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Et B. MUKRA Y, Editor. THURSDAY, AUGUST If.s.J. TERMS : uNE YEAR.?1.80. SIX MONTHS. 7?c. Two Wollun? If not paid In advance. Tho Rosto? Post says: "In conversa tion with a gentleman on the Fall River boat, Sunday night, Senator Hampton emphatically repudiated that interview, (the interview in tho Philadelphia /Vw,) and claimed that most of it- statements were thc interviewers own inventions." It is now in order for some enterprising journal to interview Senator Hampton and find out what he does think about the tariff. Our representatives arc being called to account upon it, and wc see no reason why our Senator's views should not bc equally interesting. Hvory Sena tor and Congressman should be invited to cxpreos his views fully and plainly ot' ?his vital iesuc. Wc publish on another page a letter of Tom Hamilton, one of thc most intelli gent and prosperous colored men ?tl thc State, to his race upon thc present polit ical situation. Thc letter is sensible aud conservative, being from his stand point unanswerable. It abounds in plain truths, which thc colored people would do well to both consider and heed. They should all read it ami think about the truth that they owe Republicanism nothing. Until tey 1? ?rn this the colored mun will ne cr have any politi cal influence in tl c. United States-ho will continue to he the willing ami stu pid tool of artful and unscrupulous poli ticians, The announcement by the Newberry Obnerver upon "good authority" that while Senator Hampton would prefer to retire to private life, "so that he could devote mort lime lo his private business, yet w hile the people want his services lit is at their command" is taken as an in dication that Senator Hampton is willing lo he his own successor in the Senate. This is all nonsense. Il Governor Hampton wonts to be re-elected to thc Senate he ought lo come out like a man nnd say HO, but if ho really hus privnte business that it would better promote bis interests to attend to, let him stand aside and permit some of tho equally able and patriotic men in our State to enter the race for the Senntorship. The people ol our State honor Ilnmpton, and doubtless as long as he wants to be Senator and represents the sentiment of the people, he tan continue in the Senate, but wo thiuz thc people like bim too well to lbrco him to neglect his private affairs to represent them in tho Senate. This style of political dactylics will not serve Senator Hampton in this case, for he is not a better Senator than Judge Wallace, Col. Sim >nton, Gov. Thompson or Judge Kershaw, or a dozen other men in tho State would make, and there is no reason why the State should force him to mako a sacrifice to serve her. Lot us have no moro of this gush. If tiie Senator wants to continue in the Senate bo can bo re elected without opposition, but if be docs not, then we aro in favor of reliev ing him and sending Judge Wallace, or some other good man lo take his place. CHICAGO AND ClIAItLESTON. Chicago ns a town was fifty years old on Friday. She started business as a corporate entity with a population of three hundred and fifty souls and one hundred and fifty frame houses. Her frame houses have given place to palaces of marble, granite and brick; her popu lation i? over half n million, and her resources practically unlimited. Tho world does not show auother instance of any such rapid progress in all tho ele ments that go to constitute a groat me tropolis. Charleston was ono hundred years old on last Monday, and yet she bas not attained one-tenth tho growth of her younger sister on the lakes. In a posi tion to command a large portion of the trade of the South, Bhe has attracted very little of it, and of late has allowed a considerable territory to slip from her grasp without making any special efforts to retain it. Charleston, however, has been impeded by slavery before the war, and misgovernment and corruption to a ruinous degree uiuce the war, until re cently. Bhe now haa an excellent city government, and has begun to develope her resources in manufacturing. If she could only obtain a little more Yankee push in bu??u?es, and look after her railroad connections before her opportu nities pass from her, she would soon be came the Queen City of tho South. We would like to seo old Charleston the leading commercial port of the South Atlantic, but to become such abo oug' 1 to look more carefully into her railrt possibilit??. She esghi to take enougo interest in the Savannah Valley, the Greenwood & Spartanburg and the C., C. G. & C. railroads to ensure at lensUhcir construction from Pickens, Spartanburg, Anderson, Laurens, Abbeville and Edge? field to Aiken. These roads could be constructed at a very reasonable sum, and Charleston ought to contribute towards it herself, and induce the South Carolina road to do so likewise. By this means she could rccla'm the trade of upper [.Carolina. If Bhe does not do so other communities will, and in less than five years she will be almost shut out of the little trade that Is now left from these parts of the State. A little of Chicago's public spirit and enterprise would rejuvenate our "City by the Sea'' to a wonderful extent. - The Spartanburg Spartan says: . "The condition of half the farmers of our county ia truly pitiable. In the burnt sections thero are hundreds of acres of corn that will not make a bushel to the acre. The uplands are cut off even in the neighborhoods favored with rain. Many fields of cotton are not six inches high and the growth ceased caveral weeks ago. The present outlook indi* 'cates only two-thirds of a cotton crop, even if rain should fall this week and the balance of the year be favorable for ma turing and gathering the crops. Should rain bold off two weeks longer it is prob able that the crop? wiU not reach half of last year's yield. It is too early, howev er, to estimate tba cotton crop, for it nearly always deceives one. One thing is certain, though, and that h many of our farmers are suffering from the eever est drnn^ht. that has visited the county ?inca 1845." THE LAST OF A GK KAT IIOTF.I,. Destruction hy Fire nf Iii? Kliiihiill HoilHI', Atlanta. ATLANTA, August 12.