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&\x?tw\\ gntriBfltiwr. E. B. MURKAY, Kill tor. THURSDAY, JULY'll), 188.!. TERMS i ONE YEAH.?1.?0. SIX MONTHS. Wv. Two nulli.i '. If not |>ul<l in advance. It is definitely announced that thc Asiatic choient, which luis been prevail ing to an alarming extent in Egypt for six weeks or two months past, has reach ed London. The Knglish government has ticen reckless of danger from this Bource in refusing to quarantine vessels from thc infected port.?. It is now stated tnat a rigid quarantine will be maintain ed, and the uttermost precautions t *^n to avert the terrible plague. If cholera becomes epidemic in England, it will be almost impossible to prevent its intro duction in (ho principal cities of Amer ica and thc Cnntineut, and from them there is ni telling where it may spread. It will be dtdicult lo quarantine tuc Eng lish shipping. .Such ;i quarantine would damage American commerce seriously, for thanks to the tariff oil foreign built ships, the great bulk of vessels carrying Anicricau trade are owned in England. We trust thc spread of this, terribie dis ease may bc stopped and thc misfortunes incident to it averted. TIIK COLVMItIA lt ICG (KT Kit AM* I ill. EDGKFIEI.I) ADVERTISER The Columbia Iteuutrr criticises Sena tor Huller of this State for indefinitely pairing with Senator Don. Camelon, of Pennsylvania, in order to permit bim to take au extensivo trip through Europe. The P jgelield Ailveriiterdefends General Butler, and our contemporaries are hav ing hot words overthe controversy. This is, perhaps, due to the extremely irritating effect of long continued hoi and dry weather, for we cnn perceive no reason why such a matter ns this cannot be amicably discussed. The facts are, tbnt Senators Ilutler and Don. Cameron ure waru personal friends. Cameron's In* fl ue:ice tecurcd (Jen. Butler bis seat in the Senate instead of Corbin in 1877. It is a custom, sanctioned by thc rules of the Senate, for Senators of different po litical opinions to pair on all political questions with it Senator who cannot be present. Il hus Lau repeatedly done, at the request beth of Democratic and He publican Senators. Senator Butler has done nothing unusual or disadvantageous to his party. Under his pair with Cam eron he cannot voto upon political ques tions while Cameron is absent. Cleo. Butler, however, can debate any question before the Senute, and vote1 upon all questions of legislation which arc not of a political nature. It Bcems to UH, there fore, that Gen. Buller has lost nothing for himself, bis State, or his party, by thia agreement, and should not be cen sured therefor. In fact we wish some Democrat would pair with Senators Ed munds, Frye, Logan, Hoar, Dawes, Sher man, and some half-dozen other Repub lican Senators, and send them od' for un indefinito period. THE ur rr II LI CAN PROGRAMME. The Pennsylvania Republicans have sounded the key-noto of tho Presidential canvass for nezt year on behalf of the Republican party. In their platform they make tho following demands : First-Wo unqualifiedly approve aud demand tbs continuance of that system of protection to home industry which ht? proved itself to bo the basis of national independence. *?**?*<* Secjnd-That any surplus in ibo pub lic Treasury arising from a redundant revenue should, after paying the nation al debt as fast as its conditions permit, be distributed from time to time to the several StateB upon the basis of popula tion to relieve thom from the burdens of local taxation, and provide menus for the education of their people. Moro significance attaches to these utterances than lo an ordinary platform, of even so large and influential a State as Pennsylvania, from the fact that the sentiments there expressed are endorsed by the leading Republican papers and politicians throughout the Union, and it it is even asserted that they wero sub mitted to and approved by President Arthur himself. It is a shrewd and plausible dovico to avoid tho growing dis content at the impositions placed upon the people by the operations of the high tariff. There are several objections, however, to the proposition. In the first pince, it Is intended to rob the people by high protective duties in order to raise an excess of revenue, in order to help educate the children of tho various States. This is a very expensive mode of conferring a blessing. It will be re membered that the tariff is only collected on - vticlcn imported from foreign coun tries, but thc manufacturers of the same disses of articles here add to their prices enough to make the American article sell just as near the price of the foreign artiole, with tariff added, as the quality of our manufacturo will permit. It will be r.ecn, therefore, that the only men who pay taxes to the government under tho tariff are those who purchase import ed articles. Tba balance of our citizens, however, pay a useless tributo, which docs not go to the government, but is pocketed by tho American manufacturer. By far the greater portion of clothing, hats, shoes, rico, iron, agricultural im plements, oils, and similar articles that our people buy are made In America ; theroforo, by for the greater part of this increased tribute goes to enrich private ; people. It would not be over the mark tri say that where the government collects o*>e dollar for tariff, the A ni ci can man ufactur?