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E. B. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY, MARCH J, W2. TERMS : '.?NE YEAH.?I.SO. SIX MONTHS. Wi. TITO Dollar? ir not iiulcl In ndvanrr. FOOIl rou A LITTLE REFLECTION. A great deal of complaint bas been made in sonic quarters of the state about Democratic extravagance, and it may be of some interest to compare this extrava gance with what may be termed Repub lican economy, using the term in a Pick wickian sense. The present tax levy hy the Democratic party for thc .State, County and School fund in Anderson County is 0} mills. The tax levied for these purposes by the Mackey House at the time when it was on its best behavior was Id mills. Now take oil thc County tax, -I mills, and the Constitutional School tax, 2 mills, ami wc have for State purposes 10 mills under thc Republicans fo.' State purposes. Then take thc Coun ty tax, 2? mills, and thc Constitutional Schoo! tax, 2 mil!*, from thc Democratic levy nod you have 1] mills for all State purposes. Then it will Lc seen that tho Republicans required a lax of 10 mills to run the departments of thc Stale govern ment which thc Democrats only levy 1} mills to run. Now this is less than half thc amount takeu by thc- Republicans, and the government is better adminis tered and mtjre protection and encour agement given to the people of thc Stale than was given by thc Republicans. We have had no Combahec or Caiuhoy or Ellenton riots, and the lives and proper ty of our people have been given greater protection and security. This is a grand record for any political parly to achieve in six years of administration, but under thc foregoing comparison all of the ad vantages of Democracy over Republican ism do not fully appear. We havo shown timi tho Republicnn Slate tax waa 10 mills, while the Demo cratic Stato tax is only 4ij mills. Now it will bo remembered that it takes a tax of 3] mills to pay the interest on the State debt. Tho Democrats did not cre ato this debt. It was largely thc creation of Republican frauds, and therefore tho responsibility for its existence rests on tho Republicans. It is a charge upon tho State, and must be pnid by any pnrly which may control tho State. Therefore it should be taken off of both the Repub lican and the Democratic levies. This leaves 6} mills levied hy the Republicans j to run nil of tho departments of tho State government except tho interest on tho public debt, and only ll mills levied by tho Democrats to run nil of tho de partments of the State government ex cept interest on tho public debt. Then comes the inconteatible fact that tho Re publicans lovied and collected C] mills to run thc very departments of thc Stato government which tho Democrats aro now running on 1\ mills. Hring this to a money basis and wo will get a better idea of the ?mount involved. Under Republican administration the assess ment was higher than it is now, nnd 1 mill then raised about $145,000, while it only raises $120,000 now. Therefore, the Republicnn levy of GJ mills raised $942,500, while tho Democratic lovy of lt mills only raises $150,000. Think of it ! then tho Republicans required ?792, 500 a year more in taxes from tho people to run tho State government outsido of tho interest on tho public debt than the Democrats did. We nro now saving by Democratic govornmont over three-quar ters of a million du trs every year hy Democratic government. If this is ex travagance, wo think tho peoplo will ap prove extravagance. Of course, thcro are grumblers who will try to put them selves in power by criticising Democracy, but let every one bear it in mind that tho defeat of the Democrats means a return of tho Republicans to power. Thoso who W?BII to indulge tho luxury of pay ing such taxes as tho Republicana col lected, instead of the taxes collected by the Democrats, should help to break up tho Democratic party, but those who want to retain good government should continue their allegiance to the party which has niade tho reforms we havo shown. These reforms hy tho Demo crats should certainly causo people to hesitate a long lime beforo they run off after new gods, A NATIONAL INCUBUS. Tho Sonato by a vote of 85 to 17 passed a bill to pension General Grant as a recognition of his services in the late war, and thus committed an act of toady ism of which the whulo American peo ple Bhould bo heartily ashamed. Gen eral Grant rendered efficient services du ring tho war, and these were tho only great deeds of his life. His course during tho war, ?nd particularly at Ap pomattox, was tho course of a hero and a patriot, but there were several other Generals who did quito ns much to crush the Confederate government ns Grant did, and yet no pensiou has been pro vided for them. George Washington saved the country in its infancy from de pendence on England and a hated tyran ny, aud by his deeds of valor, of hero ism and of patriotism made himself "first in war, first, in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen," obtaining thereby the appellation of "tho father of his country," and yot there was never