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THE WEEKLY IW OHIOH TIMES. f Ipqcotcd to Agriculture, horticulture, domestic (Sconomg, polite literature, politics, and the Current $cujs of the Dag. VOI,. XVII.?New Series. UNION 0. II., SOUTH CAROLINA. MAY, 14, 1880. NUMBER 19. UEMISCENCBS OF Til K MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLERY. 1JT ONE OF THEM. No. 3. After the spirited assault on our works at Seccssionville, the Federal soldiers ou James Island were more likolauibs and less like lions. They were neither as demonstrative along the picket line nor so musical in camp. Their bands no longer discoursed Yankee doodle to tease, or Dixie to please us. ludeed, they were so passive that our government concluded to withdraw some of our troops from the Island. It was, especially, decided that this could now be safely done, siuce it was quite apparent that the fight at Sccessionville had been mado more for tho purpooo oX screening some plan of Ocu. McClellan than with any solid hope of carrying our works. So Gen. Evans' brigade to which the Macbeth had been attached, was ordered to report at Richmond, Virginia. Gen. Lee had already anticipated the uioveofGcu. McClellau, "took tho initiative and struck the first blow." And it was well known to tho troops uu the Island that Gou. McClellau's army had been badly cut to pieces, hurled back on the James River aud was now cowering under the protection of their gun-boats. The wise men of tho camp began to guess at Ueu. l ee's purpose in re-enforcing his victorious army, before tho prostrate form his of antagonist showed any sign of recuperative strength. Wo reached Richland only to bo hurried on to joiu Gen. Lee's army, then in camp near Malvern s Hill. Confederate soldiers had great fears of gun-boats, and we were a little apprehonaivc, less Gen. Lee designed driving Gen. Clellnu's army further South, in spite of his gun-boats. Tho cartel for exchange of prisoners had been effected, aud in a day or two aftor we wcut into our first Virginia-bump aud tho Federal and the Confederate prisoners began to pass by, returning to renew their allegiances to their re spective governments. 1 looked into the faces of our mauy thousand returning prisoners aud did not sec one whom I recognized. One of them said, in passing, "boys if you had our ex pcricucc you would never Hurreuder." They looked dirty, uud bagard, aud boro other murks of a hard prison life. Late one evening, just after the last ^exchanged prisoner hud passed by, Gen. Leo's army was drawn up in line of battle, aud as we, with the long column i of soldiers to the right aud lefi of our posiliou i in the road, moved forward towards tho cno- i inie's stropg-hold, I was impressed with tho ] _*! .rLrl' a??out to be fought i that would decide for all time the fate of the United .Stales aud the Confederacy. Gen. Lee had hurried troops lroin the South and m&do a demonstration towards tho Federal line, to throw Gen. McClellan and his government otf i their guard. How well he succeeded, was at- j tested by the evcuts that immediately followed ach other in rapid succession. Gen. Lee had , thoroughly analyzed Gen, McCIellen a character, and seeing how well developed his bump of caution was, coucluded that the Washington , Government would have to nurse him a long time before he would be uuflicicntly convalescent to tako the offensive again. Gen. Lee could not sit down aud wait for Gen. McClellan to becoiuo bcligereut, while his own army was wasting away hclbro the insidious attack of the malarious fever. Necessity with him, was tho mother of a grand conception. The plan lie adopted to relieve ltichuiond from the attack of a strong menacing army and at the same time protect his men aguinat the malaria of the Chicahominy swamps, was eclipsed in boldness only by thcdariiig ol'its execution. It wa-, perhaps, thonext inoruiuir after (ion. li.