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[From Or Regular Correspondent. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C, A ug. 16. In view of the repeated denial on the subject the friends of Lieut. Kislingbury here were much shock ed this afternoon on learning that when his coffin was opened at Ro chester it was found that there was no flesh on his bones. It is not well understood why there has been so much concealment in this matter. Commander Schley and Admiral Nichols first denied that Henry had been shot. The official report of Lieut. Greely showed that they did not know what they were talking about. It turns out that there were only two people who knew about the shooting of Henry from Lieut. Greeley, Secre tary Chandler and Gen. Hazen. Gen. Hazen wanted to tell Sec'y Lincoln about it,'but was unable to see him, and he feared to send him a telegram on the subje It. Be ing in ignorance in the matter, 8ee'y Lincoln and Gen. Hancock now find themselves in the awk ward and unmilitary position of having attended the funeral of a soldier who been executed by order of a court-martial, a thing that is in violation of all military etiquete. Lient. Greeley desired that the shooting of Henry should not be made public and Sec'y Chandler and Gen Hazen would have obliged him in this direction had it not been necessary, in view of the fact having leaked out through other sources, to publish the official re port of the occurence. It is now thought it would have been better if all the facts, terrible as they were, had been given out in the first instance instead of endeavor ing to conceal them. "There are two subjects'' said a friend of mine, who is a patent lawyer, "that has absorbed more brain tissue from the heads of in ventive genuises than would be necessary to outweigh all the gold that has been, in consequence, put into their pockets. The first of these is the coupling of railroad cars. Over two-hundred patents a year are issued for these hitching devices. Why so comparatively unimportant a matter shonld re ceive so much attention on the part of invention is more than I can ex plain. Trhe other great lives of patented inventions is more sensi bly though possibly not much more productive of rewards for ge nius, for it relates to aids for com fortable sleeping. Go to anty in (dustrial fair and you will see num erous novelties in bedstead*, all intended to conduce to the luxury exhibits, however, is very small compared with the patented arti cles that get so far from the hands of the inventors as to reach the market. The new pension office building is progressing slowly and when completed will be one of the larg est structures in the country. It is built of brick, with terra cotta trimmings containing representa tion of military life. While the pension office is often regarded as hostile to the interests of the sol dier, the committee on pensions of both the Senate and House of Rep resentatives have been excee'ling ly friendly. Senator Mitchell, chairman of the Senate committee, has been known to strongly ree ommend a pension, as being just and proper, which has been disal lowed by the pension officials. So also in the House commitice, Mr. Patton, of Penn., a denocrat, has been heard to say, that he would sooner see the Government suffer, than feel that a deserving soldier should go unrewarded. It is a rare exception that Congress does not grant a pension when recommend ed by the committees. A number of bank presidents througout the country have writ ten to the Postmaster-General ask ing him to exclude "Thompson's Bank-note and Commercial Repor ter" from the mails. In referring to these letters to-day, Assistant Attorney-General Freeman said, 'The Bank-note and Commercial Reporter'' is a black-mailing sheet published at New York. The plan is to send the paper to all leading banks, and after a time a bill for $5 is sent to the bank. Upon the refusal of the bank to pay the bill, a letter is sent threatening to at tack its credit unless the bill is p~aid. AUGUST. -Rev. Sam Jones, of Georgia, has been preaching in Corinth, Miss., for a week. There has nev er been known in the historp of the city such a revival. He preach es three times each day in the courthouse--no church in the city will begin to hold the people. At each service the courthouse is packed with people. 'There has been to date near one hundred con versions, among them the speaker of the house of representatives, of Mississippi, and the whole town is moved. There are in attendance each day p~eople from fifty to two bundred mniles.--Hartwell Sun. --A Baltimore swell went to a fancy dress ball as a donkey, and his friends say it is the first time he ever failed to make an ass of himself. --Although your doctor may say you owe your life to him, he will not take it in settlement of his Mar ble and Granite MONUMENTS, Greenville, S. C. May 23 ly BOWEN'SMILLS! H AVING been recently overhauled, are now in first rate order. Per sons coming from a (istance ivill get. their grindming done at night.. They will tind a house to stay in and stalls for their horses. Give is a trlial. All persons wishingtheirGINS filed by the O'NEIL SAW FILING MA CHINE, can have it done at Esley, by Mr. Marion Day, or if you will notify me at Briggs Postoffice, S. C., I will send a man to your Gin and do the work. It is better than all oth er MAchinese. Twy it and be convinced. jinly 25 tf R. E. BOWEN. BLACKSMITHING In all its branches, done by JAMES ROSEMONW Eaqley, S. C. Give him a call and satisfaction wi I be given. both as to work and eharges .................................................. RICHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD. PASSENGER DEARrMENT. On after Ang. 3(1, 1884, Passenger T'rain service on the A. & C. Air-Line Division will he as follows : AOR T H fRW . Express, Mail, ,0N. 51I No. 5'd i Daily. Daily. Leave Atlat. . . A 4 4) P in 8 40 a mn Ar. Gainesville.... 