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?Y E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1882 VOLUME XVII. -NO. 42. i Tho Carolinians OP? ?i- >? ...? llrlcmle at 8p?il?ylvanla-Au K?0WTrcc Cut ?own by Wullet.-After K*" iiattlc-AffcclInu Inelrfenta-Horoea Ktnoug OtToe: _ ( harlestvn Weekly Sew?. ?TW survivors of those who participa ?Li 'ii "tho peril? ?nd privations of the KIP old Army of >.orthern Virginia KL the inemoriable campaign of 1864, Ki remember thal there was as little K as there were rations. From that Wv nt sod beautiful May morning when K nrnr left eamp near 0rang? Court Knie until it took position below Itich K d thc men were seldom if ever out Kranee o? the enemy's guns. If not NinzliiiK in the lefldeo hn9a of batlle' ,v ?ere either skirmishing or were ox Z? to thc fatal fire of the Federal ^shooters. There was no such luxu iia night's rest, for every company L divided hilo three detachments, one fabien "as constantly on the watch. Lnsequently no command waa ever aught napping. M'GOWAN'S BBIGADK ,? among the comma;- ls which atemraed ip current of carnage and caused the ide of Grant's triumph to roll reflueully . Wilderness on the 4th and 6th o? lav and illustrated by their deedB ol iring, their faith and fortitude, Caro la's unswerving devotion to the hal owed cause of Southern liberty. Not [?tbstanding the triala and terr?n hro'ich which they hud passed, and he irightfc! inroads which death had pade in their ranks, they were as bold ;8d brave and as defiant na when they ell their ?unny Southern homes. It ie ruc that they were in no mirthful mood br they missed and mourned many i ?hosen and courageous comrade, who ull of lusty life, had marched with them lept with them, fought by their side ?iow sleeping the unbroken sleep of the lain. From the two days of terrible ehline in the Wilderness until the nan I?inary strugglo ol Spotayivanin th? rigade did little more than move frone ne portion to another. The morning f tbe 12th found the command resting ebind breastworks which they had buil ti the 9th. AT SPOTSYLVANlA, asl and fierce firing is heard along th? ine to thc left of tho brigade. Stai (lEceis are riding rapidly by ; one o liem stops and speaka to Gen. McGowan ?apt. Langdon U. Haskell, his able anc leroic Adjutant-General, ia seen np iroacbingthe breastworks. Every th inf resents a nortentous appearance 'Look out boys! the Twelfth's fallinj D," is the rapidly expressed remark o joe of the members of the "First," as hi romes rushing from the right with a least a dozen canteens of water dangling lt bis aides. This is quickly followed b] the clear and clarion-voico of tho valina Col. C. W. McCreary, as be shout ''First Keglmeutl fall iu." But a fer minutes elapse ere the brigade move towards the left until it reaches an angl )n the works. Here it halts. The bold brave Battalion of Sharpshooters, com manded by the daring Maj. Dunlap, do ploy as akirmibhera and move rapidly I lbs front. They aro bidden from vic. by tbe woods into which they have en tered. Their comrades are confidenl however, that they are, as usual, fighting heroically. Tho brigade ia ordered t tale position on tho right of Rode' Division to assist in filling the gap i: the front line caused by the capture of part of Gen. Edward Johnson's Divisior who just before daybreak were surprise by Hancock's Corps ; the Virginian made a stubborn resistance and refuse to surrender until they were flankee The brigade is ngain in motion an marching rapidly. The works held b Ewell's Corps are reached. Gen. Bode compliments the Carolinians as the rush past him. The crest of the hill i reached when tho brigade ia brought t the front and the command given "foi ward!" The ever reliable "Twelfth" i on the right, next to which ia the fail! ?ful "First," then the true and trie ?"Thirteenth," then the daring and dev< ted "Orr's Rifles," while the famous an fearless "Fourteenth" holds tho lei the color-bearers advance to tho fror and wave their flags-flags which floate over the famous field of Cold Harbo where the star of Lee's Army of Nortl ern Virginia first flashed- in triumph nags borne so grandly at Manassas an at Sharpsburg, which were in tho thiel est of the fight at Fredericksburg and i Uiancellorsville, which were tho ver Srst to enter the town of Gettysburi and over one of which the gifted Mn hen. Pender waved his hat Just befoi be fell in the front of the fight ; whic Mi often changed hands in the commam whose folds were torn by bullets au bathed ic- blood, and beneath which f TOWod1b and gallant men had falle With firm footsteps and bold bearing tl brigade moved forward. Sholls atril tbe ground and scatter tho wet soil i werjdirection; they explode ir? froi wa in rear of tho line ; bullets wb otcr the heads of tho mon. The gallai bco. McGowan, mounted on bia ham ?me gray charger, shouted, "FOIIWABD ! MY BRAVE BOYS." He situ proudly erect, and his face wea ? fearless and as determined an expre ?ou as that of the lion-hearted Lo cardigan when he roda through tl ?ailey of death and plunged into tl russian battery at Balaclava. They dn gown the soft and alippory slope. Tl g">g '? gettins fiercer and the distan wnween the contending forces is rapid ?'mtnishing--onward, atill onward. Th. ^enotv ?t the double-quick. "Ohec wys.ch^-r." Louder than tho roar newunon, than the roll of tho rifle, we insuring cheer of the Carolinlat Aoe inner lino of works ?B reached whi Sif?pmn is halted- Thore iR R br01 rim .Tne' but il ia cauaed by tho invi SJTweUth'" whlch did not Bt?P b ?jjaned 0Ter tho worka and continued o "ty present a sublime spectacle. Th Sl??Ui?? char?e th0 enemy by thej SI?" Jhe Twelfth Regiment; ai Y??8 th? 12th of M?y- "The houses i- f, and of Lancaster" tre represent ar*'K rank*> but they ?re not rivalr, th th? ro.thcr8 I" ?rms. Their comrades T?.,ftlrr.reRloient8 are averse to t dMni . w,,nning all the laurels, and ? S!""1.'0^ that they ahall not sacrifi Th.. . un8l>PPorted and unassisW ney ru?h forward as fast as their fi Ihn1?rr?'r. em and before long overtn ?TWi The Portly form of . ' V ... J ?*B. H'OOWAK no^c?D8Pic?'ou8 a mark for thc bulle u?*I*n\S C9t atlQ furious, to miss. 1 in rl-?. *,?vouoded. ?nd tho uext offli teeniK / ,9?1- Brockman, of the Th maa i *in.ua fftta?y wounded. The co j ?na of tho br5gBdo dcyolvcd upon c ailwii?T^0'0' the Fourteenth, who ?Jjw in battle as he ia generous a 'ina' p brigade ia nearing tho ou a cnl.,i! roni ~e opposite direction cor bffinTof ferais. They are par their iL* a ,llo,iow and advance w ?aa hn?T8 bent ,ow aa possible. No ?? ?il0p of lhci- ,,cadj ca" ?boot fir.^ WacVr ^e crest which Willi I ya/d* from fte works. Wh w,l? oe the first to reach Hie wm ISLS?