-nl r l> m-,r1 Ocu. McClelluu's position, that wc moved toward Richmond, and in I he afternoon of the same ilay found ourselves north of Richmond, marching towards Washington and in the direction that Jackson had gone the previous vreek. We were moving on as ignorautly of Lee's objective point as the heathen is of the attributes ot his (Sod. Hut what of that. His men idolized hint ami were willing to follow blindly where lie led. Loc left otic or nioro divisions below Richmond fco scare otT the timid MoClcllau whilo be was making a boll dash towards Washington. What a grand opportunity that was for .McClellau ! Ilal he seized ami pursued it with vigor, he might have speeddy crushed the rebellion. immortalized himself, kept Ocu. Oraut out of history an I died himself an ex-l'rcsident of the United States of America. A Leo or a lit mewall would have coveted no belter chance to have marched into the Federal Capital. Hut Lcc's bol l stratagem and the celerity of his moves put the Federal generals at sea, all was in confusion. Our inarch was continued northword until wc reached Oordonsvillc: where we bivounccd for a lew days, taking breath am! making preparations for that memorable campaign that terminated til the second Manassas in I'opc s defeat and humiliation. Hen. Jackson had already fought tho battle of Cedar Run. worsted hie enemy and, as n decav. as will ai to prevent overwhelming numbers from being concentrate 1 on bis Hanks, fell back to Gordansville to await the arrival and co-opera fcion oftlcu. Longstroct. Our soldiers in>w began to hear, for the first time, of one tlen. I'opc and his braggadocio speeches. It begat such an antipathy for him, that even private soldiers wore anxious for an occasion when they might give expression to their fcoliugs in battle, lieu, hoc s plan was to press forward rapidly, get I'ope in a coil and crush him before Mct'lellau cml l re-iuforco him from tlio Peninsula. The success depended on quick and rapid moves. So impressed was (Jen. I.ec with this fact that he loft (iordantville with an imperfect commissariat if the small amount of rations consumed by the .Mac belli during the ten days that followed is as any criterion by which it could he judged. (ien. Longitreet crossed the Uapidan lliver at Mac coou Ford and Jnckson higher up. The two commands came together nt the confluence of the two roads they were traveling, on the top of the hill just beyon l the Raccoon Ford. There the road diverged a little north of parallel to the RapiJau and ran towards the Rappahannock River. Jackson au.1 Longstreet's men marched along this route in pnrrnlled columns. When the Macbeth reached the junction of the roads on top of the hill, the scene was grand and imposing beyond de cription. The couutry was open and comparatively level for some distance, and as far as the eyes coul 1 reach was a mighty river of moving men. Longstreet in the road and Jackson in the field to the left: the two commands hurrying on in the spirit of rivalry to overtake den. Pope ocforo he could escape to tlio north side of the Rappahannock At the forks of the road some miles south of fSn vi wow Tnol'cno R'n.1 I. ~ 1 ? ? - ? -1 ' .Uv .. ?>, vu..iwu.. lliVM UJ' HIV ivn I " 11 UMHing to Beverly Ford and Longstrcet down the right to Kelly's Ford. Tltc impression that we were ncaring tho enemy was now quite general among the soldiers, and stimulated with tho orospcct of battle, they moved forward with quickening steps. It was, thcreforo, a matter of some surprise when wc were suddenly halted long before dark and orderel into camp for the night. The next morning, as wo were inarching out of camp, a man in a full suit of Confederate gray was arrested just across tho road from us, in Col. Uadborry's regiment, as a spy. Not knowing the particulars that lu.l to hi> arrest, it was easy enough to imagined that lie might have fared better bad bo come iuto Longstrcet s camp strictly iu tho uuiform of Longstrcet's men. At that time a soldier in rags might have passed through Lee's army easy enough while ouo iu good apparel would be the "observed of all ftbsorvers" and a target for witioism, criticism and suspicion. Aught 1 know his good clothes may have led to his arrest, lie was marched up to head-quarters at a house in the bond of the road, tried by a drum-bead court-marshal, condemned, aud sentenced