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THOS. J. ADAMS. PROP'?. li ?y?- r ({/h ? ?J AJO EDGEFIELD, S. C., APRIL % 1881. VOL. XL VI.-NO. 18 . V 702 Broad Stree! DIAMONDS. 'WAK STERLING 'S3 HEED Sc 1 Celebrated TRiPL] ^?LQCKS, BRONZES & AUGUSTA, GA., NOV. 27, 1879. T?IESE FACTS Is Saved by thc Tl) m And every description o AUG iST ~ J?eb. 2, ISSI.-Cm47. THOMPSON ANO HEIJYDEL, .Dealers lu Every Description, pf' - AND SUPPLIES ! WINDOW "GLASS. Tho largest and bast assorted stock of Glass in the city. PUTTY, In bulk, also in boxes of 1 to 5 lbs. White Lead and Zinc. Strictly Pore, rnado by tho Kentuckj' Xead and Oil Co., which we guarantee as irood as the best Also, the well known .Nassau White Lead and puroFrenoh Zinc PRF7AR?D PAINT. The celebrated Paint, made by Wads __jrorth^ Martinez A Longman, which we know to bo good. Full line of Paints Whitewash Brushes. COLORS. A large and assorted stock of Colors in Oil. Also, Drv Colors. / ARSISESES. White Damar, Coach,. Copal, Furniture Japan, Aspkaltuin, ?Sc. KALSOIUINE. -Johnson's celebrated Preparod Kalso mine, all shades. OIL. Linseed Oil, Raw and Boiled. Builders' Hardware. A large'variety of Locks. Rim and Mortice Locks. surface and Mortice Blind Hinges. All sizes and stylos of Door Butts. Inside Blind Butts, bras.-- and iron. A fine line of Padlocks. Tale Store Door Locks. Yale Night Latches. Screws lu any quantity and every size, and anything else you want in the Hard ware line. . Doors, Sash and Blinds. The largest stock in Augusta, at bottom figures. Send for price list. Balusters, Brackets and Mantels. And almost anything that can be made out of wood, we are prepared to make. Yellow Pine Lumber. In any quantity, rough or dressed. -S^We pack and dolivor all of our gooda free of, charg ). Thompson & Heindel, 310 JACKSON STREET. Dec. 28,18S0. Iy4 wm nm co,, AUGUSTA; GA., OFFERS READY MIXED PAINTS in small Cans, or by the Gallon, or by the Barrel, at prices AS LOW as. they can be bought at WHOLESALE in NEW YORK. ^QUALITY THE VERY BEST. FAST COLORS, in all Shades. Ail styles COTTAGE COLORS. Inside and Outside WHITE. HANDSOME, DURA BE nod CHEAP Also, RICH, DARK BROWN, MET ALLIC PAINT, for Roofs, Bridges, Fencing, Wagon?, and Plantation Ma chinery and Tools. .PRICE LISTS and SAMPLE ?COIAORS sent on application. Address, GEORGIA PAINT CO., Augusta, Ga. JT. 0. ALEXANDER, Preset.) C. C. DEMIS, Sup't. J Dec. 22, 1880. tf3 I Cor. McIntosh. i| JEWELRY. LL VERWARE, S-PLATED WARE. FINE FANCY GOODS. Iy51 IN THE FACE. lousand by Buying T PRICES FROM I MOORE. "A, GA. State of South Carolina EDGEFIELD CO"NTY. In Probate Court. BY L. P. COVAK, Esquire, Judge of I Probate. ! Whoi ; Ephraim Crout hath made suit to l. AI grant him Letters of Ad ministration, cum testamento annexo, ol the Estato and effects of Christella Crout, deceased, Those are thoreforo to cite and admon ish all and singular tho kindred?nd cred itors of the said Christella Crout, dee'd., tbat thoy bo and appear before me, in tho Court of Probate, to be bold at Edgelield C. H., on tho 18th day of April next, nf*j !>r ''plication hore<.lVA?-lla'el*;?: j? the*-] foronoon; to show cause, if any thoy have, why the said adminh>tratio:rshould not bo granted. Given under 1113' Hand this 2d day of I April, A, D. 1881. L. P. COYA lt, J. P. C. Apr. 2,-2tc1S State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD COUNTY. InJ'robalc Court. BY L. P. COY A lt, Esquire, Probato Judye. Whereas, Wm. II. Ousts hath made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Ad ministration,, dc bonis non, 01 tho Esbito | anil effects ol' Martha A. Ou sits, dee'd, These are therefore to cito and admon ish all aud singular tho kindled-and creditors of the said Martha A. Ouzts, do ceased, that thpy boland" appear before nie, in tno Court of Trobate, to be held at Edgofield-C. H., on tho 1.3th of April next, after publication hereof, nt ll o'clock in the forenoon? to shew cause, if [ any they have, why tho .said Adminis tration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 29th day of March, A I)., ISSI. L. P. COYAit, J. P, C. Mar. 23, ISSI_,,- . * 2L17 State of South Carolina EDGEFIELD COUNTY. In Probate Court. BY L P. GOV Alt, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Wm. H. Ouzts