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g8g? B? MURRAY, Editor.' THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1886. " ONE Y HAU..-j.~.......91.00. 8IX MONT lia.i.lUe. Two Wollara If not paid in advance. Mr. C. H. Wells, of Greenville, iu a recent article to the News and Courier, criticises tho action of thc. directors of the Greenville A Laurens Railroad, who oro unwilling to sell their road to the Georgia Central Bystem, and threatens that if they further delay action the Georgia. Central will extend the Savan nah Valley from Anderson to Greenville; Ho also says tb&t the Savannah Valley will be completed to Anderson by thia Fall. Hr. Wells is learning rapidly. A few weeks ago he did not appear to' j know that there was even a railroad pro jected to Anderson, much less one so near completed. Tn fact, Mr. Wells is learning too fast, for there is no proba bility that the Savannah Valley Hoad will be built to Anderson before the Fall of J 886, ami when it reaches Anderson there is not tho remotest proxpect that it will be carried from Anderson to Green ville. m The great difficulty in accomplishing any substantial Civil Sorvico Reform lies in the fa"', that all appointments to office are controlled practically by the Senators and Representatives. ThiB custom, in eur opinion, should be utterly wiped out, for it does not rest on principles con ducive lo the public welfaro. Simply because a man is a member of Congress should give him very little, if any, more influence in making thc appointments to office than any other, equally well in formed and honorable man in his Dis trict should possess. The fact that a man is a Representative should not make him practically the owner of the offices in his District. His t inptation is, of course, to reward his friends and to pun ish his enemies, and it is moro than can bo expected of human nature entirely to ignore this principle of human action. Thc President is National, and the Governor in State appointments, should not rely implicitly upon tba recommen dations of Representatives in Congreso or the Legislature, bot should in every case look carefully into all of the papers, and jndge independently of the appro priateness of the appointments to be made. This would elevate the public service, and give to tho pcoplo 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 Service Reform. The facta about1, the Morgan appoint ment, as given by CVpt Dawson, seem to us to divest tho mun or 0f 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 repr?senta Democratic admiuls < tr&tion abroad, yet if Mr. Morgan was n Republican and the President, knowing that fact, eaw 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 if, and always has been, a Democrat, although he wrote a pamphlet endorsing a portion of the record ol the Republican nominee for President. He admita that he asked Morgan's appoint? ment aa a personal favor, because he was his brother-in-law, and we cannot see that there io any reacon for publio indignation on that score. It is some thing. Usas is done often in politics, without even censuro, and we can see no reason to make Capt. Dawson an excep tion from the vu lo. At this very time Col. Inglesby, of Charleston; ia in Wash ington with Col. Walker, bte brother-in law, Urging his appointment as Collector of tho Port of Charleston, which four or fivo other citizens of this State want, and yet -bo one blames him for his advocacy of Col. Walker's claims. We think it croditablo to bira to perform, to tti6 best of . his ability, such friendly office as he rosy $>e able fot ono connected so closely to him, in whom he has confidence. Judge Bacon, Senator Butler's brother in-law, has been given a mission, and so far front producing dissatisfaction tho appointaient ima1 beei} commended throughout tho State. We make these personal-mentions of affairs now trans* pirlng ia order to show that Ihfj is no reason or excuse for the attack upon Okai. Dawson for doing a elmi?ar ser vico for Maj. Morgan .io the metter of the consulship at Melbourne ?here there waa no other applicant from this State. The. other point upon which so much criticism has bien.based waa the allegation that Maj. jforgaxt wVi a citizen of New York,' though accredited to South Carolina. From t^ atart; this struck us aa tho vital question In the appointment, and we had no hesitation in condemning the appfrfafe???t' ,?&t. ^ bid se?? it stated that .Maj, -Morgan waa a voter in New York Capt. Dawf-on'o otatcmeut abo wa that ho claimed ci tizan ah lp hero, though he had been absent for some time, daring which he had never claimed citizenship any where oleo. This ??ems io us the end of thia : question: There was no other applicant frosi thia Stato for tho position, and thou^ we would Kaye preferred a ?ifl?rent appointment, there was . no reason, lt seems to us, why there should be publie indignation about Hsj. Mor gan's attcccfs. The government will doubtless be efficiently represented,' and the pcoplo will never seo any difference .. .between tho government with Morgan st Melbourne and the government with soy oiber competent official tharo. . ----"-?" ..-.--~- . ? r We ?mile at tea Chiucse doctor and call Lim sune?