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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 19. 1881.
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SENATORIAL RESIGNATIONS.
The most exciting event of the present session
of the U. S. Senate, was the resignation
of the New York Senators^ Conkling and
Piatt, which was transmitted to the VicePresident,
and by him read before the Senate
on Monday last. Though the letter of resignation,
signed by both Senators, is very
lengthy, the gist of it is that Conkling, being
unable to control the President and dictate
to the Senate, decided to resign his seat, and
trust to the chances of reelection by the Assembly
of New York, as a vindication of
himself and a rebuke to the President. Piatt,
being regarded as the tail to Conklingfs Jrite,
expects, of course, to fly back with him. We
have already stated the cause ol the dinerences
which have sprung up between the
New York Senators and the administration,
the principal one being that the President has
proposed to make some changes in appointees
to foreign missions now filled by citizens of
New York, whom Conkling wishes retained
in their present positions, and notably his opposition
to the removal of Gen. Merritt from
the collectorship of the port of New York,
substituting for him Wra. H. Robertson.
The President has stood firm in adhering to
his nominations, however distasteful they may
be to the self-assumed leader of the Republican
party ^and now the dead-lock is broken
only by the captious resignation of Conkling
and his colleague, which is, to say the least,
regarded as childish.
After the resignation was read in the Senate,
an impromptu meeting of the Cabinet was held
and it is understood that the Administration
is determined not to yield. Conkling evidently
expects to be returned immediately,
in which event he threatenes to act as an Independent
Senator, and not affiliate with the
Republicans.
In Albany, both houses of the Assembly
were crowded ou Monday to hear the letter
of resignation addressed to the Governor of
JNew York read. At the conclusion of the
reading, the Speaker was obliged to order the
floor cleared, so that business could be proceeded
with. The Stalwarts were very reticent,
and would not intimate what is to be
done. The time for holding the election will
be fixed at an early day. A New York dispatch
of Monday says rumors are on foot in
that city that there will be a union in the
Assembly of the anti Conkling Republicans
and the Democrats, with a view to the election
of one Senator from each party to fill the vacancies;
though the general impression is
that both of the resigning Senators will be
reelected and thus show a legislative endorsement
of the position they have taken.
COWPENS CENTENNIAL.
We acknowledge our indebtedness to the
News and Courier, for extracts taken from its
account of the centennial celebration of the
battle of Cowpens. In connection with the
event, the News and Courier published over
thirty columns, giving much historical infor'mation,
some of which was, for the first time,
published in its columns. The telegraph was
used freely, not less than twelve columns
having been transmitted by wire. The work
was well done, and with pardonable pride the
'News and Courier refers to the achievement,
at the same time giving expression to a remark
which is unfortunately too true, and
that is, that such an expenditure does not
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that it would bring in the.North and West.
"The Southern people," continues our cotemporary,
"are not quick to appreciate the nicer
shades of difference in journalism." In other
words, it might have been stated what the
Southern people are not inclined to recognize,
much less being slow to appreciate, the enterprise
of journals published in their midst.
This is the experience of all Southern publishers,
whether of daily or weekly issues.
By some strange hallucination, a majority of
the people are possessed with the idea that a
newspaper office is only another name for a
mint for coining money, and that the newspaper
is issued merely for diversion and pastime.
It i9 also a notable error with many
persons, that in the weekly offices there is no
condescension to work by any one connected
with them except on publication days, when
the opulent editor and his wealthy assistants
"strike off" the paper as hurriedly as possible
and take until next publication day for the
enjoyment of their redundant and easily acquired
cash. How entirely the reverse of all
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mic, tou ucst uc auswereu Dy me loners id
printing offices?the editorial rooms, the composing
rooms, and the press-rooms?from Monday
morniDg until Saturday night, the year
round ; the same unceasing, unending treadmill
life, requiring unremitting labor, and
the duties of each man to be promptly per'
formed.
True, the labor devolving upon a weekly
is not nearly so great as that pertaining to
the publication of a daily; yet to those who
properly discharge their duties on a weekly,
the labor is even greater to the individuals
than when a specified task is assigned to each
member of the staff, and for that day he has
no other work on his hands. The remarks
of our Charleston cotemporary as to the want
of appreciation by the Southern readers apply
with the same force to the weekly press of
the South as to the daily. The Enquirer,
however, has no cause to complain. The
circulation of the paper is good; with a
denser population it would no doubt be better;
but on occasions of a purely local nature,
similar to that which has just tested the
enterprise of the News and Courier, when
in our humble way we have attempted full
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and graphic reports, the results were taken a9
a matter of course, and the "slow appreciation"
mentioned by the Charleston journal,
was our only reward. We are pleased that a
newspaper of the ability and character of the
Xetos and Courier has touched upon this
subject. South of the Potomac the press?
neither the weekly nor daily?is appreciated
as it deserves. With better patronage,
more liberal views towards the conductors,
and a "quicker appreciation" of their labors,
Southern newspapers would be the equal of
any published in the Union.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Southern Baptist Convention has
been invited to hold its next annual session in
Greenville.
? Gen. Gary's will gives his entire property
to his three sisters?Mrs. General Evans, Mrs.
Hodges and Miss Luella Gary.
? W. B. Stanley. Esq.. of Columbia, has
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been elected President of the Central National
Bank of that city.
? Capt. W. L. DePass, of Camden, died of
heart disease in Columbia, on Tuesday morning
of last week.
? Somebody in Horry county has sent the
Commissioner of Agriculture a collection of
bugs and worm6 found in a commercial fertilizer.
? The Senate has confirmed Judge Samuel
W. Melton as United States District Attorney
; Absalom Blythe as United States MaroKo]
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postmaster at Columbia.