-Thc Kimball House was discovered un lire this morn ing nt G o'clock, and thc Hames sonn getting beyond control, Mr. Scoville, thc proprietor, ordered thc guest? to be awakened. Thc guards went through the hallways breaking open the door-, where necessary to insure thc safely of thc guests. Thc lire having originated in the rear of the building was favorable to thc escape ol all. Within twenty minutes the hotel was emptied of its guests and within one hour the structure was razed to thc ground. Thc hotel was built hy il. I. Kimball and owned by Hubert Toombs, John Hice, .Jo,cpu V. Thompson and others. It cost $000,000 ?ind the furniture was valued ai $125,000, insurance only $80, OOO, scattered among many companies, thc names of which cannot be ascertained owing to the absence from th?- city ill parlies who are informed thereon. The l?ate City National Hank, Ilaralson & Uro., tobacconists, .lohn IL Daniel, drug gist, and others are among the losers, 'ibo total loss is <i million dollars and thc insurance is not over $200,000. Thc lire is claimed hy Mr. Culbertson, agent of the company, lo be of incendi ary origin, lu the vaults of thc Gate City Bank were hall it million dollar-, and ?Ls safety is yet :i matter ol doubt. Thc HUtory ot iii?' liiiiiliall. Among the men who gathered to sec thc house full under the Hames was Mr. J. C\ Kimball. < Lie ot the CouttUution young men asked him to give him lh< history ol' thc building. Mr. Kimball said : "After ll. I. Kimball had completed thc capitol and had practically settled thc matter ol' thc location of the capitol in Atlanta he saw that the next demand would he lor a good hotel and he decided to build it. lie began laying his plans and was some months in obtaining thc property such as he desired, lt was not until the 17th ol' Marci), 1 ST"?, that he ij;ot his deeds. Thu work was immedi ately commenced and ibu hotel was opened to thc public on the I Titi ol October of thc same year. Thc itrelii lcd ot thc building was a New York mau, and the local superintendent was Mr. W. ll. Parkins. The hotel co-', including thc furniture with the south wing finished only to (he second story, $(j20,000,uud it'was owned hy li. I Kimball. " "How did it come to ..>* out ol' hi bunds ?" "In building the house he lacked SOUK ot the necessary funds and had morl gaged thc properly. At thc lime ol' thi tuilure ol' thu Brunswick and Albans railroad, and rm account of losses by lin Chicago lire, lie became embarrassed am hilled lo raise money willi which to car ry on his enterprises. Thc hotel thei fell into the hands of thc mortgagees although thc amount then due on tin house was less than one-third ol' thc cost, but thc entire house was sacrificed A part of it was subsequently made ii| to liim by a transfer of one-fourth of tin property to him on his return to Georgii in 187o. Upon that being accomplishei bonds were issued of which he gol one fourth and those he disposed ol. It ii simply this : ll. I. Kimball lost ahoti $400,000 on the house." Yesterday there was a general inquir? ns to tho probability ol' thc rebuilding o tho hotel. It was surprising to sec lin absolute confidence in Atlanta enterprise Mr. Cu I pepper remarked ihitt he though he could start Monday and raise a com puny to rebuild thc hotel. He thinks i can be replaced fur (400,000, though i coBt nearly twice that sum. Mr. Frank Rice, and experienced con tractors thinks $400,000 will be casil; raised to put up u hotel its large am better in some respects. Mr. J. I Peck, one of thc contractors of thc build ing, offered yesterday to replace th house for $400,000. Tho almost univer sal opinion is that in a few month Atilinta will have a grander hotel thai thc superb structure whose ruins looke so mournful in last night's dim moon light. n D0KSP.Y SPEAKS AUAIN. An Authentic Interview- fresh Chapter nt Political History. A representative of the New Y'or Sun recently visited ex-Senator Slephe W. Dorsey at his home in New Mexici and tho result is the publication of a autheutic interview occupying four col unana of that paper. In this interview ex-Setiutor Dorsey asserts : First.-That Sherman was betrayed a Chicago ; thal thc pretended surprise c Uarfield's nomination was n sham, un that it was the result ufa preairange plan. Second.-That jealousies and umbi tions appeared at the very beginning < tho canvass, and showed themselves i the organization uf thu National Con mittce. Third.-That it was ut the earnest rt quest of Garfield, Governor Foster an General Arthur that he accepted th place of Secretary of tho Nut io nu I Con miltee. Fourth.-That the rich bankers < New York were so distrustful that thc refused to contribute a cent until a peet liar organization, known as n tinanc committee, composed of theso banker was formed. Fifth.-He iutimates that Gartieh Arthur and all of the Republican leude: relied upon money to win the battle, an admits that a very large sum waa rais* and disbursed by these bankers. It wi purely a money campaign. Sixth.-Ho asserts positively thi Garfield bought the New York stalwart support by a positive promise to appoii Levi I*. Morton Secretary of the 'I rea ury. Seventh.