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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2i, 1884. TBRMS : ONE YEAB-..................._81.50. SIX MONTHS-_-_._ 7?0. Two Dollars If not paid in advance. A TERRIBLE CALAMITY, FEARFUL STORM BLOWS DOWN FOR? ESTS AND HOUSES, KILLING ONE MAN AND WOUNDING OTHERS. ?? The Severest Blow of Half a Century. About half past five o'clock on Tues? day evening the attention of our citizens was called to tbe fact that a shower of | -; rain was approaching by several vivid flashes of lightning, and sharp peals of :. thunder. The morning had been beauti? ful, balmy and spring-like, with no indi? y cation of rain, so that even a shower was an entirely unexpected event. Aa the little cloud approached us it gathered in size, and soon spread over the entire horizon in* a manner indicative of a heavy rainfall. At the first approach of j the cloud a slight shower of rain, in large drops, mixed with hail feII,.accompanied with aseVereblow which, however, did j no harm. Bad: of this cloud, which was black and threatening, a clear streak of j - golden fight appeared, and some persons thought a clear sunset would follow. In a"few moments, however, another cloud[ followed and* rapidly aseumed a more angry and threatening appearance ?the great currents of wind and rain flying in every direction, with black clouds above crossing white strata, which seemed to be boiling up beneath. Two or: three cleat reverberating claps of thunder in quick succession seemed to form the storm-center a little Southwest oCthe'cily of Anderson, and all'the seetiaing.maas of clouds rushed to join the devastatingforce, and forming a huge black mass, dipping down nearly to the earth, in a funnel shape, shot off in an easterly direction, revolving and. roaring j . in a fearful manner. It came with per , feet torrents of rain, and leveled trees, jjpfences and bouses iu \ts track. Soon after it started, tbe cloud burst and form ed' into two or more funnels, each of which carried devastation and ruin before it. The tornadoes, proper, passed about >one and a half miles South and four miles South of Anderson, and proceeded Easi; and Northeast. The storm did its work quickly i;nd was gone. The winds, which rushed to form the tornado, did great damage them? selves in blowing down fences, lifting roofs and up-rooting trees, but tbe wreck which the tornado made surpasses any calamity tbat has visited onr County in the last half century, As is usual in such cases tbe st?rm did not sweep uniformly upon the earth, but would strike with devastating force for a few hundred yaids, and then as if to gather fresh power" from tbe raging elements, would rise and make its course for some distance through the air, returning again to leave addition? al wrecks to mark its course. In the path of its greatest fury scarcely a large . tree was left standing, and acres of felled forests may be found to-day to show the force of this storm,. Houses were shat? tered as. play things before its power, j and huge timbers carried for hundreds of [ yards before the raging winds, or lifted , < and driven into the ground with super? human power. As far-as we are able to learn, the tor-, nado seems to have commenced its dead? ly work at or near Master's mill, about three or four miles Southwest of the city, its track being between a quarter and a half mile in width. It swept every *"': v thing before it, traveling in a Northeaster? ly direction. On Mr. John Hall's place, the chim? neys of his dwelling house, all his out? houses and one or two tenant houses ? ? . were blown down. No one hurt. Mr. W.U. Hall's stables were dam? aged. Mrs. P. A. Masters' dwelling house was slightly damaged, and two tenant houses destroyed. No one hurt Two out houses on Mr. J. H. Masters' place were blown down. No one hart. Mr. H. BT. Crawford's dwelling house chimneys were blown down, aa also were three outhouses. No one hurt. The dwelling house of Mr. John Brooke, the miller at Masters' mill, was blown down. Mr. Brooks, two women and-three children were in tbe house, which was blown off at the floor. Mr. Brooks was killed by a falling timber, his head and face being bruised. He was found lying on-top of the wreck, which was scattered on both sides. The women and children ran out into the orchard and caught hold of some peach trees, where they remained until the storm was over. None of them were injured. Mr. J. M. Keys' dwelling house, out? houses and three tenant houses were blown down. His stables were also de? stroyed, though the stock escaped injury. No one was hurt on Mr. Keys' place. In addition to this, considerable dam? age was done upon the plantations of Messrs. T. J. McClure and Oliver Bolt, where two gin houses and two or three tenant houses were blown down. Extending further East and Northeast considerable damage was done. Two tenant houses were blown down upon Mr. W. 0. Pearman's place. On Mr. Wm. Shirley's the out build? ings and two tenant houses were blown down. On Mr. W. J. Bobbins' place, on Broadaway, two tenant houses were blown down. Two outhouses were blown down on -Mr. Crosby's place. The storm did no extensive damage in the city. The tin roof over the store? room of Messrs. YV. S. Ligon & Co. was, torn up on the Northwest corner. No damage was done to their goods. A two-room kitchen, just completed on Mr. L. L. Green's lot, on South Main street, was thrown off of its foundation at one end, but the timbers remained to? gether. The colored: Methodist Church, which was in process of erection, the building having been framed and ready for the weather-boarding, was blown down. In various portions of the city consid-1 erable fencing was blown down, and a number of trees uprooted. Tbe storm did its most destructive work just one mile below the city, de? stroying the dwelling houses of Mr. R. W. Todd, our County School Commis? sioner, Mr. J. -L. Fant