any talk of pensioning Washington. It is true, thoro was some difference between tho two men. It is related that at the end of hi* second term as President, Washington, preferring tho safety and perpetuity of thc institutions of his country, in tho foundation of which he bore such a conspicuous part, refused to continue in power for fear that s perpet ual Presidency might endanger tho free institutions of his country. It is on the contrary true that General Grant has boon a perpetual candidate for n third term of the Presidency, and all over the country there was a feeling that this can didacy meant, if successful, au overthrow of our free institutions, ft ia, therefore, not to be wondered that a man of such tendencies as Grant should seek for an entirely different course of recognition and reward from that bestowed upon Washington. Washington declined that which he .feared might injuro his coun try, whilo General Gr*nt takes all that he can cet, regardless of the interest of thc country. The pension to him is an act of hero worship which is unreason able and. unjust. The wealthy ex-Presi dent is to he fully provided for, while thc private soldiers who fought under him are either put off with s mere pittance, if disabled, or totally unprovided for if not disabled. Upon every principle of jus tice, of decency and of republican prin ciples, the bill to pension fJencral Grant should not become a law. IH?O AND IHtW POLITICALLY COM PA lt KO. In IS7<? the Republican party had been in power until thc flied between thc "iitf and the ina hfcd become very great, and there were bickering-, jeal ousies and strife.- which led to the forma tion of bolts ami independent parti*.". Thc Democrats were Bolid, for they had no cause to grumble among themselves. They were out in thc cold, and had to Wwii, t-.fi?.! Ill I ililli .ill ./. "illili" i'li u'h". SO overthrow their enemy who c-ilitrollcd the State government. The Republicans being thus divided and ibo Democrats thu? solidified, the campaign ol' i870 was fought, resulting in defeat to thc parly which was divided, and victory to thc party which waa solid. Six years live clapped since that time, and now the conditions have somewhat changed. The Republicana have by repealed defeat been brought solidly together on ail political controversies in the State. Their party obeys implicitly the diets of its leaders, and their votes are thrown solidly as directed by them on all occa sions. Un the other band, the Demo crats by repented victories have been made over confident and somewhat care less. The out* of the party have their grievances against the inn, and the strife for office now threatens to induce a great deal of bitterness and jealousy, if not contention and disruption, in the party. Thc effect of this is too plain to bc over looked. It will result in thc restoration of the Republican party to thc control of the Stale government. If the Demo crats countenance office-seekers and place-hunters, by allowing them when defeated to make independent canvasses for positions in our Countic* or in our State, tho limo is not far distant when thc result of 187<> will be reversed. In stead of a divided Republican party being beaten by a solid Democracy as in that memorable campaign, wc will see a divided Democracy beaten, and a solid Republicanism assume control of tho State. Independents in thc Democratic party aro more dangerous to good gov ernment in South Carolina than the Re publicans themselves. President Arthur has nominated ex Senator Conkling to tho Associate Jus ticeship made vacant by the retirement of Judge Hunt from thc Supreme Court Hench. Tho nomination is a great sur prise, and some unfavorable comment is indulgod concerning it by tho press. We think, however, that Mr. Conkling is as good a lawyer as any Judgo on that bench, and that he is at least the peer of Bonio of tho present Judges in integrity. Ho is President Arthur's personal friend and benefactor, and it is not remarkablo that ho should have been tendered tho Judgeship. Wc have no doubt that he will ho confirmed, and it is more than probablo he will accept. He will bo re tired from political life, bul then he will be provided with a life time position of great dignity and comfortable salary. Tho Right Rev. Patrick N. Lynch, Roman Catholic Rishop of Charleston, died in that city on Sunday morning in the GGth year of his agc. He was much beloved by all classes, and was eminent for bis scientific learning no less than for bis theological attainments. He was a nativo of this State, and leaves behind him tho record of n noble and useful life. THE CHARGES AGAINST MACKEY. Slr. Dlhhlt''? Arraignment or Hie Contest ant for Fraud nuil Corrnpllon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The follow ing^ is the full lexi of Mr. Dibble's state ment nnd motion before tho committee on elections iii the matter of the forged testimony presented by E. W. M. Mackey: HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, r.s., WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 20,1SS2. To tho Committee on Flections of tho