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E. B. MTJRKAY, Editor. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1884. TBHM8: 01TB YEAS._?1.50. SIX MONTHS._.? 75c. Two Dollars If not paid In advance. The Pickens Sentinel says that the negroes in that section have the Arkansas fever, ?nd it is probable that quite a num? ber will try their fortunes in that State. That is all right. With our improved 7 agricultural machinery we can spare a good many of them without serious dam? age. It is, however, likely that when they get out there their fever will be speedily converted into childs. ?The City of Greenville has sent Col. James L. Orr to Washington to urge before Congress the passage of the bill to erect a' United States Court House in that City. It is understood that Col. E vins will not be a candidate for re-elec? tion to Congress, and Greenville could not do better than secure Col. OrrV election from the Fourth District to represent her for. several terms in Washington. ? ? ? ? _?_ . It is all vuy pleasant to see different gentlemen over the State complimented with nominations for Governor, bat it is apparent that Governor Thompson will be renominated this year without oppo? sition. He was elected two years ago without seeking the office, and has made an acceptable Executive. His renoma zutLn is a foregone conclusion before the Convention meets, and therefore it is not likely that any other name will be pre? sented. General B. F. Butler is said to be carefully beveling the edges of his presi _ dimtial boom now that ho has leisure in consequence of his defeat for Governor oi' Massachusetts. He is said to hie care felly laying the wires for a mil New England delegation to the Democratic National Convention. General Butler is fortunate in being able to .find his presi? dential boom to bevel, for the average citizea of the country at large can see no indication of its existence. The Demo? cratic party may be defeated this year, baL it is not probable that it will deliber WeTy commit snicide by nominating Benjamin Franklin Butler for President. Judge Kersha** has decided that the goose is a domestic animal within the meaning of the stock law, and must be kept by the owner off of other peoples' land the same as stock. The decision is correct according to Webster's definition of the word animal, and if sustained as good law would doubtless be beneficial to many citizens. It would, of necessity, extend to all domestic fowls. It it hard? ly probable, however, that this construc? tion will prevail, for the evident purpose of the Act was to require persons to fence up stock, which planters were for? merly required to fence out, and not to include a class which are not named in the Act, and which cannot be fenced. Still; the decision shows the tendency of the times, and if the Courts do not ex? tend the Act to fowls the Legislature may. The Greenville News endorses the nomination of Col. W. H. Perry for Governor, and urges his claims as a representative of the anti-railroad senti? ment of the State. Col. W. H. Perry opposed the modification of tbe railroad law, and would be a very competent and proper representative of that side of the question, but we apprehend the reception of the News' suggestion by the press of the State has already put a quietus on the proposition to make a railroad and anti-railroad fight iu our State cr.nvass this year. So far as we have seen, not a single paper has joined the Newt in wish? ing, such a canvass. Col. Perry is an excellent gentleman, but his time has not yet come to be Governor, and unless his friends find something better than his opposition to the new railroad law to ad? vocate hin promotion upon, his time will never come. It is not so much what men are opposed to as what they are in favor of, that interests the people. The day of negatives is over. This is a plain, practical, progressive age, in which peo? ple demand that their officials shall represent some progressive principle. We should, at some future time, be pleas? ed to see Col. Perry promoted; but just now he strikes us as being a little unfor? tunate in theground upon which his local paper advocates his nomination. If they want to see him, or any other man, distanc? ed in this race, let them enter him upon a platform in favor of a restoration of rate-making power to the Railroad Com? mission. The Augusta Chronicle and Constitu? tionalist does not seem to think the mod? ification of the Georgia Railroad Com? mission Law would be out of order in that State. It mentions an instance to backrupSts opinion and comments as fol? lows i" Of. three trustees of a large English estate., two reside in Great Britain and one in Georgia. The estate amounts to over (1,000,000. Recently it became necessary to change some English invest? ments and the trustees of the fund across the water asked their Georgia associate to look out for the placing of the sum of 1600,000 in Southern securities. The Georgia trustee could not advise that the money be invested here, but, on the con? trary, counselled his colleagues to change to England the $300,000 already invested in Georgia railway securities. The rea? son assigned for this large diversion of capital was the unfriendly legislation of the State that finds expression in the Railway Commission. This is the latest illustration of the folly of that law and it will have only too many imitations. Georgia wants many more railways than she now possesses to be properly develop? ed ; but the chances are that neither from the North nor from Europe will she ever get another dollar while the present arbi? trary and disastrous Commission has permission of the people to exist. There might have been some sense in establish? ing a Commission of moderate powers after our territory had been thoroughly developed commercially; but it was an approach to lunacy to threaten and drive off capital at a time when it was about to pour into the State for the common good. Thousands of Georgia men and their families suffer to day, because of the extinguishment of these railway en? terprises, which would have more than quadrupled the material value of the commonwealth. It is time that the people of Georgia awoke to these facts and sent men to the Legislature who would not agree to continue the a.bsokte power of their tyrants, who frigb '.en off capital and paralyze industrial progress. .. ? S-?:'>>' -?? ??