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Wore economical than the ordinary kinds, and cao not be ?old in competition with t he caul ti: ade cf low test, short' weight; alom or phosphate powders^ Sold only tao?*,' ROYAL BAK ING POWDERtX)., 106 Wall-st., . 1 COTT&S BATTHG MATTRESSES. WIT.SPE3?D. ALMOST HALF W of our life should be made as comfort able a& possible, and for the purpose ,of Aiding this good work, and making ?M0e= moneyiire-aiow offer thebest COTTON RA-Tp Tl?CHiLATTRSSSever p?t apon- tnis^narket^ Three grades now made?$5.00, $6.-00, $7.00. ' Sample-and full information at Store of -Treaanrerv Ar Moses, ? Satisfaction guaranteed in every case, or money refunded. . SUMTSR COTTON MILLS r C. BART & CO., fcnporters and Wholesale Dealers in Pipi Are receiving by steamer, and rail from the North and West full supplies each week of CHOICE APPLES, PEARS,2J2MOXS* JP0 TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS : OF ASM KINDS, Etc., Etc? ? ; /se^lih-?ers^o??nted and promptly ?Uedl* J?OT? S Tssfenoa?als of Eminent Physicians of the "Stete. The following ace selected from many sim~ ??arjoses: Ds. L. :C. Ksshsdt, of , Spartan burg, write? the Proprietors*: "The TemediaH qual ities ofGlenn Springs I" have*known for over forty-y?earsft aad t?n jutest to its ,value in Dyspepitia from-gastric or -fu elio uni derange ment of the Livery-Geoeral Debility, Dropsical Effusions: Uterine irregularity and Affections of the Kidney s and Bladder. To the last dis eases I would particularly call attention, as . the" ?rater?' have shown large- cu ra ?ve powers in "tnese complaints.'' ""I " " * ? "~* * " . J)R. O. B. Matks, of Newberry, S. Ci, says: 1 have sent more than fifty persons suffering yf'nb Janodice to .these Springs, and have nerer been .disappointed in any case; they all speedily .recovered". I cannot .find words to express my confidence in the Glenn Springs water, as a remedy :for the Liver, when fuoeUoaally deranged. Dyspepsia, Dropsy, certain skin diseases, troubles in the Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver, bave all, as I know, disappeared at the Springer** - * ^Dsrixa S McftTOSH. President-olPtbe Med ical Association o? South Carolina, in bis an coal address before that body remarks: "Glenn Springs, for diseases of the Stomach, Liverand Kidneys, deserves to rank with any other on the continent.'1 . PRICE OF WATER. Per ease of two dozen quart bottles, securely packed and delivered on the train at Spartan burg, $4.00. Per gallon, by the barrel, delivered at Spartanborg, 20 cents. Per gallon, for less than a barrel. 25 cents. Address " SIMPSON & SIMPSON, J3lenn Springs, S. C. Pot sale ?n Somier, by Dr. A. J. China. 1 BOOKS. SCHOOL BOOKS, MISCELLANEOUS -Books, Blank Books, Copy Books, Memo random Books, Draft Books, Receipt Books. Note Books, Music Books. Best grade of all kinds of , Writing Paper and Envelopes, Photographic, Autograph and Scrap Albums. Playing Cards in variety and Marriage Certi ficates, at The Su m te r Book Store, kept bv W. G. KENNEDY, 2 Doors North of John Reids. BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS. FINE ASSORTMENT OF BIBLES _ and Testaments, in large print at Sumter k Store, kept by W.G. KENNEDY, 2 Doors North of John Reids. 1I3HAB0D AND OTHER POEMS, BY W. G. KENNEDY. TTT10R SALE AT THE SUMTER BOOK JJ STORE. Price reduced to one dollar per copy. THE TEMPEBANCE WORKER, Removed from Columbia, S. C. A live, Temperance Paper, published Semi-monthly in S?iMTE?, S. C, Under the Editorial management of B*y. H, F. Chreitzbero, 3 ?.W^.T. OF . . . . Of 3. C. Assisted by im able corps of Editors. The pitronage and influence of all friends ^ Temp?rance is solicited. Terms only 60 ?entea rear. To advertisers desiring a wide Arculation, it offers an excellent medium. v On bnsine?; address N. G. OSTEEN, J&blisher. SB \ THERE IS NO DEATH. There is no death ! The stars go down To rise npon some fairer shore : And bright in heaven's jeweled crown They shine forever more. There is no death I The dnst we tread Shall change beneath the snmmer showers To golden grain or mellow fruit, Or rainbow-tinted flowers.^ ; ; : . ?? v ' * * * ? $ ?* The granite rocks disorganize ' * - .? To feed the hungry moss they bear ; The leaves drink daily life. From out the viewless air. > There is no death ! The leaves may fall/ /.. The flowers may fail and pass away ; They only wait through wintrr hours j- The coming of the May. There is no death ! An angel torm Walks o'er the earth with ?fjbeni, tread ^ - He bears our best-loved thiugsfc^v^g M . And then we call tbem "dt??.g'X k 33 deleaves our hearts all desolajggf ^ He plucks our fairest, sweetesjPlowers Transported into bliss, tbey tS8^,. r~ i Adorn immortal bowers. Jf" p|l | The bird-like voice, whose jojsmaslones I ?- Hake glad these scenes of s?n^ri?d strife^- m Sings now an everlasting song - Amid tbe tree of life. ij&nd where he sees a smile too bright, ' Or heart too pure for taint and vice, Jle bears it to that world of light, To dwell in Paradise. Born unto that undying life, They leave us but to come again ; With joy we welcome them?the same, Except in sin and pain. ?And ever near os, though djaseen^??. i The dear immortal spirits^t^iad^J^ ?: %?r ail the boundless universe^ 3= 4 Is Life?there are no dead.& % $ $ % % ?Sir Edwardttt?&s&ttt^ ?vBRIDER i\pjSGPS0t% - CHAPTER I. JOHN HAS A3 ADV?NTfi?E. The day had been very hot even for the Transvaal, where, even in the autumn, the days still know how to be hot, although the neck of the summer is broken, that is, when J the thunder storms bold off for a week or two, as they occasionally w_L Even the snj> ?ulent bine lines?a variety of tfe^?gaj?ha^ thus which is so familiar to us in English green houses?hun?j their long, trumpet shaped flowers and looked oppressed and miserable beneath the burning breath of the h?t wind ?which had been blowing for hours like the draught of a volcano. The grass, too, near the wide roadway, that stretched in a feeble and indeterminate sort of fashion across the .veldt, forking, branchingra?a^rr?nit? veins on a lady's arn^'* wW: .