The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 18, 1883, Image 3

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I?. B. M Ult KAY, Kdttor. TH l'KSDAY, JANl'AUY, 1*. 1883. TERMS : ONE TKAK.?1.30. .HIX MONTHS. "<*?.. Two Dollar? ir not paid lu advance. TIIK (OM M MIA CANA I. AMAIN. In our article last week upon this subject wo bad no idea of waking up a controversy, as we had heretofore given to our readers thc position occupied by our Representatives upon this important measure. Last week we endeavored simply to state some of the reasons why thc IsTKl.l.niKNCiilt favors this develop* ment. As, however, Maj. Moore desires to discuss the action of iii?' la-t Legisla ture on tiiis j oint, we cheerfully accord him tho opportunity ?d' doing HO. ll seems to tis, however, that lie has lal ll ll into several mistakes in his article, ami has assumed positions which arc not ten able. To begin with, wo do mil i li i ri u Maj. Moore has answered bis three arithmetical rjucstions correctly, for be makes the aggregate only $5",332. while.wo would make it from the same premises $75,7*165. Wo reach this con clusion as follows : liO'J convicts, al -Li?, cents per day, will bc $85.33?, and this Bum for 305 days will be $31,1403 ! then I 1200 convicts at 20 cents per day, for salaries and incidentals, will bo $40.00, and thia, for 305 days, will ho $14,000; then the biro of one convict for twelve months, at $12.50 per mouth, amounts to $150.00 per year, and this for 200 con victs amounts to $30,000, so that 'bc three items together make $75,7403. In discussing a question il is always fair to have the discussion upon its true basis, and therefore we have corrected Maj. Moore's ligures to start nut Upon a proper understanding of the question. The items charged in il, however, are by no means nccurate, for nearly thu whole cost of salaries, etc.. must eomn off the est?malo, as the olliccrs must be paid whether tho convicts arc given to the Canal or not, and the incidental expen ses will lie nearly as great without ns with these convicts. Likewise, the ad ditional cost of maintaining these two hundred convicts will not bc 423 cents per dny, as the larger thc number the cheaper is tho rate of maintenance. It is probable, however, that the construe-? tivc cost will amount to from forty to lilly thousand dollars a year, or sixty thousand dollars with the sum appropri ated, which would make about $300,000 for tho live years required to complete thc work. This, however, is not from n tax on tho people. The whole thing has gut to bu paid out of the earnings ot the Penitentiary, and if there nro no earn ings, then there will be no work on the Canal. In other words, tho Legislature propose to niako tho Penitentiary sclf sustaining, and to build tho Canal with it in addition. This is tho people's mon ey, however, and should be judiciously expended. Maj. Moore says that Iiis experience iu hlastiug makes bim estimate tho cost of this work at from oue lo perhaps inure than two millions of dollars. This is very great exactness iu Ibo calculation of cost. It only has n margin ni over one million of dollars. Wo presume, this cstimnlo is based on thc assumption that tho work goes through solid rock all tho way. Maj. Mooro hus probably not been over moro than J mile out of tho 21 miles, while the Eugineers have been over all of it. That is thc diircrcncu between their estimates. Thc old Canal that was dug before ibo war has already made about ono-third of tho necessary excavation, and, therefore, ;be work tu be dono is that of enlarging, nearly all of the way, tho prcsout Canal. It ia, there fore, an easy matter for aa Engineer lo tell whero ho will hud rock und how much Ibero will be of it. Under these circumstances, we take it that tho esti mates of tho two Eugincors, who have becu all ovor tho work, issafor than Maj. Moore's guessing. Next Maj. Moore wants to know who will utilizo tho Caual after it is built. No one knows who will havo money to put into factories rive years from this time. Capital docs not lie idlo for live years waiting for investment. Had Au gusta waited for uny such pledges as thoao Maj. Mooro wanta, her Canal would nut have been built, and she would have had no factories. There is no room to doubt that tho Canal will be built up with factories soon after its completion. There is uo such desirably situated water power iu the world which is undevelop ed, and this will not remain so after its completion. Wbeu homo and foreign capital will como hero and build their own dams and erect immense buildings, filled with (ino machinery, Uko thoso at Piedmont and Pelzer, thero can be no fear that a power will remain unutilized where no dam is required, and where there are four Hues of railroad runuing iuto the very factories themselves if de sired. A planter might as well say that be cause a drouth may como or his seed may not produce a harvest he will not plant, as for a Stato to act upon the theory that sho must not do anything that doea uot pay her back immediately. That legislation which has no care for the future will never give life or progress t>a8tato. It will not do for us to stand still and cry over the misfortuues of tho war, and prate of poverty and calamity. It bas been eighteen yearn since the war closed, and the other Southern States have entered the race for material devel opment and progress. South Carolina must not only bo in the procession, but we roust place her in the van of tho movement. We will no vcr do so by her alding to the world that we are too poor to do those things which other live States are doing. Money and immigration do not go to poverty-stricken count tics. They seek for the prosperous ?eeli ma and go there. They hunt for the States which are growing, and which have a future for the rising g?n?rations. It will never do for South Carolina to adopt tho stand-still policy. Wo have limited means, but we must mploy the means at our command in a manner to give assurance of our ability to prosper. In this way, and in Ibis way alone, can wo hopo to grow in wealth and pewcr. It Li not always tho cheap o?t government that ia the Dost. Wo I favor the most economical government consistent willi efliciency and progress. We <ln md ?bink one dollar .