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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-28

THE STATE OF SOUTH cA0RLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Lauchheimer, Mann & Co., Plaintiffs, vs.
Michael Lesser, Martha Lesser and Others,
cfendants.-CompIaint TO set aside Juig-
nsent, dc.
TNHE Creditors OF Michael Lesser are
Il hereby notified to establish their re-
spectiye claims before ME on or before the
9TH day Of April next, and signify their
willingness to come i'll and contribute to rhe
expenses of said suit, and seek relief under
this complaint.
By order Of Court.
JOHN W. DANIELS, c. c.r.
Clerks Office, March II, 1873. 35L
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-28

have gotten together, of their own honest
means or credit, enough money to pay
for single share, at $4,000, much less
for the whole $3.50, 900 they bought and
held, They had recourse therefore to
the Financial Agent; and from the tes-
-timony herewith submitted, it appears
they did not have recourse to him in vain.
He had on hand many millions of bonds
of the State of South Carolina for sale or
hypothecation, and although the pro-
ceeds of such bonds were applicable only
to the purposes of the State, yet the &C.
counts of the Financial Agent show that
they were diverted for whatever pur-
poses the Financial Board chose to direct,
and nothing MAS more likely. or more
natural than that the board should divide
enough of tho proceeds of the bonds to
be used for consummating the scheme in
question.
The Financial Board MAS composed of
Governor Scott, Treasurer Parker and
Attorney General Chamberlain, and the
Financial Agent was Kimpton-all of
whom, as we have already mentioned,
we're members of the ring. The result is
shown-the testimony of Parker himself,
herewith submitted, by which it appears
that Rimpton paid out of the proceeds Of
the aeie of State bonds the money for
share and half for Neagle, Comptroller
General, who had the general supervision
of the bonded debt of the State; one
share for Crews, who was Chairman of
the Committee on Railroads in the
Houss; ,one-quarter share for Cardozo,
Secretary of State, who had the sealing
of all the bonds; two and half shares
for Waterman, for Governor Scott; one
half share for Attorney General Cham
berlsin; and two shares for Kimpton
himself, and one share for Leslie, Land
Commissioner. Each share, including
an account of $4,000 Immediately paya-
BILE, being valued at $24, 900.
In connection with this testimony of
Parker, and of the testimony of Neagle
bearing on tho same matter, the commit
tee submit the following drafts, found in
the treasury in an envelope endorsed
estate drafts, sundry papers, dated va
rious months, 1S70:"
$4,000. JAN. i9, 1870.
Pay to the order of G. P. Leslie i've
thousand dollars, value received, and
charge same to account Of
NILES G. PARKER,
Treasurer State s. G.
To II. II. KIMPToN, ESQ.,, Financial
Agt st. s. c., Noe Nassau st., N. Y.
Endorsement of above
N. q. Parker, IT,, draft 5000, Janu-
airy 19, 20.
@. P.IEsLIE.
Pay to the order of Henry Clews & Co.
CHAs. II. TAYLOR.
ss.u Crrue 4, IN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
MIR. LEIGHToN'S CHANCE"

OF the numerous encomiums that
have been pronounced on Mr.. LEI"H-
roN's new poem by the press al the
country, none have shown Il higher and
more intelligent appreciation, and there
are none which the author has greater
reason To prize than that from the pen
I'll the President al the West Virginia
University, appearing in the last mum
Der OF the JOWwdiof Education.
No higher tribute could he paid IN
author than that contained III this eX-
hauslivc review. Ii is not less frank
than it is comprehensive, and is only
Just when it asserts that this poem has
established It's high claim rs one Ut the
immortal classics OF the English Ian
guage" \ single paragraph from the
review, which occupies about two vol
umns of the Journal, will indicate the
esteem in which the poem is held:
Change" is great poem, and there
fore, we think it not hazardous To pre-
dict that il will he an enduring poem.
Ii combines all the elements of great
work Of the imagination. Ii We mis-
take not, il is entirely original. We
know Of no other effort in the history
ofpoetic literature to employ natural
law and science rs the means Of eNalting
II poem into epic power. Yet this is IN
epic poem, instinct with true epic
power, and made so hy the employment,
neither of the old neurological legends
nor oil the supernatural in Christian
history, but of the manifold, IN
tricate, stupendous phenomena of ma
ture and history and man. 1t is written
in II serious, elevated, majestic style. Ii
does not droop, or flag, or give any evil
dence OF exhaustion of power. Its gait
is even, steady, strong, triumphant. In
its striking originality, in the sublimity
vi its style, in the grandeur of its scope,
in the beauty and aptness of It's illustra-
tons, i'm the startlingly graphic power
of its descriptions, in the tenderness of
its pathos, in the wealth OF its knowl-
edge, i'm its splendid poetic revelation of
the Pager, daring, restless spirit OF the
AGE. i'm the fineness, the keenness, the
of its philosophy, in its
pure and reverent religious spirit,
and in the largeness and magni-
ticence of its hope for man, it has
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24