hath made suit to me, to grant him Loiters of Ad ministration of tho Estate and effects of Daniel Ouzts, sen'r., dee'd., Theso are therefore to cite and admon ish all and singular the kindred and creditorsof tho said Daniel Oux.ts, sr., de ceased., that they bo and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to bc held at Edgelield C. H., on the 18th day of April, A. I). ISSI, after publication here of, at ll o'clock, A. M., to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis tration should not bo-granted. Given under my hand, this 29th day of Mar., A. D. ISSI. L. P. CO VAU, J. P. C. Mar. 29, 1881. 2117 State of South Carolina EDGEFIELD COUNTY. In Probate Court SY L. P. COVAK, Esquiro, Probate Judge. Wheroar, Mrs. Frances C. Ti m mer man hath made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration, de bonis non, of tho Estateand cllects of James E. Dawson, deceased, Those aro therefore to cito and admon ish all and singular tho kindred aud cred itors of tho said James E. Dawson, dee'd., that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Edge Held C. II , on the !3ih day of April next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any thoy have, why thesnid Administration should not bo granted. Given under niv Hand this 2M\ day of March, A. 1). 18S?. L. P. COVAJt, J. P. C. Mar. 2.0, ISSI. 2U7 Notice of Fjta?? Scltlcrnc?t NOTICE is hereby given that I will apply to Um Judge of Probate for Edgofield connty, on tho 30th of April, ISSI, for a final settleinont on tho estate of Thomas A. Cartledge, dee'd. JOHN C. MORGAN, Ad'or. Mar 31, ISSI._5117 AUGUSTA BUILDING LOTS TO EXCHANGE FOR COTTON LANDS! IHAVE 10 Building Lots in Augusta, in the upper part of the city, to ox chango for Cotton Lands, or Plantation. Lands must be convenient to Railroad. Apply to, or address, R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Real I'M.".to Agent, Edgciiold C. ll., S. C. Dec. 22, 1S80._ tf3 ST??W SAW MILL ! IHAVE on hand 50,000 feet of ind Plank, 50,000 feet of Scanfl1- v .1? iug Lumber, Ac, Ac. Terms: CASU. O. F. GOODWIN. Trenton, S. C., Feb. 9,1881. tf 10 SWEETHEART AND WIFE. [ . BY HUGH P. OLIVER. My lovo, my love was Uko a star That glowed upon tho Evonlng's brow Rut God bo thanked, no moro from far Her blessed beams aro falling now. From far, from-far away, she's como, By sweetest wishes borne along ; And n>w she shines within my home, Amid tho breath of holy song. To God bo praiso for every ray, No moro from far, O not from far, On life's porploxod, weary way, Forover shines my love-bright Star ! --.-.* . i The Next House of Representa tives. The number of members of the State House of Representatives is fixed at 124. Changes in population as shown by census returns must therefore affect only the division of representation among the countiep. The large increase in our population makes an increase of "the nnmb?r re quired for a repr?sentative necessary under- the new apportionment. Our total popo ration is 995,022, into which a division of 124, the uum her of representatives, giv J 8,029 as the numerical basis of representation. In other words each 8,029 of people are entitled to one representative in the lower house of the general assem bly. Under this rule the new appor tionment under the last census will be, as compared with the presentone : V NEW. OLD. Abbeville.. % Aiken, Anderson, BARNWELL, BEAUFORT, CHARLESTON, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, CoLLETON, Darlington, EDGEFIELT), Fail field, Georgetown, GREENVILLE Hampton, HORRY, KERSHAW, Lancaster, LAURENS, Lexington, ?Marion, MARLBORO' Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, " BICKENS, RICHLAND, Spartanburg, SUMTER, UNION, Williamsburg. YORK, Total, 124 124 Under an exact distribution the counties of Union, Barnwell, Horry, York, Charleston, Beaufort, Bickens, 1 Edgefieid, Kershaw, Greenville, Lau rens, Sumter, Marlboro', Richland aud Colleton (those in SMALL CAPS) have each one lees than the above. They, have, however, alter the divi sion of their total population by 8,029, the numerical hasis of representation, the fifteen highest remainder.