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4A4 ABISJE)1860. 11-XW~ H ~Y.~ Cog TUESDAY, SEIPTEMB3ER 131II8 WC~ EE.~ ~ 'At .WVATURED DETAILS IN DARKEST CUB TAEK WIii iII MI. N. (I. GONZA1,S A TO IllS E(XPE(il1ECNo'w. Fsrtti. omis'l lis Freed Cuba-ThNiga See, tho-4stos-y cif WhIch Will M1akto Ettr sailnitig tRading-A Ilir riC- Ilenime. "Yoll boys who have boei runnin ThM Stalt( 8o W111 du11ring MY aLI a n IP," said Mr. N. G. Gonzales, lIII night., "havo mado a little mistil ii iassuming it your editorial an local woleomles, which 1 highly a l proviate, that I would it 0onco til up lily old work of writing editorialf I simply can't (10 it. I have lost th1 hang of the thing aind lost tie rn of the nitws. I feel shockingly ig norant. Just think of it! ' Nof campaign speech have I read, and am just now trying to discover b., hard study of the files of The Stat momething about the battle befor Sintiago. Abont three weeki afto crverl's squilladron was, annliihilate i liabana paper with ant inc-denta referenco to it ronchod onr camp 1111d .1 think it wis about the 10th c August taiLt two Copies of tih. Dialri do la Mari of Iitbana 'of Augul I and 2 to'd us that Sauntia1.) l ha 'llen. .'ve got to catch up a litth with the news beforo I can ilf:1 m11 old placo." "You are going to .111ke ad M Lltalg of the ea(11Y ti writo about y;mr Cu ban -xiperiences also, aren't N ii ?" "W(Il, I mllay mako i stiit, b)ut i I kept a pretty full diary I horo won' hlimnech nlw work in that 11-i. inave nothing of Iy exiilig inter est to tell and my notes are Iargel; of personal experiences of i. gen Prall momen)111, but, so manily riend1 have asked mo to print them I lint will do so. They will at least. throv light on the situation in -Aarkes . Cuba' and elliblody facts about th ,oliitry anud its people which I he wa ,brespondents have overlooked. tod down all the information o I sorts I could obtain and iad op (portunity to put on paper. It wil not tell of groat battles aud sieges but it. will lit least show what ceitra, Cuba is now and may yet become.' "Your own oxperiences wv,-u no exciting?" - "No, not lit tall. I (lid not go ove -with the idea of doing moro thMn t< put myself in tho position ] askot the young men of South Car.-flina t tak-that is, a position in which t< bo .-hot itt by Spaniards and to shoo back-adI Its I wis l'ot ahlo to di rect th policy of Genoral Gomoz could4 not p)rovid1o excitinig situ at iops My light turnemd out to be mor< agist sIlarvation tha ain~iist Span inds, 1 am11 sorry to say. I w.m 0111) 11 01n0 o11eoum1or of arms.'' "W\'here waIs that ?'" "'At Moron, t he town at t ho hoi of' the t roch'ai. W ith 11 () iml wo lat taicked it on the night of August 11 --four hours, as it tuned out, aftei he protocol of peafceI had been'1 sign ed. T'hoe woro three regimi.nts o: Spaniards in the town and( it wase do fended by I10 block housos. W< tackled eight of t hese at a i.aac< of ranging from 50 to 150 ya tls ane kept up thle fight for ani hour, losing -on11 naanI! B1t. 1 11ay3 11s wol givi lan ou1thline of liy very hiumibl lnd Veil tures in 01 der to, save niysel f th< task of ro eontinhg it fu rther by wvorc or miouith. Duharing the last ten dlayt so mniay k intd frienids halve bomnbard. edml w111ith <I iost ions tha*t myi~ voicI is woary n1od 1 am11 woeary of myl voIce.a "No, I never~i re~overed1 myt hlors( and I marched -10 miles in three da1y~ and1( got rid of 3() pounids in doing it anxd thon a fast of 410 dlays friom ra. iOns kept 111 from resuiminug them Everybody starts by asnking me