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r Wasuinotov, January 14.?Two memorable
lucidonts of the late war, which excited
more or lea* attention at the time of
their oeourance, have boon recently recalled
to recollection under circumstances that
invest theui with a now interest. Many of
Gen. Johnson Ilagood's old soldiers will
doubtless recall the circumstances of the first
atrair, while some members of Geu. Kershaw's
ttnigade can perhaps testify more in
detail to the facts of the second.
For tho information of your other readers,
however, it should be briefly stated that on
tho 21st of August, 1864, Gen Ilagood's
brigado with five others wcro ordered to
carry a strougly entrenched Federal position
on tho Woldon road near tho Yellow Tav
crn, a few miles from Pet?rsburg, Virgiuia.
For some reason only two brigades, of which
Gen. Ilagood's was Jno, went into action,
and Gun. Hagood at the head of his men
swept over and beyond the first line of cu11
-1 * ? ~ -u***ow *' t _ a -??
hnftro it.
At tho second liho they were confronted
by overwhelming numbers, nnd met by such
a closo and deadly tire that their advance
was chocked; and, further progress being
manifestly impossible, tho command halted
and endeavored to maintain the unequal
fight where it stood. Being wholy unsup^
ported, howovor, nnd it plainly appoaring
that the assault had failed on this account,
retreat became inevitable.
At this critical moment a mounted officer
dashed out of ths Federal breastworks and,
riding down tho Confederate ranks, commanded
the men *.o throw down their arms
and surrender themselves prisoners. A
number of both officers and men dooming
^ their plight a hopeless one, obeyed the
* order almost mechanically, nnd tho officer
had alreftay taaeti j
of the ensign, when Go-- TIagood, who was
? -i . uistauco, discovered
on foot nn ,lacC) am] recognizing the
what was ta i action, ordered his
necessity
UliVJ SHOOT THE OFFICKlt ON THE SrOT.
This order was not heard, or, at any rate,
was not obeyed, and firing his pistol at the
bold rider without effect, Gon. Hagood ad
vauccd rapidly towards hiui, and demanded
that he should give up tho colors on the
instant The officer replied that the cominund
had suneudured and that he, Geo.
Hagood was himself a prisoner. Gen.
Hagood replied that no one but himself had
any authority to surrender; that ho did not
propose to do so, and again demanded the
flag to be given to him, adding tint tho
officer was "at liberty to return to his own
Hue if he did so." "You have made a brave
fight, General," responded the br ivn and {
- determined Federal, ' but If yod wiH looi ,
behind you will see that you are lost. A ^
sin-'lc glance iu the direction indicated revealed
to G n. Hagood tho fact that tho ^
enemy had closed iu behind him and that
liis nomniaiid was surrounded. There was
not a moment to bo lost. Geu. Hagood 1
presented bis pistol and peremptorily de- '
inauded, "Will you surrender that flag, sir;
immediately ??yes or no ?"
"By the living God, No;" fairly shouted '
the gallant but fated man, and with the 1
words fell heavily to the ground^as the ball J
from his adversary's pistol cutered his side,
Seising the colors and springing into the ;
saddle from which the officer had fallen,
Gen. dlagood led tho charge against the
foe in his rear, and his command quickly
fought its way back to the Coufederate
lines.
As stated in the affidavit appended below,
Gen. Ilagood learned a few days afterwards,
from Northern p ipers received through the
line, that the officer referred to was
capt. daily op oem. cutleil'8 staff.
The following papers have just been filed
^ in the Uuited States Pension office iu this
city :
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 7, 1879.
Gen. llagood: I am the person whom
you shot on tho 21st day of August. 18G4,
at what is known with us as the battle of
tho Globe (or Yellow) Tavern, on tho Weidon
Railroad. Doubtless you rouioinbor
tho circumstances. In the many comments
on tho event of your shooting mo, &c., I have
been repoatodly reported as dead from tho
effects of the shot. Tho last report of the
event, (together with an account of that
battle,) that, has been brought to my notice
was one published in tho weekly Philadelphia
Enquirer of soma waek in Juno, 1878.
The article was by a Copt. Young of the
Confederate service. In his publication I
was reported as being shot dead at that
time.
Your address has been sent inc by Senator
Gordon. What I want is this; That,
if you do not dccui it inconsistent or improper,
you will furnish mo with a certificato
stating tho facts and oirouinstances of your
firing at and wounding a Federal officer on
tho occasion as above, and if you ever heard
tho name and rank of such officer, state upon
information.
