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JY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. O, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1885. VOLUME XXL?NO. 6. WAGONS, WAGONSVWAGONS. BUGGIES, BUG?HS, BUGGIES, BALING, BAGGING, BAGGING, TIES, TIES, TIES, BELTING, BELTING, BELTING, ROPE, ROPE, ROPE. W E are receiving a large lot of the celebrated ST?DEBAKER and TENNES? SEE WAGONS, acknowledged by all wbo have ever used them to be superior to all others, being manufactured of the best material, and put up in good style, light running, well painted, durable, and we warrant them for one year. We have been aelling them for five years, and with good satisfaction to our customers, as the fol? lowing Testimonials will show: "Messrs. Bleckley, Brown & FitETWELL, Anderson, S. C?Gents : I have, used a If inch iron axle Studebaker Wagoa for the last five years, and having used several other makes, unhesitatingly s:vy that the Studebaker is the best of all of | them. I have run mine almost constantly, often loading it with as much as 4,000 pounds at one time, and it has cost me nothing for repairs for five years. ... .Yours truly, WADDY T. DEAN. Messes.' Bleckley, Brown Fretwell: The Studebaker Wagon bought from you three years ago has given me good satisfaction, having never cost me any thingfor repairs. The Wagoa is a very light running vehicle, and I believe is the best Wagon made. E. F. HEED. Messes. Bleckley* Brown & Fretwell? Gentlemen: I have run a 2} Thimble Skein Stndebaker Wagon, bought from you, about three or four years, and wish to say that I am well pleased with it, never having cost me anything for repairs, and that it has given me perfect satisfaction. The paint has lasted well on it, and the Wagoa now presents a good appearance, and can recommend it to my frienda and neighbors as a first class Wagon in every respect. J. R. FINDLEY. Messes. Bleckley, Brown & Feetwell : I have run my Tennessee 2-horse 1} inch iron axle Wagon for two years, and am well pleased with it. It has never cost a cent for repairs, and has never even had a loose tap, tire or bolt on it. 1 can recommend tho Tennessee to my friends and neighbors as a first class, reliable Wagon in every respect. D. A. SKELTON. Anderson, S. C, Dec. 21,1883.?Messrs. Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell ?Gents : I have run a 2-borse iron axle "Tennessee" Wagon nearly constantly for the last fivo yearn without costing anything for repairs of any kind, even stand? ing last Summer's continued dry weather without requiring the lies to be cut, and do unhesitatingly say that the Tennessee is the best Wagon ever used by me, and that I can fully recommend it to my friends and the public as u Wagon that will give good satisfaction in every respect. Ytmrs truly, J. G. RILEY, Olio, 8. C. Anderson, S, C, Feb. 9, e884.?Messrs. Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell? Gents : I have used a 1} iron axle "Tennessee" Wagon for the last five years, and am well pleased with it, being a strong and durable Wagon, and I can heartily re? commend it. The Wagon has cost me during that time scarcely anything for repairs, requiring the tires cut only once, and that was caused by the long continued drought last Snmmer, and being continually exposed to the hot sun. It is the best Wagon I ever used. IVY C. LOW. Anderson, S.C, April 4,1W4.?Messes. Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell ?Gents: I have been using a Tennessee Wagon, H inch iron axle, for three years past, hauling brick and sand almost constantly with two large mules, and am fully satisfied that there is no better Wagon made. It has cost mo' nothing in way of j cutting tire, &c. Has been standing in the weather all the time. I can recommend the "Tennessee" to any one in want of a light running, durable Wagon. Yours, &c, 3. C. DRENNAN. We are also able to sell you a first-class BUGGY as reasonable as anybody, on easy terms, and would respectfully ask you to examine them before making your purchase, elsewhere. We will also make It interesting for you to buy your BAGGING and TIES from Us, as we have already bought a large lot of these, at much less than others pay for them, and we propose to sell them to you accordingly, and will keep large stocks constantly on hand. To the Ginners of Anderson County we wish to say that we keep constantly on band RUBBER BELTING all sizes, and PRESS ROPE, and will meet any com? petition in prices on these Goods. --Oall and see us, inspect our Goods and prices,and let us sell you what you need. Our Buyer is going North in a few days, and we will have something to say to you shortly in regard toother lines of Goods. Look out for our next advertisement. We say this now, however: That we will always sell Goods as low as they can be bought elsewhere, and that we are prepared at all times to meet legitimate -competition. Respectfully, Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell. Aug 6.1885 . 