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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-12
THE ABBEvILLE MEETING.

The meeting at Abbeville on next Sat-
urday will be very grand affair. Gov.
Hampton and other nominees on the
State ticket will be present, and it is ex-
pected to have grand military review
precede the speaking. The companies of
Abbeyille, Laurens and Anderson are
invited to be present, and the ladies and
gentlemen generally. We hope every
man, woman and child from this County
who can do so will be present at this
meeting to exchange the friendly greet
ings of Anderson with the noble citizens
of Abbeville, and cheer them in their
course of heroism and patriotic duty.
The "Old Reformer," in charge of Cap
tain Smith, or detachment of the Nc
Gowan Artillery, is expected to speak to
the meeting in behalf of the interest the
people of Anderson feel in it.
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penses. He gives Mr.. WINDOWS state
ments fat denial, and calls figures from
the records to sustain his assertion, that
the Democratic House of Representatives
has been of advantage to the national
finances instead of an injury. During
the fiscal years 1S77-78-79, the Demo
cratic House reduced the eleven appro-
priation bills s143,7O6.O63 below the
amount asked for by the departments.
These departments were all in the hands
of Republicans, and therefore the Demo
cratic House saved the country this sum
out of what the Republicans estimated
was necessary to run the government.
Not only this, but the Republican Senate
increased the appropriations over the
sums fixed by the Democratic House by
81, 1873, ,018.5S, therefore the Democratic
party is the party of economy while the
Republican is the party of extravagance.
Mr.. Blackburn also notes the fact that
the appropriations in the three sessions
of 1S77-7S-79, while the Democrats have
have had a majority in the House of
Representatives, have been $l14,7SS,-
S29.92 less than in the three preceding
years of 1S74-75-76, when the Eepubli-
cssSs had large majorities in each House
of Congress. If the Republicans can
find any satisfaction out of these figures
they are welcome to it.
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. It is said that the French Exposition
will be financial failure, and this is
occasioning sundry plain criticisms upon
the plan adopted for the conduct of the
Exposition. Its management from the
beginning was stingy and niggardly in
the extreme, and the conduct of the peo-
pie of Paris has showed that they in
tended to exact all from their visitors
that was possible. The course of all con-
nected with the Exposition was grasping,
not to use stronger expression, and it
has resulted in disaster to its originators.
The Exposition itself has been mag
nifcent collection of exhibits, but it has
failed of success from bad management.
From the press accounts the Centen-
NAL in Philadelphia was its equal in
point of show and greatly superior in its
conduct.
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The Augusta Chronicle and Constitu-
tionalist suggests that South Carolina
ought to retaliate on Massachusetts, for
not surrendering Kimptou, and that Gov.
Hampton should announce that no requi-
sitions from Gov. Rice will be respected
in this State until Kimpton is turned
over to us by the authorities of the Bay
State. We agree with our contemporary
that this would be fair and just, but at
the same time it strikes us that it would
be very bad policy, for We cannot afford
an exchange of thieves with Massachu-
sets. The experience Of South Carolina
with Massachusetts thieves since recon-
struction has been such as to convince us
that no State in the Union can supply
more copsummate villains, and therefore
we are perfectly willing, if Massachusetts
wants our rogues, to let her have them
and keep her own besides. South Caro-
lima can stand it if she can.
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A series of fires in the ripening corn
fields of California has lead to the belief
that there are organized bands for the
purpose of destroying the present crop,
as was threatened last winter. This,
however, occurs in a Republican State,
and therefore there are no homilies in
the Republican papers attempting to
induce public sentiment to condemn the
party which governs people in this
style. But, then, our contemporaries of
the Republican press are excusable for
this kind of oversights-they are so
busily engaged waving the imaginary
bloody shirt over the South that they
have no time to give their attention to
the great practical evils which actually
exist a great deal nearer to them than
the sections of country which they are
continually villifying and traducing.
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THE SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS.

The State Board of Examiners at their
session in Columbia last week adopted a
full set of text books for use in the COM
mon schools of the State, and these books
will now become the standard text books
for use in all the schools which receive
the public money to pay or assist in pay
ing the salaries of the teachers, and they
will continue to be the text books for the
next five years, as there is no power to
change them under our school law du-
ring that period. The selections have
been thoroughly considered, and we have
no doubt they are all good, and that as
system they will be found excellent.
