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E. B. MUKIIAV, Editor. THURSDAY, MA 1H H ??, l*vi. TBRM8 : OKE Y KAU.?l.??. SIX MONTHS. 7??". Two Dollars If i">t paid I? a?lv?ncr. Mri. AN E'S TELL-TALE LKTTEII. Wc came on Tuesday into possession ol*Hie following letter from Mr. J. Hen drix McLane, which was, we pre -imo from its contents, written to .Mr. W. W. Russell, of lliis County, and which wc think throws considerable Ugh' u|ion the prisent political status in this Slate. Tho letter is published precisely os it was written, and is as follows : ti KAU A MS X ROADS S C, Keb IO, 188:i I'.BOTH EB RISMKIX I wrote you a letter a few days ago in reference to our State Committee meeting on the 1*7th, bul ns I have a little leisure time this morning will write you again. Of course I know there is no usc for me to urge thc necessity of a full meeting (?f the committco Tor you are a man of too much pood practicable sense lo think for a moment that if it was not of the great est necessity to have thc meeting now, that Judge Willard und I would not in sist on it. I have invited several others who ure prominent i ti the work whose names have not been added to the com mittee till now to meet with us in con ference. I spent several days last week in Lex ington & Aiken counties St can unsure you that nearly every body is with us in thc sections which i visited. I was at Dr. Durham's & I toll you he has a fol lowing in his community that amounts to something, ami I am now convinced that thc things told during thc campaign on him arc at lenst sonic of them only Bourbon fabrications, for he certainly ntands well nt home, and is hard at work A: says he is willing to work on without pny or tho promise of pay St be St his son I think will both take stock in our paper & the Doctor says he believes be can raise $o00 or ?10UU dollar:-* in his county for the same purpose, so you see that is some thing very important ut once. Now I hope you will write to as many of thc Stute committee or any others who you wish to meot us on the 27th us you can conveniently do to bc sure to attend tho meeting as it is all important to have as much good counsil as possible nt that time. I am here for u day or two with Dr. Kelly, he is all right and so is u v iry large majority of thc good people of idiis section. I expect to go from here over to Georgetown to sec Maj. Macuskernnd others in that county before I return to Columbia, and may be able to go through Dr. Bowen's county on my way back, the last of next week I thiuk I will go to Fcastcrville St will come down to Co lumbia on .Monday 26th, if so will ex pect to meet you at Alston on that even ing. Regards to sister Kussel 1 Yours for better government J. HENDRIX McLANE. The uhovo letter was written, it will bo seen, as the result of conference between Judge Willard and Mr. McLane on the 16th of February, 138!t, preceeding the meeting of tho Greenback Executive Committee, which took placo on the 27th of that mouth. Mr. Russell ?H chairman of the Greenback Committee. Judge Willard is not a member of the Committeo, but is ono of the United States Assistant Attorneys to prosecute Democrats in South Carolina. A short timo after III?B conference thc outrageous political prosecutions were begun. They have been instituted in thc Counties where Mr. McLane baB somo few follow ers, and are evidently dictated by the Greenback party, after a conference with Judge Willard. This letter is shrewd in that it doo? not put into ink tho real pur poses of meeting in Columbia, but it contain!; enough to establish the purpose. They were called to meet on tho 27lh Of February because the ABsistaut United States District Attorney and Mr. McLane insisted that it was "of the great est necessity" for them to have the meet ing at that time.- Thia summons secured the meoting, and it is followed by whole sale arrests in the Counties HUCII Green backers as McLane, Cash and their friends have the acquaintance necessary to institute the prosecutions. The Re publicana, also, seem to be taking unu sually little interest in the prosecutions. It is the Greenbackers who are promi nent in procuring the arrest of peaceable men, simply because they are Democrats. Mr. McLane's letter is not good Eng lish, its spelling is not correct, and it is punctuated in e most original manner. He is evidently'a mun lacking in the quali?cations either for leadership or successful management of public affairs. It ia supremely ridiculous to think of the man who wrote this letter aspiring to be Governor of South Carolina. There ia not a first grade common Behool in the State that would not be capable of giv ing Mr. McLane a hard, thiugh profita ble, course of study. This is the man ibo Greenbackers wanted to make Gov ernor, and who now signs himself to "Brother Russell" "yours for better gov ernment." This idea of better govern ment seems to be the prosecution of honest? Democrats, because they do not see fit to help degrade their State by making a man like him her chief execu tive officer. We do not know whether "Brother Russell" attended this Green back conspirators' meeting or not, but for tbe sake of bis reputation we trust be did not attend it, and that be bas not part, parcel or sympathy with the pres ent outrageons,and infamous conduct of the Greenback lartj. We shall bo greatly surprised if Mr. Russell, although Ha arma unr>ti a ?c??pic?OU? Qr??Db?CkAr last year, continues bis association with men who are rendering themselves so infamous as thaw who are stirring up the prosecutions that are now waged in tba United States Courts of tbls State. It ia time for Mr. Russell to see the error of lils, wayo, and leave the Greenback party now and forover. - Hon. W. M. Bobbins, member of Congress from North Carolina, has been - chosen to deliver the anniversary address - at tho approaching commencement at ' Erskine College, Duo West. TH K SAVANNAH VAI.I.LV KA 11.Itu A ti. j TIlC IlICCl?llgS along tilt' lill?' of til}? impmtunt enterprise appointed I?) the I ??rectors will begin ut Lowndcsvillc on next Tuesday, lite third day of April, fur the purpose of raising additional sub scriptions lo the capital nock of the road, in order to make the twenty lire thousand dollars voted by the city of Anderson available. 