4_ 5m BARGAINS FOR CASH! I HAVE A PULL LINE OF Boots, Shoes, Hats and Clothing That I will sell AT COST, and LESS THAN COST for the CASH. I also have a A FULL LINE OF OTHER GOODS that I will sell VERY LOW for Cash. Good Bargains can be found here. If you don't believe it call and see, and you will not be disappointed. TAKE WARNING! Alter tho 10th day of April next the Notes and Accounts of the old Firm of REED MOORHEAD will be found in the bands of an Attorney for collection. Time and money can be saved by calling before then and settling with me. J. PINK REED. March 20,1885 37 MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS lias Returned, from tbo >Tortb, where she purchased an ELEGANT STOCK of! THE HANDSOMEST GOODS That has ever been brought to this market, consisting of STYLISH SILKS, BEAUTIFUL LACES of all descriptions, EMBROIDERIES, JETS and PARSEMENTRIES, LOVELY EMBROIDERY ROBES in the newest shades. Onr FRENCH AND WHITE DRESS GOODS cannot be surpassed. We have GLOVES, HOSE, SLIPPERS and SHOES of every quality. Don't forget to notice our varied stock of RIBBON, and come and try our stylish HATS on before purchasing elsewhere. We feel a?snred you cm '->e ploased. Our rpacc is too limited to exhibit our Goods. Anything j*ou do not see call for it, and our accommodating Clerks will take pleasure in waiting on you, even if you do not .buy. We have everything that Ladies and Children NEED to make them happy and attractive. Very rosj>ectfully, March 26 1885 37 LADIES' STORE. COLUMBUS BUGGIES. Just in and to arrive Car Load of the Famous COLUMBUS BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, PH2ETONS, SURREYS' &c. rpiIE BEST VEHICLE ON THE MARKET! None but the very best grade of X work put up bv these Shops. PRICES .jOW. and OME PRICE TO ALL. Come to see ns, and we will fit you up with the BEST Vehicle you ever rodo in. CUNNINGHAM & FOWLER. July 2. 1885 51 6m H. C. F. KOCH & SON, | 6fh Avo. & 20th St., N. Y. City, publish I September Stb, their Fall and Winter Fashion Catalogue. A complete guide as to What to Wevh and Where to But Economically everything for Ladles', Gents'. Children's and Infants' wear. Housekeeping Goods, etc Beautifully illustrated with Fashion Plates and about 2,000 Engravings. Prices Lover than those of any other house in the United States. Satisfaction guaranteed in every case. Sent FREE to any address. 5?1 Norfolk College for Young Ladies OFFEilS unparalleled advantages. New buildings, furnished with every con? venience. Full Collegiate course of study. Each branch in charge of a specialist. Special provision for Music and Pa.nt ing. Conversation in French and German daily. For Catalogue, address R. II. WYNNE, Secretary, Norfolk, Va. August 1?:, 1885 5 4 WILHITE'S EYE WATER IS A SURE CURE FOR SORE (EYES, OR ANY COMMON FORM OF INFLAMED EYES. WE SELL IT With the understanding that if it does not prove bene? ficial or effect a Cure, after directions have been carefully fol? lowed, Jthe sum paid for it WILL BE REFUNDED. It haa been sold on these conditions for the past FIVE YEARS, and as yet we have NEVER HAS A COMPLAINT OF IT, OR HEARD OF A CASE IT DID NOT CURE! W -0 % - ? ? '? IT IS NOT \\\ * I \ A H#ff PREPARATION, ? * $ T AND HAS BEEN USED FOR THIRTY YEARS, But has been only four or five years on the market as a PROPRIETARY MEDICINE. If you have never used it, or know nothing of its effects on SOEE EITZES, Ask your neighbor, or some one who has seen it tried. IT HAS CURED SEVERE CASES 1JV FROM SIX TO TWENTY-FOUR HIOTJIRS I Price, 25 Cents per Bottle. WILHITE & WILHITE, PROPRIETORS. Aug. 20, 1885 G A TRIP TO ROAN MOUNTAIN, N. C. bv hal strickland. Mr. Editor : We started from Kuox villo at about 10 o'clock a. ra., and after a very pleasant ride on the E. T., V. & G. R. R. train, we arrived at Johnson City, a very delightful little growing town. Johnson City is in full view of the mountains, and in a very rich coun? try. We spent one or two hours very well in that place. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon we boarded the Cranberry, or rather East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad, and started out for Roan Mountain. It is about thirty-five miles from one end of this narrow gauge road to the other. The first fifteen miles of the ride is not very interesting, but after you pass through the Gap into the "Happy Val? ley" and ride up the Watanga River, you are charmed with the beauties of the mountain district. The fine wheat and oats have been cut and are standing in shocks very close together, and the corn is of a dark green color, nearly black, showing how healthy it is. The moun? tain scenery is vory fine, indeed. You are entirely surrounded by mountains. The water in the streams is as clear as it can be, and teem with fish. In a little While you leave Ibis beauti? ful little valley behind you and enter the "gorgo" or canon of the Doe River, j This is said to be the wildest and grand? est scenery in the States east of the Rocky Mountains. Away down below you is the beautiful stream of water; above you is the wall of solid rock 1,500 feet high. In this wild gully tbe train curves and twists around, going up a terrible grade, through tunnels and over bridges, across the river, until at last you come out at the "other end-of tbe horn." In a few minutes' you are at Roan Mountain Station. There is a very nice hotel there, and you pay your dollar a day and feel splen? didly. After a little while you begin to feel very sleepy, and the clever proprie? tors show you where you camp, beneath one or more heavy blankets, and you sleep free from the buzz of any kind of insect. After eating a good breakfast in the morning, you start in a hack, on horse? back or on foot, whichever you prefer, to the top of the mountain. The road is a very good one when you come to think wh.