Without undertaking TO criticise or no.
tice all of the selections made, we desire
especially to express qualification at the
selection of Davidson's History of South
Carolina, because it is an impartial and
reliable history, which does justice to
our State, thereby enabling the student
to correctly inform himself upon the re-
cord of South Carolina instead Of being
misled by the aspersions contained in
Northern histories. The selection of
Webster's Dictionary only adds one
more to its many testimonials of worth
and excellence, and was in every respect
advisable, inasmuch as these dictionaries
are the acknowledged national standard,
and are in general use in South Carolina,
so that to have changed them would have
been to saddle an enormous outlay of
money upon the poorer classes of our
people who are attempting to educate
their children. The selection of Rey-
nold's Readers and copy books was also
deserved tribute to Southern author
ship, and we hope that it will be an in
centive to Southern scholars to engage in
the work of giving US complete system
of text books for our schools. The list of
books adopted appears on another page
of this issue, and teachers would do we'll
to cut the list out and retain it for refer
ence
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A New Orleans special of the frs

"A New Orleans special of the first
instant, printed in the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, of last Monday, says: "Dr'
Joseph Jones, celebrated physician
and microscopist, claims he has discov-
cred in the blood of two fever patients
animalcules called bacteria, which, he
saws, produce the disease"
- Ex-Governor Pease, of Texas. now
on visit to his former home in Cincin.
natl, furnishes some interesting items OF
contrast and growth in that great State
since he went there in 1885. He has
seen the population grow from 2O,OCC to
100000. a million have been added
since the census of 1870. Most of this in
crease came from Southern States in the
six Or seven years following the war, but
for some years now the bulk of immigra-
ton has been from the Northwestern
States-Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and
Minnesota. But few European immi-
grants have come in.
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STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

Governor Hampton has appointed the
following gentlemen to compose the
State Board of Equalization:
First Congressional District. I. Lu-
cas-, Darlington.
Second Congressional District-W. c.
Bee, Charleston.
Third Congressional District-B. F.
Crayton, Anderson:
Fourth Congressional District-John
L. Agurs, Chester:
Fifth Congressional District-H. E.
Bissell, Colleton.
This appointment is good one, and
the gentlemen named are specially adap-
ted to tho important work of overhaul,
ing the assessments throughout the State,
and detecting and correcting errors
wherever they exist. The Board meets
in Columbia on the first Monday in Oc.
tober.
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We believe that the whole influence of
the holders of fraudulent bonds against
the State of South Carolina was brought
to bear to secure the release of Kimpton,
for fear that if he came into this State
his testimony would be secured in the
bond cases, and thus information re-
ceived which would show the frauds in
the State debt so clearly as to warrant
the Bond Court in deciding against a
large number of these pretended bonds /;
and we believe that some of the parties
who were thus solicitous and exerting
their influence do not reside without the
limits of the State. This course has
succeeded in preventing the use Of
Kimpton as witness, and has also given
him temporary release from punishment
for his crimes; but the result may be
anything else than a success for the
holders of these questionable bonds, for
if they force them upon the recognition
of the Court by keeping off important
witnesses, the decision will not be salts
factory to the people of the State, and
the Legislature will be forced to take the
subject in hand and protect the rights of
the people. The citizens of the State
are willing to do what is right about our
debt, and if the whole facts can be SUBJ
mitted to the Court its decision would
receive respect and command obedience
but if there are intreagues to shut of
testimony, as We believe was the fact in
the Kimpton case, then the decision Of
the Court will not be recognized as a
settlement, and the people will, through
their Senators and Representatives, make
such settlement as will seem nearest
right, under the circumstances. We
want fair play on the debt question, and
are willing to pay what is justly due our
creditors, after scaling to fifty cents on
the dollar, as has been heretofore agreed
upon by the consolidation act; but this
is the limit of our liberality, and when
the holders of claims believed to be
fraudulent attempt to secure judgments
by suppressing evidence, we think it is
about time to repeal the act creating the
Bond Court and proceed to an adjust
ment by which nearer approximate to
right can be effected. 1t would, there
fore, be better for all parties to seek a
full and fair hearing of the bond cases
in order that the question may be finally
disposed of, SO as to bind both the State
and her creditors, which will not be done
by anything but plain, straightforward
litigation. The people will submit to
no juggling over their rights.
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The correspondence between Kimpton
and the law officers of South Carolina,
which we publish on another page this
week, is far from creditable to the sagaci-
ty of those who were managing the
States interest. Such correspondence
with an indicted criminal was highly i'm
proper, inasmuch as it was attempted to
make a bargain out of the whole affair,
and sought to give Kimpton, one of tile
arch conspirators against the people Of
South Carolina, immunity from the pen-
alties of his crimes. He should have
been arrested and brought to this State
on the indictments which were found
against him, and when here, if he had
been desired as witness, he could easily
have been obtained. If the residence Of
Kimpton was known sufficiently to ad-
dress letter to him, it was also suffi-
ciently known for warrant to have
reached him, and it is great pity that
he had not been invited to come to the
State under warrant instead of by Il
simple request through letter. Inas-
much as the disposition of the States
Attorneys to favor Kimpton has been
perverted by the State authorities; of
Massachusetts into an excuse for retain"
ing the alleged criminal out of the reach
of our Courts, every possible effort should.
be made to secure Kimpton's arrest by
having his movements watched in other
States, where, if caught, the Governors
will not be so fond Of rascals charged
with grave crimes, and will deliver him
up for trial. The position the case has
been placed in by our unfortunate at
tempt in Massachusetts necessitates the
vigorous prosecution of Kimpton in order
to vindicate the State from the asper-
sions of the Massachusetts, authorities.
