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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-01-26
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

SoORA VA OO"A"AOAs = A5-~1.~S
Complaint for Partition Freehold co,v Summons.
Estate, Account, &c.
Thomas r. Breckenridge, Plaintiff, VS.. Agnes E.
Milford, Sarah G. Mcclellan Robert Bracken-
ridge, jr. jeremiah Breckenridge, James Brack-
enridge, David s. Breckenridge, Defendants.
To Robert Breckenridge. jr, and David S. Brack-
enridge, two of the Defendants 10 the above
stnted case.
VOU are hereby summoned and required to.
answer the complaint in this action. which
is filed in the office of the Clerk Of the Court Of
Common Pleas for said County. and to serve q
copy of your answer on the subscribers at their
Office in Walhala, County and State aforesaid,
within txeaty days from the service hereof, ex-
elusive of the day Of service; and if you fail TO-
answer the complaint within the time aforesaid,
the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
REED, KEITH & BROWN,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
TIE summons in this action Of which the
above is copy. with the complaint for the parti-
ton of the freehold estate of Robert Bracken-
ridge. ST., deceased, was fled on the 18th day OF
January in the office of the Clerk as above stated.
Dated at Walhalla c. H.. S. c., 2Oih day Of
January, 1871. REED, KEITH s BROWN,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Jan 26, 1871 80 %
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To the Churches Composing the saluda Bap-
tist Association.

DEAR BRETHREN: At the last meeting of our Associa
on brother appointed in each Church to take up
collection for the benefit Of the Executive Board. Not
q word has been heard from single brother SO far as
the information of the Board extends not single dollar
has been collected We have under charge two young
men prosecuting of study with view to the gos
pei ministry The expenses incurred cannot be met un
less the Churches of the Association in this matter
Other contributions which the Board would be glad to
make and which feel that it is duty to make, is
impossible, without the general cooperation OF the
Churches possible that Churches will do nothing
In this matter?
Why is it that those who appointed have done moth
ing The work committed to you brethren, is an mpor-
tant onc 1t is work in which immortal interests are
involved Do something for the good of the Masters
cause and for the benefit Of immortal souls.
Will not every in the bounds Of our Association go
to work and raise something for us? We need and must
have it!
Send all contributions to Treasurer, JAMES A. HoYT
Anderson c. L. SC Fratcrnally,
w. f. WALTERS,
Chairman Executive Board.
January &C. 1871 40
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Air Line Railroad.

We learn that President Buford contemplates
shortly to begiu the survey between this place
and Greenville, which was ordered by the
meeting in Atlanta last summer, and that our
claims will have due consideration in every
respect. We have waited patiently for this
survey to be made, and trust that every obsta-
Gle will be speedily removed to a fair and call
did examination of the merits of the route
through this place, as compared with other
proposed lines.
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R@ Very little progress has been made In
the business of the Circuit Court. Only one
or two cases have been tried on the Sessions
side. The Grand Jury was dismissed yester-
day morning and Court was adjourned on ac-
count of Judge Orr being unwell. 1t is thought
that only small portion of the business on
the civil dockets will be reached, in conse-
ouence of the continued illness of Hon. j. r.
Reed, who has been confined to his room for
several days past, and also the absence of other
gentlemen interested in suits now pending.
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INFANrIcIDE--We are informed that the re-
mains of an unknown white child were found
by some colored boys, a few days ago. in box
upon rock in the Saluda river, which is the
dividing line between Anderson and Greenville,
aqout u miles below Wilson's bridge. An in
quest was held on the Goth inst by f. ]. Pin
son, ESQ.,, Trial Justice and acting as Coroner
for Anderson county. and a post mortem exami-
nation was made by H. ]. EptiDg, M. D. The
Jury decided that the child was murdered by
e,me person or persons unknown to them. The
child was 8 female and newly-born, says our
cor,e pondent,
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Southern Outrages.

The most notable item in the proceedings of
Congress during the past week has been mes
sage transmitted by the President, recounting
outrages perpetrated in the Southern States.
1t goes back four or five years, and brings up
the stale reports submitted by military COM
manders during the progress of reconstruction.
This message has been referred to a special
committee of Senators, four Republicans and
one Democrat, with power to send for persons
and papers, and it is understood that Holden,
Scott, Bullock, ct id o0ane genus are to be sum-
moned forthwith. The committee has author
ity to sit daring the sessions of the Senate and
to report at any time. 1t is deliberate effort
to prepare the mind of the North for the next
Presidential election, and to furnish pretext
for additional Legislation regarding the South
ern States. The New York Tribune takes a
sensible view of this whole business, and has
expressed its sentiments as follows:
"The Senate yesterday devoted nearly the
whole session to discussion of the Southern
ourages, and some remarkable statements, not
wholly new, yet startling i'll the disclosures,
were made by Southern Senators. The propri-
ETY. of making this investigation seems unqucs-
toned, but there is great danger that it may
lead to some new measures of reconstruction,
of which We have had quite enough to demor-
alizc the most sober and staid society in the
country. We cannot but believe that the
source of half the trouble in the South is the
mistaken legislation which has given privi-
egcs to one class denied to others, and thus
arraycd one party in violent hostility against
another. We trust an investigation of the
outragcs will convince Congress of the folly of
continuing political distinctions provocative of
bitter and relentless hostility
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FR1eHTrUL LEAK IN THE STATE TREASURY

