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E. B? MURRAY? Editor. THURSDAY, August 7, 1881. TB?MS : OHE YEAR..".-.w_?i.BO. 81X MONTHS.. 7?c. Two Dollars If not paid lu advauee. l'Olt PRESIDENT, GROVER CLEVELAND, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, THOS. A. HENDRICKS, OF INDIANA. THE STATE TICKET FOB 1094. Fur fiwwior, HUOn fi. THOMPSON. lieutenant'Governor, JOHN C. SHEPPARD. Secretary of Slate, JAMES N. LIPSCOMB. Attorney General, CHARLES RICHARDSON MILKS. State Treasurer, JOHN PETER RICHARDSON. Comptroller General, WILLIAM E STONEY. Superintendent of H?lucation, A8BURY COWARD. Adjutant and Insjiector General, A. M. M AN IO A ULT. Solicitor 8th Circuit. JAMES L. ORR. - TUo Oreoly party got within 4.08 miles of tbo pole. - No less than l.r>,???)0 persons ara I locked up in the jails and prisons of I New York. < - Tho population of thc United j States increases at the rato of 82 per cen?, every ten years. ( - Sam Nimmons, colored, of Barn- ? well County, has killed thirty-two hawks { since January last. ?- There are seventy candidates now in J the field in Barnwell County and only < fifteen offices to be filled. < - The Mormons, it is unid, had more ? missionaries in the fi-Kl last year than < the American Missionary Society. ' - Jay Eyo See beat the record at ' Providence on Friday by trotting a milo ' in 2.10. The best previous milo waa his ' own-2.10}. I - In fifty-six years Mexico has had t fifty-four Presidents, ono Emperor aod a ( regency. And yet some people think it a a slow coun'ry. t - A bet was proffered aud taken inst { ?eek in Bostou that Cleveland would go t out of that city nest November with two e votes to Blaine's c nc. r - The prohibit''onist* are making an I activo and telling canvass in New York, e and are directing tnoir attacks chiefly t ngainst tho Republican*. " - Chattanooga physicians tay tltey | havo for yearn traced every cano of J typhoid fever directly to the drinking of r well water by the patient. - Thomas Calhoun, a young farmer j of Bench Island, Aiken County, shot . himself through the bead on Monday in j consequence of financial troubles. - Although Frenchmen ore ap o hon of as "frog eaters," it is asserted as a fact that more frogs aro now eaten in New York alone than in all of France. 7 - Alcohol is said to bo an antidoto a for snake bite poison only when tbe c patient is not abai ct cd to drink and bis I system already saturated with alcohol. tt - One of the veterans of the Stone wall Brigade who bad lost both feet in 0 battle, snot and killed a man in Virginia P the other day io a quarrel over a dollar. l< - Colored Democrats in Aiken have f, organized a club with twenty-three mem bers. John Jollifer io President, T. II. Haynes Secretary, and John R. Boyce " Treasurer. J - Capt. F. W. Dawson, of tho Nevet n and Courier, publishos a card in which he denies the truth of tho story that he p is ambitious to succeed Senator Hamp- ]f ton. He says he would accept no public ai om ce. [j - Information from Florida is such w that Democrats may rest assured that the e State will wheel io line in November, vc. Considering the fact that returning boards di are thiDgs of the past, the State is doubly positive. ct - Archie Orme, the Atlanta ticket ? agent who shot himself through the head h some months ago in consequence of 01 deficiencies in his accounts, died on " Saturday after having apparently pro- Dl greased far towards recovery with a bul- r< lot imbeded in his brain. h - The Democratic Congressional Con- *? vention of the Fourteenth district of cxi Missouri, which has been in session at Poplar Bluff for five days, adjourned tine w die late Saturday night, after taking 447 "' ballots without nominating a candidate, an event unparalleled io that State. p,' - Jacob Wiseman, a miner in West kw Virginia, while Bitting astride of a at whiskey barro), lighted his pipe and fool- w ishly th:ev; the lighted match into the cn open bunghole. An explosion followed, M shattering the barrel, and the rider was is thrown some distance and seriously to hurt. lu --The annual reunios of the Survi vors of tbe 12th Regiment, S. C. V., tb will be held in Walhalla, on the 21st of August, which day will ba the twenty- di third anniversary of the formation of the ' Dl regiment. The Survivors of the 6th Reg- ht iment, 8. O. V., ?rill have their reunion Wl in Win nah oro' on the 21st of August. * - The shipment of buffalo bones from n? the plains of the West to Eastern pbos- tb pbate factories has largely increased re- ca cently, because of tin reduction in the jQ trunk line freight rate. Thousands of gt buffalo skeletons are gathered up by the fA> bone men on tba prairies, especially in Co the valley of the Arkansas, every season, tic Ona Philadelphia manufacturer alone th, received in the course of the last two hil months over 200 carload*. Delivered at p, the factory tho bohea are worth $25 a wi ton. all . - The town of Selma, Ala., claims to tei nave the most wonderful artesian well io Tfc the world, and it would seem with good St: reason, - The remarkable feature in the cai cato la that two separate streams of water fer cf entirety different properties flow from str this welL Tbe singular effect in quest loo is produced, it seems, by the simple lo- da sertion of ? two-Inch pipe within a four- to lnr,h iube. The larger pipe descends to lat ?, depth.of some four hundred, feet, the . water having up mineral qualities or character, Rad being very cold ; tbe loner pipo descends seven hundred feet: the > water ie strongly impregnated with eal- Hi pbur and iron: arid, compared with tht CB, temperature ot tho twin stream, ls quite wi warm. jr? - Tho Frederieksburg Standard says : po John. JRussell, colored, waa engaged in cei ^tawlfcg near'.Alum Sprintt on Saturday, ap and bad tonet fire to thostabblo so it tfo would bum /off,' While tba fire was er, burning near Ute bao k of Hazel ron, he mo saya lij occured to him that ho ought to vrt unhitch xt? . horse and shelter/ himself Vc behind ft trea near.hy from some danger ts- ) ho knew ?nt iii" afc ibo time, i This wo thought fe*:' imprewed itself upon';him? Mi that bte&id unhitch and thokAaiacdnear net i Hts had benn thora but a few He ?j ; j ut? when P. ioud explodion toot tro placo,-..followed by another en<? another cot in rapM socc?st?loo. uutif th? eleventh th* : place. ..cbn.sayahe'Was tal] ?: : d for some time wei ui- sheibj and ball*, eic,, Ml all yes 'i : - : ?)