Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

E. B. MTJRJRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1884. TERMS: ONE YEAR._.81.50. SIX MONTHS. 75o. Two Dollars If not paid in advance. The effort to put Carlisle on the Dem? ocratic ticket ought not to succeed for several reasons. Tbe first and most serious is that Mr. Carlisle is a Southern man, and this fact would, without any other reason, insure tbe defeat of the ticket. The next, and nearly as conclu? sive a reason, is that tbe nomination of Mr. Carlisle would make the . riff tbe leading issue in the canvass, whicu would also insure defeat. We should not by any means reopen the Congressional bit? terness of last spring in the nominating . Convention. Tariff reduction is an im? portant matter and should be distinctly and pointedly made, but it should not predominate. The great desideratum at this time is governmental reform. Upon it with proper candidates we can win, and upon no other do we stand one par? ticle of chance for success. Mr. Carlisle's name on the ticket would give it no special strength in any doubtful State. It would be the part of wisdom to get away from the bitterness of the tariff fight and present to the country all of the live issues of the day with men about whom no bitterness is arrayed. Cleveland and Hoadley, the Governors of the two largest doubtful States, are tbe most available candidates for the Demo? cratic party at this juncture, it strikes us, judging from the tone of the press thronghont the Union. Governor Cleve? land carried New York two years ago by a plurality of over 192,000 votes, and that at a time when the State govern? ment was in the hands of the .Republi? cans. He has made a most excellent Governor, though he is by no means so phenominally popular now in New York as he was at the last election. This has come from his decided and thoroughly independent course as Governor. He is, however, solidly popular in New York, and can carry that State, if any Demo? crat can do so. Governor Hoadley like? wise was elected Governor of Ohio in a very exciting canvass, and is tbe first Democrat who has been Governor of Ohio during a presidential election since the war. He is very popular, and while he might not be able to carry his State, he would certainly make a very close contest, with chances in his favor, so that the Republicans would be compelled to make a most desperate fight to hold the State, and could not therefore concen? trate on New York. With this ticket Cleveland and Hoadley?we can win this race, if it can be done with any of the candidates now being discussed. Mr. Tilden's letter declining the nomi? nation for the Presidency puts an end to the spontaneous uprising all over the country which has demanded that nomi? nation. The letter is the able utterance of a truly great and lofty mind, actuated by high moral sentiment and genuine patriotism. It shows Mr. Tilden to be a grand old man, who entertains high and honorable ideas of the dignity and use of official station. The country would be greatly benefited if such conceptions of doty could be conveyed to every man who seeks to occupy official station, whether high or low. In this letter there is much to- command the admiration of every citizen. Its tone, its cheerfulness, its contents are statesmanlike and clear, its reasons are satisfactory and commen? dable. Mr. Tilden will not run because he feels that advancing years and failing strength unfit him to discharge the ardu? ous labors that will devolve upon a re? form President, and because he would not accept the trust of the Presidency unless he felt equal to the emergencies of the task he assumed. In favoring Mr. Tilden's nomination we always believed .the question of his strength for tbe work could be safely left with him to decide. He has made that decision, and in doing so we believe that the strongest possible candidate has been taken away from the Democratic party. Mr. Tilden, however, places his declination upon such grounds that the party could not rightly expect or ask him to run. He is out of the question now, because he wishes to be out from worthy and laudable motives. His public career is forever closed, and Samuel Jones Tilden stands before the j world to-day as one of tbe grandest char? acters in all the annals of history. He has only thrice accepted office. Once in his city, once in his State and once in his country. In each of the two first in? stances he was called to high positions to coirect great abuses, and in them be has carved out a fame as one of the great political reformers of his age. In the last instance he was called by the suffra? ges of a majority of his countrymen to the same great work in the general gov? ernment, but was defrauded out of the highest office in the gift of the people. That fraud has become the greatest blot upon tbe history of our country. In it he displayed the patriot, abjuring his own aggrandizement for tbe peace and pros? perity of his country. After eight years the man who was the recipient of that fraud has passed into contempt, and to a certain extent obscurity, while Mr. Til? den's countrymen have risen with un parallelled unanimity and demanded his renomination and election as a vindica? tion, not of him alone, but chiefly of the country itself, and yet Mr. Tilden has the dignity to say I cannot accept this com? pliment because I have not the streugth to discharge the trust it would impose. His fame will be bright and glorious in coming years, when the name of Hayes will have been forgotten, or only remem? bered as the synonym of fraud and shame. ? Mrs. D. McKevelin, one of the oldest inhabitants of Moultrieville, was accidently drowned in a cistern on her premises on Tuesday afternoon, under the most painful and distressing circum? stances. The aged lady was alone in the bouse during the morning, as usual, at? tending to her honsebold duties. It is supposed that she went to the cistern, in which there was about two feet of water, for tbe purpose of drawing up a bucket of water, and that while leaning over the opening she was overcome by a fit and fell headforemost to the bottom.?News and Courier. MR. TILDEN TIELDS TO DESTINY. An Open Letter Thanking the People for their Confidence and Support, hut De? clining to be Again a Candidate. New York, June 11.?The following paper, from Samuel J. Tilden, has been given to the Associated Press: New York, June 10,1834. To Manning, Chairman Democratic State Committee for New York : In my letter of June 18, 1880, addressed to tbe delegates from the State of New York to the Democratic National Convention I said: "Having now borne faithfully rmy full share of labor and care in public service and wearing marks of its bur? dens, I desire nothing so much as an honorable discbarge. 