jTasSFWTKB WATCBMAK, ?rtablUh^d April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " tsk true southxo>\ Kstabiiahed June, r ou ia:i oiunirac* nt home, giv in * al i y?ur timcor ?j>?re moments only to the work. AU is :.cw. v.r-.nt J0, and close* JUNE 13th, 1891. ?uruier has special advantages* from its railroad connections, its bealthfulness and its social and religious privileges. It is the purpose of the Principals to make the Institute, as tiear as practicable, a well regulated Christian home and its course of study equal in al! respects to that of the best fem-tie colleges in this country. For terms and more detailed information as to course of study, and expenses, the public is referred to our prin-ed Circulars. These may be obtained by addressing the ''Sumter Institute, Suniter, S. C." Ail communications thus addressed, will receive prompt attention. Mas. I.. A BROWNE, Miss E. E. COOPER, July 9 Priucipal3. IF YOU ARE GOING WEST AND WANT LOW RATES To Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Oregon and Cnii fornia, or any point WEST or NORTH WEST? IT WILL PAY YOU To write to me. FRED D. BUSH, D. P. A., L & N R. R. 38 Wail St., Atlanta, (ja Nov. 5.?x For 31onth of January A Fine Lot of 111 11 BORIS Can be bought at the SALE AWi> LIVERY STABLES ?OF? I E. MAY! At Figures to Suit the Times. ?ALSO Wagons, Buggies and Carts. Mayesville, 3. C , Dec. 25 Snug little- fMrtnne^iiarr hem mu'Vat work for im, by Anna Faire. AuMin, ^^^y^S^^^^^^Mti' t j c u ' Soiu? I jru over a?WSiOO a ?t hum?. ?i !. -p i r yi .: :ir-\ Even (?! il? rsiire ? isrlv ean ins from ?5 to Ipt >ail.iy. A ii VVesh >w you how aiot fctart you. Cuu work in >.pnrc tinio orail iii?- lim?, l?tt tnonVy for work er*. Fall'ire unknown ainoofr tWm. NEW noil wonderful, l'?rr?enlars free. i:.?laUctt?& C0..I?0S. ?SiOI'orU-u*!, Maine DEAD LETTER OFFICE. THF. ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MAT TER RECEIVED THERE. Nearly $50,000 in Cash. S5.000 Odd in Postal Notes, About $1,500,000 in Com mercial Paper, in One Year's Time. Bints to Letter Senders. Following is given the full test of a very instructive circular recently issued by the Dead Letter Office of the United States postoffice department. It will be seen that an enormous amount of mail matter annually fails to reach its desti nation, and that this is the fault in al most every instance of the sender or the party to whom the matter is addressed. Hints and directions that if followed closely will serve to insure correct deliv ery of mcj.il are also given: Over six million pieces of mail matter are sent annually to the Dead Letter Of fice by reason of incorrect, illegible or deficient address, insufficient postage, insecure inclosing, whereby matter mail ed becomes separated from the envelope or wrapper, or the failure to be called for or delivered to the person addressed. This is a daily average of over twenty thousand pieces. Of these the greater portion either are not called for at the postoffice to which they are directed, or, in case of free de livery offices, the addressees cannot be found, notwithstanding every known means is resorted to on the part of the postal officials to effect delivery. Matter sent to the Dead Letter Office which cannot be delivered to the persou addressed is required to be opened in its treatment for the purpose of return to the sender, and if the name and address of the sender be not shown or cannot be ascertained from tho contents, and it contains no valuable inclosure, it must be destroyed. Leiters opened and found to contain any inclosure of obvious value are en tered upon proper records, and of such those which do not disclose sufficient in formation to enable them to be returned are filed, subject to reclamation upon proper application and identification. Letters which contain no inclosure of obvions value are not recorded. Packages and parcels are recorded, . and where they do not disclose the name and address cf the owner are filed. If cot called for or claimed within two years they are disposed of at public auc tion, and the proceeds covered into the United States Treasury. A large proportion of the packages and parcels sent to the Dead Letter Office fail to bo restored to the owners because of the absenco on the wrappers or inclos ures of anything to indicate ownership thereof. Information as to the character and nature of the matter thus received at the Dead Letter Office, and the condi tions and innaences which occasion its failure to reach the persons to whom the senders designed it to go, may be. of in terest, and the mere statement of it car ry with it suggestions which may serve the jrablic in its exercise