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.4i~~ ,. / 1 e" 1 THPEOPLE'S NL VOL" 'I.-NO. 24. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, g ONE DOLLARAYA LIFE AND iMES OF I The E ditor', the. Sol( ['Tleu following sketch of the life and ti Char leston News and Courier, was read o the Btate Press Association, which Wits he was prepared by Col. James A. Hoyt, edit< was highly commended by the members of I. It is iot, always easy to realize that we spend our days and yeatrs, be they few or many, as a tale that is told, but the Psalmist was right in this picture of life, and he knew and felt the lleeting char-icter of human existence. Men spring into the arena and for a time their actions absorb the attention of their fellows, Who admtio1 aid extol their brilliancy or gaze with a critic's eye upon their per-foriances, great or small, and as they ascend the ladder of I fame it is to meet the stern, inIlexible judgment of their peers. The journilist is p(culiarly environed in this respect, for lie is constantly unler the search ligh, and his failings are prone to be seen and appreciated. Unlike the man of speech, the orator, tihe lawyer or I even the preacher, he comes more ofteni before tire public view and always with out the sympathetic sound of the voice. or the glaiour of intonation and do livery, to deepen the iipress4 of his ut terances and give poteicy to his ideas. The c lumnis of a newspaper are neces sarily ephemerd in cha arcter, and winha t ever genius is seimtillating there it is c only for the ptssliig moment, with merely a glance from tie world's tower of ohervation and then it glides out of A sigh'. torevcr. Tuis applies to the wm kii of even the foremost of jourinalists, , who 4' namies may perclianice be p-. petuated, but whose writings are lit eraily V unknowii to succedirig gelerttiolls, aird those who come after are altoget :er strangers to their skill and abidity in l making a great newspaper IhIacv Grecley is more widely remenimbe red as a Presidentia' candidhte tlin as a j orC nalist, by the majority of A icaLs ti day, and the pathos iof his pilitical (!., feat, as the representati -of(i a ptrty with which ie was uvter alliliatti , ni:ts completely hidden from si:: nit tilie early , struggles and trials of tihe yp ut. hiful journalist, who was to forge his way to the front by the weiuht of his iwi genius, aid who was to go out into tile f( great beyond with a heart broken by b disappointment which he would have , once despised. The elder Beinnett is chelIly known ! as a ian who amliassed i money in the publi- i cation of the first great newspaper in tI this country, laying the emphasis on the ( first syllable. Ile was great in this re- P spect only, and made frientid of the mammtnon of unrightcousess. II is a memoir is terse and unsatisfactory, aid r yet he held a conspicuous place as the IL journalistic rival of Greeley. Then j, there was Thomas tichey. tire pioneer of that cla-s who deal largely with the 1 poiticiais, but he is forgotteni 1ong 1 ago! The Richmond Enquirer and the National Intelligencer are truly " back tj numbers " in journalism, and yet they 1 were once a power in the land. "1 We A spcind our years as a tatle that is told." ir II. it This Association has never exerted 0 itself as it ought to preserve tire history at of journalists in South Carolina Plitis fi have been carved out, but the fruition is ' not abundant. We are too muitchii con- ti cerned with the things of tire present or f too anxious about the possibilities oif thre c future, and a retrospect of tire inst is LI lightly esteemed in many quarters. It hi is wise if niot tro onraginrg to keep fl ploddinig in thir d irectionr, for we oiwe h it to ourr coimradesi of "thre qu il airdi fi scisso)rs " liat thei r namres anud aciive merits shall not perish out of thre viewi of mankind. 