-?, which entitles them to the fifteen odd mem bers not apportioned under tho first division. The highest remainder among these is that of Union which is S.023, or only G less than what would have' entitled her to another representative on the first count. From that number the remainders de crease in the order as given above, to Colleton which had only 4,274 more people than what entitles her to 4 representatives on tlie first count. Greenville's remainder was 5,o7S. It will be seen that Aiken loses one, Beaufort gains one, Charleston loses four, Edgefieid gains one, Green ville gains one, Hampton loses one, Laurens gains one, Richland loses one, and Marlboro', Spartanburg and Sum ter gain one each. Laugley. One of the neatest places in the South is the village of Langley, S. C. There is a general air of comfort aud cleanliness about it that impresses the visitor favorably. The church which has been built by the company is a picturesque structure. At the meeting of the Directors ol' the Fac tory, yesterday, fifty dollars were ap propriated for each of the religions denominations holding services in the village, and two hundred dollars for the school. The general impression is that corporations have no soul, but tbe action of the Langley Directors not only on this but on many previ ous occasions, demonstrates that this impression is not correct.- .'.ut/usia Chronicle. A letter was mailed in Now Orleans, a few d;ivs ago, thus addressed : "Swift as tho train pursue your way ; Stop not for Hag or bannor, Until yoH reach Miss Sophie May, In Clinton, Louisiana." This sweet missive was miscarried, but tlie Postmaster at Pore Hudson sci it right and wroto on it : "Go on ! go on ! You must not stay, Siuce mail facilities aro groat; But when you roach Miss Sophie May, ' ou'll only bo fivo days late." Thc colored Baptists of Ballimore have dedicated their new" church, which cost $20,000. From the Columbia Register. ! Woman's Anti-Liquor License State Convention. Qui Custodies Custodium I ? COLUMBIA, S. C., Mar. 28, '81. Dear Women : I rise abov.? party politics to the broad plane.of morality where every distinction ie eradicated and every-condition can stand. I de. eire to say a word to you upon the broad question of morality, which is the cruise of your virtuous souls. To you ?3 not the power to vote, but with you rests the veto. ' You are striving to overmatch a great foe. Success lo your efforts de pends upon where you aim your blows. In gauging your attack two princi ples must be observed, viz: Aim at the stronghold of the ericdny, a_nd Jt, Lhe most vulnerable and effective por tion of that fortress. The barracks of the liquor traffic are so constructed that they cannot be successfully stormed. They must be undermined and blown up.. ?ra must strike the evil at the root.. f;nd 'ei the trunk . aud branches perish fi om the necessities of the case. You tiave tried your indirect attacks in various temperance organizations. You have stormed thc Legislature with tear soiled petitions, but, unfor tunately for you, like the man who was indicted for ham stealiug, "elev ing of dem dar jurymen's hud -so?ie iem hams." You have carrie 1 your attention lo Lhe proper place-the law making chamber-but the jury has been pack ed against yon. You must pack your |ury. Your heart has been more faithful than your son's, and how much soever you may desire such a Lhing, the day is not breaking when my sex will voluntarily place a pro hibition ticket in tho political field. \ To you, then, the cause of morality iind your holies plead, and I am lic-|e to point out the remedy. If it is right for you to form your selves into temperance organizations ??d others, if it ia right for you to invade bar rooms, it is right for you to give political significance to your opposition to the destroyer of your homes and your loved oue\ Then let the patriotic and chivalric wo^ft whom, it is said, led the spirit anil won for the Democracy the victory^of | 1S7G, meet in solemn convention in 18S2, nominate a Stpte ticket ol anti liquor license standard-bearers, 'a Funds lor them, and solicit them to canvass the Slate for the happiness of j their homes and thc cause of morality, Let thor, do SJ in every County. Let those who redeemed the State in 187G redeem morality in 18S2. Nominate your men and elect them. Lot home