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ginfeon ?fotril?jjfnw. E. B. HURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, JAN. 20, 1882. OSE YEAH.91.BO. SIX MONTHS. "?Bc. A'tvo Oollar? ii not pal?! in atlranrr. AMALGAMATION. The intelligence which we publish thia week of an effort to establish thc Greenback party in this State, though unexpected, cannot bo regarded as sur prising. There will be in all parties in tho ascendancy a dissatisfied clement which seeks either a disruption of tho party, or a change in ita internal admin istration. The present movement seeks the destruction of the Democratic party and thc inauguration of a new party with no well defined political principles or financial policy. Ii is at present con fined to a few dissatisfied Democrats, and it is'difficult to imagine their ulte rior expectations or plans. If they could succeed in the disruption of the Demo cratic party, it wonld result only in pla cing the Radicals in power, and commit ting tho State again into thc bauds of robbers. It is evident that those engaged in this movement do not rely for suc cess on acquisitions from the Democracy, but noon forming a union upon specified agreements, not as to principles, but upon a division of offices, with the Radicals, and that the party thus formed will be one devoid of principle, and held togeth er alone by the power of plunder and spoils. If the comparatively few former ly Democrat:!, who could bc induced to unite in such a movement, could be suc cessful, they could not become fuctors in the party, ami after having given life and power to thc Radical party, it will discard them as unnecessary in eumbra ti ces. If these dissatisfied Democrats suppose that they can induce thc Radi cal? to forsake their party affiliations and form a new party they are mistaken ; thc Radicals would unite with them to destroy thc Democratic party and nfter that these disaffected persons would bo easily disposed of and tho Radical party ngain installed iu power. Can any good citizeu desire such a catastrophe to be fall the State. Thc persons engaged in this movement cauuot expect to carry with them thc substantial citizens of tho State, who have HO IUCS lo t/rind, and their sole reliance is affiliation with tho Radicals, and although they assumo the name of "Grecnbackers," it would be in fact thc Radical party under a different name. These persons must know that without tho Radical vote they could not carry a county or township in tho State, and so far as Anderson county is concerned, although two or threo of its citizens are said to bo leaders, they cannot carry a dozen of its substantial citizens with them. Tho people understand well enough that any union with thc Radicals, especially ono founded ou tho division of tho spoils, under whatever name nssumed, is the Radical wolf rehabilitated in Bheep's clothing and prepared for another season of plunder. . OUIl RAILROAD INTKHESTS. By reference to an artielo printed on our first page, it will bo seen that tho Atlantic and French IJroad Valley Rail road has been formally turned over to Messrs. Child & Oliver, representatives of a New York syndicate, who arc to completo and equip tho road in first-class stylo by tho fir*t nf December, 1584. Tho road is to run from Edgeficld via Troy, Abbeville, Duo West, Belton, Wil liomston, Easley, Pickcna to tho North Carolina line, on the original survey,and is guaranteed to form a link in an inde pendent through line from tho South Carolina coast to Ohio, making direct connection with both Louisville and Cin cinnati. Tho terms of tho transfer re quire that work shall bo commenced by the 1st September, 1882, but it is expect ed that five hundred or n tbousnnd hands will bo put to work grading the t-oad oarly in the Spring. The Directors of the road arc to bo congratulated upon tho favo.-ablo terms of their contract with tho syndicate, and tho friends of the enterprise aro justly jubilant over tho prospecta of its carly completion, and wo sinccroly hope they will not bo disappointed. To build tho road, over three hundred miles long, and tho most of that distance through moun tains and mountainous regions, within tho limited time will certainly be a grand achievement, and tho results that will surely follow in tho way of developing tho resources of the country through which it will pass will bc worth millions of dollar*, to tho South as well as to the West. Tho question, What effect will this transaction bavo upon the Savannah Valley Railroad, which has been n rival in some respects of tho A. & F. B. R. R., naturally suggests itself; and there is a very general feeling, we understand, that the Savannah Volley will go under. But this is a mistake. The chances for the success of this road are as good now, if not better, than at any time in its his tory. The Directors are not discouraged, and uro going ahead with tho enterprise, and are determined that it shall not be a failure. It is frno that ti locke ncT thr.t the promised help from tho South Caro lina Railroad will not bc received, but its success Is not, and never was, contingent upon help from that quarter. It was de sired from the outset to mako direct con nection with Charleston, and thereby assist in building up our own metropolis, hut Charleston bas shown so little inter est in tho enterprise that the Directors are now turning their attention to the overtures from Augusta, and in all prob ability beforo many weeks elapse ita con struction to that city during the noxt sumnier will bo assuied. There is a very strong feeling along the line of the road to make Augusta the terminal point of the Savannah Valley, and