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# It - -i l-l! *or the Southern BnUrprlit. The Jonrnoy from Greenville to ? Boston. < 2FJitor*?-IVoplo sposk In thee? i tlmoa of a trip to Knrope with kk much flip- | panoy u wo nmd to upcvk of * Journey to j Colombia or Charleston, and trarolling la re- i daood to aa perfect a ayatcm now that an ox- c cnfsioa to London and Paris auggoata but a t alight preparation. A low ?loan ahlrta and a f atnlilne In a rrAAil raltflP. In hll thfti t OUWgW " ? .. la really necessary to atart with, fbr what la < there from a pair of gloves to a pos-jaokot j and eordaroy tmusora that you cannot buy at i any place on tho routof So only "put money to yotor purac," and Aladdin's Lamp may go 1 hang's itnt bo sure to " put monoy th your s JWfsO." i As yott *ruh it. T will copy from my very t Imperfectly kept dli?r~ fimn* "reef*?' ??) ouch t trifling thoughts as wctv f><vi?oatod during my t trip to Eurnpo, from which { bare just return- i od. My journoy began and oudod in Groon-' i vllle, so here goes : i Fsnswoll! a tear, a kiss, a sigh. No ooyness. ? Now, we're parting; a shako ail round and 4 now good-byo ( tbo tears and I were starting. < How restless and unsatisfied is man's nature, I that ho should loavo bis homo where his heart 1 t?, to seek pleasure in lands whore his heart is 1 not. 1I? re wo are at tbo railroad station in I Groonrillo, Saturday morning, June 22d, 18417* i $10 for a tickot to Columbia. Vfhow 1 what i a two-horao prioo for such a ono-horso convoy- < once. If you reckon by tbo number of miloa, < tho prlco seems onourmous, but if you wish to . got your money's worth, just reckon by tho 1 number of hours on tho road, and it will appear dirt cheap. Pull morning and few pas * Bongors. Key. i>r. W s, tno oniy one wun whom I nm acqnointod. Pool pure If I can got hitu to talk that I shall learn sctnothlng. Attack bim In the mar, Beeure his car by sitting very noar and than pour In such a volley of questions as most convinco him ho has encountered n living interrogation point. At Now Markot I lose this source of pleasure, as the Rev. Doctor is engaged to moot a flook there on tbo morrow, to whom ho periodically discourses of lliin who says " I ara tho truo Shepherd," Ac. Only one (very quiot) person loft in tho oar, bnt silence does not reign alone, for ouUido tho rain comes down from clouds as black as Erebus. Ifow slow this coach goes. I'll just take a dose, llow tho Wind blows, disturbs my roposo, then, to add to my woes, the rain drops on uiy noso through the top of this leaky eld car. What's that tho Conductor says 7 Columbia !! This is not tho Columbia that I knew formerly. Shame ! O Gen. Sherman, Con. Ruin, Gen. Holi-Kito. ' What word can oxprc?8 my indignation and contempt for such a oroaturo. This the once beautiful Colombia. Alas! Alasll "Where are thy bowers O Kedron 7" Rain on yo torrents, but ye come too Into. Through ticket to Row York, J20. Privilege of stopping at any station on tho route. It is a groat convonienco to bo able to got a good tapper on tho cars, ns you may, and I did, on < tho Charl ttto Road, but quite inconvenient to . lose one's hat, as you may, mid 1 did, in parsing "oat from tho supper room. Tho wind has ris n to a gaio, and when jve brake up at IV innsboro somo trees aro broken d<>nm near th? track. No sleeping oars on this train, but you aro woloomc to such cat-naps an you can cntoh during tho night. At 8 o'olock Sunday morning, I reached Danville, Va., and tried the hospitality of its worthy citizens till Friday, 28thf when forward was tho word again. I lolt Danvillo at 81 A. M., and reached Richmond at 8? T. M. And hero a delay of six or soven I hours gave mo an opportunity to look about a bit. You may got a good dinner at the Sposlwood Hotel, but how comes it to pass that tho Bpotswood Is standing, when tho tiro devoured ovcry other house in its vicinity ? What a strango freak of tho biasing cloincnt. Tho Post Olliow too, claiming the usual immunity for government property, looking so defiant, like a groat National Fain in an dor. Richmond has nearly roooTorod from tho shock of destruction, and many elegant buildings aro already raised on the burned district. Richmond has a spirit of entorpriso not easily paralysed. Now York must look to her laurels, or Richmond will Win j them. All abonrl for Aqoia Crook at 10J P. US., and, If very tired, you way sloop till tho 1 conductor calls out " Fredericksburg." When 1 looking nut, all is peaceful and calm and quiot. 