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E. B. M??KAY, EcJtor. THTRSDAY. DEC. .'2, 1881. TERM8 : OSE YEAR..?1.00. SIX MONTHS. ?5c. Two Dollar* lt not p*l<l 1" aclvanrr. TIIK SAVANNAH VALLEY BAILROAD. From the articles published elsewhere, it will be seen that the city of Augusta is very anxious to obtain control ol the Sa vannah Valley Railroad as a feeder to the business of that enterprising city, and we have no doubt arrangements can be made to complete this road to Dom's Mine as a branch of the Knoxville and Augusta Railroad at a very early day. We do not, however,think thi* course either wise or desirable, for we have the beat of reasons to think that rnoicadvan tageous arrangements <\in be made to build the road to Aiken, tL"s reaching t'ne fea coast in our own State and build ing up the resources of our prin cipal city. Uy doing this, thc peo ple of this section will reach the best market on the South-Atlantic Coast, and help to build up our own State commerce instead of dissipating it. If we are not greatly mistaken, the road from this placo will bc completed in time to move the next cotton crop to Charleston. We should, therefore, not deliver control of our interest to our friends in Augusta until the scheme to reach Charleston has failed. Of course, if we cannot get to Charleston, we must go to Augusta, but Charleston is our first preference and should be given the amplest opportuni ty. It i?, nowever, very certain that we will have the Savannah Valley Railroad before many more years. If it does not run to Aiken and Charleston, it will go to Porn's Mine and Augusta. It re mains to be seen whether the South Car olina or the Augusta and Knoxville Rail road has the greater enterprise in secur ing this important business connection. CHRISTMAS. The time has come again, in the re volving year, when the Christian world, from thc home of the aurora in the frozen Nortb to the uttermost glaser in j the Antarctic Circle, from the burning zone of the East to the tremendous civil? izatiou of thc West, in palace, in hut, on land aud main, iu all climes and among all nations, cel?bralo the advent of Him who was to redeem the earth from long centurie i of shame, open the portals of Heaven and shake tho gates of hell. The birth of Jesus Christ in a stable at Bethlehem is the one event in all history that has no parallel and can have no rival. It is unapproachable in its sim plicity and matchless in its majesty. It came when the Persian in thc Orient and tho Roman in tho Occident were types of a material glory that seemed the perfec tion of human endeavor as well as ibo utmost splendor of Pagan pride. Never before had thc sensual spirit seemed more dominant and moro pervading, when Jesus rlept in the arms of Virgin Mary upon that wild December night, beneath tho misty Galilean skies. And yet never beforo waa the Chosroea or thc Cn-sar so near to catastrophe, despite the panoply of their obscene gods. Ile who for ages bad been foretold by the prophets and sighed for by saints entered the world in poverty end humility, descended from tho Celestial Kingdom to n mauger of beasts, and, save that the bright battalions of seraphim and cherubim, and ail the angelic host? of the Father, girdled Him about with their protecting wings, no little child born of woman was apparent ly mure forlorn and less likely to bring dread to the powerful or disaster to the entrenchment of idolatry. And yet Ibero were not wanting some poricntous signs of mighty significance whereby the com ing of tho Lord of Glory was announced. To thc shepherds on the plain thc morn ing stars sang together a bymnofv.e! come, and to tho wise men journeying from the rise of the sun a planetary beacou fixed their wandering course in its miraculous procession along the sid ereal globo. Marinera upon the ?teat waters beard supernatural voices pro claiming that thc ideal of their mythol ogy, the great Pau, was dead. Tb? throo that filled tho unseen universo waa com municated mysteriously to visible exist ence, and so, clad in humbleness but sur mounted by immortal radiance, tho Christ-Child came, and henceforth and forever thc deathless comprehension of His advent was to enduro until timo should be no more. From that epoch to this what vast results havo flowed be cause of Uia coming ! The Persian is in dust; the Caesar has' lost his empire; even the gods are gone, save here and thcro where darkness baa a lair only to exhibit more lambently the lightof light that shines upon thc brow of purest Faith. For the holy name and cause of Jesus what myriads have suffered mar tyrdom, aud what millions have lived in resignation and died in peace. With the banner of the Cross what victories havo been won, since the day that Constantin beheld the sacred symbol in tho heavens unto tho last recorded hour that speeds the valiant and loyal soul that fights the good fight and keeps the faith. Empires have risen and fallen : men h&v* ?cired to ditsy heights And sunk into abysmal depths; false prophets have mocked tho Word, and evil creeds have flourished, decayed or still survivo. The passions and philosophers that lead astray still create confusion and disorder. Vice, beaten back in one field, rallies under the Prince of the Powers ol tho Air in an other quarter. But the holy namo of Jesus knows no blemish, submits to no conquest, is tarnished by no breath of calumny, and fears no foe from the upper or the under wov?d. In profanation of that venerated name audacious men hare worked their wick ed will, for a season ; but they were abashed at last and forced to testify to its omnipotence. Still through the mist pf ages and the midnight pall of aggres - site ein, the star of Bethlehem gleams pharos-like, cheering the storm-toseed mariner on life's tem: ?stnoussea. hong ofter tho present generation is in ita grave and for all the generations yet to be that star of stars shall pierce the gloom, ?heer ?he weary, arm the man of troth, give lifo its supremest zest, abed undying lustre upon the tomb itself, pilot the tender spirit amid the rock? and ?boals of error, support the weak, uplift tbe timid, save the contrite and ' beckon to the al>ode where thc eternal are." ^ EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. ( loi.l MUIA, I)ec. 20, 1881. Thc Legislature adjourned at'^i o'clock Tuesday morning for the recess until the Uth January next, after having been iu session twenty-nine days, and although thc Legislature lias worked .'