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(From O'ir Regular Correspondent. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 16. In view of the repeated denial on the subject the friends of Lient. Kislingbury here were much shock ed this afternoon on learning that when his coffin was opened at Ro chester it was found that there was no flesh on his bones. It is not well understood why there has been so much concealment in this matter. Commander Schley and Admiral Nichols first denied that Henry had been shot. The official report -of Lieut. Greely showed that they did not know what they were talking about. It. turns out. that there were only two people who knew about the shooting of - Henry from Lieut. Greeley, Secre tary Chandler and Gen. Hazen. Gen. Hazen wanted to tell Sec'y Lincoln about it,'but was unable to see him, and he feared to send him a telegram on the subje It. Be ing in ignorance in the matter, See'y Lincoln and Gen. Hancock now find themselves in the awk ward and unmilitary position of having attended the funeral of a soldier who been executed by order of a court-martial, a thing that is in violation of all military etiquete. Lieut: Greeley desired that the shooting of Henry should not be made public and Sec'y Chandler and Gen Hazen would have obliged him in this direction had it not boen necessary, in view of the fact having leaked out through other sources, to publish the official re port of the occurence. It is now thought it would have been better if all the facts, terrible as they were, had been given out in the first instance instead of endeavor ing to conceal them. "Trhere are two subjects'' said a friend of mine, who is a patent lawyer, "that have absorbed more brain tissue from the heads of in ventive genuises than would be necessary to outweigh all the gold that has been, in consequence, put into their pockets. The first of these is the coupling of railroad cars. Over two-hundred patents a year are issued for these hitching devices. Why so comparatively unimportant a matter shonld re ceive so much attention on the part of invention is more than I can ex plain, The other great lives of patented inventions is more sensi bly3 though possibly not much more prodluctive of rewards for ge ius, for it relates to aids for com fortable sleeping. Go to any in dlustrial fair and you will see num erous novelties in bedstead*, all intended to conduce to the luxury exhibits, however, is very small compared with the patented arti Cles that get so far from the hands of the inventors as to reach the market. The new pension office building is progressing slowly and when completed will be one of the larg est structures in the country. It is built of brick, with terra cotta trimmings containing representa tion of military life. While the pension office is often regarded as hostile to the interests of the sl dier, the committee on pensions of both the Senate and House of Rep resentatives have been exeeiing ly friendly. Senator Mit chell. chairman of* the Senate committee, has been known to strongly ree ommend a pension, as being just and proper, which has been disal lowed by the pension officials. So also in the House commitice, Mr. Patton, of Penn., a democrat, has been heard to say, that he would sooner see the Government suffer, than feel that a deserving soldier should go unrewarded. It is a rare exception that Congress does not grant a pension when recommend ed by the committees. A number of bank presidents througout the country have writ ten to the Postmaster-General ask ing him to exclude "Thompson's Bank-note and Commercial Repor ter" from the mails. In referring to these letters to-day, Assistant Attorney-General Freeman said, "'The Bank-note and Commercial Reporter' is a black-mailing sheet published at New York. ~ The plan is to send the paper to all leading banks, and after a time a bill for $5 is sent to the bank. Upon the refusal of the bank to pay the bill, a letter is sent threatening to at tack its credit unless the bill is p~aid. AUGUST. -Rev. Sam Jones, of Georgia, has been preaching in Corinth, Miss., for a week. There has nev er heen known in the historp of the city such a revival. He preach es three times each day in the courthouse-no church in the city will begin to hold the people. At each service the courthouse is packed with people. There has been to date near one hundred con versions, among them the speaker of the house of representatives, of Mississippi, and the whole town is moved. There are in attendance each day people from fity to two hundred miles.--Hartwell Sun. -A Baltimore swell went to a fancy dress ball as a donkey, and bis friends say it is the first time he ever failed to make an ass of himself. -Although your doctor may say you owe your life to him, he will not take it in settlement of his Marble and Granite MONIUMENTS, GreenvWe, S. C. May 23 ly BOWEN'S MILLS! H AV ING been recently overhauled, are now in first rate order. Per sons coming from a distance will get. their grinding done at night. They will tilnd a house to stay in and stalls for their horses. Give us a trial. All persons wishing their GINS filed by the O'NEIL SAW FILING MACHINE, can have It done at Esley, by Mr. Maron Day, or if you will notify me at Briggs Postoffice, S. C., I will send a man to your Gin and do the work. It is better than all oth er Machines. Try It and be convinced. inly 25 tf I. E. BOWEN. BLACKSMITHING In all its branches, done by JAMES ROSEMONP. Eagley, S. C. Give him a call an(l satisfaction wil be given. both as to work and eharges ................. .................................. RICHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. On after Ang. 3(1, 1884, Passenger I'rain service on the A. & C. Air-Line Division will he as follows : AOR TH WA RD. ~Express, Mall, No. 51 No. 53 _Daily. Daily. Leave Atlanta. . . A 4 40 p in 8 40 a n Ar. Gainesville.. .. 