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\ g. . MURRAY & CO, ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER , 1882. I1! IMa liin \rOLUME XVIII.?NO. 12. HP$pi www * _ BROCK & MAULDIN -0 e WOULD ca|l attention to our handsome and varied Stock of FAI 1 nnd ' WINTEK GOODS now arriving, consisting of? 1 Mens', Youths', Boye' and Childrens' In leitest and Nobbiest styles. HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES. AND FURNISHING GOODS. [Ming given our attention to this particular lioe, and learned the rcnuircineiits ! ibeAndewoii ?rade, wo can defy competition as to price and style and quality of! Good"' ... . . .? ,11 and see us, one and al?. A visit will pay you, if only to look at what we 1 h.fJ8.1e83 11 and MEN CHANCE WITH THEM, XI) ihat is the reason we have just laid in A LARGE STOCK OF NEW GOODS 1* for we know that all our customers desire something that is new and at the same _Cserviceable* Our Stock comprises a line assortment of? u? y UOwmvj, ? / , ui?uco, ? cil , NOTIONS, HARDWARE, CROCERBES, PROVISIONS, ETC., kkb we will sell at the Lowest Prices. While other things am changing, we would k- that we are too young to change our plan of offering good and substantial Bargains 11 who favor us with a trial. we are in tiik cotton market, L will pive the highest prices. We have a large lot of BAGGING and TIES on bul <?et our prices before closing a trade. BROS. ?Etpt2l.l3H2 10 lO?'T SPEND YOUR MONEY FOR FALL AMD WINTER GOODS Until You Examine 3Iy Stock. HAVE an Elegant selection to show, and will make a special effort to please l y eiv Iing the BEST GOODS at the LOWEST PRICES. My Stock is now second to naie this market, and I am fully propared for a? rousing trade, r'arur? from ohi and new customers will he duly appreciated. Don't forge! to tell <jr neighbors that I want their trade. My aim is to make customers and keep them by fair and honest dealing. I have just returned from New York with the best and largest assortment of? RESS GOODS, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, Etc. Etc. t?* I make a Specialty of ZEIGLEU hros. KIN SHOES. Also the noted ?y state shoe. W. A. CHAPMAN, No. 3 Benson Street, Anderson, S. C. Kept 7,1882 8 ly gWLLlVAN. ' UVA. VAN DI Y Kit OOT8 and SHOES. J. P. SULLIVAN & CO., No. 1s? granite row, anderson, s. c. M\7"E again call attention of the people of Anderson County, and all others interest WT ed, to our immense stock of BOOTS mid SHOES. Men's Hoots, Hoys* Inte and Youths'Boots; Al*o, any style of Shoe for Ladies', Misses and Children, pr Taped Sole Brogau is the best in the market. We are bound to suit you. Our ^ires, we will only say, are as low as you will Und in the State of South Carolina. A Larger stock of JEANS than any other House in the City. Ladies' Dress Goods, Shawls and Cloaks, Gents' Ready-Made Shirts, laundered and unlaundered. Our Stock of Groceries is Complete. The BEST COFFEE wc intend always to keep. _j. p. gp-xjjvAB a co-,, ORTH OF READY MADE CLOTHING FOR CASH. jTJE are now receiving a nplendid Stock of CLOTHING?Mens', Youths and Boys. ?' tuli Suits?Broadcloth Coats, rants and Vests ; Fine Diagonal Suits, and Coats, ? eats, Overcoats, Oil Cloth Coats, Ac, Ac, to lit person and purse. Broadcloths, French Diagonale, English and American Cassimeres, Dos Skins, Jeans, A well-selected stock of 8birts, Collars^Cravats. Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, "derjhirts, Drawers, Socks, Ac, Ac. (V.l. . ? ALSO? v-o?ia, Pants and Vests made to nrder. Ih'KT??loring Department iB conducted bv Mr. JOHN B. CLARK, who has for the 5?Hv years been Cutting your Coats, Pants and Vests to fit you sraoothe and easy, Srul; i glad for a continuance of your patronage, fifc?sc5sj?n ?ivcn to WEDDIXG SUITS. clark Se, co. tfffl&g- DANIELS, Proprietor. r -OF? ALL * WINTER GOODS, 1 J0ilPRisiNa A LARGE LOT OF Kentucky and Mississippi Jeans, Kerseys and Tweed?, tnaaVm Latest etyles of Prints, White, Red and Canton Flannels, \\ ool Ln.se>>, Ginghams, Cotton Checks, the bat in the market, v Bleached and Unbleached Shirtings and Sheetings. All grades Bed Ticking, Trunks, Valises and Satchels, Laundered and Unlaundered Shirts, Gents' Collars and ( nnats, Suspenders, Ladies' and Gents' all-wool Undervests, ?:&<? also ,LeJar8? stock of YaSkce Notions, Ladles' Cloaks, Lakes' Shawls, Blankets, and a '"We and pretty stock of Dress Goods, which will bo offered cheap. Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps a specialty, f?ftei,yoneln this department to undersell me. Don't buy until you see the ^ nn hear the prices. A complote stock of Hardware, Fall line of Woodenware, Saddles, Bridles, Halters, Leather, Collars and Saddle Blankets, *toe and Medirnn grades of Chewing Tobacco, Sugare, Coffees, Bice, Molasses, Flour, Starch, Soaps, Spices, and a Wgo lot Liverpool Salt-&>0 lbs. to the 8ack iy??ndBee ?? East End Waveri? Honse Building, and I will G?ods and 8raall Proflts. 'SRTILTZERS FOR EVERYBODY. Th??e Indebted to Me for Guano will Please Make Prompt Payment. I I BAKE?. ."?"v?u tu Ai'i'uaATTOX, j The Kspi-rlcnce ?>r ??? hikj, prl?Ht?. in the I Kf?r Rank." \ Patrick Henry R,iUu, in Charlcttm lleekl? A'eu't. Foi months we have been reading war PrP?r?