1; i<. by the lenna of tho validating ucl, necessary to raise in cash twenty live thousand dollars from oilier sources brion- the city ol'Anderson can issue bonds to raise the amount she proposes lo subscribe. The pr?tent pur pose ol the diriCtiutl ia to hold 11)1-1 meetings along thc line, where tbe people Will bc addressed by able speakers, lo stir them up t?# the importance of mak ing private subscriptions to insure the building of the road. At tho ind ting of the stockholders la.-t May, Mr. IC. I! Murray, supported by a part of the rep resentatives from Anderson, believing that additional funds would be necessary to place ihe road in u condition where il could be mortgaged tu complete it, ottered a resolution directing tho Board of Directors tu receive competitive bids from the several lines surveyed, and to locate the road upon the line which would bc ultimately cheapest and best for ihe company. The object nf ibis res olution was to open lip bidding- between the I ?or n's Mine and ihe Troy roule-, which would certainly induce nu inter ? st on the part of Augusta, ami perhaps of Charleston. It was also expected to make those points which necessitated ?tn increase nf distance and expense pay something lo thu extra burilen their ac commodation is to place upon (lu- road, ?ts, for instance, reaching thu incorpora ted limits of l.owudcsvillc lengthens tin line some two miles, and adds heavily the cost of construction. Il wa? then understood that Augusta would give twenty-five thousand dollars, and Mr. McCormick len thousand dollars, mak ing in all thirty-live thousand dollars to secure the location ?if the road to McCor mick's instead of Troy. The passage ol lil ose resolutions were expected to sec uri ample funds from competing interests t< have easily graded thu road, aller which il could have been bonded and rapidl) completed. These resolutions were, wt believe, owing lo misconceptions of theil purpose, voted down by a large majority Shortly after tho meeting a co m m ?tte?: of thc Directors went, to Augusta U solicit aid, ami secured the promise of i subscription ol twenty live thousand ?lol lars from the Augusta and Knox villi Railroad, to bc derived from the salt 0 second mortgage bonds ul* that road Upon thc faith of this subscription, th authorities of thu Savannah Valley Hail road went tu work with moneys collecte trom Anderson mid Abbeville Couti lief I and did a considerable amount of wor on lin.- lower portion of the road, wilie was intended lo assure Ihe location of th road to McCormick's. Since this wor has been done it has transpired that tl subscription of the Augusta & Kuuxvil Railroad is worthless, that road heit unable to pay ihe interest on its lir mortgage debt, and Mr. McCormic believing he has found a set gentlemen who are determined to in prove his properly without cost to hit has also declined making a subscriptio Augusta, feeling no uneasiness as ii tl loss of tho location nt McCormick's, li not buen induced to make any forth effort to help in building this mad, h is giving all of her efforts towards tl construction of thu road lo Klberto lt appears, therefore, that tho prese purpose of the Directors to hold lot meetings is the best, chance left them remedy thu mistake they have comm ted, and we trust th eso meetings will largely attended, and result in handsoi subscriptions lo the railroad. It w benefit every point along its line, ai and -.rill save thousands of dollars eve year, after it is built, to the farmers w live within reach of ils stations. All them can, therefore, uflbrd to subscri something towards thu completion of I road. If we can get twenty-five thc samt dollars from other sources, t twenty-five thousand dollars from And son will bo forthcoming, giving the ru fifty thousand dollars additional capit With this, and good financial mana] ment in negotiating loans, the roud ni yet be completed in time to move I next cotton crop. To do this, howev tho capital stock of the first twenty-! thousand dollars must be raised inn diately. We, therefore, trust tho pointed meetings will be largely r.tte ed and successful in their icsult. Th who are present will have the pleasun hearing several able and interest speeches on behalf of tho road, learn that (Jen. Humphreys, John Breazeale, Ks?]., and Maj. B. F. WI ner have been invited from Auden and that there will bo several oil from Abbeville. Considering the im] tance of these meetings, every man the respective townships can well ail to give n day in attending them. McLuuc certifier- to tb jou? chara of Dr. Durham. Who will be i enough to ] crfonn this kindness McLane ? mar ?MMMK?mHMB Foul Work In Chester. COLUMBIA, March 25.