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E. IS. MU KU AY, Editor. THURSDAY, MAY 31, 188.!. TERMS : ONE TEAR.?1.80. SIX MONTHS. 73c. Two Voilant U not paltl lu ml vance Tlie (.'li ron ?rle awl Constitutionalist say* that (lie colored enemies of Prof. Greener denounce him because he was "the first man in I87d loshake Wade Hampton by tho hand." They need not trouble about Prof. Preener's friendship for Wade Hampton. It only developed itself after the hero of '7b' wa? above the need for his friendship. During ihe canvass Greener stumped the State lor Chamber* lain. The great bridge over Kast Uiver, be tween the cities of New York and Brooklyn, has been completed, after more thau fifteen yeurs v. o ri-:, and at a cost of $jr?/,00,<inO. The Bridge is 13.1 feet high, and S.r? wide, supported by towers which are -7G feet high, and 78 feet under the waler, built of granite. The main ppan is l,G9<ij feet long. The bridge is supported by cables which ex tend ?130 feet inland, ami are fastened tu anchorage j.illara'JO feet high nndllOi 132 feet thick. The weight the bridge ean safely hohl of freely moving vehicles is 1,380 lons. There are five parallel avenues averaging Ki feet each. The middle avenue is for pedestrians, anti is 12 feet above the other avenues. Two of the remaining avenues are for street cara, and tho other two for vehicles. The bridge was formally opened on last Thursday. This bridge is the greatest achievement of modern architecture. Alexander III was crowned Czar of Russia on last .Sunday morning, without any accident or interference from the Nihilists, who have been boasting of their determination to assassinate him on this occasiou. Thc arrangements for tho coronation were tho grandest that have ever been made for any monarch in ascending a throne, and thc ceremo nies of the day were imposing beyond description. But in tho midst of all this power, nnd splendor, and grandeur, Al exander trembled in dread of thc unBeen hand which lind carried death to his father, nud sworu thc same to him. The uttermost precautions fur his safety wero observed, emphasizing lite truth of the wonl:i "uneasy rests the bend that wears a crown." The new Czar is n man of considerable ability, and possesses unbounded hospitality among his follow ere. If let alone, there is every indica tion that ho will correct many of the evils complained of, and give to his peo ple the best government they have had for years. The Bonrd of Trustees of the South Carolina University, nt their meeting in Columbia last week, elected Prof. J. M. McBryde President of the University. This action had been petitioned for by all of the students of the University, and was uot unexpected. Prof. McBryde bas been acting President for the past eight or nine months, and has evinced fino executive abilities, qualifying him well for tho positiou to which ho has been chosen. The selection will give tho University an excellent executive officer, but will not confer any additional reputation upon nor give any additional influence tn it. A great many of the friends of the University had hoped to seo some new and extensivolv recognized influence added to the Faculty, by the selection of some prominent and widely recognized scholar, in addition to the present excellent Faculty of the Univer sity. However, nil recognize the emi nent ability of thc new president, and feel that tho affairs of the University are safe in his hands. The students of tho University were perfectly enthusiastic over his election, which is n greater boum to Pi'??. McBrydo titan the presi dency of tho University itself. A COMPLIMENT TO PKL7.EB MILU3. The New York Journal of Commerce of ino ?2nd of May inst., pays a com pliment to one of the newest and most completely equipped cotton mills in tho South, under the head of "The Pelzer Standard Cottons," in which it says : Those aro a new mako from the Pelzer Manufacturing Company, Anderson County, 8. C. Tho first Invoices exhibit an unusual degree of porfeetlon in yarns and cloth, and n cleanliness that is rare in (roods or thia quality. The produc tion of the now compauy will be Unit class standard sheetings and drills, war ranted 2 85 yardi), ana from tho perfec tion of the quality of the first balea they give promise of being a formldablo com petitor for the trade. The agents are W. C. Liangloy & Co. The Journal of Commerce is high authority upon all matters pertaining to commerce or manufactures, and such a notice ia a high compliment to the Pelzer Mill. The beat part of lt,too, ia that the compliment is thoroughly de served. _ WHAT WI IX ANDERSON DOT The Greenville News says : Dr.-W. L. Mauldin and John Fergu son who left boro on Monday to meet Gen. Hagood, President of the Carolina, Cumberland Oap and Chicago Railroad Company, have returned. Both aro in excellent spirit* ovor the prospects, den. H ago od, whose caution and cool ness are proverbial in tho State, oxpres uea himself an feeling greatly encouraged .nd very sanguine of the completion of the great line from Aiken to Lexington, Ky., connecting there with Louisville, Chicago and Cincinnati. The agent of the line, now. in England writes that capitalists there are much Interested in the acbeme, and give indications of wil lingness to Invest In It if there la enough home capital invested to make them feel aafe and assur? them that the people along the route are in earnest. Gen. Hagood thinka tho prospects for tho coin SHon of the road better at tbia time n they havo ever been. ' If the road ls built-aa there ia every reason for belief that it will be-the ! question of whether it will come by Greenville will be left with the people of . Greenville themselves. To come boro a divergence from the straight Une will be necessary, and lt v.-Ul be for na to aay vrhothor we will subscribe onough money t*Juattfy that divergence. There is no doubt of the answer to that question. An election in the city to-morrow on a subscription conditional upon the building of tho Jjllno ovorBtho mountains and Its coming here would resultln a practically unanimous vote In the ufflrmative. The representative peo ple of ?ll classes abd oondlt?ons and of both colors are outfit on tho question. The case may therefore bo summed up - thus: It is a probability, amount Inc almost ton certainty, that within four JW" *? reilroe^ yW be in operation ?Xr^?'WG??