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Making Every Preparation To Muster Them Out. No Probability of Change of Orders in This Respect Col. Record, 27th * The furlough of the soldiers of the First regiment ends tomorrow and some of the soldiers haye already re turned. A great majority of them will arrive to day so as to be on band in plenty time A talk among those here brings forth a variety of opio* ions as to mustering out or staying in White a great many like army life and probably would vote to re main io tbe service, there seems to be little interest taken in the matter However, by to morrow night it will be pretty well known what their wishes are, but even after it is ex? pressed the war department remains to be beard from. It is not known how the sentiment of the regiment is to be obtained, but as the number returning in? creases it becomes evident that the men do not desire to remain in the service An officer offered to bet $100 to $10 that not one-third of them would so vote. In the meantime Capt. Fuller is making ail'pr?parations to expedite the mustering out. He accepts it as a fact and is not of the opinion that the regiment will be retained Most of che men have secured positions in private life and it is hardly tu be ex? pected that there would be any gen? era? desire among them to give them ap. It is probable that the medical ex? amination will be begun tomorrow, but it will take ai least ten days to complete it and secure the presence of the paymaster here, which is one of the very important features of the whole business to the soldiers. The State of this morning says : Col. Tillman returned from Edge field yesterday afternoon When asked as to the retention of the regiment in the service, be said : "My attitude io this matter is well known throughout the State While lieutenant colonel, I made no effort to dictate to the men, and my appoint? ment as colonel has made no change whatsoever "I believe, and have always be? lieved, that in a volunteer army, tbe sentiment of the privates should be consulted insofar as possible Were I a regalar, my views would possibly be different, for volunteers and regu? lars make an entirely different kind of army "The men must choose for them? selves Those desiring to be releas ed, shall be released ; and those de siring to remain, shall be transferred to some other regiment if possible, if not a sufficient number of IL en ex? press a willingness to remain with the regiment for it to be retained ; but no one shall be forced to remain in the service who does not so desire " Several of the officers stated yes? terday that it was their opinion that the men of the regiment do not want ' to be retained. Senator Tillman Takes a Hand Primary of the First Regiment. THE MEN VOTE TO GO OUT. Special to The Daily Item Columbia, Oct. 29.-The privates and non-commissioned officers of the First regiment are practically unani? mous in the desire to go out of ser? vice at once, and no further efforts will be made to keep them in ? Senator Tillman visited the camp to-day, and when the regiment was drawn up a hand primary for and against retaining the regiment in service was taken. He found the setiment almost solid in favor of be ing mustered out The examination of the men is now in progress, and the regiment will be mustered out in accordance with the ordere of the war department A K Washington, Oct 8 -The Acme Wrecking Co of San Francisco has made a rebuest upon the navy depart memt for authority to raise the battle? ship Maine.) The company baa had ex perience in raising vessels on the Pa cific coast and representations have been made to the departmsnt as to its ability to accomplish the task in Ha? bana harbor. It proposes to blow the mud from under the wreck by means of streams of water and then to pass chains under and attach them to frame work connected with a sys? tem of steel barrels These barrels will also be placed in the wreck and utilized wherever they can be made available The company simply asks authority to raise the Maine and bring her to this country. If the government wants the ship after she reaches the United States, the com? pany will want to be paid salvage money through condemnation pro? ceedings It is probable that in case the government did not want the ship, the company could exhibit her in different large seacoast cities of the United States No money is demanded from the government by the company. It is stated at the department unofficially that in case the company is found reliable the au? thority will no doubt be given Palmetto Company With Virginia a Regiment. South Carolinians Fought With Those Prom the Old Dominion. CAPT. FIELD EXPLAINS IT. A few days ago Col John P Thomas, Sr., State librarian, stated that there was some very meagre in? formation that a Sooth Carolina com* pany had served in a Virginia regi ment daring the civil war. Howev? er, he had been unable to obtain any facts relative to this change, and ask ed that if any one conld famish any data to notify him. A letter received yesterday