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E. B. MUKRAY, Editor. : , v: : THURSDAY; MAY" 28, jSS&^l TERMS: , 8IX MONTHS-Sffij...SIW^Trgc.-'. Two Dollars If not paid in advance. Mr. C. H. Wells, of Greenville, in a "TecMtraT?c^toTtbe" afci Cbuner, criticises the action of the, directors of . the Green ville & Laurena Rail road, who ^are TinYrifiing"to serr their road to the Georgia Central system, and threatens that if -they further delay action the : Georgia Central will extend the Savanr ynMb: Valley from Andereon to Greenville; ; ] 3Se ahp..says that the Savannah Valley Vill be completed to Anderson by this : >>Fall.'' Mr. ? Wells iB 'iearning rapidly/ "A feW:weefa-ag6' he did not; appear to fknoTO.^hat ?iere'was even, a railroad^pro? j , jected . to Anderson, much less one so | near completed. In fact, Mr. Wells is -learning too f*st,: for there is no proba-; bility that the Savannah Valley Road! will be built to Anderson before the Fall of J886, and when it reaches Anderson . there is.not the remotest prospect that it wffi he'carriedfirom Anderson to Green-i ? ville. ?; . ; The great dfflculty in accomplishing; any substantial Civil Service Reform'lies; in the fact that all appointments to office: aW'cahtrblled ^practically by the Senators; and, Representatives.. This custom, in our.op?ionVsfiD?ldi utterly wiped out, for it does not rest on principles con? ducive to. the public welfare. Simply ' because a man is a member of Congress ahould give him very little, if any, more v influence in -making the appointments to office than any others equally well in formed and honorable manr in; his Dis? trict. Bhoald poeaesa. The fact that a - man is^.Representative should not make him practically the; owner of the offices in his Disirict. His temptation is, of course, to reward Lis friends and to pun? ish his enemies, and it is more than can be "expected of human nature entirely to ignore' this principle of human action. The President in- National, and the Governor in State appointments, should riot rely implicitly upon the recommen? dations of Representatives in Congress or the Legislature, bat shonld in every case look carefully into all of the papers, and judge independently of the appro? priateness of. ibe' appointments to be : made. This would elevate the public service* and give to the people officers who are not personal partisans. We should like to see the methods of appoint? ment' to office changed entirely, and every man's recommendation of another for office weighed according to his position, standing and character in his communi? ty. This would break up the political bosses, and give the > people a genuine Civil Service1 Reform. ?J The facts about the Morgan appoint? ment, as given by Capt. Dawson, seem to US' to divest the matter of the feature which, to our mind, was the most objec? tionable part of the appointment. As we have said heretofore, while we do not think it good policy to appoint Republi? cans to represent^ Democratic adminis? tration abroad, yet if Mr. Morgan was a Republican and the President, knowing that fact, saw fit to. make the appoint? ment, we cannot perceive any reason for a great public clamor about it. Capt. Dawson, however, asserts distinctly that Maj. Morgan is, and always has been, a Democrat, although he wrote a pamphlet endorsing a portion of the record of the Republican nominee for President.., He admits that he asked Morgan's appoint? ment as a personal favor, because he was his brother-in-law, and we cannot see that there is any reason for public indignation on that score. It is some? thing <that is done often in politics, without even censure, and we can see no reason to make Capt. Dawson an excep? tion from the rule. At this very time Col. Inglesby, of Charleston; ie in Wash? ington with Col. Walker, his brother-in law, urging his appointment as Collector of the Porfc of Charleston, which four or five other citizens of thi3 State want, and yet1 no one blames him for his advocacy of Col. Walker's claims. We think it creditable to him to perform, to the best of his ability, such friendly office as he may be able forone connected so closely to him', in. whom he has confidence. Judge Bacon, Senator Butler's brother in-law, has. been given a mission, and i so far "from producing dissatisfaction the appointment haar been commended throughout the State. We make these personal mentions of affairs now trans? piring in order to show that there-is no reason, or excuse for the attack upon Capt. Dawson for doing a similar service for. Maj. Morgan in; the matter of the consulship at Melbourne where there was no other applicant from this State. The other point upon which so much criticism has been based was the allegation that Maj. Morgan was a citizen of New York, though accredited to South Carolina. From the start this struck us as the vital question in the appointment, and we had no hesitation in condemning the appointment, for. we had seen it stated that Maj. Morgan was a voter in New York. Capt. Dawson's statement shows that he churned citizenship here, though he had been absent for some time, during which he had never claimed citizenship any where else. This seems to us the end of this question. There was no other applicant from this State for the position, and though we would have preferred a different appointment, there was no reason, it seems to us, why there should be public indignation about Maj. Mor? gan's success. The government will doubtless be efficiently represented, and the people will never see any difference between the government with Morgan at Melbourne and the government with any other competent official there. ? We smile at the Chinese doctor and call him superstitious because he imports dried and smoked lizards for his patients. Yet it seems, according to The Medical World, that the reptiles are administered in cases of consumption and anaemia with considerable success, due to the large amount of azote and phosphorus contained in them. ? Statistics show that murder in this country has reached an astonishing degree of frequency, and that the sacredness of human life is held more lightly every year. In .1838 there were 9,380 murders; the number Increased to 13,397 in 1884. the anderson post office. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier, writing under date of May 22nd, says: . f% "The commission of Mrs.; Grace G. Cochran, postmaster at Anderson Court House, S. C* expired yesterday.' Post . master-General Tilas has not yet deter? mined' what action he will take in the matter owing to a slight complication which is said to have arisen. Mrs. Cochran, the incumbent, has on .file .the. indorsements of a number of business . people .of Anderson, and her record at the department is said to be first-class. . ,Oc the other hand Representative Aiken, in whose district the office is located, has named Mr. Todd for | appointment. Al* though the Postmaster-General is non? committal on the subject, postoffice offi? cials predict the selection of Mr. Todd probably before this reaches the readers of the News and Courier? .Commenting on this article, the Greenville Neu? says:, <?The: story comes from.Whashington that Congressman D. Wyatt Aiken is pushing va scheme to remove Mrs. Coch? ran from the Anderson postoffice and have Mr. Todd, of the Anderson Journal, put in her place. If there is a. man in this State who deserve favor from-the Democratic party, it is Mrs.' Cochran 's; husband. He defied his own party when there was danger in it, came to our aid; when we needed aid and did service, that; no other man could do. The appoint? ment of Editor Todd will not do either . Congressman Aiken or Editor Todd any: good. It is too. much like Georgia poli-. tics to suit this State. We believe if our friend of the Journal accepts the place. he will live to agree with us. We do not wish to be understood as questioning his integrity, but no editor can maintain the independence necessary for the.prop* er conduct of his business while he owes public men for favojs.or has any cause to rear them.. And no place or salary can repay a journalist for the loss of his freedom of mind, tongue and pen. We would rather be hungry with the privi? lege of "cussing" or. commending as we like than to- be fat and hampered. Our contemporary, the News, fell into a mistake in these remarks, which it hast? ened to correct in the following manner on the next day : H Wa have wronged, abused, slandered, villi fied and otherwise injured and gener ally maltreated our neighbor and good friend: Todd of the Anderson Journal. We are informed that he is not the man who is to get the Anderson postoffice if Congressman Aiken's wishes are consult? ed. It is another and more appropriate, though we dare say a less handsome and gifted Todd who is the fortunate man. If Editor Todd had been the prospective appointee what we said on Sunday morn? ing would have been eminently wise, proper and fit and would go. As it is, however, the premise was wrong, and the proposition therefore tumbles into atom ical fragments and departs into tbe thin? nest of thin air. We congratulate brother-Todd that he will not be a post? master. ? Prohibition or no Prohlblton, Me. Editor : The matter seems to be put in question by a friend and relative of mine in your paper of May 7th, whether or not we might not return to the old way of doing?that is, suffer any man to make and sell whiskey who chose to do so. Our cousin'is a candid man, and one who, having convictions, dares to express them. We would not have it otherwise. Woe to our people and to our land the day that free speech is de? nied us., There is nothing at all wrong in honest, fair discussion. "In the mul? titude of counsellors there is safety." We do well to reason and to act with de? liberation. Because we are going to pass a law, or we aro not going to make it a law, that will influence the weal or the woe of millions, and perhaps of a billion, of human beings yet unbojn. Under all Democratic governments law is efficient just as it has the fall assent of the whole people who make it and maintain it, or it is inefficient and a quasi nullity as it has not foundation in the consent of the people. The only fair way to find out what is the will of. the whole people about the matter is, to openly and freely discuss the proposition till the attention of the voters is attracted, and. they made fully aware of the important issue to be made, and then fearlessly submit the question to a vote. We are the people ourselves concerned. Suppose the law i? made, .and upon trial is found to. be inefficient. The same popular will that, expressed through tbe polls, made that law can unmake, it. Now this government is not an oligarchy, but a democracy. Our cousin asks if God did not pro? nounce His work of finished creation very good ?! As be adduces Bible proof of course we admit it. But we are un? willing that he should quote Genesis and leave off David and Solomon. See Eccle?iastes 7th and 29th : "God made .man upright, but they have sought out to themselves many inventions." Psalm, 106th and 29th: "They jprovoked Him to anger with their inventions." He ad? duces the use of wine mentioned fre? quently in the Scripture.-and the fact that the Saviour by miracle on one occa? sion; - created wine. ..Very true. But by the fall of Noah and the fall of Lot, and by the precept of Solomon, He warns men against the dangers attendant even upon the ose of wine. See Genesis 19th chapter and 30th and 38th verses; Gen. 9th and 21st, and see Pfov. 20th and 1st: "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging." Prov. 23rd and 29th?32nd: "Who hath woe? who hath Borrow? who hath contentions? who hath bab ling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine, they that go to seek mixed wine.'i Now, this is only wine, for whiskey had not been invented. We find frequent allusions through. the Scripture to the wine-press and tbe wine-vat; but we do not find allusion once to a still, kettle or still-worm. Now there is every reason to believe that the ancients knew a great deal about fermentation, and that they fermented other r materials beside the grape, and made strong drink and liquors of certain kinds by process of fermenta? tion, but no reason to believe that they knew aught of distillation. It is written (and although we are far from crediting every line of profane history that we read, still we have no reason to dispute this,) that the process of distillation was discovered by an Arab about four hun? dred years ago. The term Alcohol is said to be compounded of two Arabic words, al (tbe) and cahol, (misty substance] It is the result of both fermentation and distillation. Lexicographers define it pure spirit. It is not only misty, but our cousin knows well by observation?