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BY DRAYTON & M CRACKEN. AIKEN, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1883. VOLUME 2.-N0. ». Professional Advertisements. d! 8^ HExnEKSox. E. P. Uijsdeksox. Henderson Brotl lers, Attorkeyb at Law, Aii^K-v, 8. C Will United Una. Prompt attention gl\|en to lections. practice in the i itate and States Courts for Sofrith Caro- Oeo. W. Cboit. J. Zei * col- I) CX LAP. Croft & Dunlap, Attorneys at Law, Aif ex, 8. C. James Aldnc Attorney at Law, Air e Practices in the State a States Courts for South Ca n nd United dina. P. A. Emanuel, Attorney at Law^ At :en, S. C. Will practice in aiTTm! State and United States Courts. Sp ;ciul atten tion paid to collections menu of money. i ,ud invest- W. Quitman Davis, ken, 8. C. Attorney at La ay, Ai Will practice in the C< >urts of this Circuit. Special uttentit collections. »n given tt> 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law, AiIken, F. W. Norris, Attorney at Law, Will practice in all tuis State. KEN, t le Courts of Emil LiidelqeHs, Attorney at Law, AJiken, 8. C. Will practice in all tKie Courts of this State. All businefis transicted with promptness. James E. I) avis, Attorney' at jAW,- Barnwell Court Honise, 8. C. Hawkins K. Attorney at Law, Ro<j Will practice in all this State. Special at to collections. [enkins, nm, s. o. Ihe Courts of leution given I'vyer. and B. F., Attorney at in v 8outh Carolina', given to the collee Dr. B. H. Tei )FFI< Richland Avent Dr. J. II. Bui -OF Fit Graniteville, Ail Dr. J. II. Smith, Dentist. OFFICE AT Williston, Barnwell County, S. C. rST’Will attend calls to the country. Ileal Estate fo Sale. Also Houses and Rooms to rent. Apply to < H. SMITH, Main street, - - Aiken, S. C. CAROLINA SAVINGS BANK. OF CH. RJ.ESTON,. S. C. IneorporaO d Authorized Undivided by the State, 1N74. Lutal. . ..%-»00,000 Rits!....lii2«,07U *>0 Deposits received and interest al lowed in the ahjbve Rank at the rate of Five (5) Per Cent, per annum. Kx- ehange on New York, Liverpool and London bought .and sold. Geo. W. WijA.iams, President. J. Lame Johnston, Cashier. -FIRE- Insuraiicp Pn a Solid Basis. T HE undersigned, would call atten tion to their facilities for insu ring property against, lire in compa nies of unsurpassed reputation and at fair rates. In leases of losses oeeur- ■ : ;ig, their friends placing business in their hands cart rely on their personal attention to their interests in settle ment of claims. They ask a call from property own ers before placing their insurance elsewhere. Terms as low as any reli able, first-class companies. E. J. C. SIRER1 WOOD, A OTT. Bansley $c Renz, Official Directory. The State. ^-; Qover nor, Hugh 8. Thompson. Lieutenant-Governor, John C. Sheppard. Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb. A ttorney- General, Charles Richardson Miles. State Treasurer, • John Peter Richardson. Comptroller-General, William E. Stoxey. Superintendent of Education, Asbury Coward. Adjutant and Intpcctor-Gcneral, A. M. Maxigault. United Staten Senators, Wade Hampton, M. C. Butler. Congressmen* First District—Samuel j,>*ble. Second District—Geo. D. Tillman. Third District—D. Wyatt Aiken. Fourth District—John H. Evins. Fifth District—John J. Hemphill. Sixth District—George W. Dargan. Seventh District—E. W. M. Mackey Agricultural Department, A. P. Butler, superintendent. L. A. Ransom, secretary. flail road Commissioner, M. L. Bonham. Penitentiary, T. J. Lipscomb, superintendent. Supreme Court, W. D. Simi'Son, Chief Justice. Henry McJvek, Associate Justice. S. McGowan, Associate Justice. Circuit Courts, Fi>*sf Circuit—B. C. Pressley. Second Circuit—A. P. Aldrich. Third Circuit—T. B. Fraser. Fourth Circuit—J. H. Hudson. Fifth Circuit—J. B. Kershaw. Sixth Circuit—J. D. Witherspoon. Seventh Circuit—Win. H. Wallace. Eighth Circuit^-James S. Cothran. Solicitor Second Circuit, F. Hay Gantt. THE WESTERN CALAMITY. CINCINNATI AND LOCISVILLE THE PRINCIPAL SUFFERERS. The Ohio River Overflows Its Banks and Destroys Mvny Lives and Mil lions of Property. Louisville, Feb. 14.—When the sun rose yesterday morning over the flooded districts it revealed a scene of desolation, the like of which has never been witnessed in the history of the city. The chief center of attraction was at the Point, the scene of the dreadful calamity the night before, and when revealed in all its nakedness it showed even worse than the most vivid imagination could picture it. When the news was heralded at early morning that (he great dam at the head of the “cut-ofT” had succumbed to the fury of the waves, the whole city was in a bustle, and hundreds started immediately for the scene of the disaster, among them being the relief committees, bringing aid to Xho sufferers. All ‘morning a constant stream of people filed down the sev eral streets and walked up and down the railroad fill, which afforded the only sure, dry footing from which a good view oould be obtained. Stand ing at the foot of Shelby street, which wa* nearly the central part of the ruin, the scene was a pitiful one to look at. The flood, after the lirKt rush which caused the destruction was made, rose slowly and surelyf and was then on a level with the railroad truck and steadily washing its way through the fill. As far as the eye could reach nothing was visible but ruin, and not a single building, except the two large manufactories, remained standing on their original foundations, many them having squares. The of been moved several passageways between to the cellar to get some lumber, car rying a candle with them, when the explosion took place. The adjoining house was damaged. The river stood at sixty-six