^inpl?tejty coated over with a thick layer o? red dus! Bat the hot wind was going/ down now, asit JESS. always does toward sunset Indeed, all that remained of it were a few' strictly.jkxal and miniatore whirlwinds, which would^suckienly: spring up on the road itself, ana twist and twirl fiercely round, raising a mighty column of dust fifty feet or more into the air, where it hung long after the cause of it passed, and then slowly dissolved as its particles floated to the earth. Coming along the road, in the immediate track of one of these desultory ^d inexplic-, able whirlwinds, was a maaj a horseback^ The man looked limp and a&y.^ana' tue horse limper and dirtier. The hot wind had taken all the bones out of them, as the Kaffirs say, which was not very much to be wondered at, seeing that they -had7 "been journeying through it for the Lost four hours, without off sndd ling. Suddenly the^hiriwind, -which had been traveling along pretty smartly, halted, :ia i t h? dust after turning round a few t::::et: i:: the air like a dyinrr top, slowly began to dissolve in the accustomed fashion.. The man on the borse halted, too, arid con teiaplatod i: i a an absent kind of way. just ]?: a man's life," he said aloud to. his horse, k:coining from nobody knows where, nobody knows why, and making a little column of du>t on the world's highway, and then passing awa}- and leaving the dust to fail to the ground again, and be trodden under foot and forgotten.n % / The speaker, a stout, well set uprrather ugly man, apparently on the wrong side of SO, with pleasant blue eyes and a .reddish, peaked beard, laughed a little at^usown sententious reflection, and/then gaVe bis'4aded -horse a tap with the sjarabockmbisTrand. fc ~ -' *? "Come on, Blesbok," he said, "or we shall never get to old Croft's place to-night By Jove! ? believe that must be the turn," and he pointed .with his whip to a littlerutty track that turned from the Wakkerstroom main road and stretched away toward a curious, isolated bill wit h a large Cat top, that rose out of the rolling plain some four miles to the right. "The old lioer seid the second turn," be went on, still talking to himself, "but perhaps he lied. I am told that some of them think it a'good, joke to.send an Englishman a few miles 'wrong. Let's see, they said the place was under the lee of. a table topped hill, about half an hour's Tide from the main road, and that is a table topped bill, so I think I will try ifc. Come on, Blesbok," and be put the tired nag into a sort of "tripple," or ambling canter, much affected by South African horses. "Life is a queer thing," reflected Capt John Niel to himself as he slowly cantered along. "Now here aia I, at the age of 34, about to begin the world agaia as assistant to an old Transvaal farmer. It is a pretty end to all one's ambitions, and to four teen years' work in tho army; but it is what it has to come to, my boy, so you bad better mako the best of it" Just then his cogitations were interrupted, for on the farther side of a gentle slope there suddenly appeared an extraordinary, sight Over tho crest of the rise of land, now some four or five hundred yards away, a pony with a lady on its back came wildly galloping, and after it, with wings spread and out stretched neck, a huge cock ostrich was speeding along, covering twelve or fifteen feet at every stride of its long legs. Tbe pony was still twenty yards ahead of the bird, and coming toward John rapidly, but strive as it would it could not distance the swiftest thing on all too earth. Five seconds passed; the great bird was close alongside now. Ahl and John Niel turned sick and shut his eyee as be rode, for he saw the ostrich's thick leg fly high into the air and then sweep down like a leaded bludgeon. Thud! It had missed the lady and struck her horse upon tbe spine, behind the saddle, for tbe moment completely, paralyzing it, so that it fell all of a heap on to the veldt. In a moment the girl on its back was up and off toward him, and after her came the ostrich. Up went tbe great leg again, but before It amie crashing on to her shoulders she had flung herself face downward on the grass. In an instant the huge bird was on top of her, kicking at her, rolling over her and crushing the very life out of her. It was at this juncture that John Niel arrived upon the scene. The moment the ostrich saw him he gave up his attacks upon the lady on the ground and began to waltz toward him with a pompons sort of step that these birds some- i times assume before they give battle. Now, \ Capt. Niel was tmaccustomed to the ways 'of ! ostriches, an.d so was his horse, which ahowed | a strong inclination to bolt; as, indeed; under, other circumstances, his rider would have ? been glad to do himself. But he could not abandon beauty in distress, so, finding it im- I possible to control his horse, be slipped off it, j and with his sjambock, or bide whip, in his ? hand, valiantly faced the enemy. For a mo - ment or -two the great bird stood still,- blink ing' its' lustrous eyes at him and gently swaying its graceful neck to and fro. Then all of a sudden it spread out .its wings and cama for him like ? tbenderbolt. Ko sprang to one side, and was'aware of arusr-e of rustling feathers, and of a vision of a thick leg striking down ward ; ust his head. Fortunately it missed him and the ostrich sped past like a flash! Before ho could turn, however, it was back --'find/bad landed the fail weight of one of its. fawfnljToVw?i? kicksmttbe broad of biij^ ; backend aw?y hs went bead over heels lik?l ? a 'sHc^-?tbbit^In a second -"he was on his legs? ! again, staked, indeed/ but not much th?: ? : worjs??and p?r?ectly^naid. with f ury and paia.' At^n*caine};the jpsfe?cni and at the ostrich^, went he, cat^mg^ftailew across the. .slim j. ?nee? with ln^^ampock3?