we have no doubt this will be done. To wait longer on the South Carolina Road, or to ever expect any encouragement or assistance from Charleston, would bo folly, and wo hope the Directors will no longer wait on thc slow movements of tho South Caro lina Road. Like the city of Charleston, It seems perfectly satisfied with its pres ent achievements. It does uot seem to care for anything more thou it now has, and if local roads aro built in the State it will be by help from olbcr sources tba? ? thc South Carolina Road or thc city of Charleston. Is it not about time for those wb>. have been fighting thc Savannah Valley to withdraw their opposition, pay up their tases and lend a helping hand to the enterprise? With all opposition with drawn, and a united effort on the part of all our people, we could yet master the situation, but as long a* they are divided -one part pulling one way and the other part another way -we are looked upon with disfavor, and thoie who arc man aging the affairs of the Hoad labor un der great disadvantage. TIIK t? LITE Ai; THIA!.. This trial, which is one of the most remarkable in American jurisprudence, after having occupied the time of the 1 Court for more than two months and co-t the country thousands of dollar-, ii now ' drawing to a-closC, and probably before the close of thc present week will be dis posed of by thc jury, whether finally or not seems quite doubtful. The opinion ; prevails in Washington to some extent that the jury will not be able to agree and a mistrial ordered. As the trial ap proaches its termination lhere is a tre mendous influence exerted to secure Guiteau's conviction, and from the amount and diversity of the testimony as to his sanity, there i? little doubt that he could not be convicted if a person of or dinary official position and popularity had been killed. As it is, it will require a jury of great nerve lu acquit, and they will not do so unless strong reasonable doubts exist in their minds as to his sanity. The Abbeville I*ret? and Banner -ays that efforts will n*> doubt be made by the Atlantic and Kr euch Broad Valley Railroad to secure control of the Savan nah Valley Railroad from Troy to An derson for thc purpose of either build ing it as a feeder, or of killing it as a competior. The A. cv F. B. R. R. need not concern itself about the Savannah Valley, nor entertain any hopes of get ting control of it. Thc road ii going to be built, and that, too, as a competing lino with the Atlantic and French, and not as a feeder to it. If tho gentlemen who now control that line think they can swallow the Savannah Valley, let them try it. * The report was recently started that Gov. Hagood would bo a candidate be fore tile Legislature next Winter for U. S. Senator against lion. M. C. Butler, but ho denies the report, and says that he contemplates retiring to private lifo upon the expiration of his term aa Gove nor. He has had enough of public life. ? Gov. Hagood's message to thc Legis lature on the stock law was unfavorably received all over '.ho State, and caused no little surprise. It was not a credita ble document. Prospective Legislation. Mit. EDIT?K: The average Legislator is always anxious to confei with his con stituency iu reference to the adoption of proposed measures for tho public good. While llie independent action ol' Ibo Legislator should be sedulously guarded and maintained, yet ns it is his province to represent his constituency in the per formance of his delicate duties, lite views of his constituency should bo earnestly sought aud carefully weighed, especially on matters of greatest interest to them, and on which the' are supposed to bc woll informed. Tho proposed chango in the election laws, b_ ns to procuro purity at the ballot box, might surely have been reached without so much circumlocution and so much expense to the State. But for this measure there would have been no neces sity for a continuance of tho session be yond tho Christmas holidays. A simple registration law, with such details as was necessary to make it effective, was all that was necessary. The taxpayer will remember that e very day tho session of tho Legislature is prolonged beyond tho absolute necessities of the case imposes upon tho peoplo un expense of not much short of one thousand dollars per day. While a very healthy spirit of economy was manifested on the part of our Legis lators in opposing appropriations, even for the re-establishment of our State University, yet it never occurred to them that double that sum might have been saved to tho people by finishing up tho business of tho session previous to tho Christmas holidays. Tho great evil of tho times, and one demanding speedy correction, is, wo have too much legisla tion and too many elections. If tho people could have a breathing spell be tween elections, under a simple system of wholesomo laws, fewer but well defined, it would be a great relief. Even our Courts are being weighted down with litigation, in many cases costing moro in civil actions than tho amounts involved, hence tho question is being agitated al ready whether to savo the time and ex pense of tho Circuit Courts it would bo better to increaso tho jurisdiction of tho Trial Justice's Courts, or establish a Dis trict Court system. Without undertak ing to decide that question, wc will ven ture to mako the suggestion that wo should fuiurn to tho old system of but two Circuit Couria in tho year, and a carefully prepared statute enacted by which civil causes might bo adjusted by arbitration rather than litigation. Tho objection to this system is that it presup poses compromises rather than litigation, but does not every man's