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j|bg*fblb |tbb*r??s*r. Jas. T. Bacon. ThosJ. Adams. EDITORS. E. KEESE, Corresponding Editor. Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 28, 1879. CO SKIA NG-S PRAGUE A VF AIR. The Conkling Spraguo affair, with which tho wholo con h try and all the pa pars North and South, are lilied, is simply this. Senator Roscoe Colliding, of New York, and Mrs. Ex-Gov. Spragne, of Rhode Island, have, it would seem, been living iu illicit intercourse for several years past; and Gov. Spraguo, being un able to put up with tho thing any longer, lately ehtsed Coukling out of his house with a shot-gun. This happened at Spraguo's sn in mer residence at Narra gansett Fior, Rhode, Island And Conk ling ran like a turkey, and jumped on tho cars, and fled incontinently. And tho fuss and rumpus have been tremend ous; ior both those guilty old pooj le are persons of the highest possible socia^ position and unbounded influence. They aro both, too, very handsome. Senator Conkling is iho great New York leader of the extremo Republicans, and is, next to Blaine perhaps, the bitterest hater of j the South. Ile is past fifty years of age, and has children grown and married. Mrs. Spraguo is tho beautiful, gifted and lamons Kate Chase, daughter of Chief Justice Chase of tho United States, and always a belle anda political schemer. She married Sprague for money, and has several half grown children. She is some forty live years of age. And as soon as Conkling had got safely beyond therjaeb of Sprague's shot gun, ho fixed up a cunning tale that a Gorman professor, named li n :, who taught the Seraglio children, was tho real object of Sprague's jealousy, and that Sprague was so crazed with rage against Link that he was be reft of reason and knew r.ot what he did when ho chased Conkling. But this sub tor.uge was too thin, and has only served the purpose of infusing a rich vein c^j fun into the dirty adair. Tho Conkling-Spraguo affair is a revo laron in part of the corruption that pre vails in the " best society'' in some sec tions. The daughter of a United States Chief .Justice, the wife of an ex-Gover and au ex United States Senator, plays a disgraceful part with another United States Senator, a man who has passed his half century, and who has a wife and children whoso happiness and good name aro wrapped up necessarily iii his own. It is a very shameful "and disgusting af fair throughout. The sympathy ol" the public for tho unhappy Sprague must be very greatly lesscuod when it ;s know n that for years be had intimatio.is of a dis reputable intimacy existing between the A,l "i.,,r.iu? oenatcand the Venus ol Iiis household. Ho says Conklink tried to break up his home when he lived in Washington, and now ho invades its sanctity ih Rhode Island that ho may bo ?Ls desi royer. A man of Conkling's prominence could not play his rolo suc cessfully in some other sections of the country without paying a fearful penalty B'<th parlies are now said to bo siloing for a divorce. A FER Kl ULE Tit AC; EDY IN MISSISSIPPI. Au Obnoxious " Independent Murdered On the 19th instant, a terrible tragedy occurred at Yazoo City, Mis eissippi-an affair which has fired the Republican papers of the North and West almost to a degree of frenzy. This difficulty, growing ont of a man named Dixon running as^ culminated in the shooting of Dixon by James N. Barksdale, candidate for chancery clerk. Dixon was shot three times, and died at 4 P. M. yes terday. A More Detailed Account of thc Im furlunate Altair. JACKSON, MISS., August 10.-Yes te rd ay at Ya/.oo City, a difficulty oe curred between Jones BarksdaL and Harry M. Dixon iemiting in the death of the latter. Dixon, while passing down the west side of Main street, was hailed by Barksdale from the e.u-tside, who advanced to the middle o'' the street, armed with a double barreled shot-gun. Dixon halted, a id immediately drew a pistol. Baiks dale raised his gun to nis shoulder, and Dixon seeing this, moved tow ir'd a stairway, when Barksdale fired, four buckshots taking effect in Dixon's back. Dixon then tired several times at Barksdale, but without eifect. Barksdale fired the second shot, bui it missed his victim. Dixon oled in ternally and died at 4:30 P. M. A preliminary trial will take place to morrow. The diiliculty is represent ed by Barksdale's friends to have been of a person?1 mature. GRAPES AND WINES! Senator Butler of South Carolina is trying I > induce the people of his State t ? raise many grapes, and he hes intei- j e-ted the SpanishConsul at Charleston in h's project.-N. Y. Herald. TO THE LADIES Ol'" CARO I ' The Ladies' Memoral Association ol Charleston, organized for the purpose ot erecting a Monument lo the Confederate Dead, are now earn-ally endeavoring to raise the funds n'ce^sary lo complete that long since begun at Magnolia Cemete.y. In this Cemetery lie the remains of men who, at the call ot duly, left their homes in all paris of this and many sister Stabs, and gave their liv ? for the defence ol their country, It is to do them honor that we aro now sinving; and if those from among whom manv of them caine, will unite with us in this good work, we will welcome their aid. A Hililaij Pair wili he held in tliisCily in tha second week of Januaiy, ISSU. Conti ibutions to it, either in the form ol direct subscrint'ons, cr of work, eic, will be gladly received. All communications should be addressed to MRS.1 JAMES CONNER, Chairman Laches' Committee. The interest of the patriotic women of j E.lgeiield County is cain- Hy requested in bebaf of the above appeal. The thought of a mont"neut to the Confeder ate dead always awakens in the heart of J W)man, n.e.noiy, love and sympathy. She ( s *?s again in her mind's eye her father. 