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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST^ FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NG^THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH C, 187?). VOLUME XIV._NO. 1(5. THE GENUINE DR. C. McLANE'S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC OR VERMIFUGE. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. THE countenance is pale and leaden colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both cheeks; the eyes become dull; thc pu pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along thc lower eye-lid ; the nose is ir ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; a swelling of thc upper lip ; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the cars; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in thc morning; appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stom ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in the stomach ; occasional nausea and vomiting ; violent pains throughout thc abdomen; bowels ir regular, at times costive ; stools slimy; not unfrequcntly tinged with blood; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompanied by hiccough ; cough sometimes dry and convulsive ; uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth ; temper variable, but gener ally irritable, &c. Whenever thc above symptoms arc found to exist, DR. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in any foin. ; it is an innocent prepara tion, not capable pf doing the slightest injury to thc most tender infant. The genuine DR. MCLANE'S VER MIFUOB bears the signatures of C. Mc DANE and FLEMING UROS, on thc. wrapper. -:o: BR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS arc not recommended ns a remedy "for all thc ills that flesh is heir to," but in affections of thc liver, nnd in nil Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of that character, they stand without a rival. AGUE AND FEVER. Tiobctter cathartic can he used preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. As a simple purgative they are unequaled. BE WA It 12 Ot-' IMITATIONS. Thc genuine are never sugar coated. Each box basa red wax sea! on thc lid with the impression Du. McLANE'S LIVER I'M.I.S. Fach wrapper hears thc signatuics of C. MCLANE ami Fl.RMINO Duos. Insist upon having thc genuine Dr. C. MC LANE'S LIVKR PILLS, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Da., thc market being full of imitations of thc name lSlcIj<met spelled differently but same pronunciation. THE FOR LAUNDRY USE. Nov. 21 1878 l-4t* NOTICE TO FIDUCIARIES, &.C. TMIB Law requires all Executors, Administra 1 tors, Guardians, &o., to make their annual returns during tho month of January in each year. Ilcwnro lest you should bo in default, and suffer tho penalties of tho law. I must do my duty in tho premises. A word to thc wiso is Biithcient. RICH A HD L li WIS, Judge of Frobn'.e Oconco County. January 9, 1879 8-4t W. J. M. MCLANAHAN, HAVING resumed the practico of medicino, offers his professiona I services to the com munity. OfTico at his residence at Bachelors' Retreat, Oconcc County, 8. C. August 8, 1878 38 WAMKAM?A Fi?MAM COMiBQB. -o:o rrMIE noxt sossion of this institution will JL oommenco THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th, 1878. It is an advantage to teachers and pupils tr ? .ter tho various clausen ut that time, for n (cw weeks dolay rondor it difficult to advance with class Board in Collogo and in private families, per month, - - $10.0C Juvenile Dopartmont, por month, - .50 Primary Department, par month, - .8C ,Apadomio Dopartmont, por month, - LOO Collegiate Dopartmont, por month, - 3.0C Thoso pricos aro exclusivo of Stato nppro^ priations. Music, Wax and Fan?y Work extra. For particulars, address, IHt. J. I*. SMEIiTZEIt. July 25,1878, 30 ?t tho Oarden Gato. They Im gored at the gardon gate The moon was full above; lie took her darling hand in his, Tho trembling littlo dovo, And pressed it to his fervent lips, And softly told his love. About bor waist ho placed bis ario; Ho called ber all bis ono; His heart, ho said, it over boat For her, and her alone; And bo was happier than a king Upon a golden throne. "Como weal, como woo," in ardent tones This youth continued bc, "As is the needle to