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"Witm W, vt-. THE DARLINGTON NEWS, f>0BUS0Kl> fVIBY TBUB8DAT MOKNINO ix Z>. EV-A.3ST9, PROPRIETOR. pBBXS**$2 Per Annum la Ad ranee. Qng §quar6 t ftwi iaie^tioa. Qn^ Square, Bccoad iu8crtioD.**,....»....1.0^) lubseqeat iasertioa..00 Contract adrertisemeau inserted upon the most rensoneb’s terns. Marriage Notices and Obituaries, not •xceediog six lines, inserted free. DARLINGTON NEWS. ‘•FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIGHT IS RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, TO-MORROW, FOREVER.” VOL. m NO 18, DARLINGTON, S. 0.. THURSDAY, MAY 6,1886. WHOLE NO 591. JOB DEPARTMENT A HERO AMONG HEROES. Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Chanceilorsville. The fourth lecture of a aeries on the civil war at the bowell Institute, Boston, was delivered some time ago by Col. Theodore A- Dodge, one of the best kuowu meu in Bos ton military circles. He served constantly in the Army of the Po tomac, (in every volunteer regi mental rank up to that of colonel); from the Peninsula, where be was grith Kearney, throagh Pope’s and Bnrnnide’s campaigns, and at Oban- oellorsville and Gettysburg. The subject of Col. Dodge’s lec ture was “Obancellorsville,” and particularly the great flank move ment of Stonewall Jackson which turned the tide of war on the me morable second of May, 1862. .Col. Dodge related in detail the movements of the Army of the Po tomac which led to their assuming position at Chanceilorsville, and gives the position of the two armies when they confronted each other j>q the day of the great battle be tween Lee and Hooker. Col. Dodge says: The Army of the Potomac on Friday night lay huddled in the cbapparal around Clieucellorsville, instead of oconpying, as they might, a well defined position on the open S 'ouud in front Bank’s Ford. radnally during the night the several corps drifted, weary asd disheartened at this unexplained check in the midst of success, into the position which they bad taken np after crossing the river, without any idea of fighting there. The line was thus a haphazard one, on the worst conceivable ground, where cavalry was useless, artillery confined to tbe roads or to a few epen spaces, and infantry bidden or paralyzed. During this night, while the Army of Northern Virginia was wnovjug jqto position in front of its giganUu, but apparently unnerved enemy, Lee and Jackson developed A plan for an attack upon our right, which, though posted on high ground, was really in the air. Lee may have originated the plan, but it bears a cistiuctly Jacksonian Bavor; and, surely, without such a lieutenant to execute it, Lee would never have dreamed of making Such a risky move. Tbe plan gave Jackson about 24.000 meu with which to undertake a march around .our right flank to a position where he might cut us off from United States Ford. It was ultrshazardous, for it separated a small army in the presence of a large one. It was justifiable only on the ground that Hooker evidently meant to retain tbe defensive j that tbe movement would be screened from bis eye by the woods; that there seemed no more available plan, that some im mediate action was demanded. Had it failed, it would have met the cen sure of every soldier. No maxim of tactics applies to it so well as Abe proverb, “Nothing venture, nothing gain.” Although Jackson’s corps had Been on foot and partially engaged for some thirty hours, the men set not on this new march with cheer fhl alacrity. They could always follow “Old Jack” with their eyes shot. Stuart’s cavalry masked tbe .advance. Jackson did not know ■that his column wonld have to pass some open ground in full view ot our line at DowdalEs until too late ito have it follow a better concealed •route. Jiarly Saturday morning the movement was .discovered by. £be 3d corps, and a reconnoissanoe was poshed ont to embarrass its ^advance After some trouble and ,a slight and successful attack, Biruey ascertained and reported that Jackson was moving over to X>nr right. The conclusion which Hooker drew from this fact was ap parently that Bee was retreating. .Jackson meanwhile keeping Sickles busy with a small rear guard, ad vanced along the Brock road until, toward afternoon, he was abreast ;and in the rear ot our right flank. While he was tbns amassing his men to take the Army of tbe Poto mac in reverse, Hooker continued to authorise Sickles to deplete the throated wing by sending a large part of its available strength (Bar- low, Biroey. Whipple and Geary in part—some 15,000 men) out in the ,woods in the hope of capturing tbe •force which bad long ago eluded his grasp and was ready to fall upon .our rear. Hookers’s right flank of barely 10,000 men was completely isolated. And yet, though scouts, pickets and so actual attack at .8.30 p. m. proved Beyond peradven tare, Jaokson’s presence at this point, Hooker allowed this flank to jbe held by an untried corps com .posed of the most hi terogeueons and untrust werthy elements in tbe .Anijr of the Potomac. march of Jackson’s might • blush have been eoastroed looker to be either a retreat or ,Strategic mareh by Lee to new ground or to be a threatened flank AUaok. Bit her wonld have been .