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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 6, 1885. VOLUME XXL - NO. 4. vi_v- ?._t-a. .1 AYER'S Ague Cure {ontaiui on antidote tot all malaria; dj?* orden which, BO far as known, te aced lo nd ether remedy. It contains no Quinine, nor m? mineral nor deleterious substance Whatv ir*r, and consequently produces nolnjdribn? effect upon tho constitution, bat leaves tba ijiteni as healthy os it was hoi oro tho attack. TX WARBftHT AYER'8 AQ??E CUBE jo caro ercry caso of Fever and Aguo, Inter inltun, or Chill Fever, Remittent Forer, Dam!' ague, unions Fever, and Liver Com plaint oMined by malaria. In case o? failure, liter doe trial, dealers are authorized, by oar circular dated July 1st, 1882, to refond the money. Dr. J.C.Ayer&Co,, Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. Valuable Lands for Sale. WK undersigned oirers for salo on oasy jL. terms his valuable Home Place, situated li miles South of Williaiuston, consisting of an eight-room Dwelling with necessary outbuildings, three tenant bon us gin house and fixtures run by water, willi Tractof about 380 acres of Land, one tliinl original forest, furty acres of bottom, ami balance in high state of cultivation, adapted to small grain, cotton, corn, dec. Situated within easy access to excellent educational advantages Al 'i.:: House willi SIX rooms anti two mrcsof Land, situate opposite thc Spring 1'nrk in WHIianiston. For further particulars apply tb Col. J N, Hrown nt Anderson, or Dr. John Wilson, ur the undersigned at Williamston, 8. C. WM. ti. COOLEY. July 2, 18H5_51_ Notice to Creditors. ?JJ, J. Mitchell, J. M. Cooley, Adm'nj. of ll'yloy Mitchell vs. Edward Mitchell, and other?. ' 7 ALL persons having claims agaiusl the hstate of Wiley Mitchell, deceased, [are hereby notified to present and prove Lune before nie on or by the 15th Septem ber next or be barred. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Aug 0,1885 . 4_ 0 CARPETS, CARPETS. JUST received a large assortment of new samples of Tapestry Brussels, 3-PIy, Extra .Suner. and Extra Super. O. C. Car pet* nt GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Also, Rugs and Door Mats. If you want a Carpet, i can ^eli you at a low prico. A, D. TOWERS. [For Sash, Blinde? Doors, Plastering Laths. Window Eixt ures, Building Material, &c, CHEAP, call on W. J J. BEACHAM, Dtspul Cire?r, Anderson, 8. C. April 30, 1885 83 3oi Gem and Magnet Shirts! MANUFACTURED for me. Tho best fitting and the boat wearing Shirts No better in any market. . A. B. TOWERS. .Sept 27, 1883 ll c. A:mm, AGENT, TAS JUST RECEIVED AN EXTRA LARGE INVOICE OF BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, HARNESS and WHIPS, Ami respectfully roqueeta parties wishing W purchase to give him a call and examine his nock. You will certaiulv SAVE MONEY fevM"?- n,ui w111 have the IiARflJCST from ENT In ^??P-^?ntartoeeleot SEWING MACHINES. Having taken Um Agency for several Counties In tho upper portion of th's State, ?. w compelled to keep in stock a large number of Meehi nos of various makes to .Upply tho,Increasing dqmnnd from Sub* ^pwns; and itwill certain! v pay one ano\ .u who contemplate buying n Sowing Ma? cline nf nny kind to call, and you are re frfctfnlly invited lo d* so, and shall re tira polite uirJ careful attention. I'll? 1^1 }sUt Running* KEW HO?tE J??ow??he favorite, and is certainly above 5'1 competition. It ls simplo and strong. f?,n? the widest range of work, .ami fWppei ?Ith alt the Tal? improved - At *T*nle., Jt is tte ; Ugh tent ana, easiest SK1*'"* Snu?Ue B?sebloe on th? markst. ?S^Jo.wct the Kev. Home-'take* the front ??Vin ?swing Machines, . O'. &.-,/K*$3EI>, Ag*t, AttWEHSON, ?. ?. 19,1885 33 WE havii't a BAT, but we have a curiosity ex ceedingly rare. So come nromid and see two hearts from one living animal, which is vouched for hy a truthful and responsible party. You will lind it at WILHITE & WILHITE'S, The Acknowledged Headquarters for DRUGS, MEDICINES, ? CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY. EXTRACTS, PATENT MEDICINES AND DYE STUFFS. Linseed, Machine, Sweet and Castor Oils. Combs, Brushes, Hair Oils, Pomades, Bay Rum, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Sponges, Etc. Fine Soaps, Insert Powders, Fly Paper, Indigo, Madder, Etc. Face Powders, Powder Puffs, Tooth Powders, Tooth Brushes, Ivan's Dentifrice, and Fine Toilet Goods. Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Supporters, Etc. Our CIGARS are of Extra quality. None better in the city. Best Coal Oil, Lamps and Lamp Goods. If you are troubled with Flies or Insects of any kind, come buy some of our Insect Powder and get rid of them. Wilhite's Soda Water is still the favorite beverage. Nothing helps out the Farmer more than a plentiful r supply of Turnips. They are good for man and beast. We have a large Stock of TURNIP *?u, Which we guarantee to be fresh and true to name. All varie* tieB, from the most reliable growers, which are sold at lowest prices. * f July 9. 188.