if ] got back my horse. A Cu banl ofllema took pit3' on m11 uand loaned m1o r broken dowvn one, wvhich by good fortno and1( god care I was ablo1 tc restore and1( make1( aIvailablo lte r.] landed on the south coast, arid do. pamrtedl fromi thel north coast. In an air line the distaniuce is about 10W muiles buf, wo zigznggod a1 hund11roll mmo o. A comimanu of (*omoz's army with the I wVo dynamilito guns taken over by our eixpedit ion reduced ian captured the towns of Jibaro alnud Arroyo Blinlco, blt I had rnot the A luck to ho with them. Wo were posted to protect it h, besiegers of t ho LH latter place from intrrerfee by the Spiiiards oil tho trocha. I witiess It, Vd (he trial of Gen. Bermudez for outrages committed on pacificos, buti. did not seie him oxecuted; as he was after a soconm' a ial. Not. havinig Ieei it jibtro I dd 11(1nl. see Lient. Johnson of th) United States army, coIlmmanding the colored troopers, in 0 his faiioms defenso of a barrel of d rum against the Cubans, his te'aring I down of the Cuban fl!ig and his at 0 tempt to shoot, his nol-commissioled *- oflicors for refhising to firo on the 0 cubans--bit I klow to fiets. I havo soon our force roduced ono. half by starvation and disease, have lived days without food, and weeks on scanty gleanings of mangoes and Y parched corn, foraged for at distances 0 of from six to 15 miles. I have seen 0 the darkest side of war and t ho dark r est sido of the1 character of iIhe Cu 1 bil. forces, reduced almost to say r.gery by privations. Two ah after our altaek on f \[,;uri we got [ion s that it relief ux. poditioll in n 11111ded ., on .the north col-t and sought tho Orotection of troops. Our infantry nmirched 40. 3 odd miles inl two days, most of it through fearful swam ps, and emerged on tile beach at, KEl Mam1oi Alugust , 1!1), whero we fo-ind the expedition - adies ad t our fir-t (quiro mieal sinco July I 1. Uen). Gommz vamno inl next day, briniging news of the tpeace, itd I was present at a strik img gthering .f clies, the first inl Froed Cubai. Tho war being over I got n lhonorable dischargo and om b arked on a littlo 2.3-fon sthooner, sailed th1rne days to tho KeVs north of Caiibarien. a Spanish twn; Iet Gen. Nunez, therm arpived with the L Wanderer expedition, spent a week on that steamer while Gen. Gomez's army concentratid near Caibarion Iand me1L ib" Spaniards under the new peacO conditions; loft on the lit tll schooner with 25 mon in tow of the Wanderor. Our boat, the "Del lie" was droppod near Miami. We sailed aid drifted south along the entiro lino of Florida Koys, rescued a Nassan boat with a party of starv ing Cubans 20 dnys ou6 from Nuevi tas, towed them toward Key West, ran on a r0f at night, managed to get off again, and finally got into Key West harbor oil the night of September 1, passing the quarantine blockade inld landing in a stomi. Some of my ell'eets are in quarantine near Key WVest and1( others ini Tiampa Baiy-I wats luck~y tough to Peape the qualhrantin oil i ucers in miy skin. But don't1 be worriid(--I haiveni't b)roulght inIf(ectionl to Coliumibia. In malirchos of 20)0 miles I nlever enteredl a town; in fatct I neo'r sawv a house, nior at cow, enif, sheep or goat, and1( only two chickens. Sugar, coffee, to bacco arnd ruin are staple priodnets of Cuba. Ini all tiat timoi anid al that joutrne.VinIg we encountered of the nothiung but tobacco, and niot half a su flicienicy of that. The couin try thore is ia wvilderness, wilder than Africa and almost unpeopled. Yet a wndornuess of most wVondorful natural richles arid