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E. B. MURRAY, Editor, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. THRM8 t ..NE YEAR....-.S)l.SO. SIX MONTHS. 7Bo. Two Dollar? If uot paid In advunoe. The article from the ileura and Courier upon the railroad aituation presenta the condition of things very clearly, but we fear that it gives very little promise of any speedy amelioration for Charleston. The whole tenor and burden of the article is to Hud out what other people are going to do for Charleston, and gives no earnest that Charleston is going to do anything for herself. We have alwayB sympathized with Charleston in her rail road troubles, but cannot say that we have' admired her policy. Ever Hinco the war she bas seemed paralyzed as to any efTort to contest with her iinpendiug destiny. She Jins stood willi folded hands, and seen ono by one her golden opportunities go by unimproved. When the pcoplu of Anderson were contending for the com pletion </ the Blue Ridge Railroad, before Columbi i aud Greenville road passed into foreign bands, her citizens took no active interest in thc measure, and ber representatives declined to vote cither money or convict labor to the enterprise. .Bbc quietly, and without an effort, per mitted outside enpitnl to come in and purchase tho Columbia and Greenville road at a figure within the reach of ber capitalists. Wbcn a bill passed the Hom o authorizing tho Savannah Valley Railroad to continue to Aiken, and giv ing one hundred and fifty convicts to assist its completion, both of the Char* leaton Senators voted to strike out the . grant of convicts, and thereby defeated the opportunity for such an extension. Bbc permitted the Augusta and Knox ville road to be bought by an unfriendly ou tr, i dc corporation, and baa always man , Heated an indifference to the 8avonnab Valley road, and baa never given one dollar towards ita construction. She baa taken no substantial interest in the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago road, but bas secured,a charter from Greenville to Charleston, and ia now looking around to Bec who will build tbeao roath for ber. Tbeansweria patent toeve rybody. Nobody will do it. Charles ton muot make up ber mind to do Borne tbing bandsomo herself before abe can expect any help. It ia true that she bas expended a great deal on railroads in tbe past, but that ia i-pilt mil!;. It is gone, and bas nothing to do willi the present. There is yet time lo retrieve a. part or tbe mistakes of the past, but time is gradually lessening these oppor tunities, For instance, tho grading of the Savannah Valley will ooon bo com pleted, and a contract for its construction and operation for a century to como will be perfected. Tho same ia true of the Greenville and Laurena road. Neither of these enterprises cnn afford to await Obarlestou'a convenience. The people ot Anderson tried hard to reach Charleston but could get no belp, and foreelf preservation bad to turn fnr help to other quarters. Wo would be delighted to eco the s?beme proposed by the Arenr? and Courier for the construc tion of the four lines indicated carried out Wo believo it can be done If Charleston U ready and willing to com? down promptly witb handsome subscrip tions, but not otherwiso. There is no time to be lost, and it is uselesa for Charleston to 89k what anybody else, is going to do. Everyone is wondering what Charleston is going to do. If ehe will speak out and take the lead, in stead of waiting for aomeibing to turn up, abo will arouso a responsive move ment all over tho State by which ahe may yet secure a giest and wealth-giving system of railroads converging at. her port. If she remains quiet the avenues yet left to hor will soon be permanently closed agaiust her. What is Charleston going to do about it f" AORICtlLTVIlAL LAHOR'IN ANDERSON. ', The iVcica and Courier, in giving an accountof the industrial relations between landlords and tenants in South Caroline, says of Anderson County: The condition of the Agricultural laborer in Anderdon County is not as ?ood now as it was this time last year, 'no supply of laborers is not sufficient to meet the full requirements of the farmers. Tho supply of labor has bee? affected by tho recent emigration of colored people to Ibo West. In some parts of tue County their . removal will materially affect the arrangement.'! of tho farmer.-, while In other parts of the . County the effect will not be so great An experienced and successful planter estimates that ' about forty-five out of every one hundred agricultural laborers io thia County are colored. They are diligent and trustworthy "when well looked after." ., They are very generally making con tracts for another; year. The rate of wages for hired banda ia generally $8per month and board, or US where they board 'themselves/'! These wages, are only paid for able-bodied men; The laborers Kcerally, and the colored ones particu rly, spend what they make. There has been no perceptible change in their bab ila of living tut ri ng the past year. The eiipply of labor is somewhat les? now ^an. heretofore, rand there is a corres ponding 'increase in the wages paid, where the ..share" system Is adopted, the laborer uauslly receives one half or the crop where toe landlord furnishes the stock, and one-third where the labor ers furnish their own stock. This we expect Is about correct, except ere think that the proportion of colored laborers to white laborers, properly speak ing, is somewhat' larger limn the' above ?dimsts plac? lt AN UNFORTUNATE ACT. The Co) t mbia HegUter says : . At the lait session of the Legislature, In consequence of the lately crowded con dition of tba ; Lunatic Asylum and the subsequent dit charge of a number of harmless patients, n bili was introduced to prevent A recurrence of the embarrass, ment. It became a law undor. tho 151lo of "An Act tb regulate the ndmissMon and discharge of patienta in ibo State Lunatic Asylum," of which the following Is Sectio?, 2: "Pliy tic!?tnsalving a certificate recom mending thc commitment to the Asylum of a person who ls simply idiotic,- epilep tic^ physically Infirm; or mentally Inibo <0y??ilB>er33 such person ia violent or dan f?teftts, ebal!' bo deemed guilty of a mie txemeanov, and upon., conviction thereof shaikhs fined in tho dlscrelfo^ V^tace tho p?a-sag? of the law a supposed lunatic Io Newberry,.