of- postal privi- _ leges. \. ' ' - Of the unclaimed and undelivered mail matter received at the Dead Letter j Office during the past fiscal year, four j hundred and fifty-one thousand were let ters misdirected or only partially ad- j dressed?that is, not addressed to a post- i office, or addressed to a postoffice with- j out the state being given, or addressed i to a postoffiee not in the state named, ; etc.. while twenty-four thousand were | entirely blank, bearing no address what- \ ever. Amo-i.? the latter were frequently -; found the correspondence of business men, of which a large portion contained j inclosures of money, drafts, checks, etc. | Ninety-eight thousand were letters to : domestic addresses, "held for postage,'' j together with letters, etc., addressed to ! Canada and Mexico, matter to these : countries being unmailable except upon full prepayment of postage. One hundred and sixty-five thousand were letters mainly addressed to persons in care of hotels. The guests to whom the letters belonged having departed i without leaving their address, or for- j warding orders for their mail, they were ! returned to the postoffiee by the hotels and thence sent to the Dead Letter . Office. Forty-two thousand were letters to fie- j titious addresses, and principally corre- : spondence relating to what is known as j "green goods" or "saw dust" swindles, \ etc., many of them containing money with orders for the purchase of these : fraudulent goods. Parties engaged in these fraudulent and unlawful enter prises invariably do^so under an as sumed name, and when the character i and business of such persons is discov- j ered by the postal authorities, such mat- l ter addressed to them is declared "fie- j titious" and delivery withheld. Eighty thousand were parcels of mer- | chandise, books, clothing, needlework, j jewelry, etc., etc., many of which were j misdirected, while others were without j wrapper, having been insecurely inclosed, ! and others from which the address had I become separated and lost. A large proportion were those upon I which the required amount cf postage to entitle them to transmission through the mails had not been prepaid, insufficient ! payment being due to improper inclosing, ; whereby a higher rate of postage was j required. Twenty-eight thousand contained i money amounting in all to $4S,l>42. Four thousand had inclosures of postal i notes in small sums under ?5, aggregat ing $5,300. Twenty-seven thousand were found to i contain drafts, checks, notes, com- ; mercial paper, etc., etc., in the sum of i jU,47J,07i, while forty-eight thousand j contained paid and canceled obligations, i receipts evidencing payments of money, i deeds, mortgages, general miscellaneous papers, etc., etc. Forty-two thousand contained photo- ; graphs, one thousand contained articles j forbidden to be transmitted through the i mails, and eleven thousand upon being j opened were found to contain lottery j tickets, winch, under the terms of the : law, are declared imniailable. One hundred and sixty-two thousand contained postage stamps, and were in closures to secure return answers to the correspondence which they accompanied, or were the remittances in payments of small balances, or accompanying orders for small purchases of merchandise, sub scriptions, etc. Five hundred and thirty-one thousand were letters and forty-one thousand pa: eels of printed matter, samples, etc., which had been mailed in foreign coun tries to post offices within the United States, and failing of delivery were sent to the Dead Letter Office, and thence re turned to the postal administrations of their respective countries of origin un opened. Two hundred and five thousand were letters and forty-seven thousand were parcels, books, samples of merchandise, i etc., which had been mailed within the ; United States addressed to foreign conn- j tries, and having failed of delivery at ; their destination were sent to the Dead i Letter Office by foreign postal adminis- ! trations. Over five million of the letters received j at the Dead Letter Office contained no J inclosure of obvions vaine, although j doubtless many of them were quite as valuable and important to both sender and addressee as thousands of other let ters containing money, checks, stamps, etc., and yet of this immense number of letters over three million bore within either no definite or sufficient address of the writer?in most cases no address j whatever?or there was no signature j whereby the writer might be identified 1 or determined, without which the Dead Letter Office could not make return. Misdirection, incorrect, illegible and deficient address are given