1 Bright stars trembling in the midnight shy, " Look down in solemn silcnc'o all, Upon this (lurk terrestrial ball." Not a growl from Ursa Major or Ursa Minor, but each in silence pointing to tho North look,, in sorrow brick nt tho dipper tiod to his tail. My thought naturally flows book to that dreadful morning in December, when the aw* ftil din of war mode dny-hreak frightful. In this gulch, where Uio train now rtands, a thousand gun* bole-lied ferth thoir deadly mis ilcfl and man, made In his Creator*;; imago was locked in bloody ombraco with his fellownan. " Twae bora that men with rago and Lute, Made war upon thoir bind, And the land was rod with tho blood they shod, In thoir lust for carnage blind." On wo go, leaving Fredericksburg and such wooful thoughts behind. Tho iron horso soon rushes yon up to Aqnia Creole, where a trim littlo steamboat is wailing to oonvoy the passengers to Washington City on board of which, for tho stun of one dollar tho tired truvellor may lmvo a nloo room nnd bod for a four or fivo hours rest. But if he aeldom travels, maybo ho'd rathor watch for daylight, which will'appear in about tsro hours, and, on a fioo summer morning, a sail up the Potomao Rivor is fnll of interest, especially to M American. You wilt know when tho boat ??*- u. \r k? 4k. k.11 . IS Oppomio am V CIUUII *jj tuv MVII vnuug) . u beautiful custom obaorvod by nil boats on puling the tomb of Washington. Wo touch the wharf at Alexandria, and than run across to tbo "city of magnificent distances," aa Dickana calla Washington. If thia bo your first 1 trip, you'll liko enough lay o\?/ a day or to, and look at tho unfinished but elegant public buildings; but, if not, tbo sUroot onra will tako you over to tho Baltimore rail-road, and ear- . ly in tbo afternoon you may bo in New York. ( Twos Saturday night when I waa not down at tbo Hotol tit. Denis, which is sUu'itud on ( Broadway, opposito Oraco Church. Oh ! the _ luxury of a warm bath and good Led, after tbo dirt and fatiguo of travelling. By moot- 1 lug time Sunday morning, I had strolled down ( Broadway aa fur as Trinity, and though I had ( it in ny mind to hesT service at Oraoo, , 1 , oolu t,i t i ?t I a< I. in r< ascr. ?o f?Jlowed th. j J ? i-jjJL,: - .'.4- TBI St crowd la. One need ?( ask who la the : proaohcr or vrpiiiit, for, posted tip near tho O loor, Is a programme of tho wbolo service, even t< Lhowiamcs of hymns and anthems and oompo- T lors thorcof, snbsoribod, wMh tho nutograph Of ni ho organist. Woll, I'll say nothing about the t, orfermanee, only .this ritualistic sorvloo doos g< tot suit mo* At the Roman Catholio Church, r< mo expects such ceromonios, hat tho Protes- ^ ant Episcopal la not what it waa In my yonthU1 daya. Monday morning, I presented a lott*r or two nf IntmdttnllAn- ami madn flrvnrnl alb, end fn the afternoon, at & o'clock, took ? >a*sago for Boston, learning that the British w itoamcrs from that port wcro considered safer ind move oomrortable than on any other line. ' ! loft New York on the magnifloent steam-pal- R >oe iVewport, which oonnoeta at Newport, R. I.> tl rith (he Old Colony Rail-road, and no Ay] m 1de of sixty-flro miles brings you to fiuitns- m be M Hub of the fTnlrerae." I went tlirootly to T ha Parker Ileuse, Pchool fltroct, which a for- ^ nor exporienoe had taught me Was ono of the i^| most comfortable in the cHy,?nd whoro the (| nan of the world may find every reasonable wMwnicneo, tho hlno laws, Massachusetts to * the contrary notwithstanding. I had counted e >n a fow days enjoymont in Boston, but find hat tho " China" will sail to-morrow, so there a sill bo no timo to spare. I oonld got no Brit- * Lab gold for my Groonbacks, and was compelled v> to do tho next best thing, and took A nicrlcan u fold, nt $1,324. Having secured n>y passage f> iftcr a visit to tho ship, and mndo such a j, sholco of cabin as was loft to choose, I wont ? >n boord, and at 10^ o'clock, on Wednesday, n July 3d, tho British and North American j Royal Mail Steamer China loft her pier at t East Boston. Amid tho noise of tho ship's ' annnon, firing a parting salute, and a bcncdiotton of bunas and waving handkorchtefs on v shore, wo stoamod swiftly down tho harbor; 1 soon passing tho outor light, I was bogie- r ning to think that wo had began onr Vny- r ago in asrnost, when the luncheon Loll, at 12 1 o'clock, asaurod all hungry stomachs that tho 1 wants of the inner man were not forgotten. ' STORK ANON. / Cjj t fmrtjifnt (Sitfrrjirist.j GREEyVlLLR, S. C. J WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1867, ? . \ The Ball-road Moottnrr at Aahevlllo on ( Twontioth Inst. , Wo had tho pleasure of nttending lh:s meeting, in company with tho other