/ronl ? "General" standpoint, and Hie High 1 rivato in the rear rcuk" lias caught the infection and desires to un bosom himself as to what he saw and did at a certain phase of "the late unpleas antness.' What is recounted below is irom personal observation, and the big I IS to be taken with a certain amount Of i allowance, as I have uo particular desire 1 to appear prominent in the tale that ?0 toiu. We will now take up the lino of marcii beginning at the trenches around t etersburg, ami ask the reader to accora- ' pany us until, "yielding to overwhelming < numbers and resources," we were com pelled to lay our guns upon the stack at Appomattox C. H. THE MUST E E , S. < V. The immediate command to which I belonged, was Company I, First Regi S?0*?,^' ? V., known at homo as the Carolina Light Infantry." During the latter part of March, ISoT), we were sta tioned in the trenches around Peters burg, some distance to tho right of a redoubt known as "Battery 45." Un the 29th the regiment was ordered to the right, and the picket detail (one of which I was) were left at their posts, and we noticed unusual activity over on the other i side. During our last night as picket guard it seemed ominously still, and we heard, or imagined we heard, smothered orders and au occasional rattle of canteens, and we became impressed with tho idea that the enemy meant mi?chief nnd were massing troops in our immediato front, anu iCnoiVi?ig tout Lie ?i Ouches behind us were occupied only hy a raiment nf North Carolina troops deployed as skir mishers, and the only reinforcement thev could hope for was from such as were driven in from the picket line when tho assault was made, the prospect was not encouraging. After a time the enemy's movements became moro apparent, for on the still night air came expressions not contained iu Holy Writ, confusion and noise. Wo felt that the enemy would soon advance. (ill NT's movement to his left caused our lines to bcex'.cndcd to our right, and the strain on our forces was so great that a large gap was left to be protected by the guns of two redoubts known among the soldiers as the llalf Moon Fort and Uattery 15, and not a man stood iu those trenches at the time of Grant's advance on our lines. We knew all this, and with this knowledge it seems somewhat astonishing that the boysstood so long at their places. We were in the position of a mosquito fighting an ele phant. We hod in our squad a fine chorus, and, as whistling would not keep our courage up, it was proposed to have "a sing," and one of the boys called out : "Uh I Billy, give us a song." The reply came quickly : "No, Johnnie, you give us one first." And our quartette sang: "We honor, yes, we honor bold Sonili Car olina, Tho' small she may he she's as brave as the rest ; The Flag ship of State is out on the billows iJul?'cting the waves on a bright billows crest. Farewell forever to the Star-spangled Pan- I ner, j No longer shall it wave o'er the Land of the Free : We will unfurl to the broad breeze or heaven Thirteen bright stars 'round the Palmetto Tree." THE song WAS FINISHED, and we called out for the reply, ns usual in our past winter chats. It was excess ively dark, and wc ft It uneasy nnd un comfortable. We felt that our singing could not keep them back until daylight, which we v ere vainly hoping for. Final ly an answer came from tho other side : "Hold on, Johnnie, we'll give you a song directly ;" aud in a mitiute we were greeted by thundering chorus of Ore arms, with minnie ball accompaniment and the cry of "Charge !" Twas what we were expecting, and when thofusilade was delivered our guns were half loaded. A FIG UT AT K2GIIT. There is not much difference between a day fight and a night attack in a gen eral engagement from a pnvslc'o stand point. In either case he sees but little. What with the smoke, tho dust and gen eral confusion of a daylight engagement, the private sees nothing but in nis im mediate vicinity But th?3 night's fight was something terrible, and 'twas well for us it was night, as this mighty host that was hurled against us would havo swept us instantly from before them. We could hear a perfect babel of voices, while all was silent on our side?the men itood in grim expectancy. Then followed the popping of our skirmishers as they slowly fell back upon the main line of ivorks. Just in our front was a morass, which impeded the enemy's advance on us, and we stood at our posts until the works on our right were almost in pos session of the enemy, and our little band beat a hasty retreat and made doublc ]uick time to the trenches. Upon reach ing the breastworks we turned and fired in the direction of the advancing column, when the colonel commanding gave the arder, "Cease firing!" thinking that all our men were not in the works. I knew Lhey were?at least all who were coming in?and, as soon as I could load my piece, I fired again, and the whole line jpened. Tho now exasperated officer :ame forward and asked my name, com pany and regiment, which I knew meant ;ourt-martial. I asked him before he made the record to cast his eye down the right of the line, and we both saw a sight not often seen in war, (romances to the :ontrary, notwithstanding.) the enemy :iad already mounted the works. They ;ould not be seen, but the flashes of the runs of the contendlrg forces formed jrosses, so close were the combatants to ?nch other. It was a hard stubborn ?ght ; neither party seemed inclined to field an iuch. Although overpowered. )ur boysstood the racket like veterans, as hey were. It is all very well to talk of ilubbitig guns and bayonet thrusts, &c., jut few places in the late war have the ?ame record as this part of the lines tround Petersburg, This was as nigh to hand-to-hand fighting as we generally rot. Our handful of men were contend ug with ewarnw, as the daylight after wards showed. the amende. After seeing this the Colonel said : "I beg pardon. Go to the colonel on my left and tell him we are flanked on the right, and keep the men from knowing it is long as possible." Away I went on my errand, and as I advanced I found Lhe works empty, and afterwards