657pim 1035am Y"ba.. .. ...7 25 p in 11 01 a im Rab.GapJuncB 8 12 pm i11 30a m " Toccoa. ... ... C 8 4 p m 12 04 p in Seneca City ..D 9.59 p m 100 p m "Central ........ 10 32 p in 152 p in 'Liberty ........ 10 53 p m 2 13p i " Easley's... .... 11 10p m 2 27 p m "Greenville. .. .E 11 42p in 2 47 p n 'Spartanburg. . F 1 01 a m 3 56 p in " Gastonia.( . 320 a mn 554 pu "Charlotte. . . . H 4 10 ai m 6 40 p m OUT HWAIRD. No.501 No.5.1 Daily. DIaily ILv Chilttc 145a 100~i i)p~~ At. Gastontia.. .. . .2 30 a nm 1 45 p m "Spartanhurg. ..428 anm' 345 pm "Greenville.. .. . 543 am I4 55p m " Easley's.. .. .. . 617 a mj 526 pm " Liberty. .. .. .. . 634 am 5 42 pm " Central. .. .. .. . 655 am' 6 (0pm "SencaCity.... 732am' 637p m "Tocco . .. .. .. . 840 a m 7 35 pm " Rab. Gap.June.l 934 a m 8 30p m " Lula. .. .. .. .. 10 09 am 8 59p m " Gainesville. .. . .10 36 a mn 9 25 p mn "Atlanta.......100 pm11~301)mi Accoinmnodation Train, (Air-Line Belle) GOING NORTH. Leave Atlanta..................... 6 15 p an Arrive Gainesville...........8 25 p mn Accommodation Train, (Air-Line Belle GOING SOUTH. L've G.ainesville.............. 7 00 a m Arrive Atlanta.................. 9 20 a mn No. 18--Local Freight, Going South. Leave Charlotte.................. 6 00) a an A rr ive Gaffney's................10 50 a an Arrive Spartanburg-.........12 53 p an Arrive Glreenville............... 4 15 p mn Arrive at Easleys. ................. 03 p mn Arrive at Liberty. ................ 6 45 p m Arrive Central .................. 7 30 p mn No. 17.-Local Freight, Going North. Arrive at Liberty............. 5 15 a rr, Ariive at Easleys............... 5 60 a I Airive Greenville....... .,. 7 '08 a i. Arrive Spartanburg............10 20 a-m Arrive Gaffney's................ 1 03 p m Arrive Charlotte..........,....... 6 15p M, All fregiht. trains on this road carry passengers. All paQsenger trains run hrough to Danville & Richmond with out change connecting at Danville with Va. Midland, to all Eastern elties, and at Atlata with all lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond at 1 30 p. m azid No. 51 arrives there at 3 50 p m. 52 leaves Richmond 1 28 a m. 53 arrives there 7 00 a i. The local frCights'stop at above stations 20 to 30 minutes. BUFFET SLEEPING CARR WITH OUT-CHANGE. On trains Nos. 50 and 51, New York and Atlhnta, via Washington and Dan Ville, and also Goldsboro and Warmn Springs. On trains Nos, 52 and 53, Richmotd and Danville, Washington and Augns ta, Washington and New Orleans. Returning, on No. 52-sleeyer Greens b6io to Richmoid. Through Tickets on sale at Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spar tanburg and oainesville to all points Sonth, Southwest-, North and East. A, with N ER R to and from Athens. ., with N E n R to and from Taliw lah Falls. C, with El. Air-Line, to and troin Elberton and Bowtrsville. D, with Blue Ridge R x to and from Walhalla, &e. E, with c and G R R to and from Newberry, Alston and Colunbia. 'F, with A 1111d s anhd S U and c it R to and from Hendersonville,Alston &c. G, with Chester and Lenoir R R to and from chester, Yorkyille and Dalhas 11, with N c Division and C c and A R R to and from oreensboro, ialeigh, &c. EDWIN BIRKILEY, Supt. M. SLAUGHTER, Gen. Pass. Agt. A. L. RIvEs, 2d V P & Gen. Man'r, South Carolina Railway Company. C ommeneing Sunday, May 11, 1884, at 4 p m. Passenger Trains will i ui as follows until furtier notice, "Eastern time :" TO AND FROM CHARLESTON. EAST (DAILY.) )epart Columbia at 7 50 a in 5 25) p In Due Charleston at 12 20 a in 9 55 " WEST (DAILY.) Depart Charleston 8 18 a in 4 30 p in Due at Columbia at 12 38 " 9 22 " To AND FROM CAMDEN. East (Daily except Sunday.) De part Columbia at 7 50 a mn 5 25 p m~ Due at Camden at 2 25 p mn 8 25 " West (Daily except Sunday.) Depart Camden at 9 00 a m 4 00 p~ m Due at Columbia 12 38 " 9 22 " TO AND FOM AUGUSTA. Depart Columbia at 7 50 a mn 5 25 p mn Due at Augusta1 at 1 20 p m 8 10 a mn West (Daily.) Depart Augusta at 7 15 a m Due at Columbia at 12 38 p m" CONNECT! ONS made at Columbia with Columbia and Greenville Railroad by train arrivhig at 12 38 p m, and departing at 6 S0p. m. At Columnbia Junction with Char lotte, Col umnbia and Augusta Railroad, by same train to and from all poiiats on both roadls. At Charleston with Steamers fo New York on Saturday; and on Tues day anid Saturday with Steamer for Jacksonville and points on S6. John'u River; also, with Charleston and Sa van~nah Railroad to and from Savan nah and all points in Florida. At Augusta with Georgia and Cen. tral Railroads to and from all points West andl South. A t Blackville to and from points on Barnwell Railroad. Through ticketsecan be purchased to all points South and West by applying to D. McQUEEN, Agent, Columbia, S.C. JOHN B. PEoJ. General Maia