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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. , THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1885. - ----- ^ ONJS YEAHL-._i_ ?....--.81.50. SIX MONTHS.-_?_ 7Bc. -Two Dollars It not paid In advance. .The killing of Gen. Barrioa has about settled the Central American troubles. Secretary of the Navy Whitney had an < excellent opportunity of showing how vigorously he could handle our miserable lit?e Navy'?'without getting any person - hurt The .new administration which finds almost no navy, will, we predict, V .leave the country an efficient and well . ^equipped marine. The Central Ameri? can trouble imdws how, at any moment, - the dignity of the United States and the safety, of tbe lives and property of her ? ; citizecs/may require an efficient navy. - This is'? business like administration, and will doubtless provide what ia needed in this direction. ; ~. -- AuJowa correspondent of Bradstreet'a Commercial Agency, writea that in an experience of thirty years be has never known cf a. mortgageI upon a dairy farm being foreclosed. This observation will 1 . doubtless meet ?ith. corroborative expe? rience in all sections of the country,* and yet through the South very few persons " have taken any interest in, or devoted any. attention to, dairy farming. No : such ^prosperity has attended cotton - farming, for every year thousands of j cotton farms are sold under mortgage for j debt in the South, and yet our people stick to cotton and refuse to engage in tbe more .lucrative employment of di? versified agriculture, by means of which they could live more comfortably and makei more money. . '.Affairs between England and Russia . . have apparently, reached the- end of di-_J -^C i plomatic correspondence. The Russian army on-tbo Afghan frontier has, under.) the. command of Gen. Komaroff, met and routed the forces Of th?" Ameer at Penjdeb, and ihe British government has submitted what appears to be its ulti? matum, in which the English govern? ment: demands that Gen. Komaroff be - deposed from tbe command, and. that the v" Russian army be withdrawn from Afghan, . . frontier. This the Russian war depart ment has refused to'.do, and at the same time has commended Gen.' Komaroff j and congratulated tbe troops under him. The Czar says that bis troops may ad? vance but will never retire, and the war feeling is at fever heat in Russia. It now appears certain that England must recede from her demands or there will be war. . ? \ PEEPABED TO BE INDEPENDENT. In the eVent of war between England and Russia the Southern farmer who is - bo improvident as to fail to raise his own pupplies upon bis farm, will experience a financial stringency to which the evils resulting jfr?m : drotight will have been comparative prosperity. The result of snch 3 war "will inevitably run corn, flour and meat up to the highest pri? ces, for it will take- from tbe European markets immense quantities of grain ^pirhicbi is annually marketed from tbe English and Russian Territories, and thus create a demand and speculation in provisions which will make them high during tbe continuation cf the conflict, and for a season after it is over. This of course means that the man who has . to buy provisions will have to-pay con-1 . siderably more for them, and as a conse? quence the farmer who has them to sell will experience an increased prosperity. This is one effect tbe war will have, but unfortunately for the South we will not derive, any benefit' from this increased . prosperity which our Northern and Western friends will experience, bnt on - the contrary we will find it a great drain. |- to meet the. increased. cost of living, if ] our people do not recognize the impend? ing danger and prepare in time to avert it. The people of tbe South ought, in common prudence, to make corn and - peas enough this year to feed their stock and fatten their meat, for it is always profitable, to do this, and it will be par? ticularly so. at this juncture. Tbe increased cost of provisions, bow ever, is not tbe only point in which war pvwili affect theSouth disastrously. It \ will diminish to a great extent the for? eign demand for cotton, and thereby re? duce its value in the markets, by reason of which tbe Southern planter who now j . finds it difficult to make the expenses of pro'ducing come within tbe selling price i of cotton, will be a loser in proportion to j the amount of cotton he produces. Tbe j . more a man makes the more he will lose,, if the Belling price goes below the cost of production, is a proposition which j every one will admit immediately; and , yet with the prospect of an European | war there can be no doubt that the already low price of cotton will be fur ther reduced until it will sell perhaps as low as six to seven cents per pound. At these prices its cost will exceed the price for which it will sell. Tbe part of pru " dence suggests that in the present emer? gency it would be decidedly best for every Southern planter to make enough corn to supply his family and stock, raise his own meat and prepare to be j independent of the market for his pro? visions. After doing this, it will do to make as much cotton as a man's means will permit, for he can afford to hold it, if necessary, until prices become better. If the people of the South would pursue , tins policy, a war in Europe would ulti- j mately prove beneficial to us, for after the war a reaction will follow which -would reverse the condition of affairs. The grain crops of Europe would be re? stored and provisions wonld tumble in price, while the demand for cotton would be restored and greatly increased so that tbe price of cotton would be advanced. Hence if tbe South would pursue now a policy which would protect us at present by making our own supplies, there would be present competence and future pros? perity in store for us. To raise our own provisions at borne cannot hurt us, even in prosperous times,and at this tima.4fe wonld be particularly advantageous Vor oar planters to