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E. B. M UKI-; AY, Editor. Til URS DAY, FE HU UAR Y 21, 1884. TBRMB s . ?NE YEAR.."?1.00. SIX MONTHS....... . . 78c. Two Dollar? If not paM I? atWiuiro. A TERRIBLE CALAMITY, FEARFUL STOIl.M BLOWS ?OWN FOR ESTS AND HOUSES, KILLING OSE ?IAN ANW WOUNDING OTHERS. Tin: Severest ?low ol Halt ? Century; _ . -- ?-.- - About half-past fire o'clock on Tues day evening the attention of our citizens was called to the fact that a shower of rain was approaching by several vivid Hashes of lightning, and sharp peals of thunder. The morning had been beauti ful, balmy and spring like, with no indi cation of rain, so that even a shower WAS an entirely unexpected event. As the little cloud approached us it gathered in size, and soon spread over tho entire horizon in a manner indicative of a heavy rainfall. At the first approach of the cloud a slight shower of rain, in large drops, mixed with hail fell, accompanied with a severe blow which, howe.ir, did no harm. Back of this cloud, which was black and threatening, a clear streak of golden light appeared, and some persons thought a clear sunset would follow. in a few moments, however, another cloud followed and rapidly assumed a more angry and threatening appearance -the great currents of wind and raiu Hying in every direction, with black clouds above crossing white strata, which seemed to be boiling up beneath, Two or thrc j clear reverberating claps of thunder in quick succession seemed to form the storm-center a little Southwest of the city of Anderson, and all tho seething matta of clouds rushed to join tho devastating force, and forming a hugo black moss, dipping down nearly to tho earth, in a funnel shape, shot off in au easterly direction, revolving and roaring in a fearful manner. It carno v ?th per fect torrents of rain, and leveled trees, fences and houses in tia trock. Soon after it started the cloud burst nnd form ed into two or moro funnels, each of which carried devastation and ruin before it. Thc tornadoes, proper, passed about one and a half miles South and four miles South of Anderson, and proceeded East and Northeast. Tho Btorm did ita work quickly and was gone. Tho winds, which rushed to form tho tornado, did great dnmngo them selves in blowing dowu fences, lifting roofs and up rooting trees, hut the wreck which tho tornado made surpasses any calamity that has visited our County in the last half century, As is usual in such cases tho storm did not sweep uniformly upon tho earth, but would strike with devastating force for a few hundred yards, and then as if to gather fresh power from the raging elements, would risc and make its course for some distance through the air, returning again to leave addition? al wrecks to mark its course. In tho path of its greatest fury scarcely a largo trco was left standing, and acres of felled forests may be found to-day to show the force of this Btorm. Houses wero shat tered na play things before its power, aud hugo timbers carried ?or hundreds of yards before thc taging winds, or lifted and driven iuto thc ground with super human power. As far as we arc able to learn, tho tor nado seems to have commenced its dead ly work at or near alaster's mill, about three or four tulles Southwest of tho city, its track being between n quarter and a half milo in width. It swept every thing before it, traveling in a Northeaster ly direction. On Mr. John Hall's place, the chim neys of hiB dwelling bouse, all his out houses and ono or two tenant houses were blown down. No ono hurt. Mr. W. D. Hall's slajles were dam aged. Mrs. T. A. Masters* dr/elling house was slightly damaged, r.ud two tenant houses destroyed. No one burt. Two out houses on Mr. J. H. Masters' placo were blown down. No one burt. Mr. H. K. Crawford's dwelling house chi mneys were blown down, as also were three outhouses. No one hurt. The dwelling house of Mr. John Brooks, tho miller at Masters' mill, was blown, dowu. Mr. Brooks, two women and three children were in tho houso, which was blown off at the floor. Mr. Brooks was killed by a falling timber, his head and face being bruised. He was fouud 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 ho-tes, out houses and three tenant bouste were blown down. His stables were ii JO de stroy sd, though the stock escap\d injury. No one was hurt on Mr. Keyte .jiace. lu addition to this, considerable dam age was done upon tho plantations of Messrs. T. J. McClure and Oliver Bolt, where two gin houses and two or three tenant houses were blown down. Extending further E-urt and Northeast considerable damage was done. Two tenant houses were blown down upon Mr, W.:0. peatman's place. OD Mr* Wm, Shirley's tho outbuild ings and.two tenant houses were blown down. ? On Mr. W. ? Bobbins' place, on Brooda way, two te n au t houses were blown down. / Two outhouses were blown down on Mir. Crosby 'a place. The storm did no extensive damage in the city. The tin roof over the store rodin of-Messrs. W. 8. Lig?n & Go. was torn up ou thc Northwest corner. No damage was done to their goods. A two-room kitchen, just completed on Mr. ii. L. Green's lot, on South Main Btrect, was thrown off of ita foundation ?t one end, but the timbers remained to* gather. : The colored. Methodist. Church, which was In proceai of .erection, the building having been framed and ready , for the we?ther-boardisg, waa blown down. In varioiui portions of the city consid-, ?rable fencing was blown down, and a number of tree? uprooted. The storm did its most destructive work just one milo below the city, de stroying the dwelling bouses of Mr. It. W. Todd, our County School Commis* '.?oner, Mr. J. L. Kant and Miss Anna Wilcox, the latter's being leveled to thc ground. Thc main porliou o? Mr. Todd's house was left standing, thc upper halt-story and roof being carried away. The glass in the windows of the lower story wero shattered, aud in several rooms tho sash blown out. The furniture was badly damaged and broken up, As soon as tho occupants could escape (rom thc house, they went out and lay flown on the ground, preferring lo be in the rain rather than risk thc house. None of them were hurt. A large tree fell across Miss Wilcox's IIOUKO. Tho furniture was broken and scattered in almost every direction. Mrs. Chatfield, Mi?