1 wish to lay down the honors and toils of even quasi party leadership and to seek the repose of pri? vate life. In renouncing the nomination for tbe Presidency I do so with no doubt in my mind as to the vote of the State of New York or of the United States, but because I believe that it is the renuncia? tion of a re election to the Presidency. To those who think my renomination and re election indispensable to an effect? ual vindication of the right of the peo? ple to elect their rulers, violated in my person, I have accorded as long a reserve of my decision as possible, but I cannot overcome my repugnance to enter into a new engagement, which involves four years of ceaseless toil. The dignity of the Presidential office is above merely personal ambition, but it creates in me no illusion. Its value is as a great power for good to the country. I said four years ago in accepting the nomination: 'Knowing as I do, therefore, from fresh experience how great the difference is between gliding through an official routine and working out a reform of sys? tems and policies, it is impossible for me to contemplate what needs to be done in the Federal Administration without an anxious sense of tbe difficulties of the I undertaking. If summoned by the suf? frages of my countrymen to attempt this work I shall endeavor with God's help to he the efficient instrument of their will.' Such a work of renovating after many years of misrule, such a reform of systems and policies, to which I would I cheerfully have sacrificed all that re I mained to me of health and life, is now, I fear, beyond my strength." My pur? pose to withdraw from further public I service, and tbe grounds of it, were at that time well known to you and to oth {ers, and when at Cincinnati, though re? specting my wishes yourself, you com? municated to me an appeal from many I valued friends to relinquish that purpose, II reiterated my determination uncondi I tionally. In the four years which have I since elapsed nothing has occurred to I weaken but everything to strengthen the I considerations which prompted my with I drawal from public life. To all who have I addressed me on the subject my inten I tion has been fairly communicated, j Some of my more especial friends, under I tbe sanction of their own names, have publicly stated my determination to be irreversible. That I have occasion now I to consider the question is an event tor which I have no responsibility. The ap I peal made to me by tbe Democratic masses with apparent unanimity to serve J them once more is entitled to the most j deferential consideration, and would inspire a disposition to do anything de j sired of me if it were consistent with my I judgment of duty. I believe there is no j instrumentality in human society bo potential in its influence upon mankind for good or evil as the governmental .machinery for administering justice and for making and executing laws. Not all j the eleemosynary institutions or private I benevolences to which philanthropists j may devote their lives are so fruitful in I benefits as the rescue and preservation of J this machinery from the perversions that I make it the instrument of conspiracy land fraud and crime against the most j sacred rights and interests of tbe people. I For fifty years as a private citizen, never contemplating an official career, I have devoted at least as much thought and I effort to tbe duty of influencing a right I action of the Government institutions of I my country as to all other objecls. I I have never accepted official service ex* I cept for a brief period for a special pur I pose, and only when the occasion seemed I to require from me that sacrifice of pri I vate preferences to public welfare. I j undertook the State administration of I New York because it was supposed that I in that way only could the executive j power be arrayed on the side of reforms I to which as a private citizen I had given I three years of my life. I accepted the (nomination for the Presidency in 1S76 because of the general conviction that I my candidacy would best present tbe I issue of reform which the Democratic I majority of the people desired to have I worked out in the Federal Government, las it had been in that of tbe State of I New York. I believed I had strength I enough then to renovate the administra J tion of the Government of the United States, and at tbe close of my term to hand over that great trust to a successor faithful to tbe same policy. Though anxious to seek the repose of private life I nevertheless acted upon the idea that every power is a trust and involves a duty. In reply to the address of the committee communicating my nomina? tion, I depicted tbe difficulties of tbe undertaking and likened my feelings in I engaging iu it to those of a soldier enter? ing battle, but I did not withhold the entire consecration of my powers to tbe public service. Twenty years of contin? uous maladministration, under the de? moralizing influence of intestine war and bad finance, have infected tbe whole governmental system of the United States with cancerous growths, false con? structions and corrupt practices. Power? ful classes have acquired pecuniary in? terests in official abuses, and the moral standards of tbe people have been im? paired. To redress these evils is a work of great difficulty and labor, and cannot be accomplished without tbe most ener? getic and efficient and personal action on the part of the Chief Executive of the Republic. Tbe canvass and administra? tion which it is desired that I should undertake would embrace a period of nearly five years. Nor can I admit any illusion as to their burdens. Three years of experience in the endeavor to reform the municipal government of the city of New York and two years of experi? ence in renovating tbe administration of the State of New York have made me familiar with the requirements of such work. At the present time the consider? ations which induced my actions iu 1880 bave become imperative. I ought not to assume a task which I have not the phys? ical strength to carry through. To re? form the administration of the Federal Government, to