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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

OFFICIAL PRoMoTIoN.-A cerrespon-
dent of the Columbia Democrat objects
to the system of making one Office step
ping stone, by promotion, to another:
He wishes to have Hampton elected
either as Governor or United States SEN
ator, but not first as one and then an
other; and thinks that the friends OF
Hon. w. D. Simpson should choose for
him between the Lieutenant Governor
ship and the position of Chief Justice.
On general principles the views thus ex.
pressed are very proper. No man should
step into an Office by promotion. But in
the present anomalous condition of affairs,
we see no objection to re-electing Gov.
Hampton, and then electing him to the
United States Senate. And, if it be
known before hand that this will be the
course pursued, the Convention will
nominate Lieutenant Governor with a
special view to his becoming Governor.
As the Gubernatorial election comes first
there would be no reason for not renomi-
mating the present Executive. People
would not understand the nomination of
any one else than Hampton. But after
the election, if the Democracy shall have
retained entire control of the State and
everything is at peace, we see no objec-
ton to replacing Patterson with Governor
Hampton, and letting the Lieutenant
Governor succeed. We hold, though,
that before the nomination of Lieutenant
Governor, it should be known whether
Governor Hampton will run for the
Senate or not WjlnSboro Ne,cs and
Herald,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

The exodus Of the colored people Of
South Carolina to Liberia has actually
begun, and on last Saturday the Azor,
which had been in preparation for the
voyage for some weeks past, sailed from
Charleston with about two hundred of
them. who have become pioneers of their
race in the movement for q return to the
land of their forefathers. The emigrants
were generally of the better class of col
ored people, who carried enough with
them to sustain themselves for short
time after their arrival in Liberia. The
Charleston Nears and Courier, with that
enterprise and iberality to its readers
which always characterizes its manage
ment, has sent Mr.. A. B. Williams, one
of its staff, as reporter to chronicle the
events Of the trip. 1t may be relied
upon by the people of the State, that q
faithful report of the trip will be made,
and the merits Of, and objections to, the
land of Liberia will be described by the
young, but faithful and competent journ-
alist who represents the Me,cs and Courier
on the Azor. We wish Mr.. Williams an
interesting trip and safe return. His
articles will be read with much interest
by our whole people.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

On Friday last while q party of revs,
nue. officers were on raid in the upper
portion of Greenville County after illicit
distillers in the vicinity of Hog Back
Mountain, near the North Carolina line,
Rufus 81. Springs, 9 notorious revenue
character, was shot by person in am
hush and instantly killed. The party
had captured still and was hunting for
the men when Springs, who was separa.
ted from them, was shot by ball which
came from one of the mountain peaks
above him. He was dead when found
by his companions. No clue has been
obtained as to the perpetrstor of this
deed. Assassination is q great crime,
and should not be countenanced in any
civilized land. That the people of the
mountain districts hare had great provo
caticn at the hands Of revenue officers,
and have been subjected to very great
expressions, there is no doubt, but this
does not justify the violation of Law by
them, and the killing of Springs cannot
in any manner help any person. It will
only bring new trouble upon them.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

William and Mary College, one of the
oldest and most widely known institutions
of learning in the grand old Dominion,
Virginia, has asked at the hands of Con-
gress to be reimbursed for school property
destroyed by the United States Army
during the war. This institution was
not political, nor was it even public prop
erty, and hence no excuse can be given
for the wanton destruction of its property.
1t cannot he justified by any of the laws
and usages of civilized warfare, and the
honor of the nation requires that it should
repair the injury inflicted by the armies
of our nation upon this property; and
yet upon question of this kind the Re
publicans in Congress seek, like set Of
hungry vultures, to unearth the buried
carcass of what they are pleased to term
the rebellion, in order to fan anew the
almost forgotten fame of sectional hate.
In this disreputable course Mr.. Martin j.
Townsend, Republican of New York,
had the honor ~ of leading the Repub-
licans. His speech was characterized by
stale attempt at initiating B. F. Butler,
with all Of his malice and hate, but lack
ing in the mental capacity Of the Beast.
These vindictive sectional abuses have
satiated the American mind long ago,
aud now produce supreme disgust. The
South has grown accustomed to them,
and the North is heartily tired of them.
They injure the speaker more than the
people they are spoken against.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