(he knows nothing by experience for I doubt if in the nearly fourscore years that he ? has lived he has ever once been even partially under its influence)?but well does he j know by observation that it will mystify very completely the roan that drinks much of it; and that it will do it more quickly than wine. Both result from fermentation, but in the wine the fermen? tation is arrested at a certain point. In the whiskey, or brandy, or rum, the essence is highly concentrated. In tbe wine it has never been completely sepa? rated from the original whence it was derived. And there is more than this. It ha8 oeen discovered that by the intro? duction of a small quantity of a substance that is highly poisonous, the whiskey to be obtained from any given amount of beer is very much increased. Thus he who drinks drinks not merely the result of fermented and distilled grain or fruit, but he may drink it impregnated with a very' deadly agent beside. That indi? vidual is mystified much tojhis own hurt, and to the hurt of all who come near him, or to whom he comes near, endan? gering his own life arid the lives of others.; May we legislate about such a thing?' What is the object of law ? Is it not the preservation of life, property and hap? piness? And looking to this, is it not j the maintaining and promoting of justice and equity among mankind? Here is something that constantly disturbs the: peace, and endangers the lives of men, women and children. Does the chival? rous manhood of this land admire or do they scoff at the maternal devotion of the mother who climbs to -the mountain height, going beyond where the strongest man's head grows dizzy, and snatches her stolen child from the eagle's nest ? ! Can the manhood of this land find terms sufficiently strong to express their admi? ration for that mothers devotion who, at therisk.of her own life, snatches her ignorant: three-year old child from the dangerous deligbi of playing with the' Speckled folds Of the deadly serpent? And yet that same mother, when the; same child has attained the age of fifteea years, is disregarded as she appeals to our manhood to aid her and her coevals in putting it out of the way of that boy to play with the poison emitted by a worm that is just as dangerous as a rattle? snake.-. Her trial here is worse, for the serpent would quickly do the work of j temporal death, and the.faded little form would be laid away without a question | as to his spiritual safety ; but growing life and expanding reason has borne the boy across the line that lies between irrational irresponsibility and moral ob? ligation, and Bhe is troubled not, as in the first hypothesis, for the temporal safety: of the child, but imploringly stretches, put her hands to our manhood for help, while sho beholds the object of her solic? itude exposed to temporal and eternal'] death. . Demo? means people, and democratic | government means government by the ] people. Shall the whole people in thisj so-called democratic land have the priv? ilege to say at the polls whether this monster invention shall hold high car? nival here forever, and deal out death by the legion, or shall it be sent into exile ? ? It may be plead that if the last kettle, and cap, and worm in the land were treated as Moses treated the golden calf, and the knowledge of it obliterated from the mind of man, still fermentation is a possibility, and drunkenness would not Be banished from the land. We admit this, but wine is not so highly concen? trated, and a man must drink more of it before he becomes dangerously drunk. There is not the constant danger from quick and, we might say, almost sudden drunkenness that there must be where there is such high concentration of spirit. It is a fact well known that many of j those who are as yet only occasional inebriates say that if there was no open saloon and social crowd to tempt them, they could abstain from its use. Shall these poor souls, who thus live under temptation, implore the stronger and untempted part of the race to put the cup of death out of their reach ? Will ah intelligent manhood refuse it? It has been plead in other places, it will be plead here, that the town must have the license paid by bar-keepers for the expenses of improving the place, lighting the streets, &c. Shame on the manhood of any town that would walk in the light of lamps whose wicks are made of the fabric that should cover the squalor of the tippler's child I Shame on the manhood of any land that would walk on pavements made of flagstones received in commutation for loaves of j bread. taken out of the mouths of the drunkard's wife and child 1 Hugh McLees. The Prospect for Cotton. Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co., Bankers and Cotton Commission Mer? chants of New York, who are acknowl? edged to be the highest authority upon the cotton trade, have issued the follow? ing circular, which will be of interest to the people of the cotton-producing States : New York, May 16,1885. The cotton year is so far advanced that the size of the crop now coming to mar? ket can be closely arrived at; it will not vary materially from 5,700,000 bales. This much being established, it is appa? rent that the supply of cotton between now and the incoming of the new crop will at no time be large, and that with any revival in trade it will be inadequate for the requirements of the world, unless spinners' takings should be checked by the usual result of light supplies, advance in price. The position of cotton, both in price and supply, is exceptionally favorable now as compared with former years: 1385 1884 1883 Receipts at U. S. PoMa since 1st Sept. 4,040,924 4,753,137 5,737,192 Total exports since 1st September.3,601,402 3,499,980 4.262,718 Stock in U. 8. Ports... 