^ooompanied by the same tactical umptoms.which now appeared. If £bs former, Hooker bad bis option au wwly or late period, more or less vigorously, as might appear best to him. Hooker after ward claimed that he believed io tbe flank attack. Bat tbe testimony of bis dispatches at the time finds him riding both horses, and be act ed on the retreat theory. At 6.30 m. he bad notified Slocum and Howard to look out and prepare for a flank attack and to post heavy re serves to meet one. He telegraphed Sedgwick at 4:10 p.m., “We know that the enemy is flying, trying to save the trains.” In the meantime he had removed the heavy reserves in question and sent them ont on Sickles’s wild goose chase to the front. He made no inspection of tbe right except one early in the morning, Howard, commanding on tbe right, misled by Hooker’s orders and apathy, held to tbe retreat theory. He b*d, on the receipt of tbe 9:30 order, disposed Barlow’s brigade and his reserve artillery so as to resist an attack along tbe pike, but Barlow had been ordered by Hooker to join Sickles. Gen. Devens made several distinct at tempts to impress on Howard the danger of an attack, but the latter took bis color, as well as his orders, from the commander of tbe army. Gen. Carl Scbuiz, under whom 1 served that day, also held strongly to the flank attack theory, and scores ot men in the IItb corps, after the picket fight of 3:30 p. w. fully believed that another attack woqld be made in tbe same place. Common generosity to the memory ot Hooker, who was a gallant and successful corps commander, leads us to think that at the time he be lieved tbattbeeuemy was retreating. His neglect ot tbe right was other wise criminal. In him alone cen tered all the information of con stantly occurring chances To bun alone was reported each new cir cumstance. His subordinates knew but the partial truth They relied on him for the initiative. At 6 p. m., then, the situation was this: The left and centre lay as before. Howard held the right the “key of the position,” with 10,- 000 men, a half biigatle of Dwens only astride tbe pike, the rest of Devens’s and Scburz’s forces lacing south, and Stemwher massed at Duwdali’s. Howard’s best brigade was gone and there was not a man to support him between DowdaL’s and Chanceilorsville, for this por tion of the line under Sickles had been advanced into the woods near ly two miles. On the right flank of this lit'.le force lay Jackson’s corps of over 20,000 men, whose wide wings, like the arms of a gigantic .cuttlefish, were ready to clutch it in their fatal embrace. To cover Jack- son’s march, Lee at intervals during the day tapped at tbe lines in front, principally where Hancock lay. During all this afternoon Hooker had a chance handsomely to redeem bisFiidas’s error in retiring into the Wilderness. Whatever the reason, the fact that Lee had divid ed his army remained clear. Eee, with the right wing, had but 18,000 men. Hooker knew that he could not have more than 25.000. He himaed had 70,000 splendid troops. He could have crushed !*>e like an egg shell, and then have turned on Jackson. But, witn a knowledge of Jackson’s habit of mystery, of his wonderful speed and fighting capacity, and of his presence on our right, with all the means of knowl edge that this same right fiauk was isolated by two miles of im|>enetr- able woods from any supporting force, be sat still, folded his hands and patiently waited events. The 11th corps was eating sup per. Arms were stacked as the breastworks looking south were but fairly substantial. Facing east were Done. Borne carelessness was ap parent, in that ambulances, am munition wagons, pack mules, and even a drove of beeves were close behind tbe line. Every one was at ease, though a few were not want ing in anxiety. Little Wilderness Church, near by, endeavored to stamp a peaceful air upon the war like scene. The .general feeling seemed to be that it was too late to get up much of a fight on that day. Jackson,lo three Hues, Rhodes in advance, Colston next and A. P. Hill still coming op, lay close by. He bad caught Hooker’s right in fiagrante delictu. At 6 