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BY E. B.. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MOKNING, AUGUST 5, 1886. VOLUME XXII.?? COMBINATION FENCE," MANUFACTURED BY & BROTHER FENCE COMPANY. Chicken Tight, Mule High, Bull Strong ! Durable, Handsome, Portable, CHEAP! ' T)UT up for convenient handling in bundles of 50 feet or more. Nothing bat c JET, sound Pickets and beat grade Bessemer galvanized Steel Wire used in the manufacture of our Fencing. THIS IS CERTAINLY THE FENCE OF THE DAY! And ia FAR SUPERIOR in many respects to any other kind of Fence ever in? vented. v ; -.fcThe above cut exhibits its appearance, and the Fence need only be seen to be appreciated. Orders for fencing filled promptly, and all correspondence in regard to same - will have our immediate attention. THE SULIIVAN & BBO. FENCE 00., STJJ^LIVAN & BKO, \ .Proprietors. Anderson, S. C. SOMETHING NEW FOR ANDERSON. JOHN E. PEOPLES & OO.'S CROCKERY STORE! WE have just received the Largest and most Complete Stock of CROCKERY .and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS ever brought to this market, and we are selling them at extremely LOW PRICES. Hand Painted China Tea and Dinner Sets at about one-half the usual cost. Decorated Tea Sets, of 44 and 56 Pieces, from $6.00 to $15.00. Decorated Dinner Seta, of 110 and 120 Pieces, from $15.00 to $25.00. Opaque Porcelain Goods, Gran? ite and-CC. Ware at bottom prices. ' We have an elegant assortment of Bohemian Glassware, and a select stock of Rodgers & Bros. Silverware, suitable for Bridal and Birthday Presents. Also, a large stock of beautiful Vases, Dolls, Toys, Ladies' Work Baskets, Bird Cages, Feather Dusters, &c. &c. We continue to keep on hand a large stock of Stoves and Tinware, which we will sell as cheap aa anybody. Roofing, Guttering and Repairing done on short notice. We Inviteyou to call and see our stock. JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. Qctff, 1885 13 iy E. PEOPLES, Agent for the Celebrated 111 WINKLE Ell. FEEDER MO COHOEHSER, Manufactured at Atlanta, Georgia, and to which Pre? miums were awarded at the. Atlanta Cotton Exposition, Charleston Industrial Expo? sition Feb. 2,1882, and at the South Carolina and Georgia State Fairs 1881. THE VAN WINKLE FEEDER AND CONDENSER can be attached to any other Gin, so parties having other make of Gins and wishing Feeders or Condensers can be supplied by sending in their order in time, and I will guarantee satisfaction. All kinds of PULLEYS and SHAFTING and most IMPROVED CANE MILLS and EVAPORATORS furnished to order. Van Winkle King Cotton Press Has long been before the public, and is too well known to need any further description. Its chief points of merit are : It takes very little room, is easily handled, and takes so little pow? er ; can be used on all kinds of powers?horse, water or steam. Ginning and packing can all go on at the same time, without interfering with the Gin. A two-inch belt will pack a 500 lb. bale of cotton. It saves its cost the first season in labor. Read the following testimonial: Anderson, S. C?Mr. John E. Peoples?Sir The Steam Power Van Wiukle Cotton Press bought from you last Fall has given entire satis? faction. I packed bales of cotton weighing 660 to 725 lbs. in Gve minutes with all case, using a 4-inch belt and 25 lbs. steam. There did not seem any more strain on the Press than with a ^400 lb. bale. For durability, strength, lightness of power, small quantity of steam required,* economy of space, I deem it the King of all Cotton Presses?especially so as the low price at which It can be bought for puts it within reach cf every man running a steam Gin. In fact I would not be without it for twice its cost. I would advUie all my friends to buy one of Van Winkle's Steam Power Cotton Presses, as you will save its cost in labor in one year. M. A. COBB. 1 BOSS PRESS. I am Agent also for the "Boss Hand and Power Presses," which are strong, easily handled and easily erected. STAR PRESS. ?'? ? ? /: ? ' I am Agent also for the Star Hand Press, which gives general satisfaction. Suitable for traveling Gins. THE HALL SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN, Manufactured at Sing Sing, N. Y., has given satisfaction wherever used. The saws are made of the best imported steel. The saw shaft is the largest made. An ex? amination of othor Gins will convince you it is the most substantially built Gin in use. It never breaks the roll, and therefore does away with the expense of the revolving head, a* the secret of making the Gin to prevent its breaking the roll is in the proper shape of the roll box. Every one should examine the improvements in the Hall Gin made this year, especially the improvement in the Feeder. Second-hand Machinery. I have a lot of second-hand GINS and PRESSES, which arc almost as good ?s new, that I will sell for about one-half the price of a new one. 46?" Come in and see me and get prices before buying. JuoeS?,1886 JOHN !.?>. PEOPLES. 50 8m Te}A0HE}J$'C01,UMN, J. G. CLINKSCALES, Editor. You may forget many thiDgs learned at the Institute: don't forget to teach your pupils to be kind and gentle by being kind and gentle yourself. One or two of our teachers are speak? ing of competing for a scholarship in the Nashville'Normal School, at the ex? amination Boon to be held in Greenville. Anderson County ought to be represent ed there. Teach yonr pupils self-reliance by helping them only when it is absolutely necessary. Not enough assistance, how? ever, is about as dangerous as too much. As to that, you must be the judge. As the old lady said who gave the ingredi? ents for a certain kind of cake, "be sure to mix in a large quantity of good com? mon sense." If you like the copies of the educa? tional journals that fell into your hands at the Institute, subscribe for one or more without delay. Take as many as your means will justify. The teacher that takes no educational paper is rob? bing himself of pleasure and profit. Mr. J. C. Stribling is the agent for the Carolina Teacher. Write to him, or write to the publishers in Columbia. The other papers you saw have no agent in this County: write to the publishers. We found Miss Johnson's school, near Beaverdam Church, doing well. She has about twenty-five pupils, and has her hear1: in her work. The examina? tion of her classes showed progress and interest. The house does very well for summer work, but could be greatly im? proved. We hope the patrons will put some work on it before winter. The black-board is very good, and the teacher knows how to use it. The school at Tucker's Cross Roads, under the management of Mr. S. G. Sterling, is doing admirable work. Mr. Sterling's school is small, but the enthu? siastic teacher makes it lively for the children in his care. There, too, we found abundant evidences of the good accomplished by the Institute. The teacher's 13-mile walk was not made for no purpose. Every day he attended