feet two and a half inches until noon, when it declined a quarter of an inch. Spe cial dispatches to- the Times Star say at Maysville, Ky., the river fell six inches during the night and is still falling. At Falmouth, Ky., the Lick ing river is still rising and will con tinue to do so all day. At Frankfort, Ky., the river is falling hut another rise is expected. Fifteen hundred people are being lodged ami fed. The loss estimated at two hundred thou sand dollars. At Marietta, O., there was a heavy rain all day yesterday, continuing'until seven o’clock this morning. Both the Muskingum and Ohio rivers are rising. They show a rFe of three feet during the night-— Rain is reported at Janesville, 0.,and a flood equal to that of last week iarex pected again. All the trains start from the stock yard station, which is reached by omnibus. None of *he railroads attempt to carry freight,.but the express companies do, and are overwhelmed with work. The river reached its highest stage at 4 a. m., when it stood sixty-six feet four inches. It began to recede at 5 a. m., and at 9 p. m., stood at sixty- five feet six inches, having declined two inches in the last hour. Louisville, Feh. 15.—The flood continues unabated. The canal meas ures 45 feet !) inches and is rising at the rate of half an inch per hour. It is believed, however, that the waters will come to a stand by nightfall. No additional loss of life has been re ported, hut probably one hundred ad ditional dwellings and business houses are overflowed. All the manufacto ries near the river are closed and thousands of workmen are out of em ployment. The water wqrks in the extreme eastern limit, beyond the Point and cut off, have succumbed and the machinery has stopped.— There are two large basins containing ■ , -. . . i millions of gallons of water and it is e houses, m h(ac the sticet 1 a<I m k _ no t thought there is much danger of a . L 3 .1™. A , . scarcity. The gas woflis still hold out, but a few more inches will stop the supply. Congress meets on the first Monday in December of each year. £iF"The legislature meets on the fourth Tuesday.iu November of each year. EgTThe Circuit Court for Aiken County meets three times a year, follows: first Monday in February, Jiist Monday in May, and second Monday in September. Congressional Districts. First—Charleston and Berkley— (gl. Phillips and St. Michaels, Mount Pleasant, Moultrieville, St. Janies Goosecrcek. Summerville), ten town ships of Colleton, fourteen townships of Orangeburg, and the entire County ot Lexington. Second—Hamptom_Jgwxnwell, Ai pn, Edgefield, au.AN^ —(Brox '' ‘ ' ). “ Is' and Llme- irens, Union— ille and Drayton- i Fairfield, Richland lip, Columbia and J Chester, Lancaster, Isville and Drayton- furg—(White Plains Chesterfield and ion, Williamsburg— Lees, Johnsons M>n, Marlboro’, nvit, W^illiams- Istree, .Sumter, Isons), Humter, |vnship), seven irg. Charleston *t District, six .and the entire •nits. Jerkeley and Second—A fort, Colleton and Hai Third—Sumter, C liamsburg and George Fourth—Chesterfiel Darlington, Marion an Fiftli Kershaw, Ril field and Lexington. Sixth—Chester, La and Fairfield. Seventh—Newberry, tanburgand Union. Eighth—Abbeville, O' son, Pickens and Green :o: Count iwell, Beau- fon. endon, Wil- vn. Marlboro’ , lorry. land, Edge- ister, York |urens, Spar- ice, Ander- Croft, lavies. -AT THE- Globe Hotel Barber Shojp, AUGUSTA, - - GEORGIA, Ar^i prepared to accommodate |he most fas: hi ions with a first-ela: alurve, haircut or shampoo!ng.jl BARBER SHOI —* *«'*>-• .. i - > ' T HE undersigned, having purchJ. ed Mr. Rentz’s interest in his JIa Shop, would respectfully solicit the patronage of the citizens of Aiken. Shaving, Hair Cutting and Sh mi- pooing execu ted at reasonable ism rs. J. R. BOYCEj At Rentz’s C M Stand, Aiken, S. C. The Senator, D. S. HendekJ Pepresentati r< John M. Bell, Georj] F. P. ‘Woodward, Thos, Sheriff, Milledge T. Ho Clerk of Court Wm. M. Jokda Probate Judge W. M\ Willi a School Commissioi Luther W. Willi' •. 'ounty (’oin in ission Wm. M. Foley, J. Cal. William Stevens] O. P. Champlain, clerk Trcasun r, J. E. Murray Auditor, David H. NYise. Jury Com in issioner R. L. Evans. who constitutes the Board, following ex-ofiieio memhei the Auditor and the ehairmal Board of County Commission Hoard of School Ex am h Luther W r . Williams, ex-oflie| ' James E. Crosland, ! Charles E. R. Drayton. Hoard of Assessors, B. W. Moseley, Aiken. J. H. Quuttlchuum, (.'hinqua^ J. G. Sally, Giddy Swamp. James Powell, Gregg. E. S. Hammond, HummondJ Maeom Gunter, Hopewell. NY. E. Sawyer, MeTier. Martin Holley, Millbrook. Daniel Jefeoat, Rocky Grovel James M. Cook, Rocky Sprii^ J. D. Taylor, Shaw’s. Jas. C. Hammond, ShuRz. R. S. Hankinson, Silverton. Isaac W. Foreman, Sleepy lid James K. Rrodie, Tal>ernacle.| R. L. Evans, Windsor. Chairman—E. S. Hammond. Secretary—Tas. C. Hammond., Ex-olllcio Clerk—J. H. Nforgai irtuey. st that lum- Itrt is that are in [m. aded, and the whole field of water was an unbroken relief of upturned houses, floating roofs, broken timbers and mo ving buildings. A hundred boats were hurrying here and there, pushing their way through the rubbish to all the ac cessible houses, and returning to la with the skills loaded down v whatever of value they could oh. Half a dozen owners were on the Rpnk to meet each boat, and claim whatever belonged to them, bearing it safely out of danger, high and dry upon the streets above. As the noon hour ap proached, tlA; already enormous crowd along the railroad fill was increased by curious spectators splashing in the mud and water, regardless of soil- id shoes and spotted clothing, to peep over each other’s shoulders