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E. li. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY, APRIL 1882. TERMS : ONE Y LAB..1.50. SIX MONTHS.~. ..3c Two Hollar? U n?? p;?Id hi advance. THE I'OUTICAL T KI A I.S. The case of tlie United States Vf. Hales and others, for alleged frauds in the gen* eral election* of le>0, afiet full argu ment, was committed to the jury on last Friday. The jury wa>i composed of three Democrat? and nine Republicans. Thc testimony on thc part of thc State wa* mostly from persons ?ho were proved of b:ul character, persons who ?ouhi not be believed by respectable people on oath, and the testimony on the part of thc de fense, by witnesses whose characters ?ere unimpeached, disproved the allegations contained in the information, and the case, under the following charge of Judge Bond, wa? submitted to the jury at I o'clock : Gentlemen oj tl": Jury: Notwithstand ing the effort made outside and inside of the Court House lo attribute these pros ecutions to partisan motives, you ;ir<* not to be influenced or allow your minds to be swayed by such effort-. I am sure thrre can bo no juryman in that box who wishes to live in a community where the voice of the people is stifled, or one who thinks a Republican Government can long exist where the ballot box i- defiled or polluted. The political clamor inu?t not be heard here, nor ought the du-t of that arena blind your vision when you look at the facts presented by the wit- j nesae*. The very first casse for a violation of ? the laws relating to the elective franchise ! ever tried in this Court was that of two i Republican managers of election at a j time when that party wa- in the a^cen- ? dancy in the State, .-.nd they were con victed and sent to the penitentiary. The law is no respecter of persons, lt is to the interest of every man in thi-* com munity that you calmly and deliberately consider the evidence bc-rc- free from par tisan bias. You are to see that no inno cent roan is convicted, but you should determine also fearlessly that ur- guilty persons shall escape. The information chargea substantially that these defendants are guilty, in the conduct ci an election at which repre sentatives in Congress were to be voted fr-r. of two offences. The first is that they hindered and ob -iructed Hugh P. Kane, a Supervisor of Flection, from the peformance of his duty, that is lo say, from seeing that the ballot box was empty before the polling commenced, and Secoudly, that these parties charged with the conduct of a roderai election at Acton, did acts unauthorized by law, that is, that they clandestinely and unlawfully did put and place and caused to be put nnd placed and suffer to remain in thc ballot box at Acton precinct ballots, which ballots had not been lawfully voted at that precinct, and that they ex cluded such ballots in tho count of tho votes polled at that election. Stated in plain uutcchnical language, these are tho charges you are to try. Now, gentlemen, if you lind from the evidence that these managers were man agers of the election nt Acton precinct, nt which a representative in Congress was to be voted for, and that Hugh P. Kane was n Supervisor of Election at that precinct, and that he requested to seo whether or not the ballot box about to be used for tho disposition of the bal lots was empty aud that thc managers refused him this request, then they aro guilty as charged in the first, second and third counts of tho information, and it is only necessary that the jury should find that Hugh P. Kane was appointed hythe Court and took his oath of olfico to jus tify his acting as Supervisor. Though tho jury may find ho was improvidently appointed, he was Supervisor tit facto, and in the exercise of his duty as such was to be regarded by all persons as such. And if the jury find from the evidence that there were ballots found in the box nt Acton precinct which were not voted by its qualified voters, and that thc man agers ol* election put such ballots unlaw fully and clandestinely in the ballot box, or caused them to be put there, or, know ing them to be there, suffered 'hem lo remain in the box and counted them, theu the managers of thc election and nil others engaged in the conduct of it are guilty under the remaining counts. lt is your duty, gentlemen, to weigh the evidence carefully, and bring in your verdict as you lind thu facts lo be. The government and tho defendants alike are entitled to thc independent judgment of each ono of you upon the issues present ed for your consideration. It is sometimes th', case that tho jurors agree that the opinion of a ma jority or some number less than the whole shall be adopted as the verdict to be returned. Such a verdict is not a lawful one. Fach of you must find his verdict npou the responsibility of his own oath, and cannot shift thc respon sibility of his action from his own con -'..ienco to that of his fellows. The burden of proof is upon the United Slates, and the defendants aro entitled to any reasonable doubt, which doubt must not be n mere surmiso or notion, but a doubt for which n reason can be assigned by the juror to himself which prevents his miud from coming to a verdict of guilty. On Saturday nAernoon thu jury had not agreed on a verdict, und Judge Bond had them brought into court, whe'i they stated that they could not egree. Judge Bond enquired whether they disagreed on the law or the fach*, and when in formed that il was oe tho facts, ho sent tho jury back to their roora, requiring them to consider the matter further, with the privilege, if they agreed upon a ver dict, to 70 to their homes until the meet ing of the Court on Monday morning. At 5 "'-jlock tho jury reached a verdict, sealed it and deposited it with tho fore man and dispersed. The deepest anxiety and most intense interest prevailed from Saturday to Mon day as to the verdict. Different reports