->_52_ BARGAINS FOR CASH ! I HAVE A FULL LINE OF Boots, Shoes, Hats and Clothing That I will S?ll AT COST, and LESS THAN-COST for tho CASH. I also have a A PULL LINK Ol' OTHER GOODS that I will sell VERY LOW Tor Cash. Good Bargains can bo found hero. If yon don't believe it call and see, and ron will not he disappointed: TAKE WARNING! After the 10th day of April next the Notes and Accounts of the old Firm of REED MOORHEAD will bc found in thc hands of an Attorney for collection. Time and money cnn be saved by calling before then and settling with mo. J. PINK REED. March 20, 1885_37_ 11 Go Tell all the People for Miles Around !" -THAT -r JOHN M. HUBBARD* BRO. ARE PREPARED TO SELL MORE JEWELRY, MORE WATCHES, MORE SILVERWARE, MORE CLOCKS, &C, A?T TRICES MORE TO YOCR NOTION, THAN EVSR BEFORE. ^Dr- EVERYTHING in the shope or a Witch, Clock or Jewelry thoroughly repaired. Feb R, 1885 _ 30_ . . ? Has Rc tu med from Hie ?ot th, where she parchasen an ELLA ANT STOCK of | THE HANDSOMEST-e?OBS That hes ever been hr.night to this market, consisting of STYLISH SILKS, BEAUTIFUL LACES of all deauriptions, EMBROIDERIES, JETS and PARSEMENTft&ES, LOVELY EMBROIDERY ROBES In the newest shades. Our PHI2NCU AND WHITE DRESS GOODS cannot be surpassed. We have GI.OVCS, HOSB. SLIPPERS and SHOES of every quality. and our BCComroodatir.B Clerks will toko pleasure in * alting on you, oven If yon do not hov Webivn everything that Ladles and Children .4Kfel> to make them happy and attractive. Very respect full-, LADIES' STORE. March 20 1885 ?,? ^ 37 _ _ ^ ^ COLUMBUS BUGG??8. ' '?? . j' i " t? MAO j.< $ V*V Just In and to arrive Car Load of the Famous COLUMBUS BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, SURREYS' &c. .. . ? % .. .., . . . mirv vpci-r virt.TOLF 0\~ THE MARKET I None but the very beat grade of 1 int Sbv t",?o8ho?.. PRICES LOW. and ONE PRICfe TO ALL. 1 <^?? g& &^*T *P",th ?? BEST VAWeyou erar rodeln. CUr?$??N4j3rHAM ?? FOWF?^B. THE OLD HAN'S STORY. I abai) Dover forget the commencement of tbe temperance reformation. I nae a child at the time, some ton years of age. Our home had every comfort, and my kind parents idolized me, their only child. Wine was ofteu on the table, and both my father and mother gave it to me from the bottom of their morning glass. One Sabbath, at our church, a startling announcement wsn made to our people. I knew nothing of its purpu<-?, but there was much whispering among the tnen. The pastor said that on the next eveniug there would be a meeting and nu address upon the evils of intemperance end tho usc of all alcoholic liquors. He express ed bimi elf ignoraut of the meeting and could not say what course it would be beat to pursue in the matter. The subject of tho meeting came up at our table after service, and I questioned my father about it with all tho curious earnestness of a child. Tho whisper and words which bad been dropped in my hearing, clothed the whole affair in great mystery to me, and I was all earnestness 10 learn of the strange thing. My father merely said it waa a scheme to unite the Church and State. Tho night came and groups of people gathered on the tavern steps, and I beard the jest and laugh, and saw drunk en men come reeling out of tho bar-room. I urged my father to let me go, but he at ?rst refused. Finally, thinking it would be an innocent gratification of my curi osity, he put on his hat and we passed tho green to the church. I well remem ber now the people appeared as they came in. seeming to wonder what kind of an exhibition was to come off. In the corner was the tavern-keeper and around him a number of friends. For au hour tho people of thc placo continued to come in till ibero was a fair house full. All were curiously watching the door aud ap parently wondering what would appear next. The parson stole in and toole his neal behind the pillar in the gallery, as 11 doubtful of the propriety of being in the church at all. Two men finally came in and went for ward to the altar and took their seats. All eyes were fixed upon them, and a general stillness prevailed throughout the church. The men wero unlike in ap pearance, oue short, thick-set in his build, and the other tall and well formed. Tho younger had the manner and dress of a clergyman, a full rcund face, and a quiet, good-natured air, *?a he leisurely looked around upon ht* audience. But my childish interest wa* in the old man. His broad, deep chest, an unusual height, looked giant-like as be strode up the aislo. His hair was whit.) ; his brow deeply furrowed, and around his hand some mouth were lines of calm and touching sadness. His eyes were black and restless; his Hps we.o compressed, and a crimson flush went and came over his pale cheek, and there wao a wide scar just above the right eye. The younger man stated the object of the emoting, and asked if there was a clergyman pr?tent to Bay a prayer. Our J pastor kept bis seat, and the BpopHjbr?clu self made a short aildxry* one to make . sion calliope' pastor arose under the ( ?anery, and attacked tho position of the speaker, using the arguments I have often beard since, and concluded by donounc- J ing those engaged in the movement as | meddlesome fanatics, who wished to , break up the timo-bonored usages of , good society and injure the