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Stories of the War. LAA FONTIN, TH SCOUT* HE SOY THE ENEMY BY SCORES' A Modest Man With a Splendid Record The Best Marksman in Either Army En giaued in the Late War. Following tie peaceful and mono tonous avocations of a planter and a man of letters in the secluded hamlet of Lyon, in Coahomla County, Missis sippi, not far from Mompbis, lives the most destructive and sanguinary I war rior, single handed, that tho world ever saw, and who in his declining days, dovotes himself to the muses and fromt time to time contributes to the daily and periodical press literary articles of such ilno merit its no one would credit to a man who carries the scars of sixty-seven bullets and has slain so many fellow creatures that he cannot make even an approximate es timato of the number thereof. Tile marquis of Lothian, in hIs his tory of the war of secession, published soveral years ago, being conversant with many incidents in the life of Fon taine, says in elToct that none of the historical or traditional heroes of the chivalric ages, no soldier the world has even known whose deeds of valor have comec down in story, song co' fa ble, can hold a place alongside this man in the qualities of bravery, por severance or devotion to duty ; and the marquis laments that the Confederato States produced no poet or biographer capable of embalming the memory of this nineteenth century warrior. Stated briefly, Fontaino's record was this : lie began as chief of scouts and courier for General Stonewall Jackson. lie served in the same capacity with Generals Stuart and Johnson and brictly with Lee. He took part in twenty-seven pitched battles, lifty seven skirmishes and over a hundred individual skirmishes in which blood was shed. Although he was but a private in the rnks he was once en trusted with a carte blanchO order on the treasury of tire Confederate States. le was known in all branches of the Confederato service as the best marke mnun with rille of revolvor in either army. He was wounded sixty-seven times, and thirteen times his lungs were pierced. Fivo times in the course of the war ho was reported in the dis patches as dead. On two occasions he was ablo, with the aid of mirrors, to look into apertuL-es in his flesh and watch the beatings of his heart. These statements might appear fabulous and altogether incredutous but for the fact that the man is well known by all the veterans in these parts, who fully vouch for all these details and aver further that if Fontaine were not so modest his own recital of his career would seem even more remark able. Lamnar lontaino3 bears in his veins the best blood in the South. He is of the same family is Senator and Asso ciate Justice Lamar, who died a cou ple of year's ago while occupying a ieat on the supreno bench. The writer met Fontaine in Mem phis this I . le had come up to Jattend 'ing of the local Con fed A post and to read 1 papt .,tor-y of the Southern ba~ttLiu rtu iject. He is active and spr'ightly arr nurns goodm for another quarter of a century at least, notwith standing his body is so badly scarredn that scar'cely a patch of the origina skin is visible. He is under thr average statur'e, wear's a jauinty cos tumne, the miost conspicuous features o: which ar-c a br-oad-brimmed hat and short jacket. He talks entertainingla and evinces unusual er'udition on al topics of up-to-date interest, but is no at all foquraerus concer'ning his per sonal adventures. All efforts to drav him out along that line were qjuite bar ren of results. However, some extra ordmnary admissions wer'e made in th course of an extend conversation. " Have you any idea of the numbe of men you have killed in the cours of your wvar career ?" he was asked. " I cu d make no estimate. But or one occasion I shot sixty men In sit minutes, and the record was kept an is vouched for by General R. E. Le himself." Fontaine was induced to narrate th circrrmstances of this slaughter. " It~ occurred at 'Waterloo bridge near War'renton Springs, on the Raf pahannockc, in August, 1862," said h< " That was about the first timo I eve met Gener'al Lee, though I had oft seen him before and knew him b sight. I was then acting as courie for General Jackson, who, it seem: had been telling General Lee about in skill with the rille. On this day I cai r'ied dispatches to Gener'al Lee frot Gener'al Jackson. When I had pci for'med my duty General Lee expresse a desire to see if what he had hear about my ability as a marksman wa tirte. I told him I would do my bet to demonstr'ate it. Over across th valley was a ridge upon which wai stationed a Federal battery that was poring shot into the Confeder'ates ai fast as the guns could be loaded ant r ilschar-ged. Drawing for-th and oper ing his watch Goner-al Lee order'e me to proceed. I began to shoot. " I would say, 'Now I'll shoot No. on gun No. 1,' and the man would dro at the crack of my rifle ; 'Now No. on gun 4,' and that man would droj And so the work continued. As far as a man on the battery fe~l anothei would take his place. Finally Genera Lee closed his watch. ' That will do said he. 