as leading causes which occasion the failure of mail matter to reach its proper destina tion, and affect alike that which is so addressed to either city, town or village. In addition to these in the case of mntter mailed to cities or free delivery j offices -are the failure to give street^a^i cumber, business or occupation, or some designated placo of delivery of the per son addressed; inability to find transient people, and their neglect to give for warding orders for their mail: the neglect of permanent or temporary residents to notify the carriers or postoffice of change of place for the delivery of their mail matter upon moving from one part of the city to another, together with the failure of newcomers to furnish the postoffice with their name3 and places of address. It is to these causes, with others of more or less consequence, that the non-deliv ery of mail matter is, in the main, at tributable, and they aro conditions over which the postal service has no control, and may alone be remedied by the peo ple themselves. The following suggestions, if observed, will aid the dispatch and delivery of matter sent through tho mails, or its re turn directly to the sender in the event of non-delivery, and thus prevent the i annoyance, delay and embarrassment caused by sending matter to the Dead Letter Office. Mail matter should be plainly and correctly addressed, the name of the postoffice to which it is to be sent should be clearly and distinctly stated, and to avoid confusion from the similarity of abbreviations, as frequently used, the name of the state should be given in full. In the case of mail addressed to small offices, or where there are offices of like names in different states, the name of the county should be added. As the immense quantity of matter sent through the mails is necessarily re quired to be handled rapidly by the rail way mail clerks and at the postoffices in the cities too much care cannot be ex ercised in addressing mail mailer clearly, plainly and correctly. Where mail matter is addressed to cities or free deliver}' boxe3 the street and house number or postoffice box number of the person addressed are im portant, and should always be given when it is possible to do so. ness or employment of the person ad dressed, if stated, will often secure de livery. The free delivery offices, being in the cities and larger towns?the trade cen ters of the country?have a large, vary ing, transient population, which cannot be known to the postoffice officials in the same degree as in the smaller places, and delivery is therefore maSeHhe niorediffi . cult; and where recourse must be had to city directories they are often found im perfect and incomplete, so that the means of ascertaining the location of the addressee frequently is found wanting, and deliver}- fails because the person is not known or cannot be found. A small proportion only of the mail- . received at the free delivery offices is called for at the general deliver}- of the postoffice, the public expecting delivery Dy the letter carriers; and hence the im portance of giving street and number or some other designation whereby the per son addressed may be found. Matter mailed to cities and free de livery offices addressed without street and number or some other designation enabling delivery goes into the general delivery, subject to be called for, and of such matter the statistics of the post offices of some of the larger cities show that not more than 25 per cent, is called for. Letters addressed to persons tempo rarily sojourning in a city where the letter earner system is^ in operation should be marked "transient" or '-gen erali delivery," if not addressed to a street and number or some other desig nated place of delivery. The name and address of the sender, either printed or written, should be placed upon the upper left hand corner of the envelope or wrapper of all matter mailed. This will secure its immediate return to the sender from the mailing office for correction if improperly addressed, in sufficiently paid or otherwise defective, thus affording opportunity to comply with the postal regulations and require ments, and place the matter in proper condition to entitle it to all the priv ileges of the mails, and is especially use ful in the case of packages and other matter mailable at less than letter rate of postage, which is restricted to cer tain conditions and requirements as to weight, size, manner of inclosure, etc. Letters and all other matter mailed, so marked with the name and address of the sender, that should fail to be called for or delivered to the person addressed, and upon which full letter rates of post