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J CHARLES E. R. DRAYTOX, Manager. AIKEN S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1885. VOLUME 4.—'NUMBER 41. Professional Advertisements. D. 8. Hexdexsox. E. P. Hendeiwon. Henderson Brothers, Attobveys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the State anil pn United BUtea Court* for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col- leetiona. ULYSSES S. GRANT. A BRIFF SKETCH OF THE CAREER OF A FAMOUS SOMBER. W. Caorr. J. Ebb Owlap. Croft k Dunlap, ArroBjrvYa a* Law, Aikev, 8. C Jamm Aldbjob. Waltbe Ashley. Aldrleh k Ashley, ArroBBBYE AT Law, Aikbn, 8. C. Praatlea in the State and United fltetaE Courts for South Carolina. W. Quitman Davis, Avtobnby at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the Courta of thia Clrenit. Specia attention given to oollactiona. 0. C. Jordan, Attobmbt at Law, Aiken, Claude E. Sawyer, ArreRNEY at Law, Aiken, 8. J. W. DEVORB. Aiken. 8. C. B. WOODWARD. Aiken. 8. C. DeYore k Woodward, Attobnby at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courta of thia State. Edwin R. Cunningham, Ml Broad 8t.. - - Augusta, Ga. Commlaaioner of Deeds for South Carolina, New York, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Rhode Inland, District of Columbia, and Notary Public "with seal." Drawing of and Probating Papers "a specialty." Dr. Z. A. Smith, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, YAU0LU8E, - - - 8. C. ‘Office near Depot. H. Teague, Dentist. >rncE on- JfeeBjL S. Q., Grant’s Early Life—He Sinks into Ob scurity—The Civil War Develops His Wonderful Military Genius—Appo mattox the Climax of His Fame— Two Presidential Terms—Clouds of His Later I.lie. Gen. Grant’s fame will of coure rest upon hia reputation as a soldier. If hia public career had come to a close with the surrender of Lee’s army un der the mythical apple tree at Appo mattox, hia figure in history might not have keen any larger, but he would certainly have died a happier man. With that scene Grant reached the climax of his life, and whether his prominence that day was due to good fortune or to military genius, the fact remains that he was made the instru meut by which the greatest struggle the world has known was brought to an end; he was the representative soldier of that memorable time, and as such will go down in history. It lias been said that any man of dogged perseverance, if placed at the head of the Union armies in the summer of 1864, would have brought the war to a close; for more than a year it had been merely a question of en durance with the Bouth. But Grant was that man and military critics with few exceptions have given him the credit of doing what others failed to do. Over parts of Grant’s later ca reer, over bis unfortunate persistency intrusting unworthy men, over his political errors, and even over the miserable business which has embit tered the last year of his life, the triumph at Appomattox has cast a redeeming light. As a soldier Gen. Grant wHl be remembered and valued. As a man his modesty, his faithful ness to so-called friends through good and evil report, his patience through misfoifbue have made for him hosts of friends. Hiram Ulysses Grant was BORN ON THE 27TH OF APRIL, 1822. at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. His father was of Scotch descent and a feather dealer. Ulysses was the eldest of six children. He enter ed the Military Academy at West Point, Thomas L. Hamer, the mem ber of Congress who procured his ap pointment, giving his name by mis take as Ulysses 8. Grant, Simpson was the maiden name of his mother, and was also borne by one of his younger brothers; this doubtles caused the error. Young Grant applied to the anthpritip. al. Wowl secretary of war to have the tfiundel shall deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.’’ On November 7, with two brigades, Oram; fought the battle Belmont, where he had command in person and hud horse shot under him. In this buttle Gen. Grant, while at first successful was in the end routed and his force narrowly escaped capture. Gen. Hal ieck, on assuming command of the department of Missouri, gave Gen Grant the commend of the district of Cairo, which was so extended as to form one of the largest military divis ions in the country, Including the southern part of Illinois, the part of Kentucky west of tho Cumberland River, and the southern counties of Missouri. In the early part of Febru ary Grant started from Paducah with 15,000 men, and aided by Commodore Foote with a fleet of gunboats for the capture of FORT HENRY AND FORT DENELSON, the former of which commanded the Tennessee River, and the latter the Cumberland near the dividing line between Kentucky and Tennessee The reduction of Fort Heurv was chiefly the work of the gunboats. The garrison consisted of only forty men of whom twenty were killed and wounded, the fort being held to the last moment to enable a force of 2,500 Confederates, camped near by to retreat to Fort Donelson. The entire Confederate force at Fort Donelson amounted to 13,000 mien, occupying an entrenched position