'Sixty men in sixty minute is your record.' " On a later occasion when we me General Lee asked me if my conscienc did rnot tr-ouble mec. "'Wh at for ?' said I. "'Because of the people you hay killed.' " General,' said I, 'does your cn science trouble you when you kill rattlesnake ?" "'Why do you ask that?' he replied with that peculiar smile everybod; noticed about him. "'1$ecause,' I answered, 'when I eni listed for the war I made up my minm that it was my duty to kill evesy F'ed oral soldice I could, and I'kill Fedora soldiers fr'om the same sense of duty that you would kill a rattlesnake.'" Fontaine was asked how ho acquirei enesh fine skill in the use of firearms. " Among the Indilans in Texas," hr replied, " When I was a small boy] settled with my rnaronts in that State Later I went to live among the Coman ches, and for thirteen years I never saw the face of a white man." BeyondI doubt tne most remarkble fact accomplished by Fontaine from the point of view of the historian was the carrying of dilspatches and caps into the city of Vicksburg when that city was invested by the Federals. At that time Memphis was in the bands of )ha Isamy, att FoWiu, aotdog as a 11py and under disguise, had been in thI city for a month or so, pioking up what information he ,could for the benefit of General Joseph E. Johnson, who had his headquarters at Jackson, Miss. One day there came a summons for him to report to General Johnston at once. Simultaneously the Federals in this city got knowledge of Fon taino's orders and of hib presence here. The desire to capture such a dangerous spy and redoubtable Confederate sharpshooter became so intense that a reward of $20,000 was offered for him, dead or alive, and troops wore dis patched to cover all the roads leading Southward, to intercept his progress. But he avoided them and reported on time to his General at Jackson for or ders. The orders were that he was to carry dispatches and 40,000 musket caps through the Federal lines and into the city of Vicksburg. The appalling difliculty of this un dertaking may be judged from the fact that Vicksburg was beleagued by 75,000 Federals under General Ulysses S. Grant ; all the approaches to' that city were controlled and guarded by the Federals, and there was a reward of $20,000 for the head of Fontaine. But this courier understood the uses of discretion as well as the necos sity for valor. He set out on his journey. He avoided all thorough fares. In complete disguise and under cover of darkness he passed through the foderal lines, and was about to make a run for the Confederate out posts, when he found himself in a clump of brushwood, confronted by a half dozen soldiers, who appeared to know who he was, for on sight they opened fire on him. He rushed into their midst, revolver in each hand, and four of the enemy fell dead before his unerring aim. The other two fled and the spy ran into the city. When he presented himself before the officer in command, it was found that he had on his body the marks of seventeen bullets. IThis adventure io well au thenticated. As to the numerous "fatalities" Fn which Fontaine appeared as the cen tral figure, some of them had their ludicrous side. John Eston Cooke, the writer of a very popular series of Confederate historical novels, was a companion of Fontaine's during the war and used him, under various names, as a character in his novels. In " Mohun " Fontaine is sketched in the character of Night Hawk. In "Surry of Eaglo's Nest " he is given the name of Parley. Curiously enough, the novelist, in his last named work, states as a historical fact that Fou taine was killed at Petersburg, which proves only that Fontaine was such a skillful actor as to deceive his closest friends in hius mortuary role. " It Is trae, though," explained he to the writer, "that at Petersburg I was wounded In a hot skirmish engage ment, and being unable to run away I simulated a corpse when the 1federrls overran the ground on which I lay. When it was learned in my company that I was dead, one of the, ollicers sent off at once for a collin in which to bury me. About the time the cotin arrived in camp I showed up, too. That in terfered materially with the funeral. But next day, in the cou rse of a general engagement, the oilcer who had dis played such friendliness for ne re ceived a fatal wound, Lnd the remains of the poor man were sent home in the coffin he had ordered for mue." It was in the course of his rission to Vicksburg that Fonltaine was hon ored with unlimited credib upon the treasury of the Confederacy, It wats in the bhape of an order signed by Tr. 0. Mims, the chief quartermaster of the war department, and was worded I thus: "The Confederate States treas t re will honor any draft presented him signed by Lamar Fontaine." Per - haps in all the history of civilized war ffare no such credit and confidence was ovcr before reposed in a private sol r die~r. SUnparaleled as has been this man 's I accompli1hments in deeds of daring, -he has not filied to win laurels in the fairer fields of literature. He is a - regular and popular writer of war