^ collects three ia consequence of ii. The Republican idea, therefore, ii to r?h, hy high tariff duties, the people of 'inormouo Bums~niany millions of &9Rfj3ollar& o year-and practically to divido the results of this robbery in the propor tion of one dollar to the. government And three dollars to the favored manu facturer. ; Kow, the beH that cao be claimed for this plan of eduction proposed by the Pennsylvania Republicans is that a man is to beaven one dollar V worth of edu. ?&lion and government to lot tho work of education ?lone than to go about it in this way. This, however, is not the only objec tion to this ?dca. Instead of dividing the surplus for education in Ibo ratio of illiteracy, they propose to divide it iu proportion to population. This will give to thc older States a decided advan tage. If thc policy is to he adopted, il wu-i he on thc ground that it is the duty of thc government to educate the masse-. ; and il this is the ground then tito fund ought to be distributed according to the woik to he done hy it, which is in pro portion to thc amount of illiteracy in each State. In the next place, the objection to this plan is, that it encourages extravagance in the administration of the government, 'l here will never he any considerable surplus revenue, for Congress will always manage to spend whatever motleys are collected from thc people. If tiny can ?lo it in no other way, they will continue the river and harbor extravagance Milli cicillly to take up the money, and have little or nothing for the the work ot'edu cation. Still another objection to the pian, us announced by sonic of thc leading Re publican papers i-, that they propose selecting the teachers by officers of the general government, which would greatly increase the host of Federal oliicers, and to a proportionate degree the expenses of the general government, it would also convert our school system into a force of centralization. <Jur teachers would become politicians, and LL retain ed or dismissed according to the success or defeat of the political patty to which they belonged. If it is desired lo help education, the government should do it by tlie gilt of public lands to the States for educational purposes, mid not by taxation. There should be no Federal regulation of thc schools, but the whole business should he left with the States, so far as applying the proceeds of thc sale of the public ?ands and regulating thc schools. This feature of thc Repub lican programme is a deceptive, plausible and dangerous one, whose evils should be fully and clearly demonstrated to the peonle, in order that they may not bo misled by its delusive promises. KANU A LIAS POSITION. The Philadelphia '/'intet, which is a Randall organ, says in a recent issue : Ex-Speaker Randall was in the city yesterday, his face aglow with tho fresh ness of country heulth. In answer to the suggestion of a New York journal that he was a candidate for President and might go out of the contest for Spenker to enter tim Presidential race, the ex-Speaker answered good-humoredly but with unmistakable emphasis: "I um a Democrat and nothing else. My narnu will go before the Democratic caucus for Speaker, and I know enough to feel certain that I will be its nominee for that office. If there shall bc any bolt, it will iud be by any friend of mine, and all statements to the contrary tire entirely without warrant. I am not a candidate, directly or remotely, for any other office than" that of Speaker. That's all I have to say." And with a ?deasant smile and a polite bow, the ex (prukpr passed on. This settles the unreasonable abuse which lins been uttered against Mr. Ran dall, and shows that he is, ns the IXTF.L LIQEKCEB hos always contended, a truo Democrat and n valuable member of the party. Ho will not bolt, and will not permit his friends to holt, tho Democratic caucus. The fight for the Speakership lias lo be made in the caucus, and thnso who are allowing their zenl to carry them into a personal abu^o of Mr. Randall make a great '?niatake. The injustice which they are doing him will surely re act in bis favor. Hu is a pure tuan per sonally, and a thorough Democrat in his fidelity to tho party. Any charges to the contrary will only strengthen Mr. Randall, for they will be shown to be incorrect, which will produce a reac tionary sympathy for the ex-Speaker. The real objection to Mr. Randall, and in our mind it is n fatal objection at thia t'rne, i? ?bathe ia net in sympathy with, but in direct antagonism to, his pnrty upon the turill question, winch will cer tainly bc an important issue in the next canvass. If Mr. Randall is elected Speaker by the Democratic House of Representatives, then it seems to us thal tho real strength of the fight for tariff reform will be lost to the Democratic party. It will not do to make platforms and yet put men of hostile views in offices wbe;e tho promises of those plat forms art to be performed. The country expects the parly which champions revenue reforms to put none but revenue reformers in thc offices which hnve power in regulating the revenues. The Speak ership is fiich an office. Mr. Randall is not a revenue reformer, so far as the tariff is concerned. He voted for the present ta ri ll' law, which is to be the object of criticism and attack by tho Democratic party. Therefore hu would bu a most unfortunate selection for the