1 her husband, hermons, herbrolhers, march ing, in the midst of hunger, hardship and d'se. e, to defend her and their country! she remembers her words of farewell, and how she bade ber heroes Cod-speed. Si e remembers her hope?, her fear*, her suifer inc;s; the victoria, the defeats, and, alas ! the deatb. So when calkd upon to rear j a monument to the dead heroes of the 0 lost caus",)she is,never backward, for thus, ti ia the only way left to ber, she gives ex- J piession to the deep feeling of her soul- - The women of Edgefield County are c therefore eaiaestly requested lo help the h noblewomen of Charleston in donations !t however sm.*\ll, of money, or of articles t'( for their fair. The ladies of Ridge Spring jt |je already moving in the matter, tl LUMBER FROM WHEAT STRAW. Certainly by far the most important' discovery of the last several years is the art of convex ting Wheat Straw into Lumber, as slated in the following article which we clip from--.aTale, number of the Philadelphia Trade Journal. Indeed, if this'Wheat traw Lumber provea satis. factory and will answer the'vpurposes of woed, the discover" must and will be of boundless importai ce in the broad prairies of the West and North-West, where there i i the greatest scarcity ot'lumber, whilst if. is the acknowledged great wheat region ot" the world. We will watch the progress of this new and wonderful invention; and in Thc course of a few years we shall not be astonished to see on the premises of every well to do faimer a little Wheat Straw Lumber Mill, and the present hide ous piles of worthless wheat straw trans mogrified into handsome cottages, beauti ful fences, &c, &c. But here is what the 2rade Journal says : ' Mr. S. H. Hamilton/of Bushnell.. Ill,, has been exhibiting samples of lumber, which he has made, by a new proa ss from wheat straw. The samples haye attract-, cl much attention among the lumbermen, and, if they possess all the vii tues that are claimed for them, is one of the most important inventions of its kind ever brought to notice. If it is a success it wiil firm a new era in the art of building To .make hard-wood lumber out of common wheat straw, with all effects of polish and finish which is obtumble on the hardest of black walnut and mabogauy, at as little cost as clear pine can be manufac tured for, is certainly wondenui Such are the claims of Mr. Hamilton for the straw board lum uer which he has been exhibiting in western cities, and the sam ples which he produces would go toward verifying his claims. The process of man u'acture, as explained by Mr. Hamilton, is as follows: Ordinary straw board, such as is manufactured at any paper mill, is used for the purpose. As many sheets are taken.as are required to make the thick ness of lom ber desiied. Ttl? se sheets are passed through the chemical solution, which thoroughly softens ir> the libre and completely saturates it. 1'tie whole is then passed through a succession of roll ers, dneil and haidm -d during the pas sage, as well as polished, and comes out of the other end ol the machine haul, dry lumber, ready for use. Mr. Hamilton claims that the chemical properties war dening in the fibre entirely prevent .valer soaking, and render the lumber combusti ble only in a very hot lire. The harden ed tiiiish on the outside aiso makes it im pervious to water. The samples which Mr. Hamilton exhib? s could hardly bo told from hard wood lumber, and sawing it the diiTerence could not be delected, lt is susceptible bf a very high polish, and samples of imitation of maple, inahoganv, etc., were shown, which might deceive tue moat experienced eye. Not, only docs Mr. Hamilton claim a substitute for lumber in sash, doors and blinds and (iuishing .?tod', but also as a suU>i-<,ute for black walnut and other woods in the manufact ure of all kinds of furniture, collins, etc., and. also an excellent substitute for marble-lop ta bles, mantel-pieces, bureaus, etc. He claims that it will not warp in the least. Mr. Hamilton is negotiating willi partied west, with the view of establishing a manufactory in Lhat region for making the various articles of building material ?br which his lumber is suitable. SENATOR BUTLER'S RETURN HOME. HIS WORK AT NEW. TORT. On Monday morning last, our dis tinguished townsman, Senator M. C. Butler, reached horne, after three week's work at Newport, Rhode Is land, as Chairman of a Committee appointed by the Senate of of the United States, to investigate certain appointments of the Providence Cus tom House and look into certain po Provideoce Post Office. Senator But ler's co-workers on this Committee were Beck, of Kentucky, Rolliiis, ol New Hampshire, Whyte, of Mary land, Chandler, of Wisconsin, and one or two others. Regarding tha upshot of this important business, the cor respondence of the JYcivs and Courier contains the following : NEWPORT, R. I., August IS.-When the testimony taken before the Buller Committee is published to the world, we will hear no more of South Caro lina tissue ballots, orof Southern elec tion frauds. Every witness who has been examined, without exception, has testified to the use of money at elections. They say that they have never seen an election since 1SG0 where money was not used, and SQ little harm do they think it that the Greenback candidate for governor in the last election testified under oath that he had received ten dellars for his vote, and had taken the money home artd'giveti it to his wife. When asked if he did nut think it wrong, he said, no, that everybody did it. The various methods ol' bribing voters without becoming liable to punishment, as developed by the in vestigation are as ingenious ?is they are manifold. Faro checks were used in some cases, where the rei i nient went into a dark room and presented them at a pigeon hole, behind which he could . ?e no one, and received therefor the specified price ol' his vote. Other witnesses swore to the drunken orgies held in the postolli :e by the Piovidence postmaster and his friends. One witness gave evidence to the fact that the mails had been delayed to allow the mail carriers time to distribute election tickets. Dr. Green testified that it co.