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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1884. VOLUME XX,?NO. 22. REMEMBER THE OLD MAXIM, " LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP!' H i H H -i I H a o OB ? 4 o ? o c YOU wish to makejyour friends happy. Of course you do. Then follow our advice, and present each with a handsome Holiday Gift. Come at once and make your se? lections from our stock of beautiful CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, which is the largest of the kind in the city, and sure to please. Elegant Goods. Endless Variety. Moderate Prices. Now is the time to make your se? lections. Don't wait until the last moment, wheu the choicest, perhaps, will be then sold, We will store away your Presents, if desired, until you wish to carry them home or else ?where. - Christinas Presents, Wedding and Birthday Oifls! Before you buy them call and see us. Our Holiday Goods are now being opened, display? ing the highest decorative art, and are strikingly beautiful. They must be seen to be appreciated, and are certain to please the taste of your relative or friend, and the selection of any of these Gifte will be highly ap? preciated by them. We have the handsomest Plush and Velvet Manacure Sets, Shaving Sets, Smoking Sets, Dressing Cases, Thermometers in plush frames, Whisk Brooms and Holders, Writing Desk and Work Box combined. Also, Fine Cut Glass Cologne Bottles, Fin? est Extracts and Perfumery, Beauti? ful Hand Mirrors, Shaving Mirrors, Velvet Whisk Brooms, Gift Cups and Saucers, Bisque Goods, Plush Frames for Placques, etc, If you don't care anything for the above, we have the best 5c. Cigar in the city, a box of which will make! good Present for some of your smoking friends. Besides the above, we have the largest stock of Lamps seen in the up-country, and the greatest variety, one of which will make a useful Present, and be an ornament for any Parlor or Drawing Room. H 3 o 9 PS H i o ? a o CQ H f H Which is Fittingly Shown by the above. GOODS WERE NEVER SO LOW. This fact We are prepared to Prove to our Friends and Customers who may favor us with a call. WS are now receiving tbe largest and most carefully selected Stock of General Mer? chandise which we bave ever purchased, and will make it to your interest to call and examine for yonrselves. We have added to the lines usually kept by us many new and desirable ones, embracing? Ladies' Dress Goods, Eannels, Suitings, Shawls, &c, And tbe best CORSET on tbe market at 50c., worth $1.00. Also, a A LARGE LINE OF READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, BLANKETS, SADDLES and HARNESS. Also, the Celebrated "NEW GLOBE" 8H]RT?the king of all Shirts. It needs only to be worn to be appreciated. We are agents for tbe Celebrated Mishawaka Sulky Plows, Cultivators and Hand Taming Plows. The "White Hickory" and "Hickman" one and two-horse WAGON8. every one of which we guarantee. Tbe attention of Ginners and Farmers is called to oar? cotton seed and grain crusher, By which yon can crash yoar Cotton Seed and make your Fertilizer. Qet oar prices on Plantation and Gin H -?use Scales, Cotton Gins, Feeders and Con 'densers and General Farm Machinery. We are at all times in tbe Cotton Market, and will do yon right. We will pay all ties who owe as for Supplies and Guano an extra price. A large lot of BAGGING and TIES at lowest prices. McCUlLY, CATHCART & CO. Oct 2,1884 12 THE NEW FIRM. CUNNINGHAM & FOWLER, Successors to J. G. Cunningham & Co., dealers in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, HARD W ARE, And a fall line of EVERYTHING usually kept in a General Stock. Also, the world-renowned Dixie Plow. Agents for Mllbnrn and Old Hickory Wagons, and tbe t'olnmbns Buggy, the beit in the world for tbe money. ?&* We want all the money that is due us this Fall on any account?Merchandise, Gnano, or otherwise. The Books, Notes and Accounts of the late Firm of J. G. Cun? ningham & Co. are in oar hands for collection, and must be settled in some way. Thanking oar friends for past patronage, we ask a continuance of tbe same. Come to see us. We will do you right. CUNNINGHAM &> FOWLER. Oct 9.1884_13_ NOTIGE. ASK your neighbors to examine their Title Deeds and see if (bey are miss? ing. Call on the Clerk of Court for them, and save yourselves mncb trouble. A small Farm, 1$ iniles from Anderson Military School, to rent. Qood houses and pasture. JOHN W. DANIELS. Nov 20,1884_19_4_ NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned. Executor of the Estate of Jacob Moucbet, deceased, hereby gives notice that be will, on the 22nd day of December, 1884. apply to tbe Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discbarge from said Execntnrship. J. T. MOUCHET, Ex'r. I Nor 20,1884 19 5 j C. BART & CO., 55, 57 and 59 Market Street, CHARLESTON, -. S. C, THE LARGEST FRUIT AND PRODUCE MOUSE IN THE SOUTH. JMPORT and keep constantly on hand Bananas, Cocoannta, Oranges, Pine Apples, Apples, Lemons, Nuts, Raisins, Potatoes, Cabbage, Onions, N. C. and Va. Peanuti. Nov 20,1884 19 4m THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. Sensible Views and Recommendations Ex? pressed Most Politely. The more important parts of President Arthur's Annual Message, which was presented to Congress yesterday, are as follows: Since the close of your last session the American people, in the exercise of their highest right of suffrage, have chosen their Chief Magistrate for the four years ensuing. When it is remembered that, at do period in the country's history has the long political contest which custom? arily precedes the day of the national election jeen waged with greater fervor and intensity, it is a subject of general congratulation that, after the controversy at the pol la was over, and while the slight preponderance by which the