* Wilcox's sister, was thc only person in the house at the lime. She heard the storm approaching, and got up to clo?o thc door, which had blown open, when in au instant tbc crash came. Viewing thc wreck, it seems impossible for her to have escaped a horrible death. However, she came off with only a -dight bruise. Mr. Kant's house wai left in about the same condition ai Mr. Todd's. His household f-oods were also badly damaged and broken. His family were all in the hou>e, but none of them were injured. Mr. Fan t's stables were uplifted and torn asunder, but his horse encaped with out a scrntcb. A large untenanted house recently oc cupied by Joe Lee, colored, was also un roofed. The Hcenc in this immediate neighbor hood on Wednesday morning was terri ble. The track of tho tornado did nol appear to have been more than a quartet cf a mile wide, and Mies Wilcor'? rcB? deuce seems to have been about in thc center. Pieces of furniture, clothing and timbers were tarried several hundred yards away. All the trees of any size were uprooted. A small tenant hou.*e ou Mr. H. t), Herrick's place was unroofed. The occu pants were not injured. Several tenant houses on Mr. J. W, Thompson's placo were blown down. A negro mau and three children were pain fully injured by a chimney falling in upon them. Ono of the children, it ii feared, is fatally wounded. The storm at Mountain Creek was alsc very severe. Thc brick church being unroofed and seriously damaged. W? have been unable to get additional par ticulars from this section. Two houses on Liberty Hill wert blown down. While the storm was nt its height, twe gentlemen were riding horse-back on South Main street, near tho mile post, when they weio blown from their uni mnls, falling ten or fifteen feet nway. Tho abovo details aro only a pan doubtless of the terrible work of of tin storm. It is wonderful in the extreme that out of so many wrecks lhere shoult have been BO few accidents to persons am stock. On Wednesday morning a meetinj waa held in Anderson and a committee consisting of tho Mayor, with Messrs. G F. Tolly, Rev. T. P. Beti, J. W. Daniell aud A. S. Stephens, was appointed ti receive private subscriptions and disburst them among the suffers frons the -term according to uioir necessities. While i will bo impossible to make up anylbinf like thu lostes sustained by the victim of tho tornado, it is hoped to be able ti rel ic TC their present necessities. At present we cannot make any est! mate of the damage done by the storm but enough has been beard to carry tin losses considerably up into the thou sands. Senator Sherman's idea of dividing th receipts from Internal Revenuo arnon the States has met with very little favor so far, in any section of the Union. I is evidently intended to keep the protec lion tariff up to the highest point possi hie, and therefore ia opposed by all rev? nue reformers. It is a mere politics dodge to maintain the tariff, and nt th same time appeal to the tax-payer on th plea that the general government is light ening the burdens of local taxation. ] proposes, however, when fully examinei to lighten these burdens in one place t unnecessarily impose them in anotbe The Internal Revenuo being levied a most entirely upon luxuries is not a but den unless tho citizen voluntarily chose to assume tho burdon, while on the otht hand th* tariff being levied on many ai tides we eat, most articles we wear, tb suaieriEis r.> r-se iu building, in mani factoring-in fact, on tho bulk of article we buy-is a burden, whether realize or not, upon every citizen, and falls < course heavier upon the laboring ma tban upon the capitalist Therefore, i is to the interest of tho masses to mail tain the Internal Revenue and cut dow the tariff. It would, however, be bette to divide this re von no among the Stat? than to abolish'it altogether. Tho Snmlcr Trenn ure. A colored man, named John Buckne has taken a contract to drain Bcec Creek, near Stateburg in this county, fe highway purposes, lie bas in his en fdoy Benjamin Catlin and Stephen Co ins, also colored. The other day, whil engsged at their work, they came nero: two earthen jars, containing lard, and i which were deposited silverware, such f spoons, ladles, &c., to tho value of ov? one hundred dollars. The silver plat bore the engraved letters "J, F. D. There wer?) also found a mild th i mhb marked "S. lt.," a pair Of gold spectacle gold and silver nieces of money to th value of snoot fifty dollSrs. Seven other articles of jewelry were also Tonne asear-rings, deo. These articles are bi lie ved to have been the property of family by the name of Dearrokea. wfa are related to the McC'rady family f Charleston. Tho Desmukes refugee here during the war, and were living t or near Stateburg at the time of Potter raid. These people had several idle se ' vants at this time, who accomnanic Potter's forces. The articles wore bu ric jost prior to tho raid. The Desmukc family are thought tb b? living som where in Tennessee. The fidelity of tl servants, who afterward went off wll Potter, is regarded aa quite remavkabl Old residents in 8toteburg romerah: .those people, and the owners of the pro) cr ty mr.y yet be able to rocovef their loi hidden %t^nx^^Suau^~ed4aneei ' >. .