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- The population of Atlanta, Ga, ia
increasing at the rate of nearly 5000 o
year.
= The gate receipts at the New
Orleans Exposition are between $4,000
and $4,000 day.
= The New York Atal says a we'll
known society woman gave large dinner
party to celebrate the reception of her
divorce papers.
= Fuller Courtney, white, of Vancluse,
is in Jail at Edgefeld for counterfeiting
quarters and nickels, some of which are
said to be clever limitations.
- The richest men in the world ara
said TO be Mackay, $275, 900 900; Roths.
child, 5000, 100000; Vanderbilt, S176.-
000, 900, and the Duke of Westminster.
$SO,0oO,0oo. Poor Jay Gould has only
= There is general complaint among
the farmers Of the Southern part of Clay
County, W. Va, over the ravages among
colony Of which birds have taken M
their abode in the Elk Mountains.
= The female chimpanzee at the Phil.
adelphia Geological Gardens has been,-
for the last month, an object of particu.
lar interest to scientists. She has begun
20 shed her teeth In exactly the same
manner as the human child Of the same
age.
= It was Napoleon Bonaparts who
said when the conquest Of the Chinese
was proposed to him: "No: there are
too many Of them. Once teach them the
art of modern warfare, and they will
overrun Europe and crush out our civili-
zation."
= The smallest human being living,
says California newspaper, is possibly q
dwarf residing in Shieaken. Oaka. He
is thirty.six years old and only seventeen
inches high. He Is reported to have re-.
ceived good education, and can write
remarkable well.
y Governor st. Johr, since his return,
from the South, confesses that the teIa-
perance work isfurther advanced Ia the
South than in the North. Mississippi
has $50 saloons. Minnesota, with about
the same population, has over 1900
saloons; Arkansas has 1874 saloons.
Californie, with about the same popula.
tion, has 9,869 saloons. Old Bourbon
Kentucky has 4, ,461 saloons, and Ohio
1880. Startling as the statement NAV
be, In propartion to the populations, The
North has swics as many saloons 80 ehe
bouth. And yet the South is Denaocratic
and the North Republican, and striving
70 DO prohibition also. Isl. Louie Rsps6:i
/ . ! = +
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Hanging Over Niagara.

BUFFALO, April 13.-John Waugh,
ex.Msyor Of Niagara Falls, Ont, who
has been in failing health of late, walked
out on tho railway suspension bridge
from that place yesterday afternoon,
climbed over tho railing and hung from
one Of the iron girders underneath the
bridge with both hands, 160 feet above
the rocks near the waters edge. Some
friends ran out on the bridge expecting
to see his body dashed to pieces on the
rocks below, but the unfortunate man
repoDtsd and held on for dear life to the
iron girders, calling for assistance. Three
young men, named Kerr, Howe and Gill
lespie, ran to his aid, and by bracing
themselves with their legs and leaning
over the side of the bridge, to the danger
of their own lives, rescued Waugh from
his pelilous position. Mr.. Waugh has
for some time past shown signs Of tenn
porary insanity caused by sickness from
overexertion in political life.
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Blue Ridge Railroad Taxes.


MIR. EDITOR: AS you know something
about law as we'll aa other things, please
allow me to ask a question Is there
any such thing as equal rights spoken of
or alluded to In the law.books2 and if
80, why 10 the law not enforced or applied
TO all men alike ? Is 1t tho fault of the
law, or the fault Of the officers of the
law2 If it is the latter, will be sorry
to hear it. Look at the Constable on to
the remotest corner OF the County after
that poor fellow who does not own
thing in the world, but unfortunately has
head, and on that he must and shall
pay tax. believe that Ia what they
call it-yes, that's it, tsx-and have it
he will, if it takes O whole month. Got
to pay it or leave the country, for our
free negroes have to be educated, and if
you are poor fellow you have to help
elevate them. For whatP Will some.
body answer that question-fcr what :?
I hope to be excused Coz getting off the
subject, for that public school fund is
always in front of me as the grandest
imposition upjustly forced on q whit
people the world ever knew.
Now to the point. The next start our
Constable makes hope he will bring up
the Blue Ridge Railroad-at least that
part in Anderson County that has not
paid tax in ten years. Oh, no ! not in
ten years No, sir. That is corpora.
tion-a rich thing. Big men own that
thing. Why don't they pay tax2 Well,
it was not convenient, and they went to
our Representatives II don't mean those
we have now, who beat us to the jug,)
with big cock and bull story, and asked
them to stay the taxes for ten years and
of course when such prominence, such
dignity and eloquence requests anything
it must be, will be, and always is granted.
but all the overtures and promises the
poor poll taxer can make are not listened
to for one minute.) The time of exemp.
tion OF ten years stay expired, I think, in
the year 1884. Now, in the ten years
the taxes on the road due this County
amount to about eleven thousand dollars.
Now, Messrs. officers of the law-I mean
you tax oficers-why don't you collect
this money or tell US the reason2 Ifthe
owners of the Blue Ridge Railroad can
get out of paying taxes, then think the
County has the same right, and ought to
take advantage of 1t, Iwant that money
collected, and done at once, to pay for
our Savannah Valley Road. It would
help us. The Blue Ridge Road, or rather
the owners, have used our money land
directly against our interests) long
enough. I want 1t now. Let US help
our friends, not our enemies--that is,
after we help ourselves
PREP.
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Gir,eiand uui iile South.