-Ho reiterates the chan that tbo pockets of the New York haul era were reached through a promise Garfield's to allow a syndicate of the to refund the government bonds. Eighth.-He asserts with great pos tiveness that a bargain was made betwec Garfield's represent lives and Jay Gou and G. P. Huntingdon, by which Ga field promised to Been e the appointmci of Stanley Mut hewn as Associate Justit of tho Supreme Court, and the two cap Calista promised one hundred tbousat dollars to the Republican campaign fun He asserts tbat this money waa pail was brought to him in Indiana by M T. G. Platt, and that he caused mo than half of it to be sent to Ohio to I used by Governor Foster in tho canipait. there. Ninth.-He asserts that moro tin $400,000 was taken to Indiana by prominent New York banker whom 1 names. That this was used there to cu ry the day. Tenth.-Ho asserts that Garfield wi most eager to have as much money raisi as possible, so that he made the blued of writing the Uubhell letter against b (Dorsey's) advice. Eleventh.-He aeserta that the vs fund raised, between one and two mill ii dollars, was a corruption fund. Twelth.-He tells the story of tl curious intrigues that led to the puttii of James aud McVeagh I in Garfield Cabinet, and asserts that it was Garfielc intention to remove them. Thirteenth.-He asserts that Garrie waa bulldozed by Blaine and a pron nent New York editor into violating h promises to dookling and into appoii: lng Robertson Collector of the port New York, without having first notifi. the New York Senators that such w his intention. But this bulldozing toi the shape of a threat to publish the ?3 tnils of the Stanley Matthews scand unless Robertson's appointment w mt de, lip "- '??.?v Condition ni Crops lu Jul). Tlic South Carolina Department ol' Agriculture has received 500 replica from township correspondent!*, represent inc; every township in ibu State, which : shows thc following results as the coud i lion of thc growing crops and the con- I dition of the weather for thc month of July : I* illy nine report weither favorable and pi_' unfavorable. Drought, together with dry hot winds, I has prevailed generally throughout the .-'.as-, checking the growth of colton und corn arel causing much damage to growing crops, though in localities rains have been abundant mel crops arc report ed in g< .?I condition. int ION I- badly damaged hy drought, having been recently (recd froui grass caused by rain in June und (,,]|owc.? hy very dry weather in July, rtliich clucked its growth and caused it to ~li? 'l much of its Iruit. A deficiency ol labor has caused considerable urea in some ol the I'nun* tic- tn bc abandoned, In upper Caro lina thc reporti average the condition ol" cotton ut 7<i for July against in June ; in middle Carolina SI against M7 for June, and in lower Carolina 7'J against ii I for J une. The average lor the Mate i? 7'.? a tailing ott from thc June report of Ri. ri ?KN. The Condition of the col!! Mop !.:!-. been seriously damaged by the unfavor able dry month. Karly upland corn in many sections will he almost an entire failure, recent ruin* being too late to bc ol' any bein lit, though thal planted later, with favorable season-, will make from one halt to three-fourths nf a crop. Rottum lands were generally planted late mi account of excessive wet weather in the Spring and where well Worked U ill lair condition and will make good crops with sc lisons in August. In upper Caro lina the condition i- 71- a tailing oil froth tin- June report of 11'; middle Carolina 7 1 a (ailing oil'ol' I'J; lower Carolin i 70 a hilling oil'of ll. Hie I average for the Stale U 7? for the lir-t ol I August, against lol fur the lir->t of July. A Cotton Hank, I-.>r -> ve ral years the Smith has been in a transition state, first with respect to labor and then with respect to idea? l'Ile transition, it is safe to pay, has not been completed What is lo come out ol it nobody know?, but everybody in expecting the best mid thc worst, so thai whatever happens there will be people to address cards to the various editors ol the country, with "I told you so," writ ten at both ends and across thc middle. The labor problem is not by any means settled, and ideas nilnpted to thc new condition ol thing* ure a little more com posed, but scarcely liss contused than when thc .sim set on thc collapse at Ap pomattox. Since that eventful day, there has been no end ol" suggestions; everybody has or pretends to have a new ?dca tho inauguration of which is calculated todo away with com muli on and confusion for ever. On tho whole, looking hack into tlic turbulence, il is cmy to believe thal thc situation lias been more endurable than thc suggestions. Some of these suggestions arc good, some had, some indifferent, and sumo wilder than the wildest dreams of the wild men of Buhl pohl. The latest suggestion of any impor tance comes from thu great valley of the Mississippi ami is indorsed hy no less a personage than thc vice-president and chairman of thc ways and means com mittee of the cotton planters association, Colonel Sterling lt. Cockrill. His sug gestion is something more than a sugges tion. It is a stupendous scheme by which he proposes, according to all ac counts, lo largely ameliorate thc condi tion of the cotton planter of the .South. As the scheme lias, or professes to have, this object in view, perhaps an outline of its main features m ay be interesting to our readers. Colonel Cockrill will submit to the cotton planters' association at its next meeting a report in which he takes the g foo nd that part of thc lands ol" the Southern planters must bc put in grass and the grass lcd to improved stock ; that colton mills must bc stnrted in the cotton fields; and that congress must