^Misvv** sufi's narnu* Mississipp Brigade Their vance but all to no purpose; the cneu ffiSff aDd. ,ake "Lelter in the hollow. Ano her column emerges from the woods and tnkes position lo the left of tho for the lcit; it overlaps the linc of tho Mis sissippians. The command is given to , jue lo the right and march by Hank lo do this tho men have to leave tho trench and march along tho ridge. There Is an Incessant and ever increasing fire from tho front, whilst vMieys even more destructive are poured from the right of ho angle, which tho Federals had can hired jut before daybreak and which SS?FStf*' T1'? ?der '? promptly obeyed. The men lealize tho'perilous position in which they are placet!. They rush to the right. The works afford them no protection. They aro falling fast, lilory is drawing from their brave Wasts streams of blood. The dauntless MEUT. COL. BHOOTEM, ct the First, is waving his sword, ai d cheering on the left of the regiment, A bullet piercea his breast and be falls prostrate to the earth. Though in thc agonies of approaching death, he raises his bead, and with the last articulation ol his parting breath, ho shouts, "For ward, men, ! die with my eyes fixed on victory. ' Tho words are scarcely spo ken when his brave brother, Lieut. E. C. Shooter, of tho name regiment, drops head within a few feet of where he lies (Another brother, Sergt, Van Shooter, ol l..,e.?,r8t Regiment, was killed at the Wilderness on the 5th of May.) The angle must be reached. The men know the duty they are required to discharge, tho danger they have to encounter, the cournge they are expected to display tho fortitude they must exhibit, thc sacrifice they have to make. It is trying it is terrible, yet on they go. Their tracks are traced in crimson streams. The danger of death depresseu them not. The head of thc column reaches the an gle-the brigade enters the traverses. The men are within a few feet of the enemy, who have a large force and who keep up a continuous fire which tells with terrible effect. Efforts are made to dislodge them, but they prove unavailing. It is certain death to mount the works, yet daring men try to do so. They nre instnutly killed. Tho Federals have a strong position and they are being strengthened by a largo force in the woods in front of the Mississippians and Caro linians, and by those lying in the hollow. Their fire is fatally accurate. The woods seem to be one moving mass as their re inforcements hurry to the front, and the trees aro reddened by thc reflection ol the fire flashing from their gnus. The ch eera of the combatants, thc rattle ol musketry and thc roar of artillery con tinue until after midday. "THE WHITE FLAG." Early iu the afternoon the firing sud denly ceases in front of tho brigade. Il slackens on the right. A finely formed Federal officer steps boldly to the front The Carolinians cease firing. Rumors are rife as to thc object of his visit. Tht general impression seems to be that thc Federals want to surrender. The wish ?B certainly father to thc thought. Ht asks for the officer in command. Col Brown tells him that it is his pride anc privilege to be in command of the brig ade, and requests to be informed as lc the nature of his mission. "Why, I am awaiting your surrender," is the unlooket for reply. Col. Brown, in a polite bul most positive manner, informs him thal be has no idea of surrendering ; that h?? men have come to stay ; that it is gooc (oven if it is not comfortable) to bo here The Federal then asks : "What is mean by the white flag flying on the left of thc line?" Col. Brown assures him that, il there is a white flag displayed, it was noi raised by his order. Col. Brown and hi: men have no more idea of hoisting i white flag than they have of showiDgtht white feather. They do not know any thing about tho flag of truce, but they di know that their battle-Hags aro still fly lng. They changed hands during tin fight, for a number of color-bearers wer Bhot down, but tho flags did not fall There were brave men to take and ti carry them when their courageous custo dines were disabled or were killed. Th Federal officer apologized for his m?9taki and asks permission to bo allowed to re turn to his command. His request i willingly granted, when, bowing politely he faces about and moves off. He pro cecds but a short distance when a bulle fii ed from tho left of thc line Rtrikea him fortunately the wound is not fatal. Tb< courtesy, coolness and courage he di? played attracted thc admiration of th Carolinians, who rejoice to know th a his dnring aid not culminate in his death TUE FIGHT BESOMED. Tho firing is resumed. Faithfully am r?arlessly tho men faco tho foe ; the; stand, they fight, they struggle, they fall They court danger-they defy death Their feet aro firmly fixed, their faces ar turned to the foe, who is content to re main behind the works or under cover o tho woods. The scene is sad and sicken ing-painful and pitiful. The wounded tho dying and tho dead are lying in th trenches and along the ridge. No mu? mur escapes tho lips of tho woundec Poor fellows, noble comrades, self sacn fleing heroes, bruised and bleeding, yo suffer in silence 1 There is no water wit which to quench your tartttg tblrel The trenches, though half filled with th rain that fell, fail to furnish tho refresh ina draught. The water is crimsone by blood-the blood of the truest an the tenderest, the boldest, tho bravei and the best of men. A TOUCHING EPISODE. A tall tree comes tottering down ; ot of its branches flies a frightened bin which seeks refuge inthebr?astof a ilea Boldicr! Hs tremulous throat tril sweetly and sadly as if in'W?^\\ the sorrowful scene. The lit?e aongsU recovers from its fright, hop* to tb ground and takes a leaf in ita bet* an then hops on the breast of another of tj slain. He was a bright and beautif. boy. young in vears. As the bird droj ped thc leaf upon his breast it recallc to moro than one of those- present th aweet and simple story which they so o heiud io the sunny hours of chs.uhoo as their head nestled upon a fond ar faithful mo-hcr'H breast-" The Babes ! tho Wood." One of tim wounded rai* his head and the little bird flies to tl rear Thero is no man in this^roup wi would not willingly bc wounded rath than that the bird should be injure Tho men have rounds of ammunition which they hi in their cartridge-boxes; they have usi that which was passed to them, and a asking for a further supply, which ca mit readily be obtained. The wound who have thc use pf their hands remo thc cartridge-boxes from the dead gi them to their comrades, who now firelt rapidly, but who fight as fiercely and ti tcrminedly as ever, Tho Hn^rgjttJ thinner, but the spirit of the fearlca > f seems to grow stronger. Thc\ ar ?? lng to tho right. Tho time jvf trial j of torre; ia not. yet over Tho? vail Mississippians