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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-02
THE NEW rRANsLArIon.


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
1000, GOO of copies of The Bible and New
Testament were speedily disposed of.
In New York aingla house sold the
day Tho translation was first offered for
sale 100000 by O'Clock p. m. The
sales thus far have been unprecedented,
and indicate that the religious world feel
the necessity of more accurate trans
lation. than that of King James, and are
disposed to give the new Translation o
fair and impartial examination. Criti-
cisms adverse to the now translation have
already been published, and unless upon
calm consideration and critical exam
nation it shall be found moro exact to
the original than the present translation
end superior to 1t, it will not be likely to
supercede the version now in common
use. It's Introduction must under ali
circumstances be gradual, and 1t will re.
quiro years to banish from our churches
and hom2s the Bible in common use for
near three centuries.
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A FooiIiardy Act.

CHICAGO, May 30.-At o'clock this
morning Henry Graft, g German, thirty
two years old, died suddenly in q saloon
conducted by Nick ShanLs, 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 q few words with O number pres
eni. walked up 10 the bar and called for
Q pint Of the tes. whisky. When il 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 acquaintances 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 aeyer removed
It until the whisky h6i disappeared. He
then turned around with O 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 O
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 tho action of the
coroner's jury. Graft was q single man,
and worked at Listor's bone factory on
Elston avenue, and is said to have been
generally an industrious man.
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Scanning the Situation.
AUGUSTA. May 26.

AUGUSTA, May 26.
Senator M, G. Butler is n 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, he says, has been thrown aside, 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 stiffened and it's prospects
frightened on every hand. Especially
in Virginia has the effect been ealutary
and assuring. Virginia Democrats are
confident q carrying tue State next fall
over the Malone element. The Read
juster movement, he said, has fallen
away under the weight OF corrupt prac-
tices 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 aud incendiary sing Of the
Republican party in making appoint
ments. Senator Butler thinks that re-
spectaJie Republican placemen in the
South will NOT onlv rebound to tho good
of the public service, but will give the
Democrats party more unity and stnbili-
ty by giving it All opponent of some de.
cency In the Southern States. Further
than this he was not interested in max
iag the Republican party respectable.
He thinks that as far MS the President
ects in his purely administrative capacity
he should be supported by Southern Sem
ntors. For this purpose ne 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
sonal and political grounds had probably
influenced them entirely. Such parties
| had never been friends Of the South ncr
had they ever been identified with prac.
| ticai measures for the good of the coun-
try. The South has no sympathy with
men whose sole policy 10 to acE as obstruc.
tionists to the Administration.
He thought the Democratic party had
inspired confidence by discouraging
financial dickering as veil 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 o commission of experts, but tho
Sonth was rapidly hecc.::!ag {. Tiaiainao-
turing section and was not in favor of
abrogatiag tariff restrictions.
Senator Butler spoKe most hopefully
of Augusta's 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 Dispatoh TO the Ne,Ds and Cou.
rier.
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New York oppose Federal appointment
in that State which the Constitution
gives the President tho right to make.
In the exercise Of this right the Presi-
dent uses the power given him in the
Constitution and appoints the man op-
posed by the New York Senators. They
thareupon feel that as they speak the
sovereign will of New York State they
should be obeysd even by the President,
and lay dowp 'e:r commissions at the
feet OF the yereigu State in order
that ahe niay in her majesty and might
rebuke the Federal meddler who had
been so pfesumptious as to offend her
representatives. This is an extent to
which Mr.. Calhoun would never have
thought Of carrying his States' rights
theory. He only contended that the
powers not delegated to the general gov
ernment were reserved to the States, but
Messrs. Conkling and Platt are now
contending in practical way for the
right Of State to control the manner ia
which the powers delegated to the gen.
eral government shall be exercised with.
in her limits. This ;s the extremist of
extreme States rights. We have merely
mentioned this to show how conveniently
things may be overlooked in one man
which would be severely condemned in
another. II shows the hypocricy of
politics.
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TIE BATTLE BEGUN.