-hould bc wasted, but where money eau be spent to ?inprove thc State it ought, as far as we eau alford it, to be done. Money spent un unnecessary salaries, or higher sala ries than sufficient for efficient service, is wasted, bul every dollar that is judi ciously expended in internal improve ments will amply repay the outlay. Next week we shall present add i I ion al reasons for this work. SOf'TII CAHOI.INA ritOGKKSS. The article copied from thu Augusta C/ironii't? ami (vH*fi(uti>mn(i*t, which appears on another page, shows that the progress and improvement which has been made in .South Carolina are recog nized and admired without ihe limits of our State, and are attracting ihe atten tion of the live, thoughtful people of the country. This progress has been achiev ed ul most entirely since 1870, and is therefore attributable lo the rule of thc Democracy, lt is more than that, lt is attributable lo the life and progr?s- of tho party. Il has established confidence in the integrity of our promises lo pay all that we honestly owe, and lia* shown that we appreciate tho hpirit of the day in which we live. In material progress and educational facilities wo believe that this Slate has gone forward more rapidly in tho last six ; cars than any one of Ibo older Stales of tho I nion. It is sound policy for us lo continue to build up lht, resources of our Stale. The introduc tion of capital for investments, thc im migration of thrifty, enterprising citi zens, the building of factories, ihe firm maintenance ol'the State's credit and tho continued elevation of the common .schools and of our State institutions of higher education, are the touch-stones which will command success. The poli cy which hus done so much for us in tho past should be persevered in for the fu ture. The party wliicb has established that policy must bc continued in power, to guarantee its continuance. ItKGUI.ATlXU Till'. K tl (.HOADS. The attention nf the winde country is being directed to the question of tho best manner in which lo control railroad cor porations, no as to prevent their unjust oppression of thc people by exorbitant and unfair rates of freight. Not only have several States recetuly adopted lht Hystem of commissions, but in the United Stales Sonate, on last Saturday, Mr. In galls introduced a bill to provide for tlx appointment of a commission to consitlei the subject of railroad transportation. Ii provides til t tho President, willi tho ad vico and consent of tho Senate, abai appoint seven commissioners from rivi life, whose duty it shall be to considei and investigate tho subject of railmae transportation in its relations to tim ag ricultural, commercial nnd industria interest of tho United States. The Com mission is to enquire generally into tin conditions affecting conimerco muong tin Stales, tho grounds of complaint existinj against the railroad corporations result ing from unjust discrimination, exorbi tani or unequal rates, insufficient facili ties for trall'ie or unlawful combinations and in what matter the existing evils cai be remedied by legislation, and to repor their recommendations and thc result u their inquiry to Congress, not later thai tho first Monday in December, 188.'] Tho section provides for the compeusa tion of tho commission at $10 per da; and reasonable oxpensea, ami authorize them to visit such portions of tho conn try as they may deem advisable in tb performance of ihcir duties. We doubt the political wisdom of national raihoud commission, from th fad that it will tend rather more to cen tralizing power than we would care t go just now ; but, aside from this objet: Lion, it seems to tu the results of a ni timmi commission must be fnvorablo t tho country at large. Now, only th larger cities can influence tho railroad! while a judicious nntionr.l railroad la* would give every portion of tho counfr a fair showing. Therefore, putting th material sd vantages against tho politic! disadvantages, we aro rather disposed t favor tho passage of a proper rniion? railroad law. Thc proposition of M Ingalls looka lo a thorough study of th subject, ami judicious action upon it. Senator Saulsbury bas been re ol?ete to the United States Senate, for tl third term, from tho Stato of Dolawar He is n valuable Senntor, and his Stat Inn done well to continue bim in ollie Gov. Collum, of Illinois, has bee nominated by the Republican caucus fi the Senate, to succeed Hon. David Di vis. This disposes of Judge Davis, wi has for years been a fence-riding polit c?an for years. It will be a relief to tl country to be rid of bia official service They have been first with ono politic party and then another, as each seemi to give promise of ascendancy. His i fl ne nco has not been wholesome. H course has been that of a trimmer, wi was seeking to advance his own prom tion, rather than to grapple \ itb tl questions of tho day in a manner ndvai tagcous to his country. Gov. Collum a Republican, but his politics are know To this extent his advent into tho Sena will bo an improvement on his predect sor. Col. R. L. McCaughran has resign tho Presidency of the Columbia & Grce ville Railroad, to take effect as soon his successor is elected. It is un tiers to that Col. A. C. Haskell will bo ma President of both tho Charlotte, Colui bia &. Augusta, and tho Columbia Greenville Roads. In losing the servie of Col. McCaughran, the Richmond Danville Combination lost ont of tin best officers. He is universally csteei ed and respected in the State, and li shown not only marked executive ab ity, but likewise a fair and judiclo spirit in tho management of railro matters, which bas tnado his adminiati tion acceptable and popular w. .h o people. Worse flinn Milwaukee. ST. PETERSBURG, January 14.