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[From the Anderson Intelligencer.] A Letter From the Front. Editors Intellisencer : Rummaging through some old letters, manuscripts, newspapers aud brie a-brac the other day, j I came ac-oss a ieuer wruieu uy uieui-uant W. L. Grubbs, of Company "D,'' 2nd j 8- C. Rifles, to his father, Lieutenant J. M. Grubbs, of Company "E," Barnett's bat- I talion of State troops, tben in the field on the coast of South Carolina. The original Captain of Company ,4D" was D. L Cox, then of the Fork section of Anderson County, but now living in Sherman, Texas. While I write I am reminded that the patriotism of a great mafty uien at the breaking out of the war was the effervescent sort, and that much of it boiled over elsewhere than on the battlefields. Apropos of this I call to mind some doggerel which was current at the time and run* ningthus: "Old man Jones said upon the stand That be had live sons ana one oiu uiud, They would all go and fight For Dixie's Land, for that was right; Bat when it came to the test . Bill, he went and left the rest." And scattered all over the South, at that period, were the "blood drinkers," men who, fired with confidence in the inviucible heroism of their couutrymen, and with a desire to inflame the Southern heart, declared from the hustings that they would drink all the blood spilled in the coming contest. Poor fellows ! They found their contract impossible of fulfillment, and many of them never beatd the last of their rash promises to their dying day. When Company "D" was raised, Orr's Regiment was already stationed on finllivan'a Tsland. and new Comuanies were pouring iuto Charleston with a view of attaching themselves to Orr's Regiment, and thus organize a legion. The project for some reason failed, and these surplus Companies were formed into a battalion, with John V. Moore, a prominent young lawyer and. journalist, of Anderson, as Major. By the accession of other Companies, the battalion grew to a Regiment, and Major Moore became its first Colonel. It was thus that the 2nd S. C. Rifles came into existence. Let me relate an inoident once told me by an old soldier himself, a member of - Orr'3 Regiment at that time and who knew every member of Company "D," and who, in common with others, was daily expecting its arrival in the city. On the day the Company reached Charleston, headed by its Captain, who, by the way, was slightly cross-eyed, an Irishman of Orr's Regiment was in the city on a pass, and when he returned to the Island he was asked tbe news by the soldier who told me tbe incident. "Another Company from tbe up country." said Pat. "Who's the Captain ?" "They told me, but I've forgot." "Did you see him ?" "Yis." "And what did he look like." "Like a darned goose a trying to look down into a bottle," was Pat's teady and characteristic reply, and my friend said he feneW then that Cox's Company was in Charleston. This is no reflection upon tbe good Captain, whose coolness under fire was far more marked than was the derangement of bis optics, and who in due time became Major of his Regiment. Tbe letter which I set out to speak of more particularly is beaded, "Catrp 2ud 8 C. Rifles, on tbe Williamsburg Road, Va., Dec. 11,1804," and I make some extracts from it: "A word or two about our day's work on yesterday. We left camp yesterday morning about daylight, the ground covered in sleet and snow, cloudy, and very cold. We went in advance of our work, marching about seven miles and driving tbe euemy as we went, capturing a few and wounding a few. About 12 o'clock we ran them into their strongbold and under protection of tbeir gun boats. There we remained UDtil about one hour in the night, and then left tor camp, reaching there about 10 o'clock. We bad no fire from tbe time we left until we returned, and it appeared to me that we would freeze. We were exposed to an awful shelling, bat we had only one man * ? ? - J i_ n?: ? J i ?] KUitJU m our suu mu v? uuuuou in the Brigade. Mr. 'fribble says he never experienced such a day in bis life. He is knocking about to day about as well as w . common, but I fear he can't stand this kind of servic#. I wish he could, for be is a good man and all good men make good soldiers. T. B. Palmer is complaining a right smart, or was yesterday. On our return he said he could not keep up, bo at last I told the boys if they did not keep up the blue coats were certain to get them, and after that Tom stuck right by my side?in fact, he beat me to camp, as there ' was very little order kept in the Brigade, every man taking care of himself. That is the way we generally backed out of hard places. "I lost one man?little Billy Browning. I suppose be was captured, as be has not come in yet, now in the evening. "Our ranks have filled up a good deal lately. I have received six men to our Company, and I tell you that helps out old "D" a right smart. We have thirty men present for duty. "Bob Graham left for home last Friday on a twenty-one day3' furlough. Oapt. Lanford left me the next day after I got to Camp, and I have not seeu him since. I shall look for him about Christmas * * "I have splendid quarters. I am ou picket about every eighth night and day certain. "I don't know why we were sent out yesterday, unless General Lee wanted to test the force of the enemy on this Bide of ' the James, as it was generally believed the most of Grant's forces had gone to the south side of the river, and they wanted to draw them back, probably in order that we might gain some position on the south aide of Petersburg. "I believe Grant is going to mass bis forces farther south. We are anxious to hear'tbat Sherman has been captured, but fear they will let him pass right through the heart of tbe Coufederacy. It will speak badly for our authorities and Generals generally. I see by tbe papers that bis force is estimated at only 35,000, but I dou't believe that. "All is remarkably quiet to day ; hardly a gun to be beard, only shooting off the wet 01 loaded guns by volleys. "Congress is in session, but are doing bnMittle but fixing to carry the war on and doing no big things for that. The Governor of