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The Relief Column Reaches Kimberley. Tut 8tory of Lord Roberta9 Buooetsfui March Loodoo. Feb 19, 4 20 e m ?It ie eooirmed tbet Oeo Orooje escaped, ?very detail received, however, proves beer edmireble Lord Roberte' piece were oooVeived eod were euo oeedieg. Bat for tbe unexpected delay el Dekiele drift, which wee almost impassable for wegooe, tbe wbole Boer foroe woold here been eerroanded Tb-j delej of one dej there gove tbem tbeir obenoe for e booty retreet. All tbe movements* of Lord Roberte were executed exeotlj to time Ap pereotly Oeo Orooje ie retiring with tbe mein et my end tbeo if be eeoepee ?Hogether, be will probeblj loee ell Ate baggage There ie still eomething doubtful eboet tbe capture of tbe Britieb ooo vwy. Aoeordiog to e Daily Moil eorreepoadeot with tbe convoy - wbiob ocoeieted of 200 wegooe, eecb leeded with 6,000 pounds of retiooe eed of forsge, eod eecb drewo by 16 oxen? it woe quite unexpectedly at? tacked by o oommendo eoppoeed to eoeee from Ooleeberg. Tbe eecort, eeeeietiug of 80 of tbe Gordon High laodere, 40 meo of tbe ermy eervioo 2pa end e few of Kitchener's oorpe, eteJeed o defenee ontil tbe arrival of reeoforoemsots, eoetetoiog ineig ?iioeot oeeoeltiee. Tbe Standard's correspondent it Jeoobeda), telegraphing Thuredey, Veb 164b, eeye: "Ao atteok wee sende yeeterdey upon tbe reer guard mi oar mein body by e force of 1,400 Beere, wbo were harried up from Oolooborw, Tbey eoooeeded io cap Soring eome of oar wegooe, bat Isord Roberte did ool delay bie march to reUke tbeee. Tbere were few oeeoeltiee oo our eide "Tbo lent of oar fopply oolamoe arrived from Hooey Neet kloof todey, having Biet witb ao Opposition oo tbe Speciale from Ledyemith report ao epperent movement oo tbe pert of tbe Boere towerd tbe Free Stete, preeomebly witb tbe object of eeeiot iog (Feu Orooje The oewe tbet Oeo Roller ie attempting another crossing of tbe Togeta, eaet of Coleneo. after ibe ceptore of Hlangwane bill, there fore, giveo greet eetiefaction Bui ler'a loeeee oo far beve been about 20 io wounded. Ilia entire ermy. with Ibe exception of 'reo Hort e brigade ie eogaged io tbe operation It ie anoouuced tout the Channel equadroo, ioatead of going to Oibral tor, bee been ordered to remain in British wetero until March HUW ROBERTS DID IT I Jacobedel. O F 8 , Friday, Feb 16 ?Lord Roberta' uorubinatione for tbe movement of the corpa Dove toiled witb precision, although ofc etaelea tbet bed oot been foreseen bod to be overcome Tbe execution of his design began ot 3 a m Sunday Gen trench rode ioto Kimberley Thursday afternoon joet when be waa due, according) to tbe field marshal's timetable, having, ie foor eod e belf days, marched nine etiles witb trtillery and having fought two amell engagements The relief of Kimberley waa aocompliabed with ibe loee of ooly 50 men Twenty iboeeand infantry made splendid marches coder a sob tropical sun, eod through a duet etorm to bold tbe poeiliooe which Gen French took Lord Kitchener wee with Geo Tucker s division. In oonseqoence of bis trsnspoit arrangements, tbe foor divlaioos moving over tbe ssndy veldt ere fed and ere watered It is bsrdly possible to eppreciete ede quelftly the mathematical precision witb which every pert of the trans port department has worked, march iog through tbe day, toiling almoat eleeplesely throughout the night, victualling tbe army and evolving ?very hour results from seeming CO coo Rverf body did what was expteted of bim sbserfelly. though soderiog fright fol fstiiett. Ftw tlept more thao three boon The battalioot, hour efter boar, tolled tbroegh tbs heavy seed oaeompleieiegly, aad whto oow eed theo a aaeo fell oot of tbe rtoka txbtetted, bs would rejoin biteomptoy later after he bad reetsd. Some 