< ,.-J tUafc a pilo eat! >5ur5ug the wai. the ?in4yha? aa^?h?c?. found a,ud wheo this' Ma Arrested Once More. BOSTON, July 28.-Tb? charge upon which ex Governor Mottos, of South Carolina, wa? an tated y?steruay in Chi cago, ou a requisition from Governor Robinson, or this State, is obtaining money under false pretences. Among others from whom it is allege.1, he obtain ed petty sums was Col. Thomas Went worth Higginson, of Cambridge, and A. Williams, formerly of the "old corner" book store. It is charged that on April of last year he called upon Coi. Higgin son and stated 'bat he was Capt. G. D. Bryan, who is corporation cotiussl of Charleston,H. C. Col. Higginson had met Capt. Bryan at the celebration of the battle of the GWpens, where be wa? sent to represent the >iew England States, but having met him only that once had for gotten his personal appearance. The atory he told Coi. Higginson was that ho had visited Montreal on business, and, coming from that city, his wallet, con taining all his money and private papers, was Htolen from him on the train, and ho wished to borrow enough money to get borne. Col. Higginson loaned him ':'!!. What induced him lo lend the money was tho perfect familiarity of tho applicant with matters in Charleston and the extreme improbability that any im postor should know that Col. Higginson ind Capt. Bryan had any acquaintance. Tho suggestion of the identity of the borrower with ex Governor Mose? pro ceded originally from Mayor Courtenay, jf Charleston, to whom Col. Higginson wrote, and who stated that he had recoiv sd several similar luttera from persons in Boston. Col. Higginson gave the clew to Inspector Gnnauglity, and he obtain ed from the Rogues' Gallery in Now York a picture of ex-Governor Mose*, which Col. Higginson recognized at once iH that of tho man who had culled upon bim. It is alleged that Moses also called jn- ex-Mayor Green at tho ?ame limo, laid his name waa Middleton, and thal lie was a lawyer of South Carolina. Under thc aamo name and by thc same itory it is alleged that he obtained $40 from Mr. Williams. An officer left for L'hicago to-day. CHICAGO, July HO.-Chief ol Police Doyle, Inspector Welter and other olli :er/j of the police department to day wait id on (lovernor Hamilton and submitted l request that the Governor issue a war ?aut for the re-arrest of F, J. Moses, who ivas Governor of South Carolina whon .he Republicans ruled in that State. Ho ivus arrested for Dwindling several physi cians in Chicago, but wo* released by the grand jury. Similar charges exist igainat him in Boston, and on a requisi ion from Governor Robinson, of M a ssa ?busetts, he waa ro-arreated hero to be cut back to Boston. In their zeal, how? .vcr, tho ollicera neglected an important brutality, a warrant from tho Governor if Illinois. AH a warrant waa not iasued ind Moses was arrested on tho simple equisition, tho proceedings wero irregu ar. Judgo Shepard KO held, and discharg ed the prisoner on a writ of habeas ornus on Monday. Now Chief Doyle ind Inspector Wolter wiab to re arrest ri oxea, but they wish to proceed legally. Governor Hamilton said be would have o look up the statute before he could ssuo the warrant, us ho did not know /hellier ho now had the power since loses bad been discharged, unless a new equisition waa made hy the Governor of IiiHsachuaettH. Why Iluudrlcks Hope*. SARATOGA;' July 81.--Ex-Governor 'bonna! A. Hendricks anent Borne time Iter breakfast in the hotel corridors, hutting with friends and acquaintances. <ater on a correspondent had a brief ilk witb him iu his room. Tho correspondent called tho attention f Mr. Hendricks to a recesH to elaborate ublication alleging that he bad advoca sd armed resistance to tho drafts in 18G3 t Shelby ville, Ind., and remarked that ley had already begun to "sling mud." "Yes," he replied, "but it is nothing ew. I have been through too many ?mpaigns to meet with any new lies ow. Thin is ODO of the old ones which SB been auswered time and again." Speaking of the recent scandalous ublicatious concerning Governor Cleve ind, he observed that it was inconceiv ble that any man could have gone trough three campaigns, as be bas done, ithuut bringing to the surface any vont in his career which could by any leans whatever he tortured into a scan si. Tho attitude of Tammany came under >usideration, and Mr. Hendricks said e had seen Mr. Kelly since bis arrival oro, and bad talked with him for a few linutea. He did not know what Mr. elly would do, bad not referred to that, ut he heard that he would support the igular ticket. Mr. Hendricks said that e would go back to Indiana iu time to .ko a band in the campaign there, and [pressed the utmost confidence thal the emocratic party would carry the State ithout difficulty. Referring to the en trancement of Chairman Jonen, of tho ?tiona! Republican committee, that be ron ose d to throw a great deal of his nrk into- Florida and West Virgina, ?th the determination of carrying them, i announcement which has been coupled iib the statement that he leads the impaign subscription with $100,000, Ir. Hendricks remarked: "Woll, that bold, isn't it? He means everybody know that he ia going to buy them, if } cao, doesn't he f ' "Will tho prohibition movement affect e result in Indiana?" "I think it will," leplied Mr. Hen seka, "and for two rearons. The nomi .Mon of St. John and a national ticket ta inspired the prohibitionists out our ay, abd they have gone to work and put complete State ticket in the field. This cana a very vigorous campaign on their irt, and their voters will be drawn in e main from the ranks of the Republi ns. The situation is made still more tere sting by the fact that the Indiana ate platform of tho Republican party rora the calling of a constitutional nvention to amend the State