mingle with their Cai una comrades-tho blood of the one is , aa prolifically poured out as that of the ; other. Daring are tho feats performed ; by the rank and file. They mount tho works and fire into thc faces of tho Fed erals who stubbornly stand iu the Bloody Bend, and who are not by any means ? deficient in courage. The dead alone are ? re.8t~t,ieir palo faces are turned to j ward the sky, along which dark clouds I frown angrily down. Tho sun is hidden I from view. Thc rain is falling /ast; it refreshes the wounded who are without I water to drink, and it removes the stains , or powder and blood from the pallid fa ces of the dying and the dead. Tho : sacred name of mother is whispered by ! youthful lips, and the crimson life-cur rent is ebbing from breasts which this morning beat high with hope and hap piness. Who will comfort and console that mother in her cherished Carolina home when she is told of tho death of her fond, faithful and fearless son? '"lake me to my wife and child !" is faintly spoken by ono whoso heart has all but ceased to beat; the light of life leaves his eyes-his wife is a widow, hie child an orphan. So close aro the com batants that tho clothing of some of the men is scorched by the powder flashing from the guns. THE OAK CUT DOWN BY BULLETS. There is a huge oak a few feet from the line, upon tho tough trunk of which the bullets rattle like hail. They are chipping it away piece by piece. Day darkens into night, but there is no rest, No reinforcements come to tho relief ol the thin grey linc whicli heroically holds the right. Not a single stir is seen in tho8ky, which now presents the darkness of despair. It looks as if every man ie fated to fall. Companies are left with out a single officer, yet the men are neither disheartened nor dismayed, Though feeble from fatigue, they are faithful ; though few in number, thej ure undaunted. Every sheet of flume ie followed by a shower of bullets. Ho? Wearily tho woe-win^d hourn Rpnrnnrnv 1 The bullet- are clipping the very hearl of the huge oak ; if thc firing continues it will fall. "Look out, men!" The tree is tottering-it comes tumbling down, and wounds several of the FirBt Regiment. The gloom grows greater But few words aro spoken. A comrade asks, as the one next to him falls, "Where aro you wounded?" "In the breast," ii his reply. Another asks the same ques' tion of one who has fallen heavily to the ground. Thero is no response. Death has set the seal of silence on the soldier'! lips. His comrade's lips quiver ns he tears another enrtridge, for he has lost B bosom friend-one who was his compan ion from childhood, and whose only sis ter is his wife. Every flash of the guns lights up thc ghastly faces of the dead with whom the ground is thickly strewn Hearts throb with mingled pity ant pride-pity for the fallen, pride in think ing of the blood and brilliant bearing o the brigade. Will daylight ever dawn ' Will the tramp, the tumult, the terror o battle ever cease? Tho ^.ring grow: iain ter. Daylight is approaching. / whisper passes along the line from th< left to move quietly to the rear. Slowi] and silently the movement is mado ; tin inner line of works ia crossed, and tin brigade bivouacs within a few hundrei yards of thc Courthouse. The men cai scarcely realize the fact that they are t< have a rest. For some time few if an; words are spoken. Every face ?how signs of sadness. In tho mute lips nn< melancholy looks can be read the dir disasters that befell the brigade. J painful silence pervades the scene Everything ia as stillos if it were a hiv ouac of the dead. Tho survivors of th terrible struggle are not unmindful 0 the gratitude which they owe to God fo having shielded them from destructio: throughout the fight. Many a head i bowed and prayers are breathed fron many a breast. Their faith in His good ness, their belief in His beneficenc strengthen and sustained them durin the fury of the fight. The Angel t Mercy, though concealed in a pillar t cloud by day and in a pillar of fire b night, was still there to protect and t preserve them from danger and froi death. Anxious are the inquiries, Ba are the replica that are made as to th fate of comrade3. So many aro missinj most of whom aro dead. AFTEB THE BATTLE. Information ia received that the Fe< erala have evacuated "The Angle < Death." Detachments are sent out 1 bury the dead. The scene that meets tl gaze is harrowing and horrible. The def aro lying in tho trenches, which arr. -.ea ly half tilled with water ; it is black wil powder and streaked with blood. Son of the dead aro leaning against tl breastwork-ono of whom must ha' been killed whilst in the act of firing his rifle remains in his nerveless gras Most of them were shot in tho head, net or breast. Many of those who were r ported missing are found lying in fro ol the works ; they were killed, and ft into tho very ranks of the enemy. B few of the (lead show any signs that tin had undergone much suffering. Whil the eyes of several are open and the jaws aroexteudod, the others appear as they bad died without a struggle. <> whose coolness and courage shone r diantly bright lies with bia head again the traverse. Were it not for the pall look and the blood on his breast, oi would imagine bim to be asleep and tho enjoyment of pleasant dreams. Ti gallant fellow had written to his wife 1 tho eve of his departure from the cac near Orange C. H. lt was subsequent learned that the letter reached heron t afternoon of the day on which ho n killed. How forcibly it recalls th touching end tender passage in Thad ray's "Vanity Fair"-one of the saddi scenes in tho whole range of English 1 erature-where Amel ia Oiband is engag in reading a letter from her husband, unconscious of tho heartrending fact tl bo is lying among the slain at Waterl with a bullet in his heart ! Thc tree which fell upou thc Fi Regiment is carefully examined. It vi literally cut down by bullets. Not shell touched it. On measuring t stump left standing it is found to me uro otvT ticcnty inches in diamei Around its base aro bullet* mashed it many shapes. Some time after the fig it was dug up and taken to thc Nor It was placed on exhibition at tho C tennial in 1876, where it was seen some of the aruvivors of McGowa Brigade, and it awakened in their brea emotions both stirring and profoui They viewed it as a monument to Ca lina courage and self-sacrificing heroii Although "our friends, tho enemy," tho scholarly and gallant Virginian, Ci W. Gordan McCabe, felicitously tei them,) viewed it from a diflareut sta point' those of them who saw it in primeval position on the 12th of ?d 1864 doubtless came to thc conclus that'distance lent enchantment to view. . THE BURIAL PARTY. Silently and sadly the burial pt take their slain comrades