-. ??? ? . '. ,v. .- ' K- , IJ3R?te**i on COC?*M." i Knocks a Oonah or Cold endwise. F? children or adulta. Troches; 16c. Liqul W*. At druggists. Letter from Florida. MK. Ki'i roK : lu one of my former letter* I made a statement which per haps should be corrected. My object in these letters ia to s'.ate facts--facts which I know t.: he fact', or can be substantia ted by the best authority. In speaking of the price of cotton I made the impression upon thc minds of your readers that it had reached 1" cents per pound, and waa the selling price at that time. This is a mistake. I should lone ?ta ted that thc common market price ranged from .V> to 3S cents. <>ne merchant tobi m^ he knew one man who received 40 cents for his cotton. Perhaps it was a bad debt, and ?ll order to secure his money the buyer paid that amount. Wc are having now beautiful clear weather. Thc warm sunshine is causing vegetation lo spring up and grow ; birds are Kinging their sweetest ?orig-, mid all nature seems rejoicing because Winier has gone. We can now ?co what mis chief has been done to thc orange tree?. The owners of groves, for a while, were very uneasy lest their trees should suc cumb to the cold wave, but they are now cheerful enough. Though most of the trees have been denuded ol their foliage, yet no material damage has been done lo tho tree. Small trrc? of one year's growth have suffered most, I cannot iee that the large trees have been in jured. The young, tender wood that was made just previous to tho ?'old snap has been bitten back. Farmers are now as bu-y as can be preparing their lands for the coining crop. Log-rolling deems to be the order of the day. Planting corn will commence about the 2<Uh of this month. Labor is getting lo be a serious maltet with the farmers. Very lew of tl :-m bave as many hands a* they want, and mp.ny others bsvo none at all. So many railroads ruc being built that it prov?? very injurious to the farming interest. Negroes will flock to u railroad ; it seems to have a special attraction for them. Put surely no one can blame them, for they gel their dollar and a quarter per day, and they get it regularly and promptly. In this country everybody seems to bc striving to get a home of their own. Many of the hlnckH, as well as thc whites, have secured nice, coin for tabb homes. Many freedmen here have mort than "4o acres and a mule." Some o them hc?e large bodies of lands an< several mule?. They arc on the higl way to fortune. A young man of euer gy, sound judgment and steady Imbil can soon become independent. 1 see young men here who a few year ago diii not have a dollar, nor did tliej own au acre of land. To day they han a quarter of a secticu of laud, a horse, ? cow or two, hogs, eec. This they hav( secured by bard work and indomitable enorgy. Tho reuson of this is plain : land i cheap and labor commands a goori price Good farm hands get from $10 to $12 pe per month with their boan! and washing At the saw mills s sining young man get from $1.0 to $23, per month and his board If he has economic habita he can "la; up" the most of this aum. Your readers have often heard lhat ii Florida a man can live easier and worl less than anywhero else. From what have seen and beard, I am beginning t believe this. There are. many reason for this. Tho earth is generous ; nc only docs she produce good crops, but greater variety of crops than any otho country. Potitoes, peas aud pinda: g/ow almost without nny work. Ver little corn is fed to hogs, only enough t harden the flesh, as it were. I often think of tho many young me in Anderson County who labor hard th whole year and can't SAVC a nickle ; wh have no lauds of their own and pei haps never will have, ii they live to b a hundred year* old. I say I have ofte thought that if they could seo win promises and inducements this Stat holds out to them they would leal the country just as soon AB they cou! raise money en" jgh to get out of it. would not psrauado anybody, young ? old, who is doing well and gottiug alor smoothly in the world to quit their nomi and go to seok a better. It is of tl poor young man of when I speak an whom I would advise. What are the prospect there? They have for yea been laboring and striving to belter the condition, and to-day it is no belter the it was five years ago, and in many eas it is much worse. And I do noe hesita to affirm that from what I sec and bei that a young man of heal th, and energ ? aad pluck, can own a nice little horn become independent and happy in a ve short time. A lazy man will uotsuccc here any better than anywhere else, ai I would advise such to stay where tin aro. The health of this country is goo and I see no causo why it should n continuo so. The country generally high, rolling pine land, aud physicians . commend invalida to go to such plaCi There are some small swamps shout, t home of the alligator and mosquito, b many people live on tho edges of the and have good health. People are sick here juat