Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 10, 1870, Image 2
Jtoaps And <farts.
There are about 200,000 Israelites in
the United States.
^Xhe extinction of buffalo in twenty
It will cost the government nearly $2,000,000
to take the census.
-H?A movement is on foot in Louisiana to
t^^Tefe^O^^"tQ
' ?It is stated ftiat there are 5,000 beggars
in Philadelphia exclusive of the paupers in
the alms-house, i
??Official returns from all the Congressional
distriots in Pennsylvania, show a Republican
majority of 4,293.
There will be fifty-three Sundays in the
year 1871?the year beginning and ending
on Sunday. It ought to be a good year and
a happy one.' 1-1
-?- Ten Japanese princes are in New York,
rseut here by their goverment to examine into
our systems of civil administration, internal
improvements, Ac.
Iowa has ninety counties; only four are
Democratic. Three counties at the late elec
[ tion did not poll a Democratic ballot, and one
?1 county gave a single Democratic vote.
The Treasury wif! sell $1,000,000 in
' gold on each Wednesday, and purchase $1,000,000
in bonds on each Thursday during
; * A contemporary says in boiling onions
will destroy the odo^^^^^^^bles
Out in Illinois a baby fell from a wagtap
on the other day, and the wheel passed over
^ it, sinking it so deep in the mud that it was
not injured.
" ?? A lady in Illinois (aged seveuty-five)
wants a divorce from her husband (aged seventy-eight)
because fie "spends half his time
running about with the girls."
. ?rvThe tender mother who lately gave
birth to a double-beaded infant in Ohio has
ap||d the_ privilege of exhibiting the same to
one O. U. Brown for fiu,wu.
: - President Grant's favorite saddle horse
is'a noble .black gelding nimed Jeff Davis,
from the feet that he was captured on a
plantation' belonging to Jefferson Davis in
Mississippi during the war.
The journeyman cigar-inakers of Philadelphia
are exercised atthe probable introduction
into that city of Chinese laborers.
They,held a meeting Jagt week and adopted
resolutions protesting against the thing.
?r--- The'"Supreme Court of Mississippi has
decided that a railroad company taking passengers
on freight trains is bound to put them
off at the points for which they bought tickets,
and are liable for damages if they are carried
beyond.
A quasi-religious paper at the North,
in an article On "lying as a political force,"
remarks that 'the improvement in the art of
lying seems to have kept pace with that made
in all the arts which contribute to the comfort
or entertainment of mankind."
rrrrrf During the week ending with the dawn
of Saturday, Charleston nas oeen visiiea oy
an unusual number of deaths by accident and
other sudden causes. A recapitulation exhibits
the following results: Sudden deaths,
drbwned, three; suicide, one; supposed
murder, one. : > : '
?i?Illinois, in 1860, produced 5,445,364
acres of cam, and good judges estimate that
Una year twenty-five per cent more acres of
?op will be grown. This will, bring the
acreage up to o,806,705, and estimating the
production' at thirty-seven bushels per acre,
thd' entire corn crop of Illiuois in 1870 will
amooni to 251,848,085 bushels.
?? Commissioner Delano is consolidating
the revenue collection districts as fast as the v
^ the service permit He has re^<poed
theaumber oT assistant assessors
a Saving to the Government of $1,200 per day, <
and it is expected that the total reduction will '
be 600, equal to 25 per cent., effecting a saving
htf'hfearly $800,000 annually.
Horses, it is stated, are among the ar
tided in Pans which have been most greatly
depreciated by the siege. At the fashionable
boisa bazaars, animals which before the war
brought from $300 to $1000, are now selling
as low as from $8 to $40, and the miserable
jades of the fiacres, which are too small for
military purposes, sell as low as from three
to twenty cents.
?1? A correspondent says: "It is somewhat
discouraging to an intending emigrant to see
how much sickness prevails on both shores of
the Mississippi. Half the inhabitants are
down with chills, and the other half seem only
to wait their turn. The shakes constitute a
leading topic of conversation, and never fail,
when introduced, to elicit personal experiences.1'
;
- 'Men may be more liberal and just than
women,, but they very rarely take a woman
for fcwife unless they believe her to be chaste
as ice and pure as snow. If women were as
careful in choosing their husbands, we think
there would be fewer marriages, or else a
wonderful reformation would be begun. It
is presumed that the eoraing woman will order
these things different.
Under the head of "Births" the Paris
Kentuekian published this exttaordinay story:
"A woman aged seventy yearn, formerly a
slave ot Silas Farvin, aeceasea, now a servant
of Nicholas Talbott, gave birth a short time
since to a child that is doing well. The physicians
who testify to this case tell us that
medical writers give but one or two other instances
of children having mothers so aged,
at the time of their birth. There is no doubt
of her age."
At a recent meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Washington College, at Lexington,
Virginia, Gen. G. W. C. Lee, second son
of Gen. K. E. Lee, and Professor of the Virginia
Military Institute, was unanimously
elected President, to succeed his father as
President of Washington College. At the
same time the Board [also elected Professor
Pratt, of South Carolina, Professor of applied
Chemistry, and changed the name of the college
to Washington and Lee University.
??A' letter published in a German paper
says that the French prisoners of war seem
to prefer their quiet sojourn in Germany to
the perils of seeking the bubble reputation in
the cannon's mouth. It was lately made
known to the French prisoners at Mayeuce
that two hundred and forty Frenchmen were
to be exchanged for an equal number of Germans,
and those who were desirous of profiting
by the opportunity were requested to come
forward. Strange to say, not a single man
accepted the invitation.
There is an excitiug time among politi
cians this week. No less than nineteen States
will vote, principally far members of Congress,
but several of them for Governor, Legislature
and local officers. Louisiana and
Arkansas voted on Monday last. On Tuesday?the
next day?the following States held
elections: Maryland, Delaware, Florida, Illinois,
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey,
New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia
and Wisconsin.
-?A number of the officers and soldiers
who served under Gen. Lee propose to raise
an organization called the Knights of the
Southern Cross. The Society will be beneficial,
socially elevating and mentally improving
in its character. Every officer aBd soldier
of the Confederate Army, and officer and
seaman of the Confederate Navy, whose record
is justifiable, and who served with zeal,
will be admitted to the privileges of the order
upon a perfect equality. The first sanctuary
of the organization will be started as early as
practicable.