1in complying itih thne re d quest oif the executive committee to pri- C pare a paper for thris occasion, I have pi -chosen for my thnerme the life and time.sb of onie whoi( c:ame here as a stranger 'i from acress thre water, bunt whose pass- 1 p~ort to the citizenrs of S3outhi Crolia E was ati honorable record ias a Comifed- hi crate soldier, who had volunitarily boirno di his full share of hrardships anid dangers v in behamlf of a people with whlom Ihe wars bi niot allied in fortune or person The (e brave young Enrglishmran who camre in the ardor of Iris youth to espouse it f cauise that comiimendel~l itself to him on c the score of pratriotism. is sut-ely worthy, e aftct thre passing of these yeats, to hatve r: his name recalleod ini air orani-zation I which Ire aidled ini forming anid placing t upon a foundation that was strong and f dlurabile. lFranmcis W\arringtorr D~awrorn was no0 (c otrinary man. (ifted, brrIliat, magii. t nrotic, he wast erntitled to) thre place hie ri won among Iris felloiw-men. Living the r yeiars oif his manhood in associatioin wvith ii those whrom hre hatd joineid ini a (desperate and unequal struiggle, anrd aetunated by a sinrcere srympatlhy foi the caurse theyi alone repr-es: cited irr thre n ide worl, rt s i, not strange or miysteriotus thart, iris comria 14s ini armis intiroducedh himtoi thre inner Cii-'s of thre ironies lie han I hrelpIed to dlefendl ' ith thre price of his bloodi arid at the risk t his life, lie camire toi his counitry for r 're expr~iess putrposte of aid l lng the Soth -rn people ini their struggle 11 for indepenrt once, to use hris own laniguaige with refer-cnce to this dieceiive hour of his eventful career. Itoie a-s riot scck~ig fatme, for lie crame ini it most hiiuble capatcity, arid with no0 ex pectta tion that tire service he proposedi toI render was likely to ho0 protractedl. lie "expected iio reOward arid watnted nrotne, anid hiad ino intentIon whittever of re maiingr penrmanrently in the Southlerni States.' TIhero is a hauo of romnrceI about tire young Englinhmrani its he sought an opplortunrity for putting intoI ieccution thre puirpose wihi ch had breenri formed across thre seas, but wich wans I diflilt itnd seeinligly unanttahiable. The)( world wats regitrdinig with wronder the mnighnty struggle which had alr-eady enstued between thre ,North rand thre SIouth, tire former strengtheninrg itself evyc;' day for aun utltimat victory aiid theo latter ,arred out, from Inter-course with other ratioins. The Mitson and~ Blidoll -oinrversy hrad. ar-isein, and Eng land was considered neuitral gr-ound it least by thre Confederates. The suddein arrivailn of Cap. ...rrn tnecnaio in the end, yet was ever kept without stain. rams battery was attaci(i to Fiid's ibrig-ade of A. P. llill's divisio mind it was IHill's division that led ti % 9y across tie Chickalhomliny i nit jated the fight at Mechanicsville. was I Dawson's first glimpse of the Col lederatt es marching to meet the enem Which )tLame U a fanmili ar sight to hi tfterwads The gieam in g bayonet ,he ' tC 'dy trmllp of tihe men, the wavit Iays and the rumbling of the artillei in the turnpike were to himi exhilara ng and imposing, as he testified in afti 'cars. His battery was in the advane, ,id it was not long until "a pull' Imoke and the sharp crack of a rifle old the men that they had reached tih neiy's line, and that t he engagemni ad begun. The battery was luifinibere al an open field, in full view of th nemy, andi in a short time he felt th ice exceinenict o ba.ttle, ruceivinig hi aptisill of fire with men and lorbe cing shot down ali around him. Lat the afternoon he was struck with : (x.e of shell, wvil :cooped out live o ix inches of the flesh below the knee illieting an ligl3 wound. which wa (lra;nd td with h is hanikerchief, am ten hmle wvent aIt-k to his post, where hI 'niained Until thie battery reti red fron le field after sunset. lIe was taken t< is 4 d <uart'rs in Htichiond, where hI :ctivel the ati.mition of the noble ani 1I6u1 wOn liwll v.'ho were. assiduolus it > kin aFte the woundevd( C ,frte :ifl hi,, alfalt cond(uct was gazetted it ic dichniond newsp:'f rs. hie went t< ttei lburg n hin able: to travel, an oneto a hospitable homle inl thl mltry, w lere he refperated fo eri! weeks. IV. M )r. ;vson lenmained in Sussex unti 1 Jitl clolnttelyv tS recovered from li -V.rT Wu11d, :.n1d his friend, apt 'B. Pl'graim, was only two mile: tant. I( was oo the way to f)a' Ipl fPrkm. a visit wevii they met it Ur' ni, Pe'erattm give him . noti "i Mrs U. W. Hafndolphm the wift o i of War. annunciliing thal ved hui odere a comussion's .1 at %P uotW :pm t " oAtilleryii r fi ., ir. Dawsin. This newr 'ne une1L' 'p credfly :and unlsolicitedl, :t-d 'daterwards that WNlit tegrlm ri -iriimCmndd the appoliltllel I aCcUonn (of i Ibe:hatVil' at Mchaniits I It w iV evide 1:1ider an act of tilt nfdeat (on IrsS prolvidig for tht Il(ltment oi forty First Liemteanth Aillery fiar anigilient to ily a. m.'Iii(U iiirs lie asked to be as elo to 1itai laungstreet's corps wih he :4 uo'nnested fol