decade. \ No. certificate IN the WIN
ter of 1878, willno be a No. l certificate
in 1888. Examine the teachers each
wear ii YOU would have them worth
ANYTHING. The lawyer is examined ey-
ery time he tries case, the preacher
every time he breaches sermon tue
surgeon every time he amputates iimp
or removes tumor, the carpentereVery
time he builds a house, the merchan'
every time he buys "A new STOCK
of goods, the editor every time ne
issues his paper. Good teachers ENJOY
1heinp tested, 40 do good lawyers,
preachers, surgeons, editors. Bad
teachers chafe under the ordeal OF ire
ouent and severe examinations, ana
would bride by money, hattery, or Pc,
litical influence, the Examining Board
that would give them the requisite mum
her Of No. certificates to deliver them
from this ordeal Some men love
darkness rather than light, because
their deeds are evil Examine the
teachers every year.
The New Railroad Route.
Muorcfrld Examiner
Several weeks since, while i'll the city
of Wheeling, we met with very intel
lircnt gentleman from Rice's Landing,
Pa, who informed us that company OF
gentlemen. representing large iron in
forests in Pittsburgh, are now engaged
in the construction Of railroad from
Pittsburg to Morgantown in West \ir-
ginia, to which point it will soon be
completed They propose to run a
branch from this road, near Ricc's
Landing, in Pa, by way OF Gran.
berry summit, through Preston county,
| passing through portion Of Tucker,
! through the Canaan Valley, i'll Grant
| via Cosner's Gap, to Petersburg, thence
down the Branch to Moorefield, thence
bv way ofthe South Fork and Brock =
! Gap to Broadway in Rockingham
county, Virginia. The object of this
route is to reach and utilize the vast
/ iron deposits OF Hardy county. A
! glance ut the map will satisfy any one
that the route is direct one, and the
! distance comparatively short.
We are decidedly in favor OF working
/ up this enterprise to completion. We
are in favor of it, because it offers al
/ yantares which no other railroad yet
marked out, presents to capital 1t
passes vast deposits OF coal in Preston,
Tucker and Grant counties, penetrates
| the splendid forests which crown the
| Alleuhanies, in the above named coun-
! ties, and enters the iron deposits OF this
section. These are the sources from
which the road would derive its freights.
The development OF these interests are
certainly very great inducements to
capitahss for profitable investments.
/ These are sources of business to rail
road that makes it profitable.
! In addition To these considerations it
cnlists the growing iron interests OF the
city Of Pittsburgh, which desires more
. direct Southern outlet, untrammeled by
other railroad interests and monopolles.
This road, if taken hold OF and built,
would be operated i'll the interests OF
Pittsburgh, and afford to her more di,
rect route to the South.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24

established its high claim as one OF the
immortal classics of the English Ian
guage. We know this is not the way
for q criticize write, hut what we%have
written, We have Written. We are not
IL those vho bslieves that genius, such
g. M. Lsiehtop undoubtedly possesses,
ish be- Hstered and encouraged and
matured by sting and dissection and
faint praise. 1t rs not in the atmos-
phere OF cold, heartless. -nnsympathiL-
ing criticism that genius ripens its gtori-
Gus fruit. We are not to be perpetuaiIy
looking at the spots on the sun, nor are
we 10 withhold our need OF praise until
our poet is dead, for, as Ruskin says,
We cannot discharge to theidust the dept
we owe To the heart.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24

"LAcK OF sympathy" says an emf
nent writer, condemns Us 10 inevitable
stupidity" and the philosophy OF it Is
well illustrated in the opacity OF the
Iatelfgencr's spectseles when he
attempts to see that little BAL
mce of two hundred millions
which Senator DAVIS is looking
after in the treasury accounts. II that
enormous deficit were charged against
Democratic administration, the hteti'-
gsac,r would undoubtedly he able to
furnish from the figures Il very conciu-
sive argument to show Democratic cor
ruption. But with balance Of two
hundred millions 500, 0O0,0 O0D against
Republican administration, it is too
indifferent to find even an excuse Tor
investigation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
Work for the Legislature.
Buchannau Delta.