6 57 p mn 10 35 a m ula.... ..... 7 25 p in 11 01 a m Rab.GapJuneiB 8 12 p m 11 30a m "IToccoa.......C1 8 A4 p in112 04 p in "b Seneca City ..D 959 p m 100 p m " Central........ 1032 p m 152 p im " Liierty........ 10 53 p m 213p in "Easley's. .. . ... 1110p m 227 p m Greenville.. E11 42 p in 247 p m "Spartanburg. F 101 a mi 3 66 p in " Gastonia... 3 20 a mn 554 pm " Charlotte...H 4 10 a m 6 40 pm SO UTH WAR.D. ~xpress, 'Wi7 Daily. jaily Leave Charltte 1 45 am i 00pm At. Gastonia.. . ... 230 a m 1 45 pm "Spairtanburg. .. 4 28 aim 3 45pm "Greenville. .... 5 43 anm 4 55pm " Easey's.. . .... 617 am 526 pmn " Liberty. .. . .... 634 am 5 42 pm " Central.. ... ... 655 amt 6 40pm " Seneca City. 732 a m 6 37p m "Toccoa. .. . . . . .S84Oam 7 35 pm " Rab. Gap.June.I 9 34a m 8 30p m " Lula. .. .. .. . .10O9 a m 8 59p m " Gainesville.1...10 36 a mn 9 25 p mi " Atlanta....... 100pm 11l30p mn Accomm iodation Train, (Air-Line Belle) GOING NORTH. Leave Atlanta..................... 6 15 p mn Arrive Gainesville...0.........8 25 p mn Accommodation Train, (Air-Line Belle QOING SOUTH. L've Gainesville............... 7 00 a m Arrive Atlata.................. 9 20 a mn No. 18--Local Freight, Going South. Leave Charlotte.................. 6 00 a mn A rrive Gaff'ney's............10 50 a mn Arrive Spartanburg--........12 53 p mn Arrive Greenville............... 4 15 p mn Arrive at Easleys. ................6 03 p mn Arrive at Liberty ................ 6t45p m Arrive Central.................. 7 30 p mn No. 17.--Local Freight, Going North. Arrive at iberty........ 15 a IL Arrive at Easleys........... 5 60 a mn Ai rive Greenville...... .,. 7 03 a ir. Arrive Spartanburg...........10 20 a in Arrive Gaffney's. ............... 1 03 p m Arrive Charlotte.................. 6 15p M, All freight trains on this road carry passengers. All phAsenger trains run brough to Danville & Richmond with out change connecting at Danville with Va. Midland, to- all Eastern eities, and at Atlanta with all lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond at 1 30 p. n. and No. 51 arrives theie at 3 50 p m. 52 leaves fichmondl 28 a m. 53 arrives there 7 00 a im. The local freights stop at above stations 20 to 30 minutes. BUFFET SLEEPING CARS WITH OUTICHANGE. On trains Nos. 50 and 51, New York and Atlanta, via Washington and Dan ville, and also Goldsboro and Warta) Springs. Oin trains Nos, 52 and 53, Richmoild and Danville, Washington and Augus ta,. Washington and- New Orleans. Returning, on No. 52-sleever Greens boro to ichinond. Throigh Tickets on sale at Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spar tanburg and wainesville to all points Son th, Southwest, North and East.' A, with N E R R to and from Athens. ., with N E R R to and from Talu lah Falls. C, with El. Air-Line, to and troin Elberton an( Bowersville. D, with Blue Ridge R n to and from Walhalla, &c. E, with c and G R R to aud from Newberry, Alston and Columbia. V, with A and s and s u and C R R to and from HendersonvilleAlston &c. G, with Chester and Lenoir R R to and from chester, Yorkville and Dallas 11, with N C Division and C C and A R R to and from oreensboro, Raleigh, &C. EDWIN BERKLEY, Supt. M. SLAUGHTER, Gen. Pass. Agt. A. L. RIvES, 2d V P & Gen. Man'r. South Carolina Railway Company. Comniicing Sunday, May 11, 1884, at 4 p m. Passenger 'rains will i tin as follows until furtier notice, "Eastern time :" TO AND) FROM CHARLESTON. EAST (DA ILY.) Depart Columbia at 7 50 a in 5 25 p in Due Charleston at 12 20 a in 9 55 " WEST (DAILY.) Depart Charleston 8 18 a in 4 30 p im Due at Columbia at 12 38 4 9 22 " TO AND FROM CAMDEN. East (Daily except Sunday.) De part Columbia at 7 50 a mn 5 25 p) m Due at Camden at 2 25 p mn 8 25 " WVest (Daily except Sunday.) Depart Camden at 9 00 a mn 4 00p mn Due at Columbia 1238 " 9 22 " TO AND FOM AUGUSTA. East (Daily.) Depart Columbia at 7 50 a mn 5 25 p rn Due at Augusta1at 1 20 pmi 810 ami West (Daily.) Depart Augusta at 7 15 a m Due at Columbia at 12 38 p m' CONNECTI ONS made at Columbia with Golumbia and Greenville Railroad by train arriving at 12 38 p mn, and departing at 5 50p. mn. At Columbia Junction with Char lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, by same train to and from all points on both roads8. At Charleston with Steamers fo New York on Saturday; and on Tuies day andl Saturday with Steamer for Jacksonville and points 01) Stb. John'm River; also, with Charleston and Sa van nah Railroad to and from Savan nah and all points in Florida. At Angusta with Georgia and Cen - tral Railroads to and from all points West andl Smuth. A t Blackville to and from point~s on Barnwell Railroad. Tihrough ticketsecan be pnrchased to all points South and West by applying to D. MCQ UEEN, Agent, Columbiag S.C. JOHN B. Psman neral Manaa