out on the stretch of water. “Do you see those two chimneys over there?” said a man on the shore, pointing as he spoke to a spot where a pile of brick could be seen just peep ing over the top of a roof, at the foot of Hancock street. “Well, that house originally belonged at the foot of Wenzel street,” lie continued, “and was swept clear otf the ground by the first rusn of,the avater, iuad drifted wyi until it landed ags: when it noT° ers around'he e same fix.” f > Bv5 o’clock in the afternoon nearly all the houses that were accessible had been visited, and everything taken out that could be gotten bold of, the people being removed first. There is not a single family now in any of the houses, but a number have been re moved in boats from their own resi dences into one or two buildings which still have a story out of the water, where they remained until last night, nearly starved, but with stub born foolishness refusing to leave, until they were almost forceti to do so. Over near the island there are several large flat boats, on which about one hundred and fifty people are entrench ed, in comparative safety. At 9 o’cWk the steamboat, Hattie Mays, was secured, and a quantity of provisions taken ou board. The steam er first landed at the foot of Clay Street, where several barges filled with men, women and children were anchored. The gentlemen immedi ately boarded these, and every mouth was eonifortahly filled with bread and meat, and a quantity left on hoard for use during the day. Many of the peo ple had not tasted food for nearly two days, and were half famished, so that everything placed before them was greedily devoured. When all the barges had been supplied, several boats were sent over to the few houses in which the people still remained, and provisions were left for them. This work was kept up till nearly noon, care being taken that none were neg lected. The work of feeding the suf fering was a most interesting one, and was watched closely by all those ou shore. The people on the barges crowded close to the edge and snatch ed at every morsel in reach, no thought being had for any one save themselves. While this work of relief had been going on, the mad waters were stead ily doing their work of destruction and slowly creeping over and under the railroad fill into the hollows on the other side. Cincinnati, Feb. 15.—At 1 o’clock this morning the people in the vicini ty of No. 50 Wilstach street, on the border of the inundated district, in the western part of the city, were star tled by a ioud explosion which broke the glass in * he windows of the three story brick building occupied by tom families numbering seventeen per sons. The building was found in ru- uns from the explosion of fire damp or sewer gas in the cellar, and all the oc cupants were buried in the debris. A scene of terror followed. The people, thinking the explosion was caused by the pressure of water iu the sewer, and that other explosions would fol low, lied, thinly clad, to places of safety. The fire* alarm was sounded and the lire department responded promptly, adding to the general con- j sternation. Finding no fire, the men j began work rescuing the unfortunate j victins. The house ws owned by Ja cob Brown, who, with his wife, two j sons and two daughters, occupied the first floor. Officer Mack, a special po liceman at Fourth and Vine streets, known as “King William,” occupied .he front room on the second floor with his wife. The hack part of the same story was occupied by William Miller, wife and two children, the third floor by William Hannon, wife and twin daughters two years old. By 5 o’clock a. m., all the occupants had been taken out. Ofliccr Mack and his wife and the daughter of Mr. Mil ler, aged two years, were dead. John and Henry Brown and Peekamann. a neighbor who was in the house at the time, were so badly injured that they can hardly recover. Jacob Brown atyd wife were rescued after several hours labor and severely hut not fatally hurt. Their daughters were tnki. n out comparatively unhurt. Miller was badly injured*. His wife and remain ing child escaped with small injury. Hannon and his family were slightly hurt. Brown Brothers «fc Peekamann were building a raft and had gone in- THE ; I .. A Startling .IB, One of the to resting div' the legal sta an early day, shining Blac The romanti RO TINGE. ilk Baltimore ition Society. »re Letter.] sensational aud in suits ever enacted on in this country'will, at engage the astute and done talent of this city, details of this peculiar life drama Yill certainly cause the gossips, not t inly of this particular lo cality, but ot the entire United States, to wag their respective tongues with great velocity and to roll their indi vidual eyes i 'ith earnest amazement. The story' re; «is like a romance, but every word id as true as gold. Five years igo, among the “young bloods” of B Mtlfaiore, ti/ete was num bered a yoiR g gentleman who, by a happy comhiroation of art aud nature, was entitledco a Righ seat in the arena of life. He/vas youthful, 23 j'ears of age, handsome in face and stately aud dignified in Y^rm. He was the happy OLD BOD TOMBS A RAGE. Why He Leaves His Granddaughter "ut of His Will. A reporter met an old friend of Gen. Toombs a few days ago and remarked, “I understand that Gen. Toombs has disinherited his granddaughter. Miss Dubose, because she married against his will. Don’t you think he will re consider that act?” “I do not,” was the emphatic reply. “Gen. Toombs is very hitter on that point, and when I think of all the cir cumstances I am sure that he means all that he has done, and that he will remain immovable.” “Tell me the circumstances.” “It