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EBErY, S. C.,"IUSAYPI2.PRICE $1.50 A YEAR ESTABLISHED 186.0. - - THE DICKENS PARTY. A Striking Impersonation of Characterr Dickens' Books and Dickens' Fame. On the evening of February 14t! 1890, a large number of the people Newberry met together in the Skatii Rink Hall, and for several hou thought of Charles Dickens; talked him, and some, it is said, went hon and dreamed of him. It is true the famous author did in visit Newberry when he was in Awe ica, nor has it ever been intitat that he contemplated such an ide But Dickens' books and Dickens' fAn years and years ago found their wa to our little town, and there are man indications that they will abide he: for a long time to come. As is well known, Dickens w as bor in the month of February, and on day not far removed from the- dai which was selected as the most co! venient one on which to do homaL here to his memory, and after all thei were just as many people present, ju: as much interest manifested and ju: as much love for Dickens in Newberr on the 14th day of February, as thei was on Dickens' birthday. It w, shown, therefore, by the Dickens Pa ty that while no age or land can i nopolize the great humorist and no elist, neither can any point of ti: calendar claim him for its own. The Dickens Party was for the ben< fit of St. Luke's Episcopal church; c the principal, however, that the goc of each is the interest of all, ever denomination lent a hand and helpe to make the evening a most charmir and gratifying success. The hall in which the entertain met was given is on Main street below tl public square and directly across tl way from the big pillared Court Hous, The entire second floor of the buildir constitutes the hall, and on the ever ing of the Dickens Party fairy finge: had transformed the spacious root into a place delightful to look upoi The walls were tastefully decorate with evergreens, and along the who length of the east side of the hall the: peeped forth from bowers of spriu and holly exquisite little booths au tables. Here and there colored bun ing blended harmoniously with t green foliage making, with the varit costumes of those who personat, Dickens' characters, a scene of strikir beauty. Though green foliage ti sign of "Hollywood Inn" could I distinctly seen, and it goes withot saying that all who entered that f, mous hostlery feasted on oysters, tu key, ham, creams, cakes and oth< dishes and delicacies of a most bootl some kind, and such as would hai made the heart of Charles Dicket leap for joy. It was truly a Dickens' night. H flag was nailed to the foremost, ar Dickens was .triumphant everywvher not the Dickens who melts us to, tea with his pathetic descriptions of 11 woes of outcast London, but the miitt ful Dickens, the big-hearted Dicket who loves to tell us of the green fiel< and smiling lanes of "merry England. That was the Dickens who preside( over the Dickens Party, and as if I contagion, everyone present seemed catch his genial and joyful spirit. The programme of the enter:a ment was as varied as it was attrac ive. Was one of the mathematie turn of mind. There he could gue the weight of a mammoth Dickei square. If his calculations went astrr there was a sparkling fountain< "treacle" near at hand in which I could bury his disappointment. A marvelous Dickens hasty p)uddir for the children was also one of attra, tions of the evening, and those wl took "dips" into its mysterious dleptl miet with constant surprisesg Theni there wvas the D)ickens art ga lery filled with Dickens testhetic Among the many works of art exhi ited were a tortuous Oliver Twist froi a rope factory; a study in oil straigi from the classic waters of the Levan a composite picture of great expect tions;w'hout number. Of Dickens' characters there was* small-sized army. They were take mainly, however, fronm Oliver Twis Old Curiosity Shop, David Copperfie and Nicholas Nickleby. The personi tions were excellent. Especially this true when it is takent into consi eration that the time for making pre] arations for the entertaitnent w comparatively short. Old bandboxe however, were searched; old wardr',b overhauled; trunks of a past getner tion rolled out fronm their restir places, and su perannituated bu reat ransacked fronm top to bottom. A di play of curls, bonnets, gowns, wig swallow-tailed coats, and other fine: of by-gone days was thle result, togets er with "Ribbons and laces to set off the fae Of pretty young s.weethtearts at wives." At the southt end of the hall a smtu stage was erected. Directly over tl stage hung a life-like erayon picture Charles Dickens, drawn especially -the occasion, and which surveyed renely the eti re assembly. On the right of the stage and n]otf from it was a large pianto for t Dickens musicianis. Various sekt tions of vocal and instrumental D)ie ens music were given during. the eve ing witht great expression and spir and were received by the audieni witht every mark of favor and en~j' ment. Mention should be' made of the p' grammnes of the ev~eninug, prinmed The Herald and News Dickens Pri " h Aot seventy-!ive :ulies, .e::tle meipn, b=oys aiid giris took 1art in the en tertain:Oen. an(d to tlhir interest and enerr_y. indivially : =1 