and Miss Anna Wilcox, the tatter's being leveled to the ground. The main portion of Mr. Todd's house was left standing, the upper half-story and roof being carried away. The glass in the windows of the lower story were shattered, and in several rooms the sash blowo out. Tbe furniture was badly damaged and broken up. As soon as the occupants could escape from the house, they went out and lay down on the ground, preferring to be in tbe rain rather than risk tbe house. None of them were hurt. A large tree fell across Miss Wilcox's house. The furniture was broken and scattered in almost every direction. Mrs. Chatfield, Miss Wilcox's sister, "was the only person in the house at the time. She heard the storm approaching, and got up to close the door, which had blown open, when in an instant the crash came. Viewing the wreck, it seems impossible for her to have escaped a horrible death. However, she came off with only a slight bruise. Mr. Fant's house was left in about the same condition as Mr. Todd's. His household goods were also badly damaged and broken. His family were all io ,the house, but none of them were injured. Mr. Fant's stables were uplifted and torn asunder, but his horse escaped with? out a scratch. A large untenan ted house recently oc? cupied by Joe Lee, colored, was also un? roofed. The scene in this immediate neighbor? hood on Wednesday morning was terri? ble. The track of the tornado did not appear to have beer more than a quarter of a mile wide, and Miss. Wilcox's resi? dence seems to huvo been about in the center. Pieces of furniture, clothing and timbers were carried several hundred yards away. All the trees of any size weie uprootod. . .-. ,v ? . . A small .tenant house on Mr.-H. 0. Herrick's place was unroofed. The occu-1 pants'were not injured. \ Several tenant" houses on Mr. J. W. (Thompson's place were blown down.' A negro'man and three children: were pain? fully injured by a; chimney, falling in upon them..* One of the children, .itis feared, is fatally wounded. The storm at Mountain Creek was also very* severe. '- *-The"brick' church' being unroofed and seriously "damaged. We have been unable Jo get additional;par? ticulars from this section. . ? Two' houses on Liberty Hill were [ blown down. While the-storm was at its height, two gentlemen were riding horse-back on South Main street, near tbe mile post, when they, were blown from their ani? mals, falling ten or fifteen feet away. . The above details are only a part doubtless of the terrible rwork of of the storm. It is wonderful in the extreme that out of so many wrecks there should have been so few accidents to persons and ?Lock. On Wednesday morning a meeting was held in Anderson and a committee, consisting of the'Mayor, with'Alessrs. Q. F. Tolly, Rev. T. P. Bell, J. W. Daniels aqd. A. S. Stephens, was appointed to. receive private subscriptions and disburse them among the suffers from tbe storm, according to their necessities. While it will be impossible to make up anything like the losses sustained by tbe victims of tbe tornado, it is hoped to be able to relieve their present necessities. At present we cannot make any esti? mate of the damage done by tbe storm, but enough has been heard to carry tbe losses considerably up into the thou? sands. . ? Senator Sherman's idea of dividing the receipts from Internal Revenue among the States has met with very little favor, so far, in any Section of the Union. It is evidently intended to keep the protec? tion tariff up to the highest point possi? ble, and therefore is opposed by all reve? nue reformers. It is a mere political dodge to maintain the tariff, and at the same time appeal to the tax-payer on the plea that the general government is light? ening the burdens of local taxation. It proposes, however, when fully examined to lighten these burdens in one place to unnecessarily impose them in another. The Internal Revenue being levied al? most entirely upon luxuries is not a bur? den unless tbe citizen voluntarily choses to assume tbe .burden, while on tbe other hand the tariff being levied on many ar? ticles we eat, rhoBt articles we wear, the materials we use in building, in manu? facturing?in fact, on the bulk of articles we buy?is a burden, whether realized or not, upon every citizen, and falls of course heavier upon the laboring man than upon the capitalist. Therefore, it is to the interest of the masses to main? tain* the Internal Revenue and cut down the tariff. It would, however, be better to divide this revenue among the States than to abolish it altogether. The Suniter Treasure. A colored man, named John Buckner, has taken a contract to drain Beech Creek, near Stateburg in this county, for highway purposes. He has in his em? ploy Benjamin Gatlin and Stephen Col? lins, also colored. Tbe other day, while engaged at their work, they came across two earthen jars, containing lard, and in which were deposited silverware, such as spoons, ladles, &c? to the value of over one hundred dollars. The silver plate bore the engraved letters "J. F. D." There were also found a gold thimble, marked "S. R.," a pair of gold spectacles, gold and silver pieces of money to the value of about fifty dollars. Several other articles of jewelry were also found, as ear-rings, &c. These articles are be? lieved to have been the property of a family by tbe name of Desmukes, who are related to tbe McCrady family in Charleston, Tbe Desmukes refugeed here during the war, and were living at or near Stateburg at the time of Potter's raid. These people hui several idle ser? vants at this time, who accompanied Potter's forces. The articles were buried just prior to the raid. Tbe Desmukes family are thought to be living some? where in Tennessee. Tbe fidelity of the servants, who afterward went off with Potter, is regarded as quite remarkable. Old residents in Stateburg remember those people, and the owners of