My rank at the time was that of captain,
and 1 was then upon Gen. Cutler's staff,
who commanded the division with which
yours came in contnct.
I am making application for pension and
desire to uso your certificate in that way.
Should you see fit to fuvor me with it, be
kind enough to sign and verify the satno
ti.n r.u-i. r.e ,.r ....... ...... ,.r
ol i'mvj miu viui *% ?i uiin vi j "ui u"Ulio ul
record, wlio will aflix his seal to the same.
With the wound inflicted as above, and one
afterwards received on the 31st March,
18ti5, at Gravelly Run, I aui almost totally
fluoKI.'.l TKn K^iII rrnm vnnr niafnl nnlnro/l
? #r J vwv.v..
inj right side and penetrated to my backbone
from which plaoo it was, after a long time
p extracted. Vour certificate will bo of great
value to me. Hhould you see fit to favor me
with it, pieaso do so at your very oariicst
convenience.
I am very respectfully yours,
1>. It. 1>A!L?Y.
naw i ... 1 _ . - - - gen.
iiagood'b rel'ly.
Columbia, S. C., August 18. 1879.
Cupt. D. 11. Da thy. Council Bluff\ Iowa :
My Dear Shi?Your communication of
tho 7tli instant, requesting from uic a sworn
statement of the facts connecting you nod
myself wit i the combat, on the 21st August,
18G4, upon the NVeldon Road, with
the view of being used by you in an appli- 1
cation for a pousiou, was received a lew 1
dajs ago. . (
Enclosed you will find an affidavit of tho
facts as I saw thc'm, and which in all iinpor- '
taut particulars 1 believe to be corrcc-. It
is made out from memoranda taken at the
time.
1 havo never before given a detailed
statement of tho incident to any one, nor
havo auy of tho publications upon tho sub
joot emanated. directly or indirectly, froui
mo. Capt. Young, to whom you refer, was 1
not a member of my brigade, and I do not
now reooUcot ever having met him. His
auuuuiit is uasuu upon tno general army rumor
of the day. I made a very brief official
report of thtf part my brigade took in
the action, which may or may not now be 1
in Washington among tho papers of the '
Confederate war office. 1
Will you permit me to express tho pleas- 1
uro giveu me by the receipt of your letter
?the knowledge that your wound had not
proved mortal. We were both, under dif- '
i'urcut circumstances, endeavoring to do our '
duty, and your gallant bearing uiude a pro- '
found impressfbn upon me. It will bo a '
matter of great satisfaction to me if I shall
have contributed in the least by the state- '
uicnt enclosed to your obtaining from the 1
government the recognition of your scrvi- 1
COS wllioll thou an nrnll
_ ? ...w? V?vf wv IT VII UWOV t *5
I aui, very respectfully, .
JoilNSON IIagood. ,
ucu. xja^goua s amauvTl, winch, uy rensou
of it legal character aud iuteut, necessarily '
omits the details of the conversation <that =
occurred during the fight, together with '
other iucidcnts supplied in the first portion
of this article, is as follows: a
(j
Statk or South Carolina, )
Rich land County, j
Personally appeared before mo, P. 13. a
Miller, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of thu Couuty aud fi:tato aforesaid, Johuson
IIagood, w .o, being duly bworn, depeseth
aud says as follows :
That he, the deponent, is now comptroller
geueral of the State of South Carolina,
and was, during the lute civil war, in tho ^
service )f the Confederate Slates, command- .
ing a brigade of Hoke's division of the i '
i " *T *
.vrmy oi northern Virgiuia. ,,(
That on the 21st of August, 18G4, his ly
brigade, tlieu temporarily reporting to Muj. .Wl
inucr?!m?k?? with fivnothen brigades
iVeldon n.5",?
miles below Petersburg. ^
That wheu his brigade had reached the ^
Inderal intrenchuients and was struggling
;o carry them it became apparent that the
issault would fail, the other brigades uot co- (]|
pcrating vigorously as directed. qt
That the Federals pushed out a deployed U1
line behind him to cut off his retreat, and a;.