issue bad been determined was as yet unascertained, the public peace puffered no disturbance, but the people everywhere patiently and quietly awaited the result. Nothing could more strikingly illustrate the tem? per of the American citizen, his love of order and his loyalty to law. Nothing could more signally demonstrate the strength and wisdom of our political institutions. Eight years have pussed since a con? troversy concerning the result of a na? tional election sharply called the attention of the Congress to the necessity of pro? viding more precise and definite regula? tions for counting the electoral vote. It is of the gravest importance that this question be solved before conflicting claims to the Presidency shall again dis? tract the country, and I am persuaded that by the people at large any of the measures of relief thuo proposed would be preferred to continued inaction. FOREIGN RELATIONS. Our relations with all foreign powers continue to be amicable. With France the traditional cordial relationship continued. The colossal statue of Liberty enlightening the world, the generousg.."t of the people of France, is expected to reach New York in May next. I suggest that Congressional action be taken in recognition of the spirit which has prompted this gift and in aid of the timely completion of the pedestal upon which it is to be placed. THE HAWAIIAN TREATY. The Government of Hawaii has indi? cated its willingness to continue for seven years the provisions of the existing reciprocity treaty. Such continuance, in view of the relations of that country to the American system of States, should, in my judgment, be favored. Our relations with Germany, a country which contributes to our own some of the best elements of citizenship, continue to be cordial. THE DUTY ON WORKS OF ART, Much anxiety has lately been display? ed by various European Governments, and especially by the Government of Italy, for the abolition of our import duties upon works of art. It is well to consider whether the present discrimiuation in favor of the productions of American artists abroad is not likely to result, as they themselves seem very generally to believe it may, in the practical exclusion of our painters and sculptors from the rich fields for observation, study and labor which they have hitherto enjoyed. MEXICO. During the past year the increasing good will between our own Government and that of Mexico has been variously manifested. The treaty of commercial reciprocity, concluded January 20, 1883, has been ratified, and awaits the necessa? ry tariff legislation of Congress to become effective. This legislation, will, I doubt not, be among the first measures to claim your attention. A full treaty of commerce, navigation and consular rights is much to be desired, and such a treaty, I have reason to be? lieve, the Mexican Government stands ready to conclude. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. With the Republic of Nicaragua a trea? ty has been concluded which authorizes the construction by the United States of a canal, railway and telegraph line across the Nicarauguan territory. By the terms of this treaty sixty miles of the River San Juan, as well as Lake Nicaragua, an inland sea forty miles in width, are to constitute a part of the projected enter? prise. This leaves for actual canal con? struction seventeen miles on the Pacific side and thirty-six miles on the Atlantic. To the United States, whose rich territory on tbe Pacific is, for the ordinary purpo? ses of commerce, practically cut off from communication by water with the Atlan? tic ports, the political and commercial advantages of such a project can scarcely be overestimated. It is believed that when tbe treaty is laid before you the justice and liberality of its provisions will com? mand universal approval at home and abroad. CURAN INSURGENTS. This Government has more than once been called upon of late to take action in fulfillment of its international obliga? tions toward Spain. Agitation in the Island of Cuba hostile to the Spanish Crown having been fomented by persons abusing the sacred rights of hospitality which our territory afiords, tbe officers of this Government have been instructed to exercise vigilance to prevent infractions of our neutrality laws at Key West and at other points near tbe Cuban coast. In the only instance where these precau? tionary measures were successfully eluded tbe offenders when found in our territory were subsequently tried and convicted. THE SPANISH TREATY. The growing need of close relationship of intercourse and traffic between the Spanish Antilles and their natural mar? ket in the United States led to tbe adop? tion, in January last of a commercial agreement looking to that end. This agreement has since been superseded by a more carefully framed and comprehen? sive convention which I shall submit to tbe Senate for approval. It has been tbe aim of this negotiation to open such a favored reciprocal exchange of produc? tions carried under tbe lag of either country, as to make the intercourse between Cuba and Porto Rico and our? selves scarcely less intimate than tbe commercial movement between our domestic ports, and to insure a removal of the burdens on shipping in the Span? ish Indies, of which iu tbe past our ship owners and ship masters have so often had cause to complain. THE NEUTRALITY LAWS. I recommend that the scope of tbe neutrality laws of tbe United States be so enlarged as to cover all patent acts of hostility committed in our territory and aimed against tbe peace of a friendly nation. Existing statutes prohibit the fitting out of armed expeditions and restrict the shipment of explosives, though tbe enactments in the latter respect were not framed with regard to international obligations, but simply for the protection of