dele. , gates from our Town, via: Oov. Pkbkt, , Mr. IIammktt, Gen. Easify, Mr. Ghat?y, Mr. , Ponat.oook, Cupt. Baulk and T. 0. (lowicn. The meeting specially called was for the | purpoeo of promoting the success of the North Oarolina Corlrsl Road to A'hoville. Ana n1*o the rnil-rotid from AfhevHI* *<> j Point ttoek, wliieh will ooinpleto tho Con j nection with K:u?t Tennessee, Kentucky ami Ohio, thun bringing the gr-at 1V?4 within . sixty miles of the head of the Greenville i and Columbia Itoil road. \ The directors of tliO Xoith Oainlina rail roads particularly concerned, fit el not on . Friday morning, at the hotel, and tramaof. ed aomc important business, and tlicn srnvo c notice that tho public mooting would Ikj held in tho chapel of tho Methodist Female College, 11$ o'clock. Accordingly, a large , crowd of gonticmon of Aehovillc and the Counties of Buncombe and Henderson, and c other counties in the western part o* North j Carolina, repaired to the chapel, where tho public meeting was, on motion of Judge ^ Mrkbimaw, organised by calling Colonel ^ SnonSu to tho chair, and .the appointment of Mr. Stuffs, Editor of tho Aslioville ,VciM, secretary. The meeting first attended to those mstlors relating to tho roads now in the course of construction leading ^ to Aelievillo. One of the difficulties encountered, was tho location of the road track, on tho French itroad River. On tho east hank of the Hirer, la the Turnpike and ^ farms and sett emuuU. It is the hurt side for tlio Unil-rond, whloh, if thus located mrwt destroy Hie Turnpike Iload, aud dam age the farms on tlint side the Itiver. A g memorial of the people interested, wan ? read, protesting ngninst. the location ; hot ,, the gentleman who rend it, staled, neverthelcss, thai they were prepared ?o ?uhmU ' t-> the sacrifice rallu-r than the Rouu <dioutd fail. ( The meeting having ended tl>*? discussion I of those matters exclusively concerning c their North Carolina nonipanieu, in con fortuity with an arrangement previously agreed on, tha delegate* trom Greenville 11 and Bi>artanbui'g were olTered a homing Gov. i'eukv announced that I he views of \ the delegates from Greenville would be , presented by Col G. F. Townks, who rose , and addressed the mnoting, giving a brief , history of tlie first olforta to eonneei. Charleston and the West, the stopping of 1 tho road at Columbia, the subsequent build- ' ing of the Greenville and Coluinh'i Itnil- 1 road. Its pooulinr location, n sting | Greenville with Columbia, whilst ?. alf?ra< ( ed a straight track in the direeLiou of Aiken and Augusta, thus giving to Greenvillo the proepact now about to be realized of a | shorter and belter route to Charleston than | by Columbia, and also a rail road connce- , tion nearly direct with Angusln, and, con- i eequently, with all Southern Georgia, Florida and the Southwest generally. Me showed clearly that the location of the. 1 Greenville and Columbia Hail-road woa re 1 ally a most fortunate one; that it was, in ' fact, far better than if it hr.d been built directly to and to Columbia; iu that case, the fair town of Oroonville could never have presented the overpowering attractions for a rail-road connection to Asheville and Western North Carolina, to East Tennessee, Kentucky, and the city of C?n cinnuti, that she now does, Ifc stated that a charter was already granted the Greenville and Columbia J'ond to extend a track from Ninety Six to Aiken, and that now, rinec the construction of the Cotuinbiu Railroad woa certain, there was only the dis Lanco of twenty?fivc miles hctwe,?n Ninety Six and that Road at holt's; that this wup *11 the difficulty to be overcome for Oroenrillo to stand in rail-road connection wtt.li Charleston by a ridge, route never to be in- i orruptod by water, the eamo with Augusta, ?nd all the multiplied advant>g?* which i ,e pointed '-ut, r suiting from tli fneolitics ) JB "f 11 S B Horded to travel end trade of southern eorgia, and the travel of the 8onth-w?jt, > New Orleans, and aa far as Galveston? uxh, which the location of the Greenville nd Columbia Rall-rotrd afforded by tlie ?on. | mplatcd rxtMiiiivn of tlio line at Ninety Ix. Thus giving to Aeheville, and the i gions beyond, the Immense advantage of | iat trade and unlimited travel which onld bo attracted, and which was not afrded by the Spartanburg route, or any Jter cast of Greouvillo. lie stated that it as these foreseen advantages, that, near rcnty years -ago, had reconciled him to te location of the Greenville and Columbia ond through Abbeville District, knowing iat the grsat results would be obtained at me future