tih t wm lr .e.ih joined the earfp I C iniC t(' 1ya. ()n the re rr ion I I- !:I Lvtown he iwa; orderei.. (i:'ral !a treet to Lake charge (if d- rain of his corps anI ol b> W iliamsport, and in the execu , of this order .he fell into the hand, the ll lly and was tancn to Fort laar. He was exchanged in 11 ort imc and thcncelormard shared i.11rnes of fotngstreet's corps, in 0 ri nig Lt caim paign in East Tennessee. L,' w f'S Ptitel al the Wilderness and is with Loigetr as he rode down e aisk-rdtt tiht heia of his cori:s, j:1n \victory ':s turned into dimster that fatal mistake of the Sixth Vir nia, which fired the -Alley that m1or Iy wonuksiv the 11lant NMa Jenkins ' !":Ive Lfongluet a disahling wound. w1rt5syIvani:1, (old !larbor, the siege of Aershurg, <;uickly followed, and an p thm to t Ie all e i.i the sumimer LS SUAcIded by a retturn to ficiiond, bie ,Ia order caie in November, 18 If r Iar io to report as ordnaince ollicer (Genemial 1itz bee, upin whose stA serVil un1t1il the close of tie war arch :,.1, I SIM, at the battle of Live >rk , Lieut. I )twsoI was againi mindtd and lie wias sent to) Hiehinond it re friends cared for him, and wli.1n atweke thle noex t mnorin g thle city h)adi en evacuted~t by the Confederates and e enemliy was in possessihn. A week .er llill i cam the srrendier (IF lee~, andl thei Tes of at fi 1ple Lwevre burlied Forever. Thie tulilitr ylhisttory oF Catpt. Danwston IS fullr inteIre:st anld ad venture, and L s ixpertma:ce as( ia stailf tlicer served ni adi ir ah y3 ini mlany resplects, its it ve~ hnnl li anac fitiaitc wyithi meni imi ei i.ry StaLLe, antd he hadu the happy enlt of) nFiak ing frientds wherever hel :ant. fit lie was ver'itably ashitrte ben t~me collapse cameI in April, 1 Sf, nde:- him ai Iid wertec t hemselve's w.'ithout 1i m,0 ad t here was littlet ofplortuniiity i;In;Ioverilnhetd V'irginia for ai sttanger d mitd toeannl eve the mstmeagrieili alt ilng. forl it toI turnI uip. ile was w ith iorads ini usse'x for aiLI t. aFter' re >verinlg from his last wounild, anld then ent to l 'etersbur~i ig inl search (IF emloy13 ent, lie was oni the point oIf seecurinf Ilucraftiv VI fositionj as the drive of. I'I 'ray, bt th ol~i(wner11 thereoi~fCiefconlel >li Imlory a sttalwart negro, andi Capt awso n was sent ad rift. It is ludtielrow 1w to lok backy at this5 iniet, whe:i Ce gaIllnt, coIurageous ollicer was will 1 LI to eugage iln inLeuil scryvice, bult was i ed the place anti preference given LI ommloni tdarkey. It is stranige th :la ruedCL away from thiis disaippoinltmIimin dt Ibegan miak in1g arran gemnents foi ibl ishiingi a'small wveekfy newspaperfi~l il iehmiondt, mi conne ~iction withu a Mr va n", whoi. bhad in fluential relati vet le Hicfhmiond Whig loanedf them typf hd thme press work was. to bie (lone it mit oIceIII, buht the Whiig hadii offen de ol mllilittry auithoilitils, wih) closed il oe eIstab ishmen t alndI str1an gled thi nibryo ne1Cw spaperiI inl its very hir ithi hlitlh tee For the Liti bingill thi orlbii til ami~ioins of onen whoII wa sit ined1 tIo mailke hiis miark ill thiis identi ii lisld oF labor~i. Thef~ next ehiort (oF Capt. D~awsonm wa harvestingi wheat, by whliich htearnie 10, antd then lhe trilod boo11k-keepinig i1 etersbuig, fir whichi he receivedi $1 or monltht and paid *'1) for boartld. 11 Itn( decidedil~ to make anther effort oi ii: fars, but went over' to itichumoni r thle piurpose tof sayf ing goo d-bhyo ti undIF. Onl ariv'1inIg t here hie wasl inr rule! thInt NIlt. II. Rtivtes Pollard, wiu teen the manaui'ginig editor oIf thi mliner. din1 inig the wari, was abut!It ure h0im as 15f lcd reporiIteri. He celo se Liade with Pol lard' lit $20 ai week, an isionsl oIf cominilg wealth were befor inm. Mr'. B. 11. itiordan, who had beel oiiiected with tuhe New Orleann Delt a i nd Was afterwards tie managing editor d of tile Cirilestoln Mereu-v, was In 0 n, the Illost conspicuous vmbers of thle ei editori'l staff, and ther spiang it) be Iween him anld Capt. Dawsou ai inti It lacy aind friendship that ripulled iito Soser b nlillness reitions ill a few vears y. ulld the irm nne of Iiordan & Daw 11 sonl, Charleston, S (. The Exainer 4, had leell under the editorial mIIanavC g lielit (of Maaj. ,ohn %I. Dan iel dui ing i Ie y war, and was chiefly read for tCbe ait lit3' - and Caustic style if' its etitorials, which r critieisel relentlessly the conduct. of the j, war by Mr. Dtvis and his cabinet. Ma j. of Daniel served oi the stalf of A 