sketches, and a recent burlesque art,1 docl on the Venezuelan controversy in which he undertook to express the pa r triotism of the Gonfederate veteran to 3 ward the stars and stripes evoked a half-colurin editorial frorn'rho London Times. But as a writer he is more y widely known by the poem, " Quiet :1 Along the Potomac." While the e credit for his composition has been claimed by several others and publicly 0 accorded to a few, those who are aware of Fontaine's claim and the indisput ', able evidence uponi which it rests no - longer entertain any doubt about his -. good title to the authorship. Cer r tainly, though, he is largely self n educated, ho is a mnaster of graceful y English, and his ability to compose r such a poem is unquestionable, THE INDEPENOENTVOLUNTE[R, d A Brilliant Sketeh of a Curious lrnoident in the dl Confederate Army. 5 t [The following sketch has been con e trilbuted to the New berry Herald and s News, and the author is Capt. D. A. s Dickert, a gallant~ soldier of the Trhird sSouth Carolina Volunteers. No truer El or braver man wore the gray than Gus - Dickert, and he wields the pen with El rare facility, as our' readers will admit when they tinish this sketch.] 3 Capt. Whit. Wal ker', of Newberrv, p~ had obtained a commission and gath 1 ered around him a band of restless ,. spirits like himself, eager and anxious t for any adventure that promised "' fan, frolic or fight." Trhey wer' now play ,1 ing soldier in earnest on tihe ramnparts ' around Charleston, with the guns of a grim old Sumter bristling deflancel in their faces. The company 10118 were t all full, and applications for enroll ment o rejected, while the unceasing clamor for war was wafted over the land on every breeze and gaie. 'rhe guno i~gainst Sumter had. not yet been fired, the report of which was -to reverberate around tha wvorldl ; but a troops were b~eing enrolled all or thbe State, and individuals, prompited by ,motiven only known to themselves, were flocking to Charleston to offer' their services to the cause of secession -and States rights. While Capt. Walker, with a part of - the regiment, was encamped on Morris I island, it was strictly forbidden to pass any one over without a paswsport, and none of the troops were allowed to I visit the mainland, ro zealous wore the authorities in guarding against the in trusIon of Yankee spies. But one day, as the steamer CJhamnpion was unload ing supplies arid munitions of war, a strtatnger passed the guards on the gangway a~nd wats picked up by tihe sentinels as Ihe Wyas roaming over the iland viewing the iorntfications then under construction. He was grres ted, and sent to Capt. Walker, the'olterof the (lay arAd virtually commandant oi the Island for the time being. Tihec stranger was a tino specimen of physi cal manhood -4all and straight ; black, ninen-ts wo rm drmaw in u l f~ thea buttons of wh!oh bore othe st of Virgiala State troopi. No info t4. n a uld be obtained fron him aU:to his antecedents or his present pu-poses, other than that he had " come South to enlist in the cause of South Caro lina." Without much ado, Capt. Wal ker had him enrolled in his company and put on duty. While serving as privato In the company, Neal for as such he gave his name, had but few intimate or personal friends, was silent and moody, keeping as much apart as possible from the other members or the command. By some he was con sidored a crank, 'y others a lunatic, while the most generally accepted theory was that he was a Northern spy. After the fall of Sumter a part of the troop around Charleston re-enlisted In the Confederate service and woro transferred to Virginia, Richmond then becoming the seat of war. The other portion were either disbanded and returned to their homes or elso re enlisted in the other regiments then forming throughout the State. In the changes and confusion incident to the disbanding of the troops Neal dis appeared as mysteriously as he had come. The war wore on. Battles wore fought-some won, some lost. Lee had made his disastrous campaign in MaPrland and was now lying in front of Fredericksburg, facing Burnsides. While resting in our many camps, or during long marches, passing and re passing columns of troops from every Stqte in the South, I had never soon or heard one word from my silent, mys terious comrade of Moris Island. But during the memorable battle that was soon after fought, Kershaw had been orderod to reinforce with a part of his command, Cobb and his brave Geor gians, who were then struggling for existence behind the 3tono wall that ran just below and around Mayree's Hill, Col. Nance, of the 3d S. C. It , was directed to occupy the crost of the now noted Mayreo's Hill, seemingly the objective point for which both ar mies were contending. As we were rush Ing down the road leading to that point at breakneck speed, the enemy pouring in a deadly fire of sholl and solid shot, the bullets from the sharp shooters on the housetops falling like hail in our ranks, a solitary horseman came dashing up the pike in our di rection. His horse was white with foam and apparently ready to fall from the desperate