SOT CARopS In the Churl of amtWn[?% G. W. WTilliani8, Plaintiffattifrf.H Morgan Dcfendant.-c?5S?l closure, icc, e^'?tm BY virtue of a decretal otk! above stated case to maNT-H his Honor T. B. Fraser, praiaffS bearing dato tuc 14th October lui fl sell ot Anderson C. H. S o ''S DAY IN DECEMBER, i??' lng^described^property, as thififl of W. F. M. Morea i, to wit- fl All that Piece, Parcel or TnWdS lying and being in Anderson ?.MH branches waters of BU-Md-Ttifl Shallow Ford Road leadiT tfti Bridge, and containing thwvVJf or less-, adjoining lands of rWl Lev. Davis, Andrew Quails and?-' Morgun. "4 THUMS OF SALK-Cash. Parth?, extra for all necessary papers W. W. HUMPHREYS !h Nov 10, 1881 ia Don't Overlook % PERSONS indebted to rue for fa and Supplies, will please brim Cotton or the Cash. October 0, 1881 W"if'Ejl BCS tl 511 lit ;ei I W< ?da ie i Kl WI? ! EJ ANDERSON CLOTHING EMM BROCK & MAULDIN, WAVERLY HOUSE BLOCK,] NEWEST STYLES, GREATEST VARIETY, LOWEST PRICE8, IN MENS, YOUTHS' AND BOYS' S FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, SHOES, UMBRELLAS, Etc GI OOH Hcnvv Working Suits. $3.50, $5.00, $0.00, $7.00, $8.00. Good beary T Suits, all wooly $7.50, $8.00, $8.00, $10. Good heavy Fancy Suits, all wool,| $10.00, $11.00, $12.00 to $25.00. Good, lino Black Cloth and Diagonal Suits, $9.00,1 $25.00, $30.00. Famishing Goods lower 4 la nw the lowest. Good I Undershirts and Drawers for $50c. (?ood heavy Merino Shirts and Drawers fort ?1.0o. (iood heavy all wool Shirts and Drawers, $1.25 to ?2.50. Goodhcar/C Socks, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c to 75c. Linen 4-ply Collars, latest styles, 10c, and upi Also, tine line Neckwear at lowest prices. (SPECIALTY-Dress .Shirts, wdiite and colored, Illumined und unlaundrit4,bj to >1.7">. Wo have the sole agency for ho "OUR OWN" Shirt, wbicb we sell alt unlaundried-the verjf best Shirt ever offered in this market for thc price. Also.if of the 'Scratch Pocket" Shirt for thoso who prefer them. II ATS-All styles, colors omi descriptions. Nobby soft hats, in felt aud wool I style in stiffs, 75c to $.1.00. Woolllats 25c, 50c, 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 Fehl 7?c and upward. In addition to thc above we carry a ful' lino of Ladies' and Gents' SHOES, tared expressly for our trade by Messrs. Clark, Perry tfe Co., wdio are justly cele! their first-class work. Every Shoe warranted. Nov 17. ISSI. ll _ WE INVITE AN INSPECTION OF OUR Stock of Goods Before You Buy, Should you Want a Wagon, THE OLD HICKORY IS THE "BOSS-" II* a Plow, STARK'S DIXIE IS THE "FAVORITE." Our stock of HARDWARE is complete, and at prices as low ns the lowest, era and Mechanics can always be suited. GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, Full stock of all, and equally low in price as any other house. ??S~ We want our friends whom we have given time to this year, tocomeS'ian to the front, for both Guano and Merchandise. Come and do ihc best youcan.d will trv and arrange for the balance. Oct 20, issi 14 ti- - J. P. SULLIVAN & BOOTS -A-ISTID SHOES, TAGING business for CASH, we offer our Goods at a close margin, and a? pl?*! announce that our principle has proven a decided success, and very satisl***! our trade. We respectfully solicit n careful examination of our stock of Bootu and Shoes, A large stock of Kentucky Jeans, Ladies' Shawls and Cloaks, Dry Goods generally, Rubber Overcoats, Wall Papering, &c, Good Family Flour. Sugar and Goffer. j Wc sincerely return thanks to our customer* for the patronage bestowed ard trust our dealings have been EO satisfactory os to merit a continuance of tbeiw? Very respectfully, . . ^ J. I?. SULLIVAN & CO. Sept 22, 1881 U ^ THERE IS NO NEED OF CRYING HARD TIMES. When You can Buy all Kinds of DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, &c. &c, At the LOWEST FIGURES, so low lu fact, thnt they will P-rprlw yon,"* IBZRXDAA^H?T BEOS.', IN NEW BUILDING, i!!8T BELOW MASONIC HALL, Kir WHO are always in the COTTON MARKET, and will give yooM" ?R Cash, and moro in Goods, "than any other man." ?6T We hnvo a few RED OATS. Sept 15,1881 !0 P. P. FARMER. j L. FARM** I NEW STORE, NEW GOODS I TTJ-E ARE JUST RECEIVING A KHAN NEW STOCK OF STAPLE DRY G000S, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, CLOTHING, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, &C, &c" Which we will Sell at Prices to Suit the Hard Tim* W^^lSat?T??lll?^i,r Goorts' nt ,he old stand of WATSON & S?S> * waveny lionne Building, before buying elsewhere. Sept 2?, issi FARMER & B*0'