collect ;f ively, is due the credit for tho sle'. s of the uanbrtaking. .Su=h an ena r rs :taineini"t ilv1Ve -.1reat labor :nd care, and the various Coittnittees of lalies in1 charge may:i well be commneiid fur t their untiring effbrts and ceaseless in r dustry and sincerely congratulated cI upon the excellent ianner in which they performed their varied and ex acting duties. Our citizens have always shown anl active interest in all such enterprises for a good cause, and on this occasion they gave invaluable assistance antl liberal patronare. Every one present a spoke in admiring terms of praise of the progralmme presented, all agreeing that the entertainment was a Iiost popular stucess. The exercises provedi to be novel, inistructi' e and entertaininig and the remembrance of the happy t event will long c'nltinlt. The cominit tee of arrangements was eas follows: 'Mrs. N. B. Mazyck-ehairnan. r Mrs. 0. Mc1L. Iolnes, Miss Carrie (reneker, Miss Lizzie Simuons, Miss O. E. Garlinlgtonl. i Chief Usher-Mr. Wmln. A. McFall. A'sistants-Messrr. Foster N. .far tin, II. T. White and Haskell Wright. Programme Distributors-Masters d Caldwell Fant and Robert Mayes. The opening number of the pro d gramme was an enlivening selection well rendered by t'e Dickens quartet te composed of Mrs. Peter Robertson and it Mias Mamie Holbrook, piano; Mr. F. Werber, Sr., violin, and Mr. John W. Taylor, cornet. The quartette was as sisted by 'Mr. R"bert Tarrant, cornet. After the musie G. G. Sale, Esq., read Vic Ludy i.i Cu l Papers from Pickwick Papers, and was interrupted by frequent laughter at the quaint and irresistible humor of that favorite and d always enjoyable selection. le Two tableaux followed. the first, "Oliver asking,for norc"." As the cur ,tains were drawn aside there stood d the hungry, wretched and forlorn O(ircr. master Claude Greneker, with 1 outstretched arms, holding in one (I hand an empty bowl and in the other d a spoon. Seated around a table behind him were six or eight of his fel!mav suf ferers looking equally wretched and e hungry, one with a spoon in his it mouth, another licking his plate, a third sucking his fingers, and all r watching with the greatest interest and anxiety the effect the request would have on the master of the workhouse. .e The mastcr, 3Ir. 0. MeR. Holmes, I wearing a white apron, and with ladle in hand, stood by a large kettle and is was looking in dumbfounded aniaze d ncnt at the boy who thus dared to violate the rtules of the school. Near s the m,aster stood one of his a.sssants, 31Miss MIallie Wheeler, looking on the .scene with open mouth and speech i less horror Th'len followed a group k P tire of ch aracters represen ted from n, Oliver Twist. In this tableau the Scentral figure was .Vr. B?n /r, MIr. ). MecR. Holmes taking tea with JIrs. o (orne//, MIiss Annie Mfeggett. Hud dled together on the right of the stage were the workhouse boys, kept in or t- (der by the threatening gesture of JMrs. JIMann, Miiss Mfallie Wheeler. On the ss left of the stage ,S/:ni, Capt. N. B. 31Mazyck, with stick in hand1, was v stadhing over NXane//, MIiss Maniie 11o11 Ifbrook, whIo was kneeling on the fl.or, e and with closed1 hands was imploringI her not to strike her. Not far away g stod ClOr/o, M1iss Bessic Wheeler, -holding thme guaking little Olic'rr by o the collar, and in thle act of belaboringi( s him soundly, while near thieim stood1 Rose JIun'/i;r, MIiss M1attle MleCaughirin, - who was trying to save poor O/ir s. from this threaten ed puinishnient. b- "Fagin ini Prison"' was inext -pre n sented. This was an improvised dram it itiz.ationl of the description of Fagin' s t: last day onl cart h. In order thait the a- scene nmight be moi(re fully appreciated, George BI. (rmer, Es(j., read as an a introduction a part of that vivid and na powerful descrip)tion containedl in the t, first part of the last chapter btut onie d of the book. MIr. ('romuer read in a j- clear and resonant voice, and his real is itng added much to the enjoyment (If I- the scino that followed. The intro y' ductory readinigended with the passage s describing the admtissioni to the prison , of JVr Breorn/wr, D)r. E. C. .Jones anud s. Oir r A t this point one of the eur - taiuns was (1 rawni aside andi 3fr. BZrown lolr and( O/;ru entered the stage 01n the right. A fter am few words they .- watlked to the left of thle stage, whlen tihe oer eurt ainI was drawn aside and -vthe in iful, iniserable an id half crazed -1Ffin, Mr. Bartiow B. Ratmage. was discovered seatedl (on thle couch 1l in his s prison cel,l, rockingi to an d fro and mut dteruig inoherenitly. Thei ststance (If the interview (of the visitors with thle .i Jew was given wVith I nanliatic effret, t ne clo0ing wih Fa1K/in lein'g left eanein Is cell and24 throwing himself dlown I oni his couch ini agonIy and1 (Ie Mir Geo~ rze a M oodyv, first ten r: Dr.i ariiTheo. Jhnuu'ne, secoind teiior: Vir Bairtow 1. Raniniae, tirs-t lass and D)r. . . Jonies, s'conId Ibass const ittin g k the Chjuzzlewit male quartette-then songi w.~ithi goodl efTeet Two Itoses, MIrs. i1t,'ter iI oberts n playintg the piano0 ac y.