with a front ot two miles. On February 13 Grant assaulted this position with his whole force, but the day ended with a disas trous repulse. The 14th was devoted to obtaining reinforcements while the ironclads made a determined attack upon the fort. They atone time ap proached within a few hundred yards of the fort, but it proved too strong for them, and they were forced to with draw, all but one of the boats being disabled. By the loth Grant had been very heavily reinforced, and the Con federate commanders realized that their only chance against ultimate capture was to cut their way out. This was determined on and a desper ate and successful attack was accord ingly made on the enemy’s right and the road opened to Nashville, but Gen. Floyd, the Confederate com mander, neglected to seize the oppor tunity and recalled his forces within the entrenchments. While the en trenched position was weakened by the sally, Grant had assaulted the extreme right and occupied the works. The next day the ponfederates surrender ed. The victory cost the Federals, rding to their own statement, men, tl/e true loss wad" probably >FFICB A1 [. Burnett, Dentist. corrected, but the request was unuo ticcd. When he was graduated in 1843, the twenty-first in a class of thir ty-nine, his commission of brevet sec- | ond lieutenant and his diploma both [styled him Ulyoses S. Grant, by which name he has since been known. His regiment was the 4th Williitoo, B&rnwall Oountr, S. C. I Ho re,na,n<yl ln , ‘I 10 8r,,,J ’ J F l«i«von years, was engaged in every iterille, Aiken County, S. C. hr. J. R. Smith, Dentist, j ——OFFICE AT WU1 attend calls to the country. | eleven battle of the Mexican war except Buena Vista, receiving two brevets for gallantry, and was afterwards sta tioned at various posts on the Canada frontier, and finally in California and Oregon. In 1848 he married Julia T. Dent, eldest daughter of Fredrick Dent, a merchant of 8t. Louis. In 1854, having reached the grade of cap tain, he resigned his commission in the army, being forced to do so on ac count of habitual drunkenness, and removed to St. Louis, where he owned and worked a farm, also engaging in business as a real estate agent. In eqaal te mew. J jggo ho went into the leather business ' with his father and brother at Gale- Old Piotures Copied and Enlarged. | na, m. Tims, WHEN THE CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT Grant was a private citizen earning his bread in an insignificant inland town. He was of simple habits and tastes, without influence or ambition. ICTURB8 sent can be enlarged to I jj e nC ver been brought in contact l?”' ‘“I? I with eminent men, and • had no 0. P. Doolittle, mLMSM AMD PIC TURK FRAME Manufaeurer, m Jackson St. - - Augusta. Ga. Picture Frames Made to Order at! Short tfotioe.' MM W MOULDINGS CONSTANT- LT RECEIVING. R*fUdiagA Specialty. Old Frames laal te msw. W. A. RECKLING COLUMBIA, 8. C. anj inspection. If unsatlsfactojy no chargs. Correspondence solicited. J. A. Wright, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, On* Door from Laurens Street on Richland Avenue. The best of material used, and any tyl* #f hoot or shoe made fo order. Geo. W. Williams, MOUSE, SIGN AND FRESCO PAINTER! Graining and Marbling a specialty. Old'Furniture polished and made as good as new. nrOffice No. T, Up-stairs in Croft’s Block. Orders solicited. W. H. Hargraves Manufacturer of All Kinds of Sheet Metal Work, Tin Roofing, Iron Roofing ! Gutter* and Conductors! Roofs Re paired and Painted! Mill and Fac tory Work! Hot AirI'urnaces, Ven tilators, Ac. H AVING every facility for con ducting our husincss witii dis- pa^h and satisfaction, I respectfully solicit a share of the patronage of Aiken and the surrounding country. W. H. HARGRAVES, 541 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. The Plaoe for Bargains. J. €• Stanley & Bro., -Dealers in- CHI* A, GLASS, E A RTAEN WARE And Momo-Fmmisking Goode! •OLUMBIA, - - SC. knowledge of the world’s great affairs, ^le had never commanded more than a company of soldiers, and although he had served under Scott and Taylor it was as a subaltern and without any intercourse with those commanders. He knew no politicians; even iu the town where ho lived he had not met the member of Congress who repre sented tlie district. Of his four chil dren the eldest was 11 years old. He lived iu a little house at the top of one of the picturesque hills on which Galena is built, aud went daily to the warehouse of his father, where leather was sold by wholesale and retail. When Sumter fell Grant was 36 years old aud unknown. On the 15th of April, 1861, two days after tl»e fall of Suiuter, the President issqed a call for troops. Ou the 19th Grant was drilling a company of vol unteers at Galena, aud four days after wards went with it to Springfield, the capital of Illinois. From there lie wrote to the adjutant-general of the army ,offering his services to the Gov ernment iu any capacity. His mili tary knowledge made him of service, however, iu the organization of the volunteer troops as they assembled at Springfield, and, at .the end. ot May, Governor Yates offered him the 21st Regiment of Illinois Infantry. Ear ly iu June he TOOK COMMAND OF HIS REUIMEXT and marched at once to Missouri, re porting to Brig.