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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-06
DEMoCRAT1C CLUBS.

{ The Democratic victory, which; wa
achieved last year under such: adverse
circumstances, was the natural result o
the thorough and complete organization
l;of the Democrats of South Carolina; from
| the mountains to the sea-board. With
out this organized effort we would to-day
have been under the domination of 6
Chamberlain, and 81 a corrupt and vena
Legislative bedy. Governmental reform
would have been to- us q dim spectre o
the future, and the woes Of the past would
have afflicted Us sSwheresthe blessings O
the present are enjoyed by all of our peo'
pie. Tie ilibsration Of South Carolina
from Republicanism, despite the Inn
menase odds which were opposed to us ID
the canvass, 4 y 3 q magnificent ! tfibute t
the efficiency, the, patriotism, and the
sagacity displayed by the Democratic
CLUBS; and power which has done sc
much for our political Interests hl!u should
mot BE. allowed,,to become. q wreck II
should be keptSintact, and. maintain, the
controlling influence which it has estab.
slished 10, seoptrel; Of our State. Z The ae
eachievemeatsefsa "a single victorNdoes not
place South Carolina: beyond theiblight:
ing reach tof. the political despoilers;
L is true that Repub1 b1icanism as $ such. i
dead, but its ,twin:brother yet! Lives in
the form of:aIndependents = who are
nothing more nor less than a set Of un-
principled offcerseekers, who are all
things with all men, for the sake Of
ingratiating themselyesihto public Office.
This element is worse { than pure: Repub;;
slicanism, and # il ;shonld triumph inn
South Carolina the.:aaisfortunea Of the
past would ;appear insignificant beside
the:eSils which would .:;amict us. This is
the foe which affrontsI US for the coming
;campaign,l and itsis the duty, of every
Democrat, and of every patriot, to pre-:
pare to crush such am = movement IN lts 'la. N
cipiency. This can only be done b, the
maintenance, of a,solid and vital Demo
icratic organization, which Wilnkeep the
good cltlzens .91,.g of tne ssase togetner, ,n
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The: Usury Law is again before the
Legislature, and we are gratifed tono-
tice that it is probable the bill to re-.
enact the law limiting the rate of interest
is.likely to become a Law. We have al
ways held the view that a acountry, the
chief occupation Of which is agriculture,
should have an established rate of inter
est; which cannot be exceeded without
the violation of law "a commercial
country does not need this protection,
and in some instances it would be hurtful
to have it !; butin South Carolina our agg-
ricultural interests are by far the most
extensive and important, and experience
shows that farmers cannot borrow money
BIT high rates of, interest without becom-
ing bankrupts. The money lender is not
to blame for taking whatrthe law allows
him, and securing the highest market
price for his money. It is reasonable
and proper for him to do SO, but the Gov
eminent has the right to dictate the
terms upon which money shall be used,
because it is the creation of Government,
and the power which creates, by the very
laws of nature, has the right to control
the use Of the article it manufactures.
1t is simply ? question Of expediency,
and we believe it to be expedient for the
general good, or in other words the great
eat good to the greatest number, that the
rate of interest should be regulated.
This subject has been fully discussed,
and every one has made up his mind
either for or against the law, and nothing
that can now be said will be likely to
have any effect on the vote of the Cen
eral Assembly or on public opinion rela-
tive to it.
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Grange !, Column!
~ srtss -
Under the Speryidon tofs the Executive
Committee Of Romcns. GEange.

