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To The South.
F,o*h iiic Nvw* o.id Cornier.
The world has misjudged, inistruslcd maligned
you.
And should bo quick to make ^ honest
amend*;
Let us, then,speak of you just as we And you,
Humbly and heartily, cousins and friends!
Let us remember your wrongs ami your ti ials,
Slandered and plundered, and crushed io
the dust,
Draining adveishy's bitterest vials,
I'atient in coinage and strong in good tout.
You fought for Liberty? other than Slavery!
Well might you wish lo l?e qui- that ill,
lint you weie sold to noliiicul knaveiy
Mosh'd l?y diplotuaey s spider like skill:
Ami you rejoice id see slavery b.unshed,
While the i ee servant works well as before;
Confident, though many fortunes have vanished.
Soon t?> recover all?licli as of yore !
Doubtless theie had been some liaidships and
ci ueliies
Ci.ses except ion:1!, evil and rare,
lint to tell iiiiih?and truly Ihu jewel ",is?
Kintliucss . ulid?as a rule?ev rywlieie !
Servants?if slaves?wove your wealth and
lnhe? i.alive
Horn with vour cbihhen and grown on
your ground
Ami it was quite as much inifre.sl as merit
lie nee
.Still io make fiends ol* dependents all
round.
Yes, it is slander to s..y you oppress.M them .
Dors a man squander .lie pilr.e of his pelf'.'
Was it m I often that he. \viio i.sses tl .hem
h'a.her is as owned by his servants himself'.' j
Caiiug for all. ; s In health, s ? in sickness,
lie was ihei. father, .heir gauiaich thiei,
Age's in'irtnil es, infancy s sveak'ie.-s,
Leaning on him lor .epojse and relief.
When you weal forth in your pluck and your
brave.v
.Soiling for ftoodom liolh fortunes and lives, j
WJieie was that prophesietl ou.hiust ol si cry.
Wieakiog 'evengo on your ch'idien and
w i ves ?
Nowln-ie! Vou left all io seivile safe keep- ,
in*',
Ami this svas faithful and true to your
i i usi'
Master and servant thus mutually leaping
1 hnibl'J tewai d of he good and . lie j ust !
(acneious Nouihei nets! I who address you
.Shaied wi.h too many belief in your sins'
JhiL I lecan. it?thus?let me confess you ?
Knowledge is victor ami everywhere wins;
Fori have seen, I have heuid, and am su.e
of it,
You have been slandeicd and sufle'ing
' long,
Faying all slavery's cost, and the cure of it,
And the <; eat World shall icpmt of its
wrong !
MAiftpi.V F. Tll'PKK.
ClIAUI.KSTON, Fell. K, IClT
Nora and Jainesy.
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To the memory <>f I'airh.k Connor tliis
simple ;,ione was erected by his fellow workmen."
These wort's you may read any day
upon a white slab /m a somctary not
far from New York; but you might
read them a hundred times without
guessing at the little tragedy they
indicate, without knowing the humble
romance which ended with the placing
ol that stone above one poor and humhie
man.
In the shabby frieze jacket and mudladen
brogans, he was scnieely an
itiractivo object as by walked into Mr,
liawu's gieat tin and hardware shop
mo day, and presented himself at the
xnintor with an ?
"I've been told yo advertised for
lands, yer honor."
"Fully supplied, my man,' said Mr.
dawn, not lifting his head from his
iceount hook.
"I'd work faithful, sir, and take low
vnges until I could do better; and I'd
earn?would that."
It was an Irish brogue, and Mr,
?:?wn declared that ho never would
t *
mpioy an incompetent hand, He 1
uined briskly, and with bin pen bodud
11is ear, addressed the man, who <
vas only one oi ike live who had an '
weied his advertisement for workmen '
hat morning.
"What makes you expect to learn *
aster than other folks?are you any '
mart ci?' 1
"I'd not nay that,' said the man; '
but I'd he wishing to; that 'ml make '
t aiser." <
"Arc you used to the work?" I
"I'yn done a bit of it.' 1
"Much? ?
