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E. B. MTJBBAY, Editor. THTJBSDAY, MAY 21, 1885. TBRKS: 0nbt2a1l_M ....?................_81.50. SIX U01XTB3...~~.~~J;~~...^.~ 75o. Two Dollar* If not paid in advance. The Colombia Regisir comes to us freighted with the anticipated volnme of editorial venom which that paper stands ready to discharge upon short notice upon all who venture to take issue with its infallibility. In the absence of any, better founded epithet, the Register, out of its capacious manufactory, calls the Intelligences a trimmer. This in? stances the reckless , character of the Register's controversial tendencies. If the Register will point to a single public v question upon which the Intelligences has ever trimmed, then he may sustain his charge; otherwise it must be imputed to the malicious ire in which the article V was. written.: i The Intelligences is , not infallible. It may make mistakes, but it has never yet dodged upon any public question. The Register's imputa . tion is, therefore, as baseless as was the occasion of its .first attack upon us. The Register contends that our first article A made the attack, and says: "Now this was a disingenuous attack on the Register, as the article alluded to and complained of was only a notice of j the-sharp criticism that was lodged . against the Secretary in many directions. ' There was hot one of these charges made by the Register. We were not informed of the facts, but called attention to what j came to us from all directions. Why, ' thes, assail us and hold us np as the par ty making the criticisms, which we derived from journals of every shade of 1 opinion?" The Register said in the first article: 'It is safe to say that Mr. Bayard has suffered serious loss in the respect and confidence of Democrats in all parts of I the Union. The storm of criticism which has befallen the new Secretary for treating his high office as his own perso? nal property, entitling him to bestow po? sitions and preferments on his personal favorites to the exclusion of others, is jost what he deserves. This sharp criti? cism of Mr. Bayard's course, it is said, is approved by his Cabinet associates. People near home may- profit by Mr. Bayard's example with mach advantage .to themselves. Everybody is about tired of this sort of thing, and are going to show their teeth about it.".. Now, the Register in this article, did say that "the Btonn of criticism," &c., "is just what' ho (Mr. Bayard) deserves." And yet it nowsays "there was n*tonc of\ . these charges made by the Register.". The Register did not originate them, it is true ?it hardly ever originates anything; bnt it did assert'that the storm of criticism which had befallen Mr. Bayard, for treat ing his office as his personal properly, entitling him to bestow positions on his personal favorites, is Just what he deserves. If this is not an assertion that the charges upon which the criticism is made are true, we cannot understand its mean? ing. The Register has written and said - so, much that it evidently forgets too soon its own voluble emanations. The Regis? ter characterizes our article as pert, offi? cious and disingenuous. Of coarse it is pert and officious and disingenuous (and we wonder there had not been half a col-1 umn more of similar terms used) for any paper to differ from the great Columbia Begister{t). The Register also says: "When the Intelligences says of us, 'Hepermit - ted his name to be canvassed for the Legislature from Richtend Coanty until it. was apparent that there was not a ghost of a chance, when he - declined to run,' it has been betrayed again by its spleen into a statement that is by no means true." ''-And yet the editor of the Register ad? mits that his name was used for the Leg? islature on ? two occasions. . Once he re? ceived a nattering mention in a neigh - boring paper, but it soon transpired that the people wanted others and he declined. . On another occasion his name was . sprung in a convention while^he was sick in bed, and he was beaten. He does not say whether he knew his name would be sprung there or not, but his admissions are abundant to show that what we said was true. He permitted his name to'be used for- the Legislature until he saw that the people had selected two other men to represent the idea upon which he was suggested, and then he; withdrew. Why? Because; as he admits, he saw the people had selected somebody else, and he would not get.the nomination. That is all that "we stated. Our readers can see from these facts that the Register is not entitled to perch itself above every? body else in South Carolina as the exem? plar -of disinterested patriotism. The spirit with it is willing, but the flesh is weak. _ ? The fight for the electorship of the Port of Charleston continues to be an absorbing theme with the friends of the several applicants, the bitterness between the friends bf "Capt. Walker and Mr. Mo wry increasing as the fight progresses: There is a disposi? tion on the part of many persons to confine the appointment as far as possible to one of these gentlemen, but we trust it will not be permitted to succeeded, for in our judgment, none of the names pre? sented for the position come anywhere near to possessing the claims upon the party and the State which Gen. John D. Kennedy presents. He has been con? spicuous in every struggle through which the party has passed since the war. In every instance his party zeal and effective ' service have added much to the strength and spirit of the party, and at personal sacrifice he has given his time and abili? ties to the party .service when neither of his opponents were heard of in political service. We do not mean to insinuate that either of them failed to render the service which private duty calls for from individuals, bat we think that the men who bore the labors of the party service should be given the preference in official positions over men who made no sacri? fices in the great struggles through which we have passed. Gen. Kennedy has borne himself nobly on all occasions where devotion