60 or ?0 wars ovtraome by the heat aod bad to be ttot to tbe rttr le tbs beoiwerd del'e of eetp'y wagooa Tbs rapidity of Ldtd Roberta' move atestt away from hit bttt has solved see of tbe problems, perhaps tbs sbief problem of the war He aod Lord Kitebsoer bavs created a mobile f>ree, able to move ie exterior hoes aud u eetflsak tbe Boert, tbtmtelvet to won? derfully mobile Tbs position of tbt Boer arocy at Spytfooteio being untenable General 0r*aje ordered a rttreat. At tbe aett this ditpsteh it written, it it eooertam whether hie ?hole foree or eely a portion hat goon toward H i em foettio It it potaible that a part it goiog north of Kimberley. It is teppneed tbat a 29 too guo it ?till io tbe ottgbborlwoci of Kimberley Tbs rosd from Jaeobtdsl tu Modder tteiioo is now op-n Farther dsttilt of tbs Boer rstrest show tbsl lbs Boer general bss been igbtiea a good reer gaord eeiioo ead eooweysag eweaaosirs boa^se ia svejer to ? How the moving of the ooovoy, wbiob? howsver, h%s beeo goiog tt a very slow paee, the animals apparently beiog dead bail. Tbs latest reports show that the Boers in the osighborbood of Klip kraals drift are undoubtedly disheart? ened. Qeoeral Freooh'e magoifioent march it etill the eobjeot of admiration, espe eially in view of the dost storms sod thunderstorms that all eiperieooed. The work of sbelliog tbe Boers pro eeeds vigorously Owing to tbe stile of the aotioo, tbe Boere are ooood to show io tbe open whenever (bey were obliged to leave the kopjee Cbieveley, Wednesday, Feb 14 ? (Delayed by censor)? The movement oortheastward began this (Wednesday) moroiog Lord Dandonald, with eav airy, infantry and artillery, oooopied Hotter bill, five miles north of Chiev eley. Tbe iofaatry eotreoehed tbe hill. Gen Lyttletoo worked arouod to the height aod Sir Oharles Werreo io front aod to the left. The Boere were heavily eotreoehed oo Hlaogwaoe aod Moote Obristo bille A eteady. iodepeodeot fire, with oeoaiiooal volleys, was maintained for some boars end tbe enemy's trenches were ?iforooely shelled The Boere had ooe goo io aotion daring the early part of tbe day, but when we began shelling they moved it aeroee the river. Tbey used ooe Nor deofeldt io the afteroooo. Oor casualties were few. REPORTS OF ACTIVITY ON TU OELA. London, Feb 18 8.50 n m ?Tbe wer office mode the usual statement nt midnight thnt it hnd do new?, bat nt about the anno time onme dispntobet from Durban, doted Saturday even inf. giving reporte of the renewnl of fighting oo the Tagela, where the censor atopped nil telegrams. Ar rivnJi nt Darben from the Tugeln toy tbnt important operations are pro greening nnd tbnt fighting bne occur red daily oiooe the commencement of tbe week. In theae engagements the British casualties havo been comparatively light According to these unconfirmed re ports, Gen Boiler bad reoocupied Vanl Krantz nnd tbe Boere bad re treated in tbe direction of tbe Free State In tbe meantime wounded officers and men ore nrriving daily at Durban and are piaoed aboard tbe four boa pital ships there Diepatcbee from Zatuland received nt Dnrbnn say tbe country ie quieting dowo, thanka to tbo appareoce of a flying column Tbe Boera eeen nerv ooa and uncertain and have stayed their advance. London, Feb 16, 2 37 p m ?A special dispatch fiom Sterkatroom dated today eaye tbe Boere with artillery, commenced an attack early this morning on Molieno near that place, occupied by troops command nd by Gen Ga'acre. London. Feb IS.?A special dis? patch from Br?ssel saya that Dr Leyda refused to talk to reporters re garding affaire in %Soutb Africa, further than to eay that bis confidence is atill nbaolute and thnt he doee not fear an invasion of tbe Free State, the burghere in that republic being armed and prepared to resist the