-Gen. Pope, by whom lie was stationed at Mexico, about 30 miles north of the Missouri River. Ou the 7th of August he was commis sioned by the President brigadier-gen eral of volunteers. He had been re commended for promotion by the members uf Congress from Illinois. Having assumed command of tiie troops at Cairo, he seized Paducah, at tiie mouth of the Tennessee, on Sep tember 6, and iu a proclamation to tl^ citizens of Paducah he said: "I have nothing to do with opinions, aud eater. This was the first illustra tion of a principle on with Grant’s military genius was in great part based, "Never count the cost in men In answer to questions as to the terms of capitulation Grant wrote: "No terms other than unconditional sur render can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.” The capture of Fort Donelson was not only the fimt great event of Grant’s life, but was the first sub stantial victory won by Federal arms. Donelson was one of the strongest works in the theatre of war; it was on the west bank of the Cumberland, north of the town of Dover, on an al most inaccesible series of hills, some of them rising abruptly over a hundred feet; the couutry was densely wood ed, but the timber had been felled, the stumps and limbs forming un pleasant obstacles to troops. The main fort was built ou a precipitous range overlooking the river and interior. It covered a hundred acres, and was defended by fifteen heavy guns. The garrisson numbered about twenty thousand men, commanded by Buck ner, Pillow aud Floyd. Sixty-five guns, 17,600 small arms and about 9,000 troops fell into the hands of the victor, some 1,500 of the orignal force having been killed and wounded and about 500 escaped. Gen. Cullum, Halleck’s chief of stall, wrote to Grant on the 20th: "I received with the highest gratification your reports and letters from Fort Donelson, so gal lantly captured under your brilliant leadership- I, in common with the whole country warmly cougratulata you upon this remarkable achieve ment.” Halleck, however, who was at St. Louis throughout the siege, and received all the reports of the cam paign through Gen. Cullum or direct from Grant, wrote no congratulations. On the contrary, on tiie 15th of Feb ruary’, three days after tiie fall of Fort Douelson, lie telegraphed to Washing ton: "Smith, by his coolness and bravery at Fort Donelson, when the battle was against us, turned the tide and carried the enemy’s outworks. Make him a major-general. You can’t get a better one. Honor him for this victory and tho whole-country will applaud.” But the Government did not agree with Halleck. Tiie secretary of war at once recommended Grant for MAJOR GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS, and the President nominated him the same day. Tiie Senate was in session and coufirmd the nomination instant ly. Stanton,' who had just assumed tiie porfolio of the secretary of war, vyrote on the 20th of February: "We may well rejoice at tiie present victo ries, for they teach us that battles are to be won now, stnd by us, in the same and only manner that they were ever won by any people—by boldly pursueingand striking the foe. What under the ‘blessing of Provi dence, I conceive to be the true organ ization of victory and combination to end this war, was declared in a few words by Gen. Grants's message to Gen. Buckner: "I propose to move im mediately on your works.’ ” Thia was the beginning of a support bestowed upon Grant by Stanton which lasted as long as any need of support remain ed. The consequences of the capture of Fort Donelson were most impor tant. The whole of Kentucky and Tennessee fell into the hands of the Union forces; Nashville fell, Bowling dreen was abandoned, while Colum bus was evacuated early in March thus leaving the Mississippi, free from St. Louis to Arkansas. The whole north rang with Grant’s name, and when he awoke in the negro hut out side Donelson he FOUND HIMSELF FAMOUS. On the 6th of April an expedition o ’ 40,000 men, organized by Grant for an attack on Corinth, was surprised a; daylight by a large Confederate force under Gen. Johnston, and routed with heavy loss. Grant arrived on the field at 8 o’clock with reinforcements, re newed the battle and kept it up until the next day, when the Confederate forces were defeated and withdrew to Corinth. The losses ou each side were very hea vy. General Grant was slight ly wounded aud was censured for the disaster, as the loss of so many men, about 15,000, was held to be. Halleck was called to Washington, and on the 11th of July General Grant became commander of the department of West Tennessee, with headquarters at Corinth. After defeating Gen. Price in SeptenoMbr he removed his head quarters toJackson, Tenn., and after unsuccessful movements against Vicksbuig, and the loss of an immense quantity of stores seized in December at Holly Springs, Grant moved his army down the west bank of the river aud crossed to the ea^tside, a