j ?'n ? ^ ^ ? ?- i 3 - " ' ^ ?? ? ?, . ^ ^ ^ ?? j ,||||? " 'i _ ^ Limit tdnv nnw r? utvam >t*m .... m ?????????? Cokksbuky, S. C., April 9,1877. Messrs. Hoyt "" place) maj have upon the tiro J^tional par: ties, I am unable to foreseo. Should it shatter both of them througho^Wtho North, , 'J0 U ' t'10. ^uu' h- We True, ws have hosts of friends at tho North, but we, have more enemies, and as many of either can be found among the Democrats as among the Republicans. None of them believe that wo have accepted in good faith the Amendments to the Constitution, and they havo a mistrust as to our loyalty to the Utuou, wRich cau never be obliterated but by time. I havo ever found more congeniality amongst Northern Republicans thau with Northern Democrats, and I believe an average rcprcscututive of tho Republican party North is more nearly akin in feelings, sontimeut and thought to a Southern Democrat thau a similar representative Northern Democrat. Carpet-baggers, scallawags and negro politicians belong to neither party by any kind of political right. "3hty are mere barnacles that have befouled the Republioan party. Once rubbed off, they will siuk in tho slough of contempt, to be forgotten,but not forgiven. ** *r_ l.- i ? _i 1-1-11- i nu iiuucmi uiiiu, uuiubs toiuny ignorant (as most Northern mon are) of Southern affairs, can for a moment bolieve that, upon ^ principle, Mr. Hayes can maintain himself iy in office and recognize the Nicholls government in Louisiana. The very same fraud That placed him in the Presidential chair would install Packard Governor. And yet we know that tho very political existence of that State depends upon the installation of General Nicholls as Governor. Sooner or later Mr. Hayes must sec this, and must inevitably recognize the Nicholls government. When this is done, the South will be a political unit. If, then, the Southern States so legislate as to convince tho colored population that tho laws recognize no dis-., tiuclion on account of color or race, there will, iu my judgment, be a political revolution throughout the North in less than four years as potent for good to tho South as was that between 18G1 and 18G5 for evil to our distressed country. * Not thnt there will be war agnin?far from it; for the recent presidential election nrnvoil t.luit. Nnrfliorn Twill nnt. fight Northern Republicans, however willing either party might bo to fight Southerners. Rut in that event parties at the North will be so divided, and so clamorous for Southern patronage, that the South need only stand firm and united, and she will hold a balance of power that will he effective in restoring this Government to its wonted purity, and the people to prosperity. Prior to the war the leaders at the North, both civil and military, were Democratic, and every Confederate soldier knows that the Southernrvtrmics met no reverses until < tho ranks of the Federal ariny were recruited with Democrats. Floating upon tho tide of military success tho Democratic and Republican leaders embraced each other, abandoned the distinctive principlo sof their former parties, and amalgamating elements from both produced a party whose shibboleth was "down with Southern lleb," "up with the nigger," and "hurrah for the best Government the world ever saw." Crush out these ideas, and the identity of tl c pal tics North are, in my opinion, destroyed ? There is no principlo peculiarly Renubli oan or peculiarly Democratic in the platform of either party North to-ilay. But establish confidence between the races at the South, and at once a platform of principles will be Sromulgatcd by parties North, bidding for outuern co-operation, and we will then hare the privilege of choosing the lesser evil, for I have no idea that duriug this generation any National party North will couscut to a platform entirely acceptable to the South. Trusting that I have been at least sufficiently cxplieit to show you exactly my position upon tho inquiries you propounded, I am, gentlemen, with much esteem, Yourobcdicut servant, D. WYATT AIKEN. ON THE BIGHT TBACK. WiHnilMflTnM Anril 7 ?>Tiin fiillrmrinir . 