"No, yer honor; I'll tell no lie. Tim ,
)'Toole hadn't the like of this place; f
lit know a bit about tins.'
"You are too old lor an apprentice, '
nd you'd bo in the way, I calculate," t
?:.i M.. u i ?i.: . .1-- ??
iiiu .in, ioomiig til. uie urawny c
rnw and bright eyes that promised I'
Lrrngth and intelligence. "Besides, I I
now yon countrymen?lazy, goodlor- ^
olhing follows, who never do their r
est. No, I've been taken in by Irish I
amis before, and I won't have an- 11
thcr.' u
"The Virgin will have to be alter a
ringing 'em ov? r in her two arms e
iiii" said the man, desparingly; '*lor v
vo tramped all day lor the last fort- t
ight, and never a job can I get; and n
lal's the last penny I have, yer honor, v
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iVAYHOlU), S. C., S.V1
and it's bin a halt one.'
Ah he spoke he spread his palm open
with an English halt penny upon it.
"Hi-ins* whom over?' asked Mr.
I$awu, arrested by the odd speech, as
he turned upon his heel and looked
back again.
"Jist Nora and Jaiuesy.'
"Who are they?'
"The won is me wife and the other
is me chile,' said the man. "Oh,
mushier, try me. How'! they ever
come to me it no one will give me a
job? 1 want to be aiming, and tlio
whole big oily seems against it?and
me with arms like them!'
He bared his arms to the shoulders
as he spoke, and Mr. llawu looked at
them, and then at his face.
"I'll hire you tor the week,' he said.
)
"and now, as iu; noon, go down into
the kitchen and tell the girl to get
n ?>
yon your dinner?a hungry man can't
work.'
And with an I islt blessing the new
hanil iih.'vi?tl wltil.? Mi* ll.?n*??
ing his apron, went up slaiis to his
[ own meal.
Suspicious as ho was of tho now
hand's integrity and utility, ho was
greatly disappointed. Connor worked
hatd, and actually, at tho end ol the
week, ho vtas the best, workman in tho
shop.
llo was a great talker, but not lond
| of th ink or wasting money. As his
wages grow, he hoarded every penny,
I and wore tho same shabby clothes in
which he made his first appearance,
"liver osle money,'lie said one day,
"and ivery eint 1 spind puts oft'the
bringing Nora and Jatnesy over; and
as lot clothes, tliem I have must do
me?better no clothes to me back than
no wile and no boy to :ne fireside;
anyhow, its slow work saving.'
Its slow work, but ho kept at it all
thesame. Other men, thoughtless and
lull ot fun, tried to make him drink
make a jest ol his saving habits, coaxed
him to accompany ihem to places
ol amusement, and share their Sunday
frolics. All in vain. Connor liked
I>eer, liked fun, liked companionship;
but he would not delay the long looked-tor
bringing of Nora over, and was
not 'mane enough' to accept favors of
others, lie kept his way?a martyr
to his own great wish ? living on linle,
working at night on an extra job bv
which ho could earn a few shilling*, by
running errand* in Ids noontide hour* t
ol rest, and talking to any one who
would listen to his one great hope, and
of Nora and little Jamesy.
That Hoerncd a sort of charity to j
hi in. Still he wan helped along. At i
present Mr. iiawn at pay day set i
Noia, as he said, ua week nearer,' and t
this and that and the other added to
the little hoard. It grew I -ster than at 1
fust, and Connor's burden was not so I
heavy. At last, before he hoped it, he
was most able to say, "I'm going to t
bring them over,' and shew his handkerchief,
in which he tied up his earn,
nigs; this time, however, only to his a
blends. Cortoons among strangers,
he hid the treasure, and kept his vest r
buttoned over it day and night, until t
the tickets were bought and sent.