The ballotting for United States Sena.
tors in the New York Legislature CON-
menced on last Tuesday. Only one bal
lot was had to gil each vacancy. Mr..
Conkling received only SO out Of 14S
votes cast to fiji the vacancy occasioned
by his resignation, and Mr.. Platt only 20
out of 149 votes cast 10 gil the vacancy
occasioned by his resignation. II re-
quires 81 votes to elect. The power OF
he President, with his vast patronage, is
too much for Conkling and Piatt. Their
defeat is overwhelming, and it appears
that the Administration may succeed in
eleoting Senators favorable TO 1t before
the close Of the week. The Democrats
voted soiidly for Herman, who received
"a votes, and Jacobs, who received SO
votes. Both Houses adjourned after the
frat ballot.
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The War Upon Whiskse,yyI... q /.
CoLuMBIA, Nav :

COLUMBIA, May n.
An important Temperance combination
was completed hero this evening, A
joint committee of the representatives OF
the several temperance organizations
W. ( an's Christian Temperance Union
and Good Tempiars-has been appointed
20 devise the best plan for tho operation
of their various bodies in harmony In
promoting Temperance and advancing
the cause of prohibition. s
The committee met this evening and
developed the following plan: a. COM
mittee was appointed 60 Drenafa tha
matter Ter publication in the preas, whose
cooperation in the work was promised,
eonsistiDg of facts aud figures about the
liquor traffic, tending 70 snsia;a prhlic
interest in tho cause &C nrohinition until
the meeting of thaLs- re. Al COM
mittee was also ;apk.A 4. 20 induce the
advocacy of temperance from the pulpit.
Another committee was appointed to
bring TO the assistance of Tho prohihition
project the corporation of. the col5rad
temp perAuco societies and indiyidualsinthe
event OF q popular vote m the question: !:
smother TO circulate petitions for prchi.
bitlot. and cid aSinaiiar committee on the
part OF tho State GrgSai ati6ns: Il
81 - - tAae'2t " t1pkl QdftnA tue sam
n1er frequent open mass meetings to
aroEse further public interest ID the
question. kinall ~ She committee FocoIa-
menoed the app pointneat Of commits
tees 10 ingestighte ipffactions ofthe Sun.
day liquor lswE and sellinR liauor eo
minors, and to report TO the Joins catn.
mittee, who viii take steps 70 enforce Che
laws by publication or prosecution. a..
This Is the beginuing OF m orzaHized
eiIoft, which viii be felt thtOughont Tie
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THR CENTRE or coRRupr1oN.
Recent Exposures OF Official fraud I'm
Washington.
WAsHrNeroy. Friday OF

WAsHINGToN, Friday, 27.
Some of the devious ways of mail con.
tractors in tho Star route business are
coming to light Ia the present in, estiga.
ton. 1t is evident that como Of these
fellows had the run of the contract office.
For instance, one Salisbury put in q bid
for certain service connected with the
Texas routes. Just at O'Clock when the
bids closed he was informed that he was
underbid on an important route. He
Immediately prepared a less bid, rushcd
out and got one Geo. II. Giddings, we'll
known contractor, to sign It and put I'm a
proposal at 81 less than his lowest rival
and the bid was accepted by Brady.
Giddings served as the catspaw wherey.ith
10 rake Saulsbury's chesnuts out cf the
fire. Saulsbury got the contract, and
without having his nsme appear on the
government books had the same transfer
red to him by Giddings. A few weeks
afterwards the route YVES expedited" !"
&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
1t raised. Despairing of making any
money cut of it he sold the route to Frank
Armstrong. The next dsy after this
transfer it was increased and expedited.
Another contractor, named Mcdonald,
wanted something done in the same line,
and although he offered q 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
came 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 what it amounts to, excites
more attention than the quality of the
discovery" would seem to warrant. It
| is merely the exposure of what has been
going on for years--in fact, ever since the
| war. It may 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 10 is il
than the employment of men as private
servants who are borue on the rolls and
paid for by the government rs "messen.
gers"' Everybody will remember the
discovery" of the private carriages,
which every Ieading bureau official had
in private use charged to the government
az "meil wagons" created. Yet the
abn:e was not corrected. Private car
riages are still used and charged MS mai
Wagons by the head of nearly every
bureau in Washington. There Is scarce
~ O. bureau officer but has his house
partly furnished at government expense
Every chief clerk in the departments hal
exercised the same free hand at purchase
and sale, and around him has gathered
the same nest of favor:tes who have fat
tened at the public expense.
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AsvALuABLE pRopEnrY.

