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Tub?Outraok Milu" in Aikkn.?-Vikeu. 8.
-C., February ? ??T^nut boa been* U?rned in
Aiken for the lafit fcwdiyi. LmiuediatfW after
the first white men were arrested afyl Mk K\,ein
discharged, Jim Major was chargtd'with fprgery
und bound or^k ia the sum ot three hotikfetl,
dollars. The warrant was issued by Xsfiat Jus-'
tice A'gnew Mid sorred by?J|heriif UolteJ. The
United 8latea Marshal immediately .arrested till
Trial Justice and Sheriff*, who gave boud id the
sum of three hundred dollars. Warrants were
issued for thirty-two negroes by Justices Agnew
and Ford. These negroes are charged with riot.*
On the day of eleotion a band of armed negroes
paraded through the streets creating a great'
disturbance, and when the Sheriff attempted to
arrest the ringleaders they assaulted him, but
lie succeeded iu arresting them and lodgiug
them in <hn iTiinnI l !- 1 ?--*?
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of the radicals, promised that if these negroes
were liberated no white citizens of Aiken County
should be arrested by United States authorities.
(low true his promise has been kept is
known by all.
Several more arrests have been made by United
Slates Marshals, among thein Messrs. J. C.
Courtney, J. T. JefToont, II. l\ Itolsen, of Edgefield,
and others.
There are some of tho most rabid Radicals
spending the season hero. They seem to take
great interest in the proceedings, always siding
with (he Radicals and negroes. Among them
is a man named Rice, troni Vermont, who is one
of the most obnoxious and unprincipled characters
that we have ever been cursed with. lie
has written a very bitter letter to a Vermont
paper, in which he abuses our people. He says
publicly that if we would treat the negroes as
gentlemen there would bo no morp trouble in the
South, and that the United States government
has made a great mistake in not disfranchising
nil the white people of the South for twenty
yenrs. I do not think our young men should
be blamed if they give liira a genteel cowhiding.
It is such men as Rice who keep the unthinking
people of the North continuall/ arrayed against
the South. These men poison the minds of the
ignorant negroes and cause them to do many
deeds of violence that they would not otherwise
be guilty of. We have no welcome for such men,
cither as visitors or immigrants. It would be
better to import Bushmen from Africa than n
colony of Rices. We think if there is not a
' lake that burneth" there ought to be one.?
Col. Register.
Ordination or a Colored Episcopal Deacon.
?A Large congregation assembled yesterday
morning, 6th inst., in St. Mark's Episcopal
Church, colored, at the corner of Warren and
Thomas streets, to witness the ordination of Mr.
Thaddeus Saltus to Deacon's orders, in accordance
with the recommendation of the standing
committee of the Diocese and the appointment
of Bishop Howe. Every seat in the huitding
was filled and rows of chairs in the aisles were
occupied by those who had been attracted by
the novelty of the occasion. A number of the
most prominent and substantial citizcus wero
seated in the front pews.
At 11 o'clock the candidate for ordination entered
the church from the vestry room, and
took his seat in the middle aisle, immediately in
front of the chancel. Under the circumstances
lie was naturally tho observed of all observers.
He is a slightly built man of 30, with merely a
tinge of the Ethiopian in his skin, and no evidence
of it in his features. He appeared composed
and very intent on the services in which
we was about to be engaged.
In a few minutes Bishop Howe, Dr. A. Toomer
I'orter and the Rev. Mcss'rs. J. Mercicr Green,
Welch and Babbitt took their seats in the chancel.
The services were then opened by Rev. Dr.
Porter, who announced the 100th Hymn, "Glorious
things of thee are spoken-," which was
sung with much spirit, the congregation joining
in with good effect. The opening prayers wero
thcu read by the Rev. Mr. Green and the Lessons
of the day wero read by Dr. Porter, after
which and tho signing of the 261st Hymn,
"Father of mercies bow thine ear," Sic., Dr.
Babbitt, who had been appointed to proacb tho
viruiiiiuion sermon, took his place at the desk
and delivered a very timely and thoughtful discourse
from 2d Coriuthiaus. iv, 6 : "We preach
not ourselves, but Christ Jesus and ourselves
youor servants for Jesus sake."
IT-'M fffan atty ebon frit en fly PT.'
Porter, who took his place by the side of Mr.
Saltus. During tko singing of the last verse of
the hymn they asscended the steps of the altar
together and stood in front of the Bishop, who
then with the regular ceremonies of the Episcopal
Church, solemnly set apart the promising
young man, the first of his race in South Carolina
who ha3 ever attained to this dignity, to the
office of deacou.
After the imposition of the Bishop's hands
Mr. Saltus read the Gospel of the day with ex.
cellcnt enunciation, a collection was taken up
and, after the celebration of the communion,
the interesting nnd impressive exercises of the
day came to an end.
