Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^n?mrm gntcUifltwct. E. B. M Uli KA Y, Editor. THURSDAY. APRIL 27, 1882. TERMS : ONE YEA It.?1.30. SIX MONTI!ti. 15c Two Dellar* If uot paid lu advance. Thc North Carolina Midland Railroad has borrowed upon a mortgage debt teu million dollars, with which it is expected to complete the road to Salisbury and perhaps to Spartanburg. It is at present dominated by the Clydes, but may soon change bauds, and if so the linc may be pushed on by Anderson to Atlanta. The vote upon the question of sub svribing to the capital stock of the Sa vannah Yalley Railroad by thc city of Anderson of an additional sum of twenty five thousand dollars will be taken on next Tuesday. It is to .be hoped tb<re will bc a full volo, and thai the unanim ity heretofore prevailing in regard toit will be manifested in the result at the polls. Do not forget to vote. The full est possible vote should be polled. The road is a necessity io Anderson, and wc can well afford to make an additional subscription to secure its completion. Mr. Melton claims only lo have selec ted the worst election cases for trial, nod yet thc casi;; so far developed are insig nificant and unproven. Even the Re publican Grand Jury was compelled to throw out thc indictment against the Commissioners of Colleton County, and with all of the packing of Juries, only one conviction has been secured, ami it was obtained by thc misconception of some of the jury. The grave cases that were promised by Mr. Sanders and the District Attorney have not, *o fnr^ amounted to much. Thc Newt mid Courier has been ren dering thc State golden service during trie political trials in Charleston, by the fearless and forceful mauner in which it has exposed the hypocrisy, the fraud, thc crime and the infamy of the man ner in which they have been conducted by the government for political partisan purposes. The comments nnd expo sures hy tho ?'ewt und Courier of the methods and purposes of these persecu tions have been able and setiiching, and entitle that excellent paper to the thanks of the people of fe >uth Carolina. Thc 'speech of A'.torney Ueneral Youmons in the defense of the mana gers of election nt Maysville precinct, in Sumter County, under trial before the United States Court in Charleston upon the charge of stuffing the ballot box and hindering the Supervisor, was one of the greatest effort* that has ever bern lu a d at the bar. For reasoning power lot thrilling eloquence, for chase taste in style and composition, for irresistible force and for crushing criticism, it de aervoi to rank along with thc best speci mens of oratorical effort in either mod ern or ancient times. General Youmans' effort was in every respect worthy of himself, of the occasion of its delivery, and of tho grand old State it so eloquent* ly defended from the foul aspersions of her enemies at home nud abroad. Judge Rond has issued a rule upon Messrs. Fountain nud Strom, the two jurors who dissented from the verdict of guilty they had signed in the Acton case, to show cause why they should not be discharged from tho jury. This is the coolest piece of judicial assumption wo have yet seen. It means that the sanc tity of jury trial is to be utterly annihi lated in the United States Courts. Tho Judge will undertake the keeping of the conscience;; of the jurors, mid where they do not act to suit his whims they will bo discharged and more subservient tools substituted in their placea. It is unrca sonoble, unjust and without a parallel lo undertake to punish or disgrace jurors for honestly attempting to correct n mis take as soon aa they discovered it. Wo apprehend that the rule will be dis charged. Ex-District Attorney D. T. Corbin told ji reporter of the Xcics and Courier lost week that the Republicans intend making a vigorous fight for the offices in this State ut tho next elec'ion. They are solid for their party, and ?onie pretended reformers are helping them by trying to split up the Dcmocratio party. Turn it and twist it as you may, there are but two parties in South Carolina : one is the respectable Parly. composed of white men and tho better das of colored men, while lbs other is composed of the mass es of ignorant and vicious negroes, lcd by venal, corrupt and vicious adventu rers or renegades. There is no middle ground. Those who are against us are the allies of thc Republicans. The He Republicans intend making a fight for the offices, and every vote taken off from tue Democrats is ?qua! tu a vote given to tho enemy. The jury in the Maysville election case, after being out threo days, were discharged without agreeing to a verdict. It was a packed jury, but even they could not agree to a verdict of guilty on such evidence. Judge Bond announced that the case would be tried over at this term of the Court, and as '.hey cannot pack another jury these manogers will probably be acquitted. Five witnesses testified positively that a citizen of Barnwell county, named Joseph Bates, voted three times at tho last election, at three different boxes nine miles apart, and fifteen witnesses swore that Mr. Bates was a manager of olection at a different precinct, and was present there all day. Judge Bond sug gested that the case be given to tho jury wlthont argument and witheut instruc tion from the Court, and a verdict of not guilty was rendered. Was this sugges tion of bis honor intended at u hint to tho ucgrbes on tho jury that it would not do to convict in this case? District Attorney S. W. Melton in dicted the Commissioners of Election for Sumter county for throwing out two boxea in counting the vote, ;?.od for con spiracy' to chest in the election. He, however, consented that if they would plead guilty of throwing out tho boxes they should not be punished, unless here after convicted of election frauds, end al-o to not. pro?, the count for conspiracy. They 'lid so, an?! their cases were passed to the contingent docket not to be called up any more. Thin is a shame au 1 a disgrace to thc government. lu repre sentative* charge men with crimes, and, in effect, ray to them if you do not plead guilty we will pack a jury on you and send you to thc penitentiary, but if you will plead guilty of an offense '..Inch is not a violation of law we will drop the charge of conspiracy and ?et you go free. The State law authorizes, as was decided by our Supreme <ourt, the County Can v?stela to throw out box<s if they deci le that they are illegal, and the Commis sioners from Sumter have pleaded guilty lo di ing what they clearly had the right to do. lt will, however, answer Repub lican purposes. They have it as au evi dence of election frauds in South Caro lina, and the facts connected with it will never be ?tated by them when citing this ca-e. Till: PROPIir.T INVKII.KI). Attorney-<;?