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■ ✓ HwS "A -^sr -^r - ''’'li? •-'; * » ■ ; i ■■ ' . "'•‘L-'^irJZ CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, Mmiaser. AIKEX, S. C., TUESDAY, HAY 17. ISS7. VOLUME 6.—NUMBER 31.' «a*=ff Professiocal Advertisements. TOWNS IN RUINS. mi: kom\\< i: in fixanck. vestcil as oiiportuuitie^ ofTorc<l. As iiom'st to tiik com:. Havilaud Stcvoiison, Attorney at Special attention given to Collec tion. 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law', Aiken, James Aldrich. Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, t». C. Practice in the State aij'l United States Courts for South Carolina. IfUXDItKDS OP I'l^lt-SONS K 11,1,1:1) How >Ii - . Oeor^(r W. YYilliains Paid a l»V THK KAHTHOUAKK. l>cl>c of Honor. Tiie New York U r orM, of Sunday, tiie Stii inst., contained tiie following special dispatch from Xew Haven, Conn., in relation to the ytory about the Southern grocer and tiie Xew ! Haven bookkeer: “The very oxtraordinarv financial j THK KAHTHgiAKK. Law, Aiken, w. C. Mexico Undergoing a Geneitil Seis mic Conviilikiom •Widespread \'oi» canic Outbreaks—The flood Work —| oi iliefjnakes™f.amls Wac< , red ami Clold Alines Laid Bare. C i" yam ah, Mex., May 8.-Tiie cart h- | quake of the third instant was aceom- S, C. j pauied l»y a terifie volcanic eruption — j at Hutrispe, which destroyed Mocte- zunia, killing 1G0 persons and igniting the woods in the vicinity. Twenty- seven persons were also killed at Oputu by falling buildings. Many persons were injured at Grenada and Gusabar, which towns were almost completely destroyed. MEXICO STI H It EI> UI‘. City ok Mexico, via Galveston, May o.—'riio government received D. 8. IIkxdeksoh. E. P. He.vdersox. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. ! Will practice in the State an<l United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. Edw.J. IMekerson, Attorney-at-Law, Aiken, S. Will practice in all the Courts this Slate its first information regarding the disastrous earthquake on the 3rd instant at I’atrispe, in the district of Moctc/uma, Sonora, by which 1GG i persons lost their lives. The earth quake occurred ato;3Up. in. At tiie same time volcanic erupt ions began in the neighboring mountains, lighting up the summits for a long distance. Tiie same a fternoou cart hqiuiko shucks South began gradually to recuperate. Iliad invested some portion of the an eflort was made to confiscate Mr. ... Hand’s interest at the South in con- StoryoU Pina... sequence of his having remained aU einl Iniegriiy on Hecoril. the Xorth, and having withdrawn] News * Courier, from the tirm, I sent a message j A dispatch published in the Axira tlirougli the lines requesting his ini- wcw/cr on Saturday last, giving mediate return to Charleston. As . t heoutlines of a remarkable story of was stated in yesterday’s paper he (i nancial integrity on the part of a was imprisoned in Xew Orleans, An- j Southern capitalist, excited consider- gusta, Ga, and lliehmond, Ya., h«t j able interest in this city where the was finally permitted to return to ; p.,,^ lo ,i , tninsact.on by which nearly $700,0001 Charleston, and was acquitted of any The statelnenfc wllich wa8tukel) frou ; iiad been restored to a man who had ; disloyalty and his property restored, j UieXew Haven Conn Ttmi tpr i« no legal claim to it, as given in tiie; in the meantime I had reinstated L s f ol | ows . *’ •• 7 ■ , • i’vTvHmbmTm^/' v " xr t ' 0 . ncIn r ;! I ° d '‘V* 1 as Partner of the firm of George j o At the beginning of the civil war , nartie • lu The in’ n\‘ lit -‘ f<,ro leaving a wealthy Souliiern groeer, wlio imd HIS BAXCIXO MAY CAUSE A DUKf paitieb to the tiani»actSon were Daniel for the Xorth ^Ir, llaixl left his entire had made the remark that Xnpnleon had never been in a closer place. I pon Take Your Turn. Almost every woman has, at funds of the firm judiciously. When | hearing this Xey/oll into a towering . n ^ n(V w|8he< , for two the Burney crash came, in 1S70, I ! passion and raved like one mad. gf hands because tliere wore so man" visited Mr. Hand at his home and Many oth^r evidences of tlm identity ; t ‘, lin , M , WJinttHl to ( i 0 at once. Few told him that I felt hound to make j theory were furnished by those who had known tiie mysterious old man, eitiier as teacher or friend. About 1 o’clock tiie grave v.Ais open ed, after an explanation by Div J’am- sey why it was done. The press was fearful; everybody wanted to see the process of opening tiie coitin. But Hie good his losses, as he was not a part ner in that concern. There was no talk of lawyers at all. I had my own time to pay Mr. Hand his money, and about a year ago I made him the last remittance of the total amount of his fortune, about $700,000. That is tin? story ami that is about all there is of it.” Haid, a weal thy citizen of Guilford, interest in my hands to manage as my a slow village near this place, and j own, knowing that I would make a George \\ . Y\ illiams, of Charleston, ; faithful return of the trust. ‘‘Having been so hardly dealt with S. C., a member of the banking firm of Williams «£ Birnic. The firm also have an office in Xew York City. “Mr. Hand and Mr. 