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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1884. VOLUME XX.-NO. OA. IMPOKIANI NOTICE. IWISH through the columns of the I?. TEtxiQKHCKB to call the attention of my friends and the puhlic genorally to my gtock of Seasonable Qoods. I will name s few leading articles : Ladies1 Dress Gon&q, ladies' Cloaks, Ladies1 Undervests, Water Proof Goods, Coraline Corsets. <'harlottesvillo Cossiniorc, Holstein Mills, Kersey, Jeans, All Wool Men's Undershirts And Drawers. The Finest Blankets in (he C??'y. Hosiery, Yankee Notions, Trunks, Headquarters for Shoes and Boots. A full line of Bay State Bboes and Boots. I have been selling Boot? and Shoes over forty years, and they are tho best I ever handled. WALL PAPEK AND WINDOW SHADES. A"largo assortment of Wall Paper. Somo beautiful patterns. In Window Shades I cntiiiut be excelled. GROCERIES. l ine Coffee-preen and roasted, (ingar, Ni O. Molasses, Buckwheat Flour, Cheese, Crackers, Best Flour, Oat Meal, Wheat Bran, Headquarters for Fino Teas, Macearon!, And many other articles In Fancy Groce ries, Canned Goods, Hardware, Ha?a, Bug gy Materials, Crockery, Glassware and Wooden ware. I ask an inspection o' ny Block and prices. Particular attention called to Shoes, Boots, Blankets, Jeans, Cassimers ami Dress Goods. Give me a call at No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. A. B. TOWERS. Nov 20, 1884_19_ THE FAMOUS TROTT mm "J. I. C., the celebrated trotting horse, (named after his owner J. I. Case, Esq.,) was recently entered at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to low er his own record of 2.10, so as to beat "Maud S," Vanderbilt's great mare, the fastest animal on record, and whose time was 2.093. The ex citement was intense, 0,000 people having assembled to witness the contest, every oue being eager and expectantly looking tor the favor ite to appear. At about S o'clock p. m. "J. I. C.," amid tremendous applause, came down the track, passing the Grand Stand of the Judges, throwing first one ear and then the other forward, as if in re cognition of the cheering of tho crowd, then passing once around the race course, just to get warmed up and prepare himself for the race, tho excitement running higher eve ry minute, until "He ls off! He is off 1" echoed through the crowd. And sure enough, be was off! With rapid strides ho moved on, on, in creasing bis speed at evory step, fairly Hying through tho air, as if by magic, passing r round the curves like a whirlwind ; then coming in Slain view ot the spectators, every ody on tip-toe, sud the excitement of the people was at fever heat to get a glimpse of the beautiful black steed BS ba dashed along. Passing by the Grand Stand be slacked up, end after returning in front of tho Judges' Stand, in a few moments the Board announced the record at 3 1*2, al the second trial at 2.14, and th? third time at 2.12}. Now, ladies aud gentlemen, we want it understood that we are al ways in the race for giving low pri ces, and competing in our lines le gitimately with ANYBODY, and we propose to lower our record. Wo hang out the board : 274 c. for elegant double-width Cashmeres, worth 374c.-all the new shades in this line. Splendid line of "Black Crow" Cashmeres 40c. to $1.00. These goods aro bet ter blacks and lustres than other brands. Alpacas from 12o to 25c per yard. 25o for all wool, heavy twilled Flannel. 25o for Georgia Jeans, worth 874. Ladies* and Gents' Handkerchiefs and Gloves at greatly reduced prices. 25c for Boys1 Casaimere Hats, worth 40c. 40c for Mens' Cassimere Hats, worth 75c 50c for Corsets, cheap st 65c. Splendid lines of all kinds of Corsets from 50c to $1.50 each. $2.75 fer a full stock P. Calf Boot, -vorth (4.00. 82.25 for a splendid Kip Boot, worth$3.50. Bleachinga, Shirtings, Drillings, and everything In that Hue you may want, now offered at special low prices. We bave a much larger stock of Dress Goods than usnal, selected with great care, comprising all tho latest and most fashionable shades and patterns, which we will take pleasure in showing you, feeling assured that we can please you. A oplondid line of Ladies', Gents' and Children's hand-made Shoes at prices to suit the times. Come and inspect our stock of GoodB. We guarantee to please you in quality os weil as prices in every instance, and will uo our best to give you satisfaction. Always in the Cotton Market at highest cash prices. Yours, very respectfully, & JI lill!NU U Aiumujuj Solo Agents for Studebaker aud Ten nessee Wagons, Wando Phosphate Co., Hazard Powder Co., Mar cy'? h and-m ado Penlten . tiary Shoes, dec. Oct 2, 1884 22 _ ' ?TYOU KNOW . ..'THAT LORILLABD'S CLIMAX PLUG TOBACCO. With Rod Tin Tag, le tb? beat! ls the purest; li ??*er aduU?Tat?dwitb glucose, baryte*, MO'*??. or soy deleterious ingredients, sa U the caa? with ?any other tobacco?. . _ ' Lorillard'8 Rose Leaf Fine Cst Tobacco ? *Uo mad? or tbe finest stock, sud for aromatic chewing quality Ia second to cons. Lorllfard's Navy Clippings ?ke first rank as a no! fd dorsbls smoking tobacco . Wherever Introduced. ? . Lor Ular d's Famous Snuff wo been used fov over 124 year?, and ?re Mid to s larger extent than any others. E"JJ* or MM' et tMwtnt kt?a aaa Sffrra 2??L? T*JUTTSS en ?M. HMM ^ Of? ,NFLAM&*BM*R Ia not R cuar-Atr., but a -raluablo aid irt th? trjat ?nent of conrotartSon tn IU early ?Uses, sad la AU. throat and lung dlaeaacav For Internal palo .nd .orenea? ft ls unexcelled. For ?ale by all orugglRta. or sent postpaid vith full directions fol ?i?? po receipt of Ono Dollar. 