and tenderly them along side of ono another in trench. They arc buried in meir ba shroud and covered with the cold i crimson-coated clay. There will bo he hearts and hapless homes when terrible tidings of their death reach Carolina, upon whose sacrificial altar they laid down their lives. Among these slain heroes are somo who were not born in Carolina, tbe broad Atlantic separates tho Green Isle of their birth from tho spot beneath which '.hey rest in dreamless sleep. Though foreignere by birth they became citizens from choice. The perils they so proudly encountered, thc priva tions they so'ratienily endured, the dauntless manner in which they rushed to death proved that their love for Moth erland did uot detract from their devo tion to the country in which they lived and for which they died. It is admitted by all that the struggle nt Spotsylvania was one of the most fiercely fought battles of the war. Tho defenr a lade by tho Mississippians and Carolinians is among tho boldest and most brilliant recorded in thc annals of martial history. They held their posi tion against a force vastly superior in numbers for over eighteen hours, during which time they were without support, food, ffai.r or rest. They retired only ".hen ordered to do so. AFFECTING INCIDENTS. Many affecting incidents occurred during the fight. A lad, belonging to Orr's Rifles, was walking rapidly to the rear. On arriving at the inner line of works he met a stall' officer, who gruffly asked, "Where are you going?" "To the field hospital," the boy replied. "For what purpose?" "To have my wound atten ded to," exclaimed the gallant boy, at the same time opening his coat and showing his bleeding breast. The officer stood abashed, begged bis pardon, and told bira to burry to the surgeon. A member of tho Thirteenth seized a rifle which a Federal waa in thc act of firing. Although the bullet was lodged in his shoulder, iuflicling a painful wound, he jerked tho rifle out of the Federal's hands and knocked him senso lesa with the butt. One of the Fourteenth as he mounted tbe works, was wounded in the arm and captured. During the"parley" he man aged to make his escape and brought with hun a Federal sergeaut. The Twelfth took a number of pris oners, some of whom remained with them until tho following morning, and whoso cartridges were fired at their friends. One of them remarked that the Twelfth ficom cd to bc fond of fighting. During thc charge the color-bearer of tho First, (C. E. Whildeu,) who, though a stranger to fear, was feeblo jn health and totally unfitted for active service, on reaching tho inner lino was scarcely ablo to keep up with the command. In fact he was stumbling at every step. The officer commanding the color company, seeing and pitying his conditiou, odored to relieve him of the flag and to carry it himself. He relinquished it on the offi cer promising to restore it to his keeping when the regiment would halt. As the command arrived at the next line Ensign Whilden came rushing up, took the flag and bravely bore it throughout the fight. In passing over the ground in front of the outer line the dny after tho fight one of the soldier? picked up two bullets which were stuck fast to each other. They must have been fired from opposite directions. Some one had them photo graphed and a waggish fellow wrote on one of the carles, "We met, 'twaa in a crowd." It in not claimed that the brigade be haved better than other Confederate troops would have acted iu a like position. They discharged their duty. Tbey upheld the martial renown of tho State to which they belonged, aud they accomplished all that valor and self-sacrificing heroism could. Their fame has been eloquently and truthfully told in the polished pages of their gallant comrade and gifted chronicler, Cupt. J. P. J. Caldwell. Every district in thc State was represented in ita ranks. It lost nearly 600 men at Spot aylvania, almost half ot whom were kill ed or died of wounds HEROICS AMONO HEROES. It may seem strange to single out in stances of individual bravery in a fight where all were faithful and firm, one reg iment behaving as well as another, whero they displayed Spartan courage and ex hibited Roman fortitude ; but among the many heroes wero two who belonged to the First Regiment, one to Company "I," the other to Company "L," which com panies belonged to Charleston. Surely, these companies were among the best in the service and but few commands can point to as longa death rollas they, the former (tho Richardson Guards) having lost three officers, tho gallant and genial Capt. C. H. Axson, the bold and bravo Capt. C. L. Hong, and th . cultured and courageous Lieut. Robert W. Rhett, while the latter (the Carolina Light Infantry) left their four officers, who accompanied tbem to Virginia, dead on the field of battle-the fearless and efficient Capt. C. D. Barksdale, the daring and determined Capt. J. W. Chambers, tho accomplished and heroic Lieut. John Munro and tho dashing and devoted Lieut. E. C. Du Hose. But little has been said of them, yet if the record of their services and sacrifices were written it would read like a romance. Whilst the fight raged fierc est, and men fell thick and fast, Sergt. A. F. O'Brien, of Co. I, left the trench and Btood on the bank where he could com mand a better view of the enemy. Coolly and deliberately would he aim and fire. Ho rf cc med to be insensible of tbe danger that surrounded him and held his ground until a bullet shattered his right arm. Before going to the rear he gave his canteen of water to oue of bia com rades. His arm was amputated. Sergt. Philip H. Force, of Co. L, like bia iel low soldier O'Brien, had received two wounds before thc campaign of 1864. He stood on the hank and was as calm and collected as if he were drilling in camp. For a limo he seemed to bear a charmed life, as every one near him waB shot down-bc alone remained unscathed. He was in full view of tho Federals, within easy range of their guns. His clothing was perforated by bullets, the stock of his rifle was shattered, he took another and continued firing. His com rades begged him to step into tho trench ; he laughingly remarked, "By and by." A bullet fired from the angle pierced his throat, another eutered his forehead-he dropped dead. JAMES ARMSTRONG, Captain Irish Volunteer.?, (Color Compa ny,) First Regiment South Carolina Volunteere. - After much labor in securing the figures, the Atlanta Constitution has come to the conclusion that the fcrtilizera used in Georgia this year show a falling off of at least 3.'1 per cent, compared with 1881. A closer attention to the preservation and use of hr.me-made fertilizers it is thought will mako up for the decrease, and thoa immense saving will have been effected when pay