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A.
On Monday last the extra session. Of
Congress was adjourned by limitation, Fas
the first Monday in December is the
constitutional time for the regular meet
ing. Immediately after adjournment,
the regular session was opened. andlthe
usual routine Of opening gone through.
The session, just closed has, been a long
and tedious one, with very meagre re-:
suits. Most of the time has been spent
in passing the army: appropriation bill,
and the discussion Of political questions;
such as membership, presidentialappo
ments; &c. The House has done some
valuable general legislation-as il the
passage of the Silver. Bill, the repeal Of
the Resumption Law, and other matters;
butithe Senate has been! too intent upon
maintaining q Republican" majority to
bestow any consideration upon subjects
of general legislation, Its, action has
been partisan in the extreme. The re-
tention Of. Patterson, and the seating Of
Kellogg, will mark it in history as the
first Senate that ever lowered its honor
by retaining as q member;a man who
obtained his election by notorious bribe-
ry, and BY seating a man man Who was never
elected by legal Legislature. We hope
one more session after the! present. twill
close the Republican dynasty in the
Senate forever. -. e...[,.I :-.:...s q.
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The United States sloop of War "Hu-
ron" sailed from Norfolk, Va, on the
Oath Of November, in the face of. the dan.
ger signals, and when off the North Car
olina coast encountered a terrific storm.
The vessel, from unaccountable cause,
made to the coast instead of putting to
sea, and was wrecked near point called
Nags, with fearful loss Of life. Out of
1873 officers and men on board, only some
thirty were saved. Gross carelessness
was exercised in ordering the ship to sail
In defiance of the danger signals, and the
Navy Department will fully investigate
it, and punish to the full extent of its
power whoever is found culpable. It
appears to have been one of :,ie most
reckless exposures of human beings to
death that is on record, and should not
be lightly passed over.
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sWAfIs RESIGNS.

4 -. 4 /.
s. "A. swails,. colored Senator from
Williamsburg, has yielded to the inevi-
table and resigned as Senator from that
County, and of course as Pres;dent pro
TEN. of the Senate. . OF course this action
was taken for his !country's good, and
therefore, the historian will becompelled
to write that he has done one patriotic
deed, even if it was caused BY the fear Of
the law. He resigned in person, and on
leavingthe Senate bade its members the
following farewell. ar IT, ~. ..si
! SENAToRs-In rendering my resigna;
tion, there are many things that ! should
probably say, and many more that may
be left ,unsaid; but 7 feel it my duty, as
it is my inclination, to say before leaving
3 few words to those with whom.I have
been associated for several years. Every
Senator knows the great work, and great
fight going on within the State borders,
and I state very frankly that am un-
equal to- the, task that man made BY
IOQ IL uu6Qudl w tut uSut. = u6SO .UCSH
a member of this, body for the last nine
years, and as the last Of those who have
been members of the Senate since recon
struction, / know of nothing in my &C.
tions and duties as q Senator to which Z
can look back as done against the inter,
ests of the State OF Of my people, But
the severe pressure Of friends, of family,
of those we esteem more than sell, will
sometimes force man to do things against
self will. I am about to leave this Sen
ate, but in doing SO leave it with the
kindest feelings to every Senator, For
the last six years I have honorably, .and,
toGithe best Of my ability, filled the posi-
ton of President pro TEN: It's a posi-
ton of peculiar and delicate responsible
.ities; but if at any time during my ad-
mninistration any Senator has felt grieved
at my rulings, I trust he will forget it,
and attribute it, if an error, to the head,
and not to the heart. Senators, I thank
you for the uniform courtesy .yon have
always shown me, both as Senator and
President Dro tenn. - &c.. ..
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The celebrated Timothy Hurley has