'Williams were by the Confederate authorities lie re solved never to return to the South again. In the Birnie troubles in Xew in the grocery business on a large scale j York, in 1S7‘J, wich resulted in a loss in Augusta, Ga., before the war, or j to me of over a million dollars, a large rather Mr. Hand was in business and portion of the trust aceumlatcd for Mr. Williams was his bookeeper, j Mr. Hand was also lost lint as he was with a small interest in the business, j not a member of that firm I feit it my Mi. 1 land had real estate in t he fSouth ; duly to make good the t rust "and worth about $100,000 and was one ofl ited Mr. Hand at Guilford Conn. W. Quitiiian Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, -S. vis- in Xeither he nor . had ever { were telt tliroughoiit the State. The j eery business was wound up and Mr. [ called upon me fora settlement, and surprised that so large an the wealthiest citizens in that section. At the outbreak of the war the gro-J his friend, Judge Morris IS.so for that purpose, i is hereby local scien- j Hand determined not to li the for C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Hpecia attention given to collections. John Gary Evans, Attorn ey'-at-La w. Will practice in (lie Counties of Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. prediction is made list* that Mexico is about to undergo a ! tunes of war in the South, but to eoim general seismic convulsion, ami recent | to this State ami settle. Mr. W’illiam.- determined Wll! -hock Dr. >V M Courtney, Dentist. records of earthquake that there is widespread tivity from one end of Mexico to the other. Volcanic outbreaks are occur ring near the Guatcmuiiun border, as well as in the State of Sonora. amount had been saved j of the Conferate wreck. -OKFIi’Ii- ^Bichland Avenue, Aiken, S. C. Jfext door to Henry Busch & Co. THE HOOD OK THE qi T .\KK.S. Tuscan, Arizona, May s.—An other violent earthquake is reported in San Jose Mountains, forty miles south of Fort Huuchveg, in Sonora, j In large for him out Mi. Hand, i\» snow 1 Uetei milled to take his chances in the being then nearly eighty years of age volcanic ac-1 South. Mr. Hand was in a quandary j requested that Judge Morris should i •cal estate, j prepare the settlement, paners w hich were arranged to meet my conven ience. “Ilavingdischargcd the trust C!»nfi- ded to me by one who was my friend as to what to do with hie He thought that the war would wreck the value of his property, and he knew that if lie attempted to take the deeds ol tiie property Xorth with him and should be searched on the way. the deeds would be confiscated and turned over to the Confederate Government, which was established at that time. General Forsyth lia^ sent an explora tion party to investigate. Tiie party, just returned from the Santa Catalina Mountains, report that the canons are I full of water which was brought to fact, the Southern officials v Dr. Ji, H. Teague, Dentist. j the surface by the cart quake. This is “OFFICE OX- Ricliland Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. Dr. J. II. Burnett, Dentist. - OFEIC’E AT- (Jranitcville, Aiken County, S. 0. Dr. Z. A. Smith PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUCJ USK, / - - - S. C. 2^~OfTice uear Depot. a great boon for that region, as there are thousands of acres of good farm ing lauds at the base of these moun tains which only needed water to ere on the alert in his case, and they suspect ed that he was going to take some property Xorth w ith him that would he valuable to the e uise. He was ar rested and detained on suspicion, but be found a way out of his difUculties Southern magis by going before a trate and swearing that ail his prop erty belonged to his partner, Will iams, and then he was allowed to go make them valuable. Another good i his wav. w hen a mere hoy, and a lifetime friend I feel that I have done my duty and only my duty.” Mr. Williams has received the fol lowing letter from Mr. Danitd Hand under date of April 10: '•‘Your letter was duly received and read with interest hut I can make you nos!ike return for reason that you are well aware of, w ithout my repeating them. 1 am gratified Hint you are so hopeful auu confident of the future- o 1 t h e South, and I trust <hat you and your children may live to witness its realization in all the aiken Institute, AIKEX, S. C. FRANK H. CURTISS, President. D ESIGXED for the higher educa tion of young ladies and young gentlemen. Course of study thorough and exhaustive, covering a period ot eight years exclusive of collegiate course of faurye .rs. Each department, , ,, complete in itself—Primary, Inter- | ta “ man, "it wotib. afford me sincere mediate, Grammar, Preparatory Aea- pleasure to be introduced to him and cllectof the earthquake is the open, ingof two large gold veins, which were discovered in the Santa Catalina Mountains at a point where tiie whole side of the mountain slid down. Several prospecting parties have left to locate claims. MON UM EXT A I. CH KKK. Ah “American Sovereign'’ Interviews Prlnpe- Leopold on Heal Kstate. Chicago Tribune. A tall, thin, intellectual looking man