L'bun every man, woman and child, ^
capable ol hearing ami underbuilding,
knew that Nora and her baby were
joining.
At fiisi the men who prided themtelves
on turning out the beat work in h
.he citv made a sort o> buff ol Connor, n
whose 'wild Irish' way* and verdancy
were indeed olten laughable. Hut it |
won their heat ts at last, and when, one 'l
lay, mounting a work bench, lie shook
lis little hundh, wrapped in a red i
tandkerchief, before his oyes and
ihonted: "Hook, boys, 1 ve got the
whole at lastl I'vo got it!" and all i<
elt a soil of sympathy in his joy.
There was John Jones, who had
noro of the brute in Ins composition
han usually falls to the lot of man? t
iven he, wlio had coldly hurled hi* Hi
lamrner at an offender's head, missing
lim by a hair'* breadth, would, spend it
lis ten minutes in Iiih noon hour in \\
ending the Irish news to Conuor.
rhero was Tom Ilaker tho meanest CJ
nan among tho number, who had __
icver been known to give anything to
ny one before, absolutely bartered an rt
Id jacket lor a pair ot gilt vases
rhich a peddler brought in a banket to RS
he shop, and presented them Conor
for Nora's naanilepiece. And there qi
/as idle Dick, tho appicnlico, who
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actually worked two hours on Connor's j
work when illness kept iho Irishman
at home one day. Connor lelt this
kindness, and returned it whenever it
was in his power.
And the days flew by and brought a
letter at last from his wile. "She
would start as he desiroi, and she was
well, and might the Lord bring them
safely to each other's aims and bless
those who had been so kind to him."
This was the substance ol the epistle
which Connor proudly assured his
lellow workmen Nor.i wrote herself.
She had lived at Bor\ice ah a girl with
a certain good old lady, who had given
her an education, the items of which
Connor told upon his lingers. "The
ratlin' that's or.e, and ihe wrilin, that's
three, And moreover she knows all a
woman can." Then ho looked up at
iii^ i vr 11 w w wuiKiuen, wuii me tears III |
li:a eves ami asked:
"Do yoa wonder tlio time seems
long between me an" her, boys?
80 it was ? Nora at the dawn of day
?Nora at noon? Nora at] night?
until the news came that the ''Stormy
Petrel' had come in port, and Connor,
breathless and pale with oxc/'teinent,
llung his cap in the air and shouted.
It happened 011 a holliday afternoon
and half a dozen of men were ready to
go with Connor to the steamer and
jive his wile a 'greeting, 11 or little
c3 O O'
home was ready; Mr. PawnV own servant
had put it in order, and Connor
look one peep at it beloro he started.
"She hadn't the like o' that in the
onld countty," he said. "Put she'll
know how to kape them tidy."'
Then he led the way towaid the
deck where the steamer lay, at a pace
which made it hard lor the re*t to (olInw
liiin 'I'lin mii'l ?">" ........I.a.I ...
,?/ (v iiiiii, i uv. 0|>vi0 M AH I ^rtVUU'l <lt
lust; a crowd of vehicles blockaded
(ho street; a troup of immigrants came
thronging up; tino cabin pas&eugeis
were stepping into cabs, and drivers,
porteis and all manner ol employees
were yelling and shouting in tho usual
manner. Noia would wait on board
lor her husband ? ho knew that.
The little gioup made their way into
tho vessel at 1 ist, ami there, amidst
those who set watclmig for coining
friends, Connor searched (or the two
so dear to him; patiently at first,
eagerly, but patiently; but bye-and
bye growing anxious and excited.
"She would niver go alone," lie
said. "SheM bo lost entirely. I
hade her wait; but I don't see hei
hoy. I think she's not in it."
"Why don't you sec tho captain ?"
asked one and Connor jumped at the
suggestion. In a moment he stood helore
a portly, rubicund man, who
nodded to him kindly.
"I am broking lor my wife, yer
lonor," Raid Connor, "and I can't
ind her."
