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GREAT EXCURSION TO WASHINGTON.

The most elaborate arrangements have
been made for tho Inauguration Of Gen.
Garfield as Presiden. on the fourth of
March that have ever been witnessed in
the United States. The military will be
out in full force, and it is expected that
the crowd Of civilians present in Wash
ington ON that day will be greater than
any that has ever assembled in the Capt.
tol City of our government. In the fur
thcrance of this display the railroads of
the country have made very liberal con-
cessions in the matter of fares for round
trip tickets, which will give tho best
opportunity for visiting The Capital at
cheap rates that has been enjoyed by our
citizens for years. The following fares
have been fixed upon for the round trip
tick. is from the points indicated: At
lanta $1,000, Seneca City $4,000, Green
vile $1,000, Columbia S19.GO-for mill
tary companies $500; Charlotte $500
for military companies $14.00; Char
lesion $21.O0-for military companies
$l7.00; Wilmington sl600-for military
companies $1,000. These tickets will be
good going from the 1st to the 9rd of
March, and will enable the holder to
return at any time up to the 10th Of
March. Thousands Of people who have
never visited Washington will avail
themselves of these reduced rates to do
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The Democrats in Congress, both
House and Senate, arc sadly in need Of
party discipline and leadership-a facl
of which the Republicans are fully
aware, and which they take great pleas.
uTo in exhibiting to the world by their
shrewd and thoroughly organized minor
ity. The passage of the Morgan resolu.
tion for counting the vote for President
and Vice President aptly illustrates this.
The Republicans were generally in favor
of the resolution, and intended that it
should pass after they got through with
their fun out of the Democrats about it,
SO thoy adroitly kept their purposes to
themselves, (which the Democrats could
never have done.) The Democrats held
o caucus, decided to pass the resolution,
and went into the Senate next day to
carry out their decision, when, much to
their chagrin, the Republicans refused
to vote, and left them without quorum,
thereby preventing the consideration of
the resolution, and showing to the coun-
try the incapacity Of the Democrats for
party management. 1t may be surprise
to the people to know that an important
junciure like this no less than nine Dem.
ocratic Senat' ) wero either absent or
paired, and By this action on their part
placed the majority at the mercy of the
minority.
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GencrallNews Summary.

- The total estimated value of the ex-
ports from Georgetown during the past
year was $2,2S1, $50.
Several arrests have lately been
made in Spartanburg County for carrying
concealed weapons.
- Cold, rainy weather has killed q
good number of cattle and sheep in
Louisiana this winter.
= Francis Hahn, near Greenville, has
six hundred gallons of homemade wine
worth $3.50 per gallon.
= The debt of Memphis, Tenn, is about
one-third Of the value of all the real and
personal property in the city.
= The Presbyterian congregation in
Greenville have resolved to build q new
church with seating capacity of 500.
= Mr.. NJ. A. Vandorford, Policeman.
was shot and killed by drunken daspe.
RADIO named Yarboro at Salisbury, II. C.,
last week.
= Three years ago there were at Pick
ems Courthouse only two stores and three
lawyers now there are six stores. five
lawyers and two law students.
= The outrage mill grinds in Aiken,
and the negro witnesses are being freely
picked up by the State courts on charges
of perjury and riot.
- The clubhouse of Mr.. J. a. Mitchell,
near Mount Willing, was destroyed by
fire on the night Of January 10. The
fire was incendiary, and the loss about
$1,000.
- a valuable chalk bed has been dis
covered on the Wilkinson nlnce at Sum.
mcrhill, three miles from Aiken. II be-
longs to Mr.. Julian Yates and Is valued
at $4,000.
= At "a recent meeting of the New
yo.s Agricultural Society il was claimed
by speaker that n thousand pounds OF
sugar might be made from an acre of
cnrnstalks.
= The Tennessee Radicals, with the
assistance of low tax Democrats" have
elected the Secretary of State and
Comptroller, the straightout Democratic
incumbent of the Trcasurership being
reelected.
= at Baltimore, about midnight of
Wednesday, the boiler of the pleasure
yatch Carrie, of Philadelphia, exploded,
making complete wreck Of the vessel
and killing three white men and colored
man.