the prop? erty may yet be able to recover their long hidden treasure.?Sunder advance. "Rough on Coughs." Knocks a Cough or Cold endwise. For children or adults. Trot les; 15c. Liquid, 60c. At druggists. Letter from Florida. Mr. Editor : In one of my former letters I made a statement which per? haps should be corrected. My object in these letters is to state facts?facts which I know to be facts, or can be substantia? ted by the best authority. In speaking of the price of cotton I made the impression upon the minds of your readers that it had reached 40 cents per pound, and ^as the selling price at that time. This is a mistake. I should have sta? ted that the common market price ranged from 35 to 3s cents. One merchant told me he knew one man who received 40 cents for his cotton. Perhaps it was a bad debt, and in order to secure his money the buyer paid that amount. We.are having now beautiful clear weather. The warm sunshine is causing vegetation to spring up and grow; birds are singing their sweetest songs, and all nature seems rejoicing because Winter has gone. .We can now see what mis? chief has been done to the orange trees. The owners of groves, for a while, were very uneasy lest their trees Bhould suc? cumb to tbe cold wave, but they are now cheerful enough. Though most of the trees have been denuded of their foliage, yet no material damage has been done to tbe tree. Small trees of one year's growth have suffered most. I cannot see that the large trees have been in? jured. The young, tender wood that was made just previous to tbe cold snap has been bitten back. Farmers are now as busy as can be preparing their lands for the coming crop. Log-rolling seems to be the order of the day. Planting corn will commence about the 20th of this month. Labor is getting to be a serious matter with the farmers. Very few of them have as many hands as they want, and many others have none at all. So many railroads are being built that it proves very injurious to tbe farming interest. Negroes will flock to a railroad; it seems to have a special attraction for them. But surely no one can blame them, for they get their dollar and a quarter per day, and they get it regularly and promptly. In .this country everybody seems to be striving to get a home of their own. Many of tbe blacks, as well as the whiles, have Becured nice, comfortable homeS. Many freedmen here have more than "40 acres and a mule." Some of them have large bodies of lands and several mules. They are on the high way to fortune. A young man of ener? gy, sound'judgmeut and steady habits can soon become independent. 1 nee young men here who a few years ago did not have a dollar, nor did they own an acre of land. To-day they have a quarter of a section of land, a horse, a cow or two, hogs, &c. This tbey have secured by hard work and indomitable energy. The reason of this is plain: laud is cheap and IpHor commands a good price. Good farm hands get from $10 to $12 per per month with tbeir board and washing. At the saw mills a strong young man gets from $15 to $23, per month and his board. If he has economic habits he can "lay up" the most of this'sum. Your readers have often heard that in Florida a man can live easier and work less than anywhere else. From what I havo seen and heard, I am beginning to believe this. There are many reasons for this. The earth is generous; not only does she produce good crops, but a greater variety of crops than any other country. Potatoes, peas and pindarB grow almost without any work. Very little corn is fed to hogs, only enough to harden tbe flesh, aa it were. I often think of tbe many young men in Anderson County who labor hard the whole year and can't save a nickle; who have no lands of their own and per? haps never will have, if tbey live to be a hundred years old. I say I have often thought that if they could see what promises and inducements this State holds out to them they would .leave the country just as soon as they could raise money enough to get out of if. I would not persuade anybody, young or old, who is doing well and getting along smoothly in tbe world to quit their homes and go to seek a better. It is of the poor young man of whom I speak and whom I would advise. What are their prospect there? They have for years been laboring and striving to better their condition, and to-day it is no belter than it was five years ago, and in many cases it is much worse. And I do not hesitate to affirm that from what I see and hear that a young man of health,-and energy, and pluck, can own a nice little home, "become independent and happy in a very Bhort time. A lazy man will not succeed here any better than anywhere else, and I would advise auch to stay where they are. The health of this country is good, and I see no cause why it should not continue so. Tbe country generally is high, rolling pine land, and physicians re? commend invalids to go to such places. There are some small swamps about, the home of the alligator and mosquito, but many people live on the edges of them and have good health. People are sick here just as they -are everywhere, but it is a singular fact tbe great scourge of Anderson and other portions of upper Carolina (typhoid fever) is rarely seen here. Once in ten years, perhaps, a mild form of it visits this country, but so seldom that most of the physicians do not know how to treat it. Society is good?just as good as auy ptirtof Anderson County. I have not heard an oath or a profane word from anybody since I have been here. I have been to Lake City on salcdays, yet everything was quiet and orderly; no drinking, no profane swearing, no noisy tumults nor even loud talking on tbe streets. Churches of every denomination are thickly dotted all over the County. Peo? ple are moral, and as intelligent general? ly as you will find them anywhere. Schools, too, are found in every neighbor? hood. W. D. Hattox. Mt. Tabor, Fla. ? Governor Lowry, of Mississippi,has vetoed the railroad commission bill pars? ed by the Legislature. ? A forty pound bucket of mud fell fifty feet on the head of . colored well cleaner on Mr. H. Mi Thompson's place, in Barn well, on Friday. A slight abrasion of the cranium was the only resultant injury. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. Governor Thompson Sure of Ko-electlou Three Democratic Congressional Districts to he Cuutestod. Columbia, February 12.?It is very early in the political year, but already tbe chauces of the candidates for the Democratic nominations for State offices aud for Congress are under discussion, and there is in the field a goodly array of Carolinians who will consent to serve the State and their country if they are required to do so. In other word*, in the political parlance of the day, "They are in the hands of their friends." The probabilities are that there will be no opposition whatever to the renomina? tion of Governor Thompson. A number of articles on the subject have appeared in the county newspapers, but nowhere lias there been any suggestion of oppos? ing the renoiniuation of the present Gov? ernor, who has given general satisfaction by the courtesy, intelligence aud the un? wavering fidelity with which he has discharged the duties of his important office. It had been hinted that Governor Thompson might oecome a candidate for Congress this year, but there is the best authority for sayiug that under no cir? cumstances will he accept the nomination for Congress, and that he will consider it a high honor if he shall be renomiuated and re-elected as Governor. There will be considerable stir i? three of the Democratic Congressional Districts this summer. It is no secret that Con? gressman John H. Evins, of the Fourth District, is in bad health, and he will not be a candidate for re- election. The State has no better representative in Congress than Col. Evins, and his inability to serve the State any longer will be a serious public loss. There is no doubt that he has won the respect and confidence of both political parties as an able and a hard working member of Congress. He is now serviug his fourth term and would probably have been reuominated if he could have been a candidate. There are several candidates in prospect. Eichland has ex-Attorney General L. \V. Youmans and Col. Wm. Wallace. Fairfield is expected to put forward the name of Col. T. \V. Woodward, but that jovial and unreconstructed gentleman declares that he will not be a candidate again. Green? ville will have two candidates, Mr. James L. Orr and Col. W. H. Perry, the -eldest son of ex-Governor B. F. Perry. Spar? enburg will probably enter as a 'candi? date Col. D. R. Duncan, now the Circuit solicitor, and who was the man who, as president of the company, carried the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad across .the Blue Ridge. Union, like Spartanburg, will have but one candidate, and he will be Col. I. G. McKissick. There is plenty of room for speculation as to.?the chances of the several gentle? men spoken of, but not more than three of them are expected to develop any considerable strength. Tbe present representative of the Third District is Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, who is serving his fourth term, and is a candidate for renomination. There is not much likelihood that he will be op? posed in his own county, though it has been hinted that there may be aspirants there. Newberry will have a candidate in the person of the Hon. George John stone, who is chairman of the committee of ways aud means of the House of Representatives of the State. Oconee and Pickens have suggested no candidates so far. It is reported that Anderson will put in the field Mr. E. B. Murray, the editor of the Anderson Intelligencer and one of tbe most active members of the House of Representatives. The Second District is now represented by George D. Tillman, of Edgefield, and his renomination will uot be opposed, it is thought, in his own county. There may be opposition to him in Hampton and'Barnwell, as well as in Aiken. In Barnwell State Senator Lartigue is talked j of as a probable candidate, and from Aiken two gentlemen of merit are nara ed?State Senator D. S. Henderson aud Representative G. W. Croft. The Fifth and Sixth District are rep? resented by Messes. John J. Hcmpbill and George W. Dargan respectively. These gentlemen are now serving their first term, having been elected in 1882, under .the Act re-districting the State. They have given satisfaction to their constituents, and will be renominated without opposition. ? In the affairs of the Seventh, or Black District, the Democrats do uot take much interests. The general opiuion is that Robert Smalls, the convicted bribe? taker, will be nominated without much difficulty, but this is by~no means the fact. There is strong opposition {o Smalls because of bis bad public charac? ter, and a serious effort, will be made to secure the nomination for State Senator Bruce Williams, of Georgetown. Wil? liams is a colored mau of respectability and capacity, and is incomparably supe? rior in every way to Smalls. It is not improbable that there will be several candidates before the Republican Con? gressional Convention, but'the race at present is between Williams and Smalls, with the chances in favor of Williams. The candidates who are on the edge are ex-SpeakerSamuel J. Lee, of Charleston, (not Sam Lee, of Surnter,) W. H. Ahreus, of Summerville. and J. W. Coll? ins, of Beaufort. There is no talk of nominating a Democratic candidate in the district, and the Republicans will be allowed to fight it out in their own way. Altogether the outlook for lively times during the canvaRs for the nominations is quite promising, and it is not very wide of the mark to suppose that there will be considerable activity, on the part of the Republicans, during