?aider than I have ever seen it, very little legislation hat been placed on thc statute book? The night? have been consumed in read ing the revision of the Btatute laws of the Htato which has just about been com pleted in the House, and will be nady to .tend tn thc Senate in a few days after we return in January. Hy the way, I notice that Mr. Simpson has published I'M tr t.nm his reasons for oppi -ing the right pf amendment to the Commission's re port, and io it -eek? to imply that he Aas misrepresented in my former letter n that subject, so that I desire to call at tention to the fact that in that letter 1 did not attempt lo give any of the rea som for the majority or the minority re port*. I merely stated the fact* that 3fessrs. McCrady and Simpson made a minority report and that the House almost unanimously adopted tho majority report. This statement was .strictly true, and no reflection could have been con tained in it. i did not have time to give the reason.? of thc members for their re port, and if I had desired to do so I could not have gi.cn Mr. Simpson's reason", as he did not discuss the question, and therefore 1 did not know them until I saw them in print. At some future time I will give thc reasons which actuated the majority, and perhaps they may sat isfy the people th;??, thc course pur-ued on this question has been the proper on< Very few amendments to the work of the Commission have been adopted, but some of them have been important and, in our judgment, a decided improvement. Thc Senate ha? passed the Railroad and Election Hill?, ami they are now pending before the House and will be disposed of as soon as we return. Thc j feeling toward? the Election Hill has grown decidedly more favorable, and it will probably pass with a few slight mod ification. The Anderson delegatinu ia at present divided as lo the Hill- -Mr. Murray favoring and Messrs. H?cker, Simpson and Prince opposing it. Tho House has consumed throe days in rending and discussing thc Railroad Hill. Il has reduced thc number of Commis sioners to one instead of three, Messrs. Rucker and Murray voting for and Messrs. Simpson and Prince against the reduction. There was a spirited contest over striking out the power to regulate passenger and freight rates which is given tho Commissioner. Tho advocates of thc Hill contending that it is wise and for tho public interest to vest this power in the Commissioner, and tho opponents that it is a power which thc Legisla ture ought to cxerciso, and that if com mitted to one mau or three men that it is likely to produce confusion if not cor ruption and rings. Messrs. Simpson mid Prince voted to give thc power and Messrs. Rucker and Murray against it. Tho power was given by a small majority. Thc next contest came over a mot ion of Mr. Murray to fix the rate for passenger travel at three cents per milo. He aud Mr. Rucker advocated it because they thought it better for the Legislature to fix these matters than to leave il to a Commissioner. Three cents i:> the m?e in Georgia, and they could see no reason why more should be charged in this Siate than in the State just across the river. They believed thu reduction would bene fit the people, and at the same time the increased tra ?el would make it profitable to the ruilruads. Messrs. Haskell, See gers, Hcuiphill and Simmons opposed the motion, and it was laid on the table. Messrs. Simpson cud Prince voted to lay titi motion on the table and Messrs. Mur ray and Rucker against it. Mr. Murray then moved to strike out section sixty, which undertook to allow freight trains to run on Sunday up to 7 o'clock in thc morning. Messrs. Murray. Dendy, Stew art, Simpson anjd Simonton spoke in favor of striking out, and Messrs. Has kell, Newton, McCrady, Secgers and Chase against striking out. Tho reason urged for retaining the section was to enable the hands on freight trains to reach the end of the roads and then en joy tho Sabbath, but those who urged that the section bo stricken out contend ed that the Sabbath was n fixed period, (vhich was ordained of a higher power than Legislatures, aud that we had no right to undertake to change its menning. The section was stricken out. Mr. Murray then moved tu strike out iccticn 05, which required a majority of :he Directors, or at least one-third of ;bem, on any railroad runniug through ho State to rv.-?Mo iu South Carolina, rle did not think that auy State seeking breign capital would bo found with such i Btatute. It was unreasonable to say wo viii take your money but we will man tge it ourselves. Tho 8tato wanted rail oads, and he thought it but right and iropcr when people were asked fo help mild up i;he Stato to give them the right o manago tho capital they invested in ho State. e Mr. McCrady thought tho argument of i he gentleman from Anderson inconsist- e nt. He was in favor of capitalists com- x ng into tho State, but be had just made c in argument limiting those capitalists to b barge only threo cents a mile. Capital a roi ld not come into the State on charity, n Japital never comes to A people who g rere ali tho time crying out that they C rere so poor. The Wilmington and tl lanchester Railroad, which bad been ? uilt at an expense of $2,200,000, had tl assed Into other bands at reduced fig- ri res. The Greenville and Columbia a Railroad had been built by the people of fi io Stato. It too had passed into other r< ands-not for the $2,000,000 for which o waa knocked down, but for the bonds b hich bad sold at ten and. twenty cents fi a the dollar