Worthy Master, Broth thers and = Ssstersaef
AeMeetings Of, yoar, sGrangs sisl respect
fully called on Saturday, 9th proximo, at
your Grange hall st. 10 o'clock =, "a:
Brothers Lee and Brown viii smeet with
you and deliver addresses on the Grange
and its working. Fhe-entire people are
invited to dttend, and II IInq1sstthat.the
officers make allatecessal arrangements.
f1a7f 7,.l,,i :ss,SY: w. RUSSELL, -:
a.; Worthy Master Pomona arange = :
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Judge David Davis, the Independent
Senator from Illinois, is trying't to show
his independence by voting with the the
Democrats on some measures, l and q. then
voting with the Repubi Leans on others.
while occasionally heswiH not vote with
either By this policy he gains the favor
of neithe party, and loses the respect Z! of
b =; 80; -
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The re-establishment Of. the whipping
post for certain crimes ID this State has
been very generally discussed inthe press
of South Carolina, and the. opinions are
somewhat different, over the State is
d subject ofgreatc cimpmtanceato the peo-
pie ofssouth Carolina; and commends'it.
self to the consideration Of our Lsgisla.
ture at this session. There is no doubt
that there is throughout the State class
of petty thieves and offenders who have
no pride, no character and no dread Of
imprisonment, 50 long as the thought of
tits associated. with idleness and enough
to eat. The present system ofipunish-
mryent is an incentive rather than deterer
ID. crime. Every. one who IS. familiar
with the inferior courts Of our State has
doubtless observed this, and in someiin-
stances these petty thieves have openly
acknowledged that they did not mind rest
ing in Jail for, one month. This .condi.
ten of things,is injurious to the; peace
and orderof society and does not deter
from crime; but BY allowing It to go prae-
tically unpunished as to the beginnings,
tends to train up hardened criminals by
the failure to punish little ones. This
should be provided against and, as the
most efficient mode of prevention we are.
inclined to favor decidedly the re-estab-
lishment of the whipping post for all
petit larcenies and breaches Of trust un.
der $4,000. IF this should be done, and
the law SO amended IS. to, authorize the
officer sentencing to imprisonment in
County jails, to direct the working Of the
criminal upon the streets with BAN and
chain, the amount of petty crime would
be wonderfully decreased. Theobjectiun
that whipping is barbarous has no force
in it when. properly viewed, for such is
not the fact Of the case. tis not inju-
rious to the health of the criminal, but is
simply the application ofa punishment
to the feelings of man who is not apt
to be reached through the, means. Of re-
Election, land another reason,in answer of
this objection is that'no one is compelled
to be whipped. Ifa man obeys the laws
Of society il does not Interfere with him,
and if q criminal chooses to lay himself
liable to a fogging he can only blame
himself for getting it. TIE rights Of peo.
pie who, obey law deserve protection
rather than those who disobey, and pun.
ishments should be inflicted with view
TO this distinction: We"need some.
harsher punishment than mere imprison-
ment, and we believe that the right: to
sentence Jail birds to work on the streets,
and the application of the lash to petty
thieves, will do great deal: to restore
honesty and check stealing, together with
other small crimes. 81
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During the present session of the Leg
islature there will sbe a strenuous effort
Imadeto revive the South Carolina Col
|lege, ,andin order to;accomplish this re.
suit, heavy appropriations will be asked
at the hands ofthe Legislature. Before
Undertaking this work Sc would be ad;
visable for the members of the General
Assembly to count the cost and calculate
the benefit to be derived from the execu-
tion of the proposition to revive. The
first element entering into the problem at
this time, when the State is 50 greatly
burdened, is the question of necessity.
Are our present educational advantages
sufficient for the needs of our State9 and,
if not, are we in a condition to better
them are the principal inquiries to be
answered. In reply to the first, we are
disposed to- answer In, the affirmative.
|. The; Furman, University, the Woford
College; the Adger College, the Erskine
College, the Charleston College, and the
Newbery College, afford ample oppertu?
mites for collegiate instruction of high
order; and ltis: ESPECIALLY noticeable that
most Of these institutions, J, are gradually, M q
but surely, elevating the: standard d, Of
scholarship, and will, in the course of a
few years. he .all'that could 'lbeadssired il
they rece;se proper coaragement from
the people ef. our State. The establish;
ment of ja.stateaU University will tend to
retatd thsiprogress Of these other institu-
tiohs,,i and WIN most probably iniure, in
stead Of advance, the cause. Of higher ed
ucation in: the State. In the next place,
we are satisfied that thesexpense scon-
nected' with establishing the State Uni
iiyersity will greatly Z exceed the benefits to
accrue from 1T. To establish it upon a
-lowernorder than Harvard, Yale or the
University Of Virginia would be q predi-
gal waste Of money!, when we have 50
many institutions. already In operation,
and to malie>it the equal of the celebrated
institutions named would require very
large annual outlay Of money, which
could be much more adyantageously, em-
ployed in the common schools sof our
State if they are properly managed.
The University cannot Be made q saccess
at this time, and our legislators will do
well for their. constituents toilet the
whole subject. go'unacted upon; ;iuntila we
recover oaiift financial equilibrium. ~ a
State institution ia . great thing to talk
about, but.nnleas it is. established under
mors favorable circumstances than those
which :oppress US at this time, it will
surely prove q very costly piece Of Lsenti7-
I.mentalism. The University .of Virginia
is the only first class institution Of learn
ing ii the South, which is under State
management, that enjoys any very ex.--
.alted reputation, and yet, nearly every
Southern State has its University" % IF
ours is: revived we cannot hope to rise
higher than respectable mediocrity, for
there are too many competing Colleges
for the size: of our, State, and hence in
view, Of these facts we should shun $50 nn-
inrof;tahjla,i OUTLAY, of nnhlics money.
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The Columbia Register. corrects us in