Virginia, in his message, recommends that the negro be put in service and armed the same as the white man. We have as many in service now as we can feed agreeable to my feelings at times. "Our rations are very good, but short. But we make out very well, at least, we don't suffer. I manage to have sugar and coffee nearly every time I eat, which helps out short meat rations very much." R. O. Tribble, whom Lieutenant Grubbs mentions, did bold out, and was one of the few with guns in their bands at Appomattox. T. B. Palmer died a few years ago. Billy Browuing was caught by the Yankees sure enough. He is lining at Sboal Creek, Ga , W. L Dobbins, pf Fork Township, and J. II. Burns, recently of Townville, but now living in Texas, were two of the six recruits referred to. The march through tbo snow described by Lieut. Grubbs was the first service these youog recruits bad seen. The command was lying down some distance from the "stronghold," but the occasional "zip" of a Federal bullet, familiar enough to veterans, agitated young Burns, who suddenly sprang up with, "Lieutenant, what's tbai? ' And got for reply, "If you don't get down you'll find out." Burns again Bought cover. Company "D" had in its ranks a man than whom there was no braver or better foldier in the army of uorthern Virginia? W. W. Graham. He went to his grave twenty years ago nearly a heipless cripple, rendered no by desperate wounds in tbo hot lighting on the Darbytown Road October 7, JWit. One week before, September 3U, when Fluid's Division made a desperate but l'utilo attempt to recover Battery Harrison, on liio Jarae*, uo man . got uearer the works than Graham. His bravery was not of the rash or impetuous Hud, but always cool and calculating, arid he C'tuld b? depended on at all times to do his duty. I am proud of the opportunity of paying this tribute to his memory. l.'-utenaut grubbs was the idol of his r. i?iy, and was in command of it I h it the time. He was a superior tacand at one time was detached to ^11 i:J i ho old men and boys of Petersburg U., . * who were mustered for the defence of the t place, and so well did be perform the ser- ( vice that the ladies of the city presented s him a handsome sword.' He removed to t Texas shortly after the war, and is still t living. a i I was but a lad during the war, but I 1 never grow weary talking or writing of ' the matchless heroism of tH9 souiuern s soldiers, and I plead thia in apology for i the length of this article. I have read 1 somewhere the following tribute from the t pen of a distinguished Northern military critic: "Who can ever forget it that once looked upon it that body of incomparable infantry, that array of tottered uniforms and bright muskets?the army of North- , em Virginia, which for four years carried , the revolt on its bayonets, which, present- ] ing a constant front to the mighty con- < centration of power brought against it, re- | ceived terrible blows and never failed to j give the like, and which vital in all its { parts, died only with its anninilation. j W. A. Dickson. ] Tugaloo, Oconee County, Feb. 1, 1894. i ) Another Letter from Mexico. ZacatfcaS, Mexico, Jan. 24, 1894. j Messrs. Editors: When la9t I wrote i you I was in tne cny 01 oaiwiio, ?uuui two hundred and fifty miles north of Zacatecas. I am now in the torrid zone, < where, the geographies say, it is hot the year round. But it is not hot in the city 1 of Zacatecas. The fact is, I have worn my ' overcoat every day since I have been here ' in order to keep warm. The thermometer < rarely ever risea higher than 88 or lower I than 60. The real cause of this delightful 1 cl mate here In Zacatecas Is its altitude J above the sea, which is 8,045 feet. Zacate- 1 cas is a beautiful Mexican city, with about < forty thousand inhabitants. It is not so old as some other cities in the Republic, ' and hence its buildings aDd improvements ' are more modern, yet, nevertheless, thor- < oughly Mexican in style. Those who are ' at all familiar with the history of this < city know tbat its prosperity?nay, I may i say its very exietence?depends upon the ] silver mines which abound so plentifully ' near here in the surrounding mountains. ' I am told that when the u<ines are running < at full blast the population of the city runs up to sixty thousand inhabitants ; but owing to the low price of silver (a Mexican dollar is worth only fifty-four cents) at present, most of the mines are shut down, thus throwing thousands of poor laborers out of employment. Of course this makes it very hard for them, and consequently thousands have left here to bunt for employment in other parts of the Republic. As an evidence of the truthfulness of the fact just stated, there are hundreds of bouses in the city now unoccupied and advertised to be rented. Another reason, perhaps, why the times are so tight here just now is the fact of its being so dry. There is no vegetation htre at all, as there has been no rain in three years. Of course, this makes roughness very dear, aud it is almost impossible to raise stock of any kind. In many pprts of the country stock have died for the lack of green food. How they live at all is a mystery to any one not familiar with the facts ! Aud vet, notwithstanding all this, the market here furnishes as good beef and mutton as may De iouna iu me otatto. The mountain scenery here aroand Z*- ' catecas is not to be excelled anywhere in ' the Republic. There are one or two points ' near the city wnere one can take in the whole city at one full view. The raoun- ' tains in 8outh Carolina are but mole-hills 1 compared to these majestic heights. For- J tunately for Zacatecas these surrounding k mountains furnish an abundant water j supply for the city. While it has not J rained here scarcely any within five years, yet the supply of water is just as good as ( if there had been abundance of rain. Of 1 course, this is a great blessing to the city ' itself, but especially to the poor, of whom ] there is a multitude. These people might survive a long time without bread, but I 1 do not think they could exist long without ! water. Not all have an abundant supply 1 of bread, but all may have a supply of ! water. The city gives quite a good deal of evinf nrnsneritv. The streets are ail ! paved with rock, while the principal side- ! walks are paved with hewn stone. 