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5* •*■**&■> fly i • r ' ’ > , ■ . . , T>mm THB LEDGER’tllOAFFNEY, S. C., NOVEMBER 19, 1896. Jury Says Reese and Luckie Killed Williams. MBS. ANDERSON WAS ACQUITTED GUAYAQUIL’S GREAT FIRE. Broad River Neighborhood. (Com sj ondenoe of The Lodger.) PI Oft ho ullow mi old man and an admirer of the Lkdoer to say a few words In favor of the proposed new 1 Detailed A<"o<»nt«t i»f One of the Word ninioi In the World'. Hl.tory. Panam\, Nor. 3.—The Star and Her ald publishen the following dotnilod ao* count of tho conflagration at Gtinya* qoll: . , “On the night of Oct 5 the port and l|Vin R between Oaffney city of Guayaquil was visited by per- j Divot for many jears. While the Condemned Men Were Being Conducted From the Courthon.e to Prison, Iteese Made a Break For Lib erty and Was Shot and Probably Fa tally Wounded. Yorkville, S. 0.. Nov. 13.—The jury in the trial of the Williams murder case brought in a verdict of not guilty as to Mrs. Ellen Anderson, and a verdict of guilty with a recommendation to mercy in the instance of M. R. Reese and Daniel Luckie. In less than 30 minutes after the jury had boon discharged, Reese attempted to escape and was shot down. The bullet from Deputy Sheriff Scoggins’ pistol entered Reese’s head and lie fell desperately wounded. The shooting of Reese is a sensational climax to a series of most sensational incidents. Last spring the body of Charles T. Williams was found in one of the prin cipal streets of Blacksburg. An inves tigation led to the arrest of Mrs. Ellen Anderson. M. R. Reese and Danirl Luckie—Reese being her alleged para mour and Luckie her brother. It was claimed by the ofllcers that jealousy caused Reese to commit tho crime and that Luckie and Mrs. Ander son were accessories—the one before tho fact, the other after. All three made bond and the case came up for trial last Tuesday. Tho defendants pleaded not guilty and tho defense, it was said, would at tempt to put tho murder on Robert An derson, husband of Mrs. Ellen Ander son. The prosecution, however, antici pated this, and among tho witnesses sworn for the prosecution was Robert Anderson. The defendants denied that they were guilty or that they had any sort of kuow.odge of the crime. Mrs. Anderson's Confession. When it was seen that trial was likely to involve the conviction of all three Mrs. Anderson was placed upon tho stand again. Upon this occasion she told a story that startled tho courtroom, and changed completely tho entire line of defense. 9he confessed to tho kill ing of Williams but swore that it was an accidental shooting. Leading to tho incident of the killing, she told a re markable story of her acquaintance with tin* man she shot. Mrs. Anderson stated that she met Williams in Tunnel Hill, Ga., before she had made the acquaintance of Rob ert Anderson, who afterwards became her husband. Williams, she testified, was the cause of her downfall, and after her marriage ho continued to exercise power over her. He threatened her, she said, whenever she attempted to break off their relations, by saying he would inform her husband of her ante-nuptial life. She left Georgia and went to Blacksburg. Williams followed, and on the night of tho killing, forced him- self into her room. She drove him out at the point of a pistol, and then, after ahe had followed him into tho street, fired at him to frighten him. How true her aim had been she did not know until the next morning, when she was told his body had been found. Bhe said she told Reese and her brother of the shooting and pleaded with them never to tell it. Wouian’n Story Corrolxnnti il. Reese and Luckie. when recalled to testify, corroborated the latter portion of her confession. Mrs. Anderson said she confessed to save Reese and Luckie. The jury, after hearing the evidence, speeches and charge of tho judge, re mained out four hours. The result was the acquittal of Mrs. Edeu Anderson And the conviction of Roes© and Luckie. Jnst after the announcement of the •verdict, Colonel Youmaus gave notice of a motion for a new trial and Deputy Sheriff Scoggins started with tho pris oners to the jail. As soon as the ground was reached and the prisoners got on the sidewalk Reese broke to mu. Scoggins commanded a halt, bnt Reese did not stop, and Scoggins followed and fired. Reese continued a few stops, stag gered and fed. A bystander seized him by the arm and Deputy Sheriff Scoggins by the other. He said: •'Oh, my God, you have killed me.” The wound may not prove fatal. Luckie had an opportunity to run, but did not go. Reese lias made no confession. Ktnckliolilom o( tho S. C. & O. Msot. Charleston*, S. C., Nov. 12.