On las. Friday the career of Robert
McEyoy was ended upon earth. forever
by death upon the gallows. The Su-
preme Court overruled all his efforts to
secure new trial, and Gov. Hampton
declined to interfere with the sentence of
the law; and thus, after nearly two years,
he has atoned to the State for the murder
of Col. Gregg at Graniteville, and paid
the highest price that human laws can
exact-his life. Poor McEYoyl No one
can read of his execution in the very
morning of his manhood without re-
gret that his own conduct has forfeited
what might, ii properly directed, have
been q useful life to his State and his
fellow-men; but at the same time the
common verdict must be that his doom,
though severe, was just. BE he's given
his life for the one he took, and it should
be strong forewarning to men like him.
self to stay their murderous hands.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

The CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE
PAPAcY.-For three hundred years it
has been the dream of the Papacy to
win back England to her old allegiance
to the Roman Catholic Church. To at
tain this result her prelatcs have unceas-
ingly preached, prayed and intrigued,
and we may be certain that the agencies,
human and spiritual, of the Church are
as actively at work in this direction to-
day as they were when the second James
was King. The special cable dispatches
from Paris which we print this morning
have probably very little foundation in
fact so far as large portion of the Church
of England is concerned, but it is by no
means certain we are not on the eve of
another accession to the Church of Rome
similar to the famous Oxford movement
thirty-fve years ago. An exodus of the
leading divines and members of the
Church of England to the Church of
Rome, such as is contemplated by the
confidential friend of the Vatican, would
be the most important event in religious
history since the Reformation. Itwould,
of course, mean the end of Professionalism
in England, the probable change of the
British constitution, and-who can tell ?
the accession of His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, when his royal
mother shall have died, as the first
Catholic King of England since the ex-
pulsion of the last of the Stuarts.-M Y.
Herald.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25
MOSES STILL IN NEW YORK.
Doubts Expressed ns to Whether he will
he Taken to South CarOllus.

On requisition by Governor Wade
Hampton, of South Carolina, exGov-
ernor franklin j. Moses, Of the same
State, was arrested on charge Of forgery
about fortnight since, but on an appli-
cation for writ of habeas corpus stay
was obtained. The application for the
writ, however, was Withdrawn on Wed
nesday and the prisoner surrendered to
Detective Connors for removal to South
Carolina. 1t will be remembered that
Col. Chas. S. Spencer was retained to
oppose the removal of the prisoner, and
quite fight was made in the courts.
During the time that these proceedings
were pending Ex-Governor Moses was o
prisoner at the Police Central Office,
Connors, the officer who held the warrant
during the same time, lived in the ST.
Denis Hotel. On Wednesday evening
Central Office detectives saw Moses walk.
ing on Fifth avenue with woman and
without any official company. Connors
spent Wednesday night alone in the St
Denis Hotel. Moses reported at the
hotel yesterday morning, and was seen
frequently during the day in company
with Connors. After dinner the two left
the hotel, and had not returned up to a
late hour last night. If they had left fol
Charleston, neither the hotel register
showed it nor did the clerks know any.
thing of it. 1t is well known that fol
weeks before the warrant for forgery had
reached this city Moses had been fre.
quent borrower from former Ring confed.
crates of almost any sum from fifty cents
to two dollars. 1t is said that even the
abandoned woman, who was his compan.
ion during the early part of his sojourr
here, left him. Nevertheless, his removal
for trial upon the forgery Indictment wa:
fought as tenaciously as though he had
been we'll provided with funds.
II never thought they intended to take
him back" said Superintendent Walling
last evening. When pressed for his rea'
sons, Mr.. Walling refused to account fol
the faith that was in him. The Central
Office detectives who have been interested
in the case have no hesitation in affirm
ing their belief that the only proceeding
intended against the Ex-Governor was tt
make him give up certain papers pos
sessed by him but whether they would
be of service for or against the non-resi
dent plunderers is not known.--Neu
| York World.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