while tho people of the d tate were in trouble. These roads to- tl Eiy were being run in opposition to the itcrcsts of the State. Tbe Wilmington o id Manchester Road, waa so managed p tat passengers could travel only at night, b id it bad been said that those desiring tjome to the last Fair ai Columbia p ' were given no accommodation. In the ! eve of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au gusta Railroad, which ran through the cBtire State and ran thort distance? into Georgia and North Carolina, Georgia had demanded four Directors and Nortb Car olina demanded four Directors. South Carolina demanded none. If there were DO South Carolina stockholders, then he boped thc- State would take advaotage of the provisions of the railroad charters and appoint a repr?sentative oo the Boards of Directors. Mr. Murray replied to Mr. McCrady that there was a very great difference be twi en telling a man that he c-vuld uv: b?s money on certain conditions and telling bim that he rouat let some particular person u-e it for him. For instance, a man might be nilling to let his money out M .even per cent, if lie could select the persons to M>om he was to loan it, ati'l yet if he was required to allow an other man lo make the loan he might not wiliin? to let it out. even at twenty or thirty pfr cent. He was willing to say to the railroads you shall not charge more than a reasonable tariff iu your business, but he was not willing to say to them you mu-t let persons manage that business whom you do not prefer. Mr. itucker favored the striking out of thc tedien. Il was right and proper that those contributing the majority of the capita' should control. Mr. Hem phi 11 said if the people of South Carolina has sold their bonds too cheap it was their own look out. The truth was that he did no? favor putting back into control of the roads the very men tinder whore management the bonds and .?-tock bad depreciated to almost nothing. The people were not 'jegging for money but ihcy didn't want to drive it away. The section would be futile anyhow because the men who owned the roads would rule them whether they ruled it directly or through others whom I they (?laced on the board of directors. Mr. McCrady contended that this was .ot a matter of dollars and cents. Il was a question of the right the State had to be protected. It was no fault of the bondholders that their bonds had been sold at such low figure?. They had not controlled the roads, and it was generally known that the panic of 1873 had caused this los?. Other States demanded this protection, ami this alone was a strong argument in favor of protecting South Carolina. Mr. McKiasick favored the striking out of the section, taking the ground that it would operate against the devel opment of the resources of the State by opposing the introduction of foreign capital. A vote was then taken on the motion to strike out section Go, which was adopt ed-yeas 63, nays 21. Messrs. Ruckei and Murray voted nyc and Mr. Simpsoc no. Mr. Prince did not vote. A CORRECTION. In making up your notes of legislativ? work two weeks ngo, by copying a para graph from the Xeici and Courier, yoi did Mr. Prince a decided injustice Nearly the whole House wanted to han an nftcrnoon cession iu?tead of one al night, and by having it tho State losl nothing, fur we read as many pages o the code in the afternoon a? would havi been read in a night session. There was therefore, no shirking of duty or losa tc the State involved iu Mr. Prince's mo tion, and the House generally was ic favor of it. Tun legislature got ?Uel? in ? ridicu lous position by formally accepting ar invitation to visit Atlanta in n bod) upon a telegraphic invitation front Mr Kimball, the Director General. Tht Legislature was invited there to meet tht Kentucky Legislature. Messrs. Murray, Haskell and Johnstone opposed accept ing the invitation, aud Messrs. W. A. Brown, Venter, Allen and J. M. John son favored it. The resolution was adop ted by a vote of 52 to 45, Messrs. Mur ray, Bucker and Simpson voting again.*! and Mr. Prince for it. Just before thc adjournment it was found out that the members could gel no accommodations except nt the Exposition lietel, which is near the grounds, and some two miles out of thc city, and also that the day for the Kentucky Legislature was past. In fact, it appeared quito evident that the South Carolina Legislature had accepted an invitation which was given them merely as a matter of form, without any ?dca that it would be accepted. Tho resolution was, therefore, rescinded, and those who went did so merely aa indi viduals, and not as merni era of the Leg islature. They went on a special train on Tuesday morning, and doubtless will jiave a very pleasant lime. There were about two hundred ladies and gen tlemen in thc excursion party. The only injury dono the State by the passage of the original resolution, was to hasten the adjournment practically two days, which carried over tho railroad and elec tion billa, and will thereby consume a longer time in their disposition arter Christmas. Mr. Murray's bill requiring fish-ways o be constructed in the dam across Sa vannah River near Augusta, Georgia, bas ms?ed tho House, and is now before tho fudiciary Committee of tho Senate. ?oI. NV. T. Gary, of Augusta, bas been .mploycd by the canal men to oppose be bill, and it will be strongly contested ?ft*r the rereis. Senator Crayton, hOT7 ?ver, who is always alive to the material n te rcs ts of the State, and who under tands this question more thoroughly terhaps than any man in Anderson ounty, will push it vigorously, and we lave no doubt that it will pas?, .he Sen te and become a law. The Augusta len claim that wc are checking the real manufacturing interests of that Jity for a few fish, but then they forget hat wo are entitled to the fish, and that rbether they be few or many we want le ill. Tho State is stocking the various ivers ofthe State with sbsd and salmon, nd we cannot get any of the benefits rom it unless these