realize my own ideal and to fulfil the just expectations of tbe peo pie would indeed warrant, as they could alone compensate, tbe sacrifices which the undertaking would involve; but in my condition of advaucing years and declining strength I feel no assurance of my ability to accomplish the&e objects. Iam therefore constrained to say definite? ly that I cannot now assume the labors of an administration or of a canvass. Undervaluing in no wise that best gift of heaven, the occasion and power some? times bestowed upon a mere individual to communicate an impulse for good, grateful beyond all words to my fellow countrymen who would assign such ben? eficent functions to me, I am consoled by the reflection that neither the Demo? cratic party, nor the Republic, for whose future that party is tbe best guarantee, is now, or even can be, dependent upon any 'one man for their successful progress in the path of noble destiny. Having given to their welfare whatever of health and strength I possessed or could borrow from the future, and having reached the term of my capacity for such labors as their j welfare now demands, I but submit to the j will of God in deeming my public career j forever closed. Samuel J. Tilden. 1 What Hendrlcks says About it. Indianapolis, June 11.?Tbe Hon. Tbos. A. Hendricks, iu an interview concerning Tilden's letter of declination, said tbat the news was not a surprise to him, for when he visited Tilden in Au? gust last that gentleman very firmly an? nounced his intention to remain perma? nently out of politics. In his succeed? ing visit in April last the same determi? nation had been expressed. Mr. Hen? dricks thought there was little doubt that the old ticket would have been unani- j raously nominated at the Chicago Con- I vention if it had not been for tbe decli? nation. The demand for it among the Democracy was almost universal. Per? sonally he felt no disappointment. He did not vrant tbe office of Vice-President eight years ago and did not want it now. If the old ticket had remained in the field he should have considered, his elec? tion to that place a great honor conferred by the people and a rebuke to what they consider a great wrong. It would have prevented the seating of Hayes in 1876 from becoming a precedent for future elections. REPUBLICAN BLUNDERING. What Congressman TJHman Says of Blaine und Logan. Washington, June 10.?Representa? tive Tillman was asked to-day what he thought of the Republican nomination, and replied that the Democrats could easily beat them by proper management. His reasons for this assertion were be? cause outside of tbe bad records of tbe nominees both of the two cardinal max? ims hitherto deemed indispensable in selecting available candidates for Presi ; dent and Vice President have been dis? regarded in choosing Blaine and Logan. Those maxims are that every candidate for either office should be taken from a large State and a doubtful State. The reason is tbat local State pride is always estimated to be worth at least 5 per cent, of the State's popular vote in a Presiden? tial election. As Maine has only six votes in the Electoral college, whereas New York has thirty-six, of course it is six times as desirable to carry the latter for a Presidential candidate as it is to carry the former. This idea was lost sight of for tbe first time when the party went to little Maine for a Presidential candidate. The same disregard of policy was showQ in nominating Logan. Illi? nois, it is true, is a large State but not a doubtful State, because every Democrat even admits that she is sure to vote for the Republicans next November. On the other band Indiana is both a large and a doubtful State, and had the Republicans chosen either Gresham or Harrison in place of Logan, Indiana might have been lost to the Democracy next fall. But now the Democrats can reasonably ex? pect to secure it, especially if they shall select a candidate for either the first or second place frou. the Hoosier State. Tbe reason the Republicans have defied both the established rules of making Presidential nominations isHhat they are over confident and are arrogant almost to madness from long possession and abuse of nearly unlimited power on account of tbe process of impeachment of corrupt officials having become obsolete. No moral law can be violated with impunity. Punishment must and will come in good time as certain as fixed laws govern both the moral and the physical world. The Republican party has a long black list of sins and political crimes to answer for, and the nomination of Blaine and Logan is a good illustration of the old adage, "Whom the gods would de? stroy they first make mad." In truth, I am inclined to think that in this Presi? dential election God Almighty is taking care of the Democratic party because the party has not got sense to take care of itself. Let the Democrats select proper candidates from large doubtful States and they are bound to win. What makes me the more confident of success is that no political party has eve; held uninterrupted control of executive power in this country longer than twen? ty-four years. The Democrats bad Jefferson, Madison and Monroe for six terms. The Republicans' have enjoyed the same number, and as like causes pro? duce like effects in individuals or masses of men the time of Republican supremacy will be up on the 4th of next March, and they must make room for a Democratic cycle or rotation. I could assign many other reasons for Democratic success next fall, but I have told you enough in pointing out the two blunders tbe Republicans committed at Chicago. It is to be hoped that they will monopolize the blundering tactics hereafter. Tbe Democrats ought to quit that sort of business now tbat the Repub? licans have got at it.?Special Dispatch to the Neves and Courier. Looking up old Land Titles. It was recently stated by the Columbia Register that a gentleman from Germany had goue to Oconeo County to establish rights to an immense body of land, the titles to which run back to 1790. Over a thousand persons are now in possession of these lands, and they can only be ousted after long litigation. The Pick ens Sentinel, in referring to this matter, says: "The claimants to this laud came over to this place from Walhalla and exam? ined tbe records here, but failing to find what they wanted they went to Ander? son Courthouse in company with M. F. Ansel, Esq., as their attorney, to exam? ine the records of old Pendleton District. It