to be uuug. i uc executioner, a uonie terato soldier, was not long in adjusting one end of a rope around his neck nud tho other over the limb of a tree in front of the house. Just as 1.0 was about to be executed the lady of the house begged not to hang hitn at her gale, and her rctnonstrauco added five or ten minutes more of time to his life. 1 looked him well in the face, as lie was carried back just iu rear of our battery and executed. lie seemed to realize that his mission was at an end, and I noticed him shut his eyes and shudder, lie was a splendid looking specimen of humanity and he exhibited at least one noble trait of character. nn<t was an ind?v of some refinement: Rather than lu3 family should suffer because of his igoomiuious death, he refused to give his nutuo. lie had gone out like Andre the British spy of revolutionary fanio, on a perrilous mission for his country, and like Andre when the inevitable overtook him met his fate heroically, went down with his colors flying, but uulike Andre in that his name will never appear in history The executioner proposed au cxchaugo of raiment,'and takingthe silence of the spy for consent left the place wearing tho dead man's boots before ho was cold in bis grave, rejoicing in the hick that made him the l'ceipiout of a needed article of personal comfort. A man quickly arrested, tried, condemned and executed is an episode in war that excites more interest and impresses uioro soldiers than the dead and wounded on a thousand battlefields. It was common talk that morning that a bogus dispatch, brought by him front .lackson to Longstreet, occasioned the sudden halt of the prorious evening. We had now reached tho tivor aud found l'opc in a strong position on the north side. The original plan of forcing a crossing at Kellcy's Ford was abandoned as impracticable, and wo marched towards Brandy Station, along a road running almost parallel with the Happahanock. We passed through Stcvcnsburg alter night and crossed a stream on what seem to ho a bridge under water. It was very dark and impossible to take in our surrotiudings. 1 was impressed with the idea that the slightest detloction to the right ?>r left would carry tnc into water of ngreat depth. I fell more comfortable when we in ivcd out of that stream and went into camp on top of the hill just beyond. The enemy tired an occasional shell at ns during the day, but they exploded short of their mark and did us no tnore harm than excite our nervosa little. The next morning we continued our march up the river. Wc passed through lJrau ly .Station and inarched down near to Beverly Ford, nn?? mii uruu?r; ?uinou was Aircit'ty ill progress. Leaving the roal to our left, we passed up through iv yard and halted to the riglit of :v residence, some three hundred yards in rear of n battery of the Washington Light .\rlillcry, then engaged in a spirited artillery duel with a Federal Lattery across the river. Many of the shot tired by the enemy passed over the Lattery iliey were ligh'ing and went richocholing by u-. We lia i been watching this inlere-ling duel but n few minutes, when v\e were ordered to lalte a position on the crest of a commanding hill, soma ({iiivrtcr of a mile or more to our right, and engage iv Federal battery that was nniioyir our infantry slrei hod along ihc hill-side in expo-'ed position. The charge of tlio .Ma' through that open field and up to our p on lop of the hill, no doubt excited ositi milium of some an 1 the pity of othe* ''l(! " .!u-t before reaching the poaitior we had been ordered, a line of 1 10 w'*' breast works confronted us. 'the semi-circu wards the selling of the sun ao curve was tion from which we were apr ',l *'lc ,''1 dirt was fresh mid ha I evid roaching it. 1 Mi row ii o ti 11 v i )n? i'iii'iii v t cull v been 111 en """" 1 ' J hi tack from (Jcii. I.co. n anticipation of front tiio erct of ilic ' At nn cijual distai toward.