&at staggered^fc?fors,, a moment. ~ Profiting bythe check, helse?zed'; ' the bird by the wing and held on like grim death with both hands. Then they began to gyrate, slowly at first, then quicker, and yet more quick, till at last it seemed to Capt. John Niel that time and space and the solid earth were nothing but" a revolving vision fixed somewhere in the watches of the night. Above him, like a stationary pivot, towered the tall, graceful neck, beneath him spun the top like legs, and in:front of-Jiim was a soft ^lack/u^whi^te_mass f featbers. Thtt?PanH a cloudo?'stars t: 'He was onihisjv \ i backhand the ostrich, who didiiot seem tob?" affectedly gkldiness", was on. him, punishing^, ^ 'a ?^ a^ ^ Luckily an' ostrichrjcannot kick a man very bard~wbf? ho is flafc on^tKe ground. If he could there would haS^been an end of John Niel and this story need never have been written. Half a minute or so passed, during which thenird-worked ids sweet-will upon his .pros truite enemy, and at tho end of it the man bof:> gaii ito feel verynracb; as though hisearthlw. ^career was closed. Just as tilings were grow-; -irn?4aint. .and^ to Mm, h^^er,^_sud-" denlysawa pair of white arms clasp them selves round the ostriches legs from behind and heard a voice cry: "Break Jiis-nectwhile IJiold his legs, or he will kill y??:r ? 1 J. A. 1 " I tri ' " 0 This roused him from his torpor, and he staggered to his feet. Meanwhile the ?stlich and the young lady had come to the ground, and were rolling about together in a confused heapy-over which the elegant nec?- and open, 1 hissing mouth wavered to and fro like a cobra about to strike. With a rush he seized the neck iu both his hands, and, putting out all his strength (for he was a strong man), be twisted it till it broke with a snap, and after a few wild and convulsive bounds and strug gles the great bird lay dead Then he^sankdown, dazed and exhausted, and surveyed pie scene. The; ostrich was perfectly ^uiet^a?d^' would never lock again, and the lady,^too, was quiets He wondered vaguely if the brute bad killed hey?he was as yet top weak to go and see-^and. then fell * to gazing at her face. Her bead w?sfpillowed" on the body of the dead bird, and its feathery plumes inaile a fitting resting place. Slowly it dawned upon, bim that the face was very beautiful, although it looked so pale just now. Low, broad brow, crowned with soft, yellow hair, the chin very round and white, the mouthisweet though rather large. The"eyes ! fie could no?f s?e, because.'they were^losed, for. the lady had fainted For'the rest, she was young?about 30?tall, and finely formed Presently ho got a Kt^bett^r,iand, j creeping toward her {for be was" ?adly HEU HEAD WAS PILLOWED OX THE BODY OF THE 'DEAD BIRD. ' ' \ . knocked about), took her hand and began to chafe it between his 'own. ; It. was a e well formed hand, but brown, and showed sighs of doing plenty of hard work.: Soon she opened her eyes, and he noted with satis faction that they were very good eyes, blue. ] in color. Then she sat up and laughed a little. ""Well, I am silly," she said; "I believe I fainted" - "It is not much to be wondered at," said John Niel, politely, and lifting his band to take off his hat, only to find that it had gone in the fray. "I hope you are not very much hurt by the bird?" * . "I don't know," she said, doubtfully. "But I'm glad that you killed the skellum (vicious beast). He got out of the ostrich camp three days ago, and has been lost ever since. ; . He killed ? boy last year and told uncle he ought to shoot him then, but be would not, because he was such a beauty."* "Might I ask," said John Niel, "are you Miss Croft?" "Yes. I am?one of them. There aro two - of us, you know; and I can guess who you are?you are Capt. Niel, whom uncle is ex pecting to help him with tho farm and the ostrifjhes." "If ail of them are like that," he said, point ing to the dead bird, "I don't think that I shall take kindly to ostrich farming." She laughed, showing a. charming liue of teeth. "Oh, no," she said, "ho was tho only bad one?but. Capt. Niel. I think you will fiud it fearfully duiL There are nothing but Boers here, you know. There are no Eughsh people nearer than Vvakkerstroom." "You overlook y*uxsoif," he said, politely; for really this dau^?iter of tho wilderness had a very charmiug air about her. "Ob,r she answered, "I am on>y a girl, you know, and, besides, I am not clever. Jess, ? that's my sister?Jess has been at school at Cape Town and she is clever. I was at Cajxi Town, too, but I didn't learn much there. But, Capt. Niel, both the horses have bolted; mine has gone home, and I expect yours has followed, and I should like to know how we are going to g*t up to Mooifoutein (beautiful fountain, that's what we call our place, you know). Can you walk?"' "I don't know," he answered, doubtfully; " 11 try. That bird has knocked me about a good deal," and accordingly he staggered on to his less, only to collapse with aa exclama tion of pain. His ankle was sprained, and he was so stiff and bruised ?hat he could hardly stir. ''How far is tho house/'' he asked. "Only abbuia m?e?jusb there; we shall see it from the crest of the rise. Look, I'm all right. It was silly to faint, but he kicked all the breath out of me," and she got up and danced a little on the grass to show him. "My word, though, I am sorel You must take my ami, that's ail; that is, if you don't mind" "Oh, dear, no, indeed, I don't mind," he said, laughing; and so they started, arm affectionately linked in arm. ["TO BE CONTINUED. J "As the twig is bent, the tree in clines. " If the youthful mind is per mitted to become bent or warped by evil influnccs, or vicious courses, the chances are that it will remain