8p*ctfy . .Fania ?0rth'?.M ..... .. ,y.w.. ._DUS. FARlTflTyOKTft, Bag Saginaw Mich. T1EMOC&AT8! *???? for <TT ???fc" fJ Proeun? Government Poaltlon." bslalni ?k8loit:and en rest vny to proceed. WSSoeraU ?fw baja tho cftsW ?cs?oVportnBHy forjwnt jgg*on, P. fl. ^*_. ? ?? j A OVERTiBFJlSl e<v.d tor oar Select LUt <*t ha A e?i Haw spar*?. Oto. P. Bowi41 4 0o-.lt oprae* Bk, K. T. REMEMBER THE OLD MAXIM, 1 LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP !" CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. YOU wish to mako'your friends happy. Of course you do. Then follow our advice, and preseut each with a handsome Holiday Gift. Come at one and make your se lections from <>ur stock of beautiful CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, which is thc largest of the kind in the city, and eure to please. Elegant Goods. Endless Variety. Moderato Prices. Now is the time to make your se lectious. Dou't wait until the last moinenf, when the choicest, perhaps, will bo then sold, We will store away your Preseuts, if desired, until you wish to carry them home or else where. Christmas Presents, Wedding and Birthday Gifts ! Before you buy them call and seo us. Our Holiday Goods are now beiug opened, display ing the highest decorativo art, and are strikingly beautiful. They must be seen to be appreciated, and are certain to please the taste of your relative or friend, and the selection of any of these Gifts will be highly ap predated by them. We have the handsomest Plush and Velvet Manacure Sets, Shavibg Sets, Smoking Sets, Dressing Cases, Thermometers in plush frames, Whisk Brooms and Holders, Writing Desk and Work Box combined. Also, Fine Cut Glass Cologne Bottles, Fin est Extracts and Perfumery, Beauti ful Hand Mirrors, Shaving Mirrors, Velvet Whisk BrooniB, Gift Cups and Saucers, Bisque Goods, Plush Frames for Placques, etc, If you dou't care anything for the above, we have the best 5c. Cigar in the city, a box of which will ranke a good Present for some of your smoking friends. Becides the above, we have tho largest stock of Lamps seen in the up-country, aud the greatest Variety, one of which will make a useful Present, and be an ornassent for any Parlor or Drawing Room. 3 p O ta o * fr P. at o 0 co 4 H m H H fr H M H H A fl Which is Fittingly Shown by the above. GOODS WERE NEVER SO LOW. This fact We are prepared to Prove to oar Friends and Customers who may favor ns with a call. WE sre now receiving the largest and most carefully selected Stock of General Mer chandise which we have ever purchased, and will make lt to your iuterest to call and examine for yourselves. Wc have added to tho lines usually kept by us many new and desirable ones, embracing Ladies' Dress Goods, Flannels, Suitings, Shawls, &c, And the best CORNET on the market at 50c., worth SI.00. Aleo, a A LARGE LINE OF- READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, TRUNKS, UMBRELLA8, " BLANKET'' , SADDLES and HARNESS. Also, tbs Celebrated "NEW GLOBE" 8HIRT-tba king of all Shirts. I? needs only to be worn to be appreciated. We aro agents for the Celebrated Misbawaka Sulky Piows, Cultivators and Hand Turning Plows. The "White Hickory" and "Hickman" one and two-home WAGONS, every one of] which we guarantee. The attention of Ginners and Farmers is called to our COTTON SEED AND GRAIN CRUSHER, By which you can crush yonr Cotton Seed end make yonr Fertilizer. Get our prices on Plantation aud Oin House Scales. Cotton Gins, Feeders and Con densers snd General Farm Machinery. We are at all times in the Cotton Market, snd will do yon right. We will pay al! ties who owe us for Supplies snd Gusno an extra prloe? A lsrge lot of BAGGING snd TIES st lowest prices. Oct 2, ISM HcCULLY, CATHCART & CO. 12 THE NEW PIRMI. CUNNINGHAM & FOWLER, Successors to J. 6. Cunningham & Co.,;'dealers In . DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HATS* BOOTS, SHOES, ix A B D w. A^ISVJB ?;;;:;;;;; And a rall lins of BVER^THXNG nsnally kept in a G?n?ral -Stockv a.iM th? 'world-renowned Dixie) Plow. Agents for Wilburn and Old Blefc?ry^W???-Tsnd the voitambM Sassy, the lest in th* world for tbs money. all the money that to due os this Fall on v^a^Mjt^vi^at a?JSTeaOtherwise. The Books, Notes and Accounts of th? late Firm pf J. G. Onn 'S?KinJ*^ Thanking our friends for psst pstrdnsge. irs ask a wn^nosncs?.r tbs same. ?J?me to ses us! We will do yon right >^AR goods delivered ?>*. Inside CUNNINGHAM "... ;18 Sc ?I . inside the city. I FOWLEE. OB B??T & SO., 65, 57 ti* 59 Harket Street, CHARLESTON, - S. O, THE LARGEST . ' FRUIT AND PRODUCE HOUSE , IN THE SOUTH. TMPORt and keep constantly pa baad i Bananas, Cocosnutei, /' Oranges, Pine Apples, /. ApnBs, Lemons, Nuts, . / ? Rfilslns, Potatoes, .; Cabbage, Onions, NTC. snd Vs. Peanuts. oe W?v 99, ieS4 ' . ? .? NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT, 7 Th? undersigned, Executor of the Estate of James Armstrong, deceased, hereby gives notice that ho will, . cn tho 2nd day January,1635, apply to tho Jud?9 of Probate of1 Anderson County fora Final Settlement of asid Estate- ona a discharge from said Ex ecu torah ip. Jj _ Ire i tc h D. a BR AN Y AI', Kx'r. Hov 27,1884 . 20 . .?'.,' ;6~: COTICE FINAL. SETTLEMENT. SX NoUco is hereby given that the on ders'ignod. Administrator of th* Estate of John Herron, deceased, will apply to tbs Judge of Probate TOT Anderson County, on the loth dsy.of .Jsausryr 1?85, for a Final Settlement and discharge from said office ts Administrator of said Estate. W. A-MgFALL, Adm'r. Dstjll, ISM SOCIAL EQUALITY IN CABS. An Awkward Issn? liaised In Con gre ?s WASHINGTON, December 17.