-u kind of a place it is built in. As you get near the top you begin to have some very fine views of the Burrounding mountains. You get thirsty on the road and stop at a cold spring, and quench your thirst with water that makes your teeth chatter. Occasionally on the road you hear the deep bass voice of a thin haired mountain "razor back," indulging in a grunt. After a while you see a great smooth place up to your right. This is the "bald beaded" part of Roan Mountain. Nothing at all on it but beautiful grass. Upon this beautiful place is being built what promises to be h tirst-claes hotel. When you reach the top you are tired but not sore. Tbe view from tbe hotel veranda is perfectly grand. Off to your right is the tall and majestic Mt. Mitchell, named after tbe great Dr. Mitchell, who lost his life somewhere on the mountain.. To the left is the "Grandfather's Mountain," ! and iu front and behiud are a great many very, high mountains. There are a great many fine views around the place, among which the finest are the "Profile Rock," "Sunset Rock" "High Point," "Eagle Cliff." A person can spend a month up here very pleasantly, and will gain good health all tbe time. When the hotel is finished and all things made ready, it will be tbe most popular resort in tbe South, if not in the North. There is a spring within a few hundred yards of the hotel in which a thermometer will regis? ter 43. This is tbe coldest water tbe writer has ever had the pleasure of drinking. The climate is as fine as any one could wish for. A fire is a comfort I to sleep by at night, and blankets are tbe joy of one's soul. The writer will remember as long as he lives bis visit to Roan Mountain with a great deal of pleasure. Sinking a Mnle Understand. Stonewall Jackson was never known to let profanity pass without a rebuke but once. Tbe incident was reported by the chief actor in it, Major John A. Harmon, who was Jackson's chief quartermaster, and a man of extraordinary qualifications. It happened at Edwards' Ferry, on the Potomac, when our army was crossing into Maryland, in the An tie tam campaign. Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill's division was crossing, when Jackson rode up and found the ford completely blocked with Hill's wagon-train. He spoke to Hill (who was his brother-in-law, they having mar? ried sisters) for allowing such confusion. Gen. Hill replied that he was not a quar? termaster, or something that implied it was not part of his business to get tan? gled wagons out of the river. Jackson instantly put Hill under arrest, and turning to Maj. Harmon, ordered him to clear the ford. Harmon dashed in among the wagoners, kicking mules, and the apparently inextricable mass of wagons, and, in the voice of a Stentor, poured out a volume of oaths that would nave excited the admiration of the most scieutific mule-driver. The drivers were frightened and swore as best they could, but far below the Major's standard. The mules caught the inspiration from a chorus of familiar words, and all at once made a break for the Marylaud shore, and in five minutes the ford was cleared. Jackson witnessed and heard it all. Harmon rode back to join bim expecting a lecture, and, touching his hat, said: "The ford is clear, General. There's only one language that will make mules understand on a hot day that they must get out of the water." The General, smiling, said: "Thank you, Major," and dashed into the water at the head of his staff. ? Dr. Thomas L Lewis, who resides near Seneca, Oconee County, sold this Spring fifty bushels of peaches in New York for ?14 per bushel?$700. The peaches netted him $500 ! The commis? sions and expenses amounted to $200. GENERAL FITZ. LEE'S TRIBUTE. Ho Says the North and South arc Reunited Forever. The New York Herald says General Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of General Robert ?. Lee, and the Democratic nom? inee for Governor of Virginia, was the centre of attraction in the crowd of dis? tinguished military men and civilians who thronged the corridors of the Fifth Avenue Hotel Sunday evening last. Ac? cording to a report in the Herald, Gene? ral Lee said words would not answer him to express his satisfaction at the warm reception given him and bis fellow Southerners at tbe hands of the North. He said that when he was riding in the funeral procession with General Gordon as an aide to General Hancock, he was filled with emotion upon seeing a picture of General Grant, with the inscription below: "Let tbem have their horses; they will need them for their crops." "That line brought Appomattox back to me like some sad dream," said Gener? al Lee. "It was a touching coincidence. General Gordon and I were the two re? maining corps commanders of the three who were with General Lee when Grant gave utterance to that magnanimous sentiment. General Gordon saw the inscription tbe same moment that I did, and our eyes instinctively