follow the^?adrige^ "in times of peace prepare for war," in a new way, by planting an abundance of corn, and thus rendering themselves indepen? dent of the uncertainties of the impend? ing war. NOT SO WELL POSTED. Mr. Charles H. Wells, writing from Greenville to the News and Courier,upon the railroad development in North arid South Carolina, proposes to give a relia? ble and full presentation of the projected railroad interprises in the two States, and says: The condition of railroad affairs in the Carolinas just at present is causing considerable- comment amongst those Northern capitalists who are interested in Southern industrial development. So little accurate information has been given through the public press concerning what has actually been done toward building new lines of railroad in North and South Carolina that a brief and reliable resume will be read with interest. There are thirteen important lines now under consideration by the Carolini? ans, all of which have been chartered. ?They are (1) the Charleston, Cumberland Gap and Chicago; (2) the Midland Rail? road of South Carolina; (3) the Green? wood, Laurens and Spartanburg; (4) the Seaboard Air Line extension; (5) the Shelby and Broad River Railroad; (6) the Denver and Mount Holly; (7) the Greenville and Laurens; (8) the Ashe ville and Spartanburg; (9) the Onslbw, Wilmington and East Carolina; (10) the Shelby .'and Spartanburg; (11) the Wustern North Carolina extension; (12) the: Gaffney City, Rutherfordton and Mt.'rion Railroad, and (13) the Palmetto Railroad. In addition to these there are scores of small "spurs/' "branches" and "cuta-off" to be built; one only is of importance? a new Bhort cut to Fayetteville,N. C, by the Seaboard Air Line. Work on the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Yailroad from Greensboro' to Mount Airy, N. C, has been so steadily carried on for the past year that this extension can hardly be classed among the new roads now under consideration. - Mr. Wells then goes on to outline these enterprises, and gives roseate views of their prospects for completion, but in all of his article which professes to be written for the purpose of enlightening the ignorance now existing in this State upon the subject of onr railroad enter? prises, he fails to mention or refer to the Savannah Valley Railroad, which now has about fifty miles of graded road, and enough money in hand to complete the work of grading the entire length of the road, a distance of fifty-five miles, and runs through a prosperous, but as yet, undeveloped territory. At this rate we are inclined to think Mr. Wells is not so well posted in the railroad enterprises of the State after all. The Savannah Val? ley is an assured fact, while many of the enterprises of which Mr. Wells writes exist only on paper, and will never be transferred to the ground. Several of them have not one dollar of capital, nor have they even a right of way, nor have they ever been surveyed. It all does very well to puff up desired roads, even though they are improbable of construc? tion, but it is bad policy if he really wishes to advertise the development of the State to leave ont roads which are dag in the earth, instead of being simply outlined on paper. M.OEE NEEDED THAN SOFT WORDS. - The Prince and Princess of Wales are not accomplishing the pacification of Ireland by their visit to that country as rapidly or as effectually as was at. first anticipated. They aroused hostility in Dublin, by failing to invite the Lord Mayor of that city and other prominent Nationalists to their reception, and the authorities of that city are in a rage over what they ' consider the slight. When the royal party left Dublin, on their arrival at Mallow junction, County Cork, en route to the residence of the Earl of Listowell at Connamore, there was a terrible row. A large crowd broke through the police lines and were driven back at the point of the bayonet. O'Brien and Harrington, Irish members of Parliament, were in the crowd and were badly mauled. Ever since the riot the. Government has monopolized the telegraph wires and no further details are obtainable. The news of the disturbance caused intense excitement in the House of Commons. The windows and doors of ? the houses which had been decorated in honor of t*he Prince of Wales were smashed and crowds of Irishmen roamed through the streets all night, cheering O'Connor, O'Brien and Parnell and sieg? ing "God save Ireland." Prior to the arrival of the Prince of Wales, members i of the crowd kicked and punched a lot I of cocked hats which they used to sym? bolize royalty. When the rush was made toward the Prince it was led by O'Brien, M. P., for Mallow. Some of the rabble were severely injured by the police while j repelling this rush. The only members of Parliament present were O'Brien, O'Connor,' and Harrington, member of Parliament for Westmeath and secretary of the Irish League. The principal organizer of the demon? stration against the Prince of Wales, was Wm. O'Brien, M. P., editor of the United Ireland. In an interview he said : "My object is accomplished. I have shown the special reporters who accompany the Prince of Wales the true Irish view of his visit, and I have vindicated Ireland's name." , John O'Connor, M. P., for Tripperary, made an inflammatory speech at a meet? ing of the Irish National League in Cork. He urged the men of Cork to rebel against the English Government. "Your brethren in Mallow have already done so," be said, "and the first shot was fired to-day. I have just returned from Mallow, where I saw Irishmen reeking with blood from bayonet wounds. O'Brien fell first." The result of this oration ./as a repetition at Cork of the riot at Mallow. During the rioting in Cork in the eve ; ning the houses of several Loyalists were wrecked. It is reported that a suburb? an police station at Blackpool was, I wrecked. ? Our Mexican war began somewhat in the same way as this which seems now to be impending between Russia and Great Britain. After the annexa? tion of Texas to the United