age has been paid, are not sent to the Dead Letter Office, but are returnable to the sender directly?without additional charge, and with the reason of n<>n-de- I livery indorsed thereon. The above suggestions in respect to the return of unclaimed and undelivered mail matter directly to the sender from the postoffice addressed ref< rs only to letters and other mail matter upon which full letter postage has been paid. Packages and all matter mailed at less than letter rates of postage should, in addition to the name and address of the sender upon; the envelope or wrapper, bear in connection therewith a request for its return in the event of non-deliv ery, in which case it is als.? returnable directly t > the sender from th postoffice addressed, charged with return postage at ihe rate required for the class of mat ter to which it belongs. The distinction, under the pestai reg ulations, as regards the return of un claimed and undelivered matter is. that letters and other matter prepaid at full \ I'm ter rates are roturnabl free, whereas matter mai?abieat less than lei ter post- j age requires the payment of return ; posta . '. If is i borne in mind that only such ! unclaimed and undelivered letters and other matter prepaid at full lctt< r Rites j of postage as do not bear t!:j came and , address of the sender, and such other matter mailed at less than*^etter rates of postage as does not bear a request for its return, U required to bo sent to the Dead Letter Office, the importance of the sug gestions in respect to placing the name cjid address of the sender, etc., on all matter mailed is apparent. All matter mailable at less than letter rates of postage must be so wrapped or inclosed that it can be readily examined at the office of delivery, as "well as at the mailing office, without destro}*ing the wrapper, otherwise it is subject to letter postage. . Much of the package and parcel mat tor received at the Dead Letter Office is that which has been deposited for mail ing sealed and closed against inspection, SEd prepaid at less than letter rate, be i^g tmmailablo in such condition, and f tie name and address of the sender not appearing upon the cover, whereby it xaight be returned for correction, and proper compliance with postal condi tions, it necessarily is sent t-o the Dead ..fitter Office. .A large proportion of the packages sent to the Dead Letter Office are ad d^essf? to foreign countries. i^on to being sealed or closed a^?inst inspection and deficient in post age many of them contain articles that are unmailable through the post because of customs regulations and conditions of the countries to which they are addressed, or exceed the limit of size and weight. In such cases, if the name and address of the sender does not appear, the parties a??ressed are notified that the package wip be forwarded by express; at their expense, or returned to the sender if they wH-_ furnish the proper address in this coimtry. With no knowledge of the value of the package or by whom mailed the ad dressee often declines to direct it to be forwarded and pay the charges; and the sei-.der being unknown to the Dead Let ter Office it eventually takes the course provided for other unclaimed matter of its class. Emailing packages addressed to for eign countries care should be taken to ascertain whether they are prohibited from", transmission to the country of derivation, or can only be forwarded wh..>^;.the postage is fully prepaid at for eign letter rates?five cents per half ctm .e. Only bona fide "trade samples are tra*?aiissible at reduced rates of postage. Persons desiring to mail matter other than letters to foreign countries should con.n?t their postmasters, who, being provided with the postal laws and regu lations, are enabled to give proper infor mation respecting conditions, etc., etc., of n, ailing to foreign countries. All valuable matter to be sent by mail should be registered. It will thus re ceiv such protection as it is not always posr ble to give to matter sent in the or dm.