-, the rising o nill, mi the opposite s line with its curvo ' thu son. was a sim rection of t lie one to wards- the river in t lie up hy the or my- It may have bean Hire .cmy, hut for what purpnsi could not disern; for it was constructed in anticipation of an attack from towards Washington. It could not have been thrown up in anticipation of Jackson s move to tlie rear of the enemy. That would l>e to accredit Gen. l'ope with more prophetic ken than lie ever possessed, as Jackson said, demonstrated in more ways than one. Pope would not have throw n it up for the protection of Confederate soldiers It did pro'ect our infantry that hugged the ground while we were there as closely as if they had grown there. Perhaps it was thrown up by Gen. Joe Johnson's troops, when he retreated from Manassas and went to the Pencnsula below Richmond. This is the only reasonable explanation that suggests itself to my uiiuJ. Tlic works on the west side of the hill us wc approached it, was on higher ground than that which our gnus would have occupied had we halted there. And the enemies position was on still lower ground. It would have been necessary to have fired our guns at an elevation of forty-live degrees in order to have cleared tho summit of the hill, and any depression suf ficieut to have trained Ihetu on the enemy, would have been obstructed by the breastworks. Capt. Iloyce, who was a littlo in advance of the company, took in the situation at a glance, lie saw that the ba tery must occupy the space between tho two lines in order to engage the enemy. Lcapiug the brestworks ho ordered the pieces to pass iu through an opening towards tho north. Tho first section, under Lieut. I). A. Jeter passed in and took position on tho right, the second crowded in on the first, and then came 1 the third under Lieut. S. W. Porter, and there was a complete jam. Here were si\ guns and as many caissons trying to occupy a space not more than sufficient for the successful manning of two guns. And in addition to our battery, a large number of infantry lying on the ground, and very ranch in our way. They seemed t.? prefer being trampled to death by our excited horses aud crushed by the wheels of our pieces, rather thau expose themselves for a moment to the deadly arc of tho euciny. The men of tho first section unlitnbercd, but were not able to man their guns for the want of room. The enemy saw the trap iuto which our.reck lessness and inexperience were impelling us 1 and reserved their tire, in joyful anticipation of 1 our destruction. They opened on us from two, i some said four, batteries a rapid and murderous ' fire, and with remarkable accuracy of practice. ' Two minutes would cover every moment we ' were there. And in tlint breath of time, Lieut. 1 William Munro was severely wounded, being 1 shot through both hands and both thies, five of 1 the tneu slightly, aud three mortally wounded, 1 even killed rinht^ouL.au^ ten or fifjoerj slightly, our guns aud caisson c i.rrib^s carrier from tho hill numerous evidences of the severity of the enemy's fire. Seeing that we were under i a murderous fire aud iu no condition to return it, Capt. Boycc ordered the battery to retire; and lcapiug the breast works he went out as he had gone in. I am quite sure that the Macbeth made < quite as good time in getting away from grave- v yard hill?for such was its name?as they did in going there. The ouly deficiency in the enemy's practice resulted from tho cutting of 1 their fuse; an error they would have corrected ' if we had given them time. Had their fuse 1 been one-half of a second shorter, the damage, i great as it was to the battery, would have been j much more disastrous. Owing to the snr.ll urea we had to occupy, my section was thrown yil HIV ICIl UUU Ut'Xt IU UIU I'llllCTy llllil lll'l 1110 execution. I sat on my horse to the left of my left guu au?l there was not as much as a bush I to obstruct the view?the bullets ami the daz- ( zliug rays of tho sun as it was reflected Iron 1 their burnished guns. The shells passed over ' my head and exploded just to iny right abovo. t but so close to the heads of the men that [ noticed them cringe at each explosion, as jf they were aflected by the concussion. M kl,v of the balls from the spherical case ' shells passed into the ground beyond the e xucr.ic right of the battery. Had the