to party and abnegation of self required the manifestation of higher principle than is ordinarily found to 'actuate men. He is, we believe, the decided favorite of the people of the State for the position, and we think he is entitled to the position. His appoint? ment wonld satisfy the people of the entire State, and settle the Charleston dispute. Governor Thompson has called upon Attorney General Miles for his opinion a3 to his right to have the census taken this year, and has received an opinion in answer to his enquiry that he cannot* have it taken without an appropriation to defray the expenses of printing &c., a3 the Executive officers are forbidden to contract any debt for these things beyond the appropriation. Quite a number of lawyers differ from the Attorney General, I bat his opinion in a matter like this I ought to be and of coarse will be fol- I lowed by tbe Governor. There is then only one way for the census to be taken, and that is by an extra session of the Legislature. This, we think, would be bad policy, and we hope the Governor will not convene an' extra session. We think the matter had better go over to another year. Gen. Middleton has made a most suc? cessful campaign against the Biel rebels in Manitoba, and virtually brought the campaign to a close by capturing Kiel himself. For this service he should be knighted, as the British governmen t feared a long, tedious and expensive insurgent war. Sr. HeLees Explains. Mr. Editor : I Bee in your issue of j May 14 a comment or criticism on my article in the Intelligencer of May 7th by John G. McCurry. As I said in that article I had no intention of getting: into any discussion on that subject with any person, neither do I now reply for the purpose of a controversy. If the true sense and meaning of what I said in that article is that I am opposed to pro? hibition in a limited sense, I did not mean that. I said Anderson was the only place at which spirits are sold in the County. I also said it was the last place in the County it ought to be sold. There - ought not to be a retail shop in Anderson City nor in the County. That is what I say and mean. My- friend; I say my friend, because I regard him as a friend in the full sense of the term, says: "But if you will compare the society of J that day and this, you will see a vast difference. In the first place, the popu? lation was not half so dense, and boys were only boys until they were of proper age; they regarded there fathers' com? mands and example more than at pres? ent, and the habit of public drinking had not become so common and dangerous to society." I most differ a little with my friend.. He seems to think the dense population has something to do in this matter. I know the population of the United States has increased, but I don't think the increase of population has much to do with the use of whiskey. My friend says boys were only boys until they were of a proper age. That is true, and if parents had kept their hoys boys till grown many of them would have been sober men to-day who are very often found drinking to excess. He also Bays the habit of public drinking bad not become ! so common. I dont know that I know what the word common applies to, but I know that drinking was as frequent and [ in as many different places in those days ' as it is to-day. Thabjs what I under? stand the word common to mean. Again he says, alluding to the so-called temper? ance societies, "I am sorry he wrote of them as he did, for although, be it said to their shame, that some of them drink, yet some of our best, men and women belong to those societies. In that para? graph I did not use the word woman; neither did I include the entire member? ship of those societies." I said I believed that one-half of the male members of ' those societies were drinking men, to a greater or less degree. I also said that many of onr best men belong to those societies, and if I said anything that imputed a disgrace to those societies as a whole I did not understand my own meaning, because there are many men land women belonging to them that I |*have the highest respect for. Again my ; friend says that I said that Christ mi? raculously made wine on a certain occa? sion, but says remember it was to be used as an article of food at a supper, and not to get drunk and carouse on ? Did I say to get drunk and carouse on. If the gentleman says that I say it, it is not so. Lf he infers that is what I meant, he is badly mistaken. Next he asks the ques? tion: "Think you (that means those that read the Andeison paper) that Christ would have made it for this purpose ?" I think not, neither, do I think it was made on that occasion to get drunk and carouse on. If the above question does not convey the idea that my view of the matter was that ChriBt made that"wine for a drunken, ' carousal frolic, I confess I don't under? stand what I read. If I have miscon? strued or misunderstood the gentleman's meaning I beg pardon, and hope he will explain it so I will understand it fully. He. says as for the - Bible advising its moderate use. you will find many places condemning its improper use. The gen? tleman might have used the word every Slace instead of many, because tbe Bible oes not authorize the excessive use of wine or strong drink anywhere that I know of. He says again, "I think it says in one place cursed is every one that putteth the cap to his brother's lips," and then asks the question what does that teach? I will answer the question by asking how tbe Book reads in the 31st chapter of the Proverbs of Solomon, (said to be the wisest man that ever lived, and of course that ever died.) The 6th verse reads thus: "Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy hearts." 