- *?"? The political situation this year is not ia?sfactorV to either political party, becai'.be the result of the coming nation al canvass is extremely uncertain. The Democratic party now holds tbe State government in enough States to elect the President, but the elections last fall in? dicate a loss rather than an augmentation of power. Tbe situation, therefore, is very uncertain, und the issue will depend largely upon party policy. The Repub? licans are in very good fighting trim. Their serious divisions have, in a large measure, been adjusted, and they have no troublesome national questions upon which they are divided. They will cer? tainly nominate a man who caa carry the Republican vote, and if they can se? cure the independent vote, which has very often voted with them, they can win the election. On the othet hand, tbe Democrats' have the Southern and Border States, with 158 votes. It-is necessary to carry 48 more votes in order to elect the President. With acceptable candidates and a judicious platform, we can reason? ably to expect to carry Connecticut, New Jersey and Indiana, which would be 30. votes more. We might also carry Cali? fornia, which would be six of the remain? ing 18 votes; hut it seems to os evident that the Democrats must carry either New York or Ohio to elect the Presi? dent. We have not carried Ohio since the war in a presidential election, while we have carried Nsw York two out of four times. It seems to as, therefore, that we should so pitch our battle as to fight for both of these States, but partic? ularly for New-York.. The idea which some enthusiastic free-traders have of giving up the. entire North and reeking to cany Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ne? braska, and other Western States,'is ut? terly futile. They may be free-trade in sentiment, but they are absolutely wed? ded to republicanism. They cannot be touched, and any canvass looking in that direction will result in' absolute disruption ;'of the Democratic party. The feeling In the West- is hostile to the South. It is bitter and unrelenting. The Western States have no interest in common with us. They sell us a little of their grain and meat, but their princi? pal markets are iu Europe and the North. They boy nothing from us, and are jeal? ous and malicious in their feelings to? wards the South. This is, of course, a temporary feeling. When these sections becbme more intimately acquainted and mutually interested"*in business these feelings will disappear. But they exist to-day, and cannot be removed by the excitement of a Presidential canvass. They are for the present joined to their Republican idols, and we had as well let them alone. Even the Democrats there have no sympathy er good feeling for the South, as has been repeatedly instanced in the vindictive speeches of General Bragg, a leading Western Democrat With the Northern and Middle States it is different. Years of mutual business transactions have made the people ac? quainted, and the prejudices of the wax have in a large measure died out It seems to us, therefore, that the parties are to-day camped very nearly upon the old battle field of 1876. The only changes that have occurred since that time are that tbe Democrats now hold Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina, beyond a doubt We, therefore, favor the nomination of a candidate for Presi? dent with the direct purpose of carying New York, and a Vice-President to car? ry Indiana. Mr. Bayard is our choice if he is reasonably sure to carry that State. If not, then we favor tbe selection of the strongest possible nominee from the State of New York. POLITICAL DUPLICITY. The Washington correspondent of the New* and Courier, speaking of the du i plicity of public men, aaji: I mean, of course, duplicity in things Solitical. Ask any Cabinet officer, and e will, if at liberty to speak frankly, unfold such a tale of Congressional hy? pocrisy that it would astonish the most cynical. For instance: Says late Assist? ant Secretary of the Interior Bell: "I have had a member of Congress call on me and introduce a constituent. He would say: 'Mr. Bell, this is Mr. Brown, of my district, and I want to tell you be is the best friend I've got in it. With? out bim our party could not carry the district Now, I want a place for him, and I must have it. I have promised him, and I am determined to see that he has it. He is personally worthy and de? serves it for political services.' To this warm recommendation, which would go to great extent, I would listen patiently, perhaps assuring him that I couldn't promise, but would do the best I could to provide for Mr. Brown. Tbe congress? man would thank me and take away his constituent well-pleased. Perhaps this same Congressman would return within an hour and drawing a chair close to me whisper: 'Look here, you know I am not serious about this case of Brown's. He and his friends have bothered me so much I had to promise to do something. He is now satisfied. I've got another man for any, place when it comes to an appointment? Now you can see how this work?," continued Mr. Bell. "Brown, who thinks his member sincere, believes he is just as good as provided for. He makes arrangements to remain in Wash? ington, and does remain as long as his money and patience last, aud then goes back home disgusted. The blame rests on the department and tbe Congressman gets tbe credit of having done the best he could for the man he knifed." This is an aggravated case, but there is no doubt very great hypocrisy in public and private citizens in the matter of pe? titions. It has become so general that petitions for appointment to office have become almost worthless, the rule being general to sign whichever petition comes Along first, so as to avoid giving offense to any person. It is all wrong to sign a petition for the