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&n?ttfiM IttMUgetuer. ?, E. B. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1884. TBRM3 I OKEY KA H..?1.80. 81X MONTHS.- Tic. Two Dallar* lt not paid In advance. The financial distress of 1875 contrib uted very largely to the popular vote received by the National Democratic candidates in 187?. If tho bard year of j 1883-4 will perform the same service for our candidates in 1884, we will have a very considerable compensation for our privations. Tho responsibility for finan cial distress is often laid to the charge of j the governing party, and it is not im probable that the present hard year will contribute to thc fight against the Re publican parly. The New? and Courier has rendered the State an invaluable service in the publi cation of an exhaustive, accurate and condensed exhibit of tho progress, re sources and material development aud industries of South Carolina. It bas displayed au eulerpriae, public spirit and practical judgment as to the host service which could be reudered the State that is ahead of anything of the kind ever done in South Carolina, and fully abreast of tho most progressive journalism of the age. Tho benefits of this work will be very great, and our con temporary will doubtless be rewarded by the appreciation of all its roaders. Tho Agricultural Department should ha?e it published in pamphlet form for distribu tion in thoBo quarters from which wo are seeking immigration. - ? -. ? - We publish a sensational communica tion to tho New York Time? abont pros pectivo Democratic troubles.-which ere to bs brought about in the present Con gress by obstruction tactics to be resorted to by Mr. Randall to prevent tariff ac tion at the present session. The hope that Democratic dissensions will arise is doubtless the source from which these rumors Btart. We have no idea that there is tho least foundation for them, for several reasons. Tho first is that Mr. Randall is not a trickster, but an able, courageous and upright gentleman, ? who has convictions upon matters of1 public policy, and who would not stoop to unfair methods to accomplish any end. He doeB not believe in tariff revision, and will no doubt exert bis influence to pre vent it. We do not agrco with bis viens upon the tariff, but there can bo no doubt of his loyalty to tho Democratic party. His illustrious services in the past abundantly prove it. Thc Springer investigating committee if vigorous in its work, will do more for the Democratic party in the coming can vass than any tariff bill which can pos sibly be passe-', or agitated at this session of Congress. The principal issue at the present timo ought to be tho abuses of tho Republican administration. That is a plank upon which every Democrat can atand, and now in the financial troubles which surround our people, no stronger or moro effectual plea for the votes of J the people can be made than by showing the corruption, the extravagance and the general disregard for the interests for the people, which prevails in the present management of the goverment. Mr. Springer in starting these investigations{ has struck Ike strongest ground upon which the Democracy can stand. The South and Weat are favorable to tariff! reduction, but the Northern and Middle States favor a continuance of protection. The South is largely Democratic while the West ia largely Republican. No change of votes of consequence will be made in these sections on either side, let the tariff be what it may. Tho South will go Democratic independently of the tariff issue, and the West will go Repub lican regardlesa of it. In our opinion, the policy for tho next canvass is to adopt the Whig tactics of 1840, when Harrison and Tyler were overwhelmingly elected on an issue upou the abuses of the administration. To succeed, we must carry New York and Indiana. These States can, we believe, be easily carried, if the can vats is made for that purpose. In such a canvass the tariff! cannot be the leading issue. The work of j the Springer committee will gain more . votes if well done in these States than any other work the present Congress, may do. TARIFF URFORM. On last Monday Mr. Morrison, of Ohio, introduced into Congress his much talked of bill for the reduction of the tariff, lu title is pacific, and appeals to the taxpayers. It is "a bill to reduce Import duties , and war-tariff taxes." The bill provides that on and after the first day of July, A. D. 1884, only eight per cent, of the duties and rates of duties now im posed shall be collected, which effects what is termed a horizontal reduction cf twenty per cent, on the present duties. No duty or rate of duty shall, after said . first day of July, 1884, be levied, collect ed, or paid in viima ci 40 pu OOB?UK j ad valorem or its equivalent on eaton and cotton goods, 50 per centsm ad valorem or its equivalent on metala, and CO per centum ad valorem on wool and woollen goods : Provided, That no duty shall be reduced below that imposed by the Morril tariff Act of 1861. The fol lowing article are to be admitted free underthis bi il : :i. Iron oro, copper imported in form of orea ; lead ore, nickel in ore, malte . chromate of iron or chromic ore ; coal, timber, wood, manufactured, not special ly enumerated or provided for In thia mel; hay, chicory root, ground or uo ground. burne or prepared acorns, and dandelion root, raw or prepared, and all other artiolcs used or intended to bo used ns coffco or a? Bobs ti totes therefor not . specially enumerated or provided for in this Act; jute butty,; bristles, beeswa*. lime, glycerine, crude, fhh, gluo or iain glass, apongo*, dextrine, burnt starch, guie substituto or British gum, extractor t&Mlfelock and Other bark used for tanning, not otherwise enumerated or provided for in this Act; indigo, tartars partly re fined, csaent, whiting and Parn wiiito. dry ; ui?,coal tar, prulucto logwood and other dye wood : extracts and decocUono of ochre and ochery earths; umber acd umber earths, -and sienna add sienna earths ; all earths or eleya unwrought or unm anofaaurcd n?t epeciaily enumerated or provided for in this Act; all barks, ieans, borrica, balearas, budo, bulbi ana bulbous roots sud excrescence, such ss nut gaits, fruits, flowers, dried fibres, grains, gums and gum resins, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, roots