aa they ?a everywhere, but it is a singular fact tl great scourge of Anderson and oth portious of upper Carolinr. (typhoid fe vc ls rarely seen here. Once in ten yea perhaps, a mild form of it visits ti country, but io seldom that mo -t of t physicians do not know how to treat Society i* good-just as good as a part of Anderson County. I have not bea an oath or a profane word from anybo since I have been here. I have - been Lake City on salodeys, yet everythi Was quiet and orderly; no drinking, profane swearing, no noisy tumults rt even loud talking on the stree Churches of every denomination a thickly dotted all over the County. Pt pie are moral, and as Intelligent gener ty as yon will find thom anywhe Schools, too,are found In every neighb hood. W. D. HATTO?. ' Vi MU Ts bor, Fis - Governor Lowry, of Mississippi,! vetoed the railroad commission bili ps ed by tho Legislature. , -r-?' forty pound bucket of mud / fifty fee t ou the head of a colored w cleaner on Mr. H. M. Thompson's pla in Barnwell, on Friday. A eli? nbrpidon of the cranium ?aa the ol resultant injury. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK, Uuvcruor Tlioiiip*on Surf ?ii Ke-elccllou Tlir<-? lleiiiocrutlc t'?infcr?-??lonnl lUntrlrt? to ll?! < i . U I I ll I '1 . COKUM MA, February 12. lt i* very early in the political year, but already tho chaucea of tho caodidatea f->r the Democratic nominations for .State offices j and for Congre** an* under di-.cu*.?iuii, and lhere is in thc Held a goodly array of Carolinians who ?ill consent to serve the State and their country if they aro required t<> do so. lo other word?, in ? the political parlance of the day, "They j are in thc ??audi of their friends." The probabilities are that lhere will be nu opposition whatever to thc t> nomina tion ol Governor Thompson. A number of articles on the subject h ive appeared in thc county newspapers, out nowhere has lhere been any ?ujrgcslion of oppos ing the retioin tu a i i on ot the present Gov ernor, who han given general salisfactiou hy the courte?}', intelligence and thc un wav.-ring fidelity willi which li? has di-? barged the duties of his important office. It had been hinted that Governor Thompson might uecoino a candidato for Congr? -i this year, hut th?.re is thc beat authority for ?.?y.ng thai under no cir cumstances will lie accept llic nomination for Congress, and that he will consider it a high honor il he shall he renominated and re-elected as Governor. 'l here will be considerable stir ?H three of the Democratic Congressional Districts this summer. It is no secret that Con gressman John il. Kvitis, uf the Fourth District, is in bad health, and he will not be a candidate for re election. The .Suite has no bettor representative in Congress than Col. Evins, and his inability lo serve the Stale ar longer will he a serious oublie loss, l here is no doubt that he bas won the respect and confidence of both political parties as au able and a hard working member of <Congress. J Ie is now serving his fourth term and would ? probably have been renominated if he could have been a candidate. There are several candidates in prospect. Itichlaud ha-? ex-Attorney General L. \V. Youmaris and Col. Wm. Wallace. Fairfield ia expected to put forward thc name of Col. T. \V. Woodward, but that jovial and unreconstructed gentleinau declare? that he will not be a candidate again. Green ville will have two candidates, 3L. Janies L. Orr and Col. W. IL Perry, the eldeat son of ex-Governor ll. Perry. Spar lanburg will probably enter as a candi date Co!. D. U. Duncan, now the Circuit solicitor, und ?ho was the man who, as president of the company, carried thc Spsrlanburg and Asheville Railroad across the Illuc Ridge. Inion, like Spartuuburg, will have but one candidate, and he will be Col. I. G. McKissick. There is plenty of room for ?peculation as to .lite chances of tho several gentle men spoken of, but not more lhau three of them are expected to develop any , considerable strength. The present representative of tho Third District is Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, who is serving his fourth term, and in a candidate for renomination, lhere is not much likelihood that he will be op posed in his own county, though it has been hinted that there may he aspirants lhere. Newberry will have n candidate in the person of the Hon. (?corge John stone, who is chairman of thc committee of ways and means of the House of Representatives of the State. Oconeo and Picketts have suggested un candidates su far. It n reported that Anderson will |>ut in the field .Mr. E. ll. .Murray, the editor of thoAxMcitsoij INTEM.K?ENCKU undone of the most active members of the House of Representatives. The Second District ?snow represen ted by ( ?corge D. Tillman, of Edgefield, and his renomination will not bo opposed, it is thought, in his own county. There may be opposition to him in Hampton and'Barnwell, as well as in Aiken. In Paru well State Senator Lartigue is talked of ns a probable candidate, and from Aiken two gentlemen of merit are nam ed -State Senator D. S. Henderson and Representative G. W. Croft. The Fifth and Sixth District are rep resented by Mess*. John J. ilemphill and George W. Dargan respectively. These gentlemen arc now sprving their first term, having been elected in 1882, under the Act re-districting tho State. They have given satisfaction to their constituents, and will be renom'rated without opposition. In tho aiiairs of thc Seventh, or Black District, the