-Di inga performance yesterday at a eire in Bedischeff, in Russiand. Polan a t broke out in the building nnd before I spectators could escapo the wbolo stru ure was in abl?se. Three hundred perse perished in the flames. COI.I .MUIA CANAL. Mit. Kl)ir??K: Inasmuch ns I have differ* ?i from you on the ( 'ollimbla Curial ? in legislation, an?l no* from your eli to? I rial of January 11th, 1H8.'{, ami having j voted against the Canal in the .Senate, ? ami being responsible to thc people of the State as a public servant, and more 1 especially to the citizens of Anderson i County, I feel il a duly t" myself and j them to ark space for :t few thoughts on this subject. I have no object in view beyond placing this (Janal in its true light, its viewed by myself, before the citizens of tliis State, and if through kindness in your space I cnn only suc ceed in giving tho reasons for thc faith that i- in nie, I shall be mutent. That every citizen may ascertain for himself thc amount appropriated for the Canal, I offer lo them the following -urns, which I hopo will be carefully WH'ttUrrd ; but, before doing so, it is proper to state, that the average cost of convicts per capita per day, is reported I'J-i cent-), and that each able-bodied convict cnn he hired lor (12.50 per month, boarded and clothed. Thu ad ditional average co-t of convicts pei day in salaries last year $12,118.07, inciden tal expenses $10,1187.03 j board of direc tor and other expenses amounting in all to iiboul $30,000.00, will be about 20 cents per day. With thin explanation 1 oiler the sums above referred lo. What will 200 convicts cost the State for twelve mouths, at a cost per capita per day of 42ij cents? If thu average cost of one convict per day for salaries, incidental expense*, etc., is ?o cents, whal will 200cost in twelve months '.' What sum of money would the Slate, receive for thc hire of 2"0 convicts for twelve months at $12.50 each per motu h ? I make the aggregate of tho foregoing ?nins $02,&i2.4.14, lo this add $15,000 cash appropriated ; we lind tho appro priation to be$07,332.43,1. Under the l ite Act you say il is estimated that the Ca nal will be completed in live years, if no, live times $07,332 is $330,060. If this sum bu correct I ^ay ii is great ly in execs nf what our people uro actually able to pay, even if the invest ment should prove to bu a good one, for our people need a rest from heavy taxa tion. Notwithstanding the estimated cost of $300,000 by Mr. Holley, and tho accom plished T. IL Lee, referred lo by you, 1 have my opinion as to tho cost ol this Cann), und yet I am free lu admit that I am not ?1 Civil Kugiueer, notwithstand ing I have considerable experience in blasting granite rock. I predict thi? (.'anal will not bu com pleted with the present force and manage ment in 10 years, and thal it will cost thu State mote than one million of dol lars, and perhaps more ihuu two millions before completed. If I were able to communicate to thu people just why I say this, I should be content ; the best I can do is to speak of tho Canal direct. This Canal is 2; miles long, 150 feet wide and IO feet deep, and thc greater purl of it through I00BO and -olid granite rock. A cemented dum of rock and cemented rock sides to the Canal to hold ils water for about lf>0 yards ut one place, besides shorter spaces al other places. My esti mule of cost is predicated upon thu above, and its present management as well, which I call common sense, and which I believe is becoming among the law makcrH ou curtain Illings thu most uncommon of all sense. You *ny consid erable money was spent on this Canal before mid since thu uar. I know of no money spent nineo the war, except tho surveys you speak of, the appropriation of $10,000.00 and a hundred and twenty hands, last year, which in labor, board, and money appropriated, etc., cost the State about 150,000.00. The Canal built before thc war, was done with a view to commerce, ?ind waa needed at tho time ; this was before the days of railroads, and the thousands of little- pole boals on the river passed through the Canal, safe from the rapids of thu river, for which they paid lue Stato a reasonable toll as fixed by law. This anti war Canal is many miles long, and cost the State less money than the amount already expended on tho now Cana!, and in my judgment paid more money by fur than the present undertak ing can or will ever pay. Hut you say, no business man doubts that factories will bo built on this Canal when finished, and yet it is certain that the State has not yet been able to learn from who, or from what quarter the capital is to como. To Kay it will come is to exercise the greatest faith, and yet no business mau will pronounce it saving faith. Wtio is it that will utilize this power when completed? From what quarter has capitalists nought to invest money in this Canal ? Who aro they, and where are they, and what amount do they offer? Under the laws of thia Stato, factories uro exempted from taxatiou for ten years, and if this Canal waa completed to day capitalists would not ouly require exemp tion from taxation for ten years on the factory, but the free use of the water as well. Then tho time required to com pleto the Canal, the time required to build factories, and the time of exemp tion from taxation, will span over the life of any man in tho State. Revenues to thc State from this Canal in this gen eration is out of tba