The Columbia Register corrects us in
reference to the position assumed by us
relative to the sentences of the State Off
lrials, and cites the fact that Carpenter
and Cardozo could not be sent to the
Penitentiary, because the Supreme Court
Ihas decided in the case of the State Us.
Hord that "a Judge cannot sentence
party to hard labor in Che Penitentiary
unless such punishment is authorized by
some statute Of the State" Our contem-
porary then cites US to the fact that Car
penter's offense was forgery, which by
the statute is punishable by imprison-
ment for not less than one nor more than
seven years, together with such fine as
may be deemed e1pedient, and under the
decision above quoted he could not be
sent to,the Penitentiary. Upon examin-
ing the subject we are satisfied that the
prisoner could not be sent to the Peni-
tentiary on charge Of forgery, although
we have known instances in which it has
been, done, and from the precedent we
supposed to be in accordance with the
statute, and think that the law should be
so amended as to allow imprisonment in
the State Penitentiary for such cases as
may arise in the future, though there
should be a saving clause in the act to
retain the present punishment for. all
such offences as have been committed up
to the present time. In the Cardozo case
our contemporary cites the fact that he
was only, indicted for conspiracy, and
could not be- sent to the Penisentiary
under the case referred to above. In
this he is also correct, but at the time of
writing our. article we supposed Cardozo
was: also charged with breach of trust,
which is punishable by sentence to the
Penitentiary. The general statutes pro-
vide in chap. 129, sec. II, page 653, that
"anyeperson committing a'breach of trust
with fraudulent intention shall be held
guilty Of larceny" and if Cardozo had
been properly charged. there would: have
been no difficulty in sending him to the
Penitentiary. We do not understand
why he should have been let off on q
lighter. charge. If a man is guilty Of
murder, it would be manifestly improper
to only convict him of assault and bat
terry; and so it seems to us unfortunate
that Cardozo should escape upon con-
vcien of conspiracy, where he could as
easily have been convicted Of a breach
Of trust. The fact that other warrants
are hanging over the ex-Treasurer
amounts to nothing. inasmuch as they
are not expected to ever be tried, and
when. his present sentence expires he
viii be allowed to depart in peace,
unless he manages to get off sooner,
which is not improbable. Tie explana-
ton of the Register, however, exhono-
rates Judge Townsend from any respon-
fsibility in the failure of Carpenter and
Cardozo to oreceive their just dues in the
Penitentiary. The law is at fault in the
| instance of Carpenter, and the indict-
| ,.ootsr kbok &c ~
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EXECUTORS SALE. !
faSf OR gHS. S1I1.
VALUABLE LANDS,

WYE win Sell to athe highest bidder. 8 on, i
| Nv TUESDAY, the 18th day OF DE-
ECEMBER next; at the late residence Sf
MISS Stephen Maret, deceased; ne4rE6it
j Play, all the Real and Personal Property.
belonging to:the Estase OF Stephen Maret,
deceased. ~. ,;,, - - Z.
The Real Estate consists Of. two Tractsof
Land, as foliows:s ;-sl :. +; 9
Tract No. i1,.;or the Homestead, consain.i
ing by plat ostsame 222sacrs, zdioiningfhe.
lots Of the Town Of Fair Play, on Whichisi
q comfortable dwelling, and ebout forty.
acres Of land in cultivation, well suited for
cotton, corn and wheat. Z. =. s,Ssss, s. E,
Tract No 2S cont aiming bN:pIat ofsaaiel
152 acres, more or less, lying on Beayerdam
Greek, adjoining the home tract On Sthia
tract about twenty acres Of coed bottom.
buildings: ~. &. z. = =. -
Purchaser to have possession by January.
a platef these lands will, ), be exhibited on,
Also, at the same time and place q small
and Kitchen Furniture, a. small stockso of.
Hogs, some rent Corn, &c, de- ~ =:
TERMS oFisALE. ; -,
For the Real Estate twelve months q cred..
1t, with note and good security and mort:
gage of the premises, If deemed necessary,
with interest at z per cent. from date,
For the Personally all sums under:
five dollars cash, and for all sums over Eve
dolIars;a credit Of twelve months, with note
and goedsecuriy with interest from. date
CLEVELAND MARET, I r-....,.., ,...
ANDREW J. MARET, HAeculots ecu 70
Nov 2a 1877 % 8
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DyOR SALE-A good Buggy, Plow and,
~ Saddle HORSE. Apply ats this Office
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Flour Flour.
Every. Week..