A FIGHT IN A CHAPEL.-Quite num-.
Der of the members of the choir of
Christ Church, OH Tuesday evening, as
sembled for the practice for the Easter
music at the chapel, under the leadership
of Maj. w. B. Gulick, formerly of CO.
lumbia. While engaged in conducting
the exercises, that gentleman heard some
one at the door, and went to see who it
was. He opened the door and was con-
fronted by Messrs. E. G. Haywood, Jr.,
and L. II. Haywood. These young men
at once attacked him with sticks, and he
WAS quickly felled to the floor, receiving
a severe blow on the head and some
bruises on his body. Quite a number of
young ladies were present, and two of
their escorts, Mr.. Quinn, of Charlotte,
and Samuel A, Miller, of this city, ran
to the aid of Mr., Gulick. In the melee
which ensued Mr.. Quinn received Sc
we're blow on the temple from stick. A
panic followed among the fair sex pres
ent, many of whom jumped through the
windows and fed, ahrighted, away. AT
this stage of Che affair the rector entered,
and his presence quelled the disturbance.
We decline to say more of the affair, but
await the full particulars, which will be
developed at the trial before the mayor
this morning. 1t seems that the occlir-
renee originated from remarks made TO
lady member of the choir by Mr.. Gulick,
which were considered by her rs an
affront ofered.-RaIeigh NemS.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25
THE SINGER SEWING MACHINES

A RE the Best, Simplest and most Dura-
II bic in use. It has been greatly i'm
proved in the last few months, although the
old was very good. There are over six hun
dred of them in daily use in this County,
giving perfect satisfaction. You may buy
Machine, "so-called," for less money, but If
you want to be satisfied after you purchase,
always get the best. This Company sell
more than all the rest put together, and
there are about fifty different Machines on
the market. The Singer was the first to
reduce the price, and Of course the minors
had to follow, and they had to come little
below the Singer, or else they would have to
abandon business, for know from expert
ence that parties say if you will take for
the Singer what can get another at, will
take the Singer all the time. What do
they mean by that?
Cash prices, $685. $40 and S45 owing to
style and finish, but the Machines are the
same throughout in the nice adjustment of
their parts, &c.
The best criterion that can give you as
to my opinion of the different machines is
my connection with this famous Machine
for nine years in succession.
Machines sold on easy terms. Machines
of all makes repaired at short notice, and
prices moderate. Needles, Oil and parts al
ways on hand. Come and see me before
you buy. Upstairs, over Barr g. Fant's
Store.
JOHN H. CLARKE,
Agent Anderson and Pickens Counties.
April 25, 1878 IL 3m
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25
THE EASTERN QUESTION.

The most important event of the last
week connected with the Eastern ques-
ton is the removal of Ahmed Yefyk
Efendi by the Sultan from the Turkish
Cabinet and the appointment of Sadyk
Pacha as Grand Vizier, which caused
great CONSERVATION at the British Foreign
Office. So long as Effendi, who was
friendly to an alliance with England, re-
mained in the Cabinet, England had but
little to fear from the danger of an alli-
ance between Russia and Turkey, as
every step looking to snch an alliance
was at once communicated to the British
Minister. Sadyk Pacha, IS we'll as Os-
man and Reouf Pachas, favors Russo
Turkish alliance. This evidently gives
to Russia, in the settlement of the ques-
tions arising from the San stefano
treaty, great advantage over England,
which her statesmen are not slow to re.
alize. Notwithstanding the efforts of
diplomacy to settle the difficulties arising
out of the conquests of Russia, both Rus
sia and England are making great prepa-
[rations for war. England mas ordered a
large force from India to Malta, and
Russia is concentrating large force near
Constsntinople.
The latest news is that England and
Russia have agreed to simultaneous
withdrawal of the British feet and Rus
sian troops from the vicinity of Coustanti-
nople. This may open the way for a
meeting of a Congress to settle the ques-
tions at issue, but it settles nothing. 1t
seems likely that this scheme for the
withdrawal of the feet and troops will
be defeated, as the difficulties encounter
ed in settling the details of such with
drawal are not yet removed.
It now seems that England vii, be un-
able to form an alliance with any of the
great Powers of Europe; and, if SO, she
will hardly precipitate war with Rus
sia, from which she could not gain any
thing, and would perhaps lose her India
possessions. Diplomacy, under the di-
rection of Bisrnsrk, the German Chan
cellor, is still seeking to harmonic the
conflicting interests, but has as yet failed
to remove the principal obstacles to q
settlement of the many vexed questions
which threaten the peace of Europe.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