WAsH,NGToN, April 14.-A distin.
guished visitor Of the President to-day
called 10 his notice the record Of most Of
the Federal appointees in the South, and
the urgent necessity for the summary
removal of those who have violated every
principle of civil service reform in using
their offices for the basest partisan pur'
poses. The President WAS Informed that
the people of the South had prayed for
and struggled for the election OF Dem
ocratic President more in the hope and
belief that they would be relieved of the
bad officers who had been set over them
than for any other reason. The South,
he said, was disappointed and dissatisfied
that the President had mot up to this
come TO its aid in this respect. The
President replied that he thoroughly
understood and appreciated all that mad
been said, and that he was anxious TO
turn his attention to such grave and
important object, as he regarded 1t, as
soon as possible. "But," he continued,
"my time is SO entirely occupied that l
have been absolutely unable to attend to
several matters which look upon as
imperatively urgent and pressing" The
President said thst when the Senate
adjourned he had been under the i'm.
preston that he would have more leisure,
but such was not the case, as the Senators
were still here, and he was compelled to
devote as much time to them as ever.
lie said the consideration of the diplo-
matte ap ap2ointments had required long
and careful attention, and he was happy
that this work was comparatively dis
posed of, or at all events the appoint.
mentg remaining to be made could be
determined upon much more expeditions.
ly. 1t was his purpose rs soon as Sena.
tors and others who had claims on his
time shall 60 away to take up aud act
upon, not only the matter which his
visitor had at heart, but all others, which
had been necessarily delayed, and it
would be his aim to give to the people of
the South reputable, honest and efficient
officials.
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A Remarkable Escape.

On Thursday last William H. Brown.
ing was tried and acquitted in the Gene
raj Sessions of New York city of the
charge of brutally beating his young
wife. He was afterwards held upon the
charge of bigamy, upon the oath of
first wife, residing in Chester County, Pa,
and Sheriff Baker and Deputy Hooper
went over on Saturday to bring him to
West Chester for trial. When little
distance from Morrisvillc, Pa, Saturday
night, on the New York division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Browning observ.
ing his captors' attention drawn to the con.
ductor in reference to his ticket. He
availed himself of the opportunity and
sprang across the aisle and plunged head.
foremost from one cf the car windows.
The train at the time was running at
twenty-five miles an hour, and the des-
perate man was heavily ironed. The
train was stopped and the two sheriffs set
out to find their lost man, but were only
rewarded with his hat, which was found
where he had fallen. Those who wit
messed the act pronounced it one of the
most reckless upon record, and how the
man succeeded in his manacled situation
in plunging through the window and
escaping with his life is regarded rs re-
markable in the extreme.
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In reply to the question Of Enquirer"
as to who are the Creoles, we can make
no better answe. than to quote the article
OF the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, the high
est authority on the subject. 1t says:
Creole Spanish, CrioNo), is n term
which primarily was used TO denote an
inhabitant of the Spanish colonies who
was descended from the European settlers,
as distinguished from the aborigines, the
negroes and mulattoes. 1t is now more
loosely employed, the name being fire..
9uentiy applied to native Of the West
Indies, whose descent is partly but not
entirely European. A part OF the color
ed population of Cuba are at times des.
ignated creole negroes, in contradistinc-
tion to those who were brought direct
from Africa. The creole whites, owing
to the enervating influence Of the climate,
are not robust race, but exhibit an elc-
ganco of gait and suppleness of joint
that are rare among Europeans.
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soRopui,IA.