Tiik Vice Pkesidsxt Elect ax Alien.?The
suspicion that Vico President elect Arthur was
not born in this country, and is therefore not
eligible to the position to which he has been
elected, has gained considerable ground in the
past few days. A New York lawyer has made
an elaborate examination of the facts, and it
appears that the records show that his parents
did not reside in any of the Counties of Ver
mum, wuero ne is niiegeu to nave been born, at
tho time of his birth. His orm statements as lo
where lie was born do not agree any more than
do the statements of the year. His brother
was born in Fairfield, Vermont, but not the Vice
President elect, Chester Allen Arthur. When
admitted to practice law iu New York, he claimed
to hayo been born in 1830, but the records show
that that interesting event could not have occurred
earlier than 1832 or 1833. It is stated
as a further fact that since lie was first informed
of the proposed hunting up of his genealogy he
has been writing letters enduavoring to make
old residents recall things that did not occur in
order to establish his birth in Vermont, but
without success. The developments in the case
are so startling and rest upon strong foundation
of apparent truth that they demand serious and
instant attention. If it should be shown that
English, after all, is entitled to preside over the
Senate, what a blow to Conklirig's hopes it will
prove. Fickle fortune will sometimes desert
even its most favored votaries, and if Arthur
be not Vict President nn? nAAA
?? t.iup HI Ull CIBllasting
ambition has been knocked away.? Baltimore
Gazelle.
Tiik W vndo Fertilizer Works Destroyed.?
Charleston, S. C., February 6.?The works of
the Wando Manufacturing Company, on Ashley
Hiver, nine milos from this city, were totally
destroyod by fire yesterday. The fire originated
from an unknown cause in the acid chamber of
the building, and as there was a slight Northeast
wind blowing, the whole works were soon enveloped
in flames. Highly operatives on the
ground did all in their power to stop the progress
of the conflagration, but the intense hent
and suffocating fumes of the burning sulphur
prevented anything efTectunl Doing done. The
building being done. The duildiugs and machinery
were valued at Sbd.OOO, and the works
and the material on hand were insured for
381,300. The works and machinery are a total
loss. Tho damage to the principal fertilizers
and material on hand is not thought to be very
great and tho salvage will probably amount to
or 80 per cent.
It is a Wki,l Ksown Fact, among physicians
that liucbn Juniper ami Pnrcra Brava in combination
are the best remedies in the world for any
disease of the Bladder or Kidneys, and that not
less than one half of the human family, both
male and female, sutler from derangement of
those organs, and neglect or failuro to use propor
remedios hurry many to untimely graves. Numerous
combinations have been tried for Gravel, ,
Brick Dust Deposits, Bright'* Disease, Weakness
in Back nnd Hips, produced by derangement
of Bladder and Kidneys, but none* yvith
such happy results as Rankin's Exjrac'. of Buchu
nnd Juniper. If you suffer from any disease of
those organs, get a bottle?one or two will relievo
yon.
Prepared only by Hnnt, Rankin & Lamar, Atlanta
Ga. Bold by J. M. GIBBER.
Jan 7 t eow'im
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month.
Cotton Market.
The inclement weather does not seem to have,
kept the farmers from bringing their eotton to
market. Sales during (he week, although not
a bale came in on Wednesday, was 350 bates, at
extreme prices ranging from CJ@11?. The
lower price was lor stained cotton, a large quan*
tity of which is now coming in, itnd the higher
price was paid for a choice article, picked before
the had weather set in. The latest reports from
vnnnesion, new vork and Livorpool markets
indicate a slight decline. The prices paid here
leave no room for a margin for shippers.
We regret to state that Rev. R. D. Smart
was taken quite sick last Saturday and on Sunday
continued too ill to preach, llo is recovering
slowly and hopes to be in his pulpit next
Sunday.
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Mr. George Graham, an old citizen of
this County, died at his residence near Santuo,
on the 27th ult., after a long and painful illness
from dropsy, llo was within a lew weeks of
being 80 years old.
85?" No Mail by the down train was received
here on Wednesday, consequently the favors of
our correspondents at Joncsville and Star Farm
did not come to hand until we were putting our
paper to press yesterday.
The Charleston, S. C., Ragging Factory
which started two years ago, is now one of the
best paying investments in the State the stock
being quoted at $140 a share within two years
after the commencement of the work.
Judge Wallace is having a pretty fence
put up in front of his dwelling. The posts and |
rails are of seasoned chestnut with } inch |
wrought iron rods as paUings. It will be a
substantial fence presenting a light and tasty
appearance.
The Hot 8upper.
The Ladies conducting iho Hot Supper for
the evening of the 15th, have concluded to
oliarge the price of the supper, 50 cents, at the
door. Each person who pays the entrance fee
will be presented with a ticket, entitling him to a
supper, including the whole bill of fare. To
add to the amusement of the evening, a bache
ivi uus {iicsv-iiicu u uenuuiui i ic to be awarUecl
the prettiest young lady in Union.
A Valuable Pamphlet.