^ fcad. been db* barged from- the-'Asylum, tiM. tsJc?s before Trial Ju utico Blesse, who sum moned eight physicians in turu tn exam ino the supposed lunatic, all of whom declined to serve, on account of the above section in in tho new law. The lunatic was left on tho bands of Justice Blesse, but he was equal tb the emergency. Ile committed the violent and unfortunate man to jail on the charge of breach of the peace, as no one would sign bis bond for orderly conduct. Just here the trou ble arises. If every physician in the State refuses to examine supposed luna tics because of the penalty and indignity in the law as quoted, and all other Trial Justices follow the example of Justice 1 Blease of Newberry, our County jails i will be converted into bowling pande moniums, and every County will have its own insane asylum on a small scale. 1 Justice lileaso wrote to Governor Thomp son for instructions, but thc Governor replied that be had nona to give. All he couii' do waa to see '.bat the laws were faithfully administered. We regard the pr-jvisions of section 2 of this Act as unreasonable, unjust and unfortunate, ar.d tho Newberry case clearly shown the effect of such legisla tion, The medical profession in this State is crmposed of an honorable body of men, who would have been conscien tious and careful in carrying out an Act prescribing the character of patients to bo sent to the Asylum without tho im position of tho penalty. Under this Act tho fact that a physician is honest in his opinion is no protection to him. If he is mistaken he incurs the penalty. He is moreover liuhlo to prosecution whether ho is right or wrong, and any dissatisfied relative or friend of the alleged lunatic might prosecute, and thereby annoy and run to expense the physician making the examination, whether be is right or wrong. Under j these circumstances we do not wonder that physicians refuse to examine luna tics, It would be just as reasonable and perhaps more beneficial to make it a criminal offense for a member of the Legislature to vote for a bill which was j not beneficial to (he people. If the physicians generally act like those in Newberry.it will prove burdensome to tho people, and a great wrong and in humanity to those who may be so afflict ed as to become'lunatics, for they will hare to be confined in tho County jails tho same as other "prisoners. The Act was intended to check an evil, hut the remedy applied in too severe, and tho euro may prove worse than the disease. Tho section will doubtless be amended at the next session of the Legislature so as to remedy tho trouble produced by the present Act. HOW THEY STOOD. Two ul our Representatives Have the ruurace of Their Convictions and are Willina; to fr.ro their Constituents. MR. SCUDDAY'S IIBI'LY. MR. EDITOR: Some time ago, in com menting on the petition sent by a large number of the citizens of this County to tho Legislature, asking for a County voto on the Sale of Ardent Spirits within the County, you stated that I bad introduced the bill as petitioned for. Thin gave to tho public information cs to how I stuod on the measure. Until your last issue, I deemed it uunecessary to appear in thc columnn of tho INTKI.LIUENCKR in refer ence to the matter. Now you call on me, in behalf of the people of the County, to answer certain questions. Let mo say, that I recognise the right of the people at ai.y time, and in any way, to have- ms os ch sir representative to ?ive them an account of my stewardship in the Legislature. I am ready at any time to so inform them. It ia best for me to do so, aod then they can judge fur themselves whether or not lam a "profit able servant." The bill referred to wan reported to the Houno without recommendation, for the reason that a majority of the delegation in the House could not be obtained favoring a favorable report. Mr. Watson and myself favored a favorable repot t. My action in the matter was based on the grounds that the people have a con stitutional right to petition any depart ment of the government, whenever to them it may appear necessary ; and when ever they did so with a petition of sufficient strength, that then those who were their agents or repr?sentatives were .officially bound to obey them ; provided, of course, that what was asked for did not conflict with the fundamental law of tho land. ' ' The petitions lu question I considered exceedingly strong, and were signed by a large number of the beat 'citizeno of the County. They certainty did not ask for anything but What could1,he constitution ally granted. I have always said in pub lic, as well as ia private life, that as a member of tim Legislature :I could not support a prohibition measure Tar Ander son County over the heads of the people. It would not be to the interest of the canse Of temperance to do ao: But that X though I when the people of the County demanded H right to be beard, and they decided the question for themaol vc J, that then it was nothing but right for' the Legislature to carry out their wishes! by suitable legislation. ' Ver^ respeclfuHy, ?ri H. G. SCVDPAY. Mit. WATSON'S MCPI.Y. Mit. EDITOR : jin ibo last issue of the