* Charleston via Aiken over tho Mountains to tho West; when that road Is built It will run by this city, giving us direct poMmuuicaUon with tho ocean on ono nido and tho coal, iron, moat umi grain regions and Kre.it com mercial centres of the Went ami North weal 01. tho other. From this it will bc seen (hat our neighboring city intends making an cllbrt to secure this road, and to that end wc understand they propose subscribing 1100,000 to the capital stock of the com pany. As long as the route was consid ered fixed, we did not feel at liberty to advocate any diversion of the road (rom Helton und Williamslon, the two points in the State which projected thc road, but if any change is to be made Allder' sou should at once enter the competition for this road. We do not know that any change is contemplated in the location, but Greenville, with her usual energy, is on thc lookout, and Anderson ought not to be behind. If the road is open for oilers, our city should bc one of the COinpetiliors for it. As long ns it runs by Helton und Kahley, Anderson can easily reach it at Smith's Old Store, but if tho route goes further Kata wc will be cut ofl' entirely. Such a result would bc a catastrophe to our growing city, ll tau be averted if our citizens will keep their eyes upon the enterprise, and show sufficient progress ami public spirit to cope with other influential points. A NOT 11 KU l'A VINCI COTTON Ml M.. A correspondent of llic AVir* und Courier, writing from the ('litton Cotton Mills, in Spartanburg County, speaks thus of thc annual meeting of thc stock holders of thal mill, which was held on the alb inst : Tho directors held their mooting in thc morning, and it was satisfactory lo ul!. They declared a dividend of four per cent. This makes tho second dividend paid to Ibo stockholders of this company out of their earnings. Of course thin represents only about one-fourth of tho net earnings for the past year. They showed the prolilw to beat tim rato of H! per cent, on tho capital actually invested and at work. Thia, wbilo it aeolus to lie less, is us J?lich HS the profits of lin? Piedmont Mill, for it has nt actual work $700,000, 1200,000 more than Clifton Mill, whereas lior profits woro declared Upon their capital stock of $500,000. This pro portion will make tho two mills about oven and both ahead of {?ranltoville. We givu these points ?imply lo show that tho Clifton ia abreast of any mill in tim country. The gent lemon attending tho meeting from abroad declared ilium HOIVCH very positively that tho property ia ono of tho finest anywhere in tho South. It was IL disappointment to tho manager.", that more of thc stockholder* from Chnrlcston were not presont to seo for themselves thc improvements in this mill and property. Tho president, Mr. I). E. Convorse, and treasurer, .Mr. A. H.'1*wicho! 1, as well as the superinten dent of ibo mill and Iiis assistants, were ull highly commended for their disinter ested endeavors to m a li. o tho roto rn to the owners of the mill satisfactory. It will be seen from this that it is nothing unusual for cotton mills in South Carolina to niako very handsome divi dends. Tho projected Factory at Anderson is progressing slowly, though the stock has not been taken no rapidly as was hoped for, though about forty per cent, of tho sum necessary to raise at home hos been subscribed. The failure to raise tho stock more rapidly has been caused, we think, in n largo meitsuie, by fears that the unusual season will causo a disaster to our crops this year. As soon as the weather becomes settled and the spirits of our planters are raised hy tho indica tions of a good crop, we have no doubt the remaining capital stock will be quickly rahed. The Factory at Ander son i?, we think, an assured fact. It w only a question of a little time. The success of Qrunitevillo, Piedmont, Clif ton and other factories in our State ought lo convince men thal there is money in manufacturing for the stockholders, and very great benefits for the whole commu munity in which the factory is started. The subscription list for the Anderson factory is at the National Bank, and persona wishing to take stock can do sc by calling there. Every man for mile? around Anderson ought to take some stock, even if it is only one huudred dol lars. The stockholders will not only get a good interest on thoir money, but they will be building un their market and trading point. It will pay handsomely in various ways to hnvo a large factory at Anderson. TBS ADVANTAGES OF TOLEIlATION It strike;! us that tho Democratic press is not discussing the tariff question with as much good temper as should be pre served. We do not at all like the ten dency, which some of our contempora ries evince, to read a man out of tho Democratic party because he may have divergent views upon turill' questions. There are other quest ?otis of great polit ical concern to the wholo country which divide the two parties, and it is bad In policy, and not wise iu practice, to drive oft" men who may agree with you in other respects because they do not accord with your views upon a single question out ol several important matters. We favor retaining all Democrats who are willing to submit their views to the party for action,'and we think that all who favor a lower tariff cen safely assume this lib eral policy in dealing with Democrats who may favor high tariff. There can be no doubt that upon a full, fair and free discussion of the revenue system of our government a largo majority of the Democratic party will declare in favor of a reduction of the burdens of taxation in tho interest of the people to the low est point consistent with the efficiency of the public service, and to accomplish this end, the tariff ought to bo reduced to the lowest figure which will raise the necessary sum of money. The Demo cratic party is obliged to adopt tho prin ciple of a tariff for revenue only, and if there are men who are willing to act with us in the election of Federal officers who favor a tariff for protection, we should not refuse to permit thom to help ti FI. It is always unfortunate for any dissension to arise as to the policy of a political party, but nothing is more fre quent or more difficult to mauago than the occurrence of just such divisions as now exist within our ranks as to the tariff. Io such an emergency, the utter most care should be taken on all sides to give as little offense as possible in the I discussion of the matter. We are now on the heels of a presidential election, with the fairest prospects of success. Nothing but Democratic dissension or Democratic folly appears to obstruct en easy victory. Ta thu situation we ought by all means to conciliate, rather than to arouse antagonisms. By this we do not-mean that any faction of the party ought either te give up lis views as to the tariff, or . to suppress those viows . *'-?