\t this pinht in tihe prolgranitie an intermiiission was taiken for thle D)iecns -o- unpper it. and plecasinIg pIroranne oIf vocal and1( te- instrumiiental miusi--all (If it dledicated cor'ts of niale and female voices di coursed several lively songs, whiu were heartily applauded. This clort was collp sed of tle f l. siing ladic und -.rent letln. Sopranos. Irs. I Itotertson. MIiss Tilla ooze"r and _Mi Laura B;lease; altos, \trs. Geo. - NIo~dy, fii-se \Iaie Holbrook an iE"s-;ie 'Wheeler; tenors, M1e,.rs. :et A. \loody and Eduard Scholtz and 1) 1 hco. Johnstone; basses, Dr. E. lone s arii Mr. Bartow B. Itamag The Dickens quartette also gave at ther of their stirring numbers with a xeellent cornet solo by Mr. John N Taylor. While the strains of music floate hrough the ball, the audience betoo theinselves to the supper tables, an here to the tune of Dickens music at t well prepared and very etjoyabi Dickens supper, of which the followin as the MENL. Ovster,, (hircren falad. 0)I'"i ("hocol:,t". 1')t:at' Sa,lad. 'tl'k ; h.am. Sandw.jtclee. Ice Cream. Sherbet. Cake. Finishing the repast one was at lit rty to visit the Dickens Art (alleri atalogues of which iad been distrit .ted. The gallery was found to contai mauny rare and interesting pictur niquely illustrated. In charge of thi lepartmzent were M1isses Edith Her ersont anld Katie Rutherford, who e, zorted the visitors around the galier2 pointing out each picture of the famou ollection and giving its history in ost novel and entertaining style. One might then pay a visit to tl z:iily adorned booth which containe Ahe immense Di':kens Squash, an ien guess its weight and try t econe its owner. Misses Hennie Iol rtson and Mattie McCaughrin had th iuanagement of this attractive featur< ind were kept busy registering th names of the guessers and the ruesses. If by this time one became thirsty visit might be made to the "treacle lemonade) booth, and there be rt freshed by a glass of that delightfi beverage. Misses Fannie and Lu McCaughrin and Laurens ilenn wer ;o be found at this popular resort. For the special benefit of the chi Irei there was the Dickeus hasty pu< ling, a large iron kettle filled wit ;awdust, buried beneath which wer innumerable presents to gladden th heart. These little gifts were "dipped )ut by means of a long-handled ladl ordipper and many and loud were th exclamations of surprise and delight < those who took a "dip." Miss Kati Nazyck superintended this attractior Misses Alice Mazyck, Mary Butk Pope and Nina Bynum being in activ h.arge. At the north end of the hall was astefully decorated booth over the ei trance of which hung the sign of thi noted "Holly.wood Inn." Under thi vergren bower one found su~ch del -aeies as ice cream, sherbet, etc., all which were served ini charming styi< 1ises Sue MIazyck and Annie Mlegge! id the honors here. Five minutes before the intermnissi' xpi red a call bell was rung summo: ing to their seats those who weret take par't in the remai&ning exercises. The second part cf the programmn was begun by two tableaux, the first< whch was "MIica'yber Waiting ft omething to Turn Up1.'' As the cu: ains were drawn aside, 3Miewebler, MI John M1. Kinard, was standing in th entre of the stage in an attitude< onteplative expectancy and undi: t urbed tranquility. On the right of thI tage sat Jfr.e. Xican ber, Mi1ss Nat hall Mazvk. with numerous little Xir-r' Or around her, all of wvhom were o< upied in one way or another. F-ollou' ing this tableau w as a group p)ictulre all characters represented from Davi Copperfield. The central figures in th! picture wvere Bairkis, D)r. E. C. .Jone: 4anding near the shy and confuse P>cygoiy, MIiss M1amie M1ayes, and cas ing up)on her loving, though bashft glances. Lic Emi/y, Hattie Leave] 4ot od at Peggyottys sidle and was lool ig up into her face with a perplexe' yet trusting expression. On the rigl of tihe stage were the various memibe1 of the .Jicroebe7r family, Wi/kIns. ri taining his characteristic attitude.whil D)r. WFickfch, M1r. WV. G. Mayes, wn feeling the pulse of the youngest JIicar br ofspring. On the left of the stat were grou ped David Copperfield, M1 M. L. Spearmiani, einmored (of Dor< M\iss Willie Cozby, whose presen<' lighted up his face with an expressil f great happiness, and .1lynes, Mi1 Ifennie Robecrtsonl, whose countenan< expressd approval of this match. B hind this group was Jfiss~ JI,rds/tn Miss F.nuniie Pope, who viewed thn love making with fusted countenant ant Icrabbed looks. Up the stage J/ gi.ged in conversation with JJrs. Chi//ig Sils. Geo. A. Mloody. Next on the progranmme was a seer between Mr. ~Spcers, Mr. Bartow . Ra age. Xrs. *S:tJrers, MIrs. Peter Rou (anntn and some of the boys of "DIot] bovs IIlall.'' Thlese boys were Ma tes James McCauhlrin, Claude G reIn ker, JI arry Robe,rts o, Tom1 Popqe, Me ie IHotrnsbyv, B ennlie Rollerson, Ne Folk. Willie Bynumi and Otis Ftl: The boys were odiscovered seated 01n t tors, enljoy ing tlhemselv'es in idlI epr tie. Mr. Sq1uers stoon madle his ao pearance:~ accompanied by Xrls. Sfqu, ni it'holaS. Thei r arrival, anld esl ijl a remnark from M1r. Sqorr' p: an i edt at on1ce to anyv furthier conlverIs ion. A sptirit of indu stry sudden .i'/'ldi, the boy, anld all were busi enOZagd co)nlning their lessons, whi ..nfv ds-4 Of trea,l1 and i . nt ?he ;:, ! ]i choked wreteli- o th. . is ina-te'r tlenL pr,., ii to ol, ' 1 *s read the lette - reni ; i:t V:: ri >.boys, withi cu:anwtls upo0:0 :6. t t,.. :s after which the cla- ini "'Eh.li-h - . Ing( and lhil:,sol,hy" was.