1 HIf|KJlUitil Circular letter has been addressed to the United States District Attorneys by the Attorney-General to bo sent on Monday : Sir: As I enter upon my official duties I find that tho appropriation lor the expenses of the United States Courts for this fiscal year is rapidly approaching exhaustion, aud that Congress denied all the applications that were made by my predecessor for an increased sum to bear these expenses, the duty is thus forced upon the officers of this Department to retrench all possible expenses. To a great extent the attorneys of the United States are responsible for the expenses iucurred, and naturally the call is made upou them to stop all expenses that ca^ with propriety be stopped. I urge upon you the exercise of extreme caution aud economy. There is nearly a full quarter of the fiscal year still to run, during which time experfSW rrmst be kept to a miuimntn point. I hopo to have your hearty co-operation in the work. Your discretion and economy will be shown in the subpoeningof those witnesses only who are important and necessary to a case; in holding them only so long as they arc needed; in setting for trial none but important cases; tho6e whichihe course of justice and the interest* of Government absolutely require to be tried; in dismissing, by advico of the court, the petit juries at an early day, and in urgiug unon the crand iurics but a short session : select very few eases for trial, those only best supported by evidence, and in which all logal questions arc likely to arise; the other cases should be allowed to lie over, the partics not being discharged. As far as lies in your power the trials before the United States Commissioners must be Watched and their expenses curtailed.? It^erc well if all such trials were stopped for th$ remainder of tho iLscalqrear: and all poaeitjib way economy must bo enforced upon the officials. I call your attention the cir- < cular issued ou this head by my predecessor, and reiterating their injunctions. I add that no money will be furnished to the marshals to conduct the business of the courts beyond tho amounts of which they were advised a mouth ago. Knowing this you will be forewarned in ample time to avoid the contracting of expenses that cannot be paid. Charles Devens, Attorney General. HAMPTON'S PHOTOGRAPH. Hampton, like tho great Lee, is remarkable for the strength and Dorfoct symmetry of the man, morally and physically. His speech, without ornament or effort, is exactly his thoucht. So simple and so truthful, that the honest man reads it as a child reads tho smile of its mother. The man speaks, the whole man, heart, soul and miud speaks?speaks the truth, nothing but the trulhj^dnohwjff doubts it#! That is Ilamp ton$ and that was Washington Perhaps riofcngle natural gift of Washington, or Lee, n, Hampton can bo properly called transcendent; but the symmetry of tho whole man?tho simplo beauty and power of the perfect proportions combined, is what ooustitutcs this type of man. Like tho greatest inventions in machinery, it is so simplo that every mai\understaiids it as soon as ho sees it, and wonders he hadn't discovered it long ugo 1 That is Hampton ! He talks just like any common man, in a plain way, without any fancy flights, and so true to the common apprehension, that the audience say "of course, hut why didu't wc see it in that light long ago ?" .it has ever been so with the greatest, men of the ages. It is tho power of truth which distinguishes the great man from the charlatan. Good, hard, common, horse sense, and undaunted courage in thought, word and action?in the discovery of truth in the utterance of the truth, and in the execution of his purposes according to truth?distinguishes Wade Hampton from his opponents in this great crisis. J toad nis speech i oo simple that a child can understand it; so courteous that the President must feel its power; so kind and just, that the colored man accepts it; so true that the arch fiend himself can neither deny or resist it; so plain and practicable that tho young men of the country will bow in ncquicsccnco to its wise counsel.? Grecnoille, News. Ridicule.?Remember thatithe talent of turning people to ridicule, and exposing to laughter thoso one converses with, is the gratification of small minds and ungenerous tempers. A young person with this vast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. So said Addison, long ag*},. and it is as true to-day as ever. Col. liichard llonkin, of (laston County, N. 0 , felled a water oak on his place, on Stanley Creek, from which he made 0.500 shingles, 150 rails, 50 loads of wood, and