—The annual meeting of the stockholders of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad was held in the general office of the company in this city. All of tho old members of the board of directors were re-elected and Mr. Jefferson Hogan was elected a new member of the i oard. Over 45,000 shares of stock were repre sented at the meeting. During the af ternoon tho road entertained the direct ors. many of the stoekhi idors and rep resentatives of tho Johnson Blue Cross line of steamers, which is shortly to be established letweeu this city md Liver pool, on an excursion around the harbor and down to the jetties. Confeilersta Veteran Killed by n Negro. Columbia, S. O., Nov. 17—David Lorick, a confederate veteran and pros perous farmer of Lexington county, was murdered by Frank Junes, a negro, wiio wus a field hand upon his place. Jones fled immediately alter conwftitting the deed and has not yet been captured. Jir. Lorick was driving some hogs up to the house. A cur belonging to the negro attacked the hogs Mr. Lorick diove tho dog away and the negro o- seuted it. Ho picked up a piece of gran ite and rushed upon Mr. Lorick. A lick in the back of tho head crushed Mr. Lorick’s skull, killing him almost in stantly. SucceiMfal X liny Lipnrlni^iitn. Columbia, 8. C., Nov. 17.—For the first time in this state the x ray and fluoroscope wero used in locating bullets in wounded men. Two negroes were the subjects, one shot in I he shoulder and one in the ball of the foot. In bo'h ibxtuuccs the bullets were located. Fro* fessi.r Sloan, of the Sooth Carolina col lege, applied tho instruments. haps the greatest fire in history—if we except that of Nero’s Romo. "The fire is stated to have originated in a suspicious manner in the store of Messrs. Massanovich & Bowski, two North American Jews. Their store was located about the center of tho city. At the time a strong breeze known as ‘el morrow’ was blowing, and it did not subside for 60 hours, long after tho fiery oloment had devastated the whole city to the north and northwest. About two- thirds of tho house property and nearly the whole of tho commercial quarter wero destroyed. Tho only four banka in tho city wore razed as also three out of tho four newspaper offices, the cus tomhouse—containing some f1,000,000 worth of goods—and tho church of St. Domingo, a rollo of the Spanish occupa tion. “Tho fire spread with indescribable rapidity, and at no time was the fire do- partment able to cope with it. It sim ply burned itself out. The blaze lasted fully 32 hour*. Only five peo ple have been known to have lost their lives. It was stated that in a launch, laden with furniture, which caught (ire and was swept down with the tide to the island of Puna, five sisters of the Sacred Heart perished, but this could not bo verified. “It is estimated that 8.000 persons were rendered homeless and that the house property destroyed aggregates $13,000,000. Goods destroyed amount to $15,000,000, and tho loss to the insur ance companies is about $3,500,000. About a fortnight after tho fire the vaults of tho banks destroyed wore opened and all securities, etc., found intact. “A bill has been introduced into the Colombian congress appropriating $30,* 000 in gold to bo devoted to the sufferers of the recent Guayaquil fire.” Tho Star and Herald also says: “Owing to tho frequency of suicides in Chili the daily newspapers of Valpa raiso and Santiago propose to suspen 1 the publication of all details respecting such crimes. It is hoped that this may exor is" soiiioiiitluonoe toward reducing tho number of suicides.” county. lain 71 years old and have been and Broad I am the largest taxpayer between town and the river. I have four sons, aii good taxpayers. I have no real estate in Gaffney to amount to anything, and have no special interest in the town more than T have in the welfare of our community generally. My days of active usefulness in this world are verging to a close. I am personally aciiiiointed with a large number of my fellow men who will be affected by tho forming of a new county. Many of them personal and life-long friends, who, like myself, must measure our remaining time on this earth by days instead of years. 