- The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes
interviews between one of its representa-
tiyes and Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks, of
Indiana, and Hon. William Eaton, Of
Kansas, member of the Democratic
National Executive COMMITTEE, in which
surprising statements in regard to the
conduct Of the last Presidential campaign
and Mr.. Tilden's expenditures therein.
The purport of this statement is that an
agent of Mr.. Tilden, named Finley, visi-
ted the West in 1876, and that his line
of argument was that Mr.. Tilden was
worth 81 100000, and of this lie was will
ing to spend 100000 in the campaign,
provided he was nominated for President.
MIR. Eaton is further credited with saying
that Mr.. Tilden did actually contributed
$3.50 900 in all for campaign purposes.
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Proposed Improvement Of the Upper
Savannah.

Hon. A. H. Stephens informs the
Augusta Chronicle and CoaStitutionalist
that the Committee of Commerce of the
House, to whom was referred his bill for
the improvement of the navigation OF
the Savannah river above Augusta, have
reported provision in their general bill,
not only authorizing but directing the
Secretary of War to have q survey of
the river made with the estimated cost
of the improvement desired, and adding
that he thinks there is very little doubt
that the bill will pass. Commenting on
this important measure, the Chronicle
and Constitutionahst says:
"The improvement Of the navigation
of the upper Savannah is an enterprise
that will affect bcnefcially not only the
city of Augusta but also the planting,
commercial, manufacturing and mining
interests Of a large and rich section OF
the States of Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Tennessee. BY the
expenditure of very trihing sum of
money, the waters of the upper Savannah
can be speedily rendered navigable from
Augusta to Anderson Court House,
South Carolina, and for some distance
beyond. This will give uninterrupted
navigation from the mountains to Savan-
nah and the Atlantic Ocean-a distance
of over four hundred miles. The coun-
try tributary to this great water artery
comprises the connties of Chatham, Ef-
ingham, Scriven, Burke, Richmond, Co.
lumbia, Lincoln, Hart, Franklin, Ha ber-
sham and Rabun in Georgia; Beaufort,
Barnwell, Aiken, Edge6eld, Abbeville,
Anderson, Pickens and Oconee IN South
Carolina; and q considerable portion OF
Western North Carolina and Eastern
Tennessee. Most of this region is cut
off from the outside world and all of it
would find the shortest, cheapest and best
communication with market afforded
by the water way Of the Savannah. The
measure is of national Importance and
should receive the support OF every
member Of Congress, no matter from
what section of the Union he may come
who feels an interest in the development
and prosperity of the country.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