passenger travel. All tbeBe statutes were intended to meet special emergencies that bad already arisen. Other emergencies have arisen since, and modern ingenuity supplies means for tbe organization of hostilities without open resort to armed vessels or to filibustering parties. I see no reason wby the preparations in tbis country for the commission of criminal acts, such as are here under consideration, should not be alike punishable whether such acts are intended to be committed in our own country or in a foreign country with which we are at peace. The prompt and thorough treatment of this question is one which intimately concerns the na? tional honor. THE CONSULAR SERVICE. The legislation of the last session effected in the diplomatic and consular service certain changes and reductions which have been productive of embarrass? ment. Tbe population and commercial activity of our country are steadily on the increase and are giving rise to new, varying and often delicate relationships with other countries. Our foreign estab? lishment now embraces nearly double tbe area of operations that it occupied twenty years ago. The confinement of such a service within tbe limits of ex? penditure then established is not, it seems to me, in accordance with true economy. A community of sixty millions of people should be adequately represented in its intercourse with foreign nations. A project f")r the reorganization of the consular service and for recasting the scheme of extra territorial jurisdiction is now before you. If tbe limits of a short session will not allow of its full consid? eration, I trust that you will not fail to make suitable provision for the present needs of tbe service. THE REVENUES. The ordinary revenues for tbe fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, were $348, 519,869.92. The public expenditures during tbe same period were $290,916,473. Leaving a surplus of ?57,603,396 as com? pared with the preceding fiscal year. There was a net decrease of over $21, 000,000 in the amornt of expenditures. The aggregate receipts were less than those of the year previous by about $54,000,000. The falling off in revenue from customs made up nearly $20,000,000 of this deficienc;- ?nd about $23,000,000 of the remainder was due to the dimin? ished receipts from internal taxation. The secretary estimates tbe total receipts for the fiscal year which will end June 30,1885, at $330,000,000, and the total expenditures at $290,620,201.16, in which sum are included the interest on the debt and the amou ' payable to the sinking fund. This wt id leave a sur? plus for tbe entire year of about $39,000, 000. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. The value of exports from the United States to foreign countries during tbe year ending June 30, 1884, was as fol? lows: Domestic merchandise, $724,964, 852; foreign merchandise, $15,548,757. Total merchandise, $740,513,609; specie, $67,133,383. Total exports of merchan? dise and specie, $807,646,992. The cot? ton and cotton manufactures included in this statement were valued at $208,900, 415; the breadstufls at $162,544,715; the provisions at $114,416,547, and the mineral oils at $47,103,248. During the same period the imports were as follows: Merchandise, $667,697,693; gold and silver, $37,426,262. Total, $705,123,955. THE SILVER COINAGE. I concur with tbe secretary of the treasury in recommending tbe immedi? ate suspension of the coinage of silver dollars, and of tbe issuance of silver certificates. The number now outstand? ing is nearly one hundred and eighty-five million whereof but little more than forty million, or less than 22 per cent., are in actual circulation. The secretary asserts his conviction that unless this coinage and the issuance of silver cer? tificates be suspended, silver is likely, at no distant day, to become our sole metal? lic standard. The commercial disturb? ance and tbe impairment of national credit that would be thus occasioned can scarcely be overestimated. I hope that the secretary's suggestions respecting the withdrawal from circulation of tbe one dollar and two dollar notes will receive your approval. It is likely that a con? siderable portion of tbe silver now encumbering the vaults of the treasury might thus find its way into the currency. INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES. In my annual message of 1882 I re? commended the abolition of all excise taxes except those relating to distilled spirits. This recommendation is now renewed. Iu case those taxes shall be abolished tbe revenues that will still re? main to the Government will, in my opinion, not only suffice to meet its reasonable expenditures, but will afford a surplus large enough to permit such tariff reduction as may seem to be ad? visable when the results of recent reve? nue laws and commercial treaties shall have shown in what quarters those re? ductions can be most judiciously affected. FOREIGN TRADE. One of tbe gravest of the problems which appeal to tbe wisdom of Congress for solution is tbe ascertainment of tbe most effective means for increasing our foreign trade, and thus relieving the depression under which our industries are now languishing. The secretary of the treasury advises that the duty of investigating tbis subject be intrusied in the first instance to a competent com? mission. While fully recognizing tbe considerations tbat may be urged against this course, I am nevertheless of the opinion that, upon the whole, no other would be likely to effect speedier or better results. That portion of the secretary's report which concerns the condition of our shipping interests cannot fail to com? mand your attention. He emphatically recommends that as an incentive to the investment of American capital in American steamships the Government shall, by liberal