of severe aspect addressed one of the attendants: of Prince Leapold as that distinguished foreigner and party arrived at Lincoln, Neb., last Wednesday on their way eastward. ‘‘Is Prince Leopold jn this ear?” he inquired. The attendant replied that ho was. “As a citizen of America who has always admired the prince,“ said the j coming future. Being io the manner turned toe property , horn, with a long and unusual success in life, you have much better means of forming correct opinions and esti mates than I have. The obstacles and hiudnun es in the way of the advance of the Sjuith seem to me, to he almost, if not quite, insurmountable, yet they have vastly the best part of our almost boundless country, and I “Mr. Hand over to young Williams with Uih pn vute understanding that William: would return it to him after peace- had been restored, if he had it, and felt so disposed. Xo actual obligations were laid on Mr. Williams' shoulders. His honor was all that Hand could depend upon. The war went on apace, ajidUfiMi-. ilg.al had the Willi nearly « thi afterwards prospered, got into the brokerage business in Charleston and recently taken his young bookkeeper into partnership, fearing that his property would be coufispeted, de cided to go Xorth. He told the book keeper to use the property, valued at ubeut $400,000, as he thought best, at* that he, the • merchant, would rej^v upon the bookkeeper's honor for a sett lenient at some future time. The merchant then came Xorth and set tled in Xew Haven. In 18G(j, wonder ing what had become of his estate in tiie .South, the merchant placed the matter in the hands of Judge Morris, with instructions to investigate ami collect if there was any tiling to collect. After some correspondence with the bookkeeper at the South, the latter forwarded an acknowledgement of the claim, and an inventory show ing his indebtedness to his former employer to be $i; 18,000, and expressed his desire to return the property, but requested time to perfect the arrange ment. He began remitting several years ago and last week forwarded the last payment, including the in- ierost, thus wiping out the debt of honor.” The story, as related above, is a 11?tie mixed, as all stories are apt to bo when they travel far a Way fronv home, but the facts are substantially tnie. I’lie parties are Mr. George W. Williams, of ibis city,, ami Mr. Daniel Hand, now of Xew Haven, Did Young It a mm Attempt tiie t’an-Can YVItli Ux-Marshall lia/.aine’s I>auirliter? City of Mexico, May 4.—Ex clusive society is still much agitated over the incident that <H<eurre«l SmV- day morning at the ball given by the Spanish Club of Mexico, as told in the IVoi’Ul of the 3rd inst. The ball was one of the grandest ever seen here. Everyone of consequence in the social and political world was present. Among those who attracted particular attention were Signor Ber- cero Armesto, the Spanish Minister; collln had almost whollytlisapjit areil. j The skull was found, but in a frag mentary condition, and tlwit portion where the wound is said to li;ive be>*L made had been destroyed by disinte gration. Xo silver plate was found. So the case stands just as it dhUit’foro. Had a silver plate been discovery! it would bavo destroyed the theory* of the identity of the two men, for lihy i*.-conspicuously silent nhrulx Xey’s having a silver plate in his)l head. Dr. Western, of Raleigh, was pres ent, and to .k much i at crest in all that was said about the obi teacher. We learned that he is at work on tiie sub ject, and will probably publish some thing soon. It will read with great interest. A great mystery hangs over the whole thing, and any attempt at take the thought to realize that these U t ir,gscould lie classified as the naust- ^etdqnes and the wish-to-bc-dones, but they can be so classified. Tho first wc do any way (or ought to) and I think they are not usually those we worry over, except as they stand in the- way of our accomplishing the ' i vvish-lo lio-dones. There is a possible v/:\y o£ lessening our voluntary, or . ^ Signor Xoriegn, a very wealthy yoiuur Spaniard, who has resided in Mexico j elucidation will he hailed with de many years and who made an im mense fortune during the term of President Gonzales, and Signor Barron, a young gentleman of Irish lineage, who inherited $10,000,000 from ids of industry. .Under Barron’s esopurt was Miss Bazaine, daughter oj' ex-Marshall light. It may not be amiss to say in this connection that Dr. Lyman C. Draper, of M tdison, Wisconsin, is at work on the same subject. He has been collecting material ioi* a long real uncle, the pioneer in Mexico I ti!ns b n,,t a great while ago lie the woolen manufacturing hitorme l the writer that he would begin to write as soon as he could. IJr. Draper is one of the most thor ough, painstaking investigators in the in voluntary, fretting about this matter ami V* what I shall try to write oJiouL Firet e*?, all, work as systematically anT as e*x>i^o»ically in regard to time as you eiwv, That goes almost with-* out .sayinyst. and the ability te do it .is » reward for long, par tienfc i^'adk'v-tfYwards tbia end. Tho s iLoivtt lifection is even Ies3 