INTELLIGENCER I notice that In your editorial you are somewhat exercised as to bow the Anderson delegation stood on tho matter ol' the bill respecting the pe tltioo of 1,000 Or more of the ch?teos of the County relating lo an ?lectin? to oe held on the prohibition movement ' le Anderson County. As one of the ser* vants of the people .of this County, be? Hov lng that' it ls right for the neople to examin? and scrutinise all public acts of their Representatives, I Vield a cheerful compliance with tba call for information on this question, os I would do on all other questions upon which I may have been called to act. .As to tho particular bill or question that you allude to, I would say that some; time, before tba 16tb JDcccmhor, 1881, (the limit as to. tl rn* for tho intro due lion of bills,) Mr. Scudday showed me a petition, (tim one referred to,) and, If I mistake not, the samo night ofter the mai) on which it came, asked mo (as he j was sick at that time) to give aotica of a j hill.. ' lt WAS at night* ?nd no MU couldfc bi Irdrodaoeo except br recurring lei ih\ moraisg hoar. Bepurrcnco waBssked^ but could not bo bad without ODanimowl consent, whick wa? teten* by tbe HOM?, \ Perhaps it nos on Monday (fur I think i this was^Batnrday night 1 Mr. Scudday ' did go ?md introduce the hill in the ? House, and had it referred to thc Ander- | non delegation. The report was sent up i without recommendation. I was in favor 1 ot making a favorable report. ?eeing thnt we had got our bill in to ? late on n heavy culendar, it waa thought best to go bet?re the Judiciary Commit? 1 teo of the Senate, boping to have it re- J ported by them to the Senate and acted un there, in order that we might take it up in tho House arid fight it out before 1 thc adjournment. I did take the bill and thc petition before the Senate Com mittee, und usked for the hill to bc re ported to tho Senate for the reasons above given. I met on?? of our Repre sentatives on his return from the Com mittee aH I was on my way to tho same. Having answered your questions, as far as they refer to my action upon thin bill, I do not deem it necessary to say more at the present time. J. BELTON WATAON. Our Rights. Mit. EDITOR : I understand from good authority that some of our Repr?senla tives decline to givo an account of their stewardship during tho last session of the Legislature. Now, while they were beg ging the good people of this County to give them u job ?ti Columbia, they said that they would do it lo thu best ol' their ability. They went to Columbia pledged to do all in their power for Anderson County. With all of these fair promises, made in every Township, in the preseuce of all thc good people, wo agreed to give them out of our money five dollars per day for serving in tho Legislature. Now, gentlemen, what have you doue for tts f Have you given us value received for our five dollars ? Givo us an account of your labors. I unduratand that some of the members will only give an account of their labors when forced to do so by the people, but will not answer Mr. Murray's demand. As n citizen Mr. Hurray ba"! a right to know why tho petition for au election on tho prohibition question was so cruelly treated by our Representatives; and I, os one of the thousund petitioners, demand the reason the election wnB not authorized. Thin is the only thing for which tho peoplo petitioned you directly. T**JI us about it. You have been carlled on often enough. Why not answer? Remember, you can only go one time more under tho pr?sent contract. PREP. ClOV. CLEVKLAND'S MISSION. Through the courtesy of Mr. Mauldin wo nre permitted this week to present to our readers the views of thc senior mem ber of the firm of Austin, Nichols ACo.. one of the leading business houses of New York, upon the election of Oover nor Cleveland, and its probable cfleet upon tho country, Mr. Austin has been a life-long Republican, but supported Gov. Cleveland in the hopo cf securing a reformation in the government. The views which ho expresses upon the duties and objects of government show that it has been a miHnomor to call bim a Re publican. For temporary cause-) ho lins been neting with the Republican party, but the views expressed below are thor oughly Democratic in their spirit. If the incoming administration does not act upon them fully aud completely it will have to depart from the traditions of the past, and will prove u disappointment to the rank and filo of the Democratic party. Mr. Austin says : NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 1884. J. L. MAIM.DIN ESQ., Anderson, ti. C. -Dear *S?r ; Your favor of 9lh inst, to hand. I do not profess much astuteness in political affairs, but cheerfully state what I think of the future outlook. I believe Mr. Cleveland, as President, will be a careful, honest and conservative Ex ecutive, and I think he has a habit of cool deliberation which will bo of gteat service to the country. For the last twenty yoara tho tendency bas been to qver legislation, largely in the interest of special cluses of the community, to the detriment of the mass of the people. What the couutry wanta is economy in public a Gai ra ; as little legislation as pos sible, and.the people left to work out their salvation by their industry and economy, asking from the government only protection for life, liberty and secu rity of property, and less of this everlast ing tinkering and class legislation which han given a few .millionaires tho power to control certain large branches of busi ness almost exclusively, and making the mass of tbe people hewers of wood and drawers ol water to these favored few millionaires. Let the old "Jacksonian" maxim apply to our publie affairs that the "world ls governed too much ;" let the people have