-:t at least ten thousand dollars for a man to go to the U. S. Senate from Rhode Island. Thus far Senator Butler's committee have laid bare a slate ol' affairs in Rhode Island that is simply mon strous. It is one long story ol' bribe ry and corruption. The customhouse officials even testify that they ha\ : nothing to do and are engaged in ol her occupations. Itching Piles. Tho Symptoms are moisture, like per spiration, intense itching, increased by scratching, very distressing, particularly at night, as if pin worms were Crawling in and about tho rectum, tin- privates ure sometimes affected ; if allowed to continue very serious results may follow. Dr. Swayne's All Healing Ointment is a pleasant and sure cure. Reader, if you are suffering from Ulis ii.stres.sing complaint, or Tetter, Itch, .5cald Head, Ring Worm, Pimples, Bar bera' Itch, any crusty, scaly skin erup ?ons, use Swayne's ointment and be ;ured. Sent by mail to any address on .eceiptof price (in currency or postaire ?tamps) f>0 cents a IMIX, three boxes $1.25. Address letters, Dr. Swayno A Son, &U) ^. Sixth stroet, Philadelphia. No charge or adviee. Sold by druggists gonerallv. ly tr ROBERT E. LEE. As to the battle of Gettysburg, I mus* gain refer you to the official accounts, ls loss was occasioned by a combination f circumstances. It was commenced in he absence of correct intelligence. It ras continued in the efforts to overcome lie difficulties by which we were sur Dunded, and it would have been gained mid one determined and united blow ave been delivered by our whole lino. As was, victory trembled in the balance >r three days, and the battle resulted in ie infliction of us great an amount of in iry aa was received, aud in frustrating ie Federal campaign for the season. A NOT fl fi It LETTER FROM A. J. N. SAP VTOOA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, 1 Aug. 20th, 1879. J I thiuk I sh? ll hud it somewhat. ,di?T cultto boil down Kiagara FaUs...Mon treal, sud Saratoga, fogother w.iih' the line-country audi 8plendid;S?enery that lie between the?? poinS ?oas to com-r pass the whole in a single letter. But I wiftapply Uie: evaporating process vig orously, ano1 try ' > rqdpco all these to a dish that can be ?akerifa't one sitting. If it does not piovelo be equal fi "quail ou toast," I hope it may at least turn out lo bo a 1 'lorably well seasoned mess of pot tage: at any rate I will oiler it ns a premi nm for the birthright of the first Esau who is witling I . lake it. Having made the journey up the far famed Hutts?n whieh is styled, no doubt justly, the Khine of America, and having ir ?ted in the Capital City of New York State, and visited ila Slate House, its parks, its fine avenues, itselean shady st eets, Ilhoug ht wo had seeu ibo most interesting part of our journey, and that the three hundred milos over the New York Central Rail road to Ni.igra falls would bo likely to he very dull, monotonous, and devoid of any special interest.. But not so. The prospect varies, but it does not lose one jot or tittle of ils interest. Our route now lios through the heart o? tho SLile of New York, and I ventu.o '.o say, though wi di' my limited expeil euee in traveling. I do it with some hes i a>iou, that human eye soidpm ever rc'ited on a liner picturo, or on a more piciureque and beautiful ounlry than 'his A very intelligent gentlemen from tue South, on our .rain,- who has traveled extensively itt America and who. han i v-ided.and studied ?ii Europe, having boen a student at Paris when the third Napoleon by <t Coup d' Mat made him self Emperor, of tho French, and,who is familiar with the bast farming county in England, France and Germany, tells us that ho has not s.een anything to sur pass this scciioti anywhere in his travels. Here the beautiful and tho .useful are happily blended. Hero rural New York is painted on natures canvass. Hero thc li nest farms stretched ont on the right hand and on die left, on the hill sides, on the hill tops, and in the valleys Hufe too aie the hi Ms,-i.he hills, tlie over lasting hills ! now rising up at our side and towering above us like giants, and now receding in regular undulations into the dim vistas as far as the eye can reach. Hero on a thousand hills the finest callie roam. Here runs, tho two horse plow, tho reaper, the mowor, and ad kinds of Improved implements of jriculture. The lands are cultivated everywhere. Tho crops aro planted and jr Uhered on tho ( lips aud on the sides of the loftiest hills. The soi' appears to be lieh; no gullies nor washer are seen and every field seems t > bo ina line con dition ol' cultivation. Tho settlements of tho farmers are generally protty white cottages, with largo barns and other outhouses in close proximity, the whole surrounded with ,argo apple oichards of sproading lusu riant trees, laden with fruit. Wo run for seventy live miles along the banks of .he Mohawk river, asmidl clear erys lal stream of pure waler, that steals noiselessly and swiftly aloug over its bed of reeks and pebbles. We pass many nourishing village i and tows, and we go through many ol' them almost as rapidly as an equestrienne goes through the papered hoops in aciicus. Tho farms average .rpm iii ty ( i a hundred and tiny a ?res, and aro worth eighty 1 > a hundred dollars per acre. On all side- (he fields are clothed in living green. We soe lu vu riant crops of clover, oat hay, i > u.ioeo, buckwheat, beans, cabbages, on ions and Irish potaloes, the last named just now in bloom. The corn looks well, bul it does not grow as large and line here as it does near Philadelphia Thc poia' . crops is ?inmenso; wo see acres upon acres_a.?ol C..,I.I?.-?