is said that tbe grant commences at the mouth of Oolenoy Creek and runB westward, south of the creek, taking in all the fine bottom lands of the Oolenoy valley. This old grant has been heard of before, and about 1830 it is said there was considerable excitement about it. We do not know whether the present owners of these lauds are in danger of losing them or not, but it looks a little singular to us that a foreigner should come in now and oust them after it has been purchased, cultivated and the taxes paid on it by our native population for nearly a hundred years. ? A Chicago raerchaut, "whose safe is often used as a depository of political money," says that seventy-fivo votes in the convention for Blaiuc were bought1 and paid for. The manner of Blaine's nomination was doubtless corrupt, and his campaign will be as corrupt as any the country has ever seen. ? Various statements having been made as to the probable course of liar- j per's Weekly in regard to the nomination J of Blaine and Logan, a reporter of the Evening Rost to-day visited the publish? ing house of Harper & Brothers, in order to obtain, if possible, an authorized announcement on the subject. In reply to bis inquiry, a representative of the house made the statement, by authority, that Harper's Weekly will oppose the Chicago nomination ; that the decision to this effect was reached by the mem? bers of the house unanimously ; and that the peu of Mr. George William Curtis and the pencil of Mr. Thomas Nast will be exerted iu support of this course. ? The next President must get 201 electoral votes. The "Solid South" gives 153 aud New York 36. The candidate who can carry the South and New York, therefore, has a vote which, with the aid of Massachusetts or Indiana, gives him a majority. New Jersey and Connecti? cut with New York and the South would also make a majority. Hence it requires some of that faith which can remove mountains and reset fractured arras to claim that Blaine can be elected without the help of New York. He can be, in? deed, but he probably wou't be. If he were to carry New York, however, he could disregard almost all the doubtful States, as in that case Massachusetts, In? diana, California and New Jersey could vote with the South against him without turning the scales. Senator Brown on Massachusetts. Washington, June 16.?On motion of Hoar, the Senate resumed tbe consid? eration of tbe Utah bill, Brown having the floor. Replying to Hoar, Brown said that the Senator from Massachusetts had charged him (Brown) with having for the greater part of his life sustained an institution which prohibited legal mar? riages among a part of the people of Georgia. This was a thrust at the peo? ple of Georgia for having held slaves and at the Senator from Georgia for hav? ing supported that institution. He admitted that Georgia had been a slave holding State and that be had supported tbe institution with all his power; and while he would not now restore slavery if he could do so by turning over his hand, he claimed that there were many excellent points connected with the society and civilisation of that period. But he did not propose at present to enter into any discussion of the morality of slavery or of the superiority and excel? lence of the civilization of the South in slavery days. The system of slavery to which the Senator from Massachusetts had called attention originated in Massa? chusetts, and the South derived much of its slavery from that State. Brown read from Elliott's History of New England to show that the people of Massachusetts bought and held as slaves Scotchmen, Irishmen, Indians, negroes and mulattoes, aud that they sent car? goes of rum to Africa, exchanging the rum for slaves, some of whom tbey sold. Tbat they kidnapped Indians and sold them into slavery; that some prohibited baptism to their slaves; that the marri? age relation was disregarded; tbat they sold negro women and children in the market and advertised women with children six months old to be sold "to? gether or separate, to suit the purchaser." That they raised slaves for market, and when tbey found it unprofitable to raise them in the climate of Massachusetts gave away the negro children like pup? pies to any one who would take them. "The charter of Georgia," Brown con? tinued, "originally forbade slavery, and while Massachusetts was importingslaves and selling them for profit, tbe State of Georgia was refusing to hold them. Finally, Georgia adopted slavery, pur? chasing part of her slaves from Massa? chusetts. Tbe Senator from Massachu? setts bad said there was a large number of mulattoes to be accounted for in the South. He (Brown) did not claim that the South was guiltless in this particular. His effort had been to show that no sec? tion of the country was guiltless." He read from various historical works to show tbat large numbers of mulattoes were always found in Massachusetts during the time that slavery prevailed in that State; and when in 1788 Massachu? setts passed an Act expelling from the State all negroes, the courts held tbat the Act applied also to mulattoes. Ne? groes who were subjects of the Emperor of Morocco were, however, excluded from the expelling clause, for the reason, Brown supposed, tbat tbe commercial transactions of Massachusetts with Morocco were profitable to Massachusetts. As nothing more could be made of the negroes after they were set free, it may have been very natural to expel them from the State of Massachusetts, but it seemed a little unnatural to expel the mulattoes?not that they were kin to the people of Massachusetts, but possibly because climatic influence bad changed their color until?well they grew more in the likeness of the good people of that State. The cold-breathing winds of Massachusetts or some other cause had modified tbe ebony color of tbe African in that State and had infused a tinge of [ yellow, so that they are no longer called negroes but mulattoes. After these mulattoes, whether natur? ally or unnaturally, had been expelled from Massachusetts, they doubtless took refuge in the Southern States, and their descendants there have multiplied, still transmitting the modified color inherited from tbe climate influence iu Massachu? setts. Any causual observer who would go into Massachusetts would see tbat tbe proportion tbat tbe mulattoes now have to tbe number of negroes in tbat State was much greater than tbe proportion in the South?again attributed to climate influence. Thus