- ? '\ s . - MBBSBBMMB&nMnBMUnMMnBBHnBB j they ought to discuss them temperately j aud in good humor. We ought by ?ll ! meHtiH to leave oil' personal imputations and abuse, and when wc have put nur views of tho policy to be pursued before the masses of the Democracy, we should be satisfied ?iib the decision. We ?an , make nothing from splitting the Democ I racy, for such a result will eventuate in the continuance of the Republican parly in power, which means not only high tariff f r protection, but also jobbery, corruption, ?ml to the South at least, "p pression ami tyranny. Those of us who favor u revenue tarif]' have no reason to ; fear the decision of the Democratic party j upon this maller alter its discussion. Therefore our policy should be lo arraign the Republican position upon thc tariff', and secure thc proper declaration of principles ?ifour platforms, without in dulging in the crimination or recrimina tion <>f members of thc Democratic party. _ TH K ItAII.KOAl) COMMISSION The correspondent ol" thc Xnr* <!/;./ ('um i'i', willing from Columbia, in ref erence lo thc appointment of Governor Jeter's successor, says : A limit er ut applications have buen made foi tho vacant position Uti the Ital I road commission, hut applicants must determino to bc patient. Tho ap pointment of a commissioner will not bo malle until IheUovoriior has had aiuplu time tn make u good selection, and that will prolmlily not bo lor a week or so. 'Ibero i H no pressing need for au imme diate appointment, as the work ul' the commission is so far udvuuccd that it cannot bo begun over again upon tin entry of a new commissioner, 'rho two coininiHsioncrs now in lillico compose a majority of ihn Itoard, aud even wei r tho incoming eommlsHloner to desire to go hack lu ordor tu familiarize hiuiself with tho work, they would li forced to over rule him and dispatch the remainder of tho business before them as rapidly as possible. So that tho new commissioner when lin is appointed, will have practi cally lin voice ns Vt that part of the turin" already completed, and he must gain his information of ibo subject while Keeping' uhreaat thc oilier commissioners in their work henceforth. Hence there ls no de lny t i ibo commission by reason of tho Uovernor'a commendable determination to take lime and makn a good selection. < >f course he- will do this as soon as pos sible. As I have already slated, the Htandard tu rt If would have been com pleted hy this linn; had it not been for Commissioner Jeter's illness, w hich forc ed a suspension of Ibo work over a fort night, until it was found that Ibero was no hope of bid return within a reasonable time. Tliiu policy on the part of Governor Thompson is judicious, and will give gloater satisfaction to thc State than a speedy appointment, which mi] .it prove ill-advised. It is important for tho whole State that a good mau shall bo selected, and the Governor doubtless ap preciates this fact. It will take an exceptionally good man to fill Governor Jeter's place. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. An Interesting Sketch nt Ihr (lie.il Meet lng. Mit. E D ITO lt : Everybody has relative! in Texas. Poor in relations, indeed, must ho be who can find in that great State no brother, sister, aunt or cousin to visit. Of course everybody wants tc ! see those special relatives and-Texa3, What better opportunity for so doing than thc meeting of the Southern flap tist Convention ? and oven if one had nc , relations to visit, did not Waco invite ni! to come ? The opportunity was not lost, and tc ! those who were at depots at Waco or Tuesday and Wednesday, tho 8th anti Otb of May, it seemed as if every bod 5 was coming indeed, and had brought theil nunis aud cousins with them. Our reg ular passenger truin alone depositec sovsn hundred delegates and visitors Extra trains on sumo roads help to swel the multitude until on Thursday the pas , tor of the Church announced tho pres ! ence of 2,800 people. Of thcao 500 wert , delegates, the remaining 2,300 being vis itors, of whom 700 wero ladies. Waco't big invitation had been largely accepted even by many who were not members 01 any !b?n'i"t Church, and ?.sms who wcri not members of any Church nt all. Bal? timore, in inviting the Convention next year, wisely profited by Waco's experi ence, ai 1 invited delegates only. But Waco preved herself equal to thc occasion, and grandly did elie entertait the vast crowd. In spite of the large number to be cared for, every one claimed that he or she bad been assignee to the very best place in the city. Thu is partly explained by the fact that in the matter of providing enlertainmcol for the Convention, all Waco took nari, Even oomo avowed infidels tining faith ful service on committees of arrange ments. It was a good occasion, in thc estimation of the people, long-talked of much advertised, and seemingly much enjoyed. The advertisements in the . papers for weeks before the meeting had referenco to it. One enterprising grocei even advertising a choice wine as "Dele gates' Choice." The Convention proper was almost crushed out by the c->wds in attendance. It mny be remor.ibred as the Conven tion that was almost smothered. Not only were the seats in the large and handsome church all closely packed, but the aisles nnd rear of the room were filled with people Blading. Standing-room was hard to get. The drawing off of large numbers to other churches, by announce ments of preaching by prominent minis ters, served to relieve the pressure only for a little while, other crowds taking the places of those who had gone. Elo quence that bad been stored up foi months to be poured forth into the lis tening ears of admiring delegates, was almost entirely wasted. Few could beai it, and these were so pressed upon and crowded by those who wanted to hear it, that they could but ill-appreciate it. Never was speech-making at such a dis count. Yet speeches were made-many and some of them long. Perhaps they had to be, lest the makers should go home feeling as a certain South Caro Maa preacher did who was heard to re mark, "It waa all pleasant, save one thing. I brought six sermons along, and have not bad an opportunity to preach a single one. That