there still remains about twenty feet of the huge trunk lying where it ??LTlu: stump measured four feet nine iix^Upn diametci. and the "rings" marked about 100 years' growth. TEBBI3LE HOLOCAUST. details ok' a fearful conflagration. St. Louis, April 11.?Tho Southeru Hotel was burned at 2 o'clock this morning. Appalling loss of life, which was at first supposed to be 200, but is now reduced to 50. Many wero killed jumping from the third, fourth aud fif>h story windows. Kate Claxton, the actress, who so narrowly es caped froui the Hrooklyu horror, broke both legs jumping from the third story. The fire originated in the upper stories. The windows in thn linnor Rtnrion w??rn orowilmt with shrieking tnca nud women, whout it soeuied impossible to save. A few were! rescued by ladders placed on Fourth street portico, but ou the other three sides of the building, ifouudcd by Fifth, WuluutVamL in,,, , ??. ? . nWiuu of rouehitig the windows Mr. Peter Blowy sou of the former Miuister to Brazil, was sleeping iu his room on the sixth floor, aud succeeded, after strcuuous exertions, iu escaping with his life aud a broken arm.? The building was six stories iu height, and Mr. Blow thinks that tho majority of inmates of the two upper stories of the building must have perished. Two men uurecognized wero killed by jumping from the third story windows, and a third one was badly mangled. Five women were rescued from the sixth story on tho Fourth street side by the heroic efforts of firemen, who, after ascendiug the patent ladders, succeeded in getting a rope to tho half suffocated creatures. It is supposed from forty to fifty were burned to death directly, or first suffocated. The fire originated in the store room in the basement. It first came through the grouud floor, north of the office, ascended the elevators and rot\inda and spread over the sixth story, occupied by employees, mostly women. The smeko* was so dense in Bome of tho halls that the gas jets were extinguished. which rcudcred c.^l?^>W>f from his bed into) stirps, tied thcra together fasteuing this im proviscd rope to tho window sill, and disregarding the fact that it did not reach more than twenty feet, he let himself down hand, over hand. Those below, who saw his position, turned away their faces to avoid witnessing the sickening event that was inevitable. Finally he reached the eud of the rope, and then, for tho first time, he sceuicd to realize his position. 11c stopped, threw his head back, revealing a gastly face, aud swung slowly to and fro, swayed by the breeze which the roaring flames above created. llis limbs swung around convulsively, as though to catch upon something; then he let go, aud groans went up from hundreds as he whirled round and round aud finally struck 011 the stone flagging with a sickening thud. lie was carried to a saloon, across the street and died in a few minutes. Two other mcu jumped from the fourth story window?one ot whom seemed not to be dangerously hurt. Later.?The flro engines are still playing on the fire.? A force has been organized to search for the dead bodies, and several bodies have been takeu from the ruins in a more or less burned condition, but have uot yet been identified. Also, several dead bodies are at the morgue awaiting identification. Mrs. Moran, a servant, was killed by jumping from a window. (jcorgo 1' rank Ijpudy, (J rand Secretary of the Ci rand Lodge uu?iii'u. ?^i.\ |)ursuns, wuosu uanios are unknown, were killed, either by jumping from the windows or were suffocated by smoke, and dragged out of the burning building. It is difficult to procure the names of the dead, l;ut it is hoped a complete, or nearly complete, list will be obtaiued this afternoon. Sidmore I layden, superintendent of the American Fxpress stables, is among the killed; also ilenry JIaz.cn, deputy auditor of the Missouri Pacific JJailCouipuny. An Englishman named Adams, said to be a commissioner of education, was identified at the morgue. ' A woman at a lifth story window on Fifth street front became panic stricken, jumped out, alighted on her feet, was carried to St. James Hotel, and is still alive 1 Jer husband, who had been standing by her side, then desceudcd by a rope, mado of bedding. A man named J. 10. Wilson jumped from a fourth story window and was killed. Andrew Ensman and Mrs. Scott met their doatJisr same way. The mortality among the female he'p of the hotel was great. There were 200 of them, all ot' whom were lodged in the upper story of the building. 