tho polo, Ko 1 will constant bc; No power on earth shall tear thee, love, Away, I swour, Iroiu mel" From out thc chamber window popped A grizzly night-cupped bend; A hoarse voice yelled: '"You Susan Jane, Como in and go to bedl" And that wa H all-it wus enouglil Tho young man wildly fled. [From thc Atlanta Duily Constitution.] Homeward Turning. TUE OLD RED HILLS OF li KORCHA. .'I believe tbut 20,000 people huvc emi grated from Ucorgiu und the Carolinas to 'Lexus in thc lust live years!" Thus spoke a prominent gentleman to a Constitution reporter on yeBterduy Before tho reporter bud recovered from tho shook produced by this statement, the gentleman went un to say: "And I bclicvo tbut 10,000 of rbis number arc anxious to get back home-and would ootnc if they could get book on the sumo terms they wero taken out." These remarks caused us lo think the thing over, Hut beforo we bud mudo up our mind, thc gentleman went on to say: "Now see what it would do for thc Sluto if these nun and . women vero brough', back, lu thu first pl iee, it would fill up many a v.io-to placa und put tuuny n new hand to tho plow, und put tnnuy an ucre under cultivation by bringing these people buck. Their mere muscio wo??!d bc a power in regenerating tho old Stute Hut, aside from this, they wouid check utterly und absolutely the tide of emigration lo Texas. You put one or two of those people who have tried Texas and have fulled in each county, and you could never start anybody else to Texas. Well, Texas is nil that Georgia has to fear. H rea k down that fever, ut:d our people will stay at homo. Tho greatest benelit that will como of ull this is that it will soothe thc feeling 01 uneasiness und restlessness uuiong our people. It will make them contented and hopeful and easy. As sure as you ure born, youug mun"-and tho old veteran tupped us affectionately on the shoulder-"tho great problem for Coor pia is bow to get the people who have been misled into Texan, buck ut home ouoc more." After hearing this conversation wo put off at once to see Col. W. J. Houston, tho efficient General Passenger and Ticket Agent of the Charlotte & Richmond Air Line, to seo what bis linc, which, hud been foremost in this good work, had dono io tho woy of getting low rules for return tick ets. Wc found Col Houston in tbut earnest and agreeable humor for which ho is dis tinguished, and lin slated that tho late convention had done more than many ol' thoso at work expected it to do. It waa a very full convention and a harmonious ono. Col. Houston gavo us a circular con taining tho full action of tho convention, which we condenso into tho following gone, rat terms: Tho tickets from Georgia to Texas for omigrcnts are now held and have boon tor years at $24. Thero aro no emigrant tick ets from Texas to Georgia, and tho price of a regular ticket is about 836. By a com bination of tho roads at interest in tho Into convention, tho rate of passage from Hous ton, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia, and inter mediate points was put a t wo cents per milo This mokes thc price of a ticket from Texas to Atlanta, 810.25-muoh less than thc rato from Georgia to Tuxes. This rato has not only boon established but THE MOST EARNEST BKFORT8 will bo made to carry tho news to tho care of the pcoplo for whom it was intended. To show tbut tho road was in oarncst they agreod to establish an agency for tho oan i vnss and salo of emigrant tickets, and tc 1 allow tho goncral agents to appoint assis tants. Tho allowance of 8600 per month was mudo for tho expenses of this canvass I and agency. Tho Messrs. C. A. Whitnoy i & Co., of tho Louisiana and Texan Railroad and Steamship Company, were authorized i to appoint this goncral agent. Thoy np i pointed Co). W. J. Houston, of this city, 1 as tho gonorai agent-a most admirable appointment. This arrangement is made ! for ono yoar. Upon this subject Col. IIous I ton says: I "1 roooivod my appointment, and I do I tormincd to go to work in earnest and SOP I that ovory Goorgim in Toxas who wished 1 to como home should bo canvassed person ally upon tho subjeot. I hud alroady de termined to appoint Mr. J. M. Al ea ns ns my agent in Southern Texas. Ho is from this aootion originally, and somo years ago was very activo in carrying pcoplo out to Texas. Ho