British Dr Leyda baa telegraphed to the pope asking an audience of hia hoii neae, which will be accorded. It ie certain, bowever, that be will not be received by King Humbert GEN. CRONJE 8AID TO BE SURROUNDED. London. Feb 20, 8 45 a m?A member of the eabioet told H. W. Luey tonight that tbe war offioo had reeeived a telegram sooeaoeiog that Qen Cror.je wae hopelessly surrounded. Mr Wyodbam was besot by aoiious members of the house, bot would only reply that the government's news was eitreaiely satisfactory. Tbe whole etplaoatioo of tbe government with holding good oaws is that confirmation aod more details are awaited. BULLER HA8 GROSSED THE TUQELA AGAIN. Cbieveley. Mooday moroiog, Feb 19 ?The Boer line of fortretsee is broken The British have aobieved a deeided aoooess io capturing the enemy's position oo Moate Obristo The Boers, however, effectively eze eotsd a retreat, removing tbeir guns aod ooovoy wagooa The British had comparatively few ossoalties. OFFICIAL REPORT. Londoo, Feb 19, 2 20 p. m ?Tbe war effioe baa reoeived the following dtspsteb from Geo Bailer : "Cbieveley Cimp, Ffb 19 ?I yesterday moved arouod the enemy's flank. Tbe Qtueoi, who bad bivouacked oo tbe northern slope of Ciogolo, erotsed tbe Neb and sopported by tbe rest of tbe Seoood brigade, ooder Hilyard assault ed and toot tbe southern eod of Moote Cbri-to ' The Fourth brigade on the left or western slope, aod the Welsh Fuiiliers, sopported by tbe rest of the Sixth bri? gade, assaulted tbe eastern flank of tbe enemy's positioo, while the Seoood bri? gade of oavalry, oo tbe extreme right, wi toned tbe easiero slopes of Moote Cbmco and drove book too** of tbe enemy attempting to escape there from our artillery fire Assaulted by heavy artillery oo tbeir froot aod flank and at lacked oo their flank aod resr, tbe enemy made hot alight resistance aod, absodooiog their stroog positioo, were drifeo aoross the Tugela. I hare taken several camps, a wagoo load of ammu? nition, several wagoos of stores aod supplies aod a few prisoners. ? "Tbe weather has been intensely hot aod tbs ground traversed was exceed? ingly difficult. But tbe energy aod dash of tbs troops have been very pleasaot to see. They hate all dooe epleodidly. The work of tbs irrsgolar oaialry, the Queens, tbs Soots Fusiliers aod tbe rifle brigade was, perhaps, mont noticeable, while the excellent praeties of tbe artillery and naval guos ?od tbe etsadiosss of the gunners under, st times, very accurate fire, was remarkable. Ths accurate fire of tbs oavsl guos of tbs Cbieveley corps was of grsat sisistaooe "Our oasualties are oot, I tbiok, many." Durbao, Feb 10.?Tbs bombardment of the Boer position on Hlaogwaoa bill was continuous yesterday aod fighting is still proceeding at 6 o'oloek this evening It is said that the British have oaptored 100 prisoners. 18 ORONJE CAUGHT t Loodoo, Fsb 20, 12 80 s m ?The war office at midnight announced tbat it bad oothiog further for publication from South Afrioa In tbe lobbies of the house of oom mons Isst evening, it was rumored tbat Geo Oroojs's army was sorroonded, tbat Gen French had got between tbs Bosr foroes sod Bloemfontein aod tbat be was only waitiog roeoforoemsots to elose io oo the eoemy No eoofirmstioo of this rumor is obtainable, sltboogh the geoeral idea is that the government has reoeived im portaot di.patches Loodoo, Feb 19, 7 p m.?It is said tbat tbe war office baa "reoeived good oews from Gen Freoeh with reference' to Geo Crooje." 