by Gov Eilerbe states that the report is true, and gives all the canses leading np to the transfer. There was a re? volt among the Palmetto ttoops which resalted in their casting lots with the Virginians. The following letter gives a brief account of the matter : Gov. W H. Eilerbe, Colombia. S. C I noticed a few days ago that yon wished some information as to how a Sooth Carolina cavalry company came to be attached to a Virginia regiment. As I am familiar with the circumstances I shall briefly relate them to yon The Fourth Sooth Carolina regi? ment entered the State service on the 14th day of April, 1861, for 12 months and soon after transferred its service to the Confederate States in January or February, 1862. Col Micha Jenkins began to organize a regiment for the war and so many men of the Fourth regine nt joined him, there were only enough men left to organize a battalion of five companies These men were ex pect i ;.ig a furlough at the end of the year. But as the federal army was threatening Richmond they were urgrd to postpone the furlough, to organize the battalion for ninety days, and then afterwards they coold go any where in the army they might choose A t the end of the winter days, after the seven days fight, they demanded the right to transfer to other branches of service, but were told that the promise had been made by brigadier generals who had no anthon ty Consequently a number of these men bolted, organized a company and joined a Virginia regiment under Col. Dunn They were arrested once or twice, but were never put on trial. You remember the conscript act did not pass until the 16th of April, 1862. So we believed we were out of ser vice by our contract. A large per cent of these men left my company-Griffin, the Loopers and many others I was first lieu? tenant of Co C, Fourth battalion, but was absent at the time of the rona way, having been sent by Col. Jen? kins to South Carolina after a nnm ber of recruits who were desirous of joining us . The Fourth battalion was kept in a disorganized condition, though it went through the Maryland campaign (with myself in command) until No vember, 1862, when we were consol? idated into two companies, aod as? signed to the Hampton Legion, when it joined Jenkins brigade. Wm G. Field, First Lieutenant of Fourth Battalion Hampton Legion. On October 20th the following was printed in the News and Courier : A rather sensational report bas been beard in the city of the causes which led to the seizure of the Sea? shore company's beor This was that the managers of the Ellerbe cam? paign had seen the Seashore people previous to the last election and re? quested a healthy contribution on the strength of the beer privilege at the Isle of Palms The Seashore com? pany is said to have refused to help reelect Governor Ellerbe, and for this refusal the governor hit back by tak ing the company's beer. We have watched with siome inter est for a denial of this direct charge of blackmail and oppression against Governor Eilerbe and his campaign managers, but have seen no denial The accusation bas been made public ly and in a respectable newspaper Does the governor think it is too small a matter to demand bis atten tion 1 Many people will probably take a different view and regard silence as confession of guiit Is it not true that the Sea Beach railroad people were asked to con? tribute to the Eilerbe campaign fond ? We have good reason, outside the publication in the News and Courier, ?o believe that they were and that the man who asked them is a close friend of the governor and an official. If it is true the case is complete. If the railroad people were allowed to handle beer before the election, refused to contribute to help the gov? ernor and were raided after ine elec tion everybody knows what it means -blackmail and oppression, the use of ihe law to punish a citizen for de dining to give bis own money to help reelect a politician -Greenville News -<mma- mm - Havana, Oct 28.-Captain Gener? al Blanco has been instructed by the miniater of war, Gen. Correa, to pay te eack discharged soldier remaining I in Cuba the sum of $24. i ,: mm Of Historic Interest A correspondent of the Chicago In? ter Ocean has the following concern ! ing the oldest railroad in America : "L A Emerson, traffic manager of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad, bas compiled some interest ing information about his road, which is the oldest in the United States, and. excepting a few short lines built in Eagland in the early '20s. the oldest in the world The Sonth Car? olina company was organized in May 21, 1828. and during 1829 six miles of the road was constructed At the start horse power only was used Then a premium of ?500 was award* ed to the inventor of the endless chain process, which was calculated to move passenger cars at the rate of 12 mites an hour In 1829 and 1830 sails was substituted for horse power. This experiment proved highly satis? factory, aa it carried, when the wind was right. 