nu equal chance, end we nbnll como out all right. The North, South, East abd West all demand this, and I believe Mr. Cleveland will do what be con to accomplish this result. I encloco a printed slip of my views in a commercial sense. Yon rs truly, ROBT. F. AUSTIN. The following is the extract to which reference ls made In the above letter : . "Mr. Austin, the head of the firm of Austin, Nichols & Co., said : "Eveiy Presidential nomination naturally moro or less absorbs the attention of the whole community, and white I do not think that it affects business so much as many people claim, it unquestionably makes some difference to uti. Since the election, there has been a belter demand for merchandise, not because there has been any great advance in the staple commod ities, but simply from the fact that peo (de desired to know which way the Pres dentlal contest was to end, and bad therefore run short, aa it were, of mer chandise. Undoubtedly there- is too largo a quantity of manufactured goods in the country, and in my judgment, there will be a kind of sluggishness in the sale of cotton, woolen, iron and many other coaimsdUles, until the restricted production. bas lessened the quantity and consumption bu overtaken it. Tbfct Is a natural law which politics nor anything else can govern or Interfere with, oo far as our business is concerned, ?(odes In tho Interior are light, though there ia not the idightest difficulty in daily supplying every merchant in tbe United otates, even at the remotest cross nada. This is true of large and small transactions. Let me say right here that there has been o manifestation of an? usual prudence on the part of purchasers over aloco tb? pauic of last Spring, and purchasers, as a rulo, throughout tbe country ba*? bought upon the principle of supplying tinle real wants and need?. T&? county ia full of tho products of th? S sig- tho parch were rando money hy IK. st Ihp - If alienee be golden, dumb ought So grow Heb. to bo -Jefferson Davis bas. oe ma |MDll- scendeut to bett hi* ramo, alt Y: - t* Ice married, real industry is rewarded with large rop?. The activity of thc people in the I "fitted S ta IcM Ta* wonderful. In the manufacturing districts, through their inventive genius, they have undoubtedly iverdone that branch of business more than any other. I mean, in other words, [hat the raw material ol'cotton, wool and iron can be taken and molded, as it were, into use a little faMer than we can use it. Production is too cloee upon the heels of j consumption, and, as we sep, in many Cases overtakes it. lt would be a differ ent thing altogether if the people of the United States had to meet u depressed industry with a lean larder. While it is true that business during the next six months mu*t remain more or le*? passive, we look for steady ami conter vat i ve deal ing. The musses of the people of thc United Slates who are industrious and frugal io their habits, do not suffer to the extent of any other country, and the recuperative eh ment- are always very largely io our favor. When we reflect that within the next five or six months tho whole area ol lund is to be replanted with a new crop, and that within the next nine months another crop comes upon thc market, it shows that this re cuperative power is greater than that of any other country, if our people will cen-e looking to politics and the inces sant turmoil attendant thereon ; if they will atop using money to bull and beer speculation und turn more to the real development of the country, the United .States will be prosperous enough." TIIK ItAII.ROAIl SITUAl ?ON. The Charleston Ntvoi and (burier of Monduy contains a very practical editorial upon the railroad situation, from which we make the following synopsis: A reorganization of the railroad system of South Carolina so as to give to every part of the Stale quick and cheap trans portation is not so difficult n matter ns is commonly thought. The princip?! requisites ure these: 1. It is necessary to meet, at once, the lines which, entering tho State from thc Northeast, have reached Bennettsville ami nre fast approaching Cheraw. Hen nellyville is within easy reach of the . Cberaw und Darliugton Railroad, and Cheraw is on that road. The interests of the Cheraw and Darlington and Cheraw and Salisbury Hoads, aud of the North eastern Railroad, with which they con nect at Florence, aro idem ?cal. The trade of the wealthy County of Marlboro,' of which Ben netta vii le is tho County seat, bas hitherto been enjoyed by the Northeastern Railroad, and its connec tions, and by Charleston, lt has been proposed to build a traiitway from (.lard ner's Bluff to Bennettsville, so as to quicken and cheapen communication to Charleston. A still helter plan is to build n ruilrond from the line of the Cheraw and Darliugton Railroad to Bennettaville itself. 2. The South Carol i tia Railway by the Camden branch gives Charleston direct communication with Camden. The extension of the Camden branch to the northward will free the South Carolina Railway and Charleston, in great measure, from any adverse action on the part ol the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Hui I road. The South Carolina Railway by this movement will flank tho Charlotte Road, and strike squarely into its oppo nent's territory. The business of the new district will be opened lo the Snulb Carolina Railway, and the Charlotte Road will no longer be free from active competition. The extension of the Cauiden branch hus been talked about for years. Is lhere any prospect of early action, or of late action ? 