and its loving fireside bc your hust ings, your family your audience, and morality your platform This may interfere with the political plans of] others, but those plans are antagonist ic to your happiness and the moral welfare of those "around you. Self preservation is lhe iir.sl law of ^na ture, and llorac the fort of a woman's power. If you will nominate a tel of good men for Stale and County offices, ?nd get them to lake thc field for you, and pr?par? voters for them al ymir home.3, you will succeed. Now is your time to rise and give the dragon home thrusts. May this thought engage your seri ous attention is the hope of your well wisher. JOHN F. HOBBS. ?< If Them's Bees." Only <me Democratic newspaper, so far as wc have seen, ventures~lo com mend the Hon. Bon Hill for his kte great effort in discovering Mahony That one speaks of it as a " very adroit ."peech," by which Malione "very unwisely permitted himself to be drawn out." We confess it hatThot occurred to us before in precisely that light; but if H?ls object was really to draw Mahone out, there's no oQiibt that he succeeded beyond his fondest hopes. " If them's bees," enid George, " we'll get lots of honey." " Yes," said Th- vate, " but let's find but about 'em-hy going round 'eta kinder ai though -ye was minding our own badi ness, and didn't care wha" they was. Tkon we won't get, stung." "Oh, P?i'J !" seid Benny, " let's find out now. Who's afraid?" and shouting " Hallo there ? What be ye ? What ye doin' there?" he plumped a stone into tho nest. That night, while Benny lay with his eyes swollen HO that he could not see, and his hoad all wrapped up in bandages, the boya talking iir*?T?7', ag'cod rhat it was not the kind of neat> they could-'expect to get honey out of anyway, but if it had been it Wits no way to begin with firing stones at it. And one little fellow said : "Well, it was Benny .after all that found out. what it was." To which George and Thomas responded, willi an air of disgust: "Yes, any darned fool could have done that and got s swelled head for it."-JV! Tribune M ?hone cannot, complain that, he i; kept out of his share nf the spoils Riddlebarger*, who is to be the ser geaiit at-arms of the Senate, ia om of his men, and Gilmer, the new post master at Richmond, is his nominee IIow many such places are thc mod ern equivalent of thirty pieces of ?il ver? Curry, Hie Texan Desperad Kiliedj PniLADELPniA, March 30.-Ui States Marshal Keins received i: malion this afternoon from Los "V Nev Mexico, to the effect that Ji Carry, the murderer of Porter, actor, was shot and killed at place on the 21th of March. Cu it appears, was on a drunken s and threatened lo kill several pee Among the persons threatened the bar-tender of thc saloon, wh< self-defense shot the Texan mur. er. The ball entered his forel and came out at the back of his hi A party of railroad hands, friend the dead man, attempted to lynch bar-tender, but thc Sherill' ?uoeee in getting him to j iii. A Coron inquest was held and the jury at o returned a verdict of shooting self-defense. The assailant was li as further trouble was expected. Murder in Branchville. BEANCIIVILLE, S. C., Mar. 31 -( of the inostjjoutrageous crimes of many terrible oue3 which have bi perpetrated in South Carolina, \ committed at this place Tuesday b white man named Martin Thomas, seems that Thomas went home boas drunk about 8 o'clock on the nigh! .question, and, imagining that his offensive wife had done him some jury, took down his shot gan and ? charged a load of shot into her bo< killing her instantly. ? From tlic fad that some of thc si were found in the door shutter, it supposed that he was out in the ya and she standing inside the door. 1 ter the shooting, Thomas mounted I horse, taking his gun and dogs wi him, disappeared and has not be seen since. The last seen of bim, was going in the direction of the Pi Royal Railroad. (liiiciiiiiaii and Charleston. Ever since the.sale of the Atlant Mississippi aud Ohio Railroad, a ft weeks since, there has been sometki of a disposition in come quaitcrs doubt the completion of the Lou ville ail(1 Knoxville Railroad conn? tion by way of Carey ville. A fe was also expressed by some that t route would be branched off at sot point