? G. W. Holland, of Newberry, Grand Reporter
of the Grand Lodge of the Knights
of Honor of South Carolina, has gone to
Minneapolis, Minnesota, to attend the meeting
of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor
of the World.
? The Town Council of Prosperity, Newberry
county, have given notice of a tax of
$5 on each ageDt selling guano in that town.
The guano agents, having already paid the
privilege tax of 25 cents per ton to the
State, demur to this addition, and have complained
to the department of agriculture.
The question of the power of a town to add
other taxes when the fertilizer dealers have
already paid a ta? to the State which enti
ties them to sell anywhere within it, will be
referred to the attorney-general by the com
missioner for his decisiou.
? The Anderson Intelligencer says : "There
is sonje talk?in fact, a strong probability?
that an effort will be made in Anderson this
Summer to elect n dry ticket, and in view of
this movement, we are informed that two
wholesale liquor dealers residing outside of
this State, have, by their salesmen, promised
to contribute from two to six barrels of whis
ky towards controlling the vote in favor of a
continuance of license. If such a policy be
resorted to, it may be that the Legislature can
be induced to absolutely clese up the liquor
business in the town altogether."
? On Monday night of last week, near the
Cowpens, in Spartanburg county, Berryman
W. Hicks, a white man, murdered bis wife
by cutting ber th roat and shooting her in the
abdomen. He then attempted to put an end
to his own existence ;-.flicting three severe
cuts upon bis throat, none of which, however,
proved fatal. Ho was arrested during the
day and lodged in jail. He claimed to have
killed his wife because she was unfaithful to
him. His neighbors say that his charges
against his wife, who was his senior by ten
years, are without the slightest foundation.
They had beeu married fifteen months. The
murdered woman was his second wife. His
first is said to have obtained a divorce from
him because of his ill treatment. Hicks will
probably recover from his injuries.
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? On Monday last, the summer schedule
was commenced of running through in one
day from Charleston to Hendersonville, N. C.
? On the 4th of June, Laurens will vote on
the question of making a county subscription
of $75,000 to the Spartanburg and Laurens
Railroad.
? On the 2d of June, Statesville will vote
on a proposition to subscribe $50,000 to the
Statesville Air-Line Railroad, this subscription
to be turned over to the North Carolina
Midland, provided it builds to Statesville.
? The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
about to contract for 50,000 plants of various
kinds, to be delivered at the stations between
Jersey City and Philadelphia. The purpose
is to have flower beds at every station along
the route.
? Col. Yates, the chief engineer of the
North Carolina Midland Railroad Company,
has written to Captain Kirkland, the chief
engineer of the Spartanburg, Laurens and
Greenwood Railroad company, to ascertain
whether the latter can make a survey from
Shelby, N. C., to Spartanburg.
? An electric railroad is now successfully
running from a point in the city of Berlin to
the suburbs. This is the first actual trial
with the system for regular traffic. Edison,
in this country, has experimented a good
deal and promised much more, but appears
to have dropped the subject, for the present,
at least.
? Notwithstanding the lease of the Spartanburg
and Union Railroad to the Columbia
and Greenville Road, the Asheville and Spartanburg
Road will remain an independent
corporation under control of President McAden.
He says that if the recenl sale of that
property is comfirmed by Judge Bond, in
June next, the road will be completed to
Asheville at once, arrangements to that effect
having already been7 made.
? Twenty thousand car-loads ot ireight are
detained on the tracks in and near Chicago, in
consequence of the strike of the railroad
hands. Large quantities of grain are spoiling
from the damp weather, and consequent reduction
in value amounts in some cases to
fully $100 per car-load. The stock-yards
are full to overflowing, and cattle arriving
have to be kept in the cars on the track, with
no conveniences for feeding or watering them.
? The contract for the lease of the Spartanburg,
Union and Columbia Railroad to
the Columbia and Greenville Railway, was, on
Friday last, signed, sealed and delivered by
R. Y. McAden, president, to R. L. McCaughrin,
president of the Columbia and Greenville
road, and the property formally delivered.
The Columbia and Greenville road now ba3
full control and operates the same. James
Anderson, the present superintendent, is retained
in office. The terms of the lease are
$50,000 per annum for ninety-nine years, the
rental secured by hypothecation of securities
in the First National Bank of Charlotte.
? A New York dispatch says that on Monday
last, Colonel E. W. Cole, of Tennessee,
formed, in that city, probably the largest syndicate
ever formed in this country for the
purchase of railroad interests. The scheme
embraces a comprehensive system from the
Northwestand Southwest to the Atlantic coast,
by the purchase of existing lines and building
new ones. Purchases have already been concluded
of the Macon and Brunswick Road
of Georgia, the East Tennessee and Virginia
system of roads, embracing 619 miles, the
Selma, Rome and Dalton, and Memphis and
Charleston roads, covering, in all, about 1,300
miles. The syndicate has subscribed $16,000,000
of capital.
? A Chester dispatch of Saturday, to the
New and Courier, says that the Richmond
and Danville Railroad has secured a controling
interest in the Cheraw and Chester Railf*d\a
rt kir a lafo nnrnktiap nf str>f?k at nominal f
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prices. Such an interest could not be obtained,
but for the fact that $75,000 of stock due
by the Cheraw and Chester Koad, under its
charter, to Chester couuty, has never beeu
issued, and is still withheld. On motion of
A. G. Brice, Esq., representing the county
commissioners of Chester county, Judge
Mackey, on Saturday, granted an alternative
writ of mandamus directed to the Cheraw
and Chester Koad, commanding, that it is
sue the stock forthwith, or snow cause uu
the 3d of June for a refusal. " He also granted
a writ of injunction against the directors of
the Cheraw and Chester Road, restraining
tbem from laying a second mortgage of fifty
thousand dollars upon the road, as they had
decided to do, until the stockholders of the
company had authorised such action. It
may be that this will lead to the valid execution
of such a mortgage, but the object of
: the injunction isnol clear.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The last spike of the Elizabeth City (N.