appointment of an un? suitable person to office, but it is oftener done from kindness of heart than from any bad motive, and in this we expect there is very little difference between the private citizen and the public office. Human nature governs both of them. ? Judge Hudson decided, at our last term of Court, that a lien, in order to be valid, should be signed by both par? ties?the lienor and the lienee-?the party furnishing tbe advances and the party receiving them. According to the prac? tice which has been almost universally followed, liens have hitherto been signed by the lienors only, and future trouble tind annoyance as well as loss may be iivoided by a judicious remodelling of the practice, so as to conform to the de? lusion to which we have just referred. If we ever give or take a lien, it will be signed by both lienor and lienee.?New ' berry Herald. A. Farmer's Railroad Views. Mr. Editor: I see that we have a chance of petitioning for an additional subscription for tbe completion of the Savannah Valley Railroad, and I think we, as the owners of real estate, should not lose any time in the work, for if there is anything that Anderson is need? ing more than anything else, it must b. this railroad. Now, brother farmers, I know that there are some of you opposed to building thiB road by taxation, and I am opposed to building railroads by tax? ation, but I think this road is an excep? tion. In the first place, we have paid nearly three-fourths of our tax, and should not now lose the road rather than pay the other fourth. None of us deny that it will naturally reduce freights, make a better market, and greatly en? hance the value of our property. But this is not half. We have lived long enough to know that one improvement naturally calls for another, and when we get-this road we will be almost sure to build a factory, which would be one of the greatest benefits to Anderson and the surrounding country that could occur. If we hesitate and lose time, there will be other railroads built near us, and Iben if we do build our road it will not do near so much good for us as it will do now. We claim our County to be one of the leading Counties of tbe State, but if we let such opportunities as this pass we will not be considered so long. I think it is our duty to the rising generation* and to our country to improve it, and not lag behind other communities. It is not the man that looks behind that succeeds, but it is the man that looks forward. The South has been looked down upon since tbe war as being very stupid, but I think we. have not bad justice, for we have done remarkably well, considering the disasters of the war. We claim to be a growing country, and I think we have just fairly started. The South is almost Bure to be tbe leading portion of the Union in a few years. It is talked of far and near, and this has brought the amount of capital that has been invested in South Carolina in the last few years in factories, &c. This is our time to advance the inter? ests of Anderson County, and unless we make use of it we will lose by our neg? lect. I do hope that every owner of real estate will look carefully into this matter and study it thoroughly. The building of this railroad will give us a better market for our timber, our pro? duce?such as corn, fodder, beef, butter, &c?and we can ship our cotton and buy our goods and fertilizers cheaper, which will enable us to save more money out of our crops than we can do now. It will pay us well to build the Savannah Valley Railroad. A Farmer. Utter from Florida. Mr. Editor: In my last letter I promised lo tell you and your readers something of the fruits that are grown here, and I will commence with the shaddock, which Is the largest species of the citrus family. It is bell-shaped somewhat, is yellow like an orange, but has nothing of its taste. They grow very large, weighing sometimes three pounds?three times as large as tbe largest orange. They are very acid, and are not eatable. Preserves are made of tbem and wine. They are beautiful to look at as they bang upon the trees. .The trees are, in every reapsct, like the orange. GRAPE FRUIT is also very large, and in color a pale yellow. They are not so large as the shaddock, but nearly so. I am told they make splendid preserves. They are too acid to eat until late in Spring, and then they are said to be delicious. The fruit is in sections, like an orange; these sec? tions are split open and sugar sprinkled over them, and some contend that eaten in this way they are equal to the orange. They are called grape fruit, not for their resemblance to the grape, but because they grow in clusters like grape. Sometimes fourteen or fifteen are seen clinging to one little stem not as large as the little finger. The tree that pro? duces them is almost entirely like the orange. THE OJRAXGB is the king of fruits, and great attention is paid to their cultivation. It is amaz? ing how long the people of this county have slept over their interests, it is only within a few years past that the people have paid any attentiou to this, the choicest of all fruits. For 30 years this county has been settled, and yet iu pass? ing along through it one sees only young groves, except occasionally a few mam? moth trees are seen, that were planted many years ago around the houses for ornament, more than for their profit. What princely fortunes might these old settlers now possess if they had planted out trees instead of corn and cotton. But the people are beginning to see that there is money in the orange, and con? siderable attention is now paid to its cul? tivation. How beautiful they look on the trees,, the bright, yellow fruit hang? ing temptingly on the tough boughs, con? trasting with the rich green enamel 0/ the leaf. I have never seen anything in the fruit line so pleasant to the eye as an orange tree ladened with its rich golden fruit. And then, too, how delightful it is to the taste. The shrivelled, half de? cayed fruit you Bee in the fruit stalls does not look like nor taste like the sweet, round, yellow orange which you pluck from the tree with your own hand. The largest