c*j»<v‘ juk$ re«ju-ires a longer experience tiia.i Hie Vst. before its following is an iU com p ‘islmdiHct. Constantly use ymO’ i'est |i Ugwitmt to discriminate between the. iican wait and those tluit caiL*id^ Attend to the first at the proper tlpwr^-aodt say to the other: •‘T-ike yo^r fcirn,” . In my home I : twp.biwid wiiD» Bazaine, or France. About 3o’clock’i the public may feel sure when everybody was more or less | ll,: ’t h* has left no stone untiirneU in heated with dancing and excited by the champafgne, which was flowing very freely, Noriega, who is a director of the Spanish Club, sotiglit ofit. -{?ig« nor Barron in the supper room am! trying to get at the exact truth. His work on the h.utle of King’s Moun tain is the most elaborate thing of its kind in tho English language. A imUXKAHD’S FUNERAL, Did You Kvcn* Attend Otic-? accused him of having outraged the Connecticut. Mr. WilliamM entered | hospitality of the cltih iu a way un- into the grocery business with Mr. j becoming a gentleman by dancing Hand iu 183S, at Augusta, Ga., as a ; with Miss Bazaine in a manner bor- <-ferk at $30 a year salary. In May, j dering oh the oan-cap. Voting Barron 3s4i!, he became a partner in the bitsi-j replied iiotly. Noriega repented that j ago. How few there arc who have ness, tho firm being known ?ts Hand | be considered the young Irishman | not been at such a gathering atone i Williams. In I&32 the firm removedi n?> gentleman. - j time or another in their lives. How dow sills d^oted diJfcr.©ht. ends'. Oli one is my *p'ork l^rr-dfet, apd-agood piece of renminDJfT V*eo oji which I pile my mendiujrjtutl •'V' 3 *bibg. Tbegff are inust*be-«'one!<f On Sjtie other X?. put reading matter Jo boi'V'ld or nvaill od away, autumn lestves to^^ pdoned to my curtains, odd.'* ibid eiiW^' to .b<Y pat together in air exM^ 88 snjne fiieMd or school, »^PCrap-b#okst0. Ik' pasted full of the bits now J^lng, in tiie box I put on top of ft, the bOOM-' die of old cotton to go to the hospital, tho magazine to be carried to my friend, and all the other “extras” that arc in my thoughts and intention. There is'sijch a thing as an orderly disorder, and my window sill is an example of it. It is never wholly cleaned; hut oife by one its contents cut at a drunkard’s funeral not Ion' conscious of them or indifierent about them. Is there not already an un known and baseless organization ! tf> Charleston, where it assumed the firm name <>f George W, Williams £ Co., Mr. Hand being a partner. At vie breaking out of the war the busi ness of the firm had attained large proportions. Mr. Hand was the res ident partner in Xew York, conduct ing the purchases, &c., for the firm. Mr. Hand was an Union man. He t ook no part in politics, but was op- He so i iti attempt on vie- tion, and no longer being able to serve Word o} tho dispute reached the j common they are. Xo day passes by ears of tho daucetp in the ball room, ; without seeing morn than one. Tiie causing large numbers to crowd about the door leading to tiie supper rooms. At this stage the Spanish Minister el bowed through the crowd and made his way to tho side of,Barton, whose cause be promptly epoused. This was the signal for Xariogo to turn fiercely on the Minister, using He the most insulting language. Ho said ,1?- ArflitWP^r4rs ir.-Tfif ft, receive my attontiim without worrj*, It was niy painful duty to he pYes* j vv i t fi thought, without neglect, witli unavoidable delay, without procrnMi- natbiii umiyet wjth “wait untilanotk- er day.’ ; T 4 ; ^lf I fret, my window sill loses its ciarm and pleasure. If I do not, I c nne to it again and vet again, slip ofl’ one little waiting thing and then an other wjth the thought, “this is your turn, and how much good yon will do, when you get to where lam sending blessed sunlight falls upon homes whose darkness it cannot chase awnjq homes where sorrow reigns because it is a drunkard’s funeral. This partic ular funeral of which I now was not a pauper’s funeral, hut of u man who had a fine home and moder ate wealth. It was not the funeral of a man aged ami decrepit, but of one prerent - their *Wv>; mf manhood write you.” mutual country; Hint as a good j It was not the funeral of one who was Spaniard ho was heartily ashamed to , ignorant, coarse and brutal, only as be compelled to acknowledge him as .*?pa i irs Mi nistor. Ile used other violen t i his house, he retired from business in | language, winding up by accusing Hit Rerhaps this plan would Ik»danger ous for some. It. does take a good deal ofconeienliousmanagement of time. It is not easy t<f keep tilings from ly- kng. yet iiquor made him coarse and brutal. He was educated, refined and gentleman- - Iv; was an honored niemborofan hon- made money rapidly. “Meanwhile Daniel Hand had been (Vain.in-" ami asTcrUne- 'n.e il, i , bV.t ll t"J t!U '‘ faI1 . 