Brown could account to some extent for the mulattoes in the South. When there was not a slave in Georgia, Massachusetts was legislating regarding mulattoes. They were numer? ous when they were expelled from her borders. They had been prolific since their expulsion, and they still retain the compouud of yellow inherited either from climate influence or from some other cause in Massachusetts. The influence of climate had after the lapse of a long time followed the mulattoes even into the South. About twenty-one or twenty two years ago an immense cold wave had swept down from Massachusetts and other Northern States over the South, as frigid and inhospitable as the dreary, bleached large numbers of very young piercing winds of Massachusetts, and it children of the African race and made them mulattoes. Replying to some references made by Hoar upon the laws of Georgia, Biown maintained that those laws were not, as claimed, similar to those proposed against Utah. He also insisted that laws for the confiscation of the church property of Uta!; were in vio? lation of constitutional principles and entirely different from the laws of Massa? chusetts. Two or threo times in the course of his remarks Brown regretted that the Senator from Massachusetts (Hoar) was not in the chamber to hear what he (Brown) was saying. On tbe conclusion of Brown's remarks Hoar entered and remarked that it was hardly necessary to answer what his hon? orable friend (Brown) had paid, because be (Hoar) had looked in while Brown was speaking and did not see that a sin? gle human being was listening to his speech. Brown replied tbat the country would listen to it. The vote being taken on Brown's amendment, permitting divorce only for one cause in places where the United [States has exclusive jurisdiction, it was rejected?yeas 4 (Brown, Butler, George and Van Wyck), nays 42. Hoar gave notice that to-morrow ho would ask the Senate to sit until the Utah bill should be disposed of. ? Tbo Springfield Republican says, like Dean Swift, the Republican Party is "dying at the top." ? Some of the negroes in York Coun? ty are advocating the holding of neigh? borhood meetings pledging themselves not to bind behind reapers. ? A citizen of Fairfield County values his hunting dogs at $21 each and pays taxes on them accordingly. Tbe fellow that steals one of them commits grand larceny. ? Dr. Winsmitb, of Spartauburg, a prominent Republican, has declared against Blaine, and will support such a ticket as Cleveland and Carlisle because it is decent and respectable. By request of the South Carolina Teachers' Association, Colonel Coward, State Superintendent of Education, has arranged for holding the next session of the colored normal institute at Orange burg, commencing on Wednesday, the 2d of July next, at 12 m. ? A mulatto girl with a remarkably pretty but peculiar face was engaged by a shrewd Western showman. He had a tooth extracted from each side of her mouth, and inserted a pair of long tusks, covered her ears with false ones like a beast's, bleached and tangled her abun? dant hair, and instructed her to utter an unintelligible jargon. Thus she was transformed into a valuable curiosity, and her wages of $15 a week did not satisfy her. On the arrival of the show in In? dianapolis she attempted to quit it, and a row resulted in an exposure of the fraud. Ex-Governor Chamberlain's Views. Extracts from the New York Times, June 9. To the Editor of the Neio York Times : Tbe Tribune this morning reports Gen. F. 0. Barlow as saying "there will be no bolt of the Independents." aud the pa? pers quote Mr. F. W. Holls as saying, "Oh, yes, he will go in and support the candidate." Messrs. Curtis, Roosevelt and White are reported as hesitating whether to support Blaine or not. When such men turn back or halt I think it is precisely the time for those who have been honest and earnest in the Indepen? dent Republican movement to speak. Therefore I wish to say in tbe Times that I will not support Blaine under any pos? sible inducement. On the contrary, it is the clear duty of every patriot to make the defeat of the Chicago ticket the su? preme aim of all his political activity. I have uo hesitation, I have had none, I am sure I shall have none, in following the self-respecting, honest and noble example of the Times, which, iu my judgment, is the finest example of true j journalistic independence which I can recall. But Blaine represents well the party which has nominated him, and the candi? date is fully as good as the platform. Nothing cau induce me to support either. To ask support for such a candidate, par? ty, or platform, is an insult to any honest man or Republican. Ah me 1 "The Goths are in Rome" at last! The Ma hone-star-route jobbing-Blaine element has captured the party which inspired my youth and has commanded my ardent allegiance till now. These hucksters do not know the pang it gives a Republican who has followed Garrison, Sumner, Andrew and Lincoln to find himself thrust out of that party. But there is no choice for me. I am not a politician, but I am a citizen, and I will do all tbat lies in my power to defeat the ticke.t. No other result can be so fatal as its success. Let the Times lead the way, and a force of true Republicans will follow, large enough, I believe, to bring defeat on this disgraceful result, in candidate and plat? form, of a once honest and honorable party. Daniel H. Chamberlain. A New Thing for Locomotives. The first of the new extension front engines to be run on the Richmond and Danville Railroad arrived yesterday af? ternoon, pulling the train from Atlanta. Just before the engine was run into tbe round house, she stopped at a siding. The engineer pulled a lever aud about a cart load of cinders dropped out from tbe extension. This is a new wrinkle in locomotives and is destined tobe a bless? ing to passengers, as by the adoption of the extension, not a single park or cinder can possibly escape from the smoke-stack. Tbe smoke is literally sifted before it leaves the engine, and tbe capacious in? terior of the extension catches and holds the cinders. The engine is fired up at Charlotte and during the entire run to Danville not a spark or cinder escapes. At Danville the engineer pulls the exten? sion lever and steam blows the accumu? lated cinders from tbe extension. Char? lotte, Danville and Richmond are spark? ing stations. The extension is a perfect success, and is to be put on all tbe pas? senger engines