- The Lancaster Ledger: Our County
has been fully represented in all the
wars which have taken place on this
Continent since the year 1892. Fifteen
of the Florida veterans are still living in
this country
- The introduction of American street
cars into Rio de Janeiro has produced a
great change in the social and business
life of the people. There are two kinds
of cars--one for barefooted peer,,, 5
cents; and one for those who Weir shoes
10 cents.
= Miss Parnell, a siaier OF the Irish
agitator, and Mrs. A. NJ. Sullivan, the
wife of the member of Parliament from
death, are forming Ladies' Land
League, in order TO continue the work of
relief, should Mr.. Parnell and his follow
ers be arrested under the coercion bill
now pending.
= John Forbes fifty years ago was the
collector of taxes for Vermillion County.
ILL.,, which then included the present site
of Chicago. Rather than incur the ex.
pense and trouble of journey over the
prairies from the county seat TO thnt
town, he paid Chicago's taxes out of his
own pocket. ~
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= The death rate among cattle in
Florida has been fearful during the re.
cent cold weather.
= In White Hall Township, Able.
vile County, the darkies have an organ.
i1ation known as the "Laborers' Pr0tec-
tive Union" The full-g-own members
purpose ~ demand 500 and rations for
the years services, and for "half-grown"
boys, So q month. They propose to reg
ulate by force those who attempt to dis
regard this rule.
= The new courthouse at Aiken will
be an elegant and commodious structure
and will cost sl2733. 1t will be COM
pleted by the contractor in time for the
September term of Court. The financies
Of the county are in very healthy con-
dition, and the board will be able to
meet every bill with the cash as it falls
due.
= The New York Erening Post says !;
Mrs. Barnwcll Rhett. widow Of Senator
Rhet. OF South Carolina, and the widow
of a former Mayor of New Orleans. will
both become inmates Of the Louise Home
at Washington, established and kept up
by AIR. Corcoran, the Washington bank
er, for the benefit Of Southern gentle
women who have been unfortunate.
= The school commissioner elect Of
Pickens County, o. T. Jones, having
failed to qualify by the frat day of Jauu-
ary, rs required by law and his predeces-
sor, q. w. Singleton, having resigned,
the Office is now vacant, and will remain
so until an appointment is made by the
Governor. The county board of examin-
ers met last week and fixed the salary of
uobool oop,n,iru.onor for tho ,rocopt yoor
at S400.
= The Rev. Thaddeus Salters, COL
ored, has stood highly creditable
liners Of the Episcopal Church, and will be
ordained a Deacon in St. Marks colored
Episcopal Church, Charleston. lie will
take charge of that congregation. He is
the first colored man ever ordained in the
Episcopal ministry of this State, and
highly spoken of-as he deserves to be.
He is native Charlestonian.
= Mrs. Martha Clark, wife off. @. A.
Clark, Of Abbeyille county, died suddenly
at her house on the evening of January
23d. She was engaged in preparing
supper, and stepping out of the house,
remained longer than was expected. In
searching for her, she was found dead.
Heart.discase carried her Off Mrs. Clark
was a most excellent woman and long q
consistent member of the Baptist church.
A dispatch to the Ncms and Courier
from NIilletts, under date of the
9th inst, says: Information has just
been received at this place of fatal
shooting scrape last night, about Z
o'clock, at Stoney Bluff, just across tho
river. Acolored man named Israel was
shot by Wilson Cokcr white, and died
to-day about o'clock. There was some
difficulty about the delivery Of freight
by Coker, acting for the agent, and
angry words cnsued, whereupon Coker
drew his pistol and fired, the ball enter
ing the left breast. Israel fingered in
much pain until to-day, when he died.
Coker Immediately left, and was seen on
this side of the river to-day"
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necessary incident oe the war would ever
be reimbursed to them. They had gone
into the war with their eyes wide open,
had staked everything they possessed
upon the issue of the gigantic struggle,
and they had lost, and were prepared
manfully to accept itas the fate of war.