-No soone ono prosecution ended than anothe begun. Messrs. It. J. Dye, James C den and H. J. Gayden, managers of Congressional election nt Rossville ] cinct, Chester County, were brought I this evening by Deputy Marshals h nedy and Smith, of Charleston, examination by Commissioner Bausl on a charge ol obstructing n superv of election. Mr. Dye, who is an gentleman, was arrested while at chi yesterday evening. The prisoners no other warning than that continue thia correspondence of impending an in Cheater County. Accompanying prisoners is the lion. Giles. J. Patter Slate Senator, who will represent tl with Boine member of ibe Columbia They are stationed at the Hendrix Iii and will appear before Comroisaii Bauskelt, by whom the warrants \ issued, at 10 o'clock to-morrow moro It is understood that W. B. Cash been getting up the information which these urosecutions are based, that Kennedy and Smith will retun Chester County to-morrow for ano batch. It is reported also that fifty o arrests are to be made la that cou As a room for the examination of C ter prisoners had already been engl in their county town the brin?ini them a hundred miles hero is au ovid of pure vindictiveness on the part of prosecution. Cash returned here night. LETTERS EKOJS UTOPIA.-SO 0. j MoKEVll.l.l . I'TOI'IA, Murd, ??, IMS. I Hilt Til'?MAri MoltE : Mu Dear I'???'' -My last letter wa? devoted to the beoeficent effects of the extension of education among the people Hut my statements, though really true, were nevertheless unfair, because I omit ted tu mention the handmaid, ur the twin-sister, whose accompanying pres ence gives to education all her power for good. Educated vice is simply vice en dued with fearful power for harm ; ami, if thu promotion of public morals had not kept pace with th?! dissemination of public intelligence, the money spent in education would better have le en hoard ed in the public treasury, Kntertaing these view.-?, many of our best citizens looked with alarm ami op position Upon the educational plain of the government, because they supposed that the suppression of vice, except as lo the punishment of crime, lay beyond the province of the law, After patient ami earnest study of this difficult prob lem, it was ascertained that about nine tenths of the crimes brought for trial before the Courts were directly traceable to the immoderate use of ardent spirits. It was argued therefrom thal this bever age tended to foster vice in somewhat similar proportion. Its tendency was found to be lo de throne reason ; to incapacitate for relia ble work, whether manual or mental ; to make its victim petulant, quarrelsome, unmanageable, dangerous ; lo blunt thc liner sensibilities of the heart no as to induce a loving husband to maltreat a faithful wife and a fond lather to neglect ai.d abu- ?? his inoffensive children ; to stir up strife among uear neighbors, and disturb the peace of whole communities; lo stimulate to deeds of dishonesty, inde cency, violence, and death ;-and al! this at such cost ?ni to bring thousands ol wealthy men to bankruptcy, and humbler citizens to penury and starvation. These evils, enormous, incalculable, not com pensated by any corresponding benefits, continued to grow and spread among our people, until lhere was hardly a house hold in the land entirely free from tho dire influence of the demon of drina*. Suddenly and almost simultaneously, our people determined that, If this mon ster evil were abolished, and universal sobriety could be attained, prosperity and peace would dwell in a'.lour borders! and vice ami crime would hide their ugly beads. The Constitution of the Utopia i government was amended by adopting an Article entirely prohibiting the man facture or sale of ardent spirits as a bev erage in the nation. What lillie is needed in medicine and the arts in manu factured and sold by government agents under well devised regulations so strin gent that tho indiscriminate use of spirits as a beverage is virtually un impossibili ty Since the adoption of this amend ment, the wholo face of society is changed. Villages in which the air was tilled with oaths and obscenity, are new attractive resorts for the virtuous aud pure. Houses where the anxious wife and children dreaded night be cause it brought the drunken husband home, now shelter inmates happy in the exercise of mutual love. Jails and asy lums once crowded with unhappy victims are almost always empty now. Millions of dollars that would have been spent for rum aro now employed in remunerative enterprises, or devoted by benevolent contributors to the general good. Railroads, factories, libraries, colleges, churches, spring up like magic, and flourished everywhere. AU thal dignities and ennobles humanity thrives and abounds throughout our happy land. This change was nut accomplished without iulensest opposition. What was kuown as tho liquor interest had grown to immense proportions. Many millions of dollars were invested, and many thou aand men were engsged, in the rnsnufue ture and salo of the various kinds of intoxicating beverages. To give up their business very naturally seemed to them to be disastrous ; and they used every practicable effort to prevent the amendment to the Constitution. Hut, after they were defeated, and the change took place in tho condition of affairs, they Boon found that they could turn their capital into other channels equally remunerative, more pleasant to them selves, and not injurious to society at large. And so, the most of them aro not only reconciled to the change but actu ally glad that it has been effected. I remain, as erer, Your nephew, T. MOUE, Jr. Death of Postmaster General Howe. KENOSHA, WIS., March 25.-The Hon. T. O. Howe, postmaater general, died at 2.20 p. m. at the residence of his neph ew, Col. Jas. H. Howe. He contracted a severe cold a week ago at Green Bay and relumed to Kenosha. He was very ill till Saturday when ho seemed to im prove, ilia physicians pronounced his ailment pneumonia. Ho was taken worse on Saturday night and b?