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THE NATIONAL CALAMITY.

Another week has passed, and still the
black pall of death hoveB 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 thrin and enter.
prise and prosperity filled tho streets
with the busy hum Of commerce but a
shor: time ago, there is nothing but death
aud darkness, and want and sadness.
The rattle of the hearse as il 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 unbur'ed
corpse, is the only constant sound w,ich
breaks upon the ears of the we'll, the
sick and the dying inhabitants OF those
devoted localities. Not only is tieir
business at home cut of, but thei. COM
merce with the outside world is DESTROYED
by the rigid quarantine which is kept up
to prevent the spread Of the f,yer, and
these cities are literally filed with suffer.
ing and ruin. Physicians, nurses, m H.
cine, and even bread itself, are only to
be had by thu smitten ones as the charity
Of their sympathizing fellow. beings, and
in the ordinary course of things the
vials of wrath are yet to conti..ne dis
charging their dark portions of death
and ruin upon these cities for one OF
two months longer. Already the living
an Memphis can scarcely bury the dead,
and corpses remain unburied for days, in
many instances being actually found in
the alleys and streets " ~Lere their pres
ence cannot be accourted for. The case
is too sad for pen to 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 avo.v section, who
have been spared this sore inficsion, by
the mercy m 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 thcis humanity.
The citizens of Now York have given
sl3l ,026.94 up to this time. Other cities
and towns have done noble part, and
we desire again to urge the philanthro-
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
tors throughout the County to interest
themselves in this noble charity, and
assist assist ;a alienation of The tteT7oTs of enc
Of the most heartrending scourges that
has ever afflicted any portion of our
country.
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= The various prctexts which the At
torney General of Massachusetts, invent
ed to enable Governor Rice to refuse to
surrender Kimp.on are 80 dimsy 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 q
Radical Governor could be found To
grant requisition from q Democratic
Governor for the body of q criminal &C
that description. Such q declaration
would have had the merits of candor and
boldness. But the alleged grounds Of
refusal lack even the poor virtue of in
genuity, 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
refOrmer in tho footsteps of such poor,
sickly predecessor Washington Post.
= While oLo of the penitentiary con-
victs the other day was shovcling
up the ashes from the foundation Of
the old convent on the corner of Rich
ardson and Blanding streets, which are
being used OH 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 as charm upon some ladys
or gentlemans watch, was Of the pures.
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 jewelry 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 ga
cred edifice.- Columbia Register.
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penses. He gives Mr.. Windcm's 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 l877-78-79, the Demo-
cratic House reduced the eleven aprro-
priation bills $l43,7OG.OG3 below the
amount asked for by tie 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, l,183,0l858, therefore the Democratic
party is the party Of economy while the
Republican is the party OF extravaganza.
Mr. Blackburn also notes the fact that
the appropriations in the three sessions
Of l877-78-79, while the Democrats have
have had q majority in the House of
Representatives, have been $ll4,7S8,-
82992 less than in the three preceding
years of lS74-75-76, when the Rcpubli-
cf<fs 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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TIE ABBEvILLE MEETING.

The meeting at Abheville on next Sat-
urday will be very grand affair. Gcv.
Hampton and other nominees on the
State ticke. viii be present, and it is ex-
pected to have q grand military review
precede the speaking. The companies of
Abbesille, 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 win 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 Rafnrmer.n in charge of Can.
tain Smith, or detachment of tho Nc.
Gowan Artillery, ID expected to speak to
the meeting in behalf Of the interest the
people Of Anderson feel init.
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Some of the papers claim that it is
arranged 70 have an extra session of Con.
gress begin after the 4.h of next March.
They say if the Democrats carry the
House of Representatives the session
will be called to take complete possession
Of Congress and enact such legislation as
will suit them; and that if the next
HOUSE. is Republican they will still want
tho extra session to reorganize the Sen.
ate, which will be Democratic, so as to
cut tho Republican officers of the Senate
out OF their salaries after the 4th of
March by electing their successors. The
strangest thing about this story is that
none except Republican papers know
anything about the movement, and as
they are not good authority on Demo.
cratic tactics tho people of the country
will put just as much confidence in it as
it deaerves-which is none at ali. the
thing was only started as one of the cam
paign falsehoods which Republican poll
ticians manufacture during every can
vass.
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$40 Reward