bo petitioned to charier a cotton bank with the privilege of using Southern lands as security in this bank, which is to have the further privilege of issuing silver certificates of deposit when silver dollars of thc doted States arc deposited in tho bank, redeemable on demand in silver. Thc rcporl of Coionci Cockrill argues that tho cotton planters of the cotton States must combine fur thc purpose of sustaining tho colton bank and the cot ton mills. He says that Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Geor gia, South Carolina und Texas, have doue comparatively little in the way of manufacturing, and arc better able to siart manufacturing in cotton than in anything else, cotton being the agricul tural product upon which the farmers of those States mainly rely. He thinks that if he cnn get thc spindles, the looms will follow as a mutter of course. He says : "Cur property is in real estate, 10,000 000 acres ot said real estate being planted iu cotton. In national banks thc use of real estate as security is prohibited. We have no bonds, and, of course, these banks are of little value to us. We ask congress for a charter fur a cotton bank in thc cotton heit, where wo can use our 'real estate,' backed by cotton bales and cotton plantations and cotton mills, when we get the spindles in motion. Wo don't propose to interfere with the national banks in the North or South." Colonel Cockrill tukes his own county in Arkansas as an illustration of the workings of his Bchome. This county bas an annual crop of 30,000 bales. He supposes that these 110,000 bales are con verted into yarn at a mil! to be built by the combination and co operation of the planters of that county. The yarn will yield $75 a bale, and realize $2,250,000 in silver dollars in Manchester. This silver is deposited in a cotton planters' bank in the county, and silver certifi cates issued thereof. Colonel Cockrill argues that in the series of transactions that removes the raw cotton from the field and deposita it in the bank in tho shape of money, all middlemen aud other expenses have been avoided, and tho lint has realized $00 instead of $35 or $40. He says that ?ac annual deposit of $?,250,000 enables ihe bank to dis count planters' paper at 6 per cent on twelve months' notes secured by real estate. When the cotton is put into cloth by cotton mills to be erected by the combination, it yields $150 a bale, which gives a capital of $5,000,000 on deposit._ Depopulating Ireland. LONDON, August 10.-The Standard this morning says that tho Government has decided to pr?vido an additional sum of ?100,000 to aid Irish emigration, the money to bo taken from tho British exchequer instead of from the Church surplus fund. A meeting in favor of Stnto aided emigration was held at the Mansion House to day. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided. A resolution was offered providing for sending 200,000 persons to Canada and other British Colonies, "nd for procuring thom farms in their new homes, tho money for the Stuchasc of lund to be advanced by the Ute, which is to take mortgages on the farms as security fur payment. The resolution, which was supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury, was adopted. It is proposed tn send 10,000 families to Canada next spring. - A shot tower 250 feet high is to be erected at New Orleans. Blunt lint 'I ruc. The Ct reen vii tc Xl'irt says : J hu Augusta ChronMc, with the air ol' playing ti iruinji caul, cites Senator Hampton as a supporter of Randall ami Randall'* policy, and a?ks what thc anti Randall newspapers in South Caro lina an- going to do about that. Our esteemed cotemporary may be in credulous, but it is a fact that .Senator J lampton does not own this State, ll he endorses Kaudall, which we do not admit, In- will lose strength jual as any other mau would. When he ceases lo represent thc sentiment* and principle* ot thu people of this Stale he will be retired so quickly that it will make hi-. h> ad swim. The Acic? is a supporter of Wadu Hampton, just a-> it has been a supporter of Ceo. I). Tillman; but when Wade 1 lampton goes against our eon? en tions ol the right and .igaii!>t the inter ests and fee ling H ol the people we shall light him as earnestly as possible and with every honorable means available. South Carolina has no master but a majority of her own people and no bo ea but her qualified voters. I bis i-> not a pocket borough. It is an aggregation ol the most stubborn, independent ami sell confident whit? men (hat ever walked on the lop ol the ground. A Wile Murderer and His Accomplice Hanged by n Mob. A I LANTA, GA., August ? i. - On Tues day morning last, in Miller County, Joe Fulford, a larmer, with the aid of Harry I (radley, a negro, brutally murdered his wife, who at the time was nuable to turn herself in b. d. Thc negro heat her over thc load with a club until she was in sensible. Theil her husband choked the remain i ii g spark of life out. Fulford then hired his accomplice and another tiejzro named Reuben Robertson to haul the body to Spring (.'reek, a mile and a hull' away, and sink it in the deepest part of th?? water Fulford then reported her absence, and sought to create an impres sion that -he had committed suicide by drowning The neighbors searched the country ail Tuesday evening and night. I in Wednesday thc body was found, hav ing risen to thc surface ol' thc water, and marks were found upon her body bearing out the lads given above. Ful ford was arrested, bul denied his guilt, 1 and remarked that he would not bave loni his wife murdered for five dollars. The two negroes were thou arrested on suspicion I rom ?onie language they were heard to use, and they made a