payments for mail trans? portation or otherwise, lend its active assistance to individual enterprise, and declares his belief that unless tbat course be pursued our foreign carrying trade must remain as it is to day?almost exclusively in the hands of foreigners. One phase of tbis subject is now especi? ally prominent in view of the repeal by the Act of June 26.1884, of all statutory provisions arbitrarily compelling Ameri? can vessels to carry the mails to and from the United States. As it is neces? sary to make provision to compensate the owners of such vessels for performing that service after April, 1885, it is hoped that the whole subject will receive early consideration and will lead to the enact? ment of such measures for the revival of our merchant marine as the wisdom of Congress may devise. THE NATIONAL BANKS. As the 3 per cent, bonds still constitute tbe chief basis for the circulation of tbe national banks, the question how to avert the contraction of the curreucy caused by their retirement, is one of con-* stantly increasing importance. It seems to be generally conceded tbat the law governing this matter exacts from the banks excessive security, and that upon their present bond deposits a larger circulation than is now allowed may be grated with safety. I hope that the bill which passed the Senate at the last session, permitting the issue of notes equal to the face value of the deposited bonds, will commend itself to the ap? proval of the House of Representatives. RIVERS AND HARBORS. The funds with which the works for the improvement of rivers and harbors were prosecuted during the past year were derived from the appropriations of the act of August 2,1882. together with such few balances as were on hand from previous appropriations. Tbe balance in the treasury subject to requisition July 1, 1883, was $10.021,649.55. The amount appropriated during the fiscal year 1884 was $1,319.634.62, and the amount drawn from the treasury during the fiscal year was $8,228,703. r4, leaving a balance of $3,112,580.63 in tue -reasury subject to requisition July 1,1884. FORTIFICATIONS. The secretary of war submits the report of the chief of engineers as to the practicability of protecting our im? portant cities on tbe seaboard by forti? fications and other defences able to repel modern methods of attack. The time has now come when such defences can be prepared with confidence that they will not prove abortive, and when tbe possible result of delay in making such prepara? tions is seriously considered delay seems inexcusable. For tbe most important cities, those wbose destruction or capture would be a national humiliation, ade? quate defences inclusive of guns may be made by the gradual expenditure of $60,000,000, a sum which is less than a victorious enemy could levy as a contri? bution. &o appropriation of about one tenth of that amount is asked tor to begin the work, and I concur with the secretary of war in urging that it be granted. NEW WAR VESSELS. The recommendations of the naval advisory board approved by the depart? ment comprise the construction of one steel cruiser of 4,500 loos, one cruiser of 3,000 tons, two heavily armed gunboats, one light cruising gunboat, one dispatch vessel armed with Hotchkiss cannon, one armed ram and three torpedo boats. The general designs, all of which are calcula? ted to meet the existing wanis of the service, are now well advanced and the construction of the vessels can be under? taken as soon as you shall grant tbe necessary authority. THE NAVY. In this tbe last of tbe stated messages that I shall have the honor to transmit to the Congress of tbe United States I cannot too strongly urge upon its atten? tion the duty of restoring our navy as rapidly as possible to the high state of efficiency which formerly characterized it. As tbe long peace that has lulled us into a sense of fancied security may at any time be disturbed, it is plain that the policy of strengthening this arm of the service is dictated by considerations of wise economy, of a just regard for our future tranquility and of a true appreciation of tbe dignity and honor of the Republic. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE. I confidently repeat the recommenda? tion of my last annual message that the siugle rate postige upon drop letters be reduced to one cent wberever the pay? ment of two cents is now required by law. I approve the recommendation of the postmaster general that the unit of weight in tbe rating of first-class matter shouid be one ounce instead of one halt ounce as it now is. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. The attorney-general renews the recom? mendation contained in his report of last year touching the fees of witnesses and jurors. He favors radical changes in tbe fee bill, the adoption of a system by which attorneys and marshals of tbe United States shall be compeusated solely by salaries, and the erection by the Government of a penitentiary for the confinement of offenders against tbe laws of the United States. THE EXTENSION OF OUR COMMERCE. In the course of this communication reference has more than once been made to the policy of this Government as regards the extension of our foreign trade. It seems proper to declare tbe general principles that should, in my opinion, underlie our national efforts in this diiection. The main conditions of the problem may be thus stated. We are a people apt in mechanical pursuits, and fertile in invention. We cover a vast extent of territory, rich in agricul? tural products and in nearly all the raw materials necessary for successful manu? factures. We have a system of produc? tive establishments more than sufficient to supply our own demands. The wages of labor are so great, and the scale of living of our artisan classes is such as tends