FRIGHTFUL LEAK IN THE STATE TREASURY.
The, cool assurance exhibited by some of our
State officials, in their financial transactions,
would be quite amusing, were it not that the
consequences are very serious to every tax
payer. The story here related by correspon-
dent OF the Charleston News, writing from Co.
lumbia, is fully confirmed by private and au-
thertic sources 80
Just before the recess for the holidays, you
will remember that the Legislature made an
appropriation of $135,OOO to pay the per diem,
mileage and incidental expenses of the body.
+ Up to the 4th of January, (which included the
recess,) the General Assembly had suppositious-
ly been in session forty-four days. The average
amount of money paid to l52 members during
that time was 1856 each, which, in the aggre-
gate, made the sum of s3S650. The number
of attaches to both Houses is not far from one
hundred At liberal estimate, these were en-
titled to about $3.50 each-making SIS, 900 and
total of $53,650 Before his departure for
the North, the Governor signed certified checks
to the amount of s65,o0O.
On his return to Columbia, in two weeks
after, he found to his amazement that the en-
tire sl35, 900 appropriated had been expended
other words, the difference between $65, 900 and
S195, 900 has been "lost" sight of-paid out
without the Governors signature required by
E law, and there is not human being who can
OF will tell what has become of the missing
funds. The Treasurer of the State has simply
paid out the money to somebody, contrary to
the law, which prescribes that the Governor
shall countersign every check issued from his
department. It is claimed that the appropria-
tion bill authorized the Speaker of the House
and President of the Senate TO issue certified
checks, when properly vouched by the commit
tee. I am informed that $4,000 will cover all
the checks issued by the Speaker of the House,
and it is not likely that the expenses of the
Senate were any greater; so that, supposing the
wife of every member, and his wfe's relations,
were employed as clerks, there is still in the
vocative large amount in somebody's pockets
not likely to be sounded by any plumb line
dropped by Judge or jury during the present
administration of the State Government.
These checks are scattered over the town. The
two banks here are said to own goodly num-
T Der, purchased, of course, at living" dis
count but in vain have the officers applied to
the Governor for his countersign- This is one
cause of bitterness between some of the MEM
bers and the Executive. Comment on this
condition of affairs is unnecessary The facts
speak for themselves.
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BF The bill to declare martial law in GER
tain counties of this State has been discussed
vehemently in the Legislature during the past
week. Representative Wilkes, of this county,
made an eloquent and telling speech on the
subject last Friday, in which he advised against
martial law and the sending of militia to the
up-country, claiming very properly that these
we're not the remedies for recent disturbances.
1t is not likely that the bill will pass, or that
anv extreme measures will be adopted.
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p- Another accident is reported on the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad 1t occurred
near Silver Street on Saturday last, and four
cars attached to a freight train were complete
" wrecked. No one was hurt One of the
new engines was pulling the train, and gen.
tleman who came up on the passenger train
soon afterwards expresses the opinion that this
heavy engines caused the accident The track
was in horrible condition, and this great
weight crushed the rotten timbers.
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SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILRoAD.-Our read
ers will have observed that bills have been in
troduced into the Legislature, which provide
for the formation and incorporation of the Sa-
vannah Valley Railroad This is matter of
great interest and importance to the citizens of
this section of the State. We have not seen q
copy of the proposed charter, but learn that it
has been carefully prepared, and has received
the attention of several astute citizens, besides
the gentlemen who have introduced the bills,
Hon. John Wilson, of the Senate, and DIR.
John Wilson, of the House of Representatives.
The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston
Daily Republican thus alludes to the subject (:
The company formed and chartered about
fifteen years ago for the same design being now
defunct, and this perhaps having rather more
favorable prospects In many particulars, being
likely to have the support of the small farmers,
traders, and owners, and not to he controlled
exclusively by few. Some of the most sub
stantial citizens of Abheville and Anderson, /
understand, are at the back of the bill, and if
it passes through without meeting with those
boulders that railroad bills sometimes encoun-
ter, no doubt much advantage will be gained
by the upper portion of the State in the way
of markets and transportation. The general
lne talked of for the road, is from its cOnnec-
ti5n with the Blue Ridge at Anderson to run
through near Abbeville Court House, thence
to Edgefeld and Hamburg The country
through which it is proposed it shall pass is as
fertile us any in the up-country, and the people
all anxious for tine construction of the road.
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Two EStray Mare Mules.

