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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-02
A FOolllardy Act.

CHICAGO, May 3O.-At l o'clock this
morning Henry Graft, a German, thirty
two years old, died suddenly in a saloon
conducted by Nick Shanks, at the corner
of Elston and Fullerton avenues, in con-
sequence of drunken and most foolish
act. Graft went into the place slightly
under the influence of liquor, and after
passing few words with q number pres
ent, walked up to the bar and called for
pint of the best whisky. When it was
furnished and paid for, instead of taking
it away, as the crowd supposed he would
do, he coolly drank it to the last drop,
Some acquaintance made a joking
remark about the size of the drink.
Thereupon Graft asserted that he could
drink quart more, and was willing to
back himself up to the extent Of five dol
lars. The bet was taken, the money put
up, and the full quantity of the liquor
poured out. The reckless man put the
measure to his lips, and never removed
it until the whisky had disappeared. He
then turned around with a laugh to
claim the money, saying in mocking
way, "There, you, what did I tell you 2"
But before the two bills could be placed
in his shaking palm he fell to the floor
unconscious. The saloon.keeper and
startled lookers-on made every exertion
to arouse him, but without avail. In a
few moments Crafts respiration and
pulse ceased. He was dead. The police
were at once notified, and the saloon
taken in charge by them, while Shank
was arrested to await the action of the
coroner's jury. Graft was single man,
and worked at Listers bone factory on
Elston avenue, and is said to have been
generally an industrious man.
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TIE BATTLE BEGUN.

The ballotting for United States sena-
tors in the New York Legislature COM
menced on last Tuesday. Only one bal
lot was had TO fill each vacancy. Mr..
Conkling received only IS out of l4S
votes cast to fill the vacancy occasioned
by his resignation, and Mr.. .Platt only %
out of 14e votes cast TO fill the vacancy
soccasioned by his resignation. 1t re-
quires 81 votes to elect. The power OF
the President, with his vast patronage, is
too much for Conkling and Platt. Their
defeat is overwhelming, and it appears
that the Administration may succeed in
electing Senators favorable to it before
the close of the week. The Democrats
voted soidly for Herman, who received
81 votes, and Jacobs, who received 50
votes. Both Houses adjourned after the
first ballot. y.
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Edgefleld's Railroad Outlet.

AUGUSTA, May 26.-To.day Mr.. Lewis
Jones, president of the Edge6eld, Tren-
ton aud Aiken Railroad, Mr.. A. J. Nor
ris, secretary, Gen. NJ. @. Butler and
other gentlemen were in Augusta on i'm
portant business connected with that en-
terprise, and in the afternoon had an
interview with Receiver Fisher and other
authorities of the South Carolina Rail-
road Company. Although no definite
contracts have been arranged the Edge.
field delegation feel pretty we'll assured
that when their road is graded all the
way from Edgefeld to Aiken, % miles,
the South Carolina Railroad will iron
and equip it. It will, when complet-
ed, be q feeder to that road. About
eighteen miles have already been graded,
and the remainder will shortly be finish.
ed.
The new road will be valuable con.
nection to the Savannah Valley Railroad,
portions of which are now under con.
tract. The Savannah Valley will extend
from Edge6eld to Anderson, distance
of seventy-fve miles. This is the long
established and original line surveyed
from Charleston through the Blue Ridge
to the West and is said to be the shortest
| line from the seaboard.
The Edgefeld committee leave for
home Tomorrow much encouraged over
the result of the conference.-Special Dis.
patch to the .Ne,Us and Courier.
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What will the Boss Do2
New YORK, Nav q