*HUoOT because he imports dried and- smoked ligard? for his patients. Yet it seams, according to Thc Medical World, that the reptiles ava adm lettered io cases of consumpt?on and aesemta with considerable suecaN*, duo to the ...?; largo amount of stat* ead phosphorus ?alcudia.thea. ,-,--r, - Statistics show-thai mnrdcr in thia conolt y bas reached an astonishing degree of frfcqnency. ned that the e^rednws of att'ntaa ?fe is held mora t?ghUy every y*ar. ia ,1800 theie wera. $MQ. ia&?tv* ; the numb? increased ito Mvijw ?? ?flwj? i>-at>< THE ANDERSON POST OFFICE. rhe Washington correspondent of tho Arwi and Courier, writing underdale of May 22nd, says t "The commission of Mrs. Grace G. Cochran, postmaster at Anderson Court House, 8. C., expired yesterday. Post master-General Tilas has not yet deter mined what action ho will take in the matter owing to a slight complication which is said to have arisen. Mrs. Cochran, the incumbent, has on lile the endorsements of a number of business people of Anderson, and her record at the department is said to bo first-class. On thc other hand Representativo Aiken, in whose district the office is located, has named Mr. Todd for appointment. AI? though the Postmaster-General is non committal on the subject, poetofiice offi cials predict the selection of Mr. Todd probably before this roache i tho readers of tho Newt und (burier." Commenting on this article, tho Greenville Newt saya : "Tho story comes from Whushiugtou that Congressman D. Wyatt Aikeu is pushing a scheme lo remove Mrs. Coch ran from tho Anderson postofllco and have Mr. Todd, of the Anderson Journal, put in her place. If there is a man in this Stato who deservo favor from thc Democratic party it is Mrs. Cochran's husband. Ho defied his own party when there was danger in it, came to our aid when wo needed aid and did service that no other man could do. Tho 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 Slate. We believe if our friend of tho Journal accepts tho placo he will live to agree with us. Wo do not wish to be understood as questioning bis integrity, but no editor can maintain the independence necessary for tho prop er conduct of his business whilo ho owes ?iublic men for favors or has any causo to ear them. And no place or salary can repay a journalist for tho loss of his freedom of mind, tongue and pen. We would rather be hungry with tho privi lege of "ousaiug" or commending as we like than to be fat and hampered." Our contemporary, the Newt, fell into a mistake in these remarks, which it hast ened to corroct in the following manner on tho next day : Wa have wronged, abused, slandered, vi Hi fled and otherwise injured and gener ally maltreated our neighbor and good friend Todd of tho Anderson Journal. We are Informed that be is not the man who is to get the Anderson postofllco if Congressman Aiken's wishes are consult ed. It ls another and more appropriate, though we dare say a less handsome ann ?ifted Todd who is the fortunato man. f Editor Todd had been the prospective appointee what we said on Sunday morn ing would have been eminently wise, Eroper and flt and would go. As lt is, owever. the premise waa wrong, and the proposition therefore tumbles into ?tom ical fragments and departs into the thin nest of thin air. We congratulate brother Todd that he will not bo a post master. Prohibition or no Prohlblton. MR. 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, stifler any man to make and sell whiskey who chose lodoso. Oar cousin is a candid man, and ono who, having convictions, dares to express thssi. We weald not have it otherwise. Woe to our people and to our land the day that free speech is de nied us. Thero ia nothing at all wrong In honest, fair discussion. "In the mul titude of counsellors there is safety." Wo do well to reason and to act with de liberation. Because we ar? 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 unborn. Under all Dem oe rat io gove tn mon to law 1B efficient jost as it has the full aaseat of the whole people who make lt and maintain it, or it is inefficient and a quari nullity aa it baa not foundation in the consent of the people. The oclv fair way to find out what is the will of. the whole people about tho matter is, to openly and freely diacuss the proposition till the attention of the votera is attracted, and they made fully aware of the important issue to be made, and then fearlessly submit the quoatton to a vote. We are the people ourselves concerned. Suppose the law is made, and upon trial ia lound to be inefficient. Tho same popu.'ar will that, expressed through the polls, made that law caa unmake it. Now this government is not an oligarchy, bo* t\ democracy. Oar cousin aska if God did not pro nounce Bia work of finish cd creation ve.y good T Aa be adduces Bible proof of course we admit it. But we are un willing that be should quote Genesis and leave off David and Solomon. See Ecclesiastes 7th and 20th : "God made man upright, bat they - havu sought out tb themselves many inventions." Psalm, 103th and 29th : "They provoked Him to auger with their inventions." He ad duces the use pf wine mentioned frc? auently in the Scripture, and the fact bat tho Saviour by miracle on one occa sion created wine. "Very trae. Bat by tho fall of Noah ana the fall of Lot, and by the precept of Solomon, He warns men against the dangers attendant even upon the ate of wine. See Genesis 19th chapter and 80th and 88th vereca: Gen, 9th and 21st, and see Prov. 20th and 1st : "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is ragtag." Prov. 23rd and 29th-82nd: "who bath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath bab Ung? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the win?, th?y that go to seek mixed wino.'