lime, and, bat for th? War, they owld probably, even now, be realized.? i he rout* by flreWiriHe affofcded the beet j >nnection of tlio West with Charleston j trough the Ninoty Six extension, m well *s lie only direct connection with Augusts, rhich latter would be lost hy a ntorb eastrn route, lie predicted that inasmuch as lie mountain region of Greenville, Pickens nd Wceiern North Carolina tlins made aelly nco*tvdble to' nil 8outh Carolina, as rell nn Southern Georgia, Florida and .the mro distant South west; that not only iimmer travelers but a permanent white opulnlion would be gained to those fine lountaiu regions, which possessed tba lost delight ful olimato of any port of, the fuitcd Stales. Whilst the situntiou wss in ho heart of I ho South, it had the summer limnte of Maine, and wan admirably .dnpted to yield the fruits and crops of few York, end New Kngland. lie urged nnny views of the same goberal purport, md concluded as he had begun by thanking he meeting for the cordial greeting and icarty welcome, with which the delegates rom South Carolina had been received in teheville. At the conclusion of Col. Tuwnb' address, lov. Penny announced that Mr. Bobo, of Spartanburg, would address tho mectiug in >ehnlf of the Spartanburg and Union Itail oad, and that lins of connection. Mr. Bono took tho floor and delivered an able spocch >n the great subject of a rail oonreciion of Western North Carolina, and tho Wert jsnornlly with South Carolina, making nany happy remarks on the encouraging noepect; and whilst he suggested that it was too soon to determine absolutely the oute from ArheviMc> he pointed out briefly he advantages which he argued would irise hy connecting at Spartanburg. But le eaid it who oulireJj practicable, l?y using i common track past the mountain gaps, to >nm?act both Greenville and Fpartanburg. f <1-aire.I, with Aohovillo and the region myriad. C"?. I'Miiiv took the floor after Jir. doito had tuUx his sent, and villi g:-eut force argued the superiority of the Greenp rill- route ov?r any other,reaffirming sonm <f the argument* whieh the first pp nk?r bom.QieenriUe had presented, and urging itliers, to show that the route by Ninety ?ix, which corneeted not only Columbia Cimrlreion, but Augusta nnd llse 8>teaiinah Kiver with the mountain region of forth Carolina end tiic Wist, presented idvuntogee incalculable, and entirely conducive in its favor. This brought up Mr_ iono a second time, who def-nd. d w'rli :cnl and ability the Fpartanburg aide. Ilo vas again replied to by Gov. Pur.kr, and he controversy between thesa two gentler non was a little sharp nnd qnite nniinnted' ?worth clean of a friendly sort; and vi no. .iaed After the meeting that these I wo ihampiona of Spartanburg and Greenvilla ormcd a junction, walking arm-in-arm bark o the hotel, thus powdldy preflgnring the utiiro Ruiiruad links between tho two ilaetw. Wo find our account extending too much ml must closo. We would l>o pleased to renirt, if wro could, ovory thing nnid at tho looting. The only notion taken iu regard to ho extension of tho ruil-road from Ashovlllo ver to OrccnviHo or Fpartanburg, was tho ippoinhnent of ? comraitfoo, at tho suggestion >f Judge Mkiiimah, to correspond with"Coumhia, Charleston, Augusta and Savnntiab, hi hrt ftmitli. fa11 I ill <!ivrtra nlntv\a In I.ist Tonr.cssoo and Kentucky, louisville nnd 'inc. inn lli, especially to inform thom of tho ;rent enterprise, and to ascertain wliat al?! iiny tx expected from those quarters. Tho suggestion of Judge Mmrimaw was n rory wise ino; and the committee, consisting >f Major HcCailky, Engineer of the Kurt renneaHce Pailrond, now building, Mr. IIawwnrr, President of tho Oroonvillo nnd Colombia .Itiiil road; Mr. Jr.tfcn, President of the 'partanburg and tTnion Knilrond, nnd Major It an kin, of Arhovlllo, will bo ablo to accomplish a great den! towards securing tho attention of all tho country, an deeply interested, tnd perhaps socuro, in tho end, a sufficient mhscription of capital to carry tho undertaking to a glorious completion ; wiion Charleston, nnd Columbia, Bavnnnah ?nd Augusta may shako hands with Louisville and Clneinnatti, and all tho intermediate country shall rejoice, nnd onr desert place# hlesronv as tho roso. Tlio doy of our material prosporlty will hare then come, plenty will make her abodo among os, norer again to depart, whilst tho couriers of steam possess tho power to transport the product* of tho wost to our Southom markoU, -4 ? Lndios' Fair, Monday, Tuosdny and Wednesday-, Oetobot Ith, flf.h and 9th. The preparations for the Fair, wo learn, or tho best authority, are sueh as will present unprecedented attractions, according to the aosoutits of those who have looked behind the scenes. Tho Advertisement, in our columns, best displays what inay bo expected. Wt havo no doubt the ludics will be well rewarded by snccoss, and those attending, uiost amply repaid for thoir patronage. Tbo Woekly Catawba Watchman. We havo a copy of a now paper, recently started at flharloUo, If. C., by Messrs. Jones A Jrunnron, Editors and Proprietors. Tt b an interesting sboot, is thoroughly Democratic, and promises tnncK Wc whb il success. 