- ,:ai"l , i;, d and the iiastter in;itiai."l i'- ,r" i:. , >.the "pr"acti(ali ehd o -ab r. lpursued at DMthebuoy,. H:,11. 'lThen followed a groupi, pb1urt t:lr 7. te Nickleby colle", ion. In ti:i tiI:; the central Itiure W.. a reprel'Ctatil 1 nof J l F1111 anni 1/1(':9r1S, 1 iss \tiA - M elitosh, re<u-tin;r tht: newly inl stalied usher, 'iehoer, to shitrl'en the d Iencil whicl the blushintg y"oun1,.g 1l"0'y k held in her outstretched hand. (> th 1. el right of the st:ie stod ir. 1,;//eh e Niel:b/'/, \Ir. .Jaies Keniirly. it; an e attitudeof rellec"tin:t. llhtin,l hint wer . 1 ',inn (Cuinles, tlr. Eduatr1 rd i( ico . with a show hilh in ia . ati 'ii r/sa Cruninles, )i-s L.ois Fant , w >t o had just taken a r:w-efui t,e0 i a dance. Jiss La ('r, ry, liis 'M .ie Verber, in yellow costuine. wa,4 :e,":r at hand with easel anld l,t'usi. i' tIe right of the sta w:s Me,ni!ini, .\ir Geo. A. _Moody, bearin'.; in in suliti silence the railery of JI/crIoe J/1-r/ S/ini, -Miss Laura Blea-e. On the left Mr. &,S7ucer, and 11,. .Sqeir', iv ere . plotting new atrociti,"- a,ainst the per secuted boys. Up the centre of the stage Madelinc I'w/, Miss Matie Wil son, and Kate Xie/:/c 1y, Mliss Aliee o ('zby, were conver.in g toget her; Jia ilda 1riec, Miss Katie Mazyt'k, icing not far away. L'ehind theim sttmd L n-d riederick ericopht, )r. T heo. John d stone, engaged in making an at:ek d upon the heart of k161rietU, J'c01ur/; r, Miss Hattie Jones. Next came a tableau, "Little cel and her grand:ather receive a call from Fred Trent and Dick Swive"llt"r." i nt z e Scott being ill, Hattie Leave"il to~k the r part of Litt/c 1e//. Near the cetltre of the stage Li't/c 1// was seated on a a stool close to her Grran(fathr, 1r. Peter Robertson. )ick ,S'1'rc//r, Mr. Silas J. Mc('aughrin and 1+iicd Tr lit'. ir. Zack Wright were lounging in careless and o\ erbearing fashion, ia ing just upbraided the old mnan scverely for his cruelty to c1// and scored hirn soundly for not giving them noney. Litt/c _/1 was trying to shield her h Grandfatecr frot these cruel Word1]s and was looking up into his face an expression of tenderness antd d1et",) e tion. The old man was sull'ering inl e silence the calumny hcalei tluponi hitru e by his visitors. 3 irs. Jarley's Wax Figurs werre next exhibited. Miss Mary Burton took the part of 1frs. Jur/cly, and went through it admirably, iuitating that historic character with wo(nderful cor reetness. Her assistants were Messrs. 11. D. Wright and Bichiman Glas:w I Each of the figures was in tura pl:aced in position and the assistants wo:'hi lien go t hrough thle formt (of w inding; .up eachi, wheni t hcir acecompl ish im It ts Mrhs. Jar/ry would t hen give a brief ex n!anaiitin and hiist ory of each figurre. The first' was a challraing debutante. M iss tallite Whe iel er: the secorlt, 311I non, \l is Nina Bvynr. The othier figures were: The Dunde, Mfr. Williamn 0 A. F'ant:1 tIndian ebatsin:.g gir-, \! r. I'd ward Riser, MlaudeA F'ant; P'ri ina D)1nni, 30 iss Lois F"ant ; Genitlellran (oat roc1(ious1 riterniory, MIr. EdwardlMc 3eltesh aind a twohede gill, MIir-es .lessie Iliornsby anid Annie Byntuii. All thle fIgures r- went thtrough their respective 1art1 in C very praisewvorthiy manne 77r. A G roup p)icture. of alt char: 'rs represented froml Oh! Curiosity Sh op e followed. In the cenrtre oh thet sitage e2 ,itt/c Xell was repiresenited as le:77l:n1 her 4'rant(fec/hcr along thle hiighiw::y . Neat' at hand wais lrs. .Jar,lfiI O cunt ing over her receipts. On the right Dik: ,S'rirc//rr was playing at cards dwith the Xarchlioness, MIiss Alice! '\zk,~ w~hile P"rrel Tr'e,n/ looked 7:n Sthe proceedinlg. .Janm /ors Mir dj Fraink B. McInltosht, was not far away -with a patronizing smile playing upon 2 his mobile features to) catcht the tin Iwary traveller. Not far awaty st'ood - r. A.'>c/ Garland, 3Mr. I. 11. Ilunit, ~absorbed in dlmphierinig a legal docu t Iment. On1 the left of the stage Chryy.. Si r. Frank Wearn, was miakinig eyes a4t Jlliss ,Sopltia U ((ck/r.4 Miss AlUna ec Werber, and1( easting glances at her Sthat were calculated to touch the heart. At the upper centre stondt 3/liss Clc hyg.", MIiss i .zzie (Clemiin J/ss 3/P 'is r- *a IiU'-k/rs, MIiss Carrie lhllesor a117; SMiss~ .Janc WVaek/s, MIiss TIilla Bot'zer. -eall three wvatebing this coulrtshlip wi th enijoymienlt and approval. A t the upper left was.i (7i/p, Mir. IR. I . Wearna, e atbouit to "mansht in to a pulp" th le t A B little scamnps tha:t were alwatys fight Sig,7 and wiho( at thatt miomienit wer'' 19 rollig over 'eih (other, wiral:t ini -e "trong emb race. Mrs'. JIiwin, Yis r- ue 3\1azyck. wvas attetitnig to pre~ - vent the liendhinsh (ti/p fromi carry ing~ out his threat. TIhis tab leau ended the pterforruI ancem. le At the close, se veral catkes remining17 3 unsold were 1put tup :at auct ion1, aft er I- which It wats annilounIced that the nv1ea4rest guess o7f lie wei.:ht of lhe IC Dickens s<junash hat been mal:de ht\ Alr. el t lie D itkens par'ty watS edd t lI.::7:NA, Ao7K., A pril 1.-T'h. rin uIt tbefotre. I . ANOTHEn1:7 INCHI .