judgment and observation confirm tho opinion that such is tho better policy. International law has long recognized the great value of arbitration in settling national dis putes, often substituting a peace policy for war measures ; and if our legislative bodies would carry this wiso policy into tho settlement of local disputes, we think it would work n wonderful improvement. Wo cannot dose this article without alluding to the Railroad law before tho Legislature for consideration. It strikes ' us that on this question, as on all other*, there arc two sides, and both sides in this caao aro wrong-wrong in tho premises on which they start out, and, of course, likely to continue wrong whilo operating on such a basis. On (he ono hand it is contended that it is necessary for the protection of the people that tho rail roads in their management should be 1 abridged of their necessary right-, of fix ing rate* uf transportation and fare* so j as to make their business a success. On the other ii is contended that any inter ference by thc State, in the financial workings of railroad*, is destruction of the principle of vested right-", arid there fore unconstitutional. Both these prcm ?sc? are wrong in fact. The courts have already decided the question that thc public have rights in public works and public highways of equal weight with that of the private stockholder. Hence it follows as a necessary consequence that whatever legislation is necessary to pro tect these public rights in railroad*, as in turnpikes, public roads, ferries, mills, ?tc, ought lo be bad, Not in the way of crippling or destroying the-e great high ways in their systems of operation, but as a mutual help to the railroad and a protection to the public. Under such a system of law, wisely administered, wherever ti ?eil, the railroads have been benefited, not injured, and the public min i put at ease, feeling that their rights arc -eenie. This bas been and is now lin- effect in Georgia and other States, and so will it be here if our Legislature will avail themselves of the experience of others. General laws prohibiting dis criminations or extoriionate rates in freights mid fares, and regulating notice of change of freights and fares so as not to inridg Upon thc public a sudden shock, with a commission of three men to act in conjunction with thc Directors of roads in the regulation of freights and fire-, is all tba', is necessary. Hence the Legislature properly refused to pa?s a motion fixing the fares on railroads in this State at three cents a mile RS in Georgia. If we are to have a railroad commission for the very purpose of ar ranging all matters pertaining to rail roads in which tuc public have an in terest, then to that umpire let all these matters be referred. There are two waya of killing a measure of legislative im portance: one is by direct assault, thc other by loading the measure with such a weight of absurdities that jt will fall to piece? cf it? own weight. Let the real friends of the railroad bill confine ?ti provisions to a few simple, well .defined principles, leaving the details mostly tr the commission, and all will le well. T. II. R. A FATAL II A ?MM) AI) CRASH. Two Men Killed and Several Otiten Se rlo.iily Injured. A frightful accident occurred QJI lin Charleston and Savannah Railroad 01 Saturday morning last at 7A o'clock bi the colliding of two fast mail trains, nea Adam's Run, about 27 miles fron Charleston, in a dense fog. The North ward bound train, No. 43, was on schrd ule lime and had stopped fifteen minutes the usual time of waiting for delayei trains, at Adam's Run. Thc Souther) bound train, No. -10, was behind time Telegrams had been sent to both train to meet ami pass nt Adam's Hun. II A. Fox, chief postal clerk, and Bradle Scott, colored, fireman, were killed, \V IL Burbridge, assistant clerk in thc Hail way mail service, was fearfully mangled and Messrs. Mansfield, Osborne un Craft were painfully hurt. The passen gera all escaped. Tho conductor*, in charge of each c tho colliding trains bad received instr ur. lions lo meet and pass each other a Adam's Run, and the terrible catastroph was owing to a misunderstanding of th instructions by Mr. IL L. Pinckney, con dudor of No. 43, who bas furnished th Neto? and Courier a statement conccruin his connection with the matter. Hesay the instructions were not sufficient) plain, and throws tho responsibility tu the accident on the Superintendent, Mi C. S. Gadsden. Mr. Pinckney nek no wi edges thc receipt of the message from th Superintendent to "meet and pass 40 a Adam's Run," aud explains: "It should be fully understood thu there is a very great difference between simple telegraphic message banded ni by the operator and a train order sent t me for some special purpose. In the eas of a train order I am required to sign receipt for it with the statement that understand il intelligently. Thc opera tor is also required to give a duplicate t the engineer and to keep one for himsel In this instance there was no flag out t show that there was a train order for nu and the operator simply hr.nded me th slip of paper, telling mc to meet and pas 40 at Adam's Run, which was tho usuu passing point, and I considered tho tel? gram only a repetition of tho generr order to meot and pass 10 at Adam's Rut subject to thc well understood rule thu whenever 10 was moro than fifteen mir utes behind limo I should have tho rigl of way and pass her at Ravenel's." Upon reaching Adam's Run, he wen into thc turnout and waited fifteen mir lites as usual. There being no signs c 40, be hauled out of thc turnout an proceeded towards RavenclV ns usua ignorant of tho fact