7th verse: "Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more." A man might take a detached portion of the Bible and prove or estab? lish almost anything or any point; but put the Bible* altogether ana there is a great many things therein written that are hnrd to understand, and without contro? versy great is the mystery of Godliness. I will close these few lines by repeating what I said in my former piece that I had no desire, disposition or expectation of getting into a dispute or discussion on the whiskey question or anything else. But I think the gentleman has certainly not understood my true position. I know I threw out the idea that to turn this whole thing loose and broadcast, might remedy the evil about as well as some other plans. I think there would be trouble for a while, but it.would Boon blow over. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, if you will be kind enough to give these few lines a place in your paper I will be much obliged. I do not expect to make any other reply to what my friend McCurry has said, or may say hereafter or anybody else. I did not set out for a controversy and will not go into one; so I trust that if others are disposed to criticise what I have said, none will be willing to lay more on me than they would be willing to carry themselves. James McLbes. Under the compulsory education system very remarkable results are some? times achieved. A Missouri judge sentenced an illiterate thief to jail until he learned to read and write, and another thief was set to work to teach him with the promise of release when bis task was accomplished. In six weeks tbe two men were released, each haviug per? formed his part of the sentence. MAJOR MORGAN'S APPOINTMENT. Col. Alken Condemns It and Gives the Appointee's Record, Mb. Editor : The press of the State and country have very justly criticised the appointment by a Democratic Presi? dent of a Blainite Consul General to Australia. Numbers have enquired, who is this appointee? No one has answered the inquiry satisfactorily. I do not know that I can, but I propose to publish, by your consent, a few facts concerning him, and his political tergiversations. Maj. Morgan, as he was known to his associates during his short sojourn in this State, was generally accorded citi? zenship in Louisiana, though I have always thought him a cosmopolitan. A brother, bailing from Louisiana, was the Republican Minister to Mexico under Mr. Arthur, and a brother-in-law, Gen. Drum, has been for some years the Adju? tant General of the Army of the United States, resident in Washington, D. C. ?Another brother-in-law ia the editor-in chief of the News and Courier. Maj. Morgan married a wife in South Caroli? na, and for two or three years farmed below Columbia, supplying that market with Means'-grass hay, seven tons of ! which he told me once he had cut from one acre in a single season. He soon abandoned farming, however, and South Carolina also, and for the past few years his face has been a familiar one to the*resi? dents of Washington City. During the late presidential campaign he was quite active, and after Mr. Elaine's nomination published a small pamphlet, the title 'page of which reads, "AMERICA'S jEGYPT. MR. BLAINE'S FOREIGN ;POLICY, by James Mobeis Mobgan, late, of the C. S. Navy and the Egyp? tian army." ' In this pamphlet Maj. Morgan de? clares in the outset, that Mr. Blaine's foreign policy was and is one that would redound to tbe glory of tbe United States, and that when Mr. Blaine entered President Garfield's cabinet be resolved upon three ideas. Firt, to uphold, at any and all costs, the Monroe Doctrine. Second, to hold Mexico and the South American Republics responsible for any unjust treatment of the citizens of the United States, and for any infringement of what is considered the Law of Na i tions. And third, to convoke a Congress of the Independent States of the American Continent for the purpose of forming a united phalanx of Western Powers against the Powers of Europe. Maj. Morgan says, from the day the Suez Canal was finished England and France have been straggling for the con? trol of Egypt, and have taken possession of all of Northern Africa bnt Morocco, which seems to be in a fair way of join? ing her sisters in captivity. To-day France is attempting to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, with a view doubtless of ultimately controlling the Central American States. Mr. Blaine said, we have a Monroe Doctrine which forbids trans-Atlantic Nations I from intermeddling in the affairs of these j cis-Atlantic people. The Clayton ! Bui wer treaty of 1850 between the United States and Great Britain practically con? ceded to the latter power control of any canal to be dug across this Isthmus. Subsequently the United States entered into a treaty with the Columbian Repub? lic, conceding to the United States simi? lar control. Mr. Blaine, therefore, abro? gated the provision of the former treaty, and said to all European powers?hands off, we are the masters of this Continent; times have changed; your Clayton-Bui wer treaty is out of date, Sec. Maj. Mor? gan continues, "I can easily understand why Great Britain would not like to see Mr. Blaine in the Presidential chair," and quotes the Fall Mall Gazette of London, issued "after the nomination" of Mr. Blaine, as saying "wherever Mr. Blaine can oust the British ftom the position they hold on the American con? tinent he will endeavor to replace Eng? lish influence by American. * * * England will watch with extreme solicitude the progress of the electoral campaign." I have italicised the above to show ' that Mr. Morgan's pamphlet was pub- j lished after Mr. Blaine's nomination, some weeks perhaps, and was written by I him as a campaign document to assist in securing Mr. Blaine's election. Maj. Morgan further says, Mr. Blaine's second idea was to uphold the rights of j citizens of the United States in Mexico, Central aud South America, and to shed light into the darkness of America's Egypt, "for Mexico is, or promises to be, America's Egypt." He then draws a parallel between Egypt and Mexico, citing that the two countries are almost identical in every respect. The minarets and domes, the street-dogs and water carriers, tbe adobe huts of the poor and the stone-houses of the rich, the sportive bot merciless and insatiate little flea, tbe ragged beggars and earthen gods, are all as familiar to tbe Mexican as the Egyp? tian traveller. Both these races are in? dolent and docile, and possess great pow? ers of endurance beneath a burning sun. The Mexican peon is the Egyptian fellah. In both countries the women veil their faces, the Mexican peeping from beneath with one black eye while the .Egyptian risks two, much to tbe envy of their ever watchful and jealous parents, brothers and kinsmen. The robber Bedouin of tbe Sahara is the robber Bandit of the j Sierras. 