is a long story,” replied the nar rator. “It wouid read like a roVnance if properly pictured, hut I don’t mind telling it if you will be content with facts minus the coloring. It is a sad story to me, because I always felt an sorry that Gen. Toombs has done this, act. He can afford to forgive his granddaughter and bestow all his hate on the Yankees, if lie chooses to do so. He can afford to hate the Yankees, for it is a matter of little concern what one does so long as the balance of the South has accepted tne situation, and has almost forgotten that there ever was a war. But it is not for me to say that Gen. Toombs has done wrong in disinheriting his grandchild because siie married the man of her own choosing. Miss Dubose and Mr. Colley were engaged, and the General ob jected. Mr. Colley is a worthy young man, against whose moral character no charge can be brought. He was a clerk in one of the stores in Washing ton, and was not wealthy, but to that fact Gen. Toombs did not object. The General, you know, cares for a long line of ancestors, and blood, and that sort of thing, which is ail right, 1 sup pose, At any rate, he did not like the Colley family, and he urged his grand child to give up the idea of marrying Mr. Colley. Bne pleaded and lie re monstrated. He threatened aud she became determined. Finally, he told her that in his will he had bequeathed hsr $00,000, and spoke of that to show the interest lie felt in her. She would not promise to give up Mr. Colley, and Gen. Toombs got out the will and showed her where the fortune was left to her. She was not to be moved. He offered to make it $90,000. She said she wouid promise not to marry Colley during Toombs’ lifetime. The General, in his usual way, said he would pay nobody to postpone an act until his death. He threatened to dis inherit her, but she never moved from her position. Then Gen. Toombs told her that unless she promised not to marry Colley he wouid have his will changed and would not leave her a cent. She replied that if she must choose between the two she would be disinherited. The General then told her that he would give her 4s hours to leave the house. Miss Dubose pro ceeded to show her grand fa s her that if she was driven out she would have to he married at once. The General tore around and Miss Dubose commu nicated with her friends, and the re sult was that the marriage took place that day\ Gen. Toombs took his will out, had it changed, disinheriting Miss Dubose, and addett a paragraph pro viding that none of liis property should go to lit r directly or indirectly.” “Has she ever been back to her grandfather?” “No; a few days ago Mrs. Toombs was very sick and her recovery was not expected. Mrs. Colley wrote the General a note and asked permission to call and see her grandmother. Gen. Toombs read the note and handed it hack to tlie messenger with the simple statement that he had up communi cation to make. That is the story as it comes t<> me.” mother. - Tl: aristocratic ^Jid wealthy mother, and she was extremely particular in refer ence to her qpn’s a partner for life. On a hrigtiit frosty morning in the month of January, 1877, the young man entered] a fashionable kid glove establishment on Lexington street, in Baltimore, for the-purpose of pur chasing a N<». 7 lady’s kid glove, which was the size that snugly encased ins small and finely fotmed hand. There, to compress ian individual world into a few’ words, he met his destiny’. The young saleslady who waited upon him "was a beautiful brunette, with a most engaging mien. It was the old and ever hew story. When he announced to his mother that he was going to marry this young lady, there was a total annihilation of the domestic peace in that Madison avenue man sion. As •may be imagined, the mar riage caused a serious disruption of family ties? but as the young lady be haved so will under the circumstances, she was so jretty and bewitching and kim in mariner to her mother-in-law, that old la<iy at last relented. Two yeanj later the young couple were happily keeping house in a lux urious manner and the joyous pros pective father was well known as a shrewd amilenergetic broker. At this period of t\e_young—^Osband’s exist ence he dhc'nVered that his wife was using lar^iemounts of money in a very niyslurl. v us manner. He began to expostufke with her. “Dear,” he kindly sai< J“I am wealthy, I know, but I cam* stand these mysterious and heajaJrafts. What do you do or want. With All this mqney?” 8)ie re turned confused ana evasive replies, and the yt.£og husband was much per plexed by 4is wife’s peculiar behavior. About'tits time the proprietors and atrons of fthe “bucket shops” and ower ga£>"tf9g resorts of Baltimore were greqfc amazed by the behavior ' h an aged ivith. P 1 Ic i© the exact w’eut, of as far as complexion ordinary cream.puff', with Au Engineer at a Concert. {New Orleans Times Deihoorat.] i*I was loafing around the streets last night” said Jim Nelson, one of the oldest locomotive engineers run ning into New Orleans, “and as 1 had nothing to do I dropped into a concert and heard a slick-looking Dutchman play a piano that made me feel all over in spots. As soon as he sat down on a stool I knew* by the way he handled himself that he understood the machine he was running. He tap ped the small keys a way up one end, just as if they were guages, and want ed to see if he had water enough.