C.) and Norfolk (Va.) Railroad was driven
last Friday.
? Fifty immigrants arrived at Salisbury
last week and secured homes without difficul- J
ty.
? Up to this date twenty-five counties in
North Carolina have declined to grant retail
liquor licenses.
? Redmond, who is confined in the Asheville
jail, is still suffering very much from
his wounds. Three balls that the physicians
could not extract are still troubling him.
? The county commissioners of Wake county
granted license to sell intoxicating liquors,
at their meeting last week. It seems that
they must have whisky at the capital of the
Slate.
? The Newton Enterprise says: "Since the
inauguration of the prohibition campaign,
the price of liquor has been falling every
week. We are told that a load was taken to
Charlotte last week, and not finding a purchaser
at any price, was brought back home."
? A daughter of Hon. Kenneth Rayner,
the present Solicitor of the United States
Treasury, was married a few days since by
a Roman Catholic priest, at Washington, D.
C. Twenty-five years ago,-Mr. Rayner, father
of the bride, was at the head of the KnowNothing
party of North Carolina, and wrote
bitter articles and made impassioned speeches
ugaiust the church with which his daughter
is now connected.
? Priester, the patricide, on his way to
Greenville, stopped in Lincolnton for a day
or two, registering at the hotel as "F. F.
Johnson, Texas." He claimed to be in bad
health and professed to be seeking employment,
which he was willing to take on a farm
and be content if he made only his board.
After he left, a vial containing one ounce of
laudanum was found in his room, bearing the
label of a Waynesville, Ga., druggist.
? Says the Charlotte Observer: "A gentleman
residing in this city, who is materially
interested in the success of the Keely motor,
has just returned from Philadelphia, where
he, with others, were treated to an exhibition
of its powers and progress. Immediately after
the test, it is understood, the stock, which
has been standing at 85 a share for a long
time, advanced to 814. Keely asserts that he
[ will be ready for a public and final test by
the first of July.
? 0. R. Smith, an inventor of Durham,
writes to the Raleigh Observer that be has
worked his cotton picker for two years, worn
it out, and proved that he is the first man
that ever picked a bale of cotton with machinery,
and sold it for the same as handpicked
cotton, aud never touched it. The
machine gathers three-fourths of the open
cotton in going over once, and shows a bet1
ter sample of cottoD from the same field thau
hand picked, for it gathers nothing but the
p.erfect cotton. -It can be made to gather a
bale an hour, where the cotton is well opened.
Mr. Smith says that he will have one of his
machines on exhibition at the Atlanta exposition
next October.
? The Statesville Landmark says : "Intelligence
of a tragical occurrence comes from
Union Grove township, in the extreme north?
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week a youth of the name of John Browp,
aged 20 or 21 years, with a view to breaking
a little nephew of the habit of eating dirt,
which he had unhappily contracted, took
him out to a>tree and told him of his purpose
to hang him for his vile habit. He accordingly
tied a rope around his neck and swung
him up to a limb. After letting him hang
awhile, for the purpose of frightening him
thoroughly, he cut the child down, but unfortunately
the experiment had been carried
too far. The same night the child died. No
one ascribes to the uncle any criminal purpose,
and he has not been taken into custody."
MERE-MENTION.
There are 43,000 post offices in the United
States. Gen. James Longstreet has been
confirmed as United Statea Marshal for Georgia.
The Senate has confirmed the appointment
of Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. At
the next session of the Georgia Legislature,
an attempt will be made to prohibit the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors in
that State. Old John Brown's widow
has been presented with 83,000, which sura j
was contributed by the people of the Pacific j
coast through the newspapers. Dr. Tan- !
uer, the faster, is out West selling to den- '
tists a machine for administering laughing
gas. The General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church will meet at Staunton, i
Va., to-day. Boston Corbett, the slayer
of Wilkes Booth, is said to be living extremely
poor and in an almost destitute con- j
dition, near Philadelphia. His mind seems
to be unhinged, and he lives in constant'
dread of assassiuatiou. In the New
York Assembly on%e 11th, a bill to allow 1
women to vote was defeated. At Waco,
Texas, the other day, while Rev. Mr. Dimmitt,
the Carapbellite preacher at Sherman, j
was stauding in a pool baptizing a repentant
sinner, some rascal stole the reverend gen-1
tleman's boot9, which he liad pulled off before
wadiug into the water. A Chicago Republican
was couverted from his political
heresy by discovering at New Orleans that a
negro congregation of 200 had 40 members
licensed to preach the gospel. That settled
him. Georgia derives an income of
$50,000 per annum from a tax on fertilizers.
The French actress, Bernhardt,
went back to France with about a quarter of
a million of dollars, as the result of her tour
in this country. In the Superior Court
of Fulton couuty, Ga., at Atlanta, last week,
a young lawyer named J. C. Barton, of that
city, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment
in the State penitentiary for perju
ry. The Woman's National Christian
Temperance Union numbers 50,000 members.
The women of the South are taking up the
work, and the membership is rapidly increasing
in all the States. The Atlanta (Ga.,)
Constitution publishes a list of thirty-one
couples who are applying for divorces in that
State.
COWPENS CENTENNIAL.