met as we rode by. I didn't know what General Gordon felt I. was ready to use my handkerchief. You can't imagine what those words im? plied. In the Confederate army every man bad to supply hi3 own horse, while in the Union army everything was sup? plied by tbe government. "Tbe demonstration of General Grant's funeral means that the Union is now more firmly and inseparably united than it was twenty years before Buchanan's administration. The war was the inevi? table culmination of differences that bad to be settled by blood. Before the war there was always talk of breaking up the Union and secession whenever any issue was brought up for national arbitration, and the South would invariably threat? en secession if her whims were not gratified. Of course immediately after the war wounds were fresh and there was little show of any disposition for recon? ciliation. But, notwithstanding this fact, a reconciliation would have been effected bad it notbeen for tbe policy of the admin? istration succeeding Mr. Lincoln's. The government then sent men down South to rule us who were unprincipled and unfair, and the colored man was placed in our Legislatures to make laws for us. This was too severe a transformation, and the South felt that she was being belittled. It was putting the bottom rail of the fence on top. The people got so they didn't take any interest in the govern? ment nor the country. Any insignifi? cant little carpet-bagger would be sent down there and boosted into Congress, and our own men would be thrust inthe shade. I am a Btrong Democrat and talk strong Democrat principles, and I'm going to add that this was done for no other purpose than to perpetuate the Republican party. "But now, God be praised, all that is gone by. That was the work of politi? cians, and the South has-found out that the people of the North?the body of the people, I mean?had no band in it. Old issues are eradicated in the South now. Tbe colored man is no longer re? garded as an usurper, and he feels that he will not be returned to slavery, We don't want men to represent us who will constantly wave the bloody shirt. The people have come to love the North for the grand, magnanimous, fraternal treat? ment they have received since the war, and they have been longing for this grand opportunity, which has at last been afforded, to express their hearty good? will for the Union. No man has done more, and neither has any circumstauces j nor series of circumstances, to propitiate the feelings of tbe South and bring about the grand raillenion than General Grant. The sufferings of General Grant awaken? ed the sympathy of tbe whole South, and the whole South is now glorying in the treatment its old commanders are receiving. Just think of it! Here are General Buckner and General Johnston and General Gordon and General Wade Hampton and myself?all rebel leaders? being made tbe tbe lions of your city, and we are all overflowing with gratitude in return. We came here to make up. There is no divided North and South now. It is the Union forever. The South feels that it is a part of the coun? try once more, and takes an interest in the prosperity of the whole undivided land. The South is already reviving." When asked what he thought of New York as the burial place of General Grant, a sigh escaped the lips of General Lee, and be answered that he was in fa? vor of Washington as the proper place, where the old comrades of Geueral Grant could be buried around him. He added that he understood General Sheridan and General Sherman to be also in favor of the National Cemetery as tbe resting place of the dead hero, and when asked what he thought of the idea of placing General Lee and General Grant together, the dead Confederate Chieftain's nephew smiled sadly, and said he had never heard the suggestion before, and that he would like to see so grand a project car? ried into effect. "That would be reunion sure enough, wouldn't it?" said the General enthusi? astically. "But I am afraid it would be a matter too complicated to perfect, ow? ing to the fact that the families of both men want to be buried with them." Burled With the Honors of War. Manning, Agust 12.?The survivors of the "Palmetto Sharp-Shooters" who see this notice will read with interest of the death of "Blake," tbe horse of the Rev. James McDowell, their chaplain during nearly three years of the war. The chaplain rode him from Richmond to the battlefield of Second Manassas, then in tbe first Maryland campaign and back into Virginia and hundreds of miles with the regiment in those trying scenes in which it acted so noble a part. When the command went to Lookout Mountain by railroad "Blake" went through the country on foot with the other horses, and was ridden by his master in the cam? paign of East Tennessee and back to Virginia in timo for the battle of the Wilderness, where Gen. Micah Jenkins, tbe gallant commander of the brigade, j was killed. Many a sick and tired sol-1 dier rode him on weary marches, and ; often his scanty forage was helped out j by biscuits and rations given him by j the soldiers or emptied by them on the roadside in their forced marches. After the surrender at Appomattox he was rid- \ den home to South Carolina and was greatly prized by his owner. Yesterday he died and his remains were carried in a wagon to the outskirts ' of Manning and there buried. Little girls decorated his grave with flowers, and ten shots were fired over him in honor of his faithful services in the "Lost Cause."