States, Mex? ico claimed that the river Nueces was the southern line of Texas, while we claimed that the true boundary was the Rio Grande.s There was a broad strip of disputed country between the two rivers. Our Government sent troops into it to occupy it, and Mexico sent an army into it to resist. These got into collision, 'there was a smart fight at Palo Alto? and then war was declared to cist by the act of Mexico. That is the way big wars come from small beginnings. There's quite enough in this Peoideh affair to briug on war?if one or both parties should be so inclined: but there is not enough, if diplomacy were ruled by common sense and honest right. ? , PRESBYTERIAN CENTENNIAL. Tbe meeting oF the South Carolina Presbytery, just held in Lancaster, was an occasion of more than usual interest and importance. During its session on the 13th instant, Centennial ceremonies were held at the old Waxhaw Church according to previous notice given. Here it was, one hundred years ago, that the first Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of South Carolina was organized. The Rev. Jas. H. Thornwell, a son of the distinguished Dr. Thornwell, deliver? ed the Centennial sermon, which was a good argument for home missions, bring? ing out especially the work done in upper South Carolina by the old Waxbaw Church. The? house was full to over? flowing, there being -present about eight hundred persons. The rite of the Lord's Supper was celebrated, the Rev. R. M. Kirkpatrick officiating. It was a matter of much regret that the Rev. J. H. Saye, the oldest minister of this Presbytery, was not able to attend.to read the histor? ical sketch,' according to appointment, but this duty was performed by the Rev. ! R. 11. Kirkpatrick, who was called upon without previous notice. The Presbytery adjourned on the following day, and will hold its next session atBethesda Church, f in York County. A SOUTH CAROLINA CARICATURIST. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says: . "It is pleasant to observe that the last two numbers of Harper's Weekly have contained cartoons drawn by C. A. David of this State. Mr. David lives in Green? ville, where be is now engaged, I believe, in commercial business. He has been drawing cartoons for the last four or five years, mainly to entertain his fellow-citi? zens. I remember very well a caricature which three summers ago he based on a certain "midnight rendezvous" of mine with McDow, the moonshiner, in the Blue Ridge tunnel. The execution was rough and the likeness of the interview? er rather idealized, but tbe drawing was bold and'the point quite salient. Since then he has improved greatly and his work, as the Harper sketches show, is yielding bim distinction. Even those who have been pricked by Mr. David's pencil will be glad to know that a self taught South Carolina artist is making his way upward." Mr. David has a talent for drawing caricatures which is destined to bring bim fame and fortune if he cultivates it. We congratulate bim on his ventures in Harper, and hope to see him become tapidly prominent before the country. His talent gives him no little power in painting his side of any public' question before the people, and we are satisfied that through it he may become a potent factor for the advancement of the views and interests of bis section of the conntry. The Greenville News thinks Governor Thompson's action in refusing to leave tbe appointment of a Clerk of Court to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Gen. Nicholson to a primary election in Edgefield County was not well founded in reason, and contends that all matters of government ought to be submitted to the people for determination. Our con? temporary forgets that the people in their highest capacity have declared otherwise in the matter which the Governor had in hand, for the people of South Carolina by their Constitution say that the Governor shall fill vacancies in the office of Clerk by appointment. That clause of the Constitution is as binding on tbe Gover? nor as any other, and to have left the question to an election would have been a clear violation of the spirit of tbe Constitution. By refusing to do so tbe Governor simply carried out the obliga? tions laid upon him by the people them? selves in tbe Constitution of the State. The suggestion of the News that Edge field should enter a vigorous protest against the Governor's action by sending a delegation to tbe next State Convention to vote against his nomination is uncalled for, and will hardly find any endorse? ment in tbe sturdy old Democracy of Edgefield, which, though it may differ from the views entertained by tbe Gov? ernor, will not fail to admire the firm manner in which he has adhered to what he conceived to be his duty. If Gover? nor Thompson wants to be Governor again we predict that he will easily suc? ceed himself, and in giving him another term the State will be assured of a pru? dent, conservative and wise administra? tion of tbe affairs of tbe State. j The Greenville News, unring the Di? rectors of the Greenville & Laurens Railroad to proceed at once to Laurens j without waiting for the Midland, takes occasion to make a ding at two enter? prises, in one of which, at least, he is in error. The News says: Let those who do such talking remem? ber that tbe Savannah Valley Road has been graded in spots and waiting for Charleston for three years. The people of Pickens and Anderson may look sadly at the piles of dirt and deep ditches that represent their money, but they -cannot move a peg to get their money back or make it of use to them. As to the Savannah Valley our friend is entirely mistaken. The work has not been done in spots, and it has never delayed one second waiting on Charles? ton, or in expecting any favors from the city with which we would prefer to con? nect because it if tbe metropolis of our State. The peopio of Anderson may do some inconsiderate things, but they will never commit the folly of waiting one minute en Charleston for a railroad sub? scription. The