-In the House this morning, on motion of Mr. Brutton, of South Carolina, Tuesday, mi arv 20, was iixed for the considera tion of appropriate resolutions touching tho death of J. H. Evins, lalo member of the House. The House then resumed the consider ation of the inter-State commerce bill, the pending question on a motion to tablo tho motion to reconsider the vote by which the House yesterday adopted un amendment by Mr. O'Hara, (colored) of North Carolina, providing that any pei -on having purchased a ticket to bo eoav???d from one State to another shall receive the same treatment and be nfl'ord ed the aarne facilities us those furnished any other person holding a ticket of the same class. The motion to recommit was tabled yeas 149, nays 129. Mr. Crisp, of Oeor gia, offered an amendment providing that nothing iu that Act contained shall be so construed as to prevent any railroad company from providing separate accom modations for white and colored persons without discrimination. He believed io the equality of all men under the law, j He believed that every man should have the right to demand at the bauds of common carriers os good service os any other man. There was nothing in his amendment controverting this doctrino, but there was no good reason why white men or colored men should object to separate accommodations. His amend ment did not force railroad companies to provide separate accommodations. Was it objectionable that in response to public sentiment railroad companies should furnish separate accommodations? Whom did it injure? Why should Congress proposo a law which might he regarded aa requiring tho admixture of the two races io tho public conveyances of the land. Mr. Smalls, (colored) of South Caroli na, opposed the amendment and said that he was glad that it was offered by a member from Georgia. Colored men and women did have trouble in travelling through that State. They had a car in Georgia which was called a second class car. A colored man travelling from Washington to New Orleans when bo came to the Stato of Georgia1 was com pelled by persuasion or forco to go into this "Jim Crow" car. He thought that the good sense of the members of the HouBe would vote down tho amendment, especially the good sense of those Demo crats who were saying "we aro going to be the best friend of the colored man." He hoped that tbe gentlemen who said "thia great good man, Cleveland, will do good to the colored man," would not stand up for the "Jim Crow" car of Georgia. [Applause on the Republican side.f Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, advocated tho amendment. If adopted the whole provision would mean exactly what tho amendment of the member from North Carolina (O'Hare) would mean without tho words "without discrimination." These words bad been inserted simply for the purpose of making the amend ment an excuse for exciting political prejudice. He objected to any law which required common carriers to put colored and whito people in the same car. What was proper was to give them equal accommodation in separato cars. There w <io disposition on the part of Southern democrats to deny that all men, without regard to race, color or previous condition, were entitled to equal facilities and equal accommodations while travelling on tbe same class of tickets os other men. Mr. O'Hara, colored, regretted that tho color question had arisen on this debate. He held that no matter whether a man was black or white, he was an Americnu citizen and the teg i s of the great republic ought to be spread over bim. Public sentiment aud the progresa of tho 19th century stared Congress in the tace, und it was too late for Congress to legislate on tbe question of color. His amendment appealed to the good sense and patriotism of Congress. All it asked was that when the House was protecting the property of men and protecting dumb brutes it should give voice and expression to the protection of all American citizens. [Applause on Republican side.] He did not believe that there was a single railroad in the land which desired to foster any discrim ination. Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, offered as a substituto for Mr. Crisp's amendment an amendment providing that nothing iu this Act shall be construed to deny to railroads the right to provide separate accommodations for passengers os they may deem best for public comfort or safety, or to make such regulations as relate to transportation between points wholly within the limits of one State. Mr. Breckenridge said that be did not wish to see the rights of the colored man limited or restricted in the slightest degree. One objection that he bad to the amendment of the gentleman from Georgia (Crisp) was that it spoke of colored people as contradistinguished from white people. The gentlemen were mistaken if they thought that Southern people wished to abridge the rights of the colored mao under the law, but if Congress prevented the assorting of passengers from the standpoint of public convenience end safety it infused a socisl question into a commercial question. Mr. Reed, of Maine, ironically ex pressed his pleasure at seeing the ques tion changea from one of color into one of assortment. 'The House, which had determined to pursue these robber barons, bad before it a plain question whether ii would by enactment confer apon these same barons tbe privilege of assorting their passengers. Certainly some treosu : ry regulations mast be adopted, as to. the ! method of ' assortment. [Laughter ? oo the Republican side.