-*I We pass through tho three large ciiies of ll.ica, Syracuse and Rochester. They arc nicely laid out, beautifully shaded, and kept apparently as neat as a pin. The buildings aro not crowded, but are far enough apart to be airy and healthy, and among them arc many line yards and gardens. After pe ?slug .Syracuse, which is about half way. tho country bo co nos more le cl. From Rochester to i!io Falls, a distance of seventy miles, the laud hocemos very level, ami tho ag ricultural aspect reach s its climax. lu this section the crops are lalo; die oats arc just gelling ripe, and the reapers aro constantly seen cutting them down. We soe from tho stu bide diat thc oats were Mira in drills by machinery. Hero too ihe apple trees are grown iu greatly in creased numbers. Besides the large orelia, ds around each farm house, there aro acres of them grown in the fields all along thc way. Every spare space about tho yards and gardens, in tho country and in the towns, is lilied with them. At Rochester wc switch off on another train to the Falls, and the train wo leave goes on towards tho West with a long line of .coaches crowded with passengers. One ol' the features up here is tho vast num bers of people and their transitory move ments. The Erie Canal nins in sight of our nad nearly all thc way from Albauy to the falls, and our road frequently crosses it. Hundreds of boats are floating upon it, going back and forth. Each boat seems t ? bo heavily freighted, and is drawn by from one to three horses or mules that w ilk along the banks about sovonty-iivo ora humhed yards ahead of tho boat. When wo get near the falls wo come to a very pretty town called Lockport. Here ibero is a .succession of eight or ten 1 icks in which tho boats uro raised, lo tho level of lake Erie or Iowored ti the level of tho Canal. At this place we see them shipping peaches lo B?llalo, and they aro the first of tho season. At ?) o'clock wo reach tho end of our twelve hours jon rue}', and wo hoar the thunders of Niagara! In a few moments, a-i wo go across the Suspension Bridge to tho Hotel on the Canada side, we come in full view of tho falls, with tho electric light biasing upon them, and lighting (hem uplikea rainbow. Thosceiieisinue scribably grand. Wo stand in tho piazza nf the Clifton House, just in front of Iradi falls, and gaze upon them until wo become almost hov i Mored in ad tn j ra lion. It is useless 1 J attempt to rise to a proper description ol'this great wonder :>f tho world. It must be seen and kilt Lo be fully understood. Next day we procured a carriage and went up and town the river for two or throe miles on ihe American side, and to tho burning (pring, two miles nj? on the Canada Hide. A.t the whirlpool rapids we were let town in an elevator, near two hundred eel to tho waters edge, and from there i ad a lino view of tho river and Its high, rrcen-ulad banks, as it appears below tho alls. At Prospect Park we went down i vertical railway to a point nearly un ter tho American falls, where wo could ?co tho water pouring down from above is in hugo lorrents and in terrible pow ir. Tho mist and spray was lulling round us anil over us in such quantity hat lt ran in streams down tho glass vindows through which we looked, ionio parties here put on rubber suits md went out on the rocks in front of us clo thc thick mist almost right under lie cataract itself. Several small boats /.ero plying in tho river just below the dis whero tho mist comos down like a an ii.sk showor of rain. Returning by tho po erlieal railway, we then went to tho pi Iatform which is constructed right up Iii ?theoilge of tho American falls, and cl? toed near enough to bathe our hands iu on ae water as i? starts dowu its frightful Wi T ai d c a it u tl fe h cs al N m si F ai til sc w to BU of pc ?I bi ^^*w^n^nna eap into the abyss below, ^gn ye go iigher up the river and croatue'Amer an prong of it lo Goat Ialsn<whlch lies )etweeri the two falls, and w again go mt on a platform t ? the edg of horse moe fall8,and we staid tbi-eefcftmr feet ibovQ the-water ^"it- pl,uuges|ow n iu*^ be impenetrable depths bueatb us. me Cateract here is 2.200 et across, with a perpen d icul?r pl unge < 158 feet ; md It was os ti mated by LyellSrnT^SOO )00,(< 10 cubic feot of water pases-over he lodges every hour. As w?o up on the right hand hide of Goat ?flnd, we come lo three mall islands fojecling into the Canada prong of the rier, and Connected by. light- Jbridgea. Ve go out tm tb> eand cuulo't) the spot diero a few w eks ago a lady full inlo ??"i iver and was swept over the horse abe falls One of tho mo?t beautiful and mp. e^ sive fealorr? of.Niagara sceneM.islbe rapids above the. falls. In botbprongs of the river above the falls andan the neighborhood or the Ihr i isls?a that I have mentioned, the water ruifawilh fierce rapidity and power and pfrjnges over rocks and de?<hr<< dows ?dl% pieclpic ? until the face of the_j4M is inado white with the milky sjvWand foam that is splashing up in arjwec tions. The Burning Spring is a ipiing of water heavily charged with siltfcu etted bydrozen. The gas ia conSytly rising and bubbling np from thejgater, and when ignited burns with a bdliant flame. Nearly every visitor goe-do see this, and it is considered a very cirions and wonderful thing. At each point wo visited there "wire st res or shops tilled with souvenirs aid fancy articles for sale, many of them li dian works, and many others beaulirulry ca ved out of the spar. bat is found abott Niagara. On Goat Island tho Talling and'trees, and even the rocks, are carvid wit'i.the names of thousaudsof persons who have in years gone by visited tue spot. There are several oilier th*igs that mighf be said about ?'iagara. bit the evaporating process lus vanished into a airy nothingness,*' and, we must go on. And the end ta not yet. Tb e sights along the way ?ary Tikotle ever shirting scenes of a pa?orama. We leave Niagara Falls ty Ute Grind Trunk, railway and mn down tj old Niagara, 18 or 20 miles disjant. This ty at the mouth of the Niagara river wlror? R euters tut > Lake Ontari?. Hero jp> embark on a boat and run up < ) L?wj* t ?n, on the American side, se m mijes below the falls At Lewiston we receto considerable accessions to our numbers, and another boat slart?? as we^do.