to secure their personal comfort and the development of those higher moral and intellectual qualities that go to the making of good citizens. Our system of tax and tariff legislation is yielding a revenue which is in excess of the preseut needs of the Government. These are the elements from which it is sought to devise a scheme by which, without unfavorably changing the con? dition of the working-man, our merchant mariue shall be raised from its enfeebled condition, and new markets provided for the sale beyond our borders of tbe mani? fold fruits of industrial enterprises. The problem is complex, and can be solved by no single measure of innovation or reform. The countries of the American Continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand. It is from them that we should obtain of whut we do not produce, or do not produce in sufficiency, and it is to them that the surplus pro? ductions of our fields, our mills and our workshops should flow under conditions that will equalize or favor them iu com? parison with foreign competition. Four paths of policy seem to point to this end. First a series of reciprocal commercial treaties with the countries of America which shall foster between us and show an unhampered movement of trade. The conditions of these treaties should be tbe free admission of such merchan? dise as this country does not produce, in return for the admission, free or under a favored scheme of duties, of our own products; the benefits of such exchange to apply only to goods carried under the flag of the parties to the contract; the removal on both sides from the vessels so privileged of all tonnage, dues and national imposts, so that those vessels may ply unhindered between our ports and those of the other contracting parties, though without infringing on the re? served home-coasting trade; the removal or reduction of burdens on the exported products of those countries coming into the beuefits of the treaties and the avoid? ance of the technical restrictions and penalties by which our intercourse with those countries is at present hampered. Secondly, the establishment of tbe con? sular service of the United States on a salaried footing, thus permitting the relinquishment of consular feee, not only as respects vessels under the national flag, but also as respects vessels of the treaty nations, carrying goods entitled to the benefits of the treaties. Thirdly the enactment of measures to favor the con? struction and maintenance of a steam carrying marine under the ilag of the United States. Fourthly, the establish? ment of an uniform currency basis for the countries of America, so that tbe ' coined products of mines may circulate on equal terms throughout the whole system of Commonwealths. This would require a monetary union of America, whereby tbe output of the bullion-pro? ducing countries and the circulation of those which yield neither gold nor silver could be adjusted in conformity with the population, wealth and commercial needs of each. As many of the coun? tries furnish no bullion to the common stock, the surplus production of our mines and mints might thus be utilized and a step taken toward the general remonitization of silver. To the accom? plishment of the ends so far as they can be attained by separate treaties, the negotiations already concluded and now in progress have been directed, and the favor which this enlarged policy has thus far received warrants the belief tbat its operations -/ill ere long embrace all, or nearly all, the countries of tbis hemis? phere. It is by no means desirable, however, that the policy under consider 1 ation should be applied to these countries alone. The healthful enlargement of our trade with Europe, Asia and Africa should be sought by reducing tariff bur? dens on such of their wares as neither we nor the other American States are fitted to produce, and thus enabling our? selves to obtain in return a better market for our supplies of food, of raw material and of the manufactures in which we excel. It seems to me that many of tbe embarrassing elements in tbe great national conflict between Protection and Free-trade may thus bo turned to good account; tbat the revenue may be reduced so as no longer to overtax the people, that protective duties may be retained without becoming burdensome, that our shipping interests may be judi? ciously encouraged, tbe currency fixed on firm basis and above all such an unity of interests established among the States of the American system as will be of great and ever increasing advantage to them all. POLYGAMY. The report of tbe Utah commission will be read with interest. It discloses the results of recent legislation looking to the prevention and punishment of polygamy in that territory. I still believe tbat, if tbat abominable practice can be suppressed by law, it can only be by the most radical legislation consistent with the restraints of the Constitution. I again recommend, therefore, that Con? gress assume absolute political control of the Territory of Utah, and provide for tbe appointment of commissioners with such governmental powers as in its judgment may justly and wisely be put into their bands. THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW. The good results anticipated have been more than realized. The system has fully answered tbe expectations of its friends in securing competent and faith? ful public servants, and in protecting the appointing officers of tbe Government from tbe pressure of personal importuni? ty, and from the labor of examining the claims and pretensions of rival candi? dates for public employment. The law has had the unqualified support of the President and of the heads of the several departments, and the members of the commission have performed their duties with zeal and