lusc oeen. cut one half of a second shorter, the sV j], would have exploded to my left and the ir ijU hnil |-rolll them would have been poured ? ,||C midst 0f a crowded un^ of horses ar ^ mou williatn McNoace was tho lead dri* cr uf my gnn. When the enciny opened h' 9 tcrr;uic lire on us. McNcace sprang t > the ; :llid burying himself as best he could j 'u ijttlc wash in the ground, looked up and 1 ul.secci,j?g said. "Lieutenant, jump down or yoU wUl be killed." It was so iptick ov cr (j,n( | had no time to realize the impending danger, and therefore realized no emotions o ,. fcftr unlil , WIW safe be yoiid the enemy * ^ jruiis. I did no! hear <h? order to retire, nni{ ,|0 ?ol know how McNcnct and James Jol JlS011 ,?:,nagcd to get on: of fucI close ipinrter ^ well, so quick and in pcrfee safety. M' jl0rgc w.,s always a ftv 1 about tin whistling ^ au engine and the hooiuing o cannons bul ou t|l;u occasion lie;was iptiet, a horscf ,jMia^y MV under fire: but when li t D.'UU . . rv began to move lie became un maun gen hie p . I dismounted and led him tie in*? sin ope eld for half n mile, before I out of ih range ?>f t he Federal guns. I passed Lieut. Munro's horse at the Ik ttot ? of tho hiil. He followed the battery aero111 the little hranch ami fell as he started up tl second hill. A little further on 1 parsed Jaini on Jolly's saddle hor>o. Tho noble nuiinal aidt ll*' in getting the gun ultno>l out of d inger 1 cf<> he fell. Here 1 mounted my horse, and pa ch sing over t he hill into a piece of wool' four !nr the battery. The men were all seated on tl to- ground looking serious, discouraged an I <1 ec- moralized. I now begin lo realize the unne lie cssary danger to which we had been oxpis tly an<l shared with (lie men (lie bitterness of o an baptismal experience of the actual meaning ace war. Wc imngined t lint just what that tight v ii<le all others would be. ilar Had ('apt. Iloycc given tiie pine" a pe. >: li- inspection before attempting t > <-\oeiiie the nvn tier, the hn/.ardon- experiment wottid nc c I have been made, lives would have been suv and tho morale of the company better for the next fight. But lie was inexperienced, Ambitious and reckless, ai d thought soldiers were machines nnd orders were given to be obeyed. It was afterwards paid that one of the batteries of Washington Light Artillery was ordorcd there, but had too much experience to attempt to occupy a position that was uot tenable. In our inexperience we attempted to obey the orders. Whether L'ant. llovec or (Ion. Kvnna whs to blatne for the blunder I do not know. Immediately I'oHjving tliis was an indiscretion for which Ciipt. Uoyce was inexcusable: Five horses out of six to one caisson had been killed and the othci left mortally wounded. Sergeants C. T. Scaife and Junes lluncb, with l'ouv or live men, were ordered back to bring tho horse away anl roll the caisson down the hill by hand, thus subjecting them aud the infantry to another severe /,* ?. NVhilo wc were drilling at tho race course, two <>f our hordes made more use of their heels than was safe for the meu, and Lieu*.. Jeter expressed the wish that both might he killed in the first battle. That was the first, aud both were killed. At the same time they were killed, .loliu Crow, 1 believe it was, had the horrible experience of seeing hi? horso 6hot from tinder him. The shell passed through his saddle horse aud exploded inside of his off wheel horse. Fortunately for the morale of the Macbeth wo were ordered to joiu two batteries that were passing by, to take positions in a piece of woods to the richt of Graveyard Mill and onen ou the same batteries. Shot ami shell itt the very midst of them w ero the first notice'that they had of our hostile intentions. We succeeded in moving them just about as quick as they moved us front Graveyard Ilill. Gen. hougstrect says, it> reference to this last action, that the enemy were worsted, aud out of spite set fire to some farm houses. I was of the impression that the houses referred to were fired by our shells, and that impression still remains. It was now dusk and tho ei?cmy beyond tho range of our