/: WE are receiving additions, to sonr large
Stock Of General Merchandise, which We
will.self low for cash. Give us,a call before
you buy. 80. .:s A,; 6 B.. VERs q co. z
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Nov %, 1877
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Dec 6. 1S7'
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-07-05
DRESSING A LOnsTEH.

A young honsekeeper up town was
much surprised The other day, upon an-
swering a ring at the door.bell, 70 70.
eeive from small boy package, which
proved to be IA large red lobster, (it hAv-
ing been cooked.) with note pinned
around one leg, stating, Your husband
would like TO have this broiled for his
dinner.
She knew her husband Was partial 70
broiled meats, bat not having seen :
lobster before, she really couldn't con-
ceive how such bard, horrid-looking
thing could be cooked Ia any way, much
less broIled but be must be pleased II II
was possible 10 DO IL, aud so all the cook
books (she bad small library Of them)
were tsken down aud examined, but no
recipe could be found for broiliDg any
thing Ike this.
Finally, being 81 her wits end, she
dressed II up 10 dolls clothes, sad set II
on her husbands chair 81 the dinner ts-
Bile, where that man found II when be-
csne home, the Joke being completely
inrbed upon himself, though The woman
was seemingly unconscious Of it, only
saying, a. she pointed 70 the ridiculous
object, You wished me 70 dress IL for
dinner, and that is tbe only way knew
u doing Il.
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FACING DEATH

Brother Gardner was yesterday white
washing the back of an old house on
Catherine street when the staging gave
way and be had fall OF about fifteen
feet. lie was senseless when picked up,
but a man poured about gallon OF
water down bis back aud brought him
to. Mr.. Gardner thus explains matters
to the reporters:
Waal, was up dar, au' dar was dc
house, an dar was de scailold and dar
we all was. was jess drawin' dat brush
aronn to kill when ielt goneDess
Seemed was prancin' aroun' on the air,
wild no chance to dig In my toes.
Why didn't you fall At once, and have
toe affair of your miud5 asked police
man.
Why didn't fall? Why, sab, ! was
falling all the time. went down bout
flfty feet head fust, an den changed an
went sideways, an den struck on one
foot and boat ears. All dis time ] was
doing some powerful thinking, was.
Did You think of oysters fried with
crumbs2 asked reporter
Doan' be talking that way, boy !
member all my bad deeds while was
gwine down, an called out that |
would live better life II dc shock didn't
Kill me.
In ,he group was colored man whose
face frightened At these words, aud he
softly asked
Brudder Gardner, doan' yon member
dc 81 you borrowed o. meS
do.
Den pay than II over. De shock
didp', kill YOU, and begin on dat better
life.
Bruddcr Jones, solemnly replied Gard.
ner, de shock didn't Kill me dead, but
beio' pays out any money, ~ gwiue
to wait dc lesult on my nervous system.
| pears 10 be all right, but possoinly !
may BE- fatally Injured 10 some oi The cor.
ncrs aud not know IL Tor mouths. G'lonK
I3rudder Jones, an doan' rob dc cradle
an dc gravel
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a FLooR or SILVER

On the closing up Of silver plating
concern IN New Haven, preparatory TO
its removal TO MerideD, the floor Of the
plating.room was taken mp, burned, and
the ashes Analysed, with the result of
procuring pure silver 10 The amount Of
1891. This result is not strange as it
appears at first sight. The precious
metals are capable Of extreme yolaliliza-
ton under heat, becoming meie yapors,
which may be condensed, resulting in
the production of the metal 10 pure
form. But, even without beat, the par
tlcles Of gold and silver are made so ex-
ceedingly fine in the process of the man
ufacture Of gold aud silver goods, wheth-
er solid or plated, that no dogices for
saving the material abraded or thrown
of 10 the various maBipulaiions are en-
lirely eAecinai Even IL The government
assay officers the SCOT deposited ia the
csimneys from the melting Of the crude
metal IA valuable; aud in most manufac-
tories Of articles Of gold aud silver the
proprIetors do not allow their workmen
20 retain their work clothes when worn
out, but pay for them price { neraliy
sufficient 10 procure new garments--an
Old tatiered yes. belonging 10 a bench
workman sometimes being valued By the
employers, even when 10 rage, At tsenty
dollars
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sonk os ! .NoMmsaas nasn.