Speakership in the next Congress. This is our ground of opposition to Mr. Randall, and not that be is no Dem ocrat, as some of our contemporaries contend. It U as unreasonable to say that he ia no Democrat ns it would bo to say (bat John C. Calhoun or Andrew Jackson were not Democrats because the one was tho father of nullification and the other ils moat resolute antagonist. Both were fully recognized Democrats, and yet no man who favored nullification could have voted in a Democratic Con vention to nominate Jackson for a prom inent office without stultifying himself, nor could any Democrat opposed to nullification have voted for Mr. Calhoun without the aame result. And yet when the nullification home was settled any Democrat might have voted for either of these-distinguished mon without any inconsistency. Mr. Randall is at this time io a similar position. He differs from the mass of his party on tho tariff. This does not make him a Republican, but no Democrat who favors tariff re vision can consisten Hy voto for him now. When the tariff bas been adjusted hin abilities and his services to the party will undoubtedly be rewarded. Until then the national party ought not to put bim in any position in which he contd influen?a tariff legislation. The extent of ou ^opposition to Hr. Randall ls that he ought n0?J^^y^^L?^',?6r him for Speaker placed on tl?e proper grounds, as we believe tbe party would bc strengthened ?ti its opposition to the hi^h turill policy of tho Republicans hy such a contest; and we believe Mr. Randall's defeat for Speaker could be more cortainly and more agreeably ac? complishcd l>y KA 2 lll.lt ASTONISH IN?. Tin Xi a < -inl (burier conclude* un editorial in opposition to the nomination of the Tilden-](eudricks ticket by ibu Democrats next year with this extreme language : ' In fact we doubt if anybody who bas been named in connection with Hie norn illation is ns objectionable to them, un ie-- it be lieu Duller. And ibero are many Democrats, oven in the South, who, il compelled 13 ellOOSC between thc dreadful alternatives of lintier and 'J il den, would ?'refer thc brusque und man ly rogue who stole tile Southern spoons." ThU is d ut bl los- :t startling statement lo many of our people, and as enquiries ar<- the order ol the day wo would really ; !.. undci obligations if our contemporary will furnish us the names of as many Southern Democrats us it can name who prefer Ruller lo Mr. Tilden. If tho list is too long to publish all, will it kindly II.une a do/en orso of llic most promi nent Democrats of that way of thinking down .South ? it would really bo a pub lie service lo have these mon named, for they would be ll.c safed set of follow* for the Democratic parly to relegate <o political obscurity that eau be found in our ranks. There is no widespread an tipathy t" Mr. Tilden in the South, that wc ure aivaro of, which would prevent our people from supporting the old ticket with enthusiasm. Mr. Tilden is not personally a favorite with the South, but his life has hoon au upright, honora ble one, which would enable us lo sup port him for 1'resident without tho lons of sell-respect. Can as much he said for lien Huller? lu our opinion tho old ticket, Upon B good platform, would be easily elected tiex' year, if Mr. Tilden's health is such as to give confidence in his ability lu exercise thu duties of the 1'resideucy. He waa cheated out of tho ollicc eight years ago hy thc lack of nerve on tho part of a Democratic House of Representatives, and although he luis been severely criticised for not asserting his rights, we think he acted with be coming self respect when he declined to make his personal clniniH s maller of contention, whore the party that elected him proposed to arbitrale their interest in the matter. Thorn are other men that we would prefer for President over Mr. Tilden, but wc like fair play, and so far as we know there is no good reason why he should not receive the Southern, but the Northern and Western vote also, for thu Presidency next year. Ho made an excellent Governor of New York, and possesses the confidence of all clements of tho people of his Slate. If the t\ews and Courier knows anything that would make Mr. Tilden au unworthy candidate, now ts the time to speak. Dur people, in this instance, will want facts ami not mere denunciation. The "Old Ticket" Movement. i Thc New York Timm has made a gen uine political hit by thu uti hut formal notification hy Mr. Tilden himself that, notwithstanding all that Mr. Henry Watterson and other interviewers have asserted lo thc contrary, he is prepared in due lime to accept a renomination to thc Presidency, and thul a number of i friends, of whoso movements ho is con stantly informed, are engaged in nu effort j to secure that nomination. The author ity for this statement, it seems, is "an intimate friend who occupies a position in Mr. Tildcu's circle so confidential and so closo that his averments may betaken as substantially those of Mr. Tilden him self." It is an open secret that tho author of tho 7Hine#' statement is Mr. Andrew H. Green ; that the statement was prepared umler thc eye aud super vision of Mr. Tilden himself, and that it was published in a leading Republican paper simply becauso there is no Demo cratic iournnl just now ir. the City of New York with which Mr. Tilden is on friendly terms. Tho authorship of tho document