the two or three months immediately preceding the elec? tion. The indications are that there will be no Republican opposition to the elec? tion of the Democratic candidates for State offices, or, except in the Republican counties, to the Democratic candidates for county offices and the Legislature. The Republicans will naturally make an effort to carry one or more of the Con? gressional districts and try to obtain a majority for their Electoral ticket. Their chances in the latter respect will depend very much on the character of the Dem? ocratic candidate for President and the nature of the platform on which he stands.? Correspondence News and Couri? er. Georgia vs. North Carolina. The two leading cotton manufacturing States in the South are Georgia and North Carolina. On the first day of June, 18S0, Georgia had 40 mills, con? taining 200,974 spindles; North Caroli? na had 49 mills, containing 102,707. Three years and a half elapse and the account stands as follows: Georgia has 62 mills, containing 340,130 spindles; North Carolina has 92 mills, containing 213,302 spindles. North Carolina has more mills and Gergia more spindles. The activity and ambition of the two States in the direction of cotton manu? facturing do not greatly vary. Georgia has more capital, but North Carolina has more water powers. It is a snug race, and Georgia should look to her laurels, for the excess of mills in North Carolina is a menace to Georgia's position at the head of the list. Wo hope that every North Carolina mill will prosper and ac? cumulate spindles, but at the same time wo hope that Georgia will maintain her pre-eminence. The census of 1^90 will tell the story of this interesting industri? al contest between the two States. No other Southern State is struggling for first place, although South Carolina and Maryland are no laggards when the num? ber of spindles is regarded.?Atlanta Constitution. ? Two drunken men in a Lexington, Ky., hotel blew out the gas on retiring to bed and were suffocated to death. j SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION. Charleston's Chances of being the Great Entrepot. Columbia, S. C, February 15.?Iu re? sponse to numerous inquiries, Commis? sioner Butler has furnished to the press the following statement of his plans in the matter of immigration: When he receives information as to the power of the City of Charleston to grant a charter that will authorize the South? ern Immigration Association to establish an immigrant home, erect docks, wharves, &c. he will endeavor to perlect the or? ganization of the South Carolina branch of the Association. If proper authority cau be conferred by the City of Charles? ton and some inducements are offered, that city will undoubtedly be selected as the port of entry, as it is the most desi? rable location on the South Atlantic coast. Col. Butler has recently discussed the matter very fully with Gen. J. B. Erwin, the member of the executive committee for this State, and other pro? gressive citizens, and is very much elated by the encouragement be has received. In addition to this he has received letters from prominent gentlemen in various parts of tbe State that seem to give as? surance of the complete success of any scheme that may be inaugurated. Colonel Butler says that there is a very strong desire on the part -of the people generally to do all they can to advance the cause of immigration in South Carolina, and all that is needed to make this desire assume practical shape is the right kind of appeal to them. The association must be able to show that its plans are practicable and will be effectual with proper effort, and it can then rely on the material assistance and moral support of every good citizen of the State. The commissioner has not had time nor opportunity to confer with the members of the Southern Immigra? tion Associations in the other States, so that he is um.jle to say just what it has yet accomplished in the way of organi? zation ; but he is confident that the South Carolina branch, of which he is the head, can be soon put on a Srra foundation. He believes that if this State can be the first to move forward practically in this matter there will be no trouble in having Charleston selected as the entrepot for all tbe Southern States; and if this much cannot be done, it can at least be made such for all the Atlantic States. This of itself would be I of infinite advantage. It would not only add to the importance of our metropolis, I but would be of great service to the whole people, as it would enable tbem to [ select the very best class of foreigners for I tenants and laborers, and enable the land owners to deal directly with those who have money to invest in real estate. The reports of the Castle Garden au? thorities show that a large, numbor of the immigrants arriving at New York remain there and find homes either in the city or State. Of course we could not ofTer inducements to as many skilled laborers as the great metropolis, and therefore would not expect ns many of this class to come to Charleston ; but South Carolina offers as great induce? ments as any Southern State, and once the immigrants landed on our soil, we could retain as large a proportion of the arrivals as New York now does of those at her port, iu short, South Carolina would get the "pick," and would, of course, select the best. Tbe establishment of such a home would hasten the day of direct trade with Europe, and would vastly increase the business of Charleston. There are many other advantages tbat would, follow, but it is unnecessary to speak of them, as all realize the importance of the matter and the benefits to flow from it. The great consideration now is, how to successfully inaugurate and carry it out. The first step to be taken is to arouse the people and awaken enthusiasm in the subject. To do this effectually, Colonel Butler says that as soon as