knew bat they had not been occupied, this be in* the gap defended by the gune of the Half-Moon Fort and Battery 45. Ab I urocecded down the trenches looking for ? command I did not find, I was found myself, and the familiar whistle of a rifle ball, accompanied by the flash not far from me, caused me '.o burry back- witu my report ; but the report had airoady reached my desti nation, nnd the ball proved an effective messenger, telling us that we were flanked right and left, and we did not stand upon the order of our re i real. TUE IN DEPENDENT. Being separated from our command and comrades, I turned out an indepen dent sharpshooter. It was daylight.1 Being without an officer I voted myself commissary, and knowing that the stores ! would soon be in the hands of the enemy I went and drew as many day's rations as I could conveniently carry." In fifteen ; or twenty minutes the enemy were in i possession of building and contents. I now followed the scattered hands of . men and we wended our weary way to- ? wards Petersburg, when a staff-officer rode up and said wo must rendezvous at \ Battery Forty-five. In doing so it was necessary to pass the Half-Moon Fort, and while doing so 1 saw men crowding into it. I asked to be allowed to enter, but was denied. I afterwards found out that it was a Forlorn Hope. THE HALF-MOON FORT. The organized bands that entered wore Mississippians, I think, though many volunteers accompanied them. Over the entrance might well have been writ ten, "Who enters here leaves hone be hind." I hurried on to llattery Forty five, where we were organized for defence, but the attention of the enemy seemed to be directed to the Half Moon Fort. This placo was now completely isolated, and from the parapet of Battery Forty five I saw the bodies of troops maneu vering nnd concentrating before the de voted Hal'-Moou Fort. All was now still and expectant ; an occasional shot from the skirmish lines to the left could bo heard, but all else was still. From my position I could see the movements of tho Federals prepar ing io advance and tho quiet waiting of our troops in the Fort. WAS IT A. P. HILL? Just at this junction an ofliccr on horseback was seen to charge down upon the enemy's picket lines, pistol in hand, and as he roue by the men he discharged his weapon in their very faces, until finally he was unhorsed himself, and it was passed from lip to lip "that's A. P. Mill." Whether it was the General or not I cannot say, but that an officer boldly rode to his death when he l.i.tnd his cause lost, that I saw from my point of observation. But the first line for the charge on the Fort was formed and slowly advanced to a sunken road through the field where they stopped for a few moments, then with a cheer on they rushed but were met by a deadly lire; they were stag Sered and scattered, the colors went own and were picked up to fall again and again, and with heads down as though battling with a hail storm, they at last reached the moat around the Fort and jumped in, a.id here they were un exposed to tbo scathing fire. Another line followed and yet another to fharc , the same fate as the first. Tha ground in front of the Fort was literally black with dead and dying. From the sunken * road I saw Another and last line emerge, and they were met by a galling fire from the Fort. CHECK TO THE STORM E RS. , They stopped like men dazed and staggered back to the rond. Then by desperate sally they too reached the moat which by thiaiime was packed with men, and they commenced the process of scal ing the embankment upon each other's shoulders, au? soon a dark half-moon of men were seen firing down upon the de- 1 voted few who were in this detached for tification. Ixmp and continuous was the i fusilado, und I telt that not a man would ; issue from the fortress alive. I saw many of the assailants fall back into the moat I which tubi too plainly that "last ditch men" composed that garrison. After the firing ceased, not more than twenty un harmed mou came out. It is strange < that I have seen no mention of this gal- i lant defence by the Forlorn Hope of 1 Lee's army near Petersburg. The forti fication may be known in history by somo other name, but be that as it may, the 1 heroism of these men should be handed down to posterity with the name of '.heir 1 command. The carnage iu this short, sharp light was terrible, and gave the ad vancing hosts o? Graut a check, and al lowed us time to organize for our retreat which terminated at Appomaltox Court house. THE RETREAT?"OLD ROCK." On the retreat from Petersburg, after marching some miles, I stepped aside in to the wood; to cook s h?Hty meal, nnd while engaged in doing so a rough look ing soldier in an officer's uniform came over to where I was and asked if I could provide for two. My answer was in the affirmative, and while I pteparcd the food, (of which I bad an abundance) we talked over tbe even's I have recited. | The troops were lying on each side of the road resting or waiting rather until other troops ahead could fnll into the line of march. Before we had finished our repnst a staff officer approached and said : "Genernl ! orders for the brigade , to move." My gueetcourteously thanked me for my account of the fight and the meal, and bado me good day. 1 hastened ' to the road and asked "who's brigade is [ Ibis?"' and the answer was, "Old Rock" Henning'?. I then knew that Georgia's famous fighter was my guest. On the road I fell in with my own command again and ceased to be a si rag- , gier, and the independent eoldier was again under orders. The retreat from Petersburg to Appomaltox has been re peatedly written, but I think there are a few