Oh, what humiliatng scene that was
for the citizens Of great nation to wit
ness Their government had owed
trifling debt of $4,000, which It had
neglected for twenty years 10 pay, and
when the poor widow to whom 4. was
due asked that it be settled, party hate
and sectional venom had seized its intro.
duction as an opportunity for a mean
and degrading assault upon the character
of q dead hero. Mrs. Pages action was
digniGed and proper in withdrawing her
petition absolutely from the consideration
of Congress which has such disgraceful
demagogues in it. Her plucky rebuke
brought sense Of shame to the very
men who had so belittlcd themselves on
its previous consideration, and Congcr,
of Michigan, who led in the contemplate
opposition, tried to retrieve his meanness
by moving to recommit the bill, with
instructions to the Committee on Naval
Affairs to report with full statement of
the facts of the case, but MI. Goode
would not permit the bill to take this
course, and had it laid on the table The
whole matter has been disgracefu cx-
hibition of the demagogism Of certain
Congressman, from whose services the
country should pray to be speedily de-
livercd.
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Summer Meeting OF the State Agricul-
tural Society.

AT the meeting Of the Executive Com-
mittec Of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society held on Wednesday
at the Columbia Hotel au invitation
from tho Executive Committee Of the
Grcenvillc County Agricultural Society
TO hold its next annual summer meet
ing in the city Of Grcenvillc was, on
motion Of Colonel William Wallace. nc.
cepted. The time for the summer meet
ing was fixed for tho second Tuesday in
August. The Secretary was instructed 10
notify the Executive Committee of the
State Grange of the action of this com.
mittec.
Mr.. J. y. Newman, of Georgia, was
appointed cssayst for the summer
meeting. Subjcct-"Fruit and Fruit
Culture"
Il was also resolved tha. each agricul.
tural society in The State select an
cssayist for that occasion on the follow.
ing subjects respectively
Anderson County Sociely-"The
Cultivation Of the Grasses"
Abbevillc County Society," "Small
Grain"
Grccnvillc County socicty--"Thc
Manufacture of Cotton at the
South"
Newberry County Socicty-"Immi-
grafton"
Chester County Society," Sheep Rails
ing"
Union County Society -"The Raising
invited to send delegates TO the Summer
of Horses"
On Motion Of Mr. Roche the Secretary
vas instructed to notify the Executive
Committee ofthe State Grange and each of
the above named societies and request
them to cooperate in the Summer meet
ing and 10 send delegates to the same.
On Motion of Mr. Thompson the State
Agricultural Association of Georgia was
meeting.
We learn that it is the purpose of the
committee to make great improvements
in the fair grounds, which, when COM
pieted, will make them among the finest,
# not the very finest, in the United
States.
In the premium list will be q prize
offered for the best specimen of ensilage,
not less than twenty or twenty-five tons.
-Rc1isfer, 4M,
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THE TOWN MEETING.

The meeting Of the citizens Of the
town, which is called by the Town Coun-
Gil for this (Thursday) evening, in tho
Court House, to consider whether the
town will build hall or buy town
clock, seems to indicate that the Council
has decided to do one or the other, and
the decision of this meeting will be Il
matter Of importance to our municipal
interests No final action ought to be
taken without full representation of the
taxpayers of the tcwn, and full informn-
ton as to the details Of the undertaking
entered into. We are in favor of build
ing handsome Town Hall or Opera
House, but are opposed to investing town
money in any temporary or makcshift
manner. Anderson is lnrge enough to
afford q handsome Opera House, and one
properly conducted would pay the town
II good revenue; so that we think it
would be wiser, more beneficial and moro
satisfactory to build structure with two
or four stores on the lower floor, and
convenient Offices upstairs, Mt cost of
ten TO twenty thousand dollars, than to
erect bare hall, that will not be what
We want, at from fifteen hundred to three
thousand dollars; though if we cannot
do any better we would prefer common
but spacious hall to no hall ut all. If
the town should erecta proper building,
with three stores OH the ground floor, and
eight or ten good Offices above, in addi-
ton to the Opera House, we could very
safely count upon twelve hundred dol
lars per year for storo rents, with from
five to eight hundred per year for Offices,
and four o. five hundred dollars from the
Opera House. or, at least, upon two
thousand dollars year for rents, which
would be over thirteen per cent. upon
fifteen thousand dollars. sum that
would secure very handsome building.
by issuing bonds to mature annually for
ten years, we would have to raise only
fifteen hundred dollars per year. The
interest at seven per cent, sum at
which the bonds could be placed at par
upon the whole amount, would bo 81 ,05O,
SO that the sum to be raised the first year
would be $2,5'o. Deducting the proba-
BILE rents, we would have only $4,000 to
raise by taxation. By decreasing the
principal $1.500.O0 each year, We would
decrease the interest S105.00 each year,
so that at the end of five or six years the
income from the building would pay the
subsequent payments, both Of interest
and principal.