the Institute he gathered some new ideas, and is now testing their value. He has an excellent house, a very good black? board, but no desks. The school is well located and deserves the hearty support of the community. In our rounds, we fell in with the Singing Normal at Lebanon. Prof. Showalter is a thorough musician, a trained teacher, a Christian gentleman. His genial spirit seems to be in its proper element in the control of a school of ninety pupils. Wo were glad to find there several of the teachers of the County. There they can not only learn music, but see how beautifully kindness nay be used in the enforcement of dis? cipline. Mr. Holland, the principal of the Lebanon School, wears well with bis patrons. A movement is on foot to build a good school house there. Let the good work go on. If the people will hold up Mr. Holland's hands, he will prove a blessing to the entire community. MONTEAGLE ASSEMBLY. The success of this recent addition to the numerous organizations devoted to Christian culture is assured, and the man? agers are the happiest and busiest men to be found anywhere lower than 2,000 feet above sea-level. Dr. Warren's broad smile greets the many throngs whose coming proves the life of the institution with no ordinary evidence of gratification. The executive committee have rescinded their regulation forbidding the construc? tion of any building during the session of the Assembly, and two houses are to be erected forthwith toaccommodiate the large attendance expected within the next few weeks. President Beppard, who has labored so diligently and whose spirit is a large factor of success, wit? nesses these moving signs of a-great fu? ture for Monteagle with manifest joy. The Summer schools are well attended, and merit their appreciative patronage. There are most excellent teachers in all departments, and it is a great privilege to spend a few weeks under their instruc? tion. Mere than twice the number of tickets sold this time last year have been taken, and all seem to be well pleased with the instruction. There are about twenty-five teachers engaged in instruc? tion, and nearly every department of our best Universities is taught. The cooking school has attracted great attention, and deservedly so. It is the dawning of a new era, and is welcomed by every lover of a good dinner. The teacher of Latin and Greek has hardly an equal on the continent. Every one is charmed with Dr. Baskerville's instruc? tion in English. Art and music are taught by the best teachers. The lectures by Prof. Ayres, on music, are considered of unusual excellence, and a very general desire is expressed to have them publish? ed in pamphlet form. The schools con? tinue till August the 12th; the Assembly till August the 25th. Mrs. G. R. Alden (PaBsy) will hold a number of meetings for primary teachers from August the 6th to the close. An unexcelled opportunity will be provided for these teachers to prepare themselves for greater usefulness. Every Sunday School should be represented. Frank Beard is to be here to delight everybody with his "Chalk Talks." The Southern department of the C. L. S. C. will have graduation day July the 30th, when Dr. Vincent will be here to deliver the ad? dress and confer the diplomas. The Monteagle Annual, telling all about the Assembly, is sent for a red postage stamp, on application to J. D. Anderson, Mon? teagle, Teon. The coming of Dr. Carlisle is looked forward to by bis numerous friends here with great pleasure, and the testi? mony of managers and people is, "He is one man we are always glad to hear." Round-trip tickets are not on sale in our State. The fare for the round trip from Augusta is $15.45; from Atlanta, $8.60. There is a large number of faithful Sunday. School workers, whose unwearied service has long ago earned for them at the hands of their school, the privilege of staying here for a few weeks. South Carolina has always been poorly represented here. How long shall it be so ? Several States and cities have built homes here for their teachers. Alabama and Georgia are at work raising funds to build a homo for their teachers. The Nashville Home hus over twenty rooms, and all arc full. The most favorable terras are offered to States to build these homes, and we hope Dr. Carlisle will select the lot and organize a committee, whoee work it shall be to build a home for tho teachers of South Carolina. We know no better closing to a letter about this grand place than "come and nee."?Prof. L. L. Haynes in Southern Christian Advocate. ALIVE IN HIS COFFIN. The Astonishing Experience or Goorgo Wellington, Farmer, of Indlnna. From the New York Sun. On the evening of June 18, 18G8, George Wellington, an Indiana farmer, had a gathering'of friends at his house. He was a man forty-two years of age, and of robust health, and on this evening it was noticed that he was in particularly good spirits. After the guests bad de? parted he remarked to his wife that he felt more like singing and dancing than going to bed. They retired about half past 11 o'clock, and she was asleep before midnight, The farmer was always out of bed at five o'clock, but on the morning follow? ing the party the wife awoke at six and found him still sleeping. When she at? tempted to arouse him she discovered that he was dead. A doctor was sent for, and he arrived in the course of an hour to pronounce it a case of heart disease. He said the man had been dead three hours when the wife awoke. The undertaker came and prepared the body for burial. It was remarked that the corpse retained a life-like appearance, and that none of the limbs grew rigid, but the two other physicians called in vigorously combated the idea that he was in a trance and might be restored to life. Nevertheless, tbe wife and sons had a secret hope that death had not really come to him, and the funeral was put two days ahead. During the interval the corpse was con? stantly watched for signs of returning animation, but nothing occurred to delay the funeral arrangements. The burial was to take place in a coun? try graveyard, and most of tbe vehicles gathered at the house belonged to farm? ers. The usual ceremonies took place over the dead, and the coffin was brought out and placed in the hearse. While the procession was forming, a team attached to an empty wagon came down the road, running away. The wagon collided with the hearse, and the latter vehicle was upset and the coffin flung out. Four or five men ran to pick it up, but before a hand had touched it, a voice was heard, saying: "For God's sake let me out of this 1" The people at first moved back in affright, but as the voice "continued to address them tbe coffin was righted and opened, and Wellington was found struggling to get out. With a little assistance he pulled himself out of the box and walked into tbe house and sat down in a chair. In half an hour he had bis clothes on and was moving around among the amazed people