incidents of unwritten history yet to be recorded. I will try to think of some of them. All night we marched ? until just before day when we wouid stop and build hasty entrenchments, and lie in them through the day after throw ing out pickets on both sides of tbe road. The enemy was pushing us very closely and a strange order was issued on that celebrated march. It was: "Load your guns, fix your bayonets and be ready to shoot in any direction." Tho enemy was on all sides of us nnd would occasionally make dashes at our lines ; we may say we fought every foot of the road to its termination at the Courthouse. All along the road we encountered burning wagons, disbanded caissons and limber chest?, broken down horses and mules, 1 Sec., Sic., but no demoralization among the troops. The men kept up_ their spirits, and the prevailing idea in the ranks was that we were to cut our way through Grant's column and form a junction with Johnston at Danville. AT AITOMATTOX. Our retreat was brought to a bait at Appomaltox Courthouse. The gallant Cordon bad made a charge upon the en emy and we saw six beautiful Napoleon guns that wo were informed had been captured by bis men, and we wero in wailing as nis support, when down tbe road we saw two horsemen approaching ?Gen. Longstreet and a Federal officer. We supposed he had been captured and the boys "made a few remarks in pass ing" to that effect, when Gen. Long street suggested that ho expose more of the handkerchief ho bad wrapped around bio hand. As soon as this was done S. S -who rosillos in Charleston, remarked : "Boys, we have surrendered," when II. I Mo-of the same place pronounced it a lie. Then blows followed until Gen. McGowan rode upon the scene and cried : j "Stop that. men. we'll have plenty ol that to do after awhile." It turned out that the long flaxon-haired oiliccr who rode into our lines was Gen. Custer, hearing the proposition for our surren ?1er. It was a complete surprise. We wore ordered "about face" and into bivouac until the terms could bo agreed upon?a hungry, dispirited crowd, disap pointed at the turn affairs had taken. After the capitulation men of tho two armies mingled and some of the folks from the ?thei oide gave up to the half famished Confetis their well tilled haver* sacks. I vos not of the fortunate num ber, but made a raid upon an improvised horse trough and luxuriated on parched corn for a day. The tragedy was drawing to a closcaud the last scenes wore being rapidly enac ted and all faces on our side wore ex pressions of sadness and uncertainty. Seeing an assemblage of men some dis tance from our bivouac, we walked over just in time to hear Gen. Lee's last gen eral order, which was his farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia. How grate ful were the words, "yielded from no distrust' but to "overwhelming num bers and resources," These men called ?0 up a commander they loved and revered, r'tood and watched the receding dust rained by the little cavalcade of our retiring General, Robert E. Leo. The enemy behaved with magnanimity and no unseemly act was committed, thought ful soldiers were drawn up in line of bat tle and wo were given a little slip of pa per on which was printed: "Private A. u. has permission to go to his homo and the stack and turned our hacks upon them, and this was the closing act of the Private soldier of the Army of Northern Virginia. A Greenback Kl?t in .Seneca. Seneca, Ocoxee Co., Sept. 25. For some time past the Grecnbackcts of Seneca and vicinity have been accus tomed to gather at night at Stanton's bar. Stanton is the nominee for treasurer on the Greenback ticket. Especially is this the case on Saturday nights. They honst of their bravery, curse the Democracy and often attempt to insult them. There has been a crowd of these loud drunken "reformers" following upan old man who is a Democrat, for tho purpose, as nil persons here know, of beating him, but the marshal interfered and kept them back. On last Saturday night this Greenback mob gathered in full force at Stanton's bar, both white and black. Abnut nine o'clock some of the negroes wero so dis orderly that the marshal attempted to rpiiet them. Three negrees swore that they would do just as they pleased, and just at this point about twenty or moro negroes and somo white GreenbackerH rushed out from Stanton's and set to beating the marshal with clubs and sticks. He attempted to defend himself, and suc ceeded in knocking a couple of them down with his club, but he was complete ly overpowered by the mob. Ho sum moned one or two while men, who were Grecnbackers, to assist him, but they re fused to lend him any aid, and m&ny of these so-called reformers stood and saw the marshal of their own town fearfully cut and beateu by Radical negroes, and not only did not try to save the marshal's life, but some of them took hold of those who would have gone to the rescue and kept them from going, saying: "Let them fight it out." Some u'f them said that the Democratic marshal was not hit lialf often enough. Stamon, the nominee to handle the people's money, not only Jid not try to keep this mob, who followed liira, from killing the marshal and one or two other Democrats, but told his clerks not to go to the rescue. The marshal and one other Democrat were taken to a drug store full of bruises and cuts, and tho failli ful marshal came near bleeding to death and ho now lies prostrate. This affair was preconcerted, as hab been proved since, and wai no more nor lesa than a plot to injure and buiiy over Democrats. None of the offenders could be captured that night, but the next day (Sunday) two of the worst negroes were captured and placed