Here is the last slap of the Tribune's at
Whittemore: "It is announced that the cadetpeddler
Whittemore, who was driven from
the canvass for re-election to the House of
Representatives, is now a candidate for the
United States Senate. Before the Legislature
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of South Curolina considers him in that light,
it would be well for it to remember that he is
also a candidate for the penitentiary, under a
plain law of 0"*,gres8r the violation of which
he does not deny, and the penalties of which
are explicit."
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THE EUROPEAN WAR.
King William has agreed to an armistice
of twenty-five days, dating from the 4th inst,
ostensibly for the purpose of giving the French
people an opportunity of choosing a government
for themselves. Ever since the surrender
of Louis Napoleon at Sedan, the Prussians
have beeu fighting the French nation
without a head, there being no responsible
government whose acts would bind the nation.
Having captured McMahon and Bazaine, with
armies, amounting in the aggregate to 250,000
men, and finding Frauce without a regular
army in the field, the King stops hostilities
in order that the Freuch may select some government
with authority to treat for peace. He
professes, and we believe sincerely, to desire
peace; but with a mob to treat with he cannot
make terms. He therefore stops his career
of conquest, simply to secure a competent
authority to make peace or contiuue war.
Unfortunately for the peace of the world,
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France is demoralized, insienu ui unmg
this opportunity to cement the nation^he.
people have begun fighting among themselves
for their several favorites. So far as voting
is concerned, Trochu received 442,000 votes
against 49,000 in Paris. Trochu represents
the republic, and the votes cast against him
represent the empire and the Bourbons. If
the verdict of the ballot is respected, Trochu
rules France; for Paris is France, to all practical
purposes.
But, unfortunately for France and. for the
world, those 49,000 opponents are turbulent
in character and not disposed to succumb to
any authority whatever. They have already
begun fighting and intriguing, and no man
can say now who rules the French nation.
Mobs and riots are of daily occurrence in
their capital, and there does not seem to be
any power capable of compelling good order.
In the hour of danger, when all good citizens
ought to unite for the defenoe of their country,
the French are actnally fighting against one
another. The time granted them by their
magnanimous opponent bids fair to be wasted
in internal quarrels. Just now the probability
is that the end of the armistice will find
France in a worse condition than the beginning.
In that event, King William will be
compelled to take possession of the city and
the country, and establish some form of gov-!
ernment. !
The Prussian government hesitate to do
this, because this arbitrary disposal of one of
Europe's foremost nations will invoke enquiry
among their own people, who are probably
the best educated people on the globe, not
even excepting Boston and its saint-haunted j
vicinity. Bismarck and Von Moltke fear an I
uprising of their own people] more than they
do the world combined against thepi.
We consider the European aquation more
dangorou8 jusf than it ever has been.
Unless France unites, King William will be
forced to lay, Paris in ashed; for he cannot afford
to' teep his armies in the field to fight
the shadow of the mighty name France has
erected in. history.- For his own protection,
he must either make peace or crush the shell
oTFF^'ffl^fn^rnrhe'can make pea^/
it will be well for the world. But the probability
is that the end of the armistice will
find the French in a still worse condition than
now. Unable to choose a government for
themselves, it will perhaps be better fur that
unfortunate people that a foreign power should
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COMUilSil a ^UVCIUUiUUb 4Vi VUVMJ.
But, in order to do this, it will be necessary
to keep a Prussian army in France. -This is
King William's danger. His people are now
fighting for the nationality of the great German
nation, which is already secured by the
brilliant career of the Prussian army. But
when the necessities of his position carry him
beyond this point, he will have the German
nation against him?-not with him. The people
of Germany demand that France, as
well as other countries, shall rule its own
destinies, and they will fight as willingly in
that cause as the one they are now engaged
in. Unfortunately for the world, France cannot,
or will not, work out her own destinies.j
$he must have a master, trad, as she cannor
produce one she most accept a foreign master.
' But when this foreign rule is imposed upon
her, she Will get the sympathy of tAe people of
| all riutiooSi rightfully or wrongfully, to throw
it off. The established governments of Europe
will fight for this government, their people
against it:! God alone can tell the result
The only thing that can be definitely asserted
is this: There never has been a revolution in
France, which did not unsettle all Europe,'
and the French are now in a more mobbish-y
so to speak?condition than they ever haVe
been before, even in 1792. There is a prospect
of a greater reign of terror there than in
the famous revolution of '92; for then Paris
was always in the power of some one "or other
of the contending parties. Now it belongs to
nobody, and the first battle for its possession
must be fought within the twenty-five days of
armistice. After that,Prance must be fought
for, and who can venture to predict the result?
'
Our readers may think we have devoted too
much space to this far off war?a war that
dates back only four months. But, unless we
are much mistaken, this war is the great event
of the nineteenth century, and its result will
affect the destinies of the world inore than the
campaigns of the first Napoleon. : i.
ANNUAL MEETING OF K. M. R. R. COMPANY
Pursuant to previous notice, the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the King's
Mountain Railroad Company was held at the
Court House in Yorkville, on Thursday last,
3d of November.
On motion, of Dr. J, R. Bratton, Ww. I.
Clawson. Esq., was called to the Chair and S.
Sadler and L. M. Grist were appointed Secretaries.
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Under a resolution ^vhich adopted, the
Chairman agjeistejl'SrRufus Moore, Dr. J.
-JVLmdsay and Maj. J. F. Hart a committee
to verify proxies and report the amount of
stock represented in the meeting.
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Alter caning uie run ui Bvucmiyiucuo, wc
committee reported that nineteen hundred and
'>ftiarw ivci? ni-ptescmrtc^''^ tte
meeting?fifteen hundred and one shares by
proxy, and four hundred and seventy-one
shares in person?being a majority of the
stock, and only sixty-one shares less than the
whole stock of the Company.
The meeting being regularly constituted
and ready for business, Col. W. B. Wilson
submitted the following resolutions:
Resolved, That Theodore D. Wagner, John
S. Ryan and Asbury Coward be requested, by
the President of the King's Mountain Railroad
Company, to extend the time of the payment
of the mortgage debt held by them on
said Company, to the 1st of January, 1886,
interest on same to be paid semi-annually, as
heretofore.