little be- ow the city, on the last day of April, 1863. THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG as ted several months, the surrender taking place on the 4th of July. This great achievement, no less than the capture of 27,000 prisoners, entirely re stored Grant to the favor he had lost at Shiloh (Corinth.) He was promot ed to the rank of major-general iu the regular army, and in October was placed in command of the military division of the Mississippi, compris- ng the departments commanded by Bherman, Thomas, Burnside and Hooker. The battle of Chattanooga :in November put Grant at the head of the army Even Halleck was com- jelled to say: "Considering the strength of tiie Rebel position and the difficulty of stormidg his en trenchments, the battle of Chatta nooga must be considered the most re markable in history. Not only did the officers and men exhibit great skill and daring in their operations ou < the field, but the highest praise is due to the commanding general for his ad mirable dispositions for dislodging tjie enemy from a position apparent! which Jests the administrative princi ples of a President in office, and the appointment of Mr. Boutwell was re- ceP'ed by all friends of reform as dis- couiagijig evidence that his predilec tion im/avor of business principles in administration was no deep and de cided conviction. In yielding to those who claimed to be party leaders in Congrats, he went at one step the whole’>ngth of filling the most im portent and most distinctively bus! ness plAe in the Aministratlon by typical political appointment. It soon becamefapparent also that it was his misfortune to have no standard of fit ness for civil employment, such as ac tual service under his own eye had given him for military office. In IfiSj, President Grant urged the annexatioo of San Domingo as a Ter ritory of the United States. The means which he took to carry out this projectj were sharply criticised, anc that the motive on the part of some of Grant’s; trusted adherents for the an nexation was th£enriching of a ring was more than suspected. The scan dal in which Gen. Babcock, the Presi dent’s aide de camp, figured so con spicuously marked the beginning of the decline of the Republican Party. In 1871 the Joint High Commission signed a treaty under which aCourtof Arbitration sitting at Geneva settled the Alabama claims. At the National Republican Convention of June 5, 1872, President Grant was RENOMINATED BY ACCLMATION, with H ( enry Wilson for Vice-Presi dent. _^They received 268 votes in the Electoral College against 80 for Gree ley and. Brown. During Grant’s sec ond term the scandals concerning the bonded .warehouses, the sales of pub lic lands, the army tradership con tracts, jthe naval contracts and the whiskey frauds, subjected the Admin- strntioh to determined and effective criticism- The public, with a gener osity born of true gratitude, refused to connect the personal character >of the President with the notorious profligacy in office which could not be concealed; yet, In 1872, the unwilling conviction that a reform could not be brmed within the lines of the party organization had spread so far as to ead to an earnest effort to form a* new and independent party. The loose organization and the absurdity of the Qreeleynomination made the re-elec- AN INCIDENT AT CEDAR HILL. ion ! Jurin still r sonal were ted, ofil mpregnable.” The first measure passed in the Con gressional sessions of 1863-64, was a resolution providing thatagold medal be struck for Gen. Grant, and^ return ing thanks to him and his army. A bill providing the grade of LIEUTENANT-GENERAL in the army was passed by Congress, and on March 1st, 1864, received the signature of President Lincoln, who at once nominated Gen. Grant for the position. Grant arrived in Washing’ ton on March 0, and received bis com mission at the hands of the President. He announced that headquarters would be in the field. With 700,000 men be planned two campaigns, to be directed simultaneously against vital points of the Confederacy; one, under Meade, to operate against Richmond, defended by Lee; the other, under Sherman, against Atlanta, defended by Johnston. At midnight, ou May 3, 1864, Giant began the movement against Richmond,pushingon through the Wilderness with 140,000 men in an endeavor to place himself between the Confederate army and Richmond. Tiie bloody battles of the Wilderness which foiled Grant’s attempt, and the terrific losses, which from May 3 to June 15 amounted to the appalling total of 54,551 men killed and wounded on the Union side alone, simply seem ed to confirm Grant in his determina tion to isolate Lee. It was soon after the horrible carnage before the rifle pits of Cold Harbor that Grant sent his famous dispatch to the Govern ment closing with these words: "I propose to fight it out on this line "IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.” The siege of Petersburg, which Grant began when the flanking move ments of the summer proved useless, ended after the victory at Five Forks, in April, 1865. Richmond was evacu ated, Lee retreated