the charter is obtained local executive committees will be appointed in every county to canvass for members of the association, first among those most interested and most to be benefited. When this has been thoroughly done, fi convention will be called to meet in Columbia or Charles? ton for a full discussion and the perfec? tion of a complete organization. Every citizen of the State will be considered a member and everybody will be invited to participate. The New Orleans Exposition is regard? ed as the great opportunity of the year for inducing capital and immigration, and at the proposed convention this matter also will come in for full consideration. The result of such a convention, if largely attended by representative men, as it should be, will be to at once attract.at? tention to South Carolina from every quarter, as it will be recognized as a pub? lic sentiment in favor of immigration in advance of any other Southern State. Salesday in April or May will be nam? ed for meetings to be held at every coun? ty seat, and the live, patriotic men of every county will be asked to attend these meetings, address the people, urge upon them the great importance of the matter and impress upon them the pow? er of organization, and ask them to at? tend the State convention. A little of tbe right sort of explanation will soon convince tbem, and there will bo no further doubt of the ultimate triumph of the immigration movement.? Correspon? dence News and Courier. The Baging Ohio. Cincinnati, February 15.?At 9 o'clock this morning the river was 70 feet 4 inches and falling. The weather is clear and cold. The river is falling all the way above, and very rapidly a hundred miles or so up the river. At 3:40 o'clock this a. m. an alarm of fire was sounded from the box at Ludlow and Pearl streets, where the water sur? rounded the houses. When the engine reached the place, it was discovered that the rear portion of two brick buildings on the south side of Pearl street, near Ludlow, had fallen in, and ten persons were buried in the ruins or drowned. The occupants of the front portion had given the alarm, and before relief had been obtained the fire alarm sounded. The firemen, in conjunction with the police, made superhuman efTorts to res? cue the living and recover the bodies of the dead. Tbe buildings were used as boarding houses and had twenty to thirty occupants living in them, and were Boon taken out, but four members of the fam? ily named Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Caultcr, Maude Ellis, Lydia Ellis. Willie Kyle and another whose name is unknown; all supposed to have been crushed or drowned. Mrs. Webb, occupant of the room in the part that fell, was awakened by the cracking of walls. Sho tried to arouse others, but fell with the building, ttiid yet escaped without injury. The buildings wero occupied as boarding houses by Robert Kyle and George Oys? ter. There were about thirty-five peo? ple in the buildings at tbe time. The following persons are known to have been killed by the falling timber or drowned: John W. Kyle, son of the proprietor, Mary E. Caulter, Maud Elli? son, James Ogden, Barney Winkler, Mrs. Wiukler, Thomas Burk, and Mrs. Lena Burk and two children, William and Louis Burk, making ten lives lost so far as known. The accident has spread terror among the occupants of similar old buildings in the flooded districts. Many who can do so are getting to safer quarters. The disaster has increased in the hor? rible discovery of two more bodies of persons not known hitherto to have been among the victims. These are Mr. and Mrs. Woehmier, who have been taken out and identified. The search is still in progress for others. ? The Mahoneites will coalesce with the Virginia Republicans in the coming Presidential contest. A GERMAX INSULT. Flung Into the Face of the United States Government. London, February 1G.?Tbe Berlin correspondent of the Times aays that Prince Bismarck has returned to Ben Yon Elsendecber, German minister at Washington, the resolution of condolence on Herr Lasker's death, passed by Con? gress, with a counter request to return the resolution to the House of Represen? tatives, as the position of Herr Laskcr in Germany was not such as to justify the resolutioD. The Times adds that although the above appears incredible, the fact is thAt the relations between Washington and Berlin are in a stale of great tension, chiefly owing to the pig flesh question. The Times concludes: "One thing is certain, we have not heard the last of tbe Lasker incident. The Americans are much too proud, too sen? sitive, and loo independent for that." The German minister says be has re? ceived no information concerning tbo alleged action of Prince Bismarck in regard to the House resolution of condo? lence on Herr Lasker's death, cabled by the news association of London. The Times Berlin correspondence is supposed to be wholly sensational, in fact, a mere "canard." The State department is also without any confirmation of the story that tbe resolution bos been returned to the German minister with a request to return it to the House of Representatives, etc. There is a considerable sensation here over the report that Bismarck has return? ed the House resolution of sympathy from Germany on tbe death of Herr Lasker.' The resolution was offered by Tom Ochiltree, who is a friend of Las? ker's brother, a prominent merchant of Galvcston. It was not noticed in the rush of bills and resolutions, and received only ten or twelve viva voce votes. No? body thought of Lasker's politics or in? tended anything but an expression of sympathy with the German people in their regret at the death of an illustrious citizen. While some unpleasantness has arisen between the United States and Germany over American pork, prominent Congressmen are loth to believe that Bismarck has deliberately insulted Con? gress. Nothing official is known at