Savannah Valley Road is now about graded, and the work has been done entirely by* the contributions of points along the line, Anderson having given over one-half of the whole sum nece3sury to do this work. Our people are satisfied with the situation. It has ' taken a considerable time, it is true, but success is now assured. If Greenville is as well satisfied with the condition of her enterprise, everything should be lovely between the two cities. If she is not so fortunate, then we hope she may soon beccme so, and not find it necessary to console herself by imagining vain things about the Savannah Valley Road. ? The mouth of the Mississippi has ! cost millions from first to last. It is a greedy mouth and will swallow green? backs about as rapidly as they can be printed. With all the money spent on this great stream it appears that there is now imminent danger of the deflection of the river into Bayou Atchafalaya, by which it would reach the Gulf very much sooner tb?n at present. This would ruin New Oneans, leaving her high and dry as an inland town, and some of the rich? est territory in Louisiana would also be permanently submerged. A wonderful butter record. The following account of a test of the butter capacity of a Jersey cow, made by ? the American- Jersey Cattle Club of New York, will be received with wonder by persons who have not given some atten? tion to the butter producing qualities of the finer strains of Jersey cows. The article is taken from the Jersey Bulletin, of Indianapolis, and is directed to John I. Holly, President of the Club, as fol? lows : Dear Sir?Having been appointed by you to act as committee of tho Amer? ican Jersey Cattle Club in witnessing the test of the Jersey cow Princess 2d 8046, owned by Mrs. S. M. Shoemaker of Burn side Park, near Baltimore, Md., I respect? fully submit the following report: The test organ at 6:05 p. ra. Sunday evening, Feb. 22, when the cow was milked dry in my presence. The first milking included in the test was that at 8 a. m., Monday, Feb. 2? after which the cow was milked at intervals of eight hours, namely, at 3 a. m., 11 a. ra., and 7 p. m., of each day until the last, Sun? day evening, March 1, when she was milked at 6:05 p. m., to correspond with the time of the preliminary milking. The duration of the test was thus seven days, to the minute. The cow was milked three times a day at periods of eight hours, because her udder would not hold the milk she made in twelve hours. I was present at each of the twenty-one milkings, and did not lose sight of the milk until after it had been placed in a nine-can Mosely cabinet creamer. The lid of this creamer, the doors and the ventilators were carefully secured each time by tape and seals firmly affixed to the wood and each stamped with ray private seal. The cream od being removed from the creamer, was placed in large buckets in a wooden box made at my suggestion, and this box was likewise sealed and Btamped. These various seals remained intact, except when broken by me to admit the milk of each milking, or to draw off cream. I was also present when the cream was placed in the churn, remained while it was being churned, and weighed the unsalted butter, the Bait to be added (one ounce per pound), and finally the salted butter. The butter was worked to my eutire satisfaction exceed? ingly dry, as will be seen in the fact that the salt when added made almost a clear gain. So that, from the time of milking until the salted butter bad been finally weigh? ed, the milk, cream and butter were either within my sight or securely sealed in the creamer or box described above. The scales on which the butter was weighed were bought of Fairbanks & Co. for this special purpose, after having been tested and guaranteed by them to be accurate by U. S. standard. Inclosed is a letter from Fairbanks & Co. to that effect. The cow was fed at the discretion of Mr. 0 Ricklefsen, manager of the Burnside Park Herd, the daily ration being: 22 quarts ground oats, 15 quarts pea meal, 2 quarts linseed oil cake, 1 quart wheat bran?total, 40 quarts, be? sides carrots, beets and good clover bay. Her appetite was constantly good; in fact, she seemed always ready to eat more. The weather during the test was disa? greeable, cold and snowy, and interfered somewhat with her daily exercise. The following is the result of the test: Yield in seven days 299} lbs. of milk, from which were churned 44 lbs. 1} oz. of unsalted butter, which, when salted at the rate of one ounce to the pound, gave 46 lbs. 12} oz. of salted butter ready for market. The great gain by salting is due to the fact that the unsalted butter was worked so very dry that when the salt was afterward worked in, no water or buttermilk appeared in the bowl. It should have been said above that the butter was twice washed in the churn when in granular form, removing every trace of buttermilk. Princess 2d 8046 was dropped Feb. 22, 1877, and was, therefore, exactly eight years old when this test began. She is I by Khedive, P. S. 103, out of Princess, F. S. 1294, being a Coomassie-Welcome cow. She is in color light fawn with white on belly; white switch, very yel? low skin, has a large selvedge escutcheon, a large, perfectly-formed and very sym? metrical udder, with .large teats ; large and very prominent tortuous milk, veins. Her weight, Mr. Bicklefsen informs me, is 1,125 lbs., and she carries no super? fluous flesh, being fine in bone and mus? cle. Her last calf was dropped Dec. 31, 1884, seven and a half weeks before the beginning of this test, for which she was prepared by six weeks of high feeding, which so enriched her milk that during the test only 6 2-5 pounds of milk were required to make a pound of butter. Respectfully, J. Henry Gest. A Shooting Tragedy. Lancaster, April 13.?This town was startled on Sunday evening, about half past 8 o'clock, at the noise of repeated pistol-firing in the hotel known as the Catawba Mouse. Most of the citizens were absent at church at the time, but those who heard the reports on rushing to the place