^-aftij lng six hundred excursionists J on Lockport and vicinity t >Toronto, Calm da, on the other side cf Oui ario. Re tinning by old Niagara, wosetout on (tu journey to Montreal nearly four htindre< miles ahead, and all the way by water Wo croas the upper end of Lake Onlaj^ and land at Toronto, an al tractive look iugcityof sixty thousand inhabitant Heie we see a vast crowd of prop!? thronging the wharves tho larger por. in being gaily dressed feundos. said lo h Ibero lo welcomo the excursion paTtj that follows close on our heels. We now disembark and press our v/a; through tho crowd until we reach lb 41 Corinthian," oue of tho line stearne that ply between Toron' t aud Montres/ It is Uonsely crowded with passenger and many fail ' . secure state rooms au have to sleep ou the cabin deck, on bec: improvised for the purpose. The hullo howeverareall comfortablysloredawa; in the state rooms. The long table stretching hundreds of feet along th cabin deck, have t ) be set several time to accommodate the passengers on boa ai and you may bo sure that a leann! on slaught is made upon the bountiful am sumptuous repast which is each time s/1 before us. Tho day is clear and calm and pl .saut breezes play about us as w plough through the smooth limpid wa ters of Ojtori^^h^ ?Jj every hand at Ibu expansive waters tl^i surround us. But our route for the mos part is not far J rom the Canadian shore and we frei) ueiu Iv turn in and st ip ? tho pretty I nv ns along the way. Every body on I ard is in lino spirits, and w chat with many pleasant people couiini from all sections of th? country. Th majority of our company seem t> b tourists and sight seers. As we pas over the Grand Trunk Railroad am along the Canad bin shore, wo seo man; tine farms ranging over a very inviting looking country. In some places th country looks like it does between Ro chester aud the falls. Wo ai et dd tba the improved farms a'*e worth from li ft; t j eighty dollars per aere. The product of the country are like those in Wes.'en New York, and the two horse reapon are frequently seen cutting down UK luxuriant oats i hat ure now just ri peni m for the hui vest. We sleep on Ibo boson of the lake, and about day light we en lei tho St. Lawrence river. At Kings! >t I went out on the front deck about sun rise and found it lobe shivering cold but later iu the day it became more pleas mt. The trip along the St. Lawrence h very fino. Thc principal features an .he Thousand Islands that we pass, eel' :;brated for their beauty and regarded bj til who travel Ibis way as sojeiwli* iceneiy. This is a capital place I i lingoi tt during the bot summer months. As wo approach Montreal we go through i succession of rapids, and when wc mino to one of the ;o every h xiv rushes >n deck and quite au exhilarating ex ?temeut ensues. The most dangerous ap Ids are at Luchino near Montreal, vhere an Indian pilot comas on board ind guides us safe through the rocks V Canal is cut around this point, and for I long time these rapi 4s were consider d to be impassable, but lb? steamers mw pass them every day. At7 o'clock P. M. wo again set our set on lerra lima at Montreal. This is be largeslcity in tho Canad ian provinces, laving i)iie hundred and lili y thousand nbabitants, and they are a better look rig class of people generally than in st hat we have seen. The hotels and even onie of the merchants have quide books jr distribution, pointing out the places f interest. Aud there are carriages nough it seems to put thousands of peo le ou wheels at once. Long litios of lien) stand all day, and I believe most f the night, at tho cab-stands ulong the 'reels, and around the public squares, 'be climate here is delightful, tin) cool I times perhaps. There are many sp lou id buildings in Montreal-City Hall, burt House, Chu relies, Colleges, Banks nd Convents, all pointed out to ibo vis or aud explained by the guide hooks, nd by the driver who shows him over io dity. The style of architecture tflf irs from ours, and the buildings aro of lue limestone handsomely cut and trved ; and this adds no little to their .tractions and imposing appearance At twelve o'clock wo wont to Grey unuery, that being the hour when the uns march into the chapel in proco on and go through their devotions in roneh. We are ushered into tho chapel id soon joined by a large number of lose who came on tho bout with us-. We ?e burning iii a vessel at the altar a lire' hich it is said has never hoon allowed go out since the days of St, Puter. Wo ippose Uie imus, like Ibo vestal vii gi ns tho Greeks, giiard this llamo and per ituate its fires. The devotions ended, in'ile showed us through the stately illdiug, large, capacious, airy, cleani d the internal arrangements well ap hued und admirably adapted to its trposes. He first showed the found igs-anet of healthy looking, neatly ?d, bright little fellows. Ile luii?or isly told us that th?y received all that ira brought and asked no questions. .? Ue said they had received over thir li und red during Ibo last year. I somewhat startled at Ibisaunouncet; but I suppose many children tba not base ii ?rn ere relinquished by parents in' . the bands ol'this ?reut itable establishment, where they CJ educated and reared in coinpar comfort. Tim Catholics deal ont immense charities with no stinted 1 Next we went ap stairs where then a large collection of girls from G years of age; and whilst wo wailed, sang a beautiful chant in French, are also sliowu the nice, suow-whi tie beds where the children sleep, tho dining room whore they are fed go through roany other apartmen interest, before wo make our exit ibis place. We also visited the Kreuch Hath ed rsl on Noire Dame fi which is said t . bo tho larg t Cl edi lice un this continent. Beside* immense proportions of tho buil ono is greatly impressed with thc frescoed work within, the varie marble columns, the beautiiul i Work, the fine.paintings ?iud the t^L architectural fcni^ generally. 