ana stems, spices, vegetables, seeds, (aromut ic, not garden seeds) ana seeds of morbid Srowtb, weede. woods used expressly for ying, and dried insects-any of the foregoing of which are not edible but which have been advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding or by other process of manufacture and not specially enumerated or provided for in tn is Act. Tho propriety of interfering with tho tarin" at this session of Congress is alto gether problematic in its effects upon Democratic prospecta, but wc believe Mr. Morrison's plan of handling the subject is tho safest and bcBt for the preseut. It assumes that the adjustment cf the He publican tariff is relatively correct, but that it is excessively high. Therefore, without interfering with tbs proportions, which would provoke a very uncertain and dangerous issue, he merely proposes tu bring tho duties dnwu to a revenue standard. It, in effect, makes a tariff for revenue with incidental protection, and comes as near presenting common ground for tho protection Democrats and the low-tariff Democrats to stand on as any that can be devised. It is certainly a great improvement upon the existing law. TUE WEST AND TUE MOUTH. The Ct aries City (Iowa) Intelligencer copies our article of two weoks ago on the presidential outlook, and says: The following from the ANI>ERBON (8. C.) INTEIXTOENCER states the presiden tial outlook from a Southern standpoint. It is, too, a very correct diagnosis of the Democratic case generally, and it is true to the letter except where it says the "feeling of the West toward! the South is bitter and unrelenting." This is a mistake ; nowhere in the country, we believe, is there a more genuine feeling of good will towards the Southern peoplo than here in Republican Iowa. In what we said about the Western fae i lng towards the Heath, we were gov erned principally by the attitude of the leadiBg men from that section towards tho South. ! Vom those men we have reached the conclusion that the embers of the war of twenty years ago are fresh? er in that section than tny other part of our country. We said this feeling was temporary, and would give place, upon botter acquaintance, to more amicable rolations. We are glad to have 'be as surance of our contemporary that there is already a good state of fooling there towards the South.* We had no doubt that a paper as conaervative and fair aa the Charles City Inteitiycncer, although Republican in politics, bad none of the feeling of antagonism of which we spoke. We have never seen an unfair or section al article in its columns, but we cannot say so much for some of the other Wes tern popers-evoo some of them claim ing to be Democratic. It is only a question of time until the bitterness oi the past shall give place to mutual feel ings of friendship and respect. ANDERSON COUNTY IN 1884. A Statement of Ita Industriel, Condition ?nd Fror portly. Tho following statement of the agri cultural, manufacturing and other indus tries of Andorson County was prepared by Hon. B. F. Crayton for publication in the Sines and Courier** great review of South Carolina, which has just been published, and will doubtless bo of inter est to our people : MANUFACTURES. Number and kinds of manufacturing establishments: Cotton mills. 2; flour and grist mills, 85 ; lamber mills, 08 ; other manufactures, 18. Total, 198. Capital employed, $761,300. Value of annual product, $1,029,000. Number of persons employed : Whites, 747 ; colored, 178. Total, 025. NOTE.-Part of the above statement is baaed upon approximate estimates, aa no atatement could be obtained from the Anderaon cotton milla. No atatement ia riven for the annual product of the Ioni ser milla, and no atatement for "other manufacturas," further than the number of eatabliabmeota and the character of producta. The esti mates given have close relation to the re porta of like induatriea furniabed from otbor counties. 2. Number of cotton milla, 2. Namea and locatlona : Pelter Mill and Pendleton Factory. Location: Pelzer Mill, on Saluda River, near Williamaton ; Pendleton Factory, on Twenty-three Mile Croak, near the Town of Pendleton. Capital employed, $527,000. Annual Sredact: Pelter Mill, yarda cloth, ,840,000: Pendleton Factory, pou cd a yarn, 242,000. Cotton annually con Duned: Pelzer Mill, 2,876,000 pounda; Pondloton Factory, 285,000 pounda: total, 2,661,000 pounda, or 5,322 balea of I SOO pounda weigh '.. Percentage of net profit, not stated. Number of epindlea : Pelter Mill, 14. 1000; Pendleton Factory, 1,600; total, 15,600. Number of looma: Pelter Mill, 412, Water orateam, with amount of horse power : WaUr, 668 hone power, l?slv^ass or d?C?e*3S, not ?ststed. Nnns ber of banda employed,.885. No cotton milla in course of construc tion, organization, &c, in the county. 3. Nu tabor of flour and griat milla, 85. Names and locations, not given. Number of banda employed : Whites, 90 ; col ored, 6; total, 96. Capital employed, $68,000. Value of annual product, 382 . 000 bushels, or. $310,000. Claas of pro duct, floor and cornmeal of beat quality. Average rato of toll, uniformly one ientn. Water or ateem power : 65 water, 20 steam. Percenter net profit, not given, ?nsrssae within iso year, 26 pt* cant. 1 4. Foutdries and machina aheps, none proper. 6. Lumbar milla: Number, 93, Loca* Uott asd proprietors, not given. Num ber of hands : White. 232 ; colored, 140 ; total, 872. Nombor of horses and mules, 1279. Capital employed, $180,800. Value of amma! product, $220,000: Waler cf ek.ira power : Water, ? 61 ; steam, 821 1 total, 98. Horse power used, 3 to 20 horse power te the sail! ; total hone pow er, 1.C?2.. Percentage of nat profit, not given. Increase or doer ease: No in waaia la water power mills; 25 to 80 per oent, increase In eteam. . *j y G. Turpentine1 Min. Ac., none. 7. Other manufactures: Wagon and buggy, 4; cotton eeed oil. 2 ; door, mah and blind, 1 ; plauing milla, 3; tin man ufactnrlng ettttblishmenta, 2 ; brick caa* chsnesv, ftc., 3; drain tile, 1: newspa per and printing, 2; total establish - 1 manta; 18. Number of viands employed : LTOfe46t*ol?rad] 82; total, 7? Cap SM tm&*fam?M>. i Varna of anneal product, 0118,000. ' MINE3. ?. o ~v- " . j. . . Number of minea in. tho county? Mica, corundum, plumbago and others. ThU county contributed among tho lar gest of f.ho collections of minarais of any ccucty to thc cgricultural department ? Numb?of quarries? There are cum ben of good quarries lo tho. county, no tably at Palet?n, Simpson'? kill, Dark Corner Towikib^ i Hoa?4 Path, Williamaton, on Tugaloo and Seneca Rivera and Wilson'? Creek. The latter baa been used for mill-atonea. AOBICULTUBK. 