it the same tiuio he saw among his men a t|,
mounted Federal officer, who had apparently
eouie through a sallyport. This officer
had seized u rogimontal flag and deuiuuded th
a surrender. Some officers aud men had to
surrendered but wcro not carried in ; others t|,
refused, but jus*, around him ceased fighting. Cl
Firing hud ceased nowhere from the Fcde- Ul
ral line, uud nowhere else from the Confedcrate
liuo. Deponent called to the men to
shoot the officer and fall back in retreat.? 8a
They either did not in the noise of battle
hear the order, or bewildered by the surrender
of part of their number failed to a(
obey. It was a critical moment demanding u|
decision and immediate action. In a few 8(
moments the disposition to surrender would f,
have spread, and the brigade would have t|
been lost. Deponent approached the officer, 8|
demanding the colors, and that ho should ^
go back into his own lines, telling him he j.
was> tree to do so. I he officer decidedly re- g|
fused, and deponent shot hiui through the
body: Mounting the horse from which the 0
officer fell, drp incut led his men against the c
liuo ia rear and succeeded in bring off the s|
largest part of his command. Deponent ^
loarncd a few days afterward, from North- c
ern papers received through the lines, that /
the officer referred to was Capf. Dailey of p
Gen. Cutler's staff. c
The attempt of this officer to secure tho 8
surrender of a whole brigade came very v
near succeeding. It was oue of the most u
dashing feats witnessed by deponent, on M
either side, during the war. Upou tho 8,
chance of securing a prize for the side ho h
served, Cupt. Dailey doubly staked his life, p
for he was whilu in tho Confederate line iu |,
us much danger from the fire of his own g
men ns from his cnemv. #
Deponent 'urther says that ho makes
this affidavit at t ho request, received through
the mail, of D. 11. Dnley, of council blutfs,
Iowa, who informs him that ho is the Capt.
Dailcy referred to; that ho is disabled from
this and other wounds, and is applying for
a pension from thu United States Government.
Deponent has never known Capt. Duilcy
except on the battle hold as described; has
no pecuniary interest whatever in the application
by hiui for pension, nud complies
with the request for a statement of facts in
thu hope, most sincerely entertained, that it
may benctit a brave soldier.
Johnson IIaoood.
Numbf.u Two?Tiik Nameless Conkedkhatk
Private wiio Lost iiih Lifk ;
Givino Water to Wounded Federals.
The hero of tho second incident was a
Confederate soldier, a privato in ono of tho
companies of Gen. J. II. Korshaw's brigade.
1 do not know his name, and his story, so
far as it could be related by my informant,
was a brief one. Perhaps Gen. Kershaw
or somo one of his old eotnra tes will supply
his name and a better account of his daring
deed. ^
Tbo facts as told to me wcro that during
the battle of Fredericksburg, and after tho
Federals had been repulsed, with frightful u
loss, in one of their attacks on Maryo's 0
Heights, n private of his command appeared (
before Gen. Kershaw with a number of can- t
teens in his baud, or slung from his shoul- 11
dors, and asked permission to go over the r
breastwork for the purpose of carrying them 1<
to the wounded Federals, whose piteous 0
cries for "water ! water !" could be plainly I
heard amid all the horrid din of the battle. n
The ground whero they lay, in front of the ^
works, was still swept by the incessant fire ?
of the opposing forces, aud Gen. Kershaw 1
naturally declined to allow the.man to ex- 8
pose himself to such seemingly certain des- J
tructiou. It was not snib, iudeed, to present
the slightest target over tho lop of the ^
enrthworkBtothe deadly hail thntwas poured P
upon them. The brave fellow replied aim- v
yij 'tlittt he ' uuutU uot bear to hear the ci lcs d
of tho wounded men," and would take the c
risk if allowed to do 60. Permission was
granted with some reluctance, and in anoth- o
er moment the soldier was over the works 1
and busily engaged in his hazardous task P
of uiiuisteriug to the suffering and frantic 1
Federals arouud him. The firing was stead- s
ily sustained on both sides while ho was "
thus engaged, and scarcely a minute elapsed 1
before a ball from the front uearly tore off f
jnc arm and left it dangling uselessly at
bis side. Nothing daunted by his own so- ?
rero wound the noble fellow kept steadily on e
bis errand of mercy, and moved about ?
irnong his prostrate fcllow-crcatures dis- S
:ributing the water they so much craved as Sl
be went.