3. The South Carolina Railway strikes Columbia and Augusta. It is the only railway in thu State which has no out side alliance or connections. It ends in tho air at Camden. It has au nctive competitor in the Northeastern Railroud at Columbia. It has the Hort Royal Railroad, the Central Railroad, and thc Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail road to meet, and cope with at Augusta. We have shown already that the South Carolina Railway i? In imminent danger of an isolation that will injure it severe-' ly. Hut there is a way out. A road is projected-tho Midland Railroad-from Charleston to Greenville. There is no desire to build an additional road from Charleston to Columbia. This will not be doue, if satisfactory working arrangements can be made with the road? now in operation. The Midland Road on tho route proposed will save 85 miles in distance between Columbia and Green ville. It will be practicable to run trains through from Greenville to Charleston by ino Midland routo in seven or eight hours. The pinn is to make the Midland; Railroad absolutely independent of out sido corporations, and to keep il indepen dent. Hy means of this road, the South' Carolina Railway can regain and retain the wholo of the business of Northwest ern South Carolina, a business which is now fast leaving it, and which in a large measure bas left already. ' 4. One more lino of railroad is i equ i - site to break up completely the hostile combinations. The Charleston and Cumberland Gap Railroad should be built immediately ; or, whatever it be called, a railroad from Aiken, S. C., through Edgefield and along the Savant nah Valley. It will be easy enough, wa imagine, to connect with the Savannah Valley Railroad and work with it. Thia line will cut off completely the raiding roads from Augusta, which run to Green wood and are to bs continued to Spartan burg. 5. The scheme which has been rough ly explained contemplates. 1st, The hu i kl i ng of a railroad to connect Ben nettsville with the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad. 2d, Theexteosion ol the Camden branch of the South Carolina Railway in a northerly direction to Charlotte, or some other convenient point. 8d, The construction of the Midland Railroad from Columbia to Greenville. 4th, The construction of a line from Aiken, S. C., by way of Edgeflold to connect wiih the Savannah Valley Railroad to Anderson. The Midland Road will be extended to Asheville, and thence find its way to the Tennessee system of railroads and to Cincinnati and Chicago, How shall all this be accomplished? What is proposed for the Northeastern Railroad is a comparatively small matter. The South Carolina Railway is in far greater danger, and for this reason it should bo the first to move. During the time that it bas been in the possession of its preseat owners, the South Carolina Railway hes been put in first-rate condi tion. Ita equipment is admirable in every respect, ana lt is ia excellent condition to deal with far more business than it now obtains. The South Carolina Railway can insure its freedom, and the freedom and prosperity of Char leaton, by giving active aid to the midland Railroad ; aud by aiding in the construction of the road from Aiken. Charleston is entitled to know whether the South Caroline Rail way Company will undertake Ibis, or give ?ny assistance to those who are disposed to undertake it. Will the South Carolina Railway for its own sake-with out regard to the interests of Charleston -strike the blow for itself? ,Or does it expect others to come to the rescue and save it? . .'< Charleston will make but slow head way, as a great commercial city, unless the adverse railway combinations can be broken up. This is no evident that lt nteds ito special demonstration. The combinations cati be broken vp, and Charleston has the power to accomplish It. ^Wlth the help of the South Carolina Ballway the task will be comparatively Miaey, and it will be far better to be able pto. work In harmony with that .great cor ratios than to be in any sense opposed > Jhe South Carolioa Railway ho?Ru1(J bo * Powerful factor In every ?Veuicut which looks to the promotion .he interosts of Charleston, tor lt caa. ffifl'-dvn -fr* -1 i "?la Mt j Ci ' uot prosper unless Charleston prospers, while it floes not follow that Charleston cannot prosper without it. A Cold Country. CHAKI, EB CITY, IOWA, Jan. 12, 1>>S5. - Afr. Editor : I have just arrived here from Mason City, a few miles from the line of Dakota, where the trains have heed ?now bound for over a day. Thermometer is now 18 degrees below zero to night, and they ?ay it will be 30 belo* to morrow morning. All day the sun balbeen shining, but still the respi ration from the passengers inside the uar* kept the ghi-* so glazed with ice that we could not see out through the glass. The snow ii fruin IS inches to four feet deep ; in some places the fences are near ly hid hy the snow. Wu paseed ?me hou<0 to-day where the snow was banked up to thc roof on one sole. It is a grand night to see the great snow-plow throw ing the snow sometimes as high as the top of the engine, turning it over oil' tho track-, in the same manner that tho Double Jack plow turns tho soil. This great snow plow is attached to tho front of the mammoth wrecking engine that seems to be managed by some twenty j men, who have to get out und cut through | where the snow is so deep that the en gine cannot make it* plow cut. These men cut the snow out in long blocks and pitc'i to one ride in big banks. Sumo of | thee men look like some kind of wild j animal, their great coats being mude out of b?llalo skins and other furs. I saw three ol' them come in the depot willi their whole head cud face hidden except their eyes and noses. Their whiskers were completely iced over their mouth, so that it was impossible tor them lo eat or drink uutil they thawed. J. C. STRIBLIXG. UETTINU AT THE CRIB. Cold Comfort For IlnnRry Carolina Office Beekeva. WASHINGTON. J:>nu:iry 16.