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ghke Kurley JJesseneger. J. R. ,HAGOOD, EDrroR. RtOSS ERROR OF THE' GREEN VILLE NEWS, T-i . -worthv conteim pora ry, which i5 therto has alleged that when it made statements it usual ly had proof or authority to back it, attacks the MESSENGER i11 an editorial ths-'week acCulsingO' it of booming Judge Cothran for (on g'ressional honors, and being guil ty of an "insidious effort to creep tip behind the H1on. D. Wyatt Ai ken ill his OwnII back-yard an(1 whack him in the weak place be hind the eal with I :a brick-bat,' makes a misstatement, totallv in-! (comlIpatible with truth itself, and evinces on the part of its editor a decided streak of absent-minded ness. We do niot doubt but what t lie "News" was sincere in its imi] .prleSSion, but we would advise our. friend to read withi more (a re its cexchIangos, adi to be certain it has right (ata before. procedc(linJig to make a desperate effort to st rike its neighibor undei icr thu e short rih. We thought that the News wobtl]( have copied our article regar-di ng Ihe ( oru 11essmeii in Two Dist ii'ts, a1nd if it had done tit. it would have been SparlC the miiisfortunIe (X a correction of it. s woul-he, al-! Now 8.('P ct i ),' 1 it S V (-1f IQ :I 1-,,1 mtost inifallile col umnsii. owu~, r'er.. i li n.' lu u ( () { ian: f,6or ( 'otgress. Wke w1oh1 s Sa v. t i I t We ha(d ihevlr set'n his name in print for1 the pos ition oA Cou ngr'ess manutil it came out inl the Greenvilie'News'' itself, On: Sun day morning last. True it was riouligt. out hy a Picke)s (Iounty man, but the Messexcu is not to be hel ncountabl1e for this act on t he p~arIt (1oflne of ourl piiva te eit i zens. The( MI 1~~~ENt;a 1n bougrht out (Col. R. E.; Bowven, of Picki'ns coun)ty, for th p1'lositioni of (Congres sman, and( no one coub 1( fail to understand~ he fact, if he hadl given) it the pr'oper' attenition. But it mllatter's not who the MEsseNGICn brought out, it is absur id to char'ge it withi an1 "ins idious effort to creep up) be hindl the lHon. D). Wyatt Aiken in his~ own back-yard and( whack him in the weak place behiind theQ ear' with aj brick-bat.'" if the people of our1 district de ieachange in ou r C ongressmian, wold( it be -"inidiiouis" in us to p ropose .Jud(ge (Cothr iani, because, like IIon. D). Wyatt Aiken, he is a resident of Ahh evil le C ounuty?~ Does the~ "News" thinkil that nto mzani inl. A.1bevill (ounlty shou1ld be brought out against Mr'. Aiken beca use M r'.A.is a worthy man from t he siimn onnty? If so the mweee dent which bur estcemcd ,contem poraIry wishes.to establidi is a bad one, amd Should not repeivse,tlO enl '(-orsemlent of ally. of its readers. Upon. this principle it would be treason ill uts to vote for a changve of our1 St1ate Seniators and Repre sentati ves, when they Are Cotisid ered worthy men;and because they are in office we must ignore the w'orth of others, and disregard the men. whom we 'rec)ognize us fit reprsntati ves for th3 sam :. po sitions. We did say that we would like to see Col. W. HL. Perry sent to Congress fom his district, and we brioIht before the public the.naiie of (ol. R. E. IBwen for Congress fromn this onre. If ('ol. Bowe l1 comes a candi(d(ate tlhe VE.SSEN: Shall advocate his niomination, ani(d nothingii short, of a refusal to enter the race vill nake U% fuAor anoth er' lian, REEDMOND AT 110M. Major Lewis R. Rmo(lfnd, whos-e name is so familiar o our p 1 o ple. an(l vhose e(Ul(er in our midst Va-s for1 So long a time the Suibject of sch a graIt. iiterest, has been pardond0 mn account of his ill hlealth1. anld at the,- wriiting is nowv at his brlie ill N ort h western paIt of the ( 'oun tyII . Darin( (leedis of. ten immlIortalize the names of ie