had nome landor! interests thoro I boliovo, and says ho curried out about 200 families from Georgia. Ho says that he oan hardly stand the pressure made upon him b; these families. They oro suffering, dissatisfied, and depressed. Ho represents that they aro anxious to pet buck to Georgia, and he says if theso rates get established, ho oan put 150 of the 200 families back on ibo Chattahoochee bottoms right away. A good man has becu recommended to uio for tho Northern part of Texas. When wo get (airly to work, I propose that every port of tho State of Texas shall be canvassed just as thoroughly as Georgia ever was. And the peoplo shall know preoisely what we offer. 1 believe that a very lurge per centage of tho Georgians now in Texas wish to come buck homo. If it is within tho rango of probability, they shall he ac commodated with a ride home at thc same ruto that they were curried out." "Why don't you go ou with your wail; ut onoe'r "Simply becnuso there is a dcluy iii thc ucw order ot things. Tho action of this convention worked up tho Texas railroad agents. You see wo did much of our work through Messrs. Whitney & Co. These Texas men thou begged Whitney Si Co., to bold up until they could have a new con vention culled uod tho mutter discussed once more. This convention wo arc expect ing almost daily. When it comes we may have u slight change, but I think tho wor t that OJ tl happen to US, is to have the rates put up lo $24 I do not think the Texas inuii cuu demand anything more than this. Our fricuds should certainly never yield uny more. 1 do not exactly undcrstund tho position occupied by the Texas men. They claim that there is nobody in Texas who who wants to come back to Georgia. Then why do they object to putting tho rates down? If there is nobody to avail themselves of tho rates, tho rates will do no harm. Col. Houston thinks that there is no doubt that thc work of bringing thc Geor gians booie UlUSt bc commenced in curliest very soon. He is confident (hut he cun succeed through his own work und that of his agents, in bringing thousands of these people back to thc old red hills, lt is almost impossible to con?oive of thc thor numbness with which thc States of Georgia and thc Cand?nas have, been canvassed by the agenta of Texas nod thc Texas railroads. Tho Stutus huvc been flooded with circulars in which it is staled that two hundred far mers arc "wuntcd immediately" to rent lands where thu landlords furnish everything but thc provisions needed by tho tenants, and divides thc crop equally with the tenant. Tho average product of the ?eres is given, und is given in liberal figures, averaging twenty bushels of wheat to tho acre, thirty bushels of coin, two thirds of n bulo of cotton, on" half hogshead of syrup, otc. Other circulars state that "five hun dred colored families ore weted ut ?nco" to rent farms, of course, of s prising value, Under thc influence of these circulars and of glib repr?sentations, thousands of persons who were really not ohio to move, put their last, dollar into railroad tickets and Set, out for tho promised Innd. They arc now anx ious to get back into thc midst of thoir friends and kinsmen, and upon tho old ground onco more. If Col. lioustou can establish a method by which he cnn enable them to como back, ho will have done tho Staten service hardly to bo measured in words. THE OEOROTA SWI88 COLONY. Whilo wc wcro conversing with Colonol Houston upon tho subject, a handsome, fresh looking couplo (evidently man nnd wife) ontcrcd his office. A short but broken conversation with tho really handsome woman disclosed thc fact thut they were Switzer*, who hud como over about six weeks ago and settled at Mt. Airy. They wero members of a party of about twelvo that came ut tho solicitation of tho Air Lino Railroad agents ond settled olong thc lino of road. Tho husband hud just pur chased on yesterday a place of five hundred acres near Mt. Airy, on which was an or chard of 1,000 fruit trees nnd fifty acres of good cleared lund. Tho couplo visited At lanta for thc purpose of buying furniture, implements, etc Tho couple were in the best of spirits, and wcro highly satisfied with tho general outlook. Tho wife stated that her father and two or three brothers were coming over in a short timo and that ? others would