\T GR I;:Ny VI .i.. lyGREENVILLE. M1iss., Apr'il 1. -The' 'river rose an inch y'esterdiay frtomt hieavy' ratis. Two ntegroIes were drownied inr m an overflowed section yesterday, e - at.Viw.'-ide an on a Lake nohivar C) wI:) A SCION O F ai;OLITIONIS.1. I,T '.1innie ;tvi.E~: to Ir. Alfred wilkinw m. a 1otmg Lawver of Syracu.e, N. Y.-The .\ttair a Love )Iatch-In t.-r tin:, Event. Whiichi Led to the itci)rotih't1. i" "l the Now York Iferald.] SAt.Sr ': N. Y. .\lrii 15.-I veri !a reIport of ao vey iaV teryestii - ui; wh,1i+"h has ttnate1rializ+ed into a fact ,t .r,at -i.tnlicaiec. :ni can not fail to I :act the wi'est attention in both E:r,pe aini .\ merica. In a word, it is :le crowIing event of the great rebel ion. It is nothing more nor less than he annouincernent 'made to very inti nate friends here of the marriage of \Iiss Winnie Davis, the eldest daugh er of Jefletrson 1)avi, the late P'resi leit of the S"unthe"n ('+o)nfederacy, to ir. .\lfred Wilkinson, of thi= city, the oran n f l aniuel .1. May, the great tbolitionist leader. )anle rinnor has fir a lung time past ,ispered of tie possibilit' of such an vent co:iling to pass, but it was only ten ir. Wilkins',n returned from Europe a few weeks ago that the ru nor began to assutile tangible shape, md it was only within a day or two igo that one of If r. May's bosom friends vas apprised of the engagement. The event is of iore than ordinary ignificance owing to its hearing on the >irth and fall of the rebellion. This iarriage, when accomplished, will iite two families who have been lertof~re the most implacable political O's, and to whose efforts the fierceness nid fervor of the rebellion are largely Ine. The lifc of Miss Davis is too well mown to be repeated here, but the tory of 'Mr. Wilkinson's parentage is -oniparatively unknown. He is a son if .lohl Wilkinson, a very prominent gure in local history and the grand on of Iev. Samuel J. May. The name if the Rev. Mr. May is one of the right geis in the abolition sky, for he vas the pioneer, with Garrison, Emer i, 'hillips and Longfellow, in the reat work for the abolition of slavery. et only in the United States, nut in .::ope also, did he tight for the aboli ion cause. In Great Britain especial r Mr. May lectured upon slavery to arge aL(iences. A fter his renioval to 4yracuse Mr. May continued to be very wti'te anl proninent in promoting the imti-slave.v refurin. le soon b:ecame :n?wn far and videasa fearless aud un omp1r)'misi;r abolitionist. Hundreds >f men, women and children, l eeing ron bondage and bound for Canada, -aue to him for protection and help mad they never came in vain. He as ; sted any to escape, among them icing the celebrated John MeHenny, ,-hose liberation created such a sensa ion, the anniversary of which was eItiratedi fo1' several years. .is the metetiings of the abcolitilistS ::,trtly bfoire the declaration of war ver violently assaiiledl in Boston and ther cities, the M1ay' r of Syracuse arnetly req uested Mir. Mlay to pre ent the holding of a nieeting here, e-t it shiouldl provoke a riot. Twenty f the mo.,t influenitial genitlemen of Aracuse, nearly half of whom wvere i< parishiionercis, addressed a letter to ur. 'lay, telinig hhai they were cred ably infornmed that organiizedl and oreibFle ellois to prieven;t the holding lite abolition1 convyen tion would be nde. Probablyv this was one of the everest tests to whieli 31 r. Miay's loy dtI' to hli' owni convictions wa ever Ithjer(ted. Befoire the hiou r appointed i' thle conlvenitionl, rioters took p)osses *bn of thle hall which MIr. Mlay had iired for thle 'onv en tionh, and was -omghly used, the miieet ing being pre :elntel aind Mr. Mlay wvas burned in .iy il n hover squnare. It was not long afterward that the iring upoii Fort Sunmter put an end to nehi proceedings iin the free States. It t his man's grandson who is to wed he "D1auighter of the Confederacy.'' The story (if the courtship is most ro ii:mtic. MIiss Winnllie Davis caime Northi some f'our years ago to visit Dr. II'homas Em:nory, of tile firm of D. Mc arthby & Co., in this city. It w~as her r ist visit to this old abolitionist strong obl. and she was c'onsequlently quite nilxiius to mleet the society of Syra use. .\t (onet of the recepitionis given : her honor shle was introduced to \[r. .\lfred Wilkinson. It will be re :nemibered that Miss Winnie received ivery ecool receptioni ill one or twc oses hlere. aind thiis treatmnenit of the D aughiter of the ( on federacy'' is said 'I hav'e brought her and Mir. W ilk ina onin verh'" c'lose relat illS, He resenilted hei to- ne- toiius shown h er and gal bo ltly chiami uoned hn''er ause. Tbc Frieniship' thus (engenerated bietweerj Ltheml lois-smied into love in dtie time. ti-s Winnie later oni went to Europt ith a cotusini of hers, tind is stil I'ir. Wilkinsuu 'ome two mlothis ag rossi'd the oceanil toi see' Miss D)avi, 'nd ;o pentil several weeks with heu .ightseing til tlihe c'nht inen't andi p)ress i! his suit. W\heni lh retiunedl the3 wtere betroithled. il r. W\ilkinison is brighlt and prnihs ing younig lawyi' liere, about twenity .\r. .