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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-04-10
Port RoVaI.

With the completion of the Port Royal Rail-
road, from Augusta, Ga, to Port Royal, S. c.
the latter place has arisen to considerable i'm
portance almost by magic. Not that the town
has been actually built into prosperous city,
like Jonah's gourd vine, in single night, but
that its magnificent harbor and recently COM
pleted railroad connection has brought it prom
inently to the attention of capitalists, as a
point of great promise in the future. Hence,
the opportunity for profitable investment in
real estate is readily accepted, and we take
pleasure in directing the attention of our
readers to the proposed auction sale of lots in
Port Royal, which will occur on the Oath and
25th of the present month. The opening of
the railroad affords another avenue for the
products of the great West to the Atlantic
coast, and negotiations are now on foot for the
establishment of steamship lines to the North
ern and European ports, with fattering pros
poets of success. The particular inducements
offered to capitalists and mechanics wishing to
become identified with the future of Port Royal
are fully set forth in the advertisement else
where. Persons wishing to attend the sale
above mentioned will be carried for one fare
from Columbia, Augusta and ether points.
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The Charleston Courier.

This venerable and popular journal, which
was the oldest publication in the State, was
sold at auction on Thursday last, for the pur-
pose of settling up the estates of deceased
partners. The good will, subscription list and
material of the Daily and Tri- Weekly Courier
were purchased by Messrs. Riordan, Dawson &
Co., proprietors of the Charleston News, for
the paltry sum of s7lOO. Regarding this pur-
chase we find the following paragraph in the
Ne,os:
"The public sale of the Charleston Courier,
Yesterday, resulted in its purchase by the pro-
prietors of the Ne1cs This, of course, will
necessitate some change in the management of
the combined journals; and we shall take the
earliest possible opportunity of advising the
public of what shall be the course of liberal
and progressive newspaper which will then
represent both the hoary age and the lusty
vigor of the new South Carolina, to which,
through good and evil report, We are bound
forever"
In accordance with this arrangement, the
last issue of the time-honored Courier appeared
on Saturday last, and from its columns we ex-
tract the following announcement, the senti-
ments of which will be echoed and re-echoed
throughout the land
1t is our duty to announce that the Charles
ton Courier ceases its publication in the inter-
est of A. S. Wellington & Co., with this days
ISSUE After the connection which, for seventy
years, has been so intimately and so uninter-
ruptedly held with our patrons and the public,
it IS needless to say, that we sever our ties with
the profoundest, the tenderest sensibility. 1t
is proud source of contemplation, that
through all these long years, we can look back
to record of journal life, unspotted, honora-
BILE and marked only through myriad -chequered
scenes, by an eye single to the public good-in
its highest, in it its best, and in its most wide
reaching end. To our faithful employees, who
SO long and so steadfastly have pulled for us
the laboring oar; to our able and efficient
staff of collaborateurs, who have so adorned
and strengthened our columns; and to the
friends and supporters Of the Courier, at home,
around us and abroad, we bid, from our hearts
innermost court, sincerely, feelingly, hopefully,
adieu
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IMPORTANT DEc1sIoNs.-The following spe