toward Danville, closely followed by Grant, and the surrender finally took place on the 9th of April, twenty years ago. Ou the 25th of July, 1866, Grant was commissioned General of the United States Army, the rank having been created for him. For some time he acted as secretary of war. displacing, much against IPs will, Secretary Stanton, and finding in President Johnson’s actions towards him(Grant) an attempt to destroy his character before the country. At the Republi can National Convention held in Chicago, May 21, 1868, Gen. Grant was unanimously nominated for Pres ident on the first ballot, with Schuy ler Colfax for Vice-President. Thej’ received 214 electoral vetes, against 80 for Seymour and Blair. His FIRST CHOICE OF CABINET OFFICERS was made without listening to man aging politicians, and was a sincere effort to apply business principles to his work. Even in the case of those appointments which were most criti cised—Mr. Stewart’s to the treasury and Mr. Borie’s to the navy depart ment—it was plain that he had used Ids own judgment, and had concluded thnt those departments could tic well administered by business men who had made a success of great domestic and foreign commercial transactions. The discovery that Mr. Stewart was ineligible by law was a disappoint ment te him. He was uow subjected to the ordinary political Tor convit nt a foregone conclusion, second term the President to believe evil of his per- lends. When prosecutions and Babcock was indic- Ident's words, “Let no pe,” were again hailed M WMieb we Yet Babcock was not The managers of THE WHISKEY RING that they levied their assess How General Manigault Might Have Made History. Mansfield (O.) Herald. Among the incidents of his recent trip through the South, Gen. Brinker- hofT relates a story of the battles about Chattanooga, which just now, while the attention of the nation is con centrated on the man who at that time directed the armies of the Union side, may be interesting: "On my way from Charleston to Columbia,” said General Brinkerhoff, "I fell into-a conversation with Gen. A. M. Manigault, the present Adju tant-General of South Carolina. Find ing that I had recently been at Chat tanooga, and commanded a brigade near the centre of the rebel line at Missionary Ridge. "He said the finest sight he over saw was the advance of the Union army, with 60,000 men In line. "Tiie day before the fight at Mis sionary Ridge, General Manigault had his head-quarters on an elevated point known as Cedar Hill, but on the advance of the Union Army the Con federates fell back about three-quar ters of a mile and took up a position on Missonajy Ridge. As the Union Army advanced General Manigault observed that Cedar Hill, the position vacated by him the day before, was uow occupied by some one, evidently of high rank. He could see througli his glass that orderlies on horseback were coming and going in such num bers as to make it very certain that some person of importance was then on Cedar Hill, and one who must at least rank as high as a division or corps commander. "As he watched the hill the maxim of Napoleon in regard to destroying or disabling the guiding mind of an op posing army occurred to him. Napo- eon under such circumstances ad vised the concentration of a number of batteries and a whole broadside in order to make sure work, and as General Manigault had several bat teries of rifle guns he felt sure that le could kill or Cripple the officers on Cedar Hill, but as he had orders not to waste any ammunition until ordered from head-quarters, he sent for his division commander and suggested the propriety of sweeping Cedar Hill, le was told that tiie orders of General 1 Jragg were imperative, on account of the scarcity of ammunition, to reserve fire for close quarters. However, he said he would see General Bragg and ask his consent. General Bragg de clined, 'and so,’ said General Mani- gualt, ‘I lost an opportunity ofehang- LOCAL OPTION IN GEORGIA. DAVID DIXON’S WILL. The Growth of the Temperance Move ment in the Empire State of the South. Atlanta Letter in Anguata Chronicle. Prohibition is the ruling principal in the State nou^It has been steadily growing. It originated in local laws to prevent the sale of liquors wihin the neighborhood of our country churches and school-houses—then spread to towns and counties. The same progress which has torn down the worm fences has overturned the worm still. County after county has voted to stamp out the sale of liquor. Since the adoption of the new constitution probably fifty counties have closed their doors to the liquor traffic. It is confined to no section. The Blue Ridge belt, where the peach blossoms of early spring time melt into mountain dew by frost, has taken up the reform. A glance at the map will shew that the whis key rills are drying up. Instead of waiting until the Legislature could grant an election, the friends of local option have framed a general bill, just as they did in the fence-law, and the ordinary is bound to order an elec tion now whenever a petition of the requisite number is presented. Of course there is much