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BY E. B. MURRAY & GO._ _ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1879. VOL. X1Y-NO. 48. i II K U (?ll THE (Ht A NI) CANON. A Btujiundoim I.'ml oi l ailing. The actual passage of tho first passen ger train through tho Grand Canon and Royal Gorgo, on the Denver and the Rio Grandu Railroad of Colorado, took placo on the 7th ult. It waa tho crown of the mont stupendous achievement in railway engineering. Tho Grnnd Canon of tho Arkansas is now known to be cloven tuiies i:i length, being the narrow winding way of that river through a converse palisade of granito rock, rising in many places to the height of 2.500 foot. This rock-bound river pathway became known to the Spanish missiona ries as early aa the yenr ?G42. From .hat time it was not known that any ani mal life had ever passed through it suc cessfully until tiie summer of 1870. We condense from tho account* in the Den ver Tribune: Tho long passenger train that accom panied us through this mountain gorge wa? preceded by a number of open plat form cars, securely guarded by a balus trade of railing, and provided with com fortable teats. Hero the passengers as Keinbled, and, being cither scuted or Htauding, silently gazed upou the gran deur ol' the scene, above, nrotinu and beneath them. As the train wound slowly into tho entrance of this moun tain gorgo tho whistle gave ita wildest scream, which echoed through the wind ings of this caubeway, mingling ita dis tant, softer murmurs with tho roar of tho passing swift Arkansas. Immediately upon entering the canon a chilly sensa tion seemed to cr ep over each passenger, while a yellowisu hue appeared to impart its coloring to surrounding objects. The waters of tht Arkansas at once became confined to a width of forty feet, which it retains for the distanco of four miles. At tho end of thia reach tho Royal Gorgo commences its granite palisade on oithor side, rising out of tho river with a convex formation and towering to the height of 2,500 feet. Ho who looks upon this sceno and then upon Niagara's height ot 1G0 feet, will bo inclined to regard his view of the latter ns a tempo rary, Bhower made stream, to turn thc water-wheel of the school boy. Every where through the Royal Gorge tho palisades on either eido have narrowed the pathway of tho river to a width of from sixteen to thirty feet. Mary places may bo seen wbero a supple acrobat could leap tho roaring waters ol' the river at a single bound. Along the con vex palisado that forms tho northern boundary of the gorge, and about ten feet above the hoi1 mg waters, the engi neer for miles has carved a pathway for thc iron horse, where solitude has reign ed for countless ages undisturbed by tho sound of human art. Another account Bays : On reaching tho canon the engine was placed in the rear, so as to give a hetter view to the tourists. The approach to the canon is gradual. The distant hills draw nearer, and the Valley of tho Arkansas becomes narrower and narrower until *be river is shut in closely on both side:? by high mountains, sloping gently away, and covered with verdure. Then the slope of the mountains become more perpen dicular, and the billa become higher, until suddenly the river is completely Hhut in by mount ai us with mighty tops. The roar and rattle of the train grows louder, and eciioes up and down. The train is fairly in the co".on. It moves slowly. The mountain walls arc of a dizzy height, and so close together that, looking ahead, they appear simply to form a crevice-a huge, awful, crooked crevice-through wlrch the miserable little train waa timidly crawling. The curves of the canon are superb. They constitute the finishing touch to its gran deur, and fill the mind with a fuller appr^cin'ion of this great miracle of ?a ue. But the Royal Gorge I Imagine two almost perfectly perpendicular walls rising to a height of 2,500 feet, and only thirty feet apart, those walls presenting jagged and irregular masses cf rock that ou ?.he railroad Bide hang over the train, all creviced and ready to fall in thou sands of tous. The road-bed is cut out of the solid rock, and masses of this bang over it, stretching out a hundred feet. Oue cannot look to tho top of thia wall on account of these projecting, irregular bluffs; but the height to the top, oven as measured by the eye, dis turbs tho facukies and bringa on vertigo. Tho cooped-up Arkansas rushes madly by, a narrow thread, made still moro so by tho rocka thrown into it. Thcro is not room to step from the train without pitching into tho river. Not a word is uttered. The engineer whistles occa Hionally, and timid folks look for tho rocks to fall. It is really a strain on the mind to take it in, and this can only bo feebly done on a single trip. Two thousand feet above you aro tho tops of thc mountain wails. You are imprisoned in a crack thirty feet wide, and aro par tially under ono mountain wall. You can BOC on the opposite sido thc grada tions of the verdure, rich below, im poverished above. And the curves be como more awful aa you look ahead or back. For forty-five minutes the tour ist? enjoyed thia night. Tho trnin stopped n't the construction bridge, near tho end of thc gorge. Salutes were fired, ten or fifteen minutes' halt was made, and the engine started the train for Canon City. There was no sun in thc gorge, but it slanted Jown tho opposite mountain wall as tho party returned through tho canon, increasing tho sur passing beauty of tho scene. Tho canon is eleven miles in length, and tho gorgo a iniiu and n ?ui'f. Thc t?t?iota ti&dsccn it all-seen tho greatest natural wonder of tho West, and tho first train of pas sengers b~d passed through tho gorge. lt will lr impossible to build nnother rond through the gorge. Until this point is reached the other sido of the river has the advantage, being easier to build over. But the only way to continuo a road be yond tho opening of the gorgo would be to bridge tho Arkansas and run over the track of the Santo Fe. This is tho only escape. In cutting tho road-bed in the gorge the workmen would be high up on tho mountain wall and blast down to tho lovel of tho road. In this way masses of rock a hundred yards wide have been split from tho mountain. In that nar row crevice it r.ns difficult to dispose of this material. Some was used for the road-bed, and tho rest of necessity was thrown into tho Arkansas. This made the already too much shut in stream still more contracted. Fears aro now enter tained that tho vicious "creek" will "raiso Cain" in case of r. flood. The greatest care baa been tal.cn to prevent this, and thc subject is Blill ono of study to tho contractors and engineers. Tho bed of the road is somo twelve feet above tho river, perhaps more. CHARLEY'S STORY. Accompanying our party wa1* Charles May, who told us of an adventure bc once had here. Ho and his brother Robert in the spring of 1870 offered to {ass 60,000 