1. Number aud kind of improved ag ricultural Implement* ? t?rain Rower? 10, reapers 200, sulkey plough? 75, guano diatributora 1,000, harrows tf00, stuui;. pullers none; total, 1,585. Steam engines in une on farms, and borse-powet '.' Number in use 155, aver aging frorj ? to 12 horse-power to engine ; aggregate horse-power, 1,395. 2. fiend of improved stock, (tc. V Very few sheep. Cattle: Jersoys, 120, Ayrabires, 25 ; total, 150. ?I. Efficiency of colored labor aa c om pared with laat year am', with efficiency G ve years ago ? About the same as last year and better than live years ago. 4. Supply of colored labor a* com pared with the demand and with tho supply and demand last year and five years ago? The supply is about equal lo last year and better thar; hvo years ago. 5. Proportion of white to colored farm labor '.' About equally divided ; perhaps a few more colored than whites. C. Number ol boura lo full day's farm work? In Winter from lo 10 hour*; in bummer from 12 to Iii boura. 7. Wages paid male and l?malo farm laborers? Males, from $-s to $12 and fenoles $1 to $$ 8. Estent of lield work done by women and children, white and colored ? The while women and children of the county work io the Gelds only when driven by necessity. The colored women and chil dren out of the towns generally work in the field?. 9. System ot labor moat in u?e I La borers usually work for a part of tho crop, though many hire for wages by the month or year. Tay stated above. 10. Cost of producing merchantable colton? Can't say definitely, though at tho present prices many think it not re munerative to grow cotton. 11. Percentage of cost in raising, packing and ginning cotton ? About 50 cents per hundred is paid for ginning and packing cotton. 12. Condition of colored farmers as andowncrs and'.criant*? Very few have been successful. 13. Progress of colored farmers in saving money and acquiring land ? Do not think colored farmers aro making any progress. 14, Number and nationality of foreign born immigrants in county ? Number 150, pretty equally divided between Irish and German. They receive from $12 to $15 per month, arc good laborers and seem anxious to acquire home?. 15. Opinion of Stock law, ?ic.? It has greatly reduced the expenses of farming, has added very much to the quality of the stock, ami is giving very general sat isfaction. 10. The Lien Law and ita effect? Public opinion is very much divided ut to the Lien Law. There was a much stronger disposition to repeal it twelvo mouths ago than at present, owing to tho shortness of presont crop. 17. Tho Prohibition Law, ita obsor vaucc. enforcement and effect? Tho Prohibition Law is not in force in tho town of Anderson, bul the State law is rigidly enforced and :s working well. 18. Quantity ar kind of land for sale, its character und price? There is but little lund for rule in the county. Price ranges from $8 to $i?0 per acre, according to location and improvements. 19. Number of colton gins, Ac. ? Number 275; average to gin four to fivo bales a dny. Average distances hauled login two miles. Chargea for ginning from 1-15 to 1-25. Cleaners nol enough used to give satisfactory answer. The Ikuse Passes tho Ulli for the Re lief of Fitz John Porter. The morning hour having been dis pensed with, the House at 12:45 p. m. went into Committee of the whole, with Springer, of Illinois, in the chair, on the Fits John Porter Bill-general debate being limited to thrco hours and forty five minutes. Wolford, of Kentucky, resumed his argument, begun last Saturday, in sup port of the bill. Ile criticised the speech made by Horr, of Michigan, lecturing ex-Confederates for voting upon this bill. That gentleman had said that ex Con federates had no right to vets upon this proposition. ii orr shook bis bead. Wolford said that he was glad he mis understood the gentleman. He had un derstood him to say that as Porter's conduct had helped the Confederates they were interested, and had no right to vote. Horr explained that he had argued that good faith should prevent them from doing so. Wolford was happy to hear that ii was only a lecture on faith. The gentleman bad assumed that the ex-Confederates were interested, and had argued that self-respect should prevent them from taking part in this debate. The gentle man would have no respect for the ex Confederates if, like himself, he bad been in the front, and he would not have attempted to scare them upon a question of faith. He regretted that in this Con gre? a gentleman had expressed such sentiments. He had thought that the ex-Confederates ?ere here as members of | the American Congress, with the right and duty to vote on every question. Ile hoped that no man who had served in the Confederate army had got so mad over the fight that after twenty years he could not clo an act of justico to the man who had fought against him. He hoped that no man whould get up and Bay, "I can't vote on this bill-I am interested 1 am still mad." He understood that his Confederate friends were here loving the flag end loving the country ; that they were here saying, to-day aud forever, that they had left behind them the bitter 'v<i>i?6? engendered by the w?r aud everything that divided the country. Were men forever to stand and quarrel over old issues? Let Congress go for ward and say that it is ready to do jt tice to a wronged and Injured man. Milliken, of Maine, inquired whether he was to understand that tho gentleman asked members to vote for the relief of Porter aa an act of conciliation to bis Confederate friends. If it was asked on that ground ho would vote for his relief. Wolford replied thal he asked it on the highest grounds over presented. He ?Oc?a?dcd tt zi?ij as Sw ac? ot justice io a long injured man. [Applause on the Democratic side.] Welford passed on to e review' of the case, and was frequently applauded by members, who collected around him in the centre aisle, but his remarks were at times so low aa to bo in audible. Calkins, of Indiana, began his argu ment lis opposition to the bili by the statement that he knew there was