and finest flavored orange I have ever seen are here. Many of them from actual experiment weigh over a pound. And there are a great many young groves just coming into bearing that will Boon prove very profitable to the owners. I am told the business yet is in its in? fancy ; that in South Florida it has as? sumed huge proportions, that hundreds of acres can there be seen in one field with tre?s, and bearing. Lands there, especially on rivers and railroads, have gone up in price out of all reason. And so enthusiastic are the people there on orange culture that they are said to have the orange craze. Such cannot be said of the people here. They are a farming people; they raise almost every thing but wheat, and while tbe orange is really more profitable than any other produc? tion, yet they make it a secondary con? sideration. Still, more and more atten tion ia paid to the growing of the orange every year, and no doubt it will prove in the near future the great staple of Flori? da. I have asked the people here if they did not think that after awhile oranges would be ao cheap as not to pay for their raisiog and shipping? They say not, and argue in this way: that it is only a comparatively small part of Florida that will produce oranges?perhaps not more than one-third ; that a great deal of tbe State, like West Florida and much of Middle Florida, is not at all adapted to their growth, and therefore cannot be cultivated there successfully ; that much of the State is flat, much of it covered with swamps, and much of it has a "hard pan" through which the roots cannot penetrate, and the tree in this kind of soil takes what is called the "die bnck" and will notsucceed at all. Then, again, they say that Florida at present pro? duces only fifty millions of oranges an? nually, while six hundred mi lions are imported into the United States from Southern Europe and tbe islands of the sea. And if people in Europe can find it profitable to send their fruit three and four thousand miles to market, the peo? ple of Florida can certainly find it profi? table here at home. They have many plausible arguments for the orange. lemon do not succeed well in this county. It is too far North for them. There are a few trees here, and some years a pretty fair crop is produced, but it may be pro? nounced a failure. The leconte pear is creating a considerable sensation here, At present this pear is more valuable and brings a better price in the markets than the orange. It is a newly imported fruit, said to have come from China. It is called also the sand pear, because it does well in sandy soil. It is large, juicy and exceedingly palatable. It bears marketing well and does not decay rap? idly. the peach I am told does well here. Certainly the trees look as large and thrifty as they do in Anderson. But the peach does not do well in the Southern part of tbe State, but here where tbe land has a clay subsoil tbey grow large. the apple is said not to succeed in any part of Florida. Perhaps the climate is too warm or the soil does not suit it. But all of Florida is well adapted to the growing of the grape. Indeed it is called the home of the Grape. The scuppemong and black Hamburg, ? grow to perfection. The other varieties ! do pretty well, but are not a reliable grape. W. D. Hatton, Mt. Tabor, Florida. The Free Schools. Mr. Editor : I suppose it is admitted by almost every one the Free School sys? tem of this State is far from being satis? factory in its operation. Now, Mr. Edi? tor, I wish to offer three or four sugges? tions which, if they could in any way be embraced.in the form of amendments to the School Law, would, in my opiniom render it much more effective: 1. That the Free School Trustees of no School District should be allowed-to locate any Free Common School for a shorter term than eight scholastic months, nor with a less number than twenty-five subscribed scholars. Of course, it is not expected that the free school fund would be sufficient to pay tbe full salary of a teacher for the term of eight months; but this fund could be supplemented by tuition fees from the employers. 2. That each School District bo allowed the benefit of its own taxes paid for school purposes, to the exclusion of all others. 3. That individual subscribers to the Free Schools be credited with the money received from the Free School Fund in proportion to their subscription?*, g., if A subscribe two scholars, while B sub? scribes one, then let A be credited with twice the amount of Free School money on bis account that B is. 4. In order that teachers may be enabled to collect their tuition fees un? obstructed by homestead exemptions, let their accounts come under the head of personal labor. M. N. Mitchell. MASON'S COTTOJi PICKER. A Tlsit to tho Inventor's Workshop?Th? Wonderful Machine Described. A recent visit to the workshop of Mr. Charles T. Mason, Jr., of this place, convinced me more than ever of the truth of the old adage, "seeing is believ? ing." Before inspecting the "Harves? ter" myself, I doubted the possibility of any machine being able to discriminate between open bolls of cotton and those unopen, or partially matured. It seemed too much like human reason. But after spending a half hour with tbe intelligent inventor, and seeing the operation of the "Harvester" with my own eyes, I am satisfied that this machine can do all its best friends ever claimed for it. The picking portion of Mason's har? vester is composed of two cylinders or drums, made of wood and iron, into which are stuck at regular intervals things much resembling corn cobs. These corn cobs are hollow; they are made of sheet brass plates, seven in number, which are eoldered together, making the hollow corn cob. These plates are about one inch wide and the length of the cob about eight inches. They are cut into numerous opening.0, aud the parts cut are not removed but bent slightly inwards and the ends sharpened. The things when finished presents the appearance of a brass corn cob, with fine teeth concealed just below the surface. These cobs revolve each on its own axis (a bar of fine steel,) and the drums into