and proceed Lo Bristol, leavii Knoxville ont in the cold. All thc Tt?Trs and ilighty- views ' ?.vic?ente tained in the lace of the stern fae that both the Louisville and Nus ville and Knoxville and Ohio Ra road Companies arc bound in soleu contract to complete the work Carey ville, and that three separa and distinct pailies of emv?y ha1 been constantly ?vt work locating tl linc all tho while. The advertisements published ca for bids for the construe lion of tl cul ire ungraded portion of th? pr posed line, from Ca rey ville to tl Kentucky Slate line, which is Iwent; seven miles, crossing the entire ran/ of the Cumberland Mountain. Tl advertisement also includes bids h the Crosslins for twelve miles fro Careyvillfl to Elk Gap. But this not all. The action in sitnultaneou Col. C. M. IMcGiicr, president of tl Knoxville and Ohio Road, receive information by telegraph yeaterda that the Louisville papers of th morning will contain the advert?s rnent for bids on the Kentucky poi tipn of the proposed connection fro the State line northward; Thus tl bids on the entire line are to be clo el at no-)n, April IS, ISSI, and ev* rything is expected to be in readme? for the-work to begin at an early da thereafter, giving the contractors tl advantage ol the entire summer fe the wor?. In the same connection Major Mi Calla, a constructing engineer for th East Tennessee, Virginia and Geo gia Railroad, tvlvortisea for Lida ft building four and a hilf miles of roa and constructing two import?t bridges over the French Broad, c Hie lins of the company's North Ca: olino- extension, from Wolf Creek t Paint Rock. This forms another ou let of vital importance to Eist Tel uessoo, Knoxville included.- A'no. ville Chronicle, March 2? What ts Nihilism; Michael Rukmiin, who has bet called the father of Nihilism, said i a speech al Geneva in 18GS : "Tl first duty of mankind is to oblit?rai from the heart any belief in God, wi is but Ute personification of abiolu tyranny invented with Ute idea Un nine-tenths of thc w^orld should 1 subject to the remaining tenth. Tc? ont of yon r hearts the belief in tl existence of God, for as long as ? , a'om of that superstition remains yt will never know what freedom i The second lie is right. "Might" i I vented the fiction of "Right," in o , der to insure her reign. When ye have freed your mind from- the fe; of God, and that childish respect f i the fiction of Right, then all the r . I mailling chains which biiid you, ai - ave called science, civilization, proj s erty, marriage, morality and justit - will snap asunder like threads; 1 i. your own happiness be your on I- law." That is Nihilism. Is it pi I- fcrable to despotism 1-Atlanta Pu Appeal. Bagsliofs Assistant. Gol. Bagshot runs a weekly news paper called the Union, np in Cho j dank. The Colonel was.oa^ed away j to New York on business, leaving the j Union in the hands of an assistant who had been in his employ..s?me lit tle time. Now, the Colonel knew th t the naid assistant hail the cheek of a brass statue aud the audacity of a New Eugland fly-both indispensable attributes to the newspaper man; but, still, after being in the city about a week, he began to grow uneasy, and telegraphed to Chodunk, " How's things." Back came the answer from the Union's pro te.u. editor: " Bully I Circulation of the old thing's gone up a thousand. Been getting up a red hot paper, and there's'}*gang out side that, are weeping .because they can't hoist the shingles off the roof and knock the whole concern to thunder. St?y away as long aa you like." Bagshot did'nt waste a moment af ter receiving this encouraging dis patch. He started home in the, first train, and-reached Chodunk before night. The first man that struck him was the ticket agent. ' Look here, Colonel !" he cried ex citedly, "I've, a darned j^ood. notion to punch your head, yon-, brazen-fac ed old lur !" \ "Why ?" asked Bagshot. " Bead that!" and the ticket agent shoved a crumpled- Union into his hand. i There was a paragraph'as follows: " RAILROAD NEWS.- The bandy legged idiot who robs the railroad company at this village; has.purchaa ed a new pocket-knife.