The centennial of the battle of Cowpens?
fought on the 17th of January, 1781?was
celebrated in Spartanburg, on Wednesday of
last week, in a grand and imposing manner,
the main feature of the ceremonies being the
unveiling of Ward's statue of Gen. Morgan,
which surmounts a massive granite column in
the public square. The column is erected
by the contributions of the old Thirteen States
and Tennessee, and qost, with the foundation
and erection, 85,0007" The* monument is designed
in a simple and unpretentious style,
which is certainly in keeping with the character
of the hero of the fight, while the sturdy
dignity of the architectural portion of the
desigu is calculated to raise in the miuds of
those who behold it, that veneration and re
spect, and quiet admiration of its proportions,
which the Doric order always commands.
The monument is properly divided into three
different parts, viz. : The base, the shaft, and
the statue, which stands upon its abacus.
The base, which is octagonal in plan, is composed
of four members. The base proper, a
complete octagon, is in two pieces, and is the
only portion of the monument containing a
perpendicular joint; all the other separate
members being in one piece. This base is eleven
feet in diameter, and one and one-half feet
thick. The sub-base is in one piece of stone
eight feet and three inches in diameter; a
"wash" of about one iuch in height is cut on
the base and sub-base forming a bevelled face
from the outer edge of the sub base to the die
block ; this bevelled face, although a utilitarian
feature, by anticipating as it were the
taper of the die block, avoids the violent contrast
which would otherwise exist between
perfectly square corners, and the softer outline
of the die-block. The die-block (restiug
immediately upon the sub-base) is at the bottom
five and one-half feet in diameter; it is
four and a half feet in height to the architrave,
and tapers to a diameter of four and
two-thirds feet at that point. The architrave
which finishes the base, is composed of three
members?the cavette, fillet, and level, a
common but appropriate combination, and in
keeping with the simple character of the
design. At this point the base of the monument
terminates and the shaft begins.
The shaft, a simple truueated cone, three
feet and two thirds in diameter at th? base,
and three feet and one-third at the point of
juncture with the cap, is little less than three
diameters high, crowned with a moulded cap,
in which the strict severity of the Doric has
given place to a lreer mode of treatment;
inasmuch as in this case the mouldings are
much lighter, and the number of the mem
. _
Ders greater ; tne memoers composing me
capitol are a countersunk fillet or cincture ;
an elongated cavelteHfcrved with the usual
leaf and dart; a fillet,' an ogee, (the largest
member ;) the whole terminated by the square
abacus, which is four feet aud five inches
across. From the ground to the top of the
abacus is twenty one feet.
The whole is surmounted by a bronze statue,
9 feet in height, of General Morgan, dressed
in the hunting shirt of the olden time, with
the otter skin chapeau of the then Riflemen
uniform, modelled by NVard, of New York,
aTid will stand in silent testimony of the
sculptor's skill and hearty enthusiasm in his
work. The figure of General Morgan represents
the hero as having just taken a step ;
the right foot advanced, (the weight of the
body thrown forward and resting upon it,)
the left foot not yet having left' the ground ;
the left arm is raised to the height of the
breast, (the hand seems to be clutched,) while
the right arm is drawn slightly back, with
! the elbow slightly bent, and the right hand
firmly grasping a sword, the scabbard to
which swings over the left hip. The face is
turned toward the .left, and being represented
as smooth shaven, the very marked features of
the countenance are therefore displayed. Mr.
Ward was occupied for nine consecutive
months in the preparation of the statue. Its
material is a fine golden bronze, which will
gradually darken with exposure to the air.
The following inscriptions appear in the
bronze pauels of the monument:
East Face.?To the American soldiers, who,
On the held of Cowpetis, January 17th, 1781, fought
victoriously for the right of self-government and
civil liberty. Wo enjoy the results of their toil
and sacrifice. Let us emulate their fortitude and
virtue. This column is erected by the States of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virdanwiriu
nnH Smith PnrnlinM thft fill! Tllir
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teen States, and the State of Tennessee.?1881.
Morgan. The unanimous resolve of the Congress
ofthe United States crowns this memorial column
with the form and face of Gen. Daniel Morgan,
the hero of Cowpens, who, on that field, was
victorious in the great cause of American Independence.
North Face.?New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut.?To Patriotism
and the Brave. Forever in the past is Sacrifice.
In the future Progress. Liberty and Uniou.
Howard.
Wkst Face.?Southern States.?One hundred
years ago the men of the North and the South
fought together, and by their blood secured the
Independence and cemented the Union of the
American States. The bond that then bound
them-together is the bond of their fellow-countrymen
to-day. The common country they created
is the heritage of all their sons, The perpetuation
of the Republic of their fathers is the safety and
honor of North and South, alike the sentiment
and duty of all the States. Exto perpetua. Wm.
Washington. The Washington Light Infantry,
to whose custody the widow of Col. Wm. Washington
committed his crimson battle-ilag, projected
this Memorial Column, and participated in
its dedication, again unfurling
"The glorious Standard which nt
Eutaw shone so bright,
And as a dazzling meteor swept
Thro' the Cowpens deadly tight."
South Face.?Middle States.?1781.?One People.
No North, No South, No East, No West.
A common interest. One Country.?One Destiny.?1881.
As it was, so ever let it be. Pickens.
The ceremonies of the celebration were
inaugurated at sunrise on the 11th by a salute
of thirteen guns, fired by the Columbia Flying
Artillery. At half past 9 o'clock a salute
of three cunswas fired bv the same command,
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when the various visiting military organizations
were massed in Main street, to the east
of the railroad track, and formed into two brigades,
the Fourth Brigade under the command
of Brig.-Gen. C. Irvine Walker, occupying
the right of the line, and the Second,
or Centennial Brigade, made up of all the
other commands present, under the command
of Col. Hugh S. Thompson on the left j
of the line. The entire body of troops was
under command of Gen. John C. Anderson, |
of the Thirteenth Brigade of South Carolina
State troops. Acting upon Gen. Anderson's ;
staff, was Major Vardry McBee, of Greenville,!
and Major Smith, of Spartanburg. Col. R.!