?News and Courier. ? Hog and chicken cholera prevail in the Eastern part of Lexington County to such an extent that some farmers have lo3t all their hogs, and chickens are dying by the dozen. A BOTTOMLESS TIT. Tho Mjuterlous Hole In Woat Virginia. Parkersburg, W. Va., August 3.? One of the most pleasant of midsummer recreations is trout-fishing among these grand West "Virginia mountains, and here, along the south branch of the Potomac and the innumerable runs and creeks which empty into it, the sport may be enjoyed to perfection. So wild and picturesque is the scenery, and so primitive the surroundings, that although the traveller is but twenty-four hours from Cumberland and thirty from Washington City he seems, when once in these mountain fastnesses, to be quite on the extreme limits of civilization and far removed from the teeming population which in reality swarms so closely around him. The country hereabouts is very thinly settled, the inhabitants being mostly gathered along the line of the new rail? road being pushed into the heart of the mountains by Senator Henry G, Davis, James G. Blaine, Secretary Bayard and other capitalists and politicians, or are scattered in the few small villages which are to be found at long intervals in the river valleys. The area of cultivated land is extremely small, the vast major? ity of the territory being clothed in a dense growth of black walnut and other valuable hard woods. Game of all kinds, including deer and bear, is plen? tiful, and no inconsiderable portion of the scanty revenue of the people is de? rived from the hides of wild animals. Strange as it may seem, the population of this region is intensely Republican, Grant County having for a generation given a two-thirds majority for the can? didates of that party, although the coun? ties surrounding it on three sides are in? tensely Democratic. The people, rude and uncultured, though they are gener? ous to a fault, and milk and honey, figuratively speaking, are showered upon the stranger who may happen to be within their gates in a way not to be despised. There are many natural wonders in this out of-the world region, and yester? day the monotony of camp life was varied by a visit to one of them, the locality known far and wide throughout the South Branch country as the Hell Hole, This is an uncouth name, but to visit the spot justifies the title in the mind of the beholder. This terrible abyss is on the North Fork, of Ritenour, at the Bide of a little stream which gurgles musically down the mountain, and is to the lower or left hand side of the road which leads through the Harmar Hills. The chasm, circular in shape, is about fifteen feet in diameter, almost perpendicular, and is believed by the inhabitants near by to be bottomless. Its situation is at the bottom of a deep rocky gorge, and the scenery is unusually wild. Many attempts to sound this mysterious well by lines, some of them a thousand feet in length, have been made in days past, but as yet without avail, and lighted lanterns and torches lowered to a depth of many hundred feet have revealed naught but rough, irregular walls of solid rock. Provided with a stop-watch, I dropped a heavy fragment of rock over the edge of the yawning gulf, and the last faint sound which came back to my ear was at the expira? tion of fourteen seconds. From this, making due allowance for the resistance of the air, the transmission of sound, and the impediments to the stone caused by the uneven sides, I calculated a depth of 3,152 feet 4 inches, presuming, of course, that the last audible sound was caused by the rock striking the bottom. The people, who have for many year? regarded this gigantic well with some? thing akin to awe, tell many stories of it and of the objects animate and inani? mate, including at least one human being, which have been swallowed up in its insatiable maw. A fine white-pine tree, with a slender stem, straight as an arrow and over one hundred feet higbt, stood on a steep slope a few dozen yards from the mysterious hole. Two of Isaac Harmar's sons concluded to venture up and cut the tree for troughs. It fell with the top up hill, and starting to slide, disappeared bodily into the Hell Hole and was lost to view, the terror stricken young men, who peered cautiously over the edge, being unable to see the slight? est trace of the tree except a few bits of bark and branches clinging here and there to the jagged rocks. But other and more serious accidents have occurred at the Hell Hole. About ten years ago a partially blind peddler, who was making his way south along the North Fork from Martin3burg to White Sulphur Springs, disappeared suddenly in this vicinity. A search was made for him and his trail finally struck and fol? lowed up to the very brink of this fearful pit. The supposition is that, in the dusk of the evening, the old man walked to the mouth of the hole, all unconscious of danger, and stepped off, to fall to as yet unknown depths. There