1 have witnessed the many changes and improvements in our county since my boyhood days. I can recall the time when tho present location of the town of Gaffney was nothing but a wilderness. Wild deer, ducks, geese and turkeys were often killed within the bounds of its (now) incor poration, when there was no mar ket for anything nearer than Spar tanburg, and hut little there. But step by step the march of improve ment and enterprise has been march ing on until it is amazing to con template, and still we are far behind Important Happenings of the Week Just Past. A COLUMN OF INTERESTING NOTES Tii«- V«ilo of North Cnrollim In the Ili-cont • K!colioti VVm Fiirty-Nino Tli»ii<atid Grenier Than 1 lint Cat: In 1H92—Item* of Importance Gathered From All Tart* of the State. Raleigh. Nov. 16.—John Loo of Co lumbus county was shot down in his mother’s house one night last August by concealed men. and his mother was shot and wounded. Two negroes, James Haynes and Alexander Grist, have jnst boon tecrctly taken to Robeson county. Throats to lynch them had been made and their friends had declared they would aid them to break jad. Two white men have been ar rested charged with being accessories to the murder, but only one is bailed to appear at court. Grist confesses ho aided in the murder. The North Carolina Baptist associa tion, only two delegates dissenting, has adopted the following resolution against the state university and normal and in dustrial schools and colleges: Whereas, State aid to higher education by taxation is wrong, unjust and unwise; wrong against the whole people who can not receive the Ix-ncfit of such opportuni ties; unjust to private and corporate and denominational institutions voluntarily supported; unwise because the people of North Carolina are now inadequately pr-v 1 many other sections in the march of ! V ,k ‘ d ' vl i h pn 1 ,,,,c Kcho ° 1 ? ^r their chil dren and need every cent of their taxes that can he spared for that purpos-; Resolved, therefore, That the Baptist State convention of North Carolina rc- n(linns its opposition to state aid by taxa tion to higher education. Tho Baptists have over 100 of tho 170 ciliication and general improvement. ! can realize in these days and times in the general rush for a higher standing and a betterment of were our condition, that some will be so Minded by personal prcdudice against COME RIGHT ALONG and stop in at the grocery store on Main street between R. A. Jones & Co. ; s furniture de partment and the DuPre Drug Co, opposite the Bee Hive. I have anything you could want to eat and f am going to sett,' so come ale ng and get your share. I HANDLE FLOUR, Bacon Coffee, Sugar and anything desirable in my ,ne and I am Sell ing reasonable enough, not for cost though, as I am here for the clear profit and not tor an accommodation. I desire to return my thanks to my old. custom 2rs for their pat ronage and hope l can st!! sell them their groceries. I want more customers, so I’ll, expect your trade. Come right along at once, if you don’t! am coming after you as I am going to have my share. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Be- their more fortunate and wide-awake* fellow citizens that hey will bo left to grumble and censure those who have so f ir surpassed them; as for the older ones, they deserve no bet ter fate; but for the coming genera tion. our children and grandchildren, look to us to battle for the right, and it is our duly to strive for their best interests, and if we do not, tho sooner our memory is forgotten by them tho betlir. How are we to do this? Is it by opposing every meas ure and every enterprise that is un dertaken to elevate and educate our p sterity? Is it by opposing the establishment of institutions that give us a better market for the pro ducts of our farms and lessens (lie price by competition of the necessi ties we have to buy in towns'/ Com mon sense says No. Tho new county movement is cal culated to bring us closer together, to (lccrea.;e the distance to our court house, which will lie a great saving to a large majority of our citizens, and as it has been fully shown and pro\ m to reduce our taxes. Give us more and better representation in members of the new legislature and hence this a-.tion is very important. Trinr The Trra*ary Department I.