4tcW tNAA4A5 H'A@SJ ~O'
From reports of conversat tions held
with trustworthy persons who have talked
with Conkling and his intimate friends
since his return from Albany this morn
ing, it begins to look as if some desperate
move was about decided upon. Most ofthe
rumors point to coalition with the Demo
cratic members of the Assembly, but
Conkling's best friends still scout the
notion as beneath his dignity and calcu.
lated to destroy confidence in him as a
leader in either party. That Conkling
can carry the Legislature with Republi-
can votes is now admitted to be out of the
question by all but the 'stalwartest" ofhis
adherents. The reports as to what Conk-
ling means to do between this and Tues
day are so thoroughly contradictory that
there is no use whatever in giving the
thousand and one speculations that are
considered worthy of print in this neigh
borhood. The story that he is seriously
thinking of giving up the game for the
sake of making money by the practice of
law, is gaining ground upon the report
that the dirty work he has been forced
to do during the last three days at Alba
ny in the way of soliciting votes from
men whom at other times he would bare
ly recognize, has completely disgusted
him with political life and turned his
thoughts to law. It is not doubted that
Conkling can make an income of at least
$4,000 year by practicing law
here, for he is known by every one
and is unquestionably man of abil-
ity. His extensive acquaintance with
legislators of all kinds makes him
valuable man to large corporations afflic.
ted with much litigation.
Some of our philosophical newspapers
affect to consider the downfall of Conk.
ling as an indication that the people re-
ject the spoils system personated in
Conkling, and will support civil re-
form which Garfield rlay perhaps insti-
tute. Gar6eld's notions as to what
reform in the civil service means appear,
however, to be far from satisfactory to the
idealists in politics, as we'll they may
be. Is it not more probable that Conk-
ling's arrogance has borne fruit? GAS
stiif.necked as Roscoe Conkling" has al.
most become popular saw among our
New York politicians, and the ad-
vice which one newspaper tenders him
this morning to paste in his hat the prov.
erb. "Pride goeth before destruction and
q naughty spirit before fall" and read
it morning, noon and night, may be good
advice. A man whose fortunes depend
upon the good will of several thousand
persons cannot afford to be arrogant.
The two rumors connecting Conkling's
name with business enterprises in this
city-one that he had been offered
$4,000 a year to enter an established
law firm, aud another that he intends to
edit the Commercial Advertiser as a morn
ing sheet devoted to abusing the Admin
istration-have no backbone that | can
discover.-Cor. Ne,Us and Courier.
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THE CENTRE OF CORRUPTION.
Recent Exposures Of Official Fraud In
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Friday, 81.


Some of the devious ways of mail con.
tractors in the Star route business are
coming to light in the present inyestiga-
ton. It is evident that some of these
fellows had the run of the contract Office.
For instance, one Salisbury put in bid
for a certain service connected with the
Texas routes. Just at 8 o'clock when the
bids closed he was informed that he was
underbid on an important route. He
Immediately prepared less bid, rushed
out and got one Geo. Fl. Giddings, a we'll
known contractor, to sign it and put in q
proposal at 81 less than his lowest rival
and the bid was accepted by Brady.
Giddings served as the catspaw wherewith
to rake Saulsbury's chesnuts out of the
fire. Salisbury got the contract, and
without having his name appear on the
goyernmentbooks had the same transfer
red to him by Giddings. A few weeks
afterwards the route was expedited"
i. C. increased several thousand dollars.
In another instance Giddings became q
contractor on Texas route and sub-let
it at contract price, having failed to get
it raised. Despairing of making any
money cut of it hesold the route to Frank
Armstrong. The next day after this
transfer it was increased and expedited.
Another contractor, named Mcdonald,
wanted something done in the same line,
and although he offered a handsome
compensation to certain parties to secure
it, failed. They were not the right ones.
He then employed rear.admiral in
favor with that throne, offering him the
same fee. His naval friend was closeted
with Brady few minutes and came out
with the order. The question naturally
arises: "Who was doing this inside
business in Mr.. Brady's Office and how
much was paid for these extraordinary
services ?"
The treasury department thieving, for
that is about whatit amounts to, excites
more attention than the quality of the
discovery" would seem to warrant. II
is merely the exposure of what has been
going on for years-in fact, ever since the
war. Itmay look little crooked for the
custodian of the treasury to buy bay rum
by the barrel for Secretary Sherman and
other high officials and have it charged
to the contingent fund as "deodorized
alcohol" But how much more so is il
than the employment of men as private
servants who are borne on the rolls ano
paid for by the government as "messen
gers?" Everybody will remember the
"discovery" of the private carriages
which every leading bureau official hac
in private use charged to the government
as Email wagons" created. Yet the
abuse was not corrected. Private car
riages are still used snd charged as mai
wagons by the head of nearly every
bureau in Washington. There is scarce
ly a bureau officer but has his house
partly furnished at government expense
Every chief clerk in the departments ha'
exercised the same free hand at purchase
and sale, and around him has gathered
the same nest of favorites who have fat
tened at the public expense.
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A Frightful Catastrophe.
ST.. JOSEPH. Mo-, Nav