cant and emptiness iu all this sort of thing, but In localities prohibition has been a great blessing. In the country where the labor has been demoralized the groggery has been closed up. In small towns where police are few and peace Is precious, the groggery has had to suspend. Around colleges and churches the traffic has been aban doned, and this much may besaid.few counties, if any which have once tried the prohibition schedule have adopted any other or gone back to the old order. Prohibiten has not been effectual. The private jug, the express keg, the back door have made holes in the law; but the class of people who are most injured are kept away from the “wine which is red.” The sentiment has captured tiie State. To morrow a general prohibition bill could go through the Legislature like a flash, and, as Middiebrooks, of Newton, says, "anything is Con stitutional that can get a majority.” Fulton conuty would vote overwhelm ingly for probitbition. Rome is not safe against it; Macon would be very uncomfortable; the liquor men would have a hard fight to bold up in Augus ta, Bavannah would probably survive the tidal wave.. I never saw anything like the determination of the tem perance cause x .in the House. Without oiain », merits t pen distillers and cheated the treasun to raise a fund to insure a third te rm to the President, and that the e td justified the meaus. Gen. < Grant’s tour of the world after he becaine again a private citizen, al lowed fareign nations to mark the ad miration in which he was held, and gave tnem an opportunity to show how much this nation had grown in the world’s estimation. The people of this /country were deeply pleased by thesn manifestations on the^rart of foreign ■overnmeuts. It was, there fore, wlith much mortification and deep dilgust that tho people at large realizec , after Grant’s return, that capital was to be made out of the trip aro yuid the world for electing him again t< the Presidency and maintain ing in power the corrupt politicians who att ached themselves to his for- tuneSf^'A desperate attempt was made to carry out this scheme. r i h-j infamous 306 were elected as delegates to the Republican National Conven tion; they were insolent in their as sertions of power. Public opinion, howevaf, was too strong for the politi cians. America wanted no third term, no Ctesjar. Garfield was nominated and thq country breathed easy. Since then Gtp. Grant has been out of poli tics. Three years ago, iu an effort to aid his Isons to establish a perma nent business, Gen. Grant allowed himself to be drawn into the scheme by whibh X FERDINAND WARD wrecked so many fortunes and repu- tationa.' In his ignorance of business Gen. Grant was made a bait to attract victims. The story of the crash of a year a^o need scarcely be repeated. For ' several years Gen. Grant lias derived most of his income from a fund of $250,000 raised by George W. Childs and other friends and placed in the hands of trustees. For the last five years he has lived in New York City in a handsome house near the Central Park, having much of theti ne some of his married chil dren with him. d | ing the currents of history, for a week ?rr or tWo klterwafes niy‘piCltetsT>r5ugffr me a Cincinnati newspaper with General Grant’s report of the battles of Missionary Ridge, from which I learned that the man on Cedar Hill was General Grant hinsclf, and I am very sure that with the batteries at my command I could have killed or crippled hint " ‘I have had it in my mind for many years,’ said General Manigualt, ‘to tell General Grant this story, if by chance I should meet him, but it is not likely now I will ever have an opportunity." The Kuilroad. Abbeville Messenger. There Is beyond doubt a restless and anxious feeling among the friends of the C. C. G. & C. Ry., at the long de lay in beginning work. We were told that the delay was caused by waiting on Aiken. But Aiken has not voted and we see no signs and hear no intimation of any preparation •n the part of Aiken to vote. Aro we to stand here idle all the time because of Aikeu? Our own feeling is, that if Aiken does not desire to join our scheme on tiie terms proposed, to let her alone, and go elsewhere. Surely we are not dependent on Aiken ? We trust not, for we fail to see any evi dence on the part of Aiken of any in terest in the Road. Neither of the papers published there, has even mentioned tire subject, except on the part of one of them to disavow any in tention to discuss the matter again. If then it is apparent that Aikeu will not act, and if we be dependent on Aiken, let us know it, that we may know the worse. If it be that in tiie event of Aiken’s neglect or refusal to join us, we have other resources in abeyance or prospect, let us proceed to utilize them, for there is no con cealing the fact, the temper of the people along the line is such, that something must be done. It may be ttiat negotiations are pending, or that influences are at work, of which we are not informed. But of this we are certain that we echo the wish of our people, when we say we are very anxious to see work actively begun. t