The Greenville enterprise. (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, February 23, 1870, Image 1
B. WHERLEJ
cum iiMnm tiTnrte
uwu miu muviiit nuiuuiju,
CLOGK& JEVFElRY,
SPfCTACltS,
18 ft 82 Carat Solid Hnptial Rings,
SILVER <fe ^IWTER-PLATED '
tr WORK or Mil Ji*cifrtion? In hi*
nnoiDeVoinp'T>^< '
Oct 87 28 ly
TIIE undersigned have this day
formed a copartnership under
the namo of
JAMES BANNISTER A SON,
For ttapurpojo of ^^ng on **
OP
ip ,*.< wjm- f*J
nine* Bannister,
T. J. Bannister.
TIIE Mills aro now in excellent
order, and wo aro prepared to
tarn out a , >
lusM^irtoA:
Vfbfch 1tor will iwariaul ^ givo
satisfaction.
A FULL SUPPLY OF
PRXNTJNPr COL-pniSD.
mm
Can be fouhd at all1 times at our
Agents, Messrs. David & Strapleys.
September 1,18G9. 10-tf
MRS. L. T. JENNINGS,
kx8pkct fully informs
her friends end the
Bgk ptiouc generally, iu?i sue
BfeACflPtL
AND IIANDSOME LOT OF FALL AND
WINTER
n I L L I m E R Y ,
Which ehe offers at prise# low sod roasonabl#.
Ladies kefor* pwrehe*isg thslr t $
HATS, BONNET?, RIBBONS, AC.,
Would ds well to gits het oall, at her old
stand.
Oct IS SI ? 6na
The State of South Carolina.
GREENVILLE COUNTY.
Xm ths Coastin Pleaa?Equity Bids.
1H0MAE C. eoWER, AdkiTsiatfator. as. P.
r. 8 ODDUPH, el "i-?Bill j?r SaU o,
Real K'tate, to I'af DebtS, drc. < l
TTNDSU ths Decsstnl Order ssa'de is the
\J shove case, the Creditor# of the Estate
ot Mr#. MARTHA LOVELAND, are required
to establish tho rank and amount o( their
claim# against said Estate, before the Clerk,
within uiae monthi from thia date.
I > W. A. MuDANIKD. C. C, P.
Clerk'# Offios, feptensber S8th, 1809.
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lUWAliO K LAS
AMD
SOLICITORS IS EQUITY.
TUB UNDBMIOEDSUVINO FORMED
a copartnership Iff the practico of Lav
in QrecnriHe u4 the surrounding Counties
of Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg and
Laurens, will giro prompt Attention to all business
entrusted to them.
p&- Office At Oreenrille.
a. r. tows as. olis n. kast.{
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Attlriey^Sd CwnnSSs1 Law
AND IN EQUITY,
GREENVILLE, 8. 0.,
PRACTICE in Hm Courts of the Rtat* and
of the United States, and giro especial
attention to fpffii in AhnkrdptW.
nvr
WILL order an extra article
fiL/ VA fa* any person. Special attenIRWJh
^^lirwn to REPAIR*
COLWtolJtOTEl,
COLUMBIA, BOUTH CAHOLIS A.
| ffMlF Proprtototo Uk< pUunro in snnouneX
<?g tfocaotly-faraUkod Kstablisbment
The ijfl&L tfl jWy b??3Rlird ertrj
<Ulio*yMff lhn|??*jon-??th Afctt; tho New
York jflHc uarHi, and ' jtn efforts
will [give [Mit Mlkftetion, in
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G. F. TOWNES, EDITOR.
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AtFrVBTIIVflJITV ttttflM II IB# TtlW Of
DM Mlu pttr mp*t? of twolrw Hbw
(thU atMd typwl ?f1?W for tb* ?ra? tanrtioii,
fifty mmIs Mcb for iU MoW udtkM tatertion?t
ui tw^oU-flTo ocnU for ??b?nwent ?
Uasrtlssa. Yenrlj contr*?U will b? mode.
All ndTcftlflemMita nut b?re tho nunlWr
of It. miww MtMia ttMi, ?r Uwy *01 bm
Obittwi7 eeUwe,?ed *U aittm tearing W
to tbe.banaOV ot unj on?, ?t? ngardad 'ha
AdrerUeaaeaU. -.1 !,- t?<E>ri8ittol
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Evening.