He deserves to be relentlessly prosecuted
and punished to the extent of the law he
has violated, both on account of his
crimes and on account of the effort he
has made to traduce the State of South
Carolina.
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President Hayes has appointed Hon.
S. Newton Pettis United States Minister
and Consul at Bolivian. He has been q
citizen of Pennsylvania, except for a
short term of ofice-holding in Colorado,
from which State he filled an unexpired
term in Congress, during which he is
charged with selling a cadetship. By
appointing him the President has depar-
ted from all Republican usage. Instead
of giving the position to man who was
simply charged with this crime, the
President ought, by all the precedents of
his party, to have required him as pre-
yions condition to the appointment to
show that the charge was true by prov
ing that he actually did sell the cadet
ship.
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The various prctexts which the At
torney General of Massachusetts, invent
ed to enable Governor Rice to refuse to
surrender Kimpton are so flimsy that re-
ally the affair would have gained decency
had the Attorney General reported sim
ply that kimpton was radical theft, and
he Governor declared that there was not
law known to Radicalism by which a
Radical Governor could be found to
grant requisition from a Democratic
Governor for the body of criminal of
that description. Such declaration
would have had the merits of candor and
boldaess. But the alleged grounds of
refusal lack even the poor virtue of in
gcnuity, and are open to the taint of
cowardice as we'll as completely with
crime. There can be no doubt that
General Butler would prove an eminent
rcformer in the footsteps of such poor,
sickly prcdecessor.-I Washington Post.
While one of the penitcntiary con-
victs the other day was shoveling
up the ashes from the foundation of
the old convent on the corner of Rich
ardson and Blanding streets, which are
being used on the Capitol square, he
turned over something bright, which,
upon inspection, was found to be lit
tie locket. This article of jewelry,
which had the appearance of having
been used rs q charm upon some lady's
or gentleman's watch, was of the purest
gold, scroll shaped, and had place in
the back for hair. Upou its face was
beautifully carved around the edges the
letters rs. c." 1t was doubtless among
the jevelry of some priest, nun or pupil
at the convent when the great incendi-
ary burned this city thirteen years ago,
and went down into the ashes when the
incendiaries applied the torch to that sa-
cred edifce.-ColumLia Reqister.
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President Hayes evidently likes tour
ing over the country, and certainly hopes
to popularize his administration by COM
ing in contact with the people from all
sections of the government, which he
affects to accomplish to a considerable
extent by his frequent electioneering
trips. 1t is something new to have the
President running about over the coun-
try in quest of an eclat which his admin
istration is not expected to achieve on
its own merits, and for one we are old
fogy enough to think this innovation of
Mr.. Hayes is no improvement upon the
precedents set him by his predecessors,
who have been men of enough distinc-
ton for even the present President to
afford to respect their examples, although
he enjoys the questionable fame of being
the only President who is believed by
the people to have been counted in with
out being elected. We are very much
disposed to think the Presidents duty is
at the seat Of government, unless called
away by official duties, and if this is cor
rect the President is seeking fame and
applause by neglecting his duty. We
commend to his attention, as well as to
the thought of the American people, the
views on this subject of Mr.. Thomas JEFF
ferson, who said: 81 confess that I am
not reconciled to the idea of Chief
Magistrate parading himself through the
several States as an object of public gaze,
and in quest of an applause, which, to be
valuable, should be purely voluntary. I
had rather acquire silent goodwill by
faithful discharge of my duties, than owe
expressions of it to my putting myself in
the way of receiving them" Jefferson
obtained the highest respect and love of
the American people, and, after two
terms in the Presidency, he retired with
the admiration and reverence of the
whole people on account Of his wise,
honest and patriotic discharge of official
duty. Mr.. Hayes would do we'll to fol-
low his example and advice. If he can
approximate Mr.. Jefferson in the public
affection and favor he may well be salts
fed without trying to improve on his ex-
ample. There is difference, however,
between the men, for Mr.. Jefferson was
elected and the people knew it, without
:he necessity on his part of going around
and showing himself in order to remind
them that he was President; while Mr..
Hayes feels that he was not elected, and
is trying to keep the people from real
ising the fraud which has been perpe-
t.ated, and, by constantly showing HIM
self, seeks to attract public attention to
him individually, thereby Withdrawing
it from the transactions of his friends
VINO succeeded in putting him into an
other mans office.