} Were men to be assorted on the ground of size, or on the I mustache ground, or on the beard basis ? [Laughter. J !? Ho objected to having these robber barons assort posengers-on any fanciful basis they might undertake to set np. [Laughter.] Mr. Reagan said that the genii oman from Maine |Reed] might make himself humorous about "assortment," but the fact remained that U was the \ custom of railroad conductors I to oojort passengers in Maine and everywhere che. If the gentleman from Maine went to a train unaccompanied by a lady he would not be admitted to the ladies1 car. Mr. Reed denied that that was true of Maine. . Mr. Reagen proceeding, said that a drunken mian would not be admitted to the ladies' car. Did the gentleman'desire tbst conductora should be prohibited from using that direction. Be (Reagan) attached no importance to tbe amend ment of the member from North Caroli na. It adopted no new principle and bis only objection tb U was that it bad not been considered by the committee aid was not connected with the regulation of the transportation of freight. It had been voted for for the purpose of defeat ing tbe) bill by appealing to I the senti ment of mon who would vote upon senti V. t : 1 :!:;}-. meut and forget tho object of the amend ment. Mr. Crisp said that the great mass of colored people did net require that they should bo transported over railroads in tho same car with white people. All they wanted was equal accommodation. Mr. Henley, of California, desired to quiet any apprehension on the part of tho gentleman from Maine by assuring bim that conductors did not make any discrimination on account of a man's personal appearance. The amendment of the member from North Carolina had been brought in for tho purpose ot de feating a measure intended to reliove the people from the aggression and exactions of railroad companies. Ho appealed to tho friends of the people not to bo led aside by any such proposal. Mr. llru?nm, of Pennsylvania, asked Mr. Henley his objection to having the amendment on tho bill. Mr. Henley : Because it croates enmi ty to the bill. Mr. Hrumm : The enmity comes from your color line. Mr. Henley : Have you nudj your side favored the bill ? Mr. Brumm : I have, and a great many on my side, and if you uro honest you will not kill every bill simply because there may bo u color lino in it. Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, said that ho voted against the amendment of the member from North Carolina on the ground that it was irrelevant and pur ported to remedy wrongs which do not exist. It related to persons. Tho inten tion of tho bill was to correct acts of injustice aud oppression iu the transpor tation of freight, but he would not be deterred from voting for the bill to cor rect u great public evii ou account of tho irrelevancy of an amendmeut. Besides, it did not tako from n company the priv ilege of furnishing separate cars for per sona provided they were equally comfor table, and if it hnd a different mcauing tho Supreme Court of the United States, following its decision pronounced through Justice Bradley at the October term 1883, would declare it uncoustilutiounl and of no effect. Mr. Brown, of Indiana, reminded the other sido tbat the soul of old John Brown waa marching on. Only a few years ago an intelligent physician of Massachusetts was ejected from a street car in Washington becnusu he was only half white, wniie to-day even chivalric gentlemen, patricians of purest blood, could bo found riding side by side with black men. Mr. Breckenridge's amendment wns adopted as a substitute for Mr. Crinp'a amendment-yeas 138, nays 127, and Mr. Crisp's amendment, ai so amended, was agreed to-yeas 137, nay* 131. Mr. Mills, of Toxas, offered an amend ment prohibiting any railroad company from charging to or receiving from any person who is to be conveyed from one State or Territory to another any sum exceeding three, couta per milo for thc distance to bo travelled by such person. Adopted-yens 139, nays 121. An amendment was moved by Mr. Goode, of West Virginia, to the provis ion adopted on motion of Mr. Brecken ridge, to add the words : "Provided that no discrimination is made on account of race or color." Agreed to-veas 141, nays 103. Mr. Goff moved to reconsider and lay on the table. Mr. Reagan moved tn adjourn. Agreed to, and tbe Hotiso adjourned. Motionless For Twenty-Seven Years. LocKronx, December ll.-A local paper to day publishes particulars of one of the most marvellous cases of human physical suffering on record. The unfor tunate victim is Jonathan Bass, G fly four years old, who for the peet thirty-six years bas been Buffering from a disease more dreadful if possible than leprosy. He lies stretched motionless upon a bed in his house near Lewiston and foi twenty neveu years has been unable to move. His whole frame, under the gradual progress of that rare disease anchylosis, has become one solid bone so to speak, even his backbone being en tirely consolidated and immovable. Th< history of his caso is curious. In 1848 when a lad of oighteen, ho lived ir Lockport, and ono afternoon while walk ing the Btreete felt a severe pain iu th? bottom of bia right foot os though punc tured by s nail. From that day hi disease never left bim. That night ant for several days his foot and limb weri badly swollen and very painful. Subse quent',y it grew better, but waa still ver; troublesome. In 1853, having constant!* grown worse, he had to ?