question. Our people have just emerged from the late disastrous war, with bleeding wound*, crushed fortutics and hopes, her property confiscated, and her people reduced to penury and want ; whose energies to re cuperate, and retrieve lost fortunes, ha? bcou more than puralized by tho dishon est and wicked governments of Stato, undor Scott, Moses aud Chamberlain, these endorsed by thu United States government, who in addition augmented our troubles in every conceivable way. Thus treated, and thus impoverished, puts it out of the quesliou for us to be queath fortunes to tho coming generation, and yet we ought injustice to them tobo cnrjfuloot to make debts for them to pay. From such appropriations, the impov erished condition of our people, demand that they shall be respited, and ns a Democrat and servant of the people, I stand pledged in common with all her public servants to administer the govern ment upon tho most economical basis possible, aud with this pledge upon me I can never support the measure referred to in this communication. JOHN B. MOORE. Home Again. NAHHVII.I.K, January 13-Ex-TrenB urer Polk arrived this morning in charge of the officers, and is now in custody un til ho shall be admitted to bail, lie refuses to be interviewed. The grand jury of Davidson County at noon presen ted an indictment against Polk in two counts for the embezzlement and larceny of ?MS0.0OO. Tho Judge of tho Criminal Court is charged with the dnty of fixing tho charge of conspiracy upon certain parties in obtaining funds from Polk, knowing them to be the funds of tho State. Thu counsel of ex-Treasurer Polk will, on Monday, make application before Judge Quartes of the Criminal Court, for the release of the prisoner on bail. Meantime the prisoner is held at the county jail, but occupies comfortable quarter? in the jailor's office. NEW ORLEANS, January 14.-Near relatives of ex-President James K. Polk, residing in thia city aro authority for the maternent that M. T. Polk, the defaulting State treasurer o f Ten nc ?see, was an adopt ed son of ex-Prcsidcnt Polk, and that his real name waa Childless. Ex-President Polk had no children. I HORRORS Ot' A, 110 i li. FIUE. A Terrible Catastrophe In Milwaukee. CHICAGO, Jauuary IO.-A dispatch ? front Milwaukee reports that the Nen hall House in that city wm burned at au early hour this morning. Seventy-live person*, principally guests, lost their lives. MII.WAI.'KI:K, WI-, January lo - rin- Ncwhull House, ii six stvry brick building, on tho corner of Mulligan street and Broadway, was burned to the ground this morning. The lire -.MIS di covered nt 1 a. m., and in less than half au hour the whole building, long desig nated as a death-trap, WM enveloped in Hames. A sceue of thu utmost terror prevailed. The inmates of the doomed building jumped I))' dozens from the upper stories, covering the stone sidewalks willi life less bodies. Tue shrieks of the unfortu nates lided the air in a heartrending manner. The people below were unable lu render any aid. '.?uite a number of the terrified guests and employ?es of tho hotel appeared at the windows, and see ing the distance to the ground fell buck lo perish in the flames. The employ?es of tho hotel, which accommodated 8o0 guests, numbered M, monly lodged in the sixth story. Kxil by way of the roof was cut oil' by the lire, ami two stand pipes with lire ladders were not available tor tlie same reason. A very few were saved by jumping ou canvas. Comparatively few of thc guests On the hotel register were burned, and tho exact lost of lifo is not determinable. lt will reach from fifty to sixty dead, and from twenty to thirty wounded. So far twenty-three bodies are in the morgue, and niue more in places neal the ruins. Identification comes in slowly. Ii may safely be said that sixty persons are dead and thirty seriously injured. The mayor has called a meeting lo or ganize a salvage corps to search tho ruin*. About u week ago the secretary of thc local board of underwriters was applied to to make an estimate on ihn building that the local agencies might take risks thereon, us the building was considered u death-trap and risks had been refused. Toni Thumb and party mid thc Madi son Square Company aro all safe as far us learned. H.'/ih troupes worein the hotel. Mrs. John dilbert, of tho Min nie l'aimer troupe, who was married only two days ugo, was burned to death in light ol the multitude. Three steamers '.vent from Chicago ??t 'en minutes before i o'clock in response to n cull from the mayor. Thc train bearing them went iver the Chicago and Northwestern (tai I road, and consisted of live ca-? It went to Milwaukee, a distance of ninety miks, in only n little over an hour. LATI-.K.-The scenes ut thc morgue, where now thirty-two bodies are lying in i ghastly heap on the Door of a small room, are heartrending beyond the power if description. A strung police force is lecessary to keep the anxious inquirers in line. Nineteen bodies have beet: identified and eight bodies arc beyond recognition. Mrs. John C? il bert's body las been positively identified. It is said the was Miss Sutton, of Chicago, before die married dilbert, who is inconsolable. The tire department called for assistance from tho Soldiers' Home, but den. Sharp efused tosend the engine, ut which there s general indignation. Thc Chicago und Hacine relief steamers aro now on the ivay heie, but the lire is now under con Irol. The firemen made superhuman ?llort?, and eleven waiter girls were irought safely across bidders stretched iver an alley (rom the .sixth story of the .niel lo the roof of uti adjoining bunk ankling. The jumping cloth did little lorvice. About a dozen unfortunates nt emptcd to jump, but rebounded from he telegraph wires, u perfect network of vhich surrounded the two fronts of the