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Unless ordered otherwise,' Advertisement will invariably be " displayed." Obituary notices, and all matters inuring tc to the benefit of any one, are regarded ai Advertisements. REMINISCENCES or PUBLIC MEN. BY KX GOVERNOR B. F. TERRY. [CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.] SAMUKL EAKLE. I mentioned this gentleman vory briefly in my "Reminiscences ol Greenville," and I now propose to give a more extended notice of hi in as a public man. Ue was an elderly gentleman and I was a boy when onr acquaintance comtnenc ed. I saw him frequently at my father's, and often at my uncle's, Robert Foster, between whom there was a very great intimacy and tricndship for inure than half a century. I was also a frequent visitor at his houso for many years, in the latter part of his lite. 1 had lliin a VAI'tt tlifrll nnz-1 - ' J M..V. great inspect, and I believe be entertained tbo kindest feelings towards myself. I read law three years in the office of bis 6on, .1 udge Earle, which further increased our intercourse and intimacy. I believe Mr. Samuel Earle was born iti Virginia. His patents moved to Spartanburg District in the early settlement of the upper country. His education was such as one could receive in those t mes at the common schools of the country. 1 know that ho regretted, in after lite, hie detective education, and determined to give his 6ons all those advantages which were denied him in his youth. In the commencement of the Revolutionary war, in the Southern States, Air. Earle espoused with great spirit the cause of his country, and received the commission of Captain in the regular army. lie was appointed to command a company ot rangers, in the upper country, which caused him to traverse over and over again Clio entire countiy above Columbia. He told me that at the close of the war he was personally acquainted with every landowner between Columbia and the mountains. He was elected a member of the Stat. Convention which framed the Constitution ; and ho was also a member ot' the State Convention which adopted tlio Constitution of the United States. There was, at that time, in South Carolina, considerable opposition to the Federal Constitution, but Mr. Earle voted for its adoption. lie was afterwards elected a member of Congress, tor the Districts ot Greenville, Pen? dleton, Laurens, Abbeville and Spartanburg, as the successor of General Pickens, who, I believe, was our first member of Congress under the Federal Constitution.? After serving one or two terms, the General declined a ro election, and Captain Earle, his compeer in arms, was chosen to succeed him. Whilst a member of Congress, Mr. Earle devoted himself to the improvement of his mind, and purchased a well selected library of standard works General Wade Hainptor*. Sr., was in Congress with Mr. jEarle, whose niece Mr. Earle had married. lie told me that, one morning, us lie entered the House ot Representatives, he met General Hampton going <mt to attend the races in Philadel phi a. lie jestingly said to him : *T will go your halves to day, Gen eral," and thought nothing more of it. In the evening Gen. Hampton handed him a hundred dollars and said, "That is your share of mv winnings to day." Mr. Earle declined to receive the money, and said that ho spoke in jest. The General replied it was no jest with him. and if he had lost on the races he should have made Mr. Earle pay one halt. This taught Mr. Earle to consider how lie bantei ed afterwards with the General.After serving a short time in Congress, Mr. Earle resigned his seat in the House of Representatives. He was on his way to Phil" arlnlrvltio ~ - * - ' 1 ....w.fi ?., ?iiu wiw liikcn kick til Virginia. When ho recovered, ho returned borne, and did not attend that session of Congress at all.? That gloomy despondency which hung over his after life as a black cloud, had'overtaken hiui, and he had no taste or love for politics.? Whilst in Congress, ho bolonged to the Federal party, and torined a very unfavorable opinion of Mr. Jefferson. I once heard him saj f that he thought Jefferson "a hollow hearted demagogue." He look f eu upon oiacuson as the subservient tool of Jefferson. 1 don't think that Mr. Earle was ever a member ot the Legislature of South Carolina, although ho served in both the State Conventions, as already mentioned. He was once a candidate tor the State Senate in Qreenville, before he moved to Pendleton, and was beaten by his kinsman, Col. Elias Earle, who atterwards represent-, od the District in Cong ess for a great number of years. Col. Elias Earle was a great and most successful electioheerer. He treated bountifully, which Mr. Samuel Earle refused to do. Thore was but one place of voting then in the whole District, and that was at the Court House. Col. El ins Earle came riding into the village, with several hundred ot his voters, on horseback. When Mr. Samuel Earlo saw this strong array of partisans, and heard them huzzaing for the Colonel, he cried out, ''Llttzza 1 for the half-pint tickets P After his removal