*ik rapid ly, passing away peacefully tbii after noon. Mr. Howe was born in Livermore, Me., February 7, 1816. He was elected to the Maine Legislature in IS 15, but in the latter part of the same year moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was a circuit judge in that 8tate from 1850 to 1855. In 1861 hf was elected United States Senator, serving three terms until 1880, when he was succeeded by Matt D. Carpenter. In 1882, when Judge Key resigned the office of postmaster general, Mr. Howe was appointed as bis successor. - The Newberry Herald ssys that a desperate shooting aflrvy occurred a few days ago, just across the Saluda River, in Edgeneld County, between Mark Berry and a son of Mr. Wister Swindler, in which the former was seriously wounded. He advanced upon Swindler who was at work ia the field and, pre seating his shot gua, asked : "Do you know that you am a dead man ?" Swin dler said that be did not, and subsequent events showed that be was correct He sprang upon Berry, wrested the gue from bis band?, and fired upon him. The load entered the left arm uear the wrist and followed it to the shoulder, - tearing the flesh ia a fearful manner. Berry turoed aod received the contents of the other barrel, which proved to be ooly powder aod wadding, ia his back. The suppositioo is that he loaded the gua io f;reat haste and excitement, aod put both cuds of shot io the barrel which was first discharged. A woman was at the bottom of the difficulty. - The subscriptions to tho Newberry Cotton Mills now amount to $100,000. IN ANOi'l!Kit DIU H U.M. Sume I ii lt rioting OtifMIon? Urf?i. Hie Major ol ('-ol ll III Illa. CvttCl/iondtftet A'f" ' ' ' ' '" ' CoLI'MUIA, Manu 21 NV. li. Cadi, the "'in of the duellist mid late candid ;'e for Congress, wau in Columbia to-day in consultation vtith Snyder, it ii believed, in regard to the prosecution ol Demo I era ta in the otb. district, lt is said that ' , be was going to Chester to louie niter the ; cases lhere. Cash wa-? al the (.?rand i Central Hotel lo night talking loudly ; and hoastingly, and declaiming aboul I hand at elections. A number <>t people ! in the lobby nf the hot'I were observing his actions willi curiosity. Vccording | ' to these witnesses, Cash, nlti r 8 o'clock, : I got into a discussion with .I.nins Herron, ; I one ol' thc Monticello prisoner*, who, ; ? with other-, ol the persccutid Democrat* j sat about the -tove in the lobby. Mr. i Herron i* fifty seven yean, old and quite j i feeble. They state that Cash was j I blustering about "unfair count" in South I Carolina, and that Herron asked him il he meant to any that there had not been | 1 a fair count in Fairfield. The discus- ? j hion waxed hotter, und Cash began to threaten the old mau, saying that il a younger man would repeal his assertions he would stand him ?it ten paces, lier ron said that he did not ui-k considera tion for his age, and t 'ash then struck him ii terrible blow with his list, which sent thc old man reeling oil'. Cash is physically a giant. Herron is under sized and bent with age. Several men rushed iii to separate them, but Cash managed to strike Herron twice more bo lore they were separated. All agree that Herron did not curse or -trike. He was carried oil' with blood (lowing from an ugly cut under his righi eye. This is my best information. Cash remained in thc lobby, alternately daring auy young muli lo lake up Herron'* quarrel, and protesting that bciorc (Jud he had nu: intended to hurt the old man. He ? ubused thc newspapers, but kindly ex- j eluded thc Xewt and < 'wirier'* correspon dent, who had just come in, from his anathemas. A pul iceman was sent forby the pro prictor of the hotel, and niter awhile ar rived and took Cash and Herron into custody. ?Sergeant Wier, ol' the police ?orce, joined the ollicer and thc prison ers were escorted tu the guard house. There they were searched. Cash had on his person two revolvers, one of which hud been seen sticking out ot his panta loons pocket before the fruc.is occurred. He bud also a hundred anti one dollars about him. Herron had no weapon and but a lew dui lars. lu the guardhouse Cash apologized t<> Herron for his assault, Having he respected his gray Ilaire. The prisoners were placed in cells. Presently Herrou's friends came up and upon the representations made us to his innocence ol the assault, he was allowed to go on ten dol?ais collateral security. Cash, his assault being flagrant,occupies a cell to night. Thc parties will appear before the Mayor to-morrow. COM'MltIA, March 22.-The Police Court this morning was densely thronged by many prominent citizens tn witness the examination of Cash aud Herron. About half-past 1U o'clock last night, alter the telegraph otlice was closed, Snyder, the Government lawyer in thc Fairfield cases, and Jack Little drove to Mayor Rhett to ask Cash's release on bail. The Mayor declined to interfere and referred them to the ebie! of police. Chief Fickling, about ll o'clock, allow e.! hun to go ou a deposit of one hundred dollars. The examination began at !? o'clock this morning. Willard and .Snyder sat by Cash as bis counsel. A number of Fairfield prisoners were present. Most of the witnesses were absent and those who could be lound were those who saw least ot the actual attack. Other eye witnesses, who were not found, confirmed the report iu the Aeirs and Courier. The testimony of various parties was that Herron asked Cash if his allusions to a lalse count were meant for Fairfield. He replied that he alluded to Chester County and the Fifth district. Ruth parties were under the influence of liquor. The discussion was not all heard, but it waxed warm and Cash was asked hy two of the elderly Fairfield prisoners not to notice Herron as be was rather intoxica ted. He agreed uol to do so, but pres ently the discussion was renewed. Une of the proprietors of ibo hotel tried lo slop Cush, but he begun cursing ?gain. In response to some statement by Cash Herron called bim a liar. Cash then struck him, as told in last night's dis patches. Cash himself testified that Herron had made, at the beginning of the discussion, some remark that grated on him. He saw