We arc indebted to Col. John T. Sloan, the'
attentive and efficient Clerk of thi House of
Representatives, for a very valuable little pamphlet
with the following contents : A list of
Acts nnd joint Resolutions passed at the reeent
ntiaiap Jil iba Lggialaiura.: an Alnha^eticpy roll
of members of the Oencral Assembly. The j
number of Acts nnd joint Resolutiens adopted
is PJ3. The Senate consists of 34 members, one
from each county in the State, except Charleston,
which has two Senators. In the House of
Representatives there are 124 members. Of
these 70 are farmers ; 24 are lawyers ; 14 are
physicians; 8 are merchants ; five mechanics i
two teachers, and one minister.
The Piedmont Seminary.
We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement
of Prof. Hager, Principal of a select
high-class school recently opened in the large
building formerly known as the Piedmont House,
in Spartanburg. The location is admirable for
such an institution, being central yet sufficiently
retired to give it the quiet and rural surroundings
which are calculated to induco study and
promote the health and comfort of the pupils.
Prof. linger proposes to make the Piedmont
Seminary one of the most thorough and efficient
institutions in the South, and from the high literary
standing of a long list of persons who
bear testimony to his character and ability, we
feel confident he is a worthy gentleman and wilj
make his school deservedly popular.
River sad Harbor AppropriationsThe
House Committee of Commerce lias reported
the following appropriations for the improvement
of tho harbors and Tivers of this
State :
Charleston Harbor $175,000
Wnppoo Cut 10,000
Wntcreo Itivcr 8,000
Santee River 22,000
Ashley River 1,500
Great Pee l>ce 6,000
Waccaniaw 6,000
Total $227 >600
From tlio nbovo it appears that no appropriation
is to be made for the navigation of Broatf
Kivci in this State, notwithstanding the favorable
report made to Congress by the U. S. Engineer
who made an extensive survey of the river
l&st year and the urgent petition of hundreds
of citizens. The above, however, may be
changed in the committee of the whole or by
the action of the whole Congress.
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The Weather.
The past week the weather has represented al
sensqns of the year, except midsummer. Onj
Thursday of last week we had the sixth snow o
the winter, with intense cold before and after; on
Saturday and Sunday it blew bard and cold .
on Tuesday the atmosphere was so mild that
fires were allowed to get very low ; that night it
commenced raining, which lasted up to midnight
or Wednesday, and gave another set-back to farm
work. No one iu this County, that we have spoken
to, can remember a more severo winter than this
A largo quantity o' Cotton remains unpicked in
the fields ; many farmers have not been able
to sow who&t or oats, while all kinds of farm
work is at least a month behind. Scaroely any
garden work has been done; some have put in
?few peas and some have put in onions, but
that is about all.
We notice that much of the hardiest shrubbery
has been greatly injured, if not killed
by the heavy freezes. The leaves of the Cape
Jasmines, Euonimus, Ivy, &c., look brown and
arc falling off, presenting the appearance of having
been burnt, which greatly disfigures many
of our pretty front gardes*.
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Wo dropped in on oup Hfcool' Commissioner
this week to get an idea of |? plan in contemplation
for tlie improvements of the Public
Schools in Union Countjr 1? came away well
satisfied that everything wilB>e done that can ^
be done. The two leading olaecks in contcm- '
plntion bythe school ofhoerjt an the building of |
good acNP houses in every .oMMuai^y and an
inK^fement in tho teacher^f^Rlia schools.
t A meeting of tho truste|^B.mast of the
Behoof districts*somg^pie in jiSMMMlt virus do.
tormineuto postpone the buUtyg^efBoaevfe until
crops are laid by. In this resolution wo think
there is much wisdom. It would be useless to
gointo the business of building at this time of the
year ; the peoplo aro too busy thinking and preparing
for the next crop ; the days are too short
and too cold to do much, and the roads too bad
to haul timber. 60 we repeat that we think it
wisdom on the part of tho trustees and the Commissioner
to put off this matter until crops aro
laid by. The people will then have but little to
do and will rondily lend a helping hand. Tho
public trustees must have help in this matter;
the public fund is too small to do nil the building
necessary to be done, without generous aid
from the peoplo. This we know will be clieorfully
given. We fuel satisfied, from what we
learn from the Commissioner, that, as soon as
the trustees announce that they aro ready to
build, the people will with one accord, announce
themselves ready to givo the land, the timber
and their share of the work.
In view of the work thus contemplated it was
determined at the meeting abovo mentioned,
to have but little achootjfci^Spring." The object
being to sa7e the moneyfor flulldlng. It is true
kurn- una win can ioriu complaints from some ;
but from our acquaintance with the men who
nre moving in this matter, we feel satisfied that
nothing will bo done without mature deliberation
and, furthermore, whatever they determine
to do, they will do. So we say to all bo
patient and let them have fair play ; and let
us encourage this good work in every way we
can.
Another very desirable and important object
in contemplation by all the School officers is an
improvement in the qualification of teachers.?
