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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-24
CONVICT LABOR.

Heretofore the maintenance Of the
State Penitentiary has been a very ex.
pensive mode of Furnishing crime in
South Carolina. Indeed, under Moses
administration enough was spent for this
purpose to have boarded every criminal
sent TO the Penitentiary for the, same
lengthof; time at the Charleston OK any
other first class hotel in the country.
Under Governor Chamberlain the ex-
penses were somewhat reduced, but the
amount expended, forty thousand dollars,
was an unreasonably large one. The
salaries connected with this Institution
should be properly reduced, and the
convict labor, instead Of being almost q
dead-loss to the State, should be made to
approximate as near as possible to self
supporting system. Criminals should
understand that the Penitentiary is not
place of; ease or idleness, but that term
in it is enly another name for period Of
hard work, the earnings from which 60 to
the State as compensation in measure
for the crime committed against society.
We. tired of having innocent persons
punished by. taxation to such a large OK
tent for ae purpose disappearing set
of criminals. There has been reckless
extrayagance in this institution, and it
should be. corrected at once. When it
wasunder The chargejof Maj. T. B. Lee,
.oflour County,, although it was only in
process Of erection, # was run upon rig
idly economical principles, and would
sooR have been self-sustaining had not
Ex-Gov. Scott removed the faithful and
efficient Superintendent to make room
for the .arpet-bag adyenturers who have
presided over it ever since. With the
right man for Superintendent the ex-
penses could be greatly reduced, and we
respectfully suggest to his Excellency
Governor Hampton that inasmueh as
Maj. Lee was removed without cause by
carpet-bag Governor, that tender Of
the appointment to him at this time
would be proper vindication of his off,
cial conduct, and would be gratefully re-
ceiyed by the people Of our entire State.
We. do not know that Maj. Lee would
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There we're three deaf

- There were three deaths under one
umbrella at Newberg, n. G., on the last
Sunday evening in April. At the close
of the service at the colored church q
thunderstorm passed over, the town, and
two young girls took refuge under a col
ored brothers. umbrella, which had
steel handle. There was q vivid fash,
and in an instant there we're three life
less bodies PROSTATE on the sidewalk.
The cover of the umbrella was partly
burned.
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:, 10 It is reported thatStAe. American
officers serving in the, Egyptian army
have refused to bear arms against i Russia
We hope the report il true. They err
gagged tor sergef the Khedive; sbuS this
should not bind them Yte take part with
the, Turks in the European war. We.
trust, therefore, they win remain in
EIynt.t lgf sii q; its,ti
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COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
COLUMBIA, MAY q, 1877