found Mr. W. D. Curtis in the last agonies of death, from the effects of pistol shots. A jury of inquest was immediately organized, and the cause of the death was ascertained to be a ball from a pis? tol in the hands of Mr. Charles Eman uel, of Bennettsville, S. C. These two men, Curtis and Emanuel, had been recently in the town of Winnsboro, S. C. Emanuel, when there, had lost twenty or twenty-five dollars, and accused Cur? tis of taking it from bis pocket. Ou nc count of this charge a bad feeling exist? ed between the two men all day. They were both boarding at the Catawba House and their rooms were side by side. Mrs. Curtis, the wife of the slain man, became very much troubled about the matter and was talking with Emanuel at the time the firing commenced. It is a matter of dispute as to who fired the first shot, and as to whether Curtis fired at all, but those who have examined the room say that the marks of the pistol balls appear in and about the room of Mr. Emanuel, and from this it is thought by some that Mr. Curtis most probably made the attack. There were about seven shots in all found. Curtis was struck twice, one ball penetrating near the region of the heart. After struggling to his bed he died in a few seconds. Emanuel, it is said, was struck through h: coat, but was not hurt. Mrs. Curtis was the only eye-witness of the bloody tragedy, but on account of the shock she was not called upon to testify before the jury of inquest. A ball, which is said to have struck an ornament worn on her bead, was found lodged in her hair and she was somewhat affected by the same. There is some mystery enveloping the affair and I forbear to make any com? ments. The deceased leaves a wife and two small children. He was a good machin? ist and has been in this County but a few months. His body was interred here to-day with appropriate ceremonies. Emanuel immediately absented himself. ? A queer building is in process of erection in Chicago by a Boston man. The walls will be of plate glass, and there will be very little material in the whole structure except glass, cement and red slate. The building is to be used for offices, and it is calculated that 75 per cent of the entire space can be made available, whereas bo much room is taken up in ordinary buildings by walls, halls, etc., that the available space is only from 42 to 54} per cent. The walls of the new edifice will contain about 370 lineal feet of glass. Two Convicts Shot and Killed While Trying to Escape. Columbia, April 9?At 5.30 this evening Louis Pettis and William Henry alias John Arins, both colored convicts, met death while endeavoring to escape from the force engaged on the Columbia Canal. They were working on Cemetery Hill just above the present upper termi? nus of the canal and had seveied their shackles, presumably with tools used in rock work. A picket line of guards is kept about the exposed section of the bill, where work is being done. The river protects the other side of the hill. One of these guards saw the men rushing through the underbrush in the direction of a point of woods several hundred yards off. He tried to halt them but failed and took a l:ng shot at them. The couvicts ran between two other guards, who also ordered them to halt, but could not fire for fear of shooting each other. When, however, the negroes, still running fast, had passed beyond the picket line and were in the open space, the guards fired. The distance was con? siderable. Some eight rifle shots were made, the*last two bringing the convicts to the ground. One was shot through the neck and the other through the back. Both died almost instantly. Pettis was from York and had served two years of a ten years' sentence for manslaughter. He was about 30 years old. Henry was younger and came from Charleston about six months ago to serve five years for larceny of live stock. When the hands were called in it was found that James Crockett, recently convicted at the Rich land Court of housebreaking, wbo was working near the others, bad nearly suc? ceeded in filing off his ball and chain, showing that he too had intended a dash for liberty. The nature of the ground and the working is a bar to the detection of shackle-breaking, but as an offset to this the guards seem to be good rifle shots.?Dispatch to the News and Courier. Will the War Help America! William Lane Boo!:er, the consul-gen? eral of Great Britain in New York, said : "Should war come England would blockade the Baltic and Black Sea ports and Russia's exports of grain would be cut off. In such an event the United States would secure more trade. This country would be more availabie to sup? ply certain articles than any other, espe? cially breadstuffs." "As regards dollars and cents, any war in Europe would be a good thing for ub," said Cyrus W. Field. "But of course we all deplore war, and would hate to see one between groat nations like England and Russia. I was in India four years ago and was surprised to see what mag nificient native soldiers they had in the northern and mountain regions. They are fine large fellows, and could carry war far into Russia and cripple that country so that the people would not have much time to devote to agriculture. In the event of a war the cotton supply of India would be cut off" and also tbe grain of Russia. A great demand for* our grain would be created and ship? ments of breadstuffs from the Uuited States largely increased. That would make business for railroad*, and their earnings would be swelled from trans? porting grain from the West. Larger interest would be paid on stocks und bonds and the stock market become more active. All sorts of securities would be affected and more money put in circula? tion." "In a commercial point of view we would gain by the misfortunes of Eng? land and Russia," said Mr. Levi M. Bates, of Bates, Reed &Cooley. "If there I should be a war tbe demand will be I greater and prices higher. Such a con? dition of affairs would be beneficial to the whole country, and all branches of trade become more