on the road. It is simply an extension of the boiler front that makes it project over the pilot, and rather adds to the appearance of the locomotive. The railroad boys say that it is the biggest improvement yet made on engines. Witbiu three weeks all the Richmond and Danville passenger en? gines will be provided with the extension, and passengers will henceforth have no further annoyance from sparks and cin? ders in their eyes.?Charlotte Observer. Extraordinary Freak of Lightning. Mr. J. W. McWhirter was leaning' against the new telephone pole on the corner of Trade and College streets, yes? terday morning, during the storm, when there came a flash of lightning and he felt his hat jerk sharply. He pulled it from his head and found the rim in a blaze, which he quickly extinguished, and betook himself to less dangerous quarters. The electric fluid burned a small hole in his hat, that looked as if it had been made by a pistol shot. He says that he felt no shock whatever, and that it seemed as if some one had caught his hat and gave it a quick jerk. Next to a telegraph pole, a lightning rod is the safest thing to lean against during a thunder storm.? Charlotte Observer, June 15. McWhirter has had several narrow escapes in his time. He once made a balloon ascension in this city, when the basket being improperly adjusted, it tilted, and McWhirter hung head down? ward, sustaining himself by his hands. After a flight of half a mile he lodged safely in a tree, however, in Elm wood Cemetery. He-passed safely through the late war, and the supposition now is that he is doomed to die in his bed instead of in his boots.?Columbia Register. Tiro Talking Democrats. Chicago, III., June 1G.?Two dele? gates from tbe far South to the National Democratic Convention are at the Pacific Hotel. They are Capt. C. A. Johnston, of Columbus, and M. B. Barker, of Macon, Miss. Capt. Johnston says the delegates from Miss, have been elected, and tbat they will come to Chicago unpledged. Bayard, he says, is very favorably regard? ed by the Southern Democrats, but he has no stronger hold upon them than McDonald has. In regard to the Repub? lican boast tbat the States of North Caro? lina, Florida and West Virginia can be carried for Blaine and Logan, Mr. Bar? ker says they cannot carry any om of them. Florida is the most doubtful of the three, and it will be carried by tbe Democrats this year, and North Carolina and West Virginia are certain. Any Democratic nominee is certain of carry? ing the solid South this year. Capt. Johnston said the negroes would not vote, that they were not coerced by intimida? tion or driven from the polls, but that they had simply quit voting. ? A family in Carthage, Mu., fled to the cellar to escape a storm, but left a boy of seven sick in bed. When they returned the child had died from fright. ? The richest little girl in the world is the seven year old daughter of Captain Perkins, of the Navy, her grandfather, William F. Weed, of Boston, having recently left her ?7,000,000. She is to have $20,000 annually until she reaches legal age to receive her millions. ? Moses Williams, of Laureus Coun? ty, is S4 years old. Recently he harves? ted his grain crop himself with a cradle seventy-five years old. The blade is very narrow, but holds a good edge yet. The cradle has been meuded with two new fingers in the seventy-five years. He has a wagon thirty-five years old, and during that time it has not lost so much as a nail. ? Judge Fraser in charging a jury tbe other day at Abbeville in a case for sell? ing crops under lien, held that a mule I was not a subject of lien, as it was not j expended in making the crops, but that anything expended in making a crop is subject. Things fur the health and com? fort of the laborer were alse subject as well as guano and any fertilizers expend? ed in making it. ? Rev. Henry Ward Beecher ia iu dignanl over the nomination of Blaine. He says from what he knows about him he would not vote for Blaine for any public office in the United States. He further says that if the Democrats nomi? nate Gov. Cleveland he will vote for him with pleasure?that if tbe Republicans cannot elect a decent President a Demo? crat should be chosen. The Great Republican Statesman. Mr. Blaine is a great statesman. There's no doubt about it. He once called Mr. Conkling a turkey-cock. He allowed the Fort Smith Railroad Com? pany to sneak its land-stealing bill through Congress. He destroyed tbe Mulligan letters, that would have shown his connection with that job. He "slosh? ed around" quite frantically in a good many bloody-shirt debates with the Con? federate brigadiers in Congress, whom be never interfered with in tbe field. He wrote some pretty savage letters to the British Government about a canal that we didn't have and are not likely to get. He tried to push the swindling claims of an adventurer against a little, crippled South American Republic. He egged Garfield into a row with Conkling, and he has lately written an unreliable polit? ical history. Is anything more needed to prove tbat Mr. Blaine is a great states? man ?? Chicago Times. A Big rind. Many of our citizens will doubtless re? collect the late James W. Johnston, a resident of Castle Hayne, in Pender County. He was quite aged and decrep? it, and his general appearance indicated tbat he was possessed of but few of this world's goods. During a visit to this city, a few months since, he died very suddenly in tbe Scarborough House, on North Water street. His family consis? ted of three daughters and a son, one of the former being tbe widow of the late Thomas Williams, of Pender County. Since the death of the old gentleman a number of valuable bonds and securities have been discovered among his effects and which were sold at public auction a few days since?the total sale amounting to about $10,000. And now comes evi? dence of how well the old man took care of all the precious metals which came into his possession. Under tbe belief tbat he bad some buried treasure, a search was instituted a day or two since, which resulted in the discovery of about $22,000 in gold and silver, which he had securely deposited in jars and buried under his house. The discovery of so much of the valuable metals was a most agreeable surprise to the members of hie family, who will thus come into posses? sion, in connection with tbe proceeds of the bonds, of from $8,000 to $10,000 apiece. Our information is derived from a very reliable source, and