lull con li'Ssion, giving the facts as recited. A Coroner's jury rendered a verdict charg mg the three men with thc crime. A preliminary trial was had at Colquil yesterday, and they were held for mur der. There was talk of burning the trio at a stake in thc Court House yard, hut wiser counsel prevailed. Relweeu 1<? and ll o'clock last night, however, Fulford and Harry Bradley were taken from the jail and hanged toa convenient limber near thc jail. Their bodies were perloraled with bullets. Ful ford's father is a mau of considerable means, and is respected by his neighbors. Thc gener al sentiment of thc country will approve thc act of "Judge Lynch," since within two years two innocent women have been murdered in the same vicinity. In one case two of the guilty parties escap ed punishment by breaking jail and fleeing thc country. Sous of Temperance, The Grand Division of Sons of Tem perance of South Carolina mei in annual sesi?n at Marion on Wednesday morn ing, August 8th, at ll o'clock, and, in thc absence of thc Grand Worthy l'atri arch, were called lo order by Past Most Worthy 1'airiarch ll. I). Townsend of Society Hill. Thc morning session of thc first day was principally occupied in matters of preliminary organization. (?rand Worthy Patriarch A. C. Dibble, having arrived, took the chair at the af ternoon session. Tho annual reports of thc Grand Worthy Patriarch and Grand Seribo were submitted ?nd referred to thc proper committee. Thc reports of there grand officers contained many im portant recommendations, and showed a gratifying increase of membership dur ing the past twelve mouths. The Grund Division, in accordance with the programme made by thc local committee of arrangements, met a $:'M p. m. in the Methodist Church and were welcomed on thc part of the town of Marion by tho Intendant, Junios G. Wright, Esq., and by the Rev. John T. Wightman in behalf of Phonix Divis ion, Sons of Temperance, tho Grand Worthy Patriarch A. C. Dibble respond ing on the part of the Grand Division. Interesting addresses were then delivered Ly thc Hon. B. D. Townsend of Society Hill, aud Rev. J. M. Pike of Lynchburg. I Tho morning and afternoon sessions of tho second day were principally tuken up in thc reception of report?, of commit tees, the selection of next place of meet ing, and election and installation of the fraud officers for the next twelve months, leltou was selected as the next place of meeting. Tho grand officers elect were installed at 3 p. m. They are as follows : Grand Worthy Patriarch-Andrew C. Dibble, Orangeburg; Grand Worthy Associate-Dr. M. C. Parker, Monea Path ; Grand Scribe-Charles M. Doug las, Columbia ; Grand Treasurer-George C. Welsh. Marion ; Grand Conductor Thoa. F. Callahan), Belton ; Grand Sen tinel-li. M. Josey, Oats P. O., Darling ton County. One of tue most pleasing incidents of the meeting was the lawn party given at the reaideuce of Mr. Walsh in honor of the Grand Division. Young and old en joyed themselves to their hearts' content and it was pronounced by all to be a de cided success. Tho members of the Grand Division aro loud in their praise of Marion and its kind-hearted, hospitable people ; but how could it be otherwise? For "Mari ou hospitality" is proverbial in South Carolina. - The Greenville Newt says : "Whit Hamilton,- of Fickens County, has just invented a new sulky plough which seems to possess many advantages. It bas wrought iron feet, and nearly any kind of plough ordinarily used can be attached to it. There aro only two small casting! used in making tho ma chine. The width between the four ploughs can be changed to suit any rows, die driver can take his seat upon the sulky and seo the ploughs in front of him, instead of having to look behind as is tho case with most ploughs of this kind. The plough is saia to be of shorter gear thar, any in use, and it is claimed that it can bo more easily man aged. The inventor has only mado one so far, having only invented it last spring. He ploughed his cotton and corn with it this season with perfect and gratifying success. Farmers who have examined it are much pleased with it, and a number of parties nave expressed the intention of purchasing it as soon ns it ?is manufactured. Mr. Hamilton has just applied for a patent - Special reports to tho Savannah Morning Newt from 45 counties in Geor gia and Florida upon the condition of the cotton crop, state that the drouth has been generally broken and the out look is brighter. There is some fear pf rust and damage by worms and cater pillars in some counties. The prospects in Florida are better than in Georgia, owing to the more frequent rains. Ca* tcrpillars are numerous in the latter State. Picking has begun to a limited extent. Labor is generally in good sup ply. - Eight acres of hay were burned up in Bourbon county, Ky., recently in try? lng to burn out a bumble bee's nt si. A WON DE K FIL FIND. j A MUIHIM i lid Copy nf Portion* <>l Iii? Hi hi? TIMHIKMIHIN O? V? ur? Dill. A Mr. .