i #il! give .he above rewarsl fo= the dcliy-
Il cry, or information that will lead to
the recovery of VIM. Johnson, freedman,
u Georgia convict, lately escaped. He IL Of
medium size, about S feet 10 inches high,
tenencc, quick spoken, and q little inclined
to stutter or stammer, nearly black, thin
moustache, q scar on his forehead abont IL
inches long, high forehead, has scars on his
back between shoulder blades and copspic-
uous scars on the calf of his legs, caused
from the shackles. Escaped while Mt work
OH the Elberton g. Toccoa Railroad.
August 12, 1873
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PRESIDENT Hayes evidently likes tour
ing over the country, and certainly hopes
10 popuiariEe his administration By com-
ing in contact with the people from all
sections of the government, which he
affects to accomplish to 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 &c think The Presidents duty ;s
at the seat of government, unless called
away by official duties, and if this is cor
rect the President is seeking lame and
applause by neglecting his duty. We
commend to his attention, as we'll as to
the thought Of the American people, the
views ON this subject of Mr.. Thomas JET.
ferson, who said: "I confess that am
not roconciled 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 u
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 we'll be satis-
fed 7w';:aaos. trying 70 improve hia ex-
ample. There is difference, however,
between the men, for Mr.. Jefferson was
elected and the people knew it, without
the necessity on his part of going around
and showing himself in order to remind
them that he was President; while Mr..
Hayes feela that he was not elected, aud
is trying to keep the people from real
iz'ng the fraud which has been perpe-
trated. and, by constantly showing him
self, seeks to attract public attention to
him individually, thereby Withdrawing
1t from the transactions of his friends
who succeeded in putting him into an
other mans Office.
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In California they have a public ad-
ministrator whose duty it is to eettls up
all estates within the County, for which
he is elected. A man by the namo of
Troy Dye was the administrator of Sac.
rameato County, and as tho times were
very dull, and consequently business of
all kinds was languishiug, he employed
two persons to supply him with official
work by assassinating several wealthy
persons who seemed determined to out
live his term of Office, and thereby de:
prive him of his fees from their eatates.
The hired assassins began by killing a
man named Tullis. whose estate was
worth. e hundred thousand dollars, and
DE began administering promptly; but
by some clues to the murder the assassins
were arrested, and confessed, duplicating
Dye, who In turn attempted to put the
responsibility on others. This outrage
occurred in Republican State, and
showa the character of officials which
tho party of greas moral ideas clOvates
to rule.
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A New orlaana snecial az .he