-^y mails. Money should be sent by moirfcZ- order or registered letter. Pi jprietors of hotels should omit the retu in request from envelopes supplied gratuitously to their guests, and guests using envelopes furnished by hotels should be careful to designate what dis posal should be made of letters sent by them in case of non-delivery. Lv^hjaajagrto foreis^ co*mtries, esp?Si?ily Canaoa anu J?hgiand, m Vhich mrny postoffices have the same name as offices in the United States, the name of the country as well as postoffice should be given in full. In sending packages and parcels book?, pamphlets and other articles?by mail the address should be placed on the article inclosed as well as on the wrapper. Should the wrappers become detached, as they frequently do, through the hand ling incident to mail transportation by sea or land, it may still be possible tc restore the article if this precaution is taken. While the efficiency of the postal sys tem and service has attained high stand ard, the public may materially aid in the fuller and more complete delivery of its mail matter, or the prompt return of the same to the sender in cases where delivery from any cause cannot be ef fected, if the foregoing suggestions are conformed >. D. P. LEIBHARDT, Superintendent. The Farmers Alliance Revo lution. The Rev. Thomas DixoD, Jr , a sensational New York preacher, who it seems is in the habit uf prefacing his sermon with what he calls a "weekly pulpit review,which is a short talk, on politics and public matters generally, paid his respects last Sunday to the "Farmers' Aliiancp aud the comiug revolution" in the following terms. The Rev. Dixon said : "The men who believe in the divinity of everything that is, have always couut ed on the stupidity of the farmers until now. But to-day the farmers have smashed the tradition of centuries, kicked out the dash-board and are running away, while rj^rSe who have so long been accustomed to drive them are thrown out in the dk^ky /trampled and crushed. They tell you that this is imly a flurry, that it will soon blow over. But they are mistakeu. The real trouble is that the people have begun to think, and when the people?the masses?begin to think, the world idiakc9. This thinking, vhich is destroying old systems, is opening the way to new civilization. The eyes of the world have long been apoa the kings and potentates ; now they arc upon the com mon people?on the weaker classes. Our present civilization quivers from founuation to flag-stuff with this upris A >2 of the masses. The drum beat of the Salvation Army reaches round the world. The Farmers Alliance is an Ameri can branch of the same uprising. It is the most tremendous social aud polit ical organization ever known. Dema gogues will lead it for a time, but it will kill two demagogues for every one it nourishes. ?;'?t the demagogues, the dead beats aud the bummers take warning. The cyelooe has only begun;'* There h a big famine in the Soudan ; (South of Egypr) and the poor people ( are forced tu eat cats, rats and dogs to j keep from starving. The famine has lasted for eighteen months and more j than a tenth of the people have per ished. *m> . ? !Mm - At Warwick, Hingland, thousands of skaters were <>n the river Avon, when the ice gave way aud five hundred were ! plunged imo the water. Seventeen bodies have been recovered and others were dtowued. Three Noted Chiefs of the Sioux. The delusion of the coming of the Mesiah among the Indians of the Northwest, with the resulting ceremony known as the ghoM dance, is indicative of greater danger of an Indian war in that region than has existed since 187(3. Never before have diverged Indian tribes been so generally united upon a single idea. The conspiracy of Pon tiac and the arrayment of savage forces byTecum.eh aie insignificant by com parison. The conditions do not exist that ordinarily have led to wars upon the Western frontier. The peril of the situation lies in the fanaticism which may carry the superstitious and ex citable Indian to the point of hostilities in defiance of all hope of ultimate suc cess; and the uncertainty of this element b;-files the judgment of the oldest frontiersman, in the effort to determiue the extent of the danger A single spark in the tinder of excited religious gatherings may precipitate an Iudiau war more eangiiioary than any similar war that has ever occurred. The hope of peace lies in the judicious di-play of force, united with concilia tion, by the United States authorities, helped by the coming of severely cold weather, which would make au out break obviously hopeless, and allow time for the delusion to dissipate. In the present state of affairs the noted Sioux chief Sitting Bull, who has already been the source of so much trouble in the course of Indian affr.irs, appears once more as a promiuent figure This time he does not have the fair pretext under which he incited the war in 1876, which led io the defeat and massacre of General Ouster's com mand on Little Big Horn River, and terminated wi h the escape of Sitting Bull and bis immediate followers into British ten itory. Since his surrender through the mediation of the Dominion ? ffijials in 1880. and his return to the Standing Keck li.sei vaiiou iu 1883, he has ft-und his authority greatiy diminirhcd among the