'Egyptian agriculture is Mexi i can, both people plowing oxen yoked by 1 tbe horns, and using the plow that has j come down from the times of Abraham. Chastity has no place with either race, i because neither the Egyptian nor the Mexican believes in the virtue of woman. The rich have their duennas, while tbe | poor man puts his wife to work while he lies in the gross near by to watch her. "Boukra" in Egyptian means "Manana" in Mexican, and both mean "to-morrow," implying that the national motto of each is, "Never do to-day what can be put off till to-morrow." The two governments are very similar; Egypt is called a des? potism and Mexico a republic; neither understands the meaning of free govern? ment. The Despot in Egypt is called a Viceroy or Khedive; the Despot of Mexico is called a President or General. Mr. Morgan next comments upon our foreign policy in these latter years, and says, we are getting so polite that we never raise our voices above a whisper when we remonstrate against outrages practiced upon our citizens by foreign nations. Freeing Martin Kosgta thirty years ago made Commodore Ingrham the most popular man of the day. The same act would take the shoulder straps off of any officer who would attempt it in mod? ern times. Maj. Morgan says, "I read in the papers the other day, that the Monitor Repulicano of Mexico speaks of Mr. Blaine's nomination for the Presidency of the United States as bad news." I ask, bow could a Mexican paper speak thus, if the nomination had not been made, and how could Maj. Morgan quote the paper until it had been issued ? Thus proving conclusively, that this pamphlet was written after the nomination, and in furtherance of a Republican candidate for the Presidency. Could a man who was feal to tbe Democratic party be guilty of such treachery ? The pamphlet concludes with the in? formation, that Guiteau's bullet put an end to Mr. Blaine's projects, and conse? quently his third idea of convoking an American international Congress was never consummated. From this synopsis of the contents of that pamphlet no one can question Maj. Morgan's admiration for Mr. Blaine, nor is it doubtful that be hoped for Mr. Blaine's presidential success, as the pamphlet appeared after Mr. Blaine's nomination. We, therefore, must con? clude the author a Republican. If he asserts the contrary and claims to be a Democrat, it is a charity to say, under the circumstances, he is a political fool, unfit to represent a Democratic adminis? tration anywhere or in any capacity. Mr. Bayard, I presume, submitted this appointment to Mr. Cleveland for his approval. If he did so, cognizant of the existence of that pamphlet, in this in? stance, he has betrayed his trust. If he was ignorant of the facts above recited, he was imposed upon. Who is respon? sible for the imposition ? View the matter as we may, it is difficult to avoid suspicion of unfair and false representa? tion, and downright betrayal of the De? mocracy of South Carolina in this ap? pointment. Like every other bitter ex? perience it suggests its own moral. Very respectfully, D. Wyatt AlKBSr. The Question of Color. Washington, May 17.?A highly sen? sational scene was to-day enacted at the First Presbyterian Church. As is well known President Cleveland is a pew holder in that church, therefore vacant seats have been at a premium ever since it was determined that the Presidential family would worship there. Recently a per directly in front of that rented by the President became vacant. It was immediately secured and but few mem? bers of the congregation knew to whom it had been rented. This morning their curiosity was gratified when Frederick Douglass, the colored recorder of deeds, accompanied by his white wife and two friends entered the church and took pos? session of the pew. The congregation became bo excited that they paid very little attention to the divine services. Neither the President nor any of his family were in attendance. Nevertheless, great excitement prevailed when, at the conclusion of the service, Dr. Sunderland descended from the pul? pit and greeted Recorder Douglass and his party cordially. The elders, deacons and members of the congregation did not leave the church until they had expressed their indignation at the minis? ter's conduct in unmistakable language. An informal meeting of the congrega? tion was held on the spot, and it was agreed that Fred. Douglass should be re? quested to relinquish his right to hold a pew in the church. Otherwise the con? gregation would secede. It is alleged that Douglass on a previ? ous occasion almost ruined the Church by a lecture which he was permitted to deliver from the pulpit, and therefore he was considered an unprofitable member. For a time excitement ran high and the scene was intensely dramatic. . It is said that Douglass rented the pew through a personal friend, and that bis idea is to establish a friendly relationship with the President through the church, and by that means retain his office as recorder of deeds. ? The marriage of children should be prohibited by the law of the State. This is a growing evil. Even in our own County there are several instances of girls and boys between the years of eleven and thirteen running away and marrying. It is to be supposed that no parent would consent to the marriage of a mere child. There ought to be a pen? alty for ministers or officers of the law to join in marriage children who are too young even to know what they are doing, and in many instances who are under the age of consent. In the State of Georgia it is against the law for a clergyman or officer