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TO THINS OWN BBLF BK TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS- THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNE8, SUELOll, SMITH & STECK, WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA. MAY IS, lOOl. NEW SEltlKB, NO. 103.-VOLUME Lil.-NO. 20 Gents' Furnish? ing Goods! We can please you with our line of | Shirts, and we are showing a nice line of MEN'S SHIRT WAISTS. They are going to be worn. We can please you as to fit, style and price. We always carry all the new things in COLLARS and CUFFS. Our Neckwear is strictly up to date. We carry as nice a line of Underwear as can be found in any market. Ask to see our Men's Hose and Shoes. In fact, we have almost anything in FURNISHING GOODS. C. W. Sc J. E. BAU KN I HGT. A TRAGIC DEATH. Mrs. Cornella Thompson Burned to Death in the Recent Firo at Jacksonville. fe Telegraphic reports from Jackson w ville, Fl?., gave among the list of those who were burned in tho de structive fire in that city, the name of Mrs. Cornelia Thompson, tho widow of the late C?en. Waddy Thompson. The report says that Mrs. Thompson's bones were found in the ruins of the Old Ladies' Home. This news was a shock to tho older citizens of (Loenville who knew Mrs. Thompson so well. Years ago she was well known in this section of the State and wat loved and admited by all who knew her for her many admirable traits ol character and her gentle and pleas ant disposition. Mrs. Thompson was a Miss Jones, of Wilmington N. C. Her father, Col. David Jones is buried in thc cemetery of Christ church, this city. Mrs. Thompson was a member Ol Christ church, and tl tiring her rest dence in this city she was an carnes and conscientious church worker She was between 70 and 80 year old. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson lived fo a number of years on Paris motin tain at what is familiarly known a the "Thompson place." Gon.Thomp son, however, owned a plantation ii Florida, and shortly after thc war b moved his family lo Madison, Fifi Gen. Thompson's death occur re while bc was a resident of that cit) Mrs. Thompson then moved t Jacksonville, where her son, Presto Thompson, was engaged in bushiest That was about twenty years ag and she was living with her son ti the time, of her death. Gen. Thompson was one of th most prominent men of the Sont during his time. Ile was a membc of Congress and also Minis'.cr t Mexico. Mrs. Thompson was coi nected with Mrs. S. A, Townes, Mil Lily Thompson and Misses Ii tn nv and Lizzie Jones of this city. SI was well known by tho older cit zens of the Piedmont section, wi will bc grieved to hear of her trag death.-Greenville News. How Arn Your Kidney* f Or. Hobbs' SpArAEUft 1*1 ll (touro nil kill noy Ills. Sa plo frOO. Add. StorlliiK ltuincdy Co., OlllCAKO ur N. Methodists arc Successful. The Hoard of liducation of tl Methodist Iipiscopal Church, Sont met in Nashville, Tenn., last wee Bishop Galloway presiding. Dr. I). Hammond, recording secretar reported that $1,500,000, ordered I the General Conference as a thai offering for the twentieth con tm had been raised. In a trial at Omaha, Neb., M 'iii, Callahan, the accused kidnap) who was supposed to bo implicit in tho Cudahy case, caine clear ?li pite the fact that there was a grt deal of convincing evidence aga ii him. The prisoner was ag? arrested on other charges and will all probability have another ti soon. . p David Bankin, the Missouri cal king, has planted 10,(100 acres corn this year, employing about ? men and utilizing 000 horses. A TEXAS^ WONDK Hall's (front Discovery for Kidney i I'ladder Trouble. One small bottle of Hall's (?real I Covary cures all kidney and bladder li tiles, removes gravel, oil IOS (Habe seminal emissions, weak and lame l>a< rheumatism and all Irregularities of kidneys and bladder in hoth men women, Regulates bladder trouble children. If not sold by your drugf, will be sent hy mail on receipt of $1 One small bottle is two mouths' tr mont, and will cure any case ahuve n tinned, Dr. K, W. Hall, side manu turor, P, o. llox 020, St. bonis. Mo, Send for testimonials. Suhl hy druggists. Vicksburg, Miss., January H, Iflofl have, used The Texas Wonder, ll Great Discovery, for Madder and kb trouhle and would hot take a thom dollars for Hie bondit received f Using ODO hottto, I feel that I am manently cured. I make this staten from a sense of duty that 1 owe to tl likewise aflliotod, and trust that will take advantage of the. Inform!) and realize the truth of my assertion