Mr.. EDITOR The election of Chief
Justice has taken place, and, as was pre-.
dicted, Judge A. J. Willard fills the po.
sition. For some time it was considered
a foregone conclusion, but about three
days before the election the enemies of
the administration redoubled their exer-
tions, and found some plant tools in the
Democratic ranks, who, for personal spite
or personal aggrandizement, were willing
to assist in the first effort to defeat the
administration. Gov. Hampton did not
at the outset wish it to be. considered an
act of the administration, and took no
part in it, save to express his opinion as
to its advisability when asked by indi-
vidual members; but he was committed
to Judge Willard by having rendered
him the position when he believed he
had the appointing power but by the
violent opposition Of some sore-heads ID
our party it was forced upon him, and
be publicly declared that he thought it
wise, just and necessary. Then came the
tug of war. The cry of the opposition
was-"any man to beat Willard" and
they worked day and night to accomplish
this object. They hunted the country
over, and were paid for their pains by
having. the man they put up most hand
so,mely defeated. From the first ballot
in the caucus they never stood q shadow
of chance; and be it said for the honor
of old Carolina and the Democratic party
that her SONS we're never trner, that in
this critical time every Democrat voting
for Willard except Gary AM: Bryan
as we'll as the administration Republi.
cans-such as Hamilton. Myers, Reddish
and Westbury-and Gov, Hampton is
the Governor of South Carolina today
Notwithstanding theT efforts fof some
parties to break his influence. There
was, however, delightful harmoniZing
| in the next election-that of Col. Henry
IsMcIver, Of Cheraw, Chesterfield County.
He was elected to the vacancy caused by
the election of Willard Hel and Col.
and when be was sh Chosen, ,s; the nomination
was made unanimous, and wonderful to
I;say; his election was sutunfn,ous, receiv-
ing every vote of 1923, cast by Democrats
and Republicans, -! ;; y,nc,s
Since these elections the Legislature
has zone to work with q viii, and Is
making nm orlost time. The apptopri.
alton hi has been passed and sent to the
Senate. s M The M @ supplv bill has las passed, @ the q
House at n mills for State purposes,
and three lfor Comfy makinipy an ag0fe. e1a.
rate % Of I0l mills = Just think Of :tRat.
Won't YOU instead of l6. l8 or 20 mills
under Radical rule: and the best part of
- = tho+, +b;o ,,o,o oil Stote eynenaea
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= Thursday, June IA, will be the one
hundredth anniversary of the adoption
of the Stars and Stripes as a national
ensign.
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= Five prominent candy-makers in
Boston have been indicted for using
poisonous ingredients,
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10 pay the lnteresI on tne uept S W
validate it irrevocably. Every lawyer
knows that the payment of interest on an
antiquated debt will revive it; or the
willing payment of interest on forged
note will acknowledge its business, and
we cannot imagine the reasons which in
duce the Legislature to saddle beyond
recall upon our already over-burdened
people an unknown and indefinite debt.
It is presumption, it seems to us, for any
man TO decide so positively and hastily
upon the financial policy of the State,
and tho Senate owes it to the people to
arrest this reckless haste, and thereby
gain time to ascertain and sift the various
classes of the debt. We assert, without
fear of contradiction, that no man knows
what the State debt is to-day. A large
portion of it has been consolidated; that
is, two old bonds have been exchanged
for one new one, but it is impossible to
say that these old bonds have been can
cancelled. Some may have been, but We
doubt whether all were. Thus the debt
may turn out to be considerably dupli-
Gated. 1t is likewise impossible to tell
how many of these consolidated bonds
have been issued without any considera-
ton. The exchange and issue ofbonds
was entirely in the hands of Republicans,
and they of course issued all that they
wanted of them. The people will not
and ought not to consent to the payment
of any of this debtuntil it is fully investi-
gated. They are not willing to'leave it
to any five lnen TO settle for them. 1t is
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Agent for Anderson and Pickens,
May II, 1877 aeM . H. ,sat' tssas-%1 st.'.' :
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-19
Letter from Florida.

JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 9Th, 1877.
Dear CdledOnian In five and a hall
days, tit should have been three and a
half only,) we exchanged the deep
SHOWS, intense cold, and fiercest storms
of northern winter, for sunshine as
warm and mellow, air as balmv and
sweet, and foliage as green as mid-June
In Vermont. But, like Jordan, it has
been "a hard road to travel - and we
reached here through much tribulation,
of rough slow railroads, and weary de-
lays in cold depots, and in fact where
there were no depots nor cars, nor
available hotels to shelter us.
Judge French was landed from hotel
in North Carolina in the evening, at a
depot locked up, and no shelter to be
had and was obliged to walk up and
down the platform for more than an
hour, to keep from freezing. Our in
valid lady, luckily, got a chance to rest
six hours in "poor whiter woman's
chamber, destitute of any furniture
excepting rough board tables and
benches.
In another instance where no accom-
modations could be bad, she lay down
upon the floor of the depot. In two
instances, for seventeen hours each, we
could procure no food, and when we
did tiud it, although sufficient to sustain
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-19