— Then he looked up, as if he wauted to know how much steam he was carry- iug, and the next moment pulled open the throttle and sailed out on the main line, just as if he was half au hour late. You could hear her thunder over cvlverts and bridges, and getting faster and faster, until the fellow rock ed in his seat like a cradle. Somehow, I thought it was old ‘36’ pulling a pas senger train and getting out of the way of a‘special’. The fellow’ worked the keys ou the middle division like lightning, and then he flew along the North end of the line until the driv ers w’ent round like a buzz saw, aud I got excited. About the time I was fixing to tell him to cut her off a lit tle, lie kicked the dampers under the machine wide open, pulled the throt tle way back in the tender, and Jereu- salem jumpers! how he did run! I couldn't stand it any longer, and yell- xx/9 +s\ IyIvvy 4-lvtai- Vt* *nr«ici *1)01111(11114?* - 6 -,TTni A SONG WITH A MORAL. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. When the winter bloweth kmd, And the earth is in a shroud, Frozen rain <.r sleety snow Dimming every dream below— There is e’er*a *i>ot of ureen Whence tjhe heavens may be seen. When onr purse is shrinking fast, And our friend is lost (the hist!). And the world doth pour its pain,. Sharper than the frozen rain— There is still a spot of green Whence the heavens may be seen. Let us never meet despair wi liie the little spot is there; Winter brigbteneth into May, And sullen night to sunny day— Seek we then the spot of green Whence the heavens may be seen. ed to him that he w’as ‘pounding’ o the left side, and if he wasn’t careful he’p drop his ash pan. But he didn’t hear. No one heaid me. Everything was flying and whizzing. 'HHegraph f ades oh the side of the track looked ike a row*'of cornstalks, the trees ap- ,, - peared lo be a mud bank, and all the’ ^ fh e y did the same time the exhaust of the old machine souuded like the hum of a humble bee. I tried to yell out but mytongue wouldn’t move. He went round curves like a bullet, slipped au eccentric, blew out his soft plug, went down grades fifty feet to tlie mile and not a con founded brake set. She went by the meeting point at a mile and a half a minute, and called for more steam,— M3’ hair stood up like a cat’s t»il,- be cause I knew the game wras up. . Bure enough, dead ahead of us was the headlight of the ‘special.’ In a daze I heard the crash as they struck, and I saw r cars shivered into atoms, peo ple mashed and mangled and blgeding and gasping for water. I heard an other crash as the Dutch professor struck the keys away down on the lower end of the Southern division, and then I came to my senses. There he was at a dead standstill, with the door of the fire box of tbe machine open, wiping the perspiration o|f his. face aud bow’ing to the people before him. If I live to be 1,000 years old I’il never forget the ride that Dutch man gave me oil a piano.” And Jim and the boy’s walked.around the corn er and took something. • A FAMILY SCENE. 1 — Georgia’s Size and Her People at the Sesqui-Centennial [Cpiresj; nt c* *b*. Baltimore ! Rights in the Road. Tlie American Cultivator gives tlie following as Judge Bennett’s render ing of the law on this subject: “If a farm deed is bounded by, on, or upon a road it usually extends to the mid dle of the roadway. The farmer owns the soil of half the road, and may use the grass, trees, stone, gravel, sand or anything of value to. him, either on the land or beneath the surface, sub ject only to the superior rights of the public to travel over the road, and that of the highway surveyor to use such material for the repair of the road; and these materials he may cart away’ and use elsewhere on the road. No otlier man has a right to feed his tile tnere, or cut the grass or tress, uch less deposit his wood, qld carts, wagons or other things thereon. The owner of a drove of cattle which stops to feed in front of your’ land, or of a drove of pigs which root up the soil, is responsible to you at law, as much —Senators regard an aft inevitable, and they for it. extra session axe preparing Political Persecutions . — Let every white man in South Carolina understand that the Federal Adminis tration is determined to have some Democrats convicted of political of fences at the approaching term of the United States Circuit Court in Char leston, if it can be done by any hocus- pocus whatever. It has been announ ced by the so-called Department of Justice at Washington, that the ex istence of the Republican party in Soutn Carolina depends upon the con viction of the Democratic defendants in the cases that are to lie tried. Nor thern eounsei has been engaged to as sist the minions of Radicalism in this State in the unholy work. Think of it! Right or wrong, somebody must lie convicted.—Anderson Journal. a couph] df tablespoonfuls of ginger in its cul:Li?y make-up. She was a most inordinate gambler, seemed to be compRt dy carried away by the passion of.c bailee, and, while a con stant and heavy loser, was never short for more than a couple of hours at a time. She actually appeared to own a gold mine. Where she got her money no one knew, and she never told; but she had it, and that was all that was necessary 1 for the particular business she was then engaged in. One fine day the broker found him self the proud father of a red haired, dimpled hoy’, ile then did not find so much fault* with his wife for what he considered her extravagant aiid use less expenditure of money, and su preme content and unalloyed happi ness held high carnival within his castle vails. One morning when his cooing babe, now aged nearly two years, eat upon its paternal grand mother’s knee, a colored servant brought her a letter, fresh from the wiry man in modest gray. 8he open ed it with a smile of peace, read it with a gasp of horror, aud then, with one M ild shriek of woe, she and the infant simultaneously fell to the