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* ' pmitcd to ^flr^Hllurc, gor^?Mur<t,^ a^Jh^^urrtni ;3)cui8 of liic gng. w ~^| it- JL^Sl"' i. Cs i . i ; ,L.-'ss\ ? 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. . .? 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. m 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. m . 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. m 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.>?? V-.? -"-J ^ ' u. v? W? UV?. 4IVWU WMl* V VMI ItT ?/ U/i . 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. ? ? 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.