Every school in the County should have a first
grade teacher. All thiuking men will o^rcc to
this. The County Examining Board intend, if
possible, to bring about suck tv ?tnte of affairs,
and we think there is wi?dom in the plan contemplated
for accomplishing this purpose. For
instance, we lenra from the Commissioner that
those to whom seoond grade laalifientes have
been issued should be prepared to take first
grades at tho general examination in July next,
and those to whom third grade certificates have
just been issued should bo prepared to take
second grade certificates nt the July examination,
and first grade certificates at tho examination
in January, 1882. So that one year from
this time, if the plan works well, all the teachers
now in tho County will hold first grade certificates.
We sec no reason why this should
not be so. If those who now hold second and
third grade certificates cannot, by next July,
and nt farthest by next January, advanco themselves,
by close application and study, so as to
be prepared to take a first grade, there is little
hope for their becoming successful teachers, and
it would be better not to waste tho public money
on them.
We would cull particular attention, in this
aonnaotion, to one foot, and that Is the great care
trustees in locating the different school houses.
These men are certainly charged with a responsible
duty. In locating the?o houses they are
not acting for the year 1881, or the year 1882
or 1883, but for years and decades to come.?
They are establishing educational sites or centres
for children yet unbern. Sites should be
chosen only after much mature deliberation.?
No feelings of a personal nature must influence
such deliberations. Nothing but a desire for
the public good must enter there. All animosity
must be be banished, that reason may
reign supreme. As building will not commence
until some time in July, trustees should meet as
often as possible and never fail to discuss the
matter of choosing sites for the houses. Each
trustee should learn all he can about the peculiar
necessities of each neighborhood and report
the same at the Board meetings, and thus by
degrees mature their plans hy building timo, and
when once matured, stick to them.
The Church Herald.
This new paper is now fairly out npon the
sen of journalism. It is a neatly gotten up
sheet, well filled with most interesting mat tor,
and the Editor says it shall improve as soon as
the friction which alway attends new machinery
has been overcome.
The lltraldxs published under the supervision
of a Committee appointed by '.lie Greenville Convocation
of the Protestnnt Episcopal Church and
Sfl infnnilo/l ?a " ** '* '
tu uu mo organ oi mat unurck in
this Diocese. We have always contended that
every family at least, should subscribe for not
less than one paper devoted to the building up
of the denomination to which it is inclined or
any "mCmbor of it is attached.
The press is a constant and powerful worker
and, when properly sustained and conducted, has
beeh found the most effectual and certain agen^
in removing erroneous impressions and increasing
tho individual seal and aoti^My of christian
people. Such a paper as the Herald is as much
a necessity for tho welfare of the Episcopal
Church of this Diocese as are tho papers of the
Presbyterian, Baptist aud other denominations,
and every churchman aud woman in the Diocese
should feel it to be a pleasant duty to do all in
their power to give it an extended circulation.
At present the Herald is published semimonthly?on
tho 1st and 15th?but it is the earnest
desire of its managers to make it a weekly
visitor to its patrons. This can only be secured
by a patronago sufficient to meet the expenses
necessary for its publication. The Editor, Rev.
J. D. Mc('ullough, performs his arduous duty as
a "labor of love," neither asking or oxpecting
any other reward than the encouragement of
the Church and the snceess of the enterprise for
tlie good or the church. I'rioe $1 60. Address,
Kcv. J. D. McCullough, Spartanburg.
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Death of Joaoph Betenbaugh.
Information reached this! town 09 Sunday
morning Inst that Mr. JosepH**Helonbaugh, a
man well known all over this County, died
cry suddenly the evening bis^bre. He was one
of the most industrious med id the County, and
had been working hard all day, 'ginning ootton,
and going from the gin house to1 his dwelling,
about 6 o'clock, was stricken down with paralysis.
He was taken to the dwelling and died
botw.e \ 0 and 10 o'ctook that night.
For tho Times. ^
The Thick etty Blfle*?The Solid South.
Mr. Editor:?I have enjoyed very much
3apt. Jefferies, Roster of that gallant corps, the
Thickety Rifles." They hsTO a right to be
proud of their record and proud of the gallant
officer who led them in many a hard fought batLie.
The loss of Charles Boyd was a public calamity,
and everybody who knew him will appreciate
the tribute paid to him by his company.
This Roster should be sent to Rer. J. W.
Jonee, Secretary of the Southern Uistorioal Society,
Richmond. He is the proper custodian
of all reliable data relating to the late war.?