Are any members Of your family thus
atnicted Have they scToftflous sweilinps
OF the giandaf Have thsy{ any scroffi. :
ious sores or ulcers 2 i; II 60, and "a shnuSd
20 neglected, the peculiar faint, or poiss
on. on may deposit itsolf Ia The stibstanne ar
Ing !nngs, producing copsninpt ptlon. Loot
& thus anlleted, givo tIsS propo4 Ts,, sssis
without delay. Buy that which in,nSss
as,nsoi1te Sures In ths shortest ;spacc of
ame; The iunerring finEers of pnhiin
9psnion points 20 y. A.l as the most
sMonderul remedy Tor scrofnia ever
,.oS xaown. Yon need not taks Souf word
all Jon Geek. Ask your neiebbors. Al. ;I
yoaf druggist. ask or writa % thoso who;
Hflys Lneir iflcatps and; De conSfnrcd
snss y. ". d. is the quickest and n,ost
per,cos Blood Pnritier ever befor6 EnSWX. .Iss
\ - Saie py ztili Bro. Ss 22--aS IS
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The Rebellion I'm Anltoba.

In o few days the Canadian troops
now advancing against the half.breeds
under Riel and their Indian allies will
reach the principal centre of the insur-
rectiop on the Saskatchewan, la .he
Northwest territory. The troops are
marching in three divisions with the In.
tention OF surrounding the half.breeds
and forcing their surrender. Since the
frat fight, when the border police were
worsted and o number Of lives lost, there
has been no serious conflict, but the In.
dians are lowering near the stockade
forts at Battleford, Fort Pitt and Prince
Albert-all of which are closely besieged
and are maltreating the. outlying set.
tlers, plnndering their farms eud diving
OF their stock. Riel and his half.breeds
appear to be concentrated near Duck
Lake. They have thrown out scouts to
watch the approaching troops, who are
getting. 30 close to Riel's position that
sklrmiahes. It 10 reported, may occur at
any moment. If tho plans Of Gen.
Middleton, as arranged with Cols. Irvine
aud CfoIeT, afo successfully carried out,
the rebels will fnd Themselves hemmed
In the course Of the next few days, and
must either give battle or break up into
small bodies and disappear. II q eight
should occur It Is believed that 1t will be
o desperate one, for tho half.breeds arc
well trained in arms, and, like oil from.
tlefarnsn, are good shots. 1t 10 not be.
lieyed, however, that they can stand
long against the forces sent against them,
but it Is ono thing to put down tho re.
bailion and another to restore that wild
Northwestern region 10 peace. That the
half breeds, from whom tho lands on
which they HID squatted have been taken
In part and thrown open 10 other settlers,
have grievances that ought to be re.
dressed, seema 70 be very generally con.
coded. and, also, that some of the tribss
cf indians have been badly treated.
The probabh. 81, therefore, h that The 20.
beilicIi win end IN q compromises where.
by possession Of Ito lands bordering the
river, along which HE half breeds had
strung thess yafhls, will be restored to
chem ID d sonie Rhat mod fed but still
reasonably saHstact6f form. The last
Riel SshellioH ended Ii fa eoEipron,isa
lgnd d grant aof aunHesty ,to himself khd
his follostfs. Saeh Alo thor corlpr0
Ehonld pro ahly ha sh Ia easisss wsy oa,
of The diiatal
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HE Uon1aa1TTED NO cR1nE.