- More knock in down from the cash drawer." Bagshot bit his lips. . "Bill," said he, " that's a calumny^ and I'll see it righted- iu our next? It's my cussed assistant ? work." "1 don't cara whose work it is," growled the agent, "but i fit "ain't contradicted, somebody's got to die that's all!" Bagshot didn't reply, but- sailed down the street to the Union office. He had not gone half a block before be collided with Deacon Marsh. The Deacon seized him by the shoulder and exclaimed : "What did you mean, Bngshot, by "inseru.ng that, iy'andalonsry untrue item about me ?" "Didn't insert any item," replied* the Colonel. "Don't pneak out of it in that way. You know you did. Why, I just cut it out of the Union. Listen:" "RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.-The whited sepulchre, Deacon Marsh, wtis noticed last, Sunday night trying to open the coal-hole in front of his res idence with bis night-key. The Deacon was as full as a goat, and couldn't, te.ll moonshine from jrecn cheese." "Now, that's nice? isn't it, saying that I waa drunk Sunday night, when I wont to bed at 7 with a ragiig toothache ?" '.'It's that reckless fool whom I left in charge," groaned the Colonel. "I'll make it all right, Marni)," and Bag shot scurried on again, only to .be confronted by Major Biim. "Colonel," .uttered B?iu- in his deepest voice, Vtnfi is villainous ! It's my intention, sir, to call out and sh jot you through the heart. What the deuce do you mean by publishing this note-in the Union :' "MILITARY JornNGs.-VInjor Blim, the tattered old beggar who hid in an oyster ban el during the battle of Bull Run, wears a wig., lie ought to be ?hot in the back with a baked apple.' "I can't help it, Elim," said Bag shot, wiping his forehead. ' It's ah owing to that young devil in the ( f fice. Ile has made a red-hot paper, Just wa.it.JMajor, and I'll fix things.' Hardly had he done so before young Cjoley appeared. "Col. Bagshot," announced he, "you are a lying scoundrel ! This if a nice thing to put in your black' guard sheet about a young lady:" "SOCIETY ITEMS.-Miss Cooley, tin old girl on South- street, wallzei around in a patent bustb in the hopi of catching a fellow. But she can't. Not even if she lays' paint on twici as thick as she does now." But Bagshot didn't stop to hear it He flow across the square into th Union office like a flash, ?h. No one was there. That able as sistant editor, warned by a friend un known, had dusted forever. Lyin on the desk was a Union, folded s that thia notice caught Bagshot' eye : "LITEDARY MEMS.-Tbe bald-head cd snipe who pretends to run (hi paper has gone to New York. W expect to hear every moment of hi sentence to Sing Sing for arson an highway robbery. The citizens < Chodunh should congratulate then selves if the Colonel does not di grace his village by being hung fi infanticide." Bagshot: never intends to emplc aootlie- assistant editor, and journal ists in search of a situation will fin it healthy to keep away" from hira. Jllinncapohs Weekly. $3S- Now is tho time to pay for yo ADVERTISER. ' The Battle or the Cowpcns, Proceedings of the Centennial Commit tee. and Programme of Ute Celebra Hon.. A. joint meeting of the Cowpens Centennial committee .met in the City ..Council Chamber "at Spartan burg on last Friday evening. W. K. Blake, chairman of the: Spartanburg committee, called the{meeting^ to or der and explained its object. Lieut. Edwards represented the Charleston committee. He explained what they had done, and what they had recom mended at their last meeting. The firat.question .for consideration was the length of time the celebration was to occupy. It was ordered that a programme for one day, the 11th of May, be prepared. It was also ordered that the Governor of South' Cirolin?" beT('fi?estyBd0trr-presidG-Jat the Centennial ceremohiea'/'and that the Governors of the other thirteen original States and Tennessee be in viteu to act aa vice-presidents;. .also that the Govern ^r of South Careena, in behalf cf the association, ..extend invit?tions to the Governors of rall the Stated to attend th? ee??iyt?ti??/ Gen. H. I. Hunt, of the United ; States army, having accepted an invi- : tatton to review the troops on the oc: caaion, it was ordered that the; repre- ; aentative'de^cendants qf^Gen'.. Daniel i MorgaO?-of New Jersey, Col..