/ U/. t . T ' ' ^ j. ?? Xi'i s THE WEEKLY?^ DII0I TIMES. lucotijd to ^jqiqntturg, gortiguttur^, flomcstiq (ffqonomg, ftolitr. Jiterattiri;, politics, and the djurrent |tru:s of the flag. VOL. VI.?New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 29, IS75. NUMBER 43. JOHffHY'S OPIHIOW 07 GRANDMOTHERS. Grandmothers are very nice folks; They bent all the aunts in creation, They let a chap do as he likee, And don't worry about education. I'm sure I can't see it all, What a poor fellow erer could do , For apples, and pennies, and cakes, Without a grandmother or two. Grandmothers speak softly to "ma's," To let a hoy have a good tirno ; Sometimes they will whisper, 'tis true, 'Totlier way, when a boy wants to climb. Grandmothers have muffins for tea, And pies, a whole row, in the cellar, And they are apt (if they know it in time) To make chicken pie for a "feller." And if he is bad now and then, And makes a great racketing noise, They onlj look over their speeks, And say, "Ah, those boys will be boys 1 "Life is only so short at the beet, Let the children be happy to-day Then look for awhile at the sky, And the hills that are far, far away. Quite often, as twilight comes on, Grandmothers sing hymns very low To themselves as they rock by the fire, About Heaven, and when they shall go. And then, a boy'stopping to think, Will find a hot tear in his eye, To know what will come at the last, For grandmothers all have to die. 1 wish they could stay here and pray, For a boy needs their prayers ev'ry night ; Some boys more than others, \ s'pose; Such as 1 need a wonderful sight. For tho Union Times. Idle Moments in an Old Library. NO. 19. Dr. Lrmukl B. Askrw lived on the lot now I L- Tkf-l t?.T i- i tnif wrk*r? TOtupwu ujr iiinj. ?iouur?, in 1014, 1010, 1010, 1819, 1820 and 1824, he seems to have an applicant at the old Library for books. From his Record he was certainly not much of a reader. Dr. Askew was an eccentric man, honest in his convictions, stubborn in his prejudices, reticent in his disposition without much social feelings about him. He was one of those wise looking men like uncle Billy in the Georgia Scenes, who never hazarded an opinion which compromised his judgment. He was a kind neighbor, devoted in his friendships and cautious in the expression of his opinions. He never had much reputation as a physician. His record speaks for itself: Medical Extracts, Encyclopedia, Sherlocli on Death, American Revolution, Buffon's Natural History, &c. HKXKT BSBNilARU. Henry Bcrnhard was a portly, fine lonkiag i_XEMl"iin r'n i""' "f"1 'M* ^ position.?one who enjoyed life and/troubled 'himself very little about what might turn up in :the future. lie lived in the house now occupied by Mr. Moses?the upper part being used ;as the "Dwelling House," the lower part as a store-room. Mr. Bernhard was in partnership with the late Clough 8. Sims?Sims finding most of the 8 " corn and peas 31 _ " " wheat HI " " potatoes 1 n ?? " pindars 1 " " sugar cane i lit Deducting the wheat, as usually done, tl average per haud would be a fraction over twenty acres. COST OK FERTILIZERS. 30 tons Peruvian Quano, delivered $2034 00 10 " Elide Quano " 628 00 20 " Gypsum ' 800 00 100 Sacks Salt 85 00 $2,947 00 VALUE OF THE CROPS. 436 bales cotton?$40 per bale $17,440 00 6,775 bushels corn?$1 per bushels 6,776 00 440 ' wheat?$l| " 650 00 2000 " sweet pototoes?60c. 1,000 00 1,160 gals, molasses?40c 460 00 61 hogs?7}c net 711 44 Mv $26,936 45 It is uuoeopssary to make any continents ?the figures speak for themselves, and prove beyond a GOttbt that Dr. Ray's success in planting has been the result of good management, and the liberal uso of good fertilizers, and not, as it has been stated, Kv f lio .? n 1 f l xr ?i t inn aP n lnrrvn A r.iO (m tlin haud. R. J. GAGE, Sec'y. ?. A Bittkr Radical.?Tho Washington correspondent of the Augusta Chroniclr A Sentinel writes: Decidedly the bitterest Radical in Wushinton is a niau of the name of Murtagh,thu pimp of Shepherd and Grant, who ruus that filthy sheet, tho National Republican. Ilis paper is daily filled with malicious lies against the good peoplo of the South, and so frequently has he misrepresented the South, that scarcely a decent man can be found who will read his paper. The Republican thrives upon this abuse, a* it gives Murlagh