8terketroom Camp, Sunday, Feb 18. ?The Boers are retiring aod Geo Brabant's foroes are now entering Dordreobt. THE FIGHT AT KIMBERLEY. London, Feb SO.?A dispatsh to tbe Daily Mail from Loren a Marques, dated Monday, says : "According to advioes from Pretoria, tbe Boera are expeotiog a big battle oo tbe Togela. Tbey claim tbat 70 of tbe Wiitsbires were killed at Colesberg, aod tbat 30 wagons with forage and provisions were captured, but no ammueitiou They thus describe tbe fightiog at Kimber? ley : "' Tbe British came through Blaoo bmk and attacked in two columns While tbo Biers were busily engaged with Lird Roberts, Gen French, with 2 000 cavalry and six guna. suooefcdei in breaking through the B)er hues The B)er? did not seriously oppose Geo French's advaooc, but confined their efforts to preventing the provisions getting through In this tbey succeed* ed, capturing 2 000 bead or oattle, 100 wagons of provisions and 100 men ' " FIGHTING FOR THEIR HOMES Cape Towo, Feb 19.?Dispatobee from Maseru say tbat large foroes are beiug oeot from toe Transvaal to tbe Froe State under prominent generals. It is also said tbe Free State is making desperate efforts to eolleot ao army to fsoo the British at Koffyfootein. Ao official proclamation ordere oot all males between tbe ages of 16 aod 60, aod eotbosiastios declare tbat every ooe op to tbe age of 100 must go. Working Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest littli thing that ever was made is Dr. Kiog'b New Life Pills. Kvery pill is a sugar coaled globule of health, tbat changes weakness into strength, listless ness into energy, bairn-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in buildiog up the health Only 25c per box. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorrae, Drnggist. 3 ? BQXSI 1 S S ?*S*W" Do legates Appointed. Gov McSweeney Saturday appoint ed tbe following delegates from this State to the third annual meetiog ot the Pure Food aod Drug Congress to be held in Waehington, D C , on March 7 uext Hartwell M Ayer of Floreoce, N. G. Osteen of Somter, M L Clark of Marion, Col L T Gaottoi Spartanburg, Geo A. Wage? ner of Charleston, Dr C V Wycbe of Newberry, Geo R Koester of Columbia aod Col James T. Bacon of Edgefield -??~??^>?- ???? *o^s? Clio, Marlboro Couoty, Feb. 17 ? Toes E Haseldeo, ibo railruad aod ex? press ageot at this, plaoe committed sui? cide this morning by shootiog himself io ibe bead. Between 8 aod 9 o'olook be sent bis servaut from the depot to bis boardiog house to get his break fast aud looking himself up in bis office shot himself io tbe right temple, ibo ball penetrating the brain and lodging near tbe left ear. Doath must have been instantaneous -????"???? ????-???i^*?? Columbia, Feb 17 ?Smallpox has appeared at Piedmont and Pelser, according lo a telegram reorivid from Supervisor Vaodever, of Anderson. Tbe extent of the disease is oot stated aod Dr Evans will tsks obarge of the situation. The General Assembly. Adjournment Sunday Morn? ing. What Became of Sev? eral 'Important Bills in tbe Last Hours. Colombia, Feb 18?The General Assembly adjourned without day at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, but as tbe b?nde of tbe clocks in the house and senate were turned back, tbe time of adjournment officially was 11 05 Saturday night At tbe boor of adjournment there was but a handful of senators and representatives present, the others having drawn their pay nnd gone home Tbe amendment to the appropria tion hill giving $100,000 to tbe pub? lic schools waa killed after a long right in the conference committee Tbe house insisted on the appropria lion nnd the aenate refused to agree Tbe seuate offered n compromise amendment which permitted each oounty to levy n special tax of 6 10 of n mill for sohool purposes Tbe two houses failed to agree nod the amendment was killed The Archer local option bill was kllM The public printing contract was awarded to tbe State Co Tbe bill requiring railroads to make connections for tbe tranafer of freight was passed The bill to provide for a geologi cal survey of