to whom he related this experience: "I did not fall asleep until some time after midnight. When I awoke the clock was striking five. I made a move to get out of bed, but to my great amazement, I could stir neither hand nor foot. I had tbe full use of my ears, but I could not open my eyes. I argued at first that I was not yet wide awake, but when my wife shook me and called me by name, and I could not respond by even moving an eyelid, I became satixfied that I was in a trance. My mind was never clearer, and my hearing was painfully acute. I made effort after effort to throw off the great weight which seemed to bo holding me down, but I could not bend a toe or crook a finger. However, it was only after the doctor had pronounced mo dead that I felt any alarm. Up to that time it had seemed to me that I could soon manage to get rid of the weight. Had a pistol been fired in the room I am sure the spell would have been broken. A fler the doctor's ultimatum I felt that I should be buried alive. But was I alive ? All of a sudden this query flashed across my brain, and I was- troubled more than I can tell you. As I had never died before,, how was I to know the sensations ? Could the dead hear and think ? Was tbe mind of a corpse in active operation ? It was a problem I could not solve. "Not a word was spoken near me which I did not catch and fully under? stand. There was a great deal of weep? ing, and I failed to satisfy myself as to the cause. I had died, but it did not seem as if this was a sufficient excuse. When my wife bent over the coffin and sobbed and grieved, und refused to be comforted, I did not feel mad with her. On tbe contrary, her action surprised me. When the two ether doctors pronounced me dead I made up my mind that I was dead and that tbe end had come. I bad been taught to believe that the spirit of the dead ascended to heaven, and that the dead were dead in mind as wo 11 as body. It was a base deception. I felt indignant that it was so. "As an instance of tbe acuteness of my hearing, let me explain that after I was placed in tbe coffin the receptacle was moved over to an open window in the parlor, where it was supported on saw horses. Two of my neighbors took seats on a wagon box in the barnyard, fully two hundred feet away, and for an hour conversed of my death in ordinary tones of voice. I did not miss one single word of the conversation, as both afterwards admitted. I could hear every tick of the kitchen clock and much of tbe conversa? tion of the women in tbe upstair* rooms. On tbe night previous to the funeral, about half past 10 o'clock, and while the two men sitting up with the corpse were reading, I heard two mon climb tbe fence into the barnyard, crosit the yard and enter the barn. After they came out I heard the jingle of something carried by one of the pair. I could not make out what was going on, but learned after? ward. The two men stole a horse from a field opposite my barn, and they entered my premises in search of a bridle. "I beard the people assemble for the funeral, and as I caught a word from this one or that one I identified them by name to myself. I listened closely to the ser? mon, but when the minister spoke of me I could not take it as personal. It was as if the name and person' belonged to some one I had known years before. I knew when I was carried out and placed in the hearse, and I am certain that I heard the clatter of tbe team running away before anybody sighted them. When the people began to call out in a fright I felt that same fear of being hurt that any live man does. I heard them trying to back the hearse out of the way to let the team go by, but they were not quick enough. As the collision came my eyes opened and my speech was re? stored, and from that moment I was all right." ? One of the most extraordinary cases of delayed mail delivery came to light on June 15 last. On July 27,1860, Gen. George L. Becker, of St. Paul, addressed a letter to Capt. Mahlon Black at Still water, both being members of the same branch of the Democratic party, the con? tents of the communication being exclu? sively political. Somehow the letter switched off between St. Paul and Still water, and the next heard of it was found with others upon the streets of Bismarck about six years ago and taken in charge by Capt. Thomas Van Etten, then a resident of that place. Upon his remov? al to Sauk Rapid? the letter was placed in a box, and nothing more was thought of the matter until the great cyclone, when the box was blown out of Capt. Van Etton's barn, but subsequently found at some distance, with the contents undisturbed. In themcantime Capt.Van Etten had ascertained Capt. Black's ad? dress and forwarded the letter, and it reached tho hands of the right owner about 26 years after it had been written and mailed.?St. Paul Pioneer Prese, OUR EUROPEAN LETTER.1 A Ramble Through London. Special Correspondence Anderson Intelligenter. To attempt to describe all that we have seen of London in one short letter is like trying to crowd its teeming population in an English railway carriage?an impos? sibility?and in our rambles we will briefly mention only the things that im? pressed us the most. On the Sabbath following the day of our rrrival we attempted to attend St. Paul's cathedral, but it happened to be a special day, none being admitted without tickets. Thous? ands of people thronged the streets and thousands filled the cathedral, yet all was calm and peaceful. Not knowing the cause of the immense gathering, we in? quired, and were informed that the church was celebrating the advent of the 50th year of the reign of her Majesty, Queen Victoria. The day throughout seemed extremely quiet to us, and we concluded that England acknowledges the suprema? cy of a God and remembers to keep his day holy?a good plan for some of our American cities to adopt. On Monday early we learn that the Prince of Wales would lay the corner stone of the Tower Bridge at 3 o'clock p. m. We take the underground railroad for Cannon street, and find it densely packed with people as far as we can see, .banners and flags of all nations being promiscuously above the anxious throng, and just over our heads floated the ensign of our own beloved country, and if ever in our whole lives we felt proud of it, it was then. At a few minutes past the appointed time the guards of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, appeared in the distance follow? ed by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Louis Victoria, Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Cambridge, Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and Mary, Duchess of Teck, the Duke of Teck, and the Lord Mayor of London. We did not go to the bridge to witness the ceremonies, but took the cars again for the zoological gardens, where we spent a few pleasant hours. 