the main facts of the "big find" can be relied upon as strictly true.? Wilmington Star. An old Man shot at a Picnic. A party of Cleaveland County people bad a picnic at Cleaveland Springs, last Friday, which turned out badly for one of the number. Mr. David Mauncy, an old gentleman aged 70 years, was acci dently shot and painfully wounded. One of the young men in the party went to jump across a branch, and as be did so a pistol dropped from bis hip pocket. The hammer struck a rock, causing tbe weapon to explode. The bullet struck a pocket book in Mr. Mauncy's pocket and glancing entered his leg, where at last accounts, it still remained embedded. Tbe young man who goes to a picnic with a pistol in his pocket, generally succeeds in making things sad around him.? Charlotte Observer, June 15. ? A desperate political fight was caused by the announcement ofBlaine's nomination at Liverpool, Pa. Three farmers who were stalwart Republicans denounced Blaine while drinking with a party in a saloon. Four Blaine men who were present resented the language used, and words soon led to blows. Others rushed in to stop tho fight and became involved In it, and pistols and knives were introduced to enliven the occasion. A shot extinguished the only ? light in the place and thirty-five madden? ed men fought at random in thti dark, shooting, cutting and smashing chairs on each other. When the combatants were at last ejected three mcu were found in a dying condition on the fluor, two of the stalwarts and one Blaine man. One of them had received seven deep stabs. ? During the thunder Rlnrm on Tues? day night at Johnston's, Edgefield Coun? ty, tbe dwelling-house of./. D. Eidson was struck by lightning, the electric fluid playing strange and lautnxlic freaks under the said roof, but. fortunately ex? pending its fury with comparatively slight damage to (he building and none to life or limb. The Monitor says: "Mr. Eidson's house is provided with two lightning rods, and the next lightning rod mar. that comes this way will be expect? ed to rise and explain." ? The Greenville News of Saturday says: "Two very sad and exceptional cases of mortality are reported from Fairview Township in this county. Ear? ly yesterday morning Thomas Andrews and wife died at their residence in tbe locality mentioned, within forty minutes of each orber, from congestion of the stomach. Mrs. Andrews had been in bad health for some time while her bus band was taken suddenly ill about a week ago. The former was about 62 years of age and the latter was about 68." ? The special correspondents' train furnished by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail? road made the fastest time on record -in returning after the convention. Tbe 813 miles from Chicago to Washington was made in 19 hours and thirty minutes actual running time, and the distance from Washington to Baltimore, 40 miles, was made in 39 minutes. Frequently during the trip the speed of 100 miles an hour was reached and kept for miles. ? A large meeting of Republicans and Independents at Boston on Friday adopted resolutions opposing Blaine and calling for a new party if the Democrats fail to nominate a clean man. President Elliott, of Harvard College, participated. An Executive Committee of 100, consis? ting of the leading men of the city, was appointed. ? It is stated by friends of Gen. Han? cock that that gentleman would like another nomination, and that he feels with a new Vice President he can do bet? ter than he did four years ago. He does not want to run with English again. If nominated he promises to resign from the army while making his campaign. ? A returned missionary says that the greatest foe to industry and civilization in tropical couutries is thecocoanut tree. It goes uu bearing fruit abundantly for forty years without any cultivation, and the natives, knowing that they can de? pend on it for subsistance, remain lazy and savage. ? The financial striugeucy in Atlanta is reported to be unprecedented, and it is said to be impossible lo borrow money on United Stated bonds even. Real estate has dropped flat, and all the banks are said to be in continual dread of runs. ? The Chicago News says that when Jno. A. Logan was an Illinois Democrat before the war he was rioted for his zeal to capture runaway slaves and to frame laws to prevent their escape from the border Stales. ? On seventeen acres of peanuts a Houston County, Ga., farmer last year made $450 clear money, besides fattening th. jands of pounds of pork. ? Mr. J. W. Bridgers, of Macou, Mis? sissippi, has a calf which has two well devoloped heads, with four eyes, four ears and two mouths. ? People in the parishes of Louisaua that have been subject to the recent over? flows arc iu great destilution. ? Johu Dew, white farmer, beat his wife to death in Marion county on Sat? urday. He was arrested. I have been entirely cured of a terrible case of Blood Poisoning by the use of Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) after trying cvervthing known to the medical people without relief. J. S. Taggart, Salamanca, N. Y. Purest Medicines at Orr & Sloan's J. A. Daniels has Moved to the McCully building. Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) has cured me entirely of bad Blood Poison. I went 100 miles to get it, and it made nie as sound as a now dollar. j. W. Weyi.es, Moadvillo, Pa. ^SS- Cheapest Lamps at Orr & SUoan's. Why is it that Wilhite's Fountain ia so popular? Becauso the water is soda delightful. Congress Water?the most palpable ape? rient for delicate females?ice cold at Wil? hite's City Drug Store, j??r- Beat Combs at Orr ?fc Sloan's. ^ES- Freshest Drugs at Orr & Sloan's. Xzq.. Best Brushes at Orr <fc Sloan's. "535- Orr & Sloan, Prescription Druggists. NOTICE. THE County Board of Equalization for Anderson County will meet at the Auditor's Office on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JULY, 1384. THOMAS J. WEBB, Auditor Anderson County. June 19, 1884_40_2_ .A.. W. TODD, ARCHITECT, ANDERSON, - - S. C Has decided to drop the Building busi? ness, and devote his whole attention to furnishing PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS and Superintending the construction of all kinds of Private and Public Buildings. He will also order, on short commissions, all kinds of Building Material. Correspondence solicited. June 10, 1s34_49_3m DISSOLUTION. THE Firm of HILL it HARRISON is this day dissolved by mutual con? sent. Those indebted will please