active." F. B. Thurber said: "Trade in provis? ions would undoubtedly be improved, although England can to a certain extent depend on her colonies. It does not seem improbable to mo that Eng? land's shipping interests would bo dis? turbed. Neither would it be strange should war drive many ships that now float British colors under the American flag and we will be benefited." B. F. Clarke, president of the Thomas Iron company, said: "The iron trade does not have competition from abroad. We could not export iron in the eveutof war. The .duty on importations of iron is $6.72. That difference explains why the iron trade would not be benefited. The manufacture of the munitions of war would be helped. Spelter is used in cartridges, and we make the finest in the world." John F. Black, of the Cotton Ex? change: "The rumors of war have depressed the cotton market. If there should be war, which I doubt, we shall feel a depression at first, but a prolonged j struggle would be beneficial." John Bloodgood said : "If a war takes j place there will be a large demand from Europe for everything we have. If there is a demand for money on the other side the stocks will come back to us, but we will be able to receive them, and an era of great speculation will be inaugurated." Washington E. Conner said: "A war between England and Russin would eventually be of great benefit to this country. Russia and India are the two great grain-producing countries on the other side. The first effect might be dis? appointing, for tbe first thing that the fighting countries would require would be money. A war now between civilized nations is not to be quickly over. If it should be prolonged there is no question that a struggle between England and Russia would send money here. Tbe majority of the people, I find, do n6t look for war. There cau be bluffing between nations as well as in poker." Alexander E. Orr, of David Dows & Co., said : "The immediate effect on this country would be, of course, to stimulate the prices of breadstuffs and provisions, but the uTlimate results* would not be as great as many would suppose. One thing must be remembered : Our inter? ests are so closely identified with those of England that I believe any serious troubles in England would be likely to injuriously affect us in tbe end." J. H. Herrick, president of the Pro? duce Exchange, said: "Should war actually result it is likely to cause a European coalition with England, Italy and Austria on one Bide and with Turkey as an unknown factor. The Russian ports would be blockaded, from which the amount of grain imported is not unimportant, and the larger drain upon this country for both grain and provis? ions could not fail to be profitable to our agricultural and commercial interests." Henry Clews said: "The only first class nation not likely to be involved in this threatened contest is America, and hence the only one during the conflict likely to be benefited thereby. War in Europe will certainly sot in motion all our numerous factories **now idle and encourage trade, transportation and pro? duction of every description."?New York World. ? The war news on Friday sent flour up $1 per barrel at Minneapolis. C. A. Pilisbury & Co. made a deal of 2,500,000 barrels and a profit of $125,000. Wash burn & Crosby made a deal of 2,000,000 barrels, with a profit of $100,000. ? A prayer-book was offered for a drink to a Lowell, Massachusetts, saloon? keeper, recently, by a man who stated that ho was out of money and had'nt anything else that he could pawn. The oiler was refused. ? The Charleston presbytery adopted on Saturday, by a large majority an overture from the general assembly of 1884 striking out from the confession of faith the following words: "The man may not marry any of his wife's kindred nearer in blood than he may of his own, nor the woman of her husband's kindred nearer in blood than her own." Cleveland Will Divide the Spoils Fairly. A Democratic Senator who is of the opinion that his State has fared some? what badly at the hands of the adminis? tration, said to the President on Wednes? day that he did not intend to dog him in the matter, as he considered such a course would be beneath his dignity, but he wished to be distinctly understood as protesting against what he looked upon as an unjust discrimination. The Presi? dent replied that everything could not be adjusted in a day, that his desire and purpose was to recognize as far as possi? ble the equal claims of all the States and all the sections of the country, and he hoped in due time to be able to accom? plish it. To another visitor who gently made the suggestion that ivlaryland seemed to be pretty well taken care of, he answered : "Yes, but you know Maryland has the advantage of being very close, which makes it much easier for the people to get at me." Xhe following shows the distribution of the offices so far: New England. 5 New York. 6 Middle States. 5 The South.18 The West.11 Total.,.45 The Illinois Comedy. Springfield, III., April 12.?Death has claimed another member of the Illinois legislature, this time the victim being J. Henry Shaw, Democrat, of Beadesfown, Cass County. About 12:45 this afternoon, the clerk of the Palace hotel, missing Representative Shaw at dinner, and not having seen him during the morning, went to his room to call him. Receiving no answer, he looked over the transom and saw him lying as though dead. The door was broken open, and the doctor gave it as his opin? ion that the Representative had been dead several hours. The deceased has been ailing during the whole season, but not so that he could not attend to his duties most of the time. Representative Shaw was over sixty years old, and eerved in the thirty-second general assembly, this being his second term. He has been an unswerving Democrat, and thus there occurs another break in the ranks of that party. This makes the third death during the session, something which never before occurred. It was anticipated that upon Senator Davis, from Green County, assuming office, something tangible