3000 animals are on exhibition, but we will not take the time to tell you how we lingered in the monkey house, or how the elephants teased for crackers. We spent the remainder of the evening at Madame Tuasand's gallery of wax figures. The Napoleon rooms were the most interesting to us, containing besides the wax display many relics, most of them belonging to Napoleon 1st. About the center of the main room is the figure of the great general, wonderfully life like, representing him lying in state upon his camp bedstead, used by him during near? ly six years as a state prisoner at St. Hele? na, with the mattresses and pillow on which he died. He is dressed in bis Chasseur uniform, covered with the cloak he wore at the famous battle of Marengo in 1800, left expressly by will to his son, the King of Rome. "In it he lay in a soldier's glory" and it served as his pall to the grave. For the bed alone the proprietors paid ?450 (authenticated). The likeness of the Emperor ig from the original cast from his face by Antom marchi, an Italian physician, sent out to St. Helena to attend Napoleon after the recall of Barry O'Meara. A little to the left stands tho celebrated carriage of the Emperor Napoleon in which he made tho campaign of Russia and which was cap? tured on the evening of the battle of Waterloo. We were allowed to go in and sit down, and in^spite of all that has been said derogatory to this great man's character we felt somewhat honored, and as we looked out of the windows in iront we fancied that we lived in other years, that the dreary march to Moscow was before us and that we ride defeated from the great battle of Xeipsic, and at Water? loo we witness the last desperate charge of Marshal Ney baffled, bis last.hopes frustrated, and the star of his glory goes down forever. Other attractions we will not mention. "The Chamber of Horrors" was the next and last room we visited where we Baw one of the most extraordi? nary reiics in the world. A melancholy relic of the first French revolution. Tho original knife and sunette, the identical instrument that decapitated 22,000 per? sons, amongst whom were the unfortunate Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Madame Elizabeth, the Duke of Orleans, Robe spiere, and shed the best and worst blood of France; bought by Madame Tussand and sons from M. San son, the grandson of the original executioner. Tuesday we visit the National Art Gallery. Saw many paintings by the old masters and many by those of modern schools. Tur? ner did not meet our expectations by a long way. Perhaps our eyes were too young. Landseer was all we had imag? ined. We examined tho foreign collec? tion by ancient and modern artists and we hardly knew how to express our? selves, but the works of Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, Titian, Leonardo, Davinci, and Michelangelo, seemed to interest us most. But we are frank to confess that we can't see wherein the ancients excell our mod? ern artists. From the National Gallery we visit the Dore Gallery. We do not profess to be art critics but to our minds M. Gustave Dore is without a rival either in ancient or modern schools. The two pictures that attract the most attention is "Christ Leaving the Pretorian" and his last great picture "The Vale of Tears." The rich fertility of imagination, the power of drawing, and the glow of color displayed in this masterpiece we will not even attempt to describe. It is wonderful. Wednesday we visit Cleopatra's Needle, HouseB of Parliament, Westminster Ab? bey, Buckingham Palace, the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. At tbe Abbey we took great pleasure in visiting tbe tombs of the illustious dead, and the beautiful monuments reared in memory of many whose remains rest elsewhere. The statue of our beloved Longfellow did not escape our notice, and we are glad to - know that England not only acknowl? edged his genius, but so loved him that they have built a monument and given it a place among their own honored dead. At the exhibition we were much pleased with tbe extensive and artistic display of exhibits. Those of Canada, Australia and India were particularly interesting. Thursday we visit the British Museum, and the Royal Acadamy of Art and concerning these wo aro compelled to repeat what we have so often said?they are wonderfully interesting. Friday we wheel out to Crystal Palace, seven miles, and I have about concluded that I won't ride again until I ride out of the city for good. I am tho only man in London that rides an American Star Bicycle, and if the curiosity of the people continues to increase Wm. E. Gladstone will be more popular but not noticed as much as your humble correspondent and just at present I desire to lead a quiet peacoful life unobservod. Saturday we visit Lon? don Towor. The present buildings are mainly of the Norman period, but architecture of almost all the styles which have flourished in England may be found within the walls. We are admitted to the room containing the crown jewels. Tradition Bays that this room was for? merly used by Henry VI for his devotions when a prisoner in the Tower, and was hero murdered. In the ennter in a large double case aro arranged I lie splendid objects which form tho Knglinli Regalia. Tho following.aro tho most remarkable: [ 1st, tho crown of Queen Victoria. It wm constructed in 1888 for her Majesty's coronation, tbe principal jewels being taken from older crowns and the royal collection. The crown contains about 2,700 diamonds and many other jewels, and weighs thirty-eight ounces and live pennyweights. 2d, the crown made for tbe coronation of Mary of Madena, the second wife of James II. 3d, the crown made for Queen Mary II for her corona? tion with William III. 4th, St. Edward's crown. 5th, Prince of Wales' coronet. We visited the different towers and armories and other places of interest but will not write more concerning them. Sunday we attend church at Spurgeon's Tabernacle and hear an eloquent dis? course by the distinguished divine. Monday we leave London and wbijel toward Brighton. Van De Venter. A Terrible Accident A thrill of horror was sent through the city shortly after noon yesterday by the intelligence that a bright boy of Dr. B. W. Taylor's bad been accidentally killed by his brother while hunting on Col. Tom Taylor's plantation just below the city. < The news quickly spread throngh tbe city and while it awakened a terrible fear, such was the general sympathy for the parents that everywhere the hope was indulged that tbe report was exag? gerated. The hope was soon dispelled, however, for by 2 o'clock the worst fears were confirmed and the truth was known that one of the saddest occurrences which has been recorded in our midst for years had really transpired. Tbe remains of the dead boy were brought to the city, and Deputy Coro? ner Ivnuck was notified and at 6 o'clock yesterday a jury, after viewing the body at the residence of Colonel Taylor, held an inquest at the Sheriffs office to in? quire into tbe