strain ho had bLeOn under. As he came near I discovered it to be the long lost Neal, dressed in the uniform of a Confederate major. How are you, Fort Sumter ?' "Take care of yourself." And away lie goes as on the " wings of the wind." I saw no more of him for a time. All en quiry for him proved unavailing. " Grim visaged war " with its "1 bris tied front " still raged, and in its wake ruin and desolation. Early was in the valley, playing hide and seek with Shoridan. The battle of the 19th Oc tober had been fought, and Sheridan lay hohind his works atFisher's Hill. The morning of the '1st, Gordon, with the stealth of the red man of the for est, made the circuit over the Massa nitten and foil like an avalanche on Sheridan's left, while Kershaw, plung ing tl: rough the Shenandoah, assaulted the battlement on Fisher's Hill. The attack was so sudden and impetuous hat the enemy became panic stricken and Aed like a herd of cattle stamped ed. Men rushing poll ncll from their tents or their plices in the entrench ments, hatless and shoeless; horses galloping riderless wildly yor the plains; cannons, caisons, wagons and vehicles of all kinds driven like rmad through the flieing throng of panic stricken trocops, trampmling under foot ever'ything that came in the way, wnilu 'the Confederates, now In pos sesslin of th'e enemy's works, were pouringla deadly fire in this str-uggling, seething mass of humanity. For- six mIles the Con federateu, now almost as badly disorganized as tho enemy, fol lowed at tho heels of the flying enemy. Trhe wealth andi treasures of the aban donied camps looked to the half star-v ed, half clad Confederates as the treas ures o)f the incas did to th Spanish soldiers of old1 ; so throwing aside all order and discipline a gr-cat p~ortion gave themselves up to lundering and foraging, leaving but a corpor-al's guard to follow the enemy. The wave recedes. Sheridan is met on his5 famous ride fromn Winchester and (qulally famous command, r urn. boys, turn, we are going back." A feeble advance is made, and now the Confederates are routed in turn. Arms arc thrown aside, wagons and artillery left standling on theO pike or tumbled together in a grand '"smash up," can noneer-s and teamsters desert their post and join in with the routed infantry ; all now in one mad chace to avoid cap ture and to place themselves beyond the protecting waters of the Shenan doah. All order is discarded, each and eyery man struggling to forge ahead of his follow-man. Grape and can nister- rake the field, while the heavy tramp) of the enemy's cavalry could be heard thundering down the pike. I was just nearing the skfirt of a t.hicket beyond the road, passing over th~e dead and dying that lay in every direction, the result of the mor-ning fight, when I hear-d my name called. " Hello. F"ort Sumter !" cried Neal, for to my aston ishment, it was the voice of nmy mnys terious friend of years ago. As I near ed him ho reached out his hand as if to grasp mine, and said in a faint, faltering voice, "Good-bye, Fort, Suam ter, good-by. It is all up with me at last." Then pointing to his uniform, which was that of a Federal oflicer, ho said :" This looks strange, but it is all right. Take care of yoursol f or you will be lojt," Then replining his head upon the dead body of his -hiorse that, lay mangled at his side he motioned me on. TIhere was no time for ex planations, and as the heavy tread of the appiroachin~g cavalry told too plain ly my daunger- I followed in the wvake of our bauten soldiers and left Neal "all alone in his glory." Who or what was ho? Was lie a Confederate, er a Yankee spy ? 01r was he b)or11, Or neither ? I will never -know, arnd leave It to the conjecture of the readeri as to who was this silent, mnysteriou~s stranger whom 1 hlnd In thu first riapks oif the Souith andi~ leave bathed ini his own~ blcd,' shed by the hiandis of those whom he first had sworn to protect and defeyd. -The famnous LOxchapfgo Njopel at Wlchmnond, Va., for half a centpry the renidezvous of the most prominent siUsan in Virginim and othaer So'th oro W'als, uy the re sult of an assign mont, will closo, This hoqstpipy wg uncing thae war the stopping pline of the leadinge Confederates and Cabinet o11 er S. liero, too, wheni he yisited th.is country In 1850, the Prince of Wales st, ppJed, and( the goblet from w' hich lhe dIrank his hirsat mint julep is sci r eta inaed here. E'very Governor noim i nated b ly thm e Dmnocrats in VIra gM: n~f' r the past ~ quartOr' of a century ha his haeadguarter's In this house. Thi'mophm ty wmas owned in part by the estatte of the famous Confeiderato cay alry chieftain, Gon. Joseph Stuart SPANISH CRUELTIES IN CUBA. The Usages of Modern Warrare are Brutally Disregarded-Non-Comhatants are Renor solessly Put to Death. * The following letter has been re cOived by mail from Cuba at Tampa, l'a., and is addressed to the American press : " I the government that unhappily rules the destinies of this unfortunate country should be true to the most rudimentary principles of Justice and morality, Col. Jull, who bas been re cently appointed military governor