O. II. Kosh Sings Hor Husband's Praise. After thc trip of tho Presidential party (in New Orleans) had been concluded ono afternoon last week, and while Mrs. McKinley was wait ing at the nook on tho steamer City of St. Louis, which had been set aside for her until tho President had bidden farewell to tho hosts of the occasion, she consented to be inter viewed. It was tho first and only interview ever secured from her. After she had expressed her delight at tho new scenes which had been unfolded to her she began to talk about the President, whose name was mentioned. "Do you know Major McKinley ?" she asked. "Ah, no one can know him, because j to appreciate him one roust know him ns I do. And I am not speak ing now of Major McKinley as the President. I am speaking of him as my husband. If any ono could know what il is to have a wife sick, com plaining, always an invalid for 25 years, seldom a day well, and yet never a word of unkindness has over passed his lips, he is just tho same tender, thoughtful, kind gontleman I knew when first he came and sought my hand. I know him because I nm his wife and it is my proudest pleasure to say this, not becauso bc is tho President, but because ho ie my husband. I wish that I could have seen him yesterday ; I love to sec him among the people whom bc seeks to serve so faithfully. But I read his speeches this morning. 1 read all Ins speeches. I only wish thal I could help bim as I should Ile is so kind, so good, so patient. He gives mo all the time he can ; ho never forgets me, no matter how busy he is. But I will bc glad whet he is out of public life; I did not want him to run a second time. ] thought he had dono enough for tin country, and now I know that lu has done enough, and when thii term expires he will come home ant wc will settle down quietly, and lu will belong to me." During the year 15)00 more thai 0,000,000 Bibles, Testaments an? portions of thc Scriptures wer issued in England, an increase o nearly 000,000 copies over any previ otis year. Mr. W. J. Baxter, of North Brook, N C., says ho suffered with piles for flftce years Ho tried many remedies with n resid?s until ho used DeWitt's Witc Hazel Salve ami that quickly cured bin J. W. Hell. - - -- The Cost of a Queen. Queen Alexandra will find he new position no sinecure in the wa of housekeeping, as the royal house hold contains 1,000 servants. Ii is said that thc late Queen Vu loria was in the habit of oversooin every detail of thc household. There aro sixty housemaids i Windsor ?md the late Queen kne the name of each and her speer line of duty. Going hilo an un USC room upon one occasion, she notice a cabinet that had not been dustc that day. She promptly wrote tl royal autograph in thc dust, and b neath it the name of tho partiouh maid whose duty il v.-ru; to brush tl room. The kitchen is ruled over by chef, whose salary is C700 a yen Under the chef arc four mast cooks, who aro on duty about a foi night at a time. Then there n two assistant cooks, two roastii cooks, about sixteen apprentie? half a dozen kitchen maids, two yt men of thc kitchen and thc clerk thc kitchen, who keeps the accour ?ind docs the carving. l\a reoeh ($00 a year. Thc confectioners get jCSOO a C250 each, The chef has a nm room set apart on one side of t kitchen ; tho others work in thc c room. Thc most costly dinner service tho world is at Windsor castle, is ol solid gold and is valued I'S,DOO. of the ntimorous servi? of plate ami china but three aro o in us<>. In tho crimson draw room is kept a magnificent coll tion of china.- Philadelphia Pr< WILLIAMS REPLIES TO THE STATE.' Says The State Looks at his Efforts In thc Hampton Matter in Wrong Light. Richmond, Va., May 8.-I have just seen the three column editorial in Thc State of Monday regarding tho suggestion of Gen. Wade Hamp ton for the Columbia postmaster ship. The idea of the writer of that article seems to ho th at I was trying to have Gen. Hampton do a dis graceful thing to shelter others under his name and prestigu. I nm glad to have direct assur ances from Gen. Hampton that he has no such thought. I nm suro no man who is accus tomed to high standards and straight motives will have such a thought. There has never been a human pur pose, however large, for which a narrow mind could not invent a small end, no human act, however honest, to which a vindicitive and petty spirit could not attribute dis honesty. To judge the methods and intentions of others hy our own is a common human characteristic. I ara entirely willing to have the South Carolina