Nothing should be lost relating to tho history
of that eventful struggle. It is unfortunate that
the value of such information are never appreciated
while tho actors in the great drama are
alive. After they are gone and the historian
sets to work to make history he finds himself at
a loss for reliable information and but too often
allows his imagination to color ovents so as to
give a different picture of the times. We
should remember how our cause has been misunderstood
by some and misrepresented by others
North of Mnson and Dixon. Tho Northern
Press never did us justico during the war and
have been more vindictive, more mendacious
and intolerant ever since the war. With the
wealth they accumulated b) the war they have
facilities for book making far superior to ours,
and they have written volume upon volume,
from their standpoint, in fiction and history (so
called). They have invaded the precincts of
our Southern schools with their histories, full of
inaoouraeies and misstatements?always avoiding
the true issues which brought on the struggle
and ever harping upon slavery as the cams
belli?because it would kcop alive the antipathy
to the South. With all their boast about Northern
intcligence and Northern culture, there is nothing
they dread more than the tone and intellect
of the Southerners. That old cry of Horace
Greely's, about "the crack of the Southern slave
driver's whip," being held over them still rings
itka.. .1 1 - .? - - - -
v.. v?u. ?..v; uiwi iiuuuug so mucn as
Southern supremaoy?n Soliil South. The safety
of the South?the safely of the Republic wo
might say?depends upon Southern solidity.
Whenever wo adopt Joe Brown's and Gen. Maliono's
now departure nnd begin to amalgamate
principles we aro on the highway to a centralized
government. These men, who are always
talking about burying dead issues and making
new ones?Bourbonism and such olap-trap?arc
only after building up a new party by which
they may rise to power.
The principles of truth are eternal. If Iho
principles for which Lec and Jackson fought
were right then they are right now. The failure
to establish them proves nothing. It mny
be impeachable?disloyal if you like it?to put
the issue to the sword, but we have a right to
our opinion and a right as freemen to express
it. It is a craven spirit that demands of every
man to be a dough face or a dummy, for fear
he may shock the nerves ot the "stalwarts."
It requires no prophetic eye to see whither we are
drifting. The rights of the States are gradually
disappearing. The powers of the United States
Courts are gradually absorbing the State courts ;
State lines are being effaced; ex-Presidents nrc
to be pensioned ; fat offices to be provided for
favorites ; amendments to the Constitution aro
introduced as freely as county meeting resolu
lions. C nnge is written upon everything nnd
everything is drifting towards imperialism?
not u Cooear or Bonaparte, but a monied imperialism,
centered in Wall Street, New York,"and
radiating through railways, telegraphs, and that
immense net work of capital which is daily
growing stronger and more complex all over the
land, llut we must submit to all this quietly or
we are call old fogies?Bourbons.
A SOLID SOUTH.
Death of Jas- M- Baxter.
A correspondent of the Columbia Regiiter,
wiiting from Newberry under date of 7th iust.,
says : "Major James M. Baxter, well known in
legal nnd social circles in this State, departed
this life Saturday evening about 7 o'clock in the
fitty-sixth year of his age, his denth resulting
from some-incurable complication of his liverThus
has ended, with but slight premonition,
the life of a useful and prominent citizen of
this i>lae<>
For tho Tiiucti,
How Do We 8tan<H
Mb. EuiTon :?Myself and many others hare
been anxiously looking for the Annual Report of
the Board of County Commissioners for la9t year.
Why has it not been made ? The people are
anxious to see it, and the law demands that it
shall be published. Many unpleasant rumors
arc afloat about it, and as the chairman of tho
present Board was a member of the old Board
it looks somewhat strange that he does not demaud
that a showing of his past Stewardship be
mado. We are told that the books of the last
Board arc so mixed up that a report cannot be
made?which is interpreted by somo to mean
that the former Board has not, or cannot make
a satisfactory report to the present Board. If
that is the cose, it leads us to the belief?and
fear?that tho financial condition of the County
is inexplicable and may involve another extra
levy to pay deficiencies. The present Board,
its seems to me, should demand a report, in their
own defence against any orrors or irregularities
that may havo occurred before they went into
offioe. The old Board was composed of honest
and good men and no one suspects them of doing
an intentional wiong, but if they cannot
make a report of how they have disbursed the
peoples' money, placed in their hands, it certainly
does not speak well of their qualifications
for such an ofhee. We are further told that it
has been customary for the Clerk of the Board
to make the Report, but that officer resigned
just before tho term of (he old Boatd expired,
so that the report was not made. The law governing
the matter does not make the Clerk responsible
for that duty, although one would
think he wnubl font ii in^mnh-ni ?? l.:? i. -i-?
up the repoft and, with the Board, compare it
with hie books, thereby exhibiting his efficiency
and faithfulness in offioe. In case it ia doubted
whether the law demands the Commissioners to
make an annual report, Mr. Editor, by referring
to Chap. XIX, See. "28, page 158, of the Revised
Statutes, you will find the fotiowing :
"It shall be the duty of the Board of County
Commissioners in each County, annually, to publish
In one or more newspapers printed or circulated
in such County, the name of every individual
who have hod any aooount audited and
allowed by said Board, and the amount of said
claim, as allowed, together with tho amount
claimed.''
I hope what I hate said will not be construed
as intendinding to impute any improper aotidn
on the pnrt of any member of the Board, for I
do not intend to even insinuate any such thing.
