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P. M TRI9IMKER, COITOR.
Tbumday, June 28, 1866.
The Carolinian announccb the withdrawal of
Henry Timrod, esq., from the conduct of that
paper- Kr. Timrod is a happy nnd popular
writer. The Carolinian says : "No writer of
the 8outh has won the hearts of more readers,
'and made hituself more thoroughly popular
than the friend from whom we part."
.C~ ' m< *fhe
Laurensville HrralJ announces the election
of Capt. R. E. Riobahoson to the office of
Clerk of the Court for that district. This is
' Ik. ?n? .ImIIahIm.. 1.-1.1 1.. ?... m.l.I.I
WV *?vw us?Wfrav*a V*?? HV1U IU Xil*UK vua i/lDII itv
for thl? office. John Oarlinglon, esq., held the
office.for siaty yearn, baring received the ap?
pointment for life, when the election woe not
before the people. lie did hold it during life.
j The Unionville Timtt says: Lieut Col. A.
P. Carahre has been appointed Assistant Commissioner
for the Bureau District of Laurens,
comprising the districts of Laurens, Newberry,
Spartanburg and I'uion?headquarters at
Union." . It ie likely we will not hare any garrison
at Spartanburg. The garrison that has
been here for some time, has been ordered to
Charleston, we learn to be mustered out.
Destructive Fire iu Newberry,
agr Wc regret to learn of such destruction in our
UClgUUUilUg IUHU. II f) porsuiucu Olimfives,
wlusu we first heard of (he occurrence, that it
TH not so disastrous as then represented. Wc
ase now reliably informed by the account published
in another column, from the Newberry
% UtraId, that it was most destructive and alwost
ruinous te a large number of its citisens.
We notice in the account given, thrtvery little
wae^overed by insurance. It further appears
that it was the work of an incendiary. The
wiohsd wretch who conuniltod this outrageous
act, w# hope may yet be brought to justice.
We deeply sympathise with those who have
lost so heavily by this conflagration.
War Proipccti
The last advioes received are, thai a war in
Boropels Inevitable, and that countless thousands
are being called to arms by the most
powerful naUono of the earth. Th* belligerent
TMJWers are tnakino active nrnnaralinn? fni>
the onslaught AH efforts at pacification are
Mid to pfore abortive. While Prussia and
Austria are the confronting powers, and from
their threatening attitude are expected to make
the onset, yet there are reasons to fear that
other and not less poVorful nations of the
continent will become involved. Austria has
raised her armies to 600,000 men, Prussia to
600,000, Italy to 400,000, the arm'es of the
Oernian Stales 200,000, Spiin, Belgium,
France, Russia, and Turkey prcpnr for war.
The whole continent seems to bo in a coramo
lion. All the finauoca of the States are becoming
deranged. Millions of men arc called
xropi UtMr industrial pursuits to don the war
trappings. From the defiant stand lakeu by
the belligerents, we may ere long, expect (o
hear that they hare launched into war, with
all the fury and mildness of desperation, entailing
upon themselves and the w orld its countless
evils. War, the result of malevolence, folly,
avarice, ambition, and everything that is subversive
of the principles of benevolence, ai.d
rouses the passions into diabolical fury, now
threatens to shock the world by the magnitude
it assumes. May some pacific measure yet
avert the horrors arising from "such shameful
variances bstwixt man and man."
JottingsA
ride on onr railroad from this to I'nion
assured us that this part of the road is in ex client
conditiou?in ado good tirno, and gnve
every evidence of being in good repair. We
also remarked the efheienoy and attention of
our aocommodating conductor, Mb. Jas. B.
Hixwaxt. lie ia well suited to the position?
discharging his duties with agreoableness to
passengers and faithfulness to employers.
Along the rood all wheal was harvested, and
the corn, though small, gives fair promise of
ft good crop. Stopping at Union, wo found
Ma. Van Wast, of the Central Hotel, a most
aooommodating and attentive host. Wo were
pleased to see that Union litt lo short of
what it was in palmier days. With the exception
of the trade in cotton, the business of the
plaoe appcarod almost as brisk as in foimer
dftfa. Previous to the war, Union was a considerable
eotton market, as high as 12,000
bales having changed hands thero in one win
w. ?uo Dumness men or Ibo place evince an
energy and perseverance that, will insure their
recuperation from the keaTj losses they have
sustained. There are now at Union, twolvo or
fifteen dry-good and provision stores (almost
doable the number of former times) two good
hotels, a printing office?to sty nothing of the
large number of minor establishments?and all
aredoing well considering the stringency of the
times We noted the fact, that few of the old
meroheata of the place are engaged in the business.
Late events hava nnt Himinitlmit in
the least tho warm-hearted, generous hospitality
for whfoh the people of Union are proverblal.
But m short association will discover this
happy characteristic of the people. We were
pleased to meet our friend, R. A. McKkigut,
of the Timtt, and to see that he was oheerful,
and still possessed of that happy, social dispo
eitloa whiob make* the agreeable companion.
The 7Y*W4 is one of the beet country papers in
the BUto. May our friend haee unbounded
uocnet, minus the many ills that beset the Ufa
of the journalist
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The Balhcrfhrd Star- )
Wo hare received tl?o first number of this '
neat little sheet, published, at Rutherfordton,
N. C., by J. P. Ga&pbktkk and Rob**t W.
Louas. From the scintillations of the Star we 1
have evidence that It is in worthy hands, and
will command a liberal patronage from the 1
intelligent citizens of Rutherford. The Star, 1
like ourselves, though diminutive, compared '
with most of our eotemporaries, is quite large 1
enousch to suit tho times. We nlaoe it on our I 1
exchange list, wishing tor it a long, successful
and brilliant career.
Gleaning*.
Mr. Veilstiteh, who was badly beaten by two
negroes -in BaTannah, a few days ago, has since
died- *
Jeff. Daris, a few days ago, on being applied
to by a photographist, declined to allow his
picture to be taken, because he had changed
so that his old friends would not know him.
On the night of the 7lh, the Branch Bank of
the State at Springfield, Mo., was broken into
by some bold and export burglars, and robbed
of $10,000, which was in the safe.
San Francisco is going to be supplied with
water from a luke on the Sierra Nevada Mountains
by an aqueduct two hundred miles long,
j A bill was introduced into Congress to pay
every member *10,000 per term, and necessary
traveling expenses- The latter gives a good ,
margin Tor stealing! (
Nearly a million dollars have been received <
in New York by the Excise Board, for license, t
The tiine for closing drinking saloons has been j
extended to the 19th instant. I
The Radicals were very friendly with Mr. *
Harris, of Maryland, on Friday, through some
of the most extreme threaten his expulsiou ou j
acouuul of his remarks on Thursday. ,
There cnu be no impropriety in stating that '
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UIC UUTCI lliunil. m X. IV MUUl^lUU IS UBlllg 1(19 1U"
flucDce on behalf of the Fenian prisoners in
the hands of the Canadians, and with a gratifying
prospect of success.
Tlio Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, and
Jackson Free Masons united in a pic nic near
Memphis on the 14th. Persons who hod served
iu both armies were present.
In tlio Uuited States District Court for Southern
Alabama an indictment for murder and
conspiracy has been found against 0 W. Qayle
who advertised a reward of $1,000,000 for the
assassination of Mr. Lincoln.
There is much complaiut iu Huntsvillr, Alabama.
of uiiwillingueas of negroes to work.
If they could be induced to labor, it is thought
fair crops of both grain and cotton might yet
bo made iu roost parts of North Alabama.
A violent hurricane visited Gwinnett county
All (Kn ?el 11 anron ri nvar a n eras nf uan.n
miles by one, and swept away everything in
its resistless path. It hod the appearance of I
a solemn column of blue smoke and scorched *
the leuves in the woods and corn in the fields. 1
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VAiiliNUTO.t, June 20.?The Secretary of J
thjwTrcaMiry, in a communication to the House <
of^eprcscntAiiveti, expresses an opinion, bns t
cd upon his observation of the operation of the j
lawoflBCI, that an additional enactment au- >
thorixing the assumption, by the Southern ]
States respectively, of the remainder of the i
Direct Tax due from each, would in Tiew of
the present impoverished oondition of their c
people, prevent much hurdship in individual i
cases, and save from confiscation the property i
of many persons, aguiust whom the Govern- t
tnent has no cause of comnlaint. while no nub- t
i lie interest world be injuriously effected by
I t e clienge. He stutea that, should this policy
be adopted, the collection of taxes under the
present s}*ptein might and ought to be discontinued
until an opportunity for assumption is
afforded. Whether the amount realised from
the resales of property bid in for the Government,
should not be allowed to the States, respectively,
in computing the taxes still due, is
a question well worthy of serious consideration,
which is submitted without comment.
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Fbeeduax Killed.?Wc understand that on
Sunday last, at tne Methodist Church at S| ring
hill, a freediuan w-ts shot by Mr. Charles
llrittou, trout the effects of which shooting he
died, in a very short time after.
We have heard so many various and different
accounts of the matter that we arc unwilling
to preseut it ui extenao to our rhaders, until we
are, to our own satisfaction, more accurately
inforaicd.
Wc do not wish to prejudge or prejudice the
case in uny manner whatsoever, as we presume
that the whole affair will soon undergo judicial
investigation.
Thus much wo can say with certainty,?on
Monday last Mr Britton prcscutcd himself to
Captain M. Boyce, then commanding the Garrison
at this place, and told him that ho was
ready to have tho matter enquired into, and a
decision made therein, to which Captain ltoyce
replied that he did not consider that the case
was ono which called for any action on his
part, and that he thought that Mr. Britton whs
amenable alone to a Civil Court. ? !
Thus stand/ the affair at present. No legal j
measures hare, we learn, been instituted in j
tho premises.?Sumter Xeict. !
Baltimjrr, June 21.?The congregation of
Kev. Mr. Latere, of the Franklin Square Presbyterian
Church, held a meeting last night to
sustain the action of their Pastor in acparating
from the Old School General Assembly, on account
of its recent action in regard to the
Louisville Presbytery. llev. Dr. Backery addressed
the congregation of the First Church,
defending the Assembly from the chaiges
brought against them.
Ther? ha* been no cholera here, except one
oase brought from New York. The city is
perfectly healthy and there is no indication
whatever that the disease will make a lodgment
here.
I.MroiiTAST 8tAfsMK}?T.?The Washington
National Republican, in its issue of Tuesday,
makes the following important statement.
All (hat remains to make the policy of Con- 1
grass identical with that of lha President is to
admit the loyal applicants from the lately rebellious
Stales, instead of waiting until certain
important, but bv no meant vital, amendment# 1
ball he ratified by the proper Btete vote. We <
hear rumors from good authority that this will t
be done. " i
For th* Spartan,
r? the Soldier who ''Thought In
Spots."
Ma. Editor : It waa with considerable surprise
w# read your correspondent, Soldier's
'Thoughts in Spots." That said "soldier" was
lomtlhing of a close observer, is evident from
-he nature of his communication, lie evident
y saw that the country wa9 flooded with unletessary
repiniugs, no matter whether assuning
the shape of prose or pretry, and why
le should, oven while regretting the fact, add
mother to that already over-charged category,
s a subject of surprise to us. He says, how
tver, he has been "lying low." Yes, we fear
oo "low" to observe anything on the surface.
His thoughts are indeed too "spotted," and
rory justly he remaiks that he "never thinks
ike other men." Again, he is considerably
txeroised for fear that the "world might con
iu?v iiio dicutu iniu iisscxi oi us many rcv>lutions
and incidents. This, sir, is serious,
or we suppose the world, should it ascertain
he faot, would immediately cease its rotation,
ind a ucw era be at once instituted. Should
luch be the case, it would doubtless be the general
desire that your "Soldier" should succeed
n driving from his senses the remainder of the
;mokc which has evidently obscured his menal
vision. What a soldier ho must have been,
0 bo so seriously affected by k* results.
Ha says agaiu, "Mr. Lincoln's election was
1 more accidcut." Will, Mr. Editor, such accidents
ns that happen seldom, and if you
"Soldier" can define accident in suoh terms as
:o make it appear that the action of a nation,
premeditated us it certainly was?an accident,
hen we heartily pray God, prevent such acci
lents happening often. Ho deprecate: the
"burning of tar burrels" over t he result. >\ liy,
lir, our bvyt should not meet with his indigiant
reprehension 011 that account. Mr. bhoruan
burned the homestead, the clothing, the
tubsistence, aye the very people's life in contequenca
of that slight accident, lie thinks
1 government like ours should havu been
1iurt(rd uv with solemnity arid in peucc Why,
lir, all I regret is that we were quite too solsmn
about the mutter?we depended too much
>n preachers, they doubtless should quietly
itibmit to nil of providencics dispensations,
>ui I fear they ucceuionally if not otlcner, re>ellcd.
What a pity, sir, your soldier had not been
elected to our Executive Chair, his conception
>f character is so perfect, "Davis was firm and
juick to conceive yet a bad manager," this is
he soldier's language, this is simply to me an
migiua, that he admits our little President
*ns both firm and energetic, yet a poor uiauiger.
1 fear that your soldier's ideas bloom
n spots, unfrcqucnt ?pot? "his credulity won
lis ruin" he agniu remarks, he should have
mown Vioksburg was secuic, &c., &c. Why
llr Editor, iiolhtug short of omnipotence, ouilicie.ice,
and every oilier uitribuiu known,
votild be perfection in the e\es of your
toldier. Did your soldier ktn.w in 'f?0 what
10 knows in 'CO, possibly we never would
jave Neon him armed?r<i/> n me ttartmn f,,e
lie field.
He admits, however, I lint Duvi* av.ii a pa
riot, uo ihunks sir to him for that, tht world
:notrt it, ' all he lucked was wit.' Well us thvr.s
u dim prospect of Davis being released, 1
would suggest that the soldier open a witty
tchonl, mid Davis be a beneficiary from the
tlx Confederate Siutes, us it is evident the sol
lier is not over-hardened with employment,
bis would be a grand opportunity of his dis
>lay of tpotied wit. lie prays, however, that
ie may enjoy a green old age. 1 tear, Mr.
iditor, that Davis tastes uud your soidicts do
iQt run in the same channel.
"The day I marched forth with the death
lealing weapon." Now Mr. Editor, do you
mow the prcoise day of the month and year
hat was? if you do, 1 certainly would .-upbeat
hat it bo uiude if not a national at least u disrict
holy day, and we might have u spotted
ration, and the soldier could invite that pjor
ellow Davis his chum Stephens mid his friend
he says so) Lee tojinchim. Our bovs and
{iris next become the subject ol jour soldier's
'calriclioBs idleness, laziness, Jcc., are I heir
hatact eristics. I fear, Mr. Editor, the so>dicr
indcrstunds those diseases to well?the beam
\idrt iKe mo'r.
AVe would in all kindness however, suggest
0 the soldier, that such lofty aspirations, Itigh
luiluliou together with a fund of wit, evidenty
your soldier's accomplishments should find
1 fitter conclusion than n goose; the step from
he sublime to the ridiculous is too suddt n. lie. i
ihould Boar above llie wobb footed in coiiipurson
Mr. Editor, when your soldier again essay*
chapters) let there be monetary, inc.live
ipiritcd if he is a soldier (?>r was) let him
lotior his old companions in nrms, let him
'athcr praise than deprecate, encourage than
leprcss, with the Southron's spirit, let New
England alone, it's contaminations are too filthy
or the Southron hand to deal with, a deternination
to act, an honest upholding ot'onr
>wn institutions and manufacturing ever in the
ore of discourage most is what we all desire,
rour sohticr and all writers to advocate. This
s the opinion of a MECHANIC.
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QrkaT Destruction oi 1'KorsRrv.?The ex.
rBfiriiiunrjr uoQun 01 inp ^canou nnvu prove i
'ettfully destructive in the South-west. Louiliana,
west of the Mississippi and south of the
Ited llivcr, has been mainly under water?
lerhnps still is ; while, east of the Mississippi,
he rich valley of the Yazoo, with its tributaries,
embracing 3,600,000 acres of the most
productive cotton land in the world, is in good
part so flooded as to he scarcely habitable.
I'his is partly owing to the floods; purity to
he uatorul wasting and caving in of the banks
luring the last three or four years of war,
which rendered proper attention to them impossible
; and partly to their being cut from
Lime to lime in the prosecution of hostilities.
It is probable that not less than ten mil ions of
seres of the rich portions of the South-west,
japable of producing a bale (400 lb) of cotton
lo in* acre, nave t litis neen bo nooueu. i tie
nhabitants of the Yaioo Valley have appealed
to Congress for aid. Tlicro is a proposition
before ihe City Council of New Orleans lo pro
loci the city against high water l>y surrounding
it with a levee, Ii is supposed thai the
embankment shall bo of a width and solidity
thai will adniit of the construction of a double
track railroad upon it. It is claimed that the
bonus for the privilege of the road will pay the
interest on the capital required to build the
levee.
Tennyson is fifty three years old ; ha* a
weak voioe and shuffling gait; wears gls&ncs
most of the time; generally dresses in gray
slothes ; has a melancholy, ruminating look ;
ind wears, when his features are in repose,
in eiprcasios of classical, habitual sadnoss
Tlie Prenldciil'a Message. i
Wasuixutox, June 22.
7l> the Senate and House of Representatives :
1 submit to Congress a report of the Secretary
of State, to whotn was referred the concurrent
resolution of the 18th instant, respecting
a submission to the Legislatures of the ,
Stales of on additional article to the Constitution
of the United States. It will seem from
this report that the Secretary of State had, on
the 10th inst., transmitted to the Governors of
the several States certified copies of the joint
resolution passed on the 13th inst., proposing
an amendment to the Constitution. Even in ,
ordinary times any question of amending the
Constitution must be justly regarded as of paramount
importance. This importance is at the
present time enhanced, by the fact that the
joint resolution nuts not submitted by the
House for the approval of the President; and
that of the thirty-six States which constitute
the Union, eleven ure excluded from representation
in either House of Congress, although,
with tho single exception of Texas, they have
been entirely restored to nil their functions as
States, in conformity with the organic law of
the lund, und have appeared at the National
uitpuoi uy r^cuaiors, nuJ utr? been refused ad
mission lo tUc vacant seat*. Nor have the
sovereign people of the nation^ been afforded
an opportunity of expressing their views upon
the important questions which the amendment
involves. Grave doubts, therefore, may natu
rally and justly and justly arise as to whether
the action of Congress is in harmony with the
people, and whether, in such nn issue, they
should not he called upon by Congress lo decide
respecting the ratification of the present
amendment giving thequnstion.
As lo the Constitutional validity of the proceedings
of Congress upon the joint resolution
proposing the amendment, or as to the merits
of the article which it submits through the Ex
eeutive Department to the Legislatures of the
Suites, 1 deem it proper to observe that the
neps iitkuu uv me .^ecroiary, ot Male, an detailed
in the accompanying report are to be
considered as purely ministerial and in no
sense vy hat ever committing the Executive to an
approval or a recommendation of the amendment
ot the State Legislatures or to the peopeojde.
Un the contrary, a proper appreciation
of the letter umi spirit of the Constitution,
aa well as of the interests of mUional order and
harmony of the Union, and a deference for an
enlightened republican Government may at
this time well suggest a doubt whether any
amendment to the Constitution ought to be
proposed by Congress, and pressed upon the
Legislatures of the several States for final decision
until aftor the admission of such loyal
Senators and Representatives of the new unrepresented
States as have been or may hereafter
be choseu in conformity with the Constitution
ami laws of the United States.
[Signei.J ANDREW JOHNSON.
Irons upon Mr. Davis.
I)r. Craven suys that when "twelve strong
men" lul l, by brute force, riveted heavy sliac
kles upon Mr, Davis, after a bnei* period of insensibility
the noble martyr permitted hie
manacle I fect to rest upon the floor of the cell,
nnd when lie heard the clanking of the fetters
he buried hi* face between hie hands, sobbed
audibly ami exclaimed, "Ob. iLo shame! the
shauie!" Hut the "shame" say s the Kichmoud
Times, was that of the great nation which permitted
this Tile act to pass unpunished. The
fetters uo more degraded President Davis thau
the crucifixion did the Saviour of mankind, or
the offer of a reward for the head of Ueorge
Washington ma le hiui a traitor.
There was no "shame," thank God, for the
poor, wasted prisoner, hurled down ami bound
by a dozen tncu?no "shame" upon the brave,
noble people who?e late President- wast thus
outraged?but a "shame" as enduring as his
lory, red. burning and scorching as the lightning
of tie iven upon those who thus brutally
abused the power of n giant.
That deed of infamy will live in history like
the black crime of Judas, and the "goodly
I company" of fortnrers, tyrants, mcrcilcts jailor*
and b.utul conquerors, whom Dante des!
cribcs in bis /;{/> ao," will have in due season
appropriate additions to their ' ardent cir
clc," aa the participants in that foul deed tneot
their fiery rcWards?Carolinian.
Tlie Decrin^ Murderer.
The body of Anthon Probst, the murderer,
was dissected at Jefferson College, Philadcl
phia. on Saturday. Tie brain of the dead
criminal was found to be in a healthy condi
(ion, weighing thirty-six ounces. The eyes
had boon extrude! for examination tinder the
microscope, but with u powerful electric light
no image of any sort could he discovered on
the retina. This is almost conclusive in refuting
the theory that in the eye of a dead per
son, as in a camera obscura, there is returned
n photograph of the last objects seen in life.
This theory has been made the neucleus of sev
era! very ingenious tides, hut it does not bear
the lest of practical investigation. The poles
of the electric battery were applied. To these
electric promptings the nervous system replied
for soino time?iwo or three hours?after life
w is extinct. Even lire smaller muscles ol tin*
lace, pertoriued their functions accurately.
The upper lip t witched, the mouth smiled and
grinned, while applications lo other sets of
muscles made the eyes wink, the arins rise and
fall, or the lingers open and shut. These were
affected by very slight currents of the electric
fluid. Mr. Taylor succeeded in taking excellent
casts of the head and of that thumbless
i iirkii wliirli 1/jivh tii iiniWirl Ahl a rlito l.t
' the detection of the criminal. These casts
were exhibited dining the examination of the
body. The beetle-browed, repulsive, animallike
look of the face, lite low forehead and
brutal features which have been so familiar to
the public by tne artist's skill, were all ther ;
hut, in the stolid expression of those motionless
features there was no trace of suffering,
physical or ineutal. There was nothing, its far
us cue can judge of the lineaments of the dead,
but complete, unmitigated indifference.
The result of these investigations will doubtj
less be given to the medical world.
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A FnEEDMKN's C'ONVKNTtoJi?Meets in Au
i gstu in July, and delegates have been elected
[ Irotn all parts of the State. Tho object of the
meeting is to memorialise i ongress in regard
to the right of suffrage and trial by jury of
their own color. Goo. Fitts and Henderson
neck, of Griflin, have been elected by a large
majority of colored people as anti-Bureau men.
At a meeting of the colored people both these
delegates denounced the Bureau as mischievous
and creative of disturbances between the
races. They are willing to trust the laws ot
the State and their old masters and friends for
justice. The Bureau agent at GriRin is repre
, sente 1 to have said with an oath that he would
not allow the negroes to speak disrespectfully
1 of his Buteau, and arrested the delegates, who
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wcic biioi umiiib icicnsdi u/ wi?ii autuuiitjr .
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The Jacinto Patriot says that one hundred
acres of good land, lying within three miles
of Corioth, Mississippi, was sold a few days
since at auctioa, being a trustee's sale, for
hirfr fire cente per acre
Disastrous Flro la Mowborry.
The most deetrosUt* Are that ever occurred A
in Newberry, origitoeteAlaei Mondtj morning a
botween the hours'of 2 and 8 o'clock, is a 4
quantity of cotton stored in tbo old Thespian J
Hall. It occurred at an hour whoa moot poo- I
pis were asleep soundly, and there being no *1
watchman, to " tell of the night," nor alaim I
bell to rouse the slumbering town, the devou - U
ing elements, with the help of a stiff north-west
erly gale, made tremendous headway before !j
any efforts were made to arrest the tamer. d
The huge tongues of Are roared and leaped a
from Therpien Hell, right to left end across to lj
Duncan's warehouse stored with cotton,themoe '
over the street to Mr. B. Montgomery's dwelling,
and Dr. Oouin's store nou dwelling, and <
ar :hc buildings were being rapid y rased, and j
their inmates fleeing as it were for theor Usee, j
rest belts of flame swept simultaneously la al- J
most every direction. From Duncan's were
house, on the northwestern corner ef main I
street end Dr. G's.. on the northeastern comet, I
it travelled to the opposite corners?the Hetnld
utficc, Lovelace A Wheeler, and DutIs' residence,
and up and down main street; and fton
its source in She block rear of main street, to <
the old Hotel. Then it was that the wild waves
of fire, lashed to fury by the earlr mornina
bretxe, exerted, their strength with interna in?Me
and insatiate frenxy. The doors of Dancan's
store were tkrown opeu and a quantify
of cotton tumbled into the street, which sood
took, fire, the immense heat fro in which together
with the drait from the open door*, enveloped
the opposite corners some twenty minutes
earlier possibly, than would bare hssn tbs
cose but this unfortunate fanx pan. m *
It now became evident, that unless super "
human efforts were put forth, our devoted
town must soon be in ashes. And down Mala
street the citixens centeredat Mr. Jno. Coats's
residence, on the South side, at the Newberry
Hotel. At these points it was a war of the
"gods and giants." On the North side the
fire was arrested by the falling of the walls of
Kurd's hall, and the durability of Mr. John
Montgomery's brick residence. The hereuleen
labors at the large brick hotel whieh centers M
the town, and overlooks the western half on
Main street, was the salvation of the remain
nig portion of our business community.
The following is an estimate of losses :
Qcn. Kinar.l b loss, including the old kail *
and notol, and Ham's house, (a devoted freed man)
together with 80 bales of ootton, a quantity
of tools and merchandise, etc., about *
$20,000. No insurance.
Duncan s warehouse, $4,000.
Mr. 3. Montgomery's residence, fu.niture,
etc., $8,000.
Dr. T. Uouin's loes in Merchandise, clothing,
furniture, money, etc., $10,000. Building
belonged to estate of J. 11. Steele, dissaeert,
valued at $3,000.
Dr. Pratt's Drug store and dwelling, $6,000
?insured for $3,<t00. * i
Ku'lodge llros., $2,000. Marshall Bros.,
$4,000. Small insurance. Mr. Z. L. White,
gunsmith, $000. Thoss mentioned in this
paragraph occupied a tenement building known
as Hunt's Hall, and owned by Mr. Thoane
I'avsinger ; valued at $8,000 insured for $6,000.
lu the same hall were stored a number of
cases of valuable good* belonging to Mr. 8.
II ... 1 at? * -
uuru, csiiiuaicu H $I,WV.
K. 11. Jlolmtn & Co., Dry Goods, $8,000;
Up-Mairg, Dr. McKellsr, dentist. $1,000. Dr.
Capers, Druggist, $2,000 Building owned by
Capt 1. Da* is, $0,000.
A. >1. Wicker, dwelling bouse, store, $0000
?insurance, $1.0UO. "
Messrs Duisi & Ward, $1,000, *
Lovelace & Wbeelcr, Dry Goads, $8,OCT.
1'iic.se geutlemeu neglected to renew tboir policy
ol insurauco, which recently expired.
Herald Office, T. F. & K. II. Greueker, il.
oiost total loss.
Dwell, ug ol Mr. R. 11. Grcneker, and furniture,
complete leas.
Capt. Isaac Davis' residence and raluabla
property. $8,000.
Mr. P. S. Jacob-, $600. Buiding owned by
.Mr. A, Harris, valued at $1,500.
Mrs. Stoddard and Mrs. Hunter, widow
'a lies, lost nearly all their effects, such us
manuiu making goods, clothing, and Airnitur*.
Mr. 8. Montgomery's jewelry establishment,
$1,200. Building owued*by estate of J. H.
Steele. $3,000.
Mr. C. Montgomery's grocery, $-4,600, insurance,
$3,000.
Dr. II S. Wbaley's dwelling and dentistry,
and Mrs. Whaler's millinery store, $4,000.
Mrs. Dr. Thompson's residence, $4,000.
Dr. Depray, dentist, $800. Office, 0. O.
DeUalt's, $0O0.
John Kesley's bakery, $100. Building, eetaie
of II II. Caldwell, deceased, $600.
Cspt. lloyce, grocery, $500. Building, estate
of J. II. Steele, deceased, $800. i
Mr. J. W. Suber, lost $1,500 in cotton; Ma
U. D. South, $1,000 in cotton; Mr. Crews of
the Laurensville Herald, fifty bushels corn ;
Mr. T. M. I'ayaiuger, 100 bushels corn. A
number of merchants who removed their goods
also suffered heavily by plunder. Among those
are G. D. Smith, to the amount of $4,000?
Coppuch & Wright $1,000?Dr. Grierson $300
?8. 1'. Boozer, Stern and others lost mors or
less by plunder.
The fire was evidently an incendiary's work,
and by this cruel and mom rous design, one half
of the business portion of our handeosae little
town is now a mass of ruias, and aaany of
uiuac i?iiu uncc uwni swarci/ nuu wcr? rvouperming
their wasted energies are now driven
forth in almost helpless condition.-?-Vft^erry
Herald.
A LiTTLt Ron amcc.?The grandfather of
Oen. Robert B. Lee was e rival of General
Washington in a lore affair. The object of
their affection was the beautifta! Miss Grimes,
the first lore of Washington, aud whom he
celebrated as the "lowland beantj." Lee was
successful and bore off the prise. The son of
this marriage, "Light Horse" Harry Lee, wu
always hold in great friendship by Washington;
snd living, in his biography, suggests that the
memory of this tenderness for the mother wan
not without its influence in oonnsotion with
the son.
This friendship continued between thaaa
until the death of ' the father of his country."
Aijyor iicnerai near/ bee was a gallant otnoer,
the author of fr.Wetnoira of the South*oternor
of Virginia in 1781 ; an advocate of Ike
federal constitution in the Virginia coaveatloat
a member of Congress when Washington died)
appointed by Congress to deliver the eulogy oa
the occasion, and in his eulogy originated the
classic words: "'First in war, first In peaee,
and first in the Warts of his countrymen."?
fiontgoiHtry Mad.
Goon News to Mkkcwawtb.?Oof eltisens
will be pleased to learn thai freight* have been
reduced on the South Carolina Rail Road, aad
an era has been inaugurated by the Company
t hat calls to mind the palmier days before the
war. We cite ae inetanoea, reductions oa the
freights of the following articles Oats to 10
cents; com to 12 ceote; salt to 70e*ata; charterad
oars to $60, ooal aad ion to 96 26 par
| ton; end 36 per cent. on etock. ? Caroimten