Bouse of Representatives-Gentlemen : Without waiving any of the objections heretofore urged by way of protest, nnd presented for your consideration by mo in tho case of E. W. M. Mackey against M. P. O'Connor, I deem it proper to in form you of certain matters in relation to tho record in tho said case. These matters have como to my knowledge very recently, and thc affidavits accompanying this communication will show that tho charges I make aro not without founda tion-, and nu inspection of the manu script testimony on filo will corroborate the affidavits, while, additional testimony can bo obtained, n? ? am informed and beliove, equally damaging to tho charac ter of tho contestant and bis testimony, should timo be allowed for tho purpose. As I cannot ignoro the fact (of which the said E. W. M. Mackey gavo mo notice on January 4, 1882,) that the said E. W. M. Mackey proposes to assail my right to my scat on tho testimony taken in this case, I allego and charge : 1. That tho ?aid E. W. M. Mackey has wilfully, surreptitiously, fraudulently and corruptly altered and perverted the testi mony of tho witnesses who were exam ined iu the said coso of E. W. M. Mackey against M. P. O'Connor. 2. That tho testimony filed with the Clerk of tho House of Representatives in tho said caso is not tho testimony of the witnesses as given upon their exami nation in the said case. 3. That the said testimony was not forwarded by the officer taking thesame, as required by Section 127 of the United States Revised Statutes. 4. That much of the testimony is not attested by tho witnesses as required by Section 122 of the United States Revised Statutes. And I, therefore, request this commit tee to make duo investigation of theso mattors, nnd to ask leave of the Houso of Representatives to summon tho wit nesses whoso depositions accompany this communication, together with such other witnesses as ma) be named by the said contestant and myself respectively, to testify touching tho truth of the charges aforesaid, in case tho contestant deny tho said charges; or to take such other means as may bo just, fair and lawful to ascertain the samo ; and that the testi mony on file in the said ca?c of E. W. M. Maokey against M. P. O'Connor be stricken out, and declared to be fictitious, unreliable, and void. Respectfully, SAMUEL DI MILE. - Senator Logau's brother Cornelius h anxious to draw a priro in the shape of the Chilian mission. Senator Vance on tlic Tariff. WASH i SOTOS, February 1'?, 1882 The dullness ol Monday wa? not con tinued on Tuesday. JIL thc Senate, Mr. Vance, the incomparable "Old Zeb" of the Tar-heel State, made matter-, very animated indeed. ThoxO who are not acquainted with him personally will per haps like to know what manner of man he i-. I ?upi>osc lliat he ia qnite -ix feet in height and fully 250 pounds in avoir dupois. His bulk causes him to walk with an elephantine '.rca I. Everything nbOUt him is big -head, heart, body and brain. His hair is luxuriant and of a lustriou.s groy, tinged with infrequent darkness. Iii- forehead is square and firm. His eyes are ?rey .-.nd sparkling - two "merry'deyil? that have been con verted to goodness without losing their waggishness. Thc face is full, unctuous with content and incarnadined by high and generous nourishment. L'nlikc his brother in the House, he take-, his toddy when thc *pirit moves him and hi- quid of tobacco when lunch time arrives. His devotion t'? party is extreme, but the ultra Republican Senators have only kind feeling* toward him. He is ' hail fei ?ow w?-ii met" with ?ni mankind, and 1 think even thc temperance ladies, who go about crusading, readily forgive him tor frankly in form i ut them that though his spirit is with their cause, Iiis rebellious stomach i-' against it. He i- racy of the soil of the ( ?id North Stat", ami a pine tree i- to him far more beautiful than thc stateliest palm or queenliest magnolia. Like our own Stephens, who would ' rather be hanged in Crawfordvllte than compelled to live in I'ari*," Yance would he willing to give up thc ghost at once rathe.- than be exiled from his birthplace. Never did thc South produce a character more eui gcncrU-more typically inui vidual. He could not have been grown anywhere else, and I suspect that he is the bi :-t product of Bflncombe county, polished by Charlotte and electrified at Washington. The idol of the masses and the hero of thc stump, nobody can surpass him in popular oratory when breathing his mountain air and face to face with his devoted constituent". lint the chilling precedents of thc Senate, allied with a certain traditional pomposity, re press his freedom of expression and dampen his frolicsome pinions. The atmosphere he takes into his capacious chest is not the sweet breath of thc firs on the cliff, b:it the artificial ventilation that issues from the bowels of the Capi tol and engineered hy a subterranean gnome. Under these cramping circum stances, ho cannot be seen in the highest development. Mistrusting his genius, in such an arena, he carefully prepares his speeches, and has them in manuscript before