illore thani the hohli 01 high po sitio n s in ('hurch and State, and such is the case with the charinC ter w'hom we no have e 11 onle - sid(leration. I Is Jnme will he hadled down to manyN su I iccessi V( greIerations, S an examiiple 0 great daring. and1l venturesome c exploits. C!rims no doubt :- has commit t ed,but in part they have beeni ex-, piated in the w~oundios he has ire in the prison walls of Aumburn and C'olumbia Penitentiaries. lIn thle walls of the formner lhe would( have been to-dlay, if' his health had not have failed him. Foritmuate for hiimsel f andl friends, lhe haUs been set ait liberty, and is now sharing the pleasures of '-Home Sweet Home.'' It matter's not whethier his residence is that of a lowly hut, situiated on somle bleak mnoun tain sidet, or' in a narrpow cove of the ruggedl Blue Ridge,- it is nev er1theless a~ dlear to him as the brown stone mansion of' the mill ionaire, or the palatial -residlence of' the Sovereign Pr'ince. In his rude hut he~ finds mnore consola tion than in the furnished parlor of the "Mansion H-ouse;" and in the presence of his wife and chil (dren), he finds mnore comfort than in the sympathizing words of Sen ator Hampton or Gov. Thompson. A child who in his ance three yea rs ago was lusiep1 edinto exist ence, can now lisp the na.e of fatler,.and with a playfl -Sdilte can welcome hIs iapfty return. Tihe 1eniory of Rei R. Redmiond will .prove sempiternal. with time. Whi-enl he has passed aWay-, minds wiil revert tb the histan vih feelings of admiration they will dwell dpon his character. Guilty, but regretful of his guilt. Once over-ruling, but regretful. -of the cir01imstances that made him, so. 1Otee defiant, but now subuis sive. nd mleek. Once hadhared , but nowas tender as tenderness itself. Willing to bury the tomahawk with 1is4 Cnlemies, Ie wants to en ter u.pon U new life. Ifis heart is free of. elity, and the desigls thereof disrobed of' malice. hl1lndsom11eness in his face is vet appareilt. Miy t he disease which l(nw binds its; ahnlost hlelpless, vie-_ tiII. he .S00on removed in the inmmost soul (if Levis 11. Red moni'd Iav his ('r2atorl entei, to reign supreme. ' fREl NVILLE I1ETTERI. Mu. F.I)rro': The citizeis of Greenville 1had(1 the plea sure oI Monday ight, (f witnessing. the wvonderful1 performnces of Mlissi I ula IHurst. No oi seems to ac (use h_4.e-1(r (Weof le6gerdema in1. She0 erl-, taily~ has anl inherenvt power ve inan111imate objects, anld it a ppearis, th at She herself (does not k now whence it edmes. The first exhi bitionl of, he(r powver-was shownv by a: g*en tilellm taking an opened umi brelila by the staff- theii she took hiold of the staff, and at expiration of about a minute the umibrella 'ommelned( moving rapI1idly in 'va ri0ousi directions, so that lhe was un ,ahle to hold0( it. Other Ii ke per ,formances wereC made with a great many U ri'dable citizens of this place wit hi like result~s. -The greatestL perWformncne wUa made by hier placing her right hiando on the low er' ba'k o4fl n ordinary ..elrair, andl~ .the~pmlm. of her left hand on the to1) of' the seat, apd at the same time two of the strongoest men~ of the ciy,W. A. Williams and W. A.Barton, 1lhlg the c'halir, one at back and the other front. Th'ley were utterly unablIe to manage it, as it threw them about on the stage like they could have thrown a strip ling of a boy. I could give you many other examplles of the inde fin abl.e power wh ich she displayed, but as they all fall in the same category, andl~ y'our spalce is too valuable to be unnecessarily tak en up, I will refrain. Very respectfully. AAn C. 11GO01 &,io. . HA VE JUNT RECEIVED BUSHELS GOOD BE SUPPLIED. :N O w is the TIME to purchase C radle s. COME AND EXAMINE May 30 tf