some of the crowd snicker, and feared that if he went away it would look as if he were backing out. Herron called him u iiar, and he struck bim without stopping to think, and twice agaiu. When he found Herron did not resist, he stopped. Alter Herron was taken away Cash drew his pistol, but not on Herron. He saw some men clos ing around, and feared some combination of which Herron waa only the tool. That was his reason for drawing the weapon. .Snyder said that ho regrel'.ed the un fortunate occurrence. Whiskey was the causo. Mayor Rhett said that it wins not a personal question, but one of violating the o.finances of Columbia. Snyder said that Cash wua a deputy United States marshal and had been in structed to carry arms. He had the right to do so. Major T. W. Woodward said that the only Fairfield men present when Cash had asked for some young man to take up Herron'? cause were three old gentle men, membors of the church and wear ing gray beards. If any of the young men of Fairfield had been there they would have taken no banter or threats. Mayor Rhett replied that ho was conti dent of that. The mayor in sentencing Herron said that there was no excuse for him. Ho had applied a term to Cash which was very aggravating. He was compelled to fine him $20 or ten days. Tho lino was at once paid. To Cash Mayor Rhett said that he ad mitted that he had been provoked, and that if a young mao had called him a liar as Herron had done and he had struck bi n be would make his fine nom inal. People wero not called ou tu take such words, but Herron was too old a man to be knocked down. He told Cash, besides, that the streets of Colum bia and the vestibule of ils principal hotel were not the place for him lo vin ] dicato his honor. There was no mitiga tion for bis offence, and he must fine bim to the lull limit of his power, $20. He would also fine him $10 for carrying concealed weapons against the ordi nance. Sydner said that as far as the revolver was concerned it was a case of the Unit ed ?States against the City of Columbia, Mayor Rhett ?aid, with emphasis, that he would solve that question. He would see if the United States Government could give its employees power to violate the city ordionneea. He would impose this fine and he felt assured that if Sny der wished to test the matter in tho courir, the cit? ? ou Id defend its ordinan ces to the end. Sydner said then that Cash wrs on duty and instructed to carty arms. Cash, more tnt th ful, said that he was not. Sydner said, when pressed, that he believed there were general instructions allowing deputy marshals to carry arms. He dented that Cash had drawn his pia? toi in the hotel. Cash said that he had pulled it out. The Mayor aaid, warmly, that be would inform the assistant district attorney that he would enforce the ordinance, and that if he (Snyder) or any of his men should make the attempt to carry con "__^_^I- I MU* * f" ..- ' V cealed wrapi?II- in Columbia, whether lin? ( . (V? ruUK-lit allowed it <-r in t, tin y would be arrested alni put in jail. Ca?ll eould appeal from hi* den-ion to tim Council at it- meeting next Tuesday, i i "ash paid tlie thirty dollars line. Major Woodward was no much inccn* ed at Snyder's effrontery in trying to help bully the city when here ostensibly tn a-??i-t the Government, that in leaving I the l'< 'ice < 'mirt he ?ipplh d some terri' bio epithets tohim. Snyder said : "lean stand that, -ir." At lO.??U a, m. Cash ?a-, in accord' ? nur?? (villi thc ?-.u-toiu, taken by !.',e police otiieer wh > found th? pistol OH him t befnr? Trial Justice Mar-hall for cogni /.nui.! lu- olleiiee ag iin-t the State btw. i Suydei deinaiuled thal the ca-e I"'! ? ?ih?ieid until Melton arrived. Justice Mai-hall said that un thc d?n tra rv ii won!! go "ii right then. Ile! put (.'ash under S200 b ind, the highest sum allowed, fur appearance at the next] terni of ( '<>urt for trial Internal liVvcnue Collector Brayton signed til? bond and Cash was released. Ile i- -lill ill th? ? itv. lt is understood that Melton will .try tu get the e.i-e Iran-fcrrcd lo the United Hillie- C.urt. Cash claimed hi? pistol?,bul they wer? deposited in the clerk'-? office ?s Slate property until Iiis trial. Out ?if this case au important question between the State and the United Slates arises. Tin- Clarendon Cases. I _ Thc hearing ol the case against the Clarendon defendants wus lo have been resumed al I" o'clock yesterday morning. At that hour the commissioner and the I defendants and their counsel were present, but Assistant District Attorney j Wingate wai absent. Aller waiting an hour and a quarter n con-table was dis I patched to bimi tip the assistant district I attorney, and having found him thc casu I rc-opened. The counsel lor the Govern j nient stated ililli he was informed that ! the deputy marshal who had been sent i in sran li of tho missing link, John Thomas Colby, upon whom ihe Gov ernment relied lo make out ?i c'?si>, did not gel oil' until i ?'. o'clock Friday, having overslept himself. He would therefore ask h?r a continuance of the ' case until -Vi" p. m., and in ca*? he benni nothing of him by that time would consent to a dismissal of the case. Mr. Khauie, counsel for the defen dants, suid that, while thc defendant'? I who had been subjected to many hard* I ships would hi- seriously inconvenienced , by the delay, -lill, us the request seemed reasonable, tiny would not oppose it. Commissioner (layer thereupon post ! poned the further healing of the case until ? 