Dem?crata do not tako much interests. The general opinion is that Robert Smalls, the convicted bribe taker, will be nominated without much dilliculty, but this is byno means the fact. There is strong opposition to Smalls because of his had public chirac ler, and a -.crions effort will be made to secure the nomination for State Senator Bruce Williams, of Georgetown. Wil lianiH is a colored man 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 thc Republican Con gressional Convcution, but the race at present is between Williams and Smalls, with the chances in favor of Williams. Tho candidates who are on the edgo are ex SpeakerSamuel J. Lee, of Charleston, (not Sam Lee, of Sumter.) W. H. Ahrem?, of Summerville, and J. W. Coll ins, of Beaufort. Them is no talk of nominating a Democratic candidato in tho district, aud the Republicans will be allowed to fight it out in their own woy. Altogether the outlook for lively times during the canvass for the nominations is quilo promising, and it i* not very wide of the mark lo suppose that there will he conshlerablo activity, on tho part of the Republicans, during the two or three mo;;ths immediately preceding the elec tion. The indications are that thara 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 tho 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 tho platform on which he stands.- Correspondence News and Court 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, 1880, Georgia had 40 mills, con taining 200,974 spindles; North Caroli na had 49 mills, containing 102,767. Thfrc years and a half elapse and the account stands as follows: Georgia has 62 mills, containing 840,130 spindles ; North Carolina has 92 mills, containing 213,862 spindles. North Carolina has more mills and Gcrgia more spindles. The activity and ambition of the two States in tho 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 milla in North Carolina is a menace to Georgia's position at the head of the list. We hope that every North Carolina mill will prosper abd ac - cumulate spindles, but at the same time we hope that Georgia will maintain her Ere-eminence. The census of 1890 will di tho story of this interesting industri al contest between the two Sutes. No other Southern State is struggling for ! first place, although South Carolina and Maryland are no laggards when the dum ber o? spindles ft regarded.-^tfanta ConUi! ut ion. - Two drunken men in a Lexington, Ky.; hotel blew oui the gas on retiring to bed ?od were suffocated to death. SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION. Charleston'* Chancee ol in in;: Hie <Jrcnt Entrepot. COLUMBIA, S. C., February l-r>.-lu ro eponge to numerous inquiries, Commis sioner Butler bas furnished to the press the following statement of bis plaus in tbv? matter of immigration: When he receive-* Information as to the power of the City of Charleston to grant .i charter that will authorize the South ern Immigration Association to establish I au immigrant home, erect docks, wharves, Ac, he will endeavor to perfect tho or ganization of the South Carolina branch of the Association. If proper authority eau I"* eon ferrel hy the City of Charles* lou and some inducement1) are offered, that eily will undoubtedly bo selected ai the port of entry, a? it is the most desi rable I eatiou on the South Atlantic coast. Col. Butler has recently discussed the matter very fully with Gen. J. B. F.rwin. the member of the executive committee for this State, and other pro gressive citizens, and is very much elated by the encouragement he has ?received. In mid i lion lo luis ho bas received letters from prominent gentlemen iu various parts of the Slate that sctm to give as surance of me complete success of any scheme that may be inaugurated. Colonel Butler says that lhere 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 lo them. I The association must Lc able to show that its plans aro practicable aud 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 ha* not had time nor opportunity to confer with thc member-; ol the Southern Immigra tion Associations in the other State?, so that he is unable to say just what it bas yet accomplished ?n the way of organi zation ; hut he is confident that tho South Carolina branch, of which he is tho head, eau be soon pul ou a turu foundation. Ile believes that if this State can be the first to move forward practically in this matter there will ho no trouble in having Charleston selected as the entrepot fur all tho Southern States; and if this much cannot bedoue, it can at least he made such for all the Atlantic States. This of itself would he of infinite advantage. It would not only add to the importance of our metropolis, but would be of great service to tho whole people, aa il would euable them to select the very best chis? of foreigners for tenants and laborers, and ?nable tho land owners to deal directly with those who btwe money to invest in real estate. The reports of tho Castle Garden au thorities dhow that a large number of the immigrant? arriving at New York remain there t?nd find homes either in the city or State. Of course we could not offer inducements to as many Hkillcd laborers as the great metropolis, aud therefore would nol expect nt? many of this c?as? to come to Charleston ; but South Carolina offers m great induce ments a? any Southern Slate, and once the immigrant? landed on our soil, we could retain os largo a proportion of tho arrivals os New York now docs of tboso ut her port, in short, South