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? . J----T"*^-1 . ?- 1 - ---rr- ; ; i ?- . .. -;-?-?-1-1 Ttl? Farrners and Merchants Bank . >JL_1L_L' rffii's'iWJPfjy ? ti J ' - * , / ? ._. _i_..... . The Farmers Loan and Trust Co. With resources aggregating a little the rise of ONE MIL , LION DOLLARS, are making a specialty of small notes, that is, notes for less than $100$Rf3l*tye are a little partial to notes of that size, so if you are nMaing Anywhere - frojn /9|25wQQ;to.' ' $iO0.?O fix up a note, get it well endorsed, just to show you ???p good company (you naturally ask your associates; to endorse . your notes), bring the note to us and we will "cash" it. We would like to "cash" about-2.000 of them this summer. We will expect them paid during thelmont!, of October and first hali * of Noveniber. We also expect to supply our regular customers - with their usual business requirements. . . . f.-.r. . .'.l../sr ur?-' - 'A.^ 1 . vir ak -i /.i o o o o o O>- o o o ,. 'A$S?SSOF" o ?. ' , . . ,. . :. o .. . .v. ? ? -- o 'v. - : .'s;.': . .. . o (Frotp Thc Atiderson JnteUi o o o o o o o o . * Tff E TAUE IftS?E. * (E?ditorial Intelligencer Nov. IS, I860, * by Jae. A*.Hoyt.) In times ot political excrement, ?ben grave questions are to be decid ed Upon by the masaea.it ts essential' important that' correct Information be dessiminated,' and - that tho true state or facts bo presented. At this moment thc people of South Carolina hare before them ap Issue, dlatta<$ and easy of comprehension, which is to be determined lp a few weeks at the ballot box ' The naked proportion,ts, will they nubmlt to be governed by . Black Re publicans. Every intelligent reader is advised what are the.tendencies, alms and objects of that, dominant sectional party, and there cannot exist even the shadow of a doubt in regard to the an swer they will make to the interroga tory With One United volco Carolin ians declare they will? not acquiesce lo a fanatical, sectional and unconsti tutional government What then IA the mode of resist ance, and how will tho calamities and . disgrace of aubmListon be^ everf?d? Why by secession trabt this Onion by resuming the powers delegated ny / the state la tho t^r^l'^ioverament, and setting np an entirely newipfr^ ernroent The states rlrthta cread, long recog nised In this state le the essence and * aubstsnce of republican principles, distinctly declares the right:, of a state to withdraw from the, Union, whehover sh? determines tor herself that the grievances ' and oppressions consequent upon that Union aly longer endurable \ Thia; is to ^|?e ac complished ac* perfected by a conven tion ot the i*jvcretgnty pt that, people ro oppressed '.*** W&iy The ccaventlo? called JU?ether by act o? t?? assembly is empowered to 'ft " , pass any oidlnance ttn their wis f oom may ne Wndent and proper to as sert the rights or remedy, the evil? op es wi.;?r. they are called' to deliberate. l*or the third ilma, ama? thc f?deral constitution bas been framed, when Roath Cerblina ^..cedea as s- party tc the compact m common with the, Old Thlrt**?s*?;''*K*. ?ysrjiss??" cf- t?iis state Toas been a?nv?ned'To deliberate up on the' evaW^wtag^-ef thtegaater al government. The test tsaae, prior to /ho Atti. iiaw. asiteilBg- lae Boy th. r? waa not considered of sumctentiy grave Importance by the older, slave **, holding- states to owe with South Carolina iii setting ap an Independent government. She therefore when har convention was assembled ta ISM, tx, defifrgf?ib th? Judgment and polte? of, fhe t tates O O v o o o o o o . o . ... . ? -:' o o o gencer ?f Years Gone by.) o o o ooo o o o comt?cn with her. ??pt?Us' ordain od that the cause was sufficient, but that sha .Wald walt for the co-operation ot others before she would secede from this Uni?n...: Wo now come to con sider thc tfacts and evidences which aro manilya^ ' that, she wi ii have thu co-operation sought by her in '52. . Since July last, the most distin guished and able southern statesmen have been fully convinced that the candidate of a sectional party would fie triumphant in the late Presidential election. , They hat*; expressed this conviction publicly and in other states a few warning Voices have been raised urging reslfetance to thia "overt act" ot aggression. Th? nmiainr mini, in structed only .upon7 tne policies and principles of. the Democratic and Op posion parties tn: the South, and ac customed, tor a. serlos tat years to the triumph .or the once powerful Demo? cracy. was not prepared to receive the Intelligence, that. tho negro worship ping and negro affiliating candidates had beep elected to the highest offices n the gift of the people ol these Uni -.ed States. .... jtapffi^ ??hm}^?