*ue. It, port For tho .Month of October. Wasiiinotox, Nov. 8.—The treasury official comparative statement of the re ceipts and expenditures for tho fiscal year to date and for October lias been issued. It shows the deficit for tho first third of the ru' rent fiscal year to have been sf3i.885.0u0. or at tho rate of $38,• 000,000 for the current year. The deficit for October was $7,606,000. The receipts for the first third of the year wero $105,458,000, or $8,015,000 h -s than for tlu corresponding p-riod of 1893. The expenditure, for tho first third of the current year were $138,0-l?,* or $8,387,000 greater than for the cor responding period of 1895. Tne principal loss in receipts has been t| K . affairs of our state in customs, which have declined from $.'■8,143,000 in the first third of 1895 to $40,961,000 'or the corresponding period of 1896. Internal revenue receipts nre practically tho same as they were f r the corresponding period of 1895. The receipts for ORoller. 1896. were $.'.'0,2*2,• 00), nvninst $27,901,000 in October, 1895. The principal items of increase in expenditures have been in tho civil li.-t, which has increased from $32,689,000 in the first third of 1893. to $50,567,000 fur the first third of 1896. The expenditures in the war depart ment have increased nearly $4,000,000, and in interest charges nearly $1,000,000. The expenditures for October were $33,- 978,000, against $31,503,000 for October, 1893, tho saving being almost wholly in pensions. BISHOP F. R. WYNNE Lxpirrd Wliilo on tho Wny tn FtilcTi >» Doctor For HI* Wife, Who AI*o Died. Dublin, Nov. 3. — Tho Right Rev. Frederick R. Wynne, D. D., Episcopal bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Colonfert and Kilmnckdnagh, was found dead on the sidewalk near his residence in this city. The wife of tho Bishop of Kiila- loe was found dead in her bedroom soon after the body of the bishop was dis covered on the sidewalk. An investigation of the strange death of tlie Bishop o' Killaloe and his wife shows that the prolate recently left Kil- lahie for his home in Dublin, on account of his wife’s health, and had loft the house to fetch a doctor for her at about 5:30 a. in. when ho fell dead near his residence. His wife must have died soon after the bishop left tho house. Only Frnl*« For General Galtlrnt. London. Nov. 3.—The Times’ corres pondent says: General Gallieni’s sum mary methods in Madagascar are re ceiving universal approval hero. There is not a single reproach from any paper. Tho Gaulois says: “Brave Gallioni.” Tho Figaro says: “At lust we have a man of action and not a talker.” Le Paris hopes that his sound attitude will be persisted in. Tho Matin approve! with equal warmth. Tho DeBats is more reserv id, but entirely approves. Duel With FliloU on a Train. Jackson, Ky.. Nov. 3. — At Three Forks city, on the Lexington and E.isf- ern railway train, returning here from the Beattysville Republican rally, Jerry Cardwell, town marshal of Jackson, and John G. Hargis fought with pistols. Hariris was killed and Cardwell badly wounded. Hargis was a son of ex-Stale Senator Hargis, and Cardwell is tho son of ox-Senator Thomas Cardwell. Tim eunso of the quarrel is not definitely known. True Illli* Agulnit the Caetle*. I/ONDON. Nov. 3 —At the Cterkeuwr-11 SPh.rioUH. the grand jury found tine bills against Mr. and Mrs. Walter Castlo of 8a i Francis;o, accused of shoplifting. Grrut l.»