him. On yesterday he did not confine himself scrupulously to the text, but, ever and anon, snapped thc threads of starch con volitionality, and burst forth into some of the wittiest and most elo quent utterances. While many people, North and South, may not agree with him wholly on the tariff problem, it can not be denied that under .. fusilado of humorous illustrations lay hidden a deal of sound sonso and truth. His voice isa mellow on?', and trained to giving em phasis ti? epigram, ?rn elote and satire. Ile knows to perfection when to make a point, and where to stick it. He has the faculty as Lincoln had, of illustrating argument with little stories, full of pith and pungency, and no less a man than Grant has recently testified, in a post Erandial speech, that this gift is not un ecoming the greatest and most serious of mortals, but only objected to by those who are barron of wit themselves and mistake thc sepulchral for the sublime. In the beginning and at the end of Vance's speech, >Ir. Morrill, of Vermont, a prim grandmotherly gentleman, at tempted to break the force of argument by referring to tho North Carolinian's record for jocularity twenty years ago, when, ns a member of thc House, ho proposed to put a tax' upon Yankee pumpkins as an offset to r\ similar burden upon terrapins. S'ancc good humoredly but incisively rotorted that he did not think he lind ever voted for a protective tariff years ago, but, if so, he would sim ply say that he had kept some bad com pany in his youth, for which he was duly penitent now." Mr. Frye listened to the greater part of the speech with gravity, und did not seem to relish somo of Mic alv digs lie received. Democratic Senn tora in hearty accord with the speaker gathered around him in an admiring and delighted group. There was a deal of laughter on thc floor und in the galleries, which was not suppressed. The speech started out with n s. lid statement of how thc North bad received from tho Govern ment the Hon's share of the public do main, railway subsidies, canal bonds, edttcatioual funds, and a long array of miscellaneous bounties. Tho mammoth disproportion wa? so greatly in favor of one section nnd ngninst the other, that it was no wonder wealth and luxury pre vailed on the one hand and poverty and shabbiness on thc other. The man who has eleven acres given him can educate hi? children better than tho man who had only bad one ncre. The nbsorption of profits by thc manufacturing North was ni thc expense of tho agricultural West and South, nnd such a monstrosity was only made possible by a high political tariff, which constituted New England the great American dead head. The high tariff falls most heavily upon agri culture everywhere in the Union, and most heavily upon the South. Prohibi tion in thc taritl was on n level with Dick Turpin's code of morality. The one had the more civilization ; the other more manhood. The ono sneakingly evades the ten commandments ; the other open ly defies them. When he proclaimed that such prohibitorv taxation was rob bery, ho simply echoed tho decision of tho Supremo Court, which ho read for the enlightenment of the Senator from Maine. There can be no moro heretical despotism than unjust discrimination that build? up individual wealth. It was unconstitutional, illegal and unholy. To maintain this Government protection of the rich few ngainst thc multitudinous poor capital had hired innumerable bowling dervishes on tho press and in the lobby. He was a loyal citizen, and so agreed with tho Supreme Court when that tribunal characterized Mr. Frye's doctrine ns nothing but robbery-pillage under the forms ol law to build up mar ble palaces ut tho North and force the South to dwell in hovels. The increased wages of American labor-that is New England operatives-were reduced to the pauper level bv the difference in thc ?rice of necessities hero and abroad, his shibboleth of "Au.?rican labor" was applied only to manufacturing districts. That fimnll minority of workers was to be protected at the expense and out of thc pockets of the tremendous majority of mechanics, teachers and farm-hands South and West. The farmers of this :ountry are the truest laborers, because [hey are the real producers of all that constitutes tho true, substantial wealth of the Eepublic. Mr. Frye seemed to think hat the man nt the spindle was superior lo the man nt the plow handle, ann that :ho Government was run for the one a-:.! not for the other. The white and negro labor at the South was taxed on every thing, fora head to heel ; and fifty per .-?-?nt. of the black man's wages had to go lo carpet tho floors and put pianos in the cottages of New England factory men. Thia was protection with a vengeance. It was also dishonest, practical, class . legislation. New England selects her labor, not solely from the natives, but largely from the paupers dumped over lier? from Europe-the very paupers from whom the Mci.io Senatoi said we diould protect American workmen ! Pauper labor was therefore imported from Europo to compete with labor at hoi...