p. m , the order was given, and 22,000 of tbe best infantry in existence closed rapidly down upon the fiauk of 10, 000 of the least hardened of the troops of tbe Potomac Not the Old Guard, not Fiedncit’s automata, could have changed front under the staggering blow. Tbe fight was short, sharp, deadly, but partial only. All that man could do De- veusdid. Wounded, be kept the saddle and commanded ; but the force on tbe right was swept away like a cobweb by Jackson’s mighty besom. Some of Ben nix’s regiments made a gallant show ot resistance nnder the terrible ordeal of friends and foes breaking through tbeir hastily formed lines; some melted away wit bout burning a cartridge. Buschlieck’s brigade threw taelf Into to ue breastworks constructed flenMt the road pt powdall’s and made a desperate resistance. It was here Howard bad asked leave to place bis line, but bad been re fused. A ridge made tbe lino well available for defence. The whole situation wag confusion worse con- founded. The attack bad been so sudden that the stampede of the re giments on tbe extreme right s" ept away many of those which were endeavoring to form near tbe fork of the road. The drove of beeves, tbe frightened teamsters and ambul ance drivers, officers, servants and hundiedsof camp followers were rushing blindly, seeking an escape from tbe murderous hail ot lead, Tbe enemy came on with remorse less steadfastness. Never was an army more completely surprised, more absolutely overwhelmed. Few, even among the old sertdiers, preserved their calmness, but many did their duty. The higher officers were in the thickest of tbe fray. An occasional stand would be made only to be aKain broken. Every where appeared tbe evidence of un prepared ness. It is small wonder that the corps made no resistance worthy the name. Rather wonder that, under the circumstances I have detailed, tbe onset of Jackson was actually checked by this surprised and over mat che<], this telescoped force, con siderably more than an hour, at a loss of one-third its effective streng th. Could more have been ex pected f The worthlessness of Hooker’s disposition now became apparent. Jackson’s small rear guard bafi been playing with Sickles, while his main body bad extinguished Howard. Nothing now lay be tween Jackson and tbe headquar ters of the army except a difficult forest, through which a mass of panic-stricken fugitives were rush ing in dire contusion out ot range. Happily night was approaching, and Jackson’s troops bad to be halt ed and re-formed, bis three lines having become iuextiicably mixed. Anderson had mad.ea serious at tack on our centre so soon as the guns of Jackson’s corps were heai d, so that Hooker had nothing at hartd to throw into the gap but Berri’s division of the .old 3rd corps. Other troops were too tar away. This division was now iiui ned into position across the pike. The anil ery of the 3rd corps and many guns of the 11th corps were assembled on the Fairview crest Sickles faced about the 15,000 men he had led into the woods, and dfi* posed himself to attack Jackson in more practical fashion. Between good use of several batteries, ard a gallant chaige by a handful of cav airy, a diversion upon his fiauk was created, which coupled to Berry’s desperate resistance and tbe heavy artillery tire from Fairview, arrest ed Jackson’s onset. It was alter this check, while reconnoitring in front of his troops, (hat this noted soldier received, from his own lines, the volley which inflicted on him a mortal wound. A midnight attack was made by Sickles upon Jackson. Sickles’ claim that he drove the enemy back to Dowdall's is scarcely substantia ted. The attack bad no particular result. Sickles regained once more his old position at Hazel Grove, which be held until daylight Sun day morning, when he was ordered' back to Chanceilorsville by Hook er. The latter seemed unaware bow important this height might prove in his own, bow dangerous in Lee’s hands. For as his line here made a salient, it behooved him to strengthen it by just such a height or else to abandon this line of de fence. On Sunday morning at daylight Stuart, who succeeded Jackson, ranged bis 20,000 meu opposite tbe Fairview crest and supported -them by batteries on the same Hazel Grove. Fairview was crowdefi by our artillery and defended by about an equal infantry force on tbe ridge below, consisting ot tbe entire 3rd corps and Williams of the 12th corps. Anderson and McLaws, witfi 17,000 men, still confronted .Qe^ry •nd Hancock with 12,000. Reynolds had arrived during the night, bat was posted on tbe extreme right, away from tbe scene ot actual hos tilities. No other troops were brought into action. Thus