\iert H ey. Th'leir bu tsiness'is al ti t iuir'ely coanti l to patenit calse's lheir inlt'irne is ijuit' lair, but M1r Wi!kinsoni no a riebl lnan. ft is: i.v match'i. Thie yoliug runn,1 however movie's ini lt veryv bst sei'ity here an< nt tbeen i't, bunt it is tind--'tstod tha ta'. iai- will be' in the! lntr future. I i,lt.tti ly inted that titvre. is no ver, pani tri p anid the wedtiing trous-eatu have been apprised of the coming wed ding is not known, but it is believed that some of themt at least are still in blissful ignorance of the affair. Among the few friends of Mr. Wilkinson here who know that the wedding is an as sured fact there is the greatest sur prise. That the representative chil dren of the North and South should thus come together is to theni like the reputed love of (od. "surpassing all understan+iig.' AFTER TWENTY-FOUR YEARS. Arrewt of a Murderer Who Killed His Man in 1S66-A Deathbed Confession Led to the Arrest. [Special to Charleston World.] Si'A l 'r.unt.iu; April 1t;.-Sauiel Jefferies was arrested at his house in Gatflney to-day for the murder of )r. White in 1St;';, and has been carried to the Union jail. ''he cause of the arrest was the confeSsion of one Wedlin, who has just died in Texas. J. J. B. TlE SToRV OF TilE CASE. UNiox, April 17.-The publication in the World this mornitg of the arrest of Mr. Samuel .Jeffries of Gaffney, for the killing of Dr. White twenty-six years ago, caused a sensation here. The following is the story of the case, as gathered by your correspondent: About twenty-five or six years ago, during the last stages of the war, Mr. Samuel Jeffries was deputized to go through the country and collect all the deserters from the army. While out he happened to meet a young man named Sparks, and arrested and sent him back to the army. This greatly incensed the father of young Sparks, and the first time he met Mr. Jeffrier, in a stillhouse, they became involvcd in a difficulty, the result of which was that old man Sparks was killed by Jeffries. The principal witness in this case was one Dr. White, a prominent phy sician in that country. On the eve ning of August 25, 18615, Dr. White was sitting in his home near a window when an assassin slipped stealthily up and :illed Dr. White with buckshot from a double-barrelled shotgun, kill ing him instantly. This was in Au gust, and Jeffries's trial came off in the following October, at which trial he came clear. Suspicion rested on him as being the murderer of Dr. White. Enough evidence, however, could never be obtained to justify his arrest. About four years ago a man by the name of Medlin died here. On his death bed he made a confession that he was paid by Jeffries to kill Dr. White. But the only persons at the death bed of Medlin were his wife and Jeffrie;, all other persons being excluded by Jeffries. For soic reason, which can only be inagined, Medlin's wife kept her mouth shut. At the last term of court here Mir. Sam Jeffries had yotung Medlin, a son of the man who killed Dr. White, in dicted for burning his stables and a nu mber of horses and farm i mplemnen ts. To get even with Jeffries the Widow Medlin has brought forward the death bed confession of her husband. It also seems that another man's conscience is smhiting him- the man that went along with the crc wd that murdered Dr. White on tl-e ntight of Aug. 26, 1805, and held the horses of the crowd. He has said that he can give some initerest ing facts in the trial. This will be an intensely interesting case, as the man implicated is one of the wealthiest and most prominent men in tileupper portion of this coun ty. He is a very old man. The constable sent to arrest hlim yes terday found him sick in bed, anld he asked that a guard be placed over him until he is able to be remroved. He also offered a .$10,000 bond for his ap pearance to the sheriff when he is able to get here. T. M1. N. TURLNER TERRIFIED). N. Amsks to.be Sent Back to the Spatrtanxburg Jail. COrrUMBIA, AIpril 10.-rThe governor has received the following letter from G. S. Turner, the man wvho killed his brother-in-law, and who was removed from the Spartanburg.jail to the Rich land jail to prevent his being lynched: ('oLUMBIrA, A pril 12, 18L60. To His Excellency, .John P. Richard son, Governor:-As Riclandl (ounty jail is thlreatenled, or expected to be raidled by the lynchers, and there being four prisoners in tile jail fromt four dit ferent counties to escape the lynch law. I will beg your excellency to order me back to the Spartanburg jail, with or (ers to the sheriff~ of said county to arm me if a mob tries to r:aid thle jail, so that I may protect my own life. Such a thing as the four coulnties uniting may be possible, and if - hiave to tight, [ want to oight in my on it self-defence. This jail was guarded last ntight, and I think the sherif of Spartanburg can andl oulght to guard his jail as well as Sheriff .Ro'van. Very respectfully, your mlost obedient servanlt, G. S. Tr' nNEit. Bloody Fight in Kentucky. IA,risv im:, A pril 1 .