which tbe cobs are stuck also revolve. The two drums, supplied with these tooth-filled cobs, are placed so near that when they (tbe drums) revolve the cobs pass each other. The machine is driven by a man sitting aloft, like a buggy-plough driver, and drawn by one mule or horse. As the machine rolls along the motion of the right wheel sets all the works going. The cylinder re rolveB. The cobs, with their depressed teeth, seize the ripe cotton and, by sever? ing themselves, drop it into a box on cither side. An endless band, provided with wire teeth bent downward, takes up the lint and drops it into bags or baskets hitched on to the back of the "Harves? ter." If the revolving cob comes in contact with unmatured cotton it revolves harm? lessly against the points of the half opened boll. If it brushes against a closed boll, even a leaf, or the most ten? der twig of the plant, it does not even disturb the surface. You can take one in your hand and revolve it against your coat sleeve, or even against your bare arm, and it will not prouueo the slight est impression, not even graze the skin. But hold a bit of lint cotton close to it and it immediately seizes the lint and holds on to it until, by its automatic action, the revolution is reversed, wheu it drops the cotton off tbe other way. The power of the machine to discrimi? nate between ripe and unripe bolls is thus clearly demonstrated. It is a grand triumph of "mind over matter." The "Cotton Harvester" will enable the plan? ter to pick every fibre of cotton he raises at a trifling expense. Mr. Mason tells me it will gather 280 pounds in an hour. This would be 2,800 pounds in ten hours ?equal to the labor of from fourteen to twenty-eight cotton pickers at 50 cents to 75 cents per day I Or equal to an expen? diture of $14 for 2,850 pounds at 50 cents per hundred pounds, the usual price in this county. What it will save in the Southwest where the planter pays one dollar and twenty-fiTe cents per hundred to the cotton pickers, can not bo estima? ted. For not only is cotton picking ex? pensive in that part of tbe South, but a sufficient number of pickers cannot be had for love or money, and a large por? tion of the crop is left to perish in the field. Mr. Ma?on tells me he has an order from Col. Richardson, the largest cotton planter in the world, for several of tbe "Harvesters." He (Mason) is improving and simplifying the machine every day. The whole thing only weighs about 300 pounds, and will be still lighter before he perfects it. I do not believe the colored labor will be at all injured by the "Cotton Harves? ter," and will give my reasons for to say? ing another time.?Sumter Letter to the Augusta Chronicle. ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. Tho Terrible Shipwreck of a Savannah Steamship. Boston, January 18.?The vessel re? ported lost off Gay Head, Martha's Vine? yard, proves to be the steamer "City of Columbus," Capt. Wright, of the Savan? nah line, which left Boston for Savannah Sesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. F. W. lickerson & Son, agents of the line have received the following dispatch: "New Bedford, Mass., January 18.?F. W. Nickerson & Son: The steamer 'City of Columbus' is ashore on Devil's Bridge, Gay Head, and is fast breaking up. About one hundred lives lost. Will leave on early train in morning. Saved by revenue cutter 'Dexter.' Signed, S. E. Wright, Master." New Bedford, Mass., January 18? The following is Capt. Wright's state? ment regarding the loss of the steamer "City of Columbus": The "City of Columbus" left Boston at 3 p. m. on Thursday, carrying 80 passen? gers and a crew of 45. At 3.45 a. m. on Friday, Gay Head light bearing South half east, the vessel struck on the out? side of Devil's Bridge buoy. The wind was blowing a gale west by north. The vessel immediately filled and kneeled over, the water breaking in and flooding tbe port side of tbe saloon. All of the passengers excepting a few women and children came on deck, nearly all wear? ing life preservers. All of the boats were cleared away, but were immediately swamped. The majority of the passen? gers left the vessel on a life* raft and about forty more took to tbe rigging. At 10.30 a. m. a Gay Head life-boat put off and took seven persons. Another life? boat put off between 12 and 1 o'clock. The revenue cutter "Dexter" came along at about 12.30 o'clock- and sent off two boats. Twenty-one persons, one of whom was dead, were placed on board the "Dexter," and after all the persons were taken from the vessel the "Dexter" pro? ceeded to New Bedford. Three persons died after going on board the "Dexter." Four dead bodies were brought to this city on the "Dexter." They are all men. One is not identified. Two are identified as Helon Brooks of Northboro', Mass., and Fred Chandler of Hyde Park, Mass. The other is a man supposed from a card found in his pocket to be one of the firm of C. Richardson & Co. of the Clin? ton Market, Boston. One of the passengers lost was A. J. Mortou, lately connected with the Boston Globe, who was going South for his health. The led{;e on which the "City of Co lumbus" struck is considered by mariners to be one of the most dangerous points on the co!.st; The ledges consist of a formation of submerged rocks, constitut? ing a double ledge, tbe outer stratum of which is called tbe Devil's Back, both ledges being called tho Devil's Bridge. The ledges are abreast of Gay Htad light on the mainland, and extend a little to the Southward of it. The outer ledge or Devil's Back is about an eighth of a mile from the mainland. On either side of tbe outer ledge is very deep water. The upper part of the ledge is formed like the Gable of a house, so that a vessel striking it diagonally would naturally heel over on her beam ends. Tbe course of vessels is around Gay Head to pass by the outer ledge on tbe south. The "City of Columbus" had eighty first-class and twenty-two steerage passeu gers, about one-third of whom were la? dies and children, and a crew of forty five. The total number of persons saved is twenty-three. Five dead bodies have been recovered, and one