thus being inferentially estab lished it is needless to dwell on the im portance of tho following declaration of the "intimate friend:" Being asked by the correspondent when he had seen Kir. Tilden, thc gen tleman responded Wednesday last, and declared that be was, without qualifica tion, advised ot Mr. Tilden's views and purposes regarding Iiis renomination for tho Presidency. According to Mr. Til den's friend, that gentleman "views his public cureer us a matter so absolutely in the control of the public decision that bo will tacitly abide the event of a re nomination." In regard to the idea of an excessive strain upon bis physical condition, Mr. Tilden "has been fully prepared for any contingency of this kind, not merely by bis rapid restoration to benltb and vigor, but by its changed relations to such a. campaign should it occur." That Mr. Tilden will respond in the affirmative to a proper demand by the party for his leadership his friend says "thero ?H not a partido of doubt." It is also bis positive conviction that "the time, the opportunity and the ne cessity for Mr. Tilden'? identity with a movement for a renomination nf th? ticket which was elected by the people, but denied by their tribunes in 1870, is now nt hand." The recent course of Mr. Hendricks has, perhaps, given this idea more positive vitality than it seemed to have a few months ago, "and Mr. Tilden btu certainly recognized the sig nificance of Mr. Hendricks' changed pial*?, compelling bim, ns it does, "to face a responsibility now which be has heretofore been relieved of by Hendricks' refusal to run." "It would be impossi ble," says Mr. Tilden's friend, "for that gentleman nt this time to stand in the way of a general or orgauized demand fur a historic vindication of the great wrong and injustice perpetrated by the installation of Hayes as President." In short, "Mr. Tilden is not a candidato ; this is absolute ; but it is equally absolute that if a demand should arise spontane ously, and the convention should renom inate bim, be will not repeat the person al plea presented in his great letter to the Cincinnati Convention declining the nomination." The ball is not set in motion by Mr. Tilden or bis friends, but "Mr. Hendricks has at last arisen to a sense of the true Democratic issue, and the movement must be worked out in this way." Mr. Tilden "will have go bu reau, nor accredited staff, and will make no personal effort whatever in the co-o ing campaign." Mr. Tilden, according to his friend, does uot regard the legitimate duties of the Presidential office as so arduous. As to the present Obief Magistrate, Mr Tilden "is inclined to think that his labor is in a large degree gastronomie and the strain ia mostly on his waist hands." ' "A practical business adminis tration from the highest and mott intel ligent ?tandpoint-and this would cer tainly be Hr. Tilden's aim-would present an executive almost as passive aa the. great seat of England." Having 3oe regari} to the concurrent juri-nliction of the 'egislative and judicial depart ments, hi^ policy and hi-? acts would 1'?; (ar mure acceptable to the country, if stable, restrained and conservative, than il he had a turmoil of passionate ami healed partisanship. In answer lo the | question, "IM not Mr. Tilden toi? old to properly administer thc ollie? ?d' I'n-i ?lent'.'" his friemi said: "Ho is old enough to appreciate wise counsel, and j wise enough indirect a judicious admin i istrntiou. ll?- is tin years younger than Thiers waa ns a Blutesman, O'Couor as the leader of the har, Bancroft as a his I toriau, Judge Black ai a jurist, or Fred. ' S. Winston as the master of the greatest ! financial institution in the world." . Mr. Tilden's friend does not attach any importance lo Mr. Kelly's oppo-i- ? lion, hut predict-; that Kelly will "?ie; t?ie foremost and the most earnest in ! supp? rt of thu 'old ticket' " in ?lue time. Ileail Disease, ?ir the Lastl .' L'OI.IWIIIIA, .Inly Ul.-A statement having reached Col. Lipscomb, .Superin tendent ol tiie I'cniicntiary, that the convict Gurdon, who dropped ?lead nt (nen Hill plantation yesterday, had been whipped to death, the coroner was no:died and n jury summoned mid un in ?picrt held tili? morning. I was present at the inquest ami look ?loi\n the. evi dence verbatim for the AV tra and Courier, bul since the rendering of thc verdict deem it unnecessary lo forward it. The testimony developed the fact that Gor don was ttl all external appia ranees a strong, healthy mini, and was engaged with other convicts in thc fields of Mr. .John C. Seegers, u large planter who works both Ihg Lake ami tireen Hill plantations on the Congaree Uiver. The convict entered li.e field with other hands about sunrise on thc morning of his dentil, ami for not keeping np with the other hands he was strapped in thu open iichl und warned that if he did not keep up with the other hands that the Ihjgging (live lushes; would bo repealed. Ile did not improve, und thc doubledo.se wu*, administered by Henry ilunong, a white manager of the plantation, ll was lesli Oed that the whipping was repeuteil three limes utter the first Hogging, and thut the manager also kicked bim, hut I lannug denies that he whipped him more than twice. At all events when another convict was called to assist Gor don lo the end of the row he was directed to hoe, it wns found that be was dent!. As above