0 ‘ 1S61 ‘ He co^l ' , not > llo ' v - <li l ,lomat nf «“veral grave public in-1 orabje profession,and in the practiceof living here on his place in Guilford. | ,r 0 vcn> Hie count d’ not onlv irn i t’ ! ' VCI ’ ' vitlldra ' v Ci 'P ifal » amI " ll - n ‘Bscretions. Before the Minister had :l thriving business. He was inlluen- His departure from the .South had by I Tve of Hie laws and Uon^tiDii’in l t ' ,hl ‘ 80qilt ‘ Stration ACt ' VaS pas8od ’ il il! » oppoidunity to reply to this torrent tial in the city where lie lived, and no means resulted in the destruction j in fiagrnnt opposition t<)° them Vml Uasins,>iue ,>eri1 ’ 11 was il ‘ ,llis °. f abu8e a fr5e, " 1 interferred and all J commanded at various times many of of ilia cn.iie fortune. Wjth wliat ] not an official or efTleient protest en- dumie, Academic and Collegiate. HAT EH OF TUITFOX. I’kp. Month.. Primary. Intermediate < iraniuutr Prep. Academic, t Academic, ) Collegiate. German and French, each Instrumental Music Special Drawing Lessons Painting, Oil, Water Color, Chi na, Lustra. For anv desired information con cerning catalogues, rates of hoard, or Any other mutters connected with the Institute addre»:s the President. A limited number of ifiiplents de siring board may find a pleasuot home in the famil v of t he ITc-ident. frank n. crirnss, Feb 1, lSs7.-tt President. \\ E \ T! to pay liim tiie respectful homage that an American sovereign may, without loss of dignity, accord to a represen- ^'.’ d tntive of the mightiest military 3 0(11 power on Hie continent of Europe.” ^• (w ! The attendant assured Hie Ameri can sovereign that tho Prince was trftvpjjpg incog, and did not wish to hold public levees in the privacy of his own car. hut lie would see his highness and ask if a stranger who appeared so sincere and respectful could not be accorded at least the pleasure of ar. introduction to the Prince. lie went in and returned in a few moments to say that Prince Leopold would make an exi-cplhm iu and staie'y Amcri- Europcan rovaitv 5 00 1 (Hi 3 30 2 GO 2 GO money he had left he made shrewd ] tered in the ease from anv quarter? investments, and, like Ids young Us there government or not govorn- bookkeeper, he made money. Home-j merit, liberty or slavery? and the time ago he endowed the Hand Aea- newspapcrsonly Dosay don't,’and is it not the beginning of the end ?” One of Uu* pleasantest features of demy, in Madison, which he built, »nd he is also said to have given a large sum of money to the Yale Divinity School, in this city, about six years ago lie emergency that his partner, Mr. Williams, came to his assistance. “The firm had been disolved,” said Mr. Williams to this whole remarkable s ory is that | 1 nHI j Mr. Hand w!n> is now 83 years of! did nothing | age has provided in his will that Hie towards recovering the property he iterest on $1,000,000, of his estate shall bud left in so peeulior a manner with j he devoted perpetually to the Mr. Williams. He regarded it as Ron of the totally lost, and did not worry much j South, about it. Six years ago, however, he I consulted with Judge Morris and ex- ! Story of si Woolly Horse, plained to him that he did not want] PhiUi<h)]>hia Unvot'd. Mr. Williams pressed for the money, colored children enuca- of the the parties returned to the ball room, I the chief places of honor. More than The affair, w hich had become gen-] all these, he was a child of Christian era By known at this time, had damp- j parents. At the first hour of his life a Reporter whojened the spirits of the revelers so j a prayer was breathed to God over called on him yesterday with a view thoroughly that the hall broke up j ifini and for him, and until those who of investigating the matter, “hut in shortly afterwards, every guest feel-] loved him better than their own lives the meantime there had been two j ing sure that a duel would be certain I passed to the better land he was daily to follow-. Armesto and Barron, if was generally admitted, must chal- ienge Xoriega, Armesto’s challenge taking nreeedence. The code is firmly his ease. The tail can admirer of followed the attendant into the '•or and was introduced to tin- grand nephew of Emperor Wilhelm. “I consider this the most fortunate moment of my life, your highness,” s fid he. “I have long wished for an but if Mr. Williams was willing to restore tho valug of tho property Mr. Hand w ould bo glad to get if. 'o l.r,> Morris advised his client iad no legal i iglits i a t he eas,*. The allusion in this mouth's install meiit of Hay and Xieolay’-s ‘‘Life of! Lincoln” to tfie niakiianie “Woolly Horse” applied to Gen. Fremont in cargoes of coffee imported, to a share of the proceeds of which he, Mr, Hand, was entitled. The war found 3Ir. Hand in the Xorth, and all his means in the South. I made an elrort to remit $100 003 to him, hut it w av j stopped at Atlanta by the vigilance committee, who sent it back to me, informing me Hi,at no money could he sent across the lines to aliens. Subsequently, however, this amount remembered at the Merc3’ Seat. How bright were Hu* hopes of his parents for their beautiful boy! But, alas! Who can tell the sequel—tell the established here and a either fight if insulted or made impossible. iiian must ] story of bis life from the hour he was his stay is! tempted to take his first glass until i the news of his death passed through Up to (Fite no duel lias been fought, nor is it known that challenges have been sent. Yesterday Noriega pur chased a ticket for