-?.apira, ol JeriMtlein, :.. bo ik> Belier ami dealer in antiquities, has just I deposited in the British Museum, fifteen 1 slips of black sheepskin leather, on ' which are written, in charncttrs timilar tu those "ii tin' celebrated Moabite stone, portion- of thc Dook of Deuteronomy j di Ile ring materially from thc received version. The date of the -lip- i- thc ninth century before Christ, or sixteen centurie? older than any authentic man uscript of any patt ol the Old Testament. Mr. Shapiro l> night lin in from au Arah, and hu asks lor them ?.">,(M?0,yOu (rom the liriti-h Museum. If genuine, the inter cut and impKilai.ee of the discovery >?.in not b<- overrated; and, so (ar as varia-, tioiis in thu -arn d text uri- Concerned, thereN promise of one of the greatest controversies that scholars havo ever en tered upon Tlie decalogue furnishes a a good example hu comparison with the received vers'u ti. I quote from thc Sha piro record : lam (?od, thy (??d, which liberated t'ne- from thc land of Kgypt, from the house of bondage. Vc shall have no other Gods. Ve shall not make lo yourselves any graven imago nor any likeness thal i-? in Heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or thal i? in the waters under thc earth. Ve -hall not how down lo tin-in nor serve them I am (?od, your (?od, -aiic'.ify. In six day- 1 hove mode the heaven and the eiltlh, and all that there in therein, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore rest thou also, thou and thy eat'.le and all that thou ?inst. I am l ind, thy (?od. Honor thy hither and thy mother. I am (?od, thy t?od. Thou -halt not kill the person of thy brother. I am (ind, thy (?od. Thou shall not commit adultery with the wife of thy neighbor. I am God, thy (?od. Thou sholl not steal thc property of thy brother. I tun (iod, thy God. Thou shalt not | swear by my name falsely, f<?r I visit the iniquity of thu fathers upon the children unto tl... ti.nd amt fourth generation of those who toke my name in vain. 1 am (5 id, thy Clod. Thou shalt not bear fal.-e witness again.*! thy brother. I am (?od, thy God. Thou -holt not covet his wife, or hi- mon servant, or hi-? maid servant, or anything that is his. I HUI (?od, thy (?od. Thou -holt hate thy biotin r in thv heart. I am (?od, thy (?od. These ten words (jod spoke. Dr. Ginsburg, the eminent Semitic scholar, lo whom Mr. Gladstone bas ju-t given CSU toward ihe production ol his work on the Masoruh, has deciphered the above, and is busy completing a translation and determining on behalt of the Museum the genuineness of the fragments. - From an interview with Chauncey M. Depew : ..James (j. blaine will be the next I'resident. Mr. Blaine lias been chasing the Presidency for some lime, now the Presidency is chasing him.'' - While the thunder .-'.orin was at its height on Sunday afternoon (.'lora Fields, | a colored woman living in Beaufort County, was struck by lightning and killed. Several yard lewis were killed at the sanie time and place. - The Laurens Herald says : "lu this county the upland corn is considerably a total failure. Cotton is estimated at not more than half a crop, even if seasonable rains should conic hereafter. The potato and turnip crops must necessarily be very short." - Th? plant?is in thc Joyce Branch section of Barnwell County, it is said, will not make one-fourth of a crop either of cotton or corn this year. A gentle man, who made on seven acres of cotton last year three bales, has ottered the some ground, with three acres added, for one bale weighing 4?0 pounds. i - Nelson and Isaac Edwards, broth ers, colored, living four miles south of Marion, had a difficulty. Nelson slabbed Isaac with his knife, ripping out his bowels by a single thrust. One of the intestines was nearly severed, but, strange to say, the injured man is doing weil. A woman wns at the bottom of it. - The llev. G. W. Manly, former pastor of the Aiken Baptist Church, has I written a letter to Inlendent W. (?Hit man Davis, of that town, dated Leipsic, Germany, July 23d, oskiug for papers to establish his identity, so that be eau provo to the police that he is not a dyna mite conspirator. Mr. Manly is prose CUting his studies at tho University of | Leipsic. - The drought in Laurens, says the Herald, has become serious, and what is I worse still, wide spread. We can hear of a favored neighborhood, her?? and there, in this and neighboring counties, where the drouth has been less severe ; but from all the information we have been able to gather, the crops have seri ously Butlered throughout the State. In this county the upland corn is considered a total failure. Cotton is estimated at not more than half a crop, even if sea sonable rains should come hereafter. Thc potato and turnip crops must neces sarily bo very short. *#*"Ho who is ready to buy up his enemies will never want a supply of them." It is cheaper to buy a true friend in Kidney-Wort who will drive away those miserable enemies, a torpid liver, constipation, diabetes, piles, dis eased kidneys and bowel?. This remedy is now prepared in liquid ns well as in dry form. Oats for Sale. 1 KO BTOHRL8 pure Whitfield and -L tJ\J Georgia Grazing Oats, and 150 bushels lied Oats. Also, n lot ot Corn. Apply to E. It. HORTON, Libert v. S. C., Or C. E. HORTON. Williamston, S. C. Aug lfi. 1883 5 1 TAX NOTICE ! OrricF. ov COUNTY TP.KASI HER, ANDERSON, S. C., Aug. 1?, 18SX NOTICE is hereby given that this ofilce will be open from the 1st day of Sep tember to the 20th day of October for the collection of State, County, School and Poll Taxes for the F'iscal Y o ar commencing November 1st, 1882. Five per cent, penalty attaches to the un pnid May instalment. Tho following is the rate of taxation : For State Purposes. i} mills. For County Purposes. 2J mills. For School Purposes. 2 mills. Poll Tax. $1.00 All persons between tho ages of 21 nnd 60, on 1st doy of June. 1882, not otherwise exempt by law, are liable to Poll Tax. Taxes arc receivable in Gold and Silver Coin, United States Currency, National Bank Notes and Coupons payable in 1883 of Bonds of this State, known as Brown Bonds and Deficiency Bonds. Witness and Jury Certificates ure receivable to the extent of tho County Taxes of tho holder. Under the law, os it stands now, I am forbidden to travel dnring the Fall coller - lection. I will, therefore, remain in this office, at Anderson C. H., during the whole of the above stated time. M. P. TRIBBLE. Treasurer Anderson Cjuuty. Aug 10, lt?83 j 2 POE WEST FEMALE COLLEGE, Ex ?reta?? t><-ffl n Ort. l is. Coot ot Boan] and Regular Tuition for JTrar. 