stated us soon as the news was brought lo Col. Lipscomb the coroner was notified and instituted the investiga tion. Dr. Frank tireen, who mude the iiu topty, this muming was sworn ami testi lieil us follows : ''I um a regular graduate of'medicine and duly registered with the clerk of court for Richland County. I this day performed an autopsy upon the body of William Gordon, late a convict hand on the plantation of Mr. John C. Seegers. Judging from general appear* unces (externall ihn body appeared to he well developed and of a man in Hound health. I found the heart enlarged und thc walls thereof thinner than normal, tho henri und pericardium adherent over the entire surface, the result of inflam mation of long standing. lu each cavity was formed lurge clots of fibrine, detach ed. It is my opinion that these clots, the larger of which were ill the left auri cle, were the immediate cause of death. I fourni evidences ol' severe but not ex cessive whipping. I do not consider tho mun to have been sound, ami believe that he may have been unnble to keep up with his work when ordered to do PO. Nothing short of nn exceedingly minute medical cxnminiitioti would have been sufficient ta decide positively that his condition was ?if u serious nnture. I further give as my belief that any over work, or excitement would have cnused death. From the nature of his diseuse death wns nt any time exceedingly prob able." The jury, which was au unusually in telligent one, after a few moments' delib eration, returned a verdict of death from heurt disease. .Mr. Seegers has for some years leased large numbers of convicts to work hil large plantations, und no charge of cru city bas ever come from that quartei before. The manager, Hanong, has beer on one or the other of the plantations ir the same capacity for three or four years Nt ir i al inn in Ireland. Alice M. Hark, writing to the Loudot Chronicle, of June 8, says: "As I have only just returned fron visiting, with my husband, Gweedon and tho other distressed districts o Donegal, I should be glad if you wouh allow mu to say a few words as to tbi actual condition of the peasants in thn part of Ireland. Lust year the poluti crop wus lost throughout the whole o Dont gal, uud to add to this disaster, fol lowimr us it did on ?our successive bat harvests, a terrible storm swept ove Donegal on October 1, unroofing an< levelling the cottages and sweeping a wu; tho whole of the oats and bay. Tb people thus found themselves obliged t< ff.ee tbe winter with no store of food fo their i aim i n s and Btock, and no seei potatoes for the lollowiugspring. Enor mous exertions have been made by Di Logue, the Bishop of Raphoe, aud hi clergy to find funds wherewith to fee? tho people and to buy seed-potatoes, am in these clio rta they have been aided b; the Society of Friends and by Mri Power Lalor. Owing to their exertion a great extent of Donegal hos been rc sown with potatoes, and up to the presen time tenant farmers and their familie havo been kept from actual starvatio by selling their slock nnd by rcceivin gifts of Indian meal. The funds in th hands of the clergy are. however, nearl exhausted, and how to keep off the fan ine till the newly-snwn p?talo crop hu been gathered is filling their minds' wit the gravest anxiety. 'For three years said the Bishop to ?B lust week, 'I hav been fighting tho famine, and now seems that at the moment of victory < if it would prevail.' In Gwcedore, ( which Capt. Hill has sent his bailiff t collect rents, the tenants are reduced t the lowest ebb of poverty. In an est?t every inch of which is either bog, rod or sand, some portion of the land hi been brought into a state of cultivatic by the untiring labor of the peasant The 'farms' in strips, often not mo than eight feet or ten feet wide, run fro the bog to the shore, and are being ye: by year encroached upon by the si sand ; others lying more inland ba been reclaimed from tho bog by years toil. Everything-building, drainin ditching-has been done by the te: ants unhelped. To stimulate indu try the rents on the property have bei raised from time to time from ?400 nearly ?1,200 a year, and to teach tl grim lesson of poverty, 12,000 acres mountain commonsge grazing, whit belonged to the tenants from time ir memorial, were some years ago taki from them without compensation, ai thus a people who once owned floe and herds,' and were proud of their ho pi tul ? ty to str?ngen?, nave been redua to a state of penury most pitiable to fa hold. Whilo Capt. Hill is pressing f rents, hundreds of hit wretched tenant are being kept from actual starvation 1 doles of. a pennyworth of meal a da and all tho children on the property a being fed by the gift of two biscuits ea? per diem. Poverty and misery such are now to be seen in G weed oro a enough to moke the most stony-heart weep. In one singlo-roomed cottage * entered a reversed tab and a board d doty for a table, and a broken iron pt containing stirabout, waa the sole COO ing utensil, the only article of furoita in the place belog tho wooden cradle, which the wretched mother rocked fa sew born baby. The father, in raga, w hoar planting o?t tho seed-potatoes jt given biqa. But it H not univ in Oweedore that thc peasants arc idarv?iig In Glencoluuib kill :?,*j'11 ? persons ure Liing fed by public charily out <>f n population ?d' -1,000, and throughout Donegal ilie distresses most acute about 14,000 persons requir ing food." Hie Tc wi; .