The wearyin&taaka ot doy are o'er,
And now. with idle heart and braiu
' To the wild were* ?nw)?m roar 7 *
1 li?t, en J in them hear again '
The voices of mj youth.
Traoiient as the eon eel dye*,
Bilght visions of my childhood day*
Float before my dreaming eyes,
While Nature, la a thousand ways,
Tesohes me this truth.
FKeeling are life'# happy hours;
Swift the stream that bears as on?
Early fade the fairest flowers,
-And the days win soon be gone
That unto us are given.
Let as, then, frail worms of earth,
Forsake lie gay, alluriog toys,
And strive, by earnest fhith and worth,
To gain ll^e never ending joys of Heaven.
(S)iiginai ComnranirnliiM.
.Tor the Greenville Enterprise.
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Mc88r$. Editor??Believing that
it is tho duty of every one at the
preseuj time to contribntc bis mite
to develope the resources of the
South, so as to increase her prosperity,
and repair the devastation
of the late war, I have concluded
to give the result of an experiment
made last year in the cultivation
of cotton in this County, thinking
that it may be of some little interest
to your readers, as it certainly
is to me a pleasant mode of wbiling
away a few leisure minutes
thtflong winter evening. So much
by way of introduction.
Tbc lot, of one acre, was rather
lUl.t 1.. 1 1 ?kf.t. 1 1
i i^u v, ouuvajt upiauU) wuiuu iitftu
boen manured the year before for
wheat, and eleven buehela of wheat
harvested from it. The preparation
commenced about the middle
of. February, by turning over with
one of Brinley's Universal one
horse turn plows, followed in same
furrow with common old fashioned
coulter, each plow going aa
deep 08 one horse could pull it?
It remained in that condition until
about the middle of April, when
it was laid off in fonr feet rows
with a long and very wide, double
twister or shovel, run twice in
aatne furrow, followed by coulter
twice to the row. The rule being
npplied, exhibited a depth of from
thirteen to seventeen inches. In
a few days, a mixture of Peruvian
Guano, Ground Bones, Plaster and
Salt, manipulated according to Mr.
Dickson's formula, to wit: One
hundred ponnds of Guano, ono
i hundred of Bones, seventy-five of
Plaster, and fitter of Salt, was applied
in the drill aa evenly and
regularly as could be done with
the hana, and immediately cover
ort by listing with a lone scooter
or bull tongue, followed by two
furrows with the Brinley, making
a high, nico bed, leaving a few
inches of the middle unbroken.?
The weather remaining cold and
wet, the seed, " Dickson's Select,"
were not planted until the 23d of
April. $he- beds were opened
with a very short and small scooter,
Willi a board neat the slock,
which knocked off the clods and
top of tlie bed, leaving a clean,
fresh furrow into which to drop
the seed. The seed, one bushel,
were rolled in ashes and scattered
evenly along the row and covered
with a double plow. In four or
ffve days thereafter, a board, very
slightly hollowed out In the mid
dleL was raw ^er th4 tasdK knock
ing off the ridge made by the
double plow, leaving a clean, freeh
bed. throngh which the yonng and
tender plants should make their
appearance. In a few days' the
seeds came up, a very good stand,
bnt on account of the wet and
oald, they grew very slowly?in
fact, looked at. though they would
all die. A*aeon as the ground was
dry enough to plow, eomtnenoed
running round with narrow long
bull tongue, with board attached,
as cloae to the plants and
as deep as possible. The little
furrows left by the doable plow
were a guide, and assisted very
much in this plowing. Tide exposing
the roots to the fun, appeared
to stop the plants dying,
andi in a few days?the weather
becoming more favorable?(hey
commenced to grow. During all
this time, grass was growing vigorously,
and (he middles were ne
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ing .Coated with it. Tberidge left
al'the fcim? of bedding, was now
thrown out with a large shovel, c
covering np the grass, and forming
a large wafer fofrow. The first
and second working were given
willr VPw vi MWMF H?V V^/vfl oRJv'
harrows, running aa close to the
cotton aa possible} throwing all t]
the clods and grass into the water r
furrow. The hoe lollowed, first h
plowing-, ana reduced UM cotton I ^
to a stand, leaving from one to L,
three atalks to the hill, and some f
twelve to fifteen inches apart? g
T^e last plowing was done with a
cotton scraper, or sweep, three 8
furrows to the row, and in a few t
days the hoe followed, cleaning ont ^
alt the grass, when the natch was 9
declared " laid br" Toe weath- \
er being favorable tbrosgbont a
Jtme and Jtrty, or a part oftbo ?
