S4B0W ^orliqiillnri;, jpomqati^ ^^IW^jyij^^raturti, floUtiiiis, and to $Uirm.l $Iim tfaM..9*k - v - ? iMffifr. j-a ' '^^.'V'- 1 ' '' ? . . 1 =Tr^= jj^|jgislj?^^ UNION C. H., SOUTH CARINA, APRIL 20, 1877. NUMBER 15. ^*a>'i,,e!???i -11 " l LETTER PROM HON. D. WTATT AlKEH. , Ookksuury, S. C., April 9,1377. , Messrs. Hoyt dk Co., Anderton, S C. < Gentlemen?Your note of the 6th iust. t was rooeived Saturday afternoon, and as re- j quested I reply at once. < You write mo thus: Give us for publioa ] tion your views as to President Hayes' | Southern policy; whether it is propor that ( Democrats should soek or accept office at his \ hands, and what will probably bo the result { upon tho destiny of tho two Natioual parties from this cbaugj in policy by tho lie- ( publics* party ?" f At present it is difficult to define Presi- ( dent llaycs' Southern policy, but as the latter portion of your inquiry implies that, by consent of party, he will assumo a conciliatory policy towards the South,' I think we, should unhesitatingly accent every Perietal - *-*?appolrrtmynx~~prf> no nort.ipori ship in the office of post master, or mail ^ gent, or any other strictly National appoint- ? meot.1 If in accepting an appointment a South- v erner (Dem.) wero required to compromise 3 in any way his political creed, of courso ho c should reject the proffered position. For 1 this reason I regretted to see a Southern 1 man, regarded as a Southern Democrat, go I into the Cabinet. Not that he would com- 1 promise the South, but because he would of ( necessity be a mere figure-head, or become ' identified with the Administration in party ' feeling* The Cabinet are the President's ' counsellors, and should be in sympathy with 1 him in all his political views. His South- ( enMqppointfis Me agents paid for doing ser- ( vice to our common country, unbiased by ( party ezaotions, and in the case of Demo- * oratio appointees uturwerved by party affili- 1 ation. t I believe President Hayes received his ? offico through fraud, but I am far from be- 1 lieving that he is himself a fraud. And ( what effect his policy (which seems to fore- ' shadow that of the wrong man in tho right * place) may havo upon tho two rational par- J ties, I am unable to foreseo. Should .it ! ? shatter bdth of them throo gho*kho NotfrJ j Uwould be a God-sond.to the South. ' r^^^^^^eraWy corrupt and anti-Sonthcru to the core. 1 True, we have hosts of friends at tho North, * but we^have uisro enemies, and as many