follow. Mr. Houston told her that others would follow. Mr. lions toa told her that if sho would let him , know when her friends woro coming, ht would go to New York and meet thom and i bring thom out to Mt. Airy. .'You hovo no idoo," hosoitV'how these i itu migran ts oro received at Castle ( i arden They aro just oartod off in equuds, and sent to tho Northwest, without being allowed tc i give South a singlo thought. I fool that witli tho proper representation a groat many i immigrants who como to New York tnighi I bo brought to Georgia-ond that on tin . other hand many who rosily desire to conn I South, aro turned off to other seotioni i almost without their own volition. Tin i Air Lino Railway now has a regular agent in Now York, whoso wholo business is tc look after immigrante, and seo that tho sd? , vantages of tho rich lands lying along oui ! road aro laid before thom. Wheo 1 woni ; on to Now York aomo timo ago, ho coule , not get into Castle Garden. We soon made . arrangements by which he could go intt i tho steamers and havo an equal chance ai the newcomers. We hopo that ho will dt muoh good. Another thing that wo fool assured of, ii that overy immigrant that wo bring t< Georgia will in turn induce mon to come. Tho advantages we offer hero it climate, soil, oto., aro extraordinary. Wt hopo to bo obie in a short timo to report inuny more Swiss coming in to Mt. Airy." Tho reporter hod hardly left tho Air Lino office before tho following telegram unived and was sent to tho Constitution office It is tho first trioklings of whut will bo a groat flood pouring into our noble old State: NKW YORK, Fobruory 14, 1870. W J. Houston, 0. P. and T. A Hich mond Air Line, Atlaubi, Gu.-Tho steamer arrived hore this morning wLh twenty Swiss immigrants for Mt. Airy, Ga. Mr. G. Yingling, our emigration neent will ?tart them for their destination Monday evening. J. L. WALD HOI', General l?asteni Agent. From "Washington. WASHINGTON, February 24.-A letter from St. Petersburg says of tho plague in Russin: lt hus spread iii thc Southern pro vinces ot a rnpid rate Thousands upon thousands lin vc died with it within tho Inst five days. Thc victims, when tukon, livo only ubout two hours nnd turn black nil overas u negro. All thc physicia ns ordered to tnko euro of the Hick havo died within twenty-four hours after their arrival. Tho corpses ure burned nnd so aro thc houses io which thc peoplo die Wholo towns have been laid waste in thc past few days. Thc government hus pluced a cordon of soldiers mound thc infected province-, PO tho people cannot get out und spread thc diseuse Any who attempted to break through the cordon uro shot dead on tho spot Tho people aro beginning to fool uneasy all over tho empire Tho government, of course, does not ullow thc nows to get out. All reports uro sup pressed, but thc worst of ull in that nobody oai? not out of tho empire Tho Austrinn und Gorman governments huyo placed a double cordon of soldiers along nil tho fron tiers, preventing ?ll persons from entering their territory from Russia. All persons from Russia hy the railroads nrc stopped nt thc frontier and detained twenty days in quarantine Their buggiigo and clothing uro disinfected, uud if tlicy provo nil right after thc lapso of twenty days, they arc permitted to crosd thc border. During the twenty days quunmtino, the people aro housed in large sheds und barns, without nny uccomodations or comforts. Of course the knowledge of tliia fjot keeps thc people from truvoling. There is no possibility of Blipping out anywhere Thc government is doing all in its power to prevent disenso from spreading, but if it is not stayed soon, their victims may full by thousands daily. It is much worse (hun thc yellow fover wus in thc South lust summer. It wus brought by a Tartar soldier, a month ago, who, on leaving thc Turkish territory, pulled off from a dead Turk on tho battlefield a band e?me oiIk sh?wi, which 1)0 tied around his body. On arriving in ?lia nntiyc tewn, he presented thc shawl to his ewect-hcart, a girl of nineteen years. She tied it around her body nnd duneed for joy in a room in which there wus some twenty-fivo people In two hours sho died, and live Lours after tho introduction of thc shuwl into thc room, tho wholo party of twenty-five died. All turned black. In three days tho whole town, containing cloven hundred people, had died with thc exception of forty-three pcrsous, who had fled in time from this town. Thc pest commenced pprending all over thc country. WASHINGTON, February 2G.