Were circulated, bot thc ono that tho de fendants were found guilty under the first count and not guilty on all the oth ers, seven in number, gained currency. On Monday the jury were called by tho Clerk; all of whom answered to their names, when the foreman handed to thc court a scaled paper. Before the break ing oe the seal two of the jurors, Mr. Fountain and Mr. Strom, rose from their scats and declared that that was not their verdict. Mr. Fountain said : "May it please your Honor, wo have not agreed upon a verdict. That is not my verdict I signed that verdict under a misappre hension, and since I signed.it I have thought over it, and I find I was misled.'' To this Judgo Bond replied : "Oh, wo can't hear that sort of anoxcuse. You have been discharged and that's the end of iL" Mr. Fountain still protesting said: "I signed the verdict without knowing what it meant, and I hnvo told the foreman that that is not my verdict. I was risk and I was misled when I signed it." Judge Bond : "You waited too long to think ?vcr it, you thought over it after you were discharged. A juror may find out afterwards"- Mr. Strom here interrupted thc Judge by say ing: "May it please your Honor I signed thal verdie; in mi-take. I was in pain and i went to thc foreman for relief, and he couldn't give it to nie. It was ; not my conclusion, hut I had t<> ?ign it. j I don't think I bsd n right lo sign it.' ? Mr. Abney of counsel for the defense i moved to send the case back to the jury, j which the Judge refu?cd, saying that j tho*e gentlemen were net then jury I nien in thc cam; ; that they had been ! discharged. Mr. Hakell then requested I to be heard oil that point, which w.i- . fused, and the Judge ordered the ver diet published and record'd, caving he would bear arguments on the point ou a m i lion toset aside the verdict. The' cut?- ? .-el for the defeuee xccpted. The Clerk then read the papei purpor ting to bc thc verdict, ?hub found the I defendants guilty a? t-> the first count, and not guilty a? lo all the other count!?, and recommended them to the mercy of the Court. The first to ml chargea that the de fendants prevented the Supervisor from inspecting and examining the bri!!'/. L >x at the hour of opening the poll?. The real question presented i* that the paper published and recorded a? the ver dict of the jury was in law no verdict No agreement made in the jury n-om, nor any paper signed there, can have any force '.?* i verdict until afterward* agented foin "?KU ('wiri by refry Member of I ftc \ jury. This M the English law, ami the clear and unmistakable lav. of the Court* of (bili .State. I* it true, aa u matter of fact, that thc jury wat discharged ? If so, why wai that jury required to bc in their -tats at the opening of the Court on Monday morning .' Why did the Clerk call over the jury and announce to the Court that they were all there ? and why were they addressed tu a jory by the Clerk sod asked if they had agreed upon a verdict ? Let these facts -peak for themselves; we will make no comment, for they require none. The.se ?lection trials are political one-, intended lo advance the Independent mov?* and to Mahoucize and negroizc the State. They arc incited from Washing ton by the stalwart and worst elements of the most corrupt party that ever ruled in this country. The United States Attor ney-General, one Brewster, is on the path of vengeance and blood, urging his in struments, tit tools for the work, Melton and Saunder^, to convict the accused, and threatening that if ncquitted they will be further pursued, even nt great cost and expense. The power of the Federal Government isexertcd to convict all the defendants in these political trials, and a fair and impartial trial will bc dif ficult to be had. These are political trials, and the attempt of thc Distrlcl Attorney to reject from the jury all Dem ocrats and pack it with negroes and Re publicans i-. looked upon as infamous lu times of high political excitement such UH the present, the trial of tin accused for a political offence, hy a -jur; composed of his political enemies, is i mockery of justice, and no fair-mitidct or houcst man would desire it, much lesi prucure or permit it. Mr. Melton in his speech before tin jury labored hartl to make thc impressloi that it was a sense of duty that impeller, him to pursue tho course he did. sense of duty io whom and to what Did duty compel him to pack the jury and if so duty to what ; To a fair and im partial trial? No I To the supremacy o the law ? Certainly nor, but duty to liv behests of the vindictive and blood; Brewster, and to the corrupt party witl which he ha* identified himself, and o which he Ls making bimselfa notoriously infamous coadjutor. Elections may b< fraudulent, and Legislatures corrupt, bu thc life, liberty and property of the cit izen are secure so long as the integrity o thc judiciary remains intact mid uncor rupted, but when this becomes impaired and packed juries arc selected by tin government officer to convict the part; charged, ho commits ii great criin against law, justice and the rights of th citizen, and prostitutes thc noblest tribu nal of the land lo the most ignoble cud The defendants in this case hav suffered a great wrong in thc publicatioi and recording of thc so-called verdict The wires have willi lightning spec? f.asbed over the cutintry that thc verdie of the jury found them guilty, when il fact ami law no verdict was crer rendered This wrong cannot injure them in th estimation of their fellow citizens, bu must recoil on those who inflict it. The registration books and papers n furnished by Col. lt. M. Sims, thc Sccrc tary of State, are a mockery and a farce They are gotten up in the flimsiest am most ridiculously cheap manner possible Thero is scarcely a school child's cop; book which is not of a more substantia character. Theso books are thc highe evidencc of thc citizen's right of suffrage nud are intended by tho Act to bc a pei manont record of that right, than whicl nothing is more valuable to the citizen of our State, and yet this record is to b kept in a set of books which would nc bc used fur the most unimportant cntric in n first class business bouse. Thc will not, iu ourjudgmeut, la>t through single campaign. The Legislature ic tended the work to bo substantially mi correctly done, and for this purpose ar propriated four thousand dollars, but Co Sims, wo suppose, thought it was a goo opportunity to rebuke legislative cxtra\ agance, and secured the work done in th manner indicated for less than two bur drcd and sixty dollars. This is a penn) wiso and pound-foolish transaction. Th books will not last through one elcctioi and another registration and nnother ?