railroad ties down the Ar ansM from the mountain source. Ho says : "Our offer was nccepted, when wo started into tho upper entrance of the canon with a large skiff provided with six days' provision and two hundred feet of rope, with which, by taking a runuing turn around some firmly planted object, wc could lower our boat a hundred feet nt a time. lu this wav, at thc end of three days, having set adrift many hun dred tics, we reaclicd the entrance to the Itoynl Uorgc. Here wo discovered that an attempt to descend the first waterfall with two in tho boat was certain destruc tion, and to return was impossible. Accordingly I determined to lower my brother down the fall in tho boo% a dis tance of two hundred feet, give him the rope and let him take the chance of the canon (life seemed more certain in that direction) while I would risk my physi cal ability to climb tue canon wall, which was about two thousand feet high. About 10 o'clock in tho mo- ling I shook hnnds with my brother, lowered him in tho boat safely to tho foot of the full, gave him the rope and saw him no more. Then throwing asido my coat, hat and boots, and stripping the socks from my feet, I commenced my climbing way, often reaching the height of one or two hundred feet, only to bo compelled to return to try some other way. At length about 4 o'clock in thc afternoon, I reach ed a height upon the smooth canon wall of about a thousand feet. Here my fur ther progress was arrested by a shelving ledge of rock that jutted out from the canon side a foot or more. To advance was without hope ; to return, certain death. Reaching upward and outward I grasped tho rim of thc ledgo with ono hand a?vl then with the other, my feet slipped from the smooth Bide of the canon and my body hung suspended in the air, a thousand feet abovo the roaring waters of tho Arkansas. At that mo ment I looked downward to mensuro the distance I would havo to fall when the strength of my arms gave out. A sting ing sensation crept through my hair as my eye caught the strong root of a cedar bush that projected out over the ledge a little beyond my reach. My grasp upon the rim of the ledge was fast yield ing to thc weight of my person. Then I determined to mnke my best effort to raise mv body and throw it sideways to wards the root so as to bring it within my grasp. At the moment of commenc ing the effort I saw my mother's face as she leaned out over the ledge, reached down her band and caught mo by tho hair. Stranger, my mother died while yet a young woman, when I and my brother were small boys, but I remember her face. I was successful in making the side leap of my arms when I drew myself upon the ledgo and rested for a time. From here upward, my climbing was laborious, but less dangerous. I reached the top of tho canon just as tho sun was sinking down behind the snowy range, and hastened to our camp at the mouth of tho canon, where I found my brother all safe. "Charley," said he, "have you had your head in a flour sack?" It was then I discovered that my bair was as white as you eec it uow." . SONS OF LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS. Several journals have noted the fact that the son of Abraham Lincoln and the son of Stephen A. Douglas are now both in Chicago practicing law, and it has been suggested that Illinois may at an carly day witness another great struggle in which tho names of Lincoln anti Doug las will be most conspicuous, as was the case Li 1859, and again in 18G0. Those who havo predicted such a battle, evi dently have little knowledge of tho two young men who now represent the two freutest names known in the contests of llinois. There will bo no political bat tle between young Lincoln and young Douglas for several reasons. In thc first place, they are both Republicans, and, therefore not priitical antagonists. In thc second plact, young Douglas has been too much of a politician and young Tjin cohi too little of a politician to .o it at all probable that either will approach the fame of his father as a political lender. Douglas was unfortunate in getting into politics as a carpet-bagger in North Carolina; was Speaker of the House during Holden's disgraceful ad ministration, and ho has an unwelcome flavor about him for the people of the West. Lincoln has much oil his father's ability, without his love for politics, and ho has studiedly refrained from all prom inence in political movements, and de clined all proffers of political advance ment. Douglas has his father's tasto for partisan battles, but lacks both his ag fressive ability and his devoted friends, .in coln could rally tho mnss of those who revere his father's memory, but he sisely applies himself to h?3 profession and rejects all ideas of political distinc tion. It is quito improbable, therefore, that the future political disputes of Illi nois will make tho names ot Lincoln and Douglas famous.-Philadelphia Timas. SHE COULDN'T DO IT.-A lady en tered into an ngreement with her hus band to hold her tongue ten minutes in each quarter hour for one thousand one hundred and thirteen consecutive quarter hours, and failed in her task. At 3 o'clock of tho seventh day, as ehe was completing her nine hundred and sev enthteenth quarter hour, and her backers were feeling Huro that she would win, a neighbor haly passed along the street in front of the window, wearing her new fiurchaso, a beautiful shawl. Now, the ady who was holding her tongue should havo tightened her grip at this supreme moment, and concentrated her thoughts on something else than this now article of dress belonging to her neighbor; but it is said that tho ruling passion is strong even in death, and that ingtaincd habit is unconquerable, and these axioms wcro Eroven in this instance, for tho tongue older, unfortunately for herself, leaned over and whispered in the ear of a lady bystander: " What n horrid shawl !" She immediately saw her mistake, but it was too late. The judges immediately decided in favor of thc husband, the crowd filed slowly out of the building, and tho first match on record ol tongue-holding against time was over. One lady at least in that town will attend church this summer in a lost year's bonnet. Tho husband is in vesting tho ten dolhtra ho saved in strong plug tobacco. Ho says bc never before enjoyed such pence and quietude as dur ing tho past nino days. And now tho other married men there aro hoping that tho tongue-holding fever may become an epidemic and strike tho country with emphasis. AN APPROPRIATE ODOR.-In Dr. Price's Unique Perfumes, each particu lar character can fiud au appropriate odor. For the clergymau and orator, his refreshing and fragrant Floral Riches; for tho brilliant and witty, hie charming Evening Violet ; for tho sedate and lobust, his persistent Thibet Musk ; for the lady of fashion, his captivating Jfuacinth ; for tho young gentleman, his delicate A/asta Ilouquet; for tho young lady, his sweet ! Pet Rose. We know our friends by their voice; why not tccognizo them by their i sweet and particular odor. He is a fool. Wo menn Uio man, who lets his baby cry all night in tho arms of its mother, and docs not sleep a wini:. when Dr. Hull's Raby Syrup will quiet tho baby by relieving its pain ; a bottle costing only 25 cents. OBSTRUCTING THE FISH. An Intereetl?K l'npt?r from tho Carolina ComiiiinsioiU'r. Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist. IlAMBUlto, S. C., May 30, 1S70. I nm pleased to learn, through the col uiu8 of your valuable nud widely circu lated paper, tl at tho people of South Carolina and Georgia aro becoming en livened to tho importance of enriching thc waters of the two State-s with food nab, and aro not willing to remain id!", and see other States wheel into tho line of progress, while they remain indifferent to tho importance of so valuable an in dustry as fish culture. ?nndromous fish, such as shad, sturgeon, striped bass or rock, etc., formerly ascended the Savan nah to ita head waters. Nature directed them to tho pure limpid waters, where randy, pebbly bottoms, tho temperature and tho agitation of thc waters were fa vorable for the incubation of the ora, and to escape tho numerous enemies in the deeper waters below. " Man's agency "j, interposed and prevented their migrations to their natural spawning grounds, nud thc results aro sadly felt by all classes to day, especially by the poor people. Ask thc people along the border counties in both States from the mouth to the source of the Savannah, what is tho difference in the numbers of fish of tc day, compar ed with the numbers caught thirty years ago? In answer it may be emphatically said that tho chango has been caused by the obstructing their free passage by dums, and the various modes of obstruct them during the spawning season, viz: Continuous tish dams from one shore to thc other, intersected with traps, the use of seines, ueta, gigs, explosives, and al lowing tho coal tar from gas bouses to flow into tho streams, which is a deadly poison tiall fish. Professor Beard, United otates Commissioner of fish and fisheries, is rendering valuable aid to the States of South Carolina aud Georgia, in replenish ing the depleted waters of both States. Salmon aud shad fry have been released in the head waters of the Savannah, but it would be folly to continue the expenso and sacrifico of time in releasing migra tory fish in thc waters of a stream that was obstructed by dams most effectually preventing thom from returning to their spawning grounds. Upon au investiga tion made ny the committee appointed by the Legislature of South Carolina the fact is apparent that fish can pass tho canal dam in ordinary stages of the river. In your issue of the 23d instant, I notice this statement in reference to the dam : " Tho Legislature of South Carolina char tered a water mill company (composed mainly wc believe cf members of thc then City Council), and this company purchased the land on tho eastern bank of the river upon which the dam abuts. So fur as the Legislature has power to confer authority to build tho dam thc case of the Canal Company is perfect." Allow mo to call your attention to the terms of that charter granted by thc South Carolina Legislature requiring that fish ways Bhould bc constructed allowing free passage to all migratory fish. Again, you say: "The Chronicle uns been informed by Mayor Meyer that there is no less than five openings in the dam." I would re spectfully submit that tho charter docs not specify any number of openings, and ten times that number would not avail anything if the fish failed to pass through thoso so-called fish ways. "There is a very important fact," you continue, "that our friends un the river appear to have overlooked that tho run of shad below the dam has been unusually small during tho post two years." Thc reports from the different fisheries this season of the nuuiber of shad caught below the dum show that thc run of shad has been much larger this year thau the previous year, and I take pleasure iu stating that uo doubt the increase is owing to thc fact that shad fry hus been released in the head waters of tho Savannah by tho United States Commissioners. Knowing the fact that obstructions preventing tho freo passago of fish would prevent the re stocking of the Savannah by either natu ral or artificial propagation, is thc cause of this widespread dissatisfaction, aud it is certainly a very erroneous idea that the supply of fish will not be affected be low the dam. If the fish are prevented from going to their spawning grounds, then the supply will bo equally affected above aud below tho dam, and will most effectually destroy those fisheries in thc lower portions of the river, which havo usually reaped tho "harvest of the sea" by thc thousands annually. I would re spectfully suggest to tho citizens of the river counties in Georgia, from Franklin County to Chatham, that they make eve ry effort to prevail upon tho authorities of the State of Georgia to enjoin upon their Legislature (in July) to enact co operative iftWR. that the people in both States may secure the benefits from thc fish in the Savannah. I know that your efficient Commissioner of Agriculture, Col. T. P. Janes, will aid you in making recommendations with the view of co operating with the Stato of South Caro lina. Tho people of the river counties of South Carolina and Georgia only ask that tho same protection be given to this important industry in the waters of thc Savannah river that arc given by the Legislatures of twenty-three other States in this Union. They only ask that tho Bnmc laws be enforced in these two States that are rigidly enforced in all the other States. It is certainly not an unreasona ble request for the citizens of thc two States to request the City Council not to destroy so important a food supply, and from my personal knowledge of several of the gentlemen who compose that Coun cil, i nm certain they will bo fonnd will ing to advance so important an interest. The labors of this work aro for thc peo ple, and thc importance of this measure should interest every citizen in both States. A. P. BUTLER, Fish Commissioner of South Carolina. - In his address on Decoration Day in New York, Gen. Schuyler Hamilton took the trouble to apologize for a speech' which ho mndo last year in which ho encouraged i'ttv in?CtiC? of decorating the graves of tho Biuc and tho Grey alike, nnd declared that those words wero spoken "in a fit of sentimental generosity aroused by misrepresentations of prominent reb els." Ho urged that uo member of tho Grand Army Post ho was addressing might lay a flower on tho grave of a reb el. They were traitors in 1861 ; they are traitors now. All winter long they havo been plottinr treason in tho halls of Congress." Gen. Hamilton's sontimcnts nre certainly extreme, but iL is fair to say ho represents tho majority of thc Repub lican party North. UNWHOLESOME FOOD.