latter month, the cotton grew rap- D
idly, and soon became as high as
the waist, and in many places in- 0
terlocked accrues the rows. It r
fruited heavilj, but the dronth in a
August caused a great many of the <
forma and young bolls to wither ,
and fall. Topping was tried upon (
part of the lot about the tenth of (
August, but I think it was an in- <
inry, the portion topped appear- <
ing to suffer worse froui the drouth, i
Picking commenced as soon as it <
opened sufficiently, and continued i
until all was gathered. Now for
the result. Nine hundred and <
ninety-eight pounds of good white <
cotton, and three hundred and j
twenty-nine of stained or inferior j
cotton, making thirteen hnndred <
and twenty seven pounds from an
acre. This waa the weight at the <
gin after it had all become thor- j
ouglily dry.
This experiment is not made
public because there is anything j
remarkable or original in the preparation,
cultivation or result, (al- <
though it was very good for such j
a dry year,) it is made in the hope <
that it may stiinulato others to 1
give the result of their experi- i
ments, so that, by comparing i
methods, we may attain that which t
is most profitable. The general i
plan of preparation and cultiva- 2
tion was derived fron Mr. Dick '
son's letteis: the double ulnw for i
covering, and the harrow for cultivating,
being substituted for his 1
board or harrow and sweep.
We prefer the donble plow to 1
cover with, because it throws the I
seed to the centre of the furrow, 1
causing them to come up Ihoro t
regularly and in a straight line,
leaving a little ridge to be Knocked i
off, which cleans off the grass and i
gives a fresh, smooth bed lor the 1
(>lants to come up upon, and also ]
eaving the furrows as a guide by j
which to run round, enabling the ]
plowman to ran close and evenly ]
to the cotton with case and rapid- i
ity. The board or harrow, will 1
necessarily scatter the seeds to <
some extent in covering, and if <
there shonld occnr a heavy rain
before the plant is np, the ground I
bakes, and often there are defective <
stands; it also leaves the cotton in 1
bad condition to be rnn round as '
being scattored, the plowman can- '
not run as close and as rapidly as i
when the plants are in a straight i
line and a guide to run by. The
advantages claimed for the harrow,
are, that It pulverize# the
ground more thoroughly, and kills ]
the grass better than the sweep, as I
it destroys the grass by tearing it I
up and rolling It to the center of <
the middles, whereas the sweep
cuts it np, but leaves it where it I
grow?and shonld a rain occur, it t
will not die. Then there is no I
danger of cutting the lateral roots i
which run near the surface with i
the harrow, as is often done with 1
the sweep. This is debatable <
ground, so I will not press the t
matter further. i
The only mistake which I think i
I made, was in placing the rows i
four feet apart. Tliree, or three- ]
and a-balt, I think, will do better, i
The plan of leaving the cotton 1
thick in the drill, is, I think, best, I
as it checks the growth, and causes
| it to irnit earlier. Topping may 1
do good in very seasonable years,
but I think is an injury in a dry
season. With good seasons, I i
think, the lot would have made i
eighteen hundred pounds of seed t
cotton. 11
Let us bear from onr farmers in i
regard to their exrerimsntn. tor in 11
tins way we can W of service to i
each other. J. P. M. 1
Exhsact from the last French 1
novel. "The countess fell back
i? a deadly ewoon. When sha reTivtf!
hear api^ had fled."
A IlaKNine spook, being ohalmyself.*
^
plea of lotredweing tU atody of
the sewing machine as V |*rt of "
the regular coarse.
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ILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1
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3>tartj for % Ifoblra. ?
THE HUNTER'S CRIME, i
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A THBILLINO ADTXMTU KB.