to Pendleton, he was elected Sheriff of that. District by the Legislature, and served in that office four years. The business was all transacted by his deputies, and he lived 15 or 20 miles from the Court House, on his farm. Mr. Earle was a man of high and pure character, and 1 don't think his honor and integrity wore ovor questioned throughout his loog lite. By nature he was a great man, but endowed * * * I wiiii a mosuunioi tunate and hypoi cliondric disposition. At times lie was almost crazy. I heard Mr. Reeder, a woitliy neighbor of his, say that he came to his house one night, in one ot liis troubled and despondent moods, about twelve o'clock, and woke liitn up. It was a cold, frosty night, and Mr. Reeder discovered that he was bare tooied. lie said, *4 WJiere are your shoes, Mr. Earle 8" The old gentleman looked down at his feet and replied : "1 did not know that I had not iny shoes on 1" If there happened to be a dry spell in the summer, Mr. Earle would imagine that he and his family would certainly starve the next year, and made himself perfectly miserable under the delusion, lie was a sober man all his life, and seldom tasted spirits. Not, however, he would say, be> anse be did not like the taste of spirits. He had an apprehension, I suppose, that with his temperament it would be dangerous for him to drink at all. He had too much good sense and philosophy to think of drowning his sorrows or imagining distresses in liquor, which fools and weakminded men are apt to do. Mr. Earle was a p'nuis member ot the Baptist Church for tnany years, in the latter part of his life, and died a communicant in that Church.? I have heard it said, that when he joined the Church, his experience," as it is termed by the Baptists, was a most impressive one. In his younger days, Mr. Earle was no douot a fine locking and hatMsome man. All of his cliil drcn were exceedingly fine look ing and handsome?seven sons and live daughters He was tall and well proportioned, hut in the lat ter part of his life, had an unfortunate habit of blinking one eye. Ho was very negligent in his dress, though a man of very large fortune. He was Appealed one of the commissioners, on the part of i South Carolina, to settle the boun dary line between this State and Georgia. Wlien the commissioners inet, one from Georgia said af terwards, that Mr. Earle surprised him twice ? first, by his humble, rustic dress, and appearance; and secondly, by the good sense and wisdom which he displayed in all of their discussions. lie showed himself a man of talents, ability and information, which his ap|>carance did not?indicate to the polished Georgian, who could not well separate mind and character from dress and appearance. In conversation, Mr. Earle was very pleasant and agreeable, except when his melancholy tits were ; oD him. No ouo in the upper country knew so well as ho did the Revolutionary history of the State, ami the early settlement of the back country, as it was termed.? I am indebted to him for a great deal of information on iIhhu* juK jccts. He knew well all the pro turnout men of those times, and did not hesitate to sketch their characters as they appeared tNhim. lie always spoke in high terms of Generals Pickens and Marion, but did not entertain so favorable an opinion ui General Sumter. He spoke woll of Gen. Robert Cunningham, to whom he and General Pickens surrendered themselves after the capture of Charleston by tho British. lie said, though Tories, Cunningham and his two brothers, John and Patrick, were gentlemen of honor and integrity. They had unfortunately taken tho wrong side, as many honest and intelligent men did. There are not a few in South Carolina at Ibis day, seeing how our Republican exsperiment has turned out, .who do not think they took the right side, and that the American Revolution was a great blunder. They insist that we would be better off, more happy and prosperous, high er toned and more honorable, freer, and better protected in life and property under the English Government than we are under the military-carpet-bag-scalawag negro rule of the present regime. If this condition of things is to be permanent, no hbhest man' abbve the grade of an idiot, would hesitate to pronounce the American ivevoiuuon a most uorrible blunder, a most damnable blunder! and instead ot celebrating the 4th of July as the birthday ot Republican liberty, would proclaim it as the grave ot the South 1 But this cannot last always, and we should still adhere to the Ration that our forefathers were wise, honorable and patriotic Rebels. In the latter part of his life, Mr. Earle lived almost secluded from society, and seldom left his home, except to look after his tartns in Greenville. Ho was kind and charitable, though a great economist, and devoted to making money.? lie had a great scorn and con tempt for all the pretensions of fashion, and fashionable 6ociety.? He lived well, though plainly, and wt*? very uospuanie at nts house. II is wife was a must excellent lady, the daughter ot James Harrison, Esq., of Greenville, who married the sister of