The declination of Gen. Lawton of
the appointment to the Russian mission
10 considerate, and was prompted doubt
less by desire to relieve the embarrass.
mont Of the Administration to which the
appointment has given rise, and 10 tho
manifestation of those feelings of deli.
cacy which alwsys characterize men of
fne feeliugs and sensibilities like Gen.
Lawton. We think Gen. Lawton 10
correct in declining the appointment,
for with great Difference for the learned
gentlemen who hold different opinion,
we believe Gen. Lawton Is ineligible.
Under the theory Of the Union Of States,
which We think the true one % matters
existed before the war, any State which
uaB party 70 the compact Of Union had
o right to withdraw from that Union.
The citizens Of the ueoediug States com.
mitted no crime in obeying the behest of
the States to which they owed allegiance,
and committing no crime they were not
the subject of Presidential amnesty.
The Southern Slater were conquered in
the great struggle which followed seces.
sion, and at the close of the war wore
nothing moro nor less than conquered
provinces of tho United States. The
conquering power aaw ct to restore those
provinces to che position Of States of the
Union upon the termu imposed by the
amendments to the Consultation aud the
reconstruction Acts. In these they pro.
yido that certain citizens Of secediug
Gtates should be disqualified from hold.
Ing Office under the new goYefnment,
except sach as should havo their disa.
bilities removed by Act Of Congress.
The Presidents pardon was yalueleas, In
In our view. for no crime had been pom.
mi.ted 70 be pardoned. The Staten who
leit che Union had only exercised q
right, but In exercising this right had
caused q resort 70 arns which resulted Ia
converting them into conquered provin-
css. -; s.l Il fas,.ss ES Is
ThBso provinces Rete restored 10 the
position of States 81 :ths Union upon
such terms % the sconauerofs dictated.
Under those terms, Gen. Lawton, among
thousands OF Confedesates who had con-.
mItted no crime, was placsd under csr-
tain disahilitiss, which copld only bs 70.
naosed by Acs OF Congress. These dis,
abilities were arbitrss. but they sWsrs
potent and hays never bstn removed |;
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The Greenville Ne,cs says eve crave
the pardon of the Anderson INTELL1.
GENcER for having inadvertently stated
that the Savannah Valley railroad Is un'
completed because its projectors waited
for aid from Charleston. We believe it
was the Atlantic and French Broad Val
ley enterprise we intended to speak Of
There are 80 many artificial upheavals
of the earth with names as long as
mans leg over in Anderson and Abbe.
vile that we sometimes get mixed.
There are the Savannah Valley; tho
Atlantic and french Broad Valley; tho
Carolina Carolina, Cumberland Cumberland Gap & Ch;osso;
the Greenwood, Spartanburg &, Laurens /;
the Aiken, Trenton G. Edgefeld, and
Gen. Hageod only knows how many
moro. Somebody ought to make an In.
dsxed catalogue of them and publish 1t
in volumes like an encyclopedia" In
addition to these, our contemporary has
to kes, in mind innumerable embryo
schemes which radiate from Greenville,
and are enough to confuse the most &C.
complished editor. It would, however,
be simplifica!ion 70 classify ell these
schemes under two heads: first, roadu on
the ground, and second, roads OH paper.
In the first class one'a memory would
only be burdened by the Savannah Val.
ley Railroad, and the Encyclopedia
could be referred to in case any of the
other measures was der comment.
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Scrofula,

havo had hereditary scrofula broken
out on me for eight years. My mother
and one sister died with 1t, and /, suppo-
sing that would go as other members OF
the family had had despaired of life.
The treatment Of mercury and potash
seemed to aggravate instead of curing the
disease In this condition | was pressed
to use Swifts Specific. After taking six
bottles the fearful ulcers on my neck and
arms disappeared aud the scars only. re-
main to remind me of my suflerings.
Had taken s. S. s.. at first would have
been q well man long ago.
FRANK GILcHER, Danville, KY.
Oct. Is, 1854
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WHO ARE THE CREoLEs9

Mr.. EDITOR: Will you be kind enough
to inform us through your valuable paper
who the "Crcoles" of New Orleans are,
their ancestors, origin, &c. The subject
has been much discussed by our people
of late, and as there il difference of
opinion as to their ancestry, you will
please give US what information you may
possess on the subject
Respectfully,
ENQUIRER.
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The Postmaster General has appointed
Tom Hamilton, the colored member of
the Legislature of this State, who in 1876
stood squarely by the Democrats in the
great Hampton. Chamberlain contest, to
the position of route agent between
Charleston, s. O., and Jacksonville, Flor.
ida. This is recognition of the colored
Democrats by the present administration,
and shows that the senselssg fear which
the colored man has been taught to en-.
terrain of mistreatment at the hands o.
the Democratic party had no foundation,
except in the malice Of place.hunting
Republicans.
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MORE PREDICTIONS.