a carte blanche to the Treasury, where he draws freely and often to keep his paper alive.? He was recently allowed to swindle the Washingtonians out of $96,000, and now claiuis $40,000 more out of the Government for priutiug alleged to have been done iu 18G8 aud 'G9. He hates the English worse than siu, and is in constant warfare with Jenkins, of the New York Times, who hails from Albion. Jenkins gets tho better of him invariably, as Murtagh's armor beiug vulnerable he invites attack. He repairs to Shepherd's mansion nightly, and obtaius points for the uext day's issue of his paper. The paper is owned mutually by Murtagh, Shepherd aud Grant, and Shepherd virtually runs the concern. Graut is so completely iu the power of the "ring" that his '"pals" never consult him at all, unless they want some confederate silenced by a fat appointment. This man Murtagh holds pews in six different churches for iuflueuce, and occupies them alternately. What astonishes me most is that Murtagh and other bummers have their pews immediately arumd Grant>. ^...X . i.nyni iiin'iij* r. "toe observed of all observers. Hut this is nn old trick of the Christian statesmen, and I am informed that even down in South Carolina the saintly Whittemoro is a devout church-goer, and responds as lustily as though he had never sold a cadctship. One Way to Stop Cotton Stealing. ?We learn from reliable parties who visited the t>pot, that on Saturday night last a DllUU OI CllSgUlseu llieu wi-iii i/u nciuiviivuoii of Mr. Robert J. Smith, at Cool Springs, in this county, aud awakening Mr. Willie Smith, the clerk, ordered him to remove the books and papers of his employer, and his own personal effects, as they intended to fire the house. They then inquired for the barrel of kerosene, and after assisting him to remove his trunk and the books of the 6tore, they saturated the building with oil aud applied the torch, aud the "house and all it coutained was soon a pile of ashes The house was the property of the late Willis Allen. Mr. Smith was constructing a two-story building across the road fron the one he occupied, which was fired by the disguised men, and was also consumed.? There was also five bales of cotton outside the storehouse, which the clerk begged per mission to remove, but was sternly refused and it shared the fate of the storehouse.? A scrupulous regard for the property o persons not connected with the store was ob scrvablc. They carefully removed to i place of safety the tool chest of Mr. O. G McCoy, and a cage and bird belonging t the clerk. The loss is estimated at abou $(>,000 ; no insurance.?Tr win ton (Go. Southron. Mellow Soil About Tmkes.?Unlcs the surface oi the ground is mulched uroun young trees over an area of six to ten fet in diameter, the ground should be kcptclca and mellow. Every farmer knows that hill of corn or potatoos will not amount t much unless cultivated, and yet there ai many who will neglect to give tho sani , caro to a tree which is worth a hundre hills of the former. In rich soil, trees ma grow rapidly without cultivation, and r amount of grass or weeds will retard then but there are other things to be looked afte If the weeds and grass are allowed to gro up around the stems of ; pple, peach < a Korl u;il! lninAtnn crtfl n/v (JlllIJUU iiuuo, uil uum nai. wvv?/m>v w.? ..v. their base by being shaded thereby bo in 1 suitable condition for the reception of tl ' eggs which will eventualy become peach < . apple borers. Take any dozen young app . trees in the sections where the apple bor is abundant, and allow a portion to bccho ed with weeds and the remainder well ci 1 tivated, nnd then watch the result. Fro our own experience, we believe that t! ohnnce are nine to one in favor of the cultivated being exempt froui this pest.e West Farmer. a e A good book and good wouiuu are exc c lent things for those who know just how s nnnreciate their value. There are lilt however, who judge of both from t beauty of the covering. 