8uch 1 work is done by convicts, of whom there are over six hundred. The market here abounds in tropical ' fruits of all kinds, oranges selling at a cent J a piece, while lemons may be bought four for six cents. They do not usually rtckon money as ' we do?i. e., by five, ten cents, etc.?but take twelve cenls (a real) as the standard, and so an article is sold for so many reals. And it is quite remarkable how the ?/treu>cJ trader takes advantage of this fact. If, for instance, one wishes to get change for < twenty five cents, in most cases he receives < tarn roalo T7. fnllP Of ' course, if it is demanded the fall aruoant is given, but not otherwise. On this same principle eight reals make a dollar, while it is really only ninety-six cents. But I would not have the reader to conclude that all Mexicans are dishonest or unworthy of one's confidence. Such is not the case; but j ust as in the States, not all are honest, and yet I am personally acquainted with some who are just as true as steel. But such are professing Christians. Very respectfully, M. GASSAWAY. Louisville, (Ky.) Lines. Mr. Editor: As you are adding new names of correspondents to your list from week to week will you be so indulgent as to put mine down for one week ? i. e., if this paper should find favor in your eyes. In my private letters I sometimes make a very "poor mouth," but after allitbis is a good city to live in and Kentucky is a splendid country. True, there are disadvantages here as elsewhere, but the advantages are many. It would be pleasant indeed to say something of this beautiful, fertile country, but I desire to say something on another line. Among the many advantages to be had here not the least of these are its educational facilities. In two respects it is the foremost city in the South, namely, its Medical and Theological advantages. The Medical schools have a patronage of about 1400 students, while there are now ] two Theological schools with about 300 ; 6tudents. The Presbyterians only this year bogan a Theological Seminary, but it has more than thirty students, while the Baptists have here the largest Theological Seminary in the United 8tates. Hut besides the schools a specially important feature to oue engaged in intellectual pursuits is the annual visitation of distinguished speakers. During this winter we have been particularly favored in this way. May I say a word about a few of these? The first who paid us a visit was the famous humorist Rob. Y. Burdette. IIow we did laugh as he depicted to us "the rise aud foil of a mustache!" Who has ever read "The Brakeman at Church" without feeling a desire to see and hear its author? Ho is a rather small man, his voice keyed pretty high, has a mischievous eye and mouth and is altogether brimful of humor. No one after hearing him will ever forget some of his expressions. r Then Sam Jones visited us. I did not hear him but from reports it was not a paying expedition. I havn't time to speak of Gen. Gordon's enthusiastic reception and eloqueut address on "The Last Days of the Confederacy," but must say something of Dr. Talmnce, the world-renowned platform speal* -i It has been my desire for years to hear him, and now it has been realized. Of course the lecture was fine, but it lacked a great deal of meeting my expectations, Rarely have I been more disappointed. Ho has an abundant supply of good anecdotes, which produce laughter, aud he storms aud stamps his feet which renews the waning iuterest, but after all there is a painful lack of food for the mind of the man who really wants to think. I would advise those who enjoy his sermons not to be over anxious to hear him lecture, for his sermons road aro bettor than his lectures heard. Tom Dixon! What shall I say about him ? To give anything like an adequate ; description of him is above and beyond me. Some say sinco Henry "Ward Bee- c cher's de^th he is the foremost lectqrer ifi d be United States. He was born in North Carolina less than thirty years ago and 10 is a mere boy yet. Last night he held he closest attention of an audience for r wo hours and tnen tney were Borry a vhen be quit. Those who beard both ecturessay he far surpasses Dr. Talmage. a 'Backbone" was his subject, and one W8S loon convinced that he was a master of t. I wish much that every boy in our and could hear it. But this is already oo long. R. H. Burriss. Two Elect Ladles. Messrs Editors: The historic little rillage of "Old Pendleton," the home of John C. Calhoun, Judge Cheves, Judge Huger, the Bees, Piockneys and other iistingue residents, has not produced ar.y more worthy tbau two holy women who bave recently passed within the gates of ibe celestial city. The name of one was Miss WArley, the honored teacher of select classes for girls. The other one was the meek and modest wife of the village pastor, Mrs. Mary W. McBryde. 8ide by twA mnrlola r?f oraltaH Phrio. )iuy HUVOV V*?w MVVIW.V V...VVU tian womanhood, each in ber own way, moulded the lives and characteristics of * Lhose who came under their influence ] into noble excellence. Misa Warley was educated at a time ' when Pendleton was noted for the best i school in the up country. Mr. Calhoun, ] Dr. Adams, Mr. T. Sloan, Mr. Maxwell, i with other gentlemen of culture, who i were earnest advocates of a high grade of > scholarship for girls, were Trustees of ' this Academy, and united in procaring < the besUeachers from the North. I ven- < lure the assertion that not many of the < modern female colleges, with all their < paraphernelia, sent out pupils more thoroughly equipped for life. Mi9S Warley was the select instructor of i few favored friends at first, but her sphere was gradually widened until most ] 51 the parents of the village considered it j i high honor to have daughters under her , jare. Her sway over her girls was that of j i queen. She was sovereign by divine j rtrarnontivA In thfiir fintimatinn. and thev were her loyal subjects. They desired no ] higher incentive to duty tban her wish? no