floor. The letter, written in au almost illegi ble hand and filled with an abundance of phonetic spelling, contained the following startling words: “Your son’s wile is a nigger. He married, a nigger. I am her grand mother, . ud 1 am what they call a mu latto. You would think she is white, like you white folks,, but she ain’t. If you don’t believe me come and see’me. f send my address.” A name, number aud the name of a street were at the bottom of this dyn amite hand-grenade. Of course when the old lady recovered from her swoon she refused to believe that the note, contained the truth. However, when the husband heard of the contents he immediately began a strict investiga tion, and when the facts in the case became so convincing that the wife coaid deny no longer, his y’oung and charmirg brunette treasure,*with tears of anguish in her beautiful dark eyes, confessed, iu her husband’s arms, that colored blood did run’in her veins. It seems that the old mulatto woman gambler was his wife’s grandmother. His Wife’s grandfather was a white man, and her parents were white, her mother having been more successful at deception in this line with her hus band than the young w ife had been with her young broker husband. The beautiful brunette wife then certainly iiad a very slight negro element in her physical make-up. It appears that the old colored grandmother had for years obtained “hush money” from the young wife, which she spent/ou her ruling passion—gambling. The old mulatto was the woman who had so amazed the frequenters of the low gambling hells of the city. When tlie young wife refused to give the old wo man money she would threaten to write or tell the secret to the aristo cratic moi hei-in-law. At last the wife, tired and complete ly disheartened by the frequent de mands on her purse by the old female gambler, absolutely refused to give her any more substantial wealth, not even dreaming for a moment that at that late day the old woman would carry her vile threat into execution. But in an evil hour the old female gambler did so, with tlie dire results stated. As the young wife refuses to give u:> her husband, and as her attor- Alexouder H. or, entered on his wheel chair, attfend- ed by a colored man-servant. Only the day’ before tlie Governor reached tlie seventy-second anniversary of his birth. Your correspondentTound him at the Bcreven House, just as bright as ever, notwithstanding the fatigues of a journey.- He said he felt a little weak, but he had been selected as the orator of the day, and lie had never failed in a public service. The grit of the gallant old man bore him bravely through the ordeal. He wore a solt felt hat and purple badge*Everybody’ rose as he wheeled down the stage close to tne footlights. Gen. Henry’ R. Jackson, formerly United States Minister to Austria, acted as master of ceremonies. A Presbyterian min ister, Rev. Mr. Axson, the oldest resi dent clergyman, said the opening prayer. Governor Stephens made an address, every word of which was at tentively’ listened to. He spoke, as the bishop said, ex cathedra, from his chair. The effort was certainly the great event of tlie day’. It is hard to convey a just impression of the scene. It was a family gathering of Georgians and a few friends identified with them in patriotic impulses and sentiments. Mr. Stephens sat as tlie wise aud ex perienced head of the household, and taught bis people lessons which will never be forgotten. He exhibited qualities of memory which were sur prising, considering his advanced age aud long infirmity of body. Having occasion seval times to quote, he gave author, chapter and page as readily’ us if he were reading the text from a book. As he proceeded his eyes lit up, liis cheeks glowed, and his hands moved the wheels of his invalid chair back and forth. Throughout he seem ed to he as much interested in talk ing as his hearers were, who hung on the words. While they’ listened to the sage occasional gleams of humor provoked smiles, but tlie interest of the talk was so great that the smiles never broke into laughter, though the provocation was ample. in&ide tlie fence. Nobody’s ebifdren have a right to pick up tlie apples under your trees, although the saipe stond wholly outside of your fence. No private person has a right to lop off the limbs of youx trees in order to move his old bam or other buildings along thehigh- way, and n6 traveler can hitch his horse to your trees r .in the sidewalk without being liable, if he gnaws the back or otherwise injures them. If your well stands partly «n your land aud partly outside the fence, no neigh bor canuseit except bp your permis sion. Nay, more, no man has a right to stand in front your llnd and insult you with abusive language witftoutbe- iug liable to you for tresspassing on your land. He has a right to pass and repass in an orderly and be coming manner; a right to use the road but nof to abuse it. But not-, withstaudingthe farther owns the soil of the road, eveq he canhot use it for any’ purpose which interferes with the use of it by the public foft travel. He cannot put his pig-pen, wagons, wood or other things there, if the highway surveyor orders them away as ob structing public travel. If he leaves £uoh tilings outside his fence, aud within the limitii of the highway as actually laid out, though some dis-? tance from the traveled path, and a traveler runs into them in the night and is injured, the owner is not only liable to him for private damages, hut may also be fined for obstructf public way. And If l^e has a feh few owns the soil, il ued, or located elsl^here, the law verts to him, and he may inclose it to the centre and use it as a part of his farm.” —The new niekle when washed with gold arc said fto be readjjy passed for 45 pieces. * % —Atlanta’s new city directory’ gives her a total of 49,517 inhabitants. 