5 "Vhat's all this talk about tho courren ?2 and the five-twinties and the sirin-thirt that I hears about, Mike?" "Why, bl your sowl, don't ye know, Pat? It nini L that the Government wants to make*! >1 laborin' min work from five-twinty in I le mornin' till sivio-thirty in the avening." i THE FAM0U8 8IX HUNDREDfie Lnion of the Survivors oftnc Chon/c at Bala kin va?About the jifrn who Jiotle into' '"The Valley of Death." The soldiers of the Light Cavalry brigade, the men who rode into the "Valley of Death" on that fatal October uiorniug ouc and twenty years ago, were invited to attend meeting last night to make arrangements for a dinner iu celebration of the anniversary of the Baluklava charge. Thotrysting place was the Prince of Wales Tavern, Villiers street, Strand, and the hour fixed for the muster was 9 o'clock, to enable tiioae who were engaged in business to put in an appearance f consequence o! tno disagreeable drissling rain, not so many came as Were expected, bat a respectable contingent, in cvqry scuse of the word, of war-worn veterans, answered to the roll-call all the same. Hale, hearty men they were, the most of then ; but, so portly of build, that they set one wondering what sort of light cavalry that, must have been where the weight in the pig skin ran up to eighteen stone of living flesh in sundry instances. Jovial of manner and neat of address, they discussed the matter before them as one might have expected?in brief, soldierly, and most harmouious manner. It was agreed that a dinner should he solemnised in the Charing Cross Ilotcl?is not solemnized the correct word ? for has not Charles Lever defined a dinner ns a social sacrament?on the 25th of October, and it was stated that many officers who had helped to write one of the most brilliant pages in our military annals had promised to give the event the sanction of tfieir presenco. The greatest part of those in the room had belonged to the Eleventh Hussars, thut distinguished corps having been principally recruited in London. One warrior had served his apprenticeship to arms under JDeLaccy Evans in Spain ; another was remarkable as having borne the flag of truce to the Russian lines the 'day after Ralaklnvu ; a third was never tired of celebrating the hauls fails of his ancient captain, Sir linger Palmer, who led the E. troop or the Eleveuth into action, and did his slaughter with cold steel, having forgottcu his revolver in the hurry to jump into the saddle. After the formal proceedings were over, there were some rare gossip over former campaigns, and l ho uonniilitarv observer was enabled to pick up some interesting remiuisccuccs. It is a curious circumstance that every mnu but one who wou that supremest of all miliary distinctions, tho Victoria Cross, in the piagpififliht mad ride immortalizediby lr. Light Dragoons, who stood ou the ground with Kis clparger writhing in the death agony beside him. Truuipet-Major Crawford flashed by ; his good steed stumbled, the rider was disuiouutcd, and his naked sabre sent whirling out of his grasp* A pair of Cossacks saw their opportunity and spurred upon the defenceless Crawford but Parke8 confronted them and kept them at bay. When the retreat came the two brave fellows followed their comrades, and were pursued by six Russians, but Parkes, with his single sword, held them at arm's i length and retired slowly, fighting and dci feuding the trumpet-major uutil deprived of i his weapon by a shot. This is uo rhodoi uiontade, but plain facts, as recorded in the . Gazette. Lieutenant Alcxaudcr Robert | Dunn, of Cardigan's boys, was another hero I of that day, fruitful in heroes. lie saved . the life of Sergt. Bently, of his owu corps, s by cutting down two or three Russian troopr ors who were-attacking him in the rear, and i afterwards hewed to the chine a Russian > hussar who had fallen upon private . Lcvett. This Duuu, it will be remembered, 3 afterwards commanded the Thirty-third, . being the youngest man of his rank in the , army, aud perished in the Abyssinian expe. dition. Riding-master Joseph Malone had f hi? horse shot in the charge, but, properly . speaking, his bit of ^trious gun-metal i was gaiucd the day previous when he volunteered with three troopers, on the march 0 to Balaklava, and captured an escort of tin t enemy's cavalry aud the baggage they wert j conveying to Sebastopol. Troop Sergeant Major Johu Berryuian, of the old "Death's head and Cross bones," the same sturdj j cavalier who took prisoner threo Russian: 1 while they were within reach of their owi oLri?n7in'a fnrm hoh.TVPfl fsTllonrlifl ..V ... ? 