9 . . ji**1 > . *V * * rT?r?H The M fuses Batss. These ladies, to wha n we have alluded heretofore, base closed their visit In Greenville, and have roturned to Charleston, their native "city by the sea." Puring their stay hero, they have been the source of inuoh pleasure and intelloolual sstisfac tion, and that, too, of a higher order. The Readings of the eldsr, Miss Mast DatM. on Westminster Abbey, York, Canterbury, Ferrers, Venice, Days in Scotland, Ac., whilst ther have been Hnllolitlnff and charming, have likewise been instructive and edifyiog. The Clan Instructions ef the younger. Miss Aonks, have been highly useful, eliciting from the female mind those nicer and more beautiful thoughts, and trains of thought, ot which cultivated minds are both onpnMo of receiving and of imparting. Their intercom-^ here, has I nfi-eJ, in the appreciation of those with whom they have ooins In eontact, a high ea'imsto of therr attainments. Accomplishments and refinement, an-! Greenville rt~ grota that she cannot msko permanent residents of ladies so well calculated to adorn her society, as well as to elevate it in all that is boautifnl and olitstc and elegant, Tha young ladies of the Class, paid thorn, on tho night the final Reading, a tribute of thanks which woman only, in her lorollnoss of conception, knows how to feel and express. From G-roonvtllo to Aabevllto. Going fr??m Greenville, S. 0., to Ashsvilla, N. G., in a private carriage, one sees just now ovidonce of good crt-ps along the road from this place to tho Blue Ui igo; ids? through Henderson and Buncombe counties. Tho host corn lands; however, in these counties are the bottom lands, anj wa wero in formed that on these, there is more or leas failure of tho crop, still thn wholo country will make plenty. The deficiency of oorn will be more than supplied by the abundance of tye. The flat Book settlement Mill exhibits evidences of the wealth and refinement of former days, bnt some of the buildings nre now unoccupied. Tho Flu4 Tb-ek Hotel is kept in the neatest and boat style, and affords a most delightful resting pine? for tho traveler or sojourner during tho summer and early lall season. We wore pleased to find thut this house ban beon considerably patronised during the present yesr, notwithstanding the hard times. At AehevlUo thing* rem*in pretty much as lis foro tho war, except the abaonne of t!io tiro Court Honeo, which was bumod down, it is said, by a woman during tho war. The houses and fences arc a littlo dilapidated io appearsnoc, luit tho population is intelligent I energetic and hopeful; especially in view of the certain railroad facilities approaching | thorn on ?v>*r> side- Whilst there, wo had the pleasure of meeting many men of high character and distinction, among tbenn I Judge MfUrimax, Oov. Vanok, Dr. Uardy, laud numerous others who, n'lltouirh l"ra known abroad, arc entitled to corjsid< rnI tion for their good koiiW, nnd good quali| ties. Y/e'hr.ve eehiom mot no in*ol!igont 1 an assembly of g*nlletn*n as senroncd stj the recent railroad meeting at AsIistIIIs. Further Disfranchisement. We see, with sorrow, that Oers. Casht has published an Or.lnr degrading every mnn from tho privilege of serving on a Jury who is not a registered voter, in this Htato ar.d in Noith Carolina. Tliis is extending, liy military legislation, (ho disabilities im I posed on our people by Cor.grcaj, and innlud ? all men not registered, whether ox-1 P ready cxc'nded by Act of Oongreas or j prevented by accident, mistake, bickers* abacnee tnun the State or neglect, hy the same order, ??r those who may bo oapri eiously stricken olf the registry by the will of the register* Those persona who have nnwisely negleoted to register or to present their names for registration, will now are one ilrat-frnit of their folly ; they have loot an additional pvi v lie a( - a. ? 