'J'lic panic among them was perfectly terrible. A number jumped from the upper window on Elui street, on the rear side of the house. Kate Claxton. the actress had another escape, but was uninjured. Among the known saved was 11. Kretz, of Texas. Dr. Glorlact, the Ger man Consul, jumped from a window am1 broke a leg. His wife was unhurt. Cluis Toenail lost his life while attempting to save others, "tulip Gerald, a boarder at the hota, was brought out alive, but entirely bcroft of roason. At a quarter-past 2, or abjut half an hour afflfer the fire wus discovered, the entire roof was ablaze, and the fluuijs were rapidly descending to the lower BUties. A half hour later the floors and intevor walls began to fall. The roof fell in. [There is now nothiug left of one tho fines) hotels iu the country, except the Walnut Street front uud parts of Fourth and Fifth street faces. Loss on tho building aud oonteuts froui 875,000 to 8100,0.00; insurance unknown. TfE GREAT WALKING MATCH. O'Ltarj's Victory?500 Milrs yi 144 ITonrt?The Western Champion HVws' "I 11111 f'l lil'Wl'HW^ juiatcTibw5eetu Edward Payson Weston of [Now York aud Duuicl O'Lcary of Chicago, ended at Agricultural Hall at 12 o'clock tonight. Tho pedvstriaus started last Sunday at niiduight to walk six days (144 hours) for a wager of ?2,000, or 810,000 cold.? Owing to the backers of the uicn being prouiiucnt noblemen, great interest was manifested in the affair, and thousands of poiluds , have been wagered by all classes on the result. ] At the start Weston was the fa> rite at 5 to 1, but after the first 48 hours walking, the odds fell slightly, O'Loary having obtained a lead of 15 miles. In the first, 48 hours Weston covered 179 miles, seven miles more than in his contest with O'Loary iu America, and O'Lcary covered 190 miles, ^bcatiug hie record in America by six miles. On Wednesday O'Loary covered 98.miles and Weston 90. In 72 hours Westou had walked 32 utiles further than he did in his contest in America, while O'Lcnry had beaten his previous performance by 23 miles. On Thursday, the terrific pace O'Loary had -cpt. cold ngaiust him, and betting advanced ou Wefttou. Odds of 100 to 70 pounds being offered in his favor. O'Loary now began to complain of dizziness and finally left the track for several hours Thus encouraged Weston increased his pa'co and was soon on even terms with a dolead and was several miles ahead.? After the first 84 hours walking, Weston was eight miles ahead, but O'Loary, who had recovered, started in and did such fast walking that ho was greeted with tremendous cheers. Ou the fourth day Weston covered 98 miles to 70 for O'Lcary j iu the 90 hours O'Loary had completed 370 miles aud Wcs9-') IIT..1 1 1 II -A ? * * iun oio. n umou unu ucaicn 11 is rccoru 1 with O'Lcary in America by 69mile?, while 1 O'Lcary had beaten his owflr Jfjjpotd by 20 1 .miles. . t encouraged by the presence of tlflMj^di of spectators, O'Lcary exerted himself to cut down Weston's lead, and by Friday morning had accomplished a total ol'410 miles, Weston being then 17 miles behind, having stopped to rest at 390 miles. All day yesterday the rush into Agricultural Ilall was treuieudous. O'Lcary still kept ahead, receiving the encouraging plautof the assembled crowd. At 5 P. M. ay the score stood, O'Lcary 427 miles, ton 411 miles. tie betting was now even. Loth men up a terrifio pace, though Weston took ^arrests than his opponent. Weston only accomplished 6G uiilcs Friday, making his total for the five days 439 miles, beating his five days American record 39 miles.? O'Lcary covered. 83 miles, giving him a total of 453 miles, and beating his record for five days in America by 33 miles. To-day the hall was packed with a surging throng nud cheering was incessant. Loth contestants struggled gamely, and Weston spurted frequently to Overcome his opponent's advantage. O'laipry's backers were jubilant and offered lorwodds on him, with no takers. At 1 o'clock, O'Lcary had accomplished 492 miles, and Weston 477 miles. Iliiriiicr t 11 r? ni tcrnnnri WncLin rocLul t iun Z ho irs aud a half and was almost exhausted. 