business of respectable men. I At the conclusion of bis remarks the ( tavern-keeper and his friends got up a ( cheer, ana the current of feeling was . evidently against tho etraugers and their : plan, while the pastor was speaking, the old man lcaued forward and fixed bis dark eyes upon bim as if to catch every word. As the pastor took his seat the old man. aroae, bin tall form towering above his fellows aud bischest heaving as be breathed through his thin, dilated nostrils. To me, at that time, there was something awe inspiring in the appear ance of tue old man as ho stood, his full, dark eye upon the audience, his teeth chut hard, and a silence like that of death throughout tho chur m. He bent his gaze upon the tavern-keeper, and Ibat peculiar eye lingered and kindled for a moment. The brow flushed, and beneath his heavy brows his eyes glittered aud flowed like a serpent's. The tavern eeper quailed before . that searching glance, and I felt a relief when the old man withdrew his gaze. For a moment he seemed lost in thought, and then, in a low tremulous tone he commenced. There was a depth in that voice ; a thrill ing sweetness and pathos which riveted every heart in the church before the first period had been sounded. My father's attention had become fixed, upon the speaker with an interest I never be fore seen him exhibit. I can but briefly remember the substance of what the old men said, though the Bcene is still vivid before me. He spoke after this fashion : "My friends, I am a stranger in your village, but I trust I may call yon my friends. A new star has arisen, aud there is hope in tho dari: nig', t that hangs like a pall of gloom over oar country." With a thrilling voice the speaker con? tinued : "O God, thou who looked with' compassion upon the most erring of earth's frail children, I thank thee a braten- Berp^nt hss been 11 fled up, spss ; which a drunkard may look and bo heal ed ; that a beacon bas burst out opon the darkness that surrounds him. which ?hall give him back to honor and heaven-the bruised and weary wanderer." It is strange what power there is in nomo voices. The speaker's voice was low and measured, but a lear trembled in every.tone, aud before I knew why, a tear dropped on my band, followed by others, like rain-drop*. The old man brushed his eyes and continued : "Men and Christians, you bave jiilt heard that I am ? fanatic. I am not, aa God knows my Owo heart, and with tears in my eyes I have journeyed over a dark and beanonless ocean, and all of life's, brightest hopes have been wrecked. I am withe ut friends, kindred or home I I waa not io once." NoH ene could stand tho touching (?athos of the old man. I noticed tears n my father's eyes and no longer felt ashamed of my own. "Now, my friends, I was not so once. Away, over the dark waves which have wrecked my hopes, there is a blessed light of happiness and love. I- reach again convulsively for tba shrines of the house hold idols that once were mine, now mine no more." The old roan seemed to look away through vr.cancy upon ?ome bright vision, h L lipa apart and nfs finger extended. I involuntarily turned In tba direction where, it pointed, duding to seo some shadow Invoked by Ita magic. "I once had a mother; with her old h cart crush cd with sorrow, aha want dowa to tho grave. I onco bad a wife-as fair an angel os ever smiled in an earthly ' norna. : Her ?yes were ss mild as a som* ; mer's sky, ead her heart u faithful and true ca aver guarded and cherished a hus .band's loro. Her blue eyes grew dim ss the floods of sorrow washed away the ; brightness, and tho loving heart waa wrung, until it waa broken. lonee fca? ' a ? obie, beau ti fu 1 boy, b u i he waa drlrcn oui from ibo ruins of bis borne, end my ola heart yearns totknow if be is yet living. I once bad a babe, a sweet, ten der blossom, but these bands destroyed it, and it liveth with the One who loveth children. Do not be startled, friends, I am not a murderer in the common accep tance of tho term. Yet there is light in my eveningsky. A spirit-mother rejoices over tho return of her prodigal son. The wife smiles on him who turns back to virtue and honor. Tho angel-child visits me at nightfall, and I feel the hallowed touch ot a tin* palm upon my cheek. My boy, if ho vet lires, would forgive the sorrowing old .jan for the treatment which sent him out in tho world, and ibo blow which maimed bim for life. God forgive mo for the ruin which < havo brought on me and mine." He again wiped a tear from his eyes. My father watched him with intensity, and a couutenance unusually pale and excited by some strange emotion. But the old man went on : "I was once a lunatic, and madly fol lowed the malign light which led mo to ruin. I waa a fanatic when I sacrificed rVldren, happiness and homo to tho ac ct, rsed demon of the bowl. I once adored tb . gentle being whom I so deeply wronged. I was a drunkard; ff om re spectability and influenco I plunged into degradation and poverty. I dragged my family down with me. For years I saw her cheek grow pale and her step weary. I left her alono amid the wrecks of her home -idols and rioted at the tavern. She never complained, yet she and her chil dren often went hungry. One New Year's night I returned late to the hut where charity had given us a roof. She was still Up shivering over the coals. I demanded food, but she burst into tears and told me there was none. I fiercely told ber to go and get some. She turned her eyes upon me, tho tears faut rolling down her palo cheeks; ot this moment the child in tho eradlo awoke and set up a famished wail, startling the despairing mother Uko a serpent's sting. 