-HOUSK. Tho census bill wus passed. The bill pro vides that tho enumeration shu!I commence on tho first Monday in June ?ind returns shall bo forwarded to tho supervisors on or before thc first of July, 1880, nnd in any city having over 10,000 inhabitants the enumeration shall be taken within two weeks from tho first Monday in June Tho President is to have tho appointment of thc Supervisors of the census, whose number is limited to 150, who uro to receive a com pciiHiition of 8500 ouch. Three million dollars (8250,000 of which is hereby ap propriated) is limited an tho maximum cost of t he census SKNATH.-The conference com mil too ro nmt mi the hill to amend thc revenue laws was presenten, agreed to and tho hill passed. There was three amendments by tho Senate to which the House disagreed. Tho first was that striking out tho clause of the House bill providing that nny person wlic rectifiers, purifies, refines or munufnetures less than 500 barrels of proof spirits n yeai shall pay 8100. Thc Houso conferees in sisted upon this lust clause and thc Senate conf?r?es recoded, leaving it in tho bill Tho next disagreement wns in regard tc lucifer matches. Thc committee agreed ti retain tho tax, so that it romains ns undo tho existing laws. Thc third disngrcmcm was upon the amendment of tho S<MiatO ir rcgurd to tho taxation of saving banks These amendments wcro agreed to by tin committee and remain in tho bill. Tho Scnato resumed tho consideration o tho defioicnoy appropriation bill, tho pend ing question hoing on thc amendment of tin Committee on appropriations to approprinti 8250,000 for defraying tho oxpenses of tin United States, and for dcfrnying tho oxpen ses incurred under thc enforcement net This ainondtncnt was thc subject of nn ear nest disoustdon, in which ull tho loadinj Domooratio Senators took p".rt, denounoin) the notion of thc Department of Justice ii employing tho doputy marshals and othc subordin?lo officials for partisan purpose as entirely < a warrantable. Ultimately th amendment was adopted. Tho bill wa finally passed. Buring tho discussion, Senator Payan remarked that tho ?lection law had boot administorod in tho intered of ono polit iou party aud not in thc interest cf justice; there could bo nothing moro dangerous than tho overthrow ol' thc law under thc pretense of onforcing tho law. lie de nounced the teat oath law, and said he did not bolicve Congress would adjourn until tho law is repealed. WASHINGTON, February 20 -Tho bill rcportod by Edmunds to-day from tho Com mittee on thc Judioiury to protect tho con stitutional rights of citizens punishes with fine and imprisonment any person or per sons who seek by intimidation, unlawful menace or any other uulawful moans to pre vent tho peocoful assembling of citizous for thc purpose of petitioning Congress for tho redress of grievances or considering tho subject of nomination or choice of any per son to bo a member or delegate of tho House of Representatives, or who shall break up or disturb any suoh assemblages or prevent any citizen from exercising tho right of suffrage. Persons or officers charged with any duty under this net who refuse or knowingly omit to givo full effect to their duties shall forfeit S500 to thc ag grieved porty, livery parson who shall cast an unlawful vote for ballot is to bo punished by a fino of $5,000, or by imprisonment of not moro than (ive yours or both. Assault and bribery arc to bc visited with u fine of 81,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years or both. A Livo Yankoo Among tho Roh?ls At a tuiiitory supper given in Charleston at tho late celebration of Washington's birth day, tho following pleasing cpisc lo ocourrcd: A detachment of tho Washing'on Light Infantry, headed by Lieut. A. W. Marshall, and ono from tho Washington, Artillery headed by Lieut. F. \V. Dawson, entered thc room to bear thc greetings of two com mands to their fellow soldiers. They were captured and compelled to explain thc ob ject, ot their visit which they did. This having been accomplished, Capt. Bruns announced us