of the law to perform the marriage ceremony where the girl is under eighteen years of age, without the written consent of her parents. This is a wise law and something of the kind would be a good thing for South Carolina.?Easley Mes? senger. ? The Scotch have never a bright, sunny day, and barely any flowers at all, yet they are famous as landscape guarden ers. They are the most bigoted race, yet they nave produced the most radical j thinkers. They have the most abomina? ble climate, yet go without breeches and never seem to catch cold. They have barely any fruit, yet are celebrated for making jams. One would suppose a Scotchman had never seen an orange in his life, yet all the world delights in eat? ing their Dundee marmalade. ? It ought to be generally known that a man's hat will serve in most cases as a temporary life preserver to those in danger of drowning. When a person finde, himself in the water he should lay hold of his hat between his bands, keep? ing the crown close under his chin and the mouth of the hat under water. The quantity of air contained in the cavity of the hat will keep the head above water for a long time?sometimes for several hours. ? The notorious Mormon elder, John Morgan, boasts that his infamous sect is receiving large accessions in the South. It is claimed that so many persons are being converted to Mormonism in East Tennessee, North Alabama, North Geor? gia and the Carolinas that parties are organized to start for Utah almost every day in the week. Chattanooga seems to be the rallying point for these recruits preparatory to there departure to the West. ? The Kershaw Gazette says: "While the posse wore firing at Sidney Temple, who attempted to escape arrest on Satur? day night last, the man's wife came to the door and said, 'white man don't you shoot my ox, whatever you do.' She acted on the principle that it would be I easy to get another man, but an ox costs .money." ? An eminent scholar declares that j not one out of ten knows how to use the [word "quite" correctly. "It is quite warm," "quite a large crowd," and "it rains quite bard," are expressions used every day, and yet the word is employed erroneously in all the above senses. ? One of the most remarkable facts brought out by the oceanic researches made by the British ship Challenger is the probability that all oceanic islands are of volcanic origin; in all the re? searches made no indications were found j of submerged l&nd over these arras. ? When Maud S. trotted a mile in 2, 09} she moved forty feet ten and five sixteenth inches every second. Her or? dinary stride is seventeen feet, but. assuming it to be twenty feet, each hind foot would touch the ground at least twice every second. ? A citizen of South Georgia sent a sample of dried LaConte pears to a deal? er in New York and asked his opinion of the fruit. "Send me all you can find at fifty cents a pound and 1 will take two tons at that price," was the reply. ? On the farm of George Jones, in Horry County, one night recently, between sunset and sunrise, there were j over sixty births, embracing nearly every j species of animal life raised on a farm, from a baby down to a biddy. ? The New Hampshire man who made a will leaving his wife $10,000, provided she remained unmarried for eight weeki after his death, may have been joking, but his widow will never be able to appreciate the humor involved in the bequest. ? Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, now nearly one hundred and ten years old, is still able to attend personally to the busi? ness of his large estate, and takes a keen interest in current affairs, including poli? tics. ? Lizzie Gladden, the negro girl at Abbeville who carries a pistol ball in her brain, shot there by her brother two weeks ago, is doing well, and the indications are that she will recover. ? Belle Boyd, famous as a Confederate spy, and notorious in many other ways, has opened a school of elocution and oratory at Little Rock. She now sailg uuder the name of Mrs. N. R. High, THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors. The.Board met at the Seminary on Tuesday night, eleven of the thirteen mem? bers being present. The annnal election for officers took place, with the following result: Presi? dent, Hon. James Hemphill; Secretary, Rev. J. B. Mack, D. D.; Treasurer, T. A. McCreery, Esq.; Librarian, Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D. D. Rev. C. C. Hersman, D. D., President of Westminister College, Missouri, was elected as Perkins Professor. He is a comparatively young man, but one of the most accomplished scholars and finest teachers in the Southern church. His election will no doubt be hailed with delight by the friends of the Seminary, as his fitness for the duties of the Pro? fessorship is so generally recognized. The duties of this chair have been en? larged. Formerly it included only science in connection with Revelation, but as for the past three years the chair bad ouly two recitations a week, while the other chairs had about ten a week, the Board recommended to the Synod that this chair include also the whole field of Christian Apologetics, and hence, in accordance with the expressed wish of the generous donor, it will hereafter be called the Perkins Professorship of Science in connection with Revelations and Christian Apologetics. For the Professorship of Biblical Lite? rature the Board elected as Provisional Instructor, Mr. Geerhardus Vos. This gentleman is about twenty-four years of age, and is connected with the Free Church of Holland, of which his father is a minister. This church was founded in opposition to the rationalism and spiritual deadness which infected the established church in that country. Mr. Vos has just completed his classical and literary education in one of the gymnasia of Amsterdam, when his father removed to this country. He pursued his theolog? ical education in the institution in tbe Northwest of which bis father is a pro? fessor. After graduating there, he spent a year as teacher of Hebrew, Greek and 1 Latin. He then went t? Princeton