111 - * * * .i-js" ? a urn man. nil IIIIVO W*rn(fl flTIU ] urged registration npon those hnrino the opportunity. ?n?l (eel nor shirt* c.lear of the ooneeijnonooa. There w*a a eufludent mim her expressly excluded by Act of Congress, hut a much larger number have been excluded contraction and their own nagiock The Union Xioaicuo Nominations for Oonrontlon, Thoro was a largo meeting of tha Union Lcaguors in tho nj>por part of Urocnvillo district, attended by its members from Town and other parts, on Inst Thursday, and thoy mado a nomination for the Convention, as follows : Jamt.s M Ai.i.nw, (I'ostmastar,) wliito. Jonn 1). llrns, white. W. n. Jotisson, whito. Wti-bow Coo an, colored. According to tho principal Artiolo of tho Lcagno, as wc understand it, all tbo members are sworn to rote for all tho nominees, when the election eotrtce on, or not voto at atl. Excellent Daily Papers wtth which wo Sxchango. Wo cxchango with tho papers whoso names will l>o found bolow, and can heartily commend thorn to those wishing daily lesuoo; Charleston Coarior, $10 per annum. Charleston News, $10 " " Columbia riic nlx, $1 for six months. Colombia Ghronlelo, $8 per annum. Tho United Rtaten Court. Tho Charleston Courier, of the 19tli, no Moon tho last proceeding* of tho Court ?t i Greenville, which we have already report ed, ar.ii conclude* iu observation? with the following [ crpcnal allusions: > " Jndgc ItfcTAM hoe gained boat* of friend* > during hie ?t?y In Greenville, a? ?ls?> the ' United States Commb-aioner end Clerk nl 1 Oun, (>axikl uoklnnr-k, rnq., Miijor d, T. Ooi.mv, United States UUtrtsl Attorney and the other officer* of the Court." " Old times, old frienda and old - mother*," may 1>? very pretty ; but whoavI or heurd of "old ffoodt " being anything , bat harah and discordant. Therefore, advertiae your gooda before they bee. me old, The Kntcpri#* ha? n go, d circulation in both To*n aud country , ._.. _j ^ SS 8 S S q * Beligiou* Matters. Rev. A. A. Uoua, Krangolist of tho Booth Carolina I'roaby tory, proachod id tho Presby- Ur torlan Church on Sunday morning loot. Ho ha ia appointed to viait all of ?.ho oburohoa In tlio ar bounds of tho Presbytery, for tbo purpose of mi proaoblng tothe different congregations rnoro CI particularly upon tho bettor support of tbo m Cburoh, its InatUutlons and its Interests, by groutcr and (Veer contributions of money, money. Tbo sermon to which wo allude, was , one of much force and potency adducing tbo ^ numerous and urgent seriptunl arguments.? j. Ills efforts will no floubt hare a good effect in bringing out greater liberality. Sunday-school cm.r.nnATiox. ^ On last Sunday afternoon, quite an interest, m log oeoasion was hold at tho Prosby torlan Churoh. The school-ooboiara connected thcrowith gftro a oolobrntlon, at whloh various D beautiful and appropriato hytuns, expressly pro pa rod for tho occasion, wore sung with 11 much execution, between which alternated tho n uoiivory or Biting little addrc?*e?, by several gentlemen. Rev. C. C. Binmo delivered the J first, fallowed by Rov. A. A. Monsn and Judge W. II. CmrBBLt., tbe remarks of each being jj in their boat and happiest mannor, delighting a those present. After tho conclusion of those, several prizes wero dolivopod by tho Sufmrtntondcot. Tho building was filled to its utmost oupaoity. ^ Tho Presbyterian 'Echeol, we take occasion f, to say, is incruostog in numbers and internal ? rapidly. B B Aiwrsr en men. ^ Rov. jJ. A. JlnoAoirs, I). D., will preach at ,o the linptist Church, at II A. M., on Sunday noxt. * n tub aaii LAnn lbctuuh noon. i, Rov. Kr.r.isos Camas- will preach In the r Quillard Chapel on Sunday night next. " r . ^ Kail-road Freights Rodaood. r A red nation of freights from Colnniblato fi Charleston is announced by Superintendent, ' H. T. 1'maki, and took pjaoe on tho 18lh a inst. Mr. Pb&kb announces that tho Au~ p ffunia ffcriff trill bo entorod hereafter. Wo are rejoined to see this judicious movement; the South Carolina Itail road ol ilsotf, as well as the Greenville k Columbia ^ Kail-road, Charleston and the entire up country have suffered ranch loss from ihe discriminating ehorges made by the South J Carolina Hood. Thousands of dollars worth of freight has linen driven from tho c Greenville A Columbia Kail-road, and from ^ tho South Carolina Railroad to theSavnn- ? nah Kiver by tho high charges from Oolum- a bin. Common sense is at last gaining the '' advantage. Wo trust that tho Greenville A Columbia Ttnil-roa.1 will now plnee both B freights ond parscge ticket* at sneh rates * as will best promote tho mutual Interest of tho Company and the public gooeral'y. p . . d Our Merchants Returning. P Those association* must over bo popular ^ where wit is mode to sparkle "and oompla- { cency to embo'lieh; fo?