obstructions are (moved. There is, however, no danger f injuring the water power. They nil! ave to spend some money to put the sh-ways in, but that is a part of their uty under the charter, and we think ley should be made tn put them in. Mr. Simpson's Bill fixing the weight T a bushel of cotton seed at thirty ou ods hos passed both houses, and will ?corne a law sometime in March. An Act has been passed .and approved rohibiticg the sale of spirituous liquors in the town of Helton, in this county, no that it is uow in the nani?' list with Wil liatnslou aud Honea Path among the temperance towns of the State. In addition to the Acts mentioned, tho following relating to matter* of public importance have been ratified : An Act to regulato the licensing of j hysicians and surgeons. An Act entitled "An Act to provide punishment for willful or malicious in jury lo bridges and roads." Au Act for the prevention of cruelly to anima!?. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to conform all special Acts of incur port..ion to the provisions of the Consti tuti . of the State respecting the liabil ities of stockhol vers therein.'' An Act to require owner? and keepers of toll bridges within the Stale to keep sufficient light or lights by night on said bridges so as to enable persons travelling to see their way over said bridges. Ar: Act fur the b?tter protection of the poles and wires of telegraph, telephone and electric light companies. An Act to amend an Act ratified 22d Augu?t, 1808, entitled an Act to regulato the manner of keeping and disbursing funds by certain officers, said amend ments bdng the repenl of Section 3 of eaid Act. which requires that the signa ture of the Governor of the State shall be affixed to certain checks drawn by the Slate Treasurer. An Act to provide artificial limbs for all soldiers of the State who lost their legs or arms, or who have been prema turely disabled in their legs or arms during military service in thc years 2SOI - 02-03-64-65, and who have not been sup plied under former Acts of thc General Assembly. An Act to allow the State Superinten dent of Education to usc $1,500 of tire sum received from the Charleston Char itable Association of the State of South Carolina lor thc benefit of thc Free School Fund, for the purpose of conduct ing Normal Institutes during the year 1882. An Act to provide a general ?lock law and regulate the operations of the same. Au Act to repeal Sections 8 and 'J ol an Act to amend Chapter 45 of Title ll, Fart 1, of the General Statutes, relating to the repair of highways and bridges in Charleston County, eec. Au Act to prescribe the mode of ascer taining the average attendance on thc public free schools of this State nnd tc apportion the school fund according tc such attendance. An act lo make appropriations to meei the ordinary expeuses of the Govern ment of the State for the fiscal yeai commencing November 1, 1881. An Act to authorize the. faculties ol State normal institutes to grant certifi cate? and diplomas of qualifications tc teach in tho free public schools of thu State on certain conditions. In addition to these there were a num ber of Acts of a local na' ire passed, ant a great many have progressed very fin towards passage in the two houses Upon re-assembling, the Senate wil read thu revision of thc statutes, and tb? House will have comparatively a mud easier time while the Senate in turn wil take the hard work. E. B. M. GCITEAV. The trial of Guitcau, which has non occupied some six weeks of the Court progresses slowly, with thc probability o occupying two or three more weeks The killing cf the President by the pris oner is admitted, and the only defence thus far relied upon is insanity. A grcal deal of testimony baa been udduced ot this point, nnd the evidence is very con flicting; the witnesses on the part of th? prosecution being positive that he is not insane, and those on the part of the de fence equally positive that he is insane This is noticeably true of the expert wit noeses. Where thc learned doctors or insanity disagree so materially, it will bi dilficult for the jury to decide belweer them, and it is now more than likely that after all the time that will bo con sumed in the trial and the thousands ol dollars spent there will be a mistrinl Guiteau's demeanor in the court room is most remarkable if be is not insane. He bxs treated with the greatest disreapeel all connected with the trial except thc Judge and jury. He has daily abused without ptint tho witnesses on both sides and the attorneys, even his own brolher in-!?\w, Mr. Scoville. He ctaims to bo his own couuse), and npraks when and what he pleases. This frequently pro duces great merriment in the court room, and almost converts tho trial into a farce. Judge Cox in thu beginning of tho trial threatened to remove the prisoner from the room during ihe trial, and at another '.imo to gag him, but Guitcau, unarmed by threats, continued his abuse of wit nesses and attorneys. Ho seems to lie incontrollable by any means in the p'>wer of the Court, as it is moro than mentionable that a man eau be tried for lis life in his absence or If present while jagged. The Hon. Henry Riddloberger baa >een elected United States Senator from Virginia to succeed Senator John W. Tohnston, whose term of office expires in the fourth day of March, 1883. iliddleberger was tho Republican, or ather tho Mahmie candidate for Ser ;eant-at-arms of the Senate last spring, mt bis election was defeated by tho democratic party. Their defeat baa (toured Mm c'cctioii io lim Senate, for lad he received the position of 8ergcant d-arms nf the Senate, some other Read uster would have been made the Sena cr. It is, therefore, fort?nate for Rid H?berger that be Wac defeated,' though t makes no political difference whatever. Jabone will have two votes in tho Sen ile, after Riddleborger's admission. President Arthur has appointed Hon. 3. H. Brewster, of Pennsylvania, Attor iey-General, Hon. Timothy Howe, ol