General Wade Hampton, of Revolutionary fame. llis?even sons, wiio all grew up to manhood, are dead, and only one of them ever married. Mr. Earle told me that he served, as Deputy Provost Marshal the first writ ever made returnable to Old Cambridge, at Ninety-Six.? Whilst the sitting of the Courts tor South Carolina was limited to Charleston, the Provost Marshal of the State, a gentleman living in England, and who had never boon in South Carolina, exercised, through his deputies, all the powers of sheriff. When the sitting of the courts was extended to Camden, Columbia and Cambridge, the Provost Marshal sold liis office to the government, and then sheriffs wore elected in the differ ent judicial districts., Before this sale was completed, Mr. Earle was the Deputy Provost Marshal for ; the Western part of the Slate, and served the fi'st writ ever issued to Cambridge Court, as already sta? ted. [CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.] [From tho Columbia Union, 23il ult.] A Terrible Tragedy. At about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon t his city was suddeuly thrown into the most intense ex citement by the news that Capt. John D. Caldwell, a young man without a known enemy, and a brother in law of U. S. Senator T. J. Robertson, had been shot dead in the dining hall of the Pollock House, and that Major James M. Morgan, a son-in law of George A. Treuholm, Esq., of Charleston, had been severely wounded. The news spread like wildfire, and in loss time than it takes to write it, scores | of the intimate friends of the deceased had reached tlie scene, on ? ly to find thesad reports to be true, tor on the floor lay Mr. Caidwell, shot through the heart and instant ly kilted, while the dining hull presented a scene of utter confusion, chairs being upset, table furniture scattered, and even the napkins covered, and the table sauces mingled with the blood of the vie* tiins of this terrible encounter. Every nook and corner of tho city and suburbs poured forth its residents, and very noon the street in front of where the tragedy took placo was packed with aux ion* peering faces |?ointiiig towards the door. The colored people, with whom the deceased was a favorite, wero present en masse, and were one to judge from the feeling exhibitod, and the mingled muttering. 01 grief and threats, a spark would have sent the murderer be yond the pale of law. Be it said, however, that to the credit of all, both white and black, the better counsels of man's conscience prevailed, and the surging mass who Could not gaiu entrance, waited with increasing anxiety the result of the proceedings of the jury of inquest, catching at every straw of information tlrnt floated out from the room of death with an eagerness, than which no other indication was inore meet to measure the love that remained behind liitn who slept the qu iet sleep of death within. The police authorities wt^e immediately on the spot, and arrested Judge Samuel W. Melton, Major Morgan, Mr. Montgomery and George Topper. The two first named being almost immediately released, and Maj. Morgan, who had been severely wounded in the shoulder, being taken to Jndge Melton's residence where he received every attention that could be given him. Dr. Tayior being in attendance. The two last named' were placed in confinemerttto await the result of the invctigfttl'dn. 1 Since tire animosities of the political contest now going of), result ing in recrimination of parties, it had been dreaded by many that an encounter was liable to occnr upon Judge Meltou'6 return from the up*con?try, bjRfween. him fcixl Hon. G. W. Montgomery, who had publicly denounced him ; but none dreamed thatCapt.Caldwell would be the victim. It mom also noticed j that the parties had met several times during the day on the street. and not a few persons on Main St. felt uneasiness. Capt John Caldwell was a native of this city, about 31 years of age, and served gallantly through the late war. He was a son of the late John Caldwell, Esq., and brother in law of LI. S. Senator Robertson. lie leaves a wife, two children, mother, sisters, brother and a host of other relatives. Major James M. Morgan, who, with Mr. Caldwell,entered thedining hall to prevent the difficulty, and who was severely wounded in the shoulder, we believe, was also an officer in the Confederate army, and is a citizen of good repute ev ery where. George Tapper was also an officer in the Confederate army, and moved to ibis oity from Charleston about two years ago, since which time he has been en* gaged in the insurance business to some extent. Mr. Chas. W. Mont* goinery is a nativo of Charleston and a resident of Newberry county, anc tor several years president pro tein. of the State Senate. Before the entrance into the din* ing hall of Judge Melton and the subsequent entry ot Caldwell and Morgan, there were therein, be sides Montgomery and Tupper, F. 11. Elmore and Fielding and Rich aid Washington, Cot , the w?liv? upon the table of the last named parties. hlutore picked up and sealed up the pistol that lay upon the floor, and