-n?-j-nl Vouinsui lu lC?i|il> Itt Meltau-A Brilliant ?ml Memorable Ar rulRiuiieiit ni the Helf-Con?tlluted JUIIRC of South Carolina'* Conduct. ('Kn,I-ii-.>, Xtws !".'/ Courier, Aprii '?J. Thc Cnited States Circuit Court y<ster day was the seen o of sued an oraton a! display as i-> rarely beheld at any time. Attorney -Henel al Von mans, lo hiSMtcecli in defence of the managers of the Mayes ville precinct, arraigned District Attor ney Melton for bi-? -lander of tho State in Iii? sped b in tho Acton case, and, during three hours, held the audience ?pill bound by bis eloquence ?md I in passion esl earnestness. Attorney General You mans said . May it please vom Honors and gentle men of the jury, thc assistant to the Dis trict-Attorney who tlrst addressed you opened with two remarks in which I think there is a certain degree of miscon ception, honest misconception, it is true, or at least if not misconception, a soim-. what Ideal exaggeration of what ha? ac tually occurred. He ha? alluded to the manner in which certain lawyers ?md newspapers have treated him and the Dis trict Attorney. I can assure mv friend from Philadelphia that tho Har of South Carolina always have been r.uii <tre now ready to welcome t'? their ioma any member of tho legal profession from abroad. It has always been tneir habit, it is their habit now, und I can as-ure my friend that at any Dar ?if South Carolina he would be received with consideration and courtesy, and notably at the ( barb's, ton Uar, w hich is the metropolitan Har of the State, and the members of which have acquired not only Stato but national rep utation in thc profession. As to what tho iiowspatiers say, w hy this country is Uko England. The ?ness in absolutely free. No man in bis gen eration occupied a higher position lu England than Loni Brougham. Lord Campbell says he was the foremost man in England, yet there was scarce a week in Which Punch did not make fun of and caricature him. In the generation Imme diately succeeding him ibero wa?? no man who attracted moro of the public atten tion, no Englishman of wider fame than Disraeli, who died tho Earl of Beacons field, yet he received the same treatment ut tho hand of Punch; he was c.-.riealurcd, ridiculed und held tip to laughter in every iss;?e of that vory delightful paper. True', upou tho occasion of tho neath of the.so men no nobler eulogy waa pronounced over their graves, nc more touching poe try wan written than in tho very paper which satirized and ridiculed them. It may be that there is soinowhat of rusticity in our manners, but us Rufus <'honte says it was bettor to live in New York than in Huston because it was far ther from where the sun rose. Wo uro a little moro provincial perhaps than our Northern frionds, our humor may bo coarser and our speech moro direct. My friend must not attribute it to any disre spect to him. As to tho American news paper Press, I can only quote what ono of tho greatest state.suieu of America said lo a person in England. I allude to thu Sage of Wheatlands, Mr. Buchanan, after wards President of tho United Stutesand then American minister to tho Court of St. Jame?. Said he: "You must not bn llevo that the public mon of America aro tho greatest scoundrels in it. They uro ulway? li.d best abused men of the lillies." Another remark that my friend makes nud in which ho labora under equal mis conception is something about South Carolina':, hatred of tim Culled States. Thoro my friend ls utterly nnd entirely mistaken. It is true that we did light tho Old Klug when it carno down upon ns with it? mission of wrath. We fought it with all our strength. We fought it whether correctly o?- Incorrectly-wo thought wo were lighting for us dear a right as trumpet ever peulcd or sword ovor proelulmed. WOKUW D?ttling under which our luthers and our luthers' fathers hud fought streaming over ii truck of country whore its propres? could bo traced by devastated households mid hearths on which tho tiru hud gone out forever. Wo saw lt through South Car olina waving over blazing vi I luges mid burning towns, and wo ?nw rapine, lust and murder ghi tied under its ampio folds. Hut Providence took the nido of tho hen vler battalions, und being tho weaker wo went to the wail. Wo did not even say that thc victorious cause pleased thu Clods, but tho vanquished cause pleuscd us, as wa? suid of Cato. Hut wc quietly submitted, und whoo Mr. Pro-Consul Daniel E. Sickles said in ofllolal orders that tho Ung of tho Union waved unchal lenged over tho Carolinas, wo know it wns so and acted in accordance with that knowledge. Truo there woru sumo tilings afterwards not particularly calcu lated to rowakeu in its utmost fervor tho devotion which with us before had been folt for tho Union. When tho ablest leader bf tho dominant party proclaimed that they had camped outside tho Consti tution under which they wild tho war was waged, wo did not like it, bul weeouldu't help ourselves. Hut I thought things had become quiet. I thought thu old tier, .vhich hud existed between South Carolina and tho othor Slates of tho Union, particularly those north of Mason and Dixon's line, had bcon again united, and that we were go ing to ho a very happy family. That hoing oi co more, in fact BS in theory, an iutogral part of tho Union, we "wero united, and wo thought nnd hoped that perhnps we might, along with them, in tho not distant future, cany that dag to climes not yet shadowed by *v.o eaglo's wing or ravaged by his beak. If tbero bas been dissatisfaction with tho United State? Government other States aro moro justly chargeable with it thah South Car olina. My friond must disabuso himself of that idoa that there is any hostility to him or any hostile feeling to tho m eat Government which bo represents. When the time comes I shall show you, nnd I thhik I shall show you to your satisfac tion that so far as those discussions oro concerned, thoro hus boon, if .lostility is not the proper word-if hatred is not tho proper word-thoro has boon certainly moro overflowing of hilo and ol temper against South Carolina than any counsel has said about tho United States Govern ment. So you need not como to tho caso proper with any notion tbut this distin guished gontleinan from Philadelphia has boen treatod improperly, or that any body has said or intends to say nnvthiug against this great, gigantic, all-powerful Government. General Youmaus thou took up the in formation and, divesting it or Its techni cal phraseology, explained tho charges preferred against tho accused. Ho next explained at length that In tho trial ot criminal causes tho rulo was that the legal presumption was in favor of tho Inno cence of the accused. That tho degree of firoof in criminal cases