cause of tbe death. From the testimony of Colonel Taylor and Dr. Howe the following facts of the distressing occurrence were gathered: . Yesterday morning the two sons of Dr. Taylor, Benj. F. and Nat. H., went with their uncle, Colonel Taylor, to the plantation, as has been their almost daily custom since the Summer vacation com? menced. While there yesterday the boys went out into the field where Colo? nel Taylor was superintending his farm? ing operations, and each having a gun were engaged during the morning in shooting doves. About 12 o'clock tbey had gone somu distance off to the edge of the field, and Nat, the younger, about 12 years of age, being in the edge of the tall grass just a few feet in front of Bon, the Tatter's gun was discharged, carrying away the left side of Nat's bead, killing him instantly. The poor boy, as he saw his brother fall, threw down his gun at bis feet and ran to inform some hands in the field, who quickly hurried to where Col. Taylor was and told bim the sad story. He hurried to tbe scene, and on the way found Ben dazed with grief, but suffi? ciently at himself to tell that he had killed his brother and to direct his uncle to the spot. When the latter reached the scene his worst fears were realized, and the poor boy was found lying where he bad fallen, with every indication that bis death bad been instantaneous. Immediate steps wore taken to bring the boys to tbe city, and they reached town about 4 o'clock. Dr. Hone's examination showed that the whole of the upper central portion of the frontal bone bad been carried away from tbe left side of the cranium together with the brain matter which it inclosed. The Coronor's jury found that Na thanel H. Taylor had come to his death by an accidental gunshot wound at the bands of his brother, Benjamin F. Tay? lor. The case is peculiarly distressing from the fact that Mrs. Taylor is absent at Asheville, having been away from home for several weeks, and these two boys during tbe time have been inseparable companions, devoted to each other in their daily sports. The bereaved family, and especially the mother and the unfortunate boy, will have the earnest prayers of many sym? pathizing Christian hearts that God will temper this fearfui visitation, and com? fort and soothe hearts which otherwise must be crushed under tbe weight of so dread/til an affliction.?Columbia Register, July 28. Buttering Doctors Disagree. Washington, July 27.?There is a de? cided difference of opinion between two savants of tbe Agricultural Department on the subject of oleomargarine. Dr. Thomas Taylor, the microscopist of tbe department, bas been for more than a year studying fats under the microscope. He bas done more than any other man, perhaps, to break up tbe sale of oleomar? garine in tbe District of Columbia under the name of butter. He made a discov? ery by which he can infallibly tell pure butter under the microscope, and can as infallibly tell the moment any oil or fatty substance is mixed with the butter. Butter, he says, has a clearly marked St. Andrews' cross, while the facts have a stellar appearance. The Doctor was Senator Warner Miller's sheet anchor, and testified before the committee several times. He claims that butter molts at the temperature of healthy human blood, wbile fats, especially tallow, must be heated to 114 degrees Fahrenheit; that a strong,, healthy person may eat oleo? margarine, perhaps, without serious inju? ry, but that invalids and people with weak digestion will be seriously affected by it. For tbe past few months Prof. W. H. Wiley, the chemist of the department, bas been busily engaged analyzing the various substitutes for butter. He says that his work is of a purely scientific na? ture, and he does not care to prove or disprove any theories. He has had a large number of samples from Armour & Co. of Chicago, and he has carefully analyzed them. He says that the best imitations are as clean and as bealtby, so far as he can see, as real butter. He thinks that it should be properly labelled and the ingredients should be made known, as many of the leading firms now do, and then he can see no harm in such, people buying it as desire to do so. Prof Wiley received five more samples to-day from -Armour & Co., and will proceed with bis investigations. Expense of a Boll Call. A few days ago Representative Hiscock, of New York, reprimanded the house for havingjso many roll calls and filibustering upon so many unimportant subjects. He stated that it cost ?30,000 a day to keep the house of representatives going. An old employe of the house, who has figured on every species of expenses about con? gress, states that it costs a little over $1,900 to call the roll of the house. He says Mr. Hiscock's figures fall far short of the expense of maintaining that side of the capital. lie thinks it costs over $50,000 a day to pay tbe expenses of the house. V/ith the facts and arguments these figures convey fully in the mind of the average member, ho never hesitates to spring to his feet and demand the yeas and nays on a question of no importance whatever. It has been estimated that one-fifth of tbo time of the house is con? sumed in taking votes on vorious kinds of measures, as they come up. ? "Mamma," said Johnny, "can any? body hoar with their mouth?" '"No. child, I don't tlit i tic I hey can," replied the mother. ''Thon, mamma, what made Mr. Jones tell sister ho wan led tn toll her something and put his lips to her mouth Instead of her ear f" ABP'S WEEKLY BUDGET. rtomlnl-ccn ? ? of the FIrat Buttle of Ma Twenty-five years! A quarter of a century has passed since the first battle of Manassas. A battle that made a more lasting impression upon the nation than any that occurred during the war. It was the firit shock of the earthquake. The first blood, the first glory and the first grief. We bad read about wars all our lives and about bloody battles where thousands and thousands were slain. We bad in earliest childhood looked at the pictures and wondered and wondered. Tho few books that had them were almost ! worn out with our thumbing the leaves and we would talk over the same old [ heroes and wonder again. Our mothers I made us read the Bible every Sunday and I when we came to a big battle our minds were filled with awe at the contemplation I of bloody things. What a wonderful I hero was Samson who seized an old jaw* I bone of an ass and like a mighty giant I went threshing around smiting the Phil I istines hip and thigh, and never flopped j until he had slain a thousand men. Then we came down to the revolution where : our forefathers fought, and there were the pictures of Bunker Hill, and Lexington, and Yorktown.. that were nearer kin. : But still it was all a fanciful dream. I Nearly fifty yearn have passed since Jack? son fought at New Orleans, and those heroes were dead. Here and there was a man who fought in Mexico, but they were of a past generation, and that war