In the autumn of 1816, while
be woods were bright in the valegated
buss whicn follow the ?
ight touches of frost, a mounted trarelsr
w?s quietly pursuing bis 1
ray through a dark, broad, lovely
oreat in tne western part ot the w
lute of New York. Y
He had ridden three miles since r
eeing a human habitation, and jet Y
Wo miles to go before be coold f
;et sight of another. He was de- 11
cending a hill into a gloomy look- "
og valley, through which flowed "
?shallow bat swift running stream, 1
,nd on reaching the water he per- a
nitted his thirsty beast to drinlk. 1
At that moment a man stepped a
>nt from a clneter of bnshee into a 0
oad or horse-path on the other *
ide of the stream. This man was ''
Ireeeed like a hunter, and carried c.
t rifle on his shoulder. In bis gen- 1
jral appearance there was nothing *
bat indicated hostility or wicked '
design. He was of medium sice, 1
compact?seeming rather ss one
thread from some settlement for a I
1 tl A- * ? ?
jnjr 0 sjwi b lunu a pruiousiODBi nuntor.
'
All this the monnted traveller
jarefullj noticed before be crossed
>ver the stream to contiuue his
joorney, and when they carae together
pleasant salatations were 1
exchanged.
u Fine weather ior traveling,
ilr,n remarked the man with the 1
gun. .ft i
" And for hnnting also, I suppoee,"
smiled the ou e ou the 1
horse.
" Yea, there is game enough, re- *
turned the other, but I am not a f
good hunter, and can only show }
>ne bear for my day's work, thus
ar, and that is almost useless to I
me, for I have no means of taking
t away. I would willingly give |
i dollar for the use of a horse like I
{roars for a coople of hoars. If 1
foa can spare five minutes or so I
would like yon to see the bear ; it J
is just beyond the bashes, some 1
two or three hand red yards from r
bere.*
441 will not only look at it,'* said
;ho traveler, dismounting and las- c
tening the horse, " bat if not too
icavy I will take it along for yon, 1
is I am going the same way.
The hunter thanked him in a k
most cordial manner, and then, as 8
f to make himself agreeable and 3
Keep up conversation, inquired 1
r<w?? ui? wucr witaiiom, WUlUier "
journeying, etc.; and learned in re 1
ply that the latter resided in Al- !
nany, was a merchant in good bus- '
iness, and was traveling partly for
bis health and partly with a view (
yt making an extensive land pur- f
;hase.
44 Well, here we are," exclaimed 1
.ho huuter and the two emerged
rom the dense thicket through
tvhich they bad slowly forced tlleir
wav into the more open ground. 1
4 llere we are, and I'll show you .
ss fine and fat a beast as yon ever
jaw. Observe where I point my ^
rifle."
lie stepped back eight or ton '
feet, deliberately raised hie gnn to ;
his eye and pointed the muzzle at !
the traveler. There was a flash, a
loud report, and the victim fell like
i log, bis bead covered witb blood. J
This might or might not have
been the first crime committed by (
the man with the rifle. But as the
traveler fell he dropped the rifle [
and shook violently from head to
foot, yet he ran to hia vintim and 1
bnrriedly robbed him of his-pockbtbook,
n gold watch and chain,
tome cnrions seals, and a diamond
ring wbiek be fairly tore from bis
Bnger. Then hedraged the body
into a thicket, pickedup bis rifle,
plnnged madly through the boshes
into the road, mounted the travel
Sot's horse and dashed away from
:he awful scene.
We most bow suppose a lapse of
-wenty years.
In the spring of 1887. there lived
n the city of New York a banksr
tod millionaire whom we shall call
Stephen Edwards. lie owned a
palatial mansion, splendidly furnished,
in the very heart of the 1
j ? ?
*mu, huii ne ana bis wife were ,
unong the leader* of the fashionable
world. The/ had a beautiful 1
daughter, just turned of sweet six- ,
teen, who was about to be married
to a foreign nobleman, and great :
preparations were being made for
the happy ovout. j
Oae oar, about this period, ss
the great banker stood conversing
with a gentleman from another
oity, who had catted to see him on
business, he observed that the latter
suddenly tensed pale and be* 1
gen to tremble. '
'* My dear sir,'* said be in Us ]
usual tone of off band Sympathy,
w what is the scatter! are yon ill f? |
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FEBRDA8Y 23. 1870.