493,129 (25.631 559.888 Stock in Liverpool-... 978,000 997,000 9GO,000 Afloat for England...- 134,000 167,000 239,000 Total visible supply lu U. 8., Europe ana at set..2,281,901 2,592,295 2,981,360 Price of middling up? lands in New York.. 10% ll\4 11 Price In Liverpool. 5 15-16 BjJ 5% Prices of Cotton, basis middling, for future delivery in N.York: " " Juno delivery. 10.81 11.61 11.04 July delivery. 10.86 11.75 10.95 August dcUvery. 10.91 "* 11.87 11 September deUv'ry 10.70 11.56 10.57 October delivery... 10.38 1L05 10.25 November delivery 10.24 10.87 10.16 December deliv'ry 10.24 10.86 10.18 January delivery:. 10.84 10.96 10.24 The stock In Liverpool is 19,000 bales less than last year, and only 18,000 bales more than in 1883. Stock in the United States ports is 32,502 bales less than last year, and 66, 759 bales less than in 1883. The total visible supply of cotton in the world is 310,394 bales less than last year, and 649,959 bales less than in 1883. Were general business in a normal or usual condition cotton, with its position so strong, as shown above, would natu? rally be higher. But various causes have prevented it from feeling the influence of its own exceptional situation. Chief among these causes, and the one dating farthest back, has been the long-felt and much harped upon dullness in trade ; hardly secondary to this in its effect upon prices has for some months past been the fear that England was about to become involved in war with Russia. Happily, this gteat war-cloud that threatened Europe has blown over, and signs of im? proving trade are daily becoming more apparent. Only yesterday 20,000 pack? ages of cotton goods?the greatest num? ber ever offered at a single sale?were sold at public auction iu New York at highest factory prices. With returning activity in manufac? tured goods, with peace seemingly assur? ed and with cotton standing again on its own merits, the outlook for planters and merchants is more cheerful than it has been for many months. Latest accounts from the East India crop are to the effect that it is backward. In some districts the yield is turning out disappointing small, in others it is only three-fourths of last year's, and in others again it is reported as being very short, the shortage likely to increase as the season advances. At the opening of the plauting season in our own country the ground was in unusually fine condition, owing to the hard froBts of the past Winter. Plant? ing was satisfactorily completed, without decided increase in the acreage devoted to cotton, and the growing crop, though late, has up to this time progressed favor? ably. But no prediction as to the ulti? mate out-turn of a cotton crop can be made at this early date. Yours truly, Latham, Alexander & Co. THE MELBOURNE CONSULATE. Capt. Davrgou Defends Maj. Morgan's Ap polntmenVand shows that he Is a Citizon of tliJs Stato. '? ?V - A meeting of the Blackville Demo? cratic Club was called last week to con? sider the appointment of Maj. Morgan as Consul to Melbourne. Capt. Dawson went to Blackville, and was invited to address the meeting. He accepted the invitation, and'gave the reasons for Maj.' Morgan's appointment as follows : Capt; Dawson said that he had no doubt, when he determined to attend tbo meeting of the club, that he would find himself among friends, for he bad a right to consider himself among friends when? ever he was among Democrats in South Carolina. He was present to-day because of the notice calling the club together, which was.pu Wished in the County news? papers. .It involved an appointment for which he considered himself responsible. It showed him, what, indeed, he knew .before, that there * as a question as to the -propriety of that appointment. It could not be considered, therefore, with? out considering himself. To condemn that appointment, no matter on what grounds, or how tenderly it might be done, was to condemn tbe man who re? commended it "Standing here to-day," he said, "with the assurance that I have nothing to retract, nothing to be asham? ed of, and nothing to apologise for, I felt that my proper course was to come and give my reasons for making that recom? mendation ; and then, when all the facts shall be before you, I will submit myself to your good judgment. "As I understand it, the objections to Mr. Morgan are twofold in character. One applies to his Democratic record ; the other to his citizenship. As to his Democratic record, it has been stated in the newspapers, I believe, that he is, or was, or has been a Republican. That I deny absolutely. As evidence of the allegation that he is a Republican we are pointed to a pamphlet written by him, and published last year, entitled 'Amer? ica's Egypt.' ? "Unfortunately I have not a copy of that pamphlet with me, my own copy being bound in a volume with others. I have, however, a letter of .Congressman Aiken which has been published recent? ly, and in which he gives the paragraphs in that pamphlet which, in bis view, are most offensive, and which, he says, prove Mr. Morgan to be a Republican. All of Jou who know the kind regard which Lr. Aiken has for me will appreciate this. "Now I undertake to say," Capt. Dawson continued, "that if you search that pamphlet with a small-toothed comb you will not find anything more objec? tionable than is quoted in Mr. Aiken's letter. It has never been asserted by Mr. Morgan that that pamphlet was not published before Blame's nomination. The plain truth of the matter is that the pamphlet was written early in the year, and was made ready for publication im? mediately after Blaine's nomination. The allusions to his nomination were then introduced. Having thus stated what was in the pamphlet, Capt. Dawson proceeded to show what was not in it. "There is not a word about the Democratic party, about Civil Service reform, about the Tariff, about corruption in office, about central? ization, about