-, rh eso paupers were likewise beguiled by & promise of homesteads. New England told her manufactured goods to the pau pers of Europe, so-called, at one- half the price demanded from paupers at home. This was riot protecting our own coun trymen but skinning them ti; the lune of fifty per cent, bonus for the benefit <>( foreigners. A Feejec cannibal cc ti ld kill a missionary with an American hatchet or knife, free of duty, and assist digestion with free salt, while American labor is heavily assessed upon ali of these artic! Sugar was imported free ..( duty from Hawaii, to break down the Louisiana j sugar industry and ruin the colored and white laborers in that State, "ur own countrymen are always discriminated Against when i: -uits the protectionists, who force us to buy from them at the highest price. '/ur home market was built up for manufacturers, and nobody else, lt was the Yankee jdea of heaven '..> "c mer" Western and Southern mar kets in buying and celling. A nation can not get rich by trading with itself. W'lien Japan sought to preserve ber an cient! exclusiveiK'-.? and linnie mar ket, the Yankee protectionists opened her portJ and broke down her traditional policy by sending war shins tu enforce a demand to that end. The gold of Eu rope is drawn here by the products of our soil devoted to agriculture. A nation cannot always prosper by taxing itself. If the Wen and South ever equaled New England in manufacturing, what will wc do with our surplus? Foreign paupers will be very useful then. The men who produce $211,000,000 of cotton are -trip ped of their profits by the protection policy. Lands are cheap here because they are abundant. Labor is dear be cause it is scarce. Hie wage? paid by free trade Kngland are double those of protected Russia, Germany and Franc. Kngland is not declining, and never will as long as her commercial flag is flying from the peaks of nearly all the shipping at New York. Protection is like Aunt Jemima's plaster on her old man's back -the more she tried to pul! it ofT, the harder it stuck. It is the g-eat political tapeworm. It is an infant that gets nu grily jealous every time there is a new baby in thc house. Great care is taken not to allow the rising cotton factories of the South to purchase cheap machinery. Rich and pampered manufacturers in New Kngland were much harder to strug gle against than the horde of European paupers. The South was tickled with the hope of free apple whisky some day ; but sho preferred free cotton machinery. A judicious Io ?verine of the tariff and utter extirpation of the internal revenue was what thc South wanted. The inter nal revenue service was a disciplined po litical machine, to bedevil mountaineers and carry elections for the Republican party. Wheu Virginia Democrats agreed to a debt-paying policy, the Republican Administration menaced its myrmidons with dismissal unless they aided and abetted repudiation. He opposed the lop siilcd commission urged by Senator Morrill, because the verdict on hog steal ing was to be rendered by men who had gotten some if the pilfered pork. Rut as a sop to Cerberus, bank checks, which the poor never had, were to be released from taxation, and matches were to go free, for thc benefit of saloon-keepers, l'aient medicines were to have a day of grace, and the American stomach was to become a wholesale recipient of myste rious nostrums, whereby a speedy exit to thc grave was assured. This increase of mortality would add to the protected value of Vermont tombstones and Ruth land marble. Ours is the grandest land upon the planet, with its 700,000 square miles of sun kissed toil and 2,000,000,000 acres laughing with grain harvest*. We had a new Kgypt watered by a new Nile, which bad gigantic development even under repression. We reached out our arms for an all-embracing commerce, but were stopped by a New England spin ning jenny ! Protection enriched one man at thc expense of ten others. Wealth is concentrated and penury dif fused by a prohibitive tax that is unwise, unjust, unconstitutional. Give us a free land, with free labor, free ships and free competition. At the conclusion of his speech, Sena tor Vance escaped the congratulation of all his friends, except Senator George, of Mississippi, whose rugged face was aglow with delight and satisfaction. He emerged from the cloak-room in hot haste, with hat. nod overcoat, and beat a retreat so precipitate that the casual ob server must have supposed that "the toc sin of thc soul -the dinner b?ll"-had summoned him away. Ile had earned bis bnuquel, and I boped he enjoyed it, for whether right or wrong about the tariff, no better or more whole-souled public man steps in shoe leather to-day. - Correspondence ('.'iron ic fr ?.(. Conititu tion'jlitt. DISCUSSING JUDGE CONKLING. The Nomination Meeting with Criticism. NEW YOKE, Feb. 25.