IMPORTANT DECISIONs.-Ihe following spe-
cial telegram to the Charleston News contains
the main points of recent important decisions
by the Supreme Court of the United States:
WASHINGTON, March 81.
In the Supreme Court the case of the State
of South Carolina, ex relatione Theo. d. Wag-
ner VS.. the treasurer Of Charleston County was
decided to-day. The question involved in this
case was whether the treasurer was bound to
accept the bills of the Bank of the State OF
South Carolina in payment of taxes, the allie
CATION being that the charter OF the bank made
its bills receivable for all public dues. The
county treasurer answered that these bills hav-
ing been issued in 1861, and in aid of the re-
beIIion, were not legal tender, and that the
charter under which the bills were rendered
had been repealed.
The question was FIRST decided by a jury in
favor of the bank, bat the Supreme Court of
the State of South Carolina held that the clause
recurring the State To receive the bills in pay
ment of taxes was subsequently, repealed. This
ruling is sustained by the United States Su-
rreme Court, and the judgment of the Supreme
Court of the State is affirmed.
The Supreme Court also rendered its decision
to-day in the case involving the liability of the
Northeastern Railroad Company to taxation.
The decree of the State Supreme Court was re-
versed and the cornpany was decided to be
subject tu taxation.
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- The election in Rhode Island on the End
inst. resulted as follows: Howard, Republican
candidate for Governor, received 9,273 votes
Chase, Democrat, received 1865 votes.
= Walter P. Anthony, convicted of Ku
Kluxing in South Carolina, has been pardoned
Anthony is only eighteen years old, and was
sentenced to eight years imprisonment
= Dr. B. A. Bosemon, the new postmaster
of Charleston, has executed his official bond
for $4,000, and forwarded it to the Postoffice
Department at Washington for approval.
- The venerable DIR. Lovick Pierce celebra-
ted his S9th birthday on the oath of March last.
He preached twice on the day before, without
feeling any inconvenience from the unusual
exertion.
- The Tennessee Legislature has passed q
liouor law which leaves it to the people OF
each civil district to determine for themselves
whether liquor shall or shall not be retailed In
their district.
- Mai. Louis E. johnson, formerly U. S..
Marshal for South Carolina, is mentioned as an
aspirant for the Collectorship of the port OF
Charleston, but there seems to be no intention
of making change at present.
= 1t is said that, if the Chinese were to
adopt the Prussian military system, they could
bring into the field upward of eighty million
soldiers, unequalled for patience ana endurance,
and for indifference to death.
= Charles Sumner and Alexander ii.
Stephens are suggested as suitable candidates
for President and Vice President, at the next
election. In case of their success, lengthy
messages and speeches would be abundant:
- The demand for fertilizers at Walhalla
has been far in excess of the supply. More
than double the amount used in Oconee County
last year has been already sold, and hundreds
of people have been unable to get their orders
filled.
Col. D. Wyatt Aiken has just returned
from trip to the West, and brings rather a
gloomy account of things in the Mississippi
Valley-labor demoralized, money scarce,
planters despondent. Notwithstanding our
manifold calamities, he prefers South Carolina
to the rich countries he has recently visited.
- The freight blockade in the southwest is
causing a serious inconvenience to merchants
and shippers. Immense quantities of freight
are piled up at the leading business centres,
and in some cases notices have been issued
refusing to receive any more goods The pres
sure is occasioned by the increased movements
of the spring trade, and by the deficiency OF
the rolling stock of many of the railroad CON-
panes.
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Anderson District Medical Society.

In accordance with previous notice, this
body met on Saturday last for the purpose of
reorganization, and the transaction of other
important business. The Society was called to
order by DIR. w. H. Nardin, the former Secre-
tary and Treasurer, who explained the objects
of the meeting.
On motion, Dr. Nardin was invited to take
the Chair, and DR.. O. R. Broyles requested to
act as Secretary.
Owing to the small number Of physicians in
attendance, it was determined to postpone the
the election of officers until Saturday, 18th of
April, at which time it is earnestly requested
that all members of the medical profession, in
good standing, resident in this County, will be
present. The Secretary was instructed to ad-
vertise the proposed meeting, and likewise to
notify every physician by personal summons
to attend.
On motion of DR.. j. w. Spearman, the
Chair appointed committee of three to nomi-
nate delegates to the South Carolina Medical
Association. Drs. ]. w. Spearman, R. F.
Diver and G.. II. Symmes we're appointed for
chat purpose, and subsequently reported the
following nominations, which were unanimous
ily confirmed, viz:
Drs. w. H. Narein, P. 4. Wilhite, John H.
Maxwell and J. w. spearman, delegates; Drs.
NJ. C. Parker, T. J. Pickens, E. NJ. Browne
and o. r. Broyles, jr., alternates.
Dr. Spearman was then called upon to give
an account of his treatment of meningitis in
the Fork, where the disease assumed an cpl
demic form, with which request he complied,
and made an interesting statement as TO the
symptoms observed and his treatment of the
disease.
On motion, the delegates were instructed to
request the State Medical Association to me-
morialize the Legislature, at its next session,
to place physicians bills upon an equal footing
with laborers' wages, as lien upon crops.
After requesting the newspapers of Anderson
to publish summary of these proceedings, the
Society adjourned to meet on the third Satur-
day in April.
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THE HONOR