thc next regular toast: .'Tho Citizen Soldiery of Massachusetts," which was i ceci ved with hcaity nppluuso, and which brought out Cul. Hill, thc assis tant adjutunt-gcticrul of thc Old Bay State He said lie hud been oallcd a livo Yankee; he had Leard that it had been telegraphed to somo of the Northern papers tlint n live Yunkeo had ridden to-day at tho bead of 1,500 cx-rcbcle. [Applause.] He desired to state that ho was a happy Yankee us well os a live ono, [laughter,] that he hud just dropped down into a nest of loyal South erners. Ho had never felt better or hop pier than when he was riding at thc head ot' 1,500 ex rebels, and ho wanted tho people at thc North to know it too. ("Cheers.] In his opinion when a mau gets too good tu associate with 8U< h men as ho found In Charleston, euoh a man ought to EO into a swamp and hate himself to dc ith. [Cheers.] Ho alluded to his visit to Fort Sumter in this same company, and to thc fact thu I he hod been compelled to evacuate tho fort astride the shoulders of a brawny son of South Carolina. He congratulated the bri gade upon tho splendid appearance they had made. If this brigade, he said, hud thc appropriation and assistance and encourage mont that tho soldiers of Msssachusetts had from tho State, there would bo no compari son between tho ?wn. Somebody hud said or written that if Massachusetts und South Carolin? wcro lashed together bird thrown into tho Atlantic Ocean there might bt peace in this coondy. Hu believed thu tho two States together would whip tl y whole creation. [Cheers] Hero, then, h to South Carolina and Massachusetts, shout der to shoulder, and may thc devil take tin man who throws a firebrand between them [Cheers J Gen. Capers: Boys let's give him a rea old Rebel yell." Tho yell was instontly and savoecly given and Col. Hill resumed his scat, saying tba ho recognized it. Slate Grange. Tho following resolutions wore passed ? thc lute meeting of thc Stato Orango wit roferenoo to fertilizers: 1. Thut the Stato Granee solemnly an earnestly r'tnonstrutcs against the wron in udvonoing the price of fertilizers, whic i? on article of common use, and just aft? thc adjournment of thc State Lcgislatun 2. That wc intend neither hostility nt combination against tho manufacturers < fertilizers to impose any damage upon then but simply to express our mature oonvictio against u common oppression, so ruinous l the vital interests of thc entire State. 8. That wo adviso om Pomona and sui ordinoto Granges to tuko immediate nctioi through their respcotivo executive commit tees, upon this subject, which with prcsei light will accomplish all wo desire. 4. That tho delegates present will imm diately adviso their respective Granges thc information obtained nt this meeting, . os to facilitate the perfecting of nil orrung monts necessary for relief. 5 That tho notion and d?termination tho Stato Grunge on this whelo muiter, ni al) notions, communications mid correspot denoo of pattons, Granges, subordinate Pomona, also of all authorized agents, a to bo striotiy confidential und under t strictest bonds of secrecy, in ooemdun with "Obligations of our Order," and und seal. 0. That tho report of Bro. Felder bo r ceived, approved and sprood upon our mi utcs, and tho thanks of this Stato Gran bo returned to him for hts valuable conns end wo earnestly commend him to tho f tronago of our Ordor. Francis C. Barlow and John B. Gordon. You moy not bo nwuro thot it waa General Gordon's command which struck tho flunk of tho eleventh corps on thc oftcruoou of ibo first day at Gettysburg, and, after n short but desperate conflict, broke its lines and swept it from thc field. lu that fight General Harlow, of Now York, commander of thc first division, fell dangerously, and, it, was thought, mortally wounded. Ho was shot directly through tim body. Two of his men attempted to bear him through that shower of lead from thc field, hut ono was instuutly killed, und General Hallow magnanimously said to thc other: .??You cnn do ino no good; save your self if you can.'' Gordon's brigade of Georgians, in its wild charge, swept over him, and bo was found by Gcncrul (?onion himself, lying with up-turned fuco in tho hot July sun, nearly paralyzed and appar ently dying. General Gordon dismounted from his horse, gave him n