.' Kow, this is only wine, for whiskey had not been invented. Wo find frequent allusions through the Scripture- to tho wine-press and the wine-vat: but we do ?ot Hud a?oai?a once lo a failli, kettle or atill*worm. Now thero ia every reason to believe that the ancients knew a great deal about fermentation, and that they fermented other .materials bc:ido the grapa, and mada tarong drink aud liquors of certain kinds by process of fermenta? lloa, but no reason to bcHovo that they knew autHof distillation. It I* written (and although we are fer from crediting every lino of profano history that ?a read. still wc have no reason to disputo thls,Vth?t the process of distillation waa discovered by an Arab about four han? ?rad years ago. Tho term Alcohol ia said to be oem poa oded of two Arabio' words, af(tho) and cv.kol, (misty substance) It ia the Tenir of botii fermentation and distillation. Lexicographers define it It ia not only misty, bat our cousin beer ia very much increased. Thus he who drinks drinks not morely the result of formcntod and distilled grain or fruit, but be may drink lt impregnated with a very deadly agent beside. That indi* vidual is mystified much w bis own burt, and to the hurt of all who come ooar hire, or to whom be comes near, endan ferlog his own life and the lives of others, lay wo 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 the maintaining and promoting of justice and equity nmoog mankind ? Here is something that constantly disturbs the peace, and endangers tho lives ol' mon, women and children. Does the chiva)? rous manhood of this land admire or dd they scoff a*, tho maternal devotion of tho mother who climbs to tho mountain height, going beyond where tho btrongest man's bead grows dizzy, and snatches ber stolen child from tho eagle's nest ? Can the manhood of this land fiud tcrma sufficiently strong to express their admi ration for that mother's devotiou who, at the risk ot her own lifo, snatches her iguorant three-year old child from tho dangerous deligbj, of playing with tho speckled folds of the deadly Herpent '( And yet that same mother, when tho same child has attained the age of fifteen years, is disregarded as she appeals to our manhood to aid hor and her coevals in putting it out of tba way of that boy to play with tho poison emitted by a worm that is just as dangerous as a rattle snake. Her trial hero ts worso, for the serpent would quickly do tho work of 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 bas borne the boy across the line that lies between irrational irresponsibility and moral ob ligation, and ahe is troubled uot, as in the first hypothesis, for the temporal safety of the child, but imploringly stretches out ber bands to our manhood for help, while sbo beholds tho object of her solic itude exposed to temporal and eternal death. Demos means people, and democratic government means government by the people Shall the whole people in this Bo-called democratic land have the priv il?ge 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 bo plead that if the last kettle, and cap, and worm in the laud were treated as Moses treated the golden calf, aud the kuowlcdgo of it obliterated from the mind of mau. still fermentation is a possibility, and drunkenness would not be banished from tbe land. We admit this, but wino 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 auiok and, wo might say, almost sudden runkenness that there must be where thore 1B such high concentration of spirit. It ?B a fact well known that many of those who are as yet only occasional inebriates say that if there was no open aaloon 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 an intelligent manhood refuse it? It has been plead in other places, it will be plead here, that the t >wn must have the license paid hy bar-keepers for the expenses of improving the placo, lighting the streets, ?Sic. Shame on the manhood of any town that would w/ilk in the light ot lamps whose wicks are made of the fabric that ahould cover the squalor of tho tippler's child I Sliame on the manhood of any land thai wouid walk on pavements made of flagstones received in commutation for loaves of bread taken out of the mouths of the drunkard's wife and childi Huon MCLEES. The Prospect for Cotton. Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co., Bankers and Cotton Commission Mer chants of New York, who are acknowl edged to he the highest authority upon the cotton trade, have issued tho follow ing circular, which will be of interest to thc people of the cotton-producing States: NEW YOBK, May 16,18S5. The cotton year is BO far advanced that ! the Bize of tho 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 spinners1 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 : 1880 1884 1833 Recel?la at U.S.Patts .lace l?t Bop!.v... 4,Cto,024 4,7?,s37 5,737,103 Total exporta sine? lat Soptomber.3,001,403 a,<00,9S'J 4,202,718 Stock lu U.U. Pori? . 493,139 &89.88S Stock in Llve-poo! ... 078,000 ?87.000 900,000 Afloat for England ... 134,000 1(7,000 289,000 Total vi si bio supply la U. 8~ Kuroi.J and at aaa....2,281,901 2,592,293 2,981,8&0 Price of middling ttp lande in Nsw York- 10K lift ll Price In Liverpool:..... 8 15-18 6?2 5jfJ Priesa of Cotton, buts middling fer futurs delivery in H.York t Juno delivery. 10.81 lt.SI ll.M July delivery_ 10.86 11.75 10.93 Au-riut delivery...- 10.91 * 11.87 lt September deU-'ry 10.70 11.54 10JW October delivery... 10.33 11.03 10.2a November delivery 10J4 10.67 10.1(5 December deltVry 10.34 10S8 ' 10.10 January delivery*. 