crooked and permanently inclined to evil. If, on the other hand.it is trained straight, ! the chances are 99 to 100 that it will j grow up and continue straight to old j age. 1 The Voice of Jeff Davis, A Great Day in the Crescent City. New Orleans, April 6.?Tbe cere monies incident to the unveiling of the statue to Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, on the tomb of the Benevolent Associa tion of tbe Armyjof Tenneseee, in Me taire Cemetery; took place at 3 o'clock to-day. There was an immense assem blage of people present, probably over J.t?,QO0.x ? Vfet?r?n^assdciations, includ ing the Grand A'rmy'posts, attended in a body. Upon the platform were many distinguished persons, iucluding Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Miss Winnie JDavis, General Beauregard and staff, ^Governor McEn|p^5d staff, Mrs. Al bert Sydaey Jobist?p, Colonel William iPreston Johns?q ggfd family. Colonel ;Throckmorton, ;P. SgA., and other offi cers, Charles Dudley; Warner, of New 3?>rk, Gener|lsgHMer and Waithall. Governor @wfj^.:^| Mississippi, and many others?* To^ceremonies opened with a prayer by Rev. Dr. A. J. Witb erspoon, Chaplain of the Army of Ten nessee. . e services. The statue was presented by Fendell Horn, second Yice-President, and was received by Jadge W. H. Rogers, President. Therstatoe was unveiled by Rosa JStobinsoDii Jged six years, the ^ea^grajQQ^?^ghte?'of Gen Johnston, and JlissJ ^tfijie^lBogers. daughter of Judge. Rogers^ ^gfife members of the Fifth Company of the Washington Artillery fire?T"? salute of thirty-eight guns. Poems by Mrs Ashley Townsend, of New;0r?e?jBe7**o<i Mrs. Kate B. Sher woodJ!c off Toledo, Ohio, were read. Gen.3tandail ?7$fGibson, United States Seftafcofj 'delivered the oration of the day, and was followed by Mr. Davis. ex president davis speaks Mr. Jefferson Davis said : If words could add anything to the effect which this scene produces, then I should re gret that my physical ability does not allow me to ^address so large an audi encias ?bl&f ~ Sidney Johnston's fame rests upon his deeds. It requires no embellishment from any one, and if it did, the able orator you have heard, has done all that the occasion could require. To you, my brethren of the Louisiana division of the Army of Tennessee, I wish Ito^offei ^npy^?congratulations for your eminent success in the task you undertook. :-despite? the jeers and evil prophesy? of jtnoiegwbo said you could not sw?ceed^'- Siooibave succeeded, and (pointing to the statue) there is to-day, 1 believe, the best equestrian statue, man and horse, that is to be found in any country. [Applausi.] There is the head and cock, familiar to many of s?tti of tbe i?or?e he rode when he re iceiv?dr^t?s -death wound?copied, I know not bow^ but in strict resem blance^tbere v& the grand figure of our ^ero'?eWe H&Wseen him on horseback, a perfect cavalier as well as the fearless soldier. You have done well to em body this hero's statue in material more enduring than granite ; not that his fame was likejy to diminish, nor that y?uirequfr?d ?ny visible sign to remiod you of his greatness, or warm your af fection for him ; but that in coming limeras the youths of our country pass by, "tney*may look at that statue and say, 'Well, who is this?* and learn the story of the man who was as good as be was great, and as great as humanity permiis man to be. I knew Sidney Johnston, I believe, better than .any other mau, perhaps, be ca ese^??^ob?Rtcter was written so legi bly ttat^lV'was easy to comprehend it; be that as it may, we bad been associ ated in college, from college we went follie military .academy and from there we went' iOto the *army. >Iipause>fpr a moment on the period when w.e were cadets together. I be lievers: a rule, that boys are better judges of each other thau their profes sors are of them. Johnston stood emi nent in tbe corps of cadets?always courteous, always ready for duty, always proficient. I believe that if you will go among the cadets who were in the corps with htm, and ask who was tbe grandest character in the corps, the answer would be generally if not universally, 'Albert Sidney Johnston.' That is my opinion; an opinion I have heard expressed by many ; among others, by a man who was at the head of bis class and who is one of tbe greatest savants this country has produced We entered the army together and were in the same branch of the service. We were together in the barracks and io tbe Indian campaigns ; and I re member now the time when I saw him when a deadly disease was spreading among the men in camp. Sidney John son was there suffering, yet calm and at tentive to those who were suffering more than himself. He showed no trepidation--it was not his nature to do so. The man had been as a lion in battles, and when he stoop ed over a suffering comrade his eyes moistened with more than a mother's weakuess ; such was the nature of tins j man's heart. Then we served in the foreign war together. I could not tell you much of that period without being subject to the charge of egotism, for singly and alone we two have stood where death seemed to come every moment, and there Sid ney Johnston was ns calm as I ever saw him in camp. His decision was as quick as rifle powder. ([ speak to the infantry men, who know how quick that is.) Then there was one charac- ! teristic of him which prevailed through- ? out the whole course of his life, and j that was his chivalric temper, lie | never deserted a friend, and was prone to step in front of a friend when he saw ! him assaulted. He was knightly, but j not errant When he saw Texas strug- I gliog for the right he thought belonged j to all mcu?the right of self-goveru ment?he went to voluuteer without recommendation, taking his place in the ranks to fight for the liberty of Texas, in order that she might have a govern ment of her own. As time wore on ; his merit