constitu in, and the GcroJhos aro suspicions at they want to introduce a clause pro biting the manufacture of liquor. The .publicans have done.nothing in the ry. of announcement or otherwise to ay that suspicion, and the liquor in est has been thus strongly antagonized. ie nomination of St. John and of the ste ticket has weakened the Republi 03, and thus fear of Republican Inter enos in the liquor question has engtbened the Democrats." Mr. Hendricks will stay a week or ten ya at the Grand Union, going thence the eeashore and reluming to Indiana o next month. The Georgia Wonder. Ibero la tome prospect that Mia? Lela mt, who bas been giving performan ? in Boston daring the past ten days tb bug? financial resalta, will return to >w York for the pttrpose of testing her wer against tho physical strength of iain noted athletes. Whit* abe wu peering In Boston she seat an invita-, n to John L. Sullivan, the prize fight? to meet her for any reasonable sum of ?ney. but Mr. Sullivan beelined tho ^position, ?.strong man of New irk,' reading Miss Hurst's challenge in Boston pane*, telegraphed that he ttl d go to tho city In quest io ? to take '. Sullivan'a place and swept tho mo -ar y ch al lengo offered by Miss Hurst, ir response WP* that she won td not uble him to como to Boston, but would ne herself lo Ne*. York. She added it; ehe would coyer nay deposit that ght bo made. These arrangements re understood to Imo been in proven terday. . Should tl te matter corr.* to a 9fc#8&Ja01*c]vrt9n R js probable that, exhibition will, be given either ir. thc diion Squere Gar?an or the Academy Moatc-?fas*, tf&b Tteitu ? v : : Mr. HurtI Talks. WAHUI?TOTO.V, July 24.-Mr. Frank Hurd, tho distinguished freo trado adv? cate, waa found this evening uiltiog in front of his hotel fanning himself and trying to kce;> cool. "What do you think of tho situation ?" a Courier-Jour nal correspondent iuquir ed. "lt is very hot." "What, the situation?" "Is there a situation?'' gasped Mr. Hurd, grimly. "It is almo-l too hot, I think. J.ft us wait until it gets cooler before we commence the light." "Are you pleased with the Democratic platform ?" "The Kaudall protectionists claim it is heir own. The platform ia all right in he main. There are some things that .OUld be changed lu it will: profit, but it s a pretty good platform. From a news paper standpoint the platform is much oo large. I suppose the average editor vould huvc made sad work with it if he tad been asked to pass upon its literary nerita. "For my own part, 1 think the platform :ould have been cul down without aeri )U8 injury, lt contaiiiB far loo much rerbiage, and does not slate its principles dearly or candidly enough to suit the iverage reader. But tho campaign, I ake it, is not to he made on platforms, io far as our platform relates 'otho tarin*" \ am satisfied with it, although. I could lave wished for a clearer statement of he case. A tari fl' exclusively for public purpose is the same as a tsriff for revenue inly. Thc wording is difiere ut, but the ncaning is the same. The tari.'!' will not io the issue this year. The people will imply be asked whether they will vote or r.laino or Cleveland - for corrupt or lonest government." "Is Mr. Blaine an honest man?" "The proof seems lo be against him." "Ia Mr. Cleveland an honest man?" "There is nothing in his record locon radict it, und this year we will make a ight for legislative reform. If wo are ucceasful then we can tum our attention o the abuses in the tarilf, to the issue of cgialativo reform." "Do you think the attacks on Clove nud's private character will injure him s a candidate 7" ".Such attacks seldom injure any one ; von if they are founded on. facts, no ono lelieves them. In Mr. Cleveland's ease, believe that he has been grossly stall' lered. I see a Cincinnati paper is thc ?rat to pub'ish thc stories about Mr. cleveland's moral character. The editor nay yet regret it. I think this publica* ion will mnrk the decadence of tho boss nflueuce in Ohio polities. If it brings bout a change in this disreputable style f journalism, then the publication will ot bc altogether in vain. Decent peo lo in both parties must condemn such hingH, and should Mr. Cleveland be I ec ted tho Cincinnati iditor can not ope for recognition. Mr. Cleveland can ever forgive him. Ho would bo less linn a man if he did. On tho other and, I don't suppose Mr. Blaine, if he I elected, could exert himself very much )T McLean, i think thia editor has nt tat severed tho knot that held him with i the circlo of respectable people. Iereafter he must he an outcast from all artics that have any regard for their slf-reapect. He han passed the limit of ecency and must take the consequences, 'rom this time on bia political power mat bo very limited." Changing the subject, Mr. Hurd said : The only thing thal cnn HEVO Blaine, in ly opinion, will be his power to control ie Irish vote." "Can he do it?" "I think not. In the first place, the riah are a very peculiar people. They re influenced largely by traditions ake the Irishmen that have been boro i Ireland and have recently become tizena, and they may be influenced to ste for Mr. Blaine on account of the roapect, possibly, of a speedy war with rent Britain and the avenging of the ronga of Ireland. But the eecond gen .atiori of iriah voters in this country, lose that were born here, are not affect 1 by the same influence. Their fore thora were Democrats, and at school icy have fought the Republican boys, 'emocracy has been instilled into their lood and they are likely to think more r this, their native country, than of any nnginnry wrangles of Ireland. Conae tently I believe that the great body of lah voters will remain true to the Dem :ratic standard. Now among tho Ger aus there is a strong revolt against laine. This is particu.arly noticeable i Ohio. I do not think they will go ick to the Republican party right away, be rovolt seems to bave a strong mun ition, but. it may not bo sufficient to sfeat Blaine in Ohio, and what it will ) for him elsewhere is of course simply matter of conjecture." Repudiating Blaine. UTICA. August 1.