10.M . i 10.90 10.34 The stock in Liverpool ls 19,000 bales less than last year, and only 18,000 bales more than in 1883. Stock in the United State? ports la 82,502 bales less than last year, And GG, 759 bales les? than in 1888. The total visible supply of cotton in the world ia 810.894 bale? less than last year, and 649,059 balea lea than in 1833. Were general business in a normal or usual condition cotton, with ita position to strong, as shown above, would natu rally he higher. But varions causea hare {invented it from feeling the Influence of ta own exceptional situation. Chief among these causes, and the one da'ing for th oat back, baa been tbe long-feit and much harped upon dullness in trade ; hardly eeoocdary to thia in ita effect apon pricer has for gome month? put been the fear that -England waa about to become involved in war with Sarnia. Happily, this gi eat war-cloud thal threatened Europa has blown over, and ?igo? of Im proving trade an dally becoming more apparent. Only yesterday 20,000 pack ages of cotton goods-tho groatest num ber ever offered at a single osle---were ?old at pabilo auction in Now York at highest factory prices. With returning activity in manufac tured goods, with peace seemingly asear ed and with colton standing again on its. Own merits, tho outlook for planters and merchant/* 1? mora cheerful than it has been fo? many months. Latest accounts from tho East India ono ?ra to tho aflbet that ii is backward, ta .wie districts ti* *laid ia. turning out disappointing email, in others lt Ja only three-fourths of last year's and in others ?gala lt is roported as bclDg very abort, tho shortage likely to Increase aa tho Mason adviocea. ?$??* the opening of tho planting season la ouv own country the grouutlvfas itt fsnaaally 'flo* oeoaiU^'owing to tito iVavd frosts of tho mwt Winter. Plant ling waB satlafUctorlly completed, without decided increase In the acreago devoted w ootton, and th? growing ero? thouSb Uto. ba? op to this Hmo prognated favor ab?y. But no prediction as to tho ulti mate out-turn of a cotton crop can be mm at thia early dat*. >. ' TvantoPis, ?,^.>-*?i -j-. -.. ? u LATHAM, ALEXAWDKE ?St CO. : 'I.WJtitf*'.v:;- <..-> fi 1 . i THE MELBOURNE CONSULATE. Capt. Dawson 1? a fend* Maj. Morgan's Ap poin tint nt, oort ?hows that he is a Citizen wi Ulfa ?tot?. I *? -- A meeting of tho Blackville D?mo cratie Club wai called last week to con sider tbe Appointment of Maj. Morgan as CotiRul to Melbourne. Capt. DnwHon wcut to Blackville, and waa invited lo addrets the meeting. He accepted the invitation, and ?ave tbe reasons fur Maj. Morgan's appointment ai? follows : Capt.' Dawson said that be bad no doubt, when bo determined to attend tho meeting of tho club, tbat be would find himsolf among friends, for fae had a right to consider himself among friends when ever be was among Democrat-? in South Carolina. He was present (o day because of the notico calling the club together, which was.publlshed in the County news papers. It involved au appointment for wbicb fae considered himself responsible. It showed faim, what, indeed, fae knew before, tfaut there v.as a (jueslion us lo tho propriety of that appointment. It could not bo considered, therefore, with out considering faim. elf. To condemn that appointment, no matter on what grounds, or how teudcr'y it might bo done, was to condemn the man wno re commended it. "Standing hero to day," faO said, "with thc assurance tbut I have nothing to retract, nothing to bo asham ed of, and nothing to apologise for, I felt tbat my proper course was to come aud giro my reasoas for making thal recom mendation ; and then, when all the fact? shall be before you, I will submit myst to your good judgment. "As I understand it, tho objections to Mr. Morgan are twofold in cbaracter. One applies to bis Democratic record ; the other to bis citizenship. As to bis Democratic record, it bas been stated in tbe newspapers, I believe, that be is, or was, or bas been a Republican. That I deny absolutely. As evidence of the allegation that bc is a Republican we aro pointed to a pamphlet written by him, and published last year, entitled 'Amer ica's Egypt.' "Unfortunately I bave 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 bas been published recent ly, and in which fae gives the paragraphs in that pamphlet which, in bis view, aro moat offensive, and which, fae says, prove Mr. Morgan to be a Republican. All of ?ou who know the kind regard wbicfa Ir. Aiken lias for mo will appreciate this. "Now I undertake to eay," 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, lt has never been assorted by Mr. Morgan that that pamphlet was not ?ubliuhcd before Blaine's nomination, fae plain truth of tbe matter is that tho pamphlet waa 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 thuB stated wfaat was in the pamphlet, Capt. Dawson proceeded to show what was not in it. "There is not a word ibout the Democratic party, about Civil bier-'co 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. Who ri it was first brought to my attention by Mr. Morgan, I told him that he was right in the doc trino which he advocated, but wrong in the man ; that we did nant a policy that would make an American citizen respec ted everywhere, and that the Stars and Stripes Bbould be to bim wfaat the English flag in to an Englishman in every part of the world ; tbat we would seo tho need of this vigorous foreign policy as we bave seen it at Pan ama and in the Santos case ; and that the mistake be made wss in thinking that Blaine was the propel- 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 Borne particular Elank of the Republican platform