luildiug. Tho appeals for aid were liteotis, hut little could be done. Shortly before the Newhull House darill a part of the lire department was ?ailed to a small tire about three miles listint, and before the engines were in vorking order the hotel was a blazing .ile. Toni Thumb got out through the front mtrance, and his wife was brought down he escape by u fireman. W. ii. Comp on, Misses Herbert and Dunlap and kV. T. Lowell, of tho Madison Square Company, arrived by the midnight ex ?rcss, und tho whole party, only partially tressed, were saved by the fire escape. The hotel was built by Daniel New ml 1 and associates in 1857. The origi ml cost of the building was $105,000. The totnl cost, including furnishing, was ??277,000. Wm. E. Cramer, of tho Kvcnin;f Wisconsin, was saved through ho heroic efforts of Charlie dressing,"a Sentinel printer. Chief Clerk Tice, who iud a narrow escape, says that of 110 loarders and U0 employees in thc hotel .o far ob are unaccounted for. Tho Milwaukee companies had refused o take risks on the building. The in lu'ranco amounted to $125,000, all held n Cincinnati. The loss will probably iggregate half a million, including thc osses ot the traders of various kinds on he giound ?loor of the hotel and in ad oiuing buildings. LATER.-A detailed statement of the nsurnnces on the Newhatl House shows hat it is not coufiued to Cincinnati iflices, bul is well distributed in policies >f from $1,500 to $5,000 among cern pa lies in New York, Pilt&ourg. Ciucionatl, Wheeling, Madison, Ind., Philadelphia, !"?ew Haven, Conn., Cleveland, Ohio, ind some foreign companies. A Neat Point. Compared with the multitude of gigan .ic frauds of all kinds which have devol ved nnd are daily developing lvist and .Vest, the default of Col. Polk, flagrant ind disgraceful as it waa, dwindles into :omparatively microscopic insignificance. Yesterday, I picked up a Philadelphia naper that, in one column, denounced 1'olk as an exceptionally colossal rogue ind in another columu, mildly announced tn over issue of street-car railway slock in the Quaker City to the amount of two million dollars ! The robberies, under he sham of law, perpetrated by the Sorti, uren the government and the south do not excuse Polk in the least; jut they make his robbery a small one in contrast. Tho Tennessee defnulter ind thief is captured and will probably be punished. The gigantic brigands of he North are, in mauy cases, not only it lnrge but encouraged in their "moral igriculture" aud "development." I dare iay that these bloated land pirates will :>o loudest io condemning Polk and fiercest in demanding that he be thrown to the lions. The Republican howl .gainst the ?South, because of Polk's in famy, will be much moderated, I suspect, when it is found out that he voted the iruly loyal ticket during tho past two rears ; and tho Democrats may retort nat he had not become utterly depraved inti! he left their ranks and went over o the men who, according to Mr. [Seedier, "have their hands in every jody's pocket."- -J. H. R. in Chronicle and Lhnslilutionalitt. K CUIien or Abbeville Fonnd Dead In tho Hoad. HODGES, S. C., Jan. 12.-On Tuesday norning Mr. Shey, who lived in what is ?lied the Buckland neighborhood, was found dead in tho road. Trial Justice Tarrant at Greenwood, was sent for and in inquest was held over tho dead body. The veidict of the jury was "frozen to iealh." There were no marks found on tho body, but somo signs of imprudence, Mr. Shey waa a native of Ireland, but nul made Abbeville county his home for icveral years. He waa a good citizen ind a good neighbor, and his sad death ?vas n shock to his neighborhood. Ile ?va? on his way home from Abbeville ?curt house at thc time of his death. TIIK KULK KS Ol' THE ROADS. Tli?? New Itullroail ColiililUiloli i)r|-aiil/.ed \ rilri .lay. Cot.tMUiA, January 1".-The Rail road Commission, under thc recent Act of thc General Assembly, met to day and organized, afur taking the prescrib ed oath ol office, by the election of ex Governor Monham as chairman. All three of the commis-douers were present, ' ex-Goveruor .l< t? r having arrived last evening, and Capt. VValker, the Charles ton member, reaching Columbia ibis morning. After taking the oath, the commission met and discussed the de tails of the important work before them, but ?lid not reach any conclusion ao to v.hat plans they would utlopt. The commissioners are deeply impressed with the immense power with which they bave been entrusted and the far reaching consequences of their actions, it i-> probable tlint before deciding upon any definite policy they will go to Atlanta und consult the Georgia Commission as lo the operations of the railroad law in thal State and profit by the experience of thc (??-orgiatis. Two ol the commis sinners talked to me to day about the matter and said : "Wo want to move very cautiously and intend to pursue a conservative cutirse, dobie; nothing, il we know it, that will be unfair to tho railroads or unjust to the people. Wo lline not yt t examined the law witli suf ficient can; to say what we shall du. It will take timo lo work out thc great problem by which we are confronted. We certainly shall try to do what we conceive to lie for the highest public good. Ju?', yet wc can't toil how we shall proceed, ll will take time and study before our plans tan be matured." Such is the simple, straightforward, honest way in which these men have gone to work. They do not inako any threats, they have no axes to grim!, they mean to do the best thing itt the wisest and mott conservative way, as well for the corporations as for the State. There is no ti lling when their plan-, will all bo perfected, certainly not for several weeks, and until they have discti-sed tho law and thc situation in every aspect. I asked one nf the