burta." If apeechea are absolutely necessary for the medal health of the speech-makers, I suppose they must be endured. But long ones are a weariness to the flesh ; but a real* ly good speech-fresh, bright, original, thoughtful-it is a treat to listen to; and such a treat waa enjoyed by those who heard the address of Rev. Mr. Felix, of Covington, Ky., on the German influ ence' in our lifo-social and religious. Our Jinnie Mission Board ii stru;'f'ling to have ibis importaul ctenj?iit in our national and religious l ife brought under the influence of thoroughly evangelical teaching, that from un element of dan ger and destruction, it may be made one of potent influence for good. Tho Bap tists must meet the incoming (iermau bosU with an open Bible. The Convention considered, as it is in reality, a missionary association, meet ing to report on work done and to lay plans lor work to be done, wu? a ?ucees?. Thc mission Boards, both i lome and Foreign, reported enlarged receipts, additional laborers employed and new fields occupied, while at the same time o!<lcr -dations hail been reinforced. The report? from thc mission field.! were en couraging, and the outlook for thc future seemed lo have much of cheer in it. If I mistake not, the Convention at Waco stands near the dawn nf a period of greater activity in mission work than has ever before been manifested by the Baptists of the South. .Many who have loug felt un interest in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will be glad lo know that it is in a highly prosperous condition. Dr. I ?road UH said that the Seminary hud been before two Conventions in Texas once ut Jefferson und now at Waco. Both times it was "in a lix." With this diff?rence, however : "Then it wa? in a bad lix now it is in a good one." lt is hoped that the full amount of the endowment ??il soon be secured. A long newspaper uiticle is as bad as a long speech, and lest I be charged with writing ono auch, 1 will draw this to a close. But a Convention in Texas is a large subject, and it is hurd to know just how to stop talking about it. Thc best way lo stop, however, is-to stop. A DELEUATE. ? Young Andcrxonlan's Opinion of Texas. The Local reporter of the INTELLI GENCER received a private letter a few days since from our young friend and fellow-townsman, l'osier Kant, who ii now on a visit in Texas. Thinking that it would be interesting to our readers we publish a portion of il, na follows: WEATHERFORD, TKXAS, May 22. I)EAlt C-: No doubt you will be sur priseiFlo receive a letter from mo, but ] hope to give you some facts about thi: Western country that will be of ?nteres to you. I have been in Texas now ove two weeks, and from what I have ?cet and heard I feel able to make a fair re port. I first mude a halt at Tyler, and then I found a thriving business town abou the size of Spartanburg. Tyler has twi Railroads-one broad gunge and on narrow guage. Tyler reminds nie ver; much of our Kastern towns in genera appearance. From Tyler I went I Waco, ono of thc prettiest cities in Tex as, and there I had the pleasure o attending the Southern Baptist Conven lion. The business houses and dwelling of Waco are very fine, and the street are broad, but no shade trees. I woul not like to live at Waco, for the countr is not healthy and the water is miserabh Bight here let me say that I could nc Htand the Texas water wlieu I first er tered the State, but it tastes all right nov It nt first maker, you sick, and has th same effect upon you as pills, but, whe you are thoroughly worked out, yot appetite ioercasee, and the water gel better. 1 havo been herc nearly tw weeks, (Sunday will be two weeks), an I have enjoyed myself hugely. Walu and I went to Dallas and Fort Wort hist week. We took in the Stengerfo: (un account of which no doubt you has seen), and it was a grand affair. Dalli and Fort Worth are il e best cities i Northwest Texas. A good farm i u country surrounds Dallas, and it is coi sidered the best market in this part i the State. Dallas does considernb ~hoicaal? business. Sanger Bros. (di goods, &c.,) doa business of $3,000,01" a year, and Schneider & Davis (groce ies, Ac.,) do about the same. Fo Worth is a great Railroad city and doi considerable wholesale business. J< Brown, wholesale grocery-man, came I Fort Worth several years ngo, and wi! $500 capital went iuto the retail grocei business, and now he does a strict u-holemle business amounting to $4,000,0( a year. Ile does the largest business i Texas. Dallas and Fort Worth are on tl prairie and Weatherford in the eros timber. I must say (bat I like tl plains country. You can see for mile and it is a grand sight. There is alwa; a breeze on the prairie, but very sulti in the timber. This part of tho State very healthy, and it ls being settled t very fast. As the country is settled tl stock mon move further West. This strictly a stock country, and fortuues a being made. I would not advise ai one doing well back East to como o here, unless intending to take hold Stock. Tho fa nu err. heie, as a elsi don't make any more than ?hey do bat East. Of course, the land here is mm richer, 'and the yield is greater, but takes all they make to support the families. Everything is very high in ti country, and very few farmers are ma lng more than a living. A good h here is worth from $8 to $15; sbo from $5 to $10 ; suit of clothes from $ to $50. The merchandize business ever done, and I believe a man with e e.rgy can succeed aa well back East as 1 can here. Weatherford has a popul lion of 4,000 people and it bas abo twelve grocery stores. The otb branches are about the same, so you s competition is very great. Knox & Fa pay $900 a year for their storeroom, % 90. You could get the same size roc in Anderson for $400. They have be paying a clerk $75 a month, and he coo be had in Anderson for $40 a tn on I You will say at once that a clerk gt big wages here, but it tates all he gets live. You can't get good board for 1? than $25 a month. Washing is wot $1 a week, 50 cents a week for the tai In Anderson. Cow boys get from $15 $85 a month, and they spend every oe of it. The stock men are making f< tunee, but the merchants, fermera ai mechanics are doing about like they i In South Carolina. I wish I had time write more, but gueaa you are tired thia uninteresting sketch of my tra vi tn Texas. I saw the "INTELLIGENCER^' & morning, ?nd I ?in glad to "oe the boom that is upon Anderson. Success to the Factory, Oil Mill, Building ?nd Loan Association, Blind and Sash Factory, and last, but not least, "Silk Culture." I hope thc S. V. ll. H. will be a success under the new management. 