Constantiuople has only one military
heroine heroic defender of Plevna.
When he returned to the city on March
27 the Sultan received him with tears in
his eyes, kissing him several times and
saying, "You have shed lustre over the
Ottoman arms; you have raised our al
ready high military honor and glory in
the eyes of the world. 1 swore before
God that 1 would do you high honor
the day I should see you. I will perform
that oath to-day, my gallant hero" The
Sultan conferred on him the order of the
Osmanli, first-class, with star in brilliants,
presenting him, at the same time, with an
ancient sword which had belonged to
Sultan Hamid I. The words "To the
Ghazi" were engraved on the sabre, and
his Majesty remarked that the precious
sword belonged by right to the defender
of Plevna. AS soon as Osman left the
Palace the crowd, as a correspondent of
the London Globe describes the scene,
threw itselfupon his carriage, with shouts
of "Long life to the Ghazi." The en-
thusiasm at this moment was intense.
Old men, who were not strong enough
to fight to the carriage, implored "Allah"
to bless the man who had sa7ed their
National honor. Women lifted their
children in their arms to look upon their
country's savior. Curiously enough, in
the same building where Osn,an was re-
ceiying an ovation there lay rs prisoner
his colleague Suleiman.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25
SPECIE RESUMPTION.

The difference between gold and green
backs is at present very little, being from
one-eighth to one-half per cent. One OF
the manufacturing establishments in
New Jersey lately paid off its hands in
gold, amounting to $4,000. Such an
occurrence had not taken place for near
twenty years. Some of the Northern
banks are now paying out gold in small
quantities at par. Gold commands no
premium here, being considered no bet
ter than g,eenbacks and the National
currency. The people do not want gold
as the circulating medium All they
ask is that the finances Of the country
shall be so regulated that dollar in cur
rency shall buy as much as 9 dollar in
gold. This hasbeen practically attaineS,
and so long as it continues the people
will be aatisfed.
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The Court of Claims, which consists of
Judges Thomson, Aldrich and Hudson,
meets in Columbia on the LIST of May to
begin the hearing of the cases involving
the validity of the bonded debt of the
State. It is to be hoped that thorough
unfolding of the entire case will be made,
and that full justice will be done both to
the State and to the bond-holders.- From
the composition of the Court, the people
may rely upon fair and impartial de-
cision of the various points which will
arise, and in all probability the volume
of tho pretended bonded debt will be
greatly reduced.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

There is a proposition in Congress to
suspend the operation of the sinking
fund act, which requires one per cent. Of
the national debt to be annually retired
by the purchase of government bonds to
be held as o sinking fund. The grounds
upon which it is proposed to make this
suspension is, that the treasury depart
ment has exceeded the requirements Of
the law by retiring 25,OOO,OO0 more of
the debt than one per cent, thereby i'm.
posing a heavier burden of taxation upon
the people than the law required. One
per cent. of the present debt is about
$37, 10000, and the overpayments stated
would have reached through the next
five years, if properly distributed
Hence, Mr.. Goode, of Virginia, has
made the proposition to stop further
payment for FIVE years, in order to re-
lieve the people of sS7, 100000 of taxes
for each year during the next five years.
This bill is endorsed by majority of the
House, and will probably pass. tits one
of those. legitimate measures of relief
which the people are entitled to receive
in these times of financial stringency.
The decrease of our national taxes,
which are imposed indirectly, and al
though felt, are not realized by our peo-
pie, will do great deal to promote a
return to national prosperity. 1t is a
maxim, the wisdom of which has been
attested in all governments and in all
ages, that in times of financial depres-
sion it is the duty of government to make
the load of taxation as light as possible,
suspending every outlay of money which
the honor and safety of the government
will permit. The funding process is such
an outlay. The bonds are not due, and
when they become due can be easily re-
placed by new ones. The funding pro-
cess is not necessary for the safety nor
the honor of the nation, and should be
discontinued until the financial crisis is
nver
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-25

The House Committee Of Ways and
Heans have agreed to report to Congress
recommending reduction of the tax on
tobacco to sixteen cents per pound, and
also 70 report in favor of the income tax,
fixing uniform rate of two per eentum
on all excess of any income over two
thousand dollars per annum. This will
raise a considerable portion of the ma
tional revenues from the Northern, East
ern and Middle States, which have hith-
erto paid much less than their pro rata
share of the national revenue. While
there are some objections to the proposed
system it Is much more equitable than
the system ofspecial taxes which have
hitherto been so imposed as to collect the
greater propotion of the national income
from the South and West.