of Matanzas province, should be In the galloys among criminals. It Is but a short time since he was relieved by Gen. Martinez Campos, of the military command at Cienfuegos, as he had not once engaged any of the insurgents' forces, but vented all his ferocious In stincts against innocent and inolfon sivo peasants. "In Yaguaramas, a siuall town near Cienfuegos, he arrested ab suspected spios, Mr. Antonia Morjon, an honest and hard-working man, and Mr. Yguacio Chapi, who is well ad vanced in years and almost blind. Not being able to prove the charge ugainst them as they were innocent, he order ed Maj. Moreno, of the Barcelona battalion, doing garrison, duty at Yaguaramas, to kill thom with the machete and have them buried iin mediately. Maj. Marono answered that he was a gentleman who had come to tight for the integrity of his country, and not to commit murder. This displeased the colonel sorely, but unfortunately a volunteer sergeant with six mombeis were willing to execute the order of the colonel and Morojon and Chapi were murdered without pity. " The order of Jull was executed in the most cruel manner. It horrifies to even think of it. Mr. Chapi, who know the ways of Col. Jull, on being awakonEd at 2 o'clock in the morning and notified by the volunteer Vhief of the guard that he and Morejon had to go out, suspected what was to come, and told nis companion to cry out for help as soon as they would be taken out of the fort. They did so, but those who were to execute the order of Jull, were neither moved or weakened in their purpose ; on the contrary at the first screams of Chapi and Morejon they threw a lasso over their heads and pulled at it by the ends. In a few mnomflenits they fell to the ground choked to dea'h. They were (ragged on the earth without pity to the pita~c where they were buried. All this bloody bcene was witnessed by Juli from a short distance. " Providence has not willed that so much iniquity should remain hidden forever. In the hurry thegrave whero theso two innocent men were buried was not deep enough and part of the rope with which they were choked remained outside. A neighbor looking for a lost cow saw the ropo, took hold of it and on pulling disinterred the head of one of the victims. He was terror-stricken and imumediatoly gave notice to the Gu'rdia Civil and the judge. These authorities soon found out that the men had been killed by order of Col. Jull, and therefore pro ceedings were suspended. " The neighbors and all civil and military authorities know everything that has been related here, but such is the state of affairs on this island, that Gen. Weyler has had no objection to appointing this monster, Col. Jull, mil itary governor of Matanzas. Such deeds as enumerated are common. The p~eople of the town of Matanzas, with Julf as governr~ and Ar-olas at the head of a column, will suiler the con sequences of their pernicious and bloody' instincts. "" That the readers mnay know in paf~t who Gen. Arolas is, I will r-elate what has happened in the Mercedes estate, near Colon. It having come to his knowledge that a small body of rebels was encamped on the sugar estate, Mercodes, of Mir. C'arrolla, Gen. Arolas wecnt to enigage them, but the rebels, who wver- few in number, r'e treated. Much vexed at not beling able to discharge one shot at them, le mado prisonemrs of three workmen who were out in the Iichting herding the animals of thu estate, and with out any formality of trial shot themn. When the badiuts wuiro taken to the Central, they wore recognized, and to cover his responsibility somewhat Gen. Arolas said that wheni he chal iengedl them they run off and at the first discha~rge of mu skotry they fell dead. " It seems impossible, that being so near the United States, s2 near- that co)untry so free, cultured and generous, innocent peasants can be butchered with imnpunity. Not even in Armenia happens whla, is being witnessed in Cubha. The history of the Spanish dominion in this unfortunate island is a history of crime." -The Colpmbia Register esys th aut the politicians and the balance of man kind " are awaiting with a gr'eat, deal of interest and concern the action of the State [Democratic lecmtivo Comn rpittee, wvhich meets on the 7th of April. Just nowy uone of the motn prom inent in pubbie aflairs Neem to ktnow exactly wvhat to do or what will ho done in refereneni to Senator Till muan's pro posedl plan to bolt the national conven tion, which meets in Caieago, unle* a freecsilIvetr pian k is i nsem'ted in the pl at form. The re is no doubt about thbe fact that most of the membeors are imly anchor'ed in the l)emnocrat.ic' party and there is goinmg to take some hard puluntg to get them onitofI it, even if their Ii nancial views areO not made a part of thbe par'ty phatfoarm. There are' others thtouigh wholi at:e ready' t~o kick clein oil, L~th 1,r if t.heS' enn't, ~et free silver, and between the two .actions there will ho lively ii mes when the coiltlittee m.etg." T!he l'1rdmoit, Mca~d lgat says Senator Tilman suggest tt we send delegates to the Chicago con1vent tion instructed toi bolt, if a Wall s'teet, candidate