enlormn c)0 apailit.ies of "'I wanit to iaddi t hat I am deeply grat efuil to myl frienlds for the wel comoi they have gi vein tie, 5s) im- be yond anythlinag I loiokedl for, anid so far becyonid my Earnaing. I have dono nothinrg extranord inary, nothiinig but the( silm)plesmat. iter o( dnity. I amlT glad to be in South1 Cairolinia and in (Columbia again, not, SO mluch ho (ause of hatrdshipa elsewhlerc but be canrse I find ImnyselfC onicoe un0~Ariong the best p)eople on t.hisii ('arth." TheIi SLSaboard( A ir ineil has for (1is tribuim,Lin to its f irinds a nd hatronsa, somec typlicalt "C(oon"' piet,ures. T1hce aire PhoIitographsi, 22x28 iches and handsomely framed(,(. To'( cover parlt of the cosL of lt I 'l>otogr'aphs and 1x niressagit, they are soldi irt 2.00) chld. They can be secured from t,he itepre .senitatives of the S(heabord1 Air Line or upon01 apliciationi to T. .1. Ande(lrsonm, General I*'assengrer Agent,, I'otrnoiutl,, Vai., who wvill also be gleul to end pirinited mnatter relative to RtnteB Sum PAID OFF BY A COLORED MAJOR 0 N I,Y 4 0 1 .)it 1.'s 1s V V .t s I 11.;t 1 -4 'A 1 V, 1JI'4101AIN) I 10.S 1 E It%itI Th'e heecinel Itulgn kon . S. 0. V.. w.,.I' o i ,,14 1iCiV0 Th,e Ir PIy neIl T t'a1es M jiijor %% rltlist wi(t MsitilerIy Uirtemy, 'Tlhough Mity wemitlereol Why Ri. liul lict ba-mi Am.tsgsed lis n DlTf. rimt. Fie lil-h'et ilnj er Wil" 8140w. but, V'oll dutetedl H111melf with Areat 1'raiiety. (Special to News and Courier.) Columbia, S. C., September 10. When it, is considered proper that tho 2d Soith Carolina I(egit10Ik should bo paid off by a colored ma jor it may be said that the ora of re union has gone pretty far. The war department saw fit to send Major R. R. Wright hero to pay off the young men of the 2nd regiment. Thero is no disguising the fact that some of the mell did not like the idea of getting their pay for patriolic duty from as black at man as could be found for the service. No doubt Major Wright is i good man aud eminently qualified for the work he has been itsigned to do, but some of the men thought Major Knapp or some other oflicer of the pay service could have been sent here. rHEil's NoT To IEASON WIlY. Thero 1 no disguising the fact that the oflicors were very anxious to havo nothing happen to mar the standing of the regiment in I mili tary senso or to pr ejudico the comu Thand witi those inl anthority. One of the first things in military life is tu take things as they are and to obey orders. The orders wore that Major Wright should pay off the 2nd regimeont, mnd the ollicers wisltod it accept ed in the host possible mannor, and, after all, a crisp ten doliar note handed over by Major Wright was 1as good as if handod over by som one else. Still there is sotiment about such things, and the oflicers wished to avoid any seeming slight to Major Wright. MoAR wIo 101nT THEATED WITH RiESPECT. Major Wright is the superinten dont or president of the State Col ored College in Georgia, and, baviu,g lived in the South, knew his position and what was expeted of him. Col. Jones took it upon himsolf at the out set to lot the men so that lie would treat Major Wright Wilth considera tion ( and such deferenco as wis duo his oflice, and raiik. The treatment waR COntagiOls. B3eforo tile paying off began Col. Jones had1( the comipanies (drawn uIp, and1( the enmmanlludiung oflicers told the muen wl1.at they wore expectedi to do, anmd staltod thamt if there wera anly 11n0n who did not wVant thieir pay from Major WVrighlt to say so then and1( there and the monecy would be gotteni by