< of booka will bc required at a greatly ir creased expense to thc State. The who] appearance of the booka and the certif cates look's like a joke, and will certain! give the State and thc outside world tl idea of a huge fraud upon the ballot nc tho right of suffrage. Messrs. McCrael and Murray have seen Col. Sims and tr Gcrernor for the purpose of having ne books prepared at once out of Ibo appr priation, and it is to bo hoped thal it wi be done. If it is not, then Col. Sin will be responsible for all of the troubl confusion and injustice which may ari from his flimsy aud unreasonably ches work. These books and certificat should be prepared of equal quality wil thc record books of t!ie Clerks' or Pro bate Judges' office. They are a record, and a? such should be made durable. The first criminal defalcation which has occurred under Democratic adminis tration conn- from Newberry county in the.flight of lier Treasurer, Capt. I". 15. White?, who leave? hi* ace .'tint* some eight thousand dollars behind, of which sum two thou-and dol?an is county money and thc remainder belong- to the State. llii bondsmen are perfectly sol vent, and the State will !o-e nothing if t'ie bond is vigorously enforced. Capt. Whites ha? for some time past been ad dicted to whiskey and card*, and it is from these that hi? trouble has arisen. About ten day? ago he left on the pre tense of visiting a ??ck -??'.er in Abbe ville county, at the saine lime leaving a to one of hi* bond-men confessing his defalcation, which he arranged *o as not to have lt delivered until he had ample lime t" make go??d his escape. This is a very serious crino-, and should be most vigorously prosecuted. The ( lovernor should offer a goo 1 reward fer ii!- apprehension, and ?eave no ? iHirl un tried to bring him to justice. It i? a .tain upon the administration of our government, and can only be erased by the ?.roper punishment of the crimina'. It will not du merely to make tue money out of the sureties The criminal ought to be severely punished as au example tu prevent o'.'ier- from following course, and thus bringing thc into disrepute. The Ita rd of Trustees of the South Carolina l.'niversity will meet in May next for the purpose of electing a full corp- of l'rofe- sor*. The success of the Institution wi!, depend in no small de grce upon the competency and efficiency of the Professors who may bc elected. The be?t interests of the State demand that an institution of high order should be put in operation, one that will afford ample opportunity for the higher educa tion of its young men, and thu- prevent 'hem from leaving the State to obtain that education for which it is the duty and interest of thc State to provide. If such un institution be established, it will be the interest of the young men to at tend it in preference to seeking their ed ucation in institutions in other States, and the past history of the College proves they will do so. Thc Hoard of Trusties must be impressed with the grave respon sibility resting up^n them ; for if incom petent or inefficient Professors should be elected, il will decide the fate of the University for years to come. The Sni minah Valley Railroad. TROY, S. C., April 13, 1S3-'. Mr?Ut*. Editor? : The question a* to where the Savanuak V. It. It. will tap or cross the A. & K. R lt. 1.1 a question that has and is still agi tating the minds of the people of thu village and the surrounding country, a: wc believe this point has not been defi nitely determined on by the board o directors. Of course the interest of tin road is tho first point to consider, nm then the country through which it runs Should Augusta subscribe to its construe tiou it would then bc run in the inter?s of Augusta and thc A. & K. R. R ; i Charleston, then it would be built in tin interest of Charleston and theS. C. It. It All of these are natural and lo bc es peeled, but in cuse neither of thc abovi named cities should make a subscription and the road bc compelled to rely oi such means as are generally adapted ii our day for ita construction, then \\< claim that Troy offer- to the S. V. lt. It advantages not to be had at any ollie point. We claim to give ibe same ad vantages to be derived from a connectioi with Augusta that any other point cm give; we claim to give an ndvantagi that cannot be had nt any other point an udvantage so much uecded by the S V. It. lt., by thu whole country througl which it passes, and especially by tin city of Anderson-that is, direct cominu ideation with Charleston. Let us rcnsoi -lay aside all former prejudices tba may have occurred, and look to the in tercst of all concerned. The A. & V. H lt. P. is considered r. fixture. It will bi built; it will cross the A. ?fc K. R. R. a this point and give to us what every plac? needs, viz. : direct competition ir freights. Thc S. V. lt. lt. can be buil to (his point for less money, according ti Maj. Lee's estimate, than to any othei point ou thc linc of the A. A- K. road We refer principally to the "Danbury route." Your road will have all advau tagrs here that could possibly be bad al any other