>*e up. lu 185 be was placed upon the invalid's bei upon which he now lies and from whicl he has never been removed. He mac aged to feed himself until 1865. Eve the joints of his jaws became firmly se that year, and he has since been fed wit a spoon by others. Ho hos a very beat ty appetite, fat pork, fat beef, potato? baked beans ano milk being especiall desired. The meat is fed in long strii and swallowed by powerful suction, fi read everything obtainable from a rac Elaced before him until 1869', when b ecameblind. He still remaiu3 cbeerfu however, and converses readily and ii ; tell igen tly. The bones of bis finge and toes nave become absorbed and di appeared, the flesh banging loosely lil i> fringe. He weighs about seventy-fi' pounds, and could be lifted at bead < feet without bis body bending in tl slightest degree. His muscles ar? n ?aralyzed, but of course are uselei lis breast is six inches below the usn position, but works just oswell appareil ly, and all bis vital organs are in fact perfect working order. The prospet aro good that ne will live for years the same terrible condition. His an are fixed at his sides and are only fi inches in circumference at the larg? part. His legs are solid bone and e eight and a half inches in circumferen at tho thigh. Doctors declaro the ci to.bo unequalled in the history of mei ca l practice. - Cleveland's majority in Texas it reach over 120,000. Texas glories her Democracy. - Thirty persons who were con vcr during the recent revival lo the Bap1 Chcrch at Greenville were immersed Sunday night lost. - There are now seven mills Pitteylvania County, Va., engaged in manufacture of sassafras oil. It ta seventy-five pounds of roots to mak gallon ot oil, which sells for $4 per. gallon. It is used for flavor SOSOS. - At ? Leberwurst party, given New York this week in honor of Ole land's election, a ssussge forty-five i long end a forty foot loaf of breed w among the dainties consumed. ' former weighed seventy fivo pounds i the latter one hundred. - A well know magistrate at Oakc Junction, Tenn., staked all his prom ", on Blaine's election, and when neb? ? he bod lost be nat crape around all ; hogs* neck. Very appropriate! fi are shoat the only animal that sin 1 wear crape for Blaine. THE POLITICAL ZODIAC HUI Arj> Think* the Signe ?re Hopeful. Attauta Constitution. Thc signs of tbo political zodiac are hopeful. For twenty five years tboy have been in tbe bead and neck* of the republican party. Arie? tho ram and Tauru? tbe bull have been butting around generally. The bull towed u* up aud when we struck tho ground and tried tn rim again to a perpendicular, the old . ram took us from behind and wo never lind any chance to get up at all. Rut we have got up at last nnd whipped the fight, nnd tue signs aro now in the republican knee?. Capricornus, thc goat, is down 1 on bia marrow bones. Ho wags Uh beard nnd shakes bis horns, but that's all. And now the atara are moving serenely in tbe heavenly belt, and the Bigns are 1 working up the heart and the breast, j The lion will soon rule the roost, a noble ! beast-tho king of beasts-and there will ! bc poaco in tho land. Tbe signs aro J working up, I know, for to day Mr*. Arp 1 received a letter from a union soldier in ' Pennsylvania, telling her that he bad ber ' album that was taken from our house 1 twenty yoara ago, and carried away as a trophy, and he wants to return it. That ' is a good sign. The spirit of restituliou t ia at work, and beforo long maybe all our '. valuables will bo sent homo with interest ' and buck pay. Anno Dommi and dem ocratic principle will tell. When Mrs. ' Arp read tho letter sha looked away oiT ' dreamily and said, "Well, ho writes like ! a gentleman. It ia a pretty letter and I ' reckon ho must be a gentleman," and ( tben, after a pause, she continued ; "But < what made him keep it so long?" That album was her maiden treasure, fur it ' bad eweet words from her schoolmates, I aud sweeter ones from her lovers, and abe * bas oftoo wondered what anybody wanted >' with it. Wo vacated our home in the < uight, away in the night, at the time 1 when deep aleen falleth upon mau and i all of Mrs. Arp a literary treasures wero ' haBtily bundled together for transporta* ' lion and were loft-left in the drawer of her beautiful sewing table. There were 1 all the lotion! from lovod ones dead, aud ? loved oues living, and some promising ones from me, for I promised her every' ( thing before I got ber. All the men do c that I reckon, but how many koop them > nobody knows bul the recording augol. Then there were all the letters I wrote r her from tbe army-letters that I wrote . with thoughtful care-for they wore to r refresh memory in coming years. They t were notes of battles uud marches and [ retreats, and of tho killed and wouudod f whom our poople know und loved-notes ? of winter life in camp und night alarms ? and duily trials aud surprises. I bad v boped to compile from them something a tbut would do lo priut in after yoara, but I they too ure gone. Tho nlbum will be n welcome when it comes, and we will thank the gentleman for his kindness. Our boys kept some things too that they * raptured-Borne tropbie? from the dead d that would be dear to tho living if we t* knew them. War is an awful thing, and n whenever I feel like complaining of bad t luck or unexpected trouble it is always a ' comfort to remember tuat it ls not so bad 1 aa war. lt will bo a glorious era when * ibo sword ?B really put upon the anvil t and made into a plowshare. o I had a letter yesterday, another letter 1 tbut gives a sign, a token of good will. 6 it carno from Boston and from a stranger, 11 wbo says be reads the Constitution weekly, * and tries to keep posted on national pol- c ilics, and I quote from his letter, verba- r tim, os follows : "I think your letter ol c tho 18th was too hard on ?B. You should L have drawn it milder, for we are not mad, t not a bit mad, and it grieved me that you ? bad such an opinion of us. I am a