Carolina would get the "pick," and would, of course, select the best. Tho establishment of such a home would Imiten the day of direct trade with Europe, and would vastly increase the business of Charleston. There are many other advantages that 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 anti awaken enthusiasm in the subject. To do this effectually, Colone^ Butler says that as soon as the charter is obtained local executive committees will be appointed io every county to canvass fur 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 fur 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. Tho New Orleans Exposition is regard ed as th? groat opportunity of thc year for inducing cr.pital 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 hy 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 couti 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 imnrcH* upon them ?he po*f er of organization, and ask them to at tend the State convention. A little of the right sort of explanation will soon convince them, and there will bo no further doubt of the ultimate triumph of the immigration movement.- Correipon dence tVrtr* and Courier. The Raging Ohio. CINCINNATI, February 16.-At 9 o'clock this morning the river was 70 feet 4 inches and filling. The weather is clear and cold. The river is falling all the way above, and very rapidly i hundred miles or so'Op the river. At 8:40 o'clock this s. m. un ?larrrt o' fife was sounded from tho box ' at Ludlow and Pearl streets, where the water sur rounded the bouses. When the engine reached the place, it was discovered that the rear portion of two brick buildings on the sooth side of Pearl street, near Ludlow, had fallen in, and ten persons were buried in the ruins or drowned. The occupants of tho front portion had given the alarm, and before relief bad been obtained the fire alarm sounded. The firemen, in conjunction with tho police, made superhuman efforts to res cue the in-in rr and recover the bod??? of the dead. The buildings were used as boarding honsea and had twenty to thirty occupants living in them, and were soon taken out, but tour members of tho fam ily named Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Caaltcr, 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. She tried to arouse others, but fell with the building, and yet escaped without injury. The buildings were occupied as - boarding houses by Robert Kyle and George Oys ter. There were about thirty-five peo* file in the buildings at the ?time.- The olio wing persons are known to have been killed by the felling timber or drowned: John W. Kyle, son of the proprietor, Mary E. Cnttltcr, Maud Elli son, James Ogden, : Barney Wi ok 1er, Mrs. Winkler, Thomas Bark, and Mrs. Lena Burk and two children, Willina and Louis Burk, making ten lives lost so far ss kuown. 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 la the hor rible discovery o? two more bodies of persons not known hitherto to bsve been among the victims. These are Mr. and Mrs. Wochmier, who havo been talon out and identified. The RC tu ch is still in progress for others. - The Mahoncitea will coalesce with the Virginia Republicans id the coming Presidential contest. A GERMAN INSULT. riuug Into the iv., o of the United States tjovermiieut. Loy i OK, February 1(J.-The Berlin correspondent of the Times nays tbat l'rioce Bismarck bas returned to Herr Von Klsendochcr, Gernan minister at Washington, tbercsoluiiouof coudolenco ou Herr Lacker'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 Lasker in Germany ws? uotsucb as to justify tbe resolution. "'he Tima adds that although the above appears i tiered ible, the tact is that tho relations between Washington Und Berlin aro iu a stale of great tension, chiefly owing to the pig Mesh question. Thc Time? concludes : 'One thing is certain, we have not heard the la't of the Lacker incident. Tho Americans are much too proud, too sen sitive, and loo independent for that." The German minister says be has re ceived no information concerning tho alleged action of Trinca Bismarck in regard to the House resolution of condo '-ncc on Herr Lasker's death, cabled by the news association of London. The Tivnx Berlin correspondence is supposed to be wholly sensational, in fact, a mere "canard." Tho .State department is also without any confirmation of the story that the resolution li!> been returned to tho German minister with a rcqueat to return it to the House of Representatives, etc. Thero is a considerable sensation hero over the report that llismarck has return ed the House resolution of sympathy from Germany on the death of Herr Lasker. The "resolution was oflcrcd by Tom Ochiltree, who is a friend of Lac ker's brother, a prominent merchant of Galveston. It was not noticed in the rush of bills and resolutions, and received only ton or twelve viva voce votes. No body thought of Lasker's politics or in tended anythitig but un expression ol sympathy with the German people in their regret at the death of an illustriom citizen. While some unpleasantness ba> arisen between the United States and Germany over American pork, promineni Congressmen are loth to believo tba' Bismarck bas deliberately insulted Con great*. Nothing official is known at tin State Department, or at tho German legation, Senator Miller, chairman o the committee of foreign afl'ain?, whet he read cablegram, said : "Old Bismarck must have been drunke lb .a usual." Senator Morgan Baid his action wai barbarous and outside