no doubt About its passage. William Welter Phelps, of New Jer ??7? (Republican), who represents the district In which Porter lives, spoke et length in favor of the bill. Speaking for the one most interested, he expressed hie regret that any unkind allusions to th? dead or the living had been made in the course of this discussion. In his long pursuit of justice. Porter himself | h&a never made any imputation on those who impeded him in his pursuit, end he most sot be held responsible for any un kind allusions which had bean made on thia floor, either by those friendly to the bill or those who ware opposed to it. Lek ell those aliuolons be eliminated from the debate, end let the case stand u^jn its own mor?. He spoke for Porter because he was Hie constituent andjbecanre it wee his duty. It was also bia. pleasure end his pr Wi, because he believed Parter to be an h or wt men end ft loyal soldier. ''The mills. of the gods grtDd slowly.1 It was twenty-one years ago Mooday of last week since the last I signatnre was put upon tho verdict of j tho military jury which drove bim ont of ] Ute army and made bim a leper whom bis own Government could not touch riith au ellice of profit or tru?t. This verdict awarded bim such infamy thal, for a time, Incariot and Arnold were bia only competitor!. lioutelle, of Maine, protested against tho passage of the bill and denied that il wai the unanimous desire of the men who fought under I'orler to have him reinstated into the army. Then a number of abort speeches wcro maiie, all but two being in opposition to the bill-the exceptions being Laird, of Nebraska, who served under Porter, aod who made an eloquent appeal for his old commander, and Henley, of California, who criticised the action of Cutcheon, of Michigan, in fasting imputations upon General Cirant and then striking them out of the record. In reply Cutcheon expressed his high appreciation for tho high military abili ties of General (irani ; but being pressed by Henley with the question,''Why did you strike out y our remarks f" he was compelled lo admit that he left them out because he wanted lo-an admission winch caused much merriment. The committee then rose and tho hill was ordered lo he engrossed und rcr.d a third lime. Curtain, of Pennsylvania, then took the tloor to close the del-ate io favor of the bill. He knew Fitz John Porter well, and in the beginning of tho war the General wai a most enlightened aod ardent advocate of military discipline. The record would show oue significant fact, coming not HO much from the living as from the graven of tho dead. The find citizen? who asked for redress of his wrongs were Horace (Ireelev, Henry Wilson atid himself. Certainly, the fidelity i those person? to the Union could not he questioned. Porter had never approached him lo ask him lo bo his advocate. He was pained to hear a distinguished member of t J House (Keiferj, over and over again, say that Porter was a eward. IJefore God, be never knew a Porter who was a fool or a coward. [Applause.) Ho had never before come across a man who had the temerity to say that Porter was a coward, and he never would hear it again. He gave an interesting history of the move ments of the army of the Potomac in the beginning of tho war, and nearly every member in the Houso stood ia a circle around him and frequently ap plauded his remarks, il?? dwelt upon the services rendered to his country by Fitz John I'orler and ridiculed General Pope's proclamation, which, ho declared, rattled and glittered with generalities. If (leueral I'orler had violated orders, if lie had treated his superior officers with disrespect or contempt, it was the duty of that superior lo have taken away bis ensign of rank immediately and put him under arrest. Referring to the fact that Cutcheon, of Michigan, had elimina ted from the record his imputation upon General Grant, ho congratulated that gentleman upon the good taste which ho had exhibited, and that between the timo of tho delivery of the speech and tho publication of it he bad time to re pent. He criticised tho speech of Horr, of Michigan, for its expression of opin ion that no ex-Confederate should vote upon this bill, and ho took it for granted that men who, in error, but in the belief that they were right, had fought in a great war, were better men than quarter masters, paymasters, sutlers and contrac tors. (Laughter.] In a brilliant pero ration, which was warmly applauded, he appealed to tho Houso to do justice to the wronged man, aud at the conclusion of his speech ho was heartily congratu lated by his party friends. The bill was then passed-yeas 184, nays 78. [Of the South Carolina delegation, Messrs. Dargan, Evins, Hemphill and Tillman voted in the affirmative. Messrs. Aiken and Dibble are neither recorded ns having voted nor as being paired.] North Carolina Penitentiary, A member of the staff of the Chroni cle examined the wardens reports for 187? and 1880 and found that Mr. Ca ble's figures and statements and quota tions are correct. And a horrible show ? ing it is. But it is only proper to say that thc period covered by these reports was thc period when the convicts were .jun ii ned in the temporary quarters, which have now been abandoned. "There is," say i Mr. Cable, "no hospital record given concerning them, (those at work outside the penitentiary,) nor any physician's account of their sickness." No such record or account was published in the warden's report-which neglect the war den will himself agree was a mistake but such record aud reports were made and kept regularly. And no convict bas ever died or ever been sick but the dis ease and the cause of death are on re cord. Mr. Cabio, therefore, has made only a just and accurate description from the facts that he had. Unluckily all the f?ct? wera net published. But during the years when the convicts occupied the old quarters the prison was inhuman, no doubt about it. Now, however, there is not a more humane or more nearly scien tifically perfect prison in the Union than tho North Carolina Penitentiary. A member of tho Chronicle's staff visited it on Tuesday : and, as everybody knows, who knows anything about it, the North Carolina Penitentiary marks an entirely new era in prison construction and man agement hi North Carolina. The death rate in the Penitentiary bas decreased steadily since the