wu-i greater than n civil cases, and that the proof required In criminal cases was that thc evidence must bo preved beyond n reasonable doubt. That in circumstantial evidence, (tho only evidence In tho caso before the Court) such circumstances standing around the facts sought to bo proved must ho demonstrated with certainty, and that thcro must be tho logical neces sity that from" ihoso proved facts the fsct sought to ho proved must follow. Ho also showed that in doubtful cases tho good character of the accused was a shk'd and protection, and inured to the bein tit of tho defendant. Ho also dwelt atsoino length on tho maxim of law, that prima /acte in tho iirot ins*aneo, tho acts of pub lic ofllccra aro presumed to be done prop erly and correctly, and adverted to the law governing publio officers and private individuals. That tho private individual acted vbluntarilv, while the officer waa I bound to act and bound to discbarge thc I duty, and that the presumption that tbe i duty waa done pro'ierly was in bu favor. : Ito i-howed upon this |<oint that the pub lic officer t oo Ul ii"t refuse to serve, and that a refu-al to a< t HUS an indictable of fence. The second count of the Informa tion must go by Ibo board, he showed, tjecause there was not a partido of proof, not ono lol or scintilla Of pr>K>f on tho part of tho Government that tbe mau? Hgers did not open or Inspecl Hie ballot box, wliile there was the positive testi mony ?if nevera) erodible witiiMnea that they'did perform that duty, ile showed also thal the thin! eount neceasarily went with the sc.rid count, that is lossy, they '.void not l?? charged with obstructing and preventing the supervisor from ex amining tl??- i">x when lie was absent by Iiis own testimony at the time tho lx>x was exhibited. Furthermore, Gen. You mans showed that it was no business of the supervisor to examine the ballot Ix. x, ami in town- pf leas than 20,000 inhabi tants it was mer?' impertinence. That examination, be said, whoever lt is to bc made hy, is not to be made by tho Mi|^r .. i-or. iiis duty is simply lo witness, and thu difference between witnessing .uni examination anti inspection is too broad to comment on. lt has been suggested tu me in this con nection that possibly tho obstruction and hiudcrunce charged upon these managers consists lu tin- U' t that the poll wa? not bold al Barnett's stun-, bot was held at thu si-hool-house. It has not been men tioned in the charges; it bas not ht en hinted at in argument. Mr. Melton interrupting: My friend i? right. I will press that jxiiiit. Mr. Vouinans continuing 1 am glad I have mentioiieil it, as it n< ver would have ??c?Mirred to icc Mr. You mans, after taking the position thal tho ?."int not having I iee ri commented upon in the opening argument ami not being charged in thu Indictment could not he used hy thc district attorney in '-losing, went on tn ahow that the managers were in no way hound to hohl the election nt any particular point in tho town of May* estille. The law said Maye* ville. Why, lie asked, should it he ln ld at Barnett's storr? Not one singlo reason has been given. It is a fact that at ono previous flection in Mayesvillc tho polls were opened at Barnett's store It is also in proof that ai another general ..lection lt was hold at tho ilopot. It is also in proof that ut another election it was hohl at a place oaiieii Wheeler's. Tho local elections wore held in different places, ilolliinan says tho local elections had sometimes boon hold at tho school-house, if there was any law that fixed the store as the place tho tocur, if thero was any law thal fixed tho place hy motes and bounds, thou of course tho poll must have boon hold there. It turns out that thero wu" no such law. Besides. Barnett's -toro was a private s?oro. What right hail tho managers to go to a private man's bouse and optn the poll? They wont to a public building, as thc testimony shows, in a part of tbe town peculiarly lilted for tho holding of tim election. Tho inten dant of tho town, who seems to have acted with a degreo of discretion and good feeling which deserve the thanks of that community, protested against its being held at Barnett's store because it was very near tho interjection of two public streets. That theio was tho row nf atores, tho bazaar part of tho town. That th? crowd around tho poll would obstruct the passage of tho people and interioro with business of this very prosperous little country tow n. Two hundred yards off was a broad open ?naco, a public buil ding ut which the poll could be fairly opened. We insist that upon this chargo wo cannot be tried, and tbnt no argu ment can be adduced lo this (.'. ur' bow ing that this was any hindcrance to tho supervisor or any obstruction to tho United States. It struck mo that in tho tono of the nttomey who first addrossoJ tho Cou rt thero wa? tho insinuation thut tho managers had misled Home of these ! people. Mr, Youuians then went on to ' show from the i videneo the reasons for holding the election nt tho school-house were good and reasonable. It waa a quieter portion of tho town, lt was com fortable and hud stoves where lires could he in 'de, while Harnett' ?toro was an old dilapidated place, without nny means foi making Ibu c.Hoers of the election com fortable. Was thia, bc asked, obstructing or hindorlng tho United States superviso! in tho discharge of his duty ? That won't do! Thut is not fair play. Any argu ment from those facts against tho deren dnnts is from linked, unsupported asser tion without oath against tho sworn tes timnny of two respectable gentlemen Mr. Youmans went on tu show that while Carroll may have told tho United Htatei supervisor that tho election would bo heh nt tho usual place, there was no usual placo, and that even Carroll suppos?e1 that tho voling would bo nt Barnett'! store, until when ho was awakened tin next morning hu found that the school house had boon selected for good nm sufficient reasons. Tho majority of UK board of managers lind a right tn ac without Carroll, and hud acted. Then was nothing illegal lu that. No dumngi waa dono. Not tho slightest. Why, gen tlcuion of thu jury, he said, in the nano of Heaven and common sense you can not imputo anything to thu defendants01 account of that. The managers had : right to go to the sc ol-house oven i they hud published luut it was to b< somewhere else. Everybody very som found out whero the election was to bi held mid went thero. It waa only a fe v. yurds off. There was no secrecy nboui it. This certainly could not bo taken tu ;i .suspicious circumstance going to prnvi the count for hindering the superviso] from inspecting und examining thu bul lot-box, because theio was no sud offence. If thu law is that 1 shall no prevent you from witnessing