commissioners if they expected to give tin.' railroads a hearing. Ho replied, "We shall have no objection to receiving suggestions from them. Perhaps they would only serve to make our path plainer, but wo shall not be governed by any advice or counsel which we do not conceive to bo conso nant with the public good." The railroad commissioner!! are hold ing night Ncssiona. They have been bard al work since half past 4 o'clock this afternoon, and up to this hour, ?1 o'clock, show no sign of adjournment. They have not yet selected a clerk, for which position ibero aro many appli cants. It is rumored to night that Col. lt. L. McCaughrin, of Newberry, hus resigned thu presidency of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad The report has not been continued. ' I. many kuowing ones believe it is t oe. This much is j certain, that Col. McCuughrin has had the subject nf his resignation under con sideration for n long time, and that if ho should resign it would not bc owing in any way to the establishment of the rail road commission, but solely to ibo inter ference of Iiis railroad duties with his private business at Newberry, which is very extensive and engrossing and really demands all his time. Times Ch inge. Senator Jones, of Nevada, once an al most chronic absentee, is now oftener seen in thu Senate and heard at the roll call. There is no doubt at all that ho had nt least $7,000,000 when ho first came to Washington, and that bc bas about lost every dollar of it. It was made in speculation and lost in thc same way. It ciitue with marvelous ease and departed with an equal facility. Jones still lives tn Gov. Hen. Butler's granite castle, bul I am told that it is bani tor him lo pay the enormous rent, and that thu man who once had millions in assets is now deeply drowned in debt. You would not think so from his outward ap pearance. He is still sleek, smiling and rosy, although n heavy frost bas smitten bis hair and bearii. With something like thc audacity of genius, too, be gave a grund reception party the oilier night which must have cost much money ami made the weight upon his fortunes all the harder to endure. He ia a big brained man, full of suggestive thought; but what a struggle lie must have tu "keep up utterances." The poor niau or woman who passes his lordly abode may envy him and his surrounding ; but ho is rather to be pitied. Without money, lie will hardly return to the Sonate. Without power, his parasites will disap pear. I would be glad to hear that some lucky stroke bad repaired bis wrecked estate, but Fortuno seldom comed full handed to the same man twice.-./. A'. A', in Chronicle ami Constitutionalist. Neaiijf Iluricd. A recent case of suspended animation in this eily has attracted attention, be cause the alllictcd person came near be ing buried, as if dead. It was a lady and abe says everything that occurred during her trance was painfully distinct. She heard ber death announced and was apprehensive of being literally killed by the mortuary icebox. In the nick of time, she turned from her back lo her side anti rapidly recovered sense and sensibility. Severe casca of nightmare often mise from sleeping on tho back. Many persons have awakened at night with a dread feeling of powerlessness of speech anti action, aa if a terrible pro elude to death, from which release carno by an almost despaired of ability to shift Ibo recumbent attitude. Perhaps Home people found dead in their beds have not been ablo to make tho saving movement. From what perilous adventures are we not rescued by slender threads in dream land ! I onco heard it said thnt when deliverance failed to come in Bicep actual death was the result.- Washington Cor respondence Chronicle and Cbnttitutiona,'~ itt. Another Hotel Fire. Sr. LOUIS, January 14.-Thc Planters' Hotel, one of tho largest in tho city, took fire this morning, shortly before 5 o'clock, and burned so rapidly that four persons lost their lives. The great est confusion prevailed when the alarm was given ana nearly ail the guests es caped in their night clothes. The weather was intensely cold, and the fire men were thereby greatly hindered in their work. It is thought there were not more than four victims. Three bodies have been taken out. The fire at 10.20 o'clock was under control. The loss on the hotel will not exceed $30,000. Tho fire broke out shortly after 4 a. m. in thc kitchen of the hotel and extended to tho pantry, storo-room and several servants' quarters. These were in /the building in the rear and detached from tho hotel, which was not injured. One servant was suffocated, one burned and two others have broken limbs. Great excitement prevailed nmong the occu Cants of the hotel, most of whom left the ouse, but returned during the day. Hultcau, the Second. BOSTON, January 15.-The mayor's clerk sent to the postoffice this morning for a letter retained there for postage. The letter was post marked January 13, and read as follows : "Mayor Palmer: I am going to kill old Governor Butler in five montha and twenty-eight days from to-day. Then I will choose you for Governor of old Massachusetts I sent him warning. I have sworn it. "ClIAKLKS GUtTEAU, 2?>." - The tota] number of immigrants lauded at Castle ?arden in 1882 was .nure than 17",.?. It wi expected that the immigration would be fully r,uo OOO bm while thc number of arri vals in the first six months of tho year . bowed a large increase over the figures for the corresponding months of 1881, there was a veiv marked decrease in tho number arriving in the last six months. The total number landed up to noon Dc comber ?Olli, was 17;'.,?;Iii, an increase of 18,000 over the figures of the previoua vclir, when 15/>,G81 were landed. (?cr inan v furnishes the largest number. The books of the department show that fur the tir-^t ten month.