Xew York and se- ! O A Now and Elegant lane of DDnr mvm iuity to njeel n member of the royal family of Germany, for whom iaw m JUST OPENED. Seersuckers, 0 in”! turns. j his possession. Tin f * ] indicated that 1 I entertain the most profuimd respect. , and I assure yoi;r highness that li sentiments 1 express are held l>v mi !. loj hiGiad';;;; ug:;;; ig^iau,j;' 1 ;; v* ^ ' The Judge ascertained Mr. Williams’s i • !' ‘ l * '"a tl> ' U> :i " " ' U ash * j telling him thUt it was necessary for ; address, and com in tin ion ted with him ' M ~ >n ‘ 1 n a 1 l *. t u si i an»,'. soil), e- p j,,, j 0 colllc t; ou ji 1 j agreed to do so ■ at once. 3fr. Williams wrote ac-i ,1 ‘ at a,ior ] and started .South. When 1 next knowledged the obligation, and! j." ! ."ttiewor.d bis : j loa ,.q ,,(• ij j tH j HI W . 1S j M ^..j sOU A - t> . v promise*! to |»:tv not oniv tiie ; / , , . 11 ^i ^ i I iiir.i i Orleans on suspieion ol being a ^j>y. but als ) tlie interest accruing since . S ‘‘ < : • V "^ M ^ a a,,d | I at once lelegraplici ,i ■ * i ,i | siH'ciira!ive turn umlertook tvi exnlain i i the lime wlieii tlic properqv e;inie into j - - • ’lauus tom- of his letti was sent to England and deposited in ! cured a berth on Thursday’s train for the Bank of Liviupool. 3Ir. Hand’s i Hie N'»rtl). His friends say that he assets were next attached by the (’on- will take ship at Xew York for Spain federate Government. 1 managed to and lay the charges, for which he get a message to him in Kentucky, j claims to have documentary proof, before the court at Madrid. The Opening of Xey’s Grave. C/iCi'fol/t: C/iritiii'-lr, i, have I mg i \our an-j | lt) „ () ,. My n innj mv n-i Call earlv and get first selection. ; lions of 11j\* countrymen j watched the career of J gust relative, the Emjieror. i is li. 1’lielps Hoskiu-on mii ■ deuce Kansas City. Kn I unscrupulous nature of the , ' who deal :u real estate in the SOllilUR ( lOl IIS. i ineoln, 1 tru-t 1 111:13’ take the! lihert.v of nutting your highness on i your guard igainst them. They wm:l i | ' cheat an innocent stranger out of hi- I ;oye-tect’ . There is not a town lot in ] this dead old town that is worth thej 1 paper it would cost to put a mortgage ini it. I have conic all the wav from ! Kansas City wjth no other motive than to assure your highness that if i you wish to invest in a live town I 1 j have a number of corner lots in the most eligible places in Run.-—” In less than five seconds Mr. R. ] I’holps Hoskiuson, the real estate! dealer of Kansas Citv, was Hying wildly out at the front door of the car; ! and capering convulsively down the ' steps to the tumultuous propulsion of — < two athletic Germans. •t. atnl 11 **riiai»s anxious to iej lie t-!i* 1 not 1 >si- to all 1- i 1 quibl ic to pi*-veiit liiiq William Turnbull Lauren* Street, Aiken, S. C. rpHE public are invited to inspect JL mv stock of which 1 am selling at rock bottom prices. I buy ipme but the best and ecll as cheap as the rhea pi A. Canned Goods in great variety and from the best hoii-.s. WM. TFDXBFI.L is trust and The amount wan paid upon large instalments, and the total -uni isgivnioul as iGG ',0); or theivaliouts. \ mg Hu'i^ji^ \ViIli.niis is a very prominent persons j maM j u (Lharle-ton. He enteitained 1 •' <l! ; Secretary L imarand other dignitaries at ;i reccjiuon given at tin' time the I'allioiin nioninuent was unveiled, a -hort time ago. His residence was one of the very few in Charleston that was not ;.t all shaken uj, by the earth quakes. His daughter was recently married to Mr. Fat Calhoun, grandson Hid he himself was on the Lieut. Fremont’s discoveries and at j the si me time inako a little money I tor himself. So lie came down-to Washington, Congress I icing in ses sion, and, hiring a shop on the avenue proceeded to advertise and exhibit “Lieut. Fremont’s woolly horse, cap-! lured by the gallant explorer iu tin very heatf of tii" Rocky Mountains, 1 ; at the risk of his life.” Of course, it was only an ordinary every-day horse with patches of wool stuck on. But it took, and the showman began to Q 1 i' e met at a large concourse old Tnird < 'reek eh of peopn treii T m.- da.v to witness tiie exhuming of Fete: S. Xey, the old pedagogue w!n> wa ll thi' (Jovernor :ia, explaining matters and igforMr. Hand's integritr. 1 aske : that lie he sent to Richmond, I where !.e could be idi'ii titled, both by ' quite a eljaiMcttfr i .1 t ii is sect ion ha! f a J Vice-Fresidcnt Stephens and < : ener.