8IU0.OO. ?feat facilillo''. Slualr JkM%m PataUaur. For Catalogue, apply li I (be ITi-aident, J. V. US.rNM D?. Due Wilt; S.U. Aug IC, 1883 5 4 NOTICE. VI i. pvrvms are hereby notified nut to harbor or employ lluiiiptoii Harri? ,.r Anthony Harri*, aged al.t l? and ld vears retlicctivelv. ?on? <?!' Alex. Harris, colored, as thev an- under age ami were diilv hired to me for the pr?sent year, and have h it Without m> knowledge pr eon sent. Those disregarding this n.will h.- de th with a' law ...... v W. i? GARRISON. An? lt), ISH'.i '. :i TH IO W1MJAMSTON MALE ACADEMY 11711,1, r?; open on MONDAY, ."rd td \'f SKITK.MMKIt nex! Tuition from ?S iNi ti, ?1 "i.eo ]>er Ht --?<>n "f twenty weeks, iiet-ording In studies taken by -< h -lain. (?ood lw?ird eau bi- had at reasonable rate? ie. i rivale fii?i?lu*. Church advantages ami tin* healthv climate, together with the lain..- Mineral Waler . ?! W 111 i.iin-l < .0. rentier it a desirable locution. The course ol" ii.-tr i- lion will I"' thorough, ?hilcareful attention will li? giyeii every -iliol.u . for further particulars address H. K. HARDIN, Principal, Williatnstob, s. C. Aug I?, j*S?j TI Un SOI Til CA KO LI NA MILITARY ACADEMY,i CHARLESTON. S. C. iii -.. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Chairman Hoard ol' Visitors. C.i. J. P. THOMAS. Superintendent. rilli!-: Second Academic year, since re-es tablish melli hy Act of the General Assembly will begin October 2d next. Ap plications f.ir Cndctships must be made on or bet?reSeptemhci -Otb next, to the < hair man Hoard <>f Visitors a: Ita rn wei I ?'. H., S. C. Pay ?'adit- received from any Mate. Registers or circulnrs furnished by Super intendent. AUK I?. I SN'! ' THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. i ulM ) OF AS'DKKSOX. (Ol 111 Ol?' COMMON PJL KAM. Harriet I'rilrlianl, .Mary A. Shearer, Martha H. Harrison and husband, Muse? Harrison, !.. .laue (,.tnison. M.il(!:ir-t C. Dollin ns ami ll11.-1.-. 11? 1. A. I c. bobbi us. and .Si?an uah J Male, and Im-baul. Wm. M ll.!-. Plaintiffs, againtt Ami Morrl-?, Kan ny Whitaker ?ntt husbaud, Joseph T. Whit aker, Marlyn Murri-.. Elsie liu/tn. Kurnell* Mur I ris, Utietto McDonald, t ?rm lia Morris, lleuja intii Moni?, tVj?gy M.irris. bVtsy Morrl?, James Murrin, i liappcl Murri?. lafayette Murri-, \\ lille i Mirri-,. Ami Slays, anti iii? husband and I lire? ] eliildrenol I'aniiy Murri?, tlre'tl. whose nantes ur?' unknown. Defendants.-SIIMIHUH? for Ib'lief, i Yiinjiluiiil not Streek. Tullin Dcfeiiiiaut*, Ann Murria, Kau uv Whittaker 1 amt husband, Joseph J . Whitaker, Marlon Mor rl-?, Kial? Uuztp, Hu mel tc Morris, Unel te Mc Donald, i uruelta Muru-.. Benjamin Murri-. Peg BV Muni-, ll-, liv Murri?, Jam?-) Muni-, Cliapp?-] Morris, I.utayitli- Morrl?, Willi? Murri-, -Min Mays ami 111? husbaad mid Ihre? children ul I .univ Muni-, dee'd. whose nuiiiea arti unknown \'Ul'are hereby summoned .lid required tuan ?wet tliKcomplaint in lins action, which ii Med in thewtticeol tho Clerk of tlwC'ourlof Com ililli I'ltm al Anderson c. H., S. i ., and lo nerv? a copy uf jour answer lu lb? ?aid c-oui|iiaiul on th? sutiscrilier ul hi* office, Anderson C. H., S. C., within Iwenly day? atn-r thc service hereof, ex dative of lite day ol such service; aud ii you fail lo answer tin- complaint within Iii? lime uforc said, tlie idaiutitt' in tut? action will apply to the Court (or th? relief demanded in ilieruuipluint. Dated lilli August. A. D. I8S3. Titos, i . I.|i,ON, I'laintiflV Attorney. [SKAL.] lt. !.. Moorhead, Dept. C. c. I*. Tu i lit? Defendants above uamed : Tule notice, That Ike complaint in the above .tated case was iil?-d in tin-utlice ol the Clerk of ibu Conn uf Common Pleas fur Audenon County, S.C.,00 the lilli August, 1883, for Ibo purpose ul obtaiuioK a lalo of the traci uf laud therein do ?cribed as "all iliai tract of land, containing UDO acre?, more ur loss, situate in Kock Mill? township, in Anderson County, s. t\ adjoining land- bf Star tba Uarret et al," and a punition aid divinion of tho proceed? among Hie heir.- at law of Jam?? Morris dee'd. That no personal claim i- made again?! any of you. ll Aug.. i-.-::.' TIIOS. C. blt ?OX, Pill.-'. Atty. Tu itu- D?fendants, the husband and three minor ihitdr.n nf l anny Murri.-, dee'd, whose nani?? an- ii uk nun n i lair nutter, That an order has boen issued by the Master un AUB. ll, to appoint a l?uardi?n ?.?.' /.item fur said three minor children of Fauny Morrill, dee'd, whose name* aro unknown, un los they ur sunn- one in their behalf apply fur the ap pointment of some nther tiliardiau uti Liltm lu represent their Interests in lb? above action within twenty days from tho expiration uf the publication oi ibis notice. AUK II, waa, TltOS. C. MUON, I'laintiflV Attorney Aug. lo, l>s:> fl t; " SHERIFF'S SALE. .STAT?: or SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. BY virtue of various Kxccutions to me directed, I will expose to sale on Mic First Monday in September, A. D. ls-.!, at Anderson Court House, South Carolina, the following tract of land to wit : ONE TRACT OP LAND, c staining three hundred (300) acres more or less bounded by the lands of Albert Jol ly. :>irs. J. Il Neal, A. W. Guyton, W. A. Neal and others. Levied on ?LS the property A. M. Neal in favor of Wm. S. Sharpe. THUMS or BALK-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. JAM KS H. MCCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County, S. C. August Sith, 18>:; 4 4 THE ANDERSON MILITARY SCHOOL, ANDERSON, S. C., WILL begin its exercises on MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1883, in the build' ines of the Carolina Collegiate Institute. The scholastic year will be divided into two sessions. The first session will end Feb. 1, 1S.S4, and the second will end June lSj 1S84. fi e following rates will be charged per session : First Class.