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Orville Grant, the ex-President's
brother, has been sent to the lunatic
asylum at Morristown, New York. His
mind runs on immense speculations and
starting new business on large scale.
The immense speculations of which he
is thinking are no doubt the various fat
contracts he shared through the repotism
of his brother while President, and the
new business on large scale which he
is now planning refers to his prospects
after Grant is elected President for the
third term, as his friends predict he will
be. Orville is not so mad as his friends
imagine. He is only oversanguine as to
his brothers reelection as President, and
is talking about his calculations for that
period.
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THE NATIONAL CALAMITY.

Another week has passed, and still the
black pail of death hovers over the
stricken valley of the Mississippi. There
has been no abatement of the terrible
plague, and the death rate in Memphis,
Grenada and New Orleans has increased.
The business of these cities is completely
destroyed, and where thrift and enter
prise and prosperity filled the streets
with the busy hum of commerce but a
short time ago, there is nothing but death
and darkness, and want and sadness.
The rattle of The hearse as it hastens to
convey its sad freight from the houses of
the living to the cemetery of the dead,
and then returns to perform the same
sorrowful Office for some long unburied
corpse, is the only constant sound which
breaks upon the ears Of The well, ,..the
sick and the dying inhabitants of those
devoted localities. Not only is their
business at home cut of, but their COM
merce with the outside world is destroyed
by the rigid quarantine which is kept up
to prevent the spread of the fever, and
these cities are literally filled with suffer-
ing and ruin. Physicians, nurses, medi-
cine, and even bread itself, are only to
be had by the smitten ones as the charity
of their sympathizing llow-being1, and
in the ordinary course of things the
vials of wrath are yet to continue dis
charging their dark portions of death
and ruin upon these. cities for one or
two months longer. Already the living
in Memphis can scarcely bury the dead,
and corpses remain unburied for days, in
many Instances being actually found in
the alleys and streets where their pres
ence cannot be accounted for. The case
is too sad for pen 10 portray an adequate
conception of its horrors, and the desti-
tuition OF this once prosperous section of
our country appeals most powerfully to
the benevolen: in every section who
have been spared this sore inaiction, by
the mercy of an overuling Providence,
to respond to their wants in liberal con-
tributions of money, provisions or sup
plies; and the people of America are
responding with a liberality that does
credit and honor to their humanity.
The citizens of New York have given
S131 ,026.94 up to this time. Other cities
and towns have done a noble part, and
we desire again to urge the philauthro-
pists of Anderson to increase their con-
tributions and forward them as speedily
as possible. We are blest with health
and agricultural and political prosperity,
and should show our sympathy for our
less fortunate fellow-beings in substan-
tial manner. We again urge our minis
ters throughout the Cornty to interest
themselves in this noble charity, and
assist in alienation of the terrors of one
of the most heartrending scourges that
has ever afflicted any portion of our
country.
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Butler as an independent candidate
for Governor of Massachusetts has written
letter enunciating .he following as his
platform of principles:
Equal rights, equal duties, equal pow.
ers, equal burdens, equal privileges and
equal protection, by the laws, to every
man everywhere under the Government,
State or National. If there are any
principles of true Republicanism or true
Democracy, as applied to government,
not covered by this enunciation, then J!
have yet to be instructed. They are of
universal application and should be by
no means 'glittering gensralities' in their
effect upon the laws and the execution OF
them"
This is q pretty fair platform, but it
strikes us that it consists alone of "glit-
tering generalities" now, and if he should
be elected Governor of Massachusetts,,
he will no doubt apply these principles
of equality in a manner to mako them
glittering specialitics, if things that gilt
ter-as silver spoons, for instance-come
near enough for him to exhibit his idea
of equal rights by appropriating them to
his own use. We are, however, in favor
of Butler for Governor of Massachusetts,
and hope he will be elected. We have
no confidence in him, except that he
will do as near wrong MS he knows how
upon every question with which he is
concerned, and in our opinion that is
Just the kind of man that ought to be
Governor of that State. They have
been assisting to put men of this stripe
in position over the nation, and have
sent their Buffers, Banks, and similar in
dividuals to legislate for the country, so
that we think it is about time for their
chickens to return home, and in our
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The speakers at mass meeting of the
National party in New Haven, Connec-
ticut, the other day, were pelted with
rotten eggs, potatoes and stones to such
an extent as to seriously interfere with
the meeting, and the Radical papers are
very facetious in their comments. If it
had occurred down South, they would
have called it notification, treason and
rebellion, and urged the sending down
of the United States army. This bloody
shirt business is becoming ludicrous, in
asmuch as there are great many more
difficulties in the Republican States of
the North than i'll the South.