point, besides the difieren' advantages above mentioned, which wi consider above all others the most es sentinl to the permanent welfare of youi road. Resides, our town is fast growuif. to be a place of some importance, am every man in it and every man on tl? route '.brough which the S. V. lt. R runs will subscribe liberally to ita con struction to this point. It is argued by some, and justly, too, that thc Bordeaua subsetiption is a draw back; that thi< money has been used ?Sec. This is al! true, and suffice il to say that this mattel can be remedied. Tho deep interest we feel in our town the ultimate success we hope to the road and the general advantages lo bederivct is tho only apology we offer for writing the above. I am a native of F.dgefield and have cast my lot with many of mj friends among tho people of this, thc most picturesque of towns. I know bu little of the geography of tho country through which your road will pass though I repeatedly hear the opinions o our best citizens and people who ii< know. Besides, it does not require i prophetic vision to at once see the grea superiority of this route over any othe that could possibly be imagined. OBSERVER. Liquor in Politics. The bill which has passed both hollie of the Ohio Legislature, and only await tho concurrence of the House in a fe? trifling amendments to become e. law, ii regard to closing drinking places on Sun day, is creating considerable exciten), n in the cities or the Buckeye State. Th bill closes all saloons and drinking place on Sunday under heavy penalties am pain of imprisonment. The hill wa championedJL>y the Republicans, whlli il was strongly opposed by tho Derne crats. It is conceded that should it bc come a law it will have a disastrous effec ou the Republican party in the citic* and that with this and the Pond liquo bill the Republicans caa hardly bop? t carry Ohio at the October election. Captain Hon gate Escapes. WASHINGTON, A J.ri! !."-. Captain Howgate who lia? been in j;?i! ; for several months awaiting trial far stealing a iarge amount of the govern* meut'* money, escaped from custody this afternoon while visiting his family bis bo )e in thU city, and at last accounts had nos been recaptured. lie bas been favored in au extraordinary way nuce* his confinement in jail, and his e-eape fulfills the predictions of many who have been acquainted with the remarkable treatment which lie has received. How pate has, at various time? during the past four or five month?, applied to the court for temporary leave of absence from jail to vi-it iii' family. These applications have generally been granted, thc court .-ending an officer with the prisoner to prevent his escape, and limiting to a few Lours his absence from the jail. To-day, fur the fir?t time in two months or more, Howgate aske*d leave to go to his house for the purpo.-e of seeing bis daughter, who has recently returned from Vassar College, and of looking o\er certain ?.aper-. Judge Wylie, to whom the ap plication was made, granted tiic request, and sent willi the prisoner Mr. Doing, one of the oldest and mo-t trustworthy of tlie court bailiff*, with orders tobring him back to the jan in two hours. It was then about ?J o'clock. At Mr. How* I gate's house the bailiff, for some rl.a..^;^,. j that i* not fully explained, l->-t -ight of i the prisoner for a moment, and when he i turned around Howgate waa no longer in j the room. The bailiff asked Miss How j gale where lier falber had gone. She replied that he had stepped out, but would return in a moment, sud asked thc bailifTto sit down. The oilie r, -aspect .'.ur that something wai wrong, rushed out of the house, but could see nothing J of the prisoner. Tl o house was then searched, the police informed, and offi* I cers everywhere put on the alert, but no J clue to the fugitive could be obtained. Marshal Henry think- that bc i- -til! in the city, but as a precautionary measure the police authorities of Baltimore, Rich mond, New York, Philadelphia and Bos ton have been informed of ..is escape. If he -diould not be arrested before to morrow a reward of S?00 will be offered for bis apprehension. Howgate was allowed to go out on ' ew Year's day and enjoy himself. Some time afterward a stable*keeper who had furnished carriages for him had some difficulty in getting his pay, and he pub lished bis grievance. The size of his bill showed that Howgate had been a good customer, while supposed to be suffering confinement with many other persons imprisoned for crimes of les* magnitude, who bad not so much influence and were, therefore, compelled to remain in jail. District-Attorney Corkhill said to-night that bc had heard a rumor that Howgate had escaped, but did not know whether it was well founded or not. Howgate had applied to him for permission to go out to-dav, but he han refused to grant the application, because Howgate bad previously 'aken advantage of his tem porary libe*ty. It is said that the fugi tive, althoLgh without money of his own, has been able to get money from others because of thc revelations which he could make, and il is believed that ample means for making good his escape have been supplied. Protesting for American Honor. On last Friday Mr. Voorheea addressed the Senate upon thc resolution recently introduced by him, declaring the con duct of the Stato Department, in rein to the arrest and imprisonment by the British authorities of Daniel McSweeuey and other American citizens, is in viola tion of American law, inconsistent with the value of American citizenship, and derogatory of the honor of the United States. He said the Secretary of State failed to respond to the Senate resolution of March Otb, peremptorily instructing bini lo report upon McSweeney's case nt the earliest day possible until March 20th, although every item of information transmitted on the latter date was in the bauds of that otliccr when the