-The Republicans of e fourth ward met in the city hall herc at evening to form a Blaine and Logan ub. The meeting was a large one. and mtained many of tho best known' Re iblicauB in the city. M. W. Van uken was made temporary chairman, id while the committee on permanent ganizaticn was deliberating, several eeches were made. Judgo William Bacon being called on said be felt citation in responding and bad felt ?Ration in coming to the meeting, but bo wat; a Republican and had liv.ed ty two years in the ward he had come. "I feel," he continued, "that I may y something to-night which may not t in harmony with the feeling of the ajority of the Republicans present, but latever I say or feel, I wish it under aid that I do not propose to retire from e Republican party. I fear my remarks *y give offense to some, but I propose maintain my self-respect if not 'ho ipect of others.' I need hardly say nt I do net, make such an avowal as ls with cheerfulness. It comes with in, but I never yet voted for a man mm I did not believe to be honest. I nnot vote for a man whom I do not lieve to be honest, upright and sincere, cannot vote for James G. Blaine. I peet to vote the Republican ticket, cept the electoral." Judge Bacon is upward of 80 years old. 3 has served on the supremo bench and Congress, and there is no man in Cen . il New York to whom a porer chame. i is accorded. His repudiation of sine is felt to be a severe blow, and i followers of the plumed knight are sy inventing excuses for his course. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton nod Miss san B. Anthony, president sod vice ?ident of the National Woman's drage Association, have issued an ad ?ss to the members of that organization cussing what political action should taken by advocates of woman suffrage tho coming eampslgn. The address ?? lt is to Republicans they rouat look discuealon and decision of the quee rs by the passage of a sixteenth amend nt. They have nothing to expect tn any of the parties now straggling 0 existence. It says Butler would be verlese to help the cause on account of supporters, though long a valiant impion. As to the prohibitionists, (br tn to make woman suffrage a tail to lr kite is tb dofy tho laws of gravita ti. Prohibition could not secure man suffrage, bnt woman suffrage is 1 only power by which prohibition aid. ba made possible. They say that Cleveland is elected by tho aid of tirga W. Curtis and other friends of BSA he would be powerless for good," ! they say "in Mr. Blaine wo have a nineo in harmony with the Ropubli i majority in Congress." For these sons they advAte women to give th*ir ?port to Mr. Bl niuo. . - Tba ?hulera i? still raging furiously Marseilles and Toulon, Franco. Oar Ci rca!nt lug KccMunn The following statement in regard to lue contraction of the aggregate circulat ing medium during thc last session of Congress is based on information obtain ed at the treasury department. On December 1st, 1883, silver dollars iti cir culation outsldo of the United Stale? treasury amounted to $41,301,983 ; silver certificates to 187,976,261 ; gold certifi cates to $58,897,620 : national bunk notes to $343,998,787, and legal tender notes lo 1306,806,372. Ou July Int, 1881, the same items were, silver dollars, $39,794,* 913; silver certificates, $96,427,011 ; Bold certificates, 171 140,010 ; national bank notes, $325.337,860, and legal tender note*, $300,497,215. These figures show a decrease of $1,507,070 in bil ver dollars ; an increase of $8,4r>0,8IO in silver certifi eaten ; an increase of $12,249,020 in gold certificate?; a decrease of $18.660,927 in national bank notes, and a decrease of $309,457 in legal tender notes. Tho result is an apparent increase o? $222,070 in the aggregate circulating medium of the country outside of the amouuts held in the treasury. This apparent increase, however, i?- due to un increase of $12,249,020 in gold certificates, which are merely circulated lu the form of certificates of gold, which was already in the hands of the peoplo and thc banks. In other words the scarcity of paper cur rency caused by the decrease in thc na tional bank circulation induced the people to UBC: their gold, and they depos ited it to obtain more convenient gold certilicstes. Deducting, therefore, this $12,249,020, shows a real contraction for tho seven months ending June 30tb, 1884, of about $12,000.000. In addition the exportation of gold from the country exceeded the importation during the Hame period by $32,494,826, while the gold production of thc mines of the country is estimated to have been about $12,000,000. Thc net loss of gold was $20,000,000. This, added to the contrac tion ol other forms of currency before shown, to amount to about $12,000,000, makes tho total contraction of circulating medium of tho country outside of the treasury of about $32,000,000. It is asserted in thc office of the comptroller of tho currency that the McPherson bill, which failed to hecomo a law, would have at once added about $30,000,000 to the national hank circulation of tho country, and would have compensated for thu severe contraction which has occur red. THE CANDIDATES' MEETINW. Hendricks H-oim Cleveland for th* Flnt Time. SAIIATOOA, N. Y., July 31.