mer- r chant, and meet daily many frienda, and 8 with us all, moat all here in Boston, the I pleasantest thought is the changed po- e litical axpects in relation to the people I of the South. We are sincerely glad o that you all like it and cannot help re- ? juicing with you. I have talked with no ? one wno does not appreciato your good I feelings over your recent victory-I feel r BO sure, notwithstanding I have been a o republican all my life. In the late con* F teat I bad to look beyond tba candidate * and for the sake of the g. o. p. I took fl tbe pill and voted for Blaine. Ile li the v Btyle of a man to wave the bloody shirt. Ho is one of the politicians and does not C belong to our rank and file in Boston, t Now let us all try to quench the flames c of passion and live in peace. Lust oura- 1 mer I visited Virginia and North Caro- 1 lina, and saw your hordes of negroes, ' and I pitied you that this ignorant race 1 bad been forced upon.you oe votera. I 1 did not at all like the new generation, but tho old graybearded ones were polite * and well maunered and I liked them. ( One evening while at Raleigh I looked t in upon the darkeys at a festival and was entertained, amused and instructed. I go to New Orleans this winter, and oball stop awhile in Atlanta soas to learn more of the South and her people. I found nothing more marked on my for mer visit than the hospitality aud cour tesy of your people, and we all hope that the new order or things will bring us all nearer together." Well that is a good letter. Such talk as that will capture the Southern heart. I just feel like I want to bug him and his wife and his children. Such ao him may come down here and live and die and be buried in our graveyards. We will let their children marry our children, and raise up a breed that will harmonize the sections. They will furnish tbs money and we will furnish the "don't care" for a dowry, and it will make a splendid cross. Nevertheless, I coutdent help thinking that the sympathy for us about the negroes voting was a little late -a little too late, perhaps. We- used to ho sorry, bot we ain't now. It looko like a pity that we couldent all be sorry at the same time. Their votes don't trouble us now. They don't vote as much aa they used to, 'Our country darkeys bnvo almost quit, for both sides have quit pay ing them. They sold their registration tickets, tbeotherday, In Caroline, to John Robinson's circus for leave to go in to bis show. ' They had rather see the ele* phant now than to vote, but they used to want to vote every day. two or th rc o times. Buttha signs are hopeful. Boston is not mad nor venomous, and Boston is the hub. Whcj her good people see bow tbe democracy can run tho machine they will bo content, and not' have to1 swallow any more pills for the sake of the g. Q. p., for there ia another G. O. P. that has been resting for many venra, snd now, like a fresh norse, is ready for work. Tbe republican g. o. p. Is tired and needs rest. Blnlno is dead. "Ho might have been worse., and hs might have been better." Let bis epitaph be : "Here/ lies Jimmy Blaine : ho baa waved bis last shirt, bo has writ his last Utter ; no sound shall awoke bim* to gio* ry again." But that Cincinnati mnn-Murat Hal stead-dies bard. He beeps on kicking. If their commercial people don't ait down hard on that GbvitnercM Gazette they will have lots of freight cara to nell on the Cincinnati Southern before1 long. Wo aro o long Buffering people, bat ibo tims ia up and we are tired, lr-. . Bru. Asr, ' A MIDNIGHT BATTLE. Moonililn?<rs and Revenus men at War In Georgi?. ?Vam the Allanta Comtituiion. Night b. 'ire last about twelve o'clock a wild and broken sectiou of Hall Coun ty, on the Teslateo River, and known as tho Bark creek settlement, was the scene of ti>". most thrilling battle that has occurred in Georgia ainco Lee surren* dered. For a skirmish in times of peace lt stands unexcelled in interest, and the results were as fatal as tho recital must be exciting. For nearly twenty-four hours the excitement lasted, and two dead and several wounded was tho sum ming up when thc tragedy was over. Tho Bork Creek settlement is about twelve miles Northwest of Gainesville. Once a barsroom wes there and one or two Btores, but tho bar-room exists no longer. The law ground for the District is Bark Camp, and there the temple of justice rears its humble walls. One of tho most noted citisena of this settlement n-as Andersou Graut, a giant in size and itrongtb, and desperate and fearless in whatever he chor.o to do. Grant owned nn illicit distillery, vhicb waa hidden away in one of the 'ulches of the Bark Camp District. In he locality lived a young man, named Prater, a cousin of Alf Prater, the 'mountain wonder" pedestrian, Who, in ant June, ran six hours in a walking natch here without stoppiug. Alf Pre? er is a revenue scout. His cousin led dm through tho bypaths of the Bark Jamp country, and poiuted out the illicit liatillery of Aoderaun Grant. It was arranged that there should be a aid on the distillery. The matter was ilacod io tho hands of the officials here, ind as a result, ou Tuesday morning ibnut ton o'clock tho following party left Gainesville, heading for Bark Carno: deputy Marshal J. B. Gaston, Special ievouue Agent Lofland, Deputy Colloc or M. Van Estes, Minor Estes, (son of il. Van Estes,) Alf Prater, the guide. The party had a wagon drawn by two nulesand a buggy drawn by a white lorso owned by Deputy Marshal Gaston. It appears that as they rode out of Gainesville they rode towards the Valley if Death, for Prater, tho informer, had et a trap for the entire party. About one