the State Department, or at tbo German legation. Senator Miller, chairman of the committee of foreign affairs, when he read cablegram, said : "Old Bismarck must have been drunker than usual."' Senator Morgan said his action was barbarous and outside his legitimate pre? rogative. Mr. Clements who is on the House Committee of foreign affairs, said that the House would undoubtedly take some action if Bismarck has been cor? rectly reported. Some members favor the passage of another resolution, declaring Bismarck incapable of judging of Herr Lasker's character or title to respect. The Even iug Star says King William and Bismarck have been trying to consolidate the Euro? pean monarchies in league against popu? lar rights, and they cherish no good will for the republic whose success has made despotism insecure the world over. If the current report of Bismarck's conduct be true, a correspondence will undoubedlly ensue between the United States and Germany. Cnnsc and Remedy for the Flood. Discussing the Western floods, an Ohioan said to me: "You need not ex? press surprise that the water reaches a higher mark this year thau ever before. The water sheds of tbe Middle and Western States are being rapidly stripped of their forests. And this means more floods and higher ones. Indeed we may look for annual overflows that will prac? tically wipe out many river towns, and change the map of the river cities. As for the Mississippi valley you Jmay look for terrible disaster thero in the next twenty days." "And the remedy for this ?" ?"There is but one. Sare the remnants of the forests and plant Hew tree3 on a gigantic scale. As long as the water sheds are bare there will be quick and tremendous floods. A forest is the con ? servator of rain. It is a vast reservoir, in which the rain is stored, and from which it is led out slowly. On bare hills the soil bakes and the water rushes down in torrents. We shall have annual hor? rors and disasters until the forests are restored." A Case of Trichinosis. Minneapolis, February 16.?The fam? ily of Albert Hammerling recently pur? chased a bam, and after eating some of it raw were taken sick. Hammerling, his wife, three children and Mrs. Ham merling's sister were taken to the College Hospital, where the disease was pro? nounced to be trichinosis. Mrs. Ham? merling died yesterday, after suffering horribly, and the other members of the family are in a critical condition. ? Senator Lapham has outraged the courtesy of the Senate. The New York Times says that on Monday he was anxious to attract the attention of a page, and having failed to do so by shaking a paper at the boy, he startled his fellow members on the floor by whistling two or three times very audibly, for which breach of tbe decorum of the Senate he received an invitation from the Chair to be in order. A little later he rudely startled his next neighbor, Mr. Mabone, by flinging a wrapped newspaper over the Senator's shoulder as he was about to rise to make a motion, the pa per striking the wall with a terrific bang. Later on he went about the chamber patting sev? eral Senators familiarly on the back and engoging them in spirited conversation. Senator Lapham must have beeu dis? guised in benzine. Senator Frye ought to move a committee of investigation. ? Eugene Kelly, the great New York banker, is thus quoted: "I suppose I am an incidental Protectionist. 1 don't be? lieve in Morrison's proposed horizontal scale. I stick one peg in at iron. No, overproduction and not a high tariff is at the bottom of the present depression. I do not think the respectable working classes can be convinced to the contrary. Wait a while, and you can tell by the way they vote. The banks are making no more money than the manufacturers. They cannot with the present premium of Government bonds. I think that the one per cent, tax on their circulation should be repealed and the Government should issue a low long term bond. ? Senator Butler, of South Carolina, did well in calling for a report on the tea-growing experiment of the Govern? ment in his State. A correspondent of the Industrial Review, writting from Brookhaven, Miss., says he has had won? derful success in this direction and that "the time is not far distant when every planter in these State.s will raise his own tea, and will see clearly his way to raise it profitable for the market too' A little patience, and experienced hands to ma? nipulate the leaves as it is don, in India, where the tea culture pays handsome re? turns to the interested parties, and we shall show that it is easier to raise tea than cotton." ? Secretary Chandler and Frank Hatton are said to be engaged just now in making such necessary arrangements as will secure for President Arthur the delegations from Southern States to the Chicago Convention. Theae arrange? ments are being made especially in Geor? gia, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas. The vote of the Virginia delegation is regarded as certain for Arthur, as well as that of North Carolina. Hatton r ' been in consultation for some days wi?.a leading Republicans from these States. It is also certain that a movement is un? der way to secure the votes of some of the States having a large colored vote for Gen. Logan. ? Two white tramps outraged and murdered a colored girl in Orangeburg on Friday. Lynchers are scouring the country for them. ? On Thursday, the 7th inst., as Foster Garvington, colored, was taking plank from the saw, at Tucker's saw mill, in Santuc township, a plank struck the saw and knocked him down, throwing him across the saw while it was running. His leg was cut off just below the body, in a shocking manner, and one arm and a hand were dreadfully mutilated. Medical aid was procured us quick as possible, and every care and attention was given the unfortunate man, but all were unavailing, and he died Thursday night.? Union Times. *V*"Presumption