<l* ■•f Llfd 111 a WhIrr.p.uH. Pont a Demiado, Azoro Islands, Nov. 3 —A watersp >ut at Povlcac > has de stroyed most of that place and great lost of life in consequence is reported. .Spartanburg county has some 7<», (<0ri population, us many as half u dozen counties have in other parts of the state and no more representa tion than one of them. This is un fair, undemocratic and not in line with reform. I venture to say at le:o t -i wn-eighths of the population in the proposed new county know or e another personally and can choose and elect the best representa tive to look after their interests, us i; is now in u majority of cases we merely know the candidate’s name and can not vote intelligently. I will also assert that the greatest opposition to the movo- aient comes from disappointed DEAD, cmdidates and thoso who want to hold a dioc string belt to get in again and p.vli ) will assert any kind of rot lo pri , idice the people against the new ’counly. They are not our friends, but vampires who subsist on the life blood of the sons of toil. Don’t be deluded by such assertions, don’t obey their orders. We are freemen and will exercise our rights us such. With tho experience of nearly (><> years of my life I can see that it is : only a question of a short time when ! all the large and populous counties' must he curtailed and I honestly be lieve now is the proper and perhaps | only time we will ever have to get a new county, as all the old counties around us are agitating the question, and if we should fail they may get Abut we are striving for. So let us all, old friends, go to the polls on December 8 and take all our boys a!i<' are old enough, and east our votes solid for the new county—Lime stone, Cherokee or any other good name. 1 appeal to my old friends in l.’nion especially to come with us. You, above all, need relief from a burdensome taxation, and there is no douqt but it will he less by o mills than you are now paying. Your old friend, John Ross. noim-tuut!<? I’ronlug Saw, In many caws amateur fruit grower* do not care to go to tho expense of a i Milur pruning saw for use among tin Higher branches of fruit trees. A liumly raw can bo easily inado out of any old saw blade. It should bo aharpeuod and a hole drilled in each cud. Then get n RIOT NARROWLY AVERTED. Trouble Between Negme* nml Wlilto Men In a North t'aro'.lua Town. Winston, N. C., Nov. 10.—A riot was narrowly averted hero. A brother of Jailor Zeiglcr got into trouble with a negro. The latter drew a rock, and was in tho act of throwing it, when Revenue Officer James Smith, who was present, threatened to shoot the darkey. This caused the negro to pitch tho rock at Smith. As ho ran off Smith or Zeiglor fired at him several times. At this time some 200 negroes were on the scene. They began making threats against tho jailor, who jumped on his horse, went home and returned in a few min utes with liir> doublobarreled shotgun. His reappearanceenusod a general stam pede among the negroes. When they saw the gun they fled mound corners and down alh-ys. No more shots were fired, notwithstanding the excitement was at fever heat.' While enrouto home after his gun Jailer Zeiglor unintentionally ran over and knocked down Edward Spach, an aged and popular citizen. An ugly biuise and gash were inflicted on his nose and face. On account of his age it is feared that his injuries will prove serious. MATCH IN THE BALLOTBOX. The (Iiitlifiii CjiirnHDd at tlm Number of Vote* Hiiriied ;in<l IC<*|»!acetl i'licm. Morehkad City, N. C , Nov. 13.—It has just been learned that at Piney Point precinct, Carteret county, on Nov. 3, just before the polls closed, one of tho judges, in lighting his pipe, accident ally dropped the head of a match in the county box, and when the accident was discovered by them, before the box could be opened, most of the tickets had been burned. The judges, four Repub licans and two Democrats, decided to guess at the number of votes fur eacli candidate, and to replace the burned ballots by new ones. Affidavits have been secured from each of the six pollhohlers and judges setting forth the above facts, and stating that the replacing of tho burned tickets was very uncertain, owing to the great number of scratches. The question is, will tills throw out the box'/ If so, it will elect the Demo cratic member of the legislature, regis ter of deeds and surveyor, which com pletes tho Democratic county ticket. THE SYNDICATE ENJOINED. StocUliolitur* of Atlantic nml North Caro lina Knnil Secure lIcitrainiiiK Onlrr. Raleigh, Nov. 14.