1. Hill, and was seriouts!y 'wounded at Uaines' e Mill. It. Iives ['ollard was the assis t talt editor lit that time, an d afterwaids d became the mtainging editor lie Wats e not gifted or bri!iait likc Dlliel, ilt u he had all indrdinate amhition, and it is i nOt s11rprisilig thatt Ie mlaiC tIeC Fx a amtine1r after the war' tle velicle of 3 abuse and can iiIly uipoll others, w% Ieich brought hlimi into n)oto- iety and cause Id r hostile meetings with this 1from whom l, (dineed, lie wias lrrogant and self c lceited, full of bravado tlt a extreieluly I cmcrless ill iIs statellicit . alout (Oter 'rmi.lTe Federal! col-miandr at Riicb i mnd ezled posseHSsion af tile (lIlieC ald I vilspended the publication of the Ex anxiner on account, of imalilinant articles5 I in its olumns, lut the I ri..elit issued i a peremptory order fio its I:lease Capt. Dawson Cl.joye)d h1i a work upon tie xaminer, and was d lway-.; ill the i iclk(st of tile light wihci P'lard Iglt i lito dillicuilties, wilich w :s tilite fre quently, i)aws:mll IlLakl he. 1 in a tollnil for fo fur yeatrs, and doua t b-,,as v erse to itin a1dull tino- The ver-y day tilat thll E4.xamjinerl was1 suspnde b~y Ill( lnliitary' authl-1ritiw4, tilt lrapa ihl,rIs alt tile Dipmteh nCIII for ('apt 1) ysonI 11a o)fered him at salatry -f : pe' 11r m-ek, Il Which Mir. Pohard Illla. at.> bji -. ald lie Weilt to Vill)" :tt one". ltl till. Dispatch, where he wa egiSlativC :tL'0 local reporter, aid soln LainedllC(l tile C Ili fidence.of is emlI )evrIA, w4ho treated him llute hanudsomet. y, acord0ing 1.4 hlis Owl aeCCOIlt. Whel i lift. tLil! Di). PaCII ill SeAteiher, 1866, Ille 1eCeived Ia warm11 expression of tneir sentimenits frim Mr. .Jl. A. Cowardin, edilor aof the Disisatcl, front wiom letter is 4liutdlltI tHe. following: 1" Displcil Vill ilis your vauhable contrib u1 tions aild yourI intelligent andLperseving elf a to promote its interest-;. alld inr ea e its attractiosll. I canl trlly say tilat I Ielver knew ai gentlemia more earnest ill I energetic, ill tihe pursulit ao i.r11ralism, whi1le you havpe displayed acmls ments fmr the lprodifession that are r:e and ilvaluable. Socially, we will :II eel a great l', ill pa tillg witlh yu, 11111 tile rclilections of our. iltelrcourse -vitih you will always be agrn cable. W hi i Ic your own talenlts aLl bearing will cmi m1and rei-pect for you ill every com mni ity, and your. gallantry inl 'ite ",!outh 1 erIn cause wvili conmnend you to tile iospilLI ity all friendship of' every Soutliern m.an, I teider you my most earnest and heartfelt good wishes for your pros perity ind happilless ill life." This was "praise from Sir lubert," liteed ! 'rile conservatisml of tile Dis patch and its disting uisied editor wasi a marked fcat'ure of its Inanagemen, ill those das, ald this v iua3y tribute to tile talent ild Ilerit of Capt. Dawson must haive made a profounllI impressioll upoll tle yoIllng joillrlalist, Whok) had bI esi tated to accepit a position as local report er on the EItxamiiner because of an lionest doubt 1as to Ilis litncs.s faor the work. It wai wile they Were botl engragedI oll tile Examiner tiat Mr. Riordlin had brojacledt a pl.a f 1 ,artin a chap nd popular newspaper ill ChJIarleston, whe:re ho tholigit tilerc was ta 11line field for a ne ows y, bri gilt and ene Iget iC j rtlllnal. 11 had not takell any steps ill that direction, for lie was ,vaitin.g to Jind the right sort of a lmani, and lie had bell convinc tha~t lhe anal I)awsaonCI~~ co llmake aL sle cess of1 such a1 new ',spap erI ill ChairlestoIn. ha)ow, very i')propht ic were the [wordsl? of reliz~e thlat tiley, were I specialIly ad11pte'd ta) eachI other. htiordanl had11 no(t full I gauged tile c:aaity ofi is) pro spectivye partner C, ho1wever, for I iln d iscussine tihe dtetaiis of their proab1l~e ventureC he was careful to admuonl11ish himI that lhe (I a w son1) "cotuld nolt ado thie ed itoriat writing," andi they woldh hlave ILo engage a nlian for thlat, ser'vice llow~ little we knlow ofi men11111 unil wC have testedl thleir' mletl 1a1nd tprovenl thlem by) ex perienee. Capt. D ILasonI waslI in11trum~ental, whiiile conn iectedl wVithI thle I) ispatch, Ill formalilng a (Confederate Memorllial Ass1ciationII, oneI of tile earliest ill the( SouthI. Ill tile Ho(llywo~od and( )i O akwoa ac(emeteries lat liihon heI)i~ I(1saw' that thle graves of thi rty thlousan~d .soldtiers, who'ii ihad gi ven thii ir lives fall tile deCfenc o1(f thle iIty, were iln