13 passengers and three tons of iron at the rate of 10 miles an hour This means of locomotion, however, came to an abrupt end one day, when the wind auddnly chang? ed and took the sail, mast, sailors and all overboaad in a gale which drove the cars at 15 miles an honr ''In March, a contract was award io the. West Point foonday of New York to construct an engiue guaran? teed to make 10 miles an hour and haul three times its waight. This was the first locomotive built in America and it was called Best Friend. It wss a four-wheeled con? cern, all the wheels being drivers These wheels had iron hubs, with wooden spokes and felloes. The boiler was vertical, like an old style porter boiler The machine exceeded in power the wildest hopes of both the railway men and the builders, for it proved capable of carrying a load of between 40 and 50 people 16 miles an hour On June 18,1831, a negro fireman held down the safety valve, and as a result the boiler exploded, landing the whole concern in the ditch The accident was thought at first to be the result of fast running, as the train was at the time making close to 18 miles an hour, and short ly afterwards the following resolution was adopted by the board of direc? tors : *No greater speed shall be made by the engineer than 15 miles per hour with one car of passengers, 12 with two cars, and 10 miles with three cars ' "The next engine owned by the South Carolina road was named the West Point. and made two miles in eight minutes The State legislature stepped iin at this point and declared that this rate of speed was excessive and dan gerous to human life, and as a con-, seq?ense the company put a "bar rier'* car on each train This "bar rier"car was a flat car loaded with cotton bales, which was expecied to act as as a sort of brake, and dimin? ish the force of the fall when the pas senger hit the ground. "These experiments, Mr Emerson says, were among the early expert enees of this historical road They began with horse power and sails, and to day, after a varied experience, extending over nearly three quarters of a century, the company possesses one of the best equipped roads in America " What is Paid for His Work Perhaps no one receires so large prices for his work as Mr Rudyard Kipling, says the British Weekly Ile has contracted to write eight stories for one of the magazines next year, for each of which he will re? ceive about $1,200 This is simply for the English serial rights of the stories In addition, Mr Kipling receives payment from America, India and the colonies This will probably bring up the price of the stories to about $2,500 each, mak ing $20,000 a year. In addition'to this, Mr Kipling re? ceives the royalties for book publica tion in England and America This will not amount to less than about $20,000. so that for each story the author receives not less than $5,000 Whethe these high prices willr be kept up is doubtfull If the cheap magazinism succeeds in injuring the older periodicals they may be main? tained. It remains to be seen wheth er the public cares much for names, and it must be remembered that the papers with the laigest circulation in this country do not depend upon names at ail I remember some years ago Mr Kipling contributed one of his best pieces of work, better work by a great deal than he has been doing lately, to a monthly review The editor informed me that not one extra copy of the periodical was sold Mrs Nancy Carine of Dillsborc, Ind.. who bas recently died at the age of 67 years, was a cwieofeil snui. ^fce lived fer forty sevto years wirbin a mile of a railroad and ne'ffer saw tbe read, or a car or an eogine, although she ofteo beard tbe eogite foot She wasn'*t blind, either Kan*as Ci'v. Mo., ha- mad*, the wide tite co wheals compulsory, on those that o*e the boulevards and parkways of the city, on wbich ?be is stock Single horse vehicles are required to have tirejAthreo ir ,hes wide and two-borse o^esMBc ir.chea wi' ? 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In* terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, oo first days of January, April, July and October. W F. B HAYNS WORTH, W F. RHAMS, Cashier. President. Jao 13. The Lamss? and Mit Complete EsilislMt M Geo. S. flacker & Son, co co CD CO CO m -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASHs BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. ofEce and Warerooms, King, opposite^ Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ^ST" Purchase our make, whicb we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and therebj ia ve money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16 -o BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street secood door eonth of the Nixon House, I am prepared to accocrmodate a lew jeguUr t-iar 'ers. and also lodging and meale tc transient customers Terms reasonable. MRS W. B. SMITH. Sept. 8 WAR! WAR ! WAR! But the "White" is vitcori ous. We are now selling sew? ing machines from ten dollars up We have a few machines that are slightly used that we will sell cheap. 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