-By the un natural combination by ignorant persons, for baking powders, they render tho food very indigestible, as the chemical action in thc stomach prevents their being di gested. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Pow der is prepared by tho application of scientific principles, forming a pcrtect powder. - Tho human skeleton consists of more than 2(H) distinct bones. Somo 0,000 less, it i? calculated, than a shad contains. LYING IN DEI). A Lnr.y MUII'M View on thc Advantages nf Not (?etting L'p in the Mormng. From London Society. * Let us analyze this lying in bcd a little further. I maintain that, in the mere fact ol' lying in bcd, ibero ia sonic i thing healthy and recuperative to thc , System. The wheels of lifo arc oiled j and eased. The proper and legitimate : purpose of stopping in bcd is to go to sleep. There is nothing 'oro sleep. ; There is no tonic or medicine in the I world like sleep. Tho more sleep the ? brain gets the better does the brain work. All great brain workers have been great j sleepers. .Sir Walter Scott could never do with less than ten hours. A fool j may want eight hours, ns George III said, but a philosopher wanbi nine. Tho men who have been thc greatest generals I are the men who could sleep at will, j Thus it was with both Wellington and I Napoleon. The greatest speakers in the LUcuise..j>iX!ojjuJlo.us have been the men who can go to steep there as much ns they like. This explained thc juvcuility of the aged l'ai mei stou. There is a mau who baa been attorney general, whom I have seen bury his face m his banda over his desk and sleep soundly until his own cause should come on. "Sleep,'' says the Greek proverb, "is thc medicine for every disease. If he sleep he will do well." A friend told mc that he treated himself for a fever. He went to bed with a largo pitcher of lemonade by his sido. Ho drank and Blent, and slept and drank, till he drank ami slept himself well again. When you take to your bcd get all thc sleep you can out of your bedstead, even although, to quote Dick Swivellcr's say ing, "vou have to pay for a double bedded room, confessing that you have taken a most unreasonable amount ol slee p out of a single bed. You will ht , banking a whole store of recuperative 1 euergy. Even if you cannot sleep, still keep to your bed. There is no moro pes tilent heresy than that you should get ut directly you awake. If it is tho earl) riser who catches the worm, the worm it a great idiot in rising still earlier in ordei to be caught. If you do not get. sleej by lying in bed you get rest. You secun the fallow grouud which will hereafte produce a good harvest. Sleep is, o course, the proper employment for bed bot if you do not sleep you can lie std and read. I don't believe that the mai who gets up really learns or does mor than the mau who lies in bed. If, for ! moment, the writer may be egotistical some of the hardest work which he ha ever done has been from the early dawi till after ? breakfast iu bed. Of all siee; in the world there is none so goori a what you get, in tho way of treasur iove, after the usual time of waking when, iu point of fact, you havo give up the expectation of getting auy mor sleep. As for "being called," "as th saying goes, that is simply a relic of th barbarism of our ancestors. I shoul quarrel with any man who presumed "t call" me. Oue of thc main beauties o an occasional day in bcd is that you gt an extra stock of sleep, which goes t the credit side of your sanitary nccoun Taking an occasional day in bed, Bin ply on account of indisposition, is, hov ever, a very simple and rudimental notion of this glorious institution. He is the natural domicile of every mau : "In bed we laugh, in bcd we cry, And born in bed, in bed we die. Bayard, tho French physiologist mail tnilled that man is an animal who exe cisca the thinking faculty best in a hot zontal position. Thus, there are hij artistic, social and intellectual uses coi nccted with an occasional day .:t be which imperatively claim diacussio Brinley, the great eugiucer, when ho w fairly bothered and puzzled by son tough problem, always betook himself bed until he had solved it. Most peori have a great kindness for Lord Melborn who, under the affection of frivolity, usi to get up Hebrew and thc Fathers ai imperturbable good humor to bear wi Iiis wife, Lady Caroline, while the prc! Byron-struck termagant used to ama thc drawing room furniture. His in mato frieuus would find the prenii calmly taking breakfast in bed, with I tera and dispatches strewed all over t counterpane. Thc poets have been V riblo fellowa to get out of bcd. I sn pose it ia because the visions of the d and of the night sweetly interming The poet Thomson cultivated laziness a line art, and thought out his poems bcd. Pope was a still worso feilt When he had a lit of inspiration on hi he would keep the servants runni about for bim all through tho nig He made amends to them by tho plen ousness of his "vails." We take a la instance. Bismarck says, according Dr. Busch, "I wat troubled with vari i veins in ISoG. I lay full length on I bcd, and had to answer letters of a v I despcrato sort with a pencil." He f;iven us home of bia experiences wi ying in bed. "I used to lie awake 1 of all sorts of thoughts and troub The Varzin would suddenly come j before nie, perfectly distinct in the nutest particulars, like a great picti I with even all its colors fresh-thc gr trees, the sunshine on thc stems, the t sky above, i saw every individual th I struggled to shake thc thing off, ; when at last I ceased to seo it, ot things came in-reports, notes, dispal cs, and so on ; but 1 fell over al morning." Bismarck at Versailles t to lie in bcd a great deal, "becaust cannot keep himself reasonably warn any other way." I sympathize \ Bismarck. Accept, Prince, the marl; my distingu?:/..cd consideration, A COLORED MAN ON THE OHIO T: ET.