tbe sn perior tactics of tbe enemy enabled him to outnumber us at every point of attack, while anequa 1 number of available Union troops lav upon tbeir arms close by, witnessing the m needed slaughter of th«;ir com rades. Tbe attacl| of the Confederates began shortly after daylight, with “Jackson’* for a watchword, and was gallant ju tbe extreme. An derson pushed in on our left centre, as Stpart did on tbe right centre, ho’b contending tor tbe Chancellor Boose, which barred their posses sion of tbe turnpike. No praise is too high for tbe staunchness ot tbe attack or the stubborn nesa of the defence; bat, after heavy fighting daring tbe entire forenoon, the army of tbe Potomac yielded to tbe Con federate pressure and retired to a flew line already prepared by its engineers, and which bad its apex jpt tbe White Hooee. Time doee not allow tbe barest details of this straggle to be entered npon. Suffice it to say that the loss ol the 3rd, 12th and 2nd corps of 4,000 and 3,- 000 and 2,0001 espectively effectual ly gauges the bitterness of tbe con test. The Confederate loss was, if anything, higher than ours during this Sunday morning. Lee waste forming for an assault upon our new line when rumors from Fred ericksburg diverted bis attention. Colonel Dodge also gives the rea sons which induced the Federal commanders after the battle to re tire beyond tbe Rappahannock. The total loss of tbe Potomac army was 17,200 ; of the army of North ern Virginia 12,300. At tbe conclusion of bis lecture Colonel Dodge said: The direct result of Chancellors- ville was the second invasion of tbe Northern States by Lee, which cul minated in tbe defeat of tbe army of Northern Virginia two months ater on the hills of Gettysburg. Tried by the rule of brilliant suc cess against vast odds, Lee's work in this campaign is scarcely open to criticism. The hero of the campaign s Thomas J. Jackson, the most able ieuteuaut of our civil war. A Strange Story. A curious story is thus told the Philadelphia North American; The head book-keeper of one ot the argest manufacturing companies in this city refuses to believe iu occult diilosopby, and is uuable to ac count for ho experieuoe that be bad some time ago, “In balancing my books,” he said yesterday, “there appeared an error of 15, insignifi cant iu itself, but to a book keeper as big as 4500 or $5,000* Having five assistants I set one of them at work to find the mistake. He tail ed to discover it, and after three days I put another man 6ti it track, then a third, fourth, and at last, after a week, a filth. They were all capable men, and searched diligent ly for the missing $5, but were un able to find it. They worked to gether all tbe next week, but ac complisbetf nothing. The figures stood as belore, 85 out of balance, and then 1 set to work myself. Night and day we pored over big books, but still discovered no change. The matter began to an noy me exceedingly, f r never be fore bad 1 known such an experi ence “For a whole week the six of us toiled in vain, I could not sieep for thinking of the error, which now seemed as big as a mountain on my shoulders. 1 did not enjoy meals, and when Saturday night came I was miserable, and utterly broken down in body and mind My employer^ insisted upon my dropping tbe matter It was too small they said to worry over. But I thought diflereutly. My reputa tion was at stake. “On the third Sunday alter the search was begun I got up late, al ter a sleepless night, and started out walking for exercise. My mind was on my bopks and 1 paid no at tention to the direction I took. My surprise, tberetore, was genuine when 1 found myself at the d.ior of tbe t oinpany’sefficeiu Union square lor 1 certainly bad not intended to go there. Mechanically I put my hand iu my pocket, drew out the key, opened the door, and went iu. As if in a dre ii> I walked directly to the office, where I turned the, combination and unlocked tbe safe. Tbere were the books, a dozen o' them in a row. I did not consider for a moment which to pick up. It was by no act ui volition on my part that my hand moved toward a certain one and drew it from the safe. Placing it on the desk, I opened it, my eye ran along tbe cof- umu ot figures, and there before me, plain as day, was the missing 85. 