WE claim the Honor of having the BEST
FITTED ESTABLISHMENT, the most ELE-
CANT STOCK DRY GOODS and MILL
merry, and the best and most Fashionable
DRESS MAKING ROOMS in South Carolina.
We hope some of the Ladies' of Anderson
and Upper Districts, who believe in taste in
Dress, will visit Abbeville this season, if but
to see our Goods.
Respectfully,
JAMES w. FOWLER & CO.,
Proprietors Emporium of Fashion,
Abbeville, S. c.
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sS The sales made on Monday were of no
general interest, as prices were Domipal. Sew
eral Others were postponed, owing to informal
tiles and objections by parties interested. The
erowdlin attendance was unusually large, con-
sidering the fine weather and the bnsy season,
but the day was quite orderly and in marked
contrast with many predecessors, owing to the
absence of, King Alcohol, whose yotaries were
confronted with the new regulations, and much
disgruntled thereat.
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cIosina of the Bar Rooms.

The enforcement of tie liquor law, as ex-
planned in our columns two weeks ago, directed
the attention of the Town Council to an exam
ination of the ground occupied by that body
in issuing licenses to tavern-keepers and re-
tailers. The result has been revocation of
all the licenses granted during the past seven
months, and the bar-rooms were closed on
Thursday morning last, in obedience to the
orders of the Town Council. We express the
sentiments of a large portion of this commu-
nifty, most deeply interested in sustaining the
morals and good order of the town, in thank
ing the Council for this action on their part.
We are informed that the Council very prop
erly agreed to refund the money paid for licen-
ses, where the time paid for had not yet ex-
pired, and this action will likewise receive the
endorsement of all, as a matter of simple JUS
tice to the parties Obtaining the license
Several of these parties will sustain much
inconvenience, and peshaps some loss, in
disposing of the stock on hand, which is to
be regretted, but cannot be remedied, as the
Town' Council could do no less than promptly
comply with the requirements of the law, when
its attention was directed to palpable violations
in granting licenses heretofore. Further per-
sistence in these violations would subject the
Council to heavy penalties, and it would be
quite unseemly in our acity fathers" who are
the supposed guardians of the peace and custo-
dians Of the Law, to openly set at defiance its
provisions. % s',fs.
But We. believe that all parties quietly and
gracefully acquiesce in the settlement of this
vexed question, at least for the time being. 1t
becomes the duty of the citizen to look forward
to the future. We are strenuously opposed to
granting Licenses hereafter, and we are cspeci-
ally opposed to any construction of the law,
whereby monopoly of the retailing business
might be obtained by any individual. Such
monopolies are injurious in their character and
tendency, and bring about disorder in the
vicinity where situated. The result of obser-
walton and experience upon this point, during
the past several years, should teach our author
tiles to avoid granting a monopoly of this bus
iness, and likewise avoid locating more than
one licensed tavern in the same portion Of the
town. Thus, if it is deemed necessary to secure
revenue for the town by granting licenses
at all, let the evil be mitigated as far as posi-
BILE. in the manner suggested.
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Index to New Advertisements.

Auction Sale of Lots at Port Royal.
w. w. Humphreys, P. J.-Citation.
Red Sign-Poetry, Prose and Rags.
Meeting Anderson District Medical Society.
Notice Final Settlement Est. d. L. Donald.
Notice Final Settlement Est. Chiles McGee.
Notice Final Settlement Estate Lewis Dal-
rymple.
A Card-AIeeting of stockholders of Cotton
Factory.
Osborne & Mccully-Agents for First Glass
Steam Engines.
J. R. Smith & son-Gents' Summer Cloth
ing. Tailoring, &c.
james W. Fowler & Co., Abbeville, s.C.-The
Honor-Fowler's Bazaar
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School, Matters.