is also a legend current among the good people of this portion of Grant County that, away back in the early days of the century, when the red man bad not long been gone from the North Fork Valley, a young girl, disappointed and heart-broken at the cause of a lover, had made her way to the mouth of Hell Hole, and, depositing in a little pile on a flat rock the few simple love tokens received in happier times from her be? trothed, bad leaped into tho fearful depths before her. On another occasion a valuable horse fell into the pit, and last winter a dog, while pursuing a rabbit, took the direc? tion of the hole, and, catching his prey on the edge, lost his footing and both animals were eugulfed. Tourists have dropped tons of rocks into the hole, but in dark secrets are still unrcvcaled, and probably will ever remain unknown, an object of mystery and wonder to the passing stranger and of terror to the in? habitants of the region in which it is situated. Humanity Demands it. We are in fav.>r of a thousand dollars tax on each pistol as it is manufactured, and an additional tax of five hundred dollars per annum upon each man who carries one. And in case a concealed pistol is found upon a man the penalty should be at least ten years in the peni? tentiary. There is no use in mincing matters in questions of this kind. Down with the practice at once, and the only thing that will put it down is a severe law against it, and that law rigidly en? forced. Humanity demands it, and hu? man life will not be safe until such a law is passed and enforced. Cowards and thieves are the only ones who will be put to any inconvenience by such a law, and for them we should have no concern. The innocent and decent people of our country deserves more con? sideration than tho lawless rowdies and murderers, nnd we think it is about time ! that our law-makers and representatives in the Legislature were making a little more effort towards protecting them. The murderer and rowdy has had his full share of protection. Give the other a Bhowing now.?Camden Journal. A Talk With Robert Toombs, Atlanta, August 9.?In an interview General Robert Toombs expresses himself 3n many points in his past career. "The culmination of my political career," said General Toombs, "was the secession agi? tation. The statement that there existed among the Southern Senators in 1859 and 1860 a conspiracy to force secessions is untrue. There was no conspiracy, no understanding. The encroachments of Northern Congressmen upon the reserved ::ights of the States, the incendiary agita? tion of disturbing questions in that sec? tion, had alarmed tbo Southern States. They elected men to Congress to represent their views. These men were represen? tatives, and were only guilty of the same conspiracy as always exists between con? stituent and representative. The ques? tion of secession came up from the peo? ple just in the same shape as other ques? tions come up, and consequently South? ern Senators merely presented the views of those whom they represented. They went home and addressed their constitu? ents upon that, as they did upon all other c uestions. All of my speeches were so raade to my constituents in Georgia, or i a my place upon tbe floor of the Senate. I always gave my utterances to the press freely. I never suppressed a speech nor spoke in riddles. My life has been an c pen page, which all men might read." "Was there ever a hope of sucess for the Confederacy, and if so why did it fail?" "There was no doubt of success," an? swered the General. "The South could lave succeeded had it not been throttled by West Point. The Presidency of the Con? federacy was offered to me and declined. When South Carolina, with singular stu {idity, wrapped itself around Jefferson )avis, Mississippi was not so insane, but could not out of courtesy, vote against her own citizen. Hence, Davis became President, and West Point was the school whence he drew his ideas. He had grad? uated from that institution and could never be brought to realize the fact that men in civil life knew anything. He filled commands with West Pointers, and he stuck to them through every reverse. The martinet discipline of that institu? tion was the only reliance of Mr. Davis." "Under whom could the Confederacy have succeeded?" "Albert Sidney Johnston was the one man who conld have certainly succeeded, but death cut his career short. Joseph E. Johnston came next. When Jefferson Davis, inspired by domestic intrigues., removed Johnston from the command of the Western army, he killed the Confed? eracy. Davis was thoroughly incompe? tent. His forte was review writing. He would have been a successful magazine man, but in the bustle of practical, every day life he was utterly lost. My personal feeling for Mr. Davis is of the kindest character, but that does not remove the facts of history." General Butler's statement of the Mil? itary Policy of Grant in 1S64--G5. It has been said that Grant had no gonius; that is, no intuition by which to discover a great fact or to lay out for himself a new and great course of action. I have said that his mind was not inven? tive, but I do know of one course of conduct adopted by him, an emanation from his own mind, for, so far as