or organization the rry their measures by aha noi3<< as- israil skill, leadersh prohibitionists. siiserimrjantyyi ’battered down Jericho with harps and hosannahs. Prohibition is spteading like a wave over the couniry. I hear that Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, is looked upon as a possible Presiden tial candidate ibthis reform. Gcu. Grant’s ISuriul Casket. New York World. The casket iu which the remains of Gen. Grant will be buried is a "state metallic casket, the finest and the only one of the kind ever made. The length Is six feet and weight two hundred and fifty pounds. The shell will be ired cedar, covered with the finest purple silk velvet, and with heavy sdlid silver mountings, handles aud portals. The inside metal is to be of highly polished copper one- eight of an inch thick, which will be lined with very heavy cream-colored satin, tu/ted and corded. There will be a pillow of the same material, upon which will be ribbou-embroided with ihe initials "U. S. G." in material of the sami color. There will be a full- length cover with thick French bevel- edged glass. The casket will be per fectly air-tight. The outside box, of cedar will be heavily lined with lead and with solid silver mountings and r corner trimmings, is pronounced as pressure f nearly iiidestructible as possible. The Detroit Free Press notes that of the twenty-one Presidents or Vice- Presidents who have become Presi dents, seven, including Grant, have died iu July—three of them, Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe, on the fourth of that month, while Garfield was shot in July. Four of them have died in June, thus proving tiie debilitating effect of hot weather upon old and fee ble persons; nearly all of them beim: over 70 years of age, one over 90 aud three of them 80 years and over. Polk was the youngest—54—who died from natural causes; Lincoln .being 56 and Garfield 50 when they were taken off by violence. The Newbery Observer says: "Suppose a merchant or professional man should shut up shop and take holi day every Saturday. Could he loaf one-sixth of the year and make any thing? Many farmers do. Some folks think farmers have the hardest life. They have the easiest. The fast passenger train over the South Carolina railway from Charles ton to Columbia, now makes over 41 miles an hour. Tne New Collector for Charleston News and Conner. Mr. Theodore D. Jervey is a Charles tonian by birth and has always lived in this city, his residence during the past fourteen years being at 0 George street. Ho was graduated from the College at Charleston in 1837, and commenced his business career soon after as cleik in the cotton house of James Calder A Co., of this city. About the year 1852 he entered Into copartnership with Mr. W.C. Bee and formed the firm of W. C. Bee A Co., cotton and rice factors. Bince the death of Mr. Bee a few years ago Mr. Jervey has been the senior member of the firm. In 1874 Mr. Jekvey was elected President of tho Charleston Cotton Exchange and served as such for four years. He is now first Vice- President of the Chamber of Com merce. Soon after the outbreak of war Mr. Jervey enlisted as private in the Twenty-seventh Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, which was sta tioned on James Island under the command of Colonel Gaillard. In 1863 he was detailed for duty in the office of General Gonzales, Chief of Artillery. Mr. Jervey has never been a candidate for any public office, having repeated ly declined the nomination to dif ferent offices. Nevertheless he has been untiring in his work for the Democratic cause, both in the dark days of Republican misrule and in the brighter times since the revolution of 1876, in which campaign he took an active part. He has been a member of the Cor »ty Democratic Executive Committee almost continuously qince 1868, aud was generally chosen a mem ber of the finance committee on ac count of iris popularity and the con fidence which was reposed in him. Mr. Jervey is a gentleman of tiie most charming manners and is without an enemy in the community. He is a man of tiie highest and most irre- proachahle character and will dis charge tiie duties of the position to which he has beeu appointed with equal ability, integrity aud fidelity " I think there is hut little doubt Dial we shall have a penny postage for letters,” said Postmaster-General Vilas on Tuesday morning. "I shall recommend it in mv report to Con gress, and the people want to see a fur ther reduction iu letter postage. There is no reason why this department should be any more nearly self-sus taining than the other departments, and if penny postage should create a deficit of a few millions a year for awhile, I guess tiie Treasury is rich enough to stand it,” The English language lias had a wonderful experience lately. The ne gotiations between the Chinese and Japanese with- regard to Corea were conducted wholly in English, because there was in English a vocabulary of clear and definite diplomatic terms which were possessed by neither the Chinese nor Japanese. $20,000 Paid to a College Graduate to Marry a