—It was arranged that private stockholders of the Atlantic and'North Carolina railway, in which the state owns two-thirds interest, should meet here to ratify its lease to a Goldsboro syndicate for a term of years at 2 ] u per cent per annum on $(5,000,(XX) capital stuck, but private stockholders •ecorcd a restraining order and tills is to bo heard Dec. 1. In the application for the order it is alleged that tho attempted lease is a conspiracy and that the charter does not permit it. The state has always oper ated tho road and the latter has never paid over 2 per cent dividend. Republicans allege that tho Dera>>- cratic administration is attempting to make tho lease so as to prevent the in coming administration from controlling the roads. Democrats assert that the lease is a good financial policy. The Groceryman. AT FREDERICKSBURG. A Federal Officers Tribute to Corsfed- feaerate Soldierr (CoiTi'PpomUin e i f Tl.e I.i- Vit ) Etta Jane. November Ii’.—1 pt< o- ised to give a federal officer's description of the Fredericksburg field the night after tho battle. He said: “No field on tho American continent ever presented such a spectacle ns Fredericksburg did the night after the buttle. The men we fought thus were the very best grade 1 of southern soldiery. They knew nothing of defeat. They wero me;, who for,glit for principle and not pay. They hud entirely recovered from the blow received at Antietam or! Sbnrpsburg, yet were made str tig, : in consequence of that issue. “The night in question was d:;rk i us pitch. The clouds had bid the j stars and th<- whistling wind.-: ifidi- cuted snow. Along the entire line 1 of the Coufcrate army reigned a pain- , ful silence that indicated its readi ness for another assault. In front on our right lay Longstreet's men behin 1 invulnerable earthworks and stone fencing. In front of their line i —in twenty puce*—lay our dead and wound d, who were scattered on the way back to the town. About o’clock 11:at night the command was withdrawn from the in : at I Ut'KING SAW Foil /.MATF.UKS. long hickory or white oak pole, as shown In the cut, from American Ganl. uing, bend )*« top over, put a wire nai* through both ends of the saw. Tho nut nil spring of the i»nln will 1 <<p the caw at a firm tension. It vriil Is found very handy for cutting off t.To high limb* both of fruit and ornamental trocH. Soutliern'* L truing* In North Carolina. Raleigh, Nov. 10. — Tho Southern railway lias reported to tho railway cointnisrion its earnings on its North Carolina linos for tho past quarter. They aro $164,000 greater than for tho Corresponding quarter hist year. llig Vot« In North Carolina. Raleigh, Nov. 17.—The voto of North Carolina was: Bryan, 174,488; McKinley, 153,'222: total, 329,720. which is 49.9W greater than the voto of 1892. This enormous increase is a surprise. DorrUhe* Kill rl.tl«,i. Stakin', Nov. 17.—Dcrvislios have raided the country in tho vicinity of Tokur, killing five men uml looting u number of farms. Troops have boon dispatched in pursuit of tho raiders. was withdrawn from front, and rested on their arms the streets of tho town. Home on the curbstones meditating, look ing gloomily at the ground; others lay on the pavement, trying to forget the events of the day in sleep; there was little wind ; dc< p dejection bur dened tho spirits of all. Tho inci dents of the battle were not re hearsed, except now and then. Al ways when any one spoke it was of u slain comrade, of his victims, or of the manner of his death, or of one missing, with many conjectures re specting him ; sonic of them, it was said, had premonitions, and went into the battle not expecting to sur vive the day. Thus they lay or ; .it ; the conversation was with bowed heads and a low murmur ending in u sigh; the thoughts of all were in the homes of the killed—seeing here the scenes and sorrow which in u day or two afterwards occurred .on receipt of the news of the battle. Then tin y reverted to the comrades of the morn ing—the tent-sharer lying stark and dead on Marye’s hill or at its base. A brave lieutenant lay on the plank road, just where the brigade crossed for the* purpose of forming fur the charge. A sharpshooter of the en emy had made