There seems L. be- no division ul
opinion among the people ~ To the I'M
portance of doing away with the int
uuitous County Court system, but II re-
mains to he seen whether OF not the
Legislature is rs unanimous. One OF
the things done 10y the last Legislature
that We can commend, and We think
should be perpetuated, is the APP
pointment OF Fish Commissioner
for each Congressional District.
We hope IL see such an appropria-
ton made as shall enable them to COM
plete and carry out the good work they
have already commenced. There
should also he something done at once
ior the relief oi the insane now in the
jais OF the several counties oI this
State. They are i'll Il terrible condition
and nothing but prompt aud immediate
| relief will satitfy the humane Of the
State. Considerable money has been
expended for the establishment ol to-
bacco warehouses, which, from what
We have seen, We must conclude I" he
of no benefit to our people, and there
fore should be discontinued.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
CHRISTMAS FOR THE POOR,

Through the clear, crisp, wintry air
The music Of the coming Christmas bells
breaks on the ear, and the holly
branch, with it- green and glossy leaves,
is twined by flowing hands to deck His
altar.
Around happy tiresides to-day, bright
faces gather in anticipation OF expectant
Joys, and the Silly night is thick with
dreams Of goblin visits when good old
Santa Claus shall sweep down the bla1-
ing chimney, bearing through the tire
and flame his precious load OF treasures
Yet there are some hearthston 5 that
in DAYS gone by he Away, visited, which
this year he may pass unnoticed, There
are many homes in our city where want
sits crOuching and from which. ut times,
even the common nccessaries Of life are
absent
Around these tircSides bright-eyed
children cluster, sometimes to watch the
diving embers That scarcely keep them
from the pinching cold, and sometimes
to dream OF the happy days, now past,
when plenty smiled upon them. To
them this festive season will have no
meaning save that which comes through
the blessed hand oi charity.
Ii is we'll for all t. make their homes
more bright with gifts and mcmentoes
during this season. IL Is we'll Tor men
OF business 10 stop and think OF those
whose eyes grow brighter at their COM
ing, and whose pulse throbs with quick
ened beat at the promise oi the Christ
mas festivities Ii is well to surround
themselves with all the luxury and
comfort wealth can bring; but when the
Christmas chimes are ringing let not
their JOYOUS melody drown the plaintIre
murmers oi those cryinS Tor help, and
who are battling with the hungry wolf
that hangs around the poor man i door.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
CHEAP IRON IN THE SOUTH,

The Pittsburgh Telegraph says that Il
fact which should be of some interest To
this community is that the Browneport
furnace, in Decatur county, Tennessee,
three miles from the Tennessee river, is
in operation again, and il is claimed
making pig iron at rate which it will
he hard to cut under. The ore is found
near, in solid beds, and mined by en-
tries, as coal Is. The owners estimate
of the actual cost ofmaking iron is Two
tons of ore, hall raw and fine, II - per
ton, ~ 30; 49, bushels Of charcoal, Ut !
cents bushcl. - 40; one quarter ton vi
limestone. at to cents ton, Id cents;
superintendence and labor, - -, Incl
dentals and repairs, 20 cents. Total,
Sill. The iron is hauled To the river Tor
80 cents per ton, and is shipped To Gin
rinnati and II. Louis LOT 81 per ton, and
when in these markets sells Tor Sl1 %
aud SIS ~ per ton. Another furnace
making iron Al small expense is the
Etna, in Hickman county, where the
ore beds in places are said To he l2O
feet thick, and mined u easily rs lime
stone, the cost being estimated at 10
cents per ton. To improve the facilities
OF delivery Al narrow gauge RAILWAY Is IN
course of construction across Hickman
county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
A Legislative Calendar.