-Among tho delegates to thc Ohio Democratic Convention ~as a orcd man named Andrew Jackson Ll son, a full blooded black, and a mai line presence. In seconding the m nation of Gen. Rico for Lieutci Governor, Mr. Davison made tho fol ing speech, one of the best talks n during the meeting : Mr. /'resident and Gentlemen of Convention : I arise to endorse the i iuation of a man whom I regard brave and gallant gentleman-a mau had tho patriotism and thu bravery I to tho front to fight thc battles of country. I endorso tho nominatie General Rice. Nominate him, anc colored mon from Lako Erie to tho river, across our whole broad State, bo with tho Dcmocrncy. General went out and risked his life and lef good right leg in battle, while tho r? nco of the other par ?y skulked in tho speculating olT his country. Tho Ri Heans aro fond of reminding tho co men they are free. Yes, thanks to eral Stednian, (Jouerai Rice. Gen. E and acores of other brave soldiers, w free-free to vote for whom wo pl and I say to this august assembly tho colored men prefer to vote for a who served his country in thc frc the vanvL who served his party i: rear._ Persons of sedentary pursuits are disposed to Constipation ; such s always uso Dr. Bull's Baltimore which insure safety against Conbti] and all of its disastrous cousequenci A FEARFUL CRIME. A Vinnie F.,uly Prutully Outraced and Mur dered i" Spartauburj; County. Ou Thursday, Juno Otb, n nice looking young woman passed through Yernons villo making inquiries for a Mr. Wood ward, stating that her nan.e was Wood ward, that sue hud two sisters living v. i (ii Benjamin Morgan near tho Trap in Pick- \ cns County ; that she was looking for Mr. Woodward, an uncle, or Pasco] O Shields, and that sha bad walked from I'ickens. She was dressed in a neat black dress with brown slnuv hat, and striped shawl on her arm. She was directed to Jefferson O'Shields, at Reidvilie. From the stores she passed on about a half mile further, asking for Woodward. Finally, abandoning all hope of finding tho person sought, she turned towards Reidvilie, asking direc tions. She arrived at Moore's house just us they woro sitting down to dinner. She accepted au invitation to cat, and departed. Mr. Moore accompanied her a short distance lo the main road, when sho took her lina! leave, untiling more being heard of her. On Sunday, 8th iustant, two men puss ing the road noticed nu unusual number of buzzards just off from it. On stoop ing and looking that way they saw some thing unusual, and then first recognized the smell of carrion. They went towards it and discovered thc body of thc woman. The buzzards had picked out her eyes, the body was much swollen and discol ored, the clothes were thrown up about her waist, her throat was cut from car to car and iuto thc backbone, a bullet hole was in her right breast, worms crawling in countless multitudes in every cavity the hair was kept in motion by them. God grant I mnv never again 6co such a sight! T. P. Gaston summoned u jury, but night set in before much could be done, und thc inquest adjourned until BUnriso this morning. To the credit of the jury, be it said, nearly ever one stayed to help watch thc corpse, which could not bo moved. This morning they finished, with a verdict-"Death by gunshot and incision in throat, by person unknown." There is not thc slightest clue yet, but every effort is being made. The ear rings from hor ears and her slip of cloth ing wero carried off. After tho devil had accomplished his hellish deed, ho carried thc slip about fifty yards deeper into tho woods, and, opening it, destroyed a tin type of deceased and the wrappings on it, leaving enough of it to bo readily identified by several who lind conversed with her on Thursday. The hat, shawl and pieces of likeness aro with Trial Jus tice Gaston. Tho slip had been made way with. A keen scrutiny led us lo think it hud been carried to the river, which was thoroughly pearched to-day. Cor. Greenville Eulerprisc and Mountain' ecr. Tho Torch ar a Political Weapon. A recent number of thc Charlotte Observer has thc following : A letter has recently been received by a negro man at Matthews' Station, in thin county, which has created a ripple of ex citement in the community. The negro, it Hcems, applied to u young man in thc neighborhood to read n letter to him, being unable to read himself, and in this way thc facta in the caso became public. T'.ic letter was dated ut Hampton, S. C., and was signed by a name to which was attached the word "Secretary." The lei.jr informed thc negro man that it was now time to begin to burn houses and railroad bridges in the country, and went on to say that the colored men must re sort to this, as they were not treated as they should be, ?md that their Northern friends would furnish thc money. It in formed the party addressed that the "President" had $200 for him for his service iu tho cause, and would come up on the train. He was, however, to spare Monroe and Charlotte. Some reference having been made to a former letter, tho negro was questioned as to this and ex hibited another signed by another name, to which was attached tho word "Presi dent." This was dated at Russell, S. C., aud was to the same purport as that re ferred to. Ono or other of tho letters informed tho negro man to whom they wero addressed that he should send his answer to Liberty, S. C. Thc negro pre tends to know nothing about the whole matter, except what he has heard from tho letters. He has been about Mat thews' station for several weeks, and was formerly employed on the Carolina Cen tral Railroad as one of thc hands who were working with thc steam shovel. It was soon after ho was discharged from thc road that he carno to Matthews'. He has been employed by several farmers in the neighborhood, anti none have noticed anything suspicious about his conduct. The matter is undergoing investigation nt the hands of several well known citi zens in and around Matthews'. Letters hnvo been written to thc points in South Carolina indicated in thc letters received by the negro, but as yet nothing has been heard from theso places. The more con servative element in the community is disposed to look upon the matter with no feeling of alarm, but at tho same time considers that it is ono which must be investigated. GOVERNOR COKE AND HIS TWO VISI TORS.-Governor Coko of Texas tells tho following story about two callers ho had a few days ago: "I never saw such a towu as Washington. You can not have any privacy here. Now, when I came here to attend the special session of the Senate, I purposely went toa quiet pince on 1) street, and chose two rooms over a dry goods ?toro. I gave orders if any body called to have their cards sent up to my room, and further that the outside door should always be kapt closed, which would compel callers to ring. You see, by ndopting this plan, when cards were sent to mo I would know just who called and couid send word whether I wanted to seo them or not. Well, would you believe it, a few nights ago I was sitting in my room when iu rushed two gentle men unannounced. Said one of them : 'Governor Coke, I believe. How do you do, Governor Coko?' Their manner dis concerted me a little, but I answered as pleasantly as I could : 'Yes, I am Gov ernor Coke; but how in tho world did you get into my room?' They answered ?cheerfully: "Uh! the lower door was opened, aud we just walked right up.' I i then told them tin t it would please mc ! if they would go c;own stairs, ring tho bell, and send up taeir respective cards iu tho regular way. They both went down stairs and did as I told them. Their cards were presented to mo in the regular way, ond then I sent them word that I wasn't in." To cuablo tho reader to better apprcciato thc story it should bo added that tho Governor lisps, and he tells it with a good deal better effect for this reason than it can hnvo in print. When tho Governor reads this ho will, no doubt, bo ready to reassert his opin ion that thcro is no su?h thing as priva cy in this town.