C. Gilchrist of Charleston, was detailed by ,
Adjt-General Manigault to assist in the formation
of the line. . j
Gen. H. I. H^nt, of the United States
Array, acted as reviewing officer of the day,
his staff being composed of Lieutenant J. M. j
Baldwin and Major Daniel Morgan Taylor, I
of the United States Army, and Cols. S. B.!
Pickens, McHenry Howard and J. B. Wash- j
igton, the lineal decendants of the heroes of j
Cowpens.
The following officers participated in the'
review as members of Governor Hagond's
staff: Lieut.-Cols. Tilrnan Watson, of Colura!
bia ; J. G. Clinkscnles, of Anderson ; George
T. Graham, of Lexington ; 0. L. Schumpert,
of Newberry; L DuBos, of Charleston ; and
W. R. Davie of Chester.
At 10 o'clock, Gen. Hunt received thedi- j
vision in line and rode around in review.
He then took his stand in front of the Ceuten- J
nial stage and reviewed the troops while they ;
passed before him in platoons. The troops j
marched promptly forward and presented a ;
fine appearance, keeping the step with all 1
the precision of Freuch veteraus. The column
was headed by the old Eutaw Band of J
Charleston, and moved in the following I
order:
FIRST REGIMENT OF RIFLES.
Col, W. M. Bruns, commanding; Lieut. Col. L.
DeB. MeCrady, captain ; J.'L. (Jantt, Jr., adjutant;
A. C. Manigault, quartermaster; Dr. H.
Omirriin DpSlAiittciiirP apMnir ailrcrpnn Punf. A *.T.
Chisolm, aide.
German Artillery, Charleston, Capt. F. "VV.
Wagener commanding; and the LaFayette Artil.-y,
Charleston, Capt. B. F. Mantoue commanding,
and also in charge of battalion of artillery.
Sumter Guards, Charleston, Capt. C. F. Hard
commanding.
Charleston RiflemeU, Capt. W. E. Butler commanding.
Montgomery Guards, Capt. J. F. Redding commanding.
Palmetto Guard, Charleston, Capt. Samuel
Wiley commanding.
Irish Volunteers, Charleston, Capt. P. O'Neill
commanding.
German Fusiliers, Charleston, Capt. Henry
Schachte commanding.
Fifth Artillery Band, United?States Army.
Washington Light Infantry, Charleston, Capt.
George D. Bryan commanding.
Carolina Riile Battalion, Major Thomas Frost,
Jr., commanding ; Lieut. Trezevant Williams,
adjutant; J, G. Holmes, Jr., paymaster; W.J.
McCormac, quartermaster. Company A of Battalion,
Lieut. C. F. Hankel commanding; Coinnotiv
R Punf W SJf. .Inlipit .lorvAv pnmmanfUiif.
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German Hussars, Capt. Gerchard Rieckc, commanding.
Acting upon Gen. Walker's Staff, were Col.
Arthur Mazyck, adjutant; Major Wolhers, quartermaster,
Major D. O'Neill, paymaster, and
Major C. R. Holmes, aide.
PALMETTO REGIMENT.
Col. Hugh S. Thompson, commanding; Lieut.
Col. A. H. White, Major J. K. Marshall, Adjt.
John P. Thomas, Jr., tiuai termaster J. M. Morris,
Sergt.-Mfljor C. M. Tew.
Governor's Guards, Columbia, Capt. Wilie
Jones, commanding.
Richland Volunteers, Columbia, Capt. R. N.
Riohbourg, commanding,
Columbia Flying Artillery, with battery of two
12-pounders, Capt. J. Q. Marshall, commanding.
Gordon Light Infantry, Winnsboro', Capt. W.
G. Jordan, commanding.
Leo Light Infantry, Chester, Lieut. John MeFadden,
commanding.
Catawba Hilles, Rock Hill, Capt. Allen Jones
commanding.
Greenville Cadets, Capt. J. B. Patrick, commanding.
King's Mountain Military School Cadets, Yorkville,
Col. Asbury Coward, commanding.
Carolina Military Institute Cadets, Charlotte,
Col. John P. Thomas, commanding.
Butler Guards, Greenville, Captain Waddy
Thompson, commanding.
Color bearer W. H. Chapman, of the Palmetto
Guards, carried the Fort Moultrie Centennial
standard, presented by Miss Julia G.
Elliott, grand daughter of Mrs. Elliott. Color-bearer
Hall T. McGee, carried the bullet
riddled battle flag borne by the company in
the Confederate war. The "Eutnw Flag" and
the Boston Centennial colors were borne by
the Washington Light Infantry. There were
about five hundred soldiers in line, and the
number of persons present is estimated at
from seven to eight thousand.
CEREMONIES AT THE MONUMENT.
The mellow notes of the towu bell had
scarcely toDed the hour- of noon, when the
sound of drums, which had been hushed for a
short time, could be heard again on all sides.
A few minutes later the troops came up to the
stand with colors flying and bands gaily
playing martial music. The W. L. I. formed
in hollow square on the right of the stand,
and the colors, consisting- of the historic Eutaw
flag and the Bostou Centennial banner,
wefe borne to the stage and given a prominent
place at the side of the Speaker's desk.