- A New Orleans special of the first
instant, printed in the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, of last Monday, says !. CDR.
Joseph Jones. a celebrated physician
and microscopic, claims he has discoy.
cred In the blood Of two !eve. patients
animalcnles called bacteria, which, he
says, produce the disease"
Ex-Governor Pease, of Texas. now
on visit to his former homo in Cincin-
natl, furnishes some interesting items of
contrast and growth in that great State
since he went there in 1885. He has
saen The nnnnlatinn grow from %. .O(1 ia
1000, 600. A million have been added
since theceiisus of 1870. Most of this in.
crease came from Southern States in the
SIX OF seven years following the war, but
for some years now the bulk of imnligrn-
ton has been from the Northwestern
States Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and
Minnesota. But few European imrni.
grants have come 10.
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Butler as an independent candidate
for Governor of Massachusetts, hes written
a letter enunciating the following as his
platform Of principles.
Equal rights, equal duties, equal DOW.
era, equal burdens, equal privileges and
equal protection, by the laws, to eyery
man everywhere under the Government.
State or National. If there are any
principles of true Republicanism or true
Democracy, az applied to government,
not covered by this enunciation, then |
have yet to be instructed. They are of
universal application and should be by
no means 'glittering generalities' in their
effect upon the laws and the execution of
them..
This Is pretty fair platform, but 1t
strikes US that it consists alone of "glit.
tering generalities" now, and il he should
be elected Governor of Massachusetts
he will no doubt apply these principles
of equality IN manner to make them
glittering specialities, 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
bis own nse. We are, however, ia favor
of Butler fer Governor of Massachusetts,
and hope he viii be elected. We haze
no confidence in him, except that he
will do as near wrong as no knows how
upon cyey question with which no is
concerned, and IN our opinion that Is
JUST tno KIuu oI tluu IuuJ ought 10 10
Governor of that State. They have
been assisting to put men of this stripe
in position over the nation, and have
sent their Buffers. Ranks. and aimilar in
diyidrals to legislate for the country, 60
that we think It is about, time for lheir
chickens 70 return homo, and in o7r
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y IL. W. I i
President Hayes seems to be easily
worked down, If We can judge from the
amount of gacation he takea. First, It
1, NJ ~ .>..s shan vieit N The
South, then little trips to the springs and
waseliug piaess, md noR. he is adoiag
ups the West. On bis route he Is re-
ceired with great consideration by his
party friends, snd tne militia orgenisa-
tiOns are attending his public meesings
and demonstrating in his behalf. This
ID al right, rs It occurs in Illinois in the
Interest of the Republican party, but if
St ahoald occaF ia the South in beha.s Of
The Democratic party, Some Of the jour
mails which give glowing accounts of these
Sieetinss aithont discovering anything
: isnpFoper ia them gould soon discover
treason nullifcation and rebellion III it.
Elonaiateney ia i jewel, whosa worth tie
sp0ople of ttie United States are begin-
RadisaIs wIll lind it slow work to open as
tirade 81 ebuse against tie South for
doing like Tho MOTH and West. The
reopla of the Unltsd States love haiy
play apd tIla time haa agFiged when the
alcaia csasIe 10. he sestional hate
ssasi s!ls South toT 5o|ng liks tho,
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The Republican papers are persistent
ly charging that the payment of poll
tax is prerequisite to voting in South
Carolina, and that it has been adopted
by our last Legislature to prevent the
colored people from voting. If it had
been done it would be nothing more than
Massachusetts, one of the leading Re-
publican States, has done, and yet they
are seeking to fire the Northern heart
against US on ground which they 60
not condemn in Massachusetts. Az n
matter of fact, however, we have no such
provisions with reference TO voting in
South Carolina, and citizen of the State
can vote without paying ono cent of tax
of any kind. The Radical press, how
ever, does not care for the facts of the
case, and inasmuch as Democratic rule
in South Carolina has given peace to the
State, they manufacture wilful and de-
liberate falsehood, endeavoring to bring
down censure where there ought to be
praise.
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Judge Bond is quite sick in Baltimor,