Dakota Sioux This authority he has endeavored to re gain by identifying him>e!f with every element of hostility to the whites and opposition to the innovations of civiliza tion, and has been so far successful that at the conference at Standing Rock, Dakota, in July and August, 1888, be influenced his tribe to refuse to relin quish their lands by purchase. Contrary to the general estimate concerning him, this famous chief is a man of mediocre ability, uot noted for bravery as a warrior, and inferior as a commander and iu intelligence io some of bis lieutenants. Sheer obstinacy, stubborn tenaci.'y of purpose, aud low cunning, with an aptituue for rheauieal effect and for working on the supersti tions of his people, are the attributes by which be has acquired and retained influence among the Northwest tiibes. Personally/he is pompous, vain, boast i'? i, ?it't- ? i jT?s. ^?te/ifT?ii&fworrrry~ fT?~ has constantly been a dUturbing ele meut at the. agency since his return from confinement as a military prisoner seven years ago, and has gruwn worse iu this re.-pi-ot as he has felt his author ity and importance departing. The d;>' grrnujt elements that this chief has called around him do not represent the mo>t noted Indians who fought under Lis leadership iu the Sioux war fourteen years ago, and fol lowed him in his exile across the Britird) frontier. Those warriors have realized the futility of waifare with the whites, aud are siucerely doirou* not to incur its evils agaio. The Indians of whom Sitting Bull is the reprer-eutative com prise the irreconciiables?warriors who adhere to the old aborigiual usages and chiefs jealous of their authority, which wanes in proportion as their followers advance iu civilization. This small but dangerous faction are ready at any time for war. In sympathy with their desire I are many young men ambitious fora chance to distinguish themselves as wai riors. The chiefs of the greatest influence among the majority of the Indians are men of strong will and good sense, who have accepted the situation, and are willing to adapt themselves to the uew condition of things. They could control their people by their own in fluence unaided if the scene of the gaiherings was uot so near exposed settlements, which tempt lawless Indians to make trouble in hope of booty The present excitement is fanned to some . extcut by unscrupulous white persons desirous of a war with the hope that it shall bring them emolument, and end in throwing open the reservation lands for settlement. Foremost among the Tudians who j have taken the side of peace and safety, and have made every effort to break up the delusion which finds expression in the ghost dances, are chiefs Gall and j John Grass, both warriors held in great i respect for wisdom and bravery, who i took a prominent part as followers of Sitting Bull in the war that brought about the massacre at the Little Big Horn. The change in them iu the fourteen years since both these chiefs were on the war-path in the equipments of savagery?the war bonnets, the braided hair pieced cut with buffalo t;?ils, and the array of weapous ? is re markable. The diff?rence between the good aud the bad Indian is indicated in the countenance even more obviously than among the civilized whites. The streug faces of these two chiefs indicate their character, which, unlike that of Sitting Bull, is fearless, upright, j bright, and progressive. The foremost, leader among the j Sioux is Chief Gali, who stands above j all other chiefs in their estimation. Many persons familiar with the situa tion hay that he planned the campaign of 1876, which made Sitting Bull fa mous as a commander and strategist, and affirm that no serious outbreak among the Northwest, tribes wiit occur ! so long as he remains friendly to the I govern ment This famous war chief is one of the best farmers at the Standing Kock Agency His family are all members of the Episcopalian Church. IL- takes no part in the ghost dance, nor does he lend his sanction to it. lie feels that the Indians fail to appreciate the benefits of their present surround ings, and want old time:-, which have been magnified in their imagination by tiaditiun, to return. "I think it bet ter," he said, at the conclusion of a conference he and John Grass had with Mayor James McLaughlin, the United States agent at Standing ilock, "for us to live as we are living rather than create trouble, not knowing how it will end " An element of great value in the preservation of oiderupon the reserva tion, and conspicuously useful in the present disturbed condition *>f affairs at ih'i agency, is the Indian police At Standing Rock the force is thirty-five