occupation of the pres ent building. In 1881 it was less than 6 per cent., and in 1882 less than 3. This is not a bad showing when it is remem bered that the penitentiary is not simply a penitentiary, but for lack of better di vision of such work in North Carolina, and for lack of reformatories and special prisons for the decrepit and diseased convicts, ii. is all these thioge combined. A much larger proportion of feeble con victs ar? Bent here than to Northern penitentiaries. Mr. Cable will be glad to be informed that in the matter of prison reform the North Carolina Penitentiary has within three years Btepped forward at least two hundred years in improvements. Slr. Cable's discussion, to prove that the lease system is wrong, that h another question, and one that is not now pertinent. But Mr. Cable, and all other humane persons who think of a prison in any other way thsa aa z placo of torture, mry well feel heartily ashamed of most of tho county jails in North Caroliua.-Raleigh Chron* tele. Who Is the First Lady t WASHINGTON, January 80.-President Arthur has decided a great question. He offered his arm to Mrs. Carlisle and es corted that lady to the head of the table at tho Sute dinner given at the White House this evening. Mr. Arthur held a short consultation with his sister early in the dav. It did not take him long to decide the question, Who ls the first lady? "The title properly belongs to Mrs. Carlisle," he said, firmly, "and ehe Ehall have it, cost what lt may." Mrs. Frelinghuysen stood waitiog expectantly in the reception room before duiner was announced. The guests were chatting easily together. Aleck appeared in the doorway and bowel to the President Mr. Arthur arose andlgraccfuily tendered his arm lo the Speaker's wife, Mr?. Frelinghuvsen was the third on the list. She looked for a few moments as if she was sorry the came, but the cloud soon passed away. - Under Mississippi law i; woman ia liable to indictment for assault if she strikes her husband ; but the man fa not liable for assaulting if he uses a ?witch np larger than hi? Tittle finger in doing so. It fa now proposed to so amend the st?totes as to give the wife the ?ame im* munity that her husband enjoys. Kamlall Ami Tlie Tarr?fi*. WASHINGTON, January 30.-Notwith standing the frequent protest made by tho friends of Mr. Randall that "the brakeman" is not holding back the an nual appropriation bills, in order to be prepared to use them to prevent discus sion of thc Tariff question, the fact that none of tho promised appropriation bill? have yet been reported justifies the pre vailing impression that be is committed to precisely the line of tactics indicated, lleing chairman of tho committee on ap propriations, be is not only in a position to control tbe actions of that body, but he appears to be able lo prevent tho wish es of the majority, as expressed in Mr. Carlisle's doctrine, from having their natural expression. Mr. Morrison is working upon his bill and Mr. Hewitt is preparing hi?, and both will soon be ready to be submitted to the ways and means committee. The consideration of the two bills will consume a fortnight before they can be so harmonized at to enable the committee tn report one bill, embodying the points of the two meas ures, upon which an agreement can be reached. If lhere isany doubt ?bout Mr. Randall's intention to block the way to tariff legislation by bringing in the np propristion billa just as the tariff bill is about to be reported, that doubt can only be removed by an early report of those appropriation bills which involve no difficulty in their preparation, and which were announced as ready to be reported during thc holiday recess. A mooth has passed and the hills arc withheld. The belief that Mr. Randall is deter mined to prevent even tariff discussion is not only expressed by the Democrats, who hoped to seo an honest effort made to secure a reform, hut is shared also by those Republicans who desire that there shall be no discussion, no reduction, no change. Mr. Holman, supposed to be an independent and public-spirited mem ber, must suffer the imputation, at least, of being dominated by Mr. Randall, in the appropriation com mi Mo?, if tbe re port is true that be is to introduce a res olution calling foran amendment of the rules which will provide that a motion in committee of tho whole to strike out the enacting clause of a bili is to take Krecedence of all other motions and to e decided without debate. Such a rule would practically be the application of the previous question in committee of the whole. No one doubts that if such a proposition should como from any one else, Mr. Holman would ordinarily be the first member to object to it. Mr. Randall's sagacity is evinced in selecting a man in whom there is general confi dence to propose a change which would excite suspicion if it emanated from any one except Mr. Holman. By adopting it tbe Houso would put it in the power of Mr. Randall and his protectionist friends on the Democratic side, reinforced by the great bulk of the Republican side, to kill any tariff bill as soon as it came up for consideration. That this is possible is admitted. Mr. Randall's forty odd Democratic allies stand prepared to make the alliance necessary to carry out this programme. He bas said that there shall be a square vote upon the tarit! question, and he would probably have added, if he spoke what he thought, that that vote would include members ol both parties who are for reform in the affirmative list, and the Democrats and Republicans who are opposed to the tari fl agitation ?.nd change in the negative. Up to this time tbe delay in reported appropriation bills bas only been the subject of occasional remark. From this time on the delay will be criticised as an announcement of the Randall programme to render fruitless the victory of the Tariff Reform Democrats who elected Mr. Carlisle, in order to express theil belief in a principle. It is a game ol strategy. Mr. Randall's aims are politi cal. They appear to be practically the aims of the minority. The movement? of the defeated ca didato for Speaker, who is now suspected of a design to wrest from the victorious candidate the legiti mate results of victory, will be watched with interest wherever the business ol Congress is followed. Tbe prospect it not encouraging to those who have ex fleeted