^?^o7 ^o teUs^phte vires came chconaging omens from Ul Quarters of the south beseeching hat body to Inaugurate the move for ecebajon. that the cause might be Btrengthcned and upheld elsewhere. .~Wltk aar, aaparalleted unanimity and :afte.f solemn deliberation, the general assembly passed sn .act call ing a convention to meet on the ltTb proximo. The tendency of that move tr to sustain the glorious cause in Oth er states, and every mall bringa fresh lacUoatlons'that the spirit of freedom ^?'irest?tanco to tyrannical majori tioa IS on the arosndaati . B?chv Mate will pffctdr Itself, sud five wiU certafia ly secede. The true lane, then to be presented to the people* tn "Whether they will submit to Black Republican Role," The question of asperate s? cession or co-operation cannot right fully bo introduced, ?nd he who lue? k^iate: the coo teat travels behind the record to create dtviesoe ox wsaHpHB BOWRA* IS YIRRI M A (Prom The Anderdon Intelligencer of May 2, 18?I.) Brigadier General M. L. Bonham of the Confederate States Amy, leaves this city tottay ?or Virginia. He will command the Brigade of Palmettoea", I BOW o their way t otho border. We iwu-n that the general's headquarter* , wtfl be *w?abl4?hed at Richmond In 4vjtefsl ??HerWiat "Partant Pour la yrle^As Virginia will bo the battle ground of the sec* I . ck>umi ?imcu?tien. each of the south ern, state* tu nat send on Ita quota of nlen ano arms to the forcea now con centrating at Richmond for the Anal achievement .of southern independ ence. We .know that South Carolina will promptly, supply trocas that will add lustre to her militar/ fame, and win new laurels. In Bonham they have a commander capable-without fear' and' without reproach- Bonham of the Alamo waa bia brother, and fell surrounded by a heap of dead. BEWRKED. (Prom The intelligencer, July 6,1865.) For the'past'week we have noticed quite a number each day of our re turned aoldiera,, freah from uortbern prisons, tn general they are looking hale and hearty, and from them we learned their condition has been much Improved since the surrendem our armies. Among others wo have beeb, pleased to welcome. Lient. N. K. Sullivan and John Li. Humphreys. > The former has w been on Johnson's Island fdr two - yoars, and baa experienced all U.e vicissitudes of prison life during that time. Mr. Humphreys was captured at Salisbury, N. C., in April last, and has been apjonvntug at Camp Chase. ~ Aiter hla release he spent several t weeks In Baltitwore. Both these gen- j? tlernen are apparentl in fine health and f we tender them jo?t congratulations v upon a eafe return to home and friends. . _ (?ditorial Anderson Intelligencer May * v*15. 190?. J, P. Cllnkaealea sud C. C. ? Langton, Editora.) As after years roil by sud the Con- | < federate Veterans gather ia their ac nnal reunions and form into parad the line of march ts growing shorter, and " shorter .iheir footsteps as they tramp . along the avenues are not so firm and j confident s^a?W?\-.were. The empty i SleeVes are ?er? and th? wood stump, t but they arte eist so frequent now. c The brease that lifts the hair about t thir templet flad^ that the locks are t thinner than they were, and the heads 1 that are bared before the review tag i are whiter than years ego. And we i feel and knerr that the veteran ia ( meeting; and battling with a silent and t stubborn foe, and that ttme must onto- I qu?r soon, and lo that victory there I will be no quarter shown and that t early in thia new century a funeral f cortege will go out bearing the body of t the leat enrvlvor of th* dril TT?T, and : over his grave no camrade'e voice can J say the requiem., co comrade fire the ? last sainte, ....y**' . Bat let's hope that Uria will be. a c happy passing from the ? tasks, \the 4 {tr?ala and perplexities of life, and that t ,in a better world the veterana may i I meet rewards eterna? a*d celebrate 'a 1 great runion, whre <hey with all their 1 'comrades who ill in battle and tooee who have alnce passed over the river < may pass to grand review nsf ore the i nobie leaders who have gone before, < saluting Lee, Jackson. Davis ?md otb- s era. Ths proud sons and daughters 1 o? ttics* veterans wilt ever cherub i MAJ. GEN. E. MCIVER LOW .lire of Darlington-One of th? H?roe? o? Ct?iaaBaee^--Baa?k> te Survivor From Thia State, Keif Living Ia Florian, heir memory and baud' down'tn ag generations a record ot their fore athera that thor 'caa. J??fc no^lnj^ifc rith pride. i ? i >x .? i ? .. -. . f.. ' ?. v. irtT "W> i o o o o o o o o o ooo ooo o 7o THE MAS BA! RAID ? > o o o o o o ooo o o o o o o o o WrUten foe ^^Intelligencer . by T. j J. . n?ui'.i ' Monday, first day ot May, 1866, bein; May Day," a big picnic Wa* going ob x Sliter Brook which was then; not -et used as a cemetery- On the ral! .oad, (rains from Anderson to Belton tad to be for a time relayed at Broad way trestle about half way on *fc count of repairs on the trestle., Tja rate on this day, leering Anderson at p. m. and c^ste^'tif.a.^sjwtansgj coach, baggage ear and locomotive ?Ith John Smith aa engineer, Tho?. 8,1 Jreytoo, conductor, and T. J. Webb, f natl agent and < traine wore doe >aS?TaVt*? W iv wnUnuai rumors the Yankee raidr atrfsbbterbe?d, thors rae quite ? little anxiety on the part it the paeaengere , and crow. How ever, bat little credehoe wa* gir?n to hese rumors as Lee had already sur rendered about three week* carrions y during which time the country was wing rapidly saclfied. After waiting until sunset, *he con tactor gave orders for the to ?raia to uroceed back to Anderson, with can ton, slowing down at Broadway. Samuel Browa'a crossing, ?ad ahv> at Stoyles1 crossing, in a*4tetaattob ot any armed ?quads ot rcidetv. THE FIRST GUN^OF Was Fired By the Late Maj. Wade ?* "'.r.fcarty An Artillery Ofccer I ?MT yielding to the request that & writ; op "The First Gun of the War.". I do so with much hesitation and sure ly with no contrpreraal bpirit'. There canche no doubt that before a state bf war existed Maj. P F. ste-'Ja reas and Lieut. Geo. E. Hayneswortn together aimed and fired a gun across the bow or the Star of the West on January 9. 1861, while that vessel was speeding along with am munition for Maj. Anderson at Sumter to give the lie to'Lincoln's telegram. "Faith aa to Sumter fully kept" This shot waa simply a warning to preserve the status quo, and after lt was fired, war . was yet avoidable'ana for three months afterwards no state of war existed. A state of war waa,actually ushered in, however, by a signal gun fired from Fort Johnson, os J gm ss Island ot 4:3t> o'clock ?. m. on April 12, 1861 : , In giving my evidence and my belief tbalt Maj. W. H. Gibbes, late of West Foin*, and an officer ot toe/United States" army fifed4 Wat g?fi', * i"would claim nothing for him but'the dis charge oT ? safe sd? atv** dhW far less dangerous than many he after wards performed In. the service: or luth Carotins and the Confederate lTXm>rlc*: Inboflwod day? always ; lov id to hear the story of th* glory of the mai? who wore' the gray, and often did t repine that fate had made my birth tao late co die. of alt least lo bleed in the cause' of the .1%at war seemed to me then to mark the sharp line of change f'om days of legend and story and poetry and chivalry to days of sternness and prose spd abasement. Therefore while walking hagd tn hand ?Ith my father Ids and voodla dp/and while Preside, it would often . eat nie' the stories ?iear of his deeds as a sel tne Lost Cause, wat always stood before me yas the,,one connected w^the inoi >H& tt'ot??t?t lon at Bf?tmrway.' ?anittel Brown's Crossing', however, on. ap proaching UZroyie's crossing 10 or 15 shots were hoard on one side of the train. The train was stopped atones and the cars filled with the raiders who looted the train and robbed the passengers and crew, caking ?ac wsttch of everybody who possessed one, ?ad these were .promptly surrendered, fin-. eluding ?hat of Mr.Cwyton. the ?o?rl ductor, who, however, waa allowed ?U retain one little memento attached tba the watch, which, he declared to the l raiders was made of strands of hts h wife's heir. I ? . \ ~ Ia the meanv/hllo fire had been struck to the trula which wes aban doned. There lt was found that the main lias tram from O roen vis le to J FISK XU BT ?