call and settle at once with either of the undersign? ed. T. F. HILL, FRANK E. HARRISON. ' June 17,1884. Having bought the Stock of Goods of Hill & Harrison, the undersigned have this day formed a copartnership under the Firm name of HILL BROS. They hope by keeping the best and purest Drugs, and by paying the strictest attention to business to merit a considerable share of patronage. R. S. HILL. T. F. HILL. I desire to thank r,ty friends and the pub? lic generally for thy liberal patronage ex? tended to the firm of Hill & Harrison, and earnestly bespeak a continuance of the same to the new firm. FRANK E. HARRISON. June 19,1884_49_1_ FRUIT JARS ? AND - Best Apple Vinegar ! - AT simpson, reid & co.'s, WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER. _June 2Pj_ 1884 49 "buggies, buggiesT -o IF YOU WANT A First Class Buggy, Buy the Columbus Buggy from J. S. FOWLER, Anderson, S. C. June 12, 1884_48 3m Fine Shoes. JUST received Men's Fine Gaiters, La? dies' Fine Kid Shoes and Newport Ties, forsale low bv A.B.TOWERS. June 12, 1884 ' 48 FLY FANS. OLD Style and Improved Ply Fans, for sale by A. B. TOWERS, Anderson, S. C. May 29. 1884 4? PHOTOGRAPHS! THE undersigned informs the citizens of Anderson and vicinity that b?t baa opened the "Maxwell Gallery," where he will he happy to serve all who may wish for Fine Fixtures of any kind made in the best style. Views of Buildings, &c, made at short notice. Satisfaction given or no money required. Bespectfullv, J. BYRON JEWELL, Photographer. _ J uric 1, 1834_47 3m 1 FIRS! DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. ASINGLE SPARK may destroy your Dwelling in one hour. I can give you ample security against loss by Fire, as the combined Assets of the Companies I represent amount to ?11,902,418. Call on me and Insure your Dwellings, Furniture, Barn3 and Merchandise. It will be too late when tlx* 9fs starts. A, B. TOWERS1, Insurance Agent, Anderson, S. C., March 27,1834 37 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. Wm. W. Phillips and James W. White as Administrators, <tc, Plaintiffs, vs. James L. Phillips, Nancy Phillips, et al., De? fendants.? Petition for Final Settlement, dr. NOTICE is hereby given that the under? signed, Administrators, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun? ty, South Carolina, at Anderson C. H., S. C, on the 26th day of July, A. D. 1884, for a final discharge from their offices of Admin? istrators of said Martin Phillips, deceased. 9th June, 1884. JAMES W. WHITE, \ Ad_,_ W. W. PHILLIPS, j AUlQ ra* To the Defendants Harvey Smith, Martin Smith, Joseph Smith, George Smith and James L. Phillips : TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Final Settlement of the Estate of Martin Phillips, deceased, and discharge of the undersigned Administrators was this day filed in the olllce of the Probate Judge at Anderson C. H., S. C, and by an order of said Probate Judge Saturday, the 26th day of July, 1884, was set for hearing said appli? cation for final settlement and discharge. JAMES W. WHITE,) Ad , W. Wr. PHILLIPS, J Aam June 0,1881 48 6 SPECIAL NOTICE! OWING to the scarcity of money we take this opportunity of informing the trading public that we have put down the prices of all of our Goods to the bottom, and can offer some Special Bargains in our line for the Cash. We will sell you our Hats and Shoes about at cost, and can give you a good variety to select irom. All other articles in proportion. Price them and see for yourself. W. S. LIGON & CO. kJ Shoes?Shoes and Boots. IHAVE a full stock of Bay State Shoes and Boots at low prices. A. B. TOWERS. June 12,1S84_48_ To Keep Fruit Fresh the Tear Bound Without Sugar! "\TO expense in buying Fruit Jars?use Stoneware, or any you have. The Ameri ^ can Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid will effectually allav or prevent fermentation and preserve all kinds of Fruit, Juices, Svrups, Sauces, Marma? lades or Compotes of Fruit, Spiced Fruits, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Cider, Etc. A one dollar package will preserve 256 pounds of Fruit. Tomatoes, etc. It will pre? serve two barrels of Cider: it will keep as still cider in barrels. Tho Preserved Fruit, etc., may be kept the year round, or for years, in glass, earthern or stoneware jars of any size, simply corked with a common cork, or with strong paper, or oiled cloth tied over the top, or they may be kept in wooden kegs and barrels. No need to keep tho vessels air tight. The Fruit, Vegetables, etc., may be used or removed from large vessels as wanted from time to time during weeks or months. The Fruit may be kept without Sugar, or any quantity may be added as desired. For sale by HILL BROS., Anderson, S. C.J JAMES HUNTER & SONS, Pendle ton. S. C.; H. L. ADAMS, Seneca, S. C, ; WILLIAM WICKLIFFE, Antreville, S. C.; BENSON & CO., HartweH, Georgia. ?Tune 19. 1SS4 _ 49 6m THE BROWN SULKY CULTIVATOR. WITH FOUR INDEPENDENT 3?LOW BEAMS. SHOVELS, SWEEPS, BULL-TONGUES, SCRAPES, TURNERS. &c, used on this Cultivator. The only Perfect 4'ultivntor on Ihe market. Materially different from all otber implements. It is NO EXPERIMENT with us. Thirty-five sold: within last 6O days, giving perfect satisfaction. We can now guarantee them fully. No special skill required to operate this implement. Any Common Field Hand Can Use Them. Easily adapted to all modes of cultivation. Suiting the varied ideas of farmers as to how Cotton and Corn should be cultivated. Six to eight acres cultivated daily, better than with the ordinary plows. As this Cultivator is so different, and so far in advance of all others, we invite a careful examination before buying, and would refer to those now using them in this County. No excuse for being behind with your crops when you can get this implement at such a low price and on such east/ terms. TpSi- Buy a Brown Cultivator and save money. SULLIVAN & BRO., General Agents. June 19. 18S4 _*9_ THE LADIES' BAZAR. THE EXQUISITE INFANTS' AND CHILDRENS' Lace Caps and Ladies' Neckwear, Arc commanding the attention and admiration of the Ladies. You will always find a LOVELY lot of Mitts, Hose, Handkerchiefs, Parasols, Hats, Fans, Neckwear, Ladies' Underwear, Dress Goods of every description. We have a few more pairs of those lovely LADIES' SLIPPERS and SHOES on hand yet, every pair warranted to give perfect satisfaction. These Goods are sold at [trices that cannot be approached by any other house in the JOHN M. McCONKELL, Waverly House Block.