ia nonuinated- if such a policy ho adopted. it is at waste of time to hold( a Demnocratie 'onmventionm, and for Our delegates to go to Ch icago. They would be0 denied a~hilttaniW( j;, the national (XonvenOtiop. Agai n, it would 110 simply~ itobi w hat, we rdbuk a3d Judge IIaskell' fo' In 1890---going inlo a party convention andl then re fusing to abidoe by the decision thrr rendered. Tho.se wilto dq r ij a follow the ad v~ce of IAOe. 1(. I. thid and keep out of the convention. in politics, as well as in ourt business me. intion we must act, honestly and fairly 03y those with wi om we deal1." the deparlajrnt o ;iyfls 4 tl p ary land Eiato Normal behoql, ci aims to have sgeuiaml per'fect, phiqotgaphs (If hiddoni obyo.g~t gjih No 4id pf 40l gr.. Ii nary horse(shou, magnek1t. 1.hl 0( -il 1 of his expi~'leits, he celatims, arec f:,ri sup er'ior to thmose at, 10( .throuigh thme use1 of the (tathiodo rays in ;.at b ~er' i'en-s a per1'fect phiotograub) I of theo ob)j sts light and shatdo in-I eluded, instead of the rough outline as produced by then rays. mr. THE RAILROAD TAX CASES. The Supreme Court Decides in Favor o' the -F4allroad--Sheriff McCravy Will bi Reim bursed by the State. The Supreme Court rendered a de cision on Thursday in the case. of J. B. Cleveland, Receiver, vs. Geo. S. Mu Cravy, Sheriff of Laurens County, which possessos considerable interost from the ctrcumstances surrounding it. It refers to the tine in 1893, when the State governmont was seizing railroad engines and cars for unpaid taxes, and this' case is tihe closliug in (ident, perhaps, of that very impolrtant period. On the 3rd of February, 1893, Sheriff McCravy of Laurens, acting under ih. struction from Go-. Tilljan, sei-zed two engines and a train of box cars, the property of the Port Ltoyal arj Western Carolina Iailroai, to stibfy the amount of taxes due by tbe rail road to the State. The ongines worO chained down to the track and there was no possible way for the ri-lroau to take them away. The road wa., then under the nanagoment of 11. M. Comer, of Savannah, wh'> had been ap pointed Rteceiver by the United 6tater, court. Mr. Coner needed thu two en gines and cars badly for th conduct ing of his business, and the day after the seizure he cane up with the money due for taxes and offered it to the sheriff. The latter, however, rofused to release the engine or cars until he had received his Iivo per cent. commis sion, which amounted to $370.16. Mr. Comer vigorously pirotested against vaying this amount, but finally did so in order to get the rolling stock re leased, at tihe. same tinte giving warn ing that he intended to enttur suit to recover the anount. Ueceoiver Comer- was supereeded by Receiver Cleveland and the latter entered suit, in the State courts to recover the aumount, besides $1 moe-c which he alleged had been unjustly charged as cots. Judge 1--lu pro sided at the session of the court and a verdict was rendered in fa or of Iteceiver Cleveland for the full amount asked for. Sheriff McCrav) appealed and the Supreme Court's decision just rendered confirms tibe linding of the lower court and requiring that the money be returned to the railroad com pany. Thu opinion of the court was written by Justice Pope, but the other mem burs concurred in the finding. In re viewing the case the law as to sheriffs' duties and commissions allowed theit is extensively discussed and the court. While exonera'ing the sheriff from iII. tuntional wrong doing, holds that the sherilf had no right to exact the com mission when the property was in the Lands of the United States court. sherilf MCcravy will not loso any thing by it, for a bill was passed by the last Legislature refunding the amount to him in case he lost the suit; in cas. he won it the amount was to be returned to the State. GEORGE VANDERBILT'S ESTATE. Baltmore Is a Manifcont Ooject Lesson in Art and Agriculture. All the world has heard about the 8plendid estate of George Vanderbilt at Asheville, N. C., and most, of us have suiposed that Biltmore was simply a rich man's fad. Not so. Morton, Sectretary of the Agricultural I)epartment, has been spendiig a week seeing whqt Mr. Vanderbilt has to show ani d on his return to Washing ton on Satprday hie told his colleagues at the cabinet meeting that therec is nothing in the world, owned by sove oign or subject, that will compar-e with Biltmore, either as a residen~ce or as an object lesson In the ag'ricultural ar-ts "It, is a grand idea," saiid 3Mr. Mor ton, "thbat young M-. Vanoder-bilt is trying to carrmy out. it is unique, and none but a man of his enor-mous wealth couilld iundertaike it. Few kings have either funds or tho good of their peo ple at heart sulliclent to conceive undl carry (out what 41r. Vanderjhilt has succpssfull.y dcnbonstr-ated. i do not know how' much money he has spent there, nor how much more lie intends to invest,, but it is onie of the grandest undietakinigs that nd ividual enter p'rise ever- attempltedl, and I understand that, it is the owner's intention to leave it as a legacy to the public when ho can nq lonigor enjoy it hi mself. " Thero are