the collamaInding otlior of the reginmn. The mnen wvere ex pected to ten signify their diesire and1( wore, of cour*so, exp)ecte'd to abido(1 by whalt thley said as8 soldiers None declined to go up to) the col ored ma:jor's table for their pay. TJhe men went up to the pa5y win dow in squads of ton, and as pay do partmuent was well guarded there was no0 chanice of troulek. A fewv of the mn turned their faices awlay, aind p)okod t heir haniids in wvindowv and1 got thleir pa~y. The( men01 were g'nerally "'straipped"' and1 woro rejoiced that psy-day was ait handt. At St. Simon01 Island, whcen the're is a1 sinall1 force, th ine lwspaLpers say Major Wright was roughly received andt tile men0 there refused pay from PAIl) OUT $28,000. Major Wright seems to ho0 quito niew att 1the butsiness. Ho is aiccom panlied1 by two colored cloaks. Thero was $28,000 paid out. The p)aynfmnt took 1amost ai daiy and11 a1 half, wilo tile expert palymasters go) thlrongh tihe wvork of pa1ying off a regiment in a f ow hlours. Major WV it iishlod up his work at about 2 o'clock. Wif0 MAJOIi wR[miT Is Major Wright said( this5 mornfinig that he is theo only colornd palymasiR ter ill thle voiluntecor sbrvice, ad he will sl(on tendoer his resignation, Major Wright is president of the Georgia Stato Colored C*olloge, mia tlyl hI did not solicit the position of va) master at. ill, bu11t it wa.s sInrul for him by friends, and tho l'r.sidt-nt olered it (A hin. lit) at first. thought of declining tho oitor, but. frion<ls ad vised hllm to acopt tl position. It thmi went, he snays, to Groverior Atkinson to resign the presi<lney of tho collogo., but Wals asked to retaii his piosit.io as presideit, and roturni there at ih oponing of the fall son sion. Aijor Wright, therefore, with drew his resignation and will return to the Georgia Collego in Octobor. He says this is his last trip out as paymIIIiastor, as ho will tonder his resigniation to President McKinley about the Ist of October. WIZEN THE SECOND IE0oIMENT WILL * MOVE. Col. Jones expects to leave hero on the 20th %ith the 2nd South Carolina volunteor infantry. He will go to Jacksonville or Covington, Ky. Gon. Leo's corps is now at Jackson Ville, but if fever should increaso in Florida or sickness should increaso the corps will be moved to Coving ton, Ky. Tile 2nd South Carolina will join Lee's corps wherever it may be on the 20th; that, atloast, is the present order, and will, no doubt, be carried out. The regimient will be ready to move at any noniont. A numuber of the young men todiay secured leaves of absence, so they could go home and see their home folks hofore go. ing to join Leo's corp>s. It moltui lonl" of Itelplct. Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to remove from his work on earthi to his reward above our friend and brot.her, David DVeWalt, a m110st, h1ighly esteemed mrember of thib lodge. He parted th is life August 5, 1801 aged 22 years, 4 months and 23 day. In his early boyhood his parents moved to Prosperity. Ile attended the schools of his town and after acquiling suffi cientl prelimilnary trainiing entered the S. C. College where lie continued his studies for .ome years, wlien Iiis healti became poor he came home and took charge of his fatber's immense farming" int,erest which he condlucted up to his short illness. Bro. DeWalt, was a no ble character, not so much after the manner of mn as the example of that meek and lowly Master. He was strict ly honest, lie loved hlumanity aid had faith in (0d. lie loved masonary as feW men did, although a very younig