his legitimate pre rogp.tive. Mr. Clements who is on tin House Committee of foreign affairs, sait that the House would undoubtedly tak< some action if Bismarck has been cor rectly reported. Some members favor the passage o another resolution, declaring Blsmarcl incapable of judging of Herr Lasker' character or title to respect. The Eren ing Star says King William nnd Bismarcl have been trying to consolidate the Euro pean monarchies in league against nopu lar rights, and they cherish no good wil for the republic whose success has mad despotism insecure the world over. I the current report of Bismarck's conduc bo t rue? a correspondence will undoubedti; ensue between the United States ant Germany. Cntibc and Remedy for the Flood. Discussing tho Western floods, a Ohioan said-to mo : "You need not es press surprise that the water reaches higher mark this year than ever before Tho water sheds of the Middle an Western States arc being rapidly strippe of their forests. And this means mor floods and higher one!?. Indeed ? o ma look for annual overflows that will prac tically wipe out many river towns, an change tho map of the river cities. A for the Mississippi valley you |may loo for terrible disaster there in tho nej twenty days." "And the remedy for this?" ."There is but one. Save the rcmnanl of the forests and plant ?cw tree3 on gigantic scale. As long as the watt sheds are bare there will be quick an tremendous floods. A forest is tbe coi ser vator of raia. It is a vaat reservoi in which the rain io stored, and fro! which it is led out slowly. On bare hil the soil bakes and the water rushes don in torr- nts. "We shall have annual bo rora and disasters until the forests a: restored.'' A Case of Trichinosis. MINNEAPOLIS, February 16.-The fat ily of Albert Hammeriiug recently pu chased a barn, and after eating some it raw were taken sick. Hammerlin his wife, three children and Mrs. Hat merling's Bister were taken to the Colle Hospital, where the disease was pr nounced to be trichinosis. Mrs. Hat merling died yesterday, after aufferii horribly, and the other members of t family are in a critical condition. - Senator Lapham bas outraged t courtesy of the St.nate. The New Yo Times aayB that, on Monday he v anxious to attract the attention of a p?| and having failed to do so by shaking paper at tbe boy, he startled his felic tn cai be ra on the floor by whistling t or three times very audibly, for whi breach of tbe decorum of the Senate received an invitation from tbe Chair be in order. A little later he rod startled bis next neighbor/ Mr. Mabo by flinging a wrapped newspaper o' tho Senator's shoulder as be was about rise to make a motion, the pnperatriki tho wall with a terrific bang. Later be went about the chamber patting s eral Senators familiarly on the back ? engaging them in spirited c?nvereati Senator Lapham must have beeu c guised in benzine. Senator Frye ouj to move a committee of investigation - Eugene Kelly, the great New Yi banker, is thus quoted : "I suppose I an incidental Protectionist. I don't Heve in Morrison's proposed horizor scale, I stick one peg hi at iron. 1 overproduction and not a high tarif at the bottom of the present depressi I do not think the respectable work classes can be convinced to the contri Wait a while, and you can tell by way they vote. Tbe banks are mak no more money than the manufaclur They ennnot with the present premi of Government bonds. I think tbat one per cene tax nn their circu?a! abould be repealed and the Governm should issue a low long term bond. '- Senator Butler, of Sooth Oaroll did well in calling for a- report on tea-growing experiment of the Gov? ment in bis State, "A corresponded the Industrial Review, writ ting fi Brookhaven, Miss., says be bas had w derful success in ibis direction and t ''tbe time ls not far distant when ev planter in these States will raise bis c tea, and will see clearly bis way to ri it profitable for the market too. A li patience, and experienced bands to i nipnlate the leaves as it is don, In Im where the tea culture pays handsome turn? to the interested parties, and shall show that it is easier to raise than cotton." _ - Secretary Chandler and Fri Hatton are said to be engaged just i in making such necessary arrangerai as will secure for President Arthur delegations from Southern Sutea to Chicago Convention. Theae arrar ments are being made especially lo Gt ?rlii, Mississippi, Alabama and Te: The vote of the Virginia delegatioi regarded as certain for Arthur, as \ ya that of North Carolina. . Hatton been in consultation for tome days v leading Republicans from these Ste It is also certaio theta movement ls, 7?T*Zy?? f*c,!r? 408 ?o?*? of soon the State? having a large colored fot: Gen. Logan. - Two white tramp? outraged and murdered a colored girl in Oraugeburg on Friday. .Lynchers are scouring the couotry for Yhoul. - On Thursday, the 7th inst., as Foster Qarvington, colored, wa? taking plank from tl"? .-aw, at Tucker's ?aw mill, in bantuc township, a plank struck the saw and knocked him down, throwing him across the Haw while it was ruoning. His leg was cut off just below the body, iu a "hocking manner, and oue arm and a hand were dreadfully mutilated. Medical aid was procured as quick as possible, and every care and attention was giveu thc unfortunuto man, but all were unavailing, and be died Thursday u ig li t.- On ion Time*. .