The Eutaw flag was borne by F. H. Honour,
the treasurer of the W. L. I., and the Boston
cnlnrs wpri> hnrnfi hv Mr. F. P. Salft.i. an nld
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member of the W. L. I. These two gentlemen,
with ex G'apt. Courtenay and Campbell
Douglas, were present as the survivors in thitf
State of the delegation of the \V. L. I., who,
in 1856, made the pilgrimage to the battle-field
of Cowpens, and at that time erected a monument
to the memory of the heroes of that
battle. The other troops were massed in
front and on the side of the stand, and the
multitude of civilians stretched out as far as
the eye could see, north, south, east and west,
to the back and to the front. On the house
tops, on the balconies, on the tiers of seats in
the windows, everywhere an endless sea of
people met the gaze. Old men and young
men, white and black, in all conceivable
dresses ; old matrons, young girls and little
children, all crowded together, forming a
dense background to the solid phalanx of soldiers
which closely surrounded the stand.
On the speakers' stand sat Governor Johnston
Hagood, the presideut, with the Hon.
Wm. A. Courtenay, the chairman of the
committee, and the officers of the occasion.
On his right was seated Governor Jarvis, of.
North Carolina, and on his left appeared the
Hon. Thomas W. Higginson, of Massachusetts.
In their rear sat Senators Lawrence
and Francis, and Representatives Van Cleeff
and Lawrence, the New Jersey committee.
To the left of these, arrayed in his clerical
robes, the Rev. Dr. A. Toomer Porter, the
chaplain of the Washington Light Infantry,
was seated. To the rear appeared Gen. H. I.
Hunt, U. S. A., and Lieut. Baldwin, of the
Fifth United States Artillery ; Lieut. Daniel
Morgan Taylor, Gen. Manigault, the officers
of the parading commands, Judge Bryan, the
Rev. Dr. Junkin, Judge Joseph Christian, of
the Supreme Court of Virginia, and Cols.
Buford and Cabell, of Virginia, representing
that State on the occasion ; Congressmen
John S. Richardson and J. H. Evins, State
Senators Gaillard, Moore, Lartigue, Jeter
and Callison, Representatives Hemphill, Ver
uer, Rucker and Allen, and a host of other
prominent visitors. Among the latter was
Mr. John Fielder, one hundred and one years
of age, who was born in this county and resided
here for seventy years, but who is now
a resident of Laurens county. Forming a
bright and pleasing picture in the throng upon
the stand, were the eight young ladies of Revolutionary
ancestry who were to assist in the
unveiling of the statue, and these were accompanied
by Mrs. Trust, the mother of Miss
Graham, who is the great grand-daughter of
Daniel MorgaD, and Mrs. Morgan Taylor,
who is the grand-daughter of Gen. Morgan.
As soon as the troops had been posted, Capt.
Courtenay commauded silence, and coming
tVin frotil- anift Ad ehm'rmnn of the enm
raittee of arrangements, I have the honor to
request that his Excellency Governor Johnson
Hagood, the Governor of South Carolina,
will take the chair, and that the Governors of
the "Old Thirteen" States and the State of
Tennessee be selected to act as vice presidents
with the Chaplain and Secretaries. I have
on behalf of the contributors (Capt. CourteI
nay continued) the honor to place in charge
of his Excellency Governor Hagood, the,
monument now completed and ready for ded-ication.
GOVERNOR HAGOOD
then rose, and advancing a few steps, in response
to Mayor Courtenay, said : Mr. Chairman,
in behalf of the Thirteen Original
States and of Tennessee, who have erected
the memorial column before us, and iu behalf;
of the Forty-sixth Congress who representing j
the people of the whole Union, have crown- I
ed it with the statue of Morgan, the Hero of
Saratoga as well as of Cowpens, I accept at i
your hands the finished work. In the completeness
of your arrangements for the dedi-.
cation to-day is recognized the patriotic ardor i
with which the whole duty assigned you has
been discharged. The ceremonies of the day
will be opened with prayer by Rev. A. Toomer !
Porter, the chaplain of the Washington Light
Infantry.
After prayer by the eminent divine, who ;
read from an Episcopal prayer-book, found
upon the battle field of Cowpens, soon
after the battle, and from the printed copy he
deviated ouly to beseech divine favor for the
President of United States and her most gra
cious Majesty Queeu Victoria, Governor Hagood
spoke as follows :
"My countrymen, we have met to commemorate
an event in our history memorable
in its occurrence and potent in its consequences.
The collision of arras upon the
field of Cowpens closed in its beginning the
second invasion of South Carolina by the
troops of Cornwallis, and was the first and [
perhaps the most important in the series of encounters
which culminated in the successful !
termination at Yorktown, a few months later,
of the struggle of the Colonies for separation
from the Mother Country. Those Colonies,
then loosely banded together for purposes of
allied assistance, driven since by the inexorable
force of events, have been fused and welded
into an indestructible Union composed
of indestructible States. [Applause.] The
infant communities of that time have become
the mighty Empire of this ; ranking in power
with the foremost, and exerting to-day umong |
the nations of the earth perhaps the most
profound influence upon the destiny of the
human race. [Applause.] It is well that
we should be here; that poetry and oratory
and art should lend their aid to commemorate
the virtues and achievements of the men
of Cowptns ; that the elder States should revisit
this spot, and, gathering their younger
sisters around the altar upon which a hundred
yeurs ago the fires of patriotism burned
so brightly, pledge themselves to the honor
and welfare of a common country. [Applause]
Governor Hagood continued : Capt.
George D. Bryan will now read an ode written
by the late Prof. Samuel Henry Dickson,
of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
dedicated to the Washington Light
Infantry, and recited on the occasion of their
first visit to the battle-field of Cowpens, April,
1856. Captain Bryan's association with the
Washington Light Infantry entitles him to
feel a deep interest in this occasion."
Capt. Bryan then came to the front and
read the ode.
Governor Hampton was then introduced
as the orator representing the States of Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee. The oration
occupied an hour in delivery, and besides
breathinfr a genuine natriotic sentiment, was
o ? 3 r '
a vivid recital of the battle commemorated,
and events immediately preceding and subsequent
to the Arnericau victory.