-.bury Scandal. BOSTON, J M'y 1 ;- Brown, tur the j defend?, made bi-* clotting argument tn the Tewkesbury Aim-house case ibis \ morning. After the recess Governor Butler made his limit urgumeiil. lie j began by asking that none of his friends applaud him, saying be would take their ; plaudits lour months hence. Ile declar- j ed that lite institution ul lewksbury bad , been managed ou a wrong principle ?or twenty live year.*, because i'. was iii charge of one family all that time. He j then reviewed the testimony at great j length in his most caustic fashion. Ile ! produced the latitu d human -kins which \ had been exhibited before. "In the Satanic pros* this has been called a stu dent's freak," be said, "I call il thc Satanic press because Satan is the lather of lies. These pieces came from several tanneries ami il had got to he au industry. Shoes were made of these pauper.t' .skins and went on the feet of rich aristocrats, lu the Kreuch Revolu tion my lords' and my ladies' skins were tanned to make shoes and breeches lor pauperi. Let us look out timi our turn ilocs not come, for one side will liol stand skinning all thc time. Harvard's record diows that the tanned skin of a negro wa? in the library one hundred and fifty years ago as a curiosity, ami they have had il there ever since. It was time they were slopped. In ti.i* investigation, said he, all has been accomplished except thc ?ingle thing that I dare not speak of polit .al objects. I was accused of polit ical objects in this matter. How was 1 lo obtain them ? I?y doing my duty, I suppose; I don't know any other way. Is not that a good way lu accomplish political ends? I have thought it my duty to look out fur those that have no friends. None of these men vote. Why if I hail been looking for votes I could have had all tlie Marshes on my side in a wink, (rod has made me in ono way, i h at I must bc with the ender dog in thc light, and. upon the whole, I don't want lo change it l could." Tremendous applause mid confusion greeted the (Joveruor aa he concluded. Tom Thumb Breathes his Last. MintH.EBORO', MAS-;., duly 10. Charles Heywood Stratton, better known to the public ns (ten. Tom Thumb, died at his resilience here nt 8.30 o'clock this morning of apoplexy. Sun Spots and Storms. ROCHES'] KU. July 15.--The Democrat mid f'hroriirtr'tt observer of the sui: ...ays : To thc five groups ol'sun spots, which have exhibited intense action during tho patt week, two more have just been added by the sun's rotation. Thc s"<a storm which is jual coming into view covers u great area, silo wing very rapid Changes. Violent thin.tier storms ?iud tornadoes may bo expected this week in thc Northern Stales and Canada. - A Wulhulln mau has raised un Irish potato measuring eleven inches iu length und four inches in ci reu in fei euee. - On Thursday and Friday in Now York one hundred and eighteen children died of diseases caused by the heat in the tenement houses that are ill-ventila ted and without the sanitary requisites to preserve life. - A clerk in a grocery store Charleston, while carelessly bundling a pistol which he thought was not loaded, Bbota five year old colored boy in the back, iolieting a wound which will probably prove fatal. - A two-year old colored child was killed by n gun in the hands of a col ored boy seven years o!d in Chester County last Saturday. The jury of in quest agreed tbnt the slayer was too young to form any criminal design in his bloody deed. - The following gentlemen have given a thousand dollars euch to tho endow ment fund of Wofibrd College : George W. Williams, Esq., Charleston ; Hon. Simpson Bobo, Spartanburg ; Hon. 'jiles J. Patterson, Chester; Dr. H. Baer, Charleston : Mr. T. W. Standland, Summerville. - A young mun bearing the name of Johnston, bailing from Tippa County, Mississippi, passed through the Tugal?o section of our county on the 0th instant? passing counterfeit ten dollar ^o'.d pieces. He was going down Tugaloo River, crossing frequently from ono side to the other. Parties started in pursuit of him on Sunday.-K'eowce Courier. - On Saturday last Dr. W. B. Fewell of Ebenezer seined his fish poud and caught from it, in a very little while, forty German carp measuring from twelve to twenty-two -'ncbes in length. This pond was started two years ago and was made on land previously planted in cotton. Dr. Kewell is so encouraged by bis two years' experience that he mocked another pond with this "c-.tch."-Hock HUI Herald. - The Gaffney Qarolinan sys : "The peaches, tomatoes, okra, beans-much of I it-are first shipped from the South to the Eastern cities, sold for low prices, put up iu cans, sent back to us and sold for big prices. How much longer Will our people remain the victims of their own folly? Sell tomatoes at fifty cents a bushel and ship th JIU North or East and bring them back at fifteen cents a quart or ?4.80 a bushel." %*"Exnmple is better than precept. It is well known that dyspepsia, billions attacks, headache and many other ills can only be cured by removing their cause. Kidney-Wort has been proved to be the most effectual remedy for these, and for habitual costiveness, which so afflicts mill ions of tho American people. Notice to the Afflicted. -o DR. J? W. GURLEY, the founder and Physician in charge of the South ern Surgical Institute, Atlanta, Ga., who has made a specialty of diseases of the Eye, Bar and Throat and deformities of the body, will bo in Anderson on Tuesday next, the 24th of July inst., for the purpose of practicing his profession. Persons desiring to consult him will have an opportunity of doing so by calling on that day. _July 19. 