the need of administrative reform. It is simply a plea for a vigo? rous foreign policy. When it was first brought to my attention by Mr. Morgan, I told him that he was right in the doc? trine which he advocated, but wrong in the man; that we did want a policy that would make an American citizen respec? ted everywhere, and that the Stars and Stripes should be to him what the English flag is to an Englishman in every part of the world; that we would see the need of this vigorous foreign policy as we have seen it at Pan? ama and in the Santos case; and that the mistake he made was in thinking that Blaine was the proper man to carry it out. There is nothing unusual in a Democrat being in favor of a particular feature of the Republican policy. It has been seen again and again that a Demo? crat has believed that some particular plank of the Republican platform was better . than a corresponding plank in a Democratic platform, and has spoken and written in favor of his opinion. So, too, Republicans have preferred Demo? cratic declarations on a particular subject to the doctrine or practice of their own party. But these dissentients as to one special matter stand by their own party, as a rule, on election day. The test of Mr. Morgan's political views is not whether he wrote a pamphlet that could be construed in advocacy of Blaine's election/but whether he voted the Re? publican ticket. Mr. Morgan was livine in New York at that moment, and had been living there long enough to allow him to vote there if he desired to do so. He did not vote the Republican ticket. Could he have voted there, without abandoninghis citizenship here, he would have voted for Cleveland and Hendricks. The publication of the pamphlet by Mr. Morgan was, in Capt. Dawson's opinion, strictly a literary venture. Tbe subject which it treated was one of great public interest, and the vigorous foreign policy which Mr. Morgan so earnestly and intelligently advocated was in accor? dance with public sentiment. It was expected that the pamphlet would natur? ally, have a large sale, which did not prove to be tbe case. It fell flat. Very few copies were circulated, and only one newspaper, published in the Northwest, so far as he knew, ever condescended to notice it. No substantial aid, therefore, was rendered Mr. Blaine by Its publica? tion. Even if it be granted that Mr. Morgan liked Mr. Blaine, that was no discredit to Mr. Morgan's Democracy. There were reasons why he should like him, perhaps, since their ancestors came f.om the same State, and their families bad always been friends, but no objection could be urged against Mr. Morgan on this account. A great many other Dem? ocrats have entertained and expressed a liking for Mr. Blaine. When the news of his nomination was put up on the bulletin board in Charleston, there were numbers of good Democrats who said that they intended to vote for him be? cause of his foreign policy, and in the State of New York, which elected Mr. Cleveland as President, 60,000 Demo? crats actually voted for Mr. Blaine. Mr. I Morgan was not of this number. I As against anything that can be taken or construed from this pamphlet to Mr. Morgan's injury politically, Capt. Dawson said that he had known Mr. Morgan intimately for twenty-three years, since the day wheu he first met Mr. Morgan, then a mere boy, coming back from the bloody naval engagement below New Orleans. He had known him in South Carolina during the years he spent here, and had met him frequently in New York when his duties had called him from this State, and never, on any occa? sion, or at any time bad he known him to do anything or say a word that is incom? patible with pure Democracy. Mr. Morgan was with us in Charleston in one of the toughest political fights we ever had, in 1868, when Lesesne was elected, and counted out by tbe Republicans. In the bloody campaign of 1876 he wai on duty in Columbia throughout the trying scenes that marked the organization and sessions of the Wallace House, "and it is within my personal knowledge," said Capt. Dawson, "that he was assigned to the discbarge of a responsible and peril? ous duty if anything untoward bad come to pass. His conduct then and there has been recently and fully described in the Abbeville Medium by Gen. Robert R. Hemphill, who was present at the same time, and is therefore qualified to speak concerning him. Mr. Morgan was always a Demtcrat here in South Caroli na, and was here to do his duty in limes of danger. Whether here or absent, I have never known him to do or say any? thing that was inconsistent with the soundest Democracy." As a final answer to the charge that Mr. Morgan had proved himself a Re gublican by writing the Blaine pamphlet, apt. Dawson said that, as soon as he heard that this charge had been made, he telegraphed to Mr, Morgan to ?n to Washington and meet it. .Mr. Morgan accordingly went there and saw both the President and the Secretary of State. It would not be proper to repeat what took jplace in that interview. Mr. Cleveland knew what charges had been made. And Mr. Morgan proved his fidelity to the Democratic party. The President was satisfied, and Mr. Morgan received his final instructions and sailed for his destination. "You will ask," said Capt Dawson, "what is the proof that the President was satisfied V "The proof is this: that, if Mr. Morgan, bad not shown to the President that he wan a good and loyal Democrat, his appointment would baye been recalled. But with a full knowledge of the Blaine pamphlet, with the contents of that pamphlet before him, I and with a full knowledge of all that the newspapers could say against him, the President?who believes in a sturdy ' partisanship?continued him in office and wished him a God speed on his voyage. There is an answer to all the stories as to the President being deceived in this matter." In answer to the question was Mr. Mor? gan a citizen of South Carolina, Capt. Dawson gave a short sketch of Mr. Mor? gan's life. He was bora in Louisiana in 1845, and was appointed a cadet at An? napolis iu 1860. Resigning hia position at Annapolis when Louisiana