Tn response to the invitation Of the School
Commissioners, Capt I. P. Benson a large
number of teachers and trustees assembled in
the Court House on Monday last, for the pur-
pose of deliberating upon the prospects and
condition of the free schools, and especially TO
consider the propriety of closing the schools at
this time. The full proceedings of this meet
ing appear elsewhere, by which it will be OBJ
served that thescLools were ordered to be closed
from and after that date. This proceeding is
in harmony with she law, we believe, and is
intended to give the County Treasurer an op-
portuuity of adjusting the school claims for the
scholastic year beginning OF the 1st Of July,
1872. These claims should be presented at
once to the School Commissioner, in order that
he may ascertain definitely the amount out
standing for the current year. We are advised
that prompt compliance with this request
will be highly appreciated by the officers in
charge of the school appropriation, and win
greatly facilitate the early liquidation OF these
claims.
Another matter of considerable Importance,
which was considered and acted upon by the
meeting, looks to such amendments of the
school law as are suggested by wisdom and ex-
perience, aud q committee was appointed to
make such, recommendations as they deem ad-
glaable, reporting to an adjourned meeting.-
Other counties are requested TO take similar
action, and we have no doubt that the move
ment will greatly tend to perfect this impor-
tant branch of the government.
In connection with the subjects considered
at this meeting. we are gratiied to announce
that the apEortionment of the $500, 200, appro-
priated by the State Tor the support OF free
schools. has been completed, and that the sum
of 50. s622O being the proportion due to An
sderson County, has been paid by the State
Treasurer, as we learn fTom the Columbia
Union Of Tuesday last,
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Cotton Factory.

A meeting of the subscribers to the capital
stock of the proposed Cotton Factory on sa-
lada River will be held in the city of Green
vile on Wednesday, 3Oth of April, for the
purpose of organization. The projectors of
this enterprise assure us that they consider the
raising of the necessary capital to form the
company a certainty, and the list of stockhold-
ers embraces many substantial business men of
the up-country, whose experience and sound
Judgment guarantee success to the enterprise.
We invite attention to the advertisement in
another column.
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RELIGIOUS Items.

At the Baptist Church, on Sunday morning
last, after an impressive and powerful sermon
BY the Pastor. Rev Lewis H. Aver, the Lords
Supper was administered to-e large. number OF
communicates. Bhe congregations at the
Baptist Church have. materially increased
during the past few months, and the spacious
edi6ce is occupied by attentive audiences every
Sabbath
The Presbytery of South Carolina meets at
Clinton, Laurelss County, on Wednesday before
the second Sabbath in this month. In conse-
suepce of this meeting. there will not be any
services, at the Presbyterian Church on next
Sabbath, as the Pastor, Rev. D. e. Frierson,
viii be in attendance upon Presbytery.
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The Connecticut Election.

The election for State officials and members
of Congress in Connecticut took place on Mon
day last. The election passed off with unusual
quiet and freedom from excitement, and the
returns already received indicate light vote
throughout the State. The general opinion
seems to be that there is no election by the
people for Governor, as it requires majority
of the entire vote cast to secure an election tor
Governor The contest between two political
parties fails to bring about definite result,
whenever third party appears in the canvass,
as is the case this year, when the "prohibi-
tionists" have polled heavy vote, sufficiently
large to prevent either the Republican or DEM
ocratic candidate receiving majority of the
whole vote, as the contest between them is ex-
ceedingly close. Henry P. Haven is the Re
publican candidate fo- Governor and Charles
R. Ingersoll is the Democratic candidate. The
Democrats have made important gains, accord
ing to the returns received, and it is barely
possible that Mr.. Ingersoll has obtained the
necessary majority, Notwithstanding the vote
cast for the temperance candidate. The Re
publican candidate was elected last year by a
majority of % over ill the others, and ma
jority of 1000 over the Democratic candidate.
With the increased Democratic and Tempe
rance vote, the result this year is even more
doubtful. It is conceded that both parties
have selected their best men for the various
positions, and thecampaign has been conduct
ed solely. with reference to political issues,
albeit there is an unusual absence of excite
ment and interest.
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Sons of temperance.