1 made a note of tbe page, put the book back into tbe safe and went home. It was then noon. I lay down and fell into a dtep sleep, from which I did uoi: wake nu‘il9 o’clock Monday morping. After a hearty breakfast I hastened to tbe office, feeling like a new man It seemed as if a burden ha I fallen from me and i was walking on air. Bat when l reached tbe door I drew back. Had I been dreaming f No. Tbere >ras the memorandum in my band. Tremblingly I opened tbe book, and,sure enough,tbere was the error. I never told how 1 found it. I did not want to be laughed at, and then 1 was never certain that 1 was net dreaming on that Sunday morning.” They Had Met Before. A short time ago a gray haired old man was in one of the hotels of Centralia, III., when a stranger got off a train which had just arrived, and passed through the waiting room. He eyed the old man close ly, and over the face of the latter there dashed a look of recognition. “Pardon me,” said the stranger, “your face has a familiar look, yet 1 cannot place you. Perhaps I am mistaken ” “Oh, no,” said the elderly gentle man. “I know you are not mistak en. I know you like a book.” “Indeed !” “Yes, sir. You used to board with me.” “Is it jm ssible !” said the stran ger. “Yes, sir, and you left without paying your board.” “Thai, sir cannot be,” was tbe in dignant man’s answer, as be be came more and more confused “And,” continued tbe ol i man, “yon left in the night and neglect ed to take your luggage.” By this time the stranger was furious. He grew red with anger, and intimated that only Hie gray hairs of the tormentor saved him from violent treatment. “Oil, you ueed’ut get mad,” said the old gent, remaining pipvokmg- ly cool. “You did all these things, and 1 can prove it.” “See, here, old man, who the deuce are you, and whero are yon from ?” “I, sir, am Capt. Jacfi Warner, and yqu are Q jartermaster Mur phy, and you escaped from Libby while I was quartermaster of that institution.” “Great Scott!” was the stranger’s ejaculation, as he warmly clasped the hand of the old ex-Confederate “Are you, indeed, the oil commis sary! Well, I did board with you a while, and I give you the slip, too,” lie laughingly continued. Quartermaster Murphy belonged to a New York regiment, and was captured and sent to Libby. It was tbe practice of tbe Confederates to allow prisoners who had been prac titioners of medicine to attend tbe sick of the prison hospital. They were given the freedom of the pri son, to come and goat will. One day a green sentry would not allow these men to p iss, when he was sharply reprimanded by Capt. Gibbs, and was told tiiat those men who wore ribbons on the lapel of their coats shouid pass un molested. Murphy overheard this and took advantage of it. He had some red lining in his vest, and tearing off a strip, he pinned tbe physician in siguia on his coat, and, watching an opportunity, Ue got past the guard and escaped over into the Union lines.—CtaeinMafi Gazette A Remarkable Escape. Mr*. Mary A. Dailey, of Tank- bannock, Pa., was afflicted for six years with Asthma and Bronchitis, daring which time the best physi cians could give no relief. Her life was despaired of, nntil in last Oc tober she procured a Bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery, when im mediate relief was felt, and by con- •tinning its nse for a short time she was completely cared, gaining in flesh 50 lbs., iu a few mouths, free Trial bottles of this certain cure of a 1 Throat and Long Diseases at Willcox k Go’s. Drug Store. Large JJ-PO- Warning to Boer Drinkers. For some years a decided inclina tion has been apparent over tbe country to give up the use of whis key and other strong alcohols, using as a substitute beer and other com pounds This is evidently founded on the idea that beer is not harm- fal and contains a large amount of nutriment; also, that bitters may have some medical quality which will neutralize the alcohol which it conceals, etc. These theories are without confirmation iu the obser vation of pbvaici-ins. Tbe use of beer is found to pro luce a species of degeneration of all the organs; profound and deceptive fatty de posits, diminished circulation, con dition of congestion a“d perversion of functional activities, local inflam m lions of both the liver and the kidneys, are constantly present lutcllcctitully, a stupor amounting almost to paral.ssis arrests the rea son, changing all the higher facul ties into a mere animalism, senna’, selfish, siugpish, varied only with paroxyistns of auger that are sense less and brutal. In appearance the beer drinker may be the picture of health, but in reality be is most.in- capableof resisting disease. A slight injury, a severe cold ( or shock to tb<5 body or mind wiil commonly provoke acute disease, ending fa tally. Compared with inebriates vrbo nse different kinds of alcohol, he is more incurable, and more generally diseased. The constant nse of beer every day gives the system no recn- peration, but steadily lowers tbe vital forces. It is our observation that beer drinking in this country produces the