-From thc Washington Star. - Thc first eruption of .Etna occurred in tho year 11G9. INUEKSOLIAS IDEA?, AH Tli4-y Strike ? Ma ll In m rr Minister. Hov. Dr. William T. Brandy preached last night in the Seventh Baptist Church, Saratoga and Paca Ht reeta, on the subject ?if "An Infidel over a Coflin," being a dis cussion ot'thc oration ol' Colonel Robert Ci. Ingersoll at the funeral of his brother, Hon Ebon C. Inge?soll, in Washington City, on Tuesday last. Dr. Hrantly ad dressed himself directly to the issues in volved in tho creed nf the deceased as stated by Col. Ingersoll: "ile believed that happiness was the only good, reason the only torch, justice the only worship, j humanity tho only religion, and love the univ priest." The funeral, Dr. Hrantly said, was a singularly sad ono, for there the Hildo was closed and there was no voice of prayer heard in tho house or at thc grave. Flowers tbero wore in profu sion, but no recognition of the Being that made them. Tho. consolations, of religion we are accustomed to seek were carefully excluded. Ono of the sad things there was that it was the funeral of an infidel. Tho only officiating priest was a free thinker of the most pronounced type, who has not hesitated to proclaim his senti ments all over the land, seeking to inject his sceptical poison into the minds of thc weak and credulous. He was, as it were, a missionary infidel. His speech over thc collin, beautifully worded, has been elven just as it came from thc mouth ot the speaker. The speech has been sent on its mission of evil with every advantage that could be given by beauty of style and choice of language. Suppose men lived according to the theory that happi ness is the only good. The question as to any action by a niau would simply be how does it affect his lumpiness or minis ter to his enjoyment ? The questions of justice, huuor or respect for tho rights of others aro thrown away entirely. What would bo our position if this rule obtained in Heaven as well as earth? If Christin Heaven had only said, " I am happy here." He would not for our sake have becomu thc man of sorrows and acquaint? ed with grief. Where would be the pa triotism and self-sacrifice under such a creed? But is reason the only torch? Close the Bible and what would reason tell? Wo should see millions born into thc world and march on and on, and meet thc same dark conclusion, called the grave, where they fall and disappear from our sight. Reason gives no nnswer to the question, Can a niau live hereafter beyond the blind pagan gropings, which say possibly or probably lie may ? Rea son can only disquiet or terrify by its un certainties, not as to what will be, but .. I..,i ....... I.? TI.? ?A. .1. "..? :....? ....... .....j ?... .?..V, .... .... v??." J..C. whore we need it most. That humanity is thc only religion, is what an infidel wrote in l'aris, und added that death was but an eternal sleep. It is indeed right to be kind to your fellow men, but if that is all, of what avail will it be in thc hour ol'death when we need a friend stronger than niau? Justice as the only worship might be admisaablc if men were only just, or for angels who are pure, but for fallen man he would ask justice to be tempered with mercy. That leve is tho only priest, with thu creed put forth, is absurd, for we want no pricBt if there is no God, and no sacrifice if lhere is no sin. He did not wonder with this creed that Col. Ingersoll should say that every lifo must close with a tragedy, deep, dark and sad, but how gloriously is that repudiated in thc revelation ol'the Bible, that death with the Christian is only tho throwing oil'of an earthly tabernacle, under which he groaned, for a " temple no? mado with bauds, eternal in the Heavens."-Balli more Sun. G KN. Sn i KI.ns' SWORD.-At tl? fu neral of Cen. James Shields, in Carroll ton, on Wednesday, the two swords pre sented to him by tho States of Illinois ami South Carolinn were crossed over the casket containing his body, and with the floral decorations helped to make up a rich and pleasing picture In tho pro cession they were bm ne, respectively, by Col. P. G. Ballingal, of Ottuiuwa, Iowa, and Mr. J. M. Wilcoxson, a banker of Carrollton. The inscriptions on tho tes timonials are : On tho first-"Presented by the State of Illinois to Gen. James Shields for gallant service at Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Cherubusco, Chapultepcc, and thc Garrotta of Berlin, City of Mexico." On ono Hide of this blade is a view of the City of Mexico; ou tho reverse, scenes from the nevera! battle fields named. Tho cost was $2, 000. The other-"From Ibo State of South Carolina to Gen. Shields, in testimony of her admiration of his gallantry in the Mexican war, and as a tribute of grati tude for his parental attention to the Palmetto Regiment." Tho hilt is stud ded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, and on the scabbard is a palmetto tree, with dates of the several battles in which the old hero fought, in the Mexican war. South Carolina invested the handsome sum of $0.000 in this gift. lt may bc stated hero that Gen. Shields breathed bis last in a hospital attached to a Catholic convent, presided over by a female relative of bis, in tho beautiful little city of Oltumwu, Tho immediate cause of his death was the bursting of tho old wound received by him nt tho battle of Cerro Gordo.-.SV. Lotti* (Jlobc Dtmioctat, June (>. NICOTINE POISONING.-A rather un usual case of nicotine poisoning occurred lately in a Parisian suburb. The victim, a man in tho prime of life, had been cleaning his pipe with a clasp knife. With this bc accidently cut one of his lingers subsequently, but ns tho wound was ufa trivial nature he paid no hoed toit. Five or six hours hiter, however, thc cut linger grew painful and became much swollen. The inflammation rapidly spread to the arm and sho1 ?er, the pa tient suffering such intense pain that ho waa obliged to betake himself to his boil. Medical assistance was called in and or dinary remedies applied ineffectually. Thc sick man, questioned as to the man ner in which bu had cut himself, ex plained tho use to which the pocket knife had been applied, adding that ho had omitted to wipe it after cleaning his pipo. The apparent mystery which surrounded the caso was thus cleared up, and as the patient's stato bad becomo alarming he was carried to tho hospital. Upon his admission, the doctors attached to the institution declared that in tho im mediate amputation of thc arm lay thc only hope of saving the patient's li fe. The poisoned member was therefore amputa ted; but in spite of the promptitude with which the operation was performed, thc man lies in so precarious a condition that tho chances of bis recovery nrcsaid tobo slight.