Uader this arrangement we would have
to raise by town taxation, to begin with,
about :600--for O liberal calculation say
$S00-and 800 less each year for six
years, when the tax would entirely dis
appear. The taxable property of tho
town is now $s3o,O0O in round numbers,
and is increasing every year at from
$4,000 to $4,000. AT the present
amount the additional town tax necessary
to build this Hall would only be about
ten cents on the hundred dollars, and
this only for five or six years. at the
end of ten years the property would be q
source of annual revenue to the town of
from $4,000 to $4,000, depending upon
the growth of tho place. We hope suf-
ficient time viii DC ..aihen 10 consider this
question fully before final action.
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PoR suANrE.

In the House of Representatives last
week, when the bin for the relief of Mrs.
z. P. Page was reached, AIr. Goode, of
Virginia, who had charge of the bill,
said that since the discussion which had
taken place upon this bill on last Friday
he had received letter from the widow
of Capt. Hugh N. Page, in which she
instructed him peremptorily to withdraw
her petition. IF he felt at liberty to con-
suit his own feelings he would, without
hesitation, press this bill to a final vote,
but in this matter he felt constrained to
obey the instructions which he had re.
ceived from the petitioner. Her feelings
had been 80 wounded by The fierce as
sault made npon thememory Of her dead
husband that she was not willing to fur
nish any pretext forgshe renewal of that
assault. The petition would no. have
bcenspresented if the humble petitioner
had forescen that ii would hayo been
taken as q pretext on which to attack
rndely. the cherished memory of her hon.
ored dead and To coaiIasnt uncharissbiy
upon the character Of the Southern peb-s
pie. He sad he had been accused Of a
desite id presenting this petition g es.
tablisb . precedent fof payment Of South
efn war elsins. 80 charge could have
beeninoTe unjust OF moro baseless. He
wished 10 repeat what no had frequently
said, thss The people Of tho South had
neyps. Spected enJ did not nov expect,
that losses ipearted hy individual as ).
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Congress evidently might improve
upon their rules in such manner as to
prevent the obstruction of business by
absenteeism. In the first place the alb
sentee should forfeit q proportionate per
diem of his salary, and in the next place
d rule should be adopted requiring every
Senator or Representative present to vote
when his name Is called, This, With the
power 20 call the House, would always
guarantee tho presence Of q quoram
during the session. and absenteeism
would not be such q clog apop the busi.
ness ofSthe country. Tie adoption of
the two new rules would almost tsrmi-
iatcthe evil. Ss s.ss-
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life sentence in the pcnitcntiary. An
appeal was taken OF various errors, and
III December following q new trial was
granted. No particular effort was made
to bring it r5out until the l1th of the
present month that tho jury was COM
pleted and the trial begun. The defence
was based upon the alleged insanity of
the prisoner. Yesterday Mr.. Thompson,
OF Lexington, spoke four hours for the
defence, and Judge Mca1anama followed
with the closing speech for the State.
The case was given to the jury ut s
o'clock, and at late hour last night
verdict of not. guilty, OF the ground of
insanity was rendered. Thus ends one
of the most celebrated cases in The an.
nails Of Kentucky.
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SENATOR BUTLER I;xCORIATEs CoNK.
LING.

The following synopsis of colloquy
between Gen. Butler and Senator Conk-
ling is gathered from telegraph of Con.
gressional proceedings on last Tuesday
Gen. Butler spoke at considerable
length upon the alleged census frands in
South Carolina, and criticized severely
speeches made by certain stump orator
understood TO be Conkling) in New
York, during tho late Presidential cam
paign, in which that stump orator insult.
ed and villified the people Of South Car
olina and accused them of conspiracy
to fraudulcntly increase tho census emu
meration in order to obtain greater poit.
icnl power The falsity and baseness OF
the accusation, Mr.. Butler said, were
shown by the results Of the recent re-
enumeration under the direction of Gen.
Walker, who WAS Republican and also
gentleman.
at the conclusion of Mr.. Buffers re-
marks Mr.. Conkling said he inferred
from the little he had heard Of the gen.
tleman's speech that it was designed as
an attack upon himself, and he had only
TO say that the vaporing of the Senator
from South Carolina gave him little con-
Germ. If he had done any injustice to
the people Of South Carolina lie would
:;;;s; scasomah!c occasion &c ccrrcc. L.