that 40 bad bec ordered to run against his timo. II says : "If the oflico wanted mo to wait r Adam's Hun, in my judgment tho telt gram should have been so worded as t acquaint mo with thc fact that 40 ha been ordered to run against my lime, o it should have been a train order dis tinctly telling me to wait at Adam's Ru for 40. If this had been done thcr could not possibly have been a colliaior Of course, it is very easy for tho publi now, with both telegrams in its possei sion, to say, why didn't Pinckney obe tho telegram bc received, but such tele grams were often received, ami it wa always understood that after waiting ti Adam's Run for fifteen minutes, 4 should puah on and pass 40 at thc nea station, which is Ravenel's. My trai being thc Northward bound train had th precedence anyway, and in my jtidgmen the telegram I received was not such ono ns to make it my duty to wait for 4 beyond tho usual time. Tho telegrar might have been sufficiently explicit i tho tra?na bau been ott schedule or ha been irregular trains. The Northwar bound train has a fast and close schedul to mako with the Northeastern Railroad and for this reason always has the rigb of way after waiting fifteen minutes." Superintendent Gadsden says that h sent the telegrams to the two conductoi os stated, and that he docs not think the could bear any but one interpretatior The dispatches were carefully wordc and promptly delivered. Upon arrivin at toe scene of tho disaster ho oskc Conductor Pinckney how ho happened t go on in spite of instructions, and ho r< ?died that ho thought ho waited thc usu: ifteen minutes and went on. Tho cause of tho accident is to be ir vesligated .by the State Railroad Con: missioner and tho U. S. Postal nuthori tie.-. - A Texas cattle ranger, ownin about 3,000 head, asked Morgan, th New York banker, to lend him som money on them, so that he might in crease his herd. He told tho banke bow much the cattle was worth ; hoi they doubled iu value every five yean and mado a large annual profit ; bu wheo ho told Morgan that they didn' bavo any fences in Texas, he exclaims in a tono of holy horror : "No fences Why, good Lord, young man. Pd as soot take a mortgage on a school of codfisl off the banks of Newfoundland." AN INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT? Hhutuefttced, Weakened I'olltlolaiM Con- ; ?jo il nc to Orgmultp O|tuo?ltion t<? tin I>?;i?n>cr?ry-An Anderson MK" Anions till" NumlxT. Ditpatth ti Xetet lind ?vuri'r. COLUMBIA, January JO. A political conference waa held in one of the .Senate committee roomi la>t night bet ween a number of white men and Miller, the colored Republican .Senator from Beaufort. Thirteen white men, all of whom are said lo have been Demo crat*, were present. They hailed from seven counties and were all from thc up country, excepting one, who was from Charleston. Greenville and Anderson counties were represented, but the name of the parties present are refused by Miller, who says the object of the meet ing was to ascertain the meaning of his recent speech ou the registration bill, and to adopt srorne plan for future politi cal action independently of the D?mo eratic organization. The strictest secrecy i< preserved as to the results of the de liberations. Miller, who is vice-Presi dent of the Republican Executive Com mittee, denies that there has been any conference of Republican leader?, or that any appointment of a conference in Pcb rua ry has been made. COLUMBIA, January 22.-The dispatch to the ?VVirj and Courier concerning the mysterious conference of thirteen white Democrats with the colored Republican Senator from Beaufort on Thursday night has created considerable speculation in political circles. It is not certainly Known woo the white men were, but from various circumstances which have como to light it bas been pretty well deter mined that J. Hendrix Mel.:.ne, the Greenback prophet from Feastcrville, W. NV. Russell, a prominent Granger from Pendleton, Anderson county, and ex-Judge Thompson ll. Cooke, of Green ville, weie in the conference. Of course I do not state positively that they were present, but circumstantial evidence strongly supports the conviction that they took an active part in the mongrel con spiracy which is intended to disrupt the present Democratic organization and secure control of the State government. On the night of the conference Me Lane was with Miller, and several days ago Col. L. J. Patterson, the Senator from Kershaw county, was approached by Russell with the request that he would use his influence to have the Grange adopt the new paper which McLanc is about to establish at this place as its offi cial organ. Thc proposition was that thc paper would devote one column to the advocacy of Grange principles if the Grange would recognize and support it. It is hardly necessary to say that Col. Patterson most emphatically declined to have anything to do with the paper. Russell was present at my recent inter view with McLane, he has been closely associating with the Greenback apostle for several weeks, he made the proposi tion to Col. Patterson above related, and ho was in Columbia on last Thursday. But little importance would attach to all this, however, if it were not true that other agencies are at work and other scheme on foot to bring about a coali tion between thc disaffected Democrats throughout the State and the regular Re publican organization. Last night I met the Rev. Bruce Wil liams, the colored Republican Senator from Georgetown Cjunty, on the street and applied my interviewing pump with indifferent success. He would net say what precise line of action would be adopted in thc coming campaign, but