Resolved, That should said request not be
complied with, that the President and Board
of Directors of the King's Mountain Railroad
Company, be authorized to issue, on or before
the 25th day of December next, $40,000 of
seven per cent, coupon bonds, if so much be
necessary, of the denomination of $500 each'
interest payable semi-annually; the principal
to be paid on the first day of January, 1886;
the principal and interest to be secured by a
second mortgage of the road, all its equipments
and depot buildings, and that the same
be legally conveyed to parties in trust for that
purpose; and that the President and Board
of Directors be empowered to sell, hypothecate
or in any other way dispose of the said
bonds for cash, and apply the proceeds to the
payment of the mortgage debt due Theodore
D. Wagner, John S. Ryan and Asbury Coward.
Trustees, dated 15th March, 1866;
Resolved, That the nett earnings of the
road, after payment of salaries of officers and
necessary expenses and the semi-annual interest
on said bonds, be invested, by the President
and Board of Directors in such a manner
as will form a sinking fund for the final
payment of said second mortgage bonds.
The resolutions were seconded, and after
remarks by Col. W. B. Wilson, John S. Ryan
and Col. William Johnston, sustaining the
resolutions, they were unanimously adopted.
The President of the road read his own report
and that of the Secretary and Treasurer,
which, on motion, were received as information
and ordered to be printed in.' pamphlet
form with the proceeding* of the meeting. On
motion, the Chairman appointed a committee
of five, consisting of W. B. Metts, W.
B. Wilson, il M. Grist, J. L. Clark, and I.
D. Witberepoon, to nominate officers of the
Company for the ensuing year.
On motion, Col. Wm. Johnston was added
to the committee.
The committee retired for consultation, and
in a short time returned and reported the following
ticket:
For President.?B. T Wheeler.
For Directors.?J. H. Adams, Col. William
Johnston, J. L. Clark, Col. W. B. Wilson and
Gen. E. M. Law.
On motion, the report of the committee was
adopted, after which Col. Johnston presented
the following ticket:
For President.?Gen. E. M. Law.
For Directors.?W. B. Wilson, J. H. Ad
ams, John S. Ryan, B. T. Wheeler and Col.
Wm. Johnston.
I ' On motion, the Chairman appointed a committee
of three, consisting of I. D. Witherspoon,
S. R. Moore and Dr. J. R. Bratton, to
manage the electiott. A ballot was then had
with the following result:
FOR PRESIDENT.
Gen. E. M. Law, 1004
B.T.Wheeler,. 974
FOR DIRECTORS.
John H. Adams, ,...1978
W. B.Wilson ......1978
Wm. Johnston,...., ,,,..J894
J. L. Clark, 1005
John S. Ryan, 1004
B.T.Wheeler, 973
The Chairman announced the result and
declared the election of Gen. E. M. Law as
President, and J. H. Adams, W. B. Wilson,
William Johnston, J. L. Clark, and John S.
Ryan as Directors. *
Col. Wm. Johnston submitted the following
resolution, which was seconded and trnan*
imously adopted:
Resolved, That whenever the Bond debt of
.this Company shall be paidor satisfactorily,
arranged, the Board of Directors afe hereby
authorized to have aaurvey.aad.aocurate .ee*
timates made, of the cost of extending the
King's Mountain Railroad to the most practicable
point on the Air Line Railroad, and
report the same to a called meeting of the
Stockholders of this Company.;
There being no other business for the consideration
of the meeting, on motion, it adjourned.
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ELECTION FRAUDS.
The election recently held in this State;
from some cause or other, is not crenerallv
regarded as expressing the true voice of the
people. We annex a few illustrations of this
fact: '
In Chesterfield, warrants have been issued
for the arrest of R. J. Donaldson, (Radical
candidate for Senator), J. H. Donaldson,
(chairman of county election commissioners),
and ten precinct managers of election. These
"gentlemen" are charged with stuffing the
ballot-boxes, and they wilt be prosecuted
i both in the State andUmtd|^teto^^^^l
two of the/boxes were stuffed.
states that, in order to make the counting
correct, 215 white men must have voted the
Radical ticket, and it challenges theJRfldhjS?
party touamefiffcy white-voters,
i?Ifi^Barnwell, two of the county commissioners
of election were candidates for the Legislature,
and the third was a candidate for Probate
Judge. According to C. P. Leslie, a
i Radical, prominent in State politics,"and resident
of that county, the vote was very close,
and would not give 100 majority to either
nar+v at Rontt.'n mainritv in nffininJIv an
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nounced to be 1,163.
In Edgefield, Scott received an official majority
of 943, and the Advertiser proves that
the colored vote was 1,000 in excess of the
last census. N
In Fairfield, the official Republican majority
was 1,496. The Winnsboro box contained
94 votes more than the poll list,
which were counted. The Youngesville box
had no seal over the ballot hole. The Horeb
box was opened and its contents transferred
to another box two hours after the counting
began. The total vote of the county was 92
in excess of last year's census.
In Newberry, the voting population is
about 3,600, and the official result of the election
gives the number of votes actually polled
4,549. The Herald says that hundreds
are known to have voted two or three times,
and that, by their own confession, all the
boys between sixteen and twenty voted.
In Beaufort, minors were allowed to vote
without being sworn, women voted in the
stead of their absent husbands, and the boxes
were placed in the custody of candidates for
office. . In.
thfr'Secbnd Congressional district, where
Soth candidates are Republicans, R. C. DeLarge
has a majority of 534, w..ich Mr.
Bowen is going to contest, on the ground of
fraud. The Republican says the excitement
in Charleston is very great, and.hijldly advises
all members of its pai^ tb ^keep calm."
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OUCI1 US Uicgiunuuo Jiwyuuiiutu Iiunuj v..
? Congressman Hoge has resigned his
Brigadier-Generalship of the South Carolina
Militia.
? An old white woman, named Betty
Bowen, known to be over one hundred years
old, died in Greenville on the 18th ultimo.
? The kitchen of Mr. C. E. Franklin, of
Laurens county, was burnt about two weeks
ago. The fire is supposed to be the work of
an incendiary.
? Spartanburg has gone Reform by nearly
800 majority. Duncan, Lyle, Wofford and
Smith have been elected to the House of Representatives.
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? The Charleston papers announce the
death in that city, on the 31st, of Richard
Caldwell, Esq., an old merchant of that city
and formerly a resident of Columbia.
? The Commissioners of Elections at Beaufort
have been arrested and carried to Charleston,
charged with tampering with the ballotboxes
and interfering with voters.