fidelity. NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW. In view of the general and persistent demand throughout the commercial com? munity for a national bankrupt law I hope that the differences of sentiment which have hitherto prevented its enact? ment may not outlast the present session. THE CHOLERA. The pes:iience which for the past two years has been raging in the countries of tbe Ep.st, recently made its appearance in European ports with which we are in constant communication. The then secretary of tbe treasury, in pursuance of a proclamation of the President, issued certain regulations restrict? ing for a time the importation of rags and tbe admission of baggage of immi? grants and of travellers arriving from infected quarters. Lest this course may have been without strict warrant of law, I approve the recommendation of tbe present secretary, that Congress take action in the premises, and I also recom? mend the immediate adoption of such measures as will be likely to ward off tbe dreaded epidemic, and to mitigate its severity in cose it shall unhappily extend to our shores. U. S. GRANT. I recommend that, in recognition of the iminent services of Ulysses S. Grant, late General of the United States and twice President of this nation, tbe Con? gress confer upon bim a suitable pension. CONCLUSION. As the time draws nigh when I am to retire from tbe public service, I cannot refrain from expressing to the members of the National Legislature with whom I have been brought into personal and official intercourse, my sincere apprecia? tion of their unfailing courtesy and of the harmonious co-operation with the Executive in so many measures calculat? ed to promote the best interests of the nation. To my fellow-citizens generally I acknowledge a deep sense of obligation for the support which they have accord? ed me in my administration of the Exec? utive department of this Government. Docs Shelter Pay I With the beginning of cold weather, the necessity of giving the stock ample protection becomes apparent. Wise far? mers not only agree to this, but experi? ments have shown the wisdom of giving the stock warm shelter during Winter. Toobtain the comparative effect produced by both shelter and exposure, tbe Ohio Experiment Station separated 10 hogs into two lots each, giving one lot the best of shelter while the other lot was given but ordinary shelter. This experiment was continued from Dec. 7, 1882, to March 29,1883. The pigs were fed dike ?corn in the ear twice daily, and plenty of pure water at all times. There was but a difference of two pounds in the amount of corn consumed by the two lots. 3,240 pounds of corn were fed to the pigs in the closed pens, which made an increase of 350 pounds in weight. 3,242 pounds of corn were fed to the piga in the open pen, which made an increase of 220 pounds. The sheltered animals required 9.' pounds of corn to make one pound of increase, while those in the open pen required 13 pounds. From fig? ures given by the Station, the pigs in the open pen during the coldest periods re? quired 17.6 pounds of corn to make one pound of increase, while those in the closed pen required only 7.5 pounds of corn to make a pound of meat. These figures are facts, and speak for themselves. We cannot afford to allow stock to stand shivering in cold barns all Winter. Plaster up the ruptures in the walls, replace broken panes of glass with whole ones, cover the cracks in the sides of tbe barn, shingle tbe roofs, nod prepare for Winter. It will pay every time. ? Well-executed ten-dollarcounterfeit notes upon the Cincinnati National Bank, of Cincinnati, 0., are in circula? tion. THRILLING INCIDENT OF THE WAR. How Hagood Rescued the Flag and Saved his Brigade from Capture. From General Beauregurd's History. It was during the attempt to regain the use of the Weldon road by the Federals on the 21st of August, 1864, that General Hagood, of South Carolina, distinguished himself in a personal encounter with a Federal officer. Owing to inaccurate reports of his scouts General A. P. Hill, who commanded the Confederate forces against Warren's ex? pedition, mistook the exact position of the enemy's line on the left, aud, through General Mahone, who labored under the same error, Hagood's brigade was ordered to press the rear and flank of the Feder? als. He was to be supported by five bri? gades of Mahonc's division, supposed to be already in front. The brigade drove the skirmishers from their rifle pits, but found itself in presence of a strongly in? trenched line, crowded with men and ar? tillery, extending right and left as far as could be seen. The five brigades of Mahone were not there. General Ha? good saw at once what a perilous strait be was in, and stopping himself, shouted again and again the command to halt; but tbe crasb and rattle of twelve or fifteen pieces of artillery and probably twenty-five hundred rifles, which had now opened upon them at close range, drowned bis voice, and the fury of the battle was upon his men. Moving for? ward with the steady tramp of the double quick, and dressing upon their colors, these devoted men, intent only on carry? ing tbe position before them, neither broke their aligumentunf.il it was broken by the irregular impact upon the enemy's works, nor stopped to Uro their guns till their rush to obtain tbe parapet was re? pelled. When General Hagood saw bis men thus rushing upon certain destruction, and bis efforts to stop them unavailing, be felt that if they were to perish he should share their fate; and with Molony and Martin and Orderly Stoney, he fol? lowed tbe advancing line, In fifty yards Lieutenant Martin fell, shot in tbe knee; a few steps farther on and Captain Molony fell, shot through the head, and Hagood and Stoney alone reached the works?the latter shot in the shoulder but not