in the guardhouse. An enraged white populace looked in all directions for those who would dare to mob an innocent man in the dark alone ami away fium ir'aiide. Near night crowds of negroes gathered. Some swore that they would not let the darkies ro main in the "lock-up" all night. Even threats of burning the town were made. Hut tho prisoners were well guarded by the best men of tho town, ready with shot-guns, &<:., for any that might care little enough for their lives to attempt to release these desperadoes. On Monday the prisoners had a pre liminary trial before a magistrate and were sent to ja.il. One or two white Greenbackers bad to give bail also to keep out of jail for being aiders and abettors in this outrage on a civilized community. It was noticeable that the Greenback element did not try to keep the peace and none of them offered to keep the negroes from rescuing those who were put in tho guardhouse. We would remark that since the County Greenback meeting at Walhalla one of the mountain Greenback clubs has loft the party and turned over to the Demo? crats. This they did because they saw that Greenbackism was only Republican ism and Niggerism in ambush.? Corres jtotidenre Neues and Courier. Accumulation of "Ear-Wax."? Dr. James Patterson Cassels states that the blocking un of the ear with wax, caused more or less complete deafness in 70 out of 500 cases, coming under his observation, and that these accumulations arise from many causes, chief among them being the habit of over-cleanlines? which possesses somo persons, and by which they are induced to make attempa to clean out the canal of the ear by such means as the point of a wet towel, bent hair-pins, and sometimes even common pins and matches ; the circumstances of such persons not enabling them to use the more aristocratic "auralave," concern ing which he says that no instrument bos been introduced of late years so well adapted to cause accumulation of wax in tbe ear. On the other hand, a smaller proportion of cases were due to other causes, such as diseases or deformity. Deep probing of tbe ear is eminently injurious and should never bo indulged in. The proper time to attend to these accumulations is a sensation of tickling at the orifice of the car, which causes one involuntarily to carry his finger-tip toit and twirl it in the orifice, with the result of bringing away a greater or less quan tity of wax.? Glasgow Medical Journal. ? It is reported that General Wolseley has applied for more troops. The New York Evening Telegram Bays : Tony Pastor was cured of rheumatic pains by Ht. Jacobs Oil. He praises its effica cy Tin: si'RRKXPKR. "McLAX" OR MILITARY RULE." The liloiulthlriity Candidate'* Courage Oos?* Oui a! the Risili of ? S"ow Prunk ni Min. ( \nrftpoiutenet of the AYir* ami Cin,rirr. j Winkbhoko', September 2o.?Whoa the Democratic mass meeting was hell; at Witinsboro1 la>t week Major Thomas W. Woodward, tlie county chairman, read a printed notice from \v. W. Russell, chairman of the Greenback Stale execu tive committee, announcing that the can didates on tue Greenback State ticket I would address the people of Fair Held j County to day, and extending an invita- ? tion to all t be present. The Demo- ' cratlc primary election had been appoint- ; ed for to-day, but in order to give the I Democrats a chanco to hear the Creen- ' back apostles on "THK 1sspks ok THE day" the election was postponed, and the mi terrified were invited to attend. They ac cepted the invitation,tu this narrative will show. About 8 o'clock this morning the ' freight train which left Columbia at j reached Witinsboro'. Among the distili j gutshed passengers were J. Hendrix Me Lane, the Greenback candidate for Oov eruor, Dr. Durham, l'oli tax politician j and mongrel ctuulidate for su norm tendent ; of education, Col. A. P. Butler and Col. I John R. Abncy, who had come along to j represent the Democracy it a division of time should be granted, and a fow Red ebirta to give character and color to the party. All of the passengers disembark ed at the freight depot in the lower part of the town and proceeded to the hotel. McLano was accompanied by his little daughter, about ten ycurs of ago, who had beeu brought along, somo of the heartless critics said, to excite sympathy mid act t? ? body-guard for her father. The streets o? tho borough were almost deserted as tho party pursued their way, aud with the exception of AN OCCASIONAL YELL for the Democracy and withering glances at the mongrel leaders they made the passage without molestation. McLune ale a hearty breakfast. Dr. Durham got sick ami went to bed almost as soon an ho reached the hotel. Davo Klkins, of the Alston eating saloon, and Wyatt Col- 1 lina, the sorriost looking white man in Fairtield County, wcro present, and these four together constituted tho total strength of white Clrcenbackcre who at* tended the "meeting." As tho day woro 1 ou tho Democrats, clad in red shirts and well mounted, Hocked into town from ull j parts of the country until the Courthouse squuro was thronged with a yelling and ! enthusiastic crowd. A number of strik- ; ing banners were carriod by tho clubs, and tlteefllgy ol McLanc?a rag-baby, ' half black, half while, and with (lowing ' green hair?excited the derision of tho multitude. . li. OWING8, who was nominated by thoFa:rficld(lreen backers lnst week fur county commission* j er, wore an immense placard on his back . containing the words: "I am no Green backer, and would not be one of the said ] traitors." .Major Woodward was prompt- j ly on hand, and held a 1 >ug aud earnest ( consultation with the Greenback nomi- . uees. They proposed . A division 