-, in t'.o soclul b sphere, if the first fails to animate, the lot- v tor will please; one may not feel pmrtieui lnrlv cotumiioieofive himself. hut th- mmv 1< I ' r ~J H I Hint full* on him Is (ii'C to delight. yo? to this point, if any of onr ci Peeps, j| in calling upon Uto merchants while th?y 0 | nre >o busy opening their boxes of good', J should ihoy fsil'to give a ready repartee, I their ever reney nti.ie! iliry will excuse them until a more propitious lime, t, We aro not partial to any of the trades C or callings, but we do take a great Internet in our merchants; they are not only gen- " tlemanly, l>ut intelligent, and as friendship g Joe* consist of more than a name, theirs is I particularly ngrecablc. Many of those who hare been MVrth for j goods, have relnrned. They come in from b ufar, like l>eee, heavily laden with honey, t prepared to mako everything sweet and joyous around them We will mention the ? names of a few who have returned, as well I as n few who havo not: ?OL. JNO. P. AMIMOBC, * lie arrlvod on Saturday night, and his r stock is large and varied, and in his atoro a will be found something of almost evory- ? thing desired in a family, llis friends and 11 the people genera'ly ahonld cnll and look ?, at his arrivals, and we know that they will ^ hupply sums of their many necessities from j his shelves and cellar. We intended to t give a more extended notice, but find our ^ time suddenly curtailed. We will only add a partial list of bis dry goods. He hss been ( too busy to change his advertisement this w i A Drown Sheetings, Drown Bhlrtlngs, r Bleached Sheetings, Drown Drills, Blenched Sheetings, Ticks, Stripes, Chocks, Denims, ' Colored Joint, Blenched Joans, I'nper Cam-J ' brie, Glased Cambric, Siless, Plain Linsoys, , Prints, filnghams, Detain as, Balmoral l Skirt*, IToop Bklrta, Corset^ Spool Cotton, \ a full neaortment of Ribbons, I-noes and White Goods, the AjToolm Department la well supplied. Col A. iuforms us that, having bought on tho beet terms, ho otfera at astonishingly l?w rato*. We say again, call and ace him. 1 an. J?>n* rxnousow, ' Of the firm of fluent, Faaorlloit A Mil- i lrs, name Up on tha train on Saturday ( night, after an absence of three weeks.? ( lfo has purchased extensively, but, wa bs- j iieve, tha goods have not yet arrived, bnt nro looked for every day, , maj. t. n. rfcsmwow, Of the firm of Wii.tmikr A PRsnnaov, ar rived with tho latter gentleman, ills pur chases nre also extensive, bnt have not all 1 come u|?. Ills stook of ah oca is very large. MR. w. ii. novxT II'* not yet returned, and It mav ha ?*v oral ?lny* before hU arrival, but his goods ore oon.ing on. IIin selections art always of the beat character. ML WILLIAM n CI. LA WO, Copartner of II IiKArrir: <fc Co., ia looked for on Fr'dsy's train. He has been absent some three weeks. Mr. Hkattib informs us 1 that, many of the goods are already in the ' store, and arc on the shelves, all marked ' and fixed for rapid sales, tow for cash.?This Arm ia too well known for na to eorn inenl. They will put in advertisement next Week. - , A new Paper in Colombia. I The Daily f'kroulrh has been just cstsbllrhod in Columbia and bas reached as tfnoo our 1 last Issue. It is a promising journal, published by " The Chronlclo publishing Company."? | Prlee $1 f"r one your. Fraction* of tbo year in proportion. . i ' <V ; t * -' -' '-?<* - W Til# Ctronn is Oomtng t Read thai big advertisement to notktr Minn, in roferenoo to tbo ahow. When you ire don* thia, go to the plhoO where the hill* posted, and. look at them. They ?1U ' , Ore many ? Httle bey'a heart Jump, tif reu# u eoutlag! 1 v* " 8*. Prauaa, W. I- Sept. St. A ire loot night deetroyed 100 bonaee. Boseoe, Sept, St. . Mount Hope Iron work*, on Taunton ileer, >Torin? three noree, woa burned loot night.? on $160,000, moetly Ipeured. jeeneronn, Sept. SI. Tbo Hartford and Mew York Steamboat ompnny depot woe burned laa? night, with eight lose of $100,000. j Rtlltloua Borrieei, Sunday, Sept. 99. Pap list Church, 11, A. V., Kev. Dr. J. A. no anon. Methodist Church, It, A. X., Iter. J. W? Jjkj [t'MBURT. .iBB Episcopal Church, 11, A. M., and 5, P. X., ,cr. Rluios Caphbr. Presbyterian Church, 11, A. M.f and 8, P. Dr. Sous. Pastors are respectfully requested to iform us when any change occurs la the leglor supplies. OBITUARY, ' Again has the ruthless hand of Death Beloved fro in a large circle of affectionate rionds, one of I bo most 1'ored and cherished f their number. Mrs. D. PIERCE SPARKS, Jr., formerly fiss Ijisxir M. Dvkuaii, of Oreonvlile, 8. C., lod, after a brief illness, near Now Orleans, ' n IhoSfith day of August, 