The singular spectacle seemed at last to t(
bave attracted attention in the Fedcrul y
anxs, ana several officers could be seen in.eutly
watching him through their field 31
'lasses, as though to satisfy themselves that
hey were not mistaken as to his purpose. U|
ieeogoizing the work ho was peiforming P1
md the danger he was in, they suddenly ci
topped the tiring in his direction, which f|'
lad iudeed increased upon his first appear- hi
uce. The Confederates followed their ex- VVI
uiplc, aud in a few moments more a cum- w'
cr of his comrades had joined the brave he
tail in hissclf-iuiposed task. When it was
ccomplishcd all returned to their own lines 'h
ud the buttle was reuewed. su
fML
-ine sequel is a sad odo. The same thi
mtageous nod kiud spirit prompted the sai
avo fellow to attempt a like effort in tho ot
ttle of the Wild rness a little later, and col
Vm)8 >S'10t ^owu |B '"8 tr!,cks and instant- >
killed, almost at tho outset of his attempt: yea
ith the oauteens yot in his hnuds. I am tee
formed that an effuu will h.. ' '
jeetion will be made. Surely nono should
i made.?C. RIcK, in News arnl Courier, the
shs
Value and Cultivation of tub Oat dol
tor.?My experience in oats raising is hu
lite limited ; and my success confined No
aiuly to my 5 acre patch in Schley'county, nu
id that was due in a great measure, to a ch<
orough breaking of a very fertile soil, an;
ghly manured, and favorable seasons. the
' Deepness of earth," we aro taught in stu
ic parable of the farmer who wont forth
sow, is essential in raising a good crop; th<
lis we get by breaking up deeply, thus tit
tabling the laud to absorb and retain coi
oisturc, and at tho sauio time releasing frc
ic plant food locked up iu the substrata tec
r uso of the growing crop. 1 would then ooi
iy, break up deeply and thoroughly and
lanurc as highly as practicable, with cot- an
in seed, usinir from 20 to f?0 bushels ner Si:
, - o - . t" I t
ere broadcast, and sow in this latitude from be
bout the last of Oct. to Dec. 1. Sow good
:ed of a rust proof variety at the rate of on
otn one to four bus. per acre. On land tic
iat will make 100 bushels per acre, I th
liould say 4 bushels would bo best. 1 don't
now what else I could say about oat rais- St
ig; and will therefore consume a little lb
pace about them as forage for stock. ar
My experience is that mules do better th
n oats during the summer months than on
orn and fodder. It is not necessary they
liould have jmy corn nt all; they will look
etter and work equally as well on an ex- el1
lusive diet of oats as on corn and fodder. u>
Lud oats are much cheaper, costiug less to
roduce them, exhausting land less and are '!li
qually as "certain" a crop as corn. De- Ul
ides, the land can, after the oats are bar rtP
jsted, be planted in cotton, or what is ba
lueh better iu peas and turned under ^
rith lime in tho wiuter. By all men tin re- Ci
ort to oats, and then peas and lime. After >'
inrvcsting my oat, last year on my 5 acre ?"
tatch, I planted it in peas, and in Decern- l']
ier last turned the vires under and some )'
lOOlbs, lime to tho aero. I couldn't turn v*
he vines under until they died and were al
artinlly decayed. This year uiy son used
,000 lhs dissolved bono aud 30 bushels c'
otton seed broadcast pur acre, and planted UI
he patch in cotton ; but tho dry weather C!1
Materially injured the crop so that it is a
ailure aud he will uot gut over a bale of w
:otton per ncro. It lacked ''deepness of a'
arth," I think, and should have been brok- tl|
;n up, not less than eighteen inches. Tho 01
sotton grow very rapidly and, of course, ex- *
inustcd tho moisture in the same ratio, so ai
.hat it obtained all the growth it got during d
die dry weather, aud it has grown none b
lince; and at this writing the stalks arc It
bent down with bolls, tho bolls fully grown 81
to tho top of the stalk. I think it as ncces- '>
sury that farmers should tell thoir failures v
us their successes. J. 11. llESPASS. v
Butler, Taylor co., Ga. ^
? a
A fond mother, hearing that an earth- |
quake was coming, sent her boys to a ft iend's
in tho country to escape q. After a few
days she received a uoto from the friend, v
saying, "Tako your boys away and send t
along the earthquake instead." i
Now is the time to subscribe for tho Time*.
THE HOHXAL COLLEGE.
In Act to Charter the Ioter-State Normal
College, at Greeuvillc, S. C. |
Suction 1. lie it cnactetl by the Senate
ml House of Representatives of the State
f South Carolinn, uow met and sitting in
ireocral Assembly, and by the authority of
ho same. That the following persons be,
ud hereby are, constituted a Board of Relents
for nil Institute Normal College, to be
seated in the city ofGrccnville, in tho State
f South Curolina: Wade Hampton, W.