day comes round. Tho violation of any of nature'a laws brings its warning by tho feeling of dis comfort. Exposure will induce colds, throat diseases* consumption, etc., all ol which give warning by a troublesome cough. Ese Dr. Bull's Cough Syn j in time, aud remove both the causo and effect of your discomfort. A NOT ll KU COMET COMING. Will the World ii ml whoa the New Comet Strikes the Sun ? From (hr Arte York Sun. j If the comet that was discovered by a ; young sslronomer in Albauy last month fulfils half of the promises made for it, we maycxpect to behold, in May or Juno, a celestial spectacle such as has not been I equalled since 1808 or 1811. This comet, , i auhouch eomo 200,000,000 miles from its j : perihelion, which it will not reach for ' three mouths, shows a bright tail and a ; star-like uucles. The inference is fair that tho comet is a very large one, and j ; that when it gets into our neighborhood i ; it will present a magnificent appearance, j j Moreover, Professor Chandler's figures ! show that thc comet is plunging almost j straight at thc sun, which it will probably j approach within 100.000 miles. The only other comet, in tho long list of those bodies whose orbits have been calculated, which approached anythiug like as near to thc sun as this arc the comet of 370 B. C., the comet of 1668, the comet of 1680, often called Newton's comet, thc comet of 1843, and the comet of 18S0. The last named was observedonlyjin South Amer ica aud Australia and at tho Capo of Good Hope. Concerning tho comet of 870 B. C.. of which frightful things are related, and which is said to have split in two, not much is known, hut the measurements made in the other cases are generally to bc depended upon. In fact, it was tho nearness of the approach of the comet of 1680 which lcd Newton to anticipate pos sible peril to tlie earth from thc fall of a great comet into the sun. This is not the popular view of the danger from comets, tho fear usunlly being that they may strike tho earth, or produco pestilence bv mingling tho substance of their tails with our atmosphere. Of late, the other view has been made more conspicuous, espe cially Brace Mr. Proctor's recent article on what ho calls the menacing comet of 1880, which he anticipates may return in 1897. Tho appearance of this new comet on the heels of the discussion awakened by Mr. Proctor's suggestion gives thcBubjcct renewed interest, especially in view of the announcement that.the coming comet is going so close to the sun. Unless the calculators havo made a very great blun der it will pass through tho cyrona, and, if large enough, may grazo tho luminous surface. It should be noticed that there is a discrepancy bet wen the estimates of the perihelion di; lance mr.de by Professor Chandler, of Harvard university, and Professor Bass, of tho Dudley Observa tory, the tatter making tho distance con siderably greater than thal above given. Both agree, however, that tho approach will bo a close one. Tho question wheth er the earth may not at eomo time bc in danger from a great comet is all the moro interesting because men of science arc not exactly in accord upon it. Mr. Proctor is not lue only astronomer who thinks that if ever tho world is to be destroyed with heut it will be when a great comet plun ?cs into tho sun. Even those who think Ir. Proctor is mistaken in his conclusions admit that, given a comet big enough, and massivo enough, undoubtedly its fall upon the sun would prove disastrous to tho earth. But they say it would require a body having a mass something like that of Jupiter to produce such effects, aud compared with Jupiter the most massive comets ever seen aro raero pigmies. Bo sides, there seems good reason to believe that a comet would, on approaching close enough to the suu, be pulled to pieces and so drop piecemeal into the great orb, the fall being prolonged perhaps through many revolutions, so that tho accession of heat caused by tho conversion of the comet's motion would be distributed over a considerable period of lime. Be sides, as Professor Young has pointed out, if a comet fell into the sun tho in crease of heat would be mainly used up in producing expansion of the sun's orb, ana would afterward be radiated out again through a long space of years. Another very interesting objection has been raised to Mr. Proctors theory, name ly, that ns three-quarters of the RUrface which the earth presents to the BUU is covered with deep water, such an increase of tho sun's heat ns tho fall of a comet might produce would causo a great la crease of evaporation, which would use up tho extra heat, and BO protect the earth from harm. According to this view we aro reasonably safe so long as tho oceans last and the sun docs not get too hot. Of coureo the reply may be made to these objections that, although no known comet ?B great enough to cause Us harm by ils downfall upon the earth, yet wo do not know hut that comets exist thousands of times more massivo than any that hu man eyes have ever seen, and that such a comet may at some timo pay us a visit. In fact, wo have had a rather distant view of one comet that really seemed to be long to an order of magnitude difierent from that of ordinary comets-a sort of celestial whale among fishes. This was the famous como!, of 1811, which hud a head almost as big as the sun itself. But it kept far away, its perihelion distance being some ninety million miles. If such a comet hs that should rush upon tho Bun, Mr. Proctor thinks it would soon show us what it could do. But his oppo nents say that cv j tho downfall or ibo comet of 1811, although it might make tho weather uncomfortably hot for us, would not "dissolve the clements with fervent heat." Those who may have a lingering suspicion of danger can take comfort in tho fact that when this huge comet disappeared it was traveling on a track that must have carried it uncount ed billions of miles away from the solar aystcni, so that it is not likoly to return in thousands of yea i, if ever. That the astronomers themaoives aro not much alarmed is nh o wu by the fact that they are ali very anxious to witness the prom ised spectacle of the downfall of a comet in 1897 or thereabouts. Whether the coming comet's close ap proach to tho sun will throw any light on this interesting question of courso cannot be foretold, but all tho present in dications are that it will pay its respects to the ruler of the solar system with roy al splendor, presenting, perhaps, such a scene as was witnessed when the great comet of 1264, which failed to return, as expected, in 1860, spanned tho heavens with its tail. In the meantime, ?hero is no occasion for anybody to bo alarmed, but good reason for everybody to rejoice that we are likely to witness one of the