public consider my course from the standpoint, of Wade Hampton on one side and the State newspaper on the other. Tho South Carolina publio knows both and tho contrast is sufficiently vivid to bc impressive. If any man in South Carolina who has accepted or may accept an appointment from President McKinley should need illustrious precedent to justify him he would not have to look beyond thc ollice of the State newspaper, two members of the staff of which held commissions in the volunteer array on the recommendation of Governor Iillorbe. That was in limo of war, but ray information was that there was no lack of applications for positions as oflicors and that the appointments were distinctly favors. The State itself, organized as a fiercely anti-Tillman and independ ent and Cleveland Democratic publi cation, subsequently accepted a rather advantageous printing con tract from an administration to which it was supposed to be bitterly hostile. It is now apparently trying to contend that acceptance ol' an appointment by an anti-Tillman Senator would disgrace Gen. Hamp ton eternally. The opinion of The State concern ing myself is immaterial. To keep thc record straight, however, permit me to say in conclusion that I have never sought nor accepted any jobs for myself or favors for my news paper which could subject mc to the suspicion of fulfilling a bargain on one sido or gratifying my resentment on tho other, and that my political plumage has never changed. I did not begin ns a Cleveland gold Demo crat opposing the Populist influence so fiercely as to ineffectively lead a contesting delegation to a national convention against it and then become a red hot and intolerant sup porter of freo silver and a Populist alliance. My recollection is The State did. I have fought Hen. Tillman since the day ho.was nominated, free silver from the timo it was broached, Populism from its beginning. Per sonally I would rather bo a McKin leyite than a Ilryanitc or a Tillman ile, but I ara none of them. The result of the last Presidential election showed what tho Demo cratic party has boen brought to under tho leadership Tho State fol lows. I want tO seo tho puny j become something botter than a | laughing stock and the South some thing more than a rallying point and tool for the cranks of the continent and a menace to tho country's pros perity. A. ll. Williams. PISO'S CURE FOR CON SUM PT IO SHOJI A woman who holds up a train isn't, necessarily a robber. I Sheep on tho (-arm. Of all dom est to animals sheep aro i the greatest fertilizers, the best soavangers ami tho easiest kept with the least expense of any live stock on the farm, says VV. Watson in Wool Markets and Sheep. My own experience has taught mo that they are not only tho farmer's relief from hard work, but that they will pay for all tho earc and all tho feed that is given them in tho way of manure. There can bo found on almost every farm in tho land some rough and hilly ground that is not produc ing as it should, and all that land could in a short time be made aB valuable as thc rest by the pasturing and feeding of a few sheep thereon, for they will seek the highest points, and there they will scatter their manure better and evener than can be dono in any other way. It is my opinion that a farm can maintain a Hock of sheep, say one sheep to every two acres, at comparatively no cost whatever, and they will bring him from $51 to &f> per head each year, so that on every farm of 100 acres 50 sheep can be kept, and they will pay in manure for every bit of feed and all the care, and the farmer is ahead from $150 to $200 each year. I believe the worst trouble experi enced by many shepherds is the feeding of corn to their sheep.. Corn should never be feed to breeding sheep tinder any circumstances. The best and cheapest feed is bran and oatr, mixed equal parts with good clover hay or corn fodder. Good shelter from storms should hot be neglected. They must also have good water to drink, for that is as necessary as feed. "Our little girl was unconscious from strangulation during a sudden and terri ble attack of croup. 