-The mem bers of the South Carolina delegation in CongrcRB are daily in receipt of commu nications from their constituents in re gard to the distribution of Federal pat ronage in that State under the next Administration. It is reported that the members of the delegation propose to meet together at some future period and decide by ballot tho distribution of the patronage of the State. Willi a view to gaining some information on this subject, your correspondent called upon Senator Hampton and Representative? Dibble and Tillman, anil interrogated them con cerning the above mentioned report. AN INTERVIEW WITH HAMPTON. Senator Hampton says there has been no understanding between the members' of the delegation on the subject referred to. .Soon after the result of the Novem ber election was known. Senator Butler suggested to bim that it would be a good idea for the delegation to hob) a meeting, and come to Borne kiod of an agreement with a view tn securing an equal division of the Federal patronage in South. Caro lina. No such agreement has yet been mado so far as be knows. In fact, the subject has not been mentioned to bim since the holiday recess, lie says it is too early to even speculate on the ques tion of appointments. When Mr. Cleve land has been inaugurated and his Cabi net officers have entered upon their duties, it will be time enough for the office seek ers to send in their letters of application and endorsement. He declares emphat ically that ho will make no personal appeals to thc incoming Administration for any appointments. If the President, or the head of any of the departments should call upon him for information concerning the qualifications of an ap plicant tor office, be will furnish cheer fully such informe timi on the subject ns he may possess. In making recommen dations for appointment be will be gov erned entirely by the knowledge in his possession as to the fitness or competency of the applicant. COLLECTOR OF THE TORT. Now, in such a matter as the selection of a collector of the port of Charleston, the Senator says he will advocate the appointment of the man who appears to be moat satisfactory and acceptable lo the leading business men in that city. He will also be advised in u similar manner with regard to the postmastership of Charleston. His idea is to appoint to important Federal oihees men who are known to be capable of conducting the public business properly and who also merit the con?dence and esteem of their fellow-citizens. WHO SHOULD GO. Public officials who have made them selves obnoxious as political wire-pullen and schemers should be removed and their places filled by worthy men repre senting the party in power. He does not anticipate' many changes before the meet ing of Congress, iu December j of coarse whenever a vacancy occurs in the mean time a good Democrat caa be found who will accept tho situation and conduct the office in harmony with the Administra tion. There ia no reason to expect Mr. Cleveland to begin aavstem of wholesale removals as soon as Le is .inaugurated. There are something over 100,000 Feder al offices. If Mr. Cleveland should mako 100 removals daily, he would occupy three years of his term in making re movals alone. SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN OFFICES. Continuing, the Senator says: Mr. Cleveland was not elected to spend all his time making removals and appoint ments ; there is greater and more impor tant work for him to engage io. The 8enator says he does not like to see the people of his section making such undue haste in the scramble for office. Many of them do not realise that the civil service law prohibits a Congressman from recommending anyone for aa office that comes within the jurisdiction of the civil service commission. That refers particu larly to appointment-! in the departments ia this city. DIBBLE'S DISCLAIMER. Representative Dibble says: "Noth ing bas been determined upon , concern ing Federal appointments, to my knowl edge, by the delegation, nor hos there been any other than a casual interchange of individual views of nimbera without any formal meeting the delegation. All are busy with the work of tho sees ion, and the matter of appohM^mjntsjsM SEI IRISH POTATO! ? : FRI GARDEr '?> In very Urge' quanUUe SIMPSON. R i ? ^. Lt?? i.. " . DRUG WAVERLtfc \ Jon 2S, 18? hardly become a matter for action for j several months to come." wi***"-*, WU ERG T?1K SUOOBSTION OltpilffATEO, . Representative Tillman aaye that, although there baa yet been no formal | meeting of tbe delegation to consider the question of Federal patronage in the State, the subject ha? been discussed, and there appears to be a general acquiescence in the proposition that there should bo au equal division. Thc idea is to prevent, if possible, any clashing among the dele gation willi 'regard to appoinlmeuta, . The responsibility of somo of tho mem bers will bo lesioned thereby. Where there are :i number of applicants for tho eame ollke, it is proposed that a majority of the delegation shall decide which can didate shall receive a unanimous endorse ment. (If course, lhere is no certainty that the rtcommendaliona of the delega tion will always meet the approval of the l'resitlent and bia Cabinet, but Mr. Tillman is an admirer of the scheme aod predictH that it will work satisfactorily if adopted and carried out conscientiously. -Dinpnlrh News and Courier. - The Columbia correspondent of the Actes and Courier, writing under date of the loth inst., sayB : "An Arkansas man visited Columbia yesterday, procured a copy of the South Carolina eight-box election law, had ita workings expound ed to him by a member of the Richland delegation in the House, and carried the statute and