1 will be hume in about three week.-. Remember me to all the boys. Yours, Sic, POSTER FAS I . AUREKINU TO lUSACRKi:. Tlie Attitude of Ho- tuo n i ?l.yt? Han < burches. LEXINGTON, KV., May 2"?.-In th? Southern Presbyterian General Assembly to-day the committee oil hills and over tures made tho following report in refer ence to overture No. 34 from the Presby tery of Upper Missouri in regard to the appointment ol a committee by ibo ..Southern Assembly to confer with a similar committee from the Northern Assembly touching organic union : "Your committee would recommeud the adoption of an answer that the Gen eral Assembly declines to appoint a com mittee for the purpose stated in the overture, as our principles are so essenti ally different in several vitally important particulars from those of the Northern Presbyterian Church that the idea of organic union cannot be cu torte! ted." Dr. Primrose moved an amendaient, saying: "Your committee deems it in expedient lo appui lit such a committee." The amendment was adopted, yeas 1U2, nays !<2. ?Jr. Smoot, of Austin, Texas, the late Moderator, opposed the amendment ou principle, opposing organic union and thinking the Assembly should give reasons for it. When the vote occurred on the original question il was amended by J Jr. Davis so us to read : "The Gener? al Assembly declines to appoint a com mittee for the purpose named," and this was unanimously adopted. Dr. Wither spoon read the report of the committee on education. Speeches were made upon the report by Dr. H. C. Alexander, of Union Theological Seminary, Prof. C. ll. llemphill of Selma, and Dr. Shel man, president of Tuscaloosa Insti tute, for training colored ministers. The report was adopted. Prof. Hempnlll's resolution on frater nal relation.s was taken up. A telegram war received from Dr. Brown, Southern delegute to the Northern Assembly, re garding the passage of n resolution by the Northern Assembly upon the ques tion of fraternal relations, which met with great applause. Action was post poned on Prof. Heniphill's resolution till the Assembly learns what resolutions thc Northern Assembly havo passed. There was much excitement in the Assembly over the ?uestion. Tho following telegram was received from Saratoga ut 12 o'clock, and was loudly applauded : "To the Rev. Dr. Prior, Moderator of the General Assembly : The following paper, offered by Dr. Crosby, completely covering the point, has been passed unanimously : The committee report that fraternal relations having been happily established between the iwo churches on the basis of the withdrawal of all impu tations officially made from either side against the Christian character of the other, no further action of the Assembly ia necessary. WM. BROWN." The Assembly decided this evening that correspondence with the Northern Assembly should be by delegates in 1884, and afterwards by letter. The Moder ator received a telegram from the Sara toga General Assembly saying that the Assembly had set apart Saturday morn ing, from I) to ll o'clock, us nn hour of prayer for au outpouring of God's Spirit on both churches. The Assembly tele graphed that it would set apart that hour for prayer. Col. Pat Joyce, just returned from Saratoga, where he went as a fra ternal delegate, made n speech in the Assembly, telling of his cordial recep tion nnd the brotherly feeling in that Assembly. THE NORTHERN ASSEMBLY. SARATOGA, May 25.-In the Presby terian General Assembly to day the Rev. Dr. Brown, chairman of the Southern delegation, took leave iu a touching ad dress, saying that the resolution of Dr. Crosby, adopted unanimously this morn ing, removed doubt from every Southern Presbyterian's heart, and he should go homo gi ld and convinced that the time would come when the two general assem blies would meet and merge like two liquid drops when the obstacle between them was removed. Moderator Hatfield responded. He trusted that tho Great Head of the Church would cause all that Dr. Brown '..ad anticipated to become reality. As the two aged men stood with bands clasped the Assembly rose and sang, "Blest be the ties which bind." Senator Joe Brown's Income. Major Ben Crane, talking to an Ala bama street crowd the other day, asked : "What do you think Joe Browu's daily incomo amounts to?" Some one suggested that his salaries amounted to $12,500 a year-$7,000 ns President of the State Road, $5,500 as Senator, and noted that this was $35 a day. Some one else added that his rents on $300,000 of Atlanta property amounted to $24,000, porting the income ot 8 per cent. This is $70 a day, which, added to h ?8 salaries, made over $100 a day. Major Crane stopped this slow specu lation with the remark : "His incomo is not less than $1,000 a day as I have been informed by a gentleman who had the best opportunities for knowing what he was talking about. This gentleman told me the Senator was turning out fifty tons of iron a day athis Rising Fawn Works, on which he had a clear profit of $10 a day. In Bartow county he bas a broad guage railroad 15 miles long running to his oro beds, where he has some hun dreds of men getting out ore. At his coal mines in Dado county, he has sev eral hundred convicts at work. He digs his iron ore, smelts it at bis own furnace and mines the coal he does it with. At the furnace alone, hi? profits are said to be $500 a 'lay. At tho coal and iron mines they must large. So I have no doubt but my informant was within the bounds when he said Governor Brown's ir.como was one thousand dollars a day. If so, he has the largest income of any Southerner." An income of $1,000 a day meaos $312,000 a year. This added to a for tune already immense, would, when in vested, add perhaps $25.000 to the in come of the next year. And a few years of compounding this enormous amount with Senator Brown's sagacity will make a huge fortune. No account in this es tiraste is taken of the increase io value of Senator Brown's property, which in his Texas lsnds has been remarkable, ?fier talking the matter over the opinion was general tbst the Senator is now worth not less than $2,000,000, and per hsps much more- Atlanta Constitution. - The State Commissioner of Agri culture some time ago sent circulars to the clerks of court of all counties in the State, requesting reports of the number and aggregate of the liens recorded in