disabled. Tbe 25th and 81st regiments being on th? left, from the oblique direction of tbe advance, first struck tbe works; and while tbey stag? gered to get in the other three regiments swept ou. When they reached the ditch there was from seventy-five to one hun? dred yards interval between tbe two divisions into which the brigade bad bro? ken. General Hagood was with Maior Wilds?, commanding jth?i 21st, who was cheering on bis men to renewed assault {success now being their only hope of safety), when, looking to the right, he saw a mounted Federal officer amoug the men on the left of the portion of the brigade to the right wkh a rpgimental color in his bands, and .a confusion and parleying immediately around him that betokened approaching surrender. The fight was still raging at Hagood's right' and left; there was no cessation ou the part of his men except in the squad just around this officer, and none whatever that was perceptible on the part of tbe enemy. They had pushed out from the right and left a line behind tbe Carolini? ans to cut off their retreat, and this officer (Captain Daly, of General Cutter's staff) bad galloped out of a sally-port, seized a color from tbe hands of its bearer, aud demanded a surrender. Some officers and men surrendered, but were not car? ried in ; others refused, but jus.t around him ceased fighting. General Hagood called to the men to shoot him and fall back in retreat. They either did not hear him, or, bewildered by the surren? der of part of their number, failed to obey. It was a critical moment, and demanded instant and decided action. In a few minutes tbe disposition to surren* der would have spread and the whole brigade have been lost. Making bis way across the intervening space, ex? posed to a regular fire by file from the enemy's line scarce thirty yards off, and calling to bis men to fall back, which they did not do, General Hagood approached the officer and demanded the colors, and that be should go back within bis own lines, telling him he was free to do so. He commenced arguing tbe hope? lessness of further struggle, and pointed out tbe line in Hagood's rear. Hagood cut him short and demanded a categoric? al reply?yes or no. Daly was a man of fine presence, with long, flowing beard, and sat with loosened rein upon a noble looking bay that stood with bead and tail erect, and flashing eye and distended nostrils, quivering in every limb with excitement, but not moving in bis tracks. In reply to this abrupt demand tbe rider raised his bead proudly, and decisively answered, No! Upon the word General Hagood shot him through the body, and as he reeled from the saddle upon one side sprang into it from tbe other, Orderly Stoney seizing tbe flag from his falling hands. There was no thought of surren? der now; the yell from the brigade fol? lowing tbe act and ringing out above the noise of battle told their commander that they were once more in hand, and would go now wherever ordered. Shouting to them to face about, Hagood led them at a run against the line iu bis rear, Stoney i holding aloft in front the recaptured flag. Tbe line melted before tbe charge; but the fire was terrific, after breaking through it, till tbe shelter of tbe valley of the branch was reached. Upon its mar giu a fragment from a scbrapuel shell tore open the loins of the horse Hagood rode. He Did it Once. "I never knew Sara Baldwiu to tell the truth but once," remarked Colonel Foley to Jim Mitchell, of the Boston Globe, the latter being in Foley's store, one day. "If Sam Baldwin told the truth, it must have been by accident," responded Mitchell. "You have hit it precisely ; it was by an accident that he told the truth. Sam had an old shot-gun that had been in tbe family forty years, and one day he put two loads in one barrel, and when he fired tbe gun buist into a thousand pieces. When Sam was restored to consciousness, his head was bandaged up, and the doc? tors were exploring him for relics of the battle. Tbe biggest piece of that gun that could be found was about two inches long, and was dug out from under his collar-bone. Then it was that Sam told the truth." "What did he say?" "He said if he lived to be 1,000 years old, be would never fire off that gun I again, and he never did, for nobody j could find that gun again wheu there was nothing of it left to ?re off, except tbe piece Sam had hid away under bis collar-bone." "Just as I said. He never told the truth, unless it happened by accident." ? Mr. J. B. Harrington, of Charlotte' went violently insane over the announce? ment of Cleveland's election, but be is gradually regaiuing his mental sound? ness. -? There are 150 distinct varietiei of he banana. BILL ARP. "Gnuweth a File." Atlanta Constitutum. And he gnaweth a file. Well, it is hard vittels, I know, but sometimes it helps a man to explode, and thrash around under great disappointments. It sets the pent up bile to working, and when he gets rid of it he feels better. Mr. Blaine feels better now, I reckon. May be that Augusta speech saved his life, for I have heard folks say that he was a 7ery sensitive man and if he got beaten be would kill himnelf. But the danger is all over now and the crisis is past. Let us pass resolut ons of sympathy, for a great man has .alien this day in Israel. Well, he fell several years ago, but he dident fall so far nor so suddenly, and the whole nation did not see him. It was an awful shock tbi3 time and he had to say something. He had to abuse some? body. He had Beecher and Burchard and Nast and tho Harpers and the Times, but he was afraid of them, and so he takes the solid Smth for his victim?the I old martyrs that has stood the brunt of a thousand slanders and still lives. Thank the good Lord, she still lives! They have thrown boomerangs at her for twenty years, but the boomerang