Judge Bond is quite sick in Baltimore,
and therefore the hearing of the great
railroad suit is delayed. AS soon as he
is better, however, the case will go on,
and in all probability Col. Richard
Lathers will be appointed Receiver of
the South Carolina Road, and Col.
Fisher, the recent Receiver of the Air
Line Road, will be placed over the
Greenville and Columbia Road. These
appointments would give satisfaction.
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opinion there is no moro appropriate
position for Ben Butler to roost in than
the gubernatorial chair Of the Mate
which has afflicted the nation with SO
many heresies of government. II he is
elected, as we hope he will be, time will
have wrought his reyenges, aud the pee
pie of the United States and of the State
of Massachusetts, can shake hands in
mutual sympathy ioI the oooaTs2ss TT-!;:ccA T!::cc!A:
have been sent upon them, AMI in the
light of experience the people Of Massa-
chusetts may be able to appreciate the
mischief they have wrought for the
country.
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The speakers ut mass meeting Of the
National party in New Haven, Connec-
tic1i the other day, were pelted with
rorse: 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 il
had occurred down South, they would
have called 1t nullifieation, 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 q great many more
difficulties in the Republican States Of
che North than in the South.
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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 9
short term of office-holding in Colorado,
from which State he filed an unexpired
term i: Congress, during which he 10
charg.d with selling q cadetship. BY
appointing him the President has depar-
ted from all Republican usage. Instead
of giving the position to man who woa
simply s:...fs.y;- charged charged nilh this erin,e. the
President ought, by oil the precedents of
hislparty, to have required him as q pre-.
yions condition to the appointment. tc
ahoW that the charge was true by PROV
Ing that hc actually did sell the cadet
ship.
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Orville Grant, the Presidents
brother, has been sent to the lunatic
asylum at Morristown, New York. His
mind runs on immense speculations and
starting q new business on large scale.
The immense speculations of which he
is thinking are no doubt the various fat
contracts he shared through the rcpotism
of his brother while President, and the
new business on O 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. Oryille is not so mad as his frieris
imagine. He is only o,ersanguins as TO
his brothers reelection as President, and
is talking about his calculations for that
period
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The Augusta Chronicle and Constitu-
Honaiist suggests that South Carolina
ought to retaliate on Massachusetts for
not surrendcring Kimpton. and that Gov.
Hampton should announce that no reaui
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 consummate villains, and therefore
we are perfectly willing, if Massachusetts
wants our rogues, to let her have them
and keep her own besides. South Caro-
line can stand il if she can.
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sTATa ROARD or EQUALIZATION.

Governor Hampton has appointed the
following gentlemen to compose the
State Board of Equalization:
First Congregational Diptrictr--J. /. Lu-
cas-, Darlington.
Second Congressional District---W. @.
Bee, Charleston.
Third Congressional Distriet--B. f.
Cnlyton, Anderscn.
Fourth Congressional District John
II. Agurs, Chesser.
Fifth Congressional District--H. e.
9ie.2AIl. Coilesnn.
This appointment Is q good one, and
the gentlemen named are specially adap-
Ted 50 tho important work Of overhaul.
ing, the assessments throughout the State,
aud detecting mud cor correcting TEsSessiiif:gs sssto.s
wherever they exist. The Board meets
IA coiumbia on sho iitst Monday Is ocs
tobes
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General Shields, the patriotic old vete-
ran, who has served his country SO faith.
fully upon the battlefield, and who was
the subject of SO much duplicity and
meanness from the Republicans in Con-
gross last session, Il prominently speken
of for the United States Senate from Mis-
souri, to ''suceeed Senator Armstrong.
Such q selection from Missouri would DO
gratifying to the people Of the whole
country.
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TIE primary election in Edgefeld re-
suited in the selection of the following
gentlemen as candidates for the Legisla-
ture: j G. Sheppard, James Callison,
VIM. Haltiwanger, II. A. Shaw and
Thomas jones. Mr.. Sheppard was re-
nominated y an overwhelming majority,
which is q fit compliment TO his worth as
q gentleman and his ability as public
servant.
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Elk. Governor J. Maddisoa Wells h,

Elk Governor j. Maddison Wells has
announced himself as an ;ldependent
candidate for Congress in the Fourth
Louisiana District. Mr.. Wells must
think the Democrats o. that Dhtsict
devoid of both principle and sense, IL he
expects any of them to vote for hil,
even when he assumes the patriotic role
of an independent (f). Mr. Wells is too
we'll and unfavorably known ever to get
TO ConBTessss, and e be is elected House
composed of members entertaining any
self-respect would not admit him to o
seat.