The celebrated Timothy Hurley has
not yet been given an opportunity to un-
burden what he knows about the frauds
of Republican rulein South Carolina.
If the present Investigating Committee
are too much fatigued by their past labors
to undertake to procure Hurley's testi-
mony, would it not be well for the pres
ent Legislature to appoint a committee,
specially to take his testimony, and to
look up, the Land Commission swindles
which seem to have passed unnoticed, 80
far. The people want it all, and from
what has been made public hp to the
present time, we are inclined to think
there must be a great deal to be learned
yet. Let us hear from Hurley. =
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precedent in admitting VIM. Pitt Kellogg
as Senator from Louisiana over Judge
spoford, the duly elected Senator from
that State, without even allowing the
latter to take the testimony in his case.
Kellogg, it will be, remembered, was a
member of the Louisiana Returning
Board, and was elected Senator by the
bogus Legislature that board declared
elected in order to sustain the Packard
Legislature. The Supreme Court Of
Louisiana has decided this Legislature to
have been an illegal body, and it has
long since dispersed and given place to
the legitimate Legislature of the State,
which elected Judge SpoAord. D. T.
Corbin had as good claim to the seat
given General Butler as Kellogg has to
the seat he now occupies, and this
amounts in equity to no claim at all.
The action of the Senate on this matter
was simply monstrous, aud shows the
iniquity to which the Republican party
will resort for the purpose ofperpetuating
its power. The people of Louisiana
should not submit tamely to such an in
dignity, but should Immediately proceed
to prosecute Kellogg for the alleged
frauds of the Returning Board, and thus
put him where he cannot misrepresent q
sovereign State, under the pretense of
being an honorable Senator, when in
fact he deserves punishment for foul
conspiracy in counting the vote of his
State. i
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land, granted them as subsidies. Were
this possible it would open to settlement,
by. the advancing army of emigrants,
some of the most valuable lands of our
national domain. Many embarrassnents
viii arise from liens already created by
land grant bonds and government mort
cages.
The food so widespread In its work Of
devastation, has done great damage here.
A portion Of the famous ",Long Bridge"
80 well known by; every soldier, and
which was built in 1908, succumbed to
the angry waves yesterday. - = - -
The United States emigration reports
show that Texas is receiving vast addi-
ton to her population BY large colonies
of'thrifty Germans, and from present in
dications the Teutonic element will soon
be in the majority. 49,.
/ The action of the House in the passage
Of TIE anti-resumption: bill- has created
serious misgivings on account of the
manifest sectional diversities indicated
lin ths vote. Were the Individual views
of our Representative not confined to
.andsmade upby sections, no alarm would
be. felt It cannot be- denied that the
West and. South are allied against. the
East. p eIs,it possible that hiddeniin the
SMOKE Of tliis conflict the real contest is
being waged between the debtor and
|icreditor elasse5 s,-s:s e:ss 81 ss,'..:: Z.
Anew machine is now on exhibition
iii the treasury Department, which will
take the place, Of the hand press, and
strike off 5000 reversed stamps and
greeubasks each day, and reduce so-10o
of TIE force nov. employed IN the bureau
of Engraving and printing. 81 go a -.
There are some things real. Here are
two silver dollars, one of them coiaed by
q nation 80 Insignificant that inface Of
her outfages and indignities, we're We To
declare. war against her we should be the
laughing-stock of all nations; yet, this
piece Of coin win pass for one dollar, and
purchase its equivalent in. every land.
Here AZ another; beautiful IN exterior.
It bears on;itss face the motto Of 8 great
country, and on its shieldsa proud birds
image. The asg it represents. waves
,under. eyery'skY and commands respect.
.TRta. coin IS by no means equal In value
toitheh Mexican. one, and will not pur-
chase ip Ganada dollars worth Of
Florida ORANGES - gas., .; :y..,,e, FAX
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Ii, : 1
The Republican family is mot happy.
Vice President, Wheeler by his vote in
the Senate where ties have occurred has
shown plainly. that he, is opposed to
Hayes, although he, represented differ
emily at the opening Of the last session
Of Congress. Stanley Matthews has de-
serted the Presidents Southern policy,
and, voted against Butler and spoford,
although he helped to inaugurate it:
Patterson openly attacked the .Presi;
dents Southern Policy and ridiculsd it,
but no Repnbli lican opened his mouth to
defend the head Of the party. Theaindi-
cations are, that Mr.. Hayes has no
strength, and that instead Of the party
being builtup il is, certainly wasting
away. When they lose the Senate; as
they are sure to de in 1877. there will be
nothing left Of nblieanisn ii the ma, na,
Stion. 5.
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,AF.FAIRs IN WASHINGTON.
From Our Regular co,rir'espondent.
WAsH1NaToN, Dec. I, 1877.