"Perhaps she's gone ashore" Haiti
he captsfin.
"I bade her wait," said Connor.
"Women don't always do as they
ire bid, you know," said the captain, (
"Nora would," said Cor.nor. "Iiut
naybv she didn't come. I somehow '<
hiuk she didn's."
At the name of Nora iho captain
tailed. In a moment he Haiti: I
"What is your name V" 1
"Pat Connor," said the man. '
"And your wile wan Nora?"
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"That's her name, and the boy with t
er, is Jawcsy, your honor," said Con- t
lor. 1
The en plain looked at Connor's 1
liends,?they looked ut the captiiiu. j
'hen he said, huskily: t
"Sit down, my man; I've got some- \
hing to I el 1 you." H
"She's lelt hehine ?" said Connor.
"She sailed with us," said tho cap- ()
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"Where is sdio J" said Connor. 1
The captain mode no answer. 1
"My man, he said, "we all have our ''
ials. Godsends them. Yes, Xora ,
n r- n/1 wnt I* "
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Connor said nothing. Ho was look- li
ig at the captain now, white to lite '
pa. ?
"It'fi hcen a sickly season,' said tho j,
iptain. "We have sickness on hoard |,
-the cholera. You know that?' 11
"I didn't,' said Connor: "I can't P
sa'l?they kept it Iroin mo.'
"Wo didn't want to frighten him,' gj
lid one man in a ball whisper. h
"You know bow long we laid at I
iiar rail line ?' ?'<
"The ship I cyne in did Jihat,' eaid h
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Connor. *' 1 >i?1 you way Nora went
ashore ? I ought to bo lookin' for hoi*,
captain.' "Many died,' wont on the
captain?"many children . When wo
were half way here your boy was
taken sick" ?
"Jnmesy," gasped Conner.
411 lis mother watched him night and
day, said the captain, "and wo did
all wo could; but ?t last ho died?
only one of the many. Thero were
five, buried that day. Until broke my
heart 'o see the mother looking upon
the water.' "Us his father 1 think
of,' she said; Mick looking to st:o poor
.) amesy.'
Connor gioantul.
"Keep up if you can my man, ' said
the cadlain, "I winh any ono else had
it to toll you rather than I. That
night Nora was taken ill, very suddenly.
She grew worse fast. In the
morning she called mo to her. "Tell
Conner 1 died thinking of him,'" she
said; 41 and till htm to meet me."
And, my goe I man, God help )ouShe
never M.iid niiui liimf ? ?
- J r> ...vtv- in i?ii
hbur shu was gone."'
Conner had risen, lie stood up
trying to steady hiinsoU, looking at
the captain with Iuh eyes as dry as i
two stones. Then lie turned to his
ti lends:
"I've got my death, boys," ho said,
and then dropped to the llvor like a
log.
They raised him and bore him away.
In an hour he was at home in the little
bead whieh had been made ready
lor Nora, weaiy with her long voyageThere,
at last, lie opened his eyes'
Old Mr. Dawn bunt over him; lie had
been summoned by the news, and the
room was lull ol Conner's workmen.
"Duller, Connor? asked the old
man. "A dale,said Connor. "Its
aisy now; I'll be with her soon. And
look ye, inastlier, 1 ve larnt one thing
?God is good, lie would not bring
Nora over to me, but he's taken mo
over to her and Jamsey?over the
liver ? don't. von tin/* if?on.I
~ J W ?? w\/v It 4% 11V4 I I U I
standing ou the other bidt3 lo welcotno
me .
Ami with these words Connor
stretched out his arms. 1'erliaps ho
ciill nee Nora?God ouly knows. And
ho he died.
Arc Uravc Men Ever Frightened'
Gen. \Y\ G. Harding, of Tennessee,
saya that on one occasion, visiting
Gen. JachHon, ho asked Iho gruff old
Holdior in the course of conversation it
brave men were ever irightoned, ad.
ding: /The world, and especially
those who know you best, accord you
as much courage as belongs to man.''