'We have no food, James-I have had none for two days. I have nothing for the babe. My once kind husband, must we starve? That sad pleading face, and those stream ing eyes, and the feeble wail of the child maddened me, and I-yes. I struck ber a fierce blow in the face, and sho fell for ward on the hearth. The furies of hell boiled in my bosom, and with deep in tensity, as I felt I had committed a wrong. I bad never struck Mary before, but now eomo terrible impulse bore me on, and I Btooped down, as well os I could in my drunken state, and clinched both bands in her hair. 'God of mercy I' exclaimed my wife, as she looked up In my fiendish countenance, 'you will not kill us, you will not harm Willie ?' As sbo sprang to the cradle to grasp him in her ombrace I caught her again by the bair and dragged ber to the door and as I lifted the latch the wind burst in with a cloud of snow. With a wild laugh, I closed tho door and turned the button, her plead{,o?rp cry ringing with the bla^t,^ wa8 DOt com. of ber J>abyJuCB lo the little bed where jplebuiy eldest soo, and snatched him 'rom his slumbers, and against his half wakened struggles, opened the door and threw him out. In agony of fear be ?lied me by a name I was not fit to bear, ind locked his little finger in my side pocket. I could not wrench the frenzied grasp away, and with the coolness of a ?evil, U9 I wa?, I shut tho door upon his ino, and with my knife severed the wrist." . The speaker ceased a moment and burled hui face in his hands as if to shut Dot some fearful dream, and his deep shoat heaved like aslorm-sweptsea. My father had risen from his seat and was leaning forward, his countenance blood less, and the large drops Blending out upon his brow. Chille crept back to my beart, and I wished I was at home. The Did man looked up ; I have never sines beheld such mortal agony pictured upou a human face. He continued : "It was morning when I woke, and the storm had ceased, and the cold was in tense. I first secured n drink of water, and then I looked in the accustomed place tor Mary. As I missed ber, for the first time a shadowy sense of aomo horri ble nightmare began to dawn upon my wondering mind. I thought I had dream ed a fearful dream, but involuntarily opened the outside door with a shudder ing dread. As the door opened the snow burst in, followed by a fall of something across the threshold, scattering the cold ouov? and striking the floor with a hard, sharp sound. My blood shot like red bot arrows through my veins, and I rub bed my eyes to keep out the sight. Il was-it-oh I God, bow horrible I It was my injured Mary and her babe, frozen to ice I The ever true mother had bowed herself over the child to shield it, ant] wrapped ell her own clothing around it leaving her person stark and bare. She hid placed tier bair over the face of tbi child, and the sleot had frozen it to th? white cheek. The frost wau white in i ti half open eyes, and upon ita tiny fingers I know not what became of my brav? boy." Again the old man bowed his head anc wept ?ud all that were in the house wop with bira. In tones of low, hcart-brokei pa'.ho*, the old man concluded : "I wasp "ted, and for long month raved in Hum. I awoko t was sen tenced to . cou for ten years; but ni U?tur?a could equal those In my. owi bosom. O, God, no 1 I am not a fanatic I wish to injure no one. But while live, let me strive to warn others not t enter a path which has boen so dark an? fe af ul for me." The old man sat down, but a spell a deep and strange as ibat wrought by som wizard's breath rested upon the audience Hearts could have boen beard in the! beating. The old man thou asked the people t sign the pledge. My father leaped fror his seat and snatched al it eagerly, had followed bim as he hesitated a mc mehi with his pen In the ink. A tes fell from the old man's eye upon th paper. ? . ^ - "Sign it I I would write my name 10 000 times in blood if it would bring bac my loved ones !" My father wrote his name-Mortimc Hudson. Tho old man looked, wiped his tearfi eyes, and looked again, his countenanc alternately flushed with red and deatt like palcnea?. "It ia-no, it can not be ; yet ho strange," muttered the old man. "Pa don me, sir, but this is the name of m bravo boy." . * My father trembled and held up b |efl arm, from which the hand had bee ?evered; They looked for a moment 1 ea?h other's eyes, both reeled and ?J claimed: "My own Injured boy I" "My father!" They fell upon each other, UH it aeen cd their souls would grow and ningi Into one. There wes weeping in that church, at 1 turned bewildered upon the stream!! eyes around mo. "Lal us thank God for this great Wet log? which hat gladdened my gsilt-ba dened toni," exclaimed the cid mao, aa &celina deva, he poared oat ak bei one of the moat mel ti og pray ora I af heard. Tho spell was broken, and all e&?orly signed the pledge, slowly going to theil homes os if loth to leave the spot. The old man is dead, but the lesson he taught the grandchild on his knee, ns the evening sun went down without a cloud, will never be forgotten. His fanaticism has lost none of Tts Uro in my manhood's h carl.