was not intensified by a long quarrel among brethren?people of the same blond ana nation. The North and South had been quarreling for more than fifty years, and at last bad come to blows and to blood. The chip on the hat had been knocked off. What an awful scene it was, that first battlo. At home it was awfnl when one man was suddenly killed. It startled a whoLa. community, and the news of it was carried from nabor to nabor until it was the talk of the County. My elder broth? er was a doctor, and I was permitted to look on once when Dr. Wildman cut a man's leg off, and I saw the quivering flesh and the arteries, and the blood, and the thigh bone severed with the saw, and heard the poor man's groans, and I had not forgotten that. But here were men, healthy and strong and brave, shot down by the score. Many were dead and many were dying, and they were all around me. The pine thicket and the open field close by, where the Eighth Georgia and Fourth Alabama fought side by Bide, was speck? ed with them. That pine grove and field was a terrible shock to me, for my friends were there and some of my kindred. The dead seemed asleep with their arms near by. The wounded asked for water. Their surviving comrades had left them to pursue an enemy that was still fighting, though retreating. We hurried to the branch for water. We rode to the rear for help-for ambulances. We found the wounded all along the route and the news was that Bartow and Bee were killed and Colonel Gardner was wounded, .and a prisoner. Shout after shout was beard as the front advanced and the enemy retreated. Everywhere there was wild hurrying to and fro. Ambulances went on the run to the battle field. Couriers with orders flew in hot haste over hill and plain. Generals with their staff gallop? ed from hill to hill to overlook the move? ments of their troops who were surging and swaying at double quick and yelling like wild Comanches as they drove back the enemy and broke their columns. The air was filled with smoke. The minnie balls rattled through the pines or spent their force against the fences or upon the ground. The canonading was incessant and was'continued long after the enemy was out of reach. The terrible sound of it lent wir-js to their flight and they left everything behind them. Night shut down upon the scene and brought rest rest to the weary, but not to the wounded. All night long we watched aud waited, and nursed and comforted them as best we could. The surgeon's knife was busy, and as one poor fellow was attended to and moved aside the doctor wiped the perspiration from his brow and hurriedly said, "next." There was not a groan nor a moan as arms and legs were hastily ; baa much feeling then. The excitement ! and the victory had wrought tbem up to a pitch that smothered feeling. They talked and laughed and cried as the sur? geons dressed their wounds. I saw Dr. Miller cut a ball from Jet Howard's hip that bad come nearly through from the other side, and Jet stood up to have it done, and as the ball dropped into the doctor's hand he seized it and said, "I wouldent take a thousand dollars for this." It was Sunday. What a day for such deeds of carnage. The next day was devoted to the dead. Our own dead were buried in spots selected by their friends and some rude headboard marked the name. The federals were lined in trenches with head to feet in nameless graves. They were thick in some places, so thick that one could step from corpse to corpse. It was the third day before some of them were buried, and they had swollen and looked fat and bloated, and some of tbeir clothing had burated with swelling flesh. There was a company of Zouaves in Turkish costume, who looked like a race of giants sleeping there. Dead horses strewed the ground, and they were swollen too and their legs stood out without touching the goound, and the buzzards sat upon tbeir heads and feasted upon their eyeballs as the sweet ost morsel to begin with. Artillery horses fell dead upon each other and were cross and piles and the harness had to be cut away. This battle was insignificant when compared with those that came after, but it was so that the soldiers and the nation g;ot used to blood. Witbin a jear the shock of it had passed. The horror of it was gone. Tbe army wagons marched e ver the battle field of Seven Pines a month or so later, after it was fought and us the wheels crashed across the shallow trenches where the dead were buried, one could see an arm or a leg shoot up or hear tbe bones crack with the passing weight. Tbe teamsters looked back and smiled or cracked a heartless joke?blood a:ad death and corpses are nothing in war ?nothing when one gets hardened to them. It is all business and destiny. No wonder that Bonaparte fought on and felt no sympathy. He was used to it and the dead were nothing. It was no more than a game of chess and the people were the pawns. But more than this is the silent grief of widowed wife and father leas children, and of the mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers whose unbidden tears flow on and flow ever for tbe lost one. Is there no remedy for this curse ? Oh why will nations fight? Why will people fight? Here in a time of peace one man kills another and brings a woe and a grief thai, like Banquo's ghost, will never, never oown. Could it not have been avoided? When a man is crazed by liquor is it courage to hunt him down like he was a beast aud slay him ? or is it not a better courage to avoid him and give his friends and kindred a chance to save him ? What is our coun? try coming to that every young man ca rries a weapon of death in his pocket ? Tliey did not use to do so. I understand th?t most evory lad in our community carrios a pistol. What for and why? Arc our laws and our courts powerless to protect our people ? Have we no judge nor juries ? Have even the boys got to ; protect and defend themselves ? A man mny be constrained to carry a pistol on some emergency, but I believe Judge Hammond was right when he charged I tho grand jury that a man who habitually i carried a pistol was a coward. Tho pistol may make a bully of him and then he !? 