hundred and niueteen souls are thus unaccounted for. Seventeen of the saved and four of the dead were brought here, and six supposed to be living and one dead are at Gay Head. The following are the names of those taken ashore at Gay Head, one of them is known to be dead, but it is not known which one: Henry Collins, third engi? neer; Wm. Spalding, purser; Michael Kennedy, waiter; Edward O'Brieg, waiter; John Holmes, pieman. One passenger, name uukuown. Capt. Wright says in addition to the foregoing that he passed the Cross Rip lightship at 12 o'clock: and continued by east and west. The sea was choppy, with a strong breeze west southwest. Passed Nobska with courte west south? west, and stepped into my room to warm myself. It was very cold. Everything was working well. I went below a short time and soon after heard the second mate, who was in the pilot house with the mate, sing out to the quarter-master, to port helm. I jumped out of my room, thinking we had como across a vessel bound down the sound. I then cried out: "Hard a port," not knowing it was not a vessel, and in tbe moonlight saw tbe buoy on the Devil's Bridge, on tho port side, about two points lorward of the beam and about 300 yards distant. She immediately struck. I ordered the engines reversed, and she backed about twice her length. The steamer inimedi ately stopped and I ordered the jib hois? ted and endeavored to head her to north but she filled forward and listed over to the port side so that the plankshear was about four feet under water. I went aft and told the passengers to keep cool and g2t life preservers. I next told the officers of the deck to get the boats ready. The steamer settled down aft and righted. It was blowing vary hard and a heavy sea was running. I launched port No. 6 boat, which was immediately capsized. The sea was breaking over the steamer. The deck and stern being entirely under j water, we were forced to go up on tbe top of the houses. I staid there awhile, but wo were fioally obliged to take to the rigging. The mate, second mate, chief engineer and fourth engineer took to the raft. I think the steamer struck on Lone Rock. The captain is positive that he struck outside of the buoy, and in backing drifted inaide. ? A mole on the nose indicates that a man will be a great traveler?probably to get out of the way of people who make personal remarks. Unnecessarily Exercised. It seems to us that the Anderson In? telligencer is too much exercised be? cause some of the brethren of the press have felt inclined to say unkind things of j Mr. Murray's action as a Legislator.! Men who succeed in life, or rise above the common level, seldom escape calum? ny, and we see no reason why Mr. Mur? ray should expect to be an exception to the general rule. Mr. Murray has always had opinions and has not been slow to express them, and he has not hesitated to act in accord with bis convictions. This course has given pretext to his enemies, and has furnished cause ior those who may be jealous to assail him, and to charge bad motives in his conduct in reference to the Railroad Commission Law. Mr. Murray being conscious of the rectitude of his own acts needs no de? fence, and be should merely treat bis assailants with silence. Wo presume that those who assail Mr. Murray would not have the effrontery to claim to be better or more honest than he is. Even if they did make such claim, we are of opinion that they would find it exceed? ingly difficult to get an intelligent public to agree with them in that opinion. Mr. Murray's acts as a Legislator are matters proper to be criticised, but we fail to see. any necessity or justice in as? sailing his character. But as Mr. Mur? ray has fared no worse than others who have been needlessly assailed we do not think he need care much for what is now being said about him. We have often regretted that the press of South Carolina could not be a unit in joining controversies^ criticisms with? out assailing character, or charging bad motives to those who disagree with them. We are sorry that any member of the South Carolina press should depend largely upon personalities and a misrep? resentation of any adversary's position. Mr. Murray is at least as good as those who assail him, and we trust that he may henceforth treat with silence such as make charges, instead of just criticisms.?Ab? beville Press and Banner. ? Last Thursday a most inhuman and atrocious crime was attempted just be? low McCormick on the E.noxville and Augusta Railroad. As the engineer of one of the down trains was running along at full speed about three miles from McCormick he discovered a child on the track. He did all in bis power to stop the train and succeeded in doing so just as the engine reached the child. Then it was discovered that the child, a white boy about four years old, bad been tied hard and fast to the iron rails, so that a horrible death was sure. The railroad men unbound the little fellow and took him on to Augusta. There is some sus? picion as to the parties who attempted this diabolical crime. If discovered they should be burned.?Abbeville Me dium. ? Three female vagrants were recent? ly sold at auction in a Missouri town under a State law, the purchaser acquir? ing the command of their services for a year. The highest price paid was $20, being bought by a young woman of 20 years. One of her companions was aged 18 and the other 43. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of German F. Burton, dee'd, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, ana those indebted to make payment. THEODORE F. BURTON, ) ~ . SAM'L. T. McCULLOUGH, ] Jan 24,1884_28_3? WABUHfG. ALL persons are hereby warned not to harbor or hire John W. Vaughn, white, as he is under contract with me for th? year 1884. Any person or persons dis? regarding this notice will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. JOHN L. JOLLY. Jan 24,1884_28_I*_ DANCING SCHOOL. PROF. BEROER informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Anderson that be opened yesterday his Dancing School at Masonic Hall. Prof. B. teaches Dancing in all its variety, and being an Artist he teaches ALL, the modern dunces included, according to the rults of that beautiful art. He is too well known in this State to re? quire any comments. For particulars, apply at the Hotel. Jan 24, 1884_28_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. TRIAL JUSTICES COURT. SaHnt T. Stribling, Plaintiff, against A. ii. Hall, Defendant.?Summons for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendant A. II. Hall: YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the Complaint, in this action, a copy of which is filed in the office of J. E. Breazeale, Trial Justice, at Anderson C. H., S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscriber at his office, Anderson C. H., S. C. within twen?y days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in thia action will bo granted the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Jan. 23rd, A. D. 1884. J. E. BREAZEALE, Trial Justice Anderson County. To the above named Defendant: Take notice that the complaint In this action was filed in ray office on the 15th day of December, 1SS3, and it for services rendered during the years 1882 and 18S3, amounting to the sum of fifty dol? lars. J. E. BREAZEALE, Trial Justice Anderson County. Jan 24,1384_28_6_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Ursley S. Tucker, PlaiutifT, against Harrison Tuck ei John P. Tucker, Lucy Catlct, John James Tucker, Nancy Gray, John G. Hall, Lcanna Hall, Ezekiel Hall, jr., B. D, Hall, Eliza Gailey, Fran? ces Starks, Marietta Cowan, Savaunah Roe, El kansie Cook, Essie Wharton, Salllc Hamilton, R. P. Clinkscales, William Clinkscales, Sebastian ciiokscales, Baxter Clinkscales, B. T. Gray, Mary McDanlel. Polly Hall, William Hall, Jin sey Hall, Sallle Boyd. Elizabeth Ethrldgc, Wash? ington Hall, Davis Hall, Hannah Barnes, Ella Hall, William Newell, N. J. Newell. S.S. Newell, Jane Moore, Hannah Price, LucindaTate, John James Tucker, Ethcrlinda Burton, Hannah Brown Tucker, Rhoda Bishop, Mary Tucker, Nancy Tucker, Rebecca Tucker and Jano Tucker, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Complaint Ser? ved. To the Defendants Harrison Tucker, John P. Tuck? er, Lucy Catlett, John James Tucker, Nancy Gray, John G. Hall, Lcanna Hall, Ezeklell Hall, jr., B. D. Hall, Eliza Galley, Frauces Starks, Marietta Cowan, Savannah Roe, Elkausie Cook, Essie Wharton, Sallle Hamilton, R. P. Clink Bcalcs, William Clinkscales, Sebastian Clink Bcales, Baxter Clinkscales, B. T. Gray, Mary Mc? Danlel, Polly Hall, William Hall, Jinaey Hall, Sallie Boyd, Elizabeth Ethridge, Washington Hall, Davis Hall, Hannah Barnes. Ella Hall, William Newell, N. J. Newell, S. S. Newell, Jano Moore, Hannah Price. Luclnda T?te, John James Tucker, Ethcrlinda Burton, Hannah Brown Tucker, Rhoda Bishop, Mary Tucker, Nancy Tucker, Rebecca Tucker and Jano Tuck? er : YOU arc hereby summoned And required to an swor the complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on th? subscribers at their office, Anderson C. H., S. C, within tweuty days aftor the servico hereof, ex? clusive of the day of such servico; and If you fail to answer tho complaint within tho time afore? said, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the complaint. Dated at Anderson, S. C, January 14. A. D. 1884. MURRAY, BREAZEALE A MURRAY, Plaintiff'* Attorney. [skal] Joiur W. Damibls, car. To the above named Dcfendrnts : Take notice that tho complaint In this action, together with the Summons, of which the forego? ing Is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. U., 8. C, In the County of Anderson, in tho State of South Carolina, on the 14th day of January, A. D. 1884, and that the object of the action is to obtain a partition of tho Real Estate of Drjarnett Tucker, docoased, situate In the County of Anderson, State of South Carolina, and for an accounting to tho plaintiff for services rendered the said Dejar nett Tucker In his life-time, ?nd other indebted? ness, and for services rendored Sarah Tucker, de? ceased, during her lifc-tline, aud other indebted? ness : or for a salo of the premises, In case a parti? tion cannot be had without prejudice to the Inter? est of the owners, and a division of the proceeds. January 14th, 1884. . ?.? MURRAY, BREAZEALE A MURRAY, Plaintiff's Attorneys. [SKAI.] Joint W. DAMK18, c. C. P. Jan 24,18S4 gj_L_ BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. new lot of WALL PAPER and Bor A dering, just received, by b'J A. B. TOWERS. >Tov 21), 1883 20 HARDWARE ! PLOWS, PLOW STOCKS, HAHUES, TRACES, &C. Big Drive on Axes?25 dozen on hand. -0 SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CARPENTERS, BUILDERS aid MECHANICS HARDWARE. THE MORRILL SAW SET. s&~ Farmers, Builders and all Buyers can get a desi? rable article of us, and save money. SULLIVAN * BRO. Jan 24.1884 ECONOMIZE labor and save expense bv buying th* POWELL COM? BINATION PLOW SULKY: at? tach any plow or plows ; turn and subsoil at same" time, and prepare land better than can be done by hand. Draft lighter than hand-plow by dynamometrical test. Call at Watnon & Son's Store and examine it. For terms apply to undersigned. R. M. BURRIS8, J. BELTON WATSON. Jan 17,1884_27 _ DISSOLUTION. THE partnership heretofore existing be? tween J. P. Reed and R. L. Moor head has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. Parties indebted to the late firm will please call at the old stand of Reed & Moorbead and settle the same with either member of the late firm. J. P. REED, R. L. MOORHEAD. Jan. 7,1884. THE undersigned, having bought out the Firm of Reed & Moorhead, will con? tinue business at the old stand. Thanking my friends for their patronage in the past, I respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. J. P. REED. Jan 17,1884 27_3 SEND FOE PRICE LIST. McElree's Jewelry Palace, 254 King St., Charleston, S. C. Largest Stock. Lowest prices in the South. Repairing a specialty. Send me your watches. Quick Sales & Small Profits. DRY GOODS. JUST received a full line of Prints, Cash? meres, Alpacas, Flannels. A large assortment of Jeans, Virginia Cossi meres, Shirtings and Sheetiugs, J to 10-4 wide. Bed Ticking cheaper than ever before, ifcc, all to be sold at lowest prices, by A. B. TOWERS. Sept 27, 1383 11 Blankets and Marsailles Quilts. THE finest lot of Blankets, Crochet and Mnrsailles Quilts, in Town. -ALSO, Ladies Cloaks and Shawls, and Yankee Notions. For sale low bv A. B. TOWERS. 