- of the past year the arrivals from that country were ISO, OS.'?: from Ireland,48,731; froinSwedeu, :'.<,:><l ; from England, 30.080; from It?lv, 23.S1?' : from Kussia, 15,1 ?17. There is a little history in connec tion with tho beautiful Toccoa Fails, which is worthy of record. Tlie proper ty belongs to a family in SJoulh Carolina by thc name o? Mathews. Some time since a Northern company mude over ture;* to purchase, with a view of estab lishing a manufactory. The owners were willing to sell, as tho property brought them no revenue whatever, but when they examined their original deed, il was discovered that tho original owner hau in his will stipulated that Toccoa Falls ami a certain number of acres should never be used for any purpose other than a pleasure resort and kept open free to the public. In the event that any one at tempted to mar the romantic beauty of thc spot by using the falls for manufac turing <>r other purposes, the heirs should forfeit their claims to the H. de, together with other property they had inherited. %*"Many silly people despise ibo pre cious, not understanding it." Hui no one despises Kidney-Wort after having given it a trial. Those that have used it agree that it is by far tho best medicino known. Its action is prompt, thorough and lasting. Don't take pills, and other mercurials thal poison tho system, but by ticing Kidney-Wort restore the natur al action of all the organs. NOTICE. rpiiR Notes and Accounts due the Estate _L of I'r. F. <<. ('arpenter are placed in thc bands <.l* J. Ci Whitfield fur collection. Persons indebted will make payment at once. T. S. L'A It TENTER, Adm'r. .lan. 18th, 1883. 27 WARNING. 4 [.I. persona aro warned not to hire or J\_ harbor John Klee, who is a minor, duly bound tu me. Ile bas left my service without cause, ami without my consent. Any person who disregards this notice will be proceeded against at law. ELBERT RICE. Jan li!, 1883 27 1 VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate nf A. II. Holland, deceased, aro hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed l?y law, and those indebted to IIIUKII pavmeot. ti KEEN LEE KI.I.ISON. Adm'r. MALINDA ( DADDY, Ex'x. .Ian 18, 1883 '-'7 3? "Vp ?TICK Fl NA I. S ETTI. KM EXT. _Li Notice is hereby given that the un deraigiiod. Administrator of the Estate of Win. N. Harper, deceased, will apply to the .hillie of I'r?bate for Anderson County, on the lOtli day bf February, 1883, fora Final (Settlement and Discharge from his office as Administrator of said Estate. .JESSE ll. BAM.KNT1NE, Adm'r. Jan IS, lss.; 27 ?* Patent Nonpareil Crushing and Grinding Mills and Cotton Seed Huller Combined. ]JAKTIES wanting a Combined Self Sharpening Mill fur grinding Corn, shelled or in thc ear. Peas, Oats, Darley, and Hull Cotton Seed, should send at once for circulars and terms. Kverv Mill war ranted. J. B. DO! TI HT. Ajr/t, Antun. Anderson Co., rt. C. Jan 1U, 1883 27 1 LOST NOTE. ALT. persons ar? notified not to trade for a Note given by Edrew (.'ruiner to his father. Lcwm Cromer, for five hundred dollars, With interest at the rate of ten per cent. The Note was given I Kit ween 1S7C and 1*71?. I am not certain .?luther it was sealed ur promissory. Thc Note h;.s been paid but ii lost. EDREW ( DOMED. Jan IS, 1883 27 g 33. F. WHITNER & SON, ATTORNEYS \N1> COUNSELLORS AT LAW, .VINOiaiiSOIV, - H. C. PRACTICE in the Courts of" this State and in the United .States Courts. OFFICE-On Drick Range, two doors from thc National Dank. Jan IS, 1?K3 27 3 HAPPY j^EW_ YEAR ! HEALTH, success and happiness to all my customers, and the tame to any uko might hate giren their patronage to others. I have on band a first-class stock and good assortment of all kinda of Watches from $,1.00 to $100.00. Improved 8-dav Alarm Clocks for $5.50, warranted twelve months. Diamonds, and a large ?tock of good Jewelry of all kinds, usually kent in a first-class Jewelry store. Silverware and King's Patent Spectacles winch are being so extensively used with perfect satisfaction. Dy special contract, anything I sell that does not turn out as it is represented will be returned to the factories and duplicated. Heartily thanking all my friends for past iavors, and imploring ?nd trying to merit a continuance of the same, 1 am, respectfully, Ac., i ,0 KO, J' A- DANIELS. Jan 18, 1S83 27 ly SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. BY virtue of two Executions to redirect ed, I will expos? to sale on the First Monday in February, A. D. 1883, in the City of Anderson, at tho Blacksmith SIIOD now occupied by Thoma3 Varncll, the fol lowing property, to wit : Two Bellows, 1 Drill and 14 Dits, 2 Visos 3 Screw Plates, Taps and Wrenches, 1 bar rel of fools containing 110 Pisces, 1 'fin JUox and Contents. 2 Anvils, 18 pair of f'Wi 1'Qe Bend??n?> Plate, 1 Steel Chis el 1 Rep Saw and Frame, 1 .piece ol Iron, 1 Axel Gauge, 1 Bench and Screw, 2 Sieden 8tonoUCr8'1 Mandrels> 1 VisT nnd 1 ?""? Levied on as the property of Patrick Spellman in favor of McGrath A Byrum and John McGrath. '" TERMS or 8AI.E-Cash. JAMES H. MCCONNELL, T ... Slieriff Anderson County, S.'c Jan 17, 18S3 27 3 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. npHK Firm of LIGON A SHARPE is ?"Ti t\ u ay- dissolv.etl hy mutual consent. w s iipon8'"MS bo con<,act?d >>y All Accounts and Notes due the ?rm of Ligon A Shame nm?? i~ ~w {o ?*" 2* Ligon, by mutual consent. W. S. LIGON, Jan. 2,1883. LOUIS. SHARPE. New Firm. HAVING purchased the Block or Gooda t??fF* ? 