was otter than a corresponding plank in a Democratic platform, and bas spoken and written in favor of his opinion. So, too, Republicans have preferred Demo cratic declarations on a particular subject to tho doctrine or practice of their own party. But these dissentient) 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 bo construed in advocacy of Blaine's election, but whether he voted the Re fiublican ticket. Mr. Morgan was living n 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 be have voted there, without abandoning Ino citizenship hore, be 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. The subject which it treated was one of great public interest, and the vigorous foreign policy which Mr. Morgan so earnestly and intelligently adrooated was in accor dance with public sentiment. It was expected that the pamphlet would natur ally, have a large onto, which did not ?trove to be the case. It fell flat. Very ew. coplea were circulated, and only one newspaper, published in the Northwest, ao far sa he knew, ever condescended to notice it. No substantial aid, therefore, waa 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 from the same State, and their families had always been friends, bot no objection coola be urged against Mr. Morgan on Uiis account. A great many other Dem ocrats have entertained and expressed a liking for Mr. Blaine. When the news of bia nomination waa pot np on the bulletin board in Charleston, there were numbers Ol'food Democrats who said that- the/ intended to vote for him be cause of bia foreign policy, and in the State of New York, which elected Mr. Cleveland aa President, 60,000 Dem? crata actually voted for Mr. Blaine. Mr. Morgan waa not of this number. As against anything that can be taken or construed from thia pamphlet to Mr. Mofgan'sinjury nolitually, Capt. Dawson enid that' ba had known Mr. Morgan intimately for twenty-three years, since the day when he first met Mr. Morgan, thea a mere boy, coming back from the bloody naval engagement below Ner 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 faim from thia Slate, and never, on any occa sion, or at any time bad he known him to do any tiling or say ? word tbat is i ooo m B.tibio with pore Democracy. Mr. organ wi* with ns lo Charleston in one of tb?v toughest political fights we ever -had, lo 1868, wheo Leeesoe waa elected, ! and enacted oat by the Republicans. Io the Woody campttlrp of 1376 he was on duty i u Columbia tb rough ont the trying scenes that marked tho organization and sessions of tte Wallace House, "and RI? within my personal knowledge," Bald Capt. Dawson, "that ho was assigned to the discharge of a responsible and peril? ooo duty Jf anything ootoward bad com. to pass. Hie conduct then and there baa been recently and fr.ily described In the Abbeville ATediu-A by Gen. Robert R. Hemphill, wfap waa present ot tb? same time, cod U therefore qualified to Bycak concerning him. 1ft. Morgan wai (uw.vya a Democrat bete in South Carolfa na, and was here to do his duty In times of danger. Whether hero or absent, 1 have never known him to do or Bay any thing that was inconsistent with lb? soundest Democracy." A? a final answer to the charge that Mr. Morgan had proved bimselt a Ko 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 go to Washington and meet it. Mr. Morgau accordingly went there and saw both the President and the Secretary of State. It would not bo proper to repeat what took i?laco in that interview. Mr. Cleveland mew what charges had been made. And Mr. Morgan proved bia fidelity to ibo Democratic parly. The Piesidcnt was satisfied, and Mr. Morgau received his final instructions and sailed for Iiis destination. "You will ask," said Capt Dawson, "what is the proof that the I'lesidont was satisfied ?" "Tho proof ia this : that, if Mr. Morgau had not shown to thc President that ho waa a good aud loyal Democrat, his appointment would have been recalled. But with a full L-nowlcdgo of tho Blaiuo pamphlet, willi tho contents of that pamphlet before him, 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 (Jod Hpeed on his voyage. There is an answer to all tho sto'riea 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 Bhort sketch of Mr. Mor gan's lifo. He was bora in Louisiana in i a JO, and was appointed a cadet at An napolis in 18G0. Resigning his position at Annapolis when Louisiana seceded, he entered the Confederate service, in which he remained until he left Rich mond in 18G5 a? one of tho body guard of President Davis. He married in South Carolina in 18G5, and remained here until 1870, when he waa appointed a Btaff officer in tho service of the Khedive of Egypt, which post he hold until the following year, when ho ro turned to South Carolina. Selling the factory stock ho held and investing the Erocoeds in a plantation near Columbia, o planted theve until 187G when hi? plantation v. aa forfeited to the State, foi taxes, and he was constrained to sell it, In 1877 he wont t? Washington, and wai appointed to a position under tHe Demo cratic Semite which ho held for some years, and until turned out by tho Re Eublicans. Since 1880 Mr. Morgan baf een engaged in mining pursuits ic Mexico, and moro recently in tho prelim ?nary work upon the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue in New York until tba' work was suspended. It was bia iuten tion, until ho received thia appointment to return to Charleston and continue U live here. "I have thu? shown," cou tinued Capt. Dawson, "that from 18G< to 1885 Mr. Morgan was for eleven