their offices. Eighteen counties-more thsn half the Sute-report liens on crops given this year to the amount of $1,780, 863, against $4,943,204 for the same time last year, a decrease of $3,212,341. Only about one third of the amount of sup plies bought on time last year have been so purchased this year. Last year the supplies purchased on time amounted to $9,218,412 for the State, bot this yeer the amount, if ?be remaining counties unreported average the same as the eigh teen which have, reported, will not bo more than $3,000,000. Sniitoe a;ul TIic Sea. ! Col. Lovick I\ Miller baa returned from WashiDgtOU. lie reports that the work on the Santeo Uiver improvements which consist io Ike deepenine and straightening of ita outlet to Winyab Hay through Mosquito Creek, has been ordered by the engineering department at Washington, by and with the consent of the secretary of war, to be immedi ately proceeded witli as fur aa that nor I lion of the route is concerned to which the Government has an unclouded title ! to the right ol way. This leaves the ; two short cuts, which simply lessen the I distance of navigation between \\ myall ! liav and gant?e Uiver, thc title of the ! right of way to which lhere has been ! Home dispute, to future adjustment by . the department of justice. The present j appropriation f<-r the work is $42,000. ! The project of the Government is to I make a cut seventy feet wide, with nine i feet of water at low water, and a draw ! bridge across Mosquito Creek capable pf i passing vessels measuring forty feet in the clear. The result of this improve 1 merit will be to give tbeSautee Uiver an i outlet to the ocean, with from si i and n i half to .-even feet greater depth of water ! than il has at present, and will release the immense limbered resources ulong I the river to the markets of the world. I it will also enable light draft steamers, ! if the improvements as designed by the I Government are carried out, to load at either Columbia or Camden and to trans fer their freights to ocean-going vessels in a Kale and commodious harbor, or to discharge their cargoes at Georgetown without having to go into rough water. News Items. - Fifteen millions ol* barrels of beer were consumed in this country last year at liie cost lo the consumer of $480,000, not?. - - lu Savannah ou Friday last a col ored washerwoman's fourteen month's baby fell into il tub of water and was drowned. - The Supreme Court of Kentucky has decided that tt wife may recover mouey Inst by lier husband at gambling. That is more* than the husband can do for himself. - A conductor of a Western freight train was killed on Friday last by being smothered in wheat, which was upset from a car that was thrown from the track by riding over a cow. - Senator Hampton has been any thing but idle since the adjournment of Congress. He has killed no less than nine bears and numerous smaller game on his Mississippi planta*ion. - A colored man in the employ of Mr. Thus. J. Josey, in Kershaw County, aged one hundred and ten years, hoed last year one half aero of cotton per day, and picked eighty pounds in gather ing time. - The Pope has given permission to Archbishop Spaulding for the erection of a Catholic university in the United States, which will probably be at Mil waukee, and for which $2,000,000 have already been subscribed. - A peach tree with bioud red leaves has been presented to an editor at Co rinth, Miss. Il is stated that the first tree of this variety grew on the battle field of Baker Creek on the spot satu rated with the blood of General Tighl man. - Johnsou C. Whitaker, the colored cadet who acquired notoriety three years ago in connection with a charge of hav ing mutilated Iiis ears while at West Point, ?R now filling a professor's chair in the Avery Institute at Charleston, 8. C. - A man in Illinois baa brought suit for divorce because his wife allowed him to go to work mornings with no other breakfast than cod liver oil, and bad bought a piano, which she did not know how to play and had not (he mean.'; to pay for. - The New Orleans Presbyte, ian Synod has adopted a report that the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife is not prohibited by thc divine law ; that blood relationship con tinues, but that affinity by marriage ter minates with the rupture of the tic bj death. - Mr. Henry C. Davis, Jr., of Fair field County, stands fifth in the gradu?t ing class at the West Point Militarj Academy. Mr. iDavid D. Gaillard, a Isl of Fairfield County, now in the seconc class, stands amoug the first. Fairfield is proud of the record of her two reprc se uta tiv cs at the National Academy. - Sorno weeks ago a woman eloper from Portland with a young man. He: husband took it calmly, and did not tr?, to find her. Monday he received a lette: from her, dated at Boston, in which sh< said : "So far, God has blessed us witt health, but John has no regular worl yet." - The few peaches received in New York from Florida of the "Chines Peentoo" variety, although small and o; poor flavor, brought $3.50 per dozen Hothouse peaches sold the same day ii the Broadway Btores at $1 lo $2 a piece Tho first cherries received there fron North Carolina brought 50 cents pe pound at retail. - It is proposed to Bend a canal fron the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, thenci across the valley of Moses and th? Plains of Asdrreloo to the Mediterr?nea! at Acre, converting the Dead Sea into i living lake, make Jerusalem a seaport in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zacha riah, and bring Gilead and Damascu into communication with civilization. - Mr. D. Bawl, of Batesburg, has in vented a cotton picker on which he ba obtained letters patent. The Edgefieli Monitor says : "It is an ingenious piec of mechanism, and if it is not a succ?s it will come as near to it as any yet in vented. It is his intention to have i machine on exhibition at Louisville du ring the Exposition." - The members of the Second Pre? byterian Church, colored, of Abbevilh held a congregational meeting on 8al bath afternoon, the 20th instant, an denounced in the strongest terms th charge made against their pastor, th Rev. E. W. Wilhams, namely, that h advised the women of his congregatio not to hire themselves as nurses. - A paper steamboat bas been buil at Lansingburg, N. Y. for a Pittabur company. Its length is twenty feet. ] has seating capacity for twenty-five pei !?D8' ,m? a c^ing capacity of thirt tons. The ?heating is