H . .
The South Carolina Railroad. includ.
ing the lines from Columbia, Camden
and Augusta to Charleston, which will
be sold under order of the United States
Court on the 28th Of July next in
Charleston, 10 very valuable property,
and its management ia of very great i'm.
portance to the people of South Carolina,
and particularly 30 to the citizens cs
Charlestoa- This is now the only rail.
road system which 10 operated in the in.
terest of our metropolis, and It is source
OF qualification to know that a syndicxta
Of strong financiers has been organized
In New York for the purchase of the
road when it comes to sale, ond that it
will be operatud for the benefit of
Charleston and the State under their
management. Theao gentlemen repre-.
sent SO nearly oil Of the securities, that
no other combination can obtain control
OF the line unless they pay in cash more
for it than the syndicate deem the prop
erty worth. This is hardly rrehs5!e,
and 1t may be safely assumed that the
combination, foriwh:oh Messrs. Higgin-
son, Fisher, Stout and Others are the
purchasing committee, will become the
owners Of the road. They made tour
Of inspection over the lines last wsaa:.,,
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,
tlon of itbeing in most thorolAta order,
so that on last Saturday their train ran
from Columbia to Uharleston, n distance
of 1S1 miles, in three hours and fftesn.
;aii''aiatess. ;aii''ai;aittess milking Two stops for wood and
water. Between Summeryiile and
Cbnrleaton the road Is SO thoroughly
tirst,class that they made five miles IN
five minr:Ss, which Ia the fastest rum
ming that has been done In !his State 30
far Us we know.
Aa soon rs this railroad passes out of
the hands Of the Courts. its policy win
be to throw ont feeders, so as to develop
; the various portions Of tho State and
control the business in tho interest of
Charleston. ourpeople feel deep in
tercst in this system in COMMON with the
olher portions of South Carolina, and;
we wish tho purchasing committee every
success possible in their proposed enter.
prise. i:s s,.t S, j.
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There will be spirited contest at the
next session Of the Legislature over the
Judges in the Second and Sixth Circuits.
In the Second the candidates mentioned
so far are Judge a. p. Aldrich, ex Judge
John j. Maher, Cols. VIM. Elliott, J. w.
Moore aud g. w. &" In the Sixth
Circuit the candidates now mentioned
are Judge Mackey, Coils. y. D. Wylie
and /. d. Witherspoon Of the Senate, J,
J. Hemphill, Esq, of tho House, and
Col. II. /. Wilson. From such an able
array of legal talent the Legislature may
find it difficult to select, but the people
may congratulate themselves upon the
certainty Of securing acceptable selec-
tions in almost any contingency.
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Atlanta's Prospects.

ATLANTA, May 2a.-The incorpora.
tors of the Atlanta and Alabama Rail-
way met to-day and elected Judge A. @.
Haskell, of South Carolina, president,
and opened the books for subscription to
the atock. All of the shares, amounting
to 9 000,0 600, were immediately taken,
and the books were closed. The majority
of the shares were taken by the Rich
mond and Danville Railway Company.
This road will extend from Atlanta
directly, to Birmingham, Ala, distance
of about 160 miles, and will be g con-
Meeting road with tho Air Line. Work
will be Immediately pushed forward.
laborers' have been already engaged, and
by the fall of 1882 this city win Be in full
communications with the coal fields of
Alabama.
Gen. Gordon's friends say that the
Georgia Western will also be bnilt.
Work on this road Is now being rapidly
pushed on tho first section Of twenty miles
from this city, but this section will be
used by Mr. Cole, and form q portion of
his road to Rome. y Atlanta wlllcertainly
have two new railway lines within the
next twelve or eighteen m0nths, even
II the Georgia Western is never bulls.
The adsnnce in tho value Of real es-
tate here during this past two years has
been extraordinary. Desirable buildings
lots could have been bought in 1873 and
1879 for one.third of what they have in
many cases recently been sold for.
Farms on the outskirts of the city two
and half miles from the Central railway
station that in 1876 wers bought of $40
per eere Eare aeld is 1890 ct SAE SAAEE, and
can DO readily resold now at $50 per acre.
The city is being built up rapidly, and
now coyefs an area about twelve miles
in circumference, its outskirts being in
every direction about two miles from the
railway station. The amount of build
Ing being done Is astonishing IN 1880
about 800 new houses ge9e erected, and
it is expected that 900 moro will be
btIilt in 1881.
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= The sale of gnano in Greenville for
the season just closed has been exceed
ingly heavy. The amount delivered at
the city warehouse was 20,984 aanka.
The amount delivered by the merchants
from their owI storernoms arS, the two
depots was 35,762 sacka, making
the total sales of Greenville for the sea.
son 6S, $50 sacks, or 5,6S8 tons. Averag-
ing the price at $38 per ton and, says tie
Neao South, our farmers viii pay this
year for phosphates S2l4, ,244, or IL paid
in cotton, about 6,400 E;les, nearly one.
eixth of tke amount bretayht to this mar
ket during the seascu. 80
- The Lancaster Revie,D aays: eve
are told shat negroes in that section Of
the county known as Tank have formed
2 leaSiss, S.eE-s:::es sss55iaoive5 tlat aIIer
a,certain date they will not hire TO white
persons 40 house servants or field labor-
em. The repeal of the lien law viii
bring them to their sense5.n
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:. The CHICAGO TSi6u,,s Of Sunday Inc