the State was indefi nitely postponed Tbe Young bill aa to tbe foreclo sure of mortgages was finally agreed to and passed by tbe Senate ' Death of the Rev Mr Elwell Columbia, Feb 17 ?The Rev 8 P II. Elwell, of Charleston, died sud deuly this afternoon of apoplexy He was stopping at Wright's hotel and went to a barber abop a abort dis tsnoe away and took a seat to await his torn He took n paper and glanced nt it awhile Nobody no ticed bim particularly until he was called to the barber's chair, when hie peeuliar/appearance attracted atten tion He died as he eat in tbe chair, there being no struggle or other evi deuce that tbe end bad come The news of his death created great eor row in this city, where he was well known and had hundreds of friends For four years be waa pastor of the Marion Street Methodist Church, serving tbe full term of a pastorate allowed by the rules of the church He was a Confederate veteran, bav ing lust one arm in battle He wan the prime mover in the plan to erect a monument to the women of the Confederacy Dr Elwell wes about 58 years of age He was born in that portion of Sumter county which was taken away and now forme the county of Clarendon Dr Elwell was at the time of his death the beloved pastor of tho Spring Street Methodist church, in Charleston He has at present only one rela tive here?Mr Charles B Howell, a cousin He leaves a widow, a son, Mr Wm G Eiwell of this city, trav eling for tbe Gibbes Stationery Com pany ; an unmarried daughter, Miss Anna, in Charleston, and a married daughter, the wife of (he Rev S E Stokes of Denmark. Will Burt Lynched in Aiken Aikeo. 8 0 , Feb 17 ?Tbe oegto bru'e, Will Barts, who oo Monday made an assault on tbe wife of C. L Weeks, a prominent farmer who lives eight miles from this plaoe, madr good his esoaoe, but was promptly tracked by a poese toward Edgefieid, hin old borne. To assist, in bis arrest. Chief of Police D L. Weeks, of Aikeo, sent out postal cards offering a reward for bis arrest. Tbe negro got as far as Greenwood County aod bad gone to work wbeo be was arrested by an Edgefieid man. who as 6000 as be saw tbe oard describing Burts, looated bim About 250 men were in the poqse. Tbey broogbt tbe negro baok to this oounty, and when tbey reaobed B?us kett's Mill, half way between Aiken aod Treotoo, at 5 o'clock this moroiog, tbey swung op tbe brate, bat tbe rope broke and tbey had to tie him up again. Tbey theo fired tot > bt< dead bjdyf|md lefc for their bomaj Burts contemned that be tried to oat Mrs Weeks' throat aod kill her. Ho olaimed tbey had words over the price| of some meal be was buying. Some of tbe orowd wanted to keep tbe negro until tonight and have a bi? time, but wiser ocaasel prevailed and nothing barbarous was allowed. Tbe oegro simply paid the peoalty for bis dastardly attempt at crime. Kiogstrce. Feb. 17 ?Oo aooouot of the large uumbor of eases of smallpox prevaleot in tbe seotion around Lake City, about 15 miles from town, tbo board of health at Kiogstree today met and drew up a formal petition, address? ed to Judge D. A. Towusend, rtqnott? iog him not to hold court here next week, as in their judgment tbe health of the town and the community at large would be eudangored by the gathering together of so many people from all sooiioon of the oounty, especially trrm Lake City. -?mmm*- ???? ^^m~?? U<e Dr. Bull's t'ouph Syrup at oace, if your child has croup or t?roocbitia. Waste oo time ; delay may be dangerous Dr Ball's Gougb Syrup cures at once. D is a safe and infallible remedy. All druggie s tell it for 21 cents. A QUEER EXPLOSION. HOW A MOUNTAIN LOCOMOTIVE CAME TO AN UNTIMELY END. There Waa Neither Fire In Her Ftar naee Xor Water In Her Boiler, and Yet She Managed to Blow Ip In the Moat Approved Style. Mr. Henry Alquist, a