-A special to thle T1imeits fromn Harlan (Court House, says: ~A decided fight to(cu rred( thlis morni ing at 1.2n~ o'clock, seven teent mlile% east of here, inl the Bllack Moun tainIs, be tween a detail of State troops. coneist ing of sixteeni privates, Lieutenant Mil ton and Sergeant Pullian, anid about thirty outlaws. whlo were fortifie<d in an old barnt. Five of thIe soldiers were woundedl. It is not knownl how mnl:ty outlaws were killed. as th1ey still have~ A corporal was sent to Ha:rlanr for re inforeents 1, and' hle b rinag this news. Sharp.fighting is ex pered ~ . The oiut~ laws are wvell arnmed. well inrtrenchted, anid determtinted. Some. of thenm are -under indictment. The militia have thlelr blood up because of their losses, and are thlreatening vengeance. THE CLAFLIN REBELLION. The Students Must Return to their Duties Under Prof. DeTrevilie, or be Dis missed from the College. [Special to News and Courier.] COLUMIA, April 18.-The Univer sity trustees did not announce imme diately after their adjournment, about 1 o'clock this morning, what their ac tion had been in the Claflin College matter, because they censidered it pro per courtesy to President Dunton to give him the first notification of it. Mr. Dunton was notified soon after the ad journment of the board and returned to Orangeburg this morning. After considerable effort the facts were obtained this afternoon for publi cation. The preamble and resolutions adopted read as follows: 'The trouble between one of the pro fessors of Claflin College and the stu dents of the iustitution, in which the students are clearly in rebellion against the authority of the College, coining before the trustees: "It is resolved, That the students be and are hereby required to return to their classes under Prof DeTreville at once, and that every student failing to comply with this resolution be expelled from the College: "And whereas, it appears that the rebellion of students grew out of the grave misconduct of two of the profes sors, beginning in the faculty meeting and ending on the College campus: "Resolved, further, That it be re ferred to a committee of three, to be appointed by the chairman, to report what action should be taken by this board in reference to the offending professors." As heretofore announced, this com mittee consists of Messrs Buist, Coker and McIver. The board of trustees will hold a --,ecial meeting on the 30th inst, and wi, then consider the report. SOME TALK OF THE STUDENTS REFCS ING TO REPORT TO PROF DETRE VILLE's CLASSES. .RANGEIBURG, April 19.-The action of the University trustees in the matter of the recent Claflin trouble is com mended by all the sober-thinking peo p;e of this community. Reports were out this morning to the effect that the students were all packing up preparatory to leaving for their re spective hoies, but when your repre sentative went out to the College to inquire into the matter hefound every thing quiet and the exercises of the institution going on as usual. Dr. Dun ton, president of the College, would say very little about the affair. He remarked to your correspondent that he had stated publily to the students this morning that he could take no ac tion in the premises until the Claflin trustees had met and taken action. Prof. DeTreville was not in the city to-day, and consequently did not re port for duty at the College. It is not knowvn whether he will report or not until after the Claflin board meets and takes action in the premises. It is positively asserted by the repre rentative students that Pr<.f. DeTreville will have no class to instruct, even if he does report for duty. This is virtually ignoring the decision of the State board altogether. The Clatlin trnstees will meet at an early date in Cincinnati. GRAND LODGE K.0OF H. List of Prizes Offered for the Next Year The Officer, Elected and Committees A ppointed. [special to Charleston WVorld.] CoLrMimA, April 13.-The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor, which has been in session here for the last t wo days, adjourned to-day after trans acting a large volume of business. Most of the delegates have returned to their homes. At to-day's session it was resolved to offer four cash prizes in the subordinate lodges next year, as follows: For largest n umerical i ncrease,$20; for next largest, $10; for largest proportionate increase, $20; for next largest, $10. No lodge will be allowed to take two pr!zes, and no lodge can compete un less its increase in membership be over twelve during the year. CIA RLESTON GETS THE PRI?VS. The committee on prizes reported that it had awarded the prize of $20 for the largest increase of membership dur ing the past year, to the Charleston lodge, whose net gain is 102 members. The prize of $10 for largest percent age of increase was awarded to Moul tric lodge of Charleston. OFFICERS FOR THlE ENSUING YEA R were elected as follows: Past Grand Dietator-W. XW. Simons, Charleston. G;rand Dietator-P. K. McCully, An derson. Grand Vice-Dietator-W. H. Lock wood, Beaufort. Grand Assistant Dictator-Gen. J.W. Moore, Hampton. Grand Guide-Hion. J1. C. Sheppard, Edgefield. Grand Reporter-C;. WV. Holland, Newberry. Grand Treasurer-J. F. Robertson. Abbeville. Grand Guardian --N. W. Trump. Coluinbia. G;ranmd (Chaplain-N. WV. Burton lBatesbuzrg. ( rand& Sentinel-J. L. Addison,Edge Grmanmd Trustees-J. A. Henneman Spartanburg; F. H. London, Roel 1l11l: Hi. Ryttenberg, Sumter. M r. P. K. McCully was elected de gate to the Supreme Lodge, which wil meet in IDetroit. Ex-Governor Shepl npard wa hledt a l ternate. A BRAVE TEX!t. WHO GAv3 HIS LIFE IN DEFENSE OF A WOMAN. The Story Connected With a Lonely Grave Near Newberry-The Brave Man Digs His Grave-Ancient Deeds of Chiv alry Recalied. [D. A. Dickert in Atlanta Comstitution.] NEWBERRY, S. C.. April 13.