-This lins been another eventful day for tho Dem ocracy. Cleveland and Hondricks have met and conferred for tho first time. There was no display, no noise, music or fireworks. All was as quiet as though two ordinary citizens were exchanging Rocial calls. Governor Hendricks had so intended. To be sure be bad passed through Albany in coming to Saratoga, but this was the evening before the com mittee was to notify both candidates of their nomination and he thought it best to postpone his first call on tho head of the ticket until after tho formal notifica tion had taken place. As soon ns this was over Governor Hendricks notified Governor Cleveland that he would visit him to day to pay his respects. It was so arranged. The candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket left here on the regular train for Albany. He waB accompanied by Col/ Fordyce, of Arkansas, and Col. E. D. Bannister, of, Indiana. Tb^re was nothing notable in the trip. Governor Hendricks remarked that for the first time in the history of National politics the candid?ten cf a great party were to meet for a formal acquaintance for the first time after the nomination, notification and real beginning of the nampaign. He spoke freely of Mr. Cleveland's rapid advance in public favor and regarded it as unprecedented in the history of public men. Ho discussed also at length the prospects of success, and said he felt sure the Democratic ticket would bo elected. He felt certain that New York and indiana were both sure to give good Democratic majorities. John Kelly and the forty thousand voters behind him, ho said, would voto the ticket because they were good Democrats, The charges against Mr. Cleveland ho thought ought to be treated with silent contempt, and a campaign of principio instead of slander conducted. His con rersatiou upon politics with the friends ind newspaper men who went down with aim was as free as though he was not a candidate for the Becond place in the nft of the nation. It has been a dreary day and the rain ind wind did not help to givo zest to the rip. It was about half-past 2 o'clock hia afternoon wheu the train upon which Governor Hendricks went down drew nto the depot at Albany. h> request, lone of the local people had been in formed of the visit and hence there waa io demonstration. Col. Lamont, Gov ?rnor Cleveland's private aeureinry, mei Mr. Hendricks ut the depot wiUi a car 'iago and bo and Cnl. Baunistsr were Iriven quickly to the Executive Mansion, is the candidate for Vice-President en ered the door bo was met by Governnr Cleveland and warmly welcomed. Dau Manning was there and after the formal tourteaiea of the day between the candi* lates he turned the talk into a political ; h nun ol, and for something more th na bree hours there waa a general discut? ion of political topics. The candidates lined together and parted about half >ast 6 o'clock. At half-past 8 to-night Mr. Hondricks e tn med to Saratoga on th? regular train, its only attendants being the few jour ?alists who were attracted to Albany by be first mealing of the Democratic csa lidates. To-night Mr. Hendricks spoke reely of bis first meeting with Governor /loveland, and said bis impressions of dm were that he was a mao of great bree of character, candid in his express ons and fair and firm in bis judgments. There was, he a aid, no general discussion if the plan of campaign, for neither of hem desired to interfere or mix in them, lover.ior Hendricks will remain hero ome days yet a id may then go lo Block ?bind. Mr. Watterson Protest?. Mr. Henry Watterson telegraphed the allowing from Virginia Beach to the .ouisvillo Courier- Journal : "I have een in the Qourier'Journal of the 23d a tatement that the managers of the ex* osltion have invited Mr. Blaine to open be ceremonies of our great commercial nd industrial enterprise officially. Asa itizen and aa a Democrat I wish to enter ay earnest protest agaiust this eatrnor ?nary proceeding. It is an affront to very Democrat in Louisville, in Ken icky and in the United States. It will rove a fatal blow et the exposition, hat the representative of a party organ tallon in tue thiek of a hot fight should e selected for each a purpose wilt bs ad ought to be resented by right-tbink % people of every shade of political pinion, and, for my own part, I cannot ?press this prompt expression of a sent? r indignation and outrage." A Louisville dispatch ttys: "In rc >onso to inquiries Col. Bennett H. bong, president of the Southern Expo lion, stated thin afternoon that both taine and Cleveland had been invited i be press?t a? the exposition, bat that silbar bad been invited to 'open' lt. his part of the ceremony will be left lo o v. Knott. Mr. Watterson's card bs? .used a great deal of comment to-day, it from what President Young saya, lt Quid seem that be hos put bis foot in a are'anest.",. ? ?,.. . ?_. - Governor Cleveland weighs 280 >unda, bni for all that he ta a aplaudid inner..:-. Tlie Cotton In the Fields. NEW UKI.LASS, August 4.-The report of th? cotton crop of the United Blutes for the month cf July, hy the National Cotton Exchange, in as follows : The mooth of July has on tho whole been ir..,, i.- favorable to the cotton crop, and ha* resulted in au improvement of about two points, bringing it up to 87 as against 8f> for June and 81 for May. On the Atlantic seaboard the rainfall wa? somewhat excessive, particularly in .Saith Carolina, and the betterment is mainly in Georgia. The low tempera ture and continued rains duiing the first half of the month proved disadvantage Uti? to the crop in North Carolina. In Alabama the plant hassuHered from rain and deficient cultivation. The crop^ in Mississippi has suffered materially. West of the Mississippi the condition Ima con tinued to advance with timely showers, but Texas, owing to the protracted drought, has not made any progress. In that great Stale the situation is now very critical, for while the plant b.ts stood the dry weather extraordinarily well, it is now losing ground and Buffering for want of moisture. Fruiting has progressed very well, considering thc backwardness of the plant, and the fields are iu a good state of cultivation, except in portions of Alabama and .South Carolina and locali ties in Mississippi. Over a very large area the plant is in a critical condition and liable to unusual damage from ex treme weather. In the Atlantic Slates and Alabama and parts of Mississippi it haH grown rapidly, is very nappy and exposed to loss of fruit from hot and dry spells. In Texas the continuance of tho drought will prove very disastrous. General showers with considerable inter mission of wann sunshine during August wo> !d bring out the crop over nearly tho who.e belt and go far toward compensat ing for the present backwardness. Worms are reported in a good many counties of Alabama, but they arc later than last year and have done no damage as yet. A few are also noted in Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Georgia, hut no special importance seems to be attached to