-O, Ea? ger Howard, of Maryland, Col. An- i drew.Pickens ot South Carolina; and Col. Wm. Washington, of Virginia, be invited t;? "'report to Gen. Hunt, JJ. S. A.-, for "staff duty on ' the 11th of May. The following gentlemen : have been invite^ ta. discharge this agreeable duty :... LieuL.Daniel Mor gan Taylor, U. Si A., Coi^McHshry Howard of-Maryland; GoL'S. B. Piev ens of South Carolina,' Mr. John B. Washington of South "Carolina. Ad jutant and Insiiectoi-General. A. M. Manigault, of. South Carolina, will also be invited to seive on the -stuff of .the reviewing general. An-invi tation will be extended to the Presi dent of^the United States and LIB Cabinet to attend the celebration. A motion waa carried, r questing the City Council cf Charleaban to make a contribution for the purpose of bearing the expeuses of the asso ciation, Dr. H. E. Heinitah, Dr. J. B. 0. Landnun and S. S. Ross were appointed a comtnittee to superintend |jhe erection of the monument and ^lepare for "the unveifihg of the statue ot Morgan, and to superintend the, construction of a stand for the speak- j er. Chas. Petty, T. S. Farrow and J. C. Anderson were appointed a committee on programme. Capt.. Courtenay and W. K. Blake were ap-j pointed a coramittej to Eelect peraci.s* to unveil the statiie. A motion was carried that the city council of Spar tanburg be requested to close thc barrooms from sunrise of the llth lo sunrise the 12th of May. J. B. Cleve land waa requested by the committee to appoint assistants and superintend the ?lond decoratioria necessary. J. M. Newman was requested to take charge of the fireworks. Lieut. Ed-' wards was requested to have prepar ed badges for the committee, and W. EL Blake to get up a suitable centen nial medal. The following programme for Cen tennial day was adopted : Sunrise, Bal ute thirteen gunfrz 10 A. M., military review by'Gen.-Hunt, ?. S. A.; 12 M., Centennial ode, Ceu t nnial orations, unveiling' the statue ot Morgan; G P. M., the Governor's reception to State guests; 8 P" M., display of fireworks; 9 P. M., recep tion by the City Council to the Wash ington Light* Infantry and their guests. ? --?-?^-?* -- i California is rapidly coming to the front as a wine-producing State. Ac cording to the estimate of the State Vinicultural Commissioners, the vin tage for 18S0 was over ten and a half million gallons. Of this 9,-00,000 gallons were dry wines, 700,000 sweet wines and 450,000 brandy. Includ ing grape and raisin sales, the grap? culture of the State during the past year is believed tohave yielded about ?3,500,000. Twenty years ago any one who had predicted that ue should within that period enter into serioue competition with France as a produc er of wines, would have been laughed at as a mere enthusiast; yet such ie the fact. The ravages of phylloxera in French vineyards have so reduced the yield as to cause the importation of American wines intd France; and doubtless a large proportion of the wine? and brandies consumed in thia country under the impression thal they are "genuine French," were pro duced in the United States, shiopec ta France, and after being doctoree there, shipped back again to us witl the proper labels, &c, as a reliabli loreign article. Six years ago M:. Alex. McClun bought the almost defunct Philadel pbia Agc, and converted it into ai independent two-cent daily, the Tivia He states that^within three month the paper began to pay, and eversinc lias yielded six per cent, to its atocli holders. It has paid off a real est?t mortgage of $100,000,' and ncc u mi lated a reserve fund of $100,000-a this in addition to the dividends. The Danger Ahead. There ia a possible railroad combi nation which if made, will be apt to put a lasting quietus on ali hopes of j Port Royal as a commercial; cen ? tre. The present situation is easily explained. The Georgia Central:Rai> road has one line from Atlanta to Savannah, and another from Sayan : nah to Augusta. The Georgia R. R. runs from Atlanta to Augusta.