-Tho nomina tion of Conkling to the Supreme Keuch created a genuine sensation, and consid erable spare will be devoted to tho dis cussion of it in the morning papers. The weight of opinion on the street and in the editorials is that tho appointment is a commendable one in mrny respect's, although it is not freo from criticism. Doubts are expressed a* to bis accep tance, but (lie idea prevails thal an ac ceptance would inevitably remove him permanently from politics. His friends arc highly gratified that tho office has been offered to him, mid whether be ac cepts or refuses it, they are sure the fact of his nomination will inure to his bene fit, and placo him on a better footing with his party. His opponents interpuso few objections, as they are willing to see his retirement from tho political arena thus emphasized. Ex-Senator Conkling declines to say anything upon the question of accepting tho Supremo Court Justiceship. Tho nomination by the President was a sur prise to bim, and he appeared, so far as there was any appearance at all, to be averse to RB acceptance. CLEVELAND, OHIO, Fob. 25.-The pa pers of this city publish bitter articles assailing the nomination of Conkling to thc Supremo Bench. The Herald Bays that President Arthur did an act that was a surprise and mortification to those Re publicans who bad placed confidence in Iiis good sense, and who had refused to bolievo that, in his official course, he would defer to tho dictates of an arro gant and discredited clique. Rather than conform to tho wishes of tho great mass of Republicans and regard the true interests of the party and the nation, he nominated Roscoe Congline to tho Su preme Hench of tho United States. Conklingism is triumphant. Garfield republicanism is humiliated. That is tho only construction it will bear. There is no possible excuse for this. CONKL1NO'8 NEW JOH. Cfiicttpo Times. It is now expected that as Mr. Roscoe Conkling is out of a job, and a New York man has just been hired at $10,000 a year to let go of a place on the Su preme Court winch he had long since ceased to fill, that thc President will appoint tho picturesque and distinguish ed ex-Senator an Associate Juaneo of the Supremo Court. This, it is explain ed, is to bo done on geographical grounds. Tho Secretary of tho Treasury nan the same geographical advantage, and hs has tho farther advantage that his knowlcdgo of tho law is not wholly problematical. One would suppose that considerations of the general fitness of things would dictate tho appointment of Secretary Folgor to tho Supreme Bench, and Mr. Conkling to a place in the cabinet. Of course his admirers deem Mr. Conkling the greatest jurist of this or any other age, nut if there be any superlative claim that persons of the Newman type of mind have notclaimed for Mr. ConVr ling the country has not heard of i?. That bo is looked upon by tho lawyers of . .New York as the electric light of their profession ii affirmed, but it is also vig orously denied. He was in Washington just about thc same length of time that President Garfield ?vu?. I >?iriCILT that period lie had six ca-es before the Su preme Court, and the late President, for whom it was never claimed that he waa first lawyer in the country, had thirteen : Senator Edmunds, who is acknowledged to be one of the ablest lawyer? in tin United States, had nineteen. Some of thc cases that Senator Conk ling argued before the Supreme Court were ea-cs w v.- an influential Senator might have been as important as a learned lawyer. Ont ci hi? cases wa* that of thc New York Central railroad, whiel was resist ing the collection of taxe-, by tho gov ernment. The case was fir-t tried in a Federal Circuit Court, presided over hy a Judge wboic appointment to the bench was attributed to the senator. Herc he won his case. The government appealed the case to the Supreme- Court, and there Mr. Conkling not only Inat hin case, hut ho lost it unanimously ; not a single Justice took the view of the law that he did. During this same period Mr. Conk? ling had five cases before tho New York Court of Appeal, one or two of the cases being of a political character, and in one he was employed as associate counsel by cr. Attorney Ocrerai v.l../ >.a.s under po litical obligations to him. He is report ed to have received one large fee ; it was $10,000 from the Jayne gang of special agents of the treasury, out of money ex torted from Phelps, Dodge it Co. Mr. Conkling was very indiguant a year and u half ago because Senator Bayard inti mated that he divided the proceed' of thc raid made by Jayne ; ?ie did not divide any proceeds of any raid ; accord ing \rj Iiis friends, ho merely took a fee. It wou'd appear, then, that persons em ployed by the government in the collec tion of its revenues, who were entitled to all tho hw they needed gratuitously from the District Attorney in New York and from thc Attorney General of the United Stales, decline to avail themselves of this privilege, hut recklessly hired a lawyer of their own at the expense o? ?lO.OCO. If it was only legal advice that they wanted, this seems like wild ex travagance, but tho District Attorney and the Attorney General were not mem bers of the senate, or the chief political powers of thc administration 'd that time and perhaps Jayne and his companions knew what they needed, and got it where it was to bc had. After Chief Justice Chas? died