Mulatto. Athens Banner Watchman. Tho Dixon will case, in Hancock county, is creating considerable ex citement, and moet every one In the county is taking sides one way or the other. The woman, Fanny Eubanks* is a mulatto, now living in good style in Auguste. Mr. Dixon, year* ago, offered twenty-live thousand dollars to any white man who would marry her. A young man naned Eu banks, a graduate of tho University of Georgia, concluding that this was the best and easiest way to make a fortune, accepted Mr. Dixon’s proposi tion and took tho girl up north and they were married in Boston. At least he brought a certificate from that place, showing that they were legally married. Eubanks brought her home and was well fixed upon one of Mr. Dixon’s plantations, He lived with his dusky bride for several years raising two children by her. Eu banks died several years ago, and left Fanny a gay and dashing young widow. Mr. Dixon brought hor and her ten children back to his home, where they lived until he had them a fine house built near his own, and where Fannie Eubanks and her mother lived until Dixon’s death. He made his will, and then sent for the family to come down to his bouse together with other witnesses, and informed them that he bad made his will; that he wanted them all to wit ness his signature, and after signing the document and having it properly witnessed he said that after his death it might be claimed that ho was not of sound mind, and l^o wanted them to put him io the lest and see if hia mind was clear. After his death and his vault was opened which Is said to be one of tho strongest in the state, a package of $25,000 in stocks and bonds were found, with the name of the mother of Fanny Eubanks written on it and os belonging to her. This amount was never mentioned in the will in any manner, and the $25,000 was turn ed over to the woman by the executors ef the will. It is claimed by some that the will ought to be broken on account of Mr. Dixon having advanc ed bis brother $40,000 and taking a mortgage on his land to secure tho money loaned. His brother paid the $40,000, hut had failed to have the mortgage cancelled and died without over taking up the paper, and as soon as he died Mr. Dixon came in with the mortgage and took the land for lh$ He hi- _irhos. aisr^plalm^hat Mr. 'Dixon had' no right to g^^tms mnl- latto woman, although she was bis child, his landed estate, amounting to 17,000 acres of the best land In Mid dle Georgia, as it will injurs those owning lands adjoining. The mother of Fannie Eubanks is a very quiet, inoffensive woman, and when any of Mr. Dixon’s friends would visit him she would wait on his guests and never put herself forward. She would often visit Sparta te trade, *nd some of Mr. Dixon's friends, to whom she brought things from tbs plantation, would invite her to dinner. 8ha would always prefer having her din* n«r sent Into the kitchen where she would eat with the servants. The lawyers are having a fat thing over the contest. All the legal talent of Sparta and some from Macon has been employed, Grant's Birthplace for Sale. jCjncinnatti, July 28. — Miehsal Hersh, Jr., the present owner of the house at Point Pleasant, Ohio, Iu which Gen. Grant was born, says ho would naturally prefer to have the house remain where it is, but that If a sufficient sum be offered he will let tire house go elsewhere. He has had one offer of $1,000 from a gentleman of Cincinnati, which he would not con sider. He says he could sell the house piecemeal for relics, and In a fact had sold a window-catch for five dollars and a good many splinters from the weather-boarding, which had been renewed. He says he was careful in making repairs to leave the interior intact. The Newspaper Men. The following are the new officers of the press association, elected at the meeting in Greenville last week: President, M. B. McBweeney, of the Hampton Guardian; Vice-presidents, T. H. Clarke, of the Camden Journal, and C. W. Petty, of the Carolina Spartan; Secretaries, J. 8. Perrin, of the Abbeville Messenger and J. B. Bonner, of the Reformed Presbyte rian ; Treasurer, F. McJchers, of the Charleston Zeitung; Chaplain, Rev, 8. H. Brown, of tho Christian Neigh bor; Orators for the next meeting, Col. J. W. R. Pope, of tho Columbia Register and Capt. M. L. Bonham, of tire Abbeville Messenger. In Massachuretts 800,000 depositors have $250,000,000 in the savings hanks. In New York the savings institutions hold $375,000,000 of small deposits. In the Bouth such a thing as a real sav ings bank isnotknoYhi. "From such facts as these,” says the Atlanta (Ga.) Chronicle, "the Bouth can understand how poor she is, and what a tremen dous accumulation of capital is In the hands of the thrifty working people of the East.” The Iowa Supreme Court has decid ed that a hotel keeper who receives guests, knowing that there is a con- ta;ious disease in bis houee, Is lia ble for damage to any guest who may contract the disease. It le said that apiece of sine placed on the coals of a hot stove will dean out the stovepipe. The vapor pro duced carries off ths soot by chemical decomposition.