1 quickly scoured a bottle of Ono Minute Cough Cure, giving lier three doses. Tho croup was mas tered and our little darling speedily re covered," so writes A. h. Spalford, Ches ter, Mich. J, W. Moll. A Word to Boys. If you have anything to do, do it at once. Don't sit down in tho rocking chair and loose three quarters of an hour in dreading the job. lie sure that it will seem ten times harder than it did nt first. Keep this motto: Boin time on small things as well as great. The boy who is behind time at breakfast and school, will be sure to get left in thc important things of life. If you have a chronic habit of dreading and putting off things, make a great effort to cure yourself. Brace up? Make up your mind that you will haye some backbone. Don't be a limp, jellyfish kind of a person. Depend upon it that life is very much as you make it. Tho first thing to decido is, What arc you goings to make it? Thc next thing is to tako off you'' co il and go to work. Make your self necessary somewhere. There are thousands of boys and young men who wouldn't be missed if they would drop out to-morrow. Don't bo one of this sort. Ile a power in your own little world ; and then, depend upon it, tho big world will 'near from you. Our Si oday Afternoon. They Work While You Sleep. While your mind and body rest ('as eareis (Jandy Cathartic repair your digestion, your liver, your bowels, put them in perfect order. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, ioc. Once when Judge (bay, of Chi cago, was trying a case, bc was dis turbed by a young man who kept moving about in thc rear of tho room, lifting chairs and looking un der things. "Young man," Judge Gray called out, "you arc making a great, deal of unnecessary noise. What arc you about?" "Your honor," replied the young man, "I have lost my overcoat and am trying to lind it." "Well," said the venera ble jurist, "people often lose whole suits in here without making all that disturbance." ' THE TRUTH ABOUT GRANT. A Sentimental Story that ts Not Sustained by Facts-"The Humanity ot Grant." Tho following timely article is a communication recently publishod in the Atlanta Constitution : Editor Constitution : Not long ago you "reproduced, by permission from the Now York World's Sunday Magazine," an artiolo by Mrs. Jof ? forson Davison "The Humanity of Grant." Mrs. Davis han certainly depended upon imagination and hoavsay in this eulogy on grant.- Speaking of the sword story of Appomattox, she says : "Gen. Grant did not keep it as a trophy, but respectfully returned it to the band which had made its fame as deathless as that of Excali bur." In Grunt's Memoirs, Volume 2, pago 494, ho says : "Tho much talked of surrendering of Lee's sword and my handing it back, this and much moro that has been said about it is tho purest romance." It wnB pure romance about Grant re ceiving tho sword, and it follows that it was not "respectfully re turned." In bis memoirs, Gen. Grant says that Gen. Leo told him that in thc Confederate army the cavalrymen and artillerists owned their own horses. Gen. Grant was of the opin ion that thc war was about ended ; that most of thc Confederates were small farmers and would not bo able to make a crop without "the aid of the horses they were then riding." Hu said to Gen. Leo about the horses: "The United States did not want them, and I would, therefore, instruct the oflicers I left behind to reccivo thc paroles of his troops to let every man of the Confederate army who claimed to own a horse or a mule to take the animal and go to his home." From this it will be seen that Gen. Grant, according to his own statement, was influenced by two facts in allowing lite Con federates to retain their horses, to wit: The horses were the private property of tho soldiers, and "tho United States did not want them." This means that thc horses would 1 have been taken if they had belonged to the Confederate States, or they would have been taken anyway if the United States had wanted them. This horse story has been told so often that no doubt some persons believe that Gen. Grant sent (ion. Lee's soldiers homo on horseback, but that is not the case. When tho surrender came Gen. Lee. had only 7,81)2 infantry with arms in their hands. Before the paroles were made out stragglers enough came up to run the number up to about 2f>,000. Of these about 5,000 were cavalry and artillery. Then at least 20,000 men had to walk home, and were not beneficiaries of Grant's magnanimity. The men who did rido home were allowed to keep their horses only until they i>ol in good condition. Then treasury agents swarmed through the country and carried off every horse that had tlie brand U. S. or G. S. on it. Hut this did not satisfy them, for they took away every horse that some trilling negro would say had been in tho army. When it comes to magnanimous treatment of Confederates, Grant is not to bc classed with Sherman. (Jen. Benjamin F. Butler states that there was an agreement