WAsH1NGToN, Dec. !, 1877. :
At the opening Of the extra session of
Congress the Republicans had majority
of FIVE in the Senate. Morton's. death
and Voorhees, appointment reduced it to
three, including Sharon, the "Bonanza
King" The, excitement during the last
few days has been intense, and the posi-
BILE loss of working majority. has given
serious alarm tothe Republicans. Every
inch of ground will be sharply contested,
and the struggle will be bitter one. At
this writing the Senate has been in con-
tinuous session for over twenty-seven
hours, and there is little chance of ad-
journment for as many more. Patterson
and Conover are not reposing on a bed
of roses. The former is resting under
very grave charges of having secured his
seat by bribery, while the latter has
doubtless been allured by promises Of
political preferment. y is apparent that
some understanding has been had, and it
is said that the vote which Stanley Mat
thews cast with the Democrats, to pre-
vent an investigation of the alleged alli-
ance, is full confirmation Of it's exist.
ence. Whether this struggle shall shift
the political supremacy on to Democratic
shoulders or not, make little difference,
as it is certain to be accomplished in the
near future. Such changes seem incident
to every popular government. The po-
litical pendulum vibrates to and fro, and
it is hardly possible for any party to
maintain the ascendancy for an indef-
mite period. @
The wreck of the United States steamer
"Huron," with a loss of one hundred
lives, is an evidence of the value of, the
signal service to our commercial marine.
This steamer was ordered to sea by Ad-
miral Trenchard in the very face Of the
danger signals at Norfolk and Cape Hat
teras. The utter disregard of all these
signals lost the, navy hundred brave
fellows, and thorough aud',severe in
vestigation of the matter is demanded by
the public. s,S.l. al Is.5s..z...es
The Pacific Railroads are seeking an
adjustment with the Goyernmentsby sur
rendering twelve millions of acres Of
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Coffee

Professor Hollyard, of San Francisco,
is making an effort TO introduce the cul-
tiyation fof coffee into California. He
gets the seed from Liberia, and starts the
plant under his own super vision, with 2
view Of distributing then over the State
for culture. There is strong probabili-
ty that the enterprise will succeed, inas-
much as it is said that plantation of
some fine hundred coffee trees are now
growing in that, State and bravely sur
vived tie rigors Of the'last winter, which
was about as cold as il ever gets to,be in
that country. t :, -
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Col. T. Stobo Fsrrow has been elected
Clerk of the Senate viee Josephus Wood
ruff, resigned. The selection COT Col.
Farrow lis an excellent one and substi-
tutes an honorable and polished gentle
man in the position which Woodraf has
so long used for the purpose ofsecuring
unjust expenditures 81 the public money.
Col FarroW will make a faithful and
efficient public. officer. s::iEtt,z,
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9 THE STATE PENIFENTIARY.:

j Col. Theadore ". Parmele has sub
initted his report as Superintendent Of
the State Penitentiaryt to the Board Of
Directors, and in it makes various sug-.
gestions and explanations, preliminary to
asking for Increased appropriations for
nextyear. He begins with calling. atten-
ton to the fact. that he has expended
SS6, 1859 for maintenance during the
past year, which leaves deficiency Of
sll l26s.l4. The. average number of con-
yicts confined to the .Penitentiary was
4s5 per day, makingthe expense for each
prisoner s7s.ss, according to the Super
intepdent's showing, which: he says could
have. been reduced if.money to pay in
cash had been furnished him.. he then
shows that prisoners have been hired out
as follows: During the whole. year, $50
to. John G. Seegera; since July 18th. 20
TO. Charles Mahew; and since September
24th, 100 to the Greenwood and Augusta
Railroad. By an ayerageit will be seen
that about 1SO have been absent from
prison, which, taken from the average of
1855, leaves an average Of 285 who have
been confined in the Penitentiary.; and
thus the cost of maintenance; instead of
being H9.S9, as estimated, has been
iiS129:53 per prisoner. This is a very
great discrepancy between the estimate
/ of the Superintendent and the actual
facts of the case, which he will of course
explain by saying that his estimate is
based simply upon the commitments, but
there is no substance to this, calculation,
and it is calculated to deceive. Twist it
as you may, the cost of sustaining con-
yicts IN the Penitentiary has been $129.53,
instead of $79.39, as the Superintendent's
report is calculated to make a casual
reader believe.
He next expresses his opposition to
the plan Of hiring out; the conyicts on
the ground of the frequency Of escapes,
which he says are in the proportion of
from l2.to % per cent. per annum. His
argument would be conclusive upon this
point II it was impossible to guard
against these escapes, but we believe the
proper use of chains would prevent these
escapes, and legislation requiring this
preeaution should be adopted. The cost
of keeping prisoners at the Penitentiary
is entirely too high, and the State should
be'saved this. expense by hiring out its
criminals, where they will at least have
to support themselves; The crime Of the
State ought not to be tax upon the law
abiding citizens, and the only way to
prevent this is to: hire. out the criminals.
If.shese are employed in some public
undertaking, as the construction Of ca
nails, railroads, &c., the. State will gain
more than by attempting manufacturing,
as;recommended by the Superintendent.
Tie Superintendent informs the public
that with the approval Of the Board Of
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IGTATE oF,soUTH icARoEdNA,s ~

iGTATE 0FSOUTH iCARoIdNA,,
~ s!.lt44s.5 ANDERsoN gounTY.:
|EByIW.s ". Husnphr .l,ldlge qf Fkn6oest
I WHEREAS, T. Watkins has applied,
ito. me, to grant him letters of5admin-
:istration on the Personal Estate and effects
of Mrs. Lucy I. Griffin, deceased.
|: These are therefore TO cite and admon-
ish, all kindred and creditors or tlle, said
Lucy J. Griffin, deceased, I: 70 be and ap-s
pear before me In Court Of Probate, TO;
be held iat. Anderson Cohrt: House, ON.
Friday, 2lst day DecembeG, 1S77; after pub
lication hereof, to shew cause; ifRny they
have, why the said dadministratio lon should
mot be granted. Given under my hand,
this 9Th day of Decent Der, 1S77. =. -.
W:W.HUMPHREYE,J. ": w. u.
Der & tlS77, e 2J ,sf " ~ q 49,
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The Senatorial struggle is over, and
the State of South Carolina once more
has voice in the Senate Hall of our ma
.tion.. On last Friday night the vote
upon the admission of:Gen NC. Butler,
as Senator from this State, was reached
and resulted in his admissionsby onesma.
jority. Patterson and Connover voted
with the Democrats, and Judge Davis
did not vote either way. Gen. Butler
was then sworn in as Senator from South
Carolina for the next six years. The
Republicans made the most desperate
efforts to prevent him from obtaining the
seat to which he had been clearly elected,
but his case was too strong, and was
managed too skilfully for them. Every
thing that political hate and malignanty
could bring to bear, was opposed to him,
but his cool conduct, sterling ability and
just cause was too much. even for Radical
rascality to overcome, and he triumphed
over them, and through him the people
of South: Carolina have :triumphed OYER
the ISLANDERS and yituperations which
have been heaped upon us unanswered
for SO many years, :. Hereafter the man
who dares defame our people in the Sem
ate will be apt;to be;mithered by the elo-
'quent defense the Palmetto State will res
ceive at all times ftoh our M new Senate cl = 3
M. G, Butler. ....s.:.a e!...;.r..cli u .;ss.
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! The following resolution was adopted
unanimously by Sandy Springs Grange
at their regular meeting on Saturday,
December LIST, 1877: y . -. ..s,g5 !.s, !, :,
/ Rssolued, That Sandy Springs; Grange
heartily concurs in the resolution of Clio
Grange relative to. the undue advantage
attempted, eby the cotton abuyess iofsuuf
large cities by byrequirings the. producer or
seller to lose the weights Of bagging and
ties on ali cotton sold. =
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TERMS oF,S1LE
j.. 3. CLARK.
M E ERCHAN / AIL OR,
ANDERS 8. c.,