them. It is to be said that while the July growth of the weed has been good over most of the belt and the lateness baa to some ex tent been overcome, it is still much behind, and therefore subject to damage from an eariy frost, or even one at an average date. In connection with thc National Colton Exchange crop report for July made up from mail advices it may be stated that during the past few days telegrams have been received in this city from various points in Texas reporting seasonable rainB in all directions in thc cotton pro (Hieing sections of that State. Rain Sends Cotton Down. For several days past the brokers on the Cotton Exchange have been earnest ly studying the mop of Texas. The speculation in cotton futures has turned wholly on the weather reports from Tcias. Has it rained in that State, or has it not? On Tuesday the contiuued drought in Texas and the heavy rains in other sections of the South, gave a boora to colton values. But on Wednesday came a report that it "rained seven hours" at Brenham. Down went cotton. Then it was said that tho report was false, or at best carno from a town in the piny regions of the Sabine valley, where little or no cotton is grown. Up went cotton again. But it was not disputed that the rains had fallen io towns of Louisiana and Arkansas, on the border of Texas, and yesterday a private tele gram said rain had fallen st Jackson tn that Stale. Down went cotton, and the net result of the week's contest is a decline.-New York Sun oj Saturday. A Victim of Drink. WASHINGTON, July 30.-William W. Culbertson, Rep jblican Representative in Congress from the Ninth Kentucky Dis trict, attempted suicide to day by shoot ing himself five times in a room in the National Hotel. Two of the shots were in the back of the head and depressed the skull, but did not penetrate the brain. His chances for recovery are slight. He had been dr,,iking hard recently and to that is due his present condition. He went about the deed with great determi nation and deliberation. He shipped his trunks home to Kentucky, then entered another room some distance from tho one he had been occupying, fired five shots and when he heard search being made for the locality of the shoot'ng nc un locked the door and streaming with blood admitted the officers, shying he was afraid he had not been successful, but he would be another time. He then collapsed and is now at Providence Hos pital, his life hanging by ?stender thread. The Saluda Mills Burned. COLUMBIA, S. C., August 2.-The Saluda cotton factory, in Lexington ?CUnty, three miles from Columbia, waB burned this afternoon. The fire broke iut in tbs cupola of the third s tory Right thousand four hundred spindles were operated. The mill was running srclueively on yarna. Losa $150,000 ; insurance ?121,000. The fire is supposed :o have beea incendiary. New Bale at Savannah. SAVANNAH, GA., Angust 4.-The first >a1e of the new cotton crop was received ind sold here to day. It WSB much cut ind discolored, having been picked green, [t was classed about good ordinary, and vas sold for 10 cents per pound. - The promises and pledges which vere mado in the matter of tariff reduc ion bv tho last session of the Forty leventh Congress, when tho tariff com nission's bill was crowded through the ionference committee, have fallen far hort of ?be actual result reached by that neaanre. It was stated that the act vould certainly reduce the revenue from waloma from $40,000.000 to ?60,000,000 ranuallv, and the Morrison bill was lefeated last session because lt was trgued that tho Tariff Act of 1888 bad mt been in operation long enough for ka fleets to be known. The officers of the Treasury department are ?ow balancing be booka for the fiscal year just closed, ind tho receipts from customs duties at he principal seaports have been added ip. The result shows a reduction of ' nly about $19,000,000 from the figures .f 1888, instead of tho $60,000,000 iromised. - One of President Arthur's first ap ointment, waa that of steward (a place ri th a salary of $1,800 a year nr.* board,) rhich ho gave to Howard Williams, a 1 olored man, who bad been for many 1 ears the major domo of that epicurean i lercbant prince, the Hon. Samuel ] looper, of Boston. What be does not now about good eating and drinking ia ot worth knowing, and he has under is orders a French cook named Fortin, bo ls a master of the culinary art The . 'suit has been that Instead of ordering is Stats dinners from a restaurant by mtract, at $4 a plato, without wine, the ' ?pasts have been prep ired in the White j rouse kitchens and pantries, at a cost, t iclndlng wines, of nearly $10 per head, ? fly guests partaking of each repast. t Mr. Charles Eden, bf Trinidad, Colorado, iys : Seeing certificates o? the wonderful i tree made by Brewer's Lung Restore?, I ts induced Io try lt on my Utile son, who as troubled with lung or throat affection, renounced b" *ne physician consomption. ? fccUd wo? re-fully on him. and by the me he ha* 'aren ono bottle of it the mgh disappeared. I am now on a visit to I ty parents In Georgia, bot wilt team* lot < w days to toy home and Will take some the Lung Restorer with me. 30 KENTUCKY T ^AN?MlLL, Excelsior Cider MIR and J Feed Caners, for salo by A. B. TOWBRflfc' I1 rf o rri eis TO ROAD OVERSEERS. OFFICE or COUNTY COMMIHSIONF.IL?. AKOEBSO.N ti. C., Aug. 4th, 18SL YOU are hereby notified to warn out thc hands on your respective sec tion- and put the Public Hoads in Ander son County in good traveling condition by or before September the li ist. Special attention is called to thc removal of all loose rock Irom ttie road. Any fuiiure to observe this notice viii be dealt with according to law. Jt. S. BAILED. JOHN H. JONES. JOHN A. REEVES, County Commissioners for Anderson. August'7. Ife84_4_\_ POCKET BOOK LOST. LOST, between Anderson C. H. and Pel zerFactorv, on Monday evening, August 4, a Pocket Hook containing about live or .-ix dollars, and between three and four hundred dollars worth of Noter, and other papers. Any one returning the Dook and contenu to the IKTBLLIOKHCEB OFFICE can have all the money contained in it, or any one leaving the Notes and papers will be rewarded. q >y FARMER. AiigUht 7, 1881_4__1 FRESH TURNIP SEED. T ANDRKTH'S Fresh Turnip Heed for ?j sale by A. It. TOWERS. August 7. 