declared that the present Democratic party could not hold together, that it was already going to pieces, aud that it would certainly meet with vigorous and deter mined opposition throughout the State in the approaching struggle. He said, moreover, that tho plan which he had adopted in Georgetown County two years ago would bc the plan adopted for thc Slate at large, it amounts, in a few words, to n fair and equal distribution of thc offices without regard to race or par ty affiliations. Under thia arrangement in Georgetown County the Senator and one Representative in the Legislature, the judge of probate, the school com missioner and one county commissioner were elected from the Republican party ; and one Representative, thc sheriff, the clerk of court, the coroner and two county commissioners were taken from the Democratic parly. Asimilar distri bution of thc offices in the remaining counties of the State and in the executive department of tho government will be adopted by the new party as one of thc strongest planks in ?ls platform, upon which, according to the Georgetown Senator, many of the most influential Democrats of the State will lake their slantl. When I asked my victim what would bo the controlling issues of the campaign he declined to say, upon tho ground that it was "too early to go into particulars." He declared, however, that tho piesenl Legislature had succeeded in making a great many issues, and was confident that they would be used to good account in the campaign. This view is not held I y ltira aione. tor, as a Democrat of tho straightest sect told me yesterday, "it seems as if tho Legislature is bent on kicking up a raw." It is intimated that the public will not bo in suspense for a great while, and that the plans ami pur >os(?s of thc new-party people will short y be given full circulation. Beat to Death With a Lightwood Knot. On tho 11th inst, the body of a negro man named Jas. Johnson was found lying on thc bed in his house on Wad malnw Island, the skull badly fractured and thc bedding bathed in blood. An inquest was held nt which Lizzie John son, thc wife of thc deceased, was tho principal witness. Her Maternent was that she had ?one away to a neighbor ing farm that morning and had left her husband in the stable feeding the mule ; that when she returned she found him lying in the bed nearly dead, and that tho mule; had evidently kicked him in thc head. The mule theory was rather unsatisfactory as it was evident that the blow on the skull must havo caused in stant death, and that the wounded man could not have walked from tho stable to his bcd. As there was no testimony, however, to point out the murderer, a verdict of death at the hands of unknown persons was rendered by tho jury, and no nrrests wc-io nwtuY. But on thursday last, Liz zie Johnson made her appearance before Justice r'omont on Wadmalaw Island, and co. Vsscd that she had murdered her husband. Sho says that Johnson had threatened her life and had actually at tempted to kill her with a razor, when she seized a lightwood knot with which she beat out his brains. She was yester day committed to jail for trial at the Court of Sessions on the charge of mur der. Sho carnet! to jail with ncr an in fant only a few months old, the child of the husband sho had killed.-Netc* and (burier, Jan. 2\tt. - Dennie Dunlap was a threo card monte man attached to a circus. A greenhorn -whom he had swindled out of $200 at Assumption, La., complained to a Justice, who not only issued a warrant, but went to tho tent to serve it. Dennie was operating on another victim, and he quietly offered thc Justice $20 not to in terrupt him for ten minutes. This pro position was declined. Then tho gam bler angrily drew a revolver, but the Justice fired quickest, killing bim in stantly, and coolly recovered the $200 from his pocket. The gambling privilege of that circus is now for ?ale. - Public travel in many portions of Greenville and Spartanburg Counties is interrupted in consequence of the con dition of the roads, the mud in many places being from two to three feet deep. Circular of the KXCCUIITC Committee of tlic State Board ur ?leith. E x EC L r i vi: CO M M i r r LK STATE I?OAI'.U OK lir.Ai.rii, CoLUMuTA, S. C. January 20, 18o2. In view of the fact that the smallpox has appeared in the State, and ilie proba bility of an epidemic of it invading, at an early period, lins Slate, as it lias already done, in its epidemic charades, several of the Northern, Western and Middle .??t?te- ; and in view of* the pu liability of this disease springing up in distinct and uiparate centres, which from the iu caiCii travel and thc reception of those who have come from, or passed through, the numerous localities now infected, the Executive Committee of the State Hoard of Health have thought it advisable to j issue this circular with the object o? specially directing the attention of the [ie ?pie and the medical profession to the danger which threatens, so that a mitiga tion or an immunity from au attack of thU loathsome and fatal disease may be secured. The Executive Committee of the State Board of Health, then, urge upon the people the necessity of vaccination, both for adults and children. They urge upon the people thc great advisability of the revacciuation of all those who' have not been vaccinated within fourteen years. They urge upon tho people the advisa bility of the revaccination of every one who docs not bear upon the person a distinctly marked typical scar. They especially urge the need of immediate vaccination. The Hoard would emphatically advise the members of the medical profession within this State at once to procure