\ Anderson Division, No. 1, installed the fol-
lowing officers to serve the current quarter, at
the regular meeting last week, viz:
A. O. Langston, W. P.
81 G.F. Tolly, W. A.
w. S. Bigon, R. S.
7. c. Robinson, A. r. s.
1. Harrison, F. S.
u B. Frank AlaaIdin, Treas
F.A. Daniels, Con.
J.. G. Cunningham, A. c.
C. w. Webb, Is.
John w. Todd, o.S.
es j. Baylis Lewis, P. W.P.
Since Mr.. Carswell's lecture, in the early
part of last month, we are informed that the
Division has received over thirty petitions for
membership, the majority of the petitioners
being ladies. There are about eighty members
at this time, and the cause is still progressing.
The regylar.meetings are now held on Thurs
day evenings, instead Of Friday, as heretofore.
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ar The weather has been unusually warm
during the past, week, and the thermometer
stood at IS degrees more than once This IS
exceedingly high for the season, and has caused
vegetation to make rapid strides towards per-
fection. Yesterday, the temperature was much
lower, and at this writing there is 8 gentle rain
descending, which we hope will become general
and more copious, as early vegetables would
be benefited thereby.
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WHOSE HANDSOME House IS THAT?-Such
was the inquiry of the traveller, as he passed an
unusually well-fnished residence not manv
miles from here The style of the sashes, the
clearness of the glass, the beauty of the blinds
and doors, the neatness of the columns and bal
listers around the piazza, the perfect proportion
of the brackets and moullings, all struck the
traveller with pleasure and admiration. All tho
above were furnished by Mr.. P. p. Toale, of
Charleston, S. c. Prices sent free on applica-
tiOn
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Municipal Election.

At the election held on Thursday last, Srd
inst, the following officers of Townville were
chosen to serve the ensuing year:
Intendant-Dr. J. w. Spearman.
Wardens-C McCarly, e. E. Smith, W. ].
Harbin and B. Holcombe.
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rsss- Prior to- the municipal election in St.
Louis, the Cincinnati Times declared that the
Republicans were hopeful of success, and that
Liberalism, there as elsewhere, had collapsed.
The telegraph informs us that the whole Dem
ocratic ticket has been elected at St. Louis by
over 5000 majority. Here is the difference
between predictions and actual results ID po-
litical matters.
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- The Louisville papers say that meningitis
is prevailing to an alarming extent in some
localities in that State Many deaths are re-
ported at Carrollton, Owensboro, Bowling
Green and in Ballard county. In the latter the
Circuit Court, which was set for last week, was
adjourned on account of the prevalence of the
disease.
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n@ az. N" the immortal philosopher; put
in an appearance on time Saturday afternoon,
and lectured before a large audience that night,
IA the Court House, presenting his theory of
reconciliation, and eloquently demonstrating
the. fact that he is master of the situation.
Weswere uuaVoiaably absent, and cannot make
n full report of the interesting occasion.
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pgr Our. sanctum was honoret by the pres
ence of C. P. Pelham, ESQ.,, of the Columbia
Pheuir, on Tuesday last Mr. Pelham is here
in attendance upon his son, recently attacked
with menigitis,. and whose. condition rs report
ed favorable. While regretting the cause OF
his visit. ans glad to welcome our distln-
esished friend to Anderson.
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= Instructions to postmasters to collect post
nge on weekly newspapers mailed to points
within the county where they are published
and also on newspaper exchanges, on and after
the 1st of July next, will shortly be issued by
the Postmaster General.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
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