'I are two t jwersHo ?ne church that "\ about twice as high ?? tho buildiri self. The church bell weighs over : pounds. I wont up ono of the towi the top, and st >od there a few minni the rain, looking over tho eily and rounding e .untry. We drove by i cuitous route through Mt. Royal to tho top of Roya' Mountain w stands closo by tho eily, and rises s al hundred feet above ils lallest s and loftiest lowers. The city liei tween the mountain and the river. J the t .p of Mount Royal we can sei entire city, the great river rolling 1 tho shipping at the wharves, the spU Viet iria Bridge, one and th reo fi mi 1PM long, and six ly feet above lb ters of the St. Law. enco ; the rese lined with rock, that furnishes tlx with water, ami many other thin; interest far and near. Stopping out from my hotel and v ing a short distance down St. J Street, I saw an exuded crowd gall) before the City and District Sai Bank, poshing and pr ;sing fj go There was a run on the Lank and th citcment seemed lo reach a very ] pitch. Three oilier banks had fail , day or so before. This bank had 1 deposit H'M and tho amount on de ! ran up into tho millions. Thu | j Bank of Montreal caine lo thc n and helped this bank t > meet tho dem J^of bs deposilop. Speeches were tua I ttR^nccll&l crowd by? Catholic I1 ?md other influential parties, but i drain continued the whole day. J evening paper said one old lady too] j. her money and tho pie!:-pockets in: dialoly stole it from her. Another i \ tiers out and deposited hVagainsayitij ; only wanted to know it was in tl There seems IJ bo serious lina j troubles in Montreal, which is a <r ( money centro, and they appear to ll the wor&t has not comeyoi. Wc wen lighted willi Montreal and left it regret. A word now for Sarai iga and 1 f done. This is a inodorn Label, w e fashion rules the hour, and folly rid 1 cars of triumph. We laud hero v * tho BCVson is at i?" heigh I, an 1 Iben r twenty thousand vise ?rs present, lb * way is thronged like Broadway in s York. The long piazzas of the a rea - tels aro swarming with guests. V t through tho town in any direction, s the boarding booses (nearly every h e being a boardiu r house) aro crowdi 8 overflowing. Some cullie for health. *? the great mass como for pleasuro. K " night a bril liant company gathers it T splendid ball rooms of the Gnuid * ion, tho United States or Congress 1 '? Besides that, the parlors are crow and tho piazzas aro full, and tho sli 1 are thronged, and Con ir rc <s Park iso A;f-' ??n In the piazzas of those hotels. At i I the races come on, and in the alten II thu line equipages pass up and d '? Broadway, along the avenue to Sara >l lake, and over many other line dr about the placo. The Springs nun t? nearly thirty. Thu waters ure justly ? ebratcd for their mineral properties, 0 i everybody drinks at the healthful fu 61.aili, (io to tho Hathorn at 7 ill s morning, and you lind it thronged v people. (Jo IJ any spring during Y I day, and you lind someone lhere dri 1 ing Ibu waler. (Jo to thu Washing: ii 8 tl o'clock at night, and you lind it ero - od like ilia Hathorn in tho morning. ? lo tho Geyser spring mid tho Chumpi M and you s~o the water spouting up i s gi eat height from tho natural force of * gises. At these springs tho water * J drawn like Soda waler, and it eflferves 3 so that your glass is tilled with foam J M you get only half a glass of tho Ihp * itself. - Sarai .iga is a very pleasant place, ii i all .-.oi ls ol'people can enjoy il Milli? ? Lof money have boon expended to nm * I it alt? ?naive, and no pains aro spared ' I the hotels, tho boarding houses a * Spring Comp mes to make it a deli .: * I fill pleasure resort. There aro ti I church' i hera of all duiioiuiaalioiis, ai ' I a lai gu city hall where entertaining coi I pmnih .Hi equontly hold forth. !'..o lea ors flinn all sections, in polo..rs, in |?u ature, HI religion, in fashion, and in il 1 sports, all gather herc. Ina word, Sa ' at iga i> a great place ; great for its mi eral waters; great for its hotels -Jiu la gest and most magnificent in the world great as ibu resort ol'thousands of tl moat distinguished and celebrated poi sonages in the land; and great for tl I display of thu votaries of fashion, doti od in purp]? and line linen, and hud??! ed with jewels that Hedi with reg: j Splendor. A. J. N. Kor the Advertise LF.r us miMtova: o un ruitij ll I Ml IV A YS. Wo are infirm si Ul lt overseer J. ll Watson hld tito host w r ked road ililli county. We speak not from our ow knowledge.-Moni; rr. If the Monitors informant had travel ed over tho section of ri ind leading Iron Moss's nhl Mill, (now hr. Butler's) t. Capt. Ben. M luis's, mid on lo Aiiliocl Church, he would undoubtedly hay said thal Hr. Seth Buller had worked hi: road buller than any other overseer ii Eugclhdd, Mr. J. I!. Watson's "bos work? il road" to tho contrary notwilh standing. This section of road wa? whllouin one of the roughest, rootiest reek ii si, most luau neglected and (Jod-foi sahen highways extant; but now, mulei I th^u-in'141-d .skill and go-ahead vim ol Drlfltutler, il has hecomo a nicely graded road -no reek*, no routs, no dangling limbs -kill'Miili and level-and il alfords one a real pleasure lo I?IIH over it. And right here vie would heg l.i say to the good people ol' Kdgefleld Unit Dr. Bailer, for this g.I Work alone, lo say nothing o ' his many admirable traits of hoad and heart, is eminently entitled to promotion, and so we presume is Mr. J. If. Watson Hlliiiled io in the Monitor, and we there fore suggest that they should he elected on the I toil ni ol' (.'minty Commissioners at our next election. Hurrah for Butler and Winson ! A hundred more over seers like them in Kdgelield would place our roads in admirable order; and good roads'Hu oiighnut thc County would ce - Uduly advance the value ol' all real os tale from len to fifty per cent. By all inestis lol us Improve our public high WR3'M. _______________ iKuu ?<n.TiM Al 5? cen I? per tujHh?l^/>nO of QitlMe I.? ''''L^fljj _fc_c?l, 4t'? |__|__ HHfei _______ HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. A Claim on Behalf of the 22J 8. C. V., tobe Numbered Among the He roes of the Crater..? . ? ? .. [Con-espondenee of the News and Courier] EDQEFIELD, August 16.