from which it is sup* posed the fatal shot was tired; the same after having been deposited with Messrs. Scott, bankers, was turned over to the Coroner. Leaving aside many conflicting rumors, the details of the sad tragedy can be succinctly traced by the proceed ings of the Coroner's inquest. Be.1 L J II ? ? * lore me oouy was allowed 10 do moved, Coroner I. II. Coleman was notified, and in a very few moments a jury of inquest was empannelled. The inquest was commenced in the room whore the murder had been committed, the testimony being carefully noted, the first takeu being the evidence of F. II. Elmore, Esq., who is an attorney-at law of this city, and who was present during the fracas. He testified as iol lows: "About 4 o'clock, this afternoon, Fielding and Taylor, at my invitation, came to Pollock's saloon to dine. Entering, we met C. W. Montgomery and George flipper; accepted an invitation from the former to drink. While awaiting the return of the waiter, ttit) door waa opened from the main saloon by Judge Melton, who looked in, clo*e<i the door, and almost immediately reopened it, and advanced iutothe room to where Montgomery was seated, at the south end of the table. He(Melton)threw his arm around Montgomery's neck and commenced beating him in the face. Immediately following Judge Melton, were Maj. James M. Morgan and Capt. John D. Caldwell; could not say which of the two was in the advance. Firing immediate ly commenced, but he could not say by whom, Judge Melton and Montgomery were scuffling. There was a confused mass of men. He and several of the others hurried into the northeast corner of the room. Two or three shots were fired? could only swear to two. Saw Caldwell press his sides with his hands an/1 r 1..... f.,11 ii... S ?I ?? hiiw ? ! mil iu lire iiuur, wneil TO gasped two or three limes. fin reply to a question by a juror, the witness slated that he could not say positively who tired the pistol.]1 cle(the witness) then went in search of physicians; returned with Dr. Talley ; found itipper and Morgan clinched in the alley adjacent to the saloon ; said to them, this is no tunefor further iron hie, as one man hat already been killed in this dif Cculty ; they could settle prirate troubles hereafter; they then desisted ; saw a pistol tin the ground near wliero the scuffle occuried ; picked it up, sealed it, and depos ited it in ?cult's bank." Testimony of Richard Washington, the colored waiter, pr<*gent: Judge Melton, Capt. Caldwell and Maj. Morgan came down stairs ? Caldwell and Morgan walked into the yard, leaving Melton at the bar. While they were in the yard, Melton came to the saloon doOr. Caldwell returned to the front saloon and endeavored to prevent Melton froba ^entering. The Judge came injapd took nold of Montgomery. Topper sot up f'rpm the foot of the table ana fired twoebots. Wituess said he would know the pistol-if he saw it again.< > Caldwell was struck and fell down. Morgan then took holdoi Topper; beard Morgan tell Tupper that he had shot'him fMor?rfin\ -?> - I x q j .-.?ugu iiiu uavil) nuu UI the same time pulled Topper oot of the door. Tapper's pistol then fell to tfce W8yp4i^w^W1o<i:e.pick k op.* la answer Xo an inquiry from jurors, th'fe witness stated that lie saw no one shoot or have a pistol except To pper. Cal d well won t forward and tried to separate el* ton and Montgomery?tried to act as peace maker. Upon further questioning, witness stated that Montgomery did not draw a pistol ?didn't think he could, as Judge Melton had hold of him too tight. * With the conclusion of -the cvi detrfce of last-witness therihquest was adjourned to ineet'atthe coroner's office at 1 O'clock,. Sunday, when important witnesses then absent would be examined,.and the coroner gave permission lor the removal of the body to the late residence of the deceased. During this sad ceremony, the sceue pre sented was one that showed the underlaying of human character.? No word was spoken bv the vast crowd, except in a stifled manner, I ? 1 M ? ? ? - 1 Huu wmie Kiioi8 oi ilie winie triends ot deceased stood on the corners of the street, and all about, at least 300 colored people were among the followers behind the carriage that contained all there was mortal of; poor "Johnny Caldwell." Senator Itobertson visited the scene, and stayed bnt a moment, the shock boing severe in his present feeble health. Arrived at the residence of Mrs. Caldwell, we stop; the grief of the mother and 1 titled ones, being untold and unwritten except on the tablets of their hearts. During the night following, itie subject was the all absorbing theme everywhere,and no man was iieard to 6peak but kindly of the deceased. Upon the reassembling of the inquest yesterday, at tho office ot Coroner Coleman, there was unabated interest manifested in the proceedings, the sidewalks and street in front being crowded with citizens of both colors. The jurors having answered to their names, the evidence of a physician was first taken, and other witnesses called. Dr. A. N. Tally 8 Testimony. The deceased died from a gunshot wound, entering