After this oration, James Simons read a
ballad written by J. J. Caldwell, M. D., of
Maryland, and dedicated to the Washington
Light Infantry, entitled "The Blue Hen's
Chickens."
Governor Hagood then introduced Mr.
Thomas Wtfntworth Higginson, of Boston,
representing the States of Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut,
who came forward and delivered a happy
address, which elicited frequent bursts of applause.
He was followed by Hon. W. H.
Francis, of New Jersey, who also spoke in a
felicitous strain.
When Mr. Francis had concluded, Senator
Hampton come forward and said that he desired
to deliver a message to the people of
South Carolina, and all present, from the
President of the United States. I am requested,
he said, to express to you the President's
sincere regret at his inability to be present
with you upon this occasion. He said that he
had desired to be here more than at any
other place during this whole year, and he
was kept away only by the pressure of unavoidable
public business, and by the indisposition
of his wife. He begs me to say to
the people of South Carolina that he hopes
that they will not forget to invite him on the
next grand occasion they have ; and he promises
to come, and in the name of the people of
South Carolina I have assured him at all
times of a generous reception and an honest
and a cordial Carolina welcome.
Governor Hampton's words were hailed
with long applause, and on motion of Lieut.
Marshall, of the Washington Light Infantry,
three rousing cheers Were given for the President
of the United States.
The Rev. Dr. Porter then came forward and
reverently pronounced the benediction, and
the unveiling of the statue began. The unveiling
was under the charge of Col. Stobo
Farrow, whose grandfather commanded a
company of Carolina militia at Cowpens, and
he was assisted by the following young ladies:
Miss Uouscnita ricKens, 01 jj/Ugeneia, aaugnter
of ex-Governor Pickens and granddaughter
of Col. Pickens ; Miss Maria Simons, of
Charleston, granddaughter of Cornet Simons
of Col. Washington's command ; Miss Grace
Graham, of New Orleans, gieat granddaughter
of Gen. Daniel Morgan; Miss Kate C.
Smith, of Spartanburg, whose granduucle was
killed in the battle of Cowpens and buried on
the battle-ground ; Miss Edith Courtenay, of
Charlestion, daughter of Oapt. W. A. Courtenay,
Mayor of Charleston ; Miss Hattie S.
Brown, of Winnsboro', a descendant of Gen.
Morgan's sister; Miss Sallie B. Jones, of
Spartanburg county, a great granddaughter
of Capt John Collins; Miss Clarice W. Coltou,
11 years of age, of Spartanburg,'a descendant
of Gen. Morgan's sister.
An avenue was opened through the crowd,
and the ladies who had occupied seats on the
stand were escorted by the officers of the
Washington Light Infantry to the base of the
monument. Miss Edith Courtenay wore a
Washington Light Infantry cap, with a white
dress trimmed with "red, white and blue"
ribbons. Each lady was given a silken cord,
which was attached to the veil of American
flags which surrounded the statue. At a
given signal the cords were /pulled, and for a
moment the veil was drawn away at the sides,
disclosing the hero of Cowpens as in the act
of stepping-from a tent. A moment later the
veil floated backward and downward, leaving
the magnificent figure clearly "outlined against
the blue sky of heaven.
The exercises were closed with a banquet
given at the Merchants' Hotel by the city
council of Spartanburg, at 5 o'clock P. M.,
and a grand pyrotechnic display after night.
THE REMOVAL^OF PRIESTER.
The Greenville News of Friday gives the
following account of the removal of Priester
from the jail of Greenville, to the jail of
Barnwell, the county in which the unfortunate
patricide occurred :
Mr. G. 0. Riley, Sheriff of Barnwell county,
arrived in the city yesterday morning at 6
a. m. on the Richmond and Danville Railway,
to take charge of W. H. Priester. Sheriff
Gilreath shortly afterwards called on the
prisoner and informed him of the fact. This
announcement, although it must have been
anticipated, violently agitated Priester, who
became thoroughly unmanned, manifesting, if
possible, a greater degree of nervous excitement
than he has exhibied since his arrest.
M rs. Priester and his cousin, Miss Priester, has
been constantly with the unhappy man since
last Tuesday, his condition, wheu left by himself,
being so deplorable as to induce them
not to leave him day or night. About nine
o'clock yesterday morning a close carriage
was driven to the jail, furnished by Mr. Har- |
ris for the comfort of the two ladies, who accompanied
Priester with Sheriffs Riley and '
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pot. Ou the way to the depot, Priester ex-. I
hibited the same utter abandonment to grief i
as he has always manifested when not under ^
the soothing influence of his devoted wife and
his cousin. On the way between the jail and
the depot, between violent fits of crying, he '
would throw up his hands and implore every* i
body to pray for him, and when placed on j
the cars he clung to his wife, uttering ini- j
ploring ejaculations, and as the train started
she was sitting by his side with his head on - J
her lap. It is Mrs. Priester's determination
to accompany him to Barnwell and to remain
with him to the last, whatever the issue of
this wretched tragedy may be. The trial *
will take place at the June term of Court, t
which convenes on the second Monday in r
June, Judge Mackey presiding. j
JC&F* Many suu strokes have occurred in New s
York city during the last week. While a ^
brigade of National Guards was beiug reviewed
on Thursday, over a hundred men, in- (
eluding the Colonel, sank to the ground from *
heat, and one or two will probably die. (
LOCAL A7FAIBS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Latimer A Hemphill?Millinery, MilHnery.
Susan E.Gordon, J. C. Smith, R. L. A. SmithCaution.
A. Pope, General Passenger Agent?Richmond
and Danville Railroad.