from some well established and reliable vac cine bureau or vaccine farm, as E. L. Griffin, M. 1)., 1'oiiddu Lac, Wisconsin ; from Caswell, Haz/.ard & Co., New York ; or fro.n Codman & SburtlcfJ, N. V., through the mail, a sufficiency of animal virus to vaccinate several persons, as a beginning, and to use the virus as soon as it is obtained. (The cost of the virus i-> about one dollar for every ten points.) The committee suggest to the apothe caries the advisability of procuring at intervals a fresh supply and retailing these virus points. Thc virus bo taken from a fresh pustule, and the people be urged to have vaccination performed by a physician, who eau judge of thc con dition of the pustule; and that he be re quested not to use virus taken from ad ults, but use that from healthy, well nourished infants who had not been previously vaccinated. The Executive Committee of the Slate Hoard of Health would also recommend that each incorporated city, town and village, at once appoint a public vaccina tor. That it procure a small amount of vaccine, say at an expenditure of five dollars. That it should obtain this at once through the mail. That these cor porations appoint two hours each day during which vaccination can bc tier formed gratuitously. That the several Hoards of County Commissioners and Hoards of control of all Henal and Char itable Institutions in the State be re quested to have those under their cou trol at once vaccinated. That the sub boards urge upon the authorities in their neighborhoods the necessity of general vaccination. Smallpox being a contagious di-ease it is very important that every case be promptly reported to the nearest Sub Hoard of Health. The Sub-Hoard should, with the phy sician in charge of the case, co-operate for its restriction. The patient should bc isolated as much as possible from all other persons, and should alone occupy a room in which all unnecessary furniture bas been removed. The house should be. specially desig nated by some conspicuous placard being placed upon it. Upon the recovery of death of the smallpox patient the room should be thoroughly disinfected. No person recovering from smallpox should be permitted to appear in public until his person and clothing has been disinfected and he be provided with a certificate from the attending physician that all danger from contagion lias been passed. Every person dying ot smallpox should be thorough!'/ washed willi a zinc solution, (sulphate of zinc, 4 oz; com mon salt, 4 oz; water, 1 gallon,) wrap ped in a sheet wet with the solution of zinc, placed in a tight colfin and buried immediately. The clothing towels, bed clothing, etc., shoulu at once, before being taken from the room, be placed in a tub of the solu tion of chloride of zinc. All discharged should either be received in vessels con taining a copperas solution, -(copperas, \ lb.; iiot water, 1 gallon,) or should be immediately covered willi thc coopera*, solution. The room, upon thc death or recovery of the patient, should be at once vacated, It should then be fumigated. The room should he closed as lightly as possible; sulphur, about 4 lbs., placed in au iron pan supported upon bricks placed in a wash-tub containing a little waier. The sulphur should bc set on fire by hot coals, or by tho aid of a spoonful! of alcohol, and thc room closed for twenty-four hours. It is best to burn all articles which have been in contact with persone sick with the smallpox. If the articles are too valuable to bc destroyed, those o? cotton, linen, woolen, r.s thin blankets, etc., should be treated with the boiling hot solution of zinc, introducing piece by piece and boiling for at least half an hour. Heavy woolen clothing, silk, furs, stuffed bed-covers, beds and other arti cles which cannot be treated with tho zinc solution, should be hung in the room during fumigation, their surfaces thoroughly exposed, and pockets being turned inside out; afterwards they should be exposed in thc opeu air, beaten and shaken. Pillows, bed?, stuffed mattress es, upholstered furniture, etc., should be cut open, the contents spread out and thoroughly fumigated. Carpets are bes! fumigated on the floor, but should after wards be removed to the open air and thoroughly beaten. - The municipal election at Walhalla, ou the lfith, resulted in thc cl?nico ul the following officers: Intendant, A. Brennecke ; wardens, H. C. Rocbau, W. J. S;r:b!ir??-, Br. L. B. Johnson, J. P. Micklcr, C. Wcnnclkin, C. IL Hesse. - Mr. N. W. Broker's barn at Ridge Springs, was burned by an .incendiary fire on Wednesday morning last between 3 and 4 o'clock. A cow and calf per ished in the flames. Mr. Brooker also lost his entire cr-q> of fodder and a con siderable quantity of cotton seed. - Ur. Bliss is so much displeased with the public criticisms of the charges made by President Garfield's physi- :ans that he says f "I do not mean to p,osent any bill. The other physicians in the case I eel that it is host in view of all tho circumstances not to present any bills to Congress. We are content to receive whatever the National Legislature choo ses to give, if anything. I concur with my colleagues in this view of the case. I do not think there need bo any other contradiction given to tho newspaper statement about the supposed enormity of our charges." - Tho Grange at Effingham, in Dar lington County, have, at their own ex pense, refitted the public school-bouso and furnished it nicely. Tho Peniel Grange have done likewise, and there is at that place a flourishing school with sixty-five rebol a rs. - Mr. John Kelly is lying dangerous ly ill at his residence in Lexington ave nue, New York. H:s