General Jackson replied: "If that l>*>
so, sir, I would say that I havo been as '
badly frightened as any man ought ^
ever to be. It was, sir, when I fought
the duel with Mr. Dickenson. In the j
lirst place, sir, I had no unkind feeling *
against Mr. Dickenson, and no dispo- (
mtion to injure a hair on l.is head. ! t
liad gone as lar as an honorable man I
:;ould go to avoid the difficulty with ,
Dickenson; ho had not injured me, <
owl therefore I had no ground of com- t
plaint, against htm; my ipiarrcl had I
lieen with his lather in law, Col. t
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XI OIK. i Klirw l/ICKUIISOII to DO a I
brave, honorule gentleman, and the j <
bout shot with the pistol I ever saw? _
:ar holler than myself, for I was never
in expeil with that weapon. I knew i
.hat lie con hi shoot quicker and truer ?
han I oouhl. 1 therefore went upon
he ground expecting to be killed, ami |
i owe the preservation ol my lite on i
hat occasion to the fashions of the i
lay, for I wo e a coat with rolling
iollar ami very full breasted; but, for- .1
iiuately lor me, sir, 1 was organized c
vnh a very narrow chest. Dickonon's
ball struck very near the center I,
?f my coat, and, while it scraped the
ireasl bone, it did not enter the cavity h
I the chest. In n:i instant, under the
i i .i T <
IIIJM v^iuii mat I was peilia p.S lllotlill- I
v wounded, and upon the impulse ol . w
lie moment, I lired and my antagonist ; (1
l*I1?and no event ol my Iito, sir, have il
regretted so much. My drterminu- tl
ion before and alter taking position ii
ias to discharge my pistol in the air, ft
ut because I lull the elFeet ol his shot l>
fired at liira. Just here, sir, let me ?y
<ld that the world has done me great ti
ijuslioe, tor 1 am charged with having a
rought on tue ditliculty, and will) $;
aving lixed the terms ho as to reserve u
ly five and advance; and it charges
io with having advanced upon Dick,
isou and shot him when I was in a H1
;w feet of him?ail ol which is lalse,
ir. I fired instantly a'ler receiving K
is shot, and troin my position; and
hckunson stood in hiH position and ili
iceived my Gro like a brave manas ^
e was."
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fill i i!t t<?i e.K'li JtiibviqituiiL insertion.
Oiw inch *|>ar? tviil constitute A iq.tA'
M Jictln r in ?iov*i??r or alinplny type; Io'? th?n
an inch will ht? charged tor us a square.
Marring not icon free.
Death* and Funeral notions fro*.
Iteliipous notices of ono square free.
A liberal discount will bo made to th-ssn
whow advertisements aro to bo kept in I r
three months ot longer.
INDIAN AGENCY CHEATING.
WIIKXCK TilK 111(1 FORTHXK 01 AN
FX i KM UK It OF I'OXUltKSK.
Agent Darke's Mythical 4,700 Kerl'.skins
?John Conch's Aprndntoo's Illusive
Showing to an I utchI lgrtl lug ConimK*
sioii.
(From the (,'h.nlesion (\V. Va.) Spirit Ai
(Jefferson. |
A ltd tor rerfivnd Kv im fri*nt on i?
telligent ftnd observing United Stitis
officer stationed in Dakota, gives .
lucid insight into the workings of I
dian nllaiifc in tho West.
Capt. o( tho army, who hi
been acting temporarily as Indian
Agent at Standing Rock Agency, h s
discovered, by counting and recounting
the Indians, that instead ol 7,no >
Indians (reported by the late Agent
Rnrko as then to bo fed), there are only
about 2,700 Indians, all told. Now
what becomes ol tho provisions i ?r
4,:t00 Indians which were bought an l
shipped there, 1,000 miles or tno s
Irom Chicago, at great expense evei v
year? Why arc Indian agonciesso tunc.)
sought alter? They seldom exceed
? 1,000 sala) y.