brother. His desilgs were drawn on the trestle board wit,h careful thought. prompted by love. lie was a mason in) spirit. IIis record as such is imperish able. lIesolvedl, T1hat in t,be death of Iro. Do Walt I'r-osperity Lodge, No 115 A. F". M., has lost a beloved b)rother and fellow worker, whose life has heen a noble example to us, tbat w, lhe we how wit,h suibm isslin under the hand of our Heavenly Feathier who has niilicted us we w,ili strive to emuclate his mtasonie faith and virt,ues, manly cour*age and conscientiousness, truist,ing that we may by fait,h in the i"atber whomi he loved be permiitt ed by the Su premet G rand Master's own ,I me t-o join im o in tha Lodge above. lIesolvedh, Th'lat a page in onr innute book he souitably inuserihbed to his~ memii or'y and that t,he Lode h!1le cothedh in mourning for thirty (30ij days and that t,he secret,ary be Iistrunet-r.d to forward a copy oIf these resolutions to the famni ly of our dleceased brot,er with w,vhomn we sc) deeply sympat,hiz/e andh toi the counlty p)apers. 1.1. N. KinLluii. 0. E. H AwKINS, 'I'he sotathersts OhIeapi I,an. For occasion oif t"armers meetIig at, Hlagood, Sept.imber 22nd. fare for round trip from New berry $1.75, from lProspierity $ 1.50. T1ickets on sale Septemb er 20thI and 2b ar, li mitel to AlIso Occnsi on ouf Na tional l'nicamp-i tembehr 5th to I10t,h, farie for routlriip frorm Newherry, via Atlanrta or P'oinit I ock, $11.910, from l 'rosperi ty, samle route, $1 I95It. 'Tickets onl sale Sc etm bier 3dt anrd 4thii, hiited to I12th. For ad vant.ages 00'ered b ly this road consult Agent, J. A. I lurton. National la pt-ist. (Con venition, colored, K(ansas Cit.y, Mo., Neptemnher 141 -20). l"are for r'ound( t!i p, *27. T1iket,s sotld 11, 12 andI 131 li,'itedl to 25th. G;rand Unilted (Order of ( dd i"el lows, coloredl, St,. I LuIs, Mo , Octobe'r 4--10. Fare fori round t.it *23.50. TIickcets on siae O ctob,er I I, Iinited to I3h Kenltucky T'rot,tin Ht orsae I reeders Association, L ex in gton, K( y.. ( )ciober 41 15. Fare for 1) rid tit *$14 910. T1ick et,s sold October I-- 1imit,ed to I 7t,b. A nnual Convent,ion Christ,ian Church (Disciples of Chris. and Auxi Ilary Con Sentioins), Ci- at.tanooga, TPen n.. Ocet o i . 13I-2h Tlickets on sale October 10) -13, lImited to 24th. 'Th rong h serv Ice hIs bexien estabtlihed over t,hbe I 'tart . Sysi tem het.weetn P ort Taminpa, Key West, ined I avana, Cuba. Tlhe Southern conots with this sys WHO IS TO BLAME FOlt 11411.i11IN41 1T4.1:- 111114 IN C.1M P 'U't# MfE OrF FC-ve%t 1111 Arp ten i liig litewi It -IIWitm Wrm-g T(i a ti e -l ' i lit I t ym toe ifet 'I rteip '-4 itrse I n i suI Im %ist toter Miemit It. JE"verybody rejoited when the por tovol was siglnd and p itce ws Illdii. But ourl trulbh-4vs seiml I ha11ve just, begun. The q Iuar. olh twoee goitirilIs IId (ahiilnet officerm inld im doctors nild ne4--wSpllrs arto badit enough, buit when,I are oir sol diir boy.N to quit d., ing and go hiolmo? Somll tiay Ih hefilP 1amps arllm hmalthly, aind ovenl Almitatlk Point 1b11114 n co" n CIdolilnod by Dr. SIII-, hso 141ayti it will osoil bI a crni> of horrors. Chicikamanga wis (-on. - dmand and now it i4 said Hmitw vile i8 no botter. Tampa had to be abandoned, and tihe diatlh rate of Porto Rico is incretsing every day. It IIakes onle sick to run the chlip tors of misery in the daily papers. Somo lay all tho blame oni Alger and soue chargI it upon |le ti fi doctois. Soile Say i. Is liolnesick nev8 that cullsH the great liortalt, ity N ainl others dIeclar11 it to Ie 1,hie result of cliiittoc chaniges-( ie suddon trun sition from Chickiliili t,o 'I'aliltp anld Cuibai and P'ortc h'imo. What, Over it ml'ay be, th prosmit. cmndition is iwvfli!. The1' sco!dier boys Iiit-i' brought back with them the gers of imalarial diseases a ard da ing by thousands. It will (ake good beds, good rooms, good nourishmniit, good nursing find1 tlie 1conisint care of kind parents or sist4ers or some143 near kindred to Save any (f tileI. Wi know all allot it it otir hou.