-A little mound near the cotton mills in New berry, S. C.. covers the remains of one who has left an eternal monument to the South's chivalry. His name is un known. Immediately after the close of the war the negr' troops belonging to Sherman's army were marched by different routes to Port Royal and Charleston, there to be disbanded. The night of which I speak, a regiment of negro troops were encamped in New berry, near the railroad depot. The town had been plundered, and her citizens subjected to all the indignities that a drunken mob could offer, A government train was then running from a point twenty-five miles North of Columbia to Greenville to carry soldiers and refugees as near their homes as possi'>e. This night as the train slowed up the depot it was imme diately surrounded by a drunken, howling crowd of negro soldiers. On board the train were two ladies. The negroes swarmed through the ears like a set of demons set free from the infer nal regions, while white soldiers on board were helpless and at their mercy. What a place for helpless woman with out friends or protectors! In the coach with the ladies was a soldier, and from his dress and de meanor, one would judge him to be from Texas. He was tall and stat.:ly, piercing black eyes, while his massive head of hair well became his brawny face. He plainly showed that he had been a determined follower of the lost cause. In their wild carouse one of the drunken negroes came to where the la dies sat, and commenced to offer in sults and indignities to the younger, too revolting in its nature for rehearsal. In trying to release herself from his loathsome embrace, she cried out in despair: "My God, have I no friend; will no one protect me?" In a moment a voice was heard in the rear end of the coach: -Yes, I will protect y u, if I die for it." The tall form of the un known Texan was seen rapidly ap proaching along the aisle. His eyes shone in the dim light like those of the wild beast ready to spring upon its prey. The keen blade of a knife was seen. to glitter above his head and with a mighty blow was buried to its hilt in the breast of the.black ruffian. With a wild yell he leaped from the car and fell dead upon the side-track. The stranger quietly walked out of the coach at the other end, and.stepped a few paces away, under cover of the darkness, and waited developments. He had not long to wait. All the imps of darkness turned loose could not have equalled the uproar and tumult this deed created. Word flew to camp that one of their comrades had been murdered by a Confederate soldier. A wild rush was made for the train, and and for a few moments it looked as if all on board would be put to death. Search was made for the murderer, de claring that if found he should be shot at once. The stranger stood but a few feet away, quietly listening to his death , sentence, as the soldiers madly rushed by. At last one declared he had found the man; he seized one of the officials of the railroad, and others coming up, with equal positiveness swore to his identity. Violent hands were laid upon the innocent man, while the drunken mass that crowded around him seemed as if they would crush him to death. His vain pleadings of innocence were drowned by the wild yells of the surging crowd. He was being carried away for execution. Where was the unknown Texan? He had shown his courage, now would he waver in the face of immediate death? With hi hand he had protected the person of defenceless women, by dyeing it in the blood of her assailants, would he stand by and see an innocent man die in his stead? W%ith calm deliberation, without any emotion whatever, he made his way to the maddening crowd, and with a loud voice said: "Turn this man loose, he is innocent. I am the one who did it now do your worst!" This gave new impetus to the drunken crowd, and he was hurried away to camp. A drum head court-martial was convened, and he was condemned to be immediately shot. While he was being tried, word tiew like lightning over the town that a white man was to be shot, and every negro that could possibly go came rushing into camp and surrounded the brave Texan, offering him avery insult and indignity that their wicked souls could invent. The negro women outdid the men in rejoicing over the fate of the prisoner. Even the bloodthirsty and cruel Queen Esther could not have rc joiced more over her captives. A t half-past twelve a spade was given the condemned and ordered to dig his grave. Selecting a spot near the brow of the hill, he commenced the heart rending tusk of digging his own grave. Spadeful after spadeful was thrown4up, until three feet is reached. Thebstand ing erect and stretching out his arms, he said : "I am ready." A breathless stillness for a moment prevailed. The command fire was given-a volley rings out, and the brave Texan falls dead in his grave, amid the deafening shouts oIf the multitude, leaving behind . hire the gradest tribute to Southern I chivalry ; that no other land under the . sun rear men who give their lives to protect the honor of unknown wmr.c