1881_4_ RE AO THIS. MY assortment of Goods is as completo as any other house for this season of the year, and I will be pleased tJ show my Goods to all persons wishing to buy. A. 1$. TOWERS, No. 4 Granite How, Anderson. S. C. August 7, 1884_4_ IMPORTANT NOTICE. IHAVE a large stock of SHOES and HOOTS-pegged Shoes, T. Miles & Sons and Day State-which I am selling at low down prices. Ladies' Shoes from 7?C. to ?3.50 per jiair ; Mens' Shoes from $1.25 to ?5 00; pegged Shoes nod T. Miles ?fe Sons MeiiH' Shoes at cost. Pay State Shoes warranted. Give me a call if you want Shoes, lia's are still going. Come and get a Hat before they aro all gone. A. li. TOWERS. Angus! 7, 1881_4_ SU?DR.ES. I" HAVE Wheat Bran, best Flour, choice ! Jk. N. O. Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, and the Bcft Tea in the. market. A Good assortment of Hardware and Nails. A few pieces Muslin at cost for cash. Calico, Homespun, Cashmaret for Summer coats und pauts ; Cottonade, thc best made ; and many other things too tedious to mention. Call and Fee me, as I am selling Goods at reduced prices to suit themonev market. A. B. TOWERS. August'7, 1881 4 "VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of Mrs. Sarah Tucker, deceased, are hereby notified to pr?sent them, prop erly proven, to thc undersigned, within the time proscribed bv law. JOHN'W. DANIELS, Adm'r. Jelly 31, 1884 3 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of DeJarnett Tucker, deceased, are hereby noti6cd to present them, properly proven, to tho undersigned within the time prescribed by law. JOHN W. DANIELS, Adm'r. July 31, 1884 _ _3__3_ FARM FOR SALE. MRS. E. J. TRIBBLE, of Martin town ship, offers her valuable Farm, con taining 319 acres, for sale. It lies around First Creek Church, and is in a fine state of cultivation, with productivo bottom lands. There is also a valuable undevel oped water-power on the place. Good dwelling-house and outhouses. Will t e offered for sale up to September 1. For further particulars apply on premises. July 24, 1884_2_ 3 ??f Best Combs at Orr it Sloan's. LAND FOR SALE. BY virtue of the Willoi SamuelBoweu, deceased, I will sell al Anderson CH., ts. C., on SA LEDA Y IN SEPTEMBER, 1884, thc following described Real Estate, to wit : All that TRACP OF LAND, containing about one hundred and eleven acre?, more or less, situate in Centreville township, in Anderson County, in South Carolina, about five miles from Anderson C. H , adjoining lands of M. lt. Henibree, Martha Watson and John Marlin, and being the lund whereon Sarah M. Bowen, deceased, lately resided. Plat of same will bP*fcxdilated on day of sale. TERMS OF SALK-The whole of the pur chase money to be paiil on 1st December, 1884. Possession will be given on 1st January, 1885. Purchaser to pay fur all necessary papers. JAMES WEBB, Administrator with thc Will annexed. July 31, 1884 3 5 -U..O- ' Cheapest Lamps at Orr ?fc Sloan's. ANDERSON ANDERSON, S. C. THE Exercises of this School will begin on Monday, Sept. 1, 1884. The year ia divided into two Sessions of Twenty Weeks eftch. Tuition, per Session, $8.00 to $18.00. Board, including fuel, $12.00 per month. We will employ for next Session a Teach er of German, French and Military Tactics. Special attention will be given to small boys. Deductions made for all public funds re ceiveei. For Catalogue, giving terms, ?fcc., apply to W. J. LIGON,)", . , H. G. REED,'J Principals. July 31,1884 3 2m Purest Medicines at Orr & Sloan's BUGGIES. BUGGIES! -o IF YOU WANT A XTivst Class Bujcjpy, Buy the Columbus Buggy from J. 8. FOWLER, Anderson, 8. C. Jone 12, 1884_48_ _3m A.. W. TODD, ARCHITECT, ANDERSON, - - S. C, HAS decided to drop the Building busi ness, and devote bis whole attention to rurnlshing PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS ind Superintending the construction of nil kinds of Private and Publie Buildings. He will also order, on short commissions, Ul kinds of Building Malarial. Correspondence solicited. Jone 19,1884 49 .< 3m HEW LINE TO CHARLESTON. rHB Atlantic Coast Line ts now run ning, in connection with tho C. it G. I. R., a nut line between Charleston and ha up-co nu try, upon which the Urne is lulckor and tho accommodations better han on any other line. Ita schedule is as bl lows : amara S?ST. ?me Walhalla. o oo a. m. . Anderson.10:45 a. m. Greenwood.12:69 p. m. : Columbia. 6:80 p. m. Lrrive Charleston.9:65 p. m. OOIKO (VEST. ?eave Charleston.....".8:10a. tn. ixrive Colombia.............12:55 p. tn. Greenwood... 4:63 p. m. Anderson....i..._ 6:68 p. m. - j- Walhalla.8:63 p. m. Try the new route. Soe that your ticket* ead cia Lanes and Sumter. ^ T.ta. EMERSON, Gen'l Pei A gt. J. F. Dirons, Gen'l Supt. , V Joly 81,1384 8 \^ STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. THE LITTLE GEORGIA BAB Having secured the SOLE RIGHT to sell the Celebrated Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey, ?DEFIES Competition by saying that it is by far tho PUREST and BEST Corn WM I k y made in thc world. Physicians prescribe it, wherever known, as tha W*" o use in g'-ing to Drug Stones or other Bars to buy Pure Corn Whiskey for MedV , purpose*, >r any other purpose, for there is not a bingle Drug Store or Bar in theT*11* that keeps Stone Mountain Whiskey. Conseauently, there is none so good ?V?? (Jennine Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Remember, that thir^i*? place you ca > get Stone Mouutoln Corn Whiskey is at the LITTLE GEORGIA BAB . July : 1, 188? JP. M. BUTLER, Proprietor, .-.- -L~Lai3fc The Twenty-Fourth Annual Statement of the EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. HENRY B. HYDE, Prosld cs tit. For the Year Emling December 31, 1883. AMOVKT >r LEDOEB AHHETS, JANUARY l, 1883.$45,520 581 u INCOME. Premium;..810,727,547 90 Interest, lienta and realized Net Profit on Investments and on Seles of Real Estate.