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, May "a.
The explosion of fifteen barrels of
Danforth's fluid stored in cellar on
Edmund's street in this city occurred at
9 o'clock last night. The floor over the
cellar was occupied as saloon and
billiard room, and was kept by colored
man. a number of negroes were in the
saloon at the time, all Of whom lost their
lives. The exact number cannot be as
certained yet, but it is variously estima-
ted at from fifteen to forty-fve. Five
bodies have been recovered, all burned
beyond recognition. 1t is said that one
white woman was in the place at the
time of the casualty. The building was
instantly and completely demolished.
The inmates were all buried in the de-
bris, which was completely enveloped by
the hot flames of the burning fluid. The
efforts of the FIRE department. to subdue
the flames were of no avail. Several
thousand excited people are now sur.
rounding the scene of the disaster, and
many women and children are screaming
and bewailing the loss of their husbands
and fathers or friends. The concussion
shook the buildings for several blocks
around.
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The present summer is to be politically
warm, whether it is physically so or not.
The campaign in Ohio will in all proba-
bility be with Governor Foster as the
Republican and Judge Thurman as the
Democratic candidate, which ensures a
very fierce and close political fight. The
contest in Virginia will be triangular,
between the Democrats, the Mahoneites
and the Republicans. The interest of
the whole country in this contest will in
duce very. spirited battle, as very i'm
portant results hang upon its termina-
ton. It is the first serious movement in
the direction of breaking up the solid
South, and hence there is solid reason
for the general interest felt in it. The
election in New York will be a battle Of
giants. Several State officers are to be
elected and a Legislature. 1t, too, will
be q triangular battle. There will be
the Administration party, the Conkling
party and the Democrats, each trying to
capture the State. The feeling is ex.
tremely bitter, and the result of the fight
may give 70 the victorious party two
United States Senators as the reward fol
their labors. TIE campaign will be the
fercest ever witnessed in New York, ano
the prospect is very excellent for Dem
ocratic triumph. There will be no dull
season to the politicians this year.
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THE NEW TRANSLATION.

The new translation of the Bible lately
made by the most learned scholars of
Europe and America was placed on the
market during last week. In England
100000 of copies of the Bible and New
Testament were speedily disposed Of
In New York single house sold the
day the, translation was first offered for
sale 25O,0e0 by 8 o'clock p. m: The
sales thus far have been unprecedented,
and indicate that the religious world feel
the necessity of more accurate trans
slation than that of King James, and are
disposed to give the new translation a
fair and impartial examination. Criti-
cisms adverse to the new translation have
already been published, and unless upon
calm consideration and critical exam
ination it shall.be found more exact to
the originalsthan the present translation
and superior oit, twill not belikely to
supercede the version now in common
use. It's introduction must under all
circumstances be gradual, and it will re-
quire yearsto Danish from our churches
and homes the Bible in common use for
near three centuries.
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The sale of ruano in Greenyille f

= The sale of guano in Greenville for
the season just closed has been exceed
ingly heavy. The amount delivered at
the city warehouse was 20,9S4 sacks.
The amount delivered by the merchants
from their own storerooms and the two
depots was 35,762 sacks, making
the total sales of Greenville for the sea-
son Sc, $50 sacks, or 5,63S tons. Aycfag-
ing the price at s3s per ton and, says the
New South, our farmers will pay this
year for phosphates S214, 2l4, or il paid
in cotton, about 5,400 bales, nearly one
sixth of tile amount brought to this mar
ket during the season.
The Lancaster Revie,O says: "We
are told that negroes in that section of
the county known as Tank have formed
a league, pledging themselves that after
a certain date they will not hire to white
persons as house servants or field labor.
ers. The repeal of the lien law will
bring them to their senses"
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Grant and Garfield.

The friends of Gen. Grant say that
neither he nor they can ever, under any
circumstances, forgive President Garfield.
They say that Gen. Grant was iuyeigled
into the White House with the invita-
ton to social breakfast and asked with
a particular air of friendliness whether
he had any requests to make; that the
purpose was to betray him into giving
information as to how he could best be
snubbed, as the only two requests he
made were ruthlessly disregarded. There
seems no doubt that President Garfield
will have to encounter for the long re-
mainder of his term the active and bitter
opposition of the most influential element
of the Republican party Washington
Letter.
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Scanning the Situation.
AUGUSTA, May 26,

AUGUSTA, May 26.
Senator M. G. Butler is in Augusta to-
day. He thinks the course of the Demo
Gratis in the Senate has greatly strength
ened the National party. The old, quiet
policy, be says, has been thrown sIside, and
an active spirit now pervades the coun.
sells of the party. From all parts of the
country come assurances of strength and
of encouragement. The backbone of the
party has been stifened and it's prospects
frightened on every hand Especially
in Virginia has the effect been salutary
and assuring. Virginia Democrats are
confident of carrying tue State next fall
over the Malone element. The Read.
iuster movement, he said, has fallen
away under the weight of corrupt prac-
tees and open bargains. The free ballot
and fair count sham did not deceive any
one.
The effort to build up new party with
elements of ignorance and cupidity could
not prosper. The Administration is be-
ginning to recognize this, and Southern
Senators have Impressed the President
with the Importance of ignoring the
unprincipled and incendiary wing of the
Republican party in making appoint
ments. Senator Butler thinks that re-
spectacle Republican placemen in the
South will not only rebound to the good
of the public service, but will give the
Democratic party more unity and stabili-
ty by giving it an opponent of some de-
cency in the Southern States. Further
than this he was not interested in max
ing the Republican party respectable.
He thinks that as far as the President
acts in his purely administrative capacity
he should be supported by Southern Sen
ators. For this purpose he had voted for
the confirmation of Robertson as collec-
tor of the port of New York. Those
New York petitioners who opposed Rob-
ertson did not do so because they were
interested in the public service. Per.
sonal and political grounds had probably
influenced them entirely. Such parties
had never been friends of the South nor
had they ever been identified with prac.
tical measures for the good of the coun-
try. The South has no sympathy with
men whose sole policy is TO act as obstruc-
tionists to the Administration.
He thought the Democratic party had
inspired confidence by discouraging
financial dickering as we'll as by trying
to put down sectional agitation. He did
not subscribe entirely to the free trade
ideas now prevalent in some sections of
the West and South. The tariff evident
ly needed revision and should be revised
by commission of experts, but the
South was rapidly becoming manufac.
turing section and Was not in favor of
abrogating tariff restrictions.
Senator Butler spoke most hopefully
Of Augustus prospects in trade and man
ufacturing. The revival of business
throughout the South was permanent,
and Northern capital would flow into our
industries in greater volume every year.
Special Dispatch to the Meaos and Cou-
75e1.
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STATE RIGHTS.