1883_1 1 NOTJC?. Ornea or COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ANDERSON, S. C., July 17, 1883, NOTICE is hereby given that contracts for erecting SIGN POSTS at all im portant crossings and road-forks in Ander son County, rot already ,>osted, will be let al the next -.egular meeting of the Board of Coun?y Commissioners at Anderson C. H., August the 7th, 1883. Souled proposals at so much a post can bo nled with the Clerk of the Board at any time between this date and the 7th prox. No bid for less than one Township will be received. SPECIFICATIONS.-Posts to be sawed heart-either Pine or Post-Oak-to stand eight feet above and two feet under ground, charred and firmly packed. Sign-boards to be dressed Mart-nlno, one inch thick and two feet six inches long, covered with a strip two and one-half inches wide, painted three coats deep in white, lettering to be In black, plainly and neatly done, indica ting in figures the distances to the places named ; boards to be st i and firmly nailed inposts. ^ B- S. BAILEY, JOHN H. JONES, JOHN A. REIS Y ES, Board County Commissioners. Jniyia.uas j -. LOST ! \r,)( so ijUKI'MKIU) HITCH, six months ulil. Color rod, whit block tiiil-looks something Ilk?' Ked I'"1' A"Swc?totlK.|.uniulT?;N^I.' Anyone returning ber to the undersigned will oe rewarded. ( (. ci:NNIX0HAM. July Iii. 1.W? 1 . 1 FISH FOR SALE. I'I Ki: RKEDSCALE CARI?. (?n<- iiml two Inches lon-. }0c. each. Tin. - lind four inches. 20e. '..??. ll. . BROWNE. Anderson, S c. July Iii, ivki ' :: . XTOTirK FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator ol Hie Kstaleof Dr. F. Carpenter, decided, herehv gi vi? notice that he will apply to tin- Judge "I Probate lV?r Anderson ? ounty. ..n the 'Jl-t dav of August, 1883, lora Mimi Settlement of sithi Estate and dis'-' rgolruni his otliee us AdinlniMnitor. . . T. S. CARTENTEIt, Adm r. Jt-ly P-S J 1 n MARYLAND COLLEGE. M^i^'^? ?S ,.k oi iintru. t<irit, I?'ili in I'ollei!* aud frepara lurv.St livul Well-ordered t'hrisilan family K?V e ii'ni. nt. reim? ii.-l. ruo-. Thirty-third s.-yi..ii I.. .-. i t lili.l" ! I ..r i ?taloj;!.,., ,v,-. a.ldi.-:i K. v J. T WARU. ITwiil-iil. or Mia? I. A ? ?V\ INo.-. I'r< iv i ' ..> -. . IVfstmin.iler, Md. I-i THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, VO?STY OF ASDKRSOX. i ?ll UT Ol?' COMMON Pl. 12AH, Murilla I M.'HT wife ol Win. Me??ff. M. C. WU.;* ini l A M Wile?, PlaintiH?; attains! Ham.ali Hali. Catherin? V Tujker, wife itt A. IV?'"'-.[. Margaret ll Wile*. Jam.-; . . M Wile*, .1. A. Wilw Willi? T. )\ Ilea, Jftniea Mil,??. Wm MtGe?, Vant?? M. 1 llarksdale, Kiidv*1 Itatkmlalf, I'haiIf? ft\ llarkadale, hair rf nee i Hurl.Anni* .1. Hurt..ti and M-miiel M. Hall. PfiflldaillS.-*K?I?II<I?? /'il Rrllrf-(\iin ?Joint tfJ Stri'l. , l" ii .- pfffiidanK llaunah Hail, Catherine. I.. Tueker triff ol .1 I'. Tucker, Margaret ll. Wile?, itu.rs I. Wile?. David ll WI IM, .Ifs?? A/W Hf?, Willi* T. Will?, Wm. Miiii-.-. .lanie* Mri Sw, Vaiii-ey M. I Harksdale, Linly l". Itarksdalf, (iiarU- W. Harksdale, l.:i? r. MIT C. Bur tim, An ni.- .1. Iluriun and Lemuel M. Hall : Yul ar? hereby summoned and required to an swer the complaint In tlii* action, whleli I* aiiil in il?' office nf th? Clerk o? Hie ?'<-art of Cu.mi..ti i'li-a.* LT Ati'l'THiin i'mi ii ty, and n> serve a cunv of your answer to the ?aid eoiii|ilaiut ..ti the nuiii?ilhera al their olllce, AtideraimC.il., s i' within lweniy day<i after ?he afrvlce hereof, exclusive ut Un-dav ..I such ?erriet*; and it jun r-.iii i>* ans-wer the complain! within In? lime nf..:.-Hld. Iii? pliifittitlV i'l tlih B5I?OII aili apply IO the Court ).>r the relief demanded lu ihe com plaint. Dated May 2S, A. ll I8s3. IIKUYI.ES A MMl'SiiN, 1'lalntiltV Attorneya. ,Sz.\L.?.liihti W. I?aiiii'U. CC. I'. Tn Hm Defendaiita .las. McGee and Wm. McGee: Take nuilee thal Ihc summons in thi-> anion, of a-li ich the foreitolni; I? a ropy, was filed lu th? office of tin- i h i k of tin- ('nun i>f rommun I'lras, at Anderson C. ll. County of Anderson, In the State of South Carolina, on the 2nd day ol June, l3>:;. UKO Y LES A SIMPSON, I'laintinV Attorneys, Anderson, s. c. July it?, i$*a i Millinery and Fancy Goods AT COST Tor thc next Thirty Days. ALAItOK and well-assorted ?tock from wli'n h to select something (hal will please you, and at such ligures that none can coiupluin. Weare determined to re duce our present stock. The Ladies are invited to call and select for themselves. MISSES CAltLISI.K .v I'KOI'LKS. .Mme 'JS. iss:; .".-i THE ANDERSON MILITARY SCHOOL, ANDERSON, S. C., "VITII.I. benin ita exercises on MONDAY, Y V SEPTEMBER 17. 1883. in the hu i Ill ings of the Carolina Collegiate Institute. Thc scholastic year will he divided into two sessions. The lirst session will end Feb. I, 1HSI. and the second will end .lime 18, 1S8-L The following isles will he charged per session : First Class.$ 0 CK? Second Class. Iii 00 Third Class. 