a certaii thing, I cannot be punished under nu in thelmont for preventing you from ex umining it. I say that it is persccutioi to attempt to convict men upon this to? timony. If you can convict these mer under these counts, upon this testimony then it is no uso to defend anybody. Mr. Youmnns then took up tho mnii chargo nf tho information, viz: thc stuf ting (if tho ballot box. He elaborately described tho two nrndes of voting uilop ted in diff^roi:' countries and In difieren ages-voting nm wee and voling by bal lot. He showed that tho verv essence o tho theory of voting by ballot was th< secrecy of the bal.ot and comincntet upon the advantages of this mode of vo ting. This is a very beautiful rose, sah ho, hut it has u thorn, aud that thorn ii that wherever tho ballot has been usoi in ?very elimo and in overy ago there hal been moro or less of trickery, moro 01 less of cheating. Aud no piuco baa (bil been moro apparent thnn in thc State o Pennsylvania and in tho City of Phils delphia whero Simon Cameron reign! .supreme. No where moro than in Indi ana whero he who now rules in th? White Hoiiso presided at tho Dorsey ban quot whero the carrying of Indiana bj cheating mid fraud with tho ballot wai toa- ted to thc echo, and there, always wil be trickery nt elections with tho "ballot until God -Vlmighty takes nwny tho gerti of fraud, which, sin :e tho days of Eden hos sprung spmitaneous in'tho humai breast. NotabH havo been the fraud) with tho ballot in New York, Pennsyl vania and Indiana. Why the Ponnsylva nia cases rook wlUi fraud, comparec? K which thc charges here aro as nothing Thero aro mount vin- of fraud thero, ti which the charges hero aro as Hand hills The gentleman on tho othor side ba lah! down law that is the most oxtraor dinury I have over heard. Ho says tba if there is an excess of ballots in tho boj thc burden of proof is on the managen to show how they got thore. . Mr. Youmnns upon this point showin that In South Carolina there was evei leas opportunity to detect a voter win voted more than one ticket than in otho States because tho law required that tin ballot should be '. 'olded so as to concca the content-'." It was against the law ii South Carolina to vote au <ipen ticket nud thc opportunity for volera to depo i double.ballots was largo. Why, goalie men, ho said, for God Almighty's sake as hard os it is to rob Peter to pay Paul is it not awful to punish Peter becausi Paul is guilty ? lt is monstrous to gc up before judges of distinction anda jun of twelve men with eommn sonso an? say that with a ballot-box with a holo h it of this size and with tho law requirin< tho manager? to compel voten* to foh their tickets so that they cannot bo soon thatiO managers aro tb bo held respon siblo for every' double tickot found in th box at thu close of the election. It I nonsense, lt Is stuff, lt ls humbug. T hold tho managers responsible In Hil way would be harsh larr harshly ezecu ted. and, when it ls intended to he cat ried out with this devilish enginery c perjured witnesses and packed Jurie*, say that lt is a syntem of tyranny tbs wo have not neeu since tho days of th Tudors. If tho managers aro to bo bel responsible, if they are hold to havo bee able to see when these double tirrel went in, why didn't Virgil S. Johnsor thc United Stator, supervisor, soe them B??aure be couldn't. And yet the Gov I om liten t come ii?' ? Ciurt un-l wivs t<> tli?"*<> managers: ?*>ec<tuic y.ni iii?! not (!'?!<.,a it we will put you ni Sing-Sing; prison. Wo will put stripe- upon your clothes itml -tripes upon your lurk, as they <lo in t lim pen Ken t?? ry What is against these managers to-day, gentlemen of the jury, may be against you to-mor row. If, innocent as you may be, you an- to be prosecuted for obeying tho law then there is no safety for anybody. Tho attorney-general then went on t?i show t hat the legislature contemplated an excess of ballot.-?, and had provided what should IK? done with the excess. The managers hud obeyed the law strict ly and fairly, and could he held to do no more. Tho managers, be ?bowed, could not be held accountable for lim size if thc hole iu the box. The boxes were given to them hy tho cotmnissmnct s, and the size of the bole wa? not regulated by any law. It was tho business of tho eoiiimi--ioin-r- to lix the hole, and if they mad?' it so -mall that a tissue ticket could not get into it, it was not the duty of ibo managers to have enlarged il ; or if they had made it HO large that you could get iii the Itevised Statutes, the managers had no power to alter it. lu commenting upon the charge made by om- of the Government witnesses, that the manager who drew out the sur plus tiekei.s selected Republican ticket-, Mr. Youuians showed that while there was no law preventing the manager from so (hiing if In; wished, yet it was lnij?os si ble f>r bim to have doue so, and lie cited the fact thu*, the Republican super visor himself while attempting to snow thc jury how it was done had himself been unable lo t?*ll "ne ticket from the other by feeling,and hadactuallv picked up tho wrong ticket, although doubtless had been practicing the trick for months. The attorney general next showed that it was impossible for any one to have known how many Republican ?uni how many Democratic tickets were drawn out." The witness who swore to this fact Mas shown to have been at a p>>int win.o he could not have seen, and the? United States marshal in testifying to bow- many Republican tickets he bad given out had developed the remarkable fact that he bail been sent there to sec bow tho people voted. The calculation made by Mr. Sanders could have been made equally well iu his office without any testimony. It was a -imple MIHI in arithmetic and a very .-imple sum ?it that, lie then went on to show that tho manage-, had opened tho poll at ti o'clock as required by law; that a quo rum being present they had opened tho election without Mr. Carroll. They were not required to send for bini, and expect ing that he Would arrive any moment they did not send until having opened the poll they sent to his house oud found Unit he ha.? overslept himself. In tho same woy the nltornoy-general with mas terly skill went over tho entire evidence, showing bow completely and utterly tho prosecution had failed to connect tho de fendants with any illegal or fraudulent act. I think, he .said, this is a cuse in which the jury must return a verdict of acquit tal. I know that I um to be followed by tho district attorney, and from thonaturo of his remarks ir.a le in theso cases, and the eOeui which ?.hey have unquestion ably bini adverse to the defendants on triul. it ls my duty .somewhat to ontici pato their effect. I am to bo followed by one learned in tho luw und skilled in all tho arts of the forum. His intellectual qualities and eloquence have often mado the worse appear the better cause. Ho is io gifted by nature physically and in tellcctuallv that ho eau assume any pas sion or exhibit any emotion. Ho'would have made tho finest llrutus or Coriola nus even seen upon the stage. Ho can play most skilfully on that sweetest of all musical instruments, ibo human voice. Ho can sing the song with w hich tho serpent-charmer charms tho serpent. Ho will toll you, as be hus told juries bo fore: "I como hero with naught of mal ice, nothing of malignity; I como hero in eulin judicial aspect, with my assis tants, clothed with tho:sereno atmosphere above tho arts of tho adv?calo, and speak ing for nothing but tho good of South Carolina.