The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 21, 1900, Image 7
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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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