the information with bim back to Little Rock, where the Legisla ture ia in seasiou. He said that the peo ple in Arkansas bad heard of the efficacy, of the South Carolina law ami that efforts would be made to securo its adoption by the Legislature. Arkansan, be remarked, was a Democratic State, but it might nut remain so much longer if the negro im migration waa continued. It was, there fore thought thal an eight-box law would be useful, and would besides make the South Carolina negroes feel at homo when they reached their destina* lion. South Carolina, you aeo, continues to influence tho country in thc- matter of maintaining civilization." - The Columbia letter of the Aero and Courier, dated the Kith i ont., says : j "The procesa of letting off the fish ponda j of the agricultural departmeut waa com menced by Mr. Huske, tho superinten dent of fisheries, and by two o'clock to day tho pondB were dry and ai! 'he Ash bad-been caught, counted and a sorted. Mr. Huske says that the result th,? year bas been much more satisfactory than that of any previous year. The total number of yoting fish caught from the ponds was 4,850, with 165 breeder*. The young tish are for distribution, bul have already been engaged,to applicButs. - A destructive cyclone passed through Alabama ou Sunday night. Near Calera not a vestige of habitation was left. A train on the Nashville and Tennessee railroad wns badly dumaged by falling treen natl thrown from the track. A mau jumped from the train near Elmore and was instantly killed. Cotton bales were blown one hundred feet through the nir. Trees and fences were blown down, and a number of persons killed. >. In the county adjoining .iones everything wa? swept in the path of the cyclone. - The Williamsburg Herald thinks that it would be a good idea for tho county comumsioners of that county to build barracks on the public ?rruare in Kingstree fm the special accommodation of jurors and State witnesses who are too poor to pay their bil's at the b?tele or boarding houses. - The building of the Georgia State Capitol, at Atlanta, develops the fact that granite can be quarried in Maine, brought to Savannah, and thence by rail to At lanta at a less coat than it can be had at a quarry only sixteen miles away. - A number of merchant? in Winns boro' have determined to give up the lien business. Fresh Garden Seed. LANDRETH'S and Ferry's fresh Garden Seeds and Onion kieta for sale by A. B. TOWERS. Jan 22. 1888 22 BOOTS and SHOES. FOR forty days I will sell Mens' and Boys' Winter Boots at cost for cash. A. B. TOWERS. Jan 22. 1885 27 Ladies' Dress Shoes. JUST received Ladies' Fine Shoes, and f?rrale low by A. B. TOWERS. Jan 22, 1884 _ 27 MULES. THERE will be a fine lot of Tennessee Mules to arrive at J. S. Fowler'a Stables the last of this or first of next week. Call ami soe for Yourself. J. S. FOWLER. Jan 22, 1885_ 27 1 BUSINESS ! ALL persons who owe the late Firm of J. O. CUNNINGHAM A CO. ara are hereby notified that they must come up by February 1st, 1885, and Bettie off their indebtedness. All the Notes and Ac counts due will be placed in the hands of an Attorney for collection after that time. We make this offer to save you trouble, and mean every Word we say. CUNNINGHAM A FOWLER. Jan 22, 1884_27_1 DISSOLUTION. THE Firm of Carpenter & Bacot has tliia day dissolved by mutual consent. A. B. Carpenter haying bought the entire interest of D. T. B?cot will continue the business in the name of A. B. Carpenter, tn whom all settlements will be mane, and all bills contracted by the firm will be paid by him. A. B. CARPENTER, D. T. BACOT. ., Jan 12,1885_ 27_ l W. H. ROSS, D?NT?ti SURGEON, WILL opA sn office at Anderson G. H. in March, 1885. and will be prepared to execute all'operations-Surgical and Mechanical-pertaining to tho profession of Dentistry. Jan 22, 1885_27 Toztdie Trial Justices of Anderson County. YOU are hereby notified that yon have authority to discharge the ddties of the Coroner of th!*. County only incase the Coroner ia sick or absent from the County, or is at a greater distance than fifteen miles from the place of inquest, or when the office ls vacant. Bee Section 710 of the General Statutes of S, C., 1882. I give thia notice in self-defence, and hope yon will govern yourselves accordingly. ' I will pay any one one dollar for notify I lng me of an inquest to be held, ss the lsW , makes no provision for paying for notice to the Coroner, t R. Y. H. NANCE, - Coroner Anderson County. , Jan 22,1885 , .27 ,-" 4 .EOT:'"' IS, ONION SETS. E8H i !???|? J, Wholosalosnd Retail, at - - . i EID & CO 'S 8TQR?, OUSE CORNER. Vt ;.. ' .;;/,?-:7-' :>.;:.;.-, It .,. OOOOOOOO^rOOOOOOOO PREMIUM AWARDED. ANDERSON, S. C., January *, 188f>. Editor? Intelligencer : We appointed Mr. T. F. Hill, Mr. W. H. Krieraon and Mr. J. L. McGee the Commit tee to decide who should receive the Pre mium for composing the greatest number jf words out of the cent enc;-, "Orr and Sloan sell Drugs Cheap." We hand you herewith chslr report. Respectfully, ORR Si SLOAN. MESSRS. OBS & SLOAB, Anderson, 8. C. Having been appointed to decide who should receive the Five Dollar Premium offered by you to the person composing the greatest number of words out of the sen tence, "Orr mid Sloan sell Drugs Cheap," we do h?reby/'aw?rd said Premium to Miss Dessie Nardin, she having found teven tkoutand erne hundred and ciztij-eight words, the ih?|:r=v nun* Inti of any of the coiapeii tore. x ; * Respectfully, T. F. HILL, "I W. H. FRIRRSON, \Com. J. L. McGBE, J P. 8.-The persons Anding nbovo four thousand words are as follows : Miss Dessie Nardin, Anderson.7168 Mrs. O. B. VanWyeic. Anderson.C6S8 Mr. John Shirley, Honea Path.5559 Miss Louie Simpson, Pendleton.5171 i . . i . ?? t N ; ? 