The new residence of Dr. Geo. Wise,
near the Pine House, in Edgefield county, was
destroyed by fire on the 24th ultimo. The,
fire was accidental, having, it is thought, orig?
inated from a stove pipe. The loss is estimated
at $3,000.
? The Edgefield Advertiser says: "Some
ten days ago a fine and valuable young horse of
our friend M. Lebeschultz, Esq,, was wantonly
shot and killed in his own field. For this
horse, only a short time before he was shot,
Mr. L. had been offered $250. The perpetrator
of the misdeed remains undiscovered."
? The Chester Reporter says: "On last
Saturday, the Militia Company at Carmel
Hill, being assembled for drill, we suppose,
lost one of its number. Andrew Simpson,
(col'd,) it seems, became incensed with his
brother, Benjamin Simpson, for knocking
down a stack of arms, and seizing his musket,
fired at him with fatal effect; Simpson was
promptly arrested and lodged in jail."
? The State Dental Association of South
Carolina met at the Phoenix Fire Eagii^
Company's Hall, Charleston,*^>n Tuesda^
evening of last week, under the call of the
last meeting, held in Columbia in April, 1870.
Twenty members were present, and Dr. Pat-'
rick occupied the chair. Seven letters of application
were read, and all the applicants
elected. It was resolved to subscribe a sufficient
amount to entertain the Southern Dental
Association, which will meet in Charleston
in April next
? On the 26th instant, a respectable and
inoffensive citizen of Laurens, named Benton,
was taken from his house by a gang of negroes
and whipped. The origin of the trouble, in
the words of the Laurensvilie Herald, is as
follows: A negro, in the night, broke into a
house occupied by two white girls and entered
the chamber in which they slept. He was
identified, however, and as it is reported, his
place of abode visited by parties unknown in
search of him. But he had concealed himseH
somewhere else. Thereupon Mr. Benton, who
lived in that neighborhood, was visited and
horribly treated by the gang of negroes as we
have stated above. * * *. There is very great
excitement, of course, in that neighborhood.
? The Laurensville Herald furnishes the
following obituary notice of the killed and
wounded in the recent riots of that county:
"Bill Flemming and Bill Griffin killed, and
Alfred Morris wounded, all colored; Volney
Powell, Bill Riley, yonng Abe Simmons,
Wade Perrin, Young Simpson, and one other,
name not known. Most of these were inmates
of that infamous den "Tin Pot." Perrin was
a recent candidate for the House pf Representatives.
Powell was a recent comer to this
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* tmn; was one of"Sdott'a constabulary; was
judical candidate for Judge of Probate, and
Minager afrthe recent election, the only white
nrt|B hurt. - Bill* Riley was'On'6 of the guard
offer tbe-arms at-"Tin Pot." In addition to
tte large amount of ammunition and arms
gjbred in Crews' barn, the cottage in which
tte constabularly slept, in Crews' yard, was
j ^e^rrgely supplied wi^h Winchester rifles."
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fj ?Tl^ere was a heavy frost in Anson coun.
jMfn Friday morning last.
_ ?Fullwood's ppst-offiee, in Mecklenburg
^unty, has been re-opened.
. jLe ^our hundred Quakers from Indiana
Wtended the "yearly meeting" of that denomination
at New Garden last week.
J ?The prisoners confined in the county jail
JtNewton, made their escape one night last
"{ ?While Bedford Vaugban, of Orange,
n8S attending court in Hillsboro, on Monday,
ifio tnhfi/vin fafltnrv u/na fireH hv ?n incfinHiarv.
jlnB completely destroyed.
j ? The appearance of a circus in Raleigh
breatea^sp much enthusiasm that the editor of
j the Sw&nel devotes over a column of his pa.
per to a laudatory notice of one, and appears
jo <be in a state of perfect ecstacy at the pros,
Met of hearing the funny jokes of the clown.
* \?Josiah Turner is still after Governor
Mfcjden. At*|he Superior Court of Orange
Hhm nofw inwasioa.iaHillsboro, witnesses
| ^ent before the grand jury on a bill against
'Governor Holden, white, and Alexander
, fthffin, black, with others," for an assault and
r^ite^^n^oeiairTuSJrT'junio^
j? The Democrat notes the sales of real es*
tye which took place in Charlotte on Sat
uiday last, it being public sales-day. Land
* ringed from $5 to $14 per acre. The Kan>t
wiihler property, next to Brem, Brown &
' Gd'b. drv coods store, was sold for $6,850.
d" .?tcj- -9 v y
bonds of Charlotte, to the amount ol
- 8J0,0Q0, brought 78 and. J81. . <
'i t t?At the fall; term oF Lincoln Superior
Court held last week, Lee Dunlap, colored,
wis convicted of the murder of Jas. A. Glea;
sen, which was committed in Charlotte, nearii
lj two years ago. The trial occupied three
cfyys, though the jury remained out but hall
ai hour after the case was given to them.
The sentence of .death was stayed by an ap1
peal to the Supreme Court.
^^Maj. Smith, President of the North Carolina
railroad, has written a letter contradicting
a statement that has been made to the effect
that he favors the leasing of that portion
of the road between Charlotte and Greensboj
ro, to the Richmond and Danville Company.
The measure, which was to have been discussed
in Greensboro, last Tuesday, was
brought about by the stockholders, a resolution
to that effect having been adopted at theii
last meeting. '
EDITOBIAlTlNKLIJrGS.
Public Documents.
??Our thanks are hereby tendered to
Hon. A. S. "Wallace, member of Congress foi
" this District, for a number pf valuable public
documents, embracing the Report of the Special
Commissioner of the Revenue, Message
and -Documents 1868-9, Mineral Resonrcee
wffet of the Rocky Mountains, Causes of the
Reduction of American TonhagC, Annual Re
"port of the Deputy Spebiil Commissioner ol
1 fhfi Anirl the' Congressional Globe
land Appendix, 1869. "j::
I Hurricane in Cuba. ! :
J j-?Late adviCbS'fVom Havana furnish the
'UVtuu) thilHWwAiiL I>urqicaJiQt
^Wuchhave visited the Island of Cuba. The
Koss of property at Cardenas is estimated by
millions. 'All the warehouses were destroyed
and most of the vessels in port were dismasted.