8ept27, 1883 11 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executors of the Estate of B. F. Lowe, deceased, hereby givo notice that they will, on the 10th day of February, 1884," apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from said Executorship. IVY C. LOW, It. B. A. ROBINSON, Executors. Jan 17,1884_27_5__ NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrators of the Estate of P. A. Masters, deceased, hereby give notice that they will, on the irith day February, 1884, apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from said Administration. C. S. BEATY, J. L. MASTERS, Administrators. Jan 10, 1884 20_5_ NOTICE ^INAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executors of the Estate of West A. Williams, deceased, hereby give notice that they will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on 20th day of February, 18S4, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and discharge from their office as Executors. A. M. GUYTON, W. B. MILLWEE, Executors. Jan 17, 1884 27 fl NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Executor of the Estate of Reid Gambrell, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 7th day of February, 1884, for a Final Settlement and discharge from said office as Executor of said Estate. JAMES P. PAYNE, Ex'r. Jan 3, 1884_25_5 FIRE INSURANCE. J. H. VON HASSELN, ANDERSON, S. C, REPRESENTS First Class Companies, with ample Capital. Call upon him for information as to rates, Ac. Insure your propertv before it is burned up. Jan 17, 1884_27_ly_ STOLEN! FROM the residence of the undersigned, G miles Southwest of Anderson, or. Sunday night, Gth inst., one mouse-colored horse MULE, medium size, with small scar on the right foreleg. The Male is 14 years old. Any information concerning the animal will be gladly received. J.'P. MITCHELL. Jan 17, 1884 27 2? Partnership Notice. WE, the undersigned, have this day en? tered into a partnership under the name of W. S. LIGON <fc Co., for the pur Eose of conducting a general merchandise usiness at the old stand of W. S. Ligon, on the Southside of the Public Square. By close attention to the wants of our cus? tomers and fair dealing, we would solicit the patronage of the trading public. Our s tock of GROCERIES is full up, and we will make it to the interest of all to price our goods before purchasing their supplies for the year. W. S. LIGON. R. S. LIGON. Jan. 1, 1884 Guarjo and Acid Phosphate. We are receiving a large lot of the old reliable Soluble Pacific Guano and Acid, and the Standard Edisto Acid Phosphate, all of which we are prepared to sell at the lowest market prices. These are old established brands of Fer? tilizers, and no one can doubt the reliabili? ty of its analysis or the quality of the goods. W. S. LIGON & CO. FIRE INSURANCE. GIN HOUSES, SAW, WHEAT ANS COEN HILLS, STORES, DWELLINGS, MERCHANDISE and FARM PBOPETY, Insured in First Class Companies! CONTINENTAL Insurance Company of New York. Liverpool and London and Globe Insu? rance Company. North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. Phoenix Assurance Company of London. Standard Fire Office of London. Crescent Insurance Company of New Orleans. Rochester German Insurance Company of New York. Representing the above Companies I will give attention to all business offering. For information address me at Pelzer, S. 0. WILLIAM 0. WHILDEN, Special Agent and Adjuster of Losses. Agents of the Continental Insurance Company in Anderson County : A. B. Towers, Anderson C. H. W. F. Cox, Belton. L. W. Tribblc, Honca Path. B. E. Seaborn, Pendleton. Aug 23, 1883_6 BUCKINGHAM WHISKEY. A REALLY PURE STIMULANT. THIS WHISKEY is controlled entirely by VENABLE & HEYMAN, New York. It is distilled in Maryland in the slate water regions of that State from the small grain grown thero. The distillation is superintended by a gentleman who thoroughly understands his business. Nothing deleterious is permitted to enter into its composition, and none of it is al? lowed to he sold until fully three years old, in order that it may be entirely free by evaporation from fusel oil. "enable & Hey man offer these goods as perfectly pure, to fill a long felt want for medical purpo? ses. Itistbeirown brand, and they stake their reputation on the truth of this asser? tion. For sale exclusively at Anderson, S. C, by D. O'Donnell, John O'Donnell, Palace Saloon, S. T. Craig it Co., M. D. Kennedy. F. W. SINDORK, Charleston, S. C.f Wholesale Agent for South Carolina. Oct. 18, 1883 14 3m ANDERSON CITY CONFECTIONERY. I KEEP ON HAND ALWAYS Fresh Soda, Lemon, Cream and Sweet Crackers, Cakes, Candy, Confectioneries, Fruits, Nuts, Deviled Meats, Cross it Blackwell's ChowChowPickles, Canned Goods, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Grist, Bice, Lard, Soaps, Cups and Saucers, Chamber Sets, Glassware, Rubber, Musical and Base Balls, Novelties, Dundee Marmalade, Tobacco, good Segars, Sigaretts, Pipes, etc., etc. L. L. GREEN. Jan 10, 1S84 2G 2 FIRE! FIRE! -o THE Masons having decided to pull down the Store Room I occupy on March 1st, I am closing out my stock of? Watches, Clocks and Jewelry At greatly Reduced Trices. Solid Gold Stem-winding Watches, im? ported movements, for $35-warranted. Large striking, weight or spring Clocks, $3.75, warranted. Good Breast Pins at 75c, warranted. Good Lever Sleeve Buttons, 75c, war ranted. Gold Wire Kar Rings at 75c. Engagement Rings, Necklaces, etc. ch J. A. DANIELS. Jan 17, IS84 Money Needed. IRESPECTFULLY ask all who aro in debt cd to nie by Nute or Account, for Merchandise or Guano, to make payments as soon an possible, as I need the money A. B. TOWERS. Sept 27, 1S83_11 BLANKETS. JUST received a nice lot of Blankets from Philadelphia, and from New York another lot of tho-u splendid 11-4 and 12-4 Blankets. Call and see them For sale low by A. B. TOWERS Not 20, 1*83 2.?