would be done in relation to the United States senator ship question; but this unexpected occurrence will again throw it back for twenty days at least. What makes the situation still worse, it leaves the bouse a tie upon any question which will be construed into a parly issue, and thus retard ouniness. The governor will be requested to issue a writ for a new elec? tion to morrow, but the election canunt take place before twenty days after the call. Who Originated the Great Fraud. It seems that the popular impression that Zsch. Chandler was the originator of the great fraud of 1876 is erroneous. Gen. Dau Sickles claims the honor. A writer in the New York Tribune says: The Evening Pout gives what it thinks a fair and correct statement of the issue of 1876 when it says "Mf. Tilden was elect? ed, and bis success was conceded by nearly every Republican journal in the country on the morning after election day. Then the order was sent out by Zach Chandler to 'claim' several South? ern States, etc." The Post is in error. Early on tho night of the election in 1876 Zachariah Chandler went to bed in the Fifth Avenue Hotel disgusted, dis? gruntled and otherwise disabled, leaving General Daniel E. Sickles almost alone seeking for cold comfort in the close re? turns. About 4 in the morning General Sickles hastily left the hotel, drove to the Western Union telegraph office at Dey street and. Broadway, and by tele fraph warned Republicans in Oregon, 'lorida and Louisiana to watch the count in those States. And while General Sickles was doing this at one desk of the large room in the basement of the build? ing, Colonel W. R. Pelton, Governor Tilden's nephew, at another desk was addressing dispatches to leading Dem? ocrats in the same States on precisely the same subject. Colonel Pelton was there when General Sickles arrived; and Pelton had seen the critical points in the returns before Sickles bad discovered them. Chandler knew nothing of the Eoints raised in Sickles' mind until he ad sobered up. Barrillas Sncceeds Barrios. Washington, April 10.?Secretary of State Bayard has received official infor? mation from Hall, American Minister resident in Central America, that Gen. Barrios was killed in battle on the 2d inBt. Gen. Barrilas, being his constitu? tional successor, has assumed the duties of President of Guatemala. Washington, April 10.?The Presi? dent to-day received tho following tele? gram from Gen. M. L. Barrillas, dated at La Libertad: "I have the honor to inform your Ex? cellency that, by the death of Gen. Barrios, I have entered, according to the Constitution, upon the exercise of the duties of the Presidential office, and have organized a new Cabinet. The at? titude of my government will be purely such as is required by the dignity and defence of the country." Inquiry at the Central American le? gations here concerning Gen. Barrillas elicited the iuformation that be is a man of wealth who is likely to be conserva? tive in his policy, and that while he was a friend of Barrios and fell in with him in his scheme for the Union of the Cen? tral American States, it is unlikely that he will care to carry on the war against the States of San Salvador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua begun by Barrios. One reason given for this opinion islhatGeu. Barrillas was appointed to the office of Vice-President, which he held when Barrios was President and from which he now succeeds to Barrios's place, by the Assembly of State, which is now said to be opposed to Barrios's project of securing the Union of the Central Amer can States by force. The State department has received in? formation to the effect that the family of the late Gen. Barrios has left Guatemala for San Francisco. La Libertad via Galveston, April 10.?News confirmatory of the death of President Barrios continues to reach this point. The latest received brings intel? ligence of the installation' of a successor to Barrios, and gives the names of some of the Cabinet officers. The new Presi? dent is Gen. Manuel Lizandro Barillas, one of the two Vice-Presidents. Cholera at Cleveland. Clevelakd, 0., April 11.?Consider? able excitemeut prevails among several Cleveland physicians and the people who live in the vicinity of Alum street by the death of two children under peculiar symptoms. About teu days ago a small child of Mrs. Wra. Russell was taken ill and died. After death the body turned black. Yesterday a second child died of the same disease and its body also turned black. The symptoms mani? fested were purging, vomitiug and irri? tation. The health officer and coroner are unwilling to pronounce the disease cholera without a thorough examination and investigation, and will hold a post? mortem examination to-morrow. ? A Mormon bishop and a Mormon "elder have been invited to occupy tho inside of a penitentiary for practicing polygamy. This is a pretty good begin? ning. Mrs. ?ai-flcld's Dculal. New Yobk, April 9.?Camdeu Q; Rockwell, the brother-in-law f| Mrs. Garfield, meutioned in a recent Tetter to her the newspaper stories about her reported intention to marry again, and received in reply a letter, written on the 4th of April, 1'rom which we take the responsibility of making an extract. It will be seen that she thought a dignified denial by her friends might be proper ; but nothing, as it seems to us, can be more proper and effective than her own womanly words : "This cruel rumor, which seems to have been afloat for two or three months, did not reach me till three days ago. Noth? ing that has ever been said about me has so hurt and offended mc as this, and the deepest humiliation is that so many are ready to believe it. To me it seems just as much an insult to be asked whether it is true as it would be were tho dear general still here. That any one can think me capable of being false to his memory seems like being regarded crimi? nal. A dignified denial by my friends, I suppose, can do no harm. Still it hurts me to feel that any denial is needed." A Civil Rights Case. Chattanooga, April 11.?In