$ ;i no Second Class. 12 00 Third Class. J5 (HJ Fourth Class. is oo Contingent Fee. r,n Prof. II G. RI:EP will have charge nf tho Boarding House, and will be able to board about sixty students at $10.00 per month A Circular will be Issued soon giving fuPer information. For the present ad dress, W. J. LIGON, ) . . , H. G. REED, 1 1 nncipals. July 12. 1883 52 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERROM COUNTY. Hy Tho?. C. Ligon, Judge of jhobate. WHEREAS, Thos. W. Martin has ap plied to mo to grant him letters of Ad-1 ministration on thc Personal Estate of James W. Martin, deceased. These arti therefore to cito and admon ish all kindretl and creditors of the said James W. Martin, deceased, to bo and ap pear before mo in Court or Probate, to bo held at Antlorson Court House on the 25th day of August, 1883, after pub lication horeof, to shew causo, If any thev havo, why the Haid administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 7th day of August. 1883. T. C. LIGON, J. P AugO, 1883 * g 5 I! I ?3 :0 ? H g gi p i Jg 3^ ? ? Sss! KSA -n ?. r- mm\m\ ss rn * um > fi!? 5?.e<3 ^<?K ANDERSON MACHINE WORKS HAVING removed : : . ti? Reed's liuildiiig into my new U Al l_|V|. ita.? .Street IcMitliiiK ?<* ?1?? "?????' .v?r<l, mid bi:mK si,?"M( ?Ht9?*i oi ,,letcvoutti? of FIRST ?LASS TOOLS and M ATEKI ALS, I am l?ni?^^-'i Repair Steam Engines and Machinery Of all kinds at short m?tico. I will always keep on hand a full supply of ?, . chiuerj*. eonsistii^ of TriK'llon, Portable um! Ntutioii?rv Kt ' Sl? gillen. Thresher*. Snw Milli?? *??. I am ulso prepared to onie?SS?' E" kind of Machine you may need. W pan 0 1 also keep mi hand a full supply of liUiu-nnd Hemp Packing. IJauee fwi , Valves, Globe Valves, Glass Water flanges, Steam Cluuges, Steam Purnta li?. ! j"*' splralors. Triumpli Injectors, Kirtiii? Injectors, Corn and Wheat Mills Sniii,! h Circular Saws, Klbow*. Nippers, Union s Reducers, in fitct'everythinknea?^^^ rhinerv business, t'onie ?nd see me before buying, and you will he -cir? i? . ?* class Machine. l08*taflw Almost '?. 1SS.'{ F. DIVVER, Anilerson, g. c. HEADQUARTERS! THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST] BY . .mirait in writimr with the M an II faet uren?, weare the onlv authorized Aeent< ii thc (.Vanities of Aiidei Min. Abbeville and Oconce for the sale of DANIEL PRATT'S REVOLVING HEAD GINS FKKDKKS \M> CONDENSERS. We guarantee to .sell at MatiufiK lurers1 prices, ami will give perfect satisfaction ot ask for no pay. More l'r itt Ci hi i> '< >?'? . ? ? >'?' in <'?"' territory in the faut fire years than all otha kind* combined. ?&f TERMS EASY. Semi for Circulars. Med LLY ? TA Y LO It, Anderson, S. C. June 21. ISSI! 4!? Tremendous Low Prices. I MEAN WHAT I SAY. fp?SrjTOWI SALE! Tt/fY STOCK IS NOW TOO LAUGH, und in order to REDUCE I offer to the nob-? IvX lie a LARUK and WELL ASSORTED stock of Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing? Hats. COME TO SEE US AND YOU WILL SAVE MONEY.) 1 WANT MONEY, AND HAVE THROWN UPON MY COUNTERS Twenty Thousand Dollars Worth of Seasonable Goods! WHICH I OFFER AT A SACRIFICE. Jt-if Keep this on the brain when you leave home. B?i!iince of Ready Made Clothing at ActualF?rs? Cost, jrSH- Your presence is respectfully solicited. A. LESSER. June l-l. 18S.1 ?18 "Wait for the wagon, the good old wagon, And we will all take a ride." AC AR LOAD of TENNESSEE WAtiONtt, made in Nashville, Tenn.,Just ar-1 rived-the BEST WAGON, probably, in the world, unless it is the "STtWt IIA KKK," both of which we have exclusive Pale for in this section of country. Come right along, buy your Wagons from us, and also all of your other Goods needed, inca as DRY GOODS, GROCERIES HARDWARE, SHOES, ?ATS, YANKEE NOTIONS, And all Goods generally wanted in this market, and wo will do you RIGHT. REMEMBER, thnt we carry heavy Stocks, want to buy all the Cotton msdo in the County, and pay highest Cash pri?es for it. , ,"n,i. We have in stock and on the way a large lot of RUBBED MELTING, best qi? ity-li, ._>. :t, 4, 5, ti, 7 and 8 inch, 3 and 1 ply. Respectfully, BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWEUL 7 aw June 11, ls*;; TAKE NOTICE. HAVINO RECENTLY ENLARGED MY STORE. I am now bcticr ?jJJJ manufacture all kinds of work made of Sheet Copper. Tin. Ac. Hie rotunos Goods ni stock and for sale CU KAU: Thc Times ai il Charter Oak Cook Stoves, The Mest Improved Coffee Pot, The Only steam Fruit Dryer In thc market, " ? Tlie Only Successful Peach Parer-will parc any kum rr? Ply Traps, Agate Iron Ware, Tinware in Ahundancc. HIDES, BEESWAX AND RAGS BOUGHT FOR THE CASH. Roofing and GutteriDg Done at the Shortest Notice. Jone 14, tgg3_ if ??3H s E S ? ? s. g. e g. 1 9 ?-"^ If ?fg. 8?H?1.3lf W til? If o sss" S&S ?Sni PS-v? 1" J g, lt i-Sil M "jg r X 9 fi. pc? fe? r I -e.a. __aaaj| 1 s ra .g_ m ra S3 O c=3 s i -. a as - 3 . S? s 9 tn f ?-H CO tc*" ?3 cn <=3 cr? sa xs* Xi,48 ZE3Z. SBB^ COIXEOE pr Physicians and Saigons, J BALTIHOBB, MD.. trt ? The practical adTaatai?lof ?b^^Jttffi surpmiied. Cllnlci. held at Clly iio^ ,f ,kl? nltoPand Maryland Wowan'i! Oj.ad^?^ pl, for a ^^TBOMAfl^g&a*. 8?nlcraber,.18s3, . Fw0Hy I? ^ tho coar?o U completo; the f aldo and officiant. _. ... . . The torms are W?mO?WJ- ( ^ Tho wholo InatHutlpn la open JJ? , ta tri? For catatoKiio. and nfoTwatton rr fxfvditcES -No puinTclty.: [^^ftr*?5 appllestlona for aiainp. -- .J WJli^'lwayjJi;^ _____--Trt?.St???. Kswspaper AdTs?Uslsf Bares?, ?.?r'