-.l j century ago. When th * .St ite-vil.e J romhs, botli of whoitj knew him. I ! delegation appo-ired on the scene they ! then, at a eost of about $2.V4,000 to found many of tiie old pgopie v. ii ■ the city'}—-dicd « drunkard. Wine met him in homes of friends at the liulhiyy reason of the year; the at tractive saloon opened its door for his welcome and he entered ; public society suppers sought Ids presence, 1 for he was ( lever and witty; college j entertainments were sometimes the ! occasion of indulgence to excess, and j the men of the world, of whom he i made his companions, helped him on j ! in the downward was*. The outward j ] trappings of his funeral were heauti- ’ fill, a rosewood casket, and wreaths of! I 'lowers. The eduea'ed and refined ! enough not to interfere with thiT must-be-dones. But then is there any department of our work or pleasure into which conoientiousness must not come if we would grow and he good? And then: is a deal of satisfaction iu coming around to these little extras and thinking, “I have earned tho right to do this and enjoy it.” Visiting comes somewhat under this head; so does fancy work and so does social letter writingaud the dlf- crent things that are pleasures to dif ferent people. The must-be-dones of some persons’s lives arethe wish- to-be-dones of others and vice versa. Xo definite list of tilings under cither head can be made. The gist of the whole matter and its individual value lies m concien- 1 ions discrimination, ehcerful waiting, prompt attendance to each item when the opportunity does come, and tho putting aside of impatient fret fulness —not easy, hut worth while. • Every thing that adds to our value to others, lUat increases our ability to do, that expands our thought iu management that helps our live to reach out and touch other lives, in a helpful way, and that puts good work into tho i world isaiways worth while.—Juniata Stajford, in Good Housekcejnnff. Home Fruit Drying. A mcriean Farmer. there, who knew him and rued over his daily ruin. The ■ of t he p-alm of prayer was heard Mi ms.the ia-t words were spoken. Bu* there s il a ei* i-dess sorrow upon every Ii>‘;irt. Everone I' It il^ltht few spoke. 1. myselt, ! restt,rim 1 e-eslabiished the oid firm. ? iiim to his copnrt tiHiship in mat Senator law, heard of the Iniinbug, a ed out vowing to drive it 01; before evening. Taking a money on it. One line day ; r Benton, Fremont- father-in-!.- .. . i ' ^I ol 1 lie hunilai". and .-tart-1 <•, | tl i l ( i (il town 1 , r() * brother' It. The Hand h where he him fro: 1 being nnb'.iod of being a I ederal snv. icxt time I beard of Mr. was in Augusta in jail, had been locked up to save on suspicion I went to I ruslu, remained with him iu jai twenty-four lioura and, finally, r emisideiable cost and trouble, him to Kiciimond, \'a., where he ot tiie statesman, once connected with a fai’un Xew Vork Cotton Exeliaime Hu a: at tiie time arouse* that of Williams, Mr. -.Villianis - much eomnieiit— Birnie & Co.” attention having to the article m ti ll Oft H. F. Warneke, ! Hon. James G. Carlisle il;us di-pos- i ed of the tariti truulde in the I.nuis- Bakor and Con faction or! ville Convention: “if the Democratic party is embarrassed by dificreuccs of opiuloin among its own members, it AND DEALER lA GROCERIES TOBACCO an?. CIOABS, TOYS, FIRE-WORKS, Etc. AIKEN, • - S. must recoiieile them if rm-siblc been ea: lie smi<!. “\\ iien 1 l;ec:in:e Mr. Hand’s part ner i.i Augusta in i>.42 he was not worth $G,0J t. ?Jr. Hanq’s fortune of two million doil.rs was made iu Augusta and Charleston, i was never a bookkeeper, bqt bad the control and veto power in ail of our mercantile firms. Mr. Hand never had any real e late in the South in his individual name; lie could not, therefore, have transferred the $400,000 of real estate to me. At the beginning of the war hut if that cannot he done it must delib erately pronounce the judgment of the firm of George \V. Williams «fc Co. the majority on all vital uiiestious and hud a large and profitable trade ex- let caeii nuin go his own way and tendiiigoverthe.StatesoftheCaroiinas ••ho*)*e his own political associates. .. . rn , 1 Ills 1 re-rihes n..t. ..k . ... ‘-^rgia, fentinessee, 1‘iorida ami I iv.-< r;i»es iitibady, c*.vices no- li..dy, out it bases the part3' organiza- j Aiabama. id , Hon on principal and makes parD’ at-, due the firm i lion honest and respectable. The millions of dollars 1 j l(U .Senator with liini he marched at oir-e to tho enein3’’s shop, 'i'he sliowman. who was standing outside the door, and who knew him perfectly well, had the impudence to go right on witli his lecture. He even went so far as to sa\’ to the crowd, “Here i.» Lieut. Fremont’s father-in-iaw—sen ator Betiion. Won’t \<ui walk in Senator, aqd take 30ur friend with 3‘ou. It won’t cost \’ou a cent.” “Come in -jiic,” said II •nt*>:i, sternl3*, handing him $ j and -trilling in wjth his friend; ‘'where is this animal?” “II'Te lie is,’’ -aid Hur show man, ho- ginningat tiie begin.lingof his lecture again. "Stop!” said 1> nton in the tone that iia*l often made the Senate chamber ring; “if\ ou don’t take that fraud out of ’his town before dark I’ll make you wish yon had never been horn.” Tiie impudence of the man wa-- frightened out of him by Benton’s sevorit.y and earnestness. “I’ll go,” lie said, and went that evening. But it was only to exhibit tile “woolly was incarnated for two weeks or more in the J.ibbv- prism, after which I procured his release. Then came tho suit to sequestrate his property. Col, C. R. Miles w as, ! think, the attorney for the Conl’edeaate Government, 1 was ad vised to get Pertigru and an other Union lawver, but this I refused to uo. Col. Henrv Buist and the late knew Xey person illy, an 1 were taught by him. Tiiey were miking <>!' tin- great obi niati, each telling of thost; things tint h id made the deepest im pression upon him, and giving hi- reasons why lie believed that the old teacher was the great marshal. Some ; of their reas ms were far from being! conclusive; some of them quite so. One man told that <>nl3' an hour nr two before Xe\' died, and alter lie had been i a formed by Or. L >cke that he must die, lie solemnly declared that ! he was none other than Marshal A 1*3’. ] But in a few moments lie spoiled it all 1>3' snqving that just a short time before the old teacher was taken o!T one of his friends was passing Hie school house, and N w stopped him and told him that he had good news; ar, and tin* tho *>n!3' s'. sorrow ful rus of tin- one lit eath need not have uor trunic iq cur lam!, people, was a crinu . 