81,- 105 white and 18,412 colored. —The explosion of a blast at Pearse’s quarry# near Colombia, on the 15th instant seriously injured two colored « then. “ „ > —The bill requiri ng voters to remove their hats when approaching the poll* to vote, has been reported adversely in the Connecticut House. —Congress spends its time now mainly in discussing the tax on whis ky during the day hud consuming the article itself during the night. —Base-ball games on the ice are popular in. New York this winter.— The only redeeming feature of the af fair is the fact that the ice sometimes break *’ —Sight millions dollars worth of cotton seed meakJs annually imported into Great Britain to feed cattle. En glish authorities style it the best food imported. —“Luck is tye result of good Judg ment,” says a recent writer. For In stance, when a young man has the good judgment to have a rich father he is in luck. —^Notwithstanding the rainy weath er and bad roads, over seven bundled hales of cotton were shipped from Johnston, S. G., during the month of January’. —The addition to the depot at John ston, which includes a larger and more convenient agent’s office and a wait ing room for passengers, will soon be completed. —The sale of Sarah Bernhardt’s jewels in Paris tfhlized 175,000 francs. M. Camala, Sarah’s husband, will re tire from the stage and form A foreign, legion to serve in Africa. —The President has nominated Em ory Speer to be U*S. Attorney far the Northern District of Georgia, and J*.' B. Hill tqL.be ifoitwLStates Marshal for the Eastdta DW>|btv ttorth CaroH- "»• \ - —It is a singular coincidence that*., { ust at.the time when Princess LoiiiSe s in Bermuda, seventy-flve Mew Yorkers should suddenly discovered that the island is a .©harming ’ winter resort. Mine. Louise returns on March I2th. ' , -A- ConnectJcu^jnaaufacturer in said to have made rifoenty-two thou sand dollars lost ysR, knd had l|ttle boys from eight to twelve years old working ten hours » day fur fifteen cents a day. Herr Most has a fine text in this fact for his next sad dot oration. —Rev. M. R. Suit res, of this has \frjritten a beautiful meinori ume as a tribute to the late Mrs. Mary G. Harley, which wHl shortly be Is sued in a handsome style from Register printing establishment, Columbia, South Carolina.—F lace, vol- Uolumbia, Sentinel. —There are two it Tlie Lauding of Oglethorpe. The Sesqui Centennial anniversary of the settlement of Georgia by’ Gen. 1 j 1 emonies. iute of thirteen Oglethorpe and his colonists wuscele hrated on Monday, the 12ih of Febru ary, at Savannah, with imposing cer- The day opened with a sa- guns at sunr'se.— Crowds poured into the city from all quarters during the forenoon, 50,000 people being present. Gov. Stephens and staff, tlie General Assembly ol Georgia, the civic commissioners of Maryland and Rhode Island, and dis tinguished visitors frym all parts of tlie South were present. Tin* day u »s bright and bcatiful.— During the morning there was a grand military display, live thousand sol diers from Florida, South Carolina anil Georgia being present. At the Thea tre Governor Stephens delivered an address and was enthusiastically re ceived The Sesqui-Centennial ode by Paul H. Hayne, the Poet Laureate of the South was recited by Mr. Henry R. Jackson. Mr. Hayne being too fee ble. Then followed the grand histor ical pageant, representing tlie landing of Oglothorpe and the colonists, from the ship under an artilery salute and one of the leading lawyers of Jtal-' their reception by the Tomochiehi ami Barnwell’s*' Improved Condition. [From the Barnwell Sentinel.] After the hard struggle through which the people of our county’ have passed, and which embraces a period of full twelve months, there are cer tainly many signs of renewed life and enterprise. The general improvement consists not so much in cash made and retained by’ all classes, but in the improvements made upon farms, houses, purchase of stock, ingeniously’ constructed farm implements, and the gathering about them of tlie inaiiy necessaries of life which are to-day iu sight. Cash is always a little sparse after March sets in, but last y’ear this period overtook the people as early as the first of January, and continued on up to tlie beginning of the harvest season. Now there Is $20 in the county where there was $1 a year ago, and it is supposed that the great quantities of molasses, syrups and sugars bought every year will be greatly lessened by tiie fine crops of cane grown in tlie county' the past season. Many are in a condition, too, to buy and pay for almost a year’s supply of the articles which they’ have heretofore obtained on time. Our mercantile friends have done a fair business iu all instances where they have not attempted to overdo the thing, and are now making preparations to get business down in many sections to a more certain and safer business. There is also a fair pros pect ahead for a moderate spring trade, showing conclusively that old Barn well is not in any way’ behind her sis ter counties in the strides of her peo ple to overcome the misfortunes of tiie past, and to plant herself ou the highest eminence, where independ- (> enee will yet overtake and crown her. Long-Lived British Statesmen. [From the Fall Mall Gazette.] English statesmen of the first rank are a long-lived race. It is tlie custom to speak of Mr. Gladstone’s activity at his years as unparalleled, but he is on ly seventy-three. Lord Beacousflcld was seventy-live when he left office, Lord