M A littlo faint, sir, but nothing
o cause alarm,'' replied the other
urriedly. ** I am subject to spells,
f you Will be kind enough to exuse
me for ten minutes or so I will
ske a short walk and return bet
er,w
In ten minutes he did return,
aid he was quite Well, calmly proceding
to finish liis business with
he banker, and then respectfully
ook his leave.
If xxi n a v\n?i b n MS a waaI* ?
aw r? mo impo A ncciv uilUI 11119 |
bat one night the great banker
ras sitting Sy the fire in his libray,
when the servant came in and
resented him a letter. He took
b with a yawn, took it in the mo6t
ndolent and most indifferent manier
possible, bnt had not read a
lozen words before he came tip
rith a start, tnrned deadly pale,
nd trembled so that the paper rat
led. lie read the note?for it was
, note rather than a letter?work
d one hand nervously at his throat,
.nd with the other clasped his iorotead
and temples. For a minute
?r two be seemed to be choking
nto calmness, by bis iron will,
inme terrible emetlen and he on
Far succeeded as to address the
waiter servant in an ordinary tone.
"James," he 9aid, "who gave
iron the letter!"
" A man, air, and said he'd wait
For an answer."
" Then I suppose he's waiting."
" Yes, sir."
"Very well, show him in."
Soon there was a light tap at
;he door and the banker said
4 come in,".in an ordinary tone.
The servant opened the door,
ushered in the stranger, and immediately
withdrew. The stranger
eras a man verging on sixty, of
rough appearanoe and attiro. He
wore an old gray overcoat bntton>d
to the throat, and a pair of
green goggles, and his whole dress
vas saturated with rain.
"Take a seat," said the banker,
minting to a chair near the fire.
" No, thank yon, I'll stand," was
he gruff reply. "You got my
etter, and of coarse know my busness,"
be added.
'4 Yon allude to this, I suppose,"<
eplied the banker, producing the
etter which had caused htm so
nuch perturbation.
" Yes."
" I do not understand it, you
nust have made a mistake."
"No, no mistake at all. I was
>resent twenty years ago the tenth i
lay of Octooer, and saw you, I
Stephen Edwards, shoot the man,
ma ir yon go ana acny it I'll liave
rou in prison before morning. I've
aid my plans and got everything
mre, and if you go to playing injocent^and
refuse my terms, I'll
ake care to see you die stretching
lemp."
The banker tnrned pale in spite
>f himself, shnddered and struggled
to a 6eat.
" I can't give it?it would ruin
no." :>
"Just aa yon say," rejoined the
>tber, moving to "the door, " you
tnow what will follow if I go this
vay"
Lie argued, urged and implored
or mercy at a lees fearful cost. In
rain. At last, the banker seeing
*uin, disgrace and death before
tiim it be refused, agreed to terms.
Ele agreed to meet the stranger
with the required sum on the following
night, in front of St. Paul's
Church. Both were punctual to
;he fixed time) and checks to the
irnonntofone hundred thousand
Hollars changed hands.
A month later there was a tre
nendons rnn on the bank of which
Stephen Edwards was tbo principal
owner. It was soon broken
ind closod. Then the Sheriff was
tet to work by eager creditors, and
ill the real estate and personal
property of the late millionaire
irere seized and sold, leaving him
i beggar and just claims unaatisled.
Fashionable friends deeert d
the family, and the proud no>leman
refused the hand of the
uined b a n k e r 's accomplished
laughter.
In the very midst of bis disgrace
tnd tribulation, Edwards encounered
the man who in bis presence
lad turned pale and became so
igitated a short time before.
u I rather think you do not
(now me, sir," said the gentleman,
with a formal bow.
u Your face seems somewhat
i. :i:-_ T 1 ? "
iumuini uuv x (..imiui, uauio JOU,.
returned Stephen Edwards.
* Permit me to bring myself to
^onr recollection then, as I wish
po? to know mo. A little more
ban a month ago I was talking to
;on on business, and you observed
[ turned deadly pale and bacanie
kgitated."