3a the contrary I honestly believe tbey are all
honorable men and above suspicion of intentional '
misconduct ; but we wish to known the financial 1
condition of the County, feme tell us?you, I ]
think, Mr. Editor, among tbem?that the Coun- <
ty is about out of debt, others tell us there i?
still a large debt hanging over us, while others j
gay there is no telling how the County stands. ,
In this condition of our County affairs I do not <
think 1 can be blamed for asking that the law be 1
complied with and a showing made to the Tax '
payers, one of whom I AM WHICH. ,
Somebody's"' 'DarllagT' . ' .
To ike Editor of The Newt and Courier: Will
you allow us space in the columns of your
widely-oiroulatea journal to ohroniole at this i
late date the death and burial of Lieut. J. P. i
Roland, of the Third Arkansas, Wheeler's oorps i
of cavalry, who was killed at Rivera's Biidge,
llarnwell County. S. C., February the 11th, 1805,
while gallantly fighting to impcdo the march of
Sherman's trcops? After the clash of arms had
ceased, about nightfall, a noble friend and com- i
rade-in-nrms searched for and found his body,
placed it upon the baok of tho dead soldier's
faithful steed and conveyed it eight miles from
the scene of action, where, by torchlight, with
the assistance of a solitary negro, it was laid, ,
with "boots and spurs on," 'neath the sod, with
only an oil-cloth and a gray blnnket as a winding
sheet, and with only the mournful music of
the Southern pine to chant the funeral dirge.
Hero the mortal remains of tho noble martyr
rested until the late great struggle was over,
when through the suggestion of some truehearted
ladies of the vicinity they were disinterred
from thoir watery bed, removed a short
distance, nicely coffined and carerully ro-interred
in u iiutkumui spoi ucneatb a hickory grove,
where decorations of white flowers and evergreens
wero placed by the tender hands of thoso
who knew that tar, far away beyond DeSoto's
waters fond friends and kindred dear wero
mourning the lost one of a Lost Cause.
Should any of the kith and kin of departed
Roland read this feeble record in some Western
exchange, may it bo some sourco of consolation
to them to be informed that as each memorial
day of the Southland rolls round a visitation is
made to tlio hallowed spot. The debris of decaying
leavos and fallon limbs is cleared away,
then tender hands place wreaths and garlands
upon the lonely mound, and sympathising souls
drop lears of sorrow for the absent loved ones.
"And there he sleeps his long, last sleep;
His battlos now are o'er ;
Tlio clash of arms, tho noise of war,
Shall never wake him more ;
Nor can tho shouts of victory
K'or roach his leadon car ;
N?r thunder-pealing cannon loud
He ever more shall hear.
Nor docs the sculptured marble there
Uprenr its stately head.
To toll the passing traveller
"Hero sleeps the noble dead.' "
Buford's Bridge, S. C. II. C. I).
Convention of Juikiks.?The Convention o'
Judges, persuant to adjournment, convened in
the Supreme Court room on Thursday, February
3d, 1881.
Present, Chief Justice Simpson, Associato Justices
Mclver and McGowan, of the Supreme
Court; Judges Pressley, Aldricli, Fraser, Hudson,
Kershaw, Mackey, Wallace and Thomson,
of the Circuit Courts.
Chief Justice Simpson was elected President
nnd A. M. Booxer, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
appointed Secretary.
The Convention proceeded to tlio consideration
of the rules of the Circuit Court.
Rule 27 was amended so as to read : "No
motion for the postponement of trial beyo.id the
term, either in the Common Pleas or General
Sessions, shall be granted on accouut of the absence
of a witness, without the oath of tho party,
his counsel or agent, to the following effect, to
wit," [Same as before.]
Rule b-j was amended by adding nt the beginning
thereof the following: "No partition of
the rnal nf an inlAtlaU ol.?ll
less it be idr?ile to appear to the Court tlint the
d?l>U?f Abe intestate, are psiil, or thai the personal
estate in the hands of the administrator
is sufficient for the purposo, or unless in the
decree of partition duo provision is ntade for
the payment of the debts."
The Convention unanimously appointed the
following named gentlemen of the bar as commissioners
to codify the laws, under the Act of
21st December, 1880, to wit. Mr. C. 11. Simonton,
of Charleston, S. C. ; Mr. W. II. Parker,
of Abbeville, S. C.; Mr. J. F. Hart, of Yorkville,
S. C.?Cot. Rejitter.
The Charleston Hacks.?The A'mi ami Cow
rier of last Tuesday gives the following interesting
outlook for the Races which opened at
the Washingtou Course on Wednesday :
The Spring meeting of the South Carolina
Jockey Club, which opens at Washington Course
to-morrow, promises to be one of unusual interest.
There are nearly one hundred thorough
breds stabled at the track, and the entries, which
have been ntade up to date, promise some close
and exciting contests.
Since the December meeting, the promising
little llassett mare, Lillian, belonging to Mr.
McDaniels's stabler, met her death while training
on the track, and a few days ago, Mr. Mace's
Lottery, a promising Monday horse, with the
best two-mile heat record on the turf, was disabled.