States there are Railroad Commission :
ers to whom such Investigations are
committed, but Mr.. Adams contends
that tbe matter is one which does not
heIono to the States but to the general
Recruitment. because such accidents
are incident to commerce between tne
States. Nothing radical is needed
saws Mr.. Adams. Congress Is not re-
ouired to assume any new power OF
do any act looking toward geneiai ran,
road legislation. All that is required
is that a provision should be made III
connection with the Department OF the
Interior for a bureau of railroad status
tics. which should include two Ofhcials,
one an accountant and statlstIcIan, the
other a railroad expert and engineer.
The first should collect and put into
shane for reference the vast amount OF
information connected with the interior
commerce of the country now Inacces-
sible. The last should make study
of all railroad accidents and investigate
those which present unusual features.
The public would then know what the
railroad companies are now under the
strongest inducement to keep to them
selves. The fact that such an mvesti-
cation was to be made would have a
tendency to make railroad companies
more careful, and the result would be a
great reduction in the number of acct
dents.
In conclusion Mr.. Adams urges Cen
eral Garfield to present the matter to
Congress and use his influence to secure
so important bureau.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-19
Caledonia Agricultural Society.
ANIMAL MEETING


The annual meeting of the Caledonia
Agricultural Society was held at the ST.
JOhnsbury House on Tuesday, Jan. I6
j. X. EMERSON, president, in the chair.
On motion of iona. Lawrence a COM
mittee of three was appointed by the
chair to present suitable resolutions on
the death of Hon. John Bacon, I'd.
iona. Lawrence, N. p. Bowman, and E.
H. Stone were appointed, and reported
as follows:
Whereas, an allwise Providence has
removed from our midst our friend and
cO-laborer in the agricultural cause, the
Hon. John Bacon, I'd, that while we
bow in humble submission to the will
of Him who is too good to err, we can
not but feel deeply the loss that the
Society has sustained in the death of
our friend, and we hope that the man.
tie he has so long faithfully and honest
iy worn, may fall upon shoulders that
will bear it with equal honor to himself
and benefit to this Society.
RESOLVED, That the preamble and
resolution be placed upon the records
of the Society, and copy signed by
the President and Secretary, be for
warded to the family of the deceased,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-19
The Winter in New York.

This is the severest winter that York
state has seen since 1857. 1t is now an
parent that the New York Central has
had great difficulty in keeping it's four
tracks open for the past fortnight, and
40 miles of freight trains are said to be
blOckaded between Buffalo and ALBANY,
AT the close of last week, express trains
which left Albany in the afternoon had
only reached Rome, the following after
noon. 1t is not easy to clear four tracks
OF snow, as the pillow which uncovers
one covers another. 1t is said that Mr..
Tillinghast, the superintendent, wanted
to put ten thousand men a-shoveling.
but the new Vanderbilt restrained him.
This may be only gossip; it is the fash
lon of the cold world to remark flip
PANTY on the absence of the cold NAM
at such times. People shouldn't be
hard on an orphan, with only seventy
five millions. The snow at all events
is great obstruction to transportation
in New York, both country and city,
carriage through the metropolis having
been almost suspended. New England
has enough, but has not been seriously
blockaded in her railroads or cities.
The fury of the storm has been spent
in the middle states, and even some of
1t as far south as the gulf.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-19
Our New York Letter.