1 naggas. Atlanta C?iutitution. I dont believe that tbe boys still more contemptible, for be is a dan* gerous fool. I heard a young man confess that he carried a pistol for two years and one morning he forgot it and he felt so helpless that if a feller had have crooked bis finger at him he would have run like a turkey. This made him ashamed of himself and he discarded it for good. Whisky and pistols are in copartnership, and it is a bad firm. Twenty-five years ago General John? ston's army left Winchester on tbe sly and hurried to Manassas, while Patterson was waiting for a fight at Buckletown, a few miles out from Winchester. For days and weeks they had been sparring at each other, and we thought every day they would fight. Old Joe left enough troops skirmishing around to keep Patter? son from suspecting any trick, but the bulk of his splendid army got marching orders in a still, quiet way, and by night were near the Shenandoah. We crossed that river by torch light. It was a wild, exciting scene to see the boys wading through at the ford and holding their gunB and cartridge boxes over their heads. There were some little fellows along in our crowd and they had to tip toe to keep tbe water out of their mouths, but they Sot there all the same. There were no ry clothes for next day, but they rested on the grass around Paris and let the morning sun give them a dry suit. I remember that there was a child born to us at my house on that eventful night, and a year after when I went home on furlough I travelled with a man who was very inquisitive, and when he asked me how many children I had I told him six, and that I had never seen one of them. He pondered it over a few minutes and said: 'That is very strange, and I would like to ask how it has happened that you have never seen your children." Said I, "My friend, I said that I had never seen one of them, for one was horn after I left home last June." He saw the point, and troubled me no more. The soldiers are having reunions now, and I am glad to see they are becoming so universal at the South. It is sad to see how few of a company have survived tbe perils of the war and the surer perils of death since the war. One by one they go. But let them meet and take comfort, and let their hearts twine together as they talk over the sad but glorious past. A regimentwill make about a company now, hui. in a few more years it will take a brigade. But few are under forty-five, and many have a wound that has never healed or a disease that will not cure. God bless them all, and inspire their children to. love their country as their fathers did. Bill Aep. Convalescent Children. Very often the convalescence of chil? dren is retarded by a depressing ennui. Little children have not the mental resources nor the philosphy of grown-up invalids, and if too young or too weak to read, it goes hard with the patient?and with the nurse, too?if he must lie still all day,' sighing and moaning: "0, I wish I could get up"?"Oh, dear I am so tired of this old bed,"?"Oh, when can I go down stairs?" and all tbe fretful lamentations familiar to mothers and nurses. As. it taxes one's ingenuity to amuse and pacify these little patients, I will mention two or three things I did for my boy when he was recovering from diph? theria, hoping tbe experience may be of use to some other mother. Of course, I soon exhausted stories, and the mild play with such toys as weak little hands can' manage, andjthe old cry of "Oh, mamma, what can I do ?' set in again. The walls of tbe sick room were of bare plaster?as all sick-room walls should be, for a coat of lime makes them all fresh and pure again?and when my weary child sighed, among his many sighs, for "something new in the room to look at, I bethought me of a roll of pictures saved from a year's number of a London illus? trated newspaper. These I brought into tbe sick-room and pinned all about the walls. The effect was very enlivening. The room seemed suddenly enlarged?as if it all at once opened out upon all the quarters of the glohe. There were broad landscapes and wild marine scenes, battle fields, Christmas firesides, noble portraits of horses and dogs, brave generals and fair women, pretty groups of children, and tumbling waterfalls. The small invalid was delighted. Then I 'brought him a long, light stick?a piece of inch moulding, it happened to be?with which he could point at the different pictures while he asked as many questions as he liked. This stick was an inspiratian. It was like having arms six feet long, and the boy had great fun "visiting all around the world" with it, as he expressed it. As long as he staid in bed the first de? mand in the morning was?"Give me my pokestick, mamma." As I had to be out of the room a good deal, I fixed a call bell on the foot of the bed, and we arranged a code of signals that proved quite entertaining. Three taps on the bell with the "poke stick" meant a drink of water; four taps, a clean handkerchief; six taps meant "I am hungry"; eight taps, "What time is it?" and twelve taps signified that tbe pillows needed shaking up and tbe bed straightened generally. After a while I attached to the stick a bit of string with a bent pin attached, scattered some old toys about the floor, and the invalid bad a grand season of 'fishing.' It was amusing to see bow shy some of the fish were, and what a time it was before they would consent to bite. And then the excitement of land? ing them in the bed?which was now a boat, of course?was immense. I am sure these little beguilements helped on my boy's recovery, for they kept his 'spirits' in a cheerful condition, and cheerfulness is a very helpful med? icine.?E 27. Leland, in American Agri' culturittfor August. Married In Spite of the Freshet. Rockingham C. H., N. C, July 22.? Tbe high waters throughout North Caro? lina were the cause of a romantic marriage ! in Rockingham County yesterday. Mr. James Madison Stout and Miss Polly Mickle, one of the most beautiful young ladies in this county, started to get mar? ried. They were accompanied by a small wedding party. When they reached Jones Creek they found that the water was so high that they could not cross. They were going to tbe parson's on the other side. "I'll swim across," said Tony Bush, , the groom's best man, "and bring the preacher to tbe other bank, and he can marry you from there." He Boon had Parson Hazlett on the opposite shore. He gave him Jim's license and told him to proceed. "Join bands, my friends," shouted the parson, and from across the stream he made tbem man and wife. "Three cheers for the American eagle I" cried the groom, as he swung bis hat in the air. "Parson, here's to the weather and here's to J.he tide, and here's a kiss to my bonny bride! Tony, hand the parson that five dollar bill, and be on hand to-night at the frolic at Mam? ma Stout's." "God bless you both," cried the parson, cheerily, waving one band and stuffing the money in his trousers' pocket with the other. ? Mrs. Cleveland has givon up public receptions, but the President shakes hands with from two to three hundred men, women and children four afternoons in tho week. ? A traveller in the deserts of South? ern Africa has uccn-watermelons growing in sand-wastes and thinks they could be raised to great advantage in some of our Western desert*. Tlie New Boad Opening up a cent Country. Correspondence Savannah News. Before proceeding up the main tr of the Augusta and Knoxville iBaf in the direction of Spartanhu1 correspondent decided^firstlo: _ the line of the Savannah'ValTey' Boa its present terminus, which is 35 miles from McCormick, the initial point.. The writer left McCormick. on the* night train and went through to Lowndesvillo with? out being