drink of water from his canteen, and inquired of General Harlow his name and wishes. Honorai Harlow said: "1 sholl probably live buta short time. Please tako from my breast pookct lhe packet of my wife's letters and read ono ot them to me," which was done, (lc then asked that thc others bo tom up, as he did not wish them to full into other hands. This General Gordon did, and then osked: Can L do auything deo for you, generali"' "Yes," replied General Harlow, earnestly. "My wife is behind our army, "tyan you send a mossugo through tho lines?" "Curtuinly 1 will," said Gordon, and lie did. Then directing Gcncrul Hur low to bc borne tn tho shade of a trco at tho rear, ho rode with his command. The wifo received thc message and carno harmlessly through both lines of battle ?nd fouud her husband, who eventually recovered. Since General Gordon's election to tho United States Senate, holli ho and General Harlow were invited tn a dinner porty in Washington, aud occupied oppositu seats ot thc table. After introductions, Gcuorul Gordon said: "Gcncrul Harlow, oro you re lated to thc officer of your namo who won killed at Gettysburg?" "1 nm tho man," said Harlow. ''Arc you related to tho Gor don who is supposed to have killed tue!*' "I am tho man," said General Gordon. Tho hearty greetiug which followed tho touchiug story, os related to tho guests by General Harlow, and the thrilling effect upon tho company, can better bo imagined thin described.-Boston Transcript. IMPORTANT RULING or JUDGE THOMSON. -At the recent terni of Court hero, boforo Judgo Thomson, tho case of Rev. Isauo Grant against Hannah Grant, both colored, suit for divorce on tho alleged ground of adultery, wos culled. Thc defend nit, lion noli Grant did not appear in person nor by attorney. Tho plaintiff wos represented hy D. A. Struker, a colored lawyer from Or pnecburg. This ease had been on docket previous fo the passage of the net repealing the divorce law, and it was expected, when oollcd only to bo hoard and proof mado of thc allegations contained in tho complaint. Judge Thomson, however, informed tho plaintiffs attorney that he entertained gravo doubts about thc Court's juisdiction of tho subject, whereupon Mr. Str.ikcr, who soid he apprehended such objection, argued: 1st. That tho late net could not affect tho rights of litigant parties to an action ponding at its passage. 2d. That thc oct, it construed to deny tho rights of parties tn n contract or totally nbrogutc existing legal remedies, was void, becauso it. impaired the obligation of a controct. 'Thc counsel mado bovcrul other points in support of the Court's ju risdiction, but tho judgo, after several hours deliberation, dismissed thc complaint, upon tho ground that tho lute act decoyed all power of thc Court in reference to suits for divorce Notioc of appeal to thc Su preme Couit was given.-Kershaw Gazette. Thc South ?3 waiting most anxiously to sec nome intelligent corored man elected to an office of honor and trust by tho Repub licans of any Northern Shite. Surely thcro cnn bo no pr?judice against tho negroes nt tho North-and yet there is something suspicious in the fuel thot no negro has been made Governor or Lientounnt-Govern. or, or sent lo Congress by tho Northern Republicans. Thc colored men of tho South may put this io their pipes and smoko it ulong with tho fragrant fuots connected with thc freedman's bank swin dles. lt begins to look ns though thc pension Armors bill will tnlio from tho treasury nb least $150,000.000. Tho statement is mado that men who have never applied for thc moderato iillowonco mado by former laws finds the accumulated arrears a suffi cient object to make application. Senator Anthony is authority for saying that tho applications of this class received at tho pension oflioo lost week exceeded fifteen hundred. Ono of the first applications was fuf arrears of 812.000, and they run by thousands into $1,000. This moons n weekly draft on tho treasury of 81,000,000. Tho Stato Agricultural and Mcohanic&l Society offers a ;>rcmium of fifty dollars for tho beet bale of into, not los than 400 pounds, with Cito Diode of cultivation and preparation. Mr. J. ty, Power and Mrs. C. 1). Wat kins, of Abbcvim County, hove eich fallen heir to 827,00?mom a rich undo in Ala bama; who has recently died.