tu number, commanded by a captain aud a lieuteuaut,. For the adjudica tion of affairs occurring upon the reser vation an Indiau court has been estab lirlifcd at the agency. Two of the judges are members of the police force, and the third one U Juhu Grass, who speaks English. The impartiality and excellent judgment displayed iu the conduct of this court have been note worthy, aod its decisions have almost invariably been accepted without, com plaint.?Harper s Weekly, Dec. 20. The Indian War. Pixe Ridge, S D., Dec. 31.?The Seveuth cavalry had just reached camp yesterday, after repulsing the attack made on their supply train by Two Strike's band, when a courier arrived with word that the Catholic mission was on fire, and the teachers aod pupils were being massacred. In tweoty minutes the weary and hungry c-ivalry was again in motion They found the fire was at the day school, a mile this side of the mission. The Indians, ender command of Little Wound and Two S.'rike, were foucd, to the number of 1,800, about a mile beyond the mission. The Seventh formed a line and btgan fighting, which was carried on by only 300 or 400 Indians at the time, while tho great mas- kept concealed. Gen. Forsythe suspected an ambush, and did not let them draw him into dangerous ground. Col Henry with the Ninth Cavahy started an hour later than Forsythe aud owi?g to exhaustiou bis horses had to travel very slowly. The Seventh became surrounded by redskins, but just as the circle was ready to charge the Ninth broke in upon the rear of the hostiles, and they vanished. The weary soldiers slowly retreated, reaching the agency at dark. The infantry had been ordered out, but wer i stopped by sight of the head of the columu of cavalry. The soldiers were greatly outnumber ed, aud there are not enough troops at this poiot to clean out these Iuiiit:;s, who are still camped within seven miles of the agency. The damage d< ne the tro'-ps :s small. Li'Ut. Maun, Company K, SvVetith cavalry was wounded, beiug shot through the side. The first sergeaut of Company K was also wounded. Tue" iSluiti \ ca'va'iry comni^deo~--Ty" Col. Henry pulled into the agercy 'flits morning, the seventh having come in shortly before midnight. Soon after the arrival of the Niu:h a courier from a wagon train which was several miles in the rear, dashed into the agency, with his pony covered with foam, aud reported that the wagon train had been attacked by hostiles. Heavy and rapid firing to the oor h was heard at times, and within a few minutes af:cr "Boors am3 saddles" was sounded, the Seventh and Ninth cavalry were on their way to the assirtaDce ot the wagoo train. The Indians were soon driven away and scattered, but their loss in killed and wounded could not be ascertained. One trooper was kiled and two were wounded. The troops returned to the agency, but had only been in a short time when a large volume of smoke to the north ward indicated that hostiles had fired some building, and as the Catholic missiou in charge'of Father Jutz was in that direction, fears were entertained for the safety of the priests aad sisters located there. Soon after smoke was observed tc rise another courier arrived and in formed Gen. Brooke that the mission had been rvred. The Seventh calvary again quickly responded to the call of "boots and saddles''and dashid out to the rescue. Later reports state that the mission was saved, but that a schoolhouse Dear by was burued to the ground. A couple of hours after the second departure of the Seventh calvary word was brought ia that the hostile camp had been located, aud assistance was called for to help surround the village aod destroy or capture it. In answer to the summons the Ninth calvary once more jumped iuto saddles aud headed for the north. Word from the Catholic mission re ports that no:;e of the people there were injured, but all escaped safely. The wounding of Lieut. Maun, of troop K. Seventh calvary, leaves t?at troop without an officer in the field. Capt. Wailaee iiaviug beeu killed aud Second Lieut. Suuires being at Fort Worth, where: he was ordered to be ex amined for promotion. r?Iuch sorrow is felt for those killed and wounded in the affray en Wounded Knee Creek. Especially is the death of Capt. Wallace keenly felt, as he was a general favorite aud was a gallant aud brave officer, who had the respect aud esteem of the entire army. He was killed while opening a bodge flap by an Indian secreted on th-o inside, who struck him a blow on the forehead with a blunt war club, it is supposed, crushing in his skull and c :b:kss kiiiing him instantly. The dead Indians were left . the field as they fell. The meeting of the captive ' Foot hostiles is said to have bei" < " iJlIWi' The Old Soldiers do Kot? Forget* Pickens Sentinel". We take pleasure in publishing the* following preamble and resolutions 8 E$ to us from the B >wen Mill Alliance : "Whereas, We, the Bowen Milr Alliance, No. 89*2, believe in the great principles as .