1ft oo Fourth Class. IK On Contingent Fee. 50 l'rof. II. (J. ItEcn will have charge of tho Boarding House, and will he able to hoard about sixty students nt $10.00 per month. A Circular will he bumed soon giving fuller information. For the- present ad dress. W. J. LIGON, ) " . . , H. C.. REED, j 1 'Indpals. July 12, lii?i? _ 52 .Int THI-: STANDARD ORGAN IF there isa single one of the two hun dred''Standard" Organs, made hv l'e louhet A Co., which has been in constant use for thc lust seven years that is not j;iv iiiK satisfaction, please let us hear from it There ure live ot' these Organs in Auder son County to one of any other make. If | that is not BUfOcicnt evidence of their supe riority, then the judgment of the people i wrong. Extracts l?'roui Letters Received. NEVA P. O. J. A. Daniels: The "Standard"' Organ I bought from you is the sweetest toned, best finished, and most substantial orpin I evnr saw. (Signed) K. w. ANDERSON. MoPFATTSVILhR P. O. J. A. Daniels : The "Standard" Organ I bought from you takes the day in my neighborhood. It is superior to anv otlu (aiKn<^) L. E. CRAFT. Afler carefully comparing the tone, finish and workmanship of the "Standard" Or- < gan, side by side with other celebrated1 make of Orenns, I have no hesitancy in ' saying the "Standard" pleases me the best It is giving satisfaction. (Signed) W. G. SMITH, Conductor C. &. G. ll. R. Call and seo seventeen other written tes timonials. I buy these Organs io lota of five ?it a time, directly from the Factory, (not from other agents,) for cash, giving the profits the middle men make on sub-agents to mv customers. Hence, I sell tho best Organ made for the least money, (according to the judgment of the people "who have bought and used them.) ? Test ono by paying fifi cash, and the balance in November. A. DANIELS. cjHE CREAT CUPC , IjUOMva ,uviS% MrwsuT i 1 J}.?Xmxi*** ??a aystctu of tho aorta SL . 2 ^5?^ 1iSPD ?* DCT. ROU? BT DatcCBT?. ? ? SBS^SSsw222?a^^?^5 * T?aSSlMS RICH, RARE i RACYT TURNIP SEED ! TURNIP SEED,! Gi ROW Faster! Grow ??{.'Ker! Kui Getter! Look Detter ! r H. : Top, White Flal Dutch, Aberdeen \\ hltc ?lube, Rut? Bain, YcEni . Whit.- Norfolk, Yellow th^l^ White, Egg YeTlowllriLtu. The Freshest and Purest Turnip Seed ar.- for sale by O It IC & SLOA^f**** I* s ii,.; a PRIKT .1 Alt full. _. ORR& 8UOAM. c o T rr o iv a-1N s i THE COTTON BLOOM COTTON GIN iTiOlt Lightness of Draft, quality or Uni turned .?ut. and Durabilltv , j passed, if equalled. "iy. cannot be The Klr.lioimry It?'?lrr. a new invention tor straightening the lin? lng ont the sand and trash, is now itttHchsd to these (??nH without extra eher'e The Saws ol Ibis Gin ure seen rely fixed . m thc steel shaft with a soiii. i that a damaged saw eau In- replaced ul the gin-house. rew M-natl Wo are also sole Agents for (il I.LETT NTKKL BRUSH and ir*. COTTON ?E??. All our Gins are manufactured hy the Standard M^ht*11 of Mystic River. Conn. ?wninetyi Write us for prices, terms, ?V.c., or call and examine stock on hand 'and bo <v, . of what we say, that our Gins, as now improved, stand FIRST IN THE L?3T Agents for the Best Cotton Presses in the Market SORGHTOI^??mNERY. Cane Mills and Evaporators for Jaie ENGINES, SAW MILLS, &C. Ruhher and Leather Belting, Packing, Lace Leather, June 28, 1883 SULLIVAN tc BRO HEADQUARTERS! THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEN BY contract in writing with the Manufacturers, we are tho only authorized Agenti j the Counties of Anderson, Abbeville and Oconee for the sale of- ] DANIEL PRATT'S REVOLVING HEAD GINS. FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS. We guarantee to sell at Manufacturers' prices, and will give perfect sausUctkmI ask for no pay. Afore Pratt ff ian hare Ifen *n,'d in our territory in the l>ut fire, years than all of? l inds combined. ?Sf TERMS EASY. Send for Circulars. McCULdLY & TAYLOR, Anderson, S. C. June 21,1883 49 Tremendous Low Prices I MEAN WHAT I SAY. POSITIVE SALE MY STOCK TS NOW TOO LARGE, and in order to REDUCK I offer to thepo lie a LARGE and WELL ASSORTED stock of Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing, Hats. COME TO SEE US AND YOU WILL SAVE M0NEY| 1 WANT MONEY, AND HAVE THROWN UPON MY COUNTERS Twenty Thousand Dollars Worth of Seasonable Good WHICH 1 OFFER AT A SACRIFICE. ?$r- Keep this on the brain when you leave home. Balance of Kea?y Made Clothing at Actual First Cost JW- Your presence is respectfully solicited June 14, 1883 48 A. LESSER. "Wait for the wagon, the good old wagon? And we will all take a ride." inst ft m .nd BAKER/' both of which we have exclusive sale for in this Section of com right along, huy your Wagons from us, and also all of your other Goods i as DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, SHOES, HATS, YANKEE NOTIONS, And all Goods gonerally wanton1 in this market, and we will do you RIGHI ,t to buy all thc Colton nisdein.^ RiinoBR HEi/riwo, bain?*. - i ply. . i Respectfully, BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWEU 7 AU i r* June ll, 1883 TAKE NOTICE. TJA VINO RECENTLY ENLARGED MY STOKE. I am now betleyprgjjjj flrtruu t?m.an?fact?i? nU k,nds of work ??ade of Sheet Copper, Tin, &c. uooas in stock and for sale CHEAP: The Times and Charter Oak Cook Stoves, JJ?? Best Improved Gcffee Poti . . Jbe Only Steam Fruit Dryer lu the market, Mud Fm". The Only Successful Peaun Parer-wi" Plv Traps, Agate Iron Ware, Tinware lu Abundance. HIDES. BEESWAX AND RACS BOUGHT FOR THE CASH. Roofing and Guttering Done at the Shortest Notice June 14,1KA3 T_J. ?EC. ? . 48? - ...