o'clock tho party of officers cached the neighborhood of the diatiN cry and turned from the little mountain oad into tho woods a few feet where the earns were left in charge of Minor Es* es, a boy of seventeen, hut a powerful ?llow for hiB years. The distillery was .bunt a mile away through tho woods ind the officers bad nearly recited it rhea thoy heard a rapid firing nf pistols >ud guns in tho direction of the wagon. > )eputy Collector Van Estes became very auch alarmed and exclaimed : "They have murdered my Bon 1" The party ran hurriedly back to tho ragons and found that young Estes had isapnoared, and Deputy Marshal Gasc on's horse had been cut nut of tho harm less and was gone. The breast yoke and ho belly band were cut intwo nod the , ines bad been cut so as to leave enough o be UBcd io riding horco back. Guns , rere being fired in several diroctiuusand bo officers became alarmed for their ! wn Bafety. Horns began to blow and be noises usual when the moonshiners ;et alarmed were heard. Ono of the nules was hurriedly unhitched from the tagon and Alf Prater, the guide, mou nt-, d the animal and dashed off down the oed with the intentiou of inquiring at me of the farm bouses if tho boy had icon seen. He had not gone moro than no hundred and fifty yards when he wan ired upon from ambush. Prater WAS lot hit but the mule was wounded, in everal places and fell undei bim. 'rater dashed back to camp and report? d the facts and in a short time his mule imped into camp aod attested the truth if what he bad said. A full load o? hot was in the animal's head and neck. V carbine that had been left with young .Ode), was noticed to be gone. The aiders then hitched up, tied the buggy m behind tho wagon and moved of! nnd iroceeded to Bark camp, where they vere re-enforced by several citizens, irmed with guns. It waa about night rben they reached the camp. Prater was put on a mule and sent to Gainesville for help. In the meantime he firing of guns and general uproar ontinued. The raiders went into camp n a pine thicket and put out sentinels. The watch was kept up until near mid? tight when Prater returned with the fol* owing re-enforcing party ; James Find* ey. Jesse Davis ?nd John Martin. Deputy Marshs! Gaston bad, In the neantime, gone to the residence of Jap barter, near by, and summoned bim to dd the officers. It appears that when the moonshiners ittacked the wagons they were beaded >y Anderson Grant, tbe owner of the listillery. Grsnt took possession of the jone, as the officers learned, and all the ifternoon and into the night rode him rery bard getting np the moonshiners of die country. The horse bad bec-n run nearly to death, as was reported by par ties who saw him. After help arrived a consultation was held as to the beat thing to do. It was iecided to let a party remain at the camp and another squad go ont and make sn effort to capture the stolen property, nsmely, the bone and the rifle. Just before midnight the party was divided ss follows: To remain in the camp and take care of the teams : Revenue Agent Lo fir. nd, Deputy Collector Estes, Thomas Robinson. Thomas Robinson's soo, and s man whose name is unknown. The party tbst went ont to bettie with the moonsbinen was then ss follows : Depu ty Marshal Gaston, Jame J A. Findley, Jesse 8. Davis, Jasper Garter, Alf. Prs ter, the guide, John Martin. When Prater was shot at ba saw the white horse in tbe possession of the man who bad ebot at him. Clearly, lt wa* a desperate undertak ing to mnko n midnight attack upon the moonehinen. All the men were armed as they start ed down tho road: io tho direction in which the moonshiners were known to be. The porty bad gone along the little road about half a mile wben they came u pon a body of tba moonsbinen. It was decided to wait until tbe moonah U nen came up and then arrest them. The moonshiners wera firing pistols, cure? log and swearing, and by tho flashes of tho pistols the whiio hone could beseem After a few moments there was a sudden volley of pistol shots fired in concert, and'the bone was heard to go crashing through tho woods.- Tho moonsbinen had literally riddled him with ballets. The officers went forward at onco thin to make, tho arrests, if possible.- Tba moonsbinen had gone a quarter of a milo down the road, but in a ?kort white they wera overtaken hythe raiders. Tba night was dark and at tho ploco where tba contending-parties mai and confront ed each other lhere was a high bluff on ono eldo of tho road and a field on the other.- The moonshra?rs withheld their dre un til the oiScore were within a few W^m?^W^ ?be ilamea, sbAfonly belched forth from several goos right io tbd faces o> Uta officora. A bullet went tli?cHigh Alf Feater** bat, but no one was I M'Sit'i^i ??puta . : m I. _ . T bit by tbc discharge, xne combat then was band to hand. Marlin was knocked dowu by the bult end of a gun which was broken over bis head. The firing became general. It was a death grapple in tho dark. The pistols were almost against the bodies of the men. Anderdon Urant, the ring lender, was shot dr.