4, At 3 I*. M., O^Htary completed 500 miles, s and was'then 21 miles ahead of Weston.? i The announceniknt of the completion of the five hundrcth mfle was greeted with deafening cheers, and it was almost impossible to f restrain tho excited crowd from rushing on * the track to greet and congratulate the r plucky pedestrian. This is the fastest walk- c ing on record. ^ c A Line to Business Men.?Don't wait 1 for business to wako up, but wake it UP- C Don't sit down to wait for business, busi- > ncss-will'sit doWn to wait for you. 1 Do|j't wait for brisk times to advertise, \ for then you will not need the help of ad- > vertising. t Don't think your last year's advertising 1 sufficient, for your customers may conclude 1 you expired with the old year. 1 Don't become disgusted with business or i business may become disgusted with you. I Don't think because you know where you < do business, and what you keep to sell, that f all the world knows it as well. i Don't go out to seo what your advertising t neighbor is doing, lor it you do you may conclude to spend a littlo money in advertising yourself. Don't advertise, for if you do you might have lo employ another clerk, and that would be an additional expense and an injury to the couimuuity. ? . m Currnn was once addressing a jury,-when the^udge, who was thought to be antagonistic to his client, intimated his dissent froj# tho arguments advanced by a shako of bis head. ''I see, gentlemen," said Curran, ilI see the motion of his lordship's head. Persons unacquainted with his lordship would be apt to think this implied a difference of opinion^ but be assured, gentlemen, this is not the.ease. When you know his lordship oc tvrl! *n< f ?1n if. will lio Hltnonnwearir f/?fr?l? t you that when lie shakes his liciul there real- < ly is nothing in it." j TIME 70 ME. Time to me this truth hath taught, 'Tis a truth that's worth revealing; j More offend from want of thought. Than from any want of feeling. j If advice wc would convey, There's a time we should convey it; * If we've but a word to say, There's a time in which to say it ! Many a beautious flower decays, Though we tend it e'er so much : Something secret on it preys, ) Which no human aid can touch ! 8 So, in many a loving breast, Lies sorno canker-grief concealed, That, if tonch'd is more oppressed, 8 I ..n ...... if i ?_.i ? Pains tho heart almost to breaking. I Many a tear of wounded prido, Many a fault of human blindness, llnd been soothed, or turned aside, f liy a quiet voice of kindness ! ti Tiino to me this truth hath taught, * 'Tisa truth that'3 worth revealing: " More offend from want of thought, . ^ Than from any want of feeling; 0 1 L . .. . Ji. A Vicious Fisil?ltight whales frequenty find their way into the Ray of Fuudy, .M uid are there captured. The bay is also u J? favorite resort lor tho thrasher aud tho j! wordfish. 1 havo heard old consters say !' :hat they had seen thrashers lorty-fivo and ifty feet loug, moving with great Telocity 011 8! he surface of the water, their heads raised 1 ,cu and twelve feet abovo. Ray of Fundy ? ishermcu, in speakiug of thoui, say they are :hc greatest of sea villains. Twenty odd " years ago one of these sea monsters got t jaught 011 a sandbar, where ho was left by. .f the rapid falling of the tide in tho Cumber- [ land branch of tbn lkv of Fnndv nnd wnn * killed by the people pn shore after an excil- *j ing struggle. He measured forty six feet ^ in length. As Capt. Nemo says, the head is flat and serpent-like, the eyes almost red. * svith ugly white circles over them. Indeed, '' nothing eould ho more repulsive than tho 1 Itcad of this sea monster. The only other '' ma villain they are known to fraternize with 1 Is the sword fish. Both are well known to I' old coasters and fishermen as tho deadly '* niemy of tho whale; and it is tho common jclicf'that they huntir couples, and on find- ^ ug the whale make immediate war,' the c swordfish attacking honcath and the thrasher )n top. . n The common belief is that tho thrasher 1 ias a huge wcapou, very like ftHlcdgc ham- 1 lier, protruding from his mouth, with which 11 no administers on the whale's back those 1 erriblc blows you can hear ten or twelve * )T'&r!oofclingJtIic Hay ofi^mdy^nnd witnessed 'j, hre'e of theso terriblo battles between n ? ,vhalc and bis enemies, the swordfish and 1 he thrasher. The swordfish did bis deadly v ,vork umlorncath, while, as Ca'pt.' Nemo says, r die thrasher coiled himself half over tho T vhalc. and applied the