Along the South coasts fn the vicinity oi
Mahtanzas, many towns were inundated, the
crops damaged and destroyed, tho railroad
-submerged and the telegraph lines prostrated,
It is estimated that the damage to the sugarcane
by both hurricanes is one-fourth of the
whole crop.
The Recent Election.
The result of the recent election in
this State has not yet been officially promulgated
by the board of State canvassers. Il
is understood, however, that Scott's majority
oVer Carpenter will not be put, down at less
than thirty thousand, and Wallace's at not
less than* three thousand. In the second
' Congressional district, the election of DeLarge
is claimed over Bowen by a majority
of about five hundred votes. Rainey is elect
ed in the second district, and Elliott in the
third. According to the Republican, the
tf&aicais in me ne^i .L/egismiuic, r?m uuyc ?
majority of 105 on joint ballot. The Senate
'"will be composed of 26 Radicals and 5 Democrats
; the House of 104 Republicans and
20 Democrats.
Xnrder of Col. Ames.
Col. Ames, proprietor of Ames' circus
was jnurdered in a most brutal manner, or
the 2nd instant, at Dawson, Ga. The per
formances had opened under the circus tent
when a man named H. J. Russell came up U
the door of a side-show, with his family. He
asked the price of admittance and was told il
was twenty-five cents. Upon this he told hii
yrife and children to go in. When they had
gone in, he asked what was to pay. Mr
Munroe, the exhibitor, said there were nine
to pay fori Russell said there were onl)
four, and Monroe started to call the family
back for a new count. Russell then gol
angry and struck Munroe with his fist, near]}
knocking him down. He also drew a pisto!
^nd thrust it in the showman's face. Munroe
Held mm he did not mean to offend him, but
seeing the pistol cocked, dodged under the
canvas.
Ji At this moment Col. Ames walked up and
told Russell that was not the place to get up f
fuss, and draw his pistol where there were se
many women and children; to be quiet and
he would make it all right Russell ther
turned upon Col. Ames and remarked thai
he would kill him, too, if he interfered, and
fired at the Colonel. Mr. Boynton, an attach*
. of the circus, also spoke to Russell, and as h<
did so, two brothers named Charles and Johi
Kelly, known as desperate men, rushed up
and drawing their pistols began to fire upor
the Colonel and Mr. Boynton. They retreat
ed and attempted to run under the. canvas
I and while in the act of so doing, Col. Amei
i received two shots?one slightly wounding
him in the thigh, and the other, striking hin
jr-on the inside of the hip, passed through into
i the bowels.
During this shooting, a Mr. Daniel Oxford
i a brother-in-law of Russell, was accidentally
shot through the heart, while standing neai
with a little child in his arms. He fell for
i ward upon the child, and it was taken fron
under the dead man. One of the shots als(
: passed through the canvas of the side-show
and wounded Madame Frew, mother of th<
Albino children, in the thigh, but not seriously
Col. Ames died of his wounds on the nexi
day. Thus occurred one of the most inex
disable murders of recent times.
South Carolina Institute Fair.
j This fair was held at Charleston lasl
! week, according to appointment. Judging
I by the notices in the city papers the fair was I
a complete success. We notice the following
list of agricultural and mechanical implements
exhibited: ***** ^
</. Gravely, two portable steam engines, at
work; one Gullet's- patent gin at work, superintended
by the patentee; one Brown's
cotton gin; one Hall's cotton gin feeder; two
cotton presses at work ; one Peabody's cotton
teed hilling madhine; one iron corn mill;
ten Brinley s universal ploughs, the working
" "of which t^lscfperihtended' by Mr. Brinley"
in person. There were many nne ploughs on
the ground?one English four-horse plough,
one English double furrow plough ; a rice-field
ditch cleaning machine, recently patented; a
patent gang plow and cultivator; a cotton
sweep with expanding wings; one rice trencher
and sower; one revolving coulter harrow;
one Wood's mowing machine; one patent
stump puller ; a variety of hay cutters, andvft
number of corn shellers; several of Hoe's
celebrated circular saws, of various sizes, up
to fifty-four inches; a very ingenious broadcast
seed sower; an apple grinder with cider
mill attached; a little giant corn and cob
u . 11 *11 o 1 l
mm ; a patent moie Kuier, <ec. ; aiso a giass
case of fine breech-loading guns and shooting
implements.
Fiendish Murder.
The Orangeburg News gives the following
account of a most horrible murder recently
committed in the forks of the Edisto, in
that county:
From the facts gathered by the Coroner, it
appears that on Wednesday last, several neighbors
of a Mr. , in the Fork, had met at
vis mill to assisil him in raising or repairing1
some parts of the bouse, amongst whom was
the murderer, Porter. In the afternoon^
"tfHld (lay, Mr' Gardner askecT Porter to one
side and commenced to question him about
some abuse or reports which Porter had been
circulating in connection with and reflecting
upon the fbmily of the deceased. Every one
. wno saw the two men conversing, testifies that
the murdered man was talking in a calm ?nd
quiet manner. But the young scoundrel, Por,
ter, stung perhaps, by a consciousness of his
dastardly guilt in trying to injure the good report
of an old gentleman's name, for no cause,
whatever, became desperate and swore he
( would receive a rebuke from nobodv. Giv,
ing full vent to his hellish and fiend-like ire,
he pitched upon his feeble antagonist with a
heavy and dangerous knife. His first stroke
I took effect from the back of his neck around
kin fUnot fko navf tkmaf IBM TTIfldo ftt
WV? UiO y VUV UVAV VUkMWf .. w ? ?y.
his throat also, but missed its aim and result
ed in making a terrible gash across one side
of Gardner's face, cutting off a portion of his
left ear; the next was from his spine around
to his abdomen, the other two piercing his left
lung. At this juncture in the frightful trag"
edy, Gardner exclaimed, "I am killed." Ini
stantly after this exclamation, this fiend incar
nate, seemed to have realized the enormity of
, the crime he had committed, and hastily W
. took himself to the woods. The persons pres,
eot were,-we Suppose, so* thunde h/$e
suddenness of the affray' that ih'ey 'aid not
think for a moment of arresting Porter, hence
his escape. Gardner was earned home, thence
to the grave-yard. Coroner Treadwell, however,
on reaching the spot next day, had the
body disinterred and examined by a jury of
inquest A verdict was rendered in accord1
ance with the frets.