greater stimulus to difficult attainment than her gratification. There was to their pouthful imagination no more perfect deal than her character, for was there not in it all that was beautiful and pure and tood ? We canuot measure the occult inSuences which inspire the young and aid n moulding noble natures, but nothing is aaore stimulating than high ideals. So, with this noble example before them, her jupils sought to attain to her standard tod with laudable pride, may she have pointed to maDy of them, saying with that aoble Roman mother, "These are my ewels." They were not graduated with ligb sounding diplomas, nor did gold and tilver medals attest tbeir proficiency, but iritb the divine stamp of true womanhood >n them, in spheres of usefulness ab wives ind mothers, they are to-day filling worthy places in life. Let each one of :hese old pupils "rise np and call her jlessed." Not less did the humble pastor's wife, Mrs. Mary McBryde, impress her holy nflufinne on nil with whom she came in sontact. What wag the secret of her sower? "Only the ornament of a meek ind quiet spirit, which is, in the sight of Sod, of great prioe." In a world of shams ind counterfeits, where the false and fraudulent ofteu gain the highest favors, low refreshing is It to sea simple goodness ecognized and honored, as it was in the iharacter of this Christ*like woman. Some one A as said that "goodness is the itrongest force in tbe world." It was .his which made tbe human life of tbe 'Christ of History" tbe grandest character >f all the ages. It was not Hia Statesmanship, nor His oratory, nor His generalship of armies. He was not born to wealth nor aristocracy. He did not dress 'in purple and fine linen and fare sumpt-' Annlw >1 V?f KJa nnm* ?a aKnna oil rtthor iUUOlJ X cv UiO UUUiO IB BUVTO Ull v?u?* j namea to-day, and will be to the end of , ;ime. What did He do 7 "He went about j iolng good." He fed the buogry. He | lealed the sick, He comforted the sorrowng. Something of this wondrous power , existed in the life of this dear saint as she* ( ;rod the weary path of sorrow and suffer- ( ng through a long life on earth. From j Him she drew her ideal of what was true ind beautiful and good. By olose com- , uunion with Him the lines of His beauty , were imprinted on her life, until all who knew ber loved and admired her. Dr. , &.dger said, "if all Pendleton lired like , Mrs. McBryde Pendleton would be a psr- , lise on earth." * 1 Louisiana Tigers. j Representative Oates, of Alabama, ooVirw lnnfr nn arm an a Pnnforlfirftto nffidflr. was recalling bis knowledge of Col. Bob j Wheat, of tbe famous "LouisianaTigers," ! says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "They were well named," remarked ; Col. Oates. "Wheat was educated for tbe 1 Episcopal ministry, but he was a born soldier. He was in the Crimean war, was with Lopez, was with Walker in Nicara- ' ?ua, and came home just as our war 1 broke out. He landed at New Orleans 1 md raised his Tigers along the wharves j and wherever he could get desperate men. 1 "'Some of them he obtained iu prison, , getting their pardon on condition they would join him. On their way to Yir- 1 ginia the seat of war, the Tigers passed 1 through Opelika, Ala. "The train stopped there, and in a few 1 minutes Wheat's men bad entire posses- ' sion of an adjacent hotel and the bar ' room. Tbe local authorities were power- 1 less. Wheat, who was asleep In a car of 1 tbe train, was aroused, and be rushed out 1 with a cocked revolver in bis band. "He ordered tbe men back to their cars, and they obeyed, with the exception of a 1 small group led by two desperate looking fellows. Wheat shot both of them dead 1 aud left them in Opelika. I got to know 1 bim well in Virginia during the war. "He told me the only way to control 1 bis men was to shoot down those who jisobeyed or defied him, and yet they loved him with the fidelity of dogs, rhey were desperate fighters and Beauregard complimented them in his official report of the first battle of Manassas. "On our way to the battle of Cold Harbor Col. Wheat intimated to Lieut. Col. Peck, of the 9th Louisiana regiment, and myself that he would be killed in the coming battle. He was so confident of it that he told Peck what he wanted done with some property he owned. He wanted it to go to his mother. "In that battle he was shot through the lead, and though the ball passed through bis brain he uttered a complete sentence jefore he fell. Even above the din of 3<Utle his voice could be distinctly heard is be shouted : 'Bury me on the battleield my men!' His last wish, so remarkably expressed, was complied with." wm ^ ? Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, who is trying ;o find out how many Jews there are in ;he world, has come to the conclusion hat there are over 14,000,000 of them, rhere are other computations which put he number at nearly 20,000,000. ? It is part of a policeman's duty at J Dieppe to rescue persons from drowing. ? rhe following significant notice is issued f ,c the officials: "The bathing police are 1 equested when a lady is in danger of ? Irowning to seize her by the dress, and c lot by the hair, which oftentimes renains in their grasp." - ' I ? One would think that there would * io more than enough hides in this coun- . ry to supply all the tanneries in Ameri- J 'A. Yet this is not the case, for the a American Oak Leather Company, of r Cincinnati, is obliged to go to Liverpool t md Hamburg to find an adequate sup- t >ly of hides lor their needs. One of the ^ >fficers of the company said recently that j ho foreigh cattlo are laigor and bettor c han our cattle, and their hides are con iequently more desirable. Then such rast numbers of cattle, the finest intho vorld, are sent annually to Liverpool to r >e slaughtered, that the English tanners ? :ould not begin to use all the hides that ^ night be offered them. But it seems r idd to think that the biggest and fattest if Texan steers are sent alive to England, f here killed, and their hides sent back to America and Cincinnati, and then, when onverted into leather, it may and often 1 loes go back to England agaiq. P The New Game Law. The following is the law passed by the t ecent Legislature concerning hunting ,nd shooting game in this State: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ind House of Representatives of the State if South Carolina now met and sitting in j 3eneral Assembly and by the authority >f the same: That it shall not be lawful, 1 ifter the passage of this act, to sell, or i ixpose for sale, any partridges, quail, voodcock or peasant, deer or wild turkey, 1 vithin the State of South Carolina. Any < Derson so doing shall be deemed guilty of i misdemeanor, and upon conviction hereof, shall be fined not more thau ten { lollars, or be imprisoned for not more ban ten days for each offence. Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful to export . )ut of the limits of the State of South Carolina, any partridge, guail, woodcock 1 )r pheasant, deer or wiia lurKey. au^ person doiDg so shall be deemed guilty )f a misdemeanor, and upon conviction hereof, shall be fined not more than ten lollars, or be imprisoned for not more ;han ten days for each offence. Sec. 3. All persons not citizens of the State, and visiting in the State for .the purpose of shooting game of any kind, shall pay a license of $25 to the County Treasnrer of the County where the visitor nay be, the money to be devoted to public schools. Any person not obtalnngsaid license before hunting or shooing, snail be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be lined not more than fifty dollars )r be imprisoned not more than thirtv lays for each offence: Provided that this ict shall not apply to any person hunting >r killing on his own land. A Drunkard's Awiul Fate. Columbus, Ga., January 4.?East Highlands, a suburb of Columbus, was :he scene of a terrible tragedy early this morning. James Thompson, a machinist, returned home last night considerably under the influence of liquor, quarrelled with his wife, and finally drove tier out into a furious rain storm at midaight. She sought refjge at a neighbor's jouse with three little obildren. About 3 o'clock a son, Cliff Thompson, iged 23, who is a printer by trade, returned from his work and went to beu ttnowing nothing of the treatment of his mother. Cliff is deaf and dumb. This Doming at six o'clock Mrs. Thompson returned to her home, busied herself at :he home and attended to her children, who returned with her. Thompson was iroused. and finding his wife In the house -enewed his quarrel with her and ordered ier to get out. The woman pleaded with her brutal husband, who, losing control >f himself, made a savage attack upon aer. At this junoture Cliff, the deaf nute son, appeared in the room, and at jnce sprang to the assistance of his xiother. His father turned on him to irive him off. The boy jerked his mother away, when Thompson rushed for a pistol, intending, it is presumed, to ihoot either his wile or son, possibly t>oth. Cliff grabbed a razor from the top >f a bureau and a deadly struggle ensued oetween him and his father. The boy xtade a lunge at the infuriated man, WitM nrtvAoa fkn thrAaf aotrnrir?cr JlCKSUIUg U1UJ avi v/oo buv vuiuaiif UVT Vkiug ,he carotid artery and catting him very severely in several other places. Thompson, the elder, fell to the floor in a pool of slood and expired in a few minutes. The ion proceeded at once to the police station, wrote a statement of the tragedy on i piece of paper and surrendered himself md was placed under arrest. The affair ias created intense excitement and hun3reds of people surrounded the place. Public sentiment is with the son, who is in industrious man and who was forced :o commit the horrible aot in defence of his mother." _ There are two-face men to be found in ill communities. They endeavor to play a double game in the great drama of life that they may be sure of success. They try to divide themselves so as to be able to lap in on both sides of every question Lbat is agitated. They are afraid of their * * *?a. l*- _ t u d.-i J 3WI1 snaaow, iest it huouiu reiievi nuu sxpose the corrupt and craven spirit that is wrapped up in the substance. Their whole life is one of base deception, and their actions are shams and counterfeits. They encourage what they know to be wrong, and timidly sustain that which they admit is right. They are apparently rrank and outspoken when the tide of public opinion all runs in one channel, but as soon as they disoover that there is a division of sentiment on a subject they suddenly become mute, or show sigus of axtraordinary liberality of opinion towards both sides. Force them to an expression of opinion and you will extort from tbem a kind of oompromise?a little in favor of one side, and an exouse in favorof the other. They actas though their very existence depend on making everybody believe that they agree with everybody. They become reconciled to what they formerly professed to despise; ar if not reconciled they areas quiet as sucking doves, and as tame toward both sides as bouse cats. They assign no reason for their lamb-like conduct. They have none, except want of principle. They are devoid of the proper elements that constitute true manhood. They are without mental force to sustain themselves in the battle of life, and dodge about trying to please everybody, until they become hateful in the estimation of all. Such characters are as ephemeral as they are contemptible in the eyes of men of principle. Such characters, when expeaient for their interests, have gab for ill parties, and principles for every emergency ; but the people are too sharp to be deceived in this manner, and those who think they are swimming along smoothly and unnoticed in the political waters, will, before they are aware of it, be drowned in their own corruption with do friends to save them. It is a game of political ledgerdemain that cannot be successfully played. Give us open candor. We can have some respect for a rascal when he has independence enough to show his true colors, and sufficient xiurage to defend them; but the man tvho wears two faces, whose soul is too small to fe*tl that he has a right to enjoy bis own will, and who is too sycophantic to express his honest convictions, deserves