The Greenville Ne,os quotes from the
INTELLIaEEcER of last week, and com.
ments as follows:
IT Governor Thompson wants to be
Governor again we predict that he will
easily succeed himself.-Anderaon lnieiH.
geRcer.
IfGoyernor Thompson wants to be
Governor again, uo predict that he will
not succeed himself, easily or any other
way. Now.
There Is nothing easier than prediction,
esteemed contemporary. We never al
low anybody to surpass us in the predict
ing business. 1t requires no capital.
Our contemporary 10 right In asserting
that it requires no capital to engage in
the predicting business. and this probably
accounts for the fact that tvo rural pa.
pers, like the News and the INrELLIeEN.
GER, are enabled at this financially dry
season of the year TO indulge in such
smusements. It is cheap diversion, IL
Is true, but It is nevertheless much
sures test Of the accuracy. Of on,'s judg-
ment than to allow events to tlauspife,
and thsn assert that one knew It would
be 60. The INTELIIaENcER Is always
careful that its predictions shall present
thu actual belief of its Editor, and,
therefore, It frequently is surpa ,sed In
Its predicting capacity by ou. more
knowing contemporaries, and cannot
attempt to keep pace with them, because
We like to he able ct the solution of the
problem to be able TO tell tltr friends,
Two told you ao," as it Eas bean our
privilege Is do In several Important In.
stances. Inasmuch as We have stated
in The prediction business With our con.
temporary as to the next governorship of
this State, we will not only atand by the
prediction we have made that Governor
Thompson win succeed himself, If he
wiahes to do 20, but Me will even 60
further, aud predict that he viii carry
both Edgefeld and Greenyiils Counties
In the . nominating Convention, the
Greenyilla Nsins aud tho appointme ment Of
q Clerk Of Court for Edge aeld County to
the eonttssy notHlthstar ding. The Ieo.
pie Of sonsh Carolina know q good ofli.
rsrsHhsn thsy have One. and are always
:ready and willing TO uphold him IN. the
conscientious discharge Of his duty.
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The enervation and lassitude Of Spring
time are but indications Of the sluggish
action Of the blood, overloaded with car
donates accumulated by tho uso of heat
ing food in Winter. This condition may
be remedied by the use of Ayers Sarsa-
parilla, tho best blood purifier known.
AS q superb hair dressing and ,rrenoya.
tor Ayers Hair Vigor is universally com.
mended. It eradicates scurf and dandruii,
cures all eruptions and itchings Of the
scalp, promotes the renewed growth OF
tho hair, and surely prevents its fading or
turning gray.
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Insurance License.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF CoMprRnIIFR GEnr

OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
COLUMBIA, s. O., April 20. 1885.
CERTIFY that B. z. Seaborn, ESQ.
Il Of Pendleton, s. c., Agent of The
Home Fire Insurance Co., incorporated
oy the State OF New York, has complied
with the acquisitions of the Act of the Gem
eral Assembly entitled IAN Act to regulate
the Agencies of Insurance Companies not
incorporated in the State of South Carolina" !"
and hereby license the seid B. E. Seaborn,
Esq, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and
transact all business of Insurance in this
otate, IN the County Of Anderson, for and
3lst. 1886.
W. e. SToNEY, Comp. Gen.
April 23, 1885 Al
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War between Engl and aud Russia is
Low regarded as almost inevitable. The
Southern farmer had better prepare fer
it by making cotton his crop for revenue
only. Raise corn, peas, vegetables and
meat at home, SO that If cotton goes
down to seven cents per pound, as it
probably will, we can live at home, and
await the better times that are sure to
follow the war;
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Stockholders Meeting. /.

FNHHE Annual Convention of the Stock
a. holders of The Savannah Valley
Railroad Company will be held at I1owndas-
vile on WEDNESDAY, the 18th day of
MAY next, Mt IL o'clock q. m.
The Taxpayers of the Townships and
Cities that have subscribed to the Capital
Stock of the Company are requested to
meet In Convention at their respective
usual places of meeting on Saturday, the
9th day OF May next, at 8 o'clock p. M,
and elect not less than two nor more than
hye delegates to represent their interests IN
said Convention.
J. E. BREAZEALE,
Sec. s. V. r. r. Co.
April %, 1885 Al