-J, Prater, the informer, had deceived his cousin, Alf Prater, tho guide, and was in ?the party ;of moonshiners. He was shot dead. The fight was terrific for scveral^min ute*, but nt last ended?with the]?Gaston I party tho victors. The bodies of tho dead men were left in the woods and thepoflicers struck ont for town, arriving at Gainesville at day? break. Minor Estes waB,found to have reached Gainesville. He staled that soon aft tr he was left with the wagon tho moonshiners came upon bim and gnve bim a terrible beating, cut the borao out and took poa ?jpHsioti of him. Yonng Estes says they then were preparing to hang him with a buggy linc when he broke away nod ran two miles without stopping. He then came upon a v/ngon and WHS carried safe ly into Gainesville. The Ynung man is a nephew of Judge Estes of Gainesville. AU Sorts of Paragraphs. - "Mama," asked little Carrie, one day, "can you tell me what part of heav en people live in who ate good, but not agreeable T" - New servant : "Oh, if you haven't any children I can't come, because when ever anything is broken lhere will be nobody to blame it on but mo." - If a little powdered sugar is mixed with pepper and salt and is scattered over pork atcsk while it is conking it will give an agreeable flavor and will lessen the purely greasy taste HO objectionable to most people. - A sample of American cheese in London, says tho Orange County Farmer, proved to contain neither milk nor any of its derivations. It carno from New York State, and was composed principal ly of lard and coloring matter. - "Mamma," said a little boy to his mother, the other day, "let me seo you break Maud 8's record ; will yon V* . "What do you mean ?" asked the mother. "Why," said tho boy, innocently, "Papa says you can talk faster than a horco can troL" - A Baltimore paper says that city alono put up tho past season 14,400,000 cans of peaches, 2,000,000 cans of pesa, 800,000 cans of airing beans, 100.000 cans of pears, 3,000,000 cans of tomatoes and 1,000,000 cans of fruits and other vegetables. - Tho Mississippi Valley produces 180,000 tons of cotton seed, one-fourth of which is marketed in Memphis, much of it being shipped in a crude state from that point to Italy, whence it is returned to this country in the shape of "pure olive oil." Four colored children were burned to death in Orangeburg County one night last week. Their mother went oft' visit ing and locked them up in the nous**; Whet- she returned home ber four chil dren were mouldering corpses and her house was in nahes. - A French widow took on dreadfully at tho funeral of her husband. "Why, madame," said her maid, "you bated him BO while living I do not see why you should be so demonstrative now that be in dead." "Why, Lizette, I don't bate bim half so much now ns I did." - A gentleman waa congratulating a friend, the other day, on hiB recent mar riage. "Yes," said the latter, thanking him for his pleasant words, "if you mar ry and get the right one, there is noth ing like it ; and if you don't get the right one, I suppose there is nothing like it." - At the recent Baptist State Conven tion the interest in the Fur man Univer-. Blty was more general and hearty than ever before, and all the indications tnromlsed success for the plan of lucreas ng the endowment of $10,000 a year for Ave years. There ls hardly a doubt that the first $10,000 for tb!? year will be secured. The University ls now in a promhdug condition. - Recently the tomb of Edward III. in Westminster Abbey, was opened, .ana ?> the body of "Lonnsbr iks," as bo was . called, was found in a remarkable good state of preservation. The flesh of the 1 feco had turned to a yellow powder, but 1 tho part in the hair was still there, and ibo shape and the form of the body re mained intact. Around the head waa a narrow olive.' band, on which was en graved his name. The remsins were placed in tho tomb 800 years ago. - TwU Austin gentlemen, Colone* Yerger and 8am Bass, were talking about - the comparative intelligence "of animals. . "I think that a horse is the moat intelli gent animal." remarked Colonel Yerger. "No, sir, the horse ls not. The rat is tba shrewdest and smartest little animal I know of. It has a won dor ful power of discrimination. The rat never sets fire to a store by nibbling at matches, rtutil everything is insured for more than its value. A rat who is io that line of bus? {noss is sharper than a fire insurances agent with a sixty ounce brain nod thirty years' experience.- Taco? Sifting*. - The fast passenger train on ?na Air - Line road, which left this city j ft. .ordny afternoon for Atlanta, run do>nj and killed a little white child net .' Black's Station, Section Master Hardin waa afc work on the opposite side of the track, ! from his house, and though he waa aware of tho approach of the train, be did not know his little child waa running toward ! where be was working. Its course led directly across the railroad track, and tho child stepped upon the track just in time to be knocked into the air by the engine. The engineer had no time to do anything save blow his whistle, and at that mo- : ment Mr. Hardin looked up and saw bis child knocked from tho track. Theiraln was stopped, and it was found thai, the child waa etlll alive, brit so badly hort that death was a matter of only o few minutes. It was about three yean old. - Tho Augusta Chronicle and Consti tutionalist says : ?Th? city of Anderson, S: C., bas voted aa additional subscrip tion of $25,000 to the Savannah Valley . Railroad, which will insure its early com pletion. ' This road will pass within ewr* anteen miles of Elberton at ita nearest point, and wo learn that the: people ? on' the Carolina side aro anxious for a branch ; road to Elberton, so much so .tbat-th?*. are'Willing to grade it from the nearest and most accessible poiat on the Savan* nih Valley to the Savannah . Ri ver, and also to do their part in building a bridge, .across .tho river. If thU>true, wo think there ls little doubt bot that tho people on th? Georgia eldo will do aa much. If tho peoplo will do tho grading and ftjr. nish tba ?rers-tfeMb ore willhe no S Carolina sido a much nearer Outlet to tho Weat : than they .have at present, ?nd