Sem? inary, where he has just graduated, being recognized by all his professors and class? mates as facile princeps in a cIbbs of thirty-eight. To him bas just been awarded the Hebrew Fellowship in that I Seminary. I Professor W. Henry Green states that Mr. Vos is "most extraordinary in his power of acquisition aud in the ripeness and balance of bit judgment. The theme assigned for the fellowship exami? nation was 'The Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuchal Code.' He produced a dissertation of 250 carefully written pages on the subject, which I do not hes? itate to pronounce masterly. I really have not seen a more complete and thorough defense of, the Pentateuch against tbe modern criticism anywhere. It would have done credit to a professor of long standing. He had read and digested everything of consequence that had been written on both sides, and his treatment was independent, candid, scholarly and decidedly evangelical." Mr. Vos is at present employed in re? vising this paper for tbe press. It has been accepted by a New York publisher, and will be published in a volume in the fall. The friends of the Seminary feel that the institution is now in a condition to fulfill its great mission, and that it will go forward in the career of distinguished usefulness to the church which has hith? erto marked its history. The annual address before the Alumni of the Theological Seminary was deliv? ered by Rev. J. F. Latimer, D.D., of the Union Theological Seminary of Virginia, at the First Presbyterian Church last evening to an appreciative audience. The subject was "The Influence of the Invisible Church upon the Visible in the Formation of her Dogmatic Creed." The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D.D., President; Rev. Jas. Stacy, D.D., Vice President; Rev. T. H. Law, Secre? tary, and Rev. Edward Muller, Treasurer. Executive Committee?Revs. W. J. Mc? Kay, L. M. McKinnon and S. L. Morris. Rev. C. R. Hemphill, D.D., was elected to deliver the next annual address, with Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D.D., as alternate. ?Columbia Register. The President on Temperance. Washington, May 17.?Several days ago a delegation from tbe Order of Good Templars of the District of Columbia called on tbe President and left with him a written address, urging him to make diligent inquiry into the personal habits and associations of the persons whom he should appoint to office in the District, and to see to it that tbe statutes enacted for tbe government of the District, especially those relating to regulating the liquor traffic and the suppression of intemperance, are properly enforced. The President has communicated his reply to Dr. Warrall, who was chairman of the delegation, and this was reported to a mass meeting of the lodges of Good Templars of Washington at a meeting I to-day. In reply to the address the Pres ! ident said: "I read your address late last night with great interest. It is something tangible, and if all men would come to me as you have my labor would be great? ly lessened. The temperance people are good people, and the friends of law and order. Before I left New York I deter? mined to give the District a good Gov? ernment, out there are so many conflict? ing claims I am sometimes at a loss to know what to do, but you come with clear statements of which I will take further notice." ? There Is nothing new under the sun, and not even the modern inventor of artificial teeth can claim the honor of having been the first to supply gap-tooth? ed humanity with the subtlest of masti? cation knives. This has recently been proved by Italian antiquarians, who have discovered false teeth in a skull which bas been excavated in an ancient Etrus? can cemetery with many other curiosities at present safely stowed away in the museum of antiquities of Corneto in Tuscany. The sepulchre out of which the skull was taken dates, according to experts, from the fifth or sixth century, B. C, and tbe false teeth are nothing but animal teeth attached to the human teeth by means of small gold plates. ? Mr. J. W. Norton, of East Point, I killed a large coachwhip snake on last Monday evening measuring nine feet in length and about six inches iu circum? ference around tbe largest part of its body. Mr. Norton whs working in his bottom land near Eutoy Creek, and his attention was directed to his dog which be heard making a noise as if in great distress near where Mr. Norton was at work. His surprise may be imagined when he saw the huge snake drawing his coils around the dog. The snake was killed, and aside from the effect of tbe tight squeezing, the dog was unhurt. ? A little child of Mr. Dan. Morris of Foreston, Clarendon County, while play? ing with Borne dry beans got one into i<s windpipe, producing death from strangu? lation in about an hour. By land or at sea, out on the prairie, or in the crowded city, Ayer's Cathartic Pills are the best for purgative purpoies, everywhere alike convenient, efiicacious, and safe. For sluggish bowels, torpid liver, indigestion, ;bad breath, flatuency, and sick headache, they are a sure remedy. Notwithstanding much has boon said about the importance of a blood-purify? ing modicino, it may be possible that the matter has never seriously claimed your attention. Think of it now ! If, by the use of a few bottles of Ayor'sSarsaparilla you avoid the evils of scrofula, and trana mit a healthy constitution te your off? spring, thank us for the suggestion. PLAIN QUESTIONS. Mythical ideas are fanning tho public brow with tho breath of prejudice, ignor? ance and hurnbuggery. Have you tho remotest idea that your scrofula was created by the use of potash and mercury ? No matter what the cause, B. B. B. is the peer of all other remedies. Do you presume that your troublesome catarrh in the result of mineral poisoning ? B. B. B. is tho quickest remedy. Are your chronic ulcers and boils and sores the re? sult of potash and mercury? Medical gentlemen will not tell you so, but B. B. B. is the only sovereign remedy. Were your terrible kidney troubles created