the reprobation of all honorable men. ? It is generally supposed that when a mail o uunib puioauuu r>ut79 UUVTU iun?jr i minutes fatal results may follow unless restoratives are applied. Thomas Lyons >f Benton Harbor, Mich., is a notable exception. He is fifty-six years old, of jropsical tendency and: weighs two bunked pounds. He was taken wiih dizzy spells about two years ago. His pulse an down to sixty and everybody thought ie was going to die. Lately his pulse sank to thirty-six and thirty-four. There seemed no hope for Lyons, who arranged lis temporal affairs and prepared for the worst. Electrical currents were applied jut the pulse only sank lower, reaching hirty. All sorts of restoratives were apjlied. Thoy seemed to have the oppoiite effect. Farther down sank the pulse >ven to eighteen, and yet all this time Mr. Lyons was, to all appearances, strong ind well. For over a year now he has )een in this condition, his pulse waverng between eighteen and twenty-two, ind he has been at work almost every lay in his shop. ? In the debate on the Wilson bill Mr. iendrix, of Brooklyn, stated that dianonds are now largely owned by servant ;irls, clerks on small salaries and poor . jeople. Mr. Hendrix explained what is tot generally appreciated, that diamonds > ire losing their hold as a fashionable or- ( lament, and are not so common among , he 400 as in the days of yore. lie saia . hey have become the means of the inrestment of savings among the classes n society in very ordinary circurastan- i es. Readily carried, thoy can bo lasiiy converted into cash. ? On approaching his cabin a few ^ lights since a North Carolina man was \ urprisod to find 'he door, which he lad locked, wide open. He entered cau- 1 iously and discovered a huge bear help- ] rtg himself to all the eatables in sight, le attacked tho animal but was van- ' >uished and the bear escaped. f ? Yorkville has decided by a vote of : 44 to 71 that it does not wanf a Dispenary established there, J ' - ' ; " URATE AS A SPABTAJT. ti Single Handed the Courageon* KiMlIn Do- ^ fended the Bridge. h Bristol, Tenn., Jan. 10.?I had an |j interview yesterday with a man who performed an act of heroism the civil ^ war of equally cool courage, and under ^ jircumstances of far greater personal g l*nger, than that for which Horatius c Codes has been celebrated in song and ? story for more than 2,000 years, for the soldiers of Lars Porsenna were not armed with modern guns, as were the assailants of this nineteenth century hero?neither was he equipped with ^ shield and coat of mail, as was the ^ brave defender of the bridge across ^ the Tiber. ' James Keelin was a member of a g battalion of Confederate cavalry known ^ as "Thomas's Legion," which was afterward. I believe, merged into a ? regiment commanded by Colonel Love. . The "legion" was composed of hardy mountaineers from western North Carolina, and was attached to the ^ brigade commanded by General "Mud- ^ wall" Jackson (so called to distinguish him from the immortal "Stonewall," <; and possibly for some other reasons). Keelin was only an ordinary private soldier, without any education, and his military training consisted chiefly in being firmly impressed with the fact that his first duty was to "obey orders." % 8 XTawamVaii 1 Q/?9 TTn/klin ?oa JLii 11 uf tmuvi > A&vvuu nao detailed with some six or eight others c of his command to guard the bridge at Strawberry Plains, Tenn., which was 8 threatened by raiding parties of Brownlow's "Tennessee Federals." a On the 6th of November all the guard a was withdrawn except Keelin and one other, and the extra guns they had ^ were taken away by the recruiting * officer at Strawberry Plains. This information was doubtless conveyed to J Brownlow's troops, for on the 8th, at r the dark hour of midnight, a party of Federal raiders numbering forty men c appeared near the bridge with the I evident intention of attacking and setting fire to the structure. As soon as he saw the armed force y motinor fnr flip, hridefl. Keelin's com- 8 panion in arms fled in the opposite ( direction, carrying his gun with him, le&ving Keelin alone with a single gun 1 and a big knife of the "Arkansas ^ toothick'' variety, to defend the bridge ? as best he might. As hopeless as the task appeared, Keeling bravely deter- 1 mined to stand to his post despite the ? tremendous odds against him, and his 1 best to keep the enemy from burning the bridge. He posted himself on the ^ top of a bank underneath the bridge c and awaited the attack. He held his } gun at a "ready," and when one of the party advanced with a lighted * torch, prepared to climb up to the 1 woodwork of the bridge, Keelin shot 1 him dead in his tracks. The survivors fired a volley at the solitary i J ?j _ ?:JJ ?n An ? ; guaru, auu Wli/U H nnu yen uiauc a > rush for the bank. Though Keelin i was wounded three times, by the volley?in the hip where he still car* f ries a bullet, in the left arm and in j> the side?he bravely stood his ground ; t and not having time to reload his muzzle-loading musket, he drew his big knife and awaited the onset. Fortunately for him the ascent was ^ narrow, and the attacking party could only climb up the steep bank one or two at a time. With his knife he * slew two more of the invaders and ? wounded six others, hurling them 1 gashed and bleeding down the embankment. Once he stumbled while aim- 4 ing a blow at one of the party, and * before he could recover, a big fellow 1 made a vicious stroke at him with a cTipovv lrnifp. He threw UD his left arm to ward off the blow from his * head, and the blow severed his hand a at the wrist besides inflicting an ugly ^ gash upon the scalp. He also receiv- a ed a dangerous cut in the neck, and another on the right hand. r With all these gaping and bleeding ^ wounds the brave fellow stood his ground, fighting with the courage of a Bayard, and held the whole attacking party at bay. At last Bill Pickens, the lieutenant who was commanding 0 the Federals, seeing so many of his ^ men fall before the invincible arm of y the brave Confederate, called out with an oath : "Let me up there, boys, I'll v fix the d?n rebel!" But when ho 1 y