Visconsio, Postmaster-General, and ax le na tor Frelioghuysen. of New Jersey, Secretary of State. Th-?se are all excel ent appointment?. The nominees being aaa of high character and ability. The ieaate bas confirmed them, and the new 'resident is therefore surrounded by stal wart advisers of ability and national rep dation. Tbe new administration gives i remise of vigor and unbooked-foi trength. Presi dent Arthur ia e.ery day howing a capacity for administration rbich few persons were at first disposed o give bim credit for possessing. So far ie ban been more conservative than we ad expected. He may yet prove a very fficient and successful President. Editan Chronicle and Constitutionalist : Citizens of Augusta need to make a prompt (Hort to i-avo l<> tho city a largu and rieb trado from tho counties of upper South Carolina, which now. so nearly within our reach from tho building of ino ; Knoxville Road, is yet about to be Bnalched from UH totally and irrevoca bly, by a countermovc in tho Interest? pf Charleston and the South Carolina Rall ror.d. Tbe reorganization of the South Caro lina Railroad Company being now com pie ted, the new company in strong bands, is presalfig ibo short and yalu? ble extension proposed from Aiken across to Edge?efd and Trenton, on tin- . C. C. A- A. Road. In addition to this it is now in contemplation by them t-? ex tend aid in money and ere<llt to the- Sa vannab Valley Hoad, extending p from Dorn'a Mino, on tho Augusta and Knox ville Itai I road, up along thc- Savannah river to Anderson, or eise to the- Atlantic and French Broad, extending ?rom Trlckem, on the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, to Abbeville Court Mouse and Anderson. Most probably tho lino "f Ibo latter road will fall easiest into thc hands of tb? Charlton interest- Hut whether they control one or both of these proposed roads, their operations an- se verely ho-tile to Augusta's interests We have to run out our new line under President Venlerv to bring to u-> the trade from tbeso well settled and rich (? .unties, which by geographical j">i lion and long tradition, ought lo lind their centre of trade at Augusta. If now w<- .-oller a direct line from Charleston to invade these counties, we shall I"1-" the greater part of nil wo sought to gain in building the Augusta ?iud Knoxville Railroad. Both tho Savannah Valley Road, from Dorn*? Mine northward, and the Atlantic and French Broad Road from Trickein northward, ought to be branches of the r'<a<l President Venlerv is building lo Greenwood and Sparlaiibtirg, and feeders of it. both these organizations are new, working under great difficulties to grade their lines, and ready to receive help fr?.m any source. The investments are small, and whoever goes lo help them now will obtain a control for a small amount of money. Shall Augusta do tlii? or shall the South Carolina Road and Charleston ?lo it? Mr. Verdery can secure tho control nf both these new bncs for a little ready cash. He is cautious and prudent-has pr-.veil himself a go ??! manager Ho koowa tho worth of money and jims every dollar to good use. Tho writer, without knowledge or consultation with nov ?nie. makes a guess that with lilly thousand dollars, ?ind perhaps with thirty tbousaud, both these new linea can be controlled permanently in the interest of this city, and they will so cover ali these- Upper counties that no other hostile or competing line will bo proposed in tho section that they include. Tho writer further believes that tho present Augusta and Knoxville Hoad, and both these proposed lines above refetred to, will Jo paying busi ness and tho stock bo worth its cost and more in two years from this date. [From the Augusta Chronicle, Editorial.] Ono of our most intelligent and enter prising business men pointa out this morning, in un article of singular lucidi ty that tho lntere-sts of Augusta are men aced by tho plans ascribed to the newly organized South Carolina Railway Com pany. There is no doubt, we think, that tho South Carolina Railway Company, iimlur its present management, has enter ed into a career of unwonted activity and enterprise. There will bo no lack of cap ital and brains. Tho "Sleepy Hollow" of tho ancien rryime is over. Wo must prepare for a policy of competition quite abreast of the age. Our correspondent understands this, and sketches with a master hand, tho Inevitable process wheieby our trade will be impaired, un less wo shall match policy with policy and in nicy with money. To ?ffaet any flanking movements, by way of the Savannah Valley or French Broad wo must help President Verdery and the Augusta and Knoxville Railway Company lo mnko auch extensions or purchases an will counteract the contem plated strategy of the South Carolina Uailway. Weean not too strenuously advise our capitalists nod business nu n to hearken unto ono of their number, who points out the source and nature of the danger, and indicates a willingness to contribute his p; ci|xjrtion ot the means necessary to avert the impending catastrophe. Thc Southern Question? Mr. Raum, Ibo commissioner of inter nal revenue, says a very great change has como tiver the South in the matter of the enforcement of the internal reve nue laws. The organize*! opposition which seemed to exist at ono time on tho part of tho officers of the several Stales to thwart in every way possible tho clio rt a of tho Federtil officials has ceased and they now- give a cordial support to tho agents of tho General Government, Re spectacle.citizens, he says, who in times past sympathized with aud shielded the lawbreakers aro n?w among tile foremost in exposing their Ille gal acts and bringing them to punish ment. Tho angry, millen spirit which existed at the close of the war and dur ing the bitter era of reconstruction found expression inactive or passive opposition of this character. It? disappearance means that a genuine, lasting peace has como at length, and that SO far rta public senti ment is concerned tho National laws nro tts much respected in the South as in tho East or West. President Arthur was wiso when ho dropped the Southern bu siness from tho annual message. The Southern question has become one of tho memories und traditions of our politics. -Xew York Herald. A Murder in Chesterfield. CUKRAW, December ll?.