guns, so we returned to tho houso where we left the road in the morihug Mid parked our guns for the night. Wc fed our hungry horses that night freely and extravagantly ou hay apd wheat that litid been cut tud left in tlx 5 V "UiJ?. The .next morning, as wo _ lamp 1 saw some South Carolina 8oldiiv"' '"V.lankct around one of their comrade?, J * hi the previous day's fight, and lay liV" \ . i'> his rude resting place on tho bau|^ little brook. Hi) was the first Confedl ildicr killed in bw-tlle, hat I saw durii, ar. That day the .ved crai. and Confc'J?I / \)ilicrs marched up the llnppfthunnock s?tj" - u -s; one ou the *\rniWr'V - ? tvent into carnu i-X v^XL. cncii oilier % % it Waterloo bn v 'n *9 Yn>t. Lying in \| x" Point ok View.? Au address b Kansas Bar Assojiatiou on lil?!r?it ? ir: 9 tho following neat luuunary of thf?' kin ls of lying : Do Quiucy, ^nAoI-f^df biffuniquo and iictnorablo ''ssii /s, I'm treated of inurdor is a fine art. lipoma brilliant essayist of ;o-day can lind La equal field for his gcuius u tho wontlcrf ji\ aohievmeuts of tho accomplished liar. k It must be reuteiubered :hcro ift a dt v? >sity in fulsohoed ; that one lie d:ifterct,h :rein another lie in skill, as well as i' j die uaor and injury. There is dm cca-.se. ua! odjspoken, untruth of tho unSt'.ucat.od man vhi knows not the capacity \angu.age. 'J In.a is tho indirect lie ; tho untrutlj convoy-4 by him who souses language, aiul s.-aids it by expression and I gesture, that vdile each separate clause, and I even the scnti ?co as a whole, may under some aspect? oe considered true, yet the hearer receive only a falsehood. And then there is .he lie of silence ; keeping still when obligation requires speech. As 8 mi Jones cp.grammatically expresses it, "keeping still in a horse trade is tho meanest kind of Iving."' ? - ? m ? (Jknekat. Kennedy Off for China. ?tloucral i I). Kennedy took his departure las(.'<^;2?h?T T?fterr.OOU fut 'Tiiiiia, lie was accovr^iuicd by his wife and 1 ittlc daughter, an \ AI ford, his only son, and ? Mr. (\ Wilson Miller. Quite a number oi j relatives and friends were at the depot t< 1 bid them go-'d-byc. As (jcneral Kennedy 1 stepped into the car, which was thci f crowded, and began to bid good-bye tc all, there wa-? ?ot a dry eye to he seen! T , was one of tho most touching sccue i- which we h *e over witnessed. We wil a not attempt to portray further the depth 0 of sorrow ci oibited by all in giving up ou distinguished and noble-hcsiried friend. II ^ is gone, and wo trust that his voyage wi ho a sale o- o and his future will prov [?? happy and prosperous to him ?Canute r*( nycr. ' ro ;i ;l I.ynciii; ? in Kkksiiavv. ? Camd< - " * .1 Iic May 5.? Wesley Williams, a negro n< about ninci'cn years of age, was found t ,,,1 day suspected to ilio limb of a tree, abo iir | five miles below Camden. Tt is report of that ho w: * summarily dealt with on i ">s ! count of ao attempted assault on an na lady in thu vicinity. The coroner's ji | returned verdict that '!?o deceiiHeil ca vcr l"Q ',oaf 1 l,y ofp eJ ru to the jury. 'Si 'ivv.l 1. A Remedy for Hard Times.?I noticed au article published in tho March number of the Cultivator, under tho head of "A Common Sense View," it strikes near the right key?what is the cause of the hard times that wc hear spoken of every day ? For fear that this important subject may be dropped just here, I will give the wheel another turn. This subject is geuerally brought up by tho very ones who have caused such a decline in our couutry by idling away their time. ^(!od has said that we shall labor six days, and rest ou the seventh. How can they rest when they havo not worked any ? Consequently few ol them keep the Sabbath. I was raised by a good old farmer, who learned nic to work as he dul his own children ; and when 1 say work, I mean just what I say. I did not loiter around country stores, or other places of resort, as I seo boys and even growu men doing now, somo playing ball, cards, or indulging in other vices that are not known to the American people. This is one great cause of jails, chaingangs and penitentiaries being crowded to-day, and