o twelve years an actual resident of Soutl Carolinn ; that he waa never away frew South Carolina except when compelled and, beyond that, I give you my owi assurance, for he has told me so, and ha the right to be believed, in the nbseuc of contradiction, that he has never votei outside of South Caroliua. The littli property which he owns to day is ii South Carolina. If by your votes her you say that Mr. Morgan is not to b considered now a citizen of South Caro lina, you leave him absolutely as a mai without a country. If this be not hi home, he has no home. "Two of his brothers lost their lives ii defence of the South, and his own recur is before you. Can it be enid sow, '.ha here in South Carolina-ia UU? vt ia I St"ten for which he offered bis blood-b is to be denied the right to call tha State his home ? He has two ch i hire here. This is their home. Their moth ers were South Carolinians. They hav no hope or help outside of South Care lina. They navo only known thei father as a South Carolinian. Are yo prepared to say to them to-day that the are nothing here ; have no rights here that they aro not to be called Sout Carolinians? For if the father is not South Carolinian, they have no right t be called BO." Passing to the quostion of Mr. Moi gan's eligibility to office, undor th Fourteenth amendment, Capt. Dawso discussed the several points involved f some length. The question is covore by the opinion of the Attorney Genen in Gen. Lawton's case, and further b the fact that Mr. Morgan was not a "officer" '.fhen he waa required at Anni polis to take an oath to support the Cor stitution of the United States. In regard to bis own part in bringin about the appointment, Capt. Dawao said that eo far as possible for bim to d so he desired to assume all the respons bility for the appointment "I ask ' M Cleveland to make it as a favor to me, he said, "and I hope he made it as favor to me, understanding that I woul not recommend a man whom I did nc believe to be faithful and deserving c the honor. I have been accused of ut faithfulness and treachery to tho Derne eratic party on account of this appoio mont. They bave even said of me that ara not a citizen of the Doited States that I have been committing perjury therefore, every time that I have vote in this State in nearly twenty /car There is hardly anything that has w been said to my discredit. If I ha stolen all the money in the United Stat? Treasury, turned the State over to tl: Radicals, and been proved to be a dese ter from the Confederate army, I coul not bavo been blackguarded worse tba I have been because I asked for the a] pointaient of a kinsman to the conan ship at Melbourne. I think I may ss that I have rendered some servico to tl Democratic party in South Carol ir My friend (Mr. Holmes) has kindly r ferred to the poor service I rendered i the Confederate war; but it was not on in the Confederate service that I shi my blood for South Carolina. In tl riots in Charleston, immediately aft the election in 1876,1 was wounded by Radical negro and bear the bullet In ni body to day. In my paper, year aa year-committing errors, no doubt, times-I have fought for the Interests tho people of th? State. It was n good-fortune to be one of tbe first to a vacate Mr. Cleveland's nomination, worked for bis nomination here and : ^Icago. He was nominated and electe Would it have surprised any one, aft that, if I had asked Mr. Cleveland appoint me as cousul at Melbourn There would have been regret, pe rh ar that I should be willing to give up n profession, and set at naught my co ti nu ing opportunities to serve my peopl It sn because I preferred to rema here ; because I felt that I could ser South Carolina better by remaining journalism that I refused to apply fot i office. I have never held one, nev Boaghl one, anti would not accept or Bul, I did ask that, if any conslderatii was to be shown me at all, If there w any obligation to me. it should be nj and cancelled by making one who fa been as near to me as my own flesh a bu ?rv twen.iJ 1**** ?nd ??ore, o whom. I have loved as Jonathan lov David, the recipient of this small hon? And now, my friends, if yon deteiml to day that what I did 'was* wrong ; tl thU appointment was an improper oi ; yeo must in some sort weaken and loin me and lessen the power of the par which I control for good in thia Sta i I* U necessary to do so? Is it afc There are dark Umes yet ahead of ( Carolina. We .half need all the po* ; X** wo %An command to retain th? 8' i Government in the proper bands. Is j wise bx you then, beeaus? inTway t' : seemed to me proper. Igavo way to t ? instincts of a natural affection, to weal ! 1 ^ ?ommand lo p i tec4a^ advsoce your Interes? hsreali I have spoken without neem. there is anything you wish to knoi about tho matter, I shall bo only too gla< to tell you, and I await with confidenc uuy question you may ask. What I mos desire is to have the good will and Coll fidenco of my fellow citizens. Io tin State I married. Here is my home Here my children were born, and tin child whom I lost lies in that beautifu cemetery in Charleston, where I shall Iii before many moro years have passed. . want from you, as from all my fellow citizens, good will and respect and cou fidence. This is my one aim and hopi in lifo. If you shall decide against int to day I shall receive your decision with unutterable regret, but it will not pro voke auy sense of shanie or reproach. Il will only requiro me to wait for the vin dicalion which time shall bring lo me ic years to come, ad it has brought vindica tion to nie before." The meeting adopted a resolution that Capt. Dawson's statement was satisfac tory and adjourned. The Charleston Collcctorsfaip. WASHINGTON, May '?'I.