aeceded, be entered the Confederate service, in which be remained until he left Rich? mond in 1865 as one of the body guard of President Davis. He married in South Carolina in 1865, and remained here until 1870, when he was appointed a staff officer in the service of the Khedive of Egypt, which post he held until the following year, when he re? turned to South Carolina. Selling the factory stock he held and investing the proceeds in a plantation near Columbia, he planted there until 1876 when his plantation was forfeited to the State, for taxes, and he was constrained to sell it. In 3877 hs went to Washington, and was appointed to a position under the Demo? cratic Senate, which he held for some years, and until turned out by the Re? publicans. Since 1880 Mr. Morgan has been engaged in mining pursuits in Mexico, and more recently in the prelim? inary work upon the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue in New York until that work was suspended. It was his inten? tion, until he received this appointment, to return to Charleston and continue to live here. "I have thus shown," con? tinued Capt. Dawson, "that from 1865 to 1885 Mr. Morgan was for eleven or twelve years an actual resident of South Carolina; that he was never away from South Carolina except when compelled, and, beyond that, I give you my own assurance, for he has told me so, and has the right to be believed, in the absence of contradiction, that he has never voted outside of South Carolina. The little Sroperty which he owns to-day is in outh Carolina. If by your votes here you say that Mr. Morgan is not to be considered now a citizen of South Caro? lina, you leave him absolutely as a man without a country. If this be not his home, he has no home. "Two of his brothers lost their lives in defence of the South, and his own record is before you. Can it be said now, that here in South Carolina?in one of the States for which he offered his blood?be is to be denied the right to call that State his home ? He has two children here. This is their home. Their moth? ers were South Carolinians. They have no hope or help outside of South Caro? lina. They have only known their father as a South Carolinian. Are you prepared to say to them to-day that they are nothing here; have no rights here; that they are not to be called South Carolinians ? For if the father is not a South Carolinian, they have no right to be called so." Passing to the question of Mr. Mor? gan's eligibility to office, under the Fourteenth amendment, Capt. Dawson discussed the several points involved at some length. The question is covered by the opinion of ihe Attorney General in Gen. Lawton's case, and further by the fact that Mr. Morgan was not an "officer" when he was required at Anna? polis to take an oath to support the Con? stitution of the United States. In regard to his own part in bringing about the appointment, Capt. Dawson said that so far as possible for him to do so be desired to assume all the responsi? bility for the appointment. "I asked Mr. Cleveland to make it as a favor to me," he said, "and I hope he made it as a favor to me, understanding that I would not recommend a man whom I did not believe to be faithful and deserving of the honor. I have been accused of un? faithfulness and treachery to the Demo? cratic party on account of this appoint? ment. They have even said of me that I am not a citizen of the United States; that t have been committing perjury, therefore, every time that I have voted in this State in nearly twenty years. There is hardly anything that has not been said to my discredit. If I had stolen all the money in the United States Treasury, turned the State over to the Radicals, and been proved to be a deser? ter from the Confederate army, I could not have been blackguarded worse than .1 have been because I asked for the ap? pointment of a kinsman to the consul? ship at Melbourne. I think I may say that I have rendered some service to the Democratic party in South Carolina. My friend (Mr. Holmes) has kindly re? ferred to the poor service I rendered in the Confederate war; but it was not only in the Confederate service that I shed my bloo'd for South Carolina. In the riots in Charleston, immediately after the election in 1876,1 was wounded by a Radical negro and bear the bullet in my bodf to day. In my paper, year after year?committing errors, no doubt, at times?I have fought for the interests of the people of this* State. It was my good-fortune to be one of the first to ad? vocate Mr. Cleveland's nomination. I worked for his nomination here and at Chicago. He was nominated and elected. Would it have surprised any one, after that, if I had asked Mr. Cleveland to appoint me as consul at Melbourne. There would have been regret, perhaps, that I should be willing to give up my profession, and set at naught my con? tinuing opportunities to serve my people. It w?s because I preferred to remain here; because I felt that I could serve South Carolina belter by remaining in journalism that I refused to apply for an office. I have never held one, never sought, one, and would not accept one. But I did ask that, if any consideration was to be shown me at all, if there was any obligation to me, it should be met and cancelled by making one who has been as near to me as my own flesh and blood for twenty years and more, one whom I have loved as Jonathan loved David, the recipient of this small houor. And now, my friends, if you determine to day that what I did was wrong; that this appointment was an improper one, you must in some sort weaken and injure me and lessen the power of the paper which I control for good in this State. Is it necessary to do so? Is it wise? There are dark times yet ahead of us. There are struggles yet to come in South Carolina. We shall need all the power that we can command to retain the State Government in the proper hands. Is it wise in you then, because, in a way that seemed to me proper, 1 gave way to the instincts of a natural affection, to weaken the agencies I have at command to pro? tect and advance your interests hereafter ? I have spoken