With the exertion of these two, all the
flyers who participated in the December races
will answer Ao the call to-morrow.
IIoMicinK Nkar Millktts.?Milletts, Februa*
ry ti.?Information has just been received a1
this place of a fatal shooting scrape last night>
about 7 o'clock, at Stoney liluff, just across the
river. A colored man named Israel was shot
by Wilson Coker, white, and died to-day about
* u viuuk. i neru was some uuncuiiy about tlie
delivery of freight by Coker, acting for the
agent, nnd Angry words ensued, whereupon
Coker drew his pistol and fired, the ball entering
the left breast. Israel lingered in much
pain until to-day, when he died. Coker immediately
left, and was soen on this sido of the
river to-day.?Cor. Xew* and Courier.
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Kkih okk Railroad Fark.?The nianagora of
tho Charlotte. Columbia And Augusta Railroad
Company have roduced the local passenger fares,
where tickets are purchased at stations, to four
cents per mile for first-class and three and onehalf
cents for second-class tickets. Round
trip tickets between stations nlong the local line
at three cents per mile are also sold. This is a
move in the right direction, which we have no
doubt will largely inoroase the revenue of the
road. The Columbia and Greenville Road has
done the same.
"WINE OF CARDUI" four times a day
makes a happy household.
Sold by J. M. GIRIIKS. & Co.
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a urkat Statesman's Famk.?The Galveston
darkies read the papers a great deal more than
one would suppose. Yesterday Tom llucknor,
who keeps a colored saloon, applied to the County
Clerk for a marriage license. That official,
thinking to joke the applicant, said he could
not issue the license unless Tom gave a $500
bond not to apply for a divorce for a whole year.
Tout laughed and said : "1 kin gib do bond, but
den you must gib a bond to keep dat ar Rescue
Conklin off Galveston Island, or dar will be
trouble, suah."?Qalvtston] Newt.
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Thk Louisville Lottery Wound up.?Louisville,
February 7.?The owners of the franch!
to of the Frankfort School Fund Lottery an-'
nounoe that their drawings have been suspended
and will not again be resumed. It ie under*
stood that lottery venders are still selling tickets
of the conoern, which are now, of codrse,
utterly worthless.
Dbath or Ds. Reynolds.?Dr. W. L. Reynolds
died at his residence in Columbia about
10 o'olock on Sunday morning, in the fifty-third
year of his age. lie was a native of Camden,
in this Stale, hut had been practicing dentistry
in OolUmbih for thirty-three years.
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A Gale on the Gulf.?New Oilcans, February
0.?The gale which set in yesterday conJ^
tinues. The firemen's lookout tower, at 165 ~
Julia street, fell, crushing in the roof of buildings
No. 164 and 166 Julia street, doing $o,000
Janmge. The tower cost 91.000.
The gals carried the waters of the Qulf over
the low lands along the route of the New Orleans
and Mobile ltallroad, and it is reported tonight
that a portion of the traok between Micheaus
and Lookout stoiipns is eubmergod and
several miles washed out. No train has passed
over the road since 2 o'clock this morning. A
freight train is reported wrecked between Mich*
eaux and Chof Mentpur.
Taaux MaikraxI) Vjohutt Floodid.?New
Orleans, February t.?The storm yaaferday was ^
the heaviost eves reached at this slgntl office.
The cautionary signal flag displayed at the Customhouse
was torn to pieces. Several breaks in
the levee are reportod along the Bayou 8t..Jobn * '
and the Old Basin. This motning the water
was pouriug through Tromo market, and that
quarter of the city is partly flooded.
Onk Hundred Squares Overflowed.?In a
district embracing one hundred squares, tho
streets aud sidewalks are entirely covered with
water.
Details or tiir Damages.?CrevasseS id t\io
new and old canal levees haveoccurod, subrnerg- *
ing nearly all that portion of the city west of
Johnson strcot and North of the Old Basin, also
from the New Basin to Carrolton, west of Magnolia
street. The water at all points is still rising.
Tho shell road from new Lake End to the
Half-way House is two feet under water.
The police report over three hundred fences
blown down in the city yesterday by the storm.
The roof of the north end of Dryade's market
was blown off and carried several feet. Morgan's
wharf was severely damaged. The raof
of the wing of the State-house, in which the
offices of the State superintendent of oducatioil
and commissioner of immigration aro located,
blew off in the storm and the records rccclvcttnT
wetting.
Algiers suffered terribly. Nearly every fcnco
in the town was blown down, togothcr wiili scvoral
smoke-stacks and roofs.
Tiik Water Rising and Sprkadino.?Tho
water in rear of the city is rising and spreading
rapidly. The indications are ihat by Tuesday
noon all that portion ot the city west of Clairbornc
street from Cnrroltton to Elysian Fields
street will be submerged.