0>" TIME, | agreeing that tho Denn orata should be 1 heard if the Grcenhackeh? were allowed ? he opening and closing speeches. Ma I jor Woodward submitted this proposition < ton number of Democrats and it was M finally adopted. Hut during these con- 1 ferences the Dem?crata grew restive and I more excited every hour. Mr. J. D. \ [ Herr?n, a staunch old Irishman wearing i u red shirt, taking his stand on the court- ? house atepH made a speech, saying that 1 "the white man who goes with the Green- I hackers now is a traitor to hie country ] and worse, than a traitor to his God. If i you would seek out their origin you l would find that they have beeu tories I and scoundrels from tho foundation of I tho world." This speech was greeted I with a storm of yells, and it was soon ? evident that no proposition for a joint I meeting would be entertained by the > crowd. The tumult became louder every ' minute, and, led on by a few men who ! had been drinking heavily, tho uow thor- 1 oughly . j INCENSED THROSii surged around the hotel and demanded a ' ( Hight o? McLane. Major Woodward , went to the courthouse and made a patri- ( otic address, counselling moderation and j i'ood order. His speech was received in | ine temper and the prospect of fair . > ? *ve, good. Returning to the ' hotel he weut to McLane'e room on the j third floor, completed tho arrangements for the speaking, and, locking arme with ? the now desperately nervous Greenback er, he made a start for the courthouse, where the speaking was to take place. Dave Elkins followed on the arm of Mr. ( Jobn Brice. McLano led his little daugh ter by the hand. As Boon as tho parly ] reached the bead of the stairs in the sec- , ond story McLano was roughly collared by ' a drunken man aud jerked around. Ma- , jor Woodward promptly rescued him and tur i into a narrow passage which led to the hotel parlor. Just as the flank movement was made au other man, fren zied with drink, 1 GAVE M'LANE A KICK which made bis retreat decidedly more : rapid than it otherwise would have been. Ar. soon as the party had reached the parlor, the door was shut and a utreng guard of Democrats was stationed at tho . door to prevent any act of violence. Ae soon as this was done and quiet had been somewhat restored. Major Woodward, with pistol in hand and quivering all over with anger, went to the hotel balcony and made another ringing address, telling the Democrats that they had placed him a*, the head of the party in Fnirfield County. He had always led them to victory. He had never forsaken his post, and he demanded of them that they should keep the peace and abstain from every act of violence. He said : "Mc T.ane is under my protection. I have pledged my word that ho sball speak and if you don't obey my ordors IMI pull this red shirt and never put another on again. Tho man who strikes Hendrix McLane or any other man on his ticket will strike me, and I will protect nini with ray life." Many of the most prom inent men in the county rallied to Major Woodward's support and determined that they would see that McLane aud his par ty had a fair allowing. But the discom fited Grcenbacker refused every request to leave the parlor in spite of repealed assurances of HIS PERSONAL SAFETY. Col. Abney went to the courthouse, taking with him the majority of the Democrats, and left it to a vote whether McLane would bo allowed to speak if he (Abney) should have the reply. The proposition we-? carried unanimously, and mother effort was made to get McLane to speak. He refused all invitations and kept bissest in the parlor. Col. Abney renewed his proposition to the crowd from the hotel balcony and again it was agreed to, but with loud yells of "no" from a squad of men who woro wild with drink and the excitement of the occasion. I They crowded the passages of tho hotel, they massed around the parlor door, but were kept nt :;afo distance by the firm ness of tho guards. Mounted on chairs and boxes they struggled to look through the transom at the shaking sinner within the- parlor nini could not be quieted. At last, with a tremendous surge, the parlor door was burst in, and but for the prompt and steady resistance of Major Woodward and his aides violent hands would doubt h-ss have been laid on McLftUO. Finding (hal nil appeals were vain, at last Til biieiiiff WAS called and with the aid of a policeman speedily cleared the hotel of all belligerent per sons. Mcl.ane, his little daughter and Klkins were placed in another room on the third floor and the crowd began to disperse. Major Woodward staid with the party and did all that he could to male them comfortable. All this time Hit. Dt'ltllAM PLAYED POSSUM and remained in bed. Like a good Sa maritan, Major Woodward dosed him with l?tio French brandy, and felt his sinking pulso with Christian charity. No one believes that Durham was sick, al though it was cruelly said that he had "a suggestive chill." When I left Winne boro* nt > o'clock this afternoon McLane i I and F.lkins were still csconced in the ho- I 1 tel. A turbulent crowd gathered in the street, listened to several speeches from D?mocratie negroes, while every now and then an enthusiastic call would bo made tor the ouees hack ?ove?inok. > It was the intention to put McLar.c on , t tho 10 o'clock freight train to-night for j , Chester, where it is said he will speak to- | ( morrow. ) The occurrences at Winnsboro' today ? ? are greatly to bo deplored. It is but ; j just to say, however, that no binino can be attached io ?he Democratic leaders, or to tho majority of those who wero present. They did all within their pow- I [ or to prevent any unseemly demonstra- ? lion against the Greenback