8,Vrpc 1 P"??0? to conthuS thc business, and my customers will flnA i* to their interest to ?ve Z a share ?f the patronage. meir To those who ?re owcing Ligon ?t Sbarn? on Account for last year. I mvtt SSSS hem to pay up at once to me, as "do not Intend to carry over one alng" Amount By actt.mg up you will avoidSl? lug??o? Jan i, 1883 W. 8. LIGON. ' ANDERSON CITY BAKERY. WHITE nn.l li^Ht Bread al woy S ou Mam!, made of Hie beal Hour. Delightful Te? Cakes. Cake? received, ?nd baked or made to order. Fresh Taris es ery Satur.lay. I keen also GROCERIES of every kind. Try my "Lady of the Lake," an excellent and strictly 6c. t'igar. , Handsome Vases and Cups reduced in ^Ladles1 and Children'- Shoes cheap. L. L. GREBN. Jan IS, 18s:t (ill) WE have just received ?,000 more of the S. U. C. S. Cigar. We have just received 2T>,000 pa pen* of Carden Seed, which are for sale at wholesale ami retail. We propose to do thc largest Seed bus iness in the County. We defy com p?tition, and it will bo to the ad vantage of every Merchant in tho County lo see us before making arrangement s for their Garden Seed. We keep a fir*t-chi*t stock of Drugs ?nd Medicines. Wo order goods frequently, so as to be cer tain that they aro always fresh. Respectfully. ORR ?? SLOAN, Henson House Comer, A nd irson, S. C. Jan 1?. Lv<3 Law Partnership. THE undersigned having formed a part nership for the Practice of Law. under the firm natneof MURRA Y, DRE AZ RALE & MURKAY, will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to their care. Es pecial attention will be given to thc collec tion of claims. OFFICE-Over J 1'. Sulli van & Co.'s Store, on Northern corner of Granite Kow. J. 8. MURRAY, J. E. BRKAZKALK, 15. li. MURRAY. Jan 1. 1SS3_3ui_ RO IKON'S COTTON AND COHN FERTILIZER. KOIWON'S COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE. These grades are rich in all thc essentials constituting first-class articles, carefully prepared from best materials. Our long ex perience in the tnule, together with Prof. Shepard's analysis, are gu?ranteos that they are adapted to the wants of consumers. For sale at market rates for rash, time or cotton. J. N. ROBSON <fc SON, fid Bast Hay, Charleston, 8. C. Jan ll, lbjSS _ _8ni_ XTOTICE TO CREDITORS, i^l All persons having demands against ? thc Estate of Mrs. M. M. Huintdiroys.dee'd, 1 ure hereby notified to present them, properly attested, *to the undersigned within the time prescribed hy lav, anti all persons indelited tt) the ?state are not ?lied to make payment of thc sinus tine at once. ANDREW HUNTER, Adni'r. Jan 4. Hf?jl 3 VERY IMF TO FARMERS, A?d the Publi The Place to buy Hardware is o UR Business is confined strictly to HA vince von that MONEY CAN BE S We can show a Full Stocky ? Prie A. special Drive on AXES 25 dozen just rec Plow Stocks-200 just bo Builders' Hardware Carpenters' ant A. handsome line of Pocket and Shears, Scissors, Razors, 1 And an endless varie Toonun Buns, Pistols, Cartridges, Amm And Sp Standard Agricultural Implem Celebrated "Acme" ?lar] Manufacturers N. IL-We have on hand a small h i of I SHOES, HATS Ac, from slock of SuHivi ;reat sacrifice-for COST, and less than C< Jan 18. 1883 SUI X 3 t WHEN YOU COME TO J P. sui.Lr THE best Stock of GROCERIES ever > money, us we have tho very lowest Cash dioico Rio, Peaberrv, Santos and Ji Golden Yellow, White El Our Slock of FLOUR is now complete, ai icveral years, ami know them to bo perfectly i Patent PLOW 8TOCK8 and STEEL PI We have been bidding for Casli Trade for lhat we have uotten our full Bhare up to this sustainers, and our efforts for the future will t ive deal. Jan ll, 1883 ANDERSON CLO BROCK & : (Waverly He SELLING OFF AT? IN order to clear out our Stock of Wi Clothing AT COST. Remember, thors is Winier is over, and a rare opportunity ia t supply thoir wanta in thia line. Jan ll, 1883 2? WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'S MU WILCOX, GIBBS & Are acknowledged by everybody to bo the Bi oasli, and on reasonable terms on WILl And their Agenta throughout the Country. ONLY FOB30 CLEAB??Q 0TJT OF WINTER ?| MAXWELL & $ Will Sell Out their $|W HFAVY AND SHOES AT COS jTif- Conic carly, and ??ort?*^ BAHOA1N8 EV EH OFFEEEuBj MA BK ET ! Jan ll, 1883 MASTER SAU] STAT li OF SOUTH. CABOLJ ANDEMOS fl? thc Court of Cbmmon Tim Mrs. H. E. Denn and husband, W T 1). P. West, et al, Plaintiffs!! u t O. Berry ami Mrs. K. C. Wat, u ii t s. - t umjila int fir Pat?vm, fe BY virtue of an order to medina his Honor Judge J. S.Cothiu ing ilute 5th January, 18&3,1 w?l? ^ Anderson C. H., S.O., OD SALEDli FEBRUARY next, the following ??j Tract of Lnnd, as Real Estate (?T, West, deceased : All that Tract of Lund, conUinitjtJ ty-tive acres, more or ICM, sitcu?nl County and Stute 'iforeoaid.adjolniniJ.1 Bowie, Jack Hall, et al. j TKBMS OF SALE-Cash, rurdnotj extra for all ne essary papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, '.!? Jan ll, 1883 28 (| FOR SALE CHEAP. /~VNR PONY BASKET PE \J TON, in Rood order, with 1 mid Universal Joint Umbrella. Apply to J. M. HI NTO, Pendleton, ld Jan U. 1883 26 ll >ORTANT MECHANICS,! ic Generally. at the HARDW?M? RDWARE, and a fair trial willi AVED by trading with ra ?ne Selection and Boil? es. ?eived, and more to arrive, ught. ? i Blacksmith Outfits, &c, Table Cutlery, ?ousehold Goods, >ty of articles lerous to mention, munition, ortmens' Outfits, ento, including the row, Agents for Fairhankul GROCERIES, DEY GOODS.-. m & Mallison, which we will eeUstj oat. LLIVAN & BRO. 3 3 - ANDERSON CALL OS VAN * CO. 'et had in stock. Cash burentiA' prices that can bo offered in ?H iva COFFEES, t. C. and Granulated 8UtiABSTerfi id ore brands that we have bees uMH^ tollable. i0W8. the past four years, and are MPP"3 time, with satisfaction to oufjft'JS ie to merit the confidenceof all sw' P. SULLIVAN & 26 THING HOW MAULDE?. ?nee Block,) IA.IR, 1883, lRd BELOW COS! ?ter Goods we are offering our J * good deal of cold weather J*1 low offered to those ?ho>u?er BROCK & STIPULATED C^gyi CO.'S SUPEBPH0SPfl*3 r..ltr??H9S CST FRRTIMXXBS in use. i Credit, with Cotton Optn>". >Q DOX, GIBBS *j Charleston, B.C., and Sarai??? 21-?