Pres dent Grant had a disastrous time trying to get a successor to him. Thc present incumbent's name was the third that he sent to the senate, and the senate was full ed his friends, who would much rather have confirmed than rejected a nomination by him. Besides Williams, Cushing and Waite the president offered the place to Roscoe Conkling. Thc salary of the Chief Justice had been in crcus.d during Mr. Conkling's term in thc senate, on account of which fact he was ineligible and declineel a position tc which he could not have been confirmed. His ineligibility was not generally un derstood, and it was supposed by most persons that he declined because he pre ferred lo remain in the senate. A New York lawyer was asketl one day why he supposed Mr. Conkling declined an ap pointment to thc Supreme Court. He replied : "I suppose for the same reason that I would not accept tho mission tc China; I do not understand the Chinese language." Possibly Mr. Conkling has been devoting Iiis time latterly to the acquisition of the language of thc Su preme Court. Thc Cat lu the Meal-Tub. Fruin the liefonn Signal, I have received two copies eif youl paper and am very much pleased with it As a native South Carolinian I feel proud to Bee one of her native white sons bold enough to be the editor ol such an independent paper. Kudosed you will find my subscription for one year. Yours respectfully, RODERT SMALLS. Washington, D. C. One of the most annoying types of skin or blood diseases is Kczema, "a smartin? eruption of tho skin." This smarting i; produced hy the poison in thc blood, seek inT an outlet through the pores of thc skin. S. S., hy renewing and pu ri fy in JJ thc blood, soon removes every vestijre of orup lion, and the skin will present a beautiful, natural appearance. Price. $l.(Kl and $1.7.* per bottle. STAU: < >F s< ?i'TH CAROLINA, AM>KUM>N Cot* N TY. Hy IS'. If. Hnmphrtyi, Judye ../ Probate. I WHEREAS, H. 1>. Rochester has np I i.?ietl lu me lo grant him lett? rs of admin istration <m the Personal Estate und effect* ..f Mrs. Elizabeth Rochester, dweascd. Theo are therefore t<> cite aud admon ish all kindred and creditors of the?said Elizabeth Rochester, dee d, to Le and ap neat l>eforo mein Court of Probate, to be heida! Anderson <'"urt House, on che 13th dav of March, 10S2, after pub . lication hereof, to shew cause, lr any tney have, why the said administration should not hr- granted. Given under my hand tins j--, .lae of March, 1---' . . " W, W. HUMPHREYS, J. T. March 2. INS.' "?_ TOWNSEND'S MILL "WT"I LL ( ?rind hereafter on Tuesday, f V Thursdav and Saturday. Merchants, doii't forge! ilia! Hie City of Anderson hos a good Mill within her own , corporal, limits. Parti.- purchasing Corn from thc Mcr chants. for bread, on cither of these three dava can gel it ground promptly into as lino au!l Mvt ct Meal ai any water mill In the Stat? can make. Come ?nd give me a trial. J. II. TOWNSEND. Yt !. 2. ! --' 27_ly B. F. WIIITNER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, OFFICE-In Wost wing of Benson House, S? ..omi l! tor, over office of H. G. Sciidday. Fehf), l?fSJ M 3iu W. D. BEWLEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ANDERSON. S. C. WILL Practice in all thc Court-of this State. Ornee-Wi lind of Henson House, formerlv occupi-Kl bv I'r. H. P. Divver. Feb IO, ?ss sj ;tl _ (ir* it. ... s?Tiu?.\y. H. w. hisirso.f. SGUDDAY & SIMPSON, ATTOItXKYS AT "LAW, ANDERSON, S. C. 1?TJ I.I, Practice in all the C ourts of the VT Eighth Circuit. Orri rWest end of the Henson House. Feb Itt, l* -2 M 3m TIMELY NOTICE. WE hereby notify all persons not to drive <>r ride through our field along the General's Road in the Southern part of the city, but to keep in the road, mud or no mud. JOHN E. ALLEN, c sj BEATY. Feb lfi,18S2 31 3 Buist's, D. M. Ferry's, Hiram Sibley's, Johnson, Robbins & Reid's FRESH SEEDS SIMPSON, ik k CIVS, CHEAP FOR CASH. TS* We will not be undersold. Keb Ki, 1882 31 Notice ! Notice ? ! ALL persons indebted Ut the late firm of J. IL CLARK & SONS bv Note, Hue Rill or Account, will save money by ! paying the same AT ONCE to thc undcr I signed. J. S. M CRH AY, Jr., Assignee. WM. S. DUOWX, . . Agent Creditors. Feb 2M, lfi S J 32 3 VfOTICK FINAL SETTLEMENT"! -i-^t The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Henry Sullivan, deceased, hereby elves notice that he will, on the 7th day of March, 1882, apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson County for a Final Settlement of snid l?state, and a discharge from said Administration. A. ti. COOK. Adm'r. Feb 2. l.s\S2 20 5? NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons ha lng demands n gai nat ?be F?tate of Willia <. Telford.defensed are hereby notified to [?resent I hes? me properly proven to either of thu undersigned within the tune prescribed hy law. Per.-ons (twine the estate ar.