IM,000 acres in the es tato, and every inch of it may be said to be undeir scientfiac cultivation, em bracing every branch of the vegetable kingdom. Cuombined with it lhe has the most perfect system of roarlways 1 have ever seen, and you can drive lol0 miles over mracadamized pavement without goinig off his estate. As an exlibit ion of lanidsca pe gar-deninog it is without anl eq-ual. l'rederiick Law~ Oolmnsted has utia-rce of that branch of the work, and the late Richar-d M Hunt was the architect of ali the build inigs, wh'l ijzh for thiir several uses, surpass rny that exist, on earth. There ar-e no palaces inr Ruropo that can equoal Mr. Van~derbmIt's for ele gance,'comfort and convenience, and ho is gatheing thero a collection of works of art that would make it fa mous if it, had n1o othei- attraction. is stables, hiis har-ns, hiis dairies, his propagaiti ng houses, his hen nerics, and other features of hils establisuhmnent are al! on the same -r rid scale. Heu has undertaken to furnaish the highest possible example of the science of food culture in every one of its branches. lHe hats empiiloyod the best mi n ho aan Iind1( to take charge of hi,. (ApOrionte, andl pay9, themi subtrfnos that are coim arun Ge(rmians and French men and [talians and Engl ishmien, as well as American- employed.- Tflw (o-nenrs arec usually iiepi of high protessional r-egitgreing who. il4e attached to uni.. Verei ties int the oldo world, and spend thir v'acat-lona, th roe, four or six muonthsi, on Mr. Vanderbilt's estate tookilng after their respective departe mnts. WIle the work has not yet been carriled far enough to showi th-i results, the po(ssiblitie cof uso~qlu,-s olfredCby Mr' I. Vaneg1iy tUe seip',ise ".t on& der- his work there just as imper tant to the agricultural interests of th is counrtI-ry as the Deipartmnent, g( Ag-iculturime at Washiinggj t.N dm ploys mior 'i iayi i (tzivo gndter my bare ay ( ukho Is s >cuding ~i pr(niney over-y year than Gongress aipproprbualr for this departnment, although I do not know his figures. Hie has nearly 1,000 'in his ph3y-roll, and we hare, about. 700. 11is men are promoted for- '.iiey,~- nera to the mos't m'rec.l e, it-ser-v.1-e t-ulos, ifa mani kho-is omfl~oyed1 at ai dollar a day to rhovel diirt, Smows that lhe is ecapab!o of somethIng hatter,, hiis r! andi his waiges aro0 h'o 1g .aj4ed gg a ''pp atupupe~i ioeveory body omn notate If ihohere were nouthinug else ino b-.1 ne'Om li i-'h''d. M r. U'tnoder b.t h:., att leastt, bui~dom ou'p tiu uen-t ont L~ion of i.he rolst o'f mt it' d, ami'- .oo (I i like than Kig old Commiioidor-e V andr i bilt for having given us a grandst n Who han the brains and the ben'volence to devoto his wealth to afTord the pub 110 such valuable ol jet lessons in art. architeoture, pgricultur.0, forestry, viticulture, dairying, aod maakiLug and other useful sciences. " The people down thero talk about the enorimous niount of noticy that Mr. Vanderbilt Is investing to gratify his taste and prido, to provido luxuries for' his appotite, and magnifIcent dis plays to flatter his vanity, but the poor creatures do not conplrehend the first letter in the alphabet of his ambi tion. Their Vision is not broad enough, thoir intelligence Is not sullielnt t grasp a single fragrnilent of the idea h1. ., developing, and while they imagine that it Is all duto t') sellshness, Ie is a great honefactotr working for theI. Talk about, the land being worn out down there it) North Carolina. It's the people. Tle land is all right, If brains and energy were applied to its cultivation." -The Spirtanburg Herald says' .The many lersonal intl political friends anld admirers of General M. C. llutler in this Iart of tle Stato wilI be d.elightd to know that despite the fact hie gave up Iis long career in tile service of his State Its he began, a poor man, he has been able to re0ume his practice witli the ver-y best of pros Pects. It is said that his practice already yields ts much as the salary of a Senattor, while he has goodl pro., pects for tevelopIing business5 i lteresta. in this State, aided by NortlrtI capitalit 1, which will in, the near fu ure tl greattly to his incone. Gen 'Wal Ihitleri' was ill public life lonig cuotigh to dernonstrato his ')ility, aiti to prove i inriself Woirtly of collidence of the businlese world." - A Western Judge, sitting in 'ch anihcr, secig from the piles of pa ers ill the lawyer's hands that the hrst case was likely to h); hotly con 3t(std, asked : " W hat is the amount :n (ues:tion ? " " Two dollars,' said the plaintiff's counsel. "I'll play it," said the Jildge, hantiing over l* the mIoney ; "cal I the next.'' I Io had not the patience of Sir Willian m (.rant, who alter listening for two days to the trguments i to m m- construction of a certain Act, quietly observed wheu they had (lone " Ttat Act has bee' rOpealteil." -According to the AgriculturaO Department's report, the md 1k of thik State have taken! a much lar r pro portion of tho current, crop than the mills of any other SoitLern State South Carolinla leads the South. in cotton man'ifactiring, anl w c eon tine to Iead as tmnore new spim: a looms are ptit in Int(tion hecre ca b,0 yea! thar. in any ot,: er conainOiwe:..th in Dixjo. Tbc Leg ilatur p redd f'or state ba k examner, at a alary o' i1,20, and th.v'e tua iiIundree.s of aI - plictionlI.