I have road in history, it was never before in that form adopted by any great com? mander, and it certainly was not done by any other general in our war. It did not emanate from the Secretary of War oi the President, so far as I have any knowledge or suspicion, and was ex? plained to myself by Grant, who had ju?t then been made General-in-Chief of the armies, and came to Fort Monroe to explain the plan of the future campaigns against the enemy, so far as I was to hi.ve part with them, in Virginia in April, 1864. His proposition was that the enemy should be conquered by continual attri? tion and inflicting loss in every way and wearing out their resources as fast as possible and at however great C09t, rely? ing upon onr own more abundant money and men to bring out a successful result. He said that he would attack the enemy at all times and under all conditions, even at the risk of losing more men than I they did, as we could could afford to lose I more ,* and as the rate of death by disase and hardships incident to camp Hie was far greater than the loss of men by bullet and shell, he thought, upon the whole, that if the war could be pressed on and ended shortly the loss of life would be less, and the expenses would certainly be less than those of a longer continued war. He said, further, that the enemy, occupying the interior lilies of defenses, could hold on with less man than we must use and that we must lose more than they would in driving them from their defenses, but they could net retrieve their losses as we could ours. He spoke to me as Commissioner of Exchange of Prisoners. He said that every Confederate held by us was one man less to them, while, even if we ex? change, we should not get one man to meet the one we gave, because their men were in good condition and able at once to go back into the field, while our men were in such a condition that it would take months for them to recuperate so as to come back, if they ever did come back, into our armies. Hence he sug? gested to me not to refuse the exchange of prisoners, but to so embarrass the operation as only to exchange the sick and wounded of both sides; and to that policy he adhered through the campaign of 1864. This course taken by him put an end to the rebellion, and he held to it until, in the Spring of 1865, Lee had neither men nor rations to feed them upon, nor could the Confederates supply him with either, and then came Appo mattox and the conclusion of the war. This seemed to mo then a stroke of genius, but it required adamantine nerve and iron will to carry :t out.?Butler's Lowell Eulogy. Sensible Advice. A physician writes to young men as follows: "My profession has thrown me among women of all classes, and ray ex? perience teaches me that Heaven never gave man a greater proof of His love than to place woman hero with him. My id vice is: Go and propose to the most sensible girl you know. If she accepts you, tell her how much your in? come is, and from what source derived ; and tell her you will divide the last shill? ing with her, and that you will love her with all your heart into the bargain. And then keep your promise. My word for it, she will live within your income, and to your last hour you will regret that you did not marry sooner. Stop worrying about feminine extravagance and femi? nine untruth. Just you bo true to her? love her sincerely, and a more fond, faithful, foolish slave you will never meet anywhere. You will not deserve her, I know; but she will never kuow it." ? "Time works wonders," s iys a young man of twenty-seven when he re? turned homo and found his eldest sister only eighteen. The Tax oil OldJBaclielors. The Atlanta Constitution thinks that "the'special tax*onfunmarried men over thirty years of age," now being pressed before tbe Legislature, "is a measure not only based on common sense, but has about it an element of timeliness." The argument of our contemporary, however, looks like poking fun at the Georgia reformers who favor the old bachelor tax. Our contemporary thus shapes its advocacy of the measure: "The number of old bachelors is in creasing in every community. They try to be very gay and frivolous, and are anxious to leave an impression that they are happy, but they cannot conceal the fact that they are bald-headed and thin legged. Married men, in certain cases made and provided, have a perfect right to be bald-headed and thin-legged; but ' a bald-headed and thin-legged old bach* elor is a standing insult to the communi? ty in which he lives. "What right has he to be bald-headed and thin-legged? What right has he to pretend to be comfortable and to assume all the privileges of citizenship, when he has evaded the first and most important duty of a citizen 1 Let the bill to tax them be hurried forward in its passage. The times are ripe for it". ' It must be confessed that the privilege of being bald-headed and thin-legged is a very grave one; and if old bachelors in the great State of Georgia have presum? ed to invade the rights of married men in these particulars, it calls loudly for redress. We, in common with our con? temporary, are utterly at a loss to see what right these insignificant members of society have to take upon themselves, without the