-Messrs. Fi W. Wagener, J. W. Iliusou and Edward Willis, of Charleston, called on the President this morning by special ap pointment, tho President making an ex ception in this instance to his regular rule of declining to receive callers on Saturday. Congressman Dibble was aiso present, and made the presentations to the President. Ar?er a full and free dis cussion of the collectorship question Capt. Wagener stated that the committee brought with them a re-endorsement of Mr. Mowry by prominent business men of Charleston as a testiaiouial of their confidence in his integrity, fitness and ability to till acceptably tho oflico of col lector, because certain unfounded charges had been preferred against him. Capt. Wagoner expressed a hopo that the Pres ident would givo 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 tho committee brought with thom, be said, <v<u? a purely mercantile one, which had been prepared and signed in conse quence of a communication which re cently appeared in the Newt and Courier antagonistic to Mr. Mowry, claiming that he was supported by politicians alone, and at the request of the Bignera of the petition a committee waa detailed to present the document to tbe President and aak him to consider it. Col. Uni son and Major Willis endorsed the views expressed by Capt. Wagener, and thpy also urged the appointment of Mr. Mowry from a business standpoint. The President ia said to have evinced much interest in the rcmirks made by thc committee and promised to give the subject careful attention. Hia genial and cordial manner during thc interview waa highly appreciated by the commit tee, and on partir.;; he remarked good naturedly : "Well, gentlemen, 1 am very glad to have met you this morning ana I see that thia is another case where I will have to be the referee." - There is a colored bay in Madison, Fla., noted fo~ "hardness of head.' Good authority saya that be won a wagei of l?5 upon n "butting match" with a goal recently, in which the latter was killer] outright, and that he has been known ti airman a hole in a freight esr with hil head. He boasts of being able to drive a ten-penny nail into the hardest wood by placing a board over it to prevent il cutting the skin. - Two girls in Sacramento, Cal., whe thought it would bo fun to black theil faces, unfortunately got a coloring prep aration that won't wash off. It acts like dye on the skin, and chemist* say it will probably not wear off for months. Beware of Mercury and Potash. Mercury is mora destructivo 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 el Blood Disease is drugged with Mercury to euro tho malady, and then dosed with Iodides to cure him of tho Mercurial Poisoning; but instead of any relier, the first breaks down his general health and makes him a cripple, and tho other mlns his digestivo organs. Morcury and Pot ash are dangerous evon when adminis tered to directions and under tho eye ol a good physician, and when put up in nostrums, often by incompetent persons, aro apt to produce evil consequencos. Be careful of these poisonous mixtures ot you may regret it. Swift's Specific is en tirely a vegetable preparation, and should not bo confounded with too various imi tations, non secret humbugs, "Succua Al terans," etc., all of which either contain Mercury and Potash, or oro composod ol old remedies which have long since been discarded as of no value lu the treatment of Blood Diseases, and none of thom con tain a single article which entere Into the composition of Swift's Speoifio. There is only ono Swift's Spocilic (8. S. S.) and thero is nothing in the world Uko it. Be sure to get the genuine. Inflammatory Bheumatiim. I have been afflicted for nearly fourteen years with tho severest form or inflamma tory rheumatism. For a largo portion ol tnt time was confined to bed, and suf fered tho most excruciating pain, my logj badly swollen. My caso waa thought In .?arable by tho physicians, and I have often hoped that death would ensue and r elieve me or pain. Last month I secured, at tho suggestion of a friend, ono dozen bottles of Swift's Speclflc, and after using nbout six bottles I nm entirely Tree from pain, the first time in nearly fourteen years. My joints aro becoming more supple and the awelllug gone. I am ready tp answer any Inquirios as to tho facts in U o W i i-". ?- W- ST- CLAIR. Cabot. Ark., April 10, '84. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diaeasos malled free. THB SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Qa, ' WARNING. ~~ A LL persona aro hereby notified no', to - ***}or or Woods Anderson, esr have him under written contrast for the year 1885. Persona dlsregardiu*- this "aw may ejrpect the f u11 P?m?-y of the IM? V- TDCKf.R Application for Charter. XTOTICE Ta hareby given that applies SSS j AnTder3on County, 8. C., on the 28th day or June. 1885, for a Charter ftr the Anderson Telephono Exchange J. L. MAUEB?N, May28,1885Be0rCUtry46 lDCOT^^ LOCATION OF DEPOTS. ley Railroad Company will meet at Andor fs \fk on *?ne mh' at 10 o'clock ^??'?/0^0?