it greatly helps to mako harder, and harder the times. Let us all go to work with renewed energy, and also teach our children to work, which will be a blessing to them as well as to us, which will protect them as they grow up from the greatest evils of the day. The people just after the late war worked tolerably well a few years, but since that time a large por tion have almost quit it. I hear people say, "I have nothing to do, but I have never seen such a lime as that in my life, ueithcr has any man who has an houest inclination to work. If farmers have nothing more important to do, they can employ themselves in ditching and terracing their rolling lauds ; also by getting up manures of all kinds, such as loamy soils which are collected around the back yards, barn yards and every other place that is producing weeds which are a nuisance generally. The farmers of our country are letting their good lands ho o ivoro i up by the clay from thoir uplands, which will soou causo a Bolid poor country. I think I have given you a very poor method for preventing such, but it takes work to do it. * Go to work to inuke good iuuus where they are now poor, and create blesainga out of things that appear to be cursos; quit buying so much guano and costly fertilizers and use more that you make at home, which will improve permanently your soil. Bear iu mind that tho farmers nro trying to cultivate too much land. Preparo your lands better, cultivate better, make more on less acreage. Divide your largo farms into smaller ones and cultivate well. Let us nil take a greater intorcst in lauds and improve thorn by degrees, and I think we will not hear so much of hard times iu future. I *1 I -- A- nil . A a am a now suoscriuer 10 i uc ^umvuiur, yvt, it is a welcome visitor to my home. It gives the experiments of good farmers, that I would not get otherwise, and all progressive farmers should read- .it and profit by each other's opinions, as it 'is the oheapest way of obtaiuiug useful agricultural inlormatfob.?J. W. Lindsay, m Southern Cultivator. i . ? - - -r > "Compliments of Moses."?It has been rumored in different portions of the State, aod has been alleged by several of our exchanges, that the present farmers' movement is simply a tidal wave originated by Mr. 13. 11. Tillman upon which, not the "Agricultural Moses!' himself, bat his brother, tho Hon. George D. Tillman, it to rido into tbe Qubernational ' chair. When wo consider the faot that ho has ernor, together with somh other circum ! stauecs. tho rumor seems to us founded on ' fact. 1 Wo wore shown some days ago a Con * grossional document from the Hon. (r. 1) ^ Tillman, sent to one of the delegates elec 1 to 1 from this couuty to the Stato Conven > tion. which on the hack contained tin ' followng words: -Coinp. of Moses. 3 Tin?, standing uy itsoii, socms a mm " thing, but tvhcn you connect it with otlic H facta, which point to the same conclusion r it amounts to a great deal towards confirm c ing the rumor that the movement was gol 11 ton up in the interest of some one f< o Governor of the State, and that the ma n is the lion. George I). Tillmau. Wli "frank' it with "Comp. of Mosos unle it means something ? We can only awa ,n the result of time to sec whether it is 'significant fact or not. We predict th ^ the rumor is true and will be proved I ?" future developments.? Winntboro Xn u' and Jfcrald. ed ic- Convictkdof Murdkk.?Augusta.G ;cd May 1).?Preston Valentine colored, v try to-day found guilty of murder in the li uie degree. He was indicted fur killing \\ er- liam Vales. The prisoner was ably del dod. A Bread and Meat Convention.? To the. Editor of The Xeiv* and Courier' The Couvcnt'on of Farmers which will ni' Ot at Columbia oil Thursday next will hnvo a great many questions to consider iu connection with the material coudition of the State. It is not likely that much good will he accomplished, and iu order to prevent a great deal of unnecessary discussion we respectlully submit the following paper, with the suggestion that it be adopted as soon as the Convention is organiznd, and that the Convention thcrcupou immediately adjourn fine die : Whereas, it is admitted that the farmers nf |1iIq Ssf f?ti? Pur qovnvnl vditu lot# ?