1 ly at lialaklava. When his horse was sho a under him hefstopped in the field with Capt ? Webb, w ho was vended, amid a shower o ? shot nntf sliefi, and although repeatedly toh "j Hiy that officer to consult his own safety, an< leave him, he refused to do so. and, Ser y geant John Farrcll coming by, tho tw 10 faithful fellows carried Capt. Webb out o 1' tho range of the guns. The couragoou ' Irishman Fart ell, who lost his horse lik w the majority of his plucky couipanious, an jr had gone near to losing his life, was aware XT ed the envied honor, but did not long sui a vive to wear it. Charles Wooden now Ie quartermaster in the. One Hundreth an .)r Fourth foot, was another of the Scventeent c lauccrs who earned the cross on the 25th c ?r October, 1854, and he, too, had hischarg< ** kill iu the wild melee. Assisted by Dr. M< ' ' nntt, of the Iuniskillcn dragoons, he sui !ni ceeded in carrying Major Morris, of his ow i i ir..n.. I regiment, wno my urcuuiuoy wuuiiucu, (u so place of safety. In chatty rccollcctioi Mich as those we have tried to pen and i tales of hair-brcattths 'scapes in the hai cl. days gone by, tho time was pleasantly pas to cd, and shortly before midnight the sur\ ,n vors of the "Six Hundred" separated, lool l,e ing forward with joyous anticipation to merry meeting on HalaklavaDay.?Loiuh Standard. ies Why is a doctor better taken care iss t*iaD ^'8 Patlcnts? Because, when lie go to bed, somebody is sure to rap him up. die Mite no vows to perform this or thntythe|)It shows 110 great strength, and makes th ride behind ftyself. ^ C RUSSELL'S REVENUE. A DOUBLE WEDDING AND A DOUBLE KUNEKAL IN PENNSYLVANIA. About five years ago William llussell, a farmer, liviug a few miles from Rosovillo, Pennsylvania, was left a widower, with one child. The carc of the farmer's house then devolved upon his daughter Harriet, aged sixteen years. A girl named Mary Stokes, about the same age, was employed to aid iD the household work. Miss Russell discovered that her father was paying attention of a lover to the girl. The farmer's daughter dismissed the Stokes girl from her situation in the family. When Russell learned VI Jjtuvcvuiu^ u? lunncuiuieiy UTUUglll the girl back, aud told his daughter that he was to remain theMjW long as she chose. The daughter theranp&j left the house, and Vent to work (ho neighborhood. Mary Stokes finan^WHEtasscll's and a few days afterwards Miss Russell resumed her old position in her father's house. Living in this village was a highly respected young carpeutcr named Morton Hurst. His father owned a farm adjoining that of the Russells. Some years ago a difficulty arose between the two farmers about the piopea location of a line fence.? A long, bitter and expeusive lawsuit followed. Farmer Hurst was finally successful in the suit, and died two years ago.? Russell hated tin: name of Hurst, and when, some three years since, he made the discovery that his daughter and the ,'ou of his old enemy had formed au attachment for each other, and were actually eugaged to be married, lie threatened to disown Harriet if she did not at oucc renounce tho idea of wedding young Hurst. She made the sacrifice in obedience to her parent. About three months n11 fin?iiiiiwl?d liia daughter by tolling her that lie intended to soon marry the girl Mary Stokes, and bring her back to the farm-house. Harriet assured liiui that when ho brought his wife home he would find his daughter gone.? Friday morning the old farmer, telling Harriet that he would return with his wife in the afternoon, drove toward the home of Mary Stokes. The daughter placed the house in readiness for the return of her father, aud about noon started for lloscville. She left behind hor, on the bureau in her room, the following letter addressed to her father: Dear Father :?I have always tried to be a dutiful daughter to you, but the aot you intend to do to-day is more than I ean submit to, as I have more than once told you. You choose a compauion above me. | I hop > ?he will be as truo w >*u hav* r^p^. "t ?r " f'r" Do not thiuk I am writing this with a light heart, although in leaving the home of my childhood I go to find a home with one I havo long laved and whose wife I expect to be in a few hours. God bless you, father, aud good-by. Your oucc-loved daughter, Hattie. tt ? ,| *11 1?? ? 