was discovered and he was j raised to rank and position. When tbe war with Mexico be^an | we had but a few troops on the Rio Grande and in the beginning of the j war there seemed little probability of I success. Johnston organized a regi- j ment of which he was colonel and 1 marched immediately.to the support of Zacbary Taylor ; after be was oo the staff of General Taylor. I will not worry you by going into details. (Voice in the crowd, 'Go on.') After the. war with Mexico?my friends I will go on a little longer [ap- : plause]?he was appointed Paymaster ? under tbe Administration of Franklin Pierce, a Yankee who never faltered in the maintenance of States* rights, a man who, in the Senate of the United States, voted for every one of the reso lutions of Calhoun, though many South ern Senators did so reluctantly. Thanks to New Hampshire for breeding such a man as Franklin Pierce. Mr. Pierce appointed Johnston Paymaster and Colonel pf the Second Calvary regiment, which gave more distiogoiehed officers to both armies in the war between- the States "than any other in the . United States army. Mr. Buchanan, when President, sent to me to ask, 'Who do you think ought to have command of that expedition V I did not choose to select one only from my army, acquaintance,, and gave him three names. He said ; ./Do you and Gen. Scott ever agree "about; any thing Y-x csaid: ' think,_ so/ He replied ? *I?r this Instance you have name the same t.hree men;' They were: Persifer^Sraitb,r f Louisiana, Albert Sydney-Johnston and R. ?ee. Johnston was'selected, and Tie was the selection v _He commanded the expedi ti ?JtelVaJfd ? ': a -Brigadier General by brevet, so he had gone to the. highest grade next tocoramanderin chief within a short period after the Mexican war. Previously to that he had resigned from the army and lost his .position. When tbe war between the States commenced his rank and his reputation gave him th?,right to believe and expect all that would be "giveo in the army of the, United States But true to the- chivalric nature of which I have spoken, and seeing ? few States asserting their rights to the form of a government, resting on the consent of the governed, and the attempt of tbe majority to deprive them of that right, be sacrificed all he had gained in the United States Army, ' and traveled across tbe trackless desert to offer his services to the minority struggling for their rights:' N?ne who knew Sydney JohnstpnV could image; J[iim ignorant of the- fact, that. this, smaller body ?f m ?n" with out "arms, 'without navy, without workshops, without the material of war would have to contend against terrible odds. On the-field of Sbtlob he made but one- mistake. He planned that battle and sent me a telegram (which was lost) which described it just as it was fought?the only battle in the world's history that was fought as a general expected. The mistake he made was in allowiog pomebody else to direct the order of march, so that the army did not get to the field of battle as soon as they should have arrived there. Johnston was one day later in striking the enemy, but he struck when he could, and the field was carried from point to point. At one position held by the enemy an obstinate resi:ance was offered, and now I give my own theory in which, perhaps, I am justified by my intimate knowledge of the man and what he would do under the circumstances. When he saw the stubborn resistance aod rode forward to direct operations, himself receiving the fatal wound, I /ully believe that if Hie bad been told : *You can keep your, saddle fifteen minutes and consummate this victory, but if you do, it is at the risk of your own life,* he would have said: I'll take the chances.' Thus it was Le remained in the sad dle until it was too late to afford him any relief. When he fell, one of tbe mighty pillars that supported the temple of the .Confederacy, and gave us reason to believe that v;e would win our fight in the West, went down I loved him as a brother, I honored him as a man ; I admired him as a hero, but more than all this I felt the same loss to the just cause which was inflicted when Johnston died. My -friends, I have already said enough. You all know that Johnston led an army which was composed of material rapidly thrown together. One.corps commanded by the gallant and true soldier Bragg, was the only one which had the ad vantage of thorough discipline. You who followed Johnston through tbe battle saw how he had gone forward, step by step, until at last he was snatched by death from the arms of victory, almost completed by his genius and your valor, the valor of the Army of the Tennes see, which whether in advance cr retreat received no stain to transmit to future generations Mr. Davis con tinued at some further length. When he had concluded, benediction was pronounced by Bishop J. Gallaher. who was OG Gen. Buckner's staff Gen. John Glynn, Jr.. was Grand Marshal of the Day. Floral decora tions were numerous and elaborate. - tm < ? - Judge Prcssiey, in his recent charge to the grand jury at Lancaster, said : "The county commissioners have been a constant complaint since the adoption of the present constitution, and arc like ly to be until a change is made in our present form of governincut. There is great complaint of high taxes. It is not any one thing that makes taxes high but the many little things pu: together that make taxes high and op press the people. There arc ton manj- I offices?before the present Coastitution a great many of these matters were willingly and gladly done as a matter of public duty.' -m ' ? ?? gpi-? General Mahnne, according to the Norfolk \ irginlan% notwithstanding; t he fact hat h is Senatorial robes are <'ff, ! retains possession of the room of the j Senate committee on public buildings | and grounds in the Capitol, and lias j type-writers at work there doing a large amount of correspondence relating to the campaign in Virtjinia. Ex-Gorenior Thos. ?