rushed up the bank he was confronted by the same weapon, goary with the blood of his subordinates, and, after receiving two vicious cuts, he too 11 retired, calling off his men. They left the place hastily, leaving their three dead companions on the ground, ^ but carrying off their wounded. They 0 thought that a force of Confederates was encamped a mile or so up the P river, and probably expected them to ai be attracted to the sccnc by the sound ,1! of the firing. Keelin, desperately wounded as he ^ was, remained at his post until relieved. lie bound up the bleeding stump 18 of his arm and stanched the blood in his half-dozen other wounds as best he could, receiving no medical attention until after daylight next morning. '1( After he recovered from his wounds, be continued to serve in the army fc until after the end of the war, not- ui withstanding the loss of his left hand, m He is now an old man, far on the m shady side of sixty, and lives by the pi ?ruits of his daily toil in a little cabin n< in West Bristol. He is modest and th ?tiring in disposition, and compara- th ?* '' ' ?' . '" ' ' -' ively few people in this city, where e has resided for a number of years, ave ever seen him or heard the wonerful story of which he is the hero, 'here are several persons here, howver, who are familiar with the indent, and from an old Confederate, rho was in the vicinity when the ght occurred, the Courier-Journal orrespondent heard the story before eeking an interview with Mr. Keelin. When asked why he did not run way with his companions when fce aw the overwhelming force of the nemy, he modestly replied that he y y i .1 j i ? lit. iaa Deen put tnere to aerena tne iridge and save it from destruction if te could, and he did not think it right o give it up without at least making ome show of fight for it; and when le got into it, "there was no way to ;et out except to fight out," as he put t. He seemed to have very little dea that his deed deserves to rank pith the bravest in the records of ankind. He does not complain of lis lot, but wends his quiet way unnoiced and almost unknown. He delerves a pension, both from his native State and from the railroad company yhose property he so bravely defendid. ' All Sorts or Paragraphs.. ? A Gatling-gun fires five thousand ihots a minute. ? A woman's hair is said to weigh in the average 14 ounces. ? Three out of every 135 English peaking people have red hair. ? Recruits for the Chinese Army ire not accented unless t.hcv can iumD , ditch six feet wide. ? John H. Craig, near Danville, 'nd., claims to weigh 907 pounds and o be the biggest man on earth. ? Tom: How old is your sister tfabel ? Ned: Her count, do you aean, or family Bible record ? ? Never defer a vital matter. A :ough shouldn't be neglected when )r. Bull's Cough Syrup will cure it at ince. ? In Sicily it is claimed that fire rill not burn nor snakes bite the peron who was born on St. Paul's Day June 30.) ? The wife of a farmer named Wiliams at Terrell, Tex., died on the i8th inst. On the 19th he married mother woman. ? Until the discovery of the gold nines in California, Russia was the greatest gold-producing country, minV X A10 AAA AAA - Ilg aDOUt $i.o.vuv,wv a year. ? In the northwestern part of Colorado thefe is a region several hunIred square miles in extent which is a rast deposit of petrified fish. ? The wonderful cure by Salvation )il of Mr. M. S. Culp, a chronic heumatic, 816 George St., Baltimore, Hd., is a miracle. ? Radicalism hates everything that s old pfogyism hates everything that s new; conservatism looks at the nfcrinsic qualities of things." ? Nearly 10 per cent, of the yield rom this year's ootton crop in the south is from cotton seed oil, once hrown aside as useless refuse. ? The annual value of the clothing nade in the United States and Europe s estimated at two billion two hunIred and five million dollars. ? Sincerity is speaking as we hink, believing as we pretend, acting a wfl nrofoss. nerformincr as we tirom se, and being as we appear to be. ? A square copper coin, struck by he Swedish Government in the Sixeenth Century, is nearly one-half nch thick and weighs a pound and a [uarter. ? When the skull of a man who las died with delirium tremens is^ awed into, the gas which escapes can >e lighted, and will burn with a bluish, lcoholic flame. ? An enterprising daily paper ecently announced that a well-known .ctress had "married her uncle." Vhat the editor wrote was "sprained ler ankle." ? Richard McGriff, of Deerfield, ,nd John McGriff, of Geneva, Ind., laim to be the oldest pair of twins in he country. They are in their 90th ear. ? Taking the earth as the center of he universe and the polar star as the irait of our vision, the visible unierse embraces an aerial space with a iameter of 420,000,000,000 miles. ? "Have you had your new house risured, Mrs. Dwight?" "Yes." Your husband is afraid of fire, hen ?" Mercy, yes ; he will leave the ouse any time before he will make ne." ? Those who suppose that the peole of all China use the same language re badly mistaken. There are as liiny different dialects spoken in the lowery Kingdom as there are in all urope. ? "Ifow do yon know that DeYere not in love with Mabel Sweetbriar?" Because I heard him tell her the iher evening, when they came from lurch, that lie knew of a short cut jme." ? A widowers' association has been irmcd in Dresden. No man can join nlcss his wife is dead, and if he ' arries again he becomes an honorary : ember merely. One of the chief lrposes of the association is to help |' !wly-made widowers by looking after '1 eir wives' funerals and caring for eir children, j1 ? There is a justice of the peace id Smith county, Kansas, who has a marriage service all his own. He \ concludes in this wise : "What this / court has put together let no man put \ asunder: suffer little children to come ) unto you, so help you God." ? "Do you think I have any chance with her?" "The best chance in the world. You have produced a favorable impression upon her, I'm certain." "What leads you think so ?" "I heard her say you were 'perfectly hateful' and 'just horrid.' " Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway. J. B. CLEVELAND, KomJTM. IN EFFECT DEC. 81. 