between Sherman and his leading oflicers to pr?vido a ship at Charleston for the escape from the country of Jefferson Davis and such of his cabinet and others as chose to go with him. It is a fact that Sherman proposod to allow tho men of Johnston's army, who surrendered at Greens boro, to take their guns .and go home as if no war had taken place. Ile said he would rather have thc paroled Confederates control tho South than tn uiyo it. turned over to negro rulo. Mrs. Davis should writo no moro such articles for the newspapers until she is sure of her facts. The story of John C. Calhoun's courtship of his pretty cousin and "The Groat Nullifier's" iirst and only love hater makes an interesting story that has recently appeared. The great statesman's messages to his youthful sweetheart, which show a stupid effort to guard against exu berance in confessing the gentle pas sion, are embodied in letters to her mother-all but one. Just before their marriage Calhoun's love seem ingly would brook no more stich re straint, and he wroln his ?lear Flu ride a tender avowal, impatiently longing for tho wedding day, and signed it "your true love. Had this stately and formal beau lived in our day he would have had to change his tactics of love making or else lose his girl. Robert H. Ilomphill. Better Known as "The Sect was Conceived in Columb [Col. Robert A. Thoi To tho Editor of Tho State : At your request, I have propared tho following article on the Constitu tional Convention of I860, botter known ns tho "Seoession Conven tion." The paper comprises a part of tho proceedings of tho convention, and incidents, and reminiscences of that eventful period. The election of Mr. Lincoln as President of the Uuited States, pre cipitated upon thc country a jpoliti cal storm and sectional fury, which had tor nearly thirty years boou gathering with great volume and forco. Tho excitement in tho South was very great, and in South Caro lina it was intense. In November, 1860, Governor Gist convened tho General Assembly of South Carolina in extraordinary session, for tho purpose of casting thc vote of the State for President and vice-President of tho United States ; and, further, to see that the State should not in the emergency impending suffer any detrimeut. During the early days of tho seces sion excitement a most remarkable public meeting was held in Charleston. Judge Magrath, of tho Federal court, tho District Attorney, tho Marshal and the Collector of Customs, re sinned their offices, rather than con tinuo to serve the Federal govern ment, especially undo:* tho incoming administration of a purely sectional government. The meeting was ono of tho largest ever held in Charles ton, and great excitement was mani fested. A strong committee was appointed, with Judge Magrath as chairman, to visit Columbia and urge thc Legislature to call a Constitu tional Convention for the purpose of seceding from tho Union. The press of the State UIBO very generally united in urging this course. On the 13th day of November, I860, the Legislature enacted : "That a convention of the people of the State of South Carolina is hereby ordained to be assembled in the city of Columbia on Monday, tho 17th day of December, 18G0, for the purpose of taking into considera tion tho dangers incident to the po sition of the State in the Federal Union, established by the Constitu tion of the United States, and the measures which may be necessary and proper for providing against the same, and thereupon to take caro that tho Commonwealth of South Carolina shall suffer no detriment." By another provision of the same Act the election for delegates to the convention was to be held through out the State on the Gili day of De cember. Thc canvass was unusually short. But as a matter of fact no oanvass was necessary. There was not much opposition to secession, and what there was was by no means active or violent. Ex-Gov. B. F. Perry, J. L. Pettigru, Esq., Judge O'Ncall, and a few other public men in thc State, were opposed to seces sion. In addition to the gentlemen named, there wero quite a number of persons opposed to this movement, hut they followed tho conservativo course mapped out by their loaders. The election passed of remarkably peaceful and quiet and without un due excitement. The convention assembled in Co lumbia on the 17th day of December in the Baptist church. The sessions of tho convention were opened by prayer. There wero four ballots for Presidont, tho last ono resulting in tho election of Gon. I). F. Jamison, of Orangeburg. Quito