-Exchange. Sketch of (Jouerai Leo. General Fi(r.hugh Leo. tbe nominee ol tho Democratic Convention for Governoi of Virginia, was born at Clermont, Fair fax County, on November 19, 1835, and is therefore In tho 60lh year of his ago, His father was Captain Sydooy ?Smith Lee, who left the United States Navy al tho breaking out of the war and. joined tho Confederate Navy. General Lee wa? a grandson of General Henry TAH?, OI "Light Horse Harry," a nephew of Gen eral Robert E. Leo. Thc mother of Gen eral Lee was a grand-daughter of George Mason and a sister of James M. Mason, who for many years represented Virginia in tho United States Senate, and who represented the Confederacy in England during tho war. At the age of 16 Gen eral Lee secured an appointment to Weal Point. Ho graduated from there in 1856, He stood at tho bead of h'*? class in horsemanship, and was assigneu to the fifth cavalry Lieutenant. This was at that period one of the most famous regi ments ia the army. It was at times com manded by such distinguished officers aa Albert Sidney Johnston aud Robert E. Leo, Earl Van Dorn, Georgo H. Thomas, William J. Hardee, John B. Hood and others, who won fame in tho Southern and Federal armies during the late war, were officers in this regiment. I?eo saw service on the Western front icm, und was seriously wounded in a conflict with the Comanche Indians. In 1860 General Lee was detached from his regiment and ordered to report to West Point as an instructor of cavalry. The breaking out of the war found the Bubjcct of this sketch a second Lieuten ant on duty at West Point. When Vir ginia Becedcd he promptly resigned his commission and joined the Confederate army. His first service under the South was in General Beauregard's army at the battle of Manassas. Genoral Lee became one of tbe most brilliant cavalry com manders in the Confederate army. From a Lieutenant be TOBO to bo a Major General. At the battle of Winchester General Lee was wounded in tho thigh by a minnie ball. Three horses were shot under him during that conflict. His wound confined him to his room for sev eral months, but as soon as he could do so he was again at his post. Early in the Spring of 1865 General Leo waa placed in command of all of the cav of the army of Northern Y j !:"'"'"'. " Democratic candid- Governor waa rm? inf? th" v5* corps commanders who. ??0-?lr?ueral Robert E. Lee, composed the council of war which determined upon the surrender at Appomattox Court House. General Fltzhugh Lee's career was one of the most brilliant of any commander in tho Confederate army. It has been said that he never Bustained a defeat when he was in independent command of nn expedition. He was faultlessly brave, and inspired his mon by bis dashing, gallaut bearing. Ho was popular with officers and men. After the surrender General Lee returned to his home, and for several years engaged iu agricultural pursuits. He owned a tte V&l&?<*Minfo*m*tR^ was in command of all the volunteer military that took part in the exercises on that occasion. He was recently ap pointed by President Cleveland one of the members of the Board of visitors to West Point.-Baltimore Sun. Terrible Accident on tho Air Line. GREENVILLE, August 5.-A terrible smash-up of the south bound train No. 60 on tne Air Line Railroad occurred three miles north of Welford shortly before 8 o'clock thia morning. Tho train was cousiderably behind time and was running, it ls said, at a speed of about forty miles an hour. From what I can gather here tho following are the main particulars -. When the train was round ing a sudden curve at the point named, known as Meeting House Curve, which has long been feared by the engineers as a dangerous curve, the second-class coach, wrenched by passing around it at so fearful a speed, was thrown from the track, and rearing part'.y on end fell and rolled down tho steep embankment, making two complete revolutions before reaching the level. The ladles' coach immediately behind it was also thro* n from the traok and turned over on its side. Two sleepers on the rear of the train also jumped tbe track but were not overturned, Conductor John Ransom,' who was in the second-class car at the time, received spinal injuri?e from which he died.at Wel'.ord at o o'clock this after noon. A negro man, name unknown, received injuries that will probably prove fatal. Two white /nen, names unlearned, were seriously hurt, and eight other fiassengers received wounds of more er ess severity, but nono of the latter seem to have been dangerously hurt. Mr. Charles F. Hoko, the well known com mercial traveller, was in the first-class coach at the time of the smashup, and received