-'r/The Georgia Central proposes to lease the Georgia road for ninety-nine years, and guarantee an annual dividend of 8 per cent.to.the stockholders of the Georgia. The evident purpose of the Central is to obtain control of the through western traffic at Atlan ta, and prevent the Louisville and - Nashville, and the Cincinnati SoiitL ern Railroads . from getting their freights to the sea coast," except over its roads and at its own rates. If it were that the freights were to be di vided as beforeh and Charleston, : Sa vannah and Port Royal would each get its share, there would be no cause of alarm but it is not reasonable to suppose that a road owned ia Savan nah and which has always been run rn its interests, woold be so generous as to send over otherroads the freight ihey could handle themselves. It is true that at present the roads are glutted with freights, but.it is a dif ficulty easily overcome, ^ith capital. With such a combinati n, Augusta would be a way station, and Port" Royal woul? be like the laan dog,' to which, an occasional piece: of .-bad meatis^hror.itr What Charleston, would iufFer, weT/ca?notsay, as her business men do not eeem to be w?ty ried, bot it st?k?a"'us that they can ?hafford to lose the heavy, cotton shipments which come through Au> gusta, a parc if not* all of which she certainly! will lose in the' event of-.ife combination. The Augusta pupers are thoroughly aroused, and will may they be.-' A powerfal corpora tion has.'ito. ,iron hand upon her throat, and? will throttle her, unless she maje's the most; strenuous resist" ance. What has, been a city wi Ifbe turued into a depot tor Savannah. The only hope for Augusta, in ca?e o? the combination, is the Augusta. & Knoxville Road, but if the Cen? tral is allowed, to engulf the Geor- . gia, the A. & K. will be but a small pill T* i * ?;?.id tint. th* l:v*? r f C^A.. ;ia forbids any naen cumjn.;t.i j. ; we hope soyibr tile well being of Au gusta, and we are selfish enough above all to hope it for the future greatness of Port Royal. The Mistress of the Late Czar. Tho death of the Czar leaves the Princess Dolgorouki with a cheerless prospect. Although married to him shortly after tue decease of the Em press, the Russian people have never ceased to regard her as. merely the Emperor's mistress, and have never been reconciled to the marriage. Tte Ozarewitch, who now comes to the throne, cannot recognize her, and the party that followed her while the Emperor lived will not sacrifice them selves to Jaer-interest Everything' considered she is the moat eerily bc? reft woman ih Russia! Tbe great prize ?he- sought for . through , long years has been snatched from her almost a? soon as she obtained it. Obscurity or worse must now he her lot. No'creature more wretched than a mistress when hei royal lover is no more. In the case of the Princess Dolgorouki there will be few to pity. She met the Emperor in the house bf her sister in Naples many years ago saw he was charmed with her, and with cool calculation, followed up htr advantage; shamelessly yielding her. womanly honor, breaking the heart of a lawful wife by riding thronrh .Lc streets .f the capital' 7. i'.L the Emperor, accompanied by their un lawfully born children. There is no doubt the Empress died more of sor row than anything else, it was po etic j ustice that took from this woman the prize that she had wrung out of the life-blood pf a better one than her self.-Pittsburg Telegraph. flow THEY GET AD?INK IN MAINE. -" Whiskey in Maine," says Heal Dow "ia carried in small bottles in the pockets of thc liquor sellers and dealt out upon the sly; it is put into teapots, placed upon the kitchen shelf; it. is built into the walls of houses, in tin cans, with a small rub? ber pipe by which to draw it off; it is Concealed fr-small b??t?es~mThe bed; it is concealed in bottles under the floor, put there through a trap that can be only reached by removing the bed; it is concealed in small flat bot tles in the ash pit under the ovens of cooking stovep; it is hidden in wells attached to strings fastened some inches below the surface of the wa ter. It is buried in manure heaps; it is concealed under the floor of the pig-sty; it is hidden away upon the flat roof of the house, access to it heing had only by a ladder throt?gh a scuttle: it is hidden in attics, un der the floor and in cellars buried in the earth." To be blamed wrongfully makes us lose confidence in - ourselves; to be ( praised wrongfully makes us lose ?on* I fidence in our friends.-J?Vt'??o.