Mr.. Butlcr-"Thc Senator has snid
that the vaporings of the Senator from
South Carolina are matters of no con-
Germ to him. He will pardon me for say
ing that the swaggering insolence of the
Senator from New York is of no concern
to me-"
Mr.. Conkling-"I do not need to have
heard the Senator in order TO ascertain
that he is person with whom | do not
chose to handy epithets. here or else
where, least of all here; and, therefore.
| have nothing to add to that which 1
have before said"
The colloquy here ended, and the sub
ject was dropped.
This is fair sample of the dictatorial
insoience of the strutting Senator from
New York. He is first to begin the use
OF cpithcts i'll lack Of reasons for reply,
and when he gets ,hc worst of the dis.
custom upon his own selected ground he
retires in very lordly manner from the
contest. NIr. Conkling knew that the
remarks of Senator Butler were true,
and madc no effort to deny them. He,
therefore, confesses to have slandered,
nlisrcpFtzcntcd aud told faiaehoods upon
the people of South Carolina for partisan
purposes, Senator Butler did right to
excoriate him.
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Mr. John f. Hobbs, attorney for Gen.
Carlos j. Stolbrand in the contest against
Col. Aiken for the seat in the next Con.
gress from this District, has served as-
tice of thu day, on which he will take
testimony in the several counties com.
posing the District. He has allotted to
Anderson the 4th and 9th Of March.
Col. E. B. Gary represents Col. Aiken,
and will make q vigorous defense.
Nothing but the most arbitrary partisan
ship OH the. part of the next House OF
Representatives can give Stolbrana any
chance for a seat in Congress. He was
badly beaten, and even ran behind She
Garfield electoral ticket, which showa
that he had very little strength with the
negroes themselves.
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The Convention of Judges of the Su-
prcmc and Circuit Judges, which met in
Columbia last week, appointed Mcssrs.
G. III. Simonton Of Charleston, W. II.
Parker of Abbeyille, and J. F. Hart of
Yorkville, as commissioners to codify the
laws of this State. under the Act passed
at the recent session Of the Legislature.
The gentlemen appointed have large
experience at tho Bar, have established
fine regulations for ability, energy and
faithfulness in their profession, and COM
binc the requisites for satisfactory dis
charge Of the duties assigned them.
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The Wando Phosphate Works, near
Charleston, were completely destroyed
by fire last week. The company was
very fully insured, and will not there
fore, lose great deal, except by the loss
Of time and the failure to receive the
profits of one manufacturing season.
The works will be rebuilt as soon rs
possible, but will not be in condition to
manufacture again before next fall
The cause Of the fire is unknown.
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Senator Morgan's resolution denying
the right of the V:co President to count
the vote for President and Vice Prcsi-
dent, and rcserving to Congress the right
to decide it, passed the Senate with n
single dissenting voice, so that one
wholesome precedent has been cstab.
lished amid the many dangerous ones
to which these latter days of the Repub-
lie have given rise.
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TOWN MEETING (!

rT'HE Town Council of Anderson, 8. c..
4 respectfully requests tho citizens OF
the Town to meet IN the Court House on
THURSDAY, the 10th inst, ut o'clock
p M, for the purpose Of considering the
proposition to erect Town Hall or put
Clock in the Court House st eeple.
By order of the Town Council Of Ander-
son. s. c. THOS. c. LIGON,
Feb 10, 1881 3i-1 Clerk.
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Senator Butler says that the Constitu-
tion Of the United States has failed to
provide u Returning ! ard for counting
the vote for President and Vice. Presi-
dent, and henco the necessity for the Nor
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PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGs.

fU1HE Plymouth Rock is one of the finest
IL and largest Chickens grown, and is
becoming more popular rs it is better
known. havo limited number of Eggs
from this stock, and also from other breeds,
which are pure. and which I will sell ct
two dollars per dozen. Orders addressed to
me at Anderson, s. c., will receive prompt
and careful attention. Persons wishing
Eggs should send in their orders at once,
stating the kind of Eggs desired, us they
will be filled in the order received.
FRANK GRAFTON.
Jan 81, 1881 % II