-ret forth in the constitution1 of our order : "Whereas We, as an Alliance have* I positively refused heretofore to take" J part in nominating candidates for office, j or endorsing men or measure?, believ ! ing it to be unconstitutional and un j wise : j "Whereas, Yfe believe the action of I the Alliance io some counties of our j State in the recent campaign by the' j c'amor of some who hoped to gain for themselves big public places by heading: out a s berne so enticing to the masses* j who could not understand their motives' have been the prime cause of (lie defeat of our beloved Flampton ; " Whereas, We believe that a ma-= jority of the members of the Alli?nee* if lift to exercise their own preferment by ballot would have done honor to* whom honor 13 due ; "Whereas, We believe the action o4 the Legislature to be both unwise and ungrateful ; therefore be it "Resolved, By the Bowen Mill Alli ance, No. 89*2, that we hereby express j oar disapproval, unanimously of .h$ action of the Legislature in failing ta re-elect Wade Hampton to the United States Senate. R E Bowen, Sec'y. [The press thionghout the State artf requested to publish these proceedings.J, A Stransre History. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE T?NIO?? SOLDIER' WHO ENGROSSED GEN. GRANTS TERMS' OF SURRENDER AT APPOMATIOXv To the Editor or the Newsan<* Cou rier: This year I have bad a very pleasant corresooudeuce with a gen tleman who, during a portion of the Confederate war, was Gen. Grab's* military secretary. Early in 1863 he entered volunteer service, and was mustered out as a brevet brigadier general at the close of the war. Be sides being Gen. Grant's military secretary, he was also assistant adju tant general on b's staff. Wfren Gen. Lee surrendered at Apnoraattox this gentleman engrossed Gen. Grant's* terms of surrender. These facts alone* would make him a person of interest, but liiere are other facts eonneeterl with him which dot?bte the mterest? !'. . r \} Tri start \viW's^r>^ statement!;, but it is true. The English name of this chief is Ely S. Parker; his Indian name is Do-ne-ho-ga-wa, which signi fies "keeper of the door." He is the chief sachem of the Six Nations in New York Sra:^,- of which people there are some five thousand living in that State. Gen. Parker is of the Seneca Nation, the same nation which produced the illustrious orator Red Jacket. He was bona im the Tonawanda reservation irr Western New York. After The Con federate war he entered the regular' army as second lieutenant in the 2of United Slates cavalry and rose to the' posi'ion of brigadier general. Front ls-v.) to 1S72 he filled the important position of commissioner of Indian ?ffa?rs, stationed at Washirrgtotr. He is the only full-blooded Indian, so far" as I know, who has ?-ver filled a politi cal position in the United States. lit 1872 he severed his connection with governmental affairs. He has bee? Chief Sachem of trie Six Nations since 1*52 and is an authority on Indian matters- He now lives in' New York' ci i v. The General comes from ah Indraft family of which the Seneca Nation can justly be proud. His brother, Chief Nicholas H. Parker, is a person of prominence among the 2$e>v iOTk Senacas; his Indian name is Gi-an twa-ka, which signifies "the Planter." Miss Caroline Parker, the General's sister, married thft la7e John Mount l pre?s?hf. the head chief of the Tusca j roras; his Indian na-: e was JDah-gah vah-dent, which meant "Falling ! Woods." Mrs. Mountpleasant's In ! dian name is Ge-go-?a-seli, Which I means -Wild Cat." The New York i Herald informs us that the Parkers are "highlv educated." I have found the G?nerai to be a genial and pleas?nt correspondent. Let us hope that a full history of this interesting Indian family will one day be written. McDonald Furman. Ramsey P. O.. Su m ter County. Merit Wins. Wo de.-ire to say to oar eu'zens, that for je.irs we have been selii;>g Dr. Kjng's New Discovery fur Consumption, ?>'r. "fing's1 New' Life Ptlis. 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McLean's Sarsa parilltf; cheerfulness will rettfrc and life wi": accuire new zest, tloct Don't irritate roar btnes ?i:h a stnbbort. cough wheu a plannt and effective remedy may be faund in Dr.J. H. McLean's T*r tt'tne Luug 1! tin: ! vloct fiO? An Intensely Interesting Story by JOLIAfl HAWTHORNE It Wiii Soon Appoar ir this Paper*