without reserve. If there is anything you wish to know about the matter, I shall be only too glad to tell you, and I await with confidence any question you may ask. What I most desire is to have the good will and con? fidence of my fellow-citizenH. In tins State I married. Here is my home. Here my children were born,"and the [ child whom I lost lies in that beautiful cemetery in Charleston, where I shall lie before many more years have passed, want from you, as from all my fellow citizens, good will and respect and con? fidence. This is my one aim and hope in life. If you shall decide against me to day I shall receive your decision with unutterable regret, but it will not pro? voke any sense of shame or reproach. It will only require me to wait for the vin? dication which time shall bring to me in years to come, as it has brought vindica? tion to me before;" The meeting adopted a resolution that Capt. Dawson's statement was satisfac? tory and adjourned. The Charleston Collectors])!]). Washington, May 23.?Messrs. F. W. Wagener, J. W. Hinson and Edward Willis, of Charleston, called on the President this morning by special ap? pointment, the President making an ex? ception in this instance to his regular rule of declining to receive callers on Saturday. Congressman Dibble was also present, and made the presentations to the President. After a full and free dis? cussion of the collectorship question Capt. Wagener stated that the committee brought with them a re-endorsement of j Mr. Mowry by prominent business men of Charleston as a testimonial of their confidence in his integrity, fitness and ability to fill acceptably tho office of col? lector, because certain unfounded charges had been preferred against him. Capt. Wagener expressed a hope that the Pres ident would give full consideration to the papers on file in Mr. Mowry's behalf, as it had been stated that Mowry had no commercial backing. The petition which the committee brought with thorn, he said, was a purely mercantile one, which had been prepared and signed in conse? quence of a communication which re? cently appeared in the Nexoa and Courier antagonistic to Mr. Mowry, claiming that he was supported by politicians alone, and at the request of the Bigners of the petition a committee was detailed to present the document to the President and ask him to consider it. Col. Hin? son and Major Willis endorsed the views expressed by Capt. Wagener, and they also urged the appointment of Mr. Mowry from a business standpoint. The President is said to have evinced much interest in the remarks made by the committee and promised to give the subject careful attention. His genial and cordial manner during the interview was highly appreciated by the commit? tee, and on parting he remarked good naturedly : "Well, gentlemen, I am very glad to have met you this morning and I see that this is another case where I will have to be the referee." ? There is a colored bsy in Madison, Fla., noted for "hardness of head." Good authority says that he won a wager of $5 upon a "butting match" with a goat recently, in which the latter was killed outright, and that he-has been known to smash a hole in a freight car with his head. He boasts of being able to drive a ten-penny nail into the hardest wood by placing a board over it to prevent it cutting the skin. ? Two girls in Sacramento, Cal., who thought it would be fun to black their faces, unfortunately got a coloring prep? aration that won't wash off. It acts like dye on the skin, and chemists say it will probably not wear off for months. Beware of Mercury and Potash. Mercury is more destructive to human health and life than war, pestilence and famine combined. So said a distinguished writer many years ago, and it is as true to-day as then. The poor victim of Blood Disease is drugged with Mercury to euro the malady, and then dosed with Iodides to cure him of the Mercurial Poisoning; but instead of any relief, tho first breaks down his general health and makes him a cripple, and the other mins his digestive organs. Mercury and Pot? ash are dangerous even when adminis? tered to directions and under the eye of a good physician, and when put up in nostrums, often by incompetent persons, aroapt to produce evil consequences. Be careful of these poisonous mixtures or you may regret it. Swift's Specific is en? tirely a vegetable preparation, and should not be confounded with tue various imi? tations, non secret humbugs, "Succus Al terans," etc., all of which either contain Mercury and Potash, or are composed of old remedies which have long since been discarded as of no value in the treatment of Blood Diseases, and none of thorn con? tain a single article which enters into the composition of Swift's Specific. There is only one Swift's Specific (8. S. S.) and thero is nothing in the world like it. Bo sure to get the genuine. Inflammatory Rheumatism. I havo been afflicted for noarly fourteen years with tho severest form of "inflamma? tory rheumatism. For a largo portion of the time was confined to bod, and suf? fered the most excruciating pain, my legs badly swollen. Vy caso was thought incurable by tho physicians, and I havo often hoped that death would ensue aud relieve me of pain. Last month I secured, at tho suggestion of a friend, ono dozen bottles ol Swift's Specific, and aftor using about six bottles I am entirely free from pain, tho first time in nearly fourteen years. My joints are becoming more supple and the swelling gone. I am ready to answor any inquiries as to tho fucts in the caso. . 0. \V. St. Clair. Cabot, Ark., April 19, '84. "Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. WARNING. ALL persons arc hereby notified not to harbor or hire Woods Anderson, as riiave him under writttn contrast for the year 1885. Persons disregarding this notico may expect the full penalty of the law. D. J. TUCKER. May 2*, 188?