severe and painful bruises about tho head and hips. Mrs. Wilcox, of Greenville, received painful bruises on the bead, and Mr. White Smith, of Spar tanburg, is reported to have been simi larly wounded. The accident is described as a most fearful aud heartrending one, and the escape of the passengers, from immediate and awful death was indeed miraculous. Great heroism is credited to Miss Mamie Law, of Spartauburg, aud a Mr. Leo, one of tho passengers, who had wonderful presence of mind in' tbe great excitement following the fearful catastrophe, and were of great service to the wi.anded and terror stricken passen ?;ers. It ls impossible to obtain here the oil list of the wounded or the detailed particulars. The accident caused tbs stoppage of all trains on the road to day until this afternoon, when a track around the wreck was completed, and travel is now unobstructed. - Tho country la daily humllatcd by sensational newspaper reports of the finsncial necessities of General Grant's family. In common decency this wrong to the bereaved, family should stop. Mrs. Grant la {be only dependent of Grant's estate or income. 8be bas bad no expense at all while at Mount Mc Gregor, and will bav? none connected with the funeral. She has the assured income of $260,000 of tba trust fund, and the assured inooms of from 9200,000 I to $300,000 from Grant's book, with a certain Congressional annuity of $6,000. 1 Her BOBO are all marri od and presumably able to take care of themselves, and bei only daughter la married and comfortably provided for. The income will be mora than ample for all possible wanta, ead aha should not be paraded la the news papers aa ? mendicant. - Lovell H. Jerona ?ho has josi been removed from the office of coll ?ctol of tba pott of Galveston. Texas,' Ia aural cousin of lady Randolph Churchill. OFF FOB OLD VIRGINIA. The Sixth Roftinicut Survivors Irtjiwo Chen- { Vue for Sote? Fines. CHKSTKR, August 5.-This baa bceu a stirring day in our tonn. Tho Gth regl ment survivors were hero in force, making preparations for their departure to Vir ?lnla. They seemed to be supremely nnpy In anticipation of their visiting in a Dody nonie o' tho hard-fought battle fields of that graud old St uto. They lea this afternoon lu company with the sur vivors from Fairfield, all under the com mand of Major T. W. Woodward, the first major of the Gth regiment. Many friends joined them in their excursion, the entire party numbering about three hundred men. The survivors of the Sixth Regiment. S. O. V., have been cordially welcomed by tho people of Richmond, aed will spend to-day in visiting the battlefield of Seven Pines. It is not difficult to imag ine the feelings with which they will look upon tho old familiar Bcenea. and retrace the lines where they fought in the fierce struggle of twenty-three years ago. For j a brief space, again, the solitudes will | resound for them with the cries of loud command, the shouts of charging hoBts, the roar of battle and the groans of stricken and fallen comrades. Many an eye will kindle again with the light of battle and many a heart will beat quicker as the old story is told anew on the spot where every tree and stone recalls some almost forgotten incident, and where the brooks yet trembling murmur of the day when their Tratera ran red with the brav est and best in our land. Appomattox is not far away, and those who fought at Seven Pines and who stand to-day once more upon tho ground of their former triumph will follow the course of war with their thoughts to the last Bad scene where Lee surrendered his army and the hopes of the South to the great leader of the Federal armies, who was himself but now surrendered to the conqueror of all mankind. It is peculi arly Bignlficaiit of the wonderful changes that time can effect in the minds and hearts of men, and which it has effected in the mluds of the people of this coun try, that oven while these Confedorato 1 veterans aro sadly revisiting the field of one of the bloodiest battles in the war botween the States, the people of all the States aro united in mourning for the man who commanded one of the oppos-, lng armioB on that field. A few years | ago the death of Gen. Grant would have occasioned but little sorrow in any South ern heart ; to-day those who fought BO bravoly at Soven Pin?*? or who laid down their armB ip ?espoir before the might of | Slit ?.^?rwiielming force at Appomattox, oura with those who followed him and who shared in his final triumph. The visit of the survivors to the battle fields around Richmond should be pro ductive of good results in many ways, bot in one way moBt of all. Painful stories have been told from time to time of the ueglected conditiou of the graves of the Confederate soldiers who fell in battle in Virginia, and particularly of thoBe who fell on tho flold of Seven Pines. Tbe survivors will be enabled to see for themselves whether it be true, aa has been stated, that the bones of their com rades have been torn from their shallow graves and gathered into heaps under tho hedges, or scattered on tho.Golili f^b^mV) truth"v7ill now be made fully known, aud a? levons wrong done to the memory of tho dead will be righted, let ns hope, before another year ohall nave passed. It is not necessary to make any appeal on this subject. If the facts prove to be as they bave been Btated, they will make their own appeal, and any words would be idle where Itts made in vain.