-Prom thc Parisian. - Texas planters seem to think that the negro exodus will greatly raiso the price of cotton, and with this impression upon them have planted largely in cotton. In some instances largo fields of whoa' which were poor bavo been plowed up and put down in colton. - Father Ryan, at his own request, has returned to St. Mary's church. His main reason is to bavo quiet to arrange and revise his ??oems, which will bo pub lished in book form in ibo fall. Thc Maine Liquor Law. Abbeville Pres* and Banner. Her. J. L. Martin-DEAR SIR : Vari ous inquiries havo been addressed to mo from tho South with relation to "Tem perance and Temperance Laws in alaine/' what, with your permission, I will endeavor to answer through your valuable paper. First, willi regnid to the increased use of opium since tho prohibition law against alcoholics was passed. I am assured by respectable physicians that there iu an increased uso of opium, in some form or other, but they do not connect it with the "Maine Law." Many persons, even ladies, usc upon themselves epidemic injections of morphine for neu ralgin, rheumatism, and other pains. They have found such sudden relief, and the operation is BO simple, they take it up for themselves, either for convenience Hake, or lo save expense, and uso it on thc very slightest occasion without a thought of consequences. Some have destroyed their constitution in this thoughtless way. This vice does not seem to have tho slightest connection with thc influences of tho Maine Law. It is one of the many unfortunate results of what is called "our present civiliza tion." The uso of narcotics mid an a1;) thc ti cs is everywhere increasing among tho nerv ous, tho diseased, tho rheumatic. This beyond question only makes a bad matter worse. It results largely imperfect edu cation. The minds of children nnd youth arc consumed with BO many things that verv little is learned to good pur pose. That there ?B any increase in tho uso of anaesthetics or narcotics peculiar to Maine is utterly false und des.,tuto of evidence. Thc execution of tho prohibitory law will always vary with tho character of places and with the caprices of tho times As a State there is no indication of a weakening on thc maintenance of tho law. Thc agricultural population is faithful to it. Tho manufacturers would consider ?Ls abrogation disaster to their industries. Tho clergy of all denomina tions are united in its support. Tho medical faculty is using less and less of alcoholic stimulants in medical practice, although personal habits unquestionably have influence in this regard. Some of our cities aro most atrocious exceptions lo thc faithful execution of tho law. llangor is at present in that category. The ippointed ollicers of civil administration refuse to prosecute oven the most notorious offenders. Rum is substantially free; and the law is er only trampled upon, nud tho friends nf law aro laughed at by the whole rum interest. Massachusetts capital bas a lively interest in breaking down the law in llangor and opening up tho Penobscott to thc trade. Ibo men engaged iu the traille are men generally of the vilest character, and yet our appointed guardians of law shield them. The game played upon us nt present ls an infamous one ana will cover tho actors with tho ?corn and contempt of nil good men. Notwithstanding the largo foreign and floating population, always on the side of their worst ene mies, thc rumscllors, wc are confident tho ovil will be corrected at the next election. Kum is now trying to keep ils vit tims out of sight but with poor success. I occa sionally meet them reeling iu the street and am insulted by them. Wo hope for a chango. Wc arc trying to preparo for it. Put if Bangor should bo given up as a prey to the Bhuuiei.as devi! of rum, lhere will still bo a largo number of faithful temperance men aud womcu in tho city, and thc law will bo firmly maintained by tho vast majority of tho State. Yours sincerely, CYRUS HAMLIN. Hangar Theo. Sem., Mag 2o, 187$. Two South Carolina Women to Whom is Due Everlasting Honor. Tho annual meeting of tho Board of Regents of Mount Vernon suggests a brief review of the means by which it has been made a National possession. Tho homestead, which, if left to itself as a private estate, would, in tho natural course of events, have passed into tho bauds of strangers and f?llen into decay, is now a .beautiful estate, an attraction to visitors, aud a credit to the country. As in all laudable enterprises, the credit is due, primarily, to the individual energy of somo ouo person. Miss Pamela Cun ningham originated and Bet ou foot tho plan by which Mount Vernon wns pur chased. Nearly sixty-threo years ago Mrs. Robert Cunningham, ol Laurens county, S. C., during ono of her trips North, spent a week at Mount Vernon with her two children, Ann Pamela and her son John. Her daughter was then two years old.. Mrs. Cunningham was I the guest of her friends, Judge and Mrs. J Busnrod Washington. It occurred to c Mr.:. Cunningham that should the fand- ( ly ever consent to part with tho estate, r it ought to be bought by Ibo nation, c Doubtless Pamela Cunningham owed tho f suggestion of tho plan which she after- ] ward matured to her mother. From tho ago of eighteen she was a life-long in _lt 4 . .u__i_!. .il_J. I-V ?-I ?uim , mc ?'wi timi wi uer Minen uuugD lu one of tho rooms at Mount Vernon shows a pathetic face, bearing traces of pain. She was a lovely and accomplished wo man, with an enthusiastic love for thc South, and devoted the energies of her life to tho Mount Vernon purchase. She addressed tho first appeal to the women of the United States, which met so noble a response. She interested Mr. Everett, who, by the delivery of his lecture and ?h? writing nf th? Mount Vernon papers, raised a very largo proportion of tho two hundred and fifty thousand dollars spent in tho purchase William L. Yancey and other prominent mon lent their influence to tho cause. By such efforts as theso Mount Vernon noa been made tho at tractive and interesting place that it is, and the management is entitled to credit for the preservation, restoration of tho objects of historic value. _The old frigate Constitution, new lying nt Pier 1 of Martin's clock, Brook lyn, unloading exhibits returned from the Paris Exhibition, had her keel laid in 17t.il, and was launched thrco years later. She bombarded Tripoli in 1804; ?\nd in 1812 sho captured tho Quorrierro, Wasp and other vessels. It is said by naval officers that not a particle of the original wood is now in the old frigate - Mr. G. "Washington Childs declares that Gen. Grant has no political plans. Mr. Childs informs a reporter that if j Grant really entertained any expectation cf becoming a candidato for tho Presi dency, ho would certainly have written to him on tho subject. As Gen. Grant baa "nevor onco mentioned tho matter in his letters," Mr. Childs is convinced that n third ter.a is wholly foreign to his thoughts. Fudge 1 On Tm v.- ti.