-Odom D. Wil son, a white man, formerly of Fa vet tea ville, N. C., but for tho past four"years a resident cf this county, on Saturday night last whilo seated at supper, sur rounded by his wife and seven children, was tired at by somo party or parties from tho outside and instantly Lilied, live buckshot lodging in Ina head. The deceased had recently figured before United States Commissioner I-add as a defendant in ono caso and Government witness in other cases for violations of revenue laws, and had been hound over for his appearance at tho United States Court in Charleston. Ho expressed nome Tear as to his safotj- to Commissioner I.add only la*t week, having aa ho stated, heard threats made that he would not be llivo to attend court. It is not known who tho perpetrators of this awful deed ire, nor has tho verdict of thc coroner's inquest yet reached hero. The Ninth Massachusetts. BOSTON. December 17.-Tho committo appointed to investigate tho conduct of ;bo 9th Massachusetts Regiment during its recent trip tn Yorktown Sn? thai mo sirences cited as simple intoxication, lisobedienco of orders and unsoldierly itnd ungentlemanly conduct are trtto -gainst twenty members of the regiment, but that according to tho testimony of the o th ce ra and soldiers tho moro serions charges of stealing cheap jewelry, insult ing white girls on the streets, striking horses and carriages and misbehavior at the Libby prison have not boen substan tiated. Orders, have been issued by toe xnntnaiider-in-cblof of tho militia for tho luminary dismissal of tho offenders and the regiment bas been di roc tod not to leavo its armory in uniform until tho ipring parado. A NRW OnniCR OF Tm: oa AT THE WHITB HOUSK.-President Arther has certainly introduced a new order of binga at tho Wblto House. Ho seems imposed to profit by the lessons of the iiurder o? Garfield. Ho has maila the ?ules governing the admission of tho vabllc to tho Whito Honso as strict aa :hey should bavo been long ago. No stranger is admitted to ROO him now inti I ho has told hit business to tho pri rato secretary. Very few persons aro tllowed to ascend fho stairs and take heir places in tho waiting-rooms, where asl spring ono hundred and Oily to two lundred persons were often to be seen at me Um?. He proposes to abolish tho he practice of seeing pooplo simply for lie pnrposo of shaking hands, nnd will tot go out into tho ante rooms, as Gar "icld used to do, and shako hands all iround with thc crowd. The atteudants it tho White House say they never saw inythlng l?ko it before.- HViAuioton Lei er. Tho Colton Crop. t All excepting ele% upo1 b as i favorable, and .n c, inpar b|6 for , Banu- tim? la-''5 >tar 111 gathering tbe crop, , , tol, crop baa ' u?e'" ,? Sn?W?? ?at it IRCD niau*.. ... . ex Ft? i.v 'fourteen, while twenty-nine '"'''??ibrS tbree-fourths by > ?ur? , oil"balf ti.v ten. tTost caine, oa late to do anv damage, except baaing Kineo . ?oti.e ?nmatured 1 T'r,,l;r k ^ is Thc proportion <>! the cr j? marka? U H reported iv two to l c one-quarter, by ' Iii nne-haJf. by seven two-thirdsita twenty-one three-quarters, and by eigk ,een seven-eights, showing that. in ibo average about tbree-fourtbb oftnejietu ba? been marketed. ,-,,_?,." Louisiana rciiorti 1 |>er cent. Jeerease, ,." inn , r. II 75 per cent, marketed ; Mia S?iS^ eUl aecrease, ^ ^?1; marketed:' Arkansas. 50 per cent, de- , crease.itt per cent marketed; Al.ib.uua. Kr cent, decrease, 70 per cent, mar keted : Tennessee, li? per ?nkjg"*?? Picking generally finished. Small top crops reported. Tu? WitiTTAKKii C'ASE.-Whilo there is nothing positively known on tho snb ect it i* the general belie! in well in forme?! arinv circles that tho verdict or ; tho Cadet Whittaker court martial was , unfavorable tn the prisoner and recom mended his dismissal from the academy, but that the review uf the proceedings by the judge advocate general nf tho army, and the report thereon by tho secretary of w ar will result in tho Promeut set t UL'asido the findings pf ibo court and ordering the reinstatement of W hitaker. - The Laurtnsville Herald is nf opin ion that lb? r^enville und Laurens Railroad should be sold out to the Clydes. It is understood that they proposo to take the lands and build tho road. I res- I (dent Maulden proposes to keep 'ho road Independent, but it will Bonner or later yield to the inevitable. - The Augusta and Knoxville Rail road, says the Augusta Chronicle, is ?loing a lino freight and passenger business. On Tuesdav ninctv-five bales of cotton were obliged to be left up tho mad on account of the train having its full load. Tue traill returned !<>r this the next morning The passenger business has increased to such an extent that three passenger ears aro now carried out on each trip. The outlook for the road is very bright. - A meeting of the stockholders of the Camperdown Mills was held in Green ville on Wednesday last. The affairs of the mills were found to be in an excel lent condition, and the spindles aro being run to their utmost capacity. A dividend of o' per cent, was declared payablo the fust of January, which makes a 12 per cent, dividend for tho vear. About 1,800,000 pounds of goods iiavo been manufactured this year, repre senting between 1350.000 and $400,000, and five thousand bales of raw material havo been consumed. - Work is still progressing at a rapid rate on the Augusta and Knoxville Rail road, and each week convinces us moro strongly of the pluck and energy with which "tho engineer is pushing forward the work. Un last Saturday tho track laying force was near Dr. Jennings' placo, which is situated four miles beyond Horn's Mine. With tho work advancing at the present rate, the probability is strong that