>. Reynolds; of i Missouri, committed suicido at St. i Louis by plunging into ilio elevator ! shaft of the custom house, at a point ; 80 feet from the ground. Death was : i.iiel antaneous. Governor Reynolds j was a native of Charleston, ?S. - m il n ? 11 urn ? Out of the 8,000 saloou keeper* in New York City 6,400 are ex-convicts. A Convention of Farmers Proposed. An inter-State convention is talked of in Georgia. The States to be in vited are North Carolina, South Car olina, Florida, Mississipi, Alabama and Tennessee, of course Georgia be ing also included as it will do the inviting. The object is to discus* the agricultural interests of these Slates and to try to arrive at some plan-by which agriculture may be improved and ma le mor? profitable and certain in its results. The movement origi nates with the Commissioner of Agri culture of Georgia. The place thought o? is Atlanta and the time the cornine: summer. Such a meeting is neces sary and might be made a means of great benefit. If the wisest, discreetest, most pro gressive farmers could meet in con vention and for days carefully discuss the situation, we cannot see why ex -cellent results may not follow. Surely there are many questions that it is necessary and proper that the farmers should agree upon in which their in terests are so much involved. The question of raising too much cotton is one that needs to be considered. The question of raising more cotton to the acre is another question. Then the cotton seed oil mills, more bank ing facilities, a lower rate of interest and other questions could engage their attention. If so minded they might look into the question of State Railroad Commissions, low railroad tariffs, lower tax under the U. S. Tariff, a metallic currency, <&c. The Savannah News favors the pro posed convention and says : 'When the farmers begin to think earnestly, and with a sincere desire to benefit their condition^ they will be on the right way to the solution of the problem of their troubles. 'There is a future for the farmer in the South, and a very bright one. He has not yet found ont how t? make his land do what it is capable of doing. He is yet too closely wed ded to methods of the past. lie ie picking up ideas all the time, how ever, and is gradually tur. ing them to account. The time' will come when he will produce his own food stuffs for man and beast, and will at the same time cultivate cotton?his money crop?to belter advantage than now. He will own cattle, which will be profitable, and they will furnish the means for increasing the produc tiveness of his farm. He will aban don slothful and wasteful practices and adopt those which arc based on economy and thrift and which must precede prosperity in every agricultu ral country. Yes, let us have the convention.' If the-Convention is called we hope . it will not be a small body. -Let each State be asked to send at least a del egate for every 25,000 population. Seven States are to be invited and the Convention would be composed of some four or fivelinndred delegates provided all should attend. The Governors ' should have the ap pointing. Veterans of Mexico. The Videtle, published at Washing ton, is the organ of the Mexican vet erans, and has been urging for years the passage of the Mexican pension bill. In a recent number the law as it was passed, giving the survi vors of the war of 1847 a pension, is very sharply criticised. The paper &ays : 'Let it stand for the present. It will help onr friends to revise the law next Winter, when the Fiftieth Congress can reconstruct the whole bill by striking out all after the enact ing clause, and inserting provisions that will accord to the gallant old soldiers and sailors, including the widow, equal terms with the most favored pensioners, which is all that is askpd. We have an equi table claim to arrears from March 9, 1878, and if the survivors of Mexico maintain a solid front and a deter mined spirit, an honest public opin ion will compel its allowance in an amended bill, and hold in everlasting disgrace the legislators who oppose it. The voice of more than two thirds expressed through twenty-nine State Legislatures in its favor. Our Finances. The United States is certainly a great and rich country, and is one of the few nations of the world that is paying its way. Most of .the older powers find it very difficult to meet their current expenses, without increasing their already burdensome public debts. To show our readers how this government spends money we publish the following footings of the appropriation bills passed at the last session ol Congress. They are as follows : Agricultural .S 1.028.730 00 \rmy. 23.724.718 69 Diplomane a Consulur. 1 429.718 14 District of Columbia. 4 235.890 C6 Itidinn. 5 226 897 66 Legislative. 20,70l.221 67 Military Acnilemy. 419.936 93 Navy..'.. 25.753.165 44 Tensions. 76.252.500 00 Post O Ilice. 55.(>(M 650 15 Siin.iry Cmi. 22rS62,490 00 piiWiic'.pnntfpir iVfic;eu?-y. luT.OUO U? -xii.-an Pension I).?tifient*y.... 6,000 000 96 Miscellaneous.*.. 3 500.000 Co Total.