1898. (Trains ran by 70th Meridaa Ua?.) BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND ANDEBSOV. __ I IWA NO. 8 Mixed Eastern Time. 8aoday. Dallr Ex Son Lr Aoderso". 7 50 am 9 20am Lt LowndesTill* 8 55 am 10 Mam Lt Calhoun Fallls.?... 9 25 am 11 50am Ar McCormlck........... 10 85 am 1 60pm Ar Augusta- ....| 3 55 pm t^pm __________ INO. 6 |No.21 Lt Augusta.. 9 00 am 9 00 Mi Lt McCormick.- -.. 2 00 pm 8 15 pm Lt Calhoun Fall* ... 8 10 pm 5 00 pa Lt LowndfesTille* ? 8 40 pm 0 57 pm Ar Anderson....- - 4 45 pm 7 80 pm BETWEEN AUGUSTA. GA. AND 8PABTA* BURG, a C. Eastern Tims. I Dally Dally exoeptSao. I I Lt Augusta 9 00 am S 00 pm Lt McCormlck- ? 10 45 am 7 57 pm Lt Greenwoods....... 11 48 am 9 80 pm 0 40 am Lt Laurens ? 12 47 pm t8 M am Ar 8partanburg 2 40 pm 1118 am Ar GreenTllle*....?.... 2 80 pm Lt GreenTille ? 10 00 am 4 00 pnT Lt Spartanburg....?.. 10 15 am 5 25 pm Lt Laurens 11 50 am 8 00 pm Lt Greenwood 12 52 pm 10 00 pm 7 00 am Lt McCornilck- 1 49 pm 8 87 am Ar Augusta ? 3 35 pm 11-80 am Ar 8aTannah ?......... | 6 00 am 6 30 pm Passengers tearing Anderson at9 20 a m re?fe Charleston at 8 35 p pa. and SsTannah at 6 20. Close connection made at Calhoun Falls will Seaboard Air Linejrolng north. Through Palace Sleeping Cars on trains Nos. and 4 between Augusta and 8?Tsnnah, Ga. Close connections at Augusta for all Florida points. For any other information write or call oa W. J. CBAIG, Gen. Pass. Agt, Augaata, Ga. B. L. Todd, Pasa. Agt. J. B. FANT, Agent. COLUMBIA L GREENVILLE R. R. Cf. 8amdkl SBKncxv, F W. Hurononot akd Bao bits Fo?txe, Bxcnvna. COVDKHSKD SCHKDULZ J* ErFKCT AUG. IS, 18991 Trains run by 78th Meridian Time. _ BETWEEN CHARLESTON, COLHBIA. 8ENBCA. AND WALHALLA. Joji NATIONS. _?a 7 30 am Lr Charleston..._Ar 8 45 pm 11 20 am " Columbia..-.. " 4 15 pm , 12 03 pm M ..Alston.. " S 30 pa , 12 18 pm " Pomarla " 8 14 pm 12 85 pm " .?Prosperity " 2 55 pm 1250 pm " Newberry....." 2 39 pm 1154 pm " .Helena - " 2 85 pm 180 pm " ..._.Chappells._.? " 156 pm 218pm "...-Ninety-Six....'4 182pm 7 87 pm " ....Greenwood..? " 12 55 pm (00 pm " Hodges- " 12 35 pm '20 pm " Donald's. " 1216 pm i85 pm " ....Honea Path M 12 08 pm 585 pm Ar Belton?...Lt 1145 am tOO pm Lr .Belton 11 4# am <24 pm " ....Anderson " 1118 am 4 58pm Pendleton...-" 10 86am 5 30 pm Ar .Seneca. Lr 10 00 am 5 35 pm Lr .Senec* ...... Ar 10 00 am 6 05 pm Ar Walballa....Lri 9 80 a m i 5 15 pm'^r GreenriHe?LrHO 15 am I BETWEEN ANDERSON, BELTON AND GBEENN1LLE. N"7!! STATIONS. 9- 8 pm Lr Anderson.....Ar 12 07pm 3 40pm Ar -Belton -Lr 1145pm 4 00 pm Lr.... B?lton -A- 1180pm 420pm Ar...WIllIamston...." 1109pm 4 26 pm " Pelxer.. 1103pm 4 40 pm| " Piedmont...-" 10 48pm 5 15 pmlAr...-Grcenrille...-Lr 1015pm RPTWFPN HriT?M A Vn ISRCTTT.r. dt&. ffii. stations. gS5i. Mixed. 12 40pm 3 06pm It...Hodges... *r 2 55p?j 12 2*p? 1 00pm f3 25pm IvDarraugh'a ar f2 85pm 12 06pm 115pm 3 40pm ar-Abbeville-lv 2 2?p? 1150am ? ? CONNECTIONS VIA SOUTH BOUND BAIL ROAD. IHKJ! CEKTEALTIME I 3 20pm I Lt Columbia Ar|10 20ami | 8 00pmiAr Savannah Lvi 6Q0*m| Noa. 13 and 14 are solid trains between Charityton nnd Aaheville. Through coach between Savannah aid AiherlU* on 14 ana 13. Train* leave Spartanburg, 8. C., A. A C. Dlvialoa Northbound, 1 43 a. m., 5.05 p. m., 6.12 p. m. (Veabuled Limited; Southbound, 12 25 a. m., 2.51 p. m t 11.37 a.m. (Yeatlbuled Limited): WestbonDa; W. N. C. Division, 6.20 iv. m. and 8.10 p. m, far Hendersonniie, asaotine boo nm opnnn. Trains leave Greenville, B.C., A. AC. Division, North boa nd 12.42 a. m. 4 00 p. a., 5.2 J p. m (Veatibuled Limited); Southbound,! 20a. m.,4.00p. *?., 12.28 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited). Trains leave Seneca, 8. (%, A. 4 C. Division, Northbound, 11.80 p. m., 2.87 p. m. and 4.10 p. m. Southbound, 2 82 a. m.: 5.35 p. m. and LS7 p. m. PULDMAN CAE SERVICE. Pullman Sleeper on 18 and 14 between. Charles ton and Ashevllle. via Columbia and 8partanba^ Pullman Palace Sleeping Car on Trains 19 aS 86, 87 and 38 on A A C. Division. W. A. TURK, a H. HARDWICK, Gen'l Pass. Agt., Ass't. Qen'l. Pass. Aft., Washikoton, D. C. Atlanta, oa. i Y. B. McBEE, 80L. HAAS, I uen'l Supt., Traffic Mrr., Columbia, 8. C. Washihotoh, D. C. i nr n r.mTN ft?nM M?"f. WiUHilornK. D. C. Seaboard air-line 8chedule. in effect aug. 27, 1893. HflBTH BOUND. SOUTHBOUND No. 38. No. 134. Eastern Time, No. 117. No.41. D^y. Dally. Except Atlanta. Dally. Dally. 8 80am Ttopm, It... Atlanta... ar 7 S ami ? 4ipaa 10 05am 8 13pm lT...Athena....ar 61?am| 1113am 9 ilpmIar...Elberton_lT 5 22am 5O0pu 1 ar.Calhoun F.It I 4 08pm 1215pm 10 00pm ar..AbbeTille. It 4 27am I ? 09pm 12 46pm 10 25pra ar Green wo'd It 4 02am I 2 41pm 1 40pm 1112pm ar ...Clinton ...It 317am, 145pm 5 00pm 112 23am | ar...Cheater ...It I 3 00am. 9 42am 8 05pm 1 50amjar...MonrO9... 1t|12 50am | 5 45am 8 15am ar...Raleigh... It 8 15pm ? 7 89am ar?Hendera'n.lT 6 53pm 9 0<)am ar...Weldon ...It 5 35pm ...... 1107am ar Petersburg It 3 43pm 11 45am ar Richmond It 3 10pm 8 40pm ar Wash'gton It 10 57am 6 24pm ar Baliimore It 9 42am 7 49pm ar Phli'delp'alT 7 20am ... 10 35pm ar New York It 12 15am , r k nn?m;ar-Charlotte-lT|10 00pn}.......~~. | 9 cOamlar Wllml'gt'n Iti 5 00pm| 3 30pm It...Clinton... arl 1 30p? 4 18pm ar Newberry It 2 43pm 4 34pm ar Prosperity It 13 29p" 5 55pm ar Columbia It 1115am 7 25pm ar~..8umter....lT 9 50am 10 15pm ar Charleaton It ? 7 15am f7 53pm- ar Darlington It -t7 00am ... 9 05am It Weldon ar 5 35pm > i 15am ar Portsm'th ar 3 20pm ............ 11 30am ar Norfolk It J?00pm ;;; iG15pm It Norfolk (b)ar 8 00am . j" 00am ar Baltimore It 5 3flpm 0 47am a^Philadel'lalt 4 41pm. - n 20pmiar New York It f2 lOpra ~ "" I 751pm llv>Umrth(n)ar 9 10am 5 10am |ar * hlladel'la It 11 16pm I 8 00am jar New York Iti 8 00pm | 6 00pm I It P'ro'lh (w) arj ?Wam| | 6 30am'ar Washing n It! 7 00pml phla and Norfolk R- B- v j , Noa. 134 and W ?S!5 B.?SrfWlW??r.bf twecn Atlanta and Washington, and Pullnan Buf. frt narlor cars between Washington and New D V Smith John C. wiivdkb, Traffic Ma'nBger. General Manager. 5W B. Glovkb, DIt. Paaa. Agt., Atlanta, Q*. Cha#J" He ^ 8-p- A ? Au?u*u-Q?