30 p. m. j At H o'clock: the parliea again met in ! the commissioner's office, un i Mr. Win : gate stated that the missing link had not 'yet bern found. Ile added that he ; thought the commissioner would he war' i ranted in dismissing the ease. ( missioner (Sayer said that, while I lie l.qew that thc (.iovernment bad done all in Hs power to-i eure thc attendance * of tile missing link, he saw mulling lefi ; for him but lo di-n.i-- the case and dis ' charge the defendants without bail, am j he so ordered it. Mr. Kimmo asked that in the othei casi's pending against thc d?fendants tin I hearing be had al a convenient place ii j Clarendon County. T his, he said, woult ! relieve the defendants of some of tin j heavy burdens that had been imposei \ upon them. I The commissioner said that while h ! recognized the fact that he represente ; the Government, he also recognized it a ! u part of his duly to see that the liefen ; dants had some rights in the mattel j He would be thu! lo meet the defendant nuil their counsel nt some point in th i State which would be most conveninn to the defendants, ami at the same <n beat Hubserve the interests of the ov eminent. Upon further consultation h would notify the counsel and the defend j ants of the time and ? I..C0 of the hearin j in the other cases. Tho defendants left for their hume last night.-AVir? ami Courier. liie Fairfield Cases. The. Court convened at U:8U yesterda morning. Colonel Haskell asked that the Distric Attorney's assistant be sent for. The Commissioner rend the names c the parties charged in the warrant an the charges against them - violations ( Sections ?-140 and .Viii of the Unite States Revised Statutes. After ami miog up thc testimony, the Commissior er decided that there was not proof su ficient lo hold any of the parties charge except Thomas A. McGill, Jr., and J. ( Herron, who have been proven to hat. COtumUtcd over? acts in waving a boat with nails in it and brandishing a knif and this frightened and intimidated ce taiu parlies from the free exercise of tl right of BU (Trage. He would bind thei over for trial at the April term of tl United Stale? Circuit Court in Charle ton, in the sum of ?r>l)(J each. Messt J. Thomas Dawkins, John C. Seege and Thomas B. A ugh try signed tl bonds. Hefore the honda were given, Colon Hankel I claimed that the parties, heit residents of the Western District of tl State, had the right guaranteed them bo tried in that District and should I bound over to appear at Grccnvill Colonel Huskell cited numerous ai convincing authorities to establish tl right he claimed for the defendants. Judge Willard claimed that the que tion ot jurisdiction was a judicial ol and that tho duties of the Commission were purely ministerial ; hence, it w the plain duty of tho Commissioner bind over to thc first term of Court su cecding, and let thc question of jurisdi tiou be submitted and decided there. Colonel Haskell unid it did seem him that every time tho goveriime counsel urged a point here that it was the effect that the defendants had rights here but that the Commission must go by his dictum. He then add other authorities to sustain his positif The Commissioner recognized but o Circuit Court in the Slate, and he wot not undertake to "tackle" a matter grave that it was a matter of doubt the Chief Justice of the United Stati so he would bind over the parties to t find term of the Court ensuing, Charleston, where the point of jurisd tion could be raised; and he would c tify to thal Court the objection rab here. The three other warrants were d missed on tho ground of defect in tl they charged interference with spec Deputy Marshals in the discharge their duties, when ihe commissions wi issued to general deputies. Spec deputies can only be appointed in eil of 20,000 inhabitants. Snow Slorm In Greenville. GREENVILLE, March 9.'>.-A sev .snow storm commenced here nbout fi o'clock this morning. At nine o'cli about three inches of snow had fall after which lime the storm contint alternately with rain, sleet and sn driven by a strom* wind from the ; till midday. The" wind and rain continued all the afternoon, with slightly warmer change. At 6.30 thermometer stands at ihe freezing po A cold drizzling rain !and gusts of w still prevail. Early fruits and gard ore in imminent danger. - E. H. Barton found a wolf wi hunting near Union Church, Picke last week, but the animal eacat Earle Taylor drove for it with houri but failed to find it. - The Gaffney Carolinian nomi ni W. B. Wi Non, of York, for Se nu tm succeed Senator Hampton, and Georgetown Enquirer endorses bira. - Sppiikii'K "t the value uf liuiber, thc \bbeville Mnlium ruy*: "A!. Jordan, ..?lured recently made b.000 g<"'d board? .rum ..ne red (?ak iree. There is rooney ?tl Mich trees and our people would no well to ?ave their timber. In a tew years we will have railroads and easy | access to good marketa, Hood boards neil at $2..r>0 per thousand and this one tree will bring *22.50." . /.Troubles often come from whence we least expect them." Vet we may | often prevent <>r counteract them by ? prompt and ?iiielligtf.it action. Thou cands of persons are constantly troubled with combination of diseases. Diseased kidneys and costive bowels are their tormentors. i'hey should know that Kidney-Wort acts on these organs at the j game 'lime, causing them to throw off thc poisons that have clogged them, and i sd renewing the whole syy-icin. _ ; TAKE NOTICE ! urE will sell, at PUBLIC OUTCRY, >? on SA LEDA Y in A flt 11, next, s,,,,,,. ,,f thu NOTES of McGrath A Byrum. a list nf which will be furnished Sheriff Janu s ll. McConnell, and we will continue the sale ut' Note- and Accounts until our business is wound up. ........ Met? KATH A BY KUM. Man h 29. l8?3 _f* MEDICAL NOTICE? DR. GEORGE T. TATE HAS located at the residence of Capt. A. M. GUYTON, near I'iercetown, where boone ?> his professional services to th. public. March Ut?. W-l :<7 . Valley View Stud Farm. 1>KII CH I EV is one of the highest J_V and most popular bred Stallions III Hie South. Was awarded lirst prize at Georgia and S. C. State Fairs. He has a sister in California with a record under .j 20. Ile will heut Anderson April 4th, r.!th ?ltli, 28th. May 7th und 15th. Terni-, $l."