nominees, c The ilAltHOOMH WEEK CLOSED by order of tho town council, and the supply of liquor which stirred up the worst passions of a few men from the ilark cornera of the county was obtained in a surreptitious way No indignities were offered to any of the, candidates but M el.aim, and these wero prompted moro by a feeling of personal hatred than for liny political purpose. Whatever capital may be made by the Northern Stalwarts and of the meeting to-day tho Green ImclcMiako in Fairlield County has been scotched. In Fairlield County the Green hackers their greatest strength, and ycl to day only two white (?reonbackers rame out to support their loaders. What it commentary on their cowardice. A Shepherd Dog. A San Antonio, Texas, correspondent ?atttlogucs the accomplishments of u col ie pup as follows : I have seen him, at word from the shepherd, round up und ?>ut between sixteen and seventeen bun ked sheep in a pen (many of them wild Mexicans), and not chase nor crowd any if them. The little chap would mass his Inrgo flock of scattered sheep and lircctthcin toward tho pen in half the ime that several mcu could do it. When ?cnning tho sheep ho hnd to work them (own a long hill that sloped to a flat that he pen was built upon. When doso in upon any portion of the lock he could not sec over them, und vould scamper back up the hill and then lock bis sheep according to bis bearings. When tho last sheep ami frisky lamb waB neide, bo would sit down at the gate and dap the dust with his tail until theshop tierd commenced putting np the poles hat formed tho gate, und I have seen liim attempt to assist in that work by try ing to drag the poles to the gate. At night he would keen the sheep in the pen, which consisted of brush, or if they tiroko out would promptly put them tinck. I have herded those sheep myself, nul slept in small tenta few yards from :ho pen. In case of the moon rising full dicap appeared to tako it for sunrise and .vould break out. The first timo it occur red during Dick's administration Dick [>ut his paws upon my breast and licked my face and awoke me. I said, "Go for cm Dick I" and bn did it and put the last sheep back in tho pen, and then :ame back and tried to tell mo that all was right. After that night ho needed no further hints, hut took tho business into bis own hands, or paws. Ho had jut little tuition, but be guarded that dieep pen as well as though he was years of age ni stead of five months. If lie had been guilty of any misbehavior for which he knew ho deserved punishment, lie would rush off nnd round up his flock }f sheep as though ho wished to show mine work to atone for his misconduct, lie had a nose like a bloodhound, and lould follow a person's footsteps as well. I Lave left him asleep on the prairie more than once, stolen away and hidden myself, and watched him follow my footsteps. He would trace every step un til be found me, and then would quiver for joy.?threat ami Stream. Not to he Discouraged.?At Dai Lou, Gn., they pointed out an old darkey who v.as to be married that evening, and I took a seat beside him on the depot platform and said : "Unelo Reuben, is it true that you aro to be married to-night ?" "Yes, sah?yes, sah.yon's bit it 'xactly right, suh." "Wero you ever married before?" "Why, bress your soul, boss, dis will be my fo'th wife!" "How long since your last one died ?" ".Tisi freo weeks nex' week Saturday." "Isn't it pretty sudden when you have been a widower only two weeks?" "I reckon not, sah. I doan' see how I can help de old woman any by trnblin' round alone." "And they tell me you oro over 70 years old." "Yes. sah?I'ze riBin' of 7 ." "And vou don't eveu own a chicken?" "No, sah." "And tho bride is as badly oil as yourself?" "Jist zackly, sab." "Don't the future look a little dark to you ?" "See hcah, white man," replied the old chap, as lie slid to the ground and brushed tho dust ofF his coat tails. "I doan' like dat sort o: argyrncni Ize oie an' doan' know much, but I ain't do sort of a mulo to take a fo'th wife widout all 'rangements to board wid her faddor an' gin him my note wheneb^r anything am due! Spoze Izegwineto be slecpin' in fence corners an' libin' on green apples kase my las' olo woman tuk a uoshun to dio? No, salii I isn't dat sort of a mourner ! Ize got to dat aige wbar" Ize got to bo tooken car' of if I has to mar"y free wives to do it." ? It is tho man with the swelled jaw who realizes that silence is golden. ? "Do tho subjects of tho Xing of Da homey keep Sunday?" was asked of a missionary. "Yes," he replied, "and j everything else they can lay their hands ! on." I Broke George Up? The best natu red woman in the United Elates lives in Austin, tibe ha? been married a number of years to man named Ferguson, but she and her hus band have never had a quarrel yet, and lie has frequently boasted that it is utter ly impossible to make her angry. Fer gusou made several desperato attempts to see if he could not exasp?ralo her to look cross or scowl at him, merely to gratify bis curiosity, but the more out rageously ho acted, the more affable and loving she behaved. Last week ho was talking to a friend ?hont what a bard time ho had trying to lind out if bin wife had a temper. The friend offered to bet .?