- ?ii??? notifie ! | , .".,!;,. ,,n ,,".,,,. nt onee. and save e M F I'KLKORIL J. H l i I.F-iR.i. fri BCUS1 CIRCUS ! CIRCUS ! Thc State License is ,$100, Hie City of Anderson Li cense, by Charter, is $300, so that every Circus that shows its ^ MAMMOTH TENT OK EXHIBITS ITS NUMBERLESS CAGES OF WILD BEASTS, HAS got to plank down so much cash, that it has practically killed out all tho Cir Cutts tor this placo. This being the case, we can't pivo vou a Circus ; so we will give you the next best thing to one, namely-THE l*I?TlTREN OF A CIRCUS. So Save your Admission 75 Cents, and corns to MESSES. ORR & SLOAN'S AND GET A NICE LAMP OR BRUSH, OR DOXEN BOXES BLACKING. OR DOZEN CAKES SOAP, &C, &C. YOURS, DEVOTEDLY, ORR & SLOAN, BEKNON HOI Tl CORNER DRU?I STORE, CITY OF ANDERBON, STATE UV SOUTH C.iROIJNA. March 2. lt*. 33 _1 Misses CARLISLE & PEOPLES INVITES thc attention of the Indies of Anderson and the surrounding country to call ou them nn examine their ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF MILLINERY AND FANCY Q00D8, Which .unbraces thc very latest styles of HATS and BONNETS, FLOWERS RIB BONS, LACES, 1^ A HIES NECK WEA lt, Ac, which Ihey oiler at reasonable prices. Call before purchasing elsewhere. Alwo, 31 mit un-M tilting-. March 2, IS82 33 3M LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST I WILL SELL FURNITURE AND COFFI?j Cheaper than any other man in the State. ULL I ASK IS TO COME AND PRICE MY GOODS, fi?>- I WILL GUARANTEE a bettor article of any kinu of Good, in the Furniturr Hoe for LESS MONEY than any other man, and I invite a comparison of Goods and prices. Always a Full Stock on hand on Depot Stael March -'. 1882 i-t- tr nnr .T .T ^ ,JL-^ X. TO FARMERS! And all interested in Buying tho Best floods for LEAST MONEY! SUPPLIES, AT '?&0SS,BLE SUPPLIK A Full Stock always on hand. Cnn offer Hiiecinl inducements In gi,-^ uni Cottee, A large lot of Mnsrovado Jlolnyscs Jual a. riving. HARDWARE, HARDWARE. licit Slock of Hardware in thc City. A largo lot ot' Flows and Plow Steak .Vc sell the best Wheel Harrow for Farm use in thc rr arkot-l?ght-rusalsti latent wheels, very substantial, and at an exceedingly low price. If you want IlAED .VARE don't pass us by. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. We are agents for the WATERTOWN, TOZER, and WOOD, TABER & MOlSi SKOINES, CARDWELL THRESHERS, and in fact nbont everrthioTh Iiis linc, which wc will sell on best terms possible. ^ B FERTILIZERS. . 3 WE HAVE REDUCED OUR PRICES on Fertilizers down aa low as any firfttla ;oods can bc had, and we nsk those wishing to buy to give us a call. fsa- CALL AND SEE OUR NEW ??AXO DISTRIBUTOR. SULLIVAN & MATTISON. March 2, 1882 33_ HAVING purchased the Stock of Goods of thc late firm of J. B. CLABK A SONS, I am prepared now to offer Bargains in the Merchant Tailoring Business, To to bc conducted under the name and style of CLARE & CO., and have en ployed Mr. J. Ii. CLARK to take charge of the bu s i nea? of Cutting and Filth* Clothing, &c, who will welcome his old customers. On hand a Targe and wal iclected Stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING. CLOTHS, CASHMERES, lint?, Ti'imming^Sj Underwear, Which can bc had at the low price of COST. JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor. Feb 23. 1882 Si CLARK & CO. _ill uuj-/7 Agent, HAS A GOOD STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Would especially call attention to SEWING MACHINE!, A large lot ot different kinds with all thc latest Improvements. Can suit, any one in [heir favorite at LOWEST PRICE. See my Machines before you buy. Abo, THE LOUIS COOK BUGGIES, So well known in this country. I keep a good stock of all styles of them on lund, wi nm offering them nt VERY LOW PRICES. I have a large supply of Middleton'8 and Brewer's Fertlizers and Brenner's Acid Phosphate, AT LOWEST PRICES. T^ff- Come and see nie. 1 CAN'T BE UNDERSOLD. Feb 10, 18K2 G. ?. HEED, Agent, _ Waverly House Cornea BROWN BROS. Is the place to buy your ?oods. They are deter mined not to be undersold jy any firm in Anderson., nor ;he Up-Country, during the present year. Give them a call and be ?onvinced of what they Bay. Jan 2,1882. FRESH GARDEN SEED, ORR & SLOAN. ONION SETS, ORR <fe SLOAN. BUIST'S SEED PO? ORR & SLOAN. VACCINE VIRUS, ORR & SLOAN. Jan IP, 1882 _ 27_~* GENIUS REWARDED; -OR THE StoryortliB SewingMac? A handsome little pwyhlet, bine gold cover, with numerous engraving*. XTOT1?E FINAL SETTLEMENT. it? v . . "n?'crai8"?'. Administrator of the Estate of Mrs. Martha Harkins, dee'd hereby fjvos notice that he will, on'the 3ru. rrohMP nrrCA;,,882'np;>|y lo th0 JudK? of t r?bate of Anderson County for n Final ^Cm^\?l^E3ta{e' ftnd & discWo rrom said Administration. J^_2Lm2S^^|MITH' Adl?> Cotton Bayer. ISH? ^i10." aml aU other country pro. for it nfT ?ive thf hlRh09t ?nwket prloo rfaVeVor?Xm0 * c,ia??> .^eve/you ? Octohere/lMl - ? ? I ^ft^^ Hardware, Ac. October 0, 1881 W,3P' BA*R lie GIVEN AWAY to any adult person calling for it? j branch or Biib-oftlco of The Singer factoring Company, or will be9cntbyf? ! post pnid, to any person living stsdW from our offices. THE SINGER MANUFACTURE c9? Principal Office. - -. 84 Union W ' NEW YORK. Sept 22. 1881 _U_.-fr*J Boots and,Shoes. ^ I. CAN At any foot at any Pf^-U* the best of this line of H00^ gentlemen, children and a!^'*p pARft October 0, J 881 15