-m. for my wife and I nursed o of our boys in Florida for Oirvo 14)long, ix. ions 1months and barely tiaved hiiii. It. Iook him two yors to recover after wo got him Lomne. He' is strong and healthy, itd wont to Florida in Jiuno to work onl at rai' road and the fever took hold of hii aind wastcul all hlis fheSh awivy. Of course, lie would havo died but for Or constant Car1-0 aid tP(RnMder nurs. ing. What Ilion, cahlll e pectel of the-o boys t.aken from stores aid ollices and saludy h1onmes to the sickly heat of It tropical sun '? Major Bacon, mir senator, visit(od Washinyoto aId b(-g4'd Nr. McKill ioy not to Send the bs' to Tamip or Cuba until the fall of tli year, but, the administration was ini a hurry itnd paid no hood to him. lII is it Stittesmnit, if we livo got. anyl)', and foresaw just whait has happenl)Ied. Three or four thousand( killed ini Ibattl10, or dlied frm t heir wound~s, and'1 15,000 i already deaid froml feve'rs. If D)r. Senn itnd otherli surtgeonis are to lbe believed thei inumberu will he closes. Soinebody has4 liralleredl. and4( thle nudetdictitions 4f thonsandlie(s of tderes . Eveni at F1-id summtiieer stiIs ca1re'fully' avoideid by Floimidianis and4( the armly tent1 s at. Tampa141 areo a Dunrinug the four years of our civil war t here ieid of diseas1e4 ini the f.od oral army I 'd0,00) 01e (Jit Of an lg gregte of 2,'750,00), being about111 '7 pter cent, anud yeRt wit hinl four months ouit, of less tlhan I (0,0100 mien, lieo, I ,500( have alr.'aly died., and1( t hey artnow averagin4l'lg o''(veri 2001 a da13 -- caf11't get doctors(11 enigh, not' Ou r naivy hats provd toi 1.ble a wvon. dlerfiul suiccets, for it waus l readly oflicered, but Ithe mnanagenrt (Jr our army hias beor11ita series oIf bl iianders, a11d41blt for th114 expierie' of Gen. (Iral Wh~121oolr and ai(1 few tvh).1ers, would have bee a01 itmiiserabtle fa ii ure. As it iH, I he poor i-oldier' boys aire Hsufferiung a1nd dy'in g like sheep.j, anid t hore sems'1i to ho 110 remedy. Verily, it is as was said biy the duike of WVellinhgton "1 NothmgIi1 except it battle lost is half so imelanchioly as it And1( niow 1115 inivest igt ion is go irng on, andit it is sear1c'hin g. Thie repulicanh papLers aro mnono clam,or ing for it thlani the1( demltocratic, anid they dlo niot sp aro the4 pres5iden1t. lhis blunider' is in not ignoring the( pressure of poli t ial ico seekers. TChe republican presas seems divided A its It, Alger's fitwnss, but most of thoir. plilers look 11ponl the0 fight, bo. t wven Algvr unt ilvis and Shaftor ats aIt t. I-Id it d1og busiloss all r'( illd. Thell golnmral vordlict is Chat part isam poli( ics and polit ical favor. itisli is it thw bottom of all tIis 11hofiul noglet. of th. plor pri vates in tih ranks. of coirso the m-uth comos in fr a i rgio tihro of libusi ll Iliving" siNileh i sickly eli maln anld fileh misorablo camping grotlls. Somo of us havo not forgotton how our soldimr boys fared during tho civil war-o llixuries, anld but few comipdaintH - -andt( yot th ImIlortal Ity from disvilso Wits ornly ;' por 1ontt, it. was owing to good 1111111 Pigement, of tho offlieor. and tho spir it of th toldioirs. Of cotirse thoro a1s 11 suIddon t-ranistuiision from Now York or Chickimaunga to Tampa Ir Cbuba ill in idstuniner-nobody but lni idiot wo)uld(l Iavo done that, and nobody buLstic it gaimo soldior as ("olerald Whoolor coul have, at his nlgo, fought throngh it and collio back alivo. 