prominent rail? road man, relates the story of a curi? ous wreck, the facts in which he will vouch for. "It is such a remarkable thing," said Mr. Alquist to a reporter, "that I fear many will be inclined to brand it as 'pipe.' I have been railroading now for over 20 years, and never in all my varied experience have I seen such a unique and complete wreck as the one I speak of?that of engine 1,129 of the Rio Grande Western. Railroad men will tell you that locomotives seldom explode nowadays, but 1,120 did and in a very peculiar way. "At the time this wreck occurred 1 was holding down the job of train dis? patcher at Soldier Summit, Utah, and a tough old job it was. Never been there, I suppose? Wrell, Soldier Sum? mit is a station on the top of one of the Wasatch divides, a bleak and lone? ly , ace, where the Rio Grande West? ern has a roundhouse and coal chute located. At the summit are long snowsheds. covering the tracks. These eheds protect the line from the win? ter. And it is only due to this method that a train ever gets over the moun taln. "On both sides of the mountain the line winds down in a succession of winding curves to lessen the grade. Running oft from the railway are switches, which, diverging from the grade, run up into the hills and grad? ually come to a dead level. These switchbacks, as they are called, are so constructed that they can be thrown from any point on the grade. And if a train breaks in two while ascending the steep grade the runaway cars can be switched on to one of these spurs, where the breakaway finally stops aft? er it has run up the spur as far as the momentum attained in its descent will take It. "All heavy trains have an extra lo? comotive before the grade is tackled. These are called helper engines and are kept in roundhouses at each side of the mountain with steam up. "One night I got word from Clear Creek, a town in the western valley, that the 9:20 freight would be 30 min? utes late on account of having to pull out a crippled engine, 1,129. She had burned out her flues and had to be hauled to Grand Junction for repairs. "That night about 10 o'clock, after 1 had passed down the Salt Lake ex? press, I hoard the freight coughing up the long grade from Clear Creek. There was a snowstorm raging, and the-wind howled aroijnil the station like the mischief. When the overdue 9:20 pull? ed iuto the shelter of the big suow sheds on the wind swept summit, the first thing I asked was, 'Where's the dead engine?' " 'Behind the doghouse!' shouted the 'con.' Rut as I held my lamp above my head 1 failed to see it. I was just about to call his attention to it when, during a lull iu the storm, we plainly heard the familiar rattle of the rails as the runaway engine flew at light? ning speed down the mountain. Xo. 1,12!? bad broken loose and was tear? ing down the grade to destruction. "I jumped aud pulled the lever which opened the spur switches. This I knew would prevent a smashup. as the engine would run up on the switchback and come to a stop. Rut 1 was too late. Almost at the same instaut 1 threw the levgga terrific explosion was heard from far down the mountain. The runaway had exploded." "I thought you said a moment ago, Mr. Alquist," interrupted The Scimi? tar man, "that the locomotive was a 'dead one?' If she had no tire under her boiler, how could she explode?" "That was the only thing I couldn't understand myself," the railroad man replied. "I could easily see how the dead engine could break loose on that grade, and 1 could understand not hearing its descent during such a howling blizzard,, but the explosion floored me. The only theory which in any way solved the mystery was that the old kettle win blown up by com? pressed air. "You see. when the engine broke loose from the freight aud started down the mountain the pistons In the cylinders began to act as air com? pressors. During the rough trip up her throttle probably jarred open, and as the speed increased with every rev? olution of her drivers her boiler soon filled with compressed air. It was not long before those flying pistons had worked up a pressure of nearly 500 pounds to the square inch, which came in faster than it could escape by the safety valve, and before the old ma? chine reached Clear Creek her boiler let go."