A R. G;AMBRELL tolls before me two Mare
N. Mules, one black, supposed to b. ten
yeurs old; ihe other is bay, supposedto be twelve
years old. Saddle marks and marks of gear on
both of them, rather over medium size, and in
tolerable order, appraised by J.. L. Mccullough,
NJ Burts and Charles Davis to Be worth two han-
dred and thirty dollars, or one hundred and If
teen dollars each. Can be found at said GAM
brelrs, in Anderson county, 8. c., on Saluda Riv-
er, near Gambrelrs Old Bridge, and six miles east
of Honea Path, where the owner can get them by
proving property, paying all costs. expenses &C.
R. n. WRIGHT, Trial Justice.
Jan 26, 1871 30 1an4m
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nderson Farmers Association.

The next meeting of this body will convene
on saleday in February, to receive report
from the committees appointed to obtain sub
scriptions to the proposed joint stock company.
We beg leave to remind the members of these
committees of their duty in the premises, and
10 express the hope that they arc actively. at
work and xii! secure the requisite amount to
complete the organization. As we have said
before, upon the gentlemen designated depends
the success or failure of this enterprise.
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Gen. A. C. Darlington.

"A recent number of the Atlanta (Ga.) Intel
Kqencer makes the announcement that our
friend, Gen. A. G. Darlington, formerly of
Newberry, has been secured as chief assistant
upon the editorial staff of that paper. Gen.
Darlington is vigorous and forcible writer,
and will at once take rank among the foremost
for ability as a journalist We extend to him
a cordial welcome upon his entrance into the
fraternity.
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: ANDERSON c. H.. S. @.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 26, 1871.
How to Save a Dollar.

"a In renewing your subscription to the Ander-
SON inteH;qencer, obtain new subscriber at
s2ee, and we will send both copies one year
for 81. 90, if paid in advance. Remember, this
3 privilege is only accorded to persons not in ar
,rears to this Office, and if you desire to secure
its advantage pay up the old scores against
You and begin afresh. Let our friends go to
work, and assist in increasing our subscription
list,
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Newspaper for Sale.

We are informed that the office of the Chcs-
ter Reporter is offered for sale by the proprie-
tor, John A Bradley, jr. The material for q
country office is complete, and perhaps not ex-
celled in the State, This is a splendid oppor-
tunity for some ore wishing to engage in the
printing business.
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Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, \
EXECUTIVE DEpARTaExr,
Columbia, January l9, 1871. ]
Jan $, 1871

VKyHEREAS, several acts of incendiarism
w have recently occurred in the upper part
of Abbevllc and the lower part of Anderson
counties, involving in repeated cases imminent
risk of life and destruction of property and
Whereas there is we'll grounded belief that
FRANCIS BIGBY, woman of color, recently
residing in Ahbevill0 county, but who has alb
seconded therefrom, has been prominently connec-
ted with said acts of incsndiarsm. and Whereas
tits of the utmost Importance to the preservation
of the peace and harmony of neighborhoeds that
such acts of luwlessness should be put down with
strong hand, hereby offer n reward Of FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS, for the apprehension of
said FRANCIS BIGBY, and her confinement in
any Jail, with proof to convict
In testimony whereof, hereunto
set my hand and cause the Great
Seal of the State to be affixed, at
L.. s. Columbia, this nineteenth day Of
January, A. D. 1871, and in the
ninety Fifth year of the Indepen-
dence of the United States of
America.
ROBERT K. SCOTT,
F. L. CARpozA, Governor
Secretary of State.
Jan 26, 1871 so /
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Economy and Comfort in Building.

These can only be studied and secured by paying proper
attention to the finishing of building. There are many
houses in our country whose windows without glass; ana
heavy wooden shutters cost than sash and
and whose gloomy wooden ceilings are more expensive
than whitewashcd plaster on aths Ii you are going 70
build and wish your house he comfortable at small cost
Won should not fail to write plan and estimate Of 6n
ishing to Mr. p p Toae Charleston S. the largest man.
ufacursr of DOORS sashes blinds, moudings &c, in the
Southern States.
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ns- MIR. Wilkes has introduced a bill into
House of Representatives to abolish the right
of dover. The bill repeals all acts heretofore
passed on the subject, and enacts that hereafter
the right shall not exist, with proviso, that it
shall not affect the right in suits now pending.
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ass- We call attention to the advertisement
of Fairview Academy, in Greenville county.
The principal, Mr.. ]. B. Smith, is a native OF
Anderson, and a young man of excellent at
tainments and high moral character Weuish
him great success.
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a Decided Improvement.