to Bee Mr. Carlisle's election fol owed by consistent legislation. Should Mr. Randall's Bchsmes tail in the House, the Senate would atill be left to the high tariff men aaa bulwark of safety. With two months ot tue Besaion gone,*sud the tariff discussion not yet opened in the House, it is not difficult to see that il Mr. Randall's shrewdness should only serve to secure delay, it would be nearly time to adjourn before ibo tariff bill could reach the Senate. Once in the finance committee of that body it would then be in the bands of gentlemen ol whom a majority, although Republicans, aro absolutely in sympathy with Mr. Randall and the Peuusylvania idea. ftero York Tima. . The South Carolina Col-ego. There are now 193 students enrolled at the South Carolina College. The semi annual examinations wilfbegin to mor row and last two weeks. Tit? second term will begin on the 18th instant, and the enrolments will then aggregate over 200 for the session. There would aovt be 200 students in attendance bot for the fact that a number of applicar ts hava been rejected on account of their lack of preparation. The standards foi admiss ion are being raised every term and are already very much higher ttan they were last session. The average atten dance is very large. Very few students are ever absent. Their health has been exceptionally good. The Cc-ilege is doing its work quietly, but thoroughly ana successfully, and the dope rtment of the students is admirable. The following additional College notes will be of inter est : The joint societies GOB. o time since elected ex-President Jeffemon Davis to deliver the address before trie societies at the next commencement, bat Mr. Davis has declined the invitation, as he has been compelled to decline similar invita tions from other institutions, on account of his ill-health. Mr. Wm. C. Preston baa recently been elected President of the Euphradian Society and Mr. E. G. Seibels President of the Olarioaophio Society. A fine choir has been organized for the Sunday services at the chapel, at tendance upoD which is now compulsory. The music is admirable and the services are attended by a numberof outside par ties. One hundred and fiva.studenta board at the College'mess ball,1 tweuty-fivo more have a private mess, and the re mainder board elsewhere in the city. Football ls the popular game at the College now, and the collegians are anx ious to eat dp a match game, bat do sot know of any other experta at the game In the Si&le.- Corrtipond?nc? Newa and Courier. - Three human bodies Incased io hay and compressed into two ordinary whisky casks cama to Chicago from Baltimore by the Amerfcao Expresa. Ott? of the barrels contained tba bodies of two adult white malas and tba other that of a colorad man. Tba police oo making tb? discovery arrested John Carlson, a veterinary nurgeon, who paid the expresa charges and the driver of the express wagon who hauled the ghastly freight to Charlton's placa of business. The bodies were addressed to Faukett, Bare* & Co., a auspicious firm, and it ia thought by tba police that tba bodies wara inten ded for on? of th? medical colleges. ..."Do boldly what you do at all." Boldly do we affirm that Kidney-Wort is the great remedy for liver, bowels and kidney diseases, rheumatism and piles vanish .before it. Tho tonio effect of Kidney-Wort is produced by ita cleans ing and purifying action on tb? blood. Where ib?re ia a gravelly deposit in tb? I urine, or milky, ropy urine fro? disor dered kidneys, il alway? cures. Wendell Phillips, BOSTON, February 2.-Weudell Phil lips began to show s;gns of failing at 4.80 this afternoon and died at C o'clock. He was conscious up io within an hour of his death. Mr. Phillipa has been ill just one week, but not until Thursday waa his condition considered dangerous by his physicians. Thursday night he failed rapidly, but Friday rallied slightly and paused a fair ly comfortable night. This afternoon his illness took a critical turn and ho gradually failed and passed quietly away, about ? o'clock, in thc presence ci his wife and niece. Mr. Phillips was in bis seventy-third year. Tbe arrangements for the fuueral have not been completed, aud it will probably hot be held for sev eral days. A Fire lu Greenville. GREENVILLE, February 2.-The old McBee residence, a substantial two-story ( frame building, situated in West Green ville, near the city limit?, and occupied by Alderman M. 8. Scruggs, waa burned e/jout 2 o'clock this morning. Mr. {Scruggs and family bsd barely time to escape after the fire was ducovcred, and nothing of much value was s-aved. Tho building, which was the property of Alexander McBee, Jr., was valued at twenty-three hundred dollars. It was insured with McBee & Briggs, in the Underwriters' agency, for eighteen hun dred dollars. Mr." Scruggs's loss in household goods is about uve hundred dollars, no inaurauce. The fire origina ted in the kitchen part of the building ; cause unknown. Greenville bas surely had her share of bad luck iu the way of brea.-Dispatch to the Sunday Neut. Abbeville' Juries. On thc 25th an interesting trial came off before Trial Justice Harkness. The case waa about some cotton, and Oscar Price, the plaintiff, sued John Price, the defendant, for $35. The plaintiff man aged his own case, and Capt. M. L. Bon ham, Tr., appeared for the defendant. After argument, tho intelligent jury ren dered a verdict in behalf of the plaintiff for $60 40. AB the suit was only for $35, the plaintiff was much surprised at his akill ss a lawyer. Tbe defendant and his attorney were equally astonished, and not being able to see into it gave notice f appeal. This is not the only remark able verdict given by an Antreviiie jury. Sorao years ago, at an inquest held over dead body, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased "was killed and mur dered by some person unknown," that ho 'feloniously killed himself," and that he 'came to his death by accident."