in front oetween the fourth and fifth ribs near the breast bone, and passing downwards and-backwards, penetrating the heart, and the bull was removed from behind between the eighth and ninth ribs. F. D. Fielding's Testimony.? Between 4 and 5 o'clock Frank II. Elinoro, Lawrence Taylor, and witness, went to the Pollock House to .?l j 1 1 J: 1 ittiku umiier, wiuuicu uiuuer nnu went into the dining room; met Tapper and Montgomery sitting at the table taking dinner. Tupper was sitting at the end of the table, and Montgomery at bis right. Witness and company took seats on the opposite side of the table. Montgomery asked them to take dinner with him; witness declined, saying they had ordered dinner. Montgomery ordered drinks, and witness thinks the waiter went out to get them. Just then the dining room door was opened by Judge Melton, tie pulled the door open, stepped back and closed the door: be opened the door again ; think he hud an umbrella in bis hand ; he leaned the umbrella in the corner and walked np to the table on tho same side Montgomery was on. Ho walked np to Montgomery, who was sitting in bischatr, and caught Montgomery around the neck with his left arm ; he struck Montgomery two blows in the mouth and they went to the floor; about this time the deceased and Morgan came in the door that Jndge Melton had entered at; did not see Tupper when he got up ; saw deceased and Topper grapple each other; Morgan was behind deceased ; in tho scuffle between deceased and Tupper, beard two pistol shots fired in qnick succession ; sew do deceased turn around and stagger toward the table, and he fell ovet Melton and Montgomery, who were still on the floor. Morgan and Tapper then grappled; whilst they wero grappling saw a pistol in the hand of one 01 them ; cannot say which ; they went out ot the side door together whilst fighting. Witness then left tho room. Testimony af Dr. Jokn, T. Darby.? Was called to go see the deceased ; found him lying on tho floor; thinks ho might have J lived two minutes ; on poet mor tern examination made by witness and Dr. Tally ascertained the ball went from the right aide to the > left, downwards; entering between the fonrtb and fifth ribs and coming out between the eight and ninth, lodging between the akin, wherefrom it was extracted. He was shot very cloee; there were powder marks on the clothing: there were brhiees on the face and neck of the deceased ; there were signs of scratching on the left side the neck, a contusion oh the left temple hnd a mark on the right brow. Mayor Theodore Starts sroom. n PAr H turn ? 1? ? ?" v pioivi ouvrio WII1IQ UU was outside, and one after he got into the Front door; when he entered the room saw Caldwell lying dead; Montgomery and Melton were hgliting when witness went in ; pulled them apart ;.tbere were three shots fired. The jury rendered the following verdict: %tThe aforesaid GeorgeE. Tupper, in manner and form afore said, John D. Caldwell then and there feloniously did kill, against the peace and dignity of the Btate^' &c. May it never be the lot of this community to witness another such tragedy. The Radical Canvass The Charleston News publishes the fallowing communication : Spabtanbcjko C. H., Sept. 14. To the Editor News : A severe illness of soveral days since my return from tue low country has prevented a prompt reply to the communication in your issue of the 0th inst., over the signature of Reuben Tomlinson.? I have to regret, too, that in tho absence from Columbia of several parties eugaged in the campaign, my response cannot bo made as complete as facts will warrant.? Tho supplement must appear hereafter. In the communication reference is made to me in theso words : "Mi. MvUvu Id teprerteiueO *ta saying, at Yorkville, that he had been told (??u would give Ins authority if Mr. Tomlinson asked for it) that he (Tomlinson) had borrowed the money or endorsed a note at tho bank to get the money, which was used for the purposoof passing the phosphate bill through. In reply, I have to say that there is absolutely not the shadow of truth in tho statement." It is sufficient to say, as I do, that I have not, at Yorkville or elsewhere, made any such state ment; nor had I heard of such charge against Mr. Tomlinson until it was stated in hiscavd. Pos6i bly bis actual knowledge of (he J transaction may have suggested it. I It is probable, however, that he has found it necessary to resort to that weakest of all lines of defence, and lias "put np a man of straw, to knock it down." He might as. well have represented me as charg ing thaf he had "stolen a hor6e or robbed a bank," and then proceeded to deny it. What I did say at Yorkville and repeated in Charleston is this :? When the phosphate bill was un> expectedly vetoed by the Governor, the lobby-agent whom the friends of the measure bad employed to seen re its passage by bribery, fonnd himself without sufficient funds to carry the bill over the veto, and resorted to empty promises. This form of bribery certain senators refused to accept; and Mr Tomlinson, in order to procure their votes, pledged to them his personal faith that the bribes would be promptly paid.-? That he borrowed money, or en dorsed paper to this end let me repeat, I have not been informed, and I have never so charged, ft was distinctly announced that the statement was not made upon my personal responsibility, and that 1! Mr. Aomltnson should denv it, 1 would cheerfully give the authority upon which it was based. At the Yorkville meeting, Mr. Corhin was present, and in behalf of his candidate undertook to deny the charge; whereupon Mr. F. h Cardoso, from whom the information came to me, assumed the responsibility, and represented to the meeting that he had it from Mr. Totnlinson himself. When the statement shall be donied by Mr. Tomlinson, if at all, he wiil have the advantage ot knowing whence it came. Hut I have every reason to believe that, when his card was written, he knew the au thority and the exact purport of the charge against him. 4tpart from this direct testimony, the charge derives probability from his connection with the scheme. I take it, Mr. Tomlinson will not deny that he strenuously advocated the bill, and used his position on thf floor to promote it; that ho was the monthpicce of Gov. Scott's administration in the ilonsc, I I I I and because tho Governor dared to veto the bill, be at onco discontinued this relating; that lie knew the measure was secured by means of direct and shameless bribery, thereby debauching tho representatives of the people, and bringing reproach upon the Republican party and upon the State; that coming into this S?ate a poor youug man, he nevertheless became the owner of about 200 shares, at $50 cash per share, and that he found abundant comfort besides, in the office of the treasurer and manager of the com pan y?_ at a salary of $4,000 per annum I Between this and the charge Mr. Cardozo has made, there is not, I submit, a far remove. That usome of the most honorable business men in Charleston" own stock in the company, and that nnder his management, the dividends have not been remunerative, does not affect the morality of the transaction. It was due to yoq, gentlemen, a3 well as to myself, to make this roply, notwithstanding the gratuitous allusions to myself personally, contained in Mr. Totnlinson's card. It is one of the evils which now beset us that we are forced into contact with men bred and trained in that peculiar creed, which, while it permits the mo6t wanton nttaol furnishes a shield behind which to shrink from the responsibility of a gentleman. Very respectfully, yours, Sam'l W. Melton. LATE CLIPPINGS. A man died in a court room in Atlanta, recently. Self made men are always apt to be a little too proud of the job. General McClellan heads the Greeley electoral ticket in New Jersey. Abbeville is agitating the question of the establishment ot a public library and reading room. Garret, rto via. tlm .Kentucky Senator, died receutly in Paris, in that State. Prince Albert, Sr., of Prussia, and Princess Marie,x of Saxe AN tcnburg, are to be married. *71 .1 Y> >*? vjicm 10 me irress. me editor of the London Telegraph is to be made a baronet* One of the Harper brothers has refused $90,000 for a corner lot in the viciuity of Central Park, N. Y. French and English physicians almost universally prescribe a free use ot lemon juice to effect a euro for the rheumatism. The Emperor William, of Germany, has recently bought a twopage letter of George Washington for two hundred dollars. Forrester, who was arrested as the murderer of Mr. Nathan, which occurred in New York, in 1?70, has been released. Supervisor Perry has been re* assigned to service ill Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Admiral Winslow, who com* manded the Kearsage when 6be sunk the Alabama, will receivo $'24,000 as his slrane of prize money* A monument costing two hundred thousand dallars is to be erect* ed over the remains of James Gor,1 Y? ' ? ' -* ueu ueunoii, founder 01 tnc JNew York Herald. M. M. Farrow, Esq., who was once Editor of tho Abbeville Banner, died at Chappels a few days ago. lie was held in high esteem. Col. R. B. Rhett, Jr., the talented and well known editor of the late Charleston Mercury, is connected in a similar capacity with with the New Orleans Picayune. The Northern papers announce that ex-Gov. James L. Orr, of South Carolina, has been offered tho position of Minister to the Argentine Republic, declined by Gen. White, of Illinois. Jackson County, Fla., boasts of a one-legged Confederate soldier who has been married since the war, and who has been made the happy father of four pair of twins in succession. Success rides on every hour, grapple it, and you may win, but, without a grapple, it will never go wit'i yon. Work is the weapon of honor, and he who lacks the weapon will never triumph. Ttio Rlota Hi'onaF ?uv Ii/?nv? VII PIIKO VI JL nillMIH UL Husbandry, of South Carolina, will be organized in Columbia, on Wednesday, October 9, at two o'clock P. M., by a convention composed of the masters and pnstmasters of the subordinate granges in the States and the deputies of the National Grange.