accompanying honors of pa? ternity, the privilege, the inestimable privilege, of a bald head and scanty calves. But what shall we say about the old maids ? Shall they go scotfree whilst the old bachelors are taxed ? Suppose they should, in common with their masculine counterparts, begin to assume the privi? leges of a bald head, not to speak of lean and attenuated members. Taking the whole question in all its solemn portents, the Georgia Legislature may well expend its powerful intellect on this grave ques? tion, which involves such serious conse? quences. The old Massachusetts stock is rapidly running out. The indisposition to marry is becoming a growing habit in several of the New England States. Out of a total population of 1,783,085, Massachusetts has 212,961 boys and 214, 565 girls between the ages of 5 and 17, or 427,526 of both sexes of the mention? ed age. Michigan, out of a total population of 1,636,937, has 235,391 boys and 228,991 girls between the ages of 5 and 17, with a total {of both sexes amounting to 464, 382. Connecticut, out of a population of 622,700, has 78,179 boys aud 77,333 girls of above ages, with a total of 155,512. Georgia, out of a population of 1,642, 180, has 250,468 boys and 252,087 girls, with a total of 511,555. South Carolina, out of a total popula? tion of 995,577, has 166,933 boys and 163,690 girls, with a total of 330,623. Tennessee, out of a total population of 1,542,359, has 261,404 boys and 254,297 girls, or a total of 515,701. With these boys and girls as the seed corn of our future we see that Massachu? setts has less than 24 per cent, of her population in boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 17; Connecticut has less than 25 per cent, and Michigan over 28 per cent., whilst Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee have each over 33 per cent., Georgia having 33.4. But Georgia is ambitious, and she is not satisfied to rank Massachusetts by over 9 per cent, and Michigan 5 per cent. The Empire State of the South means business, hence she says to her old bach? elors : Keep not back, and to her old maids, here's your chance. There is a good time coming for the old folks sure, and when the thing once begins there is no telling what it will do for Georgia, if not for the whole South.?Columbia Reg? ister. The Locomotive Engineer. As Mr. W. S. Kenedy, the historian of the locomotive, says, popular prejudice has caused the death of many of the best engineers in the country. The reference is to the mistaken notions of an ingno rant public, who would have an engineer, in case of accident, commit suicide after his obvious duty has been fully performed. Accidents are certain to occur in spite of the most careful of regulations. En? gineers themselves confess to a touch of fatalism in this respect. A mistaken telegram, a sleepy switchman, even a worn tie, may, at any time, plunge the engineer into eternity. A simple remark of an engineer, the other day expresses the sensation best: "I can sit back on my seat atd enjoy the ride with the old engine running fifty miles an hour and not feel a touch of nervousness, but I know just the same that death is running alongside all the time." Whenever these periodical collisions occur, and the sickening details are spread out for public delectation, there is usually a mournful psean of approbation raised over the dead engineer, even if he bo the cause of the accident, who was found lying under the engine with one haud on the lever. On the other hand, the engineer, who seeing the inevitable, opened throttle and sandbox, jammed on the brakes and then jumped for the sake of the dear little ones at home, is 1>opularly condemned as a chicken iearted coward, who has proved unfaith? ful to his trust. A more unfair and unjust condemnation could not be made. With tho throttle wide open, the brakes harnessed down to their hardest work, and the sandbox wide open to check to the utmost the whirl of the great driving wheels, the master of the engine has done his most against disaster, and this done, his next duty is self-preservation. Exceptional conditions will of course suggest themselves where such an act would not be praiseworthy but heroic; but, generally speaking, the engineer who sticks to a doomed engine either because he thinks it safe, or from lack of pres? ence of mind, or because ho willingly throws away his life, is only in degree less foolish than the inspired lunatic who leaps from the Brooklyn Bridge. There has been many a heroic deed done by a simple engineer in overalls and jumper, and there have been plenty of instances where voluntary risk of life on the part of a courageous railroad man has saved hundreds from a dreadful death. The escape of the Gloucester Express last summer through the quick? ness of a discharged employee of tho Eastern Railroad is not yet forgotten, But because these men are worthy of all praise, it is not just that condemnation should be meted out to the engineer who jumps at the moment of collision any more than to the keeper of a powder magazine who would leave it when it was hopelessly on fire.?Commercial Bul? letin. ? If you have an opportunity to do S generous action, do it. It is a very pleasant reflection to go to sleep with.