?Memphia Scimitar. Ballast For Ships. To solve the question of ballast many expedients are resorted to. and the re? sults obtained often are singular. The most popular ballast is stone or rock, and every shipmaster who hails from the port of New York knows, or is sup? posed to know at least, the relativ? value of certain grades of rooks at various ports besides the metropolis, lie can dispose of a cargo of stone to contractors here which will more than reimburse him for the expense of load? ing and unloading, and if the shipmas? ter is alert he will arrange for such disposal many months before his re? turn from some out of the way corner of the world. Every time a sailing vessel return! from a foreign port she usually is vis ited by contractors or their agents, who make competitive bids for her ballast cargo of stone, if she carries one. This stone is used mostly for macadamising and paving streets. Fre? quently material is brought over which is good enough for building purposes.? New York Tress. WASHINGTON AND BURR. Aliened Canie of the Break Between the Two Cerent Men. Au old lawyer, speaking of dramatic incidents in court, said: "Jere Clemens, a (Mice famous United States senator from Alabama, told of a trial iu which Burr Oppenrod for the defense of a man charged with murder. My recol? lection is that the trial was iu the southwest. "When Barr addressed the jury, it was night. The guilty man was in the room. He had been the principal wit? ness for the prosecution, but Burr had learned that this w'tness was the as? sassin, and in closing his address for his client he picked up two lighted candles from the table, and. holding them iu the face of the witness refer? red to. he exclaimed: 'Cent lernen of the jury, there is nature's verdict. Now write yours.* At that moment the wit ness fled from the room. After Clem? ens told this story he wrote a his torical novel called The Rivals: or. The Times of Hamilton a???t Barr.* la that book he wow the incident into one of the chapter*. The book is out of print and has been for many years. But it had a gr?at sale, particularly in in* south, before the civil war. for Clem ens was a typical southern orator am a man ol wonderful personal mag net ism. The object of the novel wa* to make Burr a hero and to besmirch Hamilton's character. "In one chapter where Burr was high in the esteem of Washington tin' latter Is represented as reading a letter front. Hamilton in which Hamilton < let ailed some scandalous gossip about Burr. Burr was standing behind Washington during the reading of the letter. Wash? ington, incensed at the contents of the letter, turned quickly and saw Burr. t? whom he said. 'How dare you read my letter over my shoulder?' Burr, as Clemens represents, stung to the quick, drew himself up and replied with alt the hauteur of his nature. 'When your majesty addresses such an inquiry to me in the manner you have, the only reply decency can prompt is. Aaron Burr dares to do anything.' This. Clem? ens avers, was the cause of the break between Washington and Burr."?New York Sun. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. 17,1900. No. 6iNo.l4 Daily'Daily o.ll No. 8T ily Daily) KABTZRN TlMK. 6 20p, 7 00aLv 658p 7 41 a ?