-In yoor issue of the 15i h instant I see A. B. W.'8 account of the reunion of the'. Seventeenth S. 0. Volunteers. Col. McMaster is reported to have said in his address that thc Seventeenth Regiment, with the assistance of a man of the Twenty-sixth and the co operation of Wright's Battery, pre vented Grant iroui entering Peters burg and capturing Beauregard's ar my." As one of the few surviving oflicers of the Twenty-second S: C. Volunteers I leel it my duty to [men tion the fact that tlie Twenty-second' Regiment, commanded by the gallant Col. Dave Fleming, was immediately about Pegram's Bittery on that aw lui 30th ot July, instead of August, and that we suffered more than any other Confederate regiment that daj? I was first lieutenant, and in command of Company ?, from Sparenburg. I had one ofii.;er, Lieut. W. J. Like, ol' Newberry, und thirty lour enlisted men immediately in rear of Pegram's Battery-sent lhere to support tlie-e guns. Every one of ns were buried by the explosion of th??n lour tons ol' powder. Lieut. W. J. Lake, three enlisted men and myself were dug out ol the dirt by some ol the Feder al troops (members I think ol' a New York Artillery Regiment,) after they had taken possession of thc works. The other thirty-oneiuen were'kil'e-'; Col. Fleming was buried fully twenty leet und? Y the dirt and is there now. While the regiment wa- fear fully cut to pieces, there wa:: a .small band ol' heroes left, who fought des perately and were among the fust to re-enter the crater and .drive out the enemy. Respectfully, G KO RC; F. B. LAKE Advertising Cheats. Ii bas become so common th write the beginning of nh elegant, interesting articleaud then run it intosome ??Iver tiseuient that we avoid al! such cheats and simply eal! attention t> tho merits of Hup Hitters in as plain liol" <t. terms as possible, to induce people io give them one trial, as no ?me who knows their value will ever use anything else -A. CARD. To all who ?re HU (Teri ng from thc er rors and indiscretions nf youth, nervous weakness, oariy dutrty, loss of manhood, Ac, I will .semi .i recipe that will cure you, i-KKK op un<\KU K. Tiiisgn-at reme dy was discovered hy a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Hov. Jos KP ll T. INMAN, Station I), New York City. I:'-ly NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given, that Appli cation will ho made i i the Legisla ture at its next se-sion, for au amend nient of the Charier of the ridgefield Brauuli I lai I mud, lo extend said Hoad tu Aiken and some point on the Port lb ?yal and Augusta Railroad. LEW1SJONES, President, Edgeliutd Brunch lt. K. Co. A* J. Nouais, Sec" rv A Treasurer. August Md, I87?-3iu 38 C?K?L?N?: RIAL ESTATE AGI Ci, OF DAWSON & CO., ._ciajitaTT^JC--' Branch OUice fur Edgefielil am! en toualic.i ai Trenton, t. T.H.CLARK, Manager. rpms ACICNCY distributes monthly X 10,000 eopies of Ihc .. Mill I" II I'ANli" contai tiing euch Advertisement through the Northern States, along the principal lines ol' travel, and at all points of landing of emigrants, thus inducing opportunities lo sell lo cash purchasers', equaled hy few ami surpassed by no omer ageucy of the kind. For further particulars address, T. IL CLARK, Manager, ? KLM I <K\, ti. C. Aug. L'Oth 1870-41 07 Tho twenty-iirst year w ill open Oelo ber "?th. The President and his lainily will n main in the < bi lego. Kates have been reduced. Tuition and Hoard, including washing and fuel, for the year, one hundred and shit/ two flot tais. Kor further pa rilen lars apply lo Ibo President, J. r. BONNER, Duo Wost, S. C. Aug, lil), 1ST!? -lin :i7 L 11 Ii Undoi .signed works at anteb.-l luui rates, both in making now Oins and in ropairing old Gins, Planters, I?Mik to your interest and encourage home enter pri/.o. As cheap KS tho cheapest, and as good as tho best, Shop at Pendleton Urns. . J. M, NEB LETT, Augusta, Ga. August l l -:im :ii? JAMES Y. CULBREATII, Attorney at Law! Will practice in the Courts of Newber ry and Kdgelield. Office at Newborn- '\ H., H. C March 27/1870-ly-lfl State of South Carolina EDGE FIELD COUNTY. Coart o/' Common 1'len.s. Walter P. Branson, Adtn'or. of I?. 1). Branson, dee'd., vu. Win. II. Branson', Nicholas h. Branson, John Brimson, Joseph Itrunson. Mrs. Lucinda Hol lingsworth, Artemus Branson, Luther Price Branson and Daniel Branson as HSKlgnec- Complaint tn sci I hind to jutif drills, allot dower, ?Cv., UV. BY virtue of an Order ol the Ibm. \Y. ll. Wallace, Circuit Judge, passed on the liSLli day of June, 1870, in the above entitled cause, all and singular (he creditors of the Estate of I). D. Brim son, deceased, are required to provo and establish their respective claims against, said Estate before inn, iw Referee in said cause, on or before Hie 2d day of Sen le::;lair, I.S7!) W. I). HAMEY, ricferee. July l?ih. 1S7!>. (ii,..S| CURRYTO'l BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL. BUG EPI BM) COUNTY K <:. HUGH V. OLTVEU, PRINCIPAL. Pall SESSION opens Monday, Sei>(< in lier 8th. Board and Washing1, $o per nionih. Tuition, $1.PO; $2.fi0 and jt! pei; month. No extra charges of any kind. Chairman Board Trustoos. litton A. SHAW. M. I>. Aug. 7-tf 33 ^UGKJSTAL, Gp fl#0 Anabal Sizes Two Iforse Wagoi.fi Iron Axes und Thimble Skeiu| 200 AiSM ted Si/.f-s One Ilorso Wagons, Plain and Patent Wio-els. 100 Sets Assorted Wagon Harness. At pri?es 10 per cent, lower than can be bought in the city. J H tl? !8?*W Sf J .1 .8*9 9 ^ Corner Campbell an?! Ellis Streets. AugnsU, Ga., Aug. 20, 1379-tf 37 -DEALER T.N (VUvPETS, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW CURTAINS AND SHADES? ALSO, 205 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA OL!) STAND JAMES G. BAILEE & BRO. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 20-om 37* H^OW is the time IO enininence planting for a fail Crop O?