danger oC(f taetIng niegl ected unle Mss there' was aln organizedtla elfaort to kueep 1- them iln order Lid tnurkl~l thm CIIu11itaLy13. le b~eganl tao agitate the subhect inl tile I)ispaLIth. and me~t w ithl aI IIIatriotic rC sponse15, fall when1 t theC womaaen of1 ltichmiond everI fait tol h1onor thir~l lIved defendersl':i' Memoliaril (11ay brough~'t It sulspenlsian (I business, wh~ien the utlili tarly Iorganizationls wenut outl to I llly wood~aaa, accomlipai edt by hunlatdd of w ais Ii xed foall i t ime to IcIome11. Th'le raink growth of weeds was elearedl lawaiy and1( the graves werIe rearr111 ane, andl~ tile piltlan V wee inaulgurate d faor bitingila the mionumllent wh11ieb sI) well gr'aces - beautiful 11(o1lywoodl. Mrs. Mac~farlandu, til.e pre'tsidtlL (If thlu. MemCiaIli AssoI ciaI tion, sent. a letter of thlanks( to Capt. D'awson wVhell lie was 1 alt ta l eavye I iichmondIt~ , inl recognlitionl of is "'VaI lable andl dtaistinIIguiishled ervices) Ill adacinCiig 01ur soICemn and11 SaIcred pur-1 poe, anud ex pressin rij. egret t losin11g Shis coulnae1s, wvith best wVisheCs fori hlis suIccess andi~ happdin ess. Accomp IanIy Ig the letter waas a1 "slight memobl rial"' iraom1 the ladies, which waH a set of stulds ad sleeve butttons (If rgold, w itih the Con - federate batttlIag in enam:~beIll eaChI ofI Ithem.il VI. I It is a singullar fact that1 theC newspa per pro'(jec3t for Chlarlest( In was kept4 inl VIW ylw y Itiordlan even whell thier~e were I chan11ges 11hat sielamed to tbl bea11rinIIg thIeml )ad rift from suc.h a1 tpurpiol'. Whlen D ).w - 81)n left the IOlspatch lhe weet into a tile > expre-s1 ibusinessl with a Cot~npanly tilhat [3 coillapsed ver'y soon1 afterwaird, and t I RtIordan (lilt not 1long3 rImal w1131Vithl the( lIfl Exainr, bult Went 'to work Ill ash-41 I ington, D) C. ie t hen niecelpteda a posi 1, timn on the Charleston Courier, anld when Col. It. Barn wellI lthiett was~ abouit, 1 to r'estume theO pulicationI of thel Ciarles. 1 ton Mervy ho naika mti,-ala t., tlik( 1. h he. The one ray13, of hopu und en a , ( count Iem .t w4huh i ': inntl'iately t to the nghteI it11im LIt w :s the In invill eihllt 4 . 'II e o l indomitable enlerey sh w b :p.I w n Ills Said: "AitII with the all(]t In al1 l k thorough inte'1rpri1 e ill getting the nost terrible local nlewsi ever rcx .rded in an Amer~~~''1 tian( ~ It newapr, ot ai1 wich .tion, wve fi.:d i e ior' ms se t Iltiel anld lInesr tntatiOns p o it 'trelngth ofI hoipe and qolid fLuttl h)1'A.i.h thiltigh every paragrai'h." l".ur days after t a' ful l stI4( had( fallen piln (Ul'irleston wihli it was in) the! nitkI. Il t il, IlloSt appalb .g c nition , the g vrlLt healrted 1i1-:ry \V rady was itherc, andt(] be . rot. - , c 'as filloiws : "1 Perlhalp the -lii liltil gr~d 1ews ailt' inl it;4 Cain 111n11111y was necvel s1 1hw in a 11ore II, k . h t A v thl e n ay o r the tly V id o r indccd any other I t I 1r H4 wa , th, I n blc111 d appaUls to ( I ' n , r -.1, ice, Nlug'elitiol u !14 \\ :I a ' Ib it ) .a 1- lii hat iu t t v I -( r t 1n' ! ) h. - pc ill the brI. 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I4 4. 11';411 i tiln'aha II't Mih NN Isw i u ye n t Il 4k:-d .'. 4 I :'44! h III li II 1b114 1 1al , A. l t 1 Iinwi' .44.4.i . II l h iY ' ' , Il fI:h v f ' o ' tI r 144. 414'. " tilt uI :l . t , . l ut e , <' '"I'':h-4.ii 1114''4 - IuL I. 1 1.\ nd jlIe n il: l4':iI.l 4 e'IrI, 41-14. 11.i I'l ' col ne i wih lm w -l --r-n a Wl rw l - Ite i j lle 11''. i.4 11 f t Ir!"4 1 1 It 'I. ' kI 444 rIl' :I q) , a 111 .I 1" lt he pn111 c44 11 -iwra it I I); th l 'i I 4111 I iI -, aII I. - 4 II 441 1 -i 4 14 s I I I r 114y 1 i ('44I1it 1414'- 1) IIi I d f v. 1' I t 1h a ri . I1: I I. k , the I hc . f ll Ii I I Iinv I InI w i ro-- l Ie't I 4y 4'. rIc I I r4 Ilin , he bII: I I : If 1 W 'ri4 11,4i4 iln i [ .'111 i4ll hI I e ' of inter1 sl.- Ij) A\I I111. ifl tI yea r11 4( r I I it ! ,\I .. IM I41 I w enI '% - inI I .1 t T r r-it. o4' ry , tIn- dc 1 I ry b |t1u1 tilypr un tIv'(', -tlol ilinedi:11ely bec- il :41 t o p ro I III v I i I ThIeII laj1 I 11 m . Iu, 11 14' C (y III' I I r4 1 :1 itd coI pre-- an il 1 1 11 f I Il\*j,' l I t 14tlj.I' ) , I Ih.