Some time ago we took occasion to
express the opinion that the South had
no further interest in the doctrine of
State rights than the North, and that the
practical incentives to assert the doctrine
here had almost entirely been removed,
even to such an extent that if the ques-
tion ever arose in an active form again it
would come from the North. This opin-
ion has been fully verified recently, and
yet very little or no attention is paid to
the active revival of the principles of
the States rights school. 1t comes from
the North, and is either not recognized
or not questioned. This is not all. The
doctrine not only comes from the North,
but it even comes from the very heart of
the Republican party, and comes in its
most concentrated form. Were it pre-.
sented by any Democrat, and particular
ly by any Southern Democrat, it would
Immediately have been perceived and
heralded to the world as a vile heresy
and an evidence Of an incipient rebel
lion. As it is, the greatest political
quarrel that has occurred since the war
is now going on, over question Of
States rights and sovereignty, which is
creating an immense stir, and yet the
theory upon which it is founded has not
been looked into at all. We confess that
we are little surprised at the personnel
of this contest, for we had never sup
posed for an instant that Mr.. Conkling
would ever directly or indirectly become
a follower Of John G. Calhoun upon his
celebrated theory of our government,
which caused the late war, and was
thought to have been forever crushed out
in the result Of the supreme appeal to
arms. But these are the facts. Two
Senators representing the sovereignty Of
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AyYALUABLE PROPERTY.

The South Carolina Railroad, includ.
ing the.lines from Columbia, Camden
and Augusta to Charleston, which will
be sold under orderiof the United States
Court on the 18th Of July next in
Charleston, is a very valuable property,
and. its management is of very great inn
portance to the people of South Carolina,
and particularly so to the citizens of
Charleston. This is: now the only rail.
road system which is operated in the in
terest Of our metropolis, and it is a source
OF qualification to know that syndicate
of strong fnanciers has been organized
in New York for the purchase of the
road when it comes to sale, and that it
will be operated for the benefit of
Charleston and the State under their
management. These gentlemen repre-
sent so nearly all of the securities, that
no other combination can obtain control
Of the line unless they pay in cash more
for thar the syndicate deem the prop
!erty worth. This is hardly probable,
and it may be safely assumed that the
combination, for, which Messrs. Higgin-
son, Fisher, Stont and Others are the
purchasing committee, will become the
owners Of the road. They made tour
of inspection over the lines last week,
and, owing to the skillful management
and judgment of Col. Fisher since he
has been Receiver, they found the entire
line in good condition, the greater por.
ton of it being in most thorough order,
so that on last Saturday their train ran
from Columbia to Charleston, a distance
of 1S1 miles, in three hours and fifteen
minutes, making two stops for wood and
water. Between, Summerville and
Charleston the road is so thoroug hly
frst-class that they made FIVE miles in
five minutes, which is the fastest run
ming that has been done in this State SO
far as we know.
As soon as this railroad passes out of
the hands of the Courts, its policy will
be to throw out feeders, so as to develop
the various portions of the State and
control the business in the interest of
Charleston. Our people feel deep in
terestin this system in common with the
other portions of South Carolina, and
we wish the purchasing committee every
success possible in their proposed enter
prise.
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The Readjusters' Convention, which
meets in Richmond to-day, will nomi-
nate full ticket for State officers of
Virginia in spite of NTahone's failure to
secure his part of the political trade
made in the Senate last spring. Their
expectation is to secure a large vote
from both political parties on the issue
of partial reputation, and thus gain
complete control of the State. In this,
however, we apprehend they will be
disappointed, for the terrible exposure
and ridiculous failure of Malone in the
Senate will drive off thousands of his
followers, who are unwilling that their
claws should be used to pull Republican
chestnuts out of the fire. The defeat of
Malone will in all probability be an
other triumph for the deadlock pro-
duced by the Democrats in the Senate.