a solid body c paper three-eighths of an inch thick j bullet from a revolver fired at the sheet lng from a distan co of only four feel neither peuetrated nor abraded it. - The exact facts about Gulteau bones ere that they are now lying seca: m two wooden trays, similar to thoi in which housewives make bread The are aa bright as ivory, and the bea anatomht of tho Medical Moseum ?a they will make the finest skeleton in tb institution when strung up. He sat ^ft ? P^fotly uniform skull is a Kre rarity. Out of tho 1,800 examined8du found ODe P6^1 one w? v T*? Rev* ?' W..Freaiorf colored, < Fairfield, ls going to Africaas a mi. -&t*!SR*i TA "e*"0* was held at th Fairfield Institute last week on thc ev of his departure. He delivered an at dress on "The Hope of Africa." Frazil was graduated at Howard University i Washington, and bis record while thei was commented upon io flattering tern by tho journals of that city. - C?en, beauregard gives it aa thc re mit of Iiis personal observation tbat thc colored people in the Southern States, instead ol Increasing, are actually on tho Jecliue. He doon not regard the in crease indicated by the census returns of [..?.SU compared with those of 1S70 us contradicting this belief, for the reason that the census of 1870 is known to have been grosslv inaccurate, so far ns the Southern States are concerned, growing jut ot the incompetent census enumer itors employed in this section. _ Kkhard Crowley, of New York, lined with President "Arthur on Wedin .s Jay evening, und it is said that all diller ences between them are settled, and Crowley's eye again set on tho Treasury Department. His presence at the White House gave rise the tumor that Secretary Folger will soon gc ? a loreign mission, ?tnd Crowley obtain the portfolio of the Treasury. Crowley represents the better class of Irish in Sew York, and it is thought by sonic that his mission has something to do with the present agita tion of the Irish question in this country. - Think ol' ?.'?13,000 paid per annum lor a tingle column of the New York Jfirattl, and all by money-loving Yankees, as we are pleased to call them. Some Southern men grumble if they are charged an infinitesimal sum, propor tionately considered, for advertising. All the' leading business men North have advertised, some to hundreds ot thousands ol' dollars; but, better still, they have been geuerous enough to heartily acknowledge the value of prin ters' ink. No wonder the North goes ahead so grandly iu colossnl enterprises, when it ls sn free to invest in business enterprises of all sorts and in pushing business. -- A reliable citizen of Lemington briugs intelligence of dastardly violations of law in thc lower part of that County, especially in the neighborhood of Hull Swamp. " He states that the opposition to the stock law is manifesting itsell afresh iu a violent manucr. Where far mers have lett their crops open and built pasture fences the fences are burned down, graves dug close to houses and threatening letters sent with pictures of collins to the farmers who persist in en closing their pasture lauds. Several fights have also occurred. These out rages can only result in the severest punishment known to the law if the depredators are arrested.-Reyinter. - Didanyoneofourreadersever tbiuk how many steps a farmer takes in a year'.' Take the simple planting of a field of corn. Take a five acre field. To break it up would require walking some forty miles ; harrowing it, ten miles ; furrow ing it, 20 miles, planting, ll miles, if with a planter, and if droppped by hand und then covered, 20 miles. Thus it will be seen that it takes about 100 miles of travel to put in a live acre field of com, to say nothing of cultivating and harvesting, and the going to and from the field while planting. - If we thankfully receive and enjoy thc good and pleasant things which come to us, and patiently bear those which are not so, then the thing which is most un pleasant will often be turned into that which is very good. - Profanity never did any man the least good. No man is richer, happier, or wiser for it. It commends no one to society ; it is disgusting to refined people and abominable to the good. ***"Men condemu in others what they practice themselves." Those who prac tice the use of Kidney-Wort never con demn its use by others, but commend it to all affected with piles, dyspepsip, constipation and all other diseaReB resulting from a disordered state of kid neys, liver or bowels. WARNING. ALL persons nre warned not to hire nor harbor Eady Cummings, who is un der contract willi mc for the year 1883. Persons disregarding this nntico will be dealt with according to law. F. M. HONK. _May .'!!, 1SS3 40 1* Steam Engine for Sale. BY virtue of the power and authority vested in us, by a Chattle Mortgage, made hy W. S. Masters to us on the first day of August, 1881. on one upright, ten horse power 8TEAM ENGINE, (mnde by R. Tozer,) with smoke-stack, spark arrester, pump?, piping. Sic, to secure the purchase money, we will proceed to sell the said En gine and Fixtures to the highest responsi ble bidder, at public auction, at our Oin lot in Pendleton. S. C., on MONDAY, tho 18th day of JUME. 1883, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 12 tn. TERMS-Cash. " " J. B. & J. J. SITTON. _Pendleton, S. C., May 26, 1883. 40-2 AN ORDINANCE. An Ordluauce to Prevent the Selling, (Jiving or Furnishing in any Manner any Intoxicating Drink as a Beverage to any Miuor, or other Person of Known Intemperate Habits. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayer and Aldermen of the City of Anderson, S. C., in Council meeting assembled 1. Thnton and after the first day of June, A. I). 1883, it shall not be lawful for any persoD within said City o? Anderson to give, sell or otherwise furnish as a bever age any intoxicating drink to any minor, or to any person of known intemperate habits. .^JA"1 an>' I,pr90? wilfully violating this Ordinance shall, after conviction there of before the Mayor of said City, be fined in a sum of not less than Ten Dollars nor more than Ono Hundred Dollars, or be imprisoned in the City Guard House rot less than Ten Days, nor more than Thirty I)ays ; and in case of failure to pay the fine imposed, to work on the 8treets in the day-time during the term of bis or ber Im prisonment, at the discretion of the Mayor Done and ratified in Council, and the Seal of the Corporation of the City f T*-< i pf Anderson, P.O.; affixed thereto. j SEAL. 1 this the 29th day of Moy, in the ".TTi Y**! of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. ?rw c D- S- MAXWELL, Mayor. MW\F; 8,oPoU0WN- City Clerk. * May 31, 188.1 40 1 BUSTED ! If I Fail to Unis? the Money by 30th June. Hence these Gooda are offered at a Sacrifice. LOOK AT THE FIGURES ! GrEH^?ainiV?g' ^nd?