" Ah, res?1 remember you
aow.n ' -x i\
441 did not tell yon why I was
thus affected- My eye had just
nhanced to Call on a curious seal
which bad once belonged to a merchant
named Philip Sidney, who
was shot in the western part of this
State some twenty years a_-o. I
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"if ' "Y >/**?? Vh'"??_
knew jod to be the Yilli&n who
IVimmiftai) Ilia fanl A anil "
" Merciful God I* exclaimed the t!
banker with a blanched face and a ti
quailing form. tl
" Yee, I knew yontw pursued the "*
other, " and a week alter I dia- si
gnised myself and I tad an inter- e
view with yon in your own man- e
sion. You remember that, of s<
course." v
" But,-4 gasped the now tremb- h
ling wretch, u Did I not pay yon ii
your own price to keep my fatal t:
secret?" , |
u Yee, and with that very money o
and with what other I could com- c
mand, I was enabled to buy up t
enough of your own bills to make e
that run npon your bank that r
broko it and forced ruin npon \
yon* ' \i. :r'' _ ': 1 . i
w And wliat would yon do now 1
that t am ruined!" inquired the 1
other with the deadly calmness of i
desperation. 11
it XT iL.i T I- 1 1 I ,
"JL^UW I4JHI X UttVO U?U UIV ro- I
vonge, I "want you to know that I 1
myself am the man you attempted i
to murder and dia rob. I am i
Phillip Sydney. Behold where 1
the bail struck roe and glanced 1" i
and he took off his hat and showed I
it. i
" Qod be praised P ejaculated f
the other. "God be praised that i
you are still livingand unable (
to restrain his emotion, he burst 1
into tears. " Oh, sir," he contiu- I
ed, "yon have taken a load from I
my soul. Though poverty, dis- i
tress and beggary aro staring me 1
in tho face, I am not guilty of mur- i
der, aud am more happy than I i
have been in twenty years, with i
oil tllft 1 n -* MiMAna anm\nn/1!n? d\f 1
wealth. It was my first and last j
crime. I have never been abfb to
tell bow I was so tempted to out- i
rage my nature as on that fcarfnl i
occasion. Now, sir, do With me '
what you will?only, I pray you, 1
be merciful to my mnocent fami- f
1y.? <
44 I forgive you," returned the J
other, extending his hand?441 for- ?
fjive you." You have been fear- 1
ally punished already, and as God 1
has seen proper to bring us together,
let us enaeavor, for our present
and future salvation, so to live |
as to deserve the blessings we re- |
ceiva I will restore to you enough |
to place you and your family
above want, and tor the rest I
trust we shall soon have to render
an account in another world."
Mr Hiram Mitchell
This old and highly respected
citizen of our village died very
suddenly on Saturday last. His
health had not been good for sev
oral months, but, we believe he
was at no time unable to attend to
his business. On the morning of
his doath, he had been at his store.
and feeling unwell went home,
where, in a few' moments after taking
his seat, he died.
lie was born in Connecticut
September, 1806. In 1827 he
came to Spartanburg as a peddler,
and by his honesty, industry and ,
skill soon established a good trade, <
nnd secured the esteem of his customers.
lie soon determined to
make this his home, and commenced
the mercantile business, which
he following with unremitting diligence
and fidelity until his death.
His honesty, and fair dealing gained
for him a large share of trade,
and before the war he had accumulated
a handsome fortune. Like
many of our wisest and best men
he staked everything npon the success
of our cause, the failure ot
which doubtless impaired his vital
energies and hastened his death.
In 1852 he married the daughter
of Col. W. W. Harris^ who, with
four children, survives him.
He was one of the few surviving
converts of the great revival of
1839, and assisted in the formation
of A Ramia^ ? ?1
? ? ? i ..yr.w ?l/vviwt ca?. iuiq
of which he has been a leading
member ever since. Both Church
and State have reason to regard
his doath as an afflictive dispensation
of a wise Providence, which is
only relieved by the assurance that
He, who ordained it, M doeth all
things well." Ilia disconsolate
family have onr sincere sympathy.
[Carolina Spartan.
Hope Scott, who married Miss
Lockl art, the grand-daughter of
Sir Walter Scott, has a law practice
oi $100,000 a year?the largest
in England.
Seen idea of what the liqnor
trade of the United States amounts
to, may be gained from the fact
that on the 1st of December last '
there were in bond' tbrougboat the ,
country 13,40$,545 gallons?
enough to make a good aieed lake.
And this is exclusive of grape, apple
and peach brandy.
BisWaaca says that but for bis
wife bo sbuuld'have been in bis
grave long ago.