physicians pre scribe absolute reposo and seclusion. A l?astardlf Deed i? Walhalla. WALHALLA, January 22. One of thc .no?t disgraceful scenes that ever blackened the records of this town occurred in front io front of the Presbyte, ian Church to day Ln"le?. Dun?a,?. from near ?lock Hill, ?tabbed Willie Casoo, from Hodge*, in the arm and axillary region, revering severa arteries. The wounds are serious, though not considered dangerous, l hese young men were attending service in he Church. During Sunday School Dunlap behaved badi*-, and during service he amused himself nicking pins in Casoo, who sat just before him. AOer services were over Casoii remonstrated with Dun lap for his conduct in Church. Dunlap said it waa as good a time as any to settle j the matter, and endeavored '.o take a cane from a bystander. He then d.ew a knife and wounded Cason as above. Dunlap is under arrest, and is considered here a bad fellow. Cason is an afflicted boy, me.-k and quiet in his manners.-IJit hatch to Xewt and Courier. - T. W. Reid, merchant, of Walhalla., has made an asiignment. Liabilities $5,000, assets $3,000. J. C. Miekler is the assignee. - Col. John F. Hobbs, of Lexington, bf Independent fame, bas anno1 2d his intention to emil rate to Australia to en gage in business-not politics. - Chicago ba*50,000 girls working at the various iradi? f;r the average wages of *2 a week. - A correspondent of the Hartford ; Conn.) Times writes that the boss of the situation at the White House is a mulatto whom the President has brought from New York, and who is a messi tige*. On New Year's Day, when every one else was required to pass through the parlors without stopping, the new man violated that order by scating two colored women on a lounge in the green room, and al lowing them to 'it there until the recep tion was over. The police and all seemed to be under his control, and he professes to have great influence with the Presi dent, and wields influence enough to re move any era i. oyes of the mansion who interfere with him. - The Virginia Legislature is afraid of the smallpox, and meditates removal from Richmond. The fact of thc hereditary transmission of disease is clearly established, and Scrofu la is the most dreaded and perhaps the most diilicult to cure. S. S. 3., the King ol all Specifics, points .sith pride tb the long list of cures of this scourge. In no instance has it been known to fail, even after cases had been pronounced hopeless. Price ?1 and $1.75 per bottle. i. __^==r=-__ Fresh Garden Seed. JCST RECEIVED, a complete assort ment of Landreth's and li. M. Ferry's Garden Seed. Yellow and White Onion Sets. No better Seed grown than above A. B. TOWERS & CO. Jan 20. 1832_lit!_3 Meeting of Creditors. HPHERE will bea meeting of thcCredi X tors of J. A. H. Ilrinsdon in mv office al Pendleton, S. C.. on the 1st day o'f Feb ruary next, nt ll o'clock a. m.. for thc pur pose of electing nn Agent for said creditors. W. ll. I). (?A1LLARD, Assignee. Jan 20, 1882 28 1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AN OK ".SON COUNTY. Hy W. IF. Humphrey*, Judye oj Probate WHEREAS, Mrs. Susan Burriss has ap' plied to me to gran' her letters of admin istration, with "Will annexed, on the Per sonal Estate and effects of Levi Burriss, de ceased. These aro therefore to cite and admon ish all kindred and creditors of the sait Levi Burriss, deceased, to bo and ap pear before mein Court of Probate, tc bo held ot Anderson Court House, or the 10th day of February, 1882, after pub lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why tho said administration shoul? not be granted. Given under my ham this 2f>th dav ol" Januarv, 1882. W. AV. HUM I'll KEYS, J. P. Jan 20. 18S2 28 2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERDON COCNTT. Hy ll'. II", lt- mphrry/, Judye nf Probatt Whereas, M r>. M:.:TI ,I A. M eters ha applied to lite !.. .:r.m! Uer l.i-tli-r.x nf Ad ministration on nm I'erxmal Estate ?ni effects of P. .\. MiiNiir?. iUv?-a.-e.l. These are therefore to cite and adtiiouisl all and singular thc kindred und creditor of the said P. A. Muster.-*, deceased, tba they bc and appear Lefore mc in the Cour of Probate, t.? Le laid ai Anderson < '. ll. oi Saturday, lOtli day of February, l?:-2, afte publication hereof, to .show cause, if an; they have, why Hie said Administration should not be granted. Given under m hand, this 24th day of January, 1SS2. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Jan 20, 1882 28 2 I?TOTICE TO DEBTORS Til F Noted and Accounts of all persons indebted to the undersigned must be paie on or before the 20th of February, or thej will bc turned over to a Trial Justice foi collection. I must have what is due me and thnt without further delay. They ear be found at my old stand, DOW occupiee by C. F. Jones & Co., who are authorizer to collect and receipt for same. J. REESE FANT. Jan 20, 1882 28 2 PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS Till: Trustees of Public .Schools for An elerson County will find below a state mont of School funds which will be dm each School District for tho Public Schoo time, beginning first of November, 1881. Trustees should transfer the amount dm their respective School DistricLs to theil Boanl books, and be careful not to over draw the amount due. Also, each Bonn of Trustees will keep all the Schools undei their jurisdiction open the same number ol months : School Dist. School lax Po'!: Total Fork.$538 00 280 $818 0( Pendleton. -t?T0 75 322 791 71 Garvin. 425 2? 280 714 2i Brushy Creek . 572 00 344 910 0( Rock Mills. 120 00 174 684 Ot Centreville. 100 00 223 f.-xi rv .lopeweii. MU OG 207 709 ?i \\ iliiainston . 