by mineral poisoning? Not a bit of it, but B. B. B. has proven to be a reliable rem? edy. Are your skin diseases, your cezema dry tetter, etc., the eflect of too much potash and mercury? The medical pro? fession arc the best judges, and thoy say nay, butB. B. B. makes more pronounced cures than all other preparations com? bined. _ "Willacoochoo Is the iiamo of a flourishing village in Coffee County, Georgia, on the lino of the Brunswick and Albany railroad Mr. D. E. Gaskin, a well known citi? zen of that village, writes under dato of December 22d: Soon after my marriage, about four years ago, my wife was stricken with some trouble peculiar to her sex, which broke down her general health. In this condition she was soon after attacked with Inflammatory Rheumatism of such a severe type that it made her a cripple. She was reduced in flesh to sixty-flve fiounds, and came vory near losing her ife. She was attended by threo good Ehysicians who treated her with some enefit, but the swelling in her joints nevei left her. Last Summer the Rheu? matism returned in a still more severe and painful form which seemed to defy the skill of all the doctors. She would almost go frantic with pain, and would lie and scream all day. A friend of mine, who is an engineer on the Brunswick & Albany railroad, suggested that I should use Swift's Specific (S. 8. S.), which I did. After she had taken one small bot? tle she was up and able to walk over the house, and alter taking the six small bot? tles she is now able to do any kind of house work; tho swelling baa gone, all the pain has loft her, and she is in better health than she ever was. The treatment before using the Swift's Specific cost me betwoen $350 to $400, and the six bottles of S. S. S. cost me six dollars. It is certainly the most wonderful medicine and the best blood purifier in the world. The proprietors should let the world know about it. Note.?The S. S. S, Company wish to caution purchasers in regard to the nu? merous imitations of their goods. Some carry the lie on the face, purporting to be vegetable remedies; when, in fact, they are really strong solutions of poisonous minerals?as Mercury, Potash, etc. Be careful to get the genuine. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. ____ Telephone Posts Wanted I ONE Hundred Telephone Posts wanted by the undersigned. The Posts must be Chestnut, White Oak or Post Oak. They must be 20 feet long, and not less than 4 inches in diameter at the top. Will let the contract out for the whole number of posts, or any number not less than ten. For fur? ther information apply to or address, J. L. MAULDIN, Anderson, S. C. May 21,1865_45_1 Stockholders' Meeting. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockhold? ers of THE ANDERSON BUILD? ING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION will be held in the Court Honse in Anderson on THURSDAY, the 18th day of JUNE next, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of re? ceiving and acting upon the reports of the present officers and electing officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. J. D. MAXWELL, Sec. and Treas. Anderson B. & L. A. May 21, 1885_45_5_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of James M. Gatnbrell, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and thoso indebted to make payment. JOHN N. GAMBRELL, Adm'r. May 21,1885 45 3 NOTICE. A Chance lor an Enterprising Man. THE undersigned oflers for sale the in? terest of the late Dr. W. C. Brown in The Taylor A Cox Steam Fire Extinguisher Co., consisting of one fourth interest in the Patent for the same. Also, one-fourth interest in the manufac? ture of the Eureka Gin Saw Filer for the duration of the Patent for the same. Also, one-fourth of Stock on hand, con? sisting of Iron Piping, Valves and general Fittings. Also, over 200 Gin Whets man? ufactured and ready for delivery. To any one who has the time to devote to it, there is a fortune in these inventions. To be sold cheap, and on easy terms. For full particulars as to the profits , stock, ifcc, apply to MRS. A. L. BROWN, Executrix, Belton, S. C. April 30, 1885_42_ MUSIC LESSONS. HAVING retired from commercial bus? iness, I desire to announce to my friends that I will receiye a limited num? ber of pupils for instruction upon the Vio? lin, Flute or Guitar. Special care taken to interest children in the study of Music, and impart to them a thorough knowledge of the elementary principles. Parents who employ me may rest assured that I will faithfully instruct the children intrusted to my care. I proposejorganizingan Amateur Orchestra from the members of my class, and as orchestral work is especially adapted to the parlor, I hope that the Ladies will encourage the enterprise by giving me a fair show of their patonage. Terms mode rale. Any communication left at Fant & Son's Book Store, or addressed to me through the Anderson Postoftice will re? ceive prompt attention. I also will be prepared to fix and repair old Violinsand Guitara at reasonable prices. JULIUS POPPE. April 30,1885 42_4__ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. E. C. Long, Plain tin; against Francis Moore, Sarah Eliod. Caroline Murphy, Jcflcrson B. King, Fan niu Williams, Sarah Casou, Dora King, John King and Noah B. Moore, Defendants.?Sum? mons for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants Francis Moore, Sarah Elrod, Caroline Murphy, Jefferson B. King, Fannie C. Williams, Sarah Cason, Dora King, John King end Noah B. Mooro : YOU are hereby summoned And required to an? swer the complaint in this action, which I is filed ic the oilice of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H., S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his oilice, Ander? son C.U.,S.C, within twenty days after tho service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: and if you fail to answer the complaint witiiin the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint, Dated Anderson, S. C, May 1st, A. D. 1883. E. W. LONG, Plaintiff's Attorney. [seal] M. P. Tribule, c.c.r. To the above named