*' Ile will tell you, gentlemen, us ho did on Saturday lust, that theso prosecutions uro really merciful, because be is only making selections out of an iud' ?mite number of cases, and that we poor devils ought to be thankful that it is no worse. That is Iiis story; let ino tell mino. Everybody that lives in South Carolina knows the troubles that grew out of tho election squabbles of 1870 and 1878. They, luckily for tho reposo and good of tho State, for tho good of all par ties and all colors, have been buried, and it was hoped that those cases on euch sido thnt grew out of tho election troubles of issn had gono to tho tomb of the Cupulets. And they would have gone, for over this country thero then ruled a mun who, though the excitement attending his elec tion lind been intense, hud so borne him self in ids great olllco that the whole country thought that a good and golden year had dawned over tho United States cf A in erica-that tho era of good feeling had returned-that North, South, East and West might bo allowed to pursue their avocations in peace without theso eontinu.il disturbing jars. Mun propo ses, but dod disposes! On tho Sid of July, 1881, a hulf fool bulf knave, wholo assassin and wholo Stalwart, forever quenched that hope mid dispelled this bright and beautiful vision which was glittering upon us. Out of tho oftlco of the prosecuting attorney of tho United States went ono Pennsylvania Ajax, son ol'Telam?n, King nf Salamis-Ajax tho Groat-Wayne MeVeugh- and in his pl,iee caine another Pennsylvanian, Ajax tho ?on of Oticus:, King of tho Locrians, Ajax tho Loss - Benjamin H. Drowsier. Forthwith commoiico interviews with tho district attorney. Hate und strife und fury. Forth with assistant counsel aro employed-judicially. Judicially? Why ho writes us a Republican and lor policy has Dimociatlc counsel selected. Slr Robert Walpole was a great statesman and it is his tactics which havo been adopted. His tactics which havo been used in this prosecution. His doctrine was thc doctrino of tho slave market. I do not su3' that counsel should not work for money, but the doctrine is that il is cheaper tb buy than to breed. That lt is cheaper to import defenders from the op position than to rear them in your own ranks. Says he: "Wo will go down tu South Carolina wit!, a swoop. Indiana and Pennsylvania can go, and I will send you a Philadelphia lawyer. I will send you two Philadelphia lawyers ;" and ho sends Mr. Dallas Sanders, and he publishes tho Instructions in tho newspapers. Ho writes not to Mr. Melton, but to Mr. Mel ton's assistant. Says ho : "You will road this to Mr. Moiton." "You will havo Mr. Melton to understand." "I desire you (Sauders) to convoy what I now write to Mr. Molton und read everv word." "I request you to say to Mr. Moiton that I want these matters closelv pursued." "I wish Mr. Moiton to bu told by you." "I wish to express my Repub lican c onvictions on this subject." "I wish you to convey my idoas to Mr. Moi ton." "Say to Mr. Melton that tho wholo force, judicial force, legal force of thc Government must bo exerted to try these coses fairly and fully." How Dickens would have revolted in this man. (it was evident that tho Attorney-General had In mind the scenes bet ween" Dombey, Edith and Corker.) And yet tho Now York Times is denouncing tho District Attorney for not exhibiting sufficient lcrocity. 1 say that it is a shame and out rugo to him that tho newspapers in his own party fdiouh! thus abuse him, when ho has already gone too far against thc Stato of his birth and its citizens. What business has tho Attornoy-Goneral of the United States to criticiso the Judges? He says: "It appears to me that informations, ns indictments, .should havo boen tiled before this." "Rather ft looso way of doing business." Why didn't you do thus and so. If Brewster will como down to South Carolina and prosocuto theso cases wo will seo whether ho could do it better than Mr, Samuel W. Melton, and we will pay his expenses. His instructions, full of hate, havo been only too faithfully followed. Mr. Yeomans, then reverting to thc question of standing aside Jurors by the Government, said that Ibero wero only two American decisions which tn any way justitiell the. practice. One was in Pennsylvania and tho other tn tho Ku kiux trials, while on tho other hand he read the names of full twenty Pennsyl vania judges who said that they knew of no auch practico being adopted In misde meanors. Continuing Attorney-General YoumanS said : I would be glad to stop here, but 1 cannot. The district ntt^ruey says ho fought against corrupts.i. I havo uover heard tho charge of personal corruption brought against him, and I would say that I disbelieved It If the. charge were mado. But my frioud can not poso himself In this dramatic attitude of martyr and ask tho people to forget the even's of 1872. At that lime within tho ranks of the Republican party th pro were two factions. The ono which fought J and slrbve for better government was Iel Uv :i man wno ha?l been in tho couii .il- nf tho nation boforo the war. lie ?ras great in the councils <>f the Confcdo racy. Ho was afterwards Governor of the State, ami he did in one of tue most brilliant capitals of Ku ropo, in St. Peters burg, a.s foreign minister of thc t'ulted states- Janies I.. Orr. a man perhaps with tho loveliest bead in ?South Carolina. Willi Iii? drain and inunde ul irjiu.- aud nit nd Tb?! >bouMf>r<sl<l'--iD (hr u?i>b of human ?ad.? Ile mado his light aud mad*' it nk<? a nan against tho corruption in the Re publican partv. The other faction was led hy Franklin J. Moses, Jr. He was a prodigy. He reminds us of the dissolute Emperors of the decline and fall of th?