11nt wvo will Wait. and soo mlloro of thils btu-iness. Tho premm ay be partisal and sook to covor tpl) the ini<illity ill high p1iwos, but it cannot be dcmiko. I'ho 11"liticail job will iall bt VXIo--;)d. TI nWXt grofit. (110. ki.iu is whatllfi b1111h donlo with the Phibippinlos. -japant Says keoptiholm, 311Ehd Wiik4 at, it. and NuSHift ,Msas, "LIet. us IVO )IMn-P," aid HO if wo wnitit tholm, I rockonk we cian havo theil witholit distuilbanlcE frolli tlo greattlj powers, but accordinlg to imly limited vision, I woli r-Althe (.ut. I lit Nicaringa cail thi livo till beo invivilized islands inl tho Pacific Cliti. Lot I-, try l'ort.o Hico first, Mid Soo how wo Canfl got ilclig with it littlo ovto, It. i.1 abouit, its large 'im on volalt.y ill Allibiillk, an haf Its litrgo its T1om G1ron county, in Tex as. Mallybo wo cnilt nfinago it-I hopo So. lim,L Aiti. 14CI" -iUtItItAY )leA I). Me' ief Aniderlian' Mot V'renhliag ounig 1min uncd s Olim Molc fr of t Ie FIr.t [Greviville News.] A ndorson, S. C., S 0pt. I0--J. Scot t. Mi rray, Jr., oldost. soil of t h) late Ed. wI*ds 13. Mirra, diod this iorning it thelo rosidvlect of his Imother inl this city. lio was aboit IS) years of ago and was kuown a.4 it bright, promising young init. Whtnti offorts woro first itdo~ to raisoa otopanyj)t froiu Ander SOnL to tiake its plate in thle First. Sou th Canrolinai re'gimenut ini the wiar tihe Iit to vohtuit.cer; his inilutenice and ener-gy coa1t ribu11 td Iargely to thet suIccess of th company1111'I. fromt theit (liy tile coluupanly wais inistero(I in Weailkenmed Iiy tyV 1h1oid fever, I ast 'JTuesdayl, he hans ser ved (1 cotinuuously its at tit soietr, wilainimig f.ie (stcggn andit con11idenuc of hIis supe~)rior oflicors and( ialonig wvithi it deserved H is frienids thiroighiouit thle Stato: wVill be sadd end ailt ihl newvs of hiis unle xpJoeted donthI. HeI' wasI at true friend, a loyal son anid b)rother. I: ilit4'aR Ile? A Us 24: H.t sI'U N. Ii er MIaigu'iy .11t, ackvsl WVhal .. Waing to at luon - Inel in 1a sho 'rt 'iian--'Ihu Itlan ane Mturdie'r.-r l'r aliily A . rsteru-i. (1oilval, SwV zIitzrlad, Sept.. I10. - theo Emnpress of Aulst.riat was atssas thais afteornoon iby itan11i anarchist, who wits atrrtsted: . lIto stabbed))1 lhtr withi it st il let o. I lierimajtesty wasM waltking1 fromi thle hotel to tloheilanding platten o:f ilt) steameIjir allout1 I o'cloc)k whe ani'l l Itatl empress08 foil, bou <q Ickly got up itgaim consciou0hs. The( bjot, wa's stari ted1, recove5red, tihe capIjtin returneotd and1( tilhe)1 lmpressI wats caried4: to tihe hotel, wheitre si) he ied. She wats botrnl Do. combeIhr 2-ih, 1837, the dauighltor of D)uke Matximniian, of Bav'ariat, and wasO ma11r rie'd to 1''riancis,Pl Imperor' of Aistria anud thei king of linnugarly, Apnril 24, 185.1. DECISION AGAINST TELEGRAPH COMPANY At U IAI r*i mity U,T 81'AND. 1 Jtil ?1l, 4v I*r pn 4 Next Mte$ve-.1ome1111Is ili I t '1 h,t It I i n t re I.taw refi re ;ard% t , vol.f q %v4mlgly F00tir Val,114. (The State, 10t i.) 1in tilt Imatter of riate for the telp rap opa1 nie doing business in this Stato, thie railroa I comilismiol docide that, it. will niot roverso its rect'it acion lowering the rates for thm soniiig o11lf