resolution reached him and could have been sent in within twenty-four hours thereafter. The American State Department, he as seried, of late years had always procee ded very slowly when appealed to in be half of an American citizen in a foreign prison. He proceeded as follows: "A Government which is indifferent to the fate of its own citizens, whether at home or abroad ; which fails to respond boldly and swiftly to their appeals for justice and leaves them to waste away their lives in prisons, untried and unconvicted, is unworthy of allegiance and ought not to have and will not long retain a respec table position muong the independent powers of the earth." The speaker then reviewed ihe case of Mcsweeney, a nat uralized American citizen, who was ar rested by British authorities in Ireland and imprisoned on the 2d of June, 1881, and who has been in prison without trial ever since, notwithstanding repeated ap peals of the prisoner and his wife to our Government for protection and redress. The unmanly and pusillanimous silence of the State Department throughout thc whole case was, Mr. Voorheea said, "such that every American head would be bowed and every American heart lilied with humiliation as thc facts became known. He (Voorhees) felt degraded in his pride as n citizen when compelled to state-as he now ?.lid. with the com munication of the State Department in his hand-that for six long and weary months to thc prisoner, after this Gov ernment had received the letter of Mrs. McSwceney, not a tingle step was taken by the nuthciritica hero for na in quiry into the circumstances of the ar ri;!, and they were then influenced to take action by considerations other than n just appreciation of tho claims of McSwceney to protection. Mr. Jone?, of Florida, asked whether McSweeuey waa in prison now? Mr. Voorheea said he understood he was, as no notice had been given of his release. Commenting upon the prison ! er's recital of bia MI tieri tigs in jail, he said the picture was one of wanton brutality-such as barbarians alone in flicted upon prisoners, whether guilty or innocent-and showed that the spirit of torture, which for so many years black ened English history, is yet active, especially when tho victim belongs to a Government whose Administration cares nothing for his safety, and still less for its own honor. Upon tho history of the case, Mr. Voorheea charged there had been gro-vs and flagrant vitiation of the act of July 27th, 1868 (section 2001 of the Revised Statutes), for which some body ought to answer at thc bar of tho Senate, under articles of impeachment. At the close of Mr. Voorhees* remarks thc galleries, which contained many members of the Laud League Conven tion, recently held in session in th * city, noisily manifested their appreciation of his effort. Upon suggestion of Senator Sherman, the resolution of Mr. Voorhees was re ferred to tho Committee on Foreign Re lations, with a view to inquiry into all 1 the facts in thc case. - The South Carolina new party thus far bas absorbed Senator Fishburue, as representing war, a small newspaper as literature, the circular of the Assistant Postmaster Geneial as finance. Mr. Rus sell as fine arts and Mr. Thoa Baskins of Sumter as wind. An infusion of brains and substance is all now lacking to make the skeleton a body corporate.- Green ville New*. ^ _ - Many of the refugees about Natchez, Miss., who have been receiving govern ment rations manifest no disposition to go to work, though $l.o0 per day waa offered for their services. Only four or five consented to work ont of several hundred idle men lounging about the city. Wayne MacVeagh'-i Lament. . I'll i LA ri i ruiA, April 15. At liie annual meeting of thc Civil Service Reform Association to night the Hon. Wayne Ms.cYeagb presided, and in tij~C'i~-ijr>?? a resolution condemning :he letter oT Fir-: AssUtant Postmaster-Gen eral Hatton exempting postal employes from the provision* ol lite civil service <.rder, broke for the fir-t time the reti cence that ha? characterized hts conduct since bc retired from tho Cabinet. Mr. M ac V each said that President Haye? had consulted him in the preparation of hi? famous: civil service order, of a portion of which he I MacVeagh was the author. When, h ?wever. Mr. Hayes wa- put to the teat practically, he failed. Then had betti questionable politir.il services rendered by office holders in thc South. Mr. Hayes allowed himself lo be over pi rsuadcd, and the authors of these ques tionable lervices In Louisiana and Flori da were rewarded with public office. After that all hope of Mr. Hayes' civil service work was gone, and the closing days of his administration witnessed Sherman trying to elect himself Presi dent by thc aid of the Treasury Depart ment. Then came the short-lived Gar field administration. Whatever hope was in that was cut short by Guiteau's bullet. He continued : "What Arthur was in the New York Custom House he is to day in the President's chair. Personally be ?s a kindly, well-disposed gentleman, and my intercourse with him was of the pleasant character, as it was with Mr. Haye-, but men rarely change their po litical training after arriving at the age either gentleman attained. My party leaves nc in this predicament, lt has but three principle-, and I find my sel I opposed to all three. Its first great prin ciples is the spoils system ; thc second is opposition to civil service reform, and the third seems to consist of repudiation in old Virginia. Then the boss system is a degradation : it goes from the gutter lo the White House. It subsist-* on the spoils of office. Tiie duty of this Asso ciation and of the country is to supplant these bosses; until that is done your work will not be executed. You cannot pretend to be interested in the degrading spec-table of Mahoneism in Virginia; the deliberate prostitution of government powers to aid repudiation of a State's