What action, il any, shall West Nir-
ginia take on the question ot assuming
any portion of the Virginia debt, will Ice
one OF the first important questions he
fore the Legislature.
This question should he settled at the
coming session. Let the Legislature
settle it bv giving the old state 10 under
stand that, as We owe her nothing, We
will not pay her anything.
The County Court, the curse Of our
State, will he another important qucs-
ton demanding consideration.
Nearly every member "f the Legisla-
ture has promised To use his influence
ior the abolition of the system and the
people demand its unconditional abnl-
ishment. 1t is only 4 superannuated
relic of the Old Dominion and the eS-
Enlistment of the system was IN I'M
statesmanlike proceeding. The system
has had fair trial, aad has been weighed
in the balance and found wanting.
Now let us do away with it and rear
in its stead something more useful and
less expensive, and that will he an
honor to our little state.
What legislation does the public in
terrst demand in regard In railroad
freight and passenger Determinations
will also require very careful inyestiga-
ton that the rights of our people may he
sustained, and that they may not hc
overburdened by corporations.
The future prosperity at the school
system of our state demands that various
changes should he made in the school
law-changes which W both lessen
taxes and place the system on iirmer
foundation.
The road law, internal Improvement
and numerous other subjects will he
brought before the House al the coming
session. Let'the members 20 there with
the determination Ia work earnestly f"r
the good OF the people.
Examination OF Teachers.
". va. Journal OF Education.
Tyre writing To- the REGISTER, sug
gests such an amendment to or present
school law Us will provide that when
ever any person shall he found Ia merit
a No. certificate for two consecutive
years in the same county lie shall be en-
titled to No. certificate for lille, to be
valid only in the county where granted"
1t is a most excellent plan Ia make rusty
teachers, rustier, lazy teachers, iazier
and dead teachers, deader. The stan
dard of qualifications for No.
| certificate has been greatly
elevated in this State in the
past few wears, and is destined 10 be-
come higher and sererer in the next
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
DRIFT OF THE WEST NiR-
GINA PRESS.
The West Virginia School Law.


Clarksbarg News.
Our correspondent, Mr.. J. +. VIII
liams, in letter published last week,
referring to challenge 10 any one 10
show better code than this State has,
speaks of our school law and says, that
Ohio and New Jersey have better school
laws. Mr.. " illiams' principal obJec-
ton TO our law is, that there Is too
much of il, and he states that iilty pages
will include the school law, the amend
ments and index, OF the State ot ONO.
There are only forty-eight pages OF
our school law, proper :" IL seems
We are not much more Volulnlnous than
Ohio. As to our school law being "i
doubtful construction, 1t does seem
tn W. that il can be construed rs easily
AS any other law. We presume there
are plenty of people who deem the
school law OF Ohio a of doubtful con
structcion, and the same is true "l all
States. 1t does seem to us that our
school law affords to all the advantages
of a good English education, and can be
easily understood, and i'll this respect 1t
cannot be bettered, unless the state un-
,lertakes TO clOthc u certain class oil
children and compel then to 90 L"
school. This II cannot do.
Publication of Public Notices
Fayetteville Enterprise
The question oil changing the law, re-
garding the publication OF legal notices,
is again being brought before the public.
We think it high time that our next
Legislature should look into the matter
and see if there would not be little
more Justice ior poor man ii there was
"a law compelling all legal notices to he
published. This subject has been often
discussed by newspapers, but it
has never been brought properly
before the people; because the
newspapers were peculiarly interested
in the passage OF such laH, and had a
delicacy in saying anything about the
matter. But now it will not DC long be-
fore our next Legislature meets, and, rs
the newspapers are the mouth pieces "l
the public, We think it our duty to take
up the subject and push it /" the utmost
extent OF our ability, to get such law
passed; and we feel sure that every
thinking man in the State, when he
looks at the subject properly, will say
We are right.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
Let us Have Good Roads.