Defendants: Take notice that the object of this action, in which a Summons is herewith served upon you, is to obtain partition of the tract of laud, of which Thomas B. Moore died seined and possessed, con? taining tlireo hundred acres, morn or less, situate in the County of Anderson, State of South Caro? lina, to be made between the owners thorcof, ac? cording to their respective rights, or to obtain a sale thereof to be made and a division of the pro? ceeds, if a partition cannot be made without pre? judice to the interest of the owners. No personal claim is made against you. E. W. LONG, Plaintiff's Attorney. May 11, 1885_04_ ? _ BEAUTIF1T YOUR HOME. Anew lot of WALL PAPER and Bor? dering, just received, by _A. B. TOWERS Ladies' Dress Shoes. JU3T received Ladies' Fine Shoes, and for sale low by _ A. B. TOWERS. ^H?ES AND BOOTS. IHAVE a full line of Bay State Shoes and Boots. Warranted not to rip and to have no wood or paste hoard. Also a few Miles' Ladies' Shoes. All in want of | good Shoes and Boots will find it to their interest to call on A. B. TOWERS. SPRING - HAS - ARRIVED ! AND with it tfuit peculiar condition of the system, known as impure bleod. It is a fact, known to everybody, that if we have any Hu? mor in the [Blood, it is almost sure to break out in the Spring months in Eczema, Erythema, Tetter, Bing Worm, Sjilotches on face, de, de. Now, the reason for this is generally supposed to be the change of the seasons, and a want of abstinence from food. During the Winter, when the weather is bitter cold, we eat a great deal of grease?especially hog meat. Our whole system becomes, as it were, permeated and clogged up with our heavy diet, and when Spring comes, and hot weather begins, very few of us are careful in our eating, continuing the same heavy articles of diet, that are only ft for bitter cold weather, when, in fact, we should eat very little until our system becomes acclimatized to the hot weather. Host people understand that they have to take a dose of Pills or Calomel, or something of the kind, to prepare the system jor the Spring and Summer; and most of them now know that to prevent the "Spring Bashes," Boils, dc, they must take some kind of Blood Purifier?such as SARSAPA BILLA, with IODIDE POTASSIUM or QUEENS DELIGHT and IODIDE PO? TASH, or SA RS A PA RILL A and YELLOW DOCK?which latter is made and highly re? commended by Lamar, Rankin d Lamar, of Atlanta. Or SUCCUS ALTERANS, which is a very fine and efficacious remedy, or some of the Patent Medicines, which are very highly recommended by the parties who made them. Now, we alivays keep on hand a good stock of the above remedies, and many others, for the diseases of Sj>ring and Summer. Yours truly, ORR &TSLOAN, DEALERS IN DRUGS AUD MEDICINES, Prescriptions a Specialty, BENSON HOUSE CORNER. May 7,1885 43 AGENT, HAS JUST RECEIVED AN EXTRA LARGE INVOICE OF? BUGGIES. CARRIAGES, WAGONS, HARNESS and WHIPS, Anil respectfully requests parties wishing to purchase to Rive him a call and examine his stock. You will certainly? SAYE MONEY by so doing, and will have the LARGEST ASSORTMENT in the up-country to select from. SEWING MACHINES. Haying tuken tbo Agency for several Counlisd in the upper portion of this State, he is compelled to keep in stock a large number of Machines of various makes to supply the increasing demand from Sub Agents, and it will certainly pay one and all who contemplate huving a Sewing Ma? chine of any kind to call, and you are re? spectfully invited to do so, and shall re? ceive polite and careful attention. Tlie Lijylit Running NEW HOME Is now the favorite, and is certainly above all competition. It is simple and strong, doing the widest range of work, and equipped with all the late improved At? tachments. It is the lightest and easiest running Shuttle Machine on the market, and in fact the New Homo takes the front rank in Sewing Machines. C. A. REED, Ajf't, ANDERSON, S. C. Feb 10, 188.r. 32 OUR INVITATION TO ALL, COME! NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. E are again in the lead, and ready for action with a mammoth stock of? w New Spring Good's, Such as are usually kept in a first-class Dry Goods House. Don't fail to see our large and complete assortment. We con? sider it a pleasure to show goods. Now, all we ask is for you to come and give us a chance to show you the Goods. If you don't buy it will not be our fault. Life is too short to he squandered in the attempt to do business in the ordinary humdrum method, and we arc determined to crowd as much as possible in the short spuce allotted to us. We advertise nothing but what we are readv to perform ; and having on hand a large stock of good nature, as well as an immense stock of good Goods, we are con? fident we can please von. We want to remind you that it is as much a part of our business to satisfy our custo? mers as to sell Goods, and we don't want anybody's money unless we can give them a fair equivalent. Now, we mean just that. Everybody knows very well that one of the best wavs to save money is to buy Goods of W. A. CHAPMAN. The A, B, C of our business: ATTRACTIVE GOODS. DMIEABLE ASSORTMENT, TTENTIVE CLERKS. I IG VARIETY, IeAUTIFUL DESIGNS, ilOTTOM PRICES. COMPARE OUR STOCK, ONSIDER THE SAVING. OME RIGHT AWAY, And |you will be convinced of what I say. ''Yours, very respectfully, W. A. CHAPMAN. ?S" If you have never bought a pair of ZEIGLEIt'S FINE SHOES come and get a pair, and if you have come and get an? other pair. April 2, 1SS5_3S_ SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of an execution to me directed, I will expose to sale on SALESDAY IN JUNE, A. D. 1885, at Anderson Court House, South Carolina, the following prop? erty, to wit: One Tract of Land, containing two hun? dred acres, more or less, situate in WU liamston Township, and bounded by lands of Piedmont Manufacturing Compauy, Mrs. Hannah King and others. Levied on as the property of R. H. Welborn in favor of Frances E. Glines. Terms of sale?Cash. Purchasers to pay extra for all necessary papers. WM. L. BOLT, Sheriff of Anderson County. May 7,1885 43 4