Mr. Gardner was a highly respected citizen
j and had many friends. His murderer is still
. at large. A warrant for. his arrest, however,
i was issued on Monday last by Trial Justice J.
Pelder Meyers. . We trust that, tfie one in
1 whose hands that warrant is entrusted will see
) to it, that Parter is lodged ip jail.
' ' t :i
r EXCITEMENT IT CHESTER. : . v
t The Reporter gives ihe following account
of an excitement which-was raised in Chester,
MM 'without injury to any one
' of h^t
1 and proceeded to the depot, where one was to
' embark on the 4 o'clock train, en route for
1 Baltimore. While awaiting the train they
. became engaged in conversation with some
p bystar dere, and let out the fact that they were
, from Laurens, the scene of the late distprbr
j ance. It is likely the conversation was over,
heard, for just after the parting of the two
brothers, one netting on the train, and the
other going off with the buggy, Burke, one of
! the State constables here, acting as we understand
upon the orders of Wimbush, entered the
train and attempted to arrest the young man,
who breaking away from him, betook himself
to flight Burke was checked in the beginning
by the ominous appearance of a Colt's repeat1
er in the hands of the young man, who told
' him to stand. Taking advantage of the check
i the young man continued his night and waft
fired at twice by Burke, but .without effect
I We learn he made good his escape.
The brother with the buggy was pursued
by 08. Ross, one of the colored constables, and
overtaken at Mr. Adam T. Walker's on the
road to Union. Ross charged upon him and
i demanded his surrender, drawing at the same
. time his pistol. The young man very delibe,
rately drew his and declined to be arrested.
Ross at once fired and wounded the young
5 man in the arm. The latter, notwithstanding
his wound, made ready to return the fire, but
' the gallant Ross hastily dismounted, and took
shelter behind a tree. Here, according to our
information, the scene was amusing. Rosa
dodging from side to side of the tree, and the
| young man trying to draw a bead on him.
He fired a shot or two, but Ross was on the
alert and kept well covered. At this juncture
> several persons were seen approaching up the
> road, and the young man, it seems, fearing
) Ross was being reinforced, made off, leaving
t horse and buggy. He reached Dr. McColi
lum's we understand, and had his wound
, dressed. From there he proceeded to his home
via Union.
Ross returned triumphantly with the horse
s and buggy, and the town rang with the ex'
ploit, but alas, Mr. Walker was an eye witr
ness to the whole affair, and his account of it
t does little credit to the bravery of Ross.
r . The thing was almost forgotten?the horse
and buggy were being daily used by Ross and
others, wnen the town was thrown (into th6
L greateset excitement last Friday night by the
,. reception by Yocum, of a dispatcb from Hub?
bara, to the effect, that news had b^ received
in Columbia that three or four companies
I of armed men were coming over from Union
to recapture the horse and buggy and also to
1 i Ktr Paoq TJlio
avenge me wiuiig tuunuimvu uj xnw,
) dispatch caused great commotion. Contrary
I to the advice of Wimbush, the colored militia
i were put under arms, and pickets thrown out
t on all the roads. We learn too, that John
[ Lee, the Captain, was also opposed to the step,
, but in obedience to orders from Col. Yocum,
' the demonstration was made. As a natural
3 consequence, the white people were also in a
1 state of readiness for whatever might have
, turned up. They were anxious to put a stop
i to trouble, as the men of Chester ever have
. been. But they knew not but that it bad now
become necessary to check, once and for all,
' the lawlessness of bad men and they would
3 have done it.
3 But the raid was not made, and the night
i passed away quietly. Judge Thomas, at the
> request of Wimbush, gave directions to the
Sheriff to summon the posse comitatus if necessary.
.
' On Sunday morning, Dr. Richardson, the
1 father of the two young men, a citizen of Laur
rens, came in town, and the horse and buggy
* were given up. We understand Ross wilfhe
i prosecuted, and we sincerely trust he will be
> punished.
.. + * .
' V3F The Internal Revenue Bureau shows an
3 increase of $311,399 in the receipts from to
bacco for July and August, 1870, over the ret
ceipts for the corresponding months of 1869.
. ana an increase of $2,025,892 in the receipts
from spirits for the same period.
J6T Sixty members of an educational instit
tute in Maine recently spelled caterpillar sevr
enteen different ways.
L(f>CAli IT^MSi
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NEW StDVEffiflSEtt ENTS.
,T. W^Clawson-jAdin i n istmfca?S'Bale. ^
Win. AT. McGlll?Administrators' Notice.
J. P. Wallace?Clerk's Sale. - - - ?
R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sales. .
Thomson A Jefferys?Assignees! g^le?In. ,tilp.
Matter of H. J. Pride, Bankrupt.
I. W. England, Publisher, N. Y.?The Sun.
P. C. Harris, Judge of Probate?Citation?J. A.
Erwin, Applicant?P. A. Erwin, Deceased.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.? Judge of Probate's Sales.
S. K. Marks. Rock Hill?NewJPfSB&ure.
"B r^rf.^B Wwirar l6^TffTTJ.^-KU blillf'
Belting?Axes. . ^gi .
John 8. Bration, Administrator?Notk^ift
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MURDER IN UNION COtJN#f? .. >.
We learn that on Monday- night last, A?
B. Owens was attacked in his own house near
Goudeysville, in Union county, by party of
men, and killed. -No clue as to the perpetrators
of the deed had been obtained at the time
infnrmont loft (hp ooAnp. of the murder.
We cannot, but condemn such acts of lawless
violence as this, be the perpetrators whom
they may, or the supposed offence of the murdered
man ever so great; and it is hoped the
guilty parties may be detected and punished.
SUKVIVOR8* ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of the Survivors' Association of
York county was held at the Court'House
last Monday. CoL A. Coward, Vice President,
occupied the chair and J. C. Chancers,
Esq., the Corresponding Secretary elected last
year, acted as Secretary. A letter was read
frolJii W. K. Bachman, Treasurer of the State
aviation, calling for a representation of the
county society at the annual rfeetmg tx> be
' hcMaT'C^urabiir-to^y-^>Vr^ltith^ and
also asking that the delegates to that convention
bring with them the contribution of York
to the general fund. Inasmuch as the time
for collecting was limited, a committee, was
appointed to solicit subscriptions from the
citizens generally, consisting of the following
gentlemen: Major J. W. Avery, Dr. Wm.