A good story is told of Dr. W .
In 1800 Dr. W, threw the weight ot
his influence in Kittaning District, r>
I VnnsyIvania, for Honest .John Com h
for Congress, for which Honest John
secured the Doctor an Indian agem.y
as the bust he could do. The war going
on, the Indians wore neglected and
agents ran the thing to suit themselves.
However, tho appeals from the Siouv.
for which tho Doctor was agent, became
so urgent that the Interior Department
sent a commission ol three
honest men to investigate matters
with the Doctor. The Doctor got
wind of their coining and knew will
that many and fearful would he tho
tales of the Sioux warriors to this
commission when it came. The Doctor
prognosticated: These gentlemen
are "too old" to use my interpreter,
hut I'll post him any how, to start wit h.
He'd interpret like a trump; so that's
all fixed. Now, the only other interpreter
around here is "liullalo Joe;"'
I'll fix Joe.
"J oe, see here!'1
<i W-.ll I \
? t ?mi, i/outer:
'.Joe, here's $50 if you'll do what I
want you to do 'Tis this. C?o t>?
Yankton; get iii the stage with llic??
Commissioners coining uj) hero to tlm
agency; watch your opportunity; tell
them that you d >n't know anything
about 'his Agency; that you have been
at it once or twice only; and that y</ i
have lived with the Sioux on the upper
liver for thirty your*; ami then,
when (as they will certainly do) th -y
ask you to not as interpreter for. them,
consent with Rom i reluctance. Tlieu
of course you int rpret according to
the Agents' Lexicon,''
Joe's at Yankton The commission
arrive. They taki three seats in the
stage, Joe's the fourth. Joe gabbles
Sioux to every Indian as they pass
along. To the surprise and gratification
of the Commissioners, they find
the very man they want ? that they
have been talking about.?in the stage
with them. At a good round sum Joo
is engaged by the commission. Tlio
Doctor's agency is soon reached. The
Commissioners an received by the
Doctor with great courtesy and rerpeet.
"Our worthy Commissioners to oiia
mother: "The I) ?otor is very kind,
/cry seductive; but wo must do our
Lit.y, unpleasant as it may prove,
m ! get out ol this. Joe, Mack E.tglu,
lllne K.ii'b and M ?? AiVii.l .? ?> ''
- - J w < ? III 4 ft i (*|V4 V/ I (I \71/ 4
ind While Buffalo, and the other
Jiiufs are called; aid Iho Doctor's inerprelcr
and Moo' taku their slan 1
jelween tho Com nissioners and the
duel*:*
Question l?y Commissioners to piin*
ipal chief?I low do you like your
\geut (i ho Doctor)?
Chief, in Sioux language? \ bud
nan cheats poor Indian, don't give In n
iiinugh rations.
Interpreter (Joe) ? Heat agent wc
lave cvt r had; all these reports Rent
o Washington are from bad designing
nen.
Coiinni?sionors (through Interpreter
of,) ? Would you liko to liavo him
hanged?
Chief?Oh, yen, give us anybody,
?ut take him away.
Interpreter (Joe)?Would not havo
irn cJianged lor anything in the word
-ix st inan wo ever had.
Thus wanton the investigation, of
Inch tho commission made the moat
altering and complimentary report to
ie authorities in Washington; ami
lie Doctor remained. Joo g?>t his fee
on) lha Commissioners and his $5(1
om the Doctor. The Doctor haa
ihmi twico since to Congress, had his
ilhor.il) law appointed Governor ot
10 Territory (under Johnson), is now
noied retired Indian Agent, wotlh
300,000. and runs several steamboat*
p the Missouri river.
"I had nine children to su| port,
nd it kept me busy," said Smith to
ones, a* imet, "but H
iris got married. Now 1 l> 4k H
lut'cn^jit ej'. aixloyB M
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