). Simpson, II. S. Thompson, James Coni'tr,
J. E Duulop, II T. M'ortou, J. Scott
lurrny, John II. Evins, J. F. Dorroh, S.
t. Marshall, J. M. Carlisle, S. J. Doutliitt,
t. Bowon, J. W. Livingston, Thos. Thompon,
S. McGowan, A Burt, J. C. Maxwell,
r. 11. Sligh and J. J. Lewis.
Se<5. 2. The said Normal College is hcrc>y
chartered with all the privileges usually
!rauted colleges ol tho highest, ront
w - o ,
rit:. Board of llcgcnts?they may graut
iiplpmas to persons who have completed the
ourse of study prescribed in this instituiou
and passed a satisfactory examination
n thfe said course ; they may also coufer
he uAutd honorary degree; they may hold
iroporty to the amount of five hundred
housand dollars, buy nnd sell, sue and be
ued as a corporate body. The said Recnts
may hold their regency during life or
he faithful performance of their duties and
unctions in connection with the said iustiution,
subject to the authority aud decision
f the Legislature of this State; they may
lect the President, professors and teachers
f the quid Normal College and the Model
Ichool Connected therewith ; they shall precribe
4 course of study and regulate the
jrmspf the school year, provided these
irms pe not less thau nine months in each
car. \
Seo.\3. Students of both sexes shall be
iuiittei to this college on the following
Tins : Oue hundred students shall be adlitted
firee of tuition from the several Conressional
Districts, to be npportioued ac>rdiug
to population. They shall be retired
to attaiu a certain standard of qual
cations. They shall bind themselves by a
rittcu obligation to teach at least two years
.? - * '
iniu ujo ?u?te, provided a situation can
oblaiucd withiu a reasonable tiuie; and 1
ould they refuse or fail to comply witii
is obligation, they shall rcverally pay ihc
ui of thirty dollars for each year spent at
a Normal College to the Treasurer of the ?
d -institution, to be used for the benefit 1
the same, and the sum required shall bo 1
looted as other debts.
Sec. 4. Malo students shall be eighteen t
irs of age, 'und females at lea?t seven- I
jj
ill, by the contribution of three thousand
Jars annually, be entitled to tend one 1
ndred students free of tu:tiota to this J
rmal College, nud bo entitled to elect a !
tuber of llcgeuts equal tq?hc number ,
isen from South Carolina, and may scud f
y number of students they may olect at I
i rate of thirty dollars annually for each 1
ident sent.
Sec. 7. Other States participating in ,
i support of this institution shall be en- )
led to a pro rata share of all funds re- I
ived from the l'eabody Committee and 1
>ui other sources, except when contribu1
for a special purpose, so long as they
utiuuo to participate in the said support.
Sec. 8- The Hoard of Regents shall meet
nually und make an anuuul report to the
iperiutendent of l'ublic Instruction, to
presented by him to this Legislature.
Sec. 9. The male students of the Noral
College shall be trained in military tac!8,
embracing the manual for infantry aud
e school of the company and bactaliou.
Sec. 10. The Adjutant General of the
nti> mnv unnn fho n>ni?i?i?ir?n nP llw 1
?j ? r ?r i,,v
jard of Regents, supply the necessary
uis and equipments lor the students of
e Normal College.
Approved December 12, 1879.
1 # ?
Advice to a Young Man.?My son,
ijoy yourself. Hare a good time; pleas e
is eminently right and prop *.r, but a
>od time isn't secured by a headache that
sts all the next day. The simplest pleases
are the most last ing. After you have cut
two years in Europe, you will conic l,
tck aud sit down by your own fireside and
ink of a picnic y >u went to down at the
iscade one afternoon in June, that cost
>u just sixty five cents. The 'good time's
lut you daren t take your wite to, my son,
iat you would lie about rather than have
>ur sister know about them, the 'goodness*
' them never comes back to refresh you
id gladden your heart as does the memory
' that sixty-five cent picnic, when yon
lattercd nonsense with the girl you loved,
id laughed just as the leaves rustled, beiuso
you couldn't help it. The 'good time'
iat wakes in the morning and wonders
here it was and /ho saw it, aud where
I its money is gone; the good time that
iils itself otF with a headache, there's preious
little fun in that. And it ouly takes
little bitterness of thut kind to poison
ad cloud tho memories cf your pn9t. It
oesn't take nnny such 'good times' my
oy, to mingle tears with your bread and
all with your drink. The sting is the
uiallest part of the bee, but when you piok
iin up by it, though tho rost of the bee I
rere as large as an omnibus horse, yet
rould the bee outweigh all the good, sweet,
lurmless, honey-ladun portion of tho bee,
nd you would think about it oftcuer and
uugur.