* 1'mian Umpire. A p/o-COUSUl of the Verres type. Ital when the clash came between them on which side did the ?lis trict attorney array him-elf? side by side with Moses. It was on his ann that Moses leaned, and it was ?JU his tongue that Moses relied as ho made that cam paign through thc Stato which resulted ni temporary success, but which ulti mately terminated in the downfall jfthe Itcjiuulican party. Judge Bond (interrupting:) I dont seo. Mr. Youmans, what that has to do with the ease. Mr. Melton is "'>t on trial hore. Mr. Melton: hot him gu on, may it please your Honor. Let him go to the ?nd of bis tether. He has ulready gone b*> far. I would prefer that lie conclude and that I bo allowed to answer him. Mr. Youmans, continuing : When Melton ami Moses sp?ike in Charleston St. Michael's bolls, willoh had rejoiced willi tb. joy - and grieved with the sor rows of Charleston for centuries, wore so shocked by their harangues that they refused to clunie the quarters or sound tho hour. Thu lo?-al poet of the dry says : Michael's i biinos were mute when Melton .{Mike, And Moaen paralyzed their bruen ?trok?-: Such ibatuelcai utterance! 'ucaih thc aplre'i laik shad.-, Mad- the lower shudder and I bc dork afraid." When the District Attorney essays to -peak for tho people of South Carolina he puts in a claim which we and all Other people in South Carolina ?leny. Says a distinguished son of South Carolina, now minister to the South American Repub lic, "To love South Carolina was tho creed of South Carolinians-a ?'rood which a statesman might call narrow and atxl a philosopher might call weak, but broad enough it was to cover them in life, and strong enough to support them in death." And remembering that in her soil, which to us is sacred-that in her bosom aro reposing the ashes of the ven erated men and pure women whose lips and lives have taught us to love South Carolina-that bosom into which we will, when life's fitful fever is over, all creep gladly as ever after a long day's sport wlieii infants wc rested ?>ur v. earied hea?ls upon our mother's knees or sank to sleep in her arms. I, the humblest of her citi zens, commissioned to stand herein their ?lefciico to-day against this unjust perse cution, speak tho prayer of lier sons and daughters when 1 say" : Withered bc-tho arin that strikes hor. Cursed bo the tongue that maligns her. Hatod bo tho foe that invades her. But withered : thrice withered-cu reed! thrice cursed thrico hated bo tho son of hers, nativo and to the manner born, who would raise his slanderous tonguo to defame her or his matricidal arm to strike her. We read in profano history that Coriolanus, who yielded to the tears of his mother, baited his victorious legions beyond tho yellow Tiber, but that Nero slew his "mother and then admired her beauty after she wt: a corpse, and fiddled a goodly tune while Homo was burning. Wo read that tho old Patriarch who (lout ed in tho ark on the topmost wave that encircled the globe, after the waters sub sided, became intoxicated and lay uncov ered within Iiis tent, and that his sons went backwartl nnd covered the naked ness of their father; hut nowhere, either | in sacred or profano history, from the Pentateuch of Moses, which tells of tho origin of man, tho fal!, the deluge and thc primal settlement- of nations, to tho Book of Morman-from Sanconiuthan nnd tho records of the Chinese to Justin McCarthy's history of our own times, do we read'the record of a man in tho full possession of his faculties who, tearing his hair, rending his robe, and calling Heaven to witness the purity of his ac tions, uncovers the nakedness of his mother, and exposes lier to the public gaze-n nymph of the pare-"n common slreet-waiker"-"a debauched and be draggled creature." As great as aro the talents of the District Attorney, he bas, I fear, as has been charged against tho great man iio has quoted, given up to party what was meant for mankind. But coming back to the case before ?'ou, gentlemen of the jury. You are to ook on this ease as men ; seo how it stands ; seo, as you cannot fail to see, that these men acted exactly in accord ance with the law; that though there was fraud that ii was impossible for them to detect it ; that the Government has not only not proved their guilt beyond a rea sonable doubt, but hus utterly failed lo connect them with any offence. What is tholr fate to-day may bo yours to-morrow. Lord Erskine said the energies of tho english Constitution wero exhausted when twelve men were put in a jury box. Look only to your oaths anil your honor, and, gentlemen, when you come calmly to consider and reflect upon tho testimony I nm sure you can lay your hands on your hearts* and look with approval to your God as you proclaim a verdict of hot guilty as to nil of these defendants. At the (..inclusion of Attorney-General Yntiman's argument tho court took a brief recess. Al the reconvening of the nut. District-Attorney Melton, bandi oapped as be was with a weak cause and Wit ll the sonso of having placed himself in a false position, milden most ingenious and dramntic argument. It was a mas terpiece of forensic eloquence. Senator Butler and the Vice President. Washington correspondence of the '"altimore Sun : President Pro. Tem. Davis, of the Senate, had this afternoon his third breakdown since he became a member of that body. The trouble with the Illinois Senator is that he forgets an or dinary chair cannot sustain the four hundred pound mass of flesh which be long to him. He ought to follow the ex ample of tho late Senator Dixon H. Lewis, and only uso chairs specially con structed to stand tho strain. Judge Davis, who bad put nnother Seuator iii thc big, strongly-braced chair which he occupies os presiding officer of the Sen ate, had been strolling around the cham ber to stretch his legs, and passing by the chair which belongs to Senator Brown, of Georgia, and is abundantly nblc to hold his weight of one hundred and twenty-five pounds, he took a notion to rest himself. Ho sank inlq the chair, and the chair sank to the flooi in broken pieces, which were strewed all over the Judge as ho lay sprawling. As he scrambled lo his feet with a sense of in jured dignity fresh upon him bc saw that Senator Buller, of South Carolina, who occupied thc next scat, was smiling broadly, and his ear caught the whisper of some one on thc other side styling him tho "Jumbo" of tho Senate. He was so indignant that he stalked around I the Senate chamber several times, and then, becoming a little moro composed, he *e'actcd another chair after a critical insp. dion and deposited himself in it. Sent or Butler went over to him for .vilifying purposes, but th j Judgo w. ;'d him off and declined to listen to him. On tho last occasion that he bun ted through a chair Mr. Conkling, who was then in the Senate, chuckled audibly, and ho would not take any notice of him for a week after. Choice Timothy Hay ! FOR salehv A. B. TOWERS A CO. April 27. 