M. Walker, Lieutenant James A. Watson.
The following gentlemen were appointed
delegates to the State convention :
Major J. W. A very ^ Major J. P. Hari, Col.
W. H. McCorkle, Dir. J. J. W. Tomliison,
Major A. A. McKenzie.Captaito' E. 'A: Crawford.
'" J
On motion, it Was resolved that the 1 next
meeting of this association be' held ih'1 Ybrkville
on Tuesday, 13th of December,'and that
the committee appointed at a previous meeting
be requested to' hand in','at that time, the
names of persons who have agreed to become
We annex the names of; the committee referred
to, vix:'"'
' York Township?Dr. J. R."'^fe<tOii:
Ebenezer-Q.K M: Steele."' " " "* ?
1 Fort MUl^-CaCi J. M. Whit#.1
' Catawba?Iredell Jones.
Bcthasda^-D.V. Mdort:r1 * !"<'v *?#
Broad Biver-^Qen. E. M. Law. ;
Oieroilw?Dr. J. Q. Black. '
King's Mourdain^-Col: A.' Jackson: 'J ns
Bdhd^-Msior A::A'.' McReriHa ' ; ,ic?
Bullock's (W^-Catit: John Mitchell. ":i 'It
is the request of the association' that this
committee exert theibsklves to secure members,
'so that b^'thtf itteiietihg iti December
YOrk may have k full lirt fbr her' ^oilnty
sociation; : :Sdrtt?' our pedplehavetlibir1 r&
cords'whid& they wish to prttisrv^W well "as
other counties, add the/ wa^ ib secure aii equal
showing with oti&U 'is to rb&nglfca tnany :of
the' old soldiers ihtd w sdtfety,u,i
In order to carry out the ptuposek'bf thft
association, arivnjteiitfeo'fee will'he'required.
This initiation odt 'yeHbben fixOd, lrat
It win exceed' &:doIKT^fi
there any old soTdieip of Y6iic' uhWilling to
devotO1 this sum towarcfertrbbing off the rust
from*the memory of his depatted comrades'?
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AGRICULTLJtAl, SOCIETY MEETING.
In pursuance of notice given heretofore, a
meeting ofjthe; York District. Agricultural
Society was held at the Court House in York" "a
Itfini'oiT loot f TKo PlMI/lant. if fjlfl
V litu VU XUVfUV trnj UWIH) .A*4V ,* A%a?v^v??Vi v? VMV
Soeiety, Maj. A. A. McKenzie, presided over
the meeting, and Mr. W. J. Stephen son was
present in the discharge of his duty, as Secretary.
,t /ti . a / .*.Ki -.jM #1:!
It was determined to revive the drooping
energies of the Society, and give it that vitality
and; efficiency which are so necessary; to
the fid}, development of the; agrictdturpi.^b
terests of the country. With this purpose in
view, and to secure the co-operation of the
farmers throughout the county, Mr. J. R.
London offered a resolution whiph was adopted,
providing for the appointment of committees
charged with the du$r. of organizing
societies in each township. Also, that' each
Township Society, when 01 Jpnpij, appoint
one debate to attend an agricultural convention
to be held at Yorkville*; on Tuesday
after the third Monday in thWjjppiKh. ; i)( i,
To carry out the purpose of the resolution
in forming township Societies, thp President
appointed the following committees!
Bullock?8 Creek?Samuel $lair, Dr. B. E,
Feemster, S. C. Youngblood. Jj-,
Bethesdar?J. S. Bratton, Captain E. A.
Crawford, J. M. Lindsay.
King'8 Mountain?Dr. A. JP. Campbell,
Col. A. Jackson, J 0. Crawford.
York?J. T. Lowry, Col. W. B. Allison,
E.N.Davidson.
Fort Mills?OA, A. R Springs, B. H. Massey,
H. C. Harris. ,
Ebcnezer?Peter Garrison, A.F. Fewell, J.
A. McCullough.
Catawba?J. R. Patton, J. F. Working,
N. A. Steele.
Broad River?S. G. Brown, D. C. McKim
ney, Rufus AUison.
Cherokee?Joseph Webber, J. A. Deal,
W. W. Gaffney.
Bethel?J. L. Adams, A. A. McKenzie,
D.'J, Glenn, sen. ' ,
On motion, the President appointed a committee
of live, consisting of Dr. J. R. Bratton,
Col. Cad. Jones, Col. Andrew Jackson,
S. G. Brown, Esq., and Capt. J. T. Lowry, to
revise the By-laws of the Society and submit
a report to the Convention to be held at
Yorkville on the day above named.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
8ALE8-DAY; :
Monday last being sales-day, brought quite
a number of our country friends to town.
Some were attracted by the proposed agricultural
meeting, others by the' largejpjailtfty of
land to be exposed to sale, and otfi$rs still for
reasons "too numerous to- mention/''* The
weather was delightfully pleasant*and a bright
smile of satisfaction overspreajfcthe countenances
of our farmers at the thwjprt the increased
crops over recent y^q^tet are being
harvested. r
The Sheriff sold for the Jwfftrof Probate,
for partition, the tracts of land mentioned below,
14 in number, aggregating 2235 acres.
The lands belonging to the estate of William
McGill, Sen., deceased, were sold on a credit
of one and two years; the other tracts on a
credit of one year, with interest from date in
each instance. i . .. m .
Land of A. J. Me QUI, deceased.?Eightytwo
acres, purchased by W. W. Gaffney, at
' $12.15 per acre;
i Lands of Wm. McQill, Sen., deceased.?
Tract A, known as the "Mill tract," containing
251 acres, was purchased by W. J. McGill
at $9.65 per acre.
8 Tract B, known as the "Mary Henry tract"
containing 146 acres, was purchasbed by J.
the "Home tract," containing 250 acres, was
purchased, by Join McGill at $14.51 ner acre.