?.oo and insure. J. KA RLE LEWIS. Mardi IS?. 18*3 '?? VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned. Executor of tho Estate of .Samuel 1). McCullough, deceased, herebv gives ii"ti? c that he will, <?n the30th dav ol' April. IKX.?, apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from raid Executorship. A. w. MCCULLOUGH, EX r. March 29, 18S3 :V7 5? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANHEUNON COUNTY, Hy Thou. C. Lii/an, Judye of Probate. WHEREAS, W. H. 1). Gaillard, has applied to me to grant him letters Of administration on the Estate of John C. ' 'berry, deceased. 'fliese aro therefore t<? cite and admon ish all kindred and creditors of tho said John C. Cherry, deceased, to bo and i p pear beforo nio in Court ?if Probate, to lio held at Anderson Court House, on the 14th day of April, 18*3. after pub lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not lie granted. Given under my band this J7th dav of March. 18K3. T. C. LIGON, J. P. March 2!>, lhS.') _3_7_ _ 2 SHERIFF'S SALE. STATI: or S'TTII CAROLINA, ANllKItrON (Y'lNTT. 1) Y virtue of an Execution to nie di J? reeled, I will expose to sale uti the First Tuesday after thc Uirst Monday In April. 1883, at Defendant s residence, one lot Com-about fifteen bushels. Levied on as the property of ti. D. Morrison in favor ?if Wilson A Reed. TERMS or S u.c.-Cash. JAMES ii. MCCONNELL, Sheritr Anderson County, S. C. March 1*. 18X3 3f. 3 M ASTERTS SALE. STATE OF .SOUTH CAROLINA, ANOKBSON COUNTY. Ia the Giitrt of Common Pleas. John W, Daniels. Administrator with Will annexed of S. I). Deal, deceased, Plain tiff, agninst Dr. Winston H. Davis, Exec utor of Estate of Mrs. L. C. Deal, de ceased, and others, Defendants.- Com plaint for Construction of Will, S-c. PURSUANT to an order of sale made in the above stated case by bis Honor W. IL Wallace, presiding Jud^o of the Nth Judicial Circuit, bearing date Mandi 3,1883, I will sell at public sale-, at Anderson,8.C., on the FIRST MONDAY, the 7th of MAY, 1883, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: The HOUSE und LOT, known us the Williaiuston Hotel? Situate in the Town of Williamston, ad joining Dr. LI. I. Epting, John Finger, the Presbyterian Church lot, and others, con taining one acre, more or less. TEBUS OK SALK-One-third of the pur chase ninney ?o be paid i:. cash , the re maining two-thirds on a credit of seven months, with leave to pay all cash, or an ticipate payment at any time, the credit portion to bear interest from day of ?ale, to be secured by a mortgage of thc- premises, and insure the building to tho extent of indebtedness in a Company approved hy the Master, and the policy to be assigned. Purchaser to pay extra for'all necessary pa liers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. March 8, 1883 34 9 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDKKSON COUNTY. In the Court of Common Pleas. Eimer Cappleinan, Plaintiff vs. John F. McClure, Defendant. UR.SUANT to au order of sale made by his Honor W. H. Wallace, pre siding Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit, in the above stated case, bearing date March a, 1883, I will sell at Anderson, 8. C.. on the FIRST MONDAY, the 2nd day of APRIL next, at public sale, the mortgaged premi ses described in the complaint, to wit : ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, situate in Savannah township, in the Coun ty of Anderson, S. C., containing 92 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Thomas McOukin, F. M. Dickson, O. F. Bynum, and others, being tho land conveyed by Millford Whitaker to John F. McClure on the 23rd September, 1880. TERMS OF SALK-One-fourth to be paid in cash, and the remainder on a credit of one, two and th reo years, willi interest from day of sale, to be secured by a mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment at any time. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, , Master. March 8, 18S3 34 4 P MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY In the Court of Common Pleas. J. F. C. DuPre, as Executor ot the Will of Susannah M. Barns. deceasMt pui??:<r against John E. Bellotte, Defendant'. Complaint for foreclosure. PURSUANT to an order of sale made by his Honor W. H. Wallace, presiding Judge, dated 3rd of March, 1883, I will ?eil at Anderson, 8. C., on the FIRST MON DAY. APRIL 2nd, 1883, at public sale, the mortgage premises described in the com plaint, to wit : ALL THAT LOT OF LAND, and the Houses thereon, situate in Pendleton Vil lage, in Anderson County, 8. C., bounded by Broad Street on the East, by lota of the grtate of Elisabeth s;?* and ueo. w. W illinois on the South, by lot of Carver Randall on tho West, and by Street on the Nortb, containing one and three-fourth (li) acres, more or less. TKIIMS or SALs-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for paper*,. W. W. HUMPHREYS, March 8, 1883 34 The Best Shoes in the Market. IAM now receiving my 8pring Stock of Men. Women and Children's SHOES ?oe celebrated "Bay 8tate" Shoes-the b?st in the market. Every pair warranted. Come and see them. No charge for show lnK- v. . _ A. B. TOWERS, x? w 1ra??.nitc Row? Anderson, 8. C. March 15, 1883 35 hoc? thc Itali in .Motion ! PRICES DECLINING. Full Stock OD Hand and to Arrive. .1 i \? \? \ I "1- 8TEEL PLOWS, ?ii 2fi?UUU bc. |wr pound. Single an<l Double foot l'Jow Stock?, Swede Iron, Heel Holt", Ac. loo Darrels good Family Klour, fruin $.') r>0 to i*'> |I<T barral. 3,000 ll>.