Russell seventy-four, Lord Eldon seventv-six and Lord Palmerston 81. ■N If a comparison is made, not by’ years 1,109acres, n . r hut by tenure of office, the comparison is even more reassuring. Mr. Glad stone lias only been nineteen years in the Cabinet, Lord Russell was twent. - four, Lord Liverpool twenty’-five, Lord Eldon nearly twenty-six and Lord Pal merston twenty-eight. Mr. Gladstone has been Prime Minister nearly’ eight years, hut Lord Palmerston’s Premier ship lasted nine years and four months, Lord Liverpool,*s nearly fifteen years, and Mr. Pitt’s eighteen years. The puce is more trying now tfiau in Lord Liverpool’s day, hut, on the other hand, Mr. Gladstone's constitution is exceptionally strong, and there seems to be no reason from precedent why | his Premiership should not at least outlast the duration of the present Parliament. —The heavi#Wlealer in Ridge Spring* is Mr. J. C. WaUkm.—] He has already handled seventee: hundred bales and is still buying dal- S Iv. Mr. Wm. Merritt has handled some six hundred bales, Mr. James Merritt a few less, and others still less. Edgefield Advertiser. Tlie Augusta Evening Netvs savs: Bermuda grass, which was up to a few years ago considered a ourse, is now ranked as a blessing. People are buy ing the seed and transplanting the sods. There is enough in Middle Georgia to supply’ the world, and there fi» no use to try to get up a corner in it. —Gen. John B. Gordon, of Georgia, sees a rainbow arching the Bouth from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. Bus iness is good, manufacturing estab lishments are being built, foundries are making trip-hammer marks and the colored people are becoming ac customed to new habits of economy and industry. * * —Mr. Haley, at the Augusta Too Factory, in digging a well has discov ered a salt spring or well, which 24 hours pumping failed to exhaust or lessen in strength. He reports the wa ter like regular salt sea water. Now what have we struck in Augusta, a salt lake underground orasewerfrom old ocean’s briny bed?—Augusta Ev ening News. —A prolonged meeting of the friends of Polk was held Saturday in Nash ville, at which it was determined not only’, to provide for the defaulting treasurer's release on bond, but also to reimburse the State for the money em bezzled by him. It is expected that tlie necessary hail of $50,000 will lie provided for at once and Col. Polk re leased. —The Protectionists are represented as riding rough-shod over revenue re formers in the House- The latter are not well orgsnized in the House and a large number of Democrats are fre quently absent when votes are taken. There appears to be a strong lobby on the floor of the House coinfKised of members interested personally in va rious manufacturing interests. —The Senate Judiciary’ Committee lias agreed to report for imssage a bill providing for the purchase from Ge« . Washington Parke Curtis Lee, of the entire Arlington estate, comprising Washington City, and including the National Cemetery, at a total cost of $150,000. Accrued taxes, $15,000, are to be paid by Gen. Lee, who lias agreed to the terms proposed by the committee. The Golun)hia correspondent of the 'Sexes and Courier writes: “Once more I am asked to warfi the holders of warrants for artificial limbs not to sell their warrants to speculators on their ^ necessities, who seem to be doing a good business in buying these war rants for a mere song. The warranto cannot be paid until the May instal ment oi taxes come into the treasury, but they will then be paid in full and without the intervention of warrant sharks.” —An Atlanta reporter was robbed of $1." in a street car the ether night.— The new daily which it was proposed one hot to establish with the money wiil not he started until the funds arc recov ered. . timere; declares that under the cir cumstances of the case the marriage is legal, it is stujed that the young broker, goaded on by his indignanr mother. Will institute suit for a di vorce at ahf'frirJy day*/ In appearance the unhoppy Wife refc-mhles the aver age pretty Amerk-un hrrtnt-tte, and no conversant with the fuefs as here given would suppose, even for a moment, thacsholnrd a slight mixture ‘■of colored blood in’her veins. the Yamacraw Indians. A sudden rain somewhat dampened the enthu siasm.' After the parade, which consumed about three hours, the visiting milita ry were the recipients of the most dis- [ hup so igh? tinguished courtesy on the part of their fellow-soldiers of Savannah.— The whole affair was a grand success, and the reputation of Georgians for patriotism and hospitality has been ably sustained. —A Londoner one day bv accident saw tlie sun. “’Havens,” said he, “’ow they ’ave himproved that there ’lectric light.” After a moments pause, during which he gazed upon this nov el sight, he added, reflectively: “But ’ow in the thunder did they get ’im —Arubi Pasha's family’arc said to be suffering for the necessities of life. The wolf that is at his door probably possesses more terrors for Arab! than tiie British Hon at his gates'. —Armed sentries patrol before the tomb of Gen. Garfield day and night, relieved at intervals with the usual formalities of military discipline.—* “Whenever the officers tot the guard are changed,” says the Cincinnati Commercial, “they open the coffin, identify the corpse ana exchange re ceipts for it. Thus have we put the bony of the slain President into a dai ly mogue and a continuous post mor- ^ein examination, violating all the sanctity of the grave, and forcing the soldiers into this repulsive duty in the name of honoring and protecting the remains. The tomb is violated to pro tect it from violation.”