The Senate has recently confirmed, in execu-
tive session., large number of appointments
made by Gov. Scott, principally of Trial JUS
.tices in the middle and lower counties. Itgives
us pleasure to note that, so far as our informa-
tion extends, these appointments are decided
improvement upon those hitherto made by Gov.
Scott in the counties referred to, and are indi-
cative of his purpose to provide a better ad-
ministration of the civil law. It will rebound
to his credit, and to the security of the public
peace and general prosperity of the State
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s0 The correspondents and friends of Rev.
w. D. Beverly are notified that his post Office
address is Marshall, Texas. The Working
Christian will please make note of this fact
for the benefit of its readers.
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s@ President Bush, of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad, has kindly furnished this
Office with complimentary tickets for the pres
entyear, and will accept the thanks of the pro-
prietors for his courtesy.
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- Governor Scott has declared his intention
of removing from Office every incompetent man
of his own appointment.
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TAX NOTICE!
1870.

TIME Books for the collection of the State and
County Taxes for the year 1870 will be
opened OH the FIRST OF February, 1871, ~
the store of W. H. Nardin & Co., No. Brick
Range.
RATES OF TAXATION.
State Tax on the Sl00, 5 80 ctS.
County Tax on the SlO0, 90 {"
Total State and County on sloO, sl.1o
And continue open until hel5,h day Of March,
1871, when penalty OF 20 per cent. shah be adu.
ed. and the books remain open until the 9th Of
June, 1871. with the penalty, after which time
will proceed to add per cent. additional, and
collect all delinquent Taxes by distress and sale
Of property.
County Treasurer.
N. B-All persons owning property in more
than one Township will notify the Treasurer of
such fact when they come to pay their taxes.
Jan 26, 1871 80
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HYMENEAL.

MARRIED, at the residence of the brides uncle in
Griffin, Ga on the 18th instant by Rev. B. F. Maudin,
Mr. j. L. MAULDIN, of Charleston, and Miss GENA II.
EVANS, daughter of the late ]. E. B. Evans, Of Griffin
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THE MARKETS.

AspERsos. Jan. Is. 1871
CHARLESTON, Jan. a.
NEW YORK, Jan. u.
Cotton active and frmer at 151x Giod, 1oN,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-01-04
The Insect pests.

From different parts of the islands we
hear deplorable accounts of the destruc-
iion of growing crops from the ravages OF
insects, unknown in former years. The
cane-borer on Kauai, especially, attacking
as ii does our principal means of raising a
revenue. first attracts our attention From
a gentleman who recently visited Kauai,
we learn that this insect is rapidly increas-
ing on that island. and bids fair to be-
come most serious drawback to the
prospects of the planters. In one instance,
an apparently ahirfty stock of cane, some
fourteen feet in length. when cut down
was found to be perfectly hollow inside,
and full of the insects and their larva.
Cotton, it was thought at one time, was
likely to become one of our most reliable
and easiest as well as cheapest of produc-
tions. In the second year after the atten-
ton of the native farmers was directed to
It's culture, the cotton I'm seed) brought
to Honolulu for sale, amounted to from
seventy-ive-thousand to eighty-thousand
pounds, Since then, however, owing to
the ravages of caterpillars, known in the
Hawaiian language as aR,ihi, en,lhi, and
peelua, the production has greatly fallen
of, and the receipts of last year did not
exceed 10000 pounds of seed cotton.
Formerly the season for the appearance of
the caterpillars was quite distinctly marked
but now it appears that, owing to the dis
tribution of the rains throughout the year,
these pests are almost omnipresent The
cotton raised here, is of the sea-island or
long-staple variety, the most valuable for
commercial purposes. Its as remarkable
for the length and frmness of its fibre as
for its silky softncss, and ranks fully equal
to the best South Carolina sea-island.
The best quality sells in England for about
two shillings per pound, and is employed
for spinning the finest yarns, and making
laces as well as spool cotton. The climate
and soil of these islands are peculiarly
adapted to Its growth, and it becomes
perennial,-bu here come the insect
plaques In the district of Kau, in one
night, plantation ofthirty acres ofthirfty
young plants was utterly destroyed, as if
by the whitening blast of simoom, and
the savings of years and the labor of
months were swept away. Can no scienti-
tie man be fousA to prescribe remedy
for these insect pests?
While speaking of cotton-we notice
the enterprising agriculturists of Califor-
MIA have commenced its culture, for which
some localities of that State appear to be
well adapted Last month, some speci-
mens'of upland the only kind which
succeeds in that State, grown in Merced
county, were forwarded to Dr. J. NJ
Na.le. of New Orleans, for scientific anal
ySs. He reports that the staple is long
and fine. remarkable for its strength and
silky softness. The specimens were from
Alabama seed, and the change of climate,
it was considered, had tended to render
the staple of the "upland stronger, finer
and softer, without alteration in other re-
spects California, among her myriad
other resources, may yet become large
cotton producing country