begins in ignorance and ends in ruin. On the other hand, the production of Kidney-Wort began with wise cautions and scientific research, and its use'ends in restoring shattered constitutions and endowing men and women with health and happiness. "My tormented back," is the exclamation of more than one poor hardworking man and woman ; do you know why it aches ? It is because your kidneys are overtasked and need strengthening, and your system needs to be cleansed of bad humors. You need Kidney-Wort. S?" No family Dyes were ever so pop? ular as the Diamond Dyes. Tbey never fail. The Black is far superior to log? wood. The other colors are brilliant. WARNING." IHEREBY warn all persons against selling any goods on my credit, as I will not from this date be responsible for any accounts again?t me unless the same are contracted by myself. F. ALONZO DANIELS. Fob 13, 1881 32 1 TO RENT. THE HOUSE AND LOT now occupied by the undersigned, and known as the Daniel Brown lot. Good orchard, gar? den. &c. Also, Farm of twenty acres ad? joining can be rented, if desired. For fur? ther information apply at the premises or at law office of Moore & Wardlaw, Ander? son, 8. C. C. WARDLAW. Feb 21,1884 32 2? J. R. VANDIVER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, - - S. C. OFFICE?In tue Broyles Building, up stairs, over Dr. Johns tone's Store. Feb 21, 1884_32 _ MILCH COWS. A Few Good Common Cows, With young Calves, for sale by J. C. STRIBLING, ? Pendleton, S. C. Feb 21, 1S84_32_2 Executor's Sale. AT Piercetovn, about 1 o'clock p. m , on Saturday, 15th March, 1834,1 will sell the Choses in Action, consisting of Notes, Accounts and Judgments, belonging to the Estate of James Long, deceased, ap? praised doubtful and worthless. Terms of sale cash. JOSHUA JAMESON, Adni'r. Fob 21,1884 32 4 "VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. _LN The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of James Long, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on the 25th day of March, 1834, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anders n County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from said administration. JOSHUA JAMESON, Surviving Administrator. Feb2l, 1884 .'12 5 DENTISTRY. REPORTS are in circulation that I have quit Dentistry. This is to give no? tice that I can be found daily at the Old Rooms ot Jones & Strickland, in the Cen? tennial Building, South side of Public Square. A. C. STRICKLAND. Feb 7, 18S4 30_4_ Pegged Shoes. . AFEW Men's and Women's Pegged Shoes for sale at cost for cash, to close out. A. B. TOWERS. Feb 14, 1883 31 MULES AND HORSES. IAM just in receipt of a large drove of Mules and Horses, which I can sell low for cash, or on time to parties who can make good ouper. Call at roy new Stable in rear of my Stores. J. E. PEOPLES. Feb 7, 1884_30_3_ DOORS, SASH ^BLINDS ARE NOT MADE BY A. W. TODD, But he is agent for THE BEST and CHEAPEST TO BE HAD IN ANDERSON. Call and see him on DEPOT STREET. Feb 7,1884_30_3m DISSOLUTION. rjlHE Firm heretofore existing under the X' name of Reed & Webb has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. C. A. REED, Ag't. C. W. WEBB. Feb 4, 1884. Having purchased the interest of C. W. Webb In the above Firm, I will continue the business at the same stand, where I will be prepared l?o furnish the best Groce? ries at lowest prices, and respectfully solic? it the patronage of all. C. A. REED, Ag't. Feb 7, 1884 30 CLOTHING! CLOTHING! PRICES OF CL0THIN6 MARKED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NEW STOCK OF SPRING GOODS. Now is the Time to Secure Bargains. AFULL and CAREFULLY SELECTED Stock of SPRING CLOTHING to arrive. Also, GENTS' UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, CRAVATS. IX OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT Our Mr. J. B. CLARK is fully prepared to give entire satisfaction. SPECIAL NOTICE Is hereby giren to all parties indebted to us to come forward and settle at once. Let this notice be sufficient warning. CLARK Sc CO. JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor. Feb 21, 1SS4 32 TOLLY, CATHCART & CO., Arc anxious to Secure your Trade, and will do all in their power to give satisfaction. HAVING AMPLE STORAGE ROOM, AND SUPERIOR FACILITIES FOR Buying Goods from first hands, we can c^er 3'ou BARGAINS in? DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS. GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, AND GENERAL PLANTATION SUPPLIES. In making your purchases give us a call, and see that we mean business, apd are pre? pared to orTer'inducements to Cash Buyers, as well as to furnish Plantation Supplies on good terms till Fall. We have a few NEW REMINGTON SEWING MACHINES which we will sell low down for cash, or on time, as we are closing out this branch of our business. WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE c Daniel Pratt GinCo.sGins, Feeders, Condensers. THE CAMPION REAPERS, MOWERS AND BINDERS, For Anderson, Abbeville and Oconee Counties. We also sell one and two-horse WAGO?S?with a guarantee. WE STILL LEAD IN PRICKS ON OUR WELL KNOWN ?BRANDS STANDARD FERTILZERS AND ACID, And will ninke it to your interest to see um before buying. ? Respectfully, , McCULLY, CATHCART & CO. Feb 14.1S84 31 _1 nsriErw STORE. Having Bought the Stock of Andrew & Prevost A.1? KIEIDTJCIEID PRICES, And made large additions to the same, I offer to the trade at IiOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES? Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Crockery, Hardware. Special inducements on BOOTS, SHOES, IIATS, CARPENTERS' TOOLS and HARDWARE. ALL WINTER COOD8 AT COST. STANDARD GUANO AND ACID PHOSPHATE As low as they ran be bought elsewhere. D. S. TAYLOR. Anderson. S. C. Feb. 14, 18S4. _31_ _ly GARDEN SEEDS, BTJISX'S and LANDRETH'S. Large Quantities?Xot to arrive, but on hand, at HILL & HARRISON'S, BEOYLES' BTJILDIMGr, South Main Street. Feb T, 1884