The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-16
. Editorial Notes.

Trustees, ,of the South Carolina Unlversi.
1 tyg hiefJustice FIJI. Moses was rlnani.
1 nlously elected professor Of the law school
l:of. that Institution, made, vacantqby the
] death of Maj; G. D, Melton -, s,,'.'o.
The t Republican National Committee
] will meet on Thursday, Jsnuaryr1s, at
10 ann, atths Arlington HOTEL Wash
! ington, for the purpose Of fixing tho time
and place tor holding the next Repabli.
can National Convention for the, nomi-
| nation of President and Vice President.
! The Greenville Agricultural and Me-
chanical Association, atiB annual meet
ing on the sth, elected Col, w: b. Perry
President, and A.. Fl. jenkins, Esq, Sec
retary and Treasurer, with q full list of
other officers. Resolutions ~of thanks
| were rendered Hon. J. P. Moon and. W.
L. Mauldin, Esq, the re5iring President
and Secretary: nc -...,:;;;.,.. -,
1 Gen. Babe6ck has been indicted by the
Grand jury of the United Statea Court,
NON; In session dtSt: Louis, for completely
in the whiskey frauds, and mas given.
bail in the sum Of $1,000 to appear for
trial. The Military Court Martial will
4 sit from day to day without action until
4 the result of the trial is known. Thus
ahothor Of Grants pets has become in.
yolyed in the glaring frauds which are
the land marks o. his disgraceful admin
istration.a
Gen. Babcock, the Presidents private
l-Secretary, has been. implicated in the
whiskey frauds Of which Avery has been
convicted in st. Louis. A military COM
mission of inquiry. consisting of Gems.
Sheridan. Hancock and Terry-two Re-
pubIcans and one Democrat-has been.
appointed to investigate the charges.
The composition ofthe Court is such that
| a whitewashing report may be expected.
It is holding its sessions in Chicago.
The Attorney General sent dispatch
ON the 9th inst. to United States Attor-
| ney Dyer, st st. Louis, saying that ad-,
vices had reached him to the effect that
Special Counsel Henderson had, in the
course of the Avery trial, made ali at
tack upon the. President, and. assuring
the Attorney that the department. will
not continue to payvSpecial Counsel for
this kind Of servica. Such action on the
part of the general government is in keep
ingwith the usual conductofthe President,
who is particular to have none. for any
position, whatever, that he controls, e1-
| cept such friends as are willing to blate
his praises on all, occasions, and when
such an one is found the. President
cares little about his fitness but appoints
him as his trumpetsr. This course has
surrounded Grant with many incom-
petent and. corrupt officers and. is alike
disgraceful to him and to the party which
endeavors to perpetaats his power. .,....
The census of. 1870 shows that the
nominal wages Of the 100000 workers
| in this country rose about SO. per cent.
from 1860 to 1870, while prices rose
about so per cent With wages aVerag-
ing s377 yearly in 1860; these workers
could buy only as much as 1884 would
buy at the prices Of 1850, when wages
averaged S2ss yearly. The result is that
labor, at1the latter rs compared with the
former period, suffered loss Of $55 year
| ly. The difference is still, considerable,
though probably not so great as in 1870,
for cotton and manufactured goods has
fallen very much in price since that time:
The. country needs and demands q fixed
currency of sufficient volume to effect: Its
exchanges; but not a wholesale imitation
Some settled currency az stable 'value
should be inaugurated whereby q fixed
and stable value will be given TO- every
article of commerce, and 81 proper rala-'
tive value established and maintained be-
tween labor and products.
The new Constitution Of North Caro-
lima prohibits marriages between whites
and blacks to the third generation; pro-
yides for biennial sessions Of the Legisla-
ture, each limited to sixty days; author
ICES the Legislature to farm out the con-
victs; and invests it also with power to
provide fitting penalties for the carrying
of concealed weapons. There is no doubt
that the feature of biennial sessions Of
the Legislature will prove advantageous
to the public interests, for there is as.
much trouble oecasioned by too much
Legislation as f'om any other source.
The provision in regard to miscegenation
| is wholesome one, but will 10 doubt
meet storm of indignation from the ad-
vocates of fciMl rights. The proceedings
of the convention were of great impor-
tance to the people of the Old North
State, and the results show that Demo-
cratic principles have firm and abb
ding influence over the affairs ofthis State.
The colored line is considerably oblite-
rated in Alabama and Mississippi. The
colored vote is no longer engrossed in
those States by the Republican party.
The colored people understand and e:zer-
else the privilege of voting in accordance
with their views of public policy, whether
they agree with those entertained by
themselves previously or BY their special
political mentors or not. This is the in
dependence at which they should aim in