1887. Only a little more than nlno months ago. ho left tho boiuo of hor childhood, fother and lother, kindred any frionds, to aooompaay 1m, to whom sho bad just boon happily marSod, to tho far distant Woe*. Bow vlridly ow does tho parting scene, on that memo rale morning, ootne up before us, as, clinging a her aged father, the devoted daughter seemd as If she eonld not go, and pot, as the distill wife, felt that she must. Waoee the peneratlng eye which could then foresee that we rould ncvor look upon that lovoly form lu life gain ? Least of sill, did one fond friend supose that ere a single yoar had* elapsed, be rould bo vainly endeavoring to offer a merited -ihute to her mcmorv. She is gone; bnt her Image can never be ITaeod, nor can the sweet lofluencoe of bet hnractor ever oease to act upon theee with liom sho was most intimately associated. Endowed with fer more than ordinary gifts, bo possessed a quick apprehension, a retentive icmory, charming conversational powers, and be most engaging igannor*. Among the many virtues that adorned her bavnetcr, filial love, perhaps, shone brightest f them nil. While, as a friend, shs was ever rtio, and, ns a slater, generous And toudor, It, rns her gostest delight to reciprocate the entn ud nIToction of her parents, with oorrMpendig revoreoce, obedience, docility and gvatlado. Dot to thoso noble qnnlitios of head nd heart, crowning and beautifying them all, res added tho quiet radicnoe of a deep and H pervading piety. In tho yoar 1898, sho connected herself with lie baptist Church, and, to the day of her oath, adorned the doctrine of flod by her tous walk ami conversation. Stricken down lion on the very eve of starting on a visit to or native borne, to which she so ardently doired to return, she was yet perfectly resigned a tho will of her Heavenly Master, and foil sleep, camly and sweetly, on hot Saviour's oaom. Jlrrouvod parents! dtsconsolato husband 1 ci this ho your consolation. But, alael be rho would lain administer comfort to you* cods biiurclf to t.c comforted for ho mourns lie loss of one whom ho loved as an own and nly s ater. 1L D, tlrpARTun tbfa life, on the raorrincof the 1th September, FRANCES HAYNK, aged lght year* and five months, eldest daughor el Mra. w?. Tnuurfloa, resident sf reenville, Sonth Carolina. This lovely bud dropped from the parent torn as gently as rose, whose loaves are oatterea by the snmmer breesa, after a lln;erlng and painful illness of five months, K>rne with tlie most exemplary patience ixl gentleness. She was a member ef the luptist Sabbath School, and took great de* ight in all ita exercises, especially in raising ier aweet voice in the songs of praiee ootk* emed in her little hymn book. Hhe was truly a lovely and promising 111 iu, ?n ner ?any r?mnni nw lorn open frrah the bleeding wound, not yet healed, u tli? heart of her widowed mother. Pyreft flower! we dare not mourn for ho?, transplanted to bloom eternally in tbw ianion of Paradise I?taken away from >ain and differing, and mfely folded in the rme of Utm who Raid, ''suffer the little hlldren to ??me unto me, end forbid them tot, for of eueh la the Kingdom of H*?Tin. ' Why doee she ?all thrnn to her bod, ind lovingly lay ber tittle bead Jpoo tboir breast f Why does ber brow trow bright with angel beauty now? Vhy dawns that leek, whyoomee that thrill? Thy Is her smile so sweet?eo still T" o , ? a T. Notice. A PPLTCATION will he made a* the ne*ft /\ session of the Legislature to eloee that old >art of the Retherfordton Road, beginning tear Boaverdam Bridge, and ending in toe liroctiun of OowaoSTlue, where the old and lew roads reunite. Sept. 1 18 Am V To Bent, \/fY IIOUBR AND LOT, eitueted ?ppaIfJ. site the residence of Dr. J. P. Boroa. Hie House ?obtains seven Rooms, two arg? Pantries, one Woed Gloeet, with front ind haek Plana?. On the pretnisea are Kitchen, Servants' Hons?, Smoke Home, Well of Water, end Urge Stable. There ire two aeree of land. Floe Fruit Trees >n the place. OF* Apply to Mr. Xieasit RauNsoft. JANKT. BUTLRR, Sept US 18 1 - Piano. -TV. KOR SALS, mi my Of. I 1 it IfcllM No. L FIANOrOM o( u??** * D*tW I " ^m>ke ? m?oni im d fcr softnaM of U> fifth ami ?ound. Will be sold low. Oft 11 fti Um AOO Lloo Kuomi ftnd ex?min? it. jULius o. surra. AucticfAllovtftk h*p* so it i S3 9 H* E* 9R&R Y o MISS~McKAY .A. WILL .rpeo, o? MONDAY, 80th. im Asaortmout of ?BgQB FALL AND WIRTO #|jf MILLINSHY, ih*1 AMwiaUng of Iho Iftloftt fttylM W of UOoNBTB. HATB, INFANTS HATS AND OA PH; oloo, RIBBON"*, rLOWRim. FSATDBR8, LACS VKII.H. ORNAMENTS. AO. IfT fte$ismut ntar William* A Whitiftirr'l Hot*. 18 8 8ej?t *5