- the1,e phtee alruniay. Th, -.xaminer z to be l.in '" it -. a boart to conisit of te Go ern'r te'retar P W State, Con.ti-rotile, General and S ate Epilepsy 20 Years. Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine, A few years ago, Mfr. L. W. G a:ahr, was an extensivo, success5':ti exnet raanu facrturer of iun r pI,'a-roilhiels. A t tc'kedl w ll ('liilep-iy, heC was1 obliged t), 0 tIvo k ty l& Mi nes.s. The nt tacks e- :e 'nt n, aa: eipplortunieiy. Ono t iane fluein.; frorin a caerri :'go, at anoit he(r c'.iwn stiri x ml tiden ci a lthec stl reed.. Orma a he: fill dliwn a .thit. ini ihn tnil!, his inj':riis nt:irl.'y'pr vn. -: :! r Oaillckher wrijt.s f rom iI iv :tau e, lob. 10, '9X5 "There are none inoroe lnise~ral la the n o'pl le'pt les For :Y0 y 'n ra I sueii ed ' eui~'~ tie Gits, hlaving;il aigh, as .1 . , eonkl triedl any nuirnzber' vf ,.liyswians, p.'i to (o)0netie, ra 6:o of WA).iK and havedtin kit tio for yeaIrs but senrch for~ soinetlbing to help rue, and lhave ta ken all thke leading 'emed ies, huit. received no beneik.. A year ago) liuy Boin, Chias. S. Galklher, drceris. mat 191 lleed St., Miltwa uike, g~eave inc, ' )r. Miles' Rtestorat ive Nervino, a eil I Itried it with gratifying remitse. havo Iced 1)1 two fits sin:'n I begtan t a king itk. I ar:etu te'~Ir now in every wny thant I havo beetn in "O years.'' Dri. M iles' IRtmed io:. til sold by d ruggist.s on a positIve gunra:nteo thac t. tho first, .>t i wIll benefit or pric refuntded. ieok op'. I.,e llourt, and Netrves, free. Adhlross, Dr. Miles Medic'al Co., Elkhart, Inid. Dr. Miles' Remedios Restore ilealth. IA $25 COOKING STOVE E 44 4 44 4 -ll]] Weiver e t t nr" rirwi deos, l hav. b'l it bs eo ,t r i nv c tr ne, gi Set tuyo w ',i i enit. e''iij ii.: a-e I line geoode U '' et f e a ll tt'eetitut e e inves, uaud U I h'.ijng elit the eobji et oetlee treseee I e ume the pl L'. 1'yde waith 2 ha ing p'ai n\t 'ofc pipe,. I (ilbow, I ,'el. E at. t " , ( I rat~per. 1 ('ike poleish,. 1 ron U en '4 t t' Ie, Iiey Ihv . We w.tutC t mako, cu. I'o- : b ti-n 's Cit e'v-ry pIlF* .,f *) M - -IiLtih, li or the Piin peeso eof '' (tin ingo r husion'.c te ew it!W n, ait to t entw our neii( nainitanei; w a ce ,'ib i' n eds. 44 an wii ti hisLtc~, ;e ,enlt toking Stnyg cdt freI Itt echarn's i'ueit. for nuily $ 12.0 wii he I' t iash come-', wi I thei eke . in ith' glvio 1\tr satisfaect Cit. tier IIlhstratedt i Carriage :taled free. Adedryei 4 9 L, 1? PADGETT, 44< d, 840 Broad mtee Aujrst_ _ 0 a . 1 --" A man of this city," says tho' NOw York Tritune, " who ow L' .ek in three cotton ini11l In Nrt r, $I,.[ South Carolina says that hibi iiv n'ende from two of the thre m lls1 hav b t 18 and 23 per cent. The thit-d Inill has earned 30 por cont all of which has been put into an onl1argetIiet and irprovement of the plant,, th0 stock hosde.r receiving paid-upi stock for the0 samno." -Senator Tillman has W'it.n It letter to M'. H1. iarrell, INlitoi. Of tit( Petersburg, (Ind.) Now' inlily the ltquirieus, saying4, thath s o of h1is r'econt itpeec tl dent Clevoland, and . o - not ostracised yy any s4 ii, i" - a few tre sour in their lo Senators arO Umolr frie r D131 sllvu thn speech than l)efore its de[ilvei . -An old man and his WOife '. r. ti Sumincr' sailing onl a ttuner ha-c Blac pool til the ite of an 1,b1(o eats rather Ioui'lij, tim - mai Unaccuiston)1 to sah inn, to her biuiband: Uhi, It said her huahtntl: " t Ilt ous -"It 1s no useu to i , () to t plousant," btid thW htla r'1*4 liiI' the pretty young 11a413, - - Mi look anyti ing \Is'. Al isic workd beatiifu liv. toteriS inl S~ml bt 11 wi give;, long!er ter ri..: at.-JI and Coins( f 'i ll 'Ay b , I (. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. PhIDMONT AlR LINE Condensed Schedule of Passenger Tr&s&. Von. Fati .NI Northbound. No. 38 Nj So No. 12 No. IS Jai). 5, 1896. Daily paiyly )lily jEB gun Ly. Atlant a, C. T. 1200m 11 15 p 7 69 SA tlanta, E.T. 100 P 12 I; a I 0a M N ur is .-........... 1250 a fO~ ;a . ............ ...... 10 1 n(iiesillo.. 225p 2 01 a 10 4% 7 _,, a--..-...... ........ 2 23 U- l I t 8 12 Ineia ..... ........ 2... .. I " Mb. Airy......------..60 llia. 'Jocct-... 3 15 a 11 ::3 a ".. n -.- ----.......... 40;a i 4 Contral....... 446 p 4 33a i *2)p " Greenvillo... 530p & 19a -2 -; " spartaniurg. 618p 68 Ia 3 ** * G ttnoys. .. ........ 6 5, a t o I . "' .1acksbi .. 00 P 7 0:. a 30 ": King's p........... 32a 500 - o ni ... .. .. 753a 6 ------ Ar. ciarlott .... 8 20 3 u $ a ) " 2avillo ...120 lU p 1251 Ar. iclin ond.... i 00 ati oik i' Ar. Wa.hingbon . tta 4ty " ll'. P i 8 (yj A11 2* " lhihihdel 102 5 i a 300a a s NewYork .. 1b53n 620a Ve's.l Fat - Southboun.f. No. 37 N No i i No. 17 1 'y 'a 1 fly E slua Lv. N. Y., P., It 423011 121: 1 "4 Ph il.t h~ 11 ,~~ a- (;*0 1), ;;0 .. .. . '''''''. " P l.. v re.... U 0 6 j.a " 1 W 4ingtu . .1 43, P 11 15 a . ''.. Lv. 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