$247 387,144 30 In addition to the above amount, il tab's ?bout $45,000,000 each year In pay tho interest on our public debt, which has Won reduced ?1,-145,000, 0.O0 in tho past twenty yea is, and tho one por cent, sinking fund will wipe the whole thing out iti twenty years more. This is an admirable showing, and it ought to fill every American with joy and pride to know that he has such a rich and glorious conn try. It is true, we tried to break it up once, and we. have no apologies to make for the effort, but we are proud of our government all the same, and tlie prayer of eveiy true American should he that God will continue his bh ssing and protection to us as a nation, for certainly lie has blessed and protected us in the past. Our State Contemporaries. Andersen Intelligencer. The readers of the Intelligencer will regret to learo that oar sister town of Abbeville was touched by the scourge of fire on Tuesday afternoon last, which destroyed the palatial residence of Asso ciate Justice McGowan, the Presbyte rian Church, and a small wooden struc ture near them. Judge McGowan's house was the most magnificent resi dence io the up-country, and the Pres byterian Church was also a handsome building. Greenvilte News. We are surprised to see that .some of our protective tariff contemporaties are foremost in protest against the Inter State commerce law, because, they say, its operations will cause a tremendous increase in the- charges for through freights from the West to tho South. Such an increase accords with tbe spirit and purpose- of. protection, which we take to be to make products from abroad so costly that consumers will be forced to abandon the use of them and patronize home industries more or less infantile. "??'?' If the new law makes Western flour, meal, corn, meat and whiskey and Eastern cotton and woollen goods, shoes, hardware and furniture cost so much at the South that the Southern people must make those things or buy them of home producers, Southern protectionists should be very; very happy. Tbey will be in direct contact with the beautiful principle of government they have so vigorously maintained. Fairfield Herald. The-faith of this generation in. the. efficacy of legislation is wonderful. The popular panacea' for all evils is an Act of the Legislature ; indeed, the idea has taken possession of every rank of soci ety that mankind may even be made morally better by force of an Act of the General Assembly The de?usion is widespread and calls for intelligent treatment. There is in the nature of things a proper spbero for legislative action which it is the business of the law-maker to find, out and once he bas done so, he should not permit himself in the exercise of the functions of his office to go beyond it.' If be hasn't brains enough to find out what this sphere is he .is unfit for the duties of his office and ought to resign ' and make room for a better. man. The office of the legislator is the most important of all in the economy of a popular form of government. If the Legislature be made up of intelligent, progressive and patriotic men all . is well, but if on the other band this branch of the govern ment -should be made up of the 'collect tive folly' of the State, as is sometimes: the case, there is ' reason to tremble for I the consequences. Abbeville Medium. ] Mrs J. H. Carlisle whose husband. 1 died from hydrophobia last week is said 1 to:have symptoms of the same malady. 1 A man who assisted her in caring for ( the unfortunate man is also said to be i affected in the same way. They both 1 were injured by the deceased in one of ' his paroxysms. j We looked at the Salvation Army while in Columbia. last week. The 1 meeting was held in the Military Hall. ' Tie audience was composed mostly of women and children, white and.blag-k, j with only a few men scattered-around. The exercises were not ; particularly im pressive, and struck us as absurd and ' unseemly. A woman of uncertain age J with a white handkerchief around her neck and a big hat upon ber head was 1 going around remonstrating with the 1 people. A young man with asthmatic voice led in prayer. A negro woman with a red shawl towered above the balance. ] We stayed. but a few minutes, and re- 1 tired with a young man with his hair 1 parted in the middle. The whole ser- 1 vice amounted to a farce. Sensible ( people were conspicuous by their ab- 1 sence. ..It is their custom to march 1 through the streets after dark just be- ! fore their service begins, singing in a loud voice. We are surprised that the city council docs not suppress it. It is a nuisance to any decent community 1 and should not be countenanced. Such things would not be tolerated in Abbe- I ville at all. \ ! Greenville News 1 The Abbeville Medium man has been * inspecting the salvation army at Colum- \ bia and finds it a nuisance such as would 1 not be tolerated in Abbeville. This is * tolerably cheeky coming from the town where a murderer recently made him self famous by his sporuog proclivities and subsequent conspicuous triumph. Lancaster Ledger. * It is said that it is sure death to the 1 legislator who advocates the passage of c a dog law in South Carolina. Let a dog law be passed, notwithstanding. Perhaps it would be best for the State to lay on the shelf some of the politi c?aos along with the worthless curs. * The only Legislature that bad tbe true j5 grit about it since 1876, was the body 1 that passed the 'no fence' Act. 1 - ? Abbeville Press and Banner. ^ The life and character of Governor < Moses no doubt is not of each a type 1 as to commend them to the immitation i of the rising generation. But there is I something pitiable in the recitation of the facts of his fall and degradation. 1 There is much to excite sympathy for auy man who may be dying within I prison bars at any time or at any place t ?but when a man of his education and j i of his birth, inheriting perhaps tenfold i greater natural ability than those who a now make his name a by-word ?is dying in a distant prison, among strangers, with none to tender a kindly onice, the t best sentiment of the human beart must t be touched with sympathy and sorrow. I Let us not pursue the unfortuuate c brother to his prison cell. Let us not c insult him who is dying for the lack of a physical power to appropriate to his I life-service the very air which surrounds ? him. Let us not put our heel upon t the neck of the dying wreck of what 1 was once a proud South Carolinian, t who did valiant ?erviee in defence of ? the State. Let no little, spiteful, heart- j r less wretch mock him whose character 1 was once bouorcd, but whose life is now ' I a pitiable wreck, and. for whose body the grave alone stands ready to give se welcome. Orangeburg Democrat. it is said that only'ffne' of~?