<?pe. Engraved t-?.,. ? d Gold?ase. wtth Genuine Elgin ml? V8 *E'Windin? and ^"'ng Move ment, for ?33, warranted. Gents" Hunting 14c, Solid Gold. Land wffuSnf Ca8e' wi?- ?iSne ment fo??em'wlDdin8 and ^""gMore Seittn!08?0011*1 Go!d> Stem-wlndlog and fm* !*?^?e2?Jfa ,fnd Waltham Watches froru $27 to $40, all warranted. for f??nd ^g?. Cluster of seven Stones, Diamond and Cameo Kines Diamond and Sapphire Doublets, Diamond and air net Doublets, from $?) ?o t,i5 gs? efts t*?.I,A,*r*nd '"duoement to cooh eos ?SS* cn,y June SE^SS ^V^^iafi AndCre0n O0Bnt* to i?T?.U. c*n't afford to cheat your eve? hv ^posing upon them cheap OlaWtb? tho TACL?3.yOUrpOCket- S'?K?SS BBCTJHB BABOAIH8 BKVoBE JUHE 80th. May II, ,883 J'. A* ^NIELS. BE NOT DECEIVED! TT is frequently reruarke.l -tv, " very scarce in our citv " xvT** J*0" CH in at ine "nT^S XN 8 boye constant affl W BREAKFAST STRIP? '01 DRIED BEEK. HAMH' HONE LESS TABLE BFPW SAUSAGE, CHEESE (SILT EDGE BUTTER OAT MEAL, GRAHAM fuj ?- and FLORIDA SYRm^ BEST FLOUR, COFFEE TEA and SUGAR, And everything in thu line of FANCY GROCERS We have the lurg.* ?tot*ol CANNED Goons lu the County, wbieh we sell al I* ?MM ui-lcn1>ly Low Vvi(t A Choice Slock of FINE CONFECTIONERIES Try our Java and fine Kio Coir? Try our He-No and fine Gun PowdwT Try our English Pickles and - Worccatcrtthire Sauce. Try our "Pride of the Sea" Mackerel SK?- Give us a FAIR TRIAL on (jj CE KI EH, und you will be convinced. All goods delivered FREE in the City ll es i ? ec t fi : ! 1 j-, REED & WEBB May 24, IKK! J}*"* Keep the Ball in Motions PRICES DECLIN! Full Stook on Hand and Arrive. 2 OOO LBrs-8TEEL PLows MM?)\J\J\J Cc. per pound. Single and Double-foot Plow ?tor?? Swede Iron, Heel Bolts, ?tc. ' 100 Barrels good Family Flour, from $0.50 to $0.50 per barrel. ' m 3,000 lbs. best Rio Coffees. 8 to 10 lb- tn the dollar. 8,000 lbs. Bacon Sides, fut and ereajr which we will exchange with you as chao as any other man. 1 Porto Rico, English Island, (suuielhinz tine.) Muscavado and New Orleans Molas ses, from 40c. to GOc. per gallon. Good Rice from 12 to 14 lbs. totliedollu' Granulated Sugar, 0 lbs. lo the dollar erl by the barrel 10c. per lb. Light brown ?u-l gar 9c. per lb. Dark brown Sugar 81c. ml pound. f A Big Stock of Spring Prints, Cotton-' niles, light Woolen Cassitneres, Cashmarets that will be offered you proportionally cheap. A good line of Linen and Cassimere 8pring Clothing, and Hats that.can't be heat for quality and prices. Respectfully, LC jr** >?lJr*1 of **** ?Ks.*1 itatbi?' kv**1*' i?srei ol?n Dj?lJ? .ls? I" . Jil* IP'y* ?gin'ti ii of ?I ?KCtl Itt S?" ibu J. J. March 15, 1883 BAKER. 28 ly PIANOS AND ORGANS. Wt HAVING arranged to furnish PIANOS BH s. or OROAN8 of the best wakes, 1 de- HW sire lo call attention to the method upon H?! which 1 do business, and to solicit the pa- BS?. Fl tronage of the Musical public. By buying HM?-;, tho Instruments I offer for sale for cash, i HH " can dispose of them at the lowest possible fiffiH - figures, as I have none of the restrictions Hr which amonts selling ripon commission la- ?HfBar bor under. I keep on hand a supply of SH? ai Organs which I will be pleased to exhibit HBX^T to cuatoiner8, and will furnish descriptionj m of Pianos and prices. Give me a call at EHj G. F. Tolly's Furniture Warerooms, on SHH.-:,] Depot Street. Correspondence solicited, WBK, ana promptly answered. g^pi 1 G. M. TOLLY ngbc! May 17, 1883 44 3m. ??.," SHERIFF'S SALE. wt6 STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, S3'" ANDERSON COUNTY. Hp BY virtue of various Executions to ms HPMK directed, I will expos? to sale ou the Ejttte. First Monday in June, A. D. 1883, at An- BBB derson Court House, South Carolina, all HJB1 of Defendant's interest in inftu ONE TRACT OF LAND. t An Containing seventy-one (71) acres, more or HMn less, bounded bv lands of A. W. Poore, Dan- EMU tel Ragsdale, J. T. Dean and J. P. Cox. . aMWT Levied on m> Ute property of John J. HA j Mallison in favor of J. P. Cox and others, BBL against John J. Mattison. i'm MI; OF SALK-Cash. Purchaser to pay V?jgi? extra for ull necessary papers. JAMES H. MCCONNELL, K Sheriff Anderson County, S. C. May 10, 1883_43_4_ K| ANDERSON ? CITY BASEBY. I BREAD and CAKES always on band. I Cakes made to order. FrahBods, I Lemon, Cream and Sweet Crackers, Candy, wm Confectioneries, Fruits and Nula. Deviled H Meats, Cross & Blackwell's Chow Chow. I Pickles, Groceries and Canned Goudai and mm Soaps. Basketi of every variety. >?ses. BR Cur? and Saucers, Chamber Sets and GlM* HH ware. Hammocks, Rubber. Mostert ana m Bose Balls. Novelties. Tobacco and j* m gars. Smoke my "Lady of the Loke -MI um excellent 5c. Segar. ^ ^ QREEN. May 10,1883 _--- | LAW PARTNERSHIP. THElpartnersbip for Uie Practice of Law between H. G. Scud day ?jJ"^~.?j B Simpson having been dissolved by mutual consent on tho 1st January, M ncrahip hos been formed between A. I ra Broyles and R. W. Bim won. under tao styli of BROYLES <fe SIMPSON. B All businera entrusted to the!MB?!?ii? ? 8th Judicial District will be promptly g I tend1iMri,"0rFICE^9TWBR0YL?S I new building. R.* w. SIMPSON. ? May 24, 1883 _Jg_.I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINAS g ANOKBSOM COUNTY. By TAcs. C. Ligo,,, Jwlge oj Probate j WHEREAS, Richard RpWwg^} applied to mo to grant Wm 1 administration on the Estate of J?m | Robinson, deceased. . _,imon These are therefore to ?tea nj ouii lah all kindred and ?^toT^ andsF James Robinson, deceased, to oe an r pear before mein Court of KT held at Anderson Couti House, tho 0th day of Jane, 1883, aiter i licatlon herooi, to abow cause, j on>hoUia hewe, why theiald^ministrationHiio not bo granted, t. G^on undor ruy ? tbt. 23rd day ?^^vgg^ j. P. May 23, 1888 g&j_. GEORGE E. MOB, ! ATTORNEY and 60UNSEU.0R AT ??. ANDERSON, S. ft in Centennial Building. Aug 17, 1882_-^ TEA. . T KEEP the best Young Hy?Y ?5 I rial. Gun Powder, Oorong ana ??s by Break nut Tea to be he*L J^wEBS. March 15,1885 Spring of 1B83. 1AM now woelTlng ?^i^^Vs? Prints, and otfcergorA iwjj9^, ol trade. iTfcw T?&?&Jttfr& Blankets yet to sell at cost, cbwi? portonlty to ihow them to jot.,w nothing for showing goods.^ March 15, 1884 85