-. best Kio Coll?e*, * lu 1" lbs. to thc dollar. Mn*) iii.. Itucon Sides, fat and Kr?;i\v, whii b wc will p.tehangc*with you as cheap as any oilier niau. Porto Kim, English Island, (something fine,; Musca vado and New Orban- Molas ses, from 40c. i<> ? >"'.. per gul lon. Good Itiee fruin Uto 14 Iba. to tbe dollar. Granulated Sugar, !? lbs. tu tbe dollar, or by tbe barnl We, per lb. Ugh I brown Su gar Mc. per ll'. Dark brown Sugar ?lc. per pound. A Dig Stork of Spring Prims, Cotton ade?, light Woolen Cassiineres, Cuahmarets that will LM- ottered you proportionately iheap. A good line of Linen and Cost)mere Spring (.'lotldng, ami Hals that cah*l he beat for quality and prices. Respectfully, J. .J. UyVItlOlt. Mardi 15. 11*83 28 ly 'joiijoj anno] [ IIOKU!?H 'NVO'IS v uno jdtlJXa-jipuq.fiiw lUO.IJ IV3A* aqi jo uo?ca??|i|; n: i??q| ?uq 1,110(1 .AMMOjH IKOq Oil) [[U m,?JJ aims Mauuvri TO ALI. PERSONS INTERESTED -o ANDERSON, S. C.. Jun. 23, 1883. WK would again politely cull thc atten tion of the trading public to .thc following facts : Tbut we have now, and constantly keep on hand, a large stock of Goods in the va rious lines, consisting of Meat, Flour, Codee, Sonar. Molasses, Dry Gooda, Hardware, Shin's, Hats, Saddlery, Yankee Notions, Crockery, 1'loughs nod Plow Stocks. Hoes. Haines and Trace Chains, Axes, Nails, Iron, Tobaeco, Clothimr, And all other Good* generally needed in thia market, including the" celebrated Ntudetmker Wagons und Wagon Harness. We are agents fur'the '.Dow Law" Cotton Plant -, said to be the best in use. Also, for the Hazard Ponder Co., of which we keep stored in our Magazine here a full supply, which we sell as cheaply as it can he bought in any markrt. Wo are also still the agents of the world renowned Wando Fertilizer and Arid B'hoHphate, and of the K?lmla Fer tilizer, manufactured by the same Com pany, prices for all of which are reasona ble, either for cash or at Cotton option. We would like very much !o furnish ail of our friends this year their Goods and Fer tilizers, and will promise to do them justice in every instance. We buy Cotton largely for Cash on our own and for account of foreign buyers, and are always in the market. And to thoso who now owe us money, on any account whatever, past due, ve as sure you that iee need the money, and it has gut to come right away. Very truly yours, ifcc, Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell. Feb I 1883 29 MEDICAL CARD. DK. W. W. WATKINS HAVING LOCATED AT I>PV"' . TON. offers his "ro&JS^ lo lin' publi March - I Extracta from Letters Received 1 am well pleased willi thc 0n,,n . bought from you. fi 1 MHS. SALLIE E. SEIQLER I am very much pleased with the Or?, I bought fruin y<?u. It gives perfect-?ri fuctlon. U. J{. AYFR I am glati to say tho Organ hos Riven,,, lire satisfaction, and I think no |,nc T: hesitate to buy lhe"t?tunuurd-OrCa",mtd bv Peloubet it Go. ' we M IIS. ADI IIARHISOK Thc "Standard' Organ, made by Pelo?h* A <'<>., I bought from you gives n<eMnV satisfaction. The excellence of v/orktnin ship and sweetness of tone cannot be i", celled. J. M. (JEER I am perfectly satisfied with niyOre&n 1 lind it to bi-just as ROOII as von reprint' od it. MISS MATTIE SIMIAN The I'oloubet Organ I bought from ton is thc sweetest toned Orgun wc everlip?*t H. C. MOORHEAD I would not part with it for twice UM amount I gave for it and riik Kelling aa other so good. H. GAINES Thc Gute City 1'iano is avery .*et!tond instrument, it uns given me entire ?MU! faction. M lbS. lt. P. CK AYTON I have several Organs, one new Gate Cit? Piano, one second-hand Piano in ttod Also, one second-hand Piano, with an Or gan attachment, arranged so as to play both ul once, or either separately. All in good order. I will sell them on easy and nana. ? able terms -part cash, and the balsnceneit B Val!. J. A. DANIELS. Feb -22, 1S82 JJ2_ TO ALL WANTING GOOD GOODS have a good -dock of HATS, CAPS. DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. PROVISIONS, HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES. WALL PAPERING, and ntanv other things too tedious to men tion, which I will sell low for cash, or to prompt paying customers on time. Give me a call. Feb 1, 1S8S A. B. TOWERS. 29 WATERMELON SEED. MELONS raised past season weighing 103 pounds. All new varieties for Bft?urden Seed? from any Seedsrou desired, wholesale at Growers rates at SIMPSON, HEID & CO.'S Drug St Feb 22, 1883_32 on IES; ZEJ. Hero we are, opening the Largest and Prettiest STOCK OF SPRING GOODS, For Lml ie? amt Children, ever brought to tlkih? Market. OUR STOCK IS TOO VARIED AND LARGE to itemize. Cull and eum ioe and be convinced. T /-.,?Y.oS!aim tbo Vin 5n every departineut, and guarantee prices aa LOW as tts LOWEST. With tbauks for poBt favors we promise renewed efforts Tor the future. JKigr- Our Goods were selected in person by Miss Lizzie "Williams, LADIES' STORES, BRICK HANGE. 87 March 29. 1883 ANDERSON CLOTHING HOUSE. BROCK & MATJLDIN, Waverly House Block, ANDERSON, - - B.C. SPRING 1883. New Goods, New and Nobby Style* CLOTHING, HATS, Just Received, and In Great ?|JQ?? Our One Dollar SHIRTS ar? the best. Try one, and you ?ill buy more or them. ?&- We will refund the money cr replace the Ooo** every pair of our Warranted Shoes that does not give enures isfaction. We have a few Suits left in stock of HEAVY TOflJJ CLOTHING, which we will sell at COST and less. Cs" examine them. " 37 March 21), 1B?3 TIMES CHANG-E AND CHANGE Wi i H THEm? ANmrtw?kVow?h^0n,,wehavcJU8t ,aidin A LARGE STOCK OF NEW ?gg? Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats ^?^^.SSTJ0*8? HARDWARE, CROCERIE8, PROVI8ION8, ETC, ?ylhatWweWJ?l^ tl the Low?t Price9- While other things are changing, *e?$? RaliTwh? fa^rRffjj SlS?"8* ?Ur plan of ofT9rit>? <md .ubsU,,,Ul B^ ? . ARE XJS' THE COTTON MARK^'l h^V a?r?rf?^P^- W? haT * ,flr*e lot of BAGGING and TI??<*| uet our Prices bafore closing a trade._ 1 8*pt2I, 1882 lins; a trade. _-, ^-.fl BE;0"WIsr BBO& io