-News and Courier. Attacked by Ants. DAYTON, OHIO, July 28.-Mr. Isiah Bumcrat, a farmer living near Chum bora- : burg, a small country village a few miles, from here, had a most wonderful experi ence to-day, narrowly escaping being killed by ants. He was picking black berries In a wild patch of undergrowth in a dense wood, when suddenly he dis turbed millions upon millions of large, black ants. They were under a thin covering of earth which he stepped on, and almost insi?utly they crawled up his pantaloons' legs, and when he tried to knock them off showed fight. Before he could get out of tho heavy growth of 1 brush he was covered from head to foot | witta the pestiferous ants. They blt him and crawled into his nose, ears and. mouth. He yelled for help but soon became blinded with the myriads of ants on his bead and face, and before hoi reached the edge of the wood fell help- \ loss to the ground, utterly at the mercy of the ants, and was only saved evidently from death by the timely arrival of bia I brother. The insects were the common black ant?, of a very large size. Bum? erat was bitten by them allover the body, and, while very sore, it is thought, pro viding the bites are not poisonous, will recover. Tho caso ls without a prece dent in this section of tbe country, and, it is believed, had not aid arrived when it did. the ants would have not only hilled but eaten their victim. Feet to be Proud Of. Miss Fannie Mill, of Sandusky, Ohio, I is a young woman who has a positive j genious for feet, and possesses the high honor of wearing the largest shoe In the country, her number being twenty-nines. Her shoes bave always been made to order, and until recently in ber own State, but now that Miss Fannie is old enough to go into-society her father has had a handsome pair ot kid tops manufactured In this city, and tho shoemaker who con structed them bas them on exhibition In bis show window oh John street, where they attract great attention and elicit many expressions of admiration. The material of which the shots are made wonld have been sufficient to manufac ture eight pair of ordinary 1? dies' shoes, j Tho soles aro cork, and tho shoes or but ton tops. The length from stem to stern is 19 inches and the breadth of beam is | 7} inches. The "waist" of the shoes 18} inches, the instep measurement 19} {nobes, and the ball 19 Inches. The top of tbe ahoev whlcb cornea up to tho calf of tbe leg, measures 20} inch*) in cir cumference. The heels are 6} inches wide and 4} Inches long. - Four chamois skins were used to lino tho shoes, and they cost Mr. Mills $45, besides the freight chsrges to Sandusky. Mr. Mills b s well-to-do farmer, and Miss Fannie is a pretty blonde, weighing 160 pounds, and. of ordinary height.-New York Tima. - A. B. Fsris, of Franklin County, Tenn., wears a beard which is six fee-, ni?o lachea in leugtb. Ho is obliged for coo van lenee to keep about iaor-fiahs of lt wound about a card board, which he deposita Ia one of bis inside pocke The owner of tho longest beard in i country paid ft visit to Nosh vii lo recent ly, and created quito . a sensation by allowing it lo flow OUI fe Ita unconfined condition. Tho Virtue of Good Dressing*, Many are the ill-natured speeches mndo about woman's loire of dress, but; for the lone mao whose fortuno ia im? Eaired by the extravagant dressing of U kinowomon, there are many whoso homo comfort is daily marred by wires ' who profess to have souls above such vanities. Good dressing on Ure pan of a woman is invariably a sign of good brooding, good taste and good sense, though there may be women possessed of all these qualities who do not drees wei!. But what we mean by "good dressing" must be thoroughly understood. Good dressing is pre-eminently appropriait I dressing, and iii flt*st and most powerful element is neatness. A woman who carries on her back the half of ber hus* I band's income, though perfect io ber . appointments, fastidiously gloved and I shod, crowned r.-ith Failsian art and wearing a gown of price, is badly I dressed, according to our idea of good dressing. This style of dressing ados no ; whit to the happiness of borne. The woman who wears, on a shopping expo- . dition or a country walk, a costly gown j loaded with ornament, however beautiful such a costume may be when worn at a I ball or grand assembly, is badly dressed, I The poor working girl, clad in olean, sprigged, twelve-and-a-half cent lawn, is better dressed than she. Jewels ana I fine laces, and fabrics of fabulous worth aro beautiful and valuablo things, and \ add much to the splendor of effect on occasions when their use is permissible, i Bot these are not factors in the good I dressing for which we claim a place among the fireside virtues. This good dressing involves perfect neatness at all seasons, absence of fragile or useless ornamentation in the attire of