A iprincr member Of Glimorps Ileston
Band tells ihis story shortly after TIC
war, there was TO hc "blg time 10
large town Ia Maine, and t,llmore'a
Band was engaged, On reschiag the
towo, which may be called Skowhcgan,
i was found tha. the local baud was 10
lead The procession. a member Of en-.
more's band had the route Of procession,
aud the opportunity for sport was TOO
good TO bee lost. The procession started
the country tooteFs and drum.bcAtcrs
ahead, Cillmorc's band following Il
bad been eoutriyed TO give the lcadiux
baud 70 understand that the procession
was to march the entire length OF Ger.
tain street when 10 fact bu, short part
ofit lay 10 the route agreed upon. At
the corner where the procession was 60
tnen o!f iuto another street was piece
OF swampy, wet land; a. this poin, was
nearod the Skowhegau Band we're do
ing their best aud their worSt they were
struggling with Rogers Qaickstep, aud
making the day hlleous; when The cor.
ucr was reached they kept on banging
away while Gllmore's men, followed by
the procession, turned down aside street
The lone band marched solitary for
about FIVE rods playing louder than ever.
when bugle call from one OF Gllmore's
men caused the leader to turn around
his instrument dropped from bis lips,
aud In an instant that whole band start.
ed helter skelter over tho fence, through
the swamp, Into bitches and paddles for
the bead Of the procession, The from.
bone player fell over bis instrument aud
bent II out Of all shape, the leader lost
his music, the drummer his drumslicks,
but worst of all, the bassoon player got
into mud hole up 10 his waist, and the
whole procession came 10 halt while
they were pulling him out When the
Skowhegan Band landed on terra 1rma,
they concluded TO take the rear Of tho
procession, and disappeared altogether
before The thickly settled portion Of tic
town was reached. A more demoraliled
set of men never was seen ln that or any
other town. Those OF Gilmorc's men
who could command sober faces, fur
nished the music for the rest ofthe day.
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his breast.
Agnes! /!
Dear boy |
DANIEL wEBsTER's ENPERIENCE OF
FAME.


After President Ttler's second veto
OF the bill TO charter a Bank OF the Unit
cd States every member Of his Cabinet
save Mr.. Webster Indignantly resigned,
aud fading that he intended TO remain
they denounced him ia all manner Of
ways aud made Il extremely warm for
bin. Abont this time an enthusiastic
admirer callel TO see him. Finding bin
in gloomy mood, he exclaimed: Mr..
Webster, you ought not TO be gloomy
about anything; your fame is made.
Fame! replied Webster, and much for
fame. Whenupon be told the following
story; nesaid be was travelling 10 o
railroad car on certain occasion, aud II
80 hsppened tha. be was seated BY the
side of very old gentleman. lie soon
found out that this old gentleman was a
citizen Of New Hampshire, and lived in
Mr. websser's native town. He asked
the man If be knew the Webster family
up there. o, yes, responded the oetoge.
marian; old Mr.. Webster and | were
bosom friends il BIS lifetime. Well
what has become Of bis children? inqar
cd Mr.. Webster. The old man answered
why, there's 'Zekiel, he's the greatest
lawyer in New Hampshire, and one O
greatest In the country. lie then took
4 up the daughters and told whom they
had married, and bow well they bad
married, aud finished his acconat Of the
family without mentioning the name Of
/ Daniel. We're those all the children
asked Mr.. webster The old man an
swered IN the affirmative. Are you SURF
there was not boy named DanIels IN
qnlred Mr.. Webster. Daniel, Daniel
Daniel, sollloquized the old man for
few minutes, and then broke ont will
The reply: o, now | do remember
There was Que by The name Of Daniel
but be went down 10 Boston, aud have
not heard OF him since.
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common smart weeds (Paggpaumo
found along the roadside and in almost
every ditch and about waste ground
everywhere.
There Is but enc way 70 avert thc tnV'
sgcs and multiplication Of this pest, and
that Is 10 kil Il whenever and wherever
found. IN. y, Tfmss