_46_1* Application for Charter. NOTICE is horoby given that applica? tion will be made to the Clerk of Court of Anderson County, S. C, on the 2Gth day of June, 1885, for a Charter for the Anderson Telephone Exchange. J. L. MAULDIN, Secretary of Incorporators. May 28, 18S.r>_40_5_ LOCATION_OF_DEPOTS. NOTICE is hereby given that tho Board of Directors of the Savannah Val? ley Railroad Company will meet at Ander? son, S. C, on June 2Sth, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of locating the De? pots of said Road. All persons or com? munities interested are requested to com? municate with the lioard cither in person or in writing what aid they are willing to give to secure the location of Depots. The Company will expect from the dif? ferent communities not less than $300 with which to build the Depots located in each, bo id es one acre of land. W. W. HUMPHREYS, President. May 28, 1S55 40 4 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson* County. By Thomas 0. Ligon, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, A. Evina Browne has ap? plied to mo to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Personal Estate of Samuel Browne, doceasod. These arc therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Samuel Browne, deceased, to be and ap? pear boforo me in Court of Probato to bo held at Andorson Court Houso, on tho 13th day of June, 18S5, after publica? tion hereof to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 25th day of May, 1885. T. C. LIGON, J. P. May 28,1885 40 2 THE KNABE PIANO EL AS built up a reputation unequalled in the last fifty years. Manufactured in Baltimore, it stands nur climate best. For combination of volume and richness ? of tone, together with refined sweetness and purity, IT STANDS THE LEADING PIANO PORT 15 OP AMERICA. Sub? stantial and durable. Fully warranted for five years. THE VERDICT OP THE PEOPLE, seems, they will not buy any but the? STANDARD ORGAN, Made by Peloubot & Co. In fifteen months I sold thirty-one of them, and published the testimony of the satisfaction of the purchasers to the world. I have tried to sell four other makes of Organs for the last two years and only .sold (our. Now, the people's judgment may be wrong?but that is their VERDICT. They prefer the Stan? dard Organ, made by Pelouhet & Co. Hence, I will not sell any other Instru? ment but the above. Sold ON EASY TJERMS. Come and see me, or write to me. J. A.. DANIELS, Exclusive Agent. May 28, 1SS4 46_ Atlantic Coast Line. Wilmington, N. O, May 17, 18S5. SOLID Trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C 8pecial Buffet Cars attached to this train. No extra charge for scat in these cars to passengers holding First Class tickets. Condensed schedule as follows: COttfO EAST. Leave Walhalla. 9:05 a. m. Anderson.10:48 a. m. Greenwood ..:. 1:08 p. m. Columbia. 5:27 p. m. going west. Leave Charleston.7:25 a. m. Arrive Columbia.10 55 a. m. Greenwood. 3:03 p. m. Anderson.5:10 p. m. Walhalla. 6:50 p. m. T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pas. Agt. J. F. Divine, Gen'l Supt. May 28. 1885_48_ OUR INVITATION TO ALL, COME! NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. E are again in the lead, and ready for action with a mammoth stock of? New Spring Goods. Such as aro 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 be squandered in the attempt to do business in the ordinary humdrum method, and we are determined to crowd as much as possible in the short space allotted to us. Wo advertise nothing but what we are ready 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 you. We want to remind you that it is as much a part of our business io 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, wc mean just that. Everybody knows very well that one of the best ways to save money is to buy Goods of W. A. CHAPMAN. The A, B, C of our business: ATTRACTIVE GOODS. DMIBABLE ASSORTMENT, TTENTIVE CLERKS. BIG VARIETY, EAUTIFUL DESIGNS, 0TT0H PRICES. COMPARE OUR STOCK, ONSIDER THE SAVING, OME RIGHT AWAY, And lyou will be convinced of what I say. Yours, very respectfully, W. A. CHAPMAN. XSr If you have never bought a pair of ZEIGLER'S FINE SHOES come and get a pair, and if you have como and get an? other pair. April 2, 1S85 S8 w > ? 0 ^ ?i 00 oo U r1 c o ? a 00 ?1 3 ZZ jj OTf * * 3 ft"? % O W H s ? % * o t-l a ? oo 00 o Stockholders' Meeting. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockliold? 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 ensuiug year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. . J. D. MAXWELL, Sec. and Treas. Anderson B. <fc L. A. May 21, 1885_45__5 SHERIFFS SALE. BY virtue of an execution to me directed, I will expose to sale on SALESDAY IN JUNE, A. D. 1S85, 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 Wil liamston Township, and bounded by lands of Piedmont Manufacturing Company, Mrs. Hannah King and others. Levied on as the property of R. H. Wei born 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 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All nersons having demands against the Estate of James M. Gambrcll, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. _ ? JOHN N. GAMBRELL, Adm'r. May 21,1885 4 5 3 SPRING - HAS - AEBIVED ! AND with it that peculiar condition of the system, known as impure blood. II is a fact, known to everybody, that if we hews any Hu~ inor in the\Blood, it is almost surt to break out in the Spring months in Eczema, Erythema, Tetter, Ring Worm, Splotches on face, de., dr. 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 whoU 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 art otdy fit for bitter cold weather, when, in fact, we should eat very little until our system becomes acclimatized to the hot wealhe}'. Most 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 new know that to prevent the "Spring Rashes,'' Boils, dc, they must take so>ne kind of Blood Purifier?such as SARSAPA RILLA, with IODIDE POTASSIUM or QUEEN'S DELIGHT and IODIDE PO? TASH, or SARSAPARILLA 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 nwde them. Now, we always keep on hand a goo\i stock of the alms remedies, and many others, for the diseases r>f Spring and Summer. Yours truly, ORR JTSLOAN, DEALERS IN DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Prescriptions a Specialty, BENSON HOUSE CORNER. May 7, 1835 43