that spot his last bed. Steadily the wounded were carried to the hospital near Hie river. Some one, now and then, brought word of the condition of a friend. The hos pitals were a harrowing sight; full crowded, iievcitholess put'ents wen brought in constantly. Down stairs, up stairs, every room full. .Surgeons with coats « II and sleeves rolled up above their elbows, sawed oil limbs, administered unaestliotics. They took off a leg or an arm in a twink ling, after a brief consultation. I-' seemed to he. in case of doubt, off with his limh. Nine thousand was the tale of the wounded; nine thousand and not all told. From the Heights—the spot when [our advance dead lay—one looking hack toward the town, lying on the the wounded, un the eminence above where- Longs!red’s forces lay, there v. s lhe silence of death. With the night, which had brought conviction of failure, the brazen throats of Eurii.-'.iJe’s guns had ceased to roar. I', was as if furious lions had gone with the darkness to their lairs. Now and then an ambulance crept along below, without seeming to make any noise. The stretcher bear- i .•? walked silently towards whatever -; ui a cry or a groan indicated an object of their search. Ivrhaps this vasoulya contrast to the thunder of cannon, the shriek of shells, the rat tie of musketry, and al! the tliou- '<intl voices of buttle. On the ascent of Marye’s Heights was a Him line of soldiers apparently sie ping on the ground. They seemed i ■ make a sort of row or rank. It wa^ as if a line of skirmishers-ha l halt am! Iain down ; they were perfectly ";otioi)l<*si;; their sleep was profound; Not .one of them awoke or got up. Vhey were not relieved when others c: me, They seemed to have no eom- i. mder—at least iibne awake. Had the fatigues of the day overpowered them—officers and privates alike'/ They were nearest the enemy, within call of him. They were the advance iioo of the Union army. If you looked closely at the face of one of Hu m it was pallid, tin eye.-; closed, tiie mouth open, the hair was dishevelled; besides, the atti tude was often painful. There were blood marks, also. These men were all dead. All this time tens of thousands within ear-shot, and no footstep of tilhor friend or foe drew near during ail tlu* hours. Sometimes they dre.v near and passed by, which was an ag gravation of the agony. Now a sin gle lament, again voices intermingled uiul as if in chorus; from every di rect ion, in front, behind, to right, to left, some near, so.ne distant aiv 1 faint, some, doubtless, were faint that w*-re not distant ; the departing breath of one about to « xpiro. Th- v expressed every (legrce and shade of suffering, of pain, of agony; a sigh, a groan, a piteous appeal, u shriek, a sliceession of shrieks, a cull of d*.* pair, a prayer to God, a demand f water, for the ambulance, a death rutile, a loud scream, a voice as of the body when the soul tore itself away und abandoned it to the enemy t . the night and to dissolution. The voices were various, this Hie tongu of a German, that the wad in Ceith longue of a pour Irishman; the ac- e- nt of New England v us distin guishable in the thin cry of that boy. From u different quarter came utter ances in the dialect of a fur-utf west ern state. The appeals of the Irish w< r< the most pathetic. They put them in every form—denunciation, remonstrance, a pitiful prayer, a per- t mptory demand.” J. L. river, one could see nothing, or per suade himself ih.it it was not a licet of water unruffled in the dim land scape. Few lights wero bltnung at that hour in the town; non*- ci.il be seen. You would not have sup posed that tin re was a town th< re. A profound silence prevailed, broken by no other sound than the cries of 1 FOR YOUR PATRONAOG \ A m*n once .li*cov«r«.l much to hi. ! that near yaUxr-trlvj* run t>y aom* If*** cUy ' , v . h-c fi-witly u ’» erv .„1 that nhrrvMl ^ ‘ bvyCt * ^ | ^nnnra S(i»h> Blind* Ornamental Woodwork J putronix* Augu't * I.urol>« ( <■ 1-anV. 3 \ .u,G..,ahua t c)-lm..nana- H of f- * rl " : ”* k : ,. r «A,. 1>. »V*.'I« cv«-v/*uc,« -*it, to rral'/c th ■< O'* ' • ‘ l “; U,Cr kU . h Uiit'K* »•> •"“ 1 ** tend lor l’ric« AUOtSlA Ll'ViCLK CO., AUGUSTA, Oft. - ftuy MaUr " ^ liny Sl/rll^H I'r.tn.i.