The road matter is Il question, which
demands the consideration Of our Lcgis-
lators. There is no question upon
which there seems To be- greater variety
III opinions than the one relating to our
roads. We believe however that the
people in our county are generally OPP
posed to compelling minors to work the
roads, when they are not allowed To
vote, to hold property, or to sue or hc
sued; but as To- the method of making,
or keeping up our public highways,
there seems to he almost a. many opin-
ions ~ there are voters. One thing
however is apparent I" every one, that
the roads of our state are not generally
such as would invite capitalists L. come
among us.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24

TIE Washington Post says that the
election OF Mr.. KITCHEN in North Caro-
lima, and Mr.. Hull in Florida, makes
the political complexion OF the next
House as follows; Democrats, i49; he
publicans, 100; Greenbackers, 10; thus
giving the Democrats clear majority oil
nine votes over the other two parties
combined, California has stilltc elect
her four members.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
Mbeelins Re9is1tlls!Er
DAILY. sEM1-wHnKLY.% wEEHtY

TIE extent Of the Insurance panie In
New York is shown by the TACT that
tifry-nine companies whose stocks are
Quoted in that market have deprecated
in value from one to fifty-one per cent
This relates TO fire insurance companies
only The decline Of the business has
been great and severe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-24
A Call for the Whipping Post.
Sutton MOuntainerr.

This is subject oi legislation to which
our attention has been directed for some
time, and while We are ready 10 admit
the cruelty of the punishment yet We
think the present statute law, applicable
to such cases, falls far short "i remedy
Ing the evil that exists. Unless some
thing else can be substituted, we are
decidedly in favor oi applying the lash
To the naked back.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-26
A Snake Story.

The reader should bear in mind that
the following story comes from the
Third District, where things have been
somewhat enlarged during the Barlow
GrOut campaign:
Some six years ago a menagerie of
wild animals came through Richmond,
VT, and broke Down bridge about
mile east of the village. At the time
numerous reports were afloat that they
had killed some of their large snakes,
and some had got away. Within a
year or two the boys have brought re-
ports of seeing very large snakes in the
vicinity of the accident. A few days
ago, VIM. Fields, truthful, sober man,
was on the farm of Jonathan Fay, close
by the railroad, and was startled by
seeing two large snakes, of the color of
bOa-cOnstrictors. He says they were
fully feet long, and when they saw
him they raised their heads and opened
their mouths and darted out their
tongues. He says they were as large
as his arm. Mr.. Fields did not stop to
interview them. DR.. Bromley, few
days ago, when driving through the
Jonathan Fay farm, thought he saw Il
rail across the road. This proved to be
huge snake which moved out of the
road. The Doctor thinks he was 10
feet long. Mr.. Fay's men have found
a snake skin some 10 or IL feet long,
supposed to be shed by II monster
snake. Making all due allowance nee
essary for eXaggeration, it is quite Ger
tain that there are two monster reptiles,
and probably three-as the skin found
and the one seen by the Doctor cores
mind
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-26

Miss Winnie Worster, aged 25, was
fatally burned Monday, in Brooklyn,
by the explosion of kerosene stove.
The deaths in New York last week
were % less than the week previous,
including 10 from sunstroke. There
was total of 139 sunstrOkes.
1t took "A ballots and a good share of
two days, to nominate the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Eighth
Ohio District, last week, and 147 ballots
to do the job in the Sixteenth District
Charles Richoldt, paralytic confined
at Wards Island was burned to death
by lunatic letting on hot water when
he was in bath tub.
A boy named Green, driving team,
Monday from Sheffield to Canaan, Conn.,,
was met by two tramps, who demanded
the team. He whipped up the horses
and managed to escape, though one
tramp fired at him, the ball entering
his breast. A crowd pursued the tramps
and arrested them. Green's condition
is critical.
| During a violent thunder storm at
Troy, N. Y, last week, a bolt was seen
to strike in the centre of Richardson's
pond, raising volume OF water 20 or
30 feet; next morning great numbers of
dead fish were found along the shores
of the pond.
A Greencastle Qnd.,) farmer lost one
of his horses in singular manner while
moving the other day, one of the pair
sinking into the earth twenty feet, and
being covered out of sight, in an upland
hole, where the sound of running water
was heard.
Mr.. Moody went home to Northfield,
to rest for the summer, but his zeal be-
trayed him into holding few meetings,
which have expanded into an. active
revival of religion.
The court martial in the case of Gen.
Fitz John Porter, has adjourned to
September 10th.
By the new treaty, Turkey is left
with territory of 10000 square miles,
and population of 100000.
Wilson Howchins, who lives near
Fluvanna Court House, Va, murdered
his wife, mother-in-law and one child,
on Monday, and then committed suicide.
A son, seven years old, saw his father
begin on his mother, and took the baby
out of the cradle and fled to place of
safety.
A family named Sample, consisting
of twelve persons, are reported to have
been murdered in Tippah county, Miss,
Saturday night, by unknown parties.