-Abhe ilte Medium. The Senators Clerks. On the 23rd ult. Senator M. C. Butler called up bis resolution, that each Sena tor, except tho chairmen of standing or select committees of tbe Senate, shall be entitled to a clerk or secretary at a salary of $1,000 annually, the same to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate. In supporting this messure he said : "I shall not detain the Senate more than a moment, and simply to say that there aro now forty-one Senators holding thc posi tion of chairmen of committee?, standing or select, in the Senate, leaving thirty five without clerical assistance ; BO that if the resolution pnss it would involve the appointment of but thirty-five addi? tiona! clerks for the Senate. In offering the resolution I had no design of increas ing^ what are knoivn os the personal per quisites of Senators. My object was simply to increase the clerical force of th*? Senate, and in my judgment increase the efficiency of the public service. I ?imply ask a vote upon the resolution without further lemarks." The resolu tion prevailed by a vote of 30 to 13 both Carolina and Georgia Senators vo ting "aye." - The Saluda Cotton Factory has made a large and valuable contract with a Boston firm for furnishing them with yarnB until next January at 7} cents above the price of middling cotton in New York. New England yarnB were offered at one-fourth of a cent lower, but the superior quality of the South Caroli na yarns commanded the contract. - Twelve million clocks were manu factured last year, and some aro yet be hind time. The Diamond Dyes always do more than they claim to do. Colors over that old dress. It will look like new. Only 10 cents. A ohild's greatest enemy is worina. Who can calculate the ruisory and Buffering a child has to endure who is infested with worms 7 Sh ri n sr'a Indian Vermifuge will destroy and expel worms from both chil dren and adulta. Only 25 cents a bottle. For sale by Wilhito A W?hlte. If you want good N. O. Syrup go to C. F. Jones A Co. All grades at bottom prices. We are prepared to aell you Lamps from 20 cents to Fifteen Dollars. Before buying t?ve us a call. WiLOm & WILHITK. We keep everything that is kept in a first-class Drug Storr, and do not propose to be undersold. Give us a call and see ? for yourselves. WILHITK A WILHITE. ??????---? OBITUARY. The7iaitsof death are sad at all times, but doubly so when a young mother is taken. Who can take her plico? The words, the smiles, the actions of none are like those of a good mother. A great void now exists in the home of Slr. B. W. Harbin, whose wire gentlv passed away on the 17th of January, 1884. With her young babe by her side aha sleeps in the cemetery at Roberts, of which Church she was for a number of years a member. The shock to tbe family wss greater from the fact of being sick only a few days. She W4S married to Mr. Harbin on the nth of November, 1808, and ahared his joys and sorrows, and on him and the four living children poured the light of her pious life. May they meet her in Heaven, ''where no I farewell tear is shed." W. A. H. TRIBUTE 07 RESPECT. Whereas, it has pleased onr Heavenly Father, fn HI? wise and inscrutable provi ! dence, to remove from our midst by death on Jan. 23, 1884, our worthy and esteemed brother, Dr. H. H. Elrod. Therefore Relived-. Tbst in his deatb. we the mem bers of Sandy Springs Grange, have lost a worthy beloved and brother. Resolved. That we wear the usual badge, of mourning for thirty days. Retched, That a blank page in our Re cord Book be dedicated to his memory, Resolved, That we extend to the bereaved widow and family our heartfelt sympa thies. Resolved, That a copy of these resolnttona be handed to the bereaved widow, and sent to the ABDXBSOS INTHLI.IC.EScnn for publi cation., J. B, JJOUTHIT, ?_ Sec a 8. Grange. """'"'"?''??'???"??????ni NOTICE. A LL persons are hereby notified not to JtV hire or harbor Jim Hardy, colored, as he ls under contract with me for the Ssas 1884. Any one disregarding this no ce will be dealt with at law. W- ?? HEM BREE. Feb 7,1884_80 _1? WARifTNG. THE undersigned hereby warns all per sons not to hire or harbor my son. Augustus Newton Adams, who is under sgc, and has left me without Just canse. _ , ? _ MRS. SARAH J. ADAMS. Feb 7.1884_80_1? MTJLES ?ND HOBBES. T Alf lust in receipt of a large drove of X Mules and Horses, which I can sell lo? for cash, or on tims to parties who can make good yeper. Ga? at my new Stable in rear .of my Stores. ?uv* ?~. J. B. PEOPLES. Feb 7,1884 30 ' 8 MUSCOVADO AND FL O -A^ STEEL LOW FOE J. P. SUI.LIV THE ?EST COFFE Keb 7. 1884 _ 3 CARDEN BUIS?'!?* un tl X Large Quantities-Not to BEOYLES' Soiitli Ma Feb 7, 188-^ ^_8; DENTISTRY. REPORTS arc in circulation that I have quit Dentistry. Tula is to give no tice that 1 can be found daily at tho Old Rooms ot Jones & Strickland, in the Cen tennial Building, Houth side of I'ublic Square. A. C. STRICKLAND. Feb", 1884 _J??L_ _*_ Examination of Teachers. X>Y permission of the Suite Superinten J_P dent the Comity Board of Exam nor* will meet in thc Court House on Sat urday, Kith inst., to examine the Teachers who failed to appear in January. There will positively be no oth?r examination until July. By order of the Board. R. W. TODD, Chnt'n. Feb 7,1884_30_1 DISSOLUTION. THK Finn heretofore existing under the name of Rmi & Webb bas this dny been dissolved by mutual consent. C. A. REED, A gt. C. W. WKBH. Feb 4, 1884. Having purchased the interest of C. W. Webb in the above Firm, I will continue the business at the samo stand, where I will be prepared lo furnish tho host Groce ries at lowest prices, and respectfully solic it thc patronage of all. C. A. REED, Ag't. .Feb 7, 1884 _30_ Partnership Notice. WE, the undersigned, have formed > partnership under thc name ot McCULLY, CATHCART & CO., and will conduct a General Merchandise Business at the old stand of McCully & Taylor, on tho North side of Public Square, and re spectfully solicit a share of the patronage I of the trading public I This partnership has been in existence since the ?Sth day of Jnnuarv last. P. K. McCULLY, JAS. M. CATHCAUT, P. E. WATKINS. Feb 7, 1884_30_3_ DOORS, SASH""BLINDS ARE NOT MADE BY A. W. TODD, But he ia agent for THE BEST asd CHEAPEST TO BE HAD IN ANDERSON. Call and see bim on DEPOT STREET. Feb 7,1884_30_Sm_ MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. In the Court of Common ricas. Elizabeth Nally, as heir at law and Ad ministratrix, Plain tl fi", vs. Joseph Nally, Samuel Nally, et al.. Defendants.