1 . its.— Tiie unspoken >• heart was that this been, and the li- F. M. Augur said a good word I for the.small fruit driers at a Connee- ; tiout State Boar*l meeting. Theyen- ■ aided his family to save a large quan- tit3* cf imperfect peaches and other fruits that without thedrier must have been wasted. Running a family size fruit drier may not open a way to great riches but on a farm where re fuse wood i< abundant and perishable fruit more so, a fine stock of dried i oar 1.0 «baton. Wineoflered to young men for social entertainment is worse than treason, and tho custom of having liquor at public dinners is a reiic of the most atrocious barbari-m and should be expelled from civilized, not to say Christian, s >*-ietv. Ami the legalized dram-shop in the laud, wliat shall he said about it? Tiie onFv excuse for its legal existence now is the revenue that comes from it to the State But think of the State taking revenue from a business that produces such made k-gal by * Irui ' s " ,:,y oasll - y a,, ' I cheaply be laid and on" in to - :| F ,01 ' 1,80 0| * for sale. A drier ! niaN’ give useful employment to many children who would otherwise fail to i find anything to keep them out of I mischief. A dime earned in u-half day i»3’ a boy or girl a dozen years old may prove the weight that turns the balance beam in their favor fqr life. It is Hie little economies, tne early habit of saving Hie pennies, that makes our thrifty New England peo ple wliat they are. We should all learn to look upon wastefulness as a sin. Mr. Fortcr were retained to represent that he had bx*n pardoned and could misery, and damns eternally imiunr- Mr. Hand, and they gained Hie suit after a three days’trial. I then scut Mr. Hand to Ashvjile, X. C., where he remained until the close of Hie war. Of course, most of his fortune went into Confederate securities or currency, ami when the war ended there was very little of it left. He went North after the cessation of hos tilities with barely’ enough money in liis pocket to pay his traveling ex- oeiises, and convinced that all his means had been swallowed up in tho now return to his 11 itive land, and that he was going to do so and get his wife and eo.ne hack to America. We remarked t > a gentleman present that that statement did not accord well with the idea of his being the mar shal, that the French were sometimes capable of doing very queer things, but they’ hud never attempted the Cap. F. W. Dawson, of of the Char- tal souls. Canon Wilberforee said re- leston Xcws and Courier, who is about ceil! ly that the rum tr tllie in England made six thousand widows every .year. A drunkard’s funeral! what it means, how terrible the story it tells. “How ioug, <) Lord, how long!” When will the Christian Church arise in her strength and say the accused liquor trallie siu-.l! bo destroyed ? ' ice Ures:- 'dcaler look.' sc’, elsewhere and t<> give Fre- , v.^^, ...v .....1 in those .States ware col-j moot a nick-name which his enemies! lectcd in C n'ei’erato m*. • 'a- thought particularly appropriate. ^ “Well, the years rolled on ridiculous feat of pardoning a man after he had (as they believed; been 'A Southern Man t‘;>i dead more than thirty years. An- ! dent, other gentleman gave what ho consul-: The Cleveland Fdii ! general ruin and wreck that over- ered a conclusive argument in favor j upon the suggestion that Hie Demo- whelmed the South. He left his , of the identity of 1*. S. Xey and the ; crats nominate a Southern mail for I ailairs in my bauds to - get what I marshal. We had been told that iu Vice President as senteMiueutully ‘could—if anything — out cf the 1 1843 when it was reported that Gen. ' good but as foolish aw fir as practical I wreck. j Taylor had been surrounded by’ the ( politics is concerned, Wc fear so, wc and the i Mexicans at Bueua Vista, some one fear so. to inflict a $100,00*) libel suit on tho New York Sun, has just returned from Rome where the Pope decorated him with the Order of St. Gregory Hie Great in rucogiiitioii of his service in crushing the foolish practice of du elling in the South. Next to duelling the most foolish practice in this coun try is tiie bringing of libel suitsugainst newspapers. It is especially foolish when indulged in by a man wlto is a newspaper publisher and editor him self. Tho Order of St. Sensible in sometimes conferred upon llioso who labor to place libel suits 011 the plans of the played out code duello—Y. World.