*1"?090 of locating the De K^,mJ*,id. AN Persons or com mon tte interested are requested to com munlcato with the Board eiiherinD?Wn .r In writing what aid they arc wIlBS give to secure the location or Dq?te 8 The Company will expect from toe dir ferent communities not leas thaAtioo with OTATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA S? _ ASDBEaOH COUSTV Bamort Browne,. deceased to Le ? nfl THE KNABE PIANO HAS built up a reputation unequalled in the last fifty years. Manufactured in IJaltimoiV, it stands mir climate best. For combiuatiuu of volume and richness of tone, together with relined sweetness and purity, IT .STANDS TUE LEADING PIANO FORTH OP AMERICA. Sub stantial and durable Fully warranted for five years. THE VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE, seems, they will not buy any but thc STANDARD ORGAN, Made by P?l?ubot A Co. In llRcen months I sold thirty-one of them, and published the testimony <if the satisfaction of the purchasers to tho world. 1 have tried to Hell four other makes of Organs fur (ho last two years and only hold four. Now, thc people's judgment may be wrong-but that is their VERDICT. They prefer thu Stan dard < >rgan, made by Peloubet it L'o. Hence, 1 will not sell any other Instru ment but thc above. Hold ON EASY TERMS. Come and sae me, or write to me. ?J. A. DANIELS, Exclusive Agent. May 2?, 1S84 -1?_ Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, N. C., May 17, 1885. SOLID Trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C. Special Buffet Cars attached to this train. No extra charge for scat in these cars to passengers holding First Class tickets. Condensed .schedule as follows : ??Ol.NU HAST. Leave Walhalla. 9:05 a. m. Anderson.10:48 a. m. Oreen wood. 1:08 p. m. Columbia. 5:27 p. m. HUI NC WEST. Leave Charleston. 7:25 a. m. Arrive Columbia.10 55 a. m. Greenwood. 3:03 p. m. Anderson. 5:10 p. m. Walhalla. 0:50 p. m. T. M. EMERSON, Gon'l Pas. Aft. J. F. DIVINE, Gen'] Supt. May 28. 1885_48_ OUR INVITATION TO ALL, COME I NOW 18 YOUR CHANCE. WE arc again in the lead, and ready for action with a mammoth stock of New Spring Goods, Such as are usmally 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 conic and five us a chance to show you the Goods, f you don't buy it will nut bo 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 tho short Bpace allotted to us. Wo advertise nothing hut what we are ready to perform ; and hpving on hand a largo stock of good nature, as well as an immense stock of good Goods, wo are con fident we can please you. We want to remind you that it is as much a part of our business to ;utisfy our custo mers ns to soil Goods, anc" we don't want anybody's money unless v.c. can give them a fair equivalent. Now, we mean just that. Everybody knows very well that one of thc best ways to savo money is to buy Goods of \V. A. CHAPMAN. The A, B, C of our business : ATTRACTIVE GOODS. DHIBABLE ASSORTMENT, TTENTIVE CLERKS. BIO VARIETY, EATJTIFUL DESIOI?8, 0TT0M PRICES. COMPARE OUR G?0CK, 0H8IDEB THE SA VIRO, OME BIOH? 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 Z?IGLER S FINE 8HOE8 como and get a pair, and if you have como and get an other pair. April 2, 1885 38 Stockholders' Meeting. THE Annual Meeting of the Btockhold . JD ?S TH? ANDERSON BUILD m AND LOAN ASSOCIATION WUI be belo in the Court Honse in Anderson on at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of re ceiving and acting upon the reports of the present officers and electing officer? for the !S5E,D5uyMi' and for th? transaction of such other business as may como before toe meeting. Sec. ana T:eas. Anderson B. ?fe L. A. May ai, 1*66 40 5 SHERIFF'S SALS. iN JUNE, A. D. 1885, at Anderson Court Henee, South Carolina; the following^" d?k?222:of"Lena, containing two hun vS&s^Stl ra0?i or Tess, situate In WU Mrs. Hannah KJngand others. Levied OD asabas H- w^mM May 7, ^^y&nUjr. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. " All persons having demands against the EsiaJaof Jam?, M. nbdSed ^^y?otIfle4 to present thTm\ pr^Sly ?22HK2* J** ?n**T*i>*A wltuln thelma SBS^* *?d ^ebted to < May 2L?18S5 N' ?AMBRE?1>, Adm'r, i ?? i I SPRING - HAS - ABBI VED ! AND with il thal jteculiar condition qf fa ruitein, known ut impure blood. Il ? a'fad, ?nown lo everybody, that if xcs hat* any Ht. nor in the\Blood, it it almott turt to brtainl n th* Spring montlu in Eczema, Erytheia, Tetter, Ring Worm, Splotches on face, it.,?t. Now, the reason for this it generally tuppoud o be th* ch " of the teutons, and a want of ibatinence from food, D.tring th s Winltr, chen thc weather is bitter cold, wt eat a gnat leal of grease-especially hog meat. Ov ch ol? system becomes, as it were, pemtatd ind clogged up with our heavy diet, and via . tyring comes, and hot weather begins, wy fet >f us are careful in our eating, continuing tit ame heavy articles of diet, that art only ft /gr niter cold weather, when, in fact, we should tat ?cry little until our system becomes aeelima?ui o the hot weather. Most peoplt undented hat they hart to take a dote of Piilt or Calor?, *r something of the kind, to prepart thtty?o? or the Spring and Summer ; and mst if hem noxu know that to prevent the 7 Rashet," Boils, dc, they mutt tait tomtkM >/ Blood Purifier-such as 8ABSAPA RILL A, with IODIDE POTASSIUM* QUEENS DELItiUTind IODIDE PO TASH, or SARSAPARILLA and YBLWh* DOCK-which latter it made and highly fir xmmended by Lamar, Bankin & Law, tj Atlanta. Or SUCCUS ALTERAN8, vhi? it a ter y fine and efficacious remedy, orien**/ (he Patent Medicina, which ar* very higty recommended by the portia who madttkta. Now, we always keep on hand a good ttad ./ '.he above remedies, and many others, for ih liteata of Spring and Summer. Yow? truly i. $0 ORR &~SLOAN, DEALERS IN DRUGS AND HESBSIR ; ? ..; ?? . ri V:'J'>> Prescriptions a Specialty? BENSON HOUSE COBWEB, May 7,1886 48*