\?cfc ~ "V.V..... Iiavc failed to raise enough supplies lor themselves and also for those not engaged in agriculture ; And whereas the latter classes, at great inconvenience to themselves, have been forced to obtain their supplies from other States ; And whereas, thi9 failure has not re? suited from any deficiency in the quantity of land cultivated, not from a want of the fertility of the soil, but from improper culture and management : And, whereas, it is very important that a State should he self-sustaining in this respect ; And whereas, it is believed that sufficient time, ' patience and endurance have Lcin exercised towards the farmers in this behali. Now it is suggested that a convention of the non-agricultural classcs^bo called to meet at the Capital of the State on the 4th day of .Fuly next, for the purponc of taking steps, cither by the appointment of a receiver, or otherwise, to turn out all those now engaged in fanning, 'from thn mountains to 'ho seaboard with the view of ob ? c r.........;n itiiiim^ u II* nv;i mi iiiuiiij n ?i? ?? i?? pledge themselves to raise enough producfor us all?agriculturists and nun. agricul turists as well. This convention shall not bo considered political in any respect, but purely a bread and meat convention. F All M Kits. Orangeburg, 8. C., April 2G, 18S0. TllK FaTK Of Cl.L VKltltJS SKA1.KI).? lliclunond, Ya., May I).?The Supreme J^onrt of Appeals of Virginia to-day rendered a decision in the case ot T.'< J. ;iuvcrius, couvictod in tho Hustings Court of this city of tho uiurdor, on March 13, 1885, of Fannio Lilian Madisou. Too oaso is notoriously known as tho reservoir murder mystery. The judgment of the lower Courtis fully sustained. Eight bills of exception were filed by the prisoner's counsel, being elaboratoly discussed and successively overruled. Tho opinion was delivered by Judge Fauntcllry, the Court standing 4 to 1 in favor of sustaining tho judgment of the lower Court. Judge Ilinton dissented, boing in favor of a new trial. Cluvcrius will surely haug, unless Executive clemency intorposos.- Tho timo first fixed for his execution has long passed by. lie will have to be brought before tho Hus^ tings Court for resentence. A Lynching in Virginia.?Kicbmomi, Va., May G.?-Yesterday a young negro named L)iek Walker with tko daughter of a respectable Charlotte County farmer in the road near Keysvillo and attempted to assault her. He drew a knife and told her if she made any noiso he would kill her. Sho screamed and an old negro man 1 ran' to her asssistance. Walker, bafllcd in 1 hi* purpose, ran oil'. The old negro then 1 hastened to tho nearest telegraph station and gave a full description of Walker, 1 who was subsequently captured noar Chase. ""1 rrTtyrTfc idena-ftwl'-by the voung lady and tho old net?r<". and was committed 1 to jail. Last nigtit mty ctil/.eus nuiruuuded the jail and demanded the keys f rom tho jailer. The latter refused, but was overpowered, and Walker was taken out and banged to a tree. ? ? German Mii.i.kt.?I have two acres of > loamy clay bottom land, third year's cultivation, sown in oats ; I want to plant in r German millet after oats are cut in Juno. Which is best, to sow broadcast or in drills i and how much seed to the ncre What ( ! will be best to manure it with ? Made fifty | bushels of corn to acre last year without | any manure.? I'. i>. .u., jjtiricm e??. lV Answer.?German millet will make a K"s largo coarse stalk if not crowded. On the jt other hand, if sown too thick it does not do well. Drilling crowds the plants sufficientat | ly to minify tho stalks and yet gives air and j light enough to permit healthly growth. H'< Half bushel of seed is enough for an acre. ; As it is very rapid-growing and maturing i crop, it calls for a manure that is very quicka., I ly available. A good nmmoniatcd guano or vas a well fermented compost would nrswor. r>t A mixture of cotton seed menl and acid 'i 1- phosphate, one-third meal and two-thirds en- phosphate, would givo good results.? Souhteni Cultivator.