-. The Chicago Tribune of Sunday last
Is paper Of thirty.six pages, six.een OF
which contain the revised edition OF the
New Testainans. Tha frat fvna rs shA
Testament was SET at 10 O'clock
Saturday morning, and ths last page
made up aud steraotyped at 10 o'clock
Saturday night, thework being completed,
therefore, ia precisely twelve honrS,
ninety.two competitors being employed
in setting type aud five In correcting
errors noted by proof-Eeaders. The
twenty additional pagea Of advertise-
rnsnts and reading matter were mean
while SGT mp, corrected, put ia FORMS and
stefeotyped, so that not ID line OF the
thiety.uix pages had bean put II type
ct 10 a, N. on Saturday.
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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 inyeigled
into the White House with the insita-
ton to social breakfast and asked with
o 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 .onid bea. be
snubbed, as the only two requests he
made were ruthlessly disregardel. There
seems no doubt that President Gerheld
viii have to encounter for the long re-
mainder of his tern, the active and Bitter
opposition of the most influential element
Of the Republican party Washington
Letter. -
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The commissions to amend the Consti.
tuition and tc revise the election laws,
conferred freely in Columbia last week,
a:scat sing various propositions and con-
sidering very carefully the general pur-
poses and necessities of their important
work, after which they adjourned to
meet In Greenville On the first Tuesday
in August, at which meeting both com.
missions will conclude their work.
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The Circuit Judges.

The following, compiled from the re-
Gently published volume of Supreme
Court Reports, showing inN how many
cases the various Circuit Judges have
been sustained and in how many over
ruled, may not be uninteresting to your
professional readers:
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The prospects of the Savannah Valley
Railroad have never been 80 bright a.s at
present. and we expect to see work begun
all along the line with large force in {.
very short time. .f the present indica-
tions prove correct the road will be built
and the trains running upon it from An.
derson to Aikon in less .han two years.
In order to do this, 1t will only be ueces-
sary for the peor!e along the line to raise
6 sufficient amount of money to grade
the road. This, We think, has been done
up to the intersection with the Green.
wood and Augusta Railroad, and from
Aiken to Edgefield. It will, therefore,
be necessary to raise some twenty or
twenty-five thousand dollars In addition
to tie amounts now subscribed in order
TO assure the road. The unF7oyided por-
tion OF the road lies altogether IN Edge
field County, and the friends OF the en-
terpr'se hope to secure the greater por-
ton OF the sum needed from the citizens.
of that section. Ihey are fully alive to
the enterprise, and will no doubt sub.
scribe very literally towards the road.
When completed it will pat Anderson
some forty. or fifty miles nearer to
Charleston than 1t now is, and will dc.
velop as rich country as can be found
in South Carolina.
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The present summer is to be POLITICAL,

The present summer is to be politically
warm, whether It is physically 50 or not.
The campaign in Ohio will in ell proba.
bility bo with Governor Foster as the
Republican and Judge Thurman as the
Democratic candidate, which ensures n
very fierce and close political fight. The
contest in Virginia will be triangular,
between the Democrats, the Mahoneites
and the Republicans. Tho interest of
the whole country in this contest will In.
duce very spirited battle, as very i'm.
portant results hang upon its termina-
tion. 1t is the first serious movement in
the direction of breaking up tho solid
South, and hence thore is solid reason
fol: the general interest felt in it. The
election in New York will be battle of
giants. Several State officers are to be
elected and Legislature. It, 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 ia ex.
tremely bitter. aud the result of the fight
may give to the victorious party two
United States Senator'S as the reward for
their labors. Tie campaign will be the
fiercest ever witnessed in New York, and
the prospect is very excellen. for Dom
ocratic triumph. There will be no dull
season to the politicians this year.
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Cases Gases
Sustained. Oyerr,ilef

In some instances, of course, the iudg-
ment of the Court below was modified
by the Appellate Court.