ob ligations. If we could charge that upou the bourbon Democrats it would be some relief, but, to our sorrow and humiliation, these tilings are done in the name of the party of Abraham Lincoln. Instead of going forward, the Arthur administration makes a retrogade movement. Thc Uni really Professors. The following is a complete list of the names*of persons who nave been sug gested for the different chairs in the University of South Carolina to be filled by the board of trustees at their meeting in May: Ancient Languages and i.iicralure Wm. I'inckucy Starke, Columbia, per sonal application ; Leslie McCandlcss, Camden, personal application ; Kev. E. L. Patton, professor in Erskine College, Due West, personal application; Wm. Cleveland Thayer, Johns Hopkins L'ni versity. Baltimore, personal application; Edward H. Strobe!, Cambridge, Mass., personal application ; I). E. Hydrick, recommended. Political Economy, History and Con stitutional Law-li. Means Davis, Winns boro, S. C., personal application : John E. Bacon, Columbia; Edward Cantwell, Charleston, personal application ; W. II. Verner, Tuscaloosa, Ala., personal appli cation ; B. J. Ramage, Newberry, S. C., recommended ; E. IL L. Gould, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, recom mended. Mental and Moral Philosophy and Logic-Gen. D. H. Hill, Fayetteville, Ark., personal application : Gen. John ston Jones, Raleigh, N. C., personal ap plication ; Rev. Edward H. Buist, Cheraw, S. C., personal application. Agriculture-Henry Montgomery, A. M., B. S. Ballimore, Md., personal ap plication ; Prof. Francis S. H .lines, Charleston, personal application : James P. Adams, Richland County, S. C., re commended. Mechanics, Physic* and Astronomy Geo. Lilley, Kewanee, 111.,, personal ap plication ; E. W. Davi-, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, personal applica tion Tutorship of Modern Languages Prof. E. Von Fingerlin, Columbia, per sonal application; Dr. John C. Faber, recommended ; H. Tallicbet, Charleston, personal application. Each of the applicants is backed by a host of letters and other testimonials. How the board will divide six profess orships among twenty three applicants it is hard t>> \> \'>. I lufi.-t upon "a free ballot and a lair Hort inn." Would it not be II go-.-! idea for the United States district attorney to have Euler.il super visors appointed, and send Sande:- and Ker up to make a canvass of the re turn*'.'-J. C. IL, in Aeirs amt tbi/nVr. A Beneficent Bequest, Mr. John F. Slater, a wealthy gentle man of Norwich, Connecticut, has re cently tlonated a fund of one million dollars for thc purpose of improved edu cational facilities lor the negroes of the South. The following trustees are named in the charter incorporating thc- institu tion : Rutherford B. Hayes nf Ohio, Morrison R. Waite of the District of Columbia, William E. Dodge of New York, Phillips Brooks of Massachusetts, Daniel C. Gillman of Maryland. John A. Stewart of New York, Alfred H. Col quilt of Georgia, Morris K. Jestip of New York, James P. Boyce of Kentucky, and William A. Slater of Connecticut, to be called the John F. Slater Fund. Rutherford B. Hayes is named as first President. In a letter to the Board of Trustees he writes as follows : "The general object which I desire to have exclusively pur sued is the uplifting of thc lately eman cipated population of the Southern States and their posterity by conferring on them the blessing of Christian educntion. Thc disabilities formerly suffered by this peo ple and their singular patience and fidel ity in the great crisis of the nation estab lish a just claim on the sympathy and food will of humane and patriotic men. cannot but feel thc compassion that is due in view of their prevailing ignorance, and which exists through no fault of their own." Slater purpot?dy leaves the trustees the largest liberty in n.-eking such changes in the methods of applying ihe fund as may from time to limo seem wise. He sug gests that the education of teachers for the colored race may be the wisest pur pose to which tho fund cac bc put. If after thirty-three years three-fourths of the trustees shall for any reason agree that lhere ii no further u?e for the fund in the form in which it i- MOW instituted, he authorize? them to apply the capital to establishments subsidiary to existing institutions of higher education so as to make them more freely accessible to poor colored students. Under the present institution of the fund he specially wishes that neither ftrincipal nor income be expended in and or buildings for any purpose other than that of safe nnd productive invest ment for income. - Tho Gregg Mansion at Aiken, Surchased for $15,000 as a courtney** uring the times of Radical robbery and rascality, was sold last week to Mrs. Otis Chafce, for thc sum of $-1,000. - The Marion Court of sessions lasted (en days and cost the county $3,000. There wcro seven convictions during the term, each conviction costing $-i>00 or more. Something NOTT. Mr. John V. Stribliug, o? tm lus ter, Sou'li Cir Un.-., har; made PU un piovement on the common road ? team engine, which ibero ii reason to believe will lead to important re- ??ts. We were so much interested in a reference to it, which ire ssw in the .Wiri and ('?una; that we ?- t< .? letter of inquiry to Mr. Stribliug, to which he very promptly and courteous!*' replied, We take the liberty to publish an extract from this , letter" as s matter of public interest. ?The improvement, on which ho ha? just ' obtained a patent, consists in a "peculiar ! arrangement ? f gearing, through which I the power of an entitle may be transmit ! ted to all the wheel? of a carriage :'* and "also, an automatic -'.cering device for the --ame." He -ay- : "About ono year since the -uhject en gaged my attentio'!. I', incurred to me that the greater portion of the force of these engines was nece?