grandest phenomena of the skies. - At last a strong attempt is making ? to nut oleomargarine on its own bottom ana not let it stand on a butter tub ns heretofore. Tho $20,000,000 which are invested in the dairy interests protest and demand that tho product of tho grease factories shall be taxed and stamped. There is justice in this de mand. Its chief merit is thal it would protect purchasers against fraud. Now much false butter is sold as real. With a government stamp on itali this would ho changed. Mr. Michael Robbclt, 77 Sargent street, i Canoe*, N. Y.. was cured of a very i severely injured Vaco by St. Jacobs Oil, : says the Rochester, N. Y., Sunday Her ald. ? RUI Arp Disonases tho Trial? or (1 rand. Parents. When folks that spring from a numer ous family becomo numerous themselves and the first children marry oft' before the last aro born, the children and grand children nnd uncles and nephews and cousins get all mixed up together so that a man can't tell tother from which, hard ly. About this time of year they begin to congregate nt my bouse and take charge of tho pr?mices-for a boy soon learns thnt grand parents wnscnt made to wallop grandchildren but was created es pecially to take their part and pet em nnd wait on em, and when these littlo chaps come from the town whero they live in a hnlf acre lot where they cant throw a rock moro than ten feet without breaking somebody's window or falling on a green house, and can't squeal nor squall for fear of waking up somebody's baby, they feel like they n ./c just got out of the peni tentiary, and so they begin right straight to make up for lost time. They have mixed up with mine now and put their devilment together, and >t keeps me a trotting to keep tho gatet. shut and tho drawbars put up, and hunt up thc dig ging boc that they carried off to digbnit, and go after tho pnn that they salted thc colts in, and knit on more fish hooks for em,'and ever and anon they getcleur o?', and after Mrs. Arp has called em in alto and contralto and any other "to" about 13 times and they don't answer, I know what's coming sud so I juBt start nf ter em without any instructions. Hut I'VK (TOT KM TRAINED a little now. They have to corneal tho blowing of thc hom, whether they hear it or not, or go without dinner or supper, for the little rascals have got to playing oil" nnd tanking out they don't hear when they do. Linton says ho can't hear at all when tho fish nro biting. Thoy are breaking the colts now about half the time, and thc poor brutes have just sur rendered and let 'em do ns they please f;;r they found it was no use in trying io out do n parsel of 1 . s thnt was bent on n purpose. Wo us d to larrup our first children right smu<', and they throw il up to u-i yet, for tl ; last ones got nothitir, but promises, but 1 t deon that wns right, for if the first ones are made to behnvo and do right their example in enough for tho younger ones or nt least it ought to be. Then again it must not bo forgotton thnt thc oldest ones had the best lime nnd tho choice and pick of everything, and they get the young ones od somo ti mci and give cm a licking and then hire em not to tell when they ger homo, and the younger ones hnvo lo wonr the second hand clothes and wait for the second table when company comes, so .*. reckon the average is about right niter all. I v/asent the oldest boy myRelf, and I know how it is. When there is only one or two the parants strain a point to ret em up and adorn cm nnd take em to all the shows, and if they stump a too they send for a doctor ; but after while when 8 or 10 come along children get sorter mo notonous nnd purents let 'tm rip along und grow up of their own accord, nnd the moro children the loss tho doctors bills, nnd fine clothes nint ns necessary aa they used to be, for the fnct is it takos nil sorta nf economy and contrivance to raiBO 'em at all in bard times or soft times cilirer. Occasionally I see ray old coats and pants spread out on the floor and ripped up nnd the little patterns laid on thc 'pieces to seo if they will do, and tho first thing anybody knows Mrs. Arp has a littlo chnp all rigged out in a suit as geed ns nen*. It gives u man A PATRIARCHAL FEELING to ace these grandchildren increasing around him. Old Father Noblo limps about the streets of Rome and passes his own posterity every day and don't know em, and when a little chnp Balotes him with "howdy grandpa," or "howdy great grandpa," has to stop and look and say. "whose child are you sonny," for ho lina twelve of his own. and they havo mar ried and multiplied amazingly, even down to thc fourth generation. It is as tonishing how fast they do multiply if they get an early start, for a man told me ho knew of au old lady in South Carolina who was 104 years old nrtd was said to have over a thousand descendants. There in nothing improbable or impossible about that for she was married.nt fifteen and had ten girl children before she wns thir ty and they all married early and multi plied .md replenished and there were sixty grandchildren when the old lady was fifty years old, and lots of great grandchildren. If folks generally had {?osterity after that fashion, I wondor how ong it would take tho world to fill up and run over, and something serious and peculiar become of us all. A power of folks have lived and died, but life is a gaining on death nil the time, and it's curious to contemplate how thick the people will be a thousand yenrs hence. and where they will nil get food nnd clothing. Somo big thing is bound to happen after while if not sooner. TUB CHOI'S. Crops or not doing much good in this region. The carly planting of corn and cotton looks puny and chilled, and al ready I hear of various insects and ver min foraging around. Last spring the flies dident come about until June, but they aro very numerous aud disagreeable now, and can light oftener on a man's head whero thc hair is parted in the mid die than I ever knew em, especiaby when he wanta to tako a little evening nap on the parlor sofa. Snakes nre slip ping and sliding around. Tho minks nave been stealing our chickens, and so we set the children to find their dens, and they found it in a hole in thc sill of tbe atable and got four young ones out and the old ones dodged all about, but the dogs couldn't catch 'cm, and they never stayed anywhere long enough to get a shot at 'em, and so we got a stceltrap and 3et it, but we bavent caught 'cm as yet, aud I think they have moved their quarters. Tho mocking birds and hum ming birds havo come, but I haven't heard a whippoorwill as yet, und that's a sign, they say, that more cold weather is still ahead, Nevertheless, we are all hopeful and will have spring lamb and green peas for din uer to-morrow. BILI, ARP. A TOBACCO STORY.