the track will havo been com pleted to Dom's bet?re Christmas." - A dispatch from Shelby, N, C., dated December 10 sa.?s : Amos Horn, colored, aged forty, caused tho de.ah of his son, liurl Dorn, aged -sixteen, by kicks and blows with a walking slick and wagon whip. The boy was buried yesterday, but his body was exhumed by tho cor oner's jury to-day and an examination shows the" stomach, spleen and liver bruised and swollen. The father was iu carcerated to-day. The negroes are ex cited and swear vengeance. - A Colonization Society, with a capi tal of $3,000,000, ha> been formed in New York city to take up tho vinelands of Virginia and North Carolina, and assist French immigrants to .settle on them. Tho President of the New York and Havre Steamship Company, Mr. De Hib ion, is now in the South making arrange ments for carrying out the plans of the company. - The track of tho .?south Carolina Central Railroad is laid to a distuneo of one milo from the depot at Sumter. - The report of the United States Coin sinner of Agriculture tor IST!) gives the lollowing estimate of tho amount and valuo of the leading crops of all tho States and Territories : Corn 1,547,901,790 bush els, value $5S0,4$6,217 ; Wheat 446,756,360 bushels, value $497,030,142 ; Hay 35,493, 000 tons, value $330,804,494 ; Cotton 2,367, 540,900 pounds, valuo $24-', 140,1-87 ; Oata 363,761,320 bushels, value $120,533,204 ; Potatoes 181,626,400 bushels, value $79, 150,673; barley 40,283,100 bushels, valuo $23,714,444 ; Tobacco 301,278,350 pounds, value $32,727,524 ; Rye 23,639,460 bushels, value $15,507,431 ; Buckwheat 13,140,000 bushels, .alue $7,656,101. Total value of these ten crops, $1,010,054,397, which is about $10 to each inhabitant. This aggre gate is yet to be largely swollen by tho valuta of crops omitted, as rice, peanuts, sugar and molasses, truits of all sorts, honey, wool, butler, garden vegetables, and moats of all kinds. - At Mrs. liacou's plantation, in Edgc tield county, on Wednesday last, two colored men, Frank Williamsand Allen Still, engaged in a tight, during which Still struck Williams with hisaxo, split ting open his skull and exposing tbe brain. The wounded man, strange to say, walked to Johnston's, two miles distant, to a doctor and had his wound dressed, but bo is not expected to recover. Still has not yet been arrested. - A colored man named Hampton Sniyrl was Bhot in tho right shoulder bv Mr. W. IL Ellis, at the circus, in Cam den, on Thurwday night, tho lat iust. - A row occurred in Camdon on Fri lay, tho 2d, tho particulars of which aro uot given hy the local papers. Police man Gerald was shot aud Mr. llinson, tho mall rider between Camden and Lan caster, badly beaten and nearly killed. - Thieves broke into the Sandy Grovo Church, about sixteen miles east of Cam Jen, last week, and stole a hymn book, twenty-five testaments and a lot of mis cellaneous Sunday-school literature. - On Tuesday night of last week a bur bar entered the-.tore of Mr. J. D. Cope land, at Bamberg, blew the safo open and robtxxl it of it* contents, about fourteen lollara, and a quantity of jewelry. - Tho stables or the Atfanta Street Railway^ Company wen? destrejad '"y *rc cr. tu? night of the 11th inst., twenty nulea being tmrned, with several small lull din gs. S. L. McBride, of the firm or McBride t Co., wholesale crockery merchants, At anta, Ga., who has been a great sufferer From Catarrh, says: "After having tried all the best medical nkill in the United States *nd every known remedy, I was cured with S. S. 8. The Ki.xo of all Specifics for blood uneases. Purely vegetable. Price, 11.00 and $1.75 per bottle. Carolina Collegiate Institute THIS SCHOOL opens again Jam 9. 188' Tuition, per term or thirteen week? W OO. $8.00, $lo.00 and $12.00, ac^rdmg to tudies pursued, payable at close or each erm. Contingent fcc 35 cents per term, rull credit for money received from com oon school fond given. Board in Town it reasonable rates. For forther inforraa .lon, inquire of thc Principal Dec 22, 1881 ^ J. LIGON. .Y?Uamston Male Academy. WILLIA*t?TON, ?. C. T1U1S School will resume exercises on , Jnn; nth . ^ e earnestly ask that na for-s ^JUntcr their children ti thfft irrt, and Veep them in attendance dorine rw u? We ftPT**J to the lveoplc i.ilVn UmSt0n ,V,"nit* to ns in milding up a first-class Academy. Send JjgfW ^rcular. and read its contents care W. W. BROWN. Dec 22,1881 34 Principal. School for Small Children. ?CK?. T. C. MCSOW will openher j M. School for small children , on Mon- I lav ythday January, 1882, 1? tho School ouse near Gen. Humphrey, residence, on VbUner Street. TEB??H?8.00 per term of ? wenty weeks, ?tr Full credit will bc (?ven for al) public money received. ' Dot 22, 1581_24_JL Examination of Teachers. IMIK SEMI-ANNUAL Examination of Teachers of Public Schools for An tens?n County will be held in the Carolina 0 -..Ucciate Institute on Fill DAY and SA r [.{{..\V Gib and "lb of January, begin- '] ?|"g ?acb day at 9 o'clock a. uv, and clos nir at 3 o'clock p. m. , . Grade Certificates to be renewed will bo i ubiii'lte? to the Board on Friday morning. There will be no special or private ezam ' The Board will ailjourn on Saturday to neel first Saturday in July. Uv order of the Board. H. W. TODD. Chairman. Dec 22. loSl _Sf_1 ( Sale Personal Property. ALI. tb? Personal Pro|>erty of the Es tate of A. A. Hickson, deceased, will tesoldat public auction, at the residence , of the late Margaret C. .Smith, on .Saturday, Hie 7th dav of January. 1882. at 12 o clock. ' W. H. NARDIN, Adm'r. Dec22, ISSI _2J_'?. Sale Personal Property. ALL thc Personal Properly of the Estate of Margaret C. Smith, deceased, will , be sold at publie auction, at her late resi leiue. on Saturday, the 7th day of Janus rv, 1882. at 12 o'clock P. A . WI LU TTE, Adm'r. 1 Dec 22. 1**1 24 . 