Tract D^kmnta as the "B$l jBrandh tract,"
-eoumtmagMg Rorw,1 "Wits 'prsrrtissfld by Jtihu -
containing 651 acres, was sold at 50 cents per
acre; tract, F, known as the "Meacham tract"
"Home
tract," containing 199 acres, at $1.25
per acre; and tract I, known as the middle
division of the "Wolf Creek tract," containing
308 acres, at $1 per acre. These four tracts
were purchased in copartnership by a portion
of the legatees of the estate. ,
Tract H, known as the middle division of
the "Wolf Creek tract," containing 202 acres,
was purchased by Calvin Whisonant, at $4
P6* acreTract
J, known as the Westmoreland tract,"
containing 83 acres, was purchased by Calvin
Whisonant, at $430 per aerej,,i ;j
Tract K, known as the "JHardin land," containing
88 acres, was .purchased by James
Cobb at $1.50 per acre. __ ' ,
"Home tract," cont^mng 267 acres^situated r?
on Bullock's Creek, *aa purchased V-Mvy/
' A^arks??i 5*2 porj^rr.- -r
, The "Good timi? containing 68 acrss, was
purchased by-*Us&orne ft |?.1U fiyifcre,
Zand of George ftfid, deceased?A tract of
land situated on Fishing Creek, containing
96 acres, was , purchased by W* G. Refd at
$6.80 per aci . . : ,?/ v{
i, S8B8II^S?fi
On last Thursday a meeting was held at
Richmond, Va., composed of the soldiers and
sailors of tW late Confederate army and .navy,
'? ? 'j;:JTfi* bi'ii iT? y-, < ?(T;.p<.,#xwJw <5'
forf the purpose of paying .a s^MeJnbute
to the memory of General Lee. Ex-Fresident
Davis happened to be passing through the
city/and he was of course called on for a
speech. His remarks, as reported "by the
Richmond Dispatch, are as follows:
"Soldiers and Seniors of the (Confederacy,
Comrades and Friendf': Assembled on this Sad
occasion, with hearts oppressed witH'the grief
that follows the loss of him who wa^oorieader
on many a bloody baUie-field, a pleasing
though melancholy spectacle, is presented.
Hitherto, and in all times, men hare been
honored when successful, but here is the.case
of one who, amid disaster^ went down W) his
grave, and those whd were his compahkxnin
misfortune have assembled to hotior hisfodftH
oiyv It isasmoohian honor to youwho 'rire
as to him who receives* for abovethe Vflg**
to discriminate between him who .enjoys and
Smtrn'mimmM'
Robert E.'Le?%?* m^asMcUteibdaieBd
in the military acadeniy, and we were friends
until the hoar p?his deathsWe were ^isoci*
ate* and friends f bw Kwfs'f^ldie? and,I
when he led the armies of the Confederacy
afiri ^aa'iin!fox^fe -wpS
through many sad scenes
not remember that there was 'ever aughtibut
perfoet harmony between-nit Ifi eta}'there
' was difference of opinion it was dissipated,
! tSSSSS?H&
est tendencytp self-seeking. It was not Mb
to make a record, it was n<* his to shift hI"WU,
to otKersKouldera;but itifesIns, wMian^ye^^*""
fixed upon the .wclfiuti of * tet>ooMtrfbBM6T
faltering^ to Mow the line, of duiytothe and.
His was the heart that braved every diiftculty:
his was the piind that wrought victory out of
defeat. vTT'fjs i .or (tauiow / '
He has been charged with "want atdaub.**
[ I wish >to say that I never knew Lee ta litter
1 to attempt anything ever man oou&dare.
A# attempt has also been made to throw a
i cloud upon his character, because he leftthe
army of the United States to joihinthe struggle
for . the liberty 6f b&-S^fWithout
trenching !at all' upon poHtic^ I deem tt mr
duty to say one "Wora>:in refareooe to th?
charge. Virginian:-born,descsndsdfiroma
famijy illustruw in; Virginia's annals, jpyen
by Virginia to the service: of the r United
States, he represented her in the Military
Academy at West Point. He was hot educated
by the Federal Government, but by Virginiafor
the paid her fall dart for the sopport
of that institution, and, was entitled to
demand in return theservices of Jber j^na
Entering the army of the United States* Ip,
represented Virginia there also,' apd 'nobly.
On many a hard-fought field Lee Waft couspicuous,
battling for hn native State as much
as for die Union; He camh from Mejrieo
crowned with honors, covered by brevets, and
repognized, young as he was, , as one of the
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prove that he was estimated then <w soph, let
me tell yon that when Lee was acaptftinof
engineers stationed in Baltimore, the Cuban
Junta in New York Selected him to be-'their
leader in the struggle for the indepe&deaoe of
their native country, They wefee anxious to
secure his services,. and,, offered him- every'
temptation that 'ambition jcould desire. He
tHnncht the matter over.and. I remember,
came to Washingtonto coiisultme a? to"what
he should do, tod when I began to discuss the
complications which might arise fnm his ao>
ceptance of the trust he gently rebuked me,
saying, that this was not the line upon- which
he wished ray advice, the ample question was,
" Whether it was right ar noti . Hie had been
educated by the United States, and felt wrong
to afecept a place in the army of a foreign pow'
er. Suoh was his extreme delicacy,'sttch'Was
the nice sense of honor of the gallant gentleman
whose death we deplore. ?|tt wben Virginia
withdrew)?theState to
sense of honor led him to draw, his sword and
throw it in the scale fbr good or for evil.
Pardon ine for this brief defence'trf my-illustrious
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'When Virginia jained this Confederacy,
Robert E. Lee, the highest officer ia the little'
army of Virginia, came to Richmond, and
pot pausing to inquire what would be Ids rank
in the, service.of the Confederacy, went to
i Western Virginia under the belief that he
was still an officer of the State. He came
back, carrying the heavy weight of defeht and
unappreciated,by the people whom he served;
for they could not know, as X knew, that if
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result Would have been victory rather than
retreat. Ybu did not know, for I would not
have known it -had he not breathed h ii my
ear only at my earnest request, and begging
' that nothing be said about it. The clamor
which then arose followed him when he jfient
to South Carolina, so that it became necessary
on his going to South Carolina to write a letter
to the Governor of that State, telling him
what manner of man he was. Yet, through
all this,-with a magnanimity rarely equalled,
he stood in silence, without defending himself
or allowing others to defend him, for h$,was
unwilling to offend any one who was wearing
a sword and striking blows for the Confederacy.
Mr. Davis then spoke of the straights to
which the Confederacy was'reduced, and of
the danger to which her capital Was exposed
iuat after,the battle of Seven Pines, aad told
how Geqpyal Lee had conceived and execqtod
the desperate plan to turn their hank and (rear,
which, after seven days of Moody battle was
crowned \rith the protection of Richmond,
while the enemy was driven for from the city.
The speaker referred also to the circumstances
attending General Lee's crossing the Potomac