51G 50 187 703 5( Savannah. 489 00 205 094 0( Vorenncs. 548 00 257 805 0( Brpadaway. .. 488 00 241 720 0< Helton. 550 00 249 799 Of S>rner275 00 179 ?54 ? Hall. 470 00 194 G70 0( Martin. 4 sc oo 280 70001 Honca Path. 535 50 343 878 5< Anderson. 450 00 24* 094 0< ? lllinmston . 210 00 150 490 0< R. W. TODD, T rw. School Commissioner. Jan 20, 1882 28 1 Sale of Lot and Land Situate in Pendleton, S. C. WILL bc sold before thc Court Housi door at Anderson, S. C.. on the Gt! day <.r february next, (8ALESDAY ) tt tho highest bidder, for partition, two Lota known as the residence of thc lato W. D. C Daniels, deceased : HOUSE and LOT, containing three om one-sixteenth acres, more o. less ant known in the plan of the said Village a nnt-Iot No. 20, more fully described in deei h m John Headen to S E. Daniels ant others, dated 4th October, 1830, and record cd in Book "V." pages 237 and 233. Also, the nine and one-half acres o Land, adjoining, and more fully describe* n deed from Tully Bolling and Ann Bar low to James M. Daniels and others, dated 22.1 January, 1842, and recoiled In bool 1. pages 48 and 49. Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay five dol lars extra foi papers. COLUMBUS WARBLA W. i Special Trustee, Ac. Jan ?2, 1882 20 4 NEW CASH STORE FOR igg, C. F. JONES * CO. HaviSO bought Stock of Goods of J. Bj FANT A CO. beg leave to tanoni tht?-friends and the trading public that they will kesp crerything utuifftji A FIRST CLASS STORE. We make specialties of- "1**1, FANCY GROCERIES AND TOBACCO. Don't buv your Tobacco until you have examined our Goods and Prices, \yB V WeYhave on hand a large lot HACKEB EIJ. w h ich we j"rtll sell at cloe, fl^ t ?tit to clo?? them cut, and expect to do so, il LOV< PRICES will sell them. " *? FLOUR, SUSAR, COFFEE, CHEESE, DRY GOODS, And in fact, everything you want at the VERY LOWEST LIVING PRIC?.Sto.( Cash Come Rive us a fair trial, and judge for yourselves. * \ tB~ w ill ALSO SELL SEVERAL Standard Brands of* Fertilizers At reasonable ligures for Cash or Cotton Option. ^ A call is respectfully solicite!. & ^ JONES & CO Pant's Old Stand, next to ii?onic Bulldfu Jan 26. 1H*2_ 23 -_jrl* AHEAD AGAIN AS USTJAi? REPORTS FROM ALL SECTIONS of North and South Carolina, GWrgls ^ Alabama sustain our claim that thc WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'S MAMPMEB 611 Is the Best and Most Reliable and Cheapest Fertilizer in use, and that the Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s Superphosphate, Which we put out for thc first time last Season, has proved unoxcclled by any Adj Phosphate on the Market. . It is not neves-sarv for us to say anything about these Fertilizers, as the reports, wbitfc may be obtained from our Agents or ourselves, cover thc whole subject, and willam^ ^tVewill have a moderate supp Iv of each, which can bc obtained from our Arah payable in Cotton next Fall. If there is no Agent at your Railroad Depot, gd yo? merchant to order it. __.Ju. ~ - WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., SAVANNAH, GA., and CHARLESTON, 8. C. Jan 20. 1SH2 _28_ ______?o SUPPLIES, FOIE?, 1882 A FULL LINE OP GROO?, BOOTS, SHOES, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, dec, AT PRICES TO MET COMPETITION 1 HEB ll AMStOGM?StAfflnE Wi te on tot Blood's Celebrated Axes, Hatchets, Ficks, Mattocks and Grab Hoes. An? v;s, Rowland's and other brands of Shovels, Spades, &c Roger's and Westenholm Cutlery, Building Hardware Locks^ Hinges, BoltB, Rivets, &c. Jbdge Tools of all kinds. English and American Files. Piston's Saws, Grindstones, Scythes, Snaths. Cradles, &c &c SST The LARGEST STOCK and BEST SELECTION of HARDWARE ever kept in this market, and if you don't believe it, call and see for younell Prices and Qualities of Goods guaranteed. 3 AND ACID PHOSPHATE. Our old reliable brands. We know what we ofler in the way of Fertilizers, sod can now give prices CONSIDERABLY UNDER LAST SEASON. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. . We propose to keep in stock a lino of first-class Agricultural Machinery, ff! wo wish to be remembered by parties expecting to buy. Thc "Watertown," "Wood, Tabor & Morse" and Tozer GINS, PRESSES, MOWERS and Reapers, FLOWS, SAW MILLS, Etc. Etc. SULLIVAN & MATT1SQN. Jan 26, 1882 28 4 C3-TT AND J^GXID PHOSPHATE WE *\R&PR.EPA,RED to oirer to th0 Planters of Anderson County GVAVOi^ Tia? i.?illhcr,f?r,iuh lst MAY- Cft8h ,8t NOVEMBER, or on the ?0T?w Ol HON PLAN, as LOW as thc some class of Fertilizer can be bought lu this mar?? Give us a call before buying, and get onr prices. li'ii AI,SO HAVE ON HAND A FULL LINE OF Groceries and Staple Dry Goods, And would respectfully solicit an examination of our Stock before buying where. REED, MOORHEAD & ??"nW NO. 7 on A KITE ROW: Jan 28, 18S2 Notice to Fiduciaries. ALL Administrators, Executors, and other Fiduciaries who by law arc re quired to make their returns to the Judge or Probate, nre hereby notified to do so d? nn? tho month of January, or tho penalties or the law will be enforced. W. W. HUMPHREYS, , . ."" Judge of Probate. Jan .>, 18.S2 25 4 Boots and Shoes. T C,KN,fit.a^.rootfttany Price- I keep 7Z?,\?!C 1 ???.^1* Hno of goods, for ladles, gentlemen, children and all classes. October 0, 1881 W. F. BARR. MILLING NOTICE. IAM now prepared to grind J***" ? ' HOMINY at my Mill in Town erg Thursday. Will give my person! aw tion to the Mill. rvYTTON In a row days I hope to have a ('uVub4 SHED HOLLER in operation, and wt pleased to rtcelvo the patronage community. - ?. ToW??9ENn Jan 10, 1882_27_-i? Don't Overlook Tt? PERSONS indebted to me ?h*-?2JS3l and Supplies, will please bringt?? Cotton or tho Cash. ^ BARB? October 0,1881 .r 13