a number of gentlemen wero voted for by thoir friends. Col. J. L. Orr, of Anderson, received a very handsome vote. (Jen. Jamison made a short address, advocating immediate recession. B. F. Arthur, Esq., of Columbia, was elected secretary. A resolution was adopted unani mously by tho convention, declaring for secession at the very earliest moment. The presence of smallpox in tho L?ity caused tho convention, as woll ns tho Legislature, to adjourn to meet in Charleston on the following lay. The members of the convention, fis well as the members of tho Legis lature, left Columbia for Charleston at A o'clock a. m., on tho 18th. From a newspaper report of thc exodus of tho two bodies, wo have the following: "Four o'clock a. m., TQTfl?ML ION or 1860p ?ssion Convention"-Secession ia and Born in Charleston, mpson, in Tho State.] was tho hour for leaving, and I "can asaure you that a scone onsuod that bailies description. From 600 to 1,000 persons wore ileoiug from tho smallpox in a panic Wiso legisla tors, grave members of tho conven tion, with a crowd of hangers-on, hastened to tho depot of tho South Carolina railroad. The first scram ble was for the ticket office, and it was no small affair. Next was a contest for baggage and chocks. This was a scene not often seen in the dignified capital of tho State. Everybody was desirous of being first served ; and, as a consequence, disappointment, sometimes vented in bitter curses, ensued. Soon the checks gave out, and with it tho moving of the oars, tho platform being piled up with baggage, and each ownor thereof holding on thereto with tho tenacity of poverty to a last 'chango of linen.' The prospect of being left with tho small pox waB imminent, hence a rush was made, baggage in hand or on tho shoulders, as convenience suggested, to tho cars." Tho ordinance of secession was adopted by the convention unani mously, by a yea and nay vote, on Thursday, tho 20th day of Decem ber, I860. All the members of tho convention, oue hundred and seventy in number, were present and voted in the affirmative. The convention met in Charleston at 4 o'clock p. m. on the 18th and held its sessions in St. Andrew's hall, on Broad Btreet. The House of Representatives met in Hibernia hall, and the Senate found quarter in tho Court House. At 7 o'clock p. m. the convention Govornor Bickens and staff, both branches of tho Legislature, and th people, assembled in Institute hall on Meeting street to sec the ord i nance of secession signed and rati fied. Tho crowd was tho largest that ever entered the hall. Tho prcsidont of thc convention called the "house to ordor," Tho ordi nance had been enrolled on parch ment and was signed by every mom I b?\ of tho convention, the election districts and parishes having been called in alphabetical order. When the signing was completed, the presi dent of thc convention arose and said : "Tho ordinance of secession has been signed and ratified, and I proclaim tho State of South Caro lina an independent sovereignty." As tho signatures were attached, one by one, tho applause was great, but when the President declared the act perfect, the wildest enthusiasm prevailed, thunders of applause, dapping of hands, shouts, whirling of hats, and other demonstrations of olation and joy took place. Outside of thc hall there was music and thousands of people were unable lo gain admittance. Bonfires had been kindled in tho Btreets, fire works popped and blazed on all sides, and happiness rested on tho countenance A all. Tho 20th of Descmber, 18G0, was long to be remembered. It was regarded a? the second independence of thc State, and was hailed as the harbinger of peace, safety, pro. por ity and happiness. At a lato hour tho crowd retired, having realized apparently their only earthly hope. Tho convention authorized the president to appoint Messrs. John A Calhoun, W. P. Finley, J. D. Wil son, W. F. DeSnussure, Langdon Chevc8 and M. E. Carn, "to prepare an address to thc Southern States A cominitteo consisting of Messrs. John A. Inglis, lt. B. Rhett, Janies Chestnut, Jr., James L. Orr, Maxcey, Gregg, B. F. Dunkin and W. F. Ilutson, was appointed to draft all ordinances to bc voted on by the convention. A number of othor important com mittees were announced from day to day. In Charleston politics or secession, was tho shibboleth. Tho excitement preceding tho election of delegates was unheard of. Tho signs were abundant. Across thc streets, at prominent points, on public and private buildings, there wero Hags, transparences, palmetto trees, tin