-The precss? adopted by Dr. Price in making*hia Special Flavor ing Extracts is original. By this new process he is enabled to produce flavor ings of tho finest quality, retaining tho freshness of fruit, so concentrated that a small quantity produces each character istic flavor. Tho Ku Klux Trials. Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, in tho Senate last Friday, touched upon tho Ku Klux trials, and said thot he had heard that "a largo number of tho pcoplo of South Carolina contributed funds to de fend thoso accused Ku Klux people." Thia ho applied to thc Jury bill, then under discussion, by saying that, if those who contributed theso funds wcro drawn upon tho jury, and it turned out that tho Ku Klux atrocities "grew out of political considerations connected with the rebel lion," then it would not bo a grievance to sift the jury to ascertain whether th', jurors lind an unconquerable b!na iu favor of acquitting tho prisoners, no matter what tliey had done. The fund iu question was raised in South Carolina to retain Reverdy John son and Mr. Stanberry, in order that tho Constitutional questions arising under thc Acts under which tho Ku Klux were tried should bo argued by counsel whoso attaiumcr.ta and freedom from local pre judice would secure to them the serious attention of tho Court. Had not these considerations been regarded, there would have been no importation of counsel, and uo contribution of funds for fees. It turned out badly. Tho objections of tho counsel wero overruled. From Mr. Johnson carno a harrowing description ind withering denunciation of the crimes imputed to the Ku Klux. And (ho pen ile of South Carolina were unjustly held ip to universal reprobation as tho dc endcrs of crime in a most horrible ihapo. Senator Hampton got a chance to put n a word of explanation*, in tho Senate, ind said : "I do not wish to interrupt tho Senator, jut I interpose as much for bin Bako aa br my own, and I avail myself of thia ipportuuily which his courtesy has ex ended to mo to say a word about those [vu Klux trials. "Some years afjo the Senator from Ver nont, who occupied then the samo pod ion that ho does now, charged upon tho loor of this Chamber that ho had infor nation that I was connected with the Cu Klux organization in South Carolina, md with mo he associated my present ?olleague (Mr. Butler) and a very dis inguidhed gentleman who is now a judgo n that State. We wrote a respectful etter to the Senate, and came on to iVnshington, asking the most earnest and igid flcrutiny. That letter waa presented lore, but the Senate took no action. Tho 3enator from Vermont, wheo that lotter vas presented, said that ho had been in - brmcd that tho Government had infor nation to that effect. Wo asked thai, if uciu fl OLB un j ouu luiui matiuii, .v ItligU? ie brought forward ; but that never was lone. Aud I take tho opportunity of aying now-and I hone tho Senator from Vermont will do mo tue justice to know hat I speak with perfect sincerity-that f there was ono man in America who lad no knowledge of, no connection with, io sympathy with anything Uko the Ku Gui organization, it was myself. I did tot know that there was any ouch organ zation in South Carolina until those rials occurred. I could give tho expla lation, but I will not detain the Senate, if how those organizations, ag I found mt afterward, were inaugurated, and vhat they were intended for, and bow hey wero perverted afterward, aa I ad ait, into doing wrong ; but I only wish o say that tho gentlemen who were lamed here, I feel sure, had no knowl dgo of them-no connection with them. Tor myself 1 i ite that with absolute ertainty. "Tho contribution that waa made by ho people of South Carolina to defend lioso men was ?imply a contribution that vas mudo on tho presumption the law dways makes that parties aro innocent tntil they are proved guilty." Senator Edmunds had the grace to say, n reply, that it was quite unnecessary for 'the Senator" to repeat tho denial that vas so full in the letter. Nobody, ho bought, bad ever believed tho allegation ince.-Newt and Courier. lelton. Willlauiston & Easley Railroad. Picketts Sentinel. OFFICE OF B., W. AND E. R. R., ) EASLET, May 30, 187G. J Major D. F. Bradley: DEAR SIR - In accordance with your equest I give you a short account of a deasant interview had yesterday, in At auta, with Col. G. J. Foreacre, tho Gen iral Manager of the Atlanta and Char otto Air Eine Pailway. Col. Foreacre s pleased with the progress made towards ho commencement of work on our Road, nd advises that wo start as soon as prac icablo, that being tho surest method to btain pecuniary assistance in the future. Ie thinks that we should work from Pasley towards tho west at the start, lairmng that more money could be made m this division, and giving strong argu nents to substantiate his opinion. Ho Iocs not doubt in tho slightest degree tho easibility of our passage across the Bluo tidge under existing circumstances, and jrcdicta for our route a futuro far moro .rilliant thau we anticipate when our Road is completed aiid satisfactory ar .angements made with connecting linea Lo Cincinnati and Chicago. He expressed ,ho desire to bo present when tho Board )f Directors meet in Easley previous to he time fixed for commencing work. Tho opinion of this gentleman, who is tar excellence tho ablest railroad manager u tho South, comes with extraordinary veight, and removes forever in tho minds >f fair spoken men the last vestige of lon ht aa to the praoticJlWHty ?f our routa ind the chanco of ita completion in duo ?me. Tho perfect equipment of the Air Lino Hallway, the unvarying courtesy and at entiou of Us officials, and tho universal id ni ?ration oxpresscd by all who par..-. ?vcr his Road, tho finest highway in tho -oath, are evidences of the superior abil ty of the gentleman who thus endorses >ur new enterprise. Respectfully, ^ WM. J. KlBK, Sup'i and Engineer. FARM MAPS.-The Charleston News chinks that . i tho large farms in tho South work would go on moro syitomati cally if maps wero madoof the wholo prop ?rty: "Every farmer should have fl complete map of his farm, with each Qeld, pasture and wood lot, togethor with ?UUhe fences, roads and ditches, plainly lrav. ii and numbered or named, so they can bo readily designated. Few farmers can appreciate the real value of one until they have tried the experiment ; for, with a map of tho farm before you, you cap direct your workmen f> any part of it without tho possibility o. their making x mistake. You can plan your Improve ments and estimate their cost at your leisure, instead of spending half a day af valuable timo surveying tho land itself. It should be about twolvo feet sqnare, or ~- t.?? if desired, ?nd drawn on thick catii board, to prevont its being torn of defaced. Let our farmers try the expe riment; they will soon learn ita value. A.11 necessary surveys moy bb madewh?n )ther farm work is not pressing, and Ibo nap may be drawn and tho lota number sd fn the winter evenings,"