?
"We aro one jcar nearer Heaven," is the
ray a Kansas paper begius a farewell to
he old year. Those subscribers who have
lot paid up aro uot included.
Read article on chloral.
DEFERRED NEWS ITEM8.
A Nkoko Lynched in Georgia.?Atlanta,
January 17.?Nat Smith, the negro who was eonfined
in jail at Joncsboro, Georgia, for an attempted
outrage on Mrs. Gay, was taken out by
an unknown party of men, carried five miles
into the woods and hanged on a tree. When
found he had a gun-shot wound through the
breast, apparently made after he had been
hanged.
The Freight on Fertilizers is a striking instance
of discrimination. The tariff on a ton of
fertilizers from Charleston to Columbia is $2 60,
fiom Charleston to Winnsboro' it is $6 90, from
Richmond to Winnsboro* via Charlotte, ?6 90,
to Columbia via Charlotte S2 50, to Batcsburg
?5, to Augusta $4. Yet some people say that
corporations have souls. Bring out your itemized
bill of freight, gentlemen.? Winnsboro A'etrs.
Gen. Lee's Birth Day.?Mobile, January 19.
?The Lee Association celebrated the anniversary
of General Lee's birthday by a grand parade,
in which the foreign consul and city officials
took part. Later in the day abnnquct was given
in Temperance Hall, in which ex-otficers of both
armies In the late war were present. The best
fraternal feeling prevailed. At night the celebration
closed with a mask ball, which was well
nltendcd.
?
SiiAnrE Practice.?Mrs. Shape, wife of Rev.
George Sharpe,of Union county Tennessee, re
ceutly gave birth to three children, one boy and
-two girls, making twenty-seven that havo bccu
born^to Mr. Sharpe.
Ah, well, Tennessee raises plenty of hog and
hominy. We couldn't stand much of such Sharp
practice iu Union County, South Carolina.
?
The Colored Education Bill.?The House
coinmittoe on education and labor heard arguments
this morning on the proposed distribution
of money arising from the unclaimed pay and
bounties of colored soldiers. The committee
are in favor of devoting this money to the education
of the colored people, but have not yet
decided upon nny plan of distribution, although
it is understood that they are iu favor of the
plnn suggested in the bill introduced in the
Senate by Senator Bruce, of Mississippi.
Killed.?Last Friday night, about 10 o'clock,
Jasper Deal was shot and killed by a horse drover,
Henry Townsend, in a house of ill fame
while drunk. We learn the following particulars
from an eye witness: Deal came to the
house early in the afternoon, drunk, and laid
down on a bed ; he was awakened by the entrance
of Townsend and parly, and determined
to go into an adjoining room. He was prevented,
and a quarrel ensifcd, and the deceased
seized a shovel to force an entrance and was shot
Fatally, the ball entering just over the left eye. (
? Greenville News.
The Kino's Mountain Centennial.?Maj. W*
L Houston, general passenger anil ticket agen1
>f I lie Atlauta an.1 Charlotte Air Line Railroad,
ind chairman of iho committee on transpertaion
of tho Centennial Association, writes conerning
arrangements for the centennial celebration
as follows : "I have just returned from
vWl""rC' 1 ",nl U U 11 t'l-ral
.fountain."?Charlotte Obterver.
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A Narrow Escape.?Mr. A. D. Milliard, of
feasant Hill township met with a painful accilent
on Sunday morning last. He was riding
n a two-horse buggy on his way to preaching, ^
n company with a young lady, when his horses
iccame frightened and dashed off, throwing him
rom the buggy. In attempting to check the
lorses he became entangled in the lines and was
lragged for some distance. He, however, had
he presence of mind to call to the young lady
o jump out of the buggy, which she did, and
-emnrkablc to say, escaped unhurt. After unoosing
himself Sir. H. let the lines go, the
luggy passing.over his body. Mr. 11 's wounds
ire not serious but painful, and it is a wonder
lhat he escaped with his life.?Lancaster Ledger.