3. e - -. . 4 :. 8 .fs.s:
HNTILI be pleased to receiye the patron.
w age Of the public at his rooms over
BARR. s. FANTS STORE. on Granite
Row. where he is prepared to do CUTTING.
and MAKING at the most reasonable rates,
and in the latest styles -
he also keeps on hand full line of
SAMPLES from which his customers may
select aud will order for Them at avery
small per cent. -onSt Stheori riginals cost he
respectfully requests persons wishing Suits.
or parts Of q Suit, to. call and procure: bis
prices before purchasing. 49, 'AiSsI, " ".
Nov o. 1877 19ss. ssi.s..3rs..
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The city of Charleston has full
Redged ticket Of independents for the
city election, AS usual they stick I the hgsi
namesgof some Of the: Demo ocratic nomi-
nees npon their jjcket,' and hope to;run
their Trojan Horse into the, confidence Of
the people Old Charleston wiz VII have
the honor Of demoli shipg this first indes.
pendent: scheme, and giving tothe State
q worthy example Of q livesand patriotic
Democracy -: s. s ss..,s
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/; The following additional Subordinate
Oranges are "clear' On the books of the
Secretary Of Pomona Grange viz: Nos;
i155, III, 213, &c., An erroTin the type
caused an omission of No: LIZ last week. J
There are several other live Oranges who
have not responded. for the third quarter.
Brethren, can't you come in and put
yourselves square on the books before
our next issue7. If you doinot, We shall
ibe compelled to announce your names
ia. .the:wofid., 4 TT r. -
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Df. P. E. Gnfhn, Of Society Hill, S. G.,
has been appointed superintendent Of
s the State Lunatic Asylum, instead of
DR.. ]. F. Ensor. This appointment is
highly commended By those who know
Or. Griffin best. he is q physician. Of
highstanding, and is well qualified for
the position he assumes. He is: grad
nate Of several medical colleges, begin
ming with the South Carolina Medical
School, the Pennsylvania Medical Col
lege, the New York Hospitals, and endt
ing with the hospitals in Paris. Since
he returned to this country he has had a
large practice and, therefore, brings q
theoretical sand practical education to
assist him III the discharge Of his new
duties. -. s1s.....3 ,,s. -
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NOTICE!

T1HE Creditors Of JA4ss, ". CRAYpoRD:
Il are requested to meet me at Anderson
Court House, South Carolina Oh FRIDAY
the it4th day OF DECEMBER, s1S71, for, the
purpose Of appointing an Agent, and to-
make such arrangements as may Be desira-.
ble towards the settlements sof fsasd Gaw~s
fords Estate, assigned, to me,
!. ~, B., FRANK SLOAN; Assignee.
{ Seneca City, Nov. %. 1877. !. 81, 1,-ls 8 II
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/, YOUR r. PICTURE!

ID EMEMBER that I received a Silver
TNJ Medal for the Pictures exhibited from
INV Gallery at the last Anderson Fair. We
are getting q great deal OF work to do, and
Can't. Wren's pictures give universal salts
faction, Every one should take advantage
Of the opportunity now offered them.
y. ,bs..tf J. D.eMAXWELL,
1 - =. Ssit ~ No. 4 Brick Range.
e Kou % 1a77 .-4sl, ~ ~ - ssSs.
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EXECUTORS I IS SALE.

ET,HE undersigned win sell, as Executors
- Of James Adams; deceased, on tie.
Seventh day of December next, at the !resi-
dence of the late Capt. James Adams, de-
ceased, in Martin Township, in this Coun-
ty, at 10 O'Clock, q. M, the following Per.
sonal Property, 10 wit = s g. z 81 rs s.
Two Horses, - - -
Cattle; Hogs, ss
A Gin, (:
Thresher, Running Geeri dd
+ Terms of sale Cash. -. Z :'a = go
|. w. c. ADAMS, ,,.:sas. s:sss
81 B. f. DRIVER, E1ecntofs
Nov p, 1877 .i,:ii f'ss 10 80 IS