is a dangerous weapon in careless hands. They tell me a man can thron it clean round a house and it will come back and hit him if he don't dodge. Better quit throwing boom? erangs. They threw one at us when they gave the negro tbe vote and it has just got back and bit them a terrible blow. It bit Mr. Blaine ic tbe pit of the stomach and hurt, and he gnaweth a file. And it hit Murat Halstead, and he gnaweth a file. And that Milwaukee feller gnaweth a file. I'm afraid that files will be scarce up there, and as they seem to like such vittels, I think ]'. will send them a few old ones from my blacksmith shop?I reckon they are good eating to folks who like them. But I am sorry for Mr. Blaine?I really am?and I hope our folks will give him the charity of their silence. Say no more about Mulligan, or Hocking Valley, or Joy, or Fisher. Don't Irick a man when he is down. Don't punch a poor coon just to see bim bite tbe stiele. They punched us after they whipped us and I never could understand it unless it was like the fellow who killed a dug for biting him, and after the dog was dead he kicked bim and mangled bim and cursed him until a man who was standing by said, "Don't you see that brute is dead? what are you"kicking him now for?" "Dog on him," said he, "I want to teach bim there is a little hell and punishment after death." But now let us all have peace. Let us return good for evi l. We have got friends up there, and for their sakes let us for? give and forget. I wish we bad invited Mr. Blaiue down to our jubilee and got him to make another speech. May be our Sunny South and our hospitality would have affected him and set his liver straight. We cou d have given him some S. S. S. besides and sent him home a bet? ter and happier man. I wonder what office he would like under Mr. Cleveland?some little thing to taper off on?a consulate to South America, Brazil or Terra Del Fuego, or maybe the Cape if Good Hope. Good hopes are good things for a disappointed man. There wot Id be a wide field for bis philantrophy down there, for tbe peo? ple are black?solid black. I think it would harmonize IHalstead and company to give tbem an oEce, and we will have lots of offices. I was afraid we wouldn't have enough people to fill them, but I reckon we will. Our boys seem to be right patriotic. There are fifteen volun? teers already for the Cartersville postof fice, and I feel encouraged. They are all good men and willing. I hear that one man came a hundred miles to take it as soon as it was vacant. Such patriotism ought to be rewarded. I was thinking about a snug little sin cure my? self, and went down to Atlanta to see about it and offer my services, but a man tackled me as soon as I lit off the cars and took me away off round a corner and said be was after an office, and wanted me to help him get it, and told me bow tbat he had worked for the party for twenty odd years and never hsd bad nothing, and he was poor and needy ; and when I asked him what office it was, he named tbe very one I was alter. Well, I am easily over? come by a friend in distress, and so I promised to do a l I could, and in ten minutes after I left him I met another friend who wantec. it, and so I promised bim, and before I left town I had promised six, and I felt relieved to think that I was regarded of so much in? fluence and could do so much good in helping tbe needy. It is a good sign to see tbat so many are volunteering, for it I will give Mr. Cleveland plenty of choice, j It is going to be right bard on our mem? bers of Congress. They have got to play a new role now. When tbe fifteen appli? cations for tbe Cartersville postoffice are sent up to tbe Postmaster-General be will do like tbat officer always does. He will refer the whole lot to Mr. Clements, and Mr. Clements will look over the names to the petitions, and after considering who is tbe best man fo ? tbe office and for the people, and for Mr. Clements too, he will recommend one, and thereby make one friend and fourteen enemies. So there is going to be tbe dickens to play in the districts all over I he Stale, and lots of disappointed patriots are going to get fighting mad. Bu:I hope they will have sense enough to spell the word "ac? quiesce," and not go to gnawing a file. I'm sorry for our members of Congress. A man told me in Atlanta that Governor Brown's mail was cow about a bushel a day, and it took two clerks to read them and file them and nake out a tally sheet, so that the Governor could get an idea without reading i.hem. Governor Col quitt got 47 letters in one mail, and 45 of them were applications for office. It is very encouraging to think that we have got so many who are fitten, for I know they are all fitten; their friends say they are. Sometimes I think 1 would like to get a good fat office 1 ke Mr. Cleveland has always got his. That is, have it shoved on me. I was ruminating over bis wou derful career. There is nothing like it since old Father Cincinnatus was called from tbe plow to govern the Roman em? pire. But they don't call tbem from the plow now. I havo been looking up the road for seven years for a committee to come after me and :ake me from the plow, but they don't cone, and so I have quit plowing. The shoving process seems to be unpopular, as a general thing, and now the feller who works the hardest and has the longest pole generally knocks down tbe persimmon. So, wade in, boys, and fortify your? selves. Combine, confederate, make I promises. It is no sin to bold office. It is i honorable, but if you can do anything else and make a living you had better do I it, for fear you will be disappointed and ' have to gnaw a file, j Bill Aar. I ? Who says it is unhealthy to sleep in j feathers? Look at the spring chicken and see bow tougL. he is. ? The first neirspaper advertisement . appeared in lSol