^rftrV hencbmen baye been turned ont:of fbe^ Charleston postoffice since the Demo~ erat? came into power. Why''Post master Hoger kept these men in posi tion was a mystery to as, as he -c?rr tainly could have found plenty of co?- - petent Democrats to have taken tke?f places, had ne- so deaired. ^?ow. tbat ; the office has passed into the hande of ' a ne w m ao, ^-JLope_-one--of. liisjjiret official acts will 1)3 the chopping off-of the. heads of every Radical in the cffice. Kick the rascals- out and give their : places to better men. ; ?'bev Presiden* tial election is- coming .on apace, and the Democratic party wiif need all the votesit can get.- So kici the-r?scale out, and give tlieir places to* me? ? will stand up for good and ?Kmest;go^-.v ernment. Will Postmagter. Mowry have the spank to; dol^X_"Kej&alt' see ? . y .... j -, . -, .... Ex-Gx>vernor Perry. The Resolidions of Respect for Ms "Memory Presented in Court?-Re* , marks <f Judge Fraser. Io the court. of common 'ple?s on K yesterday Col. Cr. F. "Town?s"addressed Judge Fraser and presented the- res#- : lotions adopted by the Greenville bar.hi. honor of. the late Govero.or Perry, in performance of the doty assigned him by his brethren. ' He asked ~that ibey be recorded on the journal of the court and moved for adjournment as a mark of respect for the/deceased,* following. - his motion with brief but appropnktel and feeling remarks.' ' 1 r^*" The motion was seconded by John R. Bellinger; M. F. Ansel, J, A. Mooney. Judge J. S. Cothr-an. and Julias H. Heyward in brief addresses. Jadge Fr?ser ordered .the cleric to. , enter the resolutions, and. said itr..wa?'"~ usual on such occasions to have a mere- / ly formal adjournment of court in the j Last hon-r of the session.. He thought, however, that the character .and posi tion of Governor Perry required a more sI marked expression of respect, and. that business should be suspended imme diateiy, it being then three o'clock I, / He ?tdded: . . ;. - ;;? ; ..?"~ It is a privilege to ;unite; with you ?n this tribute to the memory flf.'GoyV srnor Perry. .We are not called to % mocrn the loss, of one- who has been " taken from oaf "midst io youth or even in the fall vigor of manhood, bat of one who has lived more than the three =core aud ten years allotted to man, and ; who in mature old age, after a life fall of usefulness and honor, has been fathered to the' fathers. :. * When I was a mere boy and sciyree- ; !y knew anyone-outside of my-own", liome or bad began to fe?l or take an" interest in anything beyond its narrow, ?ircle, I heard of him. as a. leader of \ men and an exponent of a grand prin- " sipie. This he c?ntibnedt?.^.thrbagli- ' out a long and eventf?t Uf?. ' He wai jver the same heroic, consistent ?oTvoV \ ate of what in his/judgment-were the ~ rights and trae interests of " the State be loved so well. 'This is not the ? occasion jt? discuss,/ 2or. is it possible for this generation* tb ' ietermine t&e issues, as "to whicfci;ttere* ire differences of opinion amongst -bar ! people. They mast be r??ag?ted to tbe^* future. .... V V." * ^ .'To Governor Perry belonged all* ittributes of true manhood and true* greatness. - T?" you."it ' wass^.given:ftir' Enow 1 his worth. as ^ a neighbor ind i.friend. To those of /ns who were jot so fortunate it was permitted^ :o honor him as ' an eminent jawr per, a patriot. and s ta tes m an.W ?ras his eminent and unselfish "patriot sm t hat led him ?t the call of Bis:State" o surrender bis Own* Views1 cameni policy and unite .his fortunes'with those5 >f his fellow citizens ; and wh?n 'disae-' er came ?n after."'years h?^-jna> |?r*&rps he boldest to raise his voice against tho nonstrous wrong which arbitrary power i?d inflicted on a" "gallant though con* juered people?wrongs which it was jis privilege in his old age to see in a easore redressed 1 ~* We make this resolve to-day. not to >erpe.tuate bis name, bat to show that ve arc not unmindful of his virtues and lis services. His is one of the few names hat were not born to die and it will jo down the current of history with the rreat men of South Carolina to serve future times and for other genera ions illustrate the character of a people rebose representatives and exponents hey are, and of whom any people may >e proud.. Let the?c resolutions be recorded in iccordance with the wishes of the bar, tod let the court ?tand adjourned ont il o-tnorrow morning at half-past niue 'clock.?Greenville News, April. 7. A Remarkable Komanoe.' in 1S40 William Rissane wa? tried or burning a steam boat on the Missis ippi River and was acquitted, although he evidence against him was strong. lu 1854 he committed a series of "or reries in New York, swindling the Chemical Bank out of ?18,000. sod iisappeared. The bank authorities ?ave recently discovered that Kissane s living iu California, where he has >een living under an assumed name hirty-three years, and is a prominent, moored and wealthy citizen and a lead og Democratic politician. Efforts are )cing made to revive the old indict ncnts against him. the design being, t is alleged, to frighten him into pay ng. The matter is attracting much ittention in New York and California. Robt. T. Jones, well known hrotighont this State for his coririec ion with the decf-.ase of the three 'ressieys, of Edg^field, and who was onvicted of manslaughter at the re? :ent term of the Comt for Edgefield, ipplicd to Judge Norton, at Colum na for bail pending his appeal to'the supreme Court for a new trial. Af er some argument, his counsel asked cave to withdraw his application for >ail without prejudice?which was granted. It is understood that hie notion for bail will now be made >efore the Supreme Court. Jonee ?asbeen returned tolheEdgefieldjafl.