blows with Jiis pon- * lerous tail. In the distance, however, the 11 .brasher seems to raise and let his weapon c all vcrv much as a blacksmith's helper hau- !l lies his sledge. You could see the weapon H isc and fall; you could hear the blows dis- fl iuctly, although the distance was believed ^ o be not less than ten miles from shore, arid r fou could also hear the whale bellow and ice him blow. On one of these occasions 1 lie terrible-contest lasted nearly three hours, ^ ,he water iu the viciuity being red with jlood. About every fifteen or twenty min- v ites the whale would disappear in an attempt r o escape from his enemies; but they would a juickly pursue him and force him to tho * lurface, whero the eombat would be re- ^ icwed. These two sea villains, the swordfish and 1 brasher, invariably kill the whale when hey get him into close quarters; and as ^ oon as the combat ceases, which can be ^ ilcarly seen by the whale's body floating, c uotionless, the thrasher will proceed to clear 1 vater, where, raising his serpent-like head n triumph, teu, twelve and fifteen feet above p he surface, he will continue for fiftccu and b onictimc8 twenty minutes lashing the sea nto a foam. Maopies.?A magpie was in tho habit if hiding bits of food, not immediately wau- b cd, in some long grass at the bottom of a <1 ow of irou hurdles. This hoard was discov- o ired, and often robbed, by a favorite terrier. a )nc morniuc Mac was observed in crcatex. v litemont, hopping and chattering iucessant- v y, rapidly repeating every word in his vosabulary at the dog, who was busily engaged a n rifling the storehouse. In his search, P lowcvcr, he passed over a tuft of grass in s vhich a piece of beef was concealed; Mag u v:is at the spot in au instant, drew forth the c reasuro, and securely fixed it on the highest >:?r of the hurdles, far above the dog's reach, lie then, at a little distance, began pluuiing * lis feathers, chattering to himself with a e rcry selfsatisGcd air, aud occasionally hop- ' jing back to take another look at his recovJred meat, evidently priding himself in his a kill. The conduce of this magpie is quite n keeping with the old ndago of "Set a I hief to catch a thief." His pilfering habts arc notorious. He is also a sad poach- t ?r. Not only the eggs but the young of v pheasants, partridges, and other game, are lostroyed by the magpie; nor are the un- t lodged chickens or ducklings of the farm- ? fard safe froui his mischievous attacks. In I snptivity he is very amusing, and notwithstanding his thieving propensities, do one g :an contemplate his dark, arch eye, his in- piisitivcncss, his familiarity, and hoar his 1; ittorts at mimicry, without interest. I liat, t lie is not wholly devoid of grateful feeling 't !lie following anecdote shows: A favorito ? magpie had been accustomed to receive o laiuty bits from the mouth of its mistress, h One day it perched as usual upon Iter ghoul- <] Jcr, and inserted Its beak between bcr lips, v tioU as it proved, to receive, but (as 0110 good 1 turn deserves another) the grateful bird r Jroppod an immense green fat caterpillar \ into the lady's mouth.?Jjcisurc llourt. i A FACING RACE. From 1830 to about 1848 there used to trade iu stock to South Carolina a Kentuckun named Wui. Myers, commonly, and by liuinelf, called Bill Myers. During tho last rears of his trading ho uiado Abbeville ouo >f his points, lie was a jolly oud rollicking ellow, and besides ihoso looking to his com* ug for a fine horse or a pair of them, his arrival wus hailed with joy by tho 'boys,'for be ras 'one of them,' although iu his last visits io had reached over his fifty birthdays by everul. Ho was full of jokes and stories, oiling them well and without, at nil times, nodal regard to truth ; so that ho secured lis first visit was in 1830 during tho height nd excitement of nullification. Ho was at iouie a llenry Clay Whig, but iu South Jnroliua abroad ho was like St. Paul?"nil hings to all men' to advanco his cause (to rit, selling fino stock.) He supposed from is readies that South Cnroliniuns were all (ulliGcrs and ho cauic down to bo for a seasou uo of them. Ho crossed ovor tho SoliAla tap aud his first stoppage was at Hodges, rhoro ho found a crowd, and raising his hat 0 sang out, 'hurra for Nullification,' and tho rst ho knew a huge fellow bawled 'hooray, ar lion Perry aud the Union,' and