THE LARGEST LEGACY EVER LEFT II
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wILL-PER
PETUATION OF HIS NAME AND PowEF
PUBLIC CRITICISM-DID BENNETT
SHOOT MAY?-MINoR MATTERS DIR,
TRIP THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF TIKI
sEA-FINNY MoNsTERs-A FISHER.
MANS FEELINGS.
NEW YORK, Jan. IL, 1877.
To the Editor of the Caledonian:
The world usually takes upon itself
the duty of criticising the actions and
requests of departed greatness, and its
course respecting the dead Commodore
forms no exception to this rule. Mr.
Vanderbilt, true to his instructive love
for the acquisition and retention OF
power, followed the English law OF
primogeniture in his will, far enough to
leave at least tive-sixths of his whole
property to his oldest son, VIM. H
Vanderbilt, and the latter's family. The
remaining fraction is distributed among
his other relatives and friends in sums
ranging from about half million down,
his widow receiving only about the lat
ter sum, and now thousands and thou
sands of people who have no knowledge
OF the circumstances governing the tes-
tator's action, and no possible business
with it, anyway, rise up and soundly
rate the old gentleman for not dispos-
ing of his millions according to their
own superior sagacity and fairness. 1t
is true that some of the minor requests
and annuities seem very small, but in
the case of his numerous children to
whom he gives from 100000 to half a
million apiece, and who are getting a
good deal of public sympathy for their
poverty, it would be interesting to have
somebody tell us how much better off
these people would be with ten millions
apiece. Enough's as good as feast,
and all the comforts of life can be got
with 100000 as well as with any great
er sum.
VIM. H. Vanderbilt is to-day the
richest man in America, with property
estimated as high as from sixty to sew
enty-fve millions, but really can't see
how he can get any more comfort out
of it-any better board, clothes, recrea-
ton and opportunities to do good-than
with hundredth part of that amount.
On the contrary he will only have pro-
portlonately greater care, worry and
confinement to show for his enormously
greater wealth.
Dr.. Jared Linsley, the Commodore's
faithful medical attendant receives $40
200, and DR.. Deems, his pastor, $40, 900.
has been made to have the
will admitted to probate, and the Gus
tomary talk started relative to the doc
lment's being contested by dissatisfied
Iegatees,
Quite coincidence in connection
with Mr.. Vanderbilt's death at the great
age of 80, was the death on the follow
ng day of his sister at the age of IS
years. Her decease took place at the
Did homestead on Staten Island and her
funeral ebsequies were held on the day
olloWing those of her brother.
Our other great sensation wakes daily
more mysterious. The duel of James
jordon Bennett and Mr.. MAY, the
of his late .fancee, completely
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-19

as token of our sympathy in thei
bereavement.
The Treasurer's account being Gale,
for, it was read and accepted. o.
motion, the president appointed com
mittee from each town represented, t.
nominate officers for the year ensuing.
After dinner this committee reporte,
and the Society elected the following
officers:
President-Joshua Bemis, Lyndon.
Vice Presidents-A. R. Hovey, st
JOhnsbury; j. Lawrence, Waterford.
Secretaries-I. w. Sanborn, Lyndon
vile N. NJ. johnson, C. d. Brainard
Fl. X. Ide.
Treasurer-C. M. Stone, St. Johns
bury.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Barnet-James Roy, Peter Lindsay
VIM. Adams, Cloud Harvey, j. Morri
son.
Burke-H. M. Hall, David Trull
VIM. Belden, Joel Jenkins, c. t. A
Humphrey, Jesse Marshall.
Cabot-L. C. Fisher, A M. Foster, N
X. Abbott.
Concord-A. X. Quimby, Hubbard
Hastings, S. Ranney.
Danville-Jona. Batchelder, ]. G.
Varnum, VIM. Russelow, w. G.. Bart.
lett, c. L. Stevens, L. Frye, C. L. Nor
rill, F. Palmer.
Groton-HOsea Welch, John Orr.
GreensbOro-G. N. DruIy, j. B. Cook
Hardwick-W. d. Bronson, Henry
Blake, j. NJ. Stevens, C. M. Bailey.
Kirby-Russell Risley, P. w. Russell,
George Ford.
LyndOn-A. o. Harris, James Tref-
rem, VIM. P. HOughton, W. A. Bemis,
l. H. Hall.
Newark-E. Woodruff, s. C. Walter,
j. Wire, H. C. Packer.
Peacham-V. ID. Moulton, Charles
Gates, Jas. Mclaughlin, L. Strobridge,
j. r. EMERSON.
Ryegate-J. H. Currier, M. r. Gray,
j. F. Nelson, James Nelson.
st. Johnsbury-Chas. Stark, A. S.
Livingston, Emerson Hall, II. c. Hast
ings, N. M. johnson, E. P. Allen, Ira G
Smith, j. G.. Hovey, Geo. C. Barney,
Danford Wiley, L. P. Cheney, N. P.
Bowman.
Sheffield. B. Knox, c. Simpson,
S. c. Otis, w. Brown, Walter Chase.
Stannard-Peter Blair.
Sutton Nathan Way, N. K. Camp
bell, Bradbury Wiley, ]. B. Gordon.
Watertord-E. A. Parks, c. L. Davi-
son, A. B. Carpenter, Willard Kinney,
G. R. Barker, F. Richardson, w. M.
Hoyey.
Walden-C. ]. Bell, E. Osgood, w.
Campbell.
Wheelock-Chas. Rogers, w. H.
Davis, j. G. Gray, Thomas Chandler.
On motion, j. R. EMERSON, E. A.
Parks, H. NJ. Hall, l. w. Sanborn, c..
j. Bell, were appointed committee to
cooperate with the State Board of
Agriculture. The time for next fair
was fixed Sept. Is, 10 and 20, and the
Executive Committee meet at st.
JOhnsbury House in two weeks-Jan.
3O-to complete arrangements, perfect
premium list, etc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-19
The Sin of Spiritualism---Its Dangers
Its Effects.