'Til'?; Mr. R.M. Baker, Anderson...:..5133 Ur- J. C. 8tribling, Holland's Store.5126 Mr. M. B. Clinkscalcs, Anderson.4714 Mr. P. 7. Gadidon, Anderson....4307 There were many others who found from from 4000 to 10 words. I T800 Wi 'r.UtkA') wt ?'<'f? lb ih > pa rYftWP v. , . S ?. li thurn1 fM\ oooooooooooocooooo ojlt Itu 'i< ;.- . " : ?-?/Vt-t?;'?/iri;'i'vji .WBVfs-Q (tifoi^?i $ g, ?jj Nhy not make Home Ham* UV PURCHASING A ^ rirat Class Musical InstriW. Bead thia, Musicians and alu* ^ j f AM Ag?mt for several or tho re*.. L Organa und Pianos, and ai? offl}** '? bia to herald the newe to the tuan* ai* of the "lip of tho Ivory" that I OW propaiM to ?ell on terms that ai?** factory to the most limited circiuiuul1*' ' Icmenibcr, cash or instalment t?n!? r-l a:*dle the following named Tnstrtim?Ll OH O ANS-Mason A Hamlin pS^i nd Bay State. ^ch?j PlANO?-OhlckcTlhg, MaUiuabhk a? er Tone and others. _~p <** After un experience or several m?Ti lia bualnoss, I feel perfectly CoajoSii? id my customers in making a JudiS ileotloo an Instrument. I will tv' leasure in visiting any one whoaiitici,1*' uying. Drop me a postal card. or SH* erh:d message hy your friends, ssT. ' ludl receive prompt atteutios. ya* JOHN Lt HAYNIR Willtathstotj, g'r Jan 22, 1885 27 1 *<* WONDERFUL. ' It has only been ten month? ?inc? SacotsBest LiverRiv Vere placed upon the market, and inUui Irae they have been placed in tbehandiS ive hundred druggists and roercbawi hroughout the South, who say they ?? etter satisfaction than any pill tneffcn ver sold. The tollowing aro some of tv. Piters received from abroad :. ?Jsl Decatur, Oa., Dec. 8tli \- ? 1). T. Hacot it Co-Please scud meL lollar's worth of Bacol's Best Liver Pi|C .'he fow sunt me through the mail as um! iles have ucted marvellously in ? ca??! Ivupepsla in my family. ROBT. M.-BROWS, fr, Finemouut, Fla,, Nov. 24, 1881 D. T. Bacot& Co-I have tried vario? tilla for liver disease, but find voon IL, ?est I have ever used, aud om satisfied th? hey are all you can possibly claim f. bom. i have suffered for years with mr iver, and since taking your l'illa f?elairaoyt veil. Very truly, _ W. B. REIR Bncot's Best Liver Bills are pu? up ii, ?mind wooden boxes, containing fron) a to IU pills in each box, und are fur sale by ail lruggists and iiicrcbaitts, or cnn be b*] rom us, postage prepaid. 110011 renell ^ irice, 25c per box, or 5 boxes for $1.00. WHOLESALE AOKHTS, Wi LU ITU A W1LH1TE, Andorson, 8. C. For terms to agents address D. T. Btcnt t Co., Greenville, S. O. Jan 22, 1885 27 8m Will bo malled GBfSG<m?2Z&4? to all applicants Y K C&*9V^*>3V and to customers oflast year Wltnout ^w D. M. FERRY&CO.0 W 0. K. rSINCB. J- n- VAKDun. PRINCE & VAN DIVER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ANatEltSON. - - ti. C. OFFICE-On Whitner Street, over Bod Store of O. W. Faut A Son.nppc lite Auditor's Offlce. Jan 8, 1886 2? Sm REMOVAL. I^HE undersigned has removed bil Of fice to the residence of Jolin S. Sutherland, Esq., in the Town of Belles, where he can always be found wheo not professionally engaged. J. C. HARRIS, M. D. Jan ?B.J884 _20 4' NOTICE. A LL persons are horeby notified that 1 J\. will not be responsible for any debt! or contracts madu in my name by any pa? Bon for any purpose, un less upou ray sat ten authority. MRS M. JS. VANDIYBK Jan J6, 1885__27_S_ TO RENT, HOUSE AND LOT IN CITY. Jan 15, 1885 .9. M. ORJL ??7 t< NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT, fl The undersigned, Administrator cf M tho Estate of M ra. Jeanetto Crawford, * B ceased, hereby gives notice that he will,* M 18th day of February, 1885, apply to Ult fl Judge of Probate for Anderson County fe BJ a Final Settlement of said Estate, andi fl discharge from said Administration. | fl J. M. PAYNE, Admr. fl Jan 15, 1885_27_fl Ad?iinistr?toi's Sale. S ri^HE undersigned will Bell at public oat- g A cry, at the residence of the Ute I? B Jarnctt Tucker deceased, on Friday, I? fl 30'.h inst., at ll o'clock a. m., thePenonU fl Property of the said DeJarnett Tucker.* ? oaased, consisting of Household and Kites- fl en Furniture, Agricultural Implanten, Stock, Ac. Terms of Balo cash. - , ; JOHN W. DANIELS, Ad rot Jan 15,1885_27 ^._L * . ? ? Administrator's Sale. THE underaij-ned will ae?l at publica* cry, at the residence of the jato i? Jarnett Tucker, deceased, on Friday, m 30tb inst, af ll o'clock a. m.. the Peno? Property or the late Mrs. Sarah Tads, deceased, consisting of Household *? Kitchen Furniture, Agricultural. Imp'f menta, Stock, Ac. Terms of sale casp. JOHN W. DANIELS, Admr. Jan 15,1885_' 27 SHERIFF'S SALE. "r>Y virtue or an execution to me Ol-will oxpose to sala on tbe'flw**-, day in February, A. D. 1885, at And_en? Oonrf House, 8. CL/ tho following ^V^< One Buggy. levied on aathepropertf'' ; T, J. Junking in favor of A. M. Bolt- fl Termsofaale-Cash. _' 6 WM, L*. BOLT,, A 1 8berlff of Anderson ?o?ff? I Jan 15,1885 ' 27 I FIRST PIi?NERtoth?CI^ THE Show bas come and go?fi?d Mayfield & 8tuart can still bs Mg at their .Planing Mill on the Bin?,Wfr Yard, where you can find the flne^T Finiabed Flooring, Celling. Weatherby lng. end all kinds of Mouldlogs, MRS in tbia market. Come and tee es ?** you buy, aa we are bound to 8l?e**r?i ti?n in quality and price. Work country solicited. ,We .would *4??K5 tentiou to our fltook-qf.\l>oor*,-'???i5 minds which we aro selling at cost 2t Blue Ridge Yard. . . , ^,..i,T MAYFIELD A BT^4? Nov 13,1884 18 Notice of Dissolution THE Firm of R. 8. HILL *??b?: X Anderson,?, C.. is thia by mutual consent, and all partieslo^S to us are notified to coins forward Jan. ?VVk*. ? Notice, of Tjw&rtn*****^ THB undersignedj*r? s copartnership under the I- ir ? ?? ^ old stand. ?Ji^** W* ?ould moat respectfully Wffl pauothige of our friend, and tw ^B gg^^ro^ ^AISABIJ* Jan 1,1880 97