1882 4d_ _ i Stockholders Meeting. rpiIE Annual Meeting nf the Stockhold JL crs of the Atlantic and French Broad Railr. xl will meet at Abbeville Court House. Thursday, 4th May. pursuant to resolution paasixl at last meeting. WM. J. KIRK, Secretary. April 27, 1882_41_1_ Agency for Brennan & Co. 17"0R the sale of Plantation Saw Mills, ? Thresher?, Wheat Fans, Corn Shell ex*. Straw Cutters, Cider Mills, Sugar Cane Mills, ?tc. Persons wishing to boy will please give us a call before having. A. B. TOW ERM & CO. April 27,1882 42 1 WABNING. 4 Ll. larsons are hereby warned ?ot to 2\. dire or harbor Harrison Ellin .. :>. a free-negro preacher, who i? under contract with me for the present year, and who haw quit uiv employ without mise or eon: int. The law will he enforced against any one disregarding this notice. j WELCH. April 27, Pisa jd_1_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON' FLEAS. Beni. F. Dickson, Plaintiff, against Caroline C. Dickfun, Jane 8. Dickson, Mary Ann Hickson, Rebecca P. Smith, ct si? l?feodsnt?.-SummoM for ReJitf-Cbmpltitnl >u4 fjrrrnf. . lo lb?- HefendMit? Bee j Dickson. Margaret Ii rb. tv louisa llembree, B. W. Dickson. Alex. Dick v,n, franc.? Dickson, Marr Parker. Matthew Wickson. Elita Bobina, Matilda Moorhead. Mary Kay. Win. DI" ks-m. Catharine MeCrary, W alter C. Dickson, Klla .'..nues.iii. Rebecca 1*. isujlth and Rebecca Leach, et al. : ?\""OL' are berebr su tn un.'ned and required to ?u 1 awer Ibe complaint in this action, a copy of which is filrd in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Meas, it Anderson C. H.. 8. C., and to .erre a cop/ of vour answer ... the said complaint on the subscriber* al their office, Anderson C. H., B.C.; within twenty "lavs aller tte s- r\ice hereof, exclu llve of theda J of service; and it" vou falito aniwer this complaint wilbla the tune a'oresnld. the Plain tiff in thia action will apply lo ihe Court forthe relief demandai in the touiplaint. I "al" 1 I'eveniher 19, l?-l MOORE A WARDI.AW, I'laintifls Attorney?. -FAL Jons W. lustra.-. <. <. r. To the I'eiendauH : ... you ?ill take notice ib-t th* lomplalul in this ease ls filesl lo partition llic Real Estate of Polly Dickson, Klean, r Dickson, Jane Hickson, and Mrs. Margaret C. Smith, and ihe K?tate of Alex. A. Hickson, under their Will?, and for such other re lief aa ?tated under their Will? and a? stated In Complaint. MOOKI; A WAItDLAW, Pialutiffs' Attorney?. Aprii i? Is-J il _._ ELECTION NOTICE. PURSUANT t." the provisions of on Ordinance adopted by the City Coun cil of Anderson. S. C., ut a meeting held on ihe 2Mb dav nf March, ls."-', and entitled "An Ordinance tu authorize the issuing." .v.c.. Notice is herehv given that an election will be held on'Tuesday. Ihe 2nd day of May. A. 1), I*S2, frv,tu ^ o'clock a. m. to d o'clock j> m., in accord ance with the provisions of said Ordinance. Owners of real estate situ?t within the corporate Hmits of said City. an., also all who are entitled to vote for Mayor and] Alder men of said City, will be entitled to vote in said election, provided they register their names with the City Clerk lind obtain from him a certificate of such registration by 12 o'clock, meridian, oh the tenth day next preceding thc day of election. The City Clerk will have the books open for Registration at bis ellice from the 19th to 12 o'clock m. on the 22ud April. 1S82. MASAOEBS or KI.ECTIOX-J. D. Maxwell, W. H. Brown and W. U. Bewley. \V. H. NARDIN, Mayor. Titos. C. Lioo.v, Citv Clerk. March 30, 1882 37_ 5 TAX NOTICE ! TREASURER'S OFFICE, AXDEBSOS, S. C.. April 4th, 1852. "^"OTICE is hereby given that this oflice will be open from the 1st to the Hist of Muy for the collection of the first in stallment of State. County, School and Poll Taxes for the fiscal year 1881. Taxpayers, instead of paying one-half during the month of May, which is the amount due, may, at their option, pay the whole of their taxes, or may postpone the payment of the whole until Fall, thereby incurring a penalty of five (MT cent, on the ovje-half | ?lue in May. The rate of taxation is as follows, viz : For State purposes. di mills Fer Countv purposes. 2* mills For School purposes. 2 mill? Poll Tax.$1.0?) All persons between the ages of 21 stud GO, on the 1st day of June, I8M, noe other wise exempted (iv law, are liable lor Poll Tux. I will also be prepared to receive the third installment of tuxes subscribed for building the Savannah Valley and the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroads. Pursuant to an Act of the Legislature of this State, and for the convenience of tax payers in distant sections of the County, I will visit the following named places on the duys mentioned, viz : Honea Path, Thursday, May Uh. Belton, Friday, May 5th. Storevillc, Tuesday, May 9th. Moffattsville, Wednesday, May 10th. Holland's Store, Fridav.*Mav 12th. G. W. Farmer's, Tuesday. May 16th. Pendleton, Wednesday, May 17th. Larkin Newton's, Thursday' May 18th. Wieington's Store, Friday, May" Huh. Williamston, Saturday. May Jo'th. 1 will he found ni my ollie ut Anderson C. II. on thc foll..-.viii.' .hiv-, ci/: Mav 1st. 2nd, Mrd lilli, Sib. |,:ih. i.ytls. a. -I from the 22ml to the .(1st. im-m-iv, M. !.. I I! I Ititi.E, Trea-tli. t A :: ! r?o:i ' -mtv. April <i, 1 ;t? S THE SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILROAD H AS taken a fresh .start, and work will bc resumed in a few days, ami thus the dream of niuny uf our citizens will proba bly be accomplished in time to move tbe next crop. In the meantime our Firm IS ROUND To go on in the got york of maintaining ii?* ri'L,u,;*tioii for Low Prices ami Fair Dealing. In its incipiency we deter mined Ahead of all Competition, and bv hard labor and HONEST BARGAINS we have BUILT Up a trade that weare not only nroud of. but for which we take this opportunity to thank our many customers. During the coming Summer wo antic?pale keeping in Stock a full line of General Nerrbnu? dise,and BY All means wc advise those in need of Fresh Goods, Good Goods a.id Good Bargains to call on BROWN Isis. April 20, 1882 40 MEDICAL CARD. D" r !,KNRr>, ?. ~LROD- a graduate ?J of thc Charleston Medical Colicu? having located at Centreville in Ibis Coun ty for tho practice of Medicine,, offers bis professional services to the public He may be found at such times M not engaged at the residence or Mr. W. J Erwin April 18,1882 TO ' ,*RWM- 2M Notice to Contractors. SEALED PROPOSALS for thc (^ding v i. ofx>h,e, enVro line oi ?ho Bav^rLh Valley Railroad ungraded, eitherasa whole or In sections will bo received by the Sect retary uptll the Oth day of Mnv next By order of the Board y , _. JE- BREA ZEA LE. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT - t ??iitlc?Jis hereby K,ven "'at ?he un signed, Administrator of the Estate ?f Si rS?h d?=???d. wilt appj JJ r,n??e.?f/rob?l?