struck iui. Ho got out by 'explaining' from a evore thrashing, lie concluded he had got ho wrougcud of tho story, and prepared to orrcct himself at ouco. Going dowu into ^aureus ho cauic upon a cross-roads storo ud grocery where ho found a crowd asscmilcd, und alighting and walkiug in to tho wet' and ho shouted raising his hat: 'hurra or lJeiiry Clay and tho Union,' whioh irought in trout of him a flinty little fellow nuttering between his teeth, 'whee ray for lim Yarby and nullification and dang your uitLons,' aud guvo him a dig under tho hort ribs. Quite astonished again he asked cave to make an explanation, which was hat he 'was a Nullificr all over,' aud which ic confirmed by a treat to all sueh. Aftor heso two lessens he never developed bis olitical status until be bad sounded tho ccalily and then ho fell in with tho majority, Hiking well always to his personal safety, dyers dealt only iu the finest stock and his ustomcrs were tho aristocracy who always md opiuious. He nlwnys had lino pacors nd trotters, and to introduco them ho was icithor avcrso nor afraid to stake a little on hem. About 18-43 he brought with others 1 pacer for which ho asked 8300 (and I hink sold him for that to John Campboll dartilld and clmllnngfd with him fnr m. nnnn t ,w ^wwniiiit 1 wny, piuiiin in Gbbcviilo The challenge was accepted for ifty yards by two nabobs and patrons of ho 'short turf from upper Trickcui, ono of ' ras Eli Jenkins Davis, a prince of that ealm, with the privilege of substituting a iaccr with two legs and twa arms, a hugo ellow with baie feet and coperas breeches, lamed George Washington Scoggins, presut. The gallant Ken tuck iau 'did'ut want safer bet.' The stake was $25 on each sido ud would have been any higher amount lie Trickeaiitcs could have borrowed.? 'hey piled all they had or could get. The ;round was measured in the flat on the Anicrson road above Judge Wardlatr's. At he signal Scoggins struck on his hands torn a leap ten feet in front, threw out his egs (frog fashion) and gave a squall from rhicli Myer's charger, ridden by himself, an back, and before spurs could Bring him gaiu to the starting point tho stakes wcro ton by the man-pacer passing out. The Ccntuckian threw up his hat declaring he lad never won a race that afforded him half he satisfaction as loosing that, and asked eavc to add to it a gallon of peach brandy. Ic said Abbeville was renowned for her hilhoun and other great men, and now he ould add his personal testimony to its jusico and truth. It was said by him that lie hired Scogri11?i litul Inrilr liim In IMnnftnl.l ?.wl ?.n? > ??~~ "Xj,vuv;u """ iack with him double his loss iu Abbeville. ?Abbeville Press aud Banner. Had a Right to Laugii.?There is a egend affirmimg that one day nearly a hunIrcd years ago, the snow was seven feet deep >n the streets of Detroit. On that day not womau was soen down town, but next day, then the snow had settled a foot or so, they rcrc abroad as usual. They were out wadng through theslush and jumping the pools, nd one of them fell "kcrsplash !" as sho lassed the soldiers' monument. A man landing thirty feet away bogan laughing iproariously. lie got red iu the faco, tears amc to his eyes, and his hut fell off as he lughed and cried out: "Went right down like u bag of sand? lush a foot deep?starched up to kill?nevr saw anybody look so cheap?oh ho ! ho ! to ! "You arc no gentleman, sir !" remarked , man who had witnessed the mishap. ' Can't help that?ha ! ha ! ha ! bo !" aughed the other, bonding almost double. "You haven't the first instincts of a gen- Ionian, sir," continued the other, growing cry uiad. "I know it, but ho ! ho! ho ! screamed he othor. "I know just how she felt as ho went down carrying all that style, and ?ha ! ha! ha !" "I don't see anything so very funny in it," rowled the other. "No, you don't, but I -!" And he hung to tho lainp-post and aughod til) his legs weakened. When he aid rocovered his breath he explaioed to he crowd "It waa my jrife, tou.sec.? 5ho probably wanted a pair or a1RK"8lrings r two cents' worth of silk twist, and it took icr three hours to curl and twist, and powIcr and to fix up to cntne down hero and ra te around Then to fall fiat with nil icr l?^ft duds on, and to he helped up by a ig-buycr, and to henr the boys yoll out, rhy, it just takes nil the?ho ! ho ! bo ! nuscle right hf ! ha ! bout of me.