-A comical story is told of two well-known Southern cler gymen, one of whom undertook to re buke the other for using tho weed : "Brother G.," ho exclaimed, without stopping to ask questions, "is it possible that you chow tobacco ?" "I must confesa I do," tho other quiet ly replied. "Then I would quit it, sir," the old gentleman energetically continued. "It is a very unclorical practice, and r. vory uncleanly one. Tobacco ! Why, sir, even a bog won't chew it." "Father C., do you chow tobacco?" responded the amused liste: *t "I? No, air!" he answe.-d gruffly, with much indignation. "Then, pray, which is tho most like thc hog, you or I ?" The old doctor ? fat sides shook with i laughter as he said : "Well, I have befm . fairly caught this lime." I -Ge-. Robert Toomb'a eye-sight is epcrtec. to ha rapidly failing. CUKHENT TOPICS. A Colored Convent lon. MACON, GA., April 27.-A convention of colored men, from every port of the State, met to day to d'seuss matters, po litical and general. There were 216 del egates present. Nearly all the session was taken up in electing n chairman. After much wrangling W. J. White, of Augusta, was chosen. A committee to report business was appointed, and will report nt tho meeting to-morrow. Chicago Teniu Owners ou n Lirlkc. CHICAGO, April 27.--An extensive strike was inaugurated hero this morning under the auspices of the Team Owners' Mutual Benefit Association of Chicago, which has r. membership of ?1,000 men and controls between 1,100 and 1,200 teamB. About 1,100 teams, headed by a band of music, have been marching through the principal streets to-day, and the owner? have expressed n determination not togo to work until they get live dollars per day. KtWed Ills Wire with n Holling Pin. WEST CHESTER, PA., April 25.-J. 1). Andrews, known as "Professor" An drews, killed his wife nt their residence ucar llnycsvillo, Chester county, to-day by breaking her skull with a rolling pin. Andrews showed aigus of insanity, and had an attendant witching him night and day, bul nt a moment when the nt tciidanl's oyes were oil' him ho did tho deed. Andrews is aged about 60, was an expert mathematician, and was called the "Lightning Calculator," and had ac cumulated a fortune through the exercise of this faculty. Tho same exercise is supposed to have unbalanced his mind. Judge Lynch. LAKE CITY, COL., April 27.-At 1 j o'clock this morning ono hundred masked . men overpowered tho guard and took from jail Geo. Bolls and Jim Brown, who shot and killed Sheriff Campbell yester day morning while attempting to arrest them. . Tho mob then hung the two men from the bridge. Both dieu game. Bolto asked for a c'iew of tobacco Just bofore tho ropo was placed around his neck. CINCINNATI, OHIO, April 27.-At a log-rolling, near Fuir vio w, Ky., last Sat urday, two brothers named Courts quar relled with two brothers named Smith, and one of tho Smiths was killed. When a posso of officers went to the Courts' house to airest them, they found great quantities of stolen goods, and after a closo search found tho Courts boys, who wero lodged in jail, where they re mained until last night. A mob then look them from jail and hanged them. Killed by His Fntlior-ln-Lavr. DANVILLE, VA., April 25.-Dr. John P. Lipscomb, a merchant of this city, was killed herc this morning by Sterling Edmunds, of Halifax county, his father in-law. Dr. Lipscomb was a mnn of wealth and of an excellent family, hut became, intemperate, and the couple havp been living unhappily. Last night he drovo Mrs. Lipscomb from home, but she afterwards went over with one of her neighbors and gained admittance. The family were at breakfast this morning when Edmunds walked in, nnd, alter some words, said : "You have been treat ing my daughter badly, and treated her badiv lost night." With that Dr. Lips como arose ai '. pistols were drawn. Dr. Lipscomb fired first. Edmunds fired im mediately afterwards and tho Doctor fell dead, holding his pistol in his hand cocked for a second shut. tCdmunds sur rendered himself, and at the Mayor's Court was acquitted on thc ground of solf-defense. Senator Hill's Condition. WASHINGTON, April 24.-It is posi tively stated herc that Mr. Hill's condi tion is exceedingly critical, and that his friends may prepare for thc worst at any moment. His wound is still unhealed, aud ho can eat no solid food. He is very much depressed, and will scarcely take thc liquid food that his attendants pre paro for him. His physicians have said there is no hope for his recovery beyond the miraculous cures that are said to have been effected at Eureka Springs, where he has gone, attended by bis two sous and his wife. While very much de pressed, Mr. Hill is represented os being perfectly resigued to the worst. The greatest interest is manifested in his caso here, and tho anxiety with which any news from him is looked for indicates that those best acquainted with the case expect decisive results at no distant day. Tho deepest Bympnthy is expressed by leading men nf both parties, and it is conceded on all sides that tuc Senate has lost the most eloquent orator it has bad sini;e the days of Clay. A Horriblo Massacre. TUCSON, ABUSONA, April 25.-A cor? respondent gives tho following account of tho receut Iudiau attack : "Stanislaus Metas, aged nine years, bas just arrived from Stevens Sheep Camp with the fol lowing story of the Indian massacre on the 18th. Before daylight the Indians attacked the camp while all wcro asleep. My father and five others attempted to gather guns, but were too late. The In dians rushed in from all sides aud over powered them before a shot could be tired. Au Indian put tho muzzle of his gun against the head of ono mau end fired, blowing his brains against the door and walls. I eaw them kill my mother and two brothers by beating their brains out with stones. They killed five person* and tied my father and tortured -hire) most dreadfully. He begged them to spare him, but they only tortured him moro, and finally they split his skull with an axe. An Indian squaw, wife of ono of tho four friendly Apache sheep herd? ers who were with us, saved my life by holdiug me behind horand begging them to spare. When all tho Mexicans were dead except me the Indiana left." A Commendable Example. WAHHINTTON, April 25.-Thero is only ono man connected with the Whito House staff during General Garfield's ill ness who does not appear in tho report of the Taylor committco asking for compen- ! sation for extra work performed. Every clerk in tbs White House is down for three months' extra pay on account of special mental and physical wear and tear. Tho exception is J. Stanley Brown, late Private Secretary to the President. If there is any man entitled to increased pay he is tho one. His personal devo tion and untiring watchfulness were the admiration of all who visited the White House during that trying period. For weefre he scarcely undreesed. Ho slept upon a sofa during the first weeks of toe President's illness, so as to be ready upon a moment's call in a case of any neces sity. Ho is poor, and before his employ ment by tho President occupied ? posi tion that paid less than $100 a month. 