-riri!y expended in overt-emir.- the extra weight of their own pond-r equipage?, with but little remaining force for drawing a load. After due deliberation, 1 concluded that the load to be moved would gire all the adhesion to the wheels that would be necessary, provided the propelling power could be'applied to alt the wheels s ip porting the load au-! machinery. This involved difficulties, however, that re cpjired a great deal of thought to over come," &C. After telling how these dif ficulties had all been overcome, he con cludes as follows : "My arrangement will be fully provi ded w'ith -prings to relieve concussion ; and I -ee no reason why we should not go a- fa-t a- the fastest trotting l?"rse-, on good road. I am happy to say I hope to answer in thc affirmative, hy actual practice, all the questions you propound.'' If our friend should accomplish what he proposes raid we understand he is a thoroughly practical machinist,! he ought to be regarded a* a public bene factor. Ten or fifteeu miles an hour would do pretty well even on a railroad. At tiiis rate, our daily mai! cculd be brought from Donnald's in fifteen or twenty minute- ! We -hall await thc re suit with no little interest, and some de gree of impatience. .Such a conveyance is, unquestionably, a desideratum.-A. Ii. Presbyterian. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ."?MIK Public Schools "f Anderson Coull X ty will close on Friday, 2-th instant, ami remain closed until further orders. Itv order of thc Board. lt. W. TODD. Chairman. April 20, 1- J 40 _1_ "\MOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. J-\ The undersigned, Administrator of K?tate ot Mrs. It. E. Taylor, deceased, here by gives notice that he will, on the 23rd day of May. I-*:?, apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson County for a Final Seti ment <>f said Estate, and a discharge from -aid Administration. W. K. SHARPE. Adm'r. April 20, l- _' M f> Something NEW In EDUCATION. Common Sense in the School-Room. Oil o Tiling at ii Time. TN the Female <*??llef?e at Wil ie. Hampton. S. C. of which REV. ?". LANDER is President, each pupil de votes fire wciks to one principal study; and then li - c weeks to another, and soon, thus avoiding thc habit of dissipated thought. No Pnblic FxcrciHCM waste the time, distract the attention, or shock the modesty ?f its pupils. Graduation may occur at thc end of either f> week.s "Section'' : eight time* in a year. Liberal Pe cuniary Premiums*, accessible to all diligent pupils, materially diminish the mst of education. Location easily accessi ble, quiet, healthful. Noted Chalybeate Spring. No dram-shop in thc county, .fend tor C.'atalopue. April 20, 1882 10 Sm THE STATF OF SOUTH CAROLINA, co ry rr OF ASDSBSOS. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. susan K. I!tuvc?. (iuaidian '.f Wm. ,1. |;<VT.?. Plaintiff, aga'nti <;<-o. E. Keeve* and MK. K. M. Lafoy. Defendants.-.Vum?ic>nf far ?flitf-Cbm* ftlaini no* Serif J. T?;thc Defendant- < leo. K. an<lMt- y \\ I.afoy : XT'Ol' ?ri hereby summoned ?md <-".|ii?t,a (., an ? ?vcr th? complaint in titi.? ict:->n a ronv nf Tfhicli i-> Died io ti!.- ui?i . <.( HM . I-f k .f Ute Court of Common I'lras, at Atid-T-oti r. li.. > . . ar.d lo serve a Copy ..I your Pll-tt-. l I . ll,.- ,:::,| ,.plaint on the subscriber at hi. erl . .\ii.|.-r?>n c. il S. C, within twenty dar? afin iii.- - tiir? hereof' exclusive of the day ?I MU-II ?eitirt-; .id ?/ .-ou fall Li iiiisii-r tin- rum etui ? i ???I.j., u,c [JU1C aforesaid. Hie plaltitill I., thi- action will anidi to the Ton rt i-.r th? rrihrf demanded in the ton. lila: nt. bated lei, April, v i? i?>..'. I ll"-. ? . MUON, , . I'lsiiiiilTa Allumer. SKvt J? MIN w. IUNII.I >, r. c. i\ To the Defendants <..-.> K. Reeves and Mr?. K M I-afoy : Take notice that the object of this action, of which a copy ol' Hie Summons i? herewith served &^M?.0U?i? U>..fo?B,???S a '?<??St-ge recorded in I.. M. l. Othce, Hook "h.. K," ri agc 571 and 57.". upon the following described preenis*. to wit .' All that Tract of Land, containing rlghty-nre acres, more or less, aituate in Anderson County SUte aforesaid, and hounded hy lund* of Jesse Ivar, l-.uin.-h \andivcr, et al., on waters of Pcs (. reek water of Rocky Uiver. No personal claim IN mad-, igalu-t you. TIIOS. C. LIGON, . ? ... I'laintitr- Attomer. April JO, i>SJ 40 ?HE SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILROAD H.AS tnkeii a fresh ?.tart, nn.t work will be resumed in a few days, and thus the dream of many of our citizens will proba bly be accomplished in time to move thc next crop. In the meantime our Firm IS BOUND To go on in the good work of inaintainiue inf r0V,u,at,?" low Price? and Fair UeuIIug. fa it.? incipiency we deter mined TO BE Ahead of all t'oinpetltlon, and bv hard labor and HONEST BARGAINS we have BUILT Up a trade that we arc not only t,r(JU,l 0f. but for which wc take this opportunity to thank our many customers. liurinr the coming Summer we anticipate keepirur in Stock s full line or General Meehan ult?e,and BY AU means wc advise those in need of ?f***1 ???od?, Good doods and Good Bargain* to c*ll on BROWN BROS. April 20, l&ej 40 SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AXDEBSOX COCSTT. thepro^rtv of J. A. Flridg?, in favo? o? the Hinger Manufacturing Company TERMS or 8AI.C-Ouh April 13. ?Kim^ AaSrnC^' ST ?S A FACT ! That we are Selling Goods as Low as they can be Bon, anywhere in the Up-Country. T OUR NEW SPRING GOODS Vlei: Arriving, and open up Fresh and Handsome, ?io old atocle "? L Remember, we oller you New and Desirable Good*. ** S Kine lot Of WHITE GOODS and NOTIONS. Ladies' Trimmed HATH cldoredand White LAWNS. PIQUE and PRINTS, ,A1*? \ nice line of Ladies' SHOES and SLIPPERS, RIBBONS. Rf FF LI NO, CO LL A HEIT ES, GLOVES HANDKERCHIEFS, PERFUMES, a large lino of H08IFR We are i repared to oiler tbe Planters a line of FARMING ?MPLEMEHi*. PK?YV*< A.c.. and can sell von a First Class article of 8UGAK, COFppp "??4| B%CoS' WOLASHE8 and (?KXERAL SUPPLIES of all kind-, at E' ROCK BOTTOM BRICES. Call and see us. KOBEKT A< LEWIS & CO., Belton r Aprnaojsgg w ' BROCK tc MAULDIN. Spring s Summer, 18 CLOTHING DEPARTAIENT. Suits in Catbimers, Diagonals. Linen and Alpaca, Schoolboys, Youths'>MM nothing i;i great variety, and latest and nobby styles. *??