/or Anderson Sty on the 1st day of Mav next for a vinni Settlement and Discharge from hf, ?frfce a? Administrator of said Estate _252r?!; JtOOERS, Adni'r. >TOTI?E FINAL SETTLEMENT" ?"; , The undersigned, Administrator nf Estate ot Mrs. R. E. Taylor, d^se.1 here by gives notice that hi will, nn U e 23rd I r?bate of Anderson County Tor & Settlement of said Estate-, and a dbebawi from said Administration a?*cnargc AprU20,188r ^' SHARPE, Adm'r. BROCK '* MAULDiN Spring I Bummer, 18$, 9 CLOTHING DEPARTBIEIVX, Suits in Casaiincra, Diagonals, Linen and Alpaca. School-boyg, YoutV . (lot hing in great variety, and lat? t and nobby ely le?. I0UU? ITTTKIVIHIIIISG GOODS ?KI'Arixaii^j.^ Shirts, laundried and unluundried. white and fancy, for men and boya - (Wt. ' Hankerchiefs in silk, linen and cotton ; UnderaWrta. in Gossamer, Inahf&S Nain?ook ; Hosiery, (?loves, Ac, together with a line of Ncckwear-CmvaU cte? Ties and Scarfs, handsomer and more complete than ever. Also, Jar^?* Call and examine thenu^^^ HATS, IIA.TS, ^ Such a stock of Boya' and Men's Straw, Wool and Felt Hats as h un?,.,,.,, " coiintrv in variety and low prices. n,,?H| SHOKS, SHOES. SHOE?, Ladies'. Misses, Children's, Men's, Youth's and Boys' Kine Custom-ma-L wi ai d low cut. Every Shoe warranted. -, -u<*,ti Wc nr.-still selling the "MOHAWK SHIRT," the bed Shirt uiunufacuj^j tailed at one dollar. ' "?h Wc particularly roquet un examination or our lino of Cassi mere SampU- %?. of same made up to order-with lits guaranteed. r ao4Wi April -J". 1882 _ IT IS ? F ACT ! That we are Selling Goods as Low as they can be JW anywnere in the Up-Country. 0 OUR NEW SPRING GOODS AUK arriving, and open up Fresh and Handsonie. No old Stock on Remember, we offer you Xew and Desirable Goods. " r*H Kine lot of WHITE ??OODS and NOTIONS. Ladies' Trimmed HATS Colored and White LAWNS. PIQUE and PRINTS. A nice line of Lidies* SHOES and SLIPPERS, RIBBONS. RUFFLING, COLLARETTES, GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEFS, PERFUMES, a large lino of HOSIERY Wc ure prepared to oller the Planters a line of FARMING IMPLEMENTS ni? PLOY* S ??kc, and can sell you u First Class article of SUGAR, COFFEE ???s BACON! MOLASSES ami GENERAL SUPPLIES of all kinda, nt l0C HOOK BOTTOM PRICES. Call and NU us. ROBERT A. LEWIS & CO., Belton, fl r April 2u. 18*2 26 _ ' ?* AHEAD OF CO ^PETITION! -o THE LARGEST, CHEAPEST and MOST VARIED Stod of Ladies' and Gents', Misses' and Childrens' S For SPRING and SUMMER in the City of Ar.den.uu. UNDER THE SSCN of the BIC SHOE,) Goods bought for Cash and sold for Cash, at LOWEST CASH E IOU RES enable MAXWELL * SLOAN To make the above Proclamation. S&- Dou't forget we make a SPECIALTY OF HATS. April 13. 1882 _ll_ I MEW m>mw. Qoom, ~V\7E HAVE JUST RECEIVED a large and beautiful lot of SPRING Catt] YV COES, a sample lot of LADIES* OATS, which we are otTering it 5?s York Cost. Also, quite a Tarietv of Gents' and Bovs' STRAW HATS. Our Stock of SPRING SHOES for Ladies', Gents, Misses and Children bcomp'Al We can sell you as good a Shoe for as little money as any ono in the City, in ww ?jil desired. Call and examine our Stock. You will lind polite and attentivo (3lerk8t??!m| you through, and no offense taken or charge made if you don't buy. WE DESIRE TO CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CHAMPION REAPER AND MOWER,. For which we are Agents, and have now on exhibition ; and we don't hesitate to sq i j the best on the market. Call and examine it-we will take pleasure in showingaadu l plaining it to you ; and if you want a Machine, we can certainly make it to yonrinteret| to buy il.?: ''Champion." Respectfully, March ?J. 188'J ANDREW & PREVOST. :to FINE HARNESS FOR SALE. rjMlE undersigned calls attention to his Stock of HARNESS of all descriptions, ind* X ding BRIDLES, COLLARS, BUCiClY, CARRIAGE and WA60! ll ARNESS, Single and Double, from the finest to the cheapest queiiti?s. The ?ri is done at h. une und is thorough, the stock used is the very best, ?nd therefore I Tr&rrnt the wear of every piece of harness to be equal to any that can be purchased ia tba ot any other market. My PRICES ARE CHEAPER than the same qunlity of Hansa can be bought elsewhere. REPAIRING carefully and promptly attended to. All that I ask is a call from those who need anything in my line. Rooms, up stairs, on Granite Row, over Wilhite ?fe Wilhite's Drugstore. JAMES M. PAYNE. April ?j. ltihi 38 ._^_-JSL^ TOBACCO, TOBAGO. I O - ? 3 C g 1 NEW CALICOES, MUSLINS, PIQUES, !g X COTTON A DES, BLEACHINGS, HAT8, NOTIONS,! S g r-2 ? SHOES, LADIES* FINE SLIPPERS, ST? f 5 FLOUR, BACON, MUSCOVADO MOLASSES, ~ I SUGAR, COFFEE, ^ ? - And everything you need at Bottom Prices. ! ?O ?51 A large lot MACKERELL. ? CT* Og Z We are determined to sell. We ask all who would like to ?. JD ^ < buy New Goods CHEAP to give us a trial. I fr 5 s2 EL C. F. JONES & CO., " FANTS OLD STAND. March 30. 1882 87 HERE WE ARE 1 HOME AGADftl OH ! COME AND SEE OUR PRETTY THINGS! MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS, TSTITH ?anal care, selected our SPRING STOCK, and we aro ready to *?* * T? MOST BEAUTIFUL LINE OF LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S GOODS EVER BROUflHT TO THIS MARKET- ^ Yes, wo feel confident we can please the young, middle-aged and old folk?. one and all, and be convinced that you can get the PRETTIEST and CHEAP?1 Goods at the March23,^ADIES^ STOBE.^ Steam Engine for Sale. "DY virtue of the power conferred upon ir ? n? ":\ ? mortgage of tho pioperty hereinafter described, executed by J. R Burton on the 5th day of February, 1881 i i 1 w'1I,scli fo1 casu, at Anderson C. H. 8. C IT?.S ? in Mi?y .next' one Kv?horae Upright Steam Engine, made by A. B farquhar, of Pennsylvania. This mort gage was given to secure payment of the purchase monty of said Engine. A8A,M KA- HUTCHI80N, Mortgagee. April 18,1882 v. 30 SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AKDBRSOS COTJWTY. TBY I??l2e.?{ an Execution to me di ?ri MrS'vrSl^11! ?P<?? "> ?loon the first MONDAY hi MAY, A. D 188^ ne ster' H?"?' ***** R?(fi?E ^i^B Machine, levied on as th2IlnS??f J; A- ?rldK". i? favor of ,hTaTMsCofc?,R COmpany* JAMES H. MCCONNELL, April IS, 15?: rif' An$?on Cornily. WANTED! CONFEDERATE MOSEY, Wjjj Confederate Postage SUmps, ^ States Stomp* 1851 and previous, j these stamps to remain on the cniei?i ? want lbs old Clock th?t ?Und? on t?*^ Four, five feet locg or more. You Can get n good Clock for it .? J. A. DANIELS'. Bring me that Silver DoN?ri* ! and that Half Dollar 1801, 1802, 1601, 1815; and Quarter 1708, 1804, U303 and 1827. I have a large Stock g CLOCKS and^BWBLRV. I ??^3 at a very reduced price. R pJ to come and see me before buying It will also nay yon to buy y?"rJj a? TACI.ES dlYcct from Ileadqnsiw* instance, nt \ J. A, DANIELS' Cut this out and save it. April 13. !88? ,<w