very lowest kind of inebriety^ closely allied to criminal insanity. The most dangerous class of ruffians in onr cities are beer drinkers. Bncklen’s Arnica S*lve. The best Salve in tbe world for Cuts, Bruises, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction, or money refanded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Will- cox & Co. It is intimated that the new town council ol Georg 1 * * Fortunes in Printer’s Ink. Don’t expect an advertisement to bear fruit in one night. Bread is the staff of human life, and advertising is tbe staff of busi ness. You can’t eat enough in a week to last a year, and you can’t advertise on that plan either. A thing worth doing is worth do ing well. A thing worth advertis ing is worth advertising well. Theentej prisingadvertiser proves that he uuders’ands how to buy, because iu advertising he knows how to sell. If you can arouse curiosity by an advertisement, it is a great point gained. The fair sex don’t hold all the curiosity iu the world. People who advertise only once iu three months forget that most folks cannot remember anything longer than about seven days. Quitting advertising iu dull times is like tearing out a dam because the water is low. Either plan will prevent good times from coining. A constant dropping will wear a rock. Keep dropping your adver tisements on the public and they will soou melt under it like rock Salt. Trying to do business wutiiout ad vertising is like winking at a pretty girl tlirougb a pair of green gog gles. You may know what yon are doing, but no body else does. It is a mistaken notion that a flue store in aq eligible locatiou sur rounded by attractive sigas, is a superior advertisement; for »be ex perience of most euterprisug mer chant;] |s that it p iys better to spend less in rent and more on ad vertising. Enterprising people are begin ning to learn tbe value of advertis ing the year round. The persisten cy of those who are not intimidated by the cry of “dull timerf’.but keep their names ever before the public, will surely place them on tbe right side iu tbe end. A man’s sign offers a mute invi tation to those only who pass his place of business; his circular can reach those to whom personal atten tion is given ; but his aunounoe merit iu a newspaper goes into tbe highways and byways, finding cus tomers and compelling them to con aider his arguments. Music at the Citadel. The Cadets of the South Caro lina Military Academy were the recipients yesterday of an elegant organ as an Easter offering from the congregations of the city. The organ was sent up to the Academy yesterday afternoon, from the store of Messrs. C. Gill A Son, accom panied by a note to Geu. Johnston asking that it be received as an Easter offering from tbe churches and placed iu the Citadel chapel tor the use of the Cadets’ Christian Association. The gift is both elegant and costly, being one of Mason A Ham lin’s finest instruments iu a black walnut case highly polished and decorated. Leaving aside its in trinsic worth, the gift is valued aud appreciated by the officers aud Cadets of the Academy as a last ing evidence of the deep Interest which is felt in the welfare of the institution by the people of Charles ton and of the respect and friend ship which they have always mani fested for the Cadets. The Cadets’ Christian Association was organ ized as a permanent feature of the Academy onlyafeyr weeks ago, be- iug the outcome of the religious revivals recently held here. Its object is tbe moral aud religious improvement of the Cadets, aud meetings are Bdd every Sunday night tor the purpose. The organ has been placed in the chapel, where it will prove of invaluable service in the .conduct of these meetings. The donors are assured ot the heart felt thanks of Gen. Johnston and the members of the corps for this much-prized testimonial of their approval and encouragement of tbe good work which has been so sne- cesslnlly inaugurated in the scfiool. —Sunday Neics. v . v^getown Ux of, twoper.oent. rill levy • » Our job dopartniont iagapplied with erer^ facility BMeiMry to ouablo us tocompeti- botb •• fo price and quality of work, w ith e \ ep those of the cities, and we guarantee aalii. faction in every particqlarorcharge nothing for our work. We ara always preparad la fill order* at short notice for Blanks, Bil Heads, Letter Heads, Cards, Hand billa Posters, Circulars, Pamphlets, &c All job work muet be paid for Cash on Delivery; STATE ITEMS. Greenwood is to have a seed oil mill. cottoq These are Solid Facts. The best blood purifier and *ys tern regulator ever placed within the reach of suffering humanity, truly is E ectrio Bitters. Inactivi ty of the Jiiver, Biliousness, Jaun dice, Constipation, V eak Kidneys, or any disease of the urinary or gans, or whoever requires an ap petizer, tonic or mild stimulant, will always find Electric Bitters the best and only certain cure known. They act surely and qnickly, every bottle guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or money retntided. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Will- oox A Co. Jt js said that a joint stock .company is being formed at Con way for tbe purpose ot publishing a new newspaper tbere, to be called the fferald. It is said that 81,200 has been subscribed iu share* of *>Uaw, Kittie Wardlaw, an old colored woman, died near Greenwood last week at the advauepd age of HX) years. Arrangements are being made fop the holding of a big stopk fair at Ninety Six in August. The preliminary suivey of the Columbia, Newberry and Lanrens Railroad will soon be commenced. From tbe first of May to the first of September the stores iu Camden will cose at 6 o’clock every evenjng except Saturdays. The candidates for the county offices of Aiken are beginning to announce themselves iu tbe connty newspapers. The executive committee ot tbq Democratic party of Chcsterfleltj County will hold ru important meet ing on the first Monday ju May. In 1859 the expenses of the roadq and bridges in Edgefield Connty were 86,200 and ot the poorhonse 82,085. Tbere will be a reunion of Com pany K, 15th South Carolina Vol unteers, at McCormick some timg this summer. The new council lias repealed the ordinance requiring a license to sell fresh meats in Edgefield village. Mr. John Griffin, of Spartanburg County, recently caught a carp which measured 24 iuuhes'in length, 12 inches iu circumference, and weighed 6 pounds Work will begin on the .CharL s- tou, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail road, between Yorkville aud Ilocljc Hill, iu o very few days. There was an old blind negro it; McCormick tbe other day who said he was 80 years old and had lOQ grandchildren and 50 gregt-groml- children. The Frank Anderson gold mine iu Anderson County is being suc cessfully worked at present. Some rich nuggets of gold have been tak en from it recently. The new town council of Edge.- field have fixed the liquor license at 8200. The Inteudant will receive an annual sajary cf 8200 hereafter.' Dr H. D. Wilson, of Due West, is the inventive genius of Abbe ville. He has just gotten out 9 splendid cotton planter and now he is perfecting a cotton chopper. The recent session of the South Carolina Presbytery endorsed the action of the session of tbe .Green wood presteriau Church in suspeud.- iug members tor dancing. The offi cial papers say: The Presbytery endorses the action of the Gr^u- wood session because the General Assembly interprets the Constitu tion of the Presbyterian Church a§ forbidding all forme of tbe ilHtiee. both square and ronud, b,ut)‘ public and private, Favored the Eight-hoar System. “Papa,” said tbe daughter of % large employer of labor, are you in favor of tbe eight hour system!” “Well, daughter,” lie answered, “under certain circumstance.* I am.V “Qb, Fm glad!” she raptur ously exclaitmd. “Why, my dear, jrhy are yon so interested !” “Because, papa, George has bee^ only staying four hours every even ing, and be told me just night ifyofj. favored the eight-limu' Cyotem he needn’t go home uea; so early. You dear old papa, j-’m ho glad yon are iu favor of it,” and she threw her soil white anijs about bis neck and choked off all explanation, No child will have a rosy com plexion ms long as worms exist jp the intestines. Sbriuer’a Indian Vermifuge w.l I destroy tfin worms aud restore the health of the cbihp Respect to His Memory. “What are yon dressed in black for, Aunt Sally !” remarked a man to an old uegress the other day. “Have you lost some dear friend !” “Yes, sab ; my husban’.” “His death must have Imeu very sadden, for I saw him on the street yesterday.” “He didn’t die, sab.” “Yon couldn’t hs,.v» lo t him then.” “Yas I ((id, sah. Got er diwojr**. Lost him jist de same as ef he w dead. Never thought mnoh ob hint, but it am no mo’ en right dgt I showed er proi>er respect to hip mem’ry.* A Remarkable Boy. John Stnrdevant, the boy preach er near Raleigh, E. C., who was re cently stricken’bjiud for a few Jays, .daring wblcn period he prennii- y with great eloqaence, lifts coua \o tbe front According to his father be has had another divine rqvqla- tion. Help to be stiickej) blind, deaf and dumb, ami bis left arm >* to be paralyzed. In foet, one re port states that the affliction actu ally took place tit the time appoint* ed in the presence ot 150 persona. Two expert physicians have ex"’