>MZ*\^?Z&>J?L\Jl^ Hampton Gibbes, C. S. A., For- j i Ike (Jabed StatasMArmyrt** eat yon wish described .here again, j There eras tills, .von n&, ora car .teain d to-the-prof?selos, itfiss^sla^dtbav ag expected tp give his. whole Ute. to tia Union and yet charged with the tera, sad du^tfr.sWtfoming hit fl rat ostile act SB a soldier against those tho contended for the preservation f^wm&vs? ?" Imagine, even despite his firm bellet hat hts first allegiance waa'to South karolina how he must have felt when te fired that snot. The story ho" told me ls Indelibly lxed on my mind and waa so fixed be ere any printed controversy ever ap wared. There were two batteries ai fort Johnston on Janies Islsnd under he command of Capt. Ceo. 8. lames, one on the beach commanded )y J. L. Farley>r second , lieutenant, md one on top of the asno dunes, commanded by W. H. Gibbes, first lieutenant. On the night of April ll, the Gibbes battery waa visited by oens. Stephen r>. Lee, Wlgfall and Chester, along sith Captain James. The nm officer lave orders to his first lieutenant,' an experienced artillerist lust from West Point, to ore a signal gun at 4:30 a. m., April 12, the shell from watch was to burst high in the slr'. This signal a/as to sH?art a general bombsrdmejLt From all the forts around the hsrbor md naturally there waa emulation as to who would fire tho first shot, wita all advantage in favor of the battery Bring the signal. Would a commander ot common sense bave his signal gun (ired from a low beach" or. from a hign hill battery? ? At any rate the picture ls before mc aa so often described by Maj. Gibbes. He bad sighted the gun with the nhell aimed to burst on high and an other shotted and trained by hts hand upon the fort. He abood there, watch in one hand sud landyard in the other and on the second he sent the signal sheU aloft, Newberry had first been held up and the crew and passengers taken prison er" who were sow grcujfsd' by the tracks smiling at the plight of their caw atf Iw?tl?S\v''T>re M?wiy MHB pris oners wera ordered to Join the group from the other trata, -said the. whole crowd wera m arr h tut tn Asegfr?oe. the group from the other train bb were recognised by their friends were Dr. R. F. Efivver, and Conductor Walsh. ^ ?flt&ifflr1 court house at An* dsraoa lt was seen, that the whole bown waa swarming witt raiders. The sonad of prisoners was,1 od np Into the .sourt house who wore hjtld ander guard uatit noon tho following day. .>???' ono of his artillerists simultaneously fired upon tho fort the gan which Ma jor Gibbes had aimed himself. After the surrender of the fort Lieut Maaft? told Mai. Gibbes that the shell felt Inside tba parade ground inside or Fort Sumter. This was, it may be said,, i?e ?pcu?ag gun o? ine war. wh?e really Maj. Gibbes pulled the lair yard in pursuance * of the orders bf his superior officer. Maj. Gibbes wrote con Aden tall y to Lift*. Farley for corroboration ot tbaser facia, and ?CT?F ??otc I a man more astonished than he was wheh that officer. Capt, Farley, claim ed for the first, time that ho him self ,had fired th? signal from bia low-lying beach battery. Memory la treacherous, but corro borative detail ia often convincing/ . D. A. Thomas' bf Gaffney was on Morris Island at the time. He writes. "At that time and place I only beard that Lieut Wade Hampton Gibbes fired tba first gun at Banker; none disputed it; all conceded lt; and I have always believed and do now believe that he did lt" Maj. J. J. Lucae of Society Hill, writes: "Accordingly, Gen. Beaure gard ordered Capt. George 8. James to Ara the signal gun at 4:30 am. on April 12. 1861. Thia gun was fired by Lieut. VYpde Hampton Gibbes, afterward major of artillery, in tl? army of Northern Virginia" Mrrj: Gibbes writ*] i "The finit shell was fired by Capt. James' bat tery aad Incidentally by me aa bia first lieutensnt." As to the claim ot the venerable Edward Ruffin, Col. John bayree Thomas, in command, of the cadets at Cummins' point saw that officer fire the gun there after 8 o'clock in the morning. ' Far be it from mo to claim that the fact? cited here should settle this matter In behalf ot ail as Incon trovertible history. For mjnelf, with my knowledge of my father and of bia literal , and reliable truthfulness, they fla my conviction aa they would that of all who could Save known him as I have done. When he fired that shot I know be did lt with the sadness of estrange ment as well ss determination of du ty. The war Ia over. M^tee bonds Of the Union iia?? ?io-nt-nw? to se wer ia a conf?d?ration of Justice. Columbia, 8. C. - . ../?? It la not generally known that the authorisation o f congress Is neces sary befare th? president csa call for voluntara. The volunteer troops are tng to the population. Enlistments are for a period ot tye yearn unies* , soeaor?disc1\sry?a aha' nave the same . statt? aa regalar trace*. 4