the United States District Court to day, Judge D. M. Key presiding, the negro who was ejected from a first-class car on the Western and Atlantic Railroad by tvo passengers, he having ignored the request of the conductor to go into an? other car, recovered judgment against the road for $217. The Judge, in his charge, said the road was compelled to furnish as good cars for colored people as for other first-class passengers, and that the special car for negroes would be as exclusive as that for first-class white passengers. ? While loading a pistol with which to shoot a mad dog, Willie McGinn, a white boy 17 years of age, living near Charlotte, accidentally discharged the weapon, the ball from which pierced Miss Adriie Alexander's forehead and produced almost instant death. ? Both Houses of the Tennessee Leg? islature have passed over the veto of Gov. Bate the bill repealing the Railroad Commission law. ? Mr. Winfield Scott, of Colorado, Texas, has sold 3,000 head of cattle, cowe and calves, to be delivered the 1st of May, at an average of $15 per head. rheumatism. Although a practitioner of near twenty years, my mother influenced me to pro? cure B. B. B. for her, She bad been con? fined to her bed several months with Rheumatism which had stubbornly re? sisted all the usual remedies. Within twenty-four hours after commencing B. B. B."l obsorved marked relief. She has just commenced her third bottle and is nearly as active as ever, and has been in the front yard with '"rake in hand," clean? ing up. Her improvement is truly won? derful and immensely gratifying. C. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D. Jacksonville, Ala., June fi, 1884. Perfect souudness of body and mind is possible only with pure blood. Leading, medical authorities of all civilized coun? tries endorse Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the best blood-purifying medicine in exis? tence. It vastly increases the working' and productive powers of both hand and brain. Ayer's Cathartic Pills are suited to every age. Being sugar coated they are easy to take, and though mild and pleas? ant in action, arc thorough and searching in effect, Thoir efficacy in all disorders of the stomach and bowels is certified to by eminent physicians, prominent cler? gymen, aud many of our nest citizens. HOUSES TO RENT. WE have three very desirable residen? ces in the City of Anderson to rent. Conveniently located. Terms mod? erate. Apply to PRINCE & VANDIVER, Attorneys at Law. April 16. 183* 40 PIANO TUNING. WEEK after next I will be in Anderso:i forafewdavs only to TUNE and REPAIR PIANOS. All orders left with Mr. J. A. Daniels will be promptly attended to by E. W. LINEBACK. April 16, 188.5 _40_2 Notice of Application for Charter. NOTICE is hereby given that an appli cation will be made to tbe Clerk of Court for Anderson County to grant a re cbarter of Gen'eros'tee Associate Reform Church iu Corner Township in this County at 11 o'clock a. m. on Saturday, the 16th day of May next. R I. STEWART, J. W. STEVENSON, R 8. SHERARD, J. G. McCURRY, D. J. SHERARD. April 10, 1?S5 40_5? MONEY TO LEND, IN SUMS OP Five Hundred Dollars AND upwards, on improved Farming Lands for five years. Interest is 10 per cent, and no commissions charged. Borrower pays for expenses of making necessary papers. Loans made for five years, with the privilege of paying in in? stalments, or in one payment to suit bor? rower, For particulars, apply to FRANK C. WHITNER, Anderson, S. C, or JNO. B. PALMER & SON, Columbia, S. C. April 16,1885 40 4 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson Count*. By Thos. C. Ligon, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Lou T. Martin and Geo. M. McDavid have applied to me to grant them letters of Administration on the Estate and effects of J. Roddy Martin, do ceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said J. Roddy Martin, deceased, to be and ap Eear before me in Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the 7th day of May, 1835, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand this 15th day of April, 1?85. T. C. LIGON, J. P. April. 16, 1835 40 2 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. B. M. McGee, Plaintiff, against T. H. Telford, J. H. Telford, Stump A Son, Hancock Manufactu? ring Company, and Brown, Tribble A- Brown, Defendants.?Summons fir Relief?Complaint not Served. To tho Defendant T. H. Telford : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint in tUis action, which is tiled in the office of the C.crk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. 11., S. C. and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson C. h., S. C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such .service; and If you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In tho com? plaint. Dated 15th January, A. D. 1885. B. F. WHITNER A SON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. [Seai..] M. P. tridble, C. C. P: April 1g, 1885_40_6_ The Imported Normnn-Perclieron Stallion, "SWYLORD," (310) P. N. S. B., WILL make the Spring Season, viz : Pendleton every Monday and Tues? day ; Anderson every Thursday and Friday morning; Hickory Flat (D. K. Norris' barn) every Saturday. J. C. STRIBL1NG, President. April 9, 1885_39_2_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All peraons having demands against tbe Estate of W. B. Morgan, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. M. J. GRAY, Adm'r. April 9,1885_39_JJ But Cigari in Torrn, Best Cigars in Town, Boat Chewing Tobacco, Beat Chewing Tobacco, Best Medicines, Best Medicines, Besi; Drags, Best Drugs, Best Brushes, Best Brushes, Beit Soap, Best Soap, Best Combi, Best Combs, Hair Dyes, Hair Dyes, Patent Medicines, Patent Medicines, Nicest Perfumery, Nioest Perfumery, BesL Worm Candy, Best Worm Candy, Fill more Preicriptions than all the other Drug Stores in Town. Put them up nicer, Better, Out of Purer and Fresher Drugs, and At reasonable figures, Night or day, Rain or shine? All same price. 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