&>p 8 Me. 7f*p! 9 23a 8 45p 10 15a 11 45a 11 40a ... Charleston . .. Summerville ... Branch villa. .. .Orangeburg. . Kin g v ills Ar ..Sumter. .Camden. .Lv Lv Oaapjij OOalAr . Columbia.Lv! 7 lOal 4 OOp 11 10a 1) 30a 9 10a 8 41a 7 55a 815p 7 28p 600p 5 33p 443p 300p 250p 6 -W 7 00a 7 25pl 0 15a ?40pi 9 40a 8 02p! 9 50a 820p 10 07a 922pill 00a Lv . Charleston . . Branch vills. .. Bamberg: ? ? . Denmark . . Blackville .. ..Aiken Ar 11 10a; 815p ?? j 8 60a1 ?OOp " 8 27a 5 3ap " I 8 13a 519p M j 8 00a 5 015p 03a 3 55? gO 20p! ll_51a| Ar. Augusta un.d.Lv " I 6 20aI 3 lOp NOTE: In addition to the above service ?rains Nos. 15 and 16 run daily between Charles? ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman Bleeping cars. No.-15 leave Charleston 11:00 p. ?ft.: amve Columbia 6:00 a. m. No. 16 leave Co? lumbia 1 :TJ0 a. iu.; arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m. {Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9:00 p. in. Tooth at Charleston and Columbia. Th? se trains make close counsel ions at Columbia with through trains between Florida points and Waahington and the east. Connection with trains Nos. 31 and 3-' New York and Florida Limited between Biackvtlle. Aikc. and Au? gusta. No. 31 leaves Blackville at ?^4J a, in., Aiken 9:29 a. m., Augusta 10 1* a. tn. No. ai leaves Augusta 6.25 p. m.. Aiken 7.<l8 p. m., Blackville 7.55 p. m. Pullman Drawing Room fele/rpers between Augusta, Aiken and New York. ;Ex. jSua. Ex. J SunJ onlyj Sun. Lv. Augusta Ar. Sandersville. " Tennille. Lv. Tennille _ M Sandersville Ar. Augusta. 7 00a! 9 30a| 5 20p lOOp 12 43pl 8 32p 130pjl25op! 8 40p 5 40a! 850pi 3 10p 5 50a' 4 nop 8 23p 9 OOai 7 10p 8 30s rkoiir. r??ii?! Miz- iDally Mix. Daily Daily Daily Kx9U ElsU Lv. Savannah.. " Allsedale.. M Barn wei 1 . ** Blackville. Ar. Batesburg. 12 05a 1215p 4 oua 4 02p 4 18a j 417p 6 35a 7 25a 10 15a 12 30p Ar. Columbia. 6 00a' 600p; 410p 7Mp 810p 9 35p 606s 6 15s 7 45* DallrballyffitljKi Lv. Columbia.11 30a; 1 25a! 6 Qua L#. Batesburg. Ar. Blackville M Barnwell " Allendale.. * Savannah, J1*P| 127p 3 06a 10 16a 8 2Oa,1100a lOOp 215p 4 50p 915p 9 43p 11 30i Daily ex Me 7 Cos 8 32s 8 48? 9 12s 3 20pi 6 15a|.I.IM 35s Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston.! 7 00a; 6?)p Ar. Augusta ..11 51a,10a)p Atlanta.i 820p ' Lv. Atlanta. .11 OOp Ar. Chattanooga.> 6 46a 6 00a . ... 5 30a1 4 00i 9 46a 8 401 Lv. Atlanta.. Ar Birmingham . " Memphis, (via Birmingham). Ar. Lexington. " Cincinnati. " Chicago. Ar. Louisvills " ft. Louis .. 5 40a| 415f 11 35a!1000? 805p 7 16s 6 00p 7 OOp 7 16a 7 80p 7 04a 600a 7 46S 6 80f T NQr 600? 7I0p 740? Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga) To A.hsTlllo-Cincinnati-Loaisvillav IOOIV Cv. Charleston Lv Columbia i I'm on Depot? Ar. Spartanburg " Ashevllls " KnoxviUe. Cindnnnatl. " Lonlayllls (via JelUco). 4 46p 1107s 7 00a ITOQf fr40a!T5a 3 lop 11 ?? 7 OOp St?? 4 15a| T 20f TOOpI 7 46* 660s To Washington and the East. Lv. Augusta. Bateiburg. M Columbia (Union Depot). Ar. Charlotte . . . . Ar. l>anville. .. Ar. Kichmond . Ar. Washington. Baltimore Pn. It. M Phi:a<lelphia. '* New York Td?pTT?s 4 46pl2 07a ??&5p 216a SJOpi OOfls THTa 1381 6 00?' ?3 26a 7"55a, S50? 9 12a 1125p 1135s I Ha 208pi 610? Sleeping (^ar Line hetf O? Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections a* ia i> ?ille C?>nneclone et Columbia with through trains for Washington and I he Ksst ; also for Jack ton title and all Florida Points. IBANK S. (4ANNON. J. M. CTJLP. Third V P. m Wen Mgr., Traf*!.- Manager. Washington. D. GL - WasLingtoi.. D. G MtiOKitKH ALLF.N. Div. Pass. Agt., Charleston. S. O. W A. TURK. 8. H. HARDWICK, Gen. Pans. Agt?., Aaat Wen Pass Agt.. Washington. D. C Atlanta, us Atlanta for all points North and West. Solid Trains between Charleston and Ashe