the busy housewife, but an absence, aa well, of bair crimpers, curl pap?is, and other hideous "aids to beady." It in volve:) a readjustment, if not a complete change, of attire, at least once a day, to put tho wearer in harmony with I her varied duties. It means shining hair, snowy collars, irreproachable Rhoos, closo attention to those delicate detalla, which, infinitesimally small In themselves, In the aggregate make or mar the whole personality. These arn tha absolute rcqulrcnieuLi In that good dressing which wo hold to be a virtue, and they are easily within the reaoh of women of the most limited: means. Of course, the woman who can add to theao that eye for picturesque effect, that perfect taste In the choleo of color and style which is the gift of but few, or who can embellish tho aimplo rules that we have laid down with tho aids that monoy alone can bring, ls GO much the mers fortunato, and can, to that extent, enhance tho graces of her appearance. But theao are only added attractions, not essential requisites. Leisure, as well as rooney, is required " by the g*?od dresser. Ingenious and in? dustriouo women, Buch as we may meei with in Charleston every day, often fulfill the requirements of dainty and channing attire on the minimum of expenditure. But what they lack In money, they mus? make un in time and care. As a tole, "cheap0 dress-makers do not give that finish to a.coBtumo which is necessary to perfect success, and only less fortunato than the woman who can Indulge in the services of a first-class dressmaker is abo who rttt? UuyVuani?-aBd *^ ?w? ^.yi-^. her simple costumes. The present gen? eral, if thinly, diffused "art-culture" might well be utilised to add to the charms of the fireside by the woman who appreciates the virtue of good dressing. But, however the result may be ob tained, whether by the expenditure of monoy, skill, or time, or of the three, it cannot be denied that tho presence of a charmingly attired woman 1B in itself a luxury and pleasure, and one which is ; quito aa essential to the comfort of a refined homo as any luxuries of table or "interior" decoration. However ex quisitely neat a man's home may be; o?r however excellent tho meal server! np to bim, the effect of the whole will bo marred, even to the mn*i unobservant eye, by the presence of a . carelessly dressed, heated or dishevelled housewife. If the wife realised her importance . and responsibility as the centre and key-, note os homo, tho would moro readily admit that, while table and household generally should have their duo rintf* of attention and labor, she must not neglect the chief treasure of her husband's heart, and the chief factor in the. comfort of his home. It is strange bow many women, mort careful and solicitous as to their neat ant' attractive appearance before marriage, degenerate after marriage into absoluta . sloven* 1 It is a disagreeable idea, but - such a course naturally suggests that, in the language of the cynic, haviug "hooked their fish" they have no further need of bait. Tho true woman will hold ber own against the world lu her, uw|& band's heart, because she knows th?' value of trifles in the surd of human happiness. Boo feels that ehe must bo ; the dearer to herself because sha is dear ' to some one else, and does not cast asido the winsome arte of her girlhood as useless adjuncts, but cherishes with zealous caro whatever io life, or thought, or speech, or dress, can bring to her fire side an added touch of grace. Woman is not so liable to break forth Into reckless extravagance as she is to degenerate into slovenliness. Sterling ?i ualltiea may eave her from losing tho , nterest and affection of husband or children, but the sloven deprives her husband of o?s source of honest prido and fond ??'..ght, and her children of a beautiful example, while her homo atmosphere lacks the delicate charm that clings about the fireside of the wonw*> who cultivates tho virtue of good dross- . lng.-Charleston Sunday Nexcs. Tho Wine of tho Peach. The finest wine mad* now is made of the juico of thc peach. You grind or' mash the peaches and ^raaa them, as you would do apples In makins ??def. You ! then strain it and add two pounds of auger to every gallon of juica. GorV tight, and put li a syphon, air tight, with one end resting in a buchet nf water, so that the go*--*-may nasa off without admitting any air into the barre). This must remato undisturbed until fermenta tion ceases. It must then be drawn off and bottled, or put into a ?lean barrel.' I have drunk wine t??de from granea and. apples, but havo novor met with anything to equal the .wine of tho poach, i Peaches and all other fruits may bo grown without seed or atones by simply I inverting tao edon. "She bm w*f to opagato peaches, apples, or- any f iber ..irita, is to-toko the Water sprouia''aud cut a no?o into ah Irish potato and <;bury then* about five incur* deep, asd joule!* thain, leaches dried;; whole woald- bo - "Tho tendency io do Wf^ng incrws* o? toward night/ says a weU fcnotm clergyman. 1 think .-ibis, ls very llkeijt to bo true, for when ??s?t sda fte fesfcUi* denJNft fi was***Btu .:>'' ,:. .-?-7 .