J. J. Smith A Co.?Bargains.
J. M. Adams?Wanted?Crockery ware?Lamps.
Latta Brothers?Family Groceriesand Plantation
Supplies.
IT. F. Adickes, Jr.?Stocks are Full.
C. E. Spencer, Intendant?Notice.
John C. Kuykeiidal?Plainly Seen?Hope for the -
Despairing?A Warranted cure?ah uunue
of Prevention.
Kennedy Ro-?r. & Barron?Coine and See.
Withers Adickes?Hardware, Etc.
EARLY* PEAS.
Mrs. F. C. Merritt favored us with a basket
of garden peas gathered in her garden on the
11th instant.
PROHIBITION PETITION.
Those who desire to sign a petition for a
State prohibitory liquor law, can find a printed
petition for that object at the store of Mr.
Joseph M. Adams.
PERSONAL MENTION.
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We have been pleased to receive a can from
Dr. Oliver J. Hart, of Wadamalaw Island,
near Charleston. Dr. Hart is here on
a visit to his son, G. W. S. Hart, Esq., and
will remain for several weeks.
THE COURTHOUSE.
The County Commissioners having decided
to put a new roof on the Court House, the
work was commenced last Monday morning
by Messrs. Woods & Cody, the contractors.
The roof will be of iron, furnished by the
Garry Iron Roo6ng Company, whose materials
for this purpose give universal satisfaction.
DRY WEATHER.
Complaint is made by the farmers of the
dry weather prevalent in most sections of the
county. The oat crop especially is suffering
for want of rain. So far as our information
extends, cotton is doing well ; the planters
geuerally are well up with their work, and the
plant is in a healthy condition.
PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Spirit of the Times, published at Sumter,
announces the death of Col. Cadwallader
Jones, whom i-t identifies as "one of our last
Presidential Electors." As this would imply
the death of our esteemed and honored countyman,
Col. Cad. J ones, of Rock Hill, we are
pleased to say that our cotemporary has been
misinformed. Col. Jones, though passed
middle life, is hale, hearty and handsome,
and bids fair to go through several presidential
campaigns.
EXTENDED MAIL SERVICE.
The post-office department has ordered an
increase of mail service ou the Chester and
Lenoir Railroad, extending this postal route
from Dallas to Lincolnton. This change will
go into effect on and after the 23rd instant.
The passenger trains are now making regular
daily trips to Lincolnton. The first passenger
train to Lincolnton, ou Monday of last
week, was drawn by the locomotive "V. A.
McBee," named in honor of a citizen of that
town, and its appearance, says the Progress,
was greeted with cheers and the waving of
handkerchiefs.
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULES.
The Air-Line Railroad has adopted & new
schedule, which is published on the third
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page 01 mis issue, xsy a cnaugu ui bciicuuic
of the South Carolina Railroad, close connection
is now made at Columbia with the C .C. &
A. Road, and at points between Charlotte and
Columbia, and at stations on the Chester and
Lenoir Road, the Charleston mail is received
in the afternoou of the day on which it leaves '
that city. Passengers leaving Charleston at
6 A. M., can reach Liucolnton, N. C., in the
afternoon of the same day. These changes
will not, at present, affect the schedule of
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad.
THE NEW TOWN COUNCIL.
The new town council of Yorkville, elected
on the 9ih instant, met on Monday last, and
organized by electing Warden G. W. S. Hart
as Clerk, the Inteudant, C. E. Spencer, being
ex officio chairman.
Rob't. B. McClain was authorized to act
as Town Marsha!! pro tempore, and until further
direction by the Council.
The ordinances requiring license for the
sale of mutton, and "fresh fish or oysters," . .
were repealed; and the ordinance regulating
the sale of "beef, veal or pork" was
amended. Official notice to this effect is published
in another column.
The Council then adjourned to meet again
on the 20th instant, at 4 P. M.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and
evening.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Marion Dargan,
Pastor. The anticipated two days' meeting at
King's Mountain Chapel has been postponed
until the next appointment. The usual morning
service at this church will he conducted
next Sunday. Rev. R. Lathan will preach in
the Methodist church at Yorkville on Sunday
night.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will 611 his regular
appointment at Tirzah next Sunday.
Church of the Good Shepherd?EpiscopalRev.
R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at the
usual hours, morning and afternoon.
BUILDED BETTER THAN HE KNEW.
Passengers on the Air-Line have noticed T
recently, in a held in Spartanburg county, on
a double masted staff about thirty 'feet high,
a huge whisky bottle placed mouth downward ^4
on top of the pole, and pending from the neck
of the bottle a long white streamer jauntily
floating to the breeze. So apposite to the
great tempefance wave now sweeping the
country did this manifestation seem, that a
friend who visited the centennial at Spartan
burg last week, says that he and others naturally
concluded that the reversed position of the
bottle and the white pennant waving in the
air, signalized on the part of him who erected
it, a straight-out unconditional surrender to
the cause of temperance and sobriety, and
they were profuse in their congratulations and
felicitations until informed that the object of
:heir admiration was not intended as a symbol
of temperance, however well it might
apply, but had been erected to frighten dep'edating
birds from the held?that it was, in
?act, a veritable scare-crow of the Spartanburg
pattern.
"LITTLE FHAULEIN."
A very fair audience greeted the juvenile
ictcre, who rendered a play of the above tile
at th? Court House last Friday night,
rhe piece is under the authorship of Mrs.
Elizabeth L. Herndon, atid consists of eight
icenes, abounding in mirth provoking situations,
the -denouement of which is the resting
of Little Fraulein by Hans Hood
'rom the jaws of a hungry wolf. Mrs. Hern- * ?
loo supervised the rendition of the play, and