Tiir. RAii.noAn Obstruction.?The water along
the line of the Mobile Railroad is muchhigh^^^
to-day, with indications that the entire rond b^^B
from Michcaux to Lookout station is submergeiB^F
Damaok in Pknsacola IIardor.?Pcnsacoln,
February 7.? Tho heaviest gale known for yenrs
has been blowing for twenty-four hours. Sev-cral
vessels have cast their moorings and fouled
each other in the harbor. One large bnrk broke
through three wharves and ia now ashore flying
signals of distress. It is impossible to obtain
particulars until the storm ullis.
"WINE OF OARDUI" makes rosy ^
checks and clear complexions.
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The American Farmer for February is a
number of unusual merit, being compactly filled
with practical contributions from skilled experts,
who narrate their experiences and successes in
almost every branch of farm and garden work.
The capabilities of lands in tho Middle atnl
Southern Atlantic Slates, tho manures and crops
bestadaptod to them ; dairy and live slock matter!,
including a valuable paper on consumption
in cattlo ; liberal space devoted to poultry and
bees; piocccdings of farmers' meetings ; numerous
engravings of farm buildings and contrivances
; hints on seasonable work ; contributions
from most capable hands on trucking, fruit and
vegetable growing ; ornamental gardening ; and
n home department for the ladies, full of suggestive
matter, make up, in part, its bill of faro
for the month.
The Old Pioneer keeps up with the times and
deserves a welcome front every farmer aud his
family. The subscription is $1.50 a year, or
only $1 to clubs of five or over. Satn'l Sands
& Son, Baltimore, publishers.
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Beauty, health, and happiness for ladies
In "WINE OF OARPUI."
Sold by J. M. 01 BBES. & Co
Killed by a Burstino Gun.?Columbia, February
G.?Mr. Goorge W. Pamela, who i?*? nno
of tho parties to lire Rose-English homicide
about a year ago and was acquitted when Rose
was convicted, was killed last night by the explosion
of his gun. fie left the city last night
with the intention of going hunting to-day.?
Daniels had been during tho walk occasionally
shooting his gun in the air, reloading as he
went, and at this point fired again. The gun
exploded in his hands, mutilating the left hand
and driving n piece of the barrel nbout an inch
into his cheek under the left eye, killing him
instantly. It was kuown that he had just '
jumped across a ditch, nnd mud was found in
the muizlc of the gun. It is, therefore, believed
that in crossing the ditch he stuck the barrel in
the earth, and that the barrel being thus stopped
np caused the explosion. The gun was
blown into fragmeuts.?Cor. Newt and Courier.
Tun Cold is the West.?Chicago, February
5.?A dispatch from St. Paul, Minnesota, says :
On Wednesday, Mr. Burke, rond master, located
nt Burns, en tho Winona and St. Peters branch
of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, discovered
a whole family frozen to death. Mr.
Burke, while at work with his men on the road,
noticed a shanty from which no smoke issued,
and seeing no evidence that the place was inhabited
the party visited the premises and forced
open the door when a horrible sight greeted
en cjcb. upon a couon, and on the floor of
the wretched hovel lay father, mother and children,
evidently a whole family frozen stiff.
No head-ache or back-ache for ladiea
who drink "WINE OF OABDUI."
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Important to Sunday Sinners.?It was announced
officially at tho Police Court, yesterday,
that in future a distinction would he made in
the imposition of penalties against drunkards..
The fine heretofore imposed upon an ordinary
case of harmless drunk has been from ono to.
three dollars. In future Sunday drunks wllf
be charged for at the rate of fire dollars or
twenty days for tho "helpless" phase, with am
increased fine and imprisonment for aggravated
or disorderly cases. This rule was enforced, at
the Police Coart yesterday.?Ntrot and Courier %
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8old by J. M. GIBBES. &Co.
A Historic Drum.?The Georgia Historical
Society hare a drum, which was used at the
battlo of Cowpons, 17th of January, 1781. - It
is in good preservation and serviceable, and
traces its existence baolc to Major Cunninghan^^n
Georgia Batlalhon, whoorosscd the upper Hav^^B
nah and joined Colonel l'lckens in time to aha^^
the glories of that eventful day. It should beat
the assembly for tho ceremoniee of May 11th, In
which the ' Empire State of the South" will
participate.
"WINE OF CARDUl" cures Irregular,
painful, or difficult menstruation.
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Mt**r$. I/uichiton j- Bro.: It is with real pleas*
ure that I add my testimony to the great virtues
fo your "Keuralgine ' as a apeoiflo tot nttt^da
and headache. Suoh a remedy is a btossln^rad
all sufferers should keep it on hand.
J. R. Kikorlt, 184 Cathedral St.* Baltimore.
Jan 7 1 ' ;j 1m
Two Oottoh PACtomts m Ch>?it*?.--Cotton
factories will do niore for tbo real dovolopeinent
of Cheater county than anything elae, We are
oeeurad lhal two factories will I* in operatiou
hy the lat of Oatoher?Plablng <'reek, ?t??l Cedar
ftboat ?.?ttrpnrlrr.
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