messages. Mr. Au gustiilo 'I'. Smllth a11pared hoforo the commiisilors severaI days ago niid in an arnost 1111( ablo argument, presented tho matter. The chief point in thi matter is that the commiinssi fixes the rate at 24 cents ppr 10 words to any point inl this State where thern is no lin. Where at inossitge i; sont over t wo or moro linus owied and controlled by iolparatti an11d distinct corporatinI)s ti raot shall not exeoed 410 cents. The whole imitter, Mr. Smytho clims11, is On account of the o ceit, war tax. The war rovenue law re qluiros tho sender of overy message to puit a onm conit, tix Oil it. So, the -iigile- of Ia m10ssa1gi 111H b0en )ItNyiing 26 cntits fmit isaigo of 10 words. Now, ace?r(ling to the lower rate, t telegraph c,imany iidirecly pays the war tax. It is not, I.-nlowin what will be t.1 o next movo on the part of the tole ahcompany, thoir. counmolbin in) Charloston, but it is said that Mr. Simythe will carry the matter into the coirts. I is expected that he wvill aisk for anll injiictionl against tho eniforcenit of the rulos. It is quit-o nll important matter to the tolograph compamios, for if the commilission is sustained in their po litioln it. will m1eanu a considerable loss to the companies. The fight will no doubt develop to bo <uito interest ing, if it is carriod Into the courts. The following are tho five rules which tho commission decidos shall go into effect: iule 1. . No telgraiphi company, shall charge or collect, more thin 21 cents for iy messago of 10 words or losm, exelusive of dato, ad dross 1inad signlature, betwoon any two points withis tho limits of this Sta1t1o, on its linies, nor more than two cents for ech aiddi(lltil Word on a day lelssasge, tior nore than one enit for (eachi additionral word on a nsighit, message. No addit.ional chargo shall be0 mado(1 for repent inig r mo sage, th at is, teldegraph)i Ing b)ack to origin oiscico for compi arison. lRulo 2. No telograph di 1100* where ni es.a,,es are receiyesi anid trans muit ted for thle 1)ub)1ic slialhl b)o( <Sls. tinned or abolished wvithout first ob tiiniig the c'onsenJt of this commis 8101n upon0 an appl icat ion dluly filed by the said comny do(si1ring such dlSi isconination, wherein shsal! be stat.(l the rehasohis therefor. Su lo 8. Whensever a me('ssage is sent over t wo or miore 5 eleg raphi liIi(es owntedl, conlt rolled and op'erated by sepalrate ad (distinct( corporations or individuals, thle joint rate shall not exceed I hie sum51 of 40 c!ents for snehs rusossaige of 10 bodly wvords or less, exclivo~ of dthite, add(1ress and Hign atulre, h)itweet ansy two j)oihts with in the limsits of this State, nior m0ow t han11 th re coni 5 for euach ad( (litioa 1001word, Itale .1. On or hofore November 1, 1 898, 1te teleigrap h companfli s3 shall mnake an1 annustal repo(rt (of their op. ('rationis, ill the State oIf South Cairo li na, inclusding receipts and1( exen for the year eunding June 30, 1808, and thint ini all suceceedinrg years this reort, sihall b e filed wYithI thle comn miIssi oni or hofore the 3lst day of August of (on1(h year. Rule 5. No telegrapjh company shall be allowed to cobarge for tie dlelivery of it.s messages withiout the conison i the rail road commili son lias b)oon ob)tainled. f)eWtt's WVitch H azel Salve has the largest, satle of any salve in the world. Thlsis fact, and1( Its mierit, hais led (1ishon est people to aIttempt1), to counIterfeit it,. Lo)ok out. for the manL who attemnupts to dteceivye yeu whsen you)l callI for l)eWitt's W itchs Hazel Salve the gre'a, pleo t4o0