1 Moic than this, ho has not ret..: icd his placo at the Whito House, but has rc j signed lo go into business ior himself, i His personal loss was greater than any j other employee. Hod General Garfield lived, Mr. Brown would probably have been in tho White House for eight years, and in the end would have been appoint ed to some permanent position of a hand some character, for General Garfield's liking for and confidence in him were very great. Mr. Brown bas refused to receive any extra pay. Thia is the rea son his name does not appear. Mews and Gossip. - Beecher denies the report that he ia soon to retire from the pulpit. - Thc "boy preacher" Harrison bas made 1,800 converts in Cincinnati. - Darwin, tho well known author aud so-called scientist, died in London on 21st April. - A Louisiana man is establishing an alligator farm. The hides and oil aro in demand. - It is eatimated that more than 200, 000 cattlo will be driven North from Texas this spring. - There are 285 persons or firms in Washington prosecuting claims before tho Pension Bureau. - A ladv in Blakely, Ga., runs rab bits away from her garden pea patch by sprinkling guano on tho pea vines. - James Gordon Bennett gave a ball in Paris recently that cost him abouO $1,500. The dancers tarried until 6 o'clock. - The Keutucky Legislature b?a ap propriated $5,000 to continue the system of stocking the streams of the State with choice food fishes. - A great majority of the United Slates Consuls are fools, judging from their contributions to official literature. -A'cio York Sun. - Altogether, the country is coming round to the belief that Mr. Blaine waa nut BO bad a Secretary or State, while tho less said nf his successor the better. - Mr. Hunt made an excellent Secre tary of tho Navy. During bis term of office not a naval battle was loat, and tho old flag was insulted in but aoven foreign ports. - I he late cold weather killed out ail tho cotton planted in several counties in Mississippi and Arkansas, necessitating a replanting and setting the farmers back about two weeka. - President Arthur announced last fall that ho would carry out Garfield's policy. President Arthur ia a man of his wnrd. He HAS carried it oat and buried lt.-Mica (N. Y.) Observer. - Tho Griffin (Ga.) Neics feara that unless mora corn is raised in Georgia we shall bo obliged to import whiskey. Whereupon tbe Athena Banner suggests thnt this may be tbe reason wby so ninny editors advocate the planting of more corn. - Mr. Scoviile'a application to Con 3ress for pay for services rendered in the efonse of the President's murderer was not exactly unexpected. It requires no more nerve tbnn waa required of Doctor Bliss when ho set his figures for services at $50,000. - MacLean, the man who shot at Queen Victoria, waa tried two weeks ago for high treason, and acquitted on the ground of insanity. The deliberation of the jury occupied but five minutes. He will bo detained in custody during her Majesty's pleasure - The municipal election waa held in 8anta Rosa. California, on Wednesday of last waok and the Democrats swept the field. The Democratic ticket waa beaded: "No more Chinese immigra tion-Rebuke the veto." Many Repub licans voted against their party. - The New York Tribune saya Mr. Ker, Mr. Melton's latest assistaut, was attacked by a Bourbon bulldog gang in Charleston, and the windows of the houBe he occupied broken. The pro prietor of House, the Pavillion Hotel, publishes a card denying any such oc currence. - Prof. Vonnor, in reply to inquirlea as to tho significance of tue recent auro ra, predicts that the approaching sum mer will bo cold and wet over a very con siderable portion of the Continent, South and West. He would not be sur prised should each month fur tho remain der of the year bring frosts. - They had been engaged to be mar ried fifteen years and still he bad not mustered up resolution enough to name tho happy day. Ono evening ho called in a particularly spoony frame of mind aud asked her to'Bing him something tender and touching, someth?ug that would "move" bim. She eat dowa at the piano and sang : "Darling, I nm growing old." - An old toper complained to a doctor that the ardent failed to exhilarate bin spirita. Thc doctor, knowing the ?nor ! dinato nature of bis appetite, told bimbo I bad better try aquafortis. A abort timo I afterwards be was surprised by another visit from the individual, who told him 1 the aquafortis did very well at first, but 1 it was not strong enough. "I say, doc tor," said he, ''don't you think ? little i aqua fifties would about fix it?" . - In the course of hia remarks io the House of Representatives the other day on British tyrany in Ireland, Mr. Robin son, of New York, concluded by saying: "When I came here I found the Amcri j can eagle drugged nnd drowsy, her blood poisoned with political pyomia, her winga wet with the mildew of monarchy, and her beak filled with Lowell garbage. T roused her from her ignoble slumber, I brushed the dew from her magnificent ?inion?, I gave her voice to the music of reedom, and sent her with her magnifi cent wing to fan the tempest and soar to tho sun." - Martin R. Delaney, the black man who once ran for Lieutenant Governor of this State, has been lecturing in Bal timore : Ho advised colored men to cut loose from both patties and to orgtnize for self-protection. Democrats, he said, were their enemies and Republicans their friends when the colored people were freed, but now it is impossible to tell friend from foe. He told them to never vote for a Republican or Democrat un less they would be directly benefited, but rather to waste their votes by casting them for some old man of their own race as a sacrifice to principle. - A South Carolina farmer, writing to tho Columbia Register, demonstrates the di Ce rc ii co of good and bad culture, by allowing that, on land of the aame fertili ty, an intelligent farraerr?ised 8f>busnels of corn to the acre, while e. thriftless man raised only five. Thia Richland farmer Bays in conclusion : "I have never bought any eorn or hay since the war, but have always made enough nt a coat never exceeding twenty cent? per bushel. Aa to 'loug forage* or 'roughness,* tho only diiSculy with me haa beon how to con sume all that accumulates on my hands." 3nch a farmer is worth mora to the South ?han a Congressman at Juge.-?Angwin ?Chronicle and (hn:ti?^tio*Vtli4K