*sj FlTt^TOIIING GOODS I>EH?A.J?,TME1ST. <hirt- laundiied and uulaundried, white and fancy, for men and boys; Collin ru Hah kerchief-) in silk, linen and cotton; I ndcrehirta, m Gossamer, India Git?. Naiu-> ?k riosierv, (Moves, Sic, together with a line of N eek wear-Cravat* Club ir Ties and Scarfs, handsomer and more complete than ever. Also, Japanese RM! Call aud examine them. . . IIATf?, HA.TS, HATS. Such a stock "f POTS' and Men's Straw. Wool and Felt Hats as is unequal^]?i? ( ountrv ii varlctv and low prices. "I SHOES, SHOES. SHOES, Ladies . Misses, Children's. Men's, Youth's and Boys' Fine Custom-ma.,*, Shoe te and low cut. Every Sho warranted. """?f We are still selling tho- MOHAWK SHIRT," the best Shirt manufactured, aol tailed at one dollar. . We particularly request an examination of our line or Cuxsiniere Samples-andu*, of -me made up to order-willi lits guaranteed. w April" 1582 34 AHEAD OF CO VIPETIT?ONi! THE LARGEST, CHEAPEST and MOST VABIED 8tcJ of Ladies' and Gents', Misses' and Childrens' I For SPRING and SUMMER in the City of Anderson. UNDER THE SION of the BIG SH0E.I Goods bought for Cash and sold for Cash, at LOWEST CASH FIGURES enable MAXWELL * SLOAN To make thc abovo Proclamation. filaT Don't forget wc make a SPECIALTY OF HATS. A pril 13. 1SS2 ll _j "?1TK HAVE JUST RECEIVED a large and beautiful lot of ?PRING CAUI VV COES, a sample lot or LADIES' HATS, which wc are offering at Kal York Cost. Also, quite a variety of Gents* and Hoys* STRAW HATS. Ur.r Stock ol' SPRING SHOES for Ladies', Genta, Misses and Children iscoopliul We can sell you as good a Shoe for as little money as any one in the City, ia aojKrtl desired. Call and examine our Stock. You will*find polite and attentiveClcrkst?i?i| you through, and no offense taken or charge made if you don't buy. WE DESIRE TO CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE For which we are Agents, and have now on exhibition ; and we don't hesitate tosijii the best on the market. Call and examine it-wc will take pleasure in showing andel plaining it to you : and if you want a Machine, wc can certainly make it to yourint?4| to buy the '"Champion." Respectfully, March 23, IK*J ANDREW & PREVOST. ?Mi FINE HARNESS FOR SALE. rpHK undersigned calls attention to his Stock of HARNESS of all descriptions, ind* 1_ ?linn Btu IDLES, COLLARS, SlUUY, CARRIAGE and WAGOI MARXENS? Single and Double, from the finest to the cheapest qualities. The won is done ui home and is thorough, thc stock used is the very best, ana therefore I warna I the wear of every piece of harness to be equal to any that can be purchased in thud any ..thor market. My PP.ICES ARE CHEAPER than the same quality of Hamal cai. ho be.;:-'.? ?wb?re. REPAIRING carefully and promptly attended to. All that 1 ask 4s a call from those who need anything in my line. Rooms, up stairs, on Granite Kow, over Wilhite & Wilbite's Drugstore. JANES M. PAYNE April li. 1**-^ ?3 iHL^ _ TOBACCO, TOBACCO. I _ ?-" - ? o ig1?, o . i a o' g g NEW CALICOES, MUSLINS. PIQUES, \ % g ^ "5 COTTON A DES. BLEACHINGS, HATS, NOTIONS, ? g rg r SHOES, LADIES* FINE SLIPPERS, , So f1 ? ' FLOUR, BACON, MUSCOVADO MOLASSES, I %" ~ '% ? SUGAR, COFFEE, ; ?" \*% ?z\ - And everything vou need at Bottom Prices. \ M O g J= A large lot MACKERELL. j ?U* Z , We are determined to sell. We ask all who would like to, ?- J? ^ < bujt?New Goods CHEAP to give us a trial. fr 2 ?_ - J EL C. F. JONES A CO., FANT'S OLD STAND. March 3?), 18S2 HEREWEARE! HOME AGAIN 1 OH ! COME AND SEE OUR PRETTY THINGS' MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS, WITH usual care, selected our SPRING STOCK, and wo are ready to show & MOST BEAUTIFUL LINE OF LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S GOODS EVER BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET. Yes, we feel confident wo can pleaso tho young, middle-aged and old folks. Og one and all, and he convinced that you can cot the PRETTIEST and CHLArw? Goods nt tho fe ^^LAJDIES; STORE. Steam Engine for Sale. BY virtue of the power conferred upon mo by a mortgage of thc property hereinafter described, executed by J. R Burton, on the 5th dav of February, 18?! I will ?ell for rash, at Anderson 0. H., S. C on Salesday in May next, one Five-hone Upright Steam Engine, made by A. ii. Farquhar, of Pennsylvania. This mort ? gage was given to secure payment of the purchase money or said Engine. 8AM'L. A. HUTCHISON, Mortgagee. April 13, 188-2 30 .? TOWNSEND'S MILL WILL Grind hereafter on Tm s Jay. Thursday and Saturday. Merchants, don't forget that tho City of , Anderson has a good Mill within her own j corporate limits. Parties purchasing Cern from thc Mer chants, for bread, on either or theso three days can get it ground promptly into as fino ana sweet Meal as any water mill in the I wtaUs can make. Come and giro mc a trial. Feb ?, 1893 J- " TOWNSEND. WANTED! /CONFEDERATE MONEY, ^Sf$j' O Confederate Postage Stamp?, ?JJ States Stamps 1851 and previous. * these stamps to remain on the envwur I want th? old Clock tba! aland? on Ut? ' Four, five itel lonR or ruor*. Yon can get a good Clock for it at J. A. DANIELS' Bring me that Silver ^lar rn?J? }? aud that Half Dollar \^ ft** 1801, 1802, 1804, 1815: and Quart" 170?, 180-J, 1823 and 1827. I have a largo S'nck: of' W**^' CLOCKS and *T*KI.n*\:?iaj* at a very reduced price. It pv to come and iee mo before buying .it'!-'" It will also pay you to & TAC I. ES direct from Hcadqaai^ instnnce, at J. A. DANIELS'. Cut this o it and save it; April 13, 1882 M