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Deatii in the Lamp.?New York, January
21.? A Danville, Virginia, special states that
Mrs. May, an aged lady, living six miles from
Danville, in Pittsylvania County, with two
daughter, Miss Kate May, 18 years of age, and
Mrs. llerndon, a married lady, was placing a
kerosene lamp on the rnnntel last night, when it
was overturned and an explosion folic wed.?
Mrs. May was enveloped in tlnines. Mrs Herndon
and Miss Kate run to their mother's assistance,
when their clothing took fire. The three
ladies rushed into the yard. Mrs. May and
Kate ran around screaming wildly for help until
they fell dead, suffocated and frightfully
burned. Mrs. llerndon laid down and rolled
over aud over until the lhuncs were extinguished,
but was terribly burned and bccaiuo uncon-'
scions. Although still alive but little hopes are
entertained of her recovery.
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Pat of U.nitku Status Marshals.?Washington,
January 21.?The House Committee on Appropriations
took up this morning the deficiency
appropriation bill tor the pay of United States
Marshals and deputies, and after a prolonged
discussion agreed upon und ordered the chairman
to report the following bill :
"Beit enacted #c.. That the sum of six hundred
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
for the payment during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1880, of the fees of United States Marshals
and their general deputies, but no part of
the money hereby appropriated is appropriated
to pay any compensation, fees or expenses of Marshals
and deputy marshals for services rendered
in connection with registration or elections under
any of the provisions of title 2G of the revised
statutes of the United Stales."
Distribution of Fisii.?Col. Butler, the commissioner
of agriculture, has just had twelve
thousand California salmon placed in the streams
along the Air Liue llailroad as follows :
Saluda lliver 2.000
Enoree River 4.000
Little River und Mossy Creek 2.000
Martin's Creek, llireo iniles from Srncca
City 2.000
In a few days another shipment will be made
to other streams in the State. The above fish
wero obtained from spawn ordered by the commissioner
in October last. The spawn were
shipped from McClond River, California, and
were hatched at Mnauolia North, Carolina. In
the transfer and distribution not more than fifty
deaths occurred out of the 12,000. These fish
will return in three years to thcsi same streams
to spawn, In \his connection we would impress
on the public the importance of observing the
laws made for the protection of fish. Fish sluices
should be tnnde and kept open in every dam
across any stream in the Stale. To this end Col.
Rutler is daily making his appointments offish
Wardens, of whom there are to be two in eaoh
county in tho State. The commissioner has also
ordered a shipment of the spawn of the landlocked
salmon, to bo hatched at Mcrgauton by Mr.
8. 0. Worth, and they will be ready for distribution
at an early day, provided the weather
turns colder. This warm weather is very unfavorable
to the distribution of fishes.?Columbia
RtfisUr, Jtti. 22.
inua, as naval officer at New Orleans, in place of
Col. James Lewis. The friends of IIic latter are
decidedly opposed to this change, and it is likely
that a fight will he made in the Senate on
l'iuchback's confirmation.
Narrow Gator Roar to Lancaster ?President
W. II. Ilnrdin, Directors J. J. McLure and
Joseph Wylie, D. Hemphill, Secretary, accompanied
by Hon. James Hemphill and Col. J 8.
Wilson, left by a special train last Friday evening
for Lancaster Depot, at which place a meeting
of the Directors was held. The party was
joined at Richburg by lion. O. Barber, Mr. J.
T. Marion and probably others, and at Fort
Lawn by Col. S. Dunlap and Mr. Thnddeus McFaddcn,
and at Lancaster by the Lancaster, directors
and several other gentlemen. We learn
from Mr. D. Hemphill that the meeting was of
an important character. It wns decided to
jump the river and lay down the track to the
town of Lancaster. To do this an engine and
several flat cars will be taken across the river
and work commenced at as early a day as
practical. There is already enough iron
nt Lancaster Depot to lay about a mile of
track. The balance necessary to lay the track
will be contracted for as soon as arrangements
can be made. Sufficient cross-ties have
already been gotten out. The railroad ferry
will be used until this summer, when a bridge
will be built across the Catawba. President
Hardin reeentlv ??.? * ' "
j v. .t iiv town 01 Laincaster
would likely be the terminus of the rond.?
The people of Chesterfield manifest so little interest
in the enterprise and seem so disinclined
to lend it their support, that t*<e original intention
to extend the rond to Chcraw has been
abandoned. At present the prospects of the
rond in a business point of view are good. Its
bonds have recently advanced and are now being
placed at 90 cents.? Chester Jiulletin.