- I vI I I' I'(- ; ' I r I .. I44 q 1 w-j h In - Il I ':1:1ili 'Il 4114 y \441I I i i'I 411' (I I ni I-'. - 44 , ill I f I p h 4411. I 1tf I wIII the I e r44 4 I tr\ 4' 4111d 4r4su e 14 f :1k I (' 1 4i i' 41 .1ev 4r 1 14 11i: : 4,'I -. T lw :~ w ile of i u :w r a ) , a o~n:m4m at11 '1114 X 11.1ng l n nIbrL w (41 11f4 M(wr u-1111 '4411 IIf II h city :-I L 444 r ls: lii1hI ILfl(111"r 4 4.h 4 e irI , b 44111 4)1'44 4 4. n ( J4';(,' . iI 114i4 Ik , 114h1e .4 i rL~ n- ui o 19.fe'. a 'ui' br.iIni-h' (wr Ionlt'i 444'40l1w 1 tur- 1. forlr jIII V ' n-ll'- ilj ( llptI rI t -o I'1 'pc f e td. lLin r tmia eiss( lora ViI1'Iim wandd tlwre ido avetmsed fio catj 001 "I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for a great many years, and a, though I am past eighty years of age, yet I have not a gray hair in my head." Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md. We mean all that rich dark color your hair used to have. If it's gray now, no matter; for Ayer's Hair Vigor always re stores color to gray hair. Sometimes it makes the hair grow very heavy and long; and it stops falling of the hair, too. $1.00 a bottle. All drugglists. I f yotr <trugist Cannot Suply you, Real 111 11am cl ar andl we wi I express yaa a oi tle. lie suro anl givo the name of your totare'st rl)reas otfice. Addrew, J. - A Y EIt CO., Lowell, Mass, IDUSTRIAL AND GENERA4. ta-e 'ver*y year the British ship inakes aI trip to the Island of As tan :a111l letu1rn1s with a cargo of 114ls. ht rin wh ich royalty is supplied It soup. I i is iliated that there are 6,000, I i-ach t iees in (eorgia bearing this a, :11 Iinit. the crop, notwithstand a bda hacks, will amount to 4,000, t vraes, worth $1,000,000. This is tiot il-lutIe the amlount consumed It al 11 u I 'ar 111btt er, cheese an(] eggs would inuanl the best prices. The dairy ni I ls that those vlio are looking 'im Int ry places will give more for 11e1L t have InI es'tablished nlama (t ionutaion. lit short, it would pay ' aiin-' ti adivertise judiciously, as 'ays any aither biitiss mttan. in t lie ari'ieniltural (lepartnent of illun'g ta they are propagating new I-l liat:! af wheat by selecting and ar (eat pot tiailization. Soimte of the Va .lies paitaaaeed a11re far ahead of the - varial its previously cultivated. It ,tinutedt Ithait they have added $22, 11Q1111) tat the valie of the Western t1n-al rop. A rs. W 11. Ilurnett, of Jasper, Tenn, i' f thi e head itlier of the Jasper, I I., tlurlmg mills, has just given tl ta Iouir chibdren all of whom are inot well. l'revious to the advent of asaa habies Mis. liurntt gave birth I ripalets, mid then twins. The couple I; been married five years and ten uirenI 110w adorn-1 their hlomel. raiiink Stelhzindller, the driver of an Prss wagt il Denver, began the ict ice tlbt tll'I wo years ago of placing its uiler the feet of his horses where y stood. lie was actuated by a feel of kidntiess to the allimals, but it brought him considerable business, 1 thert is talk of the local express !II's t1utn1n asking all members to )lit the(, prnctice. Neveral tiethods of preserving the Iit ia I olor of presse5cd flowers have Iin suigges'ted, baut thle best, it is saidI tinat uased iln the New York botanical ardeni. After' the~ specimlens have in tailelre'9jsure for a (lay or' two, -y in-e hid in papers hteated in the ta tuni Ithis is repteatedl until tihe dry im t'otinplete. This preserves the 'aars perfectly. W hilte.1lain llegaun, of .Abilene, K~an, as aaat tnving his hlounds exercisae the her aday thle dog~as stated at rabbit anid Vae ebaase. lhutny rain straight for a a s ('oulrb, dodtaged beneath a wire aeia wvithi whIch the ground is sur iinltat :ot goat awvay. TUhe (logs dil t sat..e the sceen and crashed into it, ei atnn woth $8350 being killed I iaho I inalley, of the blt. Louis cir it aourat , is fondta of ai qutiet joke. A V onanlIl~l, somll onliied for jury duty, Slal rad to b relheved. "Schudge," he d, "'I cain nicht unde(r~stand English tt." I Atakinig over the ciowded bar, a eye tilledl with hlumlor, the~ judhge re ed : "( lt, you ennI serve I You ama'L htiva to undler~stand~ good Eng. ''' hi. Youi wonl't, hear an~y hlere." 'l'hae bardl of health of the city of 1 vestoim1 ilarranging for a large sup y otf oil from the fcanmlOnt wvells, to it eda in faightLing mlosqulitoes. The I wilt he ichstriibuted in all the stag mit Itools ini the city, sprmllkled1 on the rface ofi water ill the gutters and (118 Ihtaedca free tao the owners of openl eIS rita for ilS ill destr'oyinug mosquitoes ali lie l ever-brleeding germs which lleet im the ptonds. Thieire is a pr'ospect, it seems, that taryhiand tad Virginia may be able to Ml tr'anlgas tat their anlnual crops. The parit mtent of aigricultu~re is making peimenhtctts that promise well for these tes. l'ive years ago the first exper tnts were begun wttth the Japanese 'ange, which is extenlsively used( for Mlges. hatoer the sweet orange was -artedl upon( this hairdicr stock, and es r'epresenlting~ thle cross are grow ag vigorously in tile (departmient counids in WVashintgton andl are now >vere'd with blossomns. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. [he Kind You Have Always Bought Bigzuture of his old place, but this olerwas de11clie liordan ad vised Ihat )awson he given' phlt4e onl the Mercury, aid Co'. Ithe eint him t ltelegratui, which ofl 'ed it al = on the paper, req cut iit his ionediaite presence in Charleston lie aIr'ived there oi the 10th of Noven her, 'Ii , anid I nexl. (liy went to wor inl the ot1he of the Nicrcury I'he Ci.rlestiln News ha1d heen esta1 lishied by Cathcart, .\cehillan & Co , min, tilt ren owm-r.4. v.4 Mi BIe11jibonin \Vood of' New York. liordlan indt said tha, " Th'le Chreso ewspapers ere ver slow andit -fs io e , but this remarl1.1 had no reference to the N. vs, which lva conducted in a l)ilI. tha nunk41 it su. cessful in at certin Fvense, butI the n'anl agonient fln the whole. wva. extravagant,. an14d its waning fortinles indlu.ca liwIrtk to seek cintro)l of the News l1e vitite' New York in the iutiumi, of 17 ain opensed netg-otiations with AIrU W.oodk which resultd fithe n it-li t f 2 16,i1r d12,n, lbmwson &k () , thle unknowi tilet-l her. being 'NIr.- W..i, who) had a l we thirds interest. The Oibiite or thu () d tirinl weret a.MIned hv their su~cces So's, and 41 with ai indebte Ic4ss of $:!0. 100. it coupl fhI' preses and1 I it ti of old ty pe, t he young ntien st I out Ahver flyto) cmlyto.er anld ovC COOni ever) dillicu1lty. 11n1). ly ewspaper ta1. le , coupl led with energy and .rd wo; , clh 'L've I t With Itucce .nder tu Cit' ('Ilt I'al InIW(es lIt t 1 . were Irl4il1ers to li h people I ll' Charh 4-sto fir NI ''. bin 4's pre vimus -eshdlnce wa-s at a imei wh nci all 11he aLi .! oted men%% I 1 i n I. aLII ait no period Inl hli-, ife. did be( wst :11. tim e ill b 11biil 4.4 Iiri isu is a141 aiali Lances H iis phive Aais 1"I ic o:tipor, alit! s b1: lm did bit! '.I w 1411r n it Cliev unertodthel v:il %lid insportan.LICe C nl: 's, :111t I he4)1 . , l th i r t Ipf r %4 Ip Il it own nam w t b . 1 wr!4.4 lilh . rtt 1 1 4 'i 40, ilt a strmig hIla finlt e city ,%It(d Il, the S1al . I4 I I ibsce.w . hig tha:t ' , r. ws ;I eI It ial wriI er .I.t ,i'til nw at abih ty at tht, be1hn, :iIo tl t cautio.y.04 manl f r that woi k di t lt''I need tol be carried out V Il It wouI d he: prllitabil owetrit details "f thn IV(enhd work wh4ib ean111d 'm t atil . tw 4.4 n a high repu' 4 . 011n aS L jour1nalRist, f-Ir it WAS in t no'.'1t10 frt:uneliti that place.1 him1 caiiy in .' fro tll, ra k ofI li inel whoIm knew hli ow.' 11 enrich a% ne.a e .ith thoughtl aind informiation, bult( the iiinis3 )If this.- skctch are alrea4dy remahed and only a vjiinpse, Inlay ble givenl of the twenity year, work which fOllowed his c4n1' 111 nt n1c l with 114 Chri lstin N) ws. Thu c:15c Il'ie 411f the .\lerurythe con1i1Ct .i t1 1f the N Stnd thet.- Coumrier ade lilt iti r tni ad pro itie 1 l.1 int which toU hh1r 11ft (o kingf baCk t11 1 tits days it is 11 easl tis '(ue that Ca1pt. 14t11wson1 was r4. illy to) Ltak4 a1valltag 4f Li. , ip 14rtuni'h whie let! to pr uin lie' anIllt inlthei-nI in te l(1u111cl 1 f the a ,s r opr(e(tAnIeCad tI),' th4( political inirty it which Ile w a.1 lt Itched lin nany respect s he wa,.is th nmost, active anid vigiant of public Yer. vints inl his day and genet.1 rat1.tiln,'ad it (II him may be41 IWjustly asribd tI epli tion Ind develoIlaeiti )f many laudabhL enterprises. industrial and p 1liticl. i1 Lthe batter field lie nmade! suine srious iniisakesu asohern viewed ithn bua he said, in at privat e letter in) the(! hea1t off the ylrrlimill ary 1ight, of ;6, bie wa,:Is a 44lways read ..y to yield tit the najority of his as s41 e its an1 d 1114 11an lIt-w 4' ttl. ta' n hic did how to yield wvith gramce and 1i4.(ilill4 14.1 >(445144 Ii ':' h!it Li the earlit.j er taes tl his carver ts In iLluinLial citizen, i , jlay k,- rIli4,c .that(he did his bt. I wk a. a wi.5nher Af LIe 'aix. lIyrs' Cnventins,1in which hie canite in close conitactl With thle chiest mnd stnIgest l1en il te1 1411, whom were. int: t pn)i L rn 4 i.41 h frightfuil inei - buis which1 was literadly eating, the vitalsA 114:of 1 I the boy oolt' A4 an echter1 he daid3:1 a full.in sha 1re i t organi.ing 41 heinovement,'3 4 aie h I nnlly F'ii 4)Ii shai ng0 a4 141i: y I:ti Vt! arousei he 14 utante5 worb41.! t444 t4( he 44 de r.1441 precursorl o the revo41'1II .