-Com plaint for Partition, dec BY virtue of an order to me directed by his Honor J. H. Hudson, Presiding J udge, dated 4th February, 1884, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C.. on 8ALEDAY IN MARCH next, the following described Tract of Land, to wit : ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, con taining ono hundred and twenty acres, more j or less, situate in Brushy Creek Township, in Anderson County, in tho State of South Carolina, adjoining lands of W. W. Phil lips, Alfred Sheriff, and liera, and known as the Real Estate of James O. Nally, de ceased. Taaus OF SALE-One-third cash, and the balance ou a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to be secured by a bond and mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment. Purchasers to pay extra for all necessary papera. W. W. HTJMPHREY8, Master. Feb 7,1884_30_4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons haring der. ands against the Estate of German F.~Bnrton, deva, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment, THEODORE F. BURTON, \ - . SAM'L. T. MCCULLOUGH, J KX RA Jan 24, 1884_28 3? New Advertisements. ? CURE FITS! Whuff UT eur? i do not SMU ui cr; i j to ?top IL? ra Tor ?tlc? ul tfun h?vo them ramrn Bf ?lo. I tn??? M r?d! cur?. ? b.ro mut too ?MWH or Vitt, KNLBFBi cr VALLrHOSICKHSSSa nra lone ?tudy. I warrant tay remedy to ear? th* wont euc?. Bocaute others DAT* fallid li no relton ror oct now rccM.Ing ?coro-. Bond.) ?M tot a trun? and ? Fra* Kettla or ruy Infallible remedy. Olre Bapreas ead ron omeo, lt coote you -rt il, end I will ear* yon. i Pr. B. O. BOOT, lt* twsrt St. Me? Tort THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH Ii located at 8F.WANEE, TENN* upon the Cum berland Plateau, 2,000 ft x above the ?ca level. Th'? Beb?-ol. under tho special patronage of th? BUbopa of the Protestant Episcopal Church In the South and Baulhwc?t, olTcr? thc healthiest Tftd denoo and the best advantages, both moral and educational, In ita Grammar School ?nd ita Collo ? lat* and Thoologtcal Department?. For the spe cial claims of thia University for pat rou sae, apply for documents to the Kev. TELKAIR HODGSON, D. !>., Vic? Chancellor, Berranee, Tenn. Made of Solid steel.in Best Marnier REMINt3rTOWL SHOVELS, SCOOPS and SPADES. Effi?NGTON GOODS BEMMOTOH A?BIOOLTOBAl CO., ItlOB, H. Y. TD VU Send name on a postal card to Bautb X IbXjJj maa ? Co., Albion, Mich., and receive -iflaq**. QONSUIfilPT Hit?a tSMaM?tlTl remedy for lb? ?bo?? dise?!?; I .? B?a llwutr.ii? cres*eiof tb? weet mnJ aaa M I ? > : ti*n?laebav* fevre cored. Ied>e*,eo?troiirU roi f. , lo lt? efficacy, ?hat | ?Ut eena TWO BOTTT.K4 ri:LU. t.iC?thor?/UnaV>Ll'ADr.BTXBaTISSenll.Ud,.?c??, ?? asyeaStrer. on? Samoa and F. Ot. address. . D2k T. Ju SLOCUM, tn F.trlSt., New TOT* Newspaper AdTsrUacngBuraan, to Bprnca St., N.Y. i Fat 7, UM- 8?- 4*~ TT Jct ;i> PLOWS, CASH AT AN $c CO/S iE A SPECIALTY. o JANDBETII'S? arrive, hut on hand, at ftRRISON'S, BUILD jjsra, in Street. COTTON SEED MEAL FOR SALE. COTTON SEED WANTED. J. H. TOWNSEND, Anderson, 8. c. Jan 31, 1884 29 J STORE ROOM TO RENT. HP HE Room nov. occupied by Julita X Poppe, in Brick Runge, next door to the Andereon National Hank. The best stand in the City for Confectioneries, Ac. Apply to J. D. MAXWELL. Jan 17, 1884_21_ 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 vour property before it is burned up. * Jan 17, 1884_27_ly Stock of Goods, &c, for Sale, "PURSUANT to a resolution of the Crcd JL itors of Clinkftcales & Hutto, I will sell at Williumston, S. C., on tho 20th day of February, 188-1, at 12 o'clock m., to tbe highest milder, the entire Stock-in bulk of Merchandise of said Firm, consisting of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Hardware, Ac., Ac. Also, in one lot, the Notes and Accounts of said Firm. J. 13. ROGERS, Assignee. Jan 31, 1884_20 - - 3_ Notice of Sale. IN order to obtain a Final Settlement of the Estate, the Choses in Action of B. F. Low, deceased, consisting of Notes and Accounts which have been appraised doubtful or worthless, will be solo at An derson C. H., S. C., on the 19th February next. Terms of sale cash. IVY C. LOW, 1 " , R. B. A. ROBINSON, J *x Jan 31, 1884_29 3 NOTICE. TE B partnership heretofore existing be tween P. K. McCully and D. 8. Tay lor, under the firm name of McCully A Taylor, is thia day dissolved by mutual consent. Either partner is authorized to receive and receipt for all amounts due the firm. P. K. McCULLY, * P. 8. TAYLOR. Jan. 14, 1884. All Notes and Accounts unpaid and past due will bc placed In tho hands of John E. Breuzeale, Trial J us tice, on the 1st of March next. Jan 31, 1884_29_ FIRE! FIRE! -o THE Masons having decided to pull down the Store Room I occupy on March 1st, I am closiug ont my stock of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry At greatly Reduced Prices. Solid Gold Stem-winding Watches, im ported movements, for $35-warranted. Large striking, weight or spring Clocks, $3.75, warranted. Good Breast Fina at 75c, warranted. Good Lever Sleeve Buttons, 75c, war ranted. Geld Wire Ear Rings at 75c Engagement Rings, Necklaces, etc cheap J. A. DANIELS. Jan 17, 1884 27 _7f Partnership Notice. WE, tho undersigned, have this day en tered into a partnership under the name of W. 8. LIGON & Co., for the pur pose of conducting a general merchandise business at the old stand of W. 8. Llgon, on ibo Southside of the Fubiio Square. By close attention io the vants of oar cus tomers and fair dealing, we would solicit the patronage of the trading public. Our etock of GROCERIES ls full up. and wo will make it to the intereat of all w price our goods b?fate purchasing their aupplies for the year. 1 v 3 W. 8. LIGON. R. 8. LIGON. Jan.1, 1884 Guace and Acid Phosphate, We are receiving a large lot of the old reliable Soluble Paelffo Guano ?nd Acid? and the Staudard EdleCe Add Phosphate, all of which weare prepared to sell at the lowest tna'ket pntei These are old established brands of Fer tilizers, and no one can doubt the rellflhHt ty of Its analysis or the qusllty of tbe goods. ; ^ ? jjGON A CO. Quick Sales & Small Profits. DRY GrOODS. JUST received a full line of Printe, ?asb? meres. Alpacas, Flannels. A IatP assortment cf Jeans, Virginia CassimcrA Shirtings and Sheetings, ft to 10-* wW* Bed Ticking cheaper than ever before, *&> all to be sold at lowest prices, by__ A., E. TO WEBB 860127, 1888_ ll S? Blankets and Marsaillcs Quilts. TUE finest lot of Blankets, Crochet Marsalllcs Quilts, in Town. -ALSO, - % ^ "v Ladles Cloaks and Shawls, and Yans* Notions. For sale low bjr ? ^joj. Sept?, 1888 "ll