~- 2,743,023 72 13,470,571 CJ Thc net rentalsof the Society's buildings, ginny no credit 50,000,153^ for the pa t occupied by the istciety in its b\u>iness (which in tho case of tl e New York building ?3 about one-third the entire apace in the building) yields, after deducting taxes and all expenses it maintenance, au income larger than can he ro alized on a Government Bond. DISBURSEMENTS. Claims b\ Death and Matured Endowmen' . $3.410,014 07 Dividend =, .Surrender Values, and Annuit ;. 2,900,099 04 Discount? 1 Endowments. 148,455 75 TOTAL I'AID POLICY-HOLDERS. $0,401,070 CO Dividend on Capital. 7,000 00 Commissions, Advertising, Postage and Exchange. 1,019,150 CO General Expenses. . 973,010 00 State, Coi u y and City Taxes.- 107,00r II 8,567,903? NET ('ASH ASSETS, December 31, 1883. $?0,432,249 7i ASSETS. Bonds an 1 Mortgages.$13,072,941. 20 New York Real Estate, including tho Equitable Building and purchases under foreclosure. 5,819,817 08 United S'ate Stocks, State Stocks, City Stocks, and Stocks autht ri cd by the Laws of the State of New York. 15,341,915 12 Loans secured hy Bonds and Stocks (Market Value $10,008, 052 Ot ). 8,199,000 00 Real Estate outside tho State of New Pork, including pur chasej under foreclosure and Society's Buildings in otb ; er cities. 3,0H7,515 00 Cash in Banks and Trust Companies, at interest. (A largo portion of this amount was in transit and has since been invested,). 3,970.998 88 Conn mi tel Commissions. 112,545 15 Due from Agents on account of premiums. 278,517 14 Market value of Stocks and Bonds over cost. Interest av Rents due and accrued. Premium; due and in process of collection (Ie?s premiums paid in ad vance ?J5.349 00). Deferred Premiums. 50,432,249 TS 765,658 H 451,360 44 446,125? 935,203 00 Total Asst ta December 31,1883.m.853,030,68110 TOTAL LI un UTI KS, Including legal Reserve for reassurance of all exist ing p< li. ies (Four per cent. Standard). 43,914,012,44 Total Undivided Surplus.S 9,116,868 8v Upon tl e New York State Standard ol 41 per cent, in te.-e. t, the Surplus is.$12,109,756 70 Of which the proportion contributed (as computed) by P.di des in general class, is. 6,420,523 79 Of wi ic i thc proportion contributed (as computed) hy P'tlides in Tontine class, is.'.. 5,689,233 00 New Assu.anco written in 1883. $ 81,129,753 00 Total Out -tending Assurance. 275,16o',688 05 Increase of Premium Income.$1,805,178 88 Increase of Surplus.$1,451,082 32 Increase of Assets.$5,004,830 84 GEO. T. G. WHITE, Southern Manager. B. THANK MAULDIN, Agent, Anderson, 8. C. July 24, If 84 2 ? THE DRUG STORE MOVED ! HILL BROS. Have moved their Drug Btore To McCully's Corner, (Tb9 Stand formerly occupied by Smith & Co,,) Where thiy will be glnd to sec their friends and the public generally when In want of anything in their line, July 31, 18? SPECIAL NOTICE I OWING t<> the scarcity of money we take thia opportunity of informing the trading pul li ; that we have put down the prices of ali of our Goods to the bottom, md can oil r some Special Bargains in our ino for the Cash. We will soil yon our Hats and Shoes abona art cont, and can'gire yon a rood varlet./ to select from. All other articles in proportion. Price hem and me for yourself. W. S. LIGON & CO. ?&- Dm ld Crockett said "Ba sure yon TO right aid then go ahead," and if *every ody now would do the same thing, they ronld boy all their Medicines from Orr jj Sloan, ? , toft. Ba: Brushes st Orr * Sloan's. is?. Best Koree A Cattle Pondero it Orr & Sloan's._ German Carp-Mirror and Pull Scale. A LL persons desiring Carp Fish that will -?JL spawn next year can bo suppllea* by the undersigned with 1-year olds, 10 to ? inches long at 50c.-less than 10 inches.40c Also, have plenty of this season's hatching for 10c, each. Parties coming for largo fha will bring large transportation cans. Ap ply to J. B. HALL, Near Storeville, S. C,, and First Creek Church. Jnne 20, 1884_50_3m BARGAIN COUNTER. IHAVE a lot of Women's Shoes, not Bay State, that I will sell at 50c,, 75c and $1.00 per pair for cash, which is lea than cost. Also, a line of Hats at cost and less, to close out stock of Hats. I bava nome Hats t n which I must have a nnsll ?iroilt. Ohe me a call and see mybarpiliii br cash. A. B. TOWERS. June 5,1884 _47_b Orr & Sloan, Prescription Druggist!. C. H. ORB, ATTORNEY AT LAV, ANDERSON, S. C. WILL practice in tho Couria of tba Eighth Circuit. Prompt attention given to all business. OrricK-TJp-ataire, over National Bant July 3,1884 61 Om NEW CROP TURNIP SEED - AND - FRUIT JARS - AT - SIMPSON, REID & CO.'S, WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER. July 10, 1884 40 ^RESERVE THE tiffi] * u80LO ONLY BY J. A. DANIELS. OU cannot afford to use common Spec* tades, made with iron frames, ?nd set with cheap pressed lenses, with irregular, un polished aurfaces, and cono ont of cecil*, when for a little moro you can get a nie? steel, elastic, blue frame, with patent silver a ose-pi eoe. (to adjust the cone in front of tho Hight,) and will nob- rust. K?n? . Iran?es are set with pure white ground, regular, polished Burface lenses, with con? n centre. These Spectacles will preatrr? he eye from decay, by supplying ItwWL he exact, perfect magnifying power tb? in turo has lost, th ns provan ting the iovol mtary strain that adds damage to- weak*. '.ess of the most Sensitive and -ralo*?" ?ember of the human body. ; t Fitting the8p?5ltadoliisQTjTrE IMPOR TANT. Alter trying on a number of Bpe> soles, the customer's vision ls so confoasa ie cannot Judge right I have ? rog. >ptomiter, (or eye measurer.) that willi* be exact focus at once. Dr. Holland write? ne: I . J'PW, "My wife Buffered a long time with betf tone, by tba involuntary nt rain on tho?l*'c erre, and King's Spectacles promptly re leven it. (Signed) S. N. How?**?' Spectacles should be used *s soon ai tbcJf ld will prevent straining the eye, jo?.*s? rutch la used to prevent strain on o ?Pr~"; 4 ankle. Economy say a cot the "Bato Sverythiog,,\e?pecl*ily o? Speetades^" IghUiurta tbeeyeior yon are indine*? ?mint the eye, or If tb? eye is BOT*, FV rooked glasees, - ,, N. B.-Any one using King'e BpeottdA nd are not satisfied with them, wilt pie?* atom them to ,"".,, r - ? . J. A. DANIELS. July 21,1884 S