^."Presumption begins in ignorance and ends in ruin. On the other hand, the production of Kidney-Wort began with W?HCcaution* and scientific research, and it* use'ends in restoring shattered constitutions and eudoniug men ami women with health and happiness. "My tormented back," is the exclamation of more than ono poor hardworking man and woman ; do you know why it eches? It is beca'ise your kidneys are overtasked and need strengthening, and your system needs to be cleansed of bad humor!?. You need Kidney-Wort. Jfc?1- No family Dyes were e?er so pop ular na the Diamond Dyes. They never fail. The Black is far superior to log wood. The other colors are brilliant. WARNING. " III RR RB Y warn all persons against selling any gonds on my credit, as I will not from this date be responsible for any accounts against mo unless the same are contracted by myself. P. ALONZO DANIELS. Feb 13.1881 32 1 TO HENT. rTIIIK HOUSE AND LOT now occupied -5. by the undersigned, and known at the Daniel Brown lot. Good orchard, gar den. Ac. Also, Farm of twenty aer<J? ad joining can be rented, if desired. Vor fur ther information apply at the premises oi at law office of Moore A Wardlaw, Ander son, 8. C. C. WARDLAW. Feb 21, 1884 32 2* SJTRT VANDSVER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, - S. C OFFICE-hi the BROYLKS Buiuumi, ut stairs, over Dr. Johnstone'? Store. Feb 21,1884 32 MILCB^COWS~~~ A Few Good Common Cows With young Calves, for sale by J. C. 8TRIBL1NO, . Pendleton. S. C. Jj^h^j88_4 ,,,,",n,M|{,~,.????mimi Executor's Sale. A T Piercclown, about 1 o'clock p. m J\. on Saturday, 15th March, l?'?i, \ wn,{ pell the Choses in Action, consisting of Notes, Accouuts and Judgments, belonging to the Estate of Janies Long, decear*d( ar^ praised doubtful and worthless. Ternis of ?aie cash. JOSHUA JAMESON, Adiu'r Feb 81,1881_32_ 4 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Janies Long, deceased ' hereby gives notice that he will, on tb? '?Mb ?lay of March, 18S4. apply to tba Jiutee of Probate for Anderson County for a Phial Settlement of said P?state, and ? discharge from said a<lministratiuu. JOSHUA JAMESON, Surviving Administrator. Feb 21, 1884 3j2_6 DENTISTRY. T) K PO HTS are in circulation that I have JJLV quit Dentistry. This is to give no tice that I can be found daily at the Old Rooms Ol Jones & Strickland, in the Cen tennial Building, South eide of Public Square. A. C. STRICKLAND. Feb 7, 1881 _30_ 4 Pegged Shoes. AFEW Men's and Woiuon's Pegged Shoes for sale at cost for cash, to I close out. A. ll. TOWERS. 1 Feb 14, 18*3 31_ j MULES ?ND HORSES. IAM jost in receipt of a largo drove of Mules ami Horses, which I can sell i low for cash, or on tiuie to parties who can I make good paper. Call at my_iuiw Stable in rear of my ! Stores. J. E. PEOPLES. Feb 7. 1K84 30 3 DOORS, SASH "?BLINDS A H Ii NOT MADE BY j A. W. TODD, But he is agent for THE BEST and CHEAPES? TO HE HAD IN ANDERSON. I &?r- Call and see him on DEPOT eXEMEESTV Feb", 1884_30_3m DISS0LUTI0N. rrUIK Firm heretofore existing under th X name of Peed & Webb has this da been dissolved hv mutual consent. CA. REED, Ag't. C. W. WEBB. Feb 4, 1R34. Having purchased t?:e interest of C. \ Webb In the above Ftrui, I will contiu the business at the samo stand, where will be prepared to furnish tho beat Grtx ries ut lowest prices, and respectfully soli it the patronage of all. i C. A. REED, Ag't 1 Feb 7. 1W4 30 CLOTHING! CLOTHING! PRICES OF CLOTHING MARKED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NEW STOCK OF SPRING GOODS. Now is Hie Time to Secure Bargains. AFULL und CAREFULLY SELECTED Stock of SPRING CLOTHING to nrrive. Also, GENTS' UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, CRAVATS. IN 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 como forward nud settle at once. Let this notice bo suf?iciont warning. CLARK Sc CO. JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor. Feb 21; 1884 32 _ rCULLY. CATHCART & CO., Are 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 band?, we can ofTer you BARGAINS in DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS. TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS. GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, ANO GENERAL PLANTATION SUPPLIES. In making your purchases give us a call, and see thal we mean business, apd are pre pared to offer 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 wc will sell low down for cash, or on time, as we are closing out this brunch of our business. WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE I Daniel Pratt Gin Go. sGins, Feeders, Condensers. THE CHAMPION REAPERS, MOWERS AND BINDERS, For Anderson, Abbeville and Oconee Counties. We also sell one and two-horse WAGONS-with a guarantee. ii .;" . '? . ' WE STILL LEAD IN PRICES ON OUR WELL KNOWN -BRANDS STANDARD FERTILZERS AND ACID, And will mate It to your interest to seo us before buying. s Respectfully, s MoCULLY, CATHCART & CO. Feb 14. 1R84 31 1 ISTEiW STORE, Having Bought the Stock of ?ndEaW & Pr?vost -A.T iE&EZDTTOIElID And made large additions to the same, I offer to the trade at LOWEST POSSIBLE t*m?Es Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Crockery, Hardware. Special inducements on BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CARPENTERS' TOOLS and HARDWARE. ALL WINTER COODS AT COST. STANDARD GUANO AND ACID PHOSPHATE As low as they can bo bought elsewhere. r>. S. TAYLOR. Anderson. 8. C.. Feb. 14. 1884. 31 1?^ CARDEN SEEDS, BUIST'S and LANDHETII'S. Large Quantities-Not to arrive, but on hand, HILL & HARRISON'S, BEOYLES' BUILDING, South. Main .Street. ! Feb 7,1884