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Destructive Firk is Charleston.?The alarm
of tire sounded in the Scveutli Ward about 1
o clock this morning was caused by the burning
of the large car-shed north of the Line street
depot of the South Carolina llailread. Nothing
is known of the origin of (he fire beyond the
fact that it commenced at the north end of the
shed.
The (lames spread so rapidly that the entire
shed was iu flames almost before the ulurui could
be given and by the time the upper division engiues
arrived at the scene the entire yard north
of the depot was in flames. As there were no
facilities for obtaining water the firemen could
do nothiug but watch the flumes and keep them
from spreading further southward. By 3 o'clock
they had burned out everything within reach.
It is impossible, owi^g to the lateness of the
hour, to slate the exact amount of the loss, but
it must be very heavy All the passenger
coaches of the Company housed in the shed,
tome fifteen or twenty in number, were conturned.
In addition to this it is cstimnfed that
jetwecn twenty and thirty freight cars lying in
lie yard were destroyed, although many were
lushed out of the reach of the flames. Some
if these, it is said, were louded with fertilizers,
mt most of them were empty.
Tho shed, which was 310 feet in length and
Crosslin
till.nnlfr ~-T:
VftorSuig" will have to bo ueed in the
ispntch of the trains. It is not at present
nown whether the destroyed property was in.>??
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CHLORAL.
Dr- Richardson, of England, who first inlrc
luced hydrate of chloral into the medical pracice
of that country utters words of waruing
n the Contemporary Review against its common
isc. lie says, what will be the news to many
cadcrs, that ancient physicians had a similar
larcolic to produce sleep and painlessness in
mrgical operations. It was prepared from the
roots and leaves of mandrngora and called the
nines of "inorion." It caused a sleep lasting
[or hours, and was soon perverted from its bcueScent
use to purposes of intoxication, like alcohol
and opium.
Dr. Richardson warns the public against
similar use of chloral, lie fears that its evils
as a toxicant will far outweigh its benefits as a
medicine. It is rapidly ranking victims in all
parts of the kingdom. He thinks that opium is
falling into disuse, and the number of those
subject to its influence is much smaller than is
commonly supposed. Rut chloral is taking its
place, and working untold harm. "Under it
the digestion gels impared ; natural tendency to
sleep and natural sleep are impnrrcd ; the blood
is changed in quality, its plastic properties, its
capacity for oxidation being reduced; the secretions
are depraved, and the nervous system,,
losing its regulating controlling power, the
muscles become unsteady, tho hent irregular and
intermittent, and the mind excited, uncertain,.
ami unstable. Hydrate ol chloral is purely and
absolutely a medicine, and whenever its administration
is not guided by medical science and
experience it censes to be a boon, uhd becomes
a curse to mankind."
Those who have been addicted to the use of
opium or intoxicating drinks are in special danger
of fascination by chloral. I)r. Hichardson
has never known a case in his professional practice
of a total abstinent from liquors who was a
slave to opium or to chloral. But when the will
has been weakened by indulgence in drink, it is
impotent to resist the charm of chloral. On the
whole, he stands in fear of the new anaesthetic,
and almost deplores its discovery. His verdict
a scientific observer of wide experience is startling
to careless users of the new drug : "I fail
to discern a single opening for the use of theso
lethal agents in the service of mankind, save inthe
most exceptional conditions of disease, and
then only under skilled and thoughtful supervision,
from those who know the danger of itifu
sing & false movement and life into so exquisite
an organism as a living, breathing, pulsating,
impressionable human form."?J'rovtdence Jour~
nal.
Rulf.s for Acquinino Wealth.?Bo
honest. If Satan tempts you to defraud
your neighbor, it is only that he may rob
you of your ill gotton gain in the end.
Bo tcmporate. Liquor has ntndo moropaupcrs
than all other vices combined.
lie industrious. Indolence, debt, and
disease arc brothers.
Let your word bo your bond. Good credit
is a fortune to begin with.
Limit your expenses by necessity and
comfort, leaving a good balance for margin
saved.
Invest your funds carefully and intelligently.
Beware of the brilliant bubbles
that arc blown up to tempt ingenious spec
Gitre your personal attention to your
business. To do this, keep bruin and body
healthful.
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A young man at Quiuey, III., lias liad
five offers of marriage thus tar this year,
and ho is a thin ribbed white-whiskered fellow
St that.