11 upon reaching irus viuagc xuiss iiussen was uiet by Ilorton Hurst. They proceeded to the housp of Mrs. William Filley, a sister of Hurst's, and about 2 o'clock in the afternoon were married by Rev. Mr. Young, of the Methodist church Afterwards they went iu company with Mrs. Filley. and a young gentlcmau, a friend of Hurst's, to the village tavern, where it had been arranged to take dinucr. They were nearly through the repast, when the door of the dining room was burst in, aud farmer Russell, pale with rage,, and a singular glitter in his eye, sprang into the apartment. His daughter arose hastily and ran toward him with outstretched arms, but be threw her aside and sprang upou her husband. 'You scoundrel!" he exclaimed, "\rou set my daughter up to leave her home!"? , lie grasped Hurst by the throat, but the , young uiau threw him off and commenced i backing toward the door. Russell seized a knife from the table, and getting between I Hurst and the door, attempted to stab the i young man. llurst received the thrust in I his arm, aud seeing that the old man was bent on murder, drew a revolver and warned i him to stand back. Russell did not heed > the warning, aud continued to make deadly 5 lunges with the kuife. Hurst received - many of these iu his arm and shoulder.? - Hurst's sister escaped from the room during f the melee, and the young man preseni i seemed to bo paralyzed with terror. Ai i last Hurst pushed his assailant buck frou him and leveled the pistol at him. Hi: t wife at this instant sprang between the met . just as the husband's pistol was discharged f The ball entered her brain, and she fell t< 1 the floor and expired without saying a word J The report of the pistol brought a uuuibc ' of persons iuto the room. Hurst had fall o en ou his knees beside his wife's body, am f after several times frantically appealing t 8 her by name to look up and speak to hiu e he rose to his feet, and before a hand coul d be extended to prevent him, shot himsel 1- through the head, and he fell dead besid r- his wife. Russell seemed stricken dum a by the fearful sceno, and was led from th d room like a child. h As soon as the excitement that followc >f the news of the tragedy could be somewhi jr allayed, the bodies of the young marrie ) couple were removed to the residence < c- Mr. Filley, followed by hundreds of peopl n In the evening an inquest was held L a James Powell, Justice of ihe Peace. Ru is sell was arrested and held in 82,000 I in await the action of the grand jury. . -d verdict that Mrs. Harriet 11. Ilurst met hi s- death by the accidental discharge of a pi l- to I, and that tlortou liurst came 10 n k- death by his own hand while tcmporari a insane, was rendered. # T ^ "Is the Colonel here?" shouted a ma sticking his hend into a Kansas City stre of car. r,IIe is," answered thirteen men es they rose up. A Kansas girl says nothing makes h ? so mad as to have a grasshopper crawl i ee and down her back just as her lover h conTe *o the proposing point. ft * m ft Melton and Smalls.?It did seem queer that so eminent a Reformer as Mr. Attorney-General Meltou should have allowed a live mulatto Congressman, charged with fraud, to slip through his fingers; but it could be urged that his powerful uiind was occupied iu roviowiug the Parker trial, aud that he really thojght the case was in good hauds aud needed no particular attcn- ^ tion. A remorseless correspondent of the Columbia Ret/itfrr, Mr. Edwiu F. Gary, cuts this ground from under our feet, and fdaoes the Attornoy-Geucral in a very ut^ly ight-for a Reformer. Mr. Gary was the prin- \ ,1 ^gjjHg cipal witness, *br the State, ag inst Conirrcssman Smalls. On the morninc of the trial, Reformer Melton (as Attorucy-GCOCT*'^* al) announced his withdrawal lYoni the cose. This left the caae in tho hands of Solieitor Runklc, who naked for a continuance, and said that the ^toesscs wore not present. Although the case came over from a provi- ^ ous term, uouc of tho witnesses had been \ summoned to appear. Judge Carpenter in- \ sis ted that tho trial should go on. Mr. Gary was examined, but no questions were put that would bring out the important facts that he knew, aod what lie wanted to tell he was prevented from telling. Result? tho acquittal of Smalls. Cause?the withdrawal of Reformer Melton from the case. Had lie remained in Court, he must, for his own sake, have couducted the prosecution vigorously. It was easier to withdraw and think of Judge Mackey and ex-Treasurer Parker. So Smalls escaped; Suialls, who is not a "dead duc^" 1'^? Parker, but a popular Radical; a member of Congress, who carries a big slice of the vote of Beaufort County iu his capacious pocket.?Newt and Courier. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, of New York, wrote as follows in a letter declining an invilatiou to attend tho Georgia State Pair ! "In five veers from thin time the census will show our numbers to be more thau fifty millious. The day, then, is dawniug when the lands of the South will be greatly lifted up iu value. I have given uftich time aud thought to tho agricultural condition of tho United States. I bave traveled extensively, and I bavo examined with oarc into tho industrial interests of all sections, and I am confident that horeafter the South will get a large and growing share of those who arc seeking new homes oitber from Europe or from tho older States of tho Union. This flood-tide will bear with it wealth and varied industries. I prav. fojr jiie day jtfhen tho South shall ho ^ jf ' ef? 1 p* nWSsured porvudiog wel* fecials of our Union." These are wordg of a 8tatt8m j Houldbo ponde*,d b ,hc . 0'( ,h North leagued Witt. HXal, for poses inimical to our wel...e apd wel|.do[og A Veteran Re-union.^7 N. .T.. October 19.?The Vetcr*k1Zv" here to-d'iy surpassed anything 0Y?^\unYn this city. At Wavcrly Gens. KilpaX^u Prior, Halstead and Seigel, and Capt. Bv wards, Confederate, and Capt. Hopes delivered addresses, and there were recitations of music, &c. Returning from Wavcrly, they were witnessed by ten thousand citizens. The whole city was ablaze with lime lights, torches, fire-works and transparencies. The line marched through Broad street and countermarched to the Sheridan House, where there was a large display of fireworks, and addresses were delivered from the balcony by Capt. Edwards, Gen. Halstead, Capt. Townsond and Rev. Mr Kieffc^ A grand supper and entertainment was given to the invited guests at Sheridan House tonight. A Man's Head Blown Off.?Memphis, October 21.?Dr. Ballard, formerly ot texas, residing near marton, Arkansas, while riding with a lady vesterda}'afternoon, was waylaid and shot by a uian named Andrei, who fired ono barrel of a shot gun at I the doctor, the charge taking effect in his I neck and face and knocked him off his horso. After falling, Ballard asked AnI drews to raise him up, which he did, in a sitting posture, and then placing the gun 'p near his head discharged the other barrel, ? literally blowing Ballard's head off. Ant drews then went to Marion and surrendered himself to the authorities. Androws had been employed by Ballard a few days before. * Ballard had knocked him down twice.? Ballard is represented as having been a violent man. and had on Sunday last waylaid i and shot his wife's nephew, Andrew Frazer. r Five Gbades ok Oats.?New York, 'r October 20.?The Committee on Grain of ^ the New York Produce Exohange has de0 cided to establish five grades of oats? '? white, high mixed, No. 2, No. 3 and no grade. White oats shall bo bright, sound, " clean, frco from other grain, and shall weigh o - ? -? a 1- tl. 1)01 loss man wuriy-twu puuuua m tuo uica" sured bushel; high mixed oats shall be twoc thirds white, and equal to No. 2 in all other respects; No. 2 oats shall be sound, rcasona" bly clean, and reasonably free from other 'J grain; No. 3 oats shall be fit for warehous*1 ing, otherwise unequal to No. 2; no grade shall include all oats damp, unsound, dirty or from auy other cause unfit for No. 3. y The committee will proceed at once to ess" tablish grades for corn, wheat und other grains. A T>w> Ttnrnwnll Unnntv Tax Union meets 8- on sales-day in November. At the meeting is delegates to the State Union, to meet during ly the same month, are to he elected. We should like to see this body revived. n Are other counties moving in the matter ? e? The Tax Union oan do much if it will take Q8 hold of things in earnest. But unless it does that, it had better not meet at all. er It is said that Brigham Young has acjp quired tlio title of general from having been as called "Briggy dear" so often by his numerous wives.