> )0 thnt if Ferguson ?rere to go home drunk, raise a row, and ptill the table cloth full of dishes off the labio ehe would show some bigns of an noyance. Ferguson said ho didn't want to rob a friend of his money, for he knew he would win ; but they nt last m ado tho bet of $CiO, tho friend to hide in the front yard and watch the proceedings of tho convention from the window. Ferguson caino home late, and appar ently lighting drunk. She met him at tho gate, kissed him, and assisted bis tot tering steps to the house. He sat down bard in the middlo of the floor, and liowled but : "Confound your ugly picture, what did ITOU mean by pulling that chair from un 1er me ?" "Oh, I hope you didn't hurt yourself. It is my awkwardness, but I'll try nial not lo it again," and helped him to hie feet, ilthough she had nothing in the world to lo with his falling. He then sat down on the so fu, and slid ng off on the floor, abused her like a dekpocket for lifting Up the other end >ftho sofa, all of which she took good laluredly ; and riuuny sue l?d him in ino iiipnrr table, ??e threw a plate at hoi )Ut sbo acted as if she had not noticed it ind asked him if he would take tea or :ofleo. Then the brute seized tho table :loth and sat down on tho floor, pulling ho dishes and everything else over with lim in one grand crash. What did this woman do? Du you luppost* she grumbled and talked about roing homo to her ma, or that she sat iowu and cried like a fool, or that she miked or pouted ? Not a bit of it. With plcasaut amilo she said : "Why, George, that's a new idea, ain't t? We have been married ten years und inve never yet ate our supper no thclloor, tron't it bo fun?just like those picnics re used to go to before we got married ?" nd then this angelic woman deliberately at down on the floor along sido of tLj rretch, arranged tho dishes and fixed him ip a nica supper. This broke C?corgo all up. He owned he was only fooliug her, and offered 0 givo her tho $/i0 to got ber a new hat, nit she took tho money mid bought him , new si ', of clothes and a box of cigars, leaven will havo to be repaired and whitewashed before it is lit for thnt kind fa woman. A Novel Georgia Duel. A novel duel took place in Harmony S rove, .Jackson County, u few day.-, since, etween Mr. Hill und Mr. \V. L. Ooss. lili was the challenger, and Oosssnid e didn't care lo fight him with deadly /capons, but if Hill would not bo sntis ed any other way he would light him rith buggy whips. The distance and ther rules to govern tho fight were made, lew buggy whips were procured, and the inrtiea toed tho mark, about fivo feet part, and operations commenced. The ackson Herald gives the following ac otinl of this Ocorgin duel : "The battio ;round was in front of Freeman's livery table, in the heart of the town, and it iras not long until most of the citizens of be placo were looking on ata snfo (Us ance. No one bad interfered, and the lombatants were making steady and reg ilar licks upon each other without Hi?en ng, and thcstr>kcsof tbc whips could >0 heard seven 1 blocks away, as they rent whizzing through the nir upon the lacks of tho two men. Occasionally the ino or the other would bnck a little from lis line, but bo would soon como up igain to the scratch. Wbencvor they rot tired one would call out to hold up iwhile, and they would tako a blowing pell, und when rested they would go at t again. The fight continued for over hroo hours, with short intervals for rest, ^.fter the second round, Hill, who had no ovcring on his bnck except a ebirt, in isted thnt Ooss should pull off hie coat, rbich ho did, and they took both bands their whins and went to work. By his time the news of the fight had spread .11 over town ; some of the merchants losed their stores, and business wasgeu rally suspended, to see whnt would bo he result of tho encounter. After they tad worn out seven dollars worth of bug :y whips, and wero completely tired iown, they agreed to quit, and Hill told ?am that bo was satisfied. From parties vbo saw Hill's back wo learu that there van not a place on it that you could put silver quarter, without touching the vhelps that the whip bad made, and be vas marked all over in the same way. iVo learn that Uoss was not hurt quite so iad, and was able to bo out tho next day, >ut Hill had to lay up, and it was ru norcd over this way that bo was eerioue y sick." Smoki su MADE EAftV.?The boys of he present day have little idea of tho tindness which fortune has shown them, ['heir facilities for acquiring useful tnowledge arc greatly in advance of hose of the boys of tho last generation. Twenty years ago a boy acquired the art >f smoking with tho greatest difficulty. ?le had to take his first lesson with >ipe and strong tobacco, or with a rank ind wretched cigar. Withdrawing be lind the barn, in order to pursue his ask without interruption, he smoked his >ipo or his cigar until the inovitable and leathly sickness that follows the unac customed use of tohi.jf.o in heroic doses )vcrcamo him. Tho boy of the present dny knows lotbing of the suffering of his prede .-essor. The path of smoking is made plain and easy to him by means of tho heap and gentle cigarette, Ho takes tiis first lesson in the seclusion of bis room, and without dreaming of the recessi ty of a retired locality whorein to stretch himself upon tho ground. His first cigarette contains just enough to bacco to slightly affect his system, but not enough to produco nausea. We night long ago to have made it as easy for a hoy to learn to smoke. What is needed is some moans of supplying hoys with whiskey in small quantities, and with its fiery and objectionable taste partially concealed. Wo should have whiskey-rcttcs OS well as cigarettes. With their aid a boy could easily accus tom himself to whiskey and mako fair progress towards becoming an able and successful drunkard without onco expe riencing tho unpleasant tentations which sometimes to thoroughly disgust tho youthful drinker as to induce him to en tirely abandon all hope of learning to drink.?Harpers Weekly. ? A Cincinnati barber uses Arabi Boy rum.