able to view the country.' He" returned, however, by daylight and made a careful note of all that was to be BCeo. When the road is completed it will be '* turned over to the Georgia -Central.?; This surrender is announced to lake, place about July 15, when the trains are expected to reach Anderson, the western.. terminus. The entire length of ?be road j is 58} miles. Capt. Baoul is the con* tractor, but it is well understood that the,; Central Bailroad will controal a majority of the stock and is the virtual owner of the property. Before inviting the reader to take a .. trip with us over the line, ffi LOWNDESVILLE, .jj the present terminus, is entitled to special-'; notice. This is one of the ancient towns: ; of Carolina, delightfully situated in ?v; - fertile region covered with magnificent ; forests of oak and hickory, when* gosh*.' ing springs of ice cold water, purlirigg* 1 streams, lofty h?ls and verdant valleys* are ever challenging the admiration ofr?l the visitor. It is the centre of a refined and elegant society which, left prostrate and he)pless by the cruel fortunes of war, and deprived until now of railroad ami market facilities, has had a hard struggle for existence. Still they have held their own bravely, and with the opening npof the avenues of commerce and dailycom*. munication with the busy world, we trost^djj will come renewed life and energy, end a -M new departure in the road to prosperity. The town was settled in 1884, but aiffi its charter renewed in 1872. It osntaina; three handsome white churches, ^One? school, one carriage shop, six businffil places, three doctors (but no lawyer}, and> 200 inhabitants. DIAMOND 8PBING8, seven miles west of Lowndesvillo, formerly one of the favorite resorts oir-; the noblesse of the Palmetto State, Thjg hotel was erected -by Senator Geor_ McDufEe and others, and hither the mirj?l illustrious dignitaries of the common- . . wealth were wont to congregate every; t" Summer. The water was considered^ highly medicinal. The new road passes through whai once one of the moat opulent and fertile. , districts of the State, out the greed fot'# cotton and wretched system of colrajrww pursued by the slave owners told fe^rfnllj^ upon the soil. Much of it was greatlyj:-; impoverished or allowed to wash away, ? ?! There still remains, however, broad ex??$ panse8 of virgin forest, and the :lar|er" portion of the cleared land is susceptible of speedy renovation under the katutai system of hillside ditching, terracing rotation of crops, liberal fertilizing an "intensive farming." MOUNT CARMEL, . eighteen milos from Lowndesville, is a very old place and has been fast saleep^ for fifty years. The scream of the loco?? , motive whistle, however, has infused tewf|| life into the people, and several new/' buildings in progress show that they are .* becoming alive to their true interests^ The town is noted for its health and con-?j tains six stores, one church, one school > and one carriage shop. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY. As an evidence of the salubrity oi.Mhis 1 region, in an old burial ground in the vicinity of the village six persons of the same family are interred, whose ages>3 range from 79 to 93 years. A It was in four miles of Mt. Canaf Willington, that the celebrated scha that great educator, President Wad was located. Here the most illn sons of the South were trained foi fields of usefulness.in which they aller*, wards achieved immortality. Scan? a vestige of the old school house remi.ins, AN INTERESTING BEMINIBCENCI!. The writer has the highest authority for the truth of the following romuntic incident in the career of the great atlflj learned Dr. Waddell. A native oTVir-si ginia, he resolved to seek his fortunes, farther South, and, mounted upon' a trusty steed, started for Georgia. After several days of diligent travel he found himself at nightfall at the residence of Mrs. Calhoun, the mother of the illus-:^ j trious statesman, and asked for accom-jg^a modations for himself and horse. He -'?: was met at the door by a lovely girl, ti;^ whom the request was made. Sm ^^m plied, "I will ask my mother, sir." Instantly seeking the lady of thehor~~ she said: "Mother, you remember \, dream last night that I related to you to* jay, in which a traveler who was to be my JTJTTJBE HUSBAND called at the door (describing him min* , utely) and asked for a night's lodgirg* That gentleman is now at tbe gate and begs to be accommodated." The result was that the handsome . ] young stranger was admitted, and made a most favorable impression upon both mother and daughter. Indeed itJH*r almost a case of love at first sight. ~The next day young Waddell, before taking his departure, asked tbe privilege of cbi^M responding with Miss Calhoun, bat iras^B denied on the ground of their brief iic* ? quaintance. This brought forth ample letters and testimonials from .high sources in Virginia as to tbe character and go-^fil standing of the young man. Our hero then proceeded on his jour? ney, and opened a school in Columbia $ County, Ga. ' He afterwards visited his. 4*j inemorata, paid his addresses to her, w as . & accepted, and to make a long story short, J they were married, and thus it will be^||| seen the first wife of Dr. Waddell was a j sister of the great Carolina Senator. Afterwards he removed to WillingtcinT;,^ four miles, as stated, from Mt. Cams!, and established that world renowned fane- j of science where such men as George J McDuffie, Pettigrew, the immortal Long^ street, George W. Crawford and other noted celebrities drank inspiration from J| his lips. The Savannah Valley Bailroad wiU ^ prove the open sesame to all this beaut ful historic region, which was the birth? place of Calhoun and tbe home of martyrs of the noblest sons of Carolina. 'Itt^ig effect it is a new country, and only needs | to be properly known and advertised io be appreciated. With the facilities of transportation afforded by the Cer. system, and ocean outlets easy of act the future is certainly radiant with hops to this long neglected portion of our] sister State. ? The Presbyterians of this country* both Northern and-Southern, are to meet, in General Assembly in Philadelphia III 1838. It will be the one hundredth an? niversary of the Presbyterian General Assembly in the United States. Tbs Northern brethren propose to honor thy occasion by bringing an offering of $1,000,000. The Southerners come U} fraternize, but they at* opposed to any? thing being said or done looking Ki organic union. It is hoped by many thai; the meeting will be productive of good results. ? Hog cholera is raging to an alarming ; extent in Botetourt and several other Counties of Virginia, Some coses havo been reported of several farmers losing v -; one hundred head in a week. 'r^j ~ Few persons in this country havo"**! ever heard of George Smith, of Chicago, ~% and yet ho is worth $50,000,000, anddo^h^ not pay a penny in taxes. :