2 VfOTICE TO CREDITORS. .AN All pesons having demands against thc Estate of A. A. Dickson, deceased, are herein- notified tu present thc same, prop erly proven, to the undersigned within the tin'ie prescribid by law. Persons indebted to the E?tate are also notified to make pay ment at nuce. , , W. II. NARDIN, Adm'r. Dec 22, 1881 24_3 ' XfOTICE TO CREDITORS. JL^ All persons having demands against the Estate of Margaret C. Smith, deceased, are hereby notified lo present thc same, pp-pcrlv proven, within the time prescribed bv law " Persons indebted to thc Estate arc uNu notified to malco pavmcnt at once. P. A. W1LHITE, Adm'r. Dec 22, issi 24 3 _I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. By W. W. Humphreys, Judye of Probate. WHEREAS, Matthew Breazeale has ap plied to mo to grant him letters of admin istration on the Personal Estate and effects of Hr. Franklin K. Hreazeaie. deceased. These aro therefore to cito and ad mon- , ?sh all kindred and creditors of tho said Dr. F. K. Breazeale, deceased, to bo and ap pear before mc in Court of Probate, to bo held at Anderdon Court House, on the Otb day of January, 1882, after pub lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 16th dav of December, 1881. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Sill Milli INVITE an inspection of their Goods in making your selection of Christmas Presents. You can lind in their Establishment Oil Paintings, Chromos, Picture Frames, Ea sel.?, Poems, Ac. Photo, and Autograph Albums, Scrap Books, Christmas Cards in great variety. Writing Desks, Work Boxes, and many other articles, suitable for either children or grown person?. Give them a call and sec their Stock. Dec ir>. ISM 23 2 CHRISTMAS GOODS AND BAKERY. THE BAKERY is thriving-always sup plied with CAKES and BREAD. TRIMMING CAKES a specialty. Have Fancy line of Ornaments very cheap. RAKING of all kinds dono on .-hort no- | tice and at reasonable priic?. Try me. A large assortment of Toys & Ohristmas Presents To be sold cheaper than ever.? THE FINEST NEW CROP RAISINS In the market at 15c. per lb. 1,000 lbs. Best Stick Candy. Smoke " LEGION OP HONOR CI- ! GARS," thc bebt in thc Slate for thc mon- I cy. S. M. VANWYCK, Dec 1"?. issi z\ 2 j The National Club List. ALL THE LEADING Newspapers and Magazines At Lowcat Club Rates. E. T. CASHINE, Agent, Anderson, S. C. Dec. 15, 1881 2;t 3 Don't Overlook This. PERSONS indebted to me for Fertilizers and Supplies, will please bring on their Cotton or the Cash. W. F. BARR. October 6, 1881 13 New Crop N. 0. Malasses, JUST RECEIVED and for sale by W. F. BARR. Dec s, issi 22 WHAT IS HOME WITH WHAT IS HOM Well, well, don't get mad about it, BUY, A ChickcriDg, Mathushek, Arion or S MITAT 1 , H0ME> SWEI .ii ,rVnade, a,'"Wy Place, and if it d< ?:ily half furnished. ORDER AT ONCE ORGAN-Masoo<" DONT WAIT ^iu If you can't pay all Cub, send for oui REMEMBER THIS.? ORDEB MCSMITH MTJ T. _ GREENVII Dec 22. 1881 AJL SPECIAL To Buyers of Tinware, Stoves pOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS I will Toilet Sets 12.25 to 84-OC STOVES w&?ff??a?s Old in the South ^WU? B Harness Leather. Kip ai *nd will make a Specialty of mme 1 bnv ri di cheap, and gooTooods. 7 Best Table and Poole? And will bo sold cl Potware and Woodenware, KEPT IN O ABl lea OWING HE for Stoves and ?* .??nnary. 1882, or I will place same ii Dec 22,1881 C. C. CUMMflB1 DR PRUNE?' RAUl*H mw FRESH OY8TER8A?^tt8B FRESH FISH[fl T^??31 Ri FOWLS of every kTnd'ftjSl BL Also, a full lo. or Hu. fil K roBACco. ,,ne ciQiJH HF Dec 15, 1881 ^ 'VJ BL CEO. M. STEIJK CHRISTMAS GQtfls )n Lund that he is selling a. . ? LOW FIGUEp^g ?Sf Bo sure to give him a ?H J viii bo sure to give you MtiiC^rfl ? Dec 15, 1881 25 ?. LESSEjB LTew Goods andWewpJSB Tremendous Ste Holiday Trade! 8 Prices Hedi:ced 25 p?r ^Sj ^ GOOD GOODS at very i0. J| Buy your FANCY DRY GOtygSl A. LESSER P.ri.JB Dec 15, 1881 23 ""^H For Christmas (fa GO TO MOSS & CATIE! THEY have TOYS of allkind,fe Iren, as well as a large stock of GcoJ ible for Presents for grown peoplt FRUITS, CANDIES, RAJBDS? ED GOODS, FIREWORKS, vA t hing else of thc kind on hand a) juantitiea. EVERYTHING SOLD CHEi! Dec 15. 1881 23 Jewelry for Christ I am receiving a beautiful lot ti j CHRISTMAS JEWEL] THIS WEEK. Call and examine BEFORE PURCHASING Dec 15, 1881 JOHN M. BUBB 23 . IT IS SAID EVERY DAf WHAT BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS Pl Come and seo for yourself. Weckst 3very ono to buy, and will takeplasa showing them. Elegant celluloid L o runs and brushes, toilet sets, vam rn ind card stands, odor cases of all siou .ups and saucers, a new lot of cologna^ ?xtracts, luminous match-safes-oneoifc ? realest improvements of tue age, a ci ty-library lamps, parlor lamps, ett With best wishes to all, andbrhjH:' Licipations of tho future, we v,-ii h y cu'.! Merry Christmas and a very Hrr;;! Year ! WILHITE & WILHI71? Dec 15, 1881 23 AND OTHER FINE JEWELRY, CONSISTING of Real Diamond Eu Studs, Soltaire Finger Rings. Clusters, Gold V.'atches, Ac. Also, a largt very fine 8olid Gold Jewelry of all BU Memorandum. I can return all the Goods I do not therefore I can afford to sell them at Cost. COME AND SEE, whether youl buy or not. Dec 15, 1881 J. A. DANIELSp 23 At the Golden Hoi FANCY In great variety. ALSO, A FULL LIKE OF DRUGS AND MEI! SIMPSON, REID & CO, No. 2 Benson House Pla<* . Dec 15, 1881_?L_ Hardware, &c. . IF you want anything in thialisvg antee that I can pleaso yon. hat you seo my goods and pt raj rj jeforc making your purch?0^ gAy, ^October 6. 1881 - OUT MUSIC? I 33 WITHOUT MUSIC' and talk in such Big Capitals! lonthera 8cm P|/tN( ?T HOME ! yJ? >es not contain a PIANO or ORO*V AN ?amlin,Peloubet&Co!. or SM# ALWAYS ! Time Prices. ales, with small, living profils, is **f nat and always. PROB! rsie HOUSE. NOTICE ! and Housefuraishing?oo?l sell the following Goods CHEAP: >, worth? $8.00 to $600. AN EVER. Buy the BESEB^ ?TOVE, the best and neatest Hf' ad Calf Skins for Sale, .J irect from the Tanneries, and thew* )t Cutler/in Town, leaper than ever. . _ Kerosene O? and Tallow STOCK. IA, H. SEEL J West End WarerlyB^J] TL -are will please pay before tM 1]|f?J| ? the banda of proper oflicersror^^j,p ?7