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Mr.. Winstock, Of Abbeville, has been
on q visit TO his brother b. NJ. Winstoci
i'm Grcenvillc, and we had the pleasure
of meeting him in our office, and hav-
ing Il pleasant conversation. Like his
brother he Is an Israelitc, 4 farmer BY
calling, aud says he makes his own
supplies, never having TO buy any ba-
con. We thank him for his call
GrccnrWc Enterprise.
STEAM POWER PRlNTING.-Pam,
phlets Of all kinds are chcaply and eNpc-
ditiously printed by Walker, Evans 4
Cogswell, CharIcstOil, :. {. Their
presses are in full blast on this class OF
work, but still their tacultic&arc so great
that there is always room iormorc work.
Proceedings of meetings, Conventions
College Commencemcnts, Briefs, &c, &c.
are executed in the pest style and with
greatest dispatch. tt
THE NANDEEILT UNIvEHSITY.-Oul
exchanges contain al interesting ac-
count of the exercises at the dedication
of this University, located at Nashville,
Tenn, which came off on the lth inst.
The Institution received Il magnificent
donation of SG00,0O0 from Commodore
Vanderbuilt, and it is proposed to raise
the endowment to $l0n,0nO,0DJ. 1t Is
under the charge Of the Methodist
church, and promises to be one of the
finest Universities OH the Continent.
The 5lst annual Convention Of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Of South
Carolina will be held ut st. Luke's Lu-
theran Church, Ncwberry County. be-
ginning on Thursday, the llth day of
October, 1875. The clergy aud lay del
at Prosperity, on the GrccnYille and Co.
llmb:a Railroad, on "Wednesday even
ing. 18th, and Thursday morning, 14t!i
of October.
COTTON SuIrMENT-During the
month of September last G+9 bales OF
cotton were shipped from the Anderson
depot against 53S bales for the same
month last year OfthiS number, thir-
tv-one were weighed by Mr.. f. +.
Kecse, Town Councils weighcr l25 by
Mr.. J. B. McGec, the merchants weigh
e., and 1913 by Mr.. J. G. Keys, the
weghcr upon whom both parties agreed
as a compromise. This is rather a large
number of bales to have been sold SO
early when the price is 50 low.-IntcW-
,ycnccr.
CLERKsuIp.-It is well understood
that though the South returns maJorl-
ty of the Democratic members to Con-
gress she will cheerfully concede the
Speakership to a man from the Nortil
or West. In return for this we think
she is clearly entitled to the Clerksbip
and as she has the power to enforce this
right her claims will hardly be ques-
toned. We understand that General
Dudley NJ. DuBose, of Georgia, will be
a candidate for the position. We hope
that General DuBose will be elected.
He was a gallant officer in the Conted-
crate army and is popular wherever he
is known. He will make an excellent
Clerk and we trust that he will receive
the unanimous support of the Southern
members of Congress.-Chr0htcte amt
Sentinel.
POISONING By PEACH SEEpS.-DAL-
TON, October 6.-Two of the persons
who fell sick after attending the we'd
ding supper following the marriage OF
Miss Lilly Anderson, Oh the 3Oth ult.,
died to-day.
Others who were present and poison
ed at the same time are now lying dan
gerousty ill, and may die at any time.
All, including the physicians, now con-
cede that the poisoning Was produced
by the extract of peach leaves or kernals
used in fiavoring the custard at the sup
per.
Over sixty persons in all were affect
ed with the dangerous illness. This has
been the greatest wholesale poisoning
ever known i'll this section.
LArER.-S Several others have since
died, and number are still in critical
condition.
PoE'S REMAINs.-The Baltimore Stt'l
SAWS: "It was found necessary, III order
to get space required for the foundation
of the monument, to remove the re-
mains of Poe to the grave of Mrs.
Clcmm, his realtive, buried near by.
The remaills we're found about five feet
below ground. The coffin at first APP
pean:nces seemed to he sound, but when
raised the sides were found decayed and
fell to pieces. Nothing remained ill
side the coffin but the skeleton, all the
flesh and grave clothes having long
since returned to dust. Some hair yet
attached to the skull, and the teeth, all
which appeared all white and perfect,
were shaken out of the jaws and lay on
the bottom Of the coffin. The old coffin
and contents were placed entire as eN-
humed in 4 wooden case AMI lowered
into the new grave and closed up. The
stones for the foundation of the monu-
ment were put in place, and everything
is now prepared for the superstructure. y
Gen. Sherman's Memoirs stirred up
4 rreat buzz among military men, but
his brother officers have hitherto been
chary of committing themselves to for
NAL REPLIES. Gen. j. II. Wilson, of cav
airy fame has at last, however, thrown
down the gauntlet. Two articles in re-
cent numbers of one Of the magazines
ITnc Gu!uly) are from his pen. They
review Sherman caudidly but not kind
ly. declare of him that he cannot be as
Signed The highest rank among the
great captains Of the world, or even OF
our own country; that neither his Judge
mept nor his courage is of the highest
order, and that they are not in harmonl-
Gus equilibrium. Gen. Wilson fur
ther contends that Sherman is not
the equal of Grant in judgement or
courage, though he eXcels him in bril-
liancy that he is inferior to Thomas in
stcadincss and resolution, far surpassed
by Sheridan in courage. and eXcelled
by Upton as a tactcian and general stu
dent of the military art. Finally, the