* Tl'K ;%SI*.S-klie vslud lof which cannot be overestimated-and you will do well to call on W. BJ. SBKWi? early,and make your eelecti-uis frpm thc fol lowing standard varieties, all of which are perfectly fresh and genuine : YELLOW GLOBS, YELLOW RUTA BAGA, WHITE FLAT DUTCH, RED TOP, WHITE GLOBE, YELLOW ABERDEEN, &c, &c. G*-. L? Penn s&2 Son, July IC-tf 32 If necleetod, may rapidly dorclor, into Quick consumption. Ord: nary treatments trill not euro it? Its effects aro nervous iw?w. loss of smell, tajte, hearing, and voice, veale oyen, dizziness, faint terlings, mit tor dropping into tho throat, disgusting odom, and finally consumption and premature death, Fer ASTHMA, ? HAY FEVER ^Sp? Catarrh. Brone-bit?siCopKhs.KerTOTJ'; and Catarrh?.! IIo:vh*hBS, Peafnci.-;, i "r? Sore Throat, and all diseases of tho air-pWtfairos end luiu? Hiere L? ui> tr.ai "i^* inca*eo pleasing, thorough, and certain to caro cud ;;ivo butan? rv..- : sa Marlc?S* SI a? ? EUES ?s3 & ^3 SKJ A compound of tho mont ho?ling bataam known ton>!>il'.-tI scieneo.Tvith CARBOLATED PINE THEE TAS?Sr&^f? haling iVom ?leVone's Inhrtlcr.hcnveno.. ?:?WIC?...'W:::U, ir.vi -. .ir .linK', a:id heiJhui vapor, and taker dired it, and into all Ino air-py3acej nnd f ipplicatton to tho difuw-d ?.urfaei. ?ind ll ""heontv mel hod liv ?rh ir fa ttl .-.?. db :<j thodiiioftscdcavitMaoi ti?, i lom?,whore iia-rw as a loee! ; boaiSosthriiHi power is fell r-, ?a:-.. .< rr.rt :,i ( ;c ni ? .1 ne n t ?yCOT?O. 'K?MS TREATWiENTMirST? or limalla, to bo returned ii not satiafaclorj. F?f'Also (er su?r by ?Irui?KiNf v. Send foe circular siring iud infoeaatinn. terina etc. A or,ni ij-sician always in charge. Advice free on all chronic di* ernes. State ajmntoan plain!?, and >?.>;.? caso will have imm?diate and careful attention, and fm* advice by I ;vli:r:: Mitti. IT*? " ? Iii ?, uuxic M.is paper. Address ?l?.UIi iliiiDICINi: CO., S. w. tor. 'JCnth and Arch Sr.--.Pfcilads.'cfcia,l'a. LIVER, LU ?es, STOMACH, SPLEEN, BACK AND KIDNEYS. A.* IMPROVRO Apr-MAXCB for S>1.00 to Prevent Rollnva and Cara tho following dlawMS: Agile anil Fever, Dumb Ague, Chills, LIVCI Complaint. IJiliousness, .Jaundice, Torpidity, Kulurgetiuuit o? the Liver, Lassitude, Indlgcs tiwu, Dyspepsia, >i< k Headache, Depression ol' Spirits, Dullness, Wunt of Appetite, Ma* lai ial Diseases. Kola gein?nt of tho Spleen Ague Cake, lUieumatism, Neuralgin, Lum. bom, Sciatica, ruins in the Side, Dark, lionel und .Muscles. Vor Um Keller of Asthma, Ca tarrh, llronchllis, Diphtheria. Whooping Con-h, Weak Lungs; also, a Gmt ltoUef io 1 cm.ile Weakness and Irregularity. Thi One Hollar Pad? ara within tho reach ol .?very sulfurer. Hlcli or Poor, l ull ?Ixe, tilpilly nie.ll culc I. cmitalnhUj t.':? best known absorliont InKrodionls, mu? will prom a lie-in U> all, Old and YOHIIS. Male ?ind Female. Cm lie wura nt all limn and under al.' circinus ta??os without InterferinK with inttmal treat menu Ity wearing this pud over the pit of youratomacb vuii nam doctor's lulls, avoid t.iklnt* nauseous drugs, cor reel th.'stomach. Invigorate thu liver, provunt bilious mns. absorb from the system inalarinl and contogluui di i...ii.li?, and timi ready relief. If you want cortiheates we eon send thom. Price, full regular Liver size, SI each. Larne ISody ??nil, rubber hack, S- eucb. j We Henel them hy post, prepaid, every ? lien-, lar and near. Ii' not found nt youl DriiL-u?>i's. T.IKK NO ?THKit, but lucios* ninon it lo II?, and you will receive eitheJ si/.? u rue red hy return mail. .UUircss C. A COOK & CO., Chicago, Sole Agents l'or U. S. and Canadas. GEORGE A. CLARE, SOLE AGENT. .IOO BROADWAY, NEW YORK? soi.o ny nnuacisTi UBNKHALLT. Van Sehaa-.'k, HlevciiHon ,v Co., Wholcanl* Ilructtlnt?, Uileiaai?; Hiipply thc trude ut utua HI lt tl ll rei >' y ri ecu. JOMKPII lt UOliKllTSON. PKANK K rAYt.Oll IIKMIV C lUlUKKTstON. ROBERTSON, TAYLOR & CO. HVCCRS80nA TO Uro. W. Wi H ia isis Si Co., COTTON FACTORS. U IIOLKSALK GROCERS, AND General Commission Merchants 1 AND :i IIAYNE STREET, Cliaricstoii, N. V. WII.!, uive nil Ini'.iness thoi,r mos (.jim Tu I atientioii. C?iistgnhieiiti? nf ('ottnn soHoiteti: Charlestnii, S. C., July 2R-r3ni Tho distinctive features of tins spool cotton are Unit it is made from Hie very I li nest SEA ISLAM) COTTON, It is linislicd soft as Hie colton from which it is made, it has not waxing or artificial linisll Lo deceive tho eyes; it is tim strongest, ftinoolhe?tand mos!, elustiu sewing thread in tho market: for ma diino HOWitlg it has no equal ; it is wound on WHITE SPOOLS. The Black is tlie most peril < L JET BLACK ovor prtxlncedin spool roUon, Ijoin^ ilyct! hy a systo;?? patenicd by ourselves. Thu colora arc dyed by the NEW ANILINE PROCESS rendering tliein'ao por feet and brilliant, that dressmakers everywhere uso them Instead of sewing silks. A Cold Meda! was awarded this spoi-1 cotton at Paris, 1878, for " great strength" and "general oxeo J lenee" being tho highest award giv?ll for spool cotton. We invite comparison and respectfully ask ladies to Jiive it a fair trial ami con vince themselves of its superiority over all others. To bo had at J. E. COOK, H. S. Wir. filAMS, J. ll. COUIIXKY, ItKAMlKN A> JUNKS, MUS. 15. II. ETIIKUIDUK, Grauiteville, S. C. AUK. G-(?in :i? NOTICE! TllK ClixrgiStallion will no at folge lielii (' II. three da.\s. I>ejriiiniu)r he Nineteenlli of A Ufr list, 18751 ; and then three days at Mr. Wade Lott's ; next it Mr. W. Scott Al.en's, three days; und to on, up lo the nineteenth day of Octet* ?or next. Ile sure to.como as soon as lossilile. Terms low. IV. II. < LKGG. Aug 2tlth, 1870-lm 37 IL ll. SULLIVAN desires to ea?l the attention of his friends to tho fact that li? is now located at J. Ii. W1I1TE& CO S.. tho leading Dry Goods house of the South, where he will be hap py to serve his old friends and customers With an experience of thirty-live years and the ad van I ai* es ollercd-tiy this house ho feels confident of frivhij; entire satis faction lo nil who may favor him wt'li-n eillS Aua?ta, Ga , Aug. 20 -4t 37 .