leaf, mottoes, otc, characteristic of thc contest. On a restaurant was a life-sizo painting of Mr. li. Barnwell Rhett, which was illuminated eael night. On tho front of the theatre there was a painting, representing li (1 li 1 I ti v s ll v r v c B c V V t ( a a o a e t I o Charleston after secession, thirty by twenty foot, handsomely executed. Dispntohcs were received hy the convention from distinguished oiti r.ons of the Southern States advising that prompt action was imperative, rind that their States would ulti mately follow our example. On tho 21st of Decombor it was announced through a dispatch from Governor Pottus that Mississippi had voted for secession, four to one. This was tho second State to secede. On the 24th of tho Bame month, Hov. Perry, of Florida, was in Charleston. Ile was a native of Charleston, and announced that his State was for resistance Ho was invited to a seat on tho Hoor of tho jonvention. Tho 27lh was a day of great ex citement. Maj. Anderson ovacuated Port Moultrie and occupied Fort Sumter. Gov. Pickcns called out ,ho military and occupied all the 'orts around tho city. No blood was med, but war was regarded as almost certain. Thu convention was in session on ho Sabbath day. Much discussion took place in the convention, in secret and open ses lion. December 31st was the last day of i most eventful year. The convention authorized tho jiovernor to call into active service wo rcgimotits of soldiers to garrison he forts in the harbor. Tho convention adopted a Boheme or tho formation of a Southern Con ederacy. On Saturday, thc 7lh day of Janu iry, 1861, the convention took recess, o be called together by the presi lent. The Constitutional Convention of Clorida, on tho 7 th of the same uonth, adopted a resolution by a otc of 62 to 6 to secede from the Jnion. In a few days Alabama and ilississippi seceded. On the Oth of January the "Star if tho West" endeavored to enter he harbor of Charleston, to succor ? ort Sumter, but was driven off by a ow shots fired from Major Stevens' lattery. The convention reassembled in Charleston March 26th. The Con titution of the Confederate States /as ratified by a vote of 146 to 16 Vnd soon after the convention agrcei ? another recess, to be called to ?ether hythe President, if necessary The battle of Fort Sumter occurro Vprtl 12th. Mr. John Maxwell, lelegate lo the convention from Pick ns was in Port Moultrie during th ight, giving his services to his Stati Chancellor F. II. Wardlaw, a mom ter of tho convention, died tn Coluni lia, on thc 20tll day of May. The personnel of the eonvontio /as remarkable. Senators and Rep esontatives in Congress, Chance Drs, Judges and many other person listinguisbed in all the avocations c ife, were members of this body. Two brothers, Judge D. Jj, Wan aw, of Abbeville, and Chancellor J I. Wardlaw, of Kdgelield, we nembors of the convention. The delegates of the secession coi ention numbered one hundred ai onvonty. Chancellor B. F. Dunkin, who ionio was in Charleston, and wi /as also a native of Mnssachuset eproscntcd Georgetown in the co ention. Two of the oldest members appr nlly of the convention were Mess loKeo, of Chester, and Green, 'limier. Their heads were wb villi tho frosts of many winters. Chancellor Inglis presented t irdtnanco of secession lo the c( Chtion, and has always been credit irith being the author of that imp ant doon men t. The convention was in sessi Christmas day. Hon. Kdinund Iluflin, of Virgil n aged gentleman, attracted mi Honiton in (Charleston when rdinanoo of sco?Bsion was pasi nd ratified, by almost constar arrying on his shoulder from pl 0 place, a large piece of palme lis presence never failed to ov< beers and applause. Tho convention was in session ember 80th tho blcssod Sabbn Col. U. C. Logan, of Wilhams!? 1 as tho youngest man in thc coin ion. Walhalla, S. C. TA TH of '>;IIO, CITY or Toi,uno, I LUCAS COUNTY, J Krank J. Cheney makes oath that Ito senior partner of tho linn of Ihonoy & Co., doing business in tho f Toledo, County and Stato afore nd that said firm will pay tho sui >no Hundred Dollars for each very caso of Catarrh that cannr urcd by the uso of Hall's Catarrh ( KKANK J. Cn KN Sworn to before mo and subscrih ly presence, this Otb day of Docei i. I). 1880. ( <+>^-? ? A. W. CI.KASO; j SKA I, ' v< ' Notary Pul Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken into nd acts directly on tho blood am! ons surfaces of tho system. Soi ostimonials, free. F. J. CHUNKY A- Co., Toledo Sold by Druggists, 750, Hall's Family Pills aro tho host.