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i'OLPME IVI?NO. 40.
Xar? Bon Bntlar
Hie Essex, statesman achieved
be greatest victory of hit career
i the House yesterday. Nothing
bat he hat ever done before,
rliether in the military, the forenic,
or the administrative line, has
quailed it. Ho whipped out two
netniet, and although be did not
attire the results ofTiis victory ho
rithdrew from thej&eld with all
is colors firing, hit drama beatng
and the bannert of hie enemies
railing in the duet. First, rare
Jen attacked hit old enemy Dawes
in Pmnrtmv nn<f tliia tiirta with
imineiit strategy ,he chose the ecoloraical
side himself. He propos(d
that the appropriation of half a
nillion dollars usually devoted to
>aying the mileage of members bo
rirtually stricken out. This terrific
>low for economy demoralised near
y all the members present, even
ncluding Dawes. Bare Ben folowcd
it op with a speech, and
Irove it home with some astonishing
statements, and most of the
members were kept silent by their
inward reflections, the natnre of
which is obvious. One or two finally
ventured to reply in opposition,
and then the reaction set in,
md nearly every one gave Butler
i scathing, among then, unfortumtely,
Cox, ot Now York. Cox is
i very small man in etatnre. Buter
is nearly as big as the Cardiff
giant. When the ontcry against
bim was over Bntler rose and
made a good defence against all
bis enemies until he came to Cox,
who bad been so good natnrcdly
satirical that it required genins of
sn extraordinary natnre to make
ihe fitting answer. Ben had tho
genius and made the answer. He
waved his hand at Mr. Cox and
said, " Shoo, fly ; don't bodder
Tie." The effect was electrical,
rbe House broke into a roar of
anghter, but Cox, flushed with anger,
ventured a reel v. which ex
deeded parliamentary decorum,
[n the confusion that ensued tlio
mileage motion was lost, but rare
Ben walked about the hero ot the
Held.?New York UeraUL
?-rr When
is a lady like a warrior of
;he olden time ? When she knows
iow to handle a cross beau (crosstow).
A statistician estimates that
svery married couple may calculate
upon 4,194.804 descendants
In about fire hundred years.
A gentleman asked a friend, in
a very knowing manner, " Pray,
did yon ever aee % oat fish I" " No,"
was the response, " but I've seen a
rope-walk."
"That's a pretty bird, grandma,"
said a little boy. " Yes," replied
the old dame, w and he never
cries." "That's liecause he's never
washed." rejoined the youmr
ster.
A bkvkktjk officer reported tliat
" a barrel ot wbiskie ecezcd by irio
for not being stampt, bos been
stoll by ruffians with fases dyeguy sed
with kraip."
A rat weighing six pounds and
measuring twenty-one inches from
his nose to the end of his tail, was
recently killed at Gape Girardeau,
Missouri.
A Miss Lucy Lbs advertises in
a Mississippi paper that she is of
good birth and edncatiofi, and is
willing to marry an editor, believing
herself able to support one.
A Westrrn paper contains two
additions to the English language.
These are fnll of accounts of how
a party "festivitied " recently, and
of the trial of a ** culpritess."
A wag, seeing a door nearly off
its hinges, in which condition it
had been some time, observed that
when it had fallen and killed some
one it would omK?Klir Ka ?.???
? r .J w .,U?K.
A nkwspapkb contains an account
of tho production of a new
play, and says the audience " sat
spell-bound. There were only four
persons present. Ono was deaf,
and the other three were asleep."
Tint Pall Mall Gazette, says:
" Mr. Johnson has often referred
with some pride to his humble origin,
and there may atill be seen
over a door in Greenville the sign,
"A.Johnson, Tailor." When he
was Governor of Tennessee he
made with Ida own bands a auit of
clothes, and sent them to Mr.
Moorbead, Governor of the neighbouring
State of Kentucky. Governor
Moorhend, who had originally
been a blacksmith, as a return
gift presented a shovel and tongs
made by his own bands. Tbe only
other Presidents wbo began life
as working men were Abraham
Lincoln, wbo served on an Ohio
flat boat, and ?m aft?rw*rd? a
rail-splitter, and the present President
who was a tanner. It will
be remembered that both of the
surviving ex-Presidents were orignallj
elected as vice-Preeidente."