We give elsewhere some results OF
the sO-called spiritualism which has be-
fallen our neighboring town of Barnet
Some private advices give us much
more vivid impression of this sad Wis
itation than do our own correspondents,
and for the sake of communities which
have not yet been afflicted, and that do
not know the legitimate Outgrowth OF
this whole devilish business, we are dis
posed to add some facts to those already
given elsewhere
Spiritualist meetings or "seancesn be-
gan to be held at Stevens's village early
in the fall fist at the hotel and then
at Clements store building; one Rich
ardsoa, man from Burke, coming down
to conduct them. To these meetings
the people were generally invited to
come i'll and "investigate," and also to
help pay the expense. 1t is said that
at these meetings there was mysterious
ringing of bells, untying of knots, and
communications from the spirit world
in short the usual amount ofhumbug and
clap-trap which has been exposed over
and over again, and which people gen.
orally believed was too thin to deceive
anybody in an enlightened community
as late in the age as the centennial
year.
Among Others who were allured into
these meetings, was Sherburne Moore,
young, active and useful man, with
happy family consisting of wife and
thee small children. Moore became a
victim, leading his wife in the same
way. Last week both developed mark
ed lnsanity-in the case of Moore, that
of violent and dangerous type. He
first thought the Almighty had control
of him, but afterwards admitted that it
was satan. He said his visitant stayed
with him all the time, and he dare not
disObey him; that he was completely
under his control. He thought this
spirit had commissioned him to kill two
of his children; also his sister, an ex-
cellent Christian lady. According to
the accounts of those who were called
in to take care of him, more terrible
night than Wednesday of last week
cannot be conceived. At times it was
with difficulty that Moore could be pre-
vented from plunging his hands into
the fire. Then again there were times
OF perfect sanity, when he would re-
peatedly say that it was spiritualism
that made him what he was-that he
was not insane, but that the devil had
got him. He would then exclaim: "He
is coming! Hold me- ~ and then ap-
parently suffer indescribable anguish
and physical pain. One who helped
take care of him that night said he
could only describe it in the words of
the Scripture: He "wallowed, foam
ing," calling in the most beseecbing
way, on God to have mercy; and draw
ing tears to the eyes of all who heard
him.
\Spiritualism is thought by many good
people even, to be sort of harmless
Gods word calls it
"the doctrine of devils."-1 Tim. A: l.
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RADIx.
The Great Religious Revival at New
buryport.

NEwBURYPoRT, MASS, Jan. IA. The
greatest revival of religion ever known
here, is now in progress. Three weeks
ago Rev. Mr.. Hammond, the evangelist,
commenced his labOrs here at the in
vitation of the evangelical ministers.
At first the effects were not apparent,
nor the chief operator popular, but now
no meeting house or hall is large enough
to contain the audiences. The city hall.
which will accommodate 1900 people.
and the Baptist church, which will seat
600 people, are used simultaneously.
Meetings are held morning, afternoon
and evening, and the revival has ex-
tended to Newbury, Rowley and Ames-
bury. Mr.. Hammond will continue
here another week, laboring a portion
OF the time at Amesbury, thence he
will probably leave for Washington
where he did a similar work last win
ter.