(lutn wh14ieb fule .l )are i t hI '414 insta c, although lowing wa.' s patr4' io:ticl Iti we1.sII no1ht a . Wel' 14444 illts'L. i ht.-e 44 14 ..:4 5)(fr gret, 111tilldu! ri.44.111 41d4 inv ne i s j 14t h' Stati1114, tCapt1. )awson was14 a pIon14ler in g~fltci'piite Sout Ilik te 1.11t'3 a... nee 44 devet)lpinent of4'4 'our re.ources. If th4C n14..' thF mil to~r) thel4. cotton' " was a i:li'1:t RANCIS W. DAWC.ON. lier and the Patriot nos of Capt. Francis W. Daws;on, of the i the 4th inst. at the annul negJin of d at Gleni Springs. q. C. The sketeh r of The Creenville M ordaJ jinver. andt it the Association.) )f the steamer Nashville, in the dokk ati Southaiptonl, Was the signai of hope to ,c youth wh) was waiting a 'k ebauce to xceUte hils project. lie Went to South Lilptol, and (here for the first time far a the distaice lie saw a 1:1g "'which v ; mlitirely new and strange,'" ht, wiiich lie I Vas; destined to follow tlr ough success i mid defeat uutil it wAis furled fo)rever atl Ipp 'iomatt ox. i'he aikbilL, a D di gnitv if Capt. 'egrain imprcs:iUd t he adtlvin urous youth, who wias dooed(! tU mcou vith isappointmient oil the i threshohkl (t lis anxious; purpose, h'4vr, 3 the 'alianit, oldI naval ofiltcer wN zhiige"'t -fuse him as a passenger, but hinted i hatt Ie would ne4e;>t himl) :t a, i r 1- h ore the mast, if he were a nio a en I t ist hi the service, lich op.1n: 1he r vay for his conuin.l le was jt3s.t L wi y mike years of a, wIich was about thie Iveragt othe meit4n then inl ihle Con ederate ranks. :uvi he was going to (...t lis fortu es with them], w1ih utan .ith or kin inl th e far (f:1 n r Ht' . t Watt natural and inevitabhli "hat the t! |:)wer of our "vn hind 1mid ~nek WiK i aerifice, for 'v, !;had be'.tau t ) (icet the contiSt now bein e: or a generat'iwn tib. bW d h i1.' eatin~g on bolth side' ., bh; h1 was ony 2p"l eaed the us . roe i- aor 1 ut(3 th his youth. who h '..d a h1 -. colile it lmeWi, %:d w . io! n a b C prorhattle und re su t ! ut m i ti :.(74 I llg, therevilg nohe ne " Ofthf :i u l 1Cn tofat com:noi w iith t - t- .n 1 f ' ight ua i the ardor o! p . hA ti.hic, ' h' I lid1 t u' borme (itfhe :e 4 , wer- it lready w.ering tie gray .l( ' in l d '; ers :o teci ing in4, :n-t oll t. heun tie ' Nasjhy hjan:the wloblue I h e i. h Nrbor . BIuf t, N. C , on 't:U . - hie thefolation yu. who was ht F it Ith Ioul t "nd licert a tv, i n uul : t et describw e Othrs w 'e C:Li:l to y tU d. hc rvtuae In v'l r e11 IS Li I ect wxith f'rie!-ok and rehvevd, he ' i ll1 as I:g wvr(I vo i 1.)0111 ! %!:0 Xi -,t, :i b d e of Ik ,th at t ' \ it a ithat ''nu hant bich onIy tuirwi , f Niu1h, 1 : I I y v : ,nd cfll ., vity w ouhi i revere in the tring .h s I soon ahend of him. V!1. ft would m)! in Ftst ieg tof follow thu >rtunes of the rot1.g' Enli 1after _! reached the sh1ares "t his a !opted .id, wIlere the god of ar.it- wase ram tilt, aid w 11 ver m n Ula 114Id ti' lilod wt e wuas destined to l:e was Fr Itensely anI d I O :c!uiively -ts a ed in ie progress and result of thle strugg v n the voyage' he had ri'sen irm t e t lace of a connion szailor ',o the corni i ential it eht itief Wae' m) 1ate. " d nierwards w10 prl dto m1' ' ihip an, in wlh 14 pa ity he w's liven o: '. ignmet t oile t% I 'el re h i 1hip, " C . w d tdeftat ," thenl in the o tll (ig al b orfolk, Va This rapid 'rom'etit a. '1 a6ily <11 to t1he i:ience of CII pt egram, baseid upOnie his rcvognit ' nd , :i1 orth Mir. Dawson, ra which Atood 1 le latter in good Steal t hie t- left th 1 A vy . 1apit. Pegram wasi ord1red ie e p rih, I)r.3 teo take ca'nidi' 1 iOte on1-chl I. Louisiana," Which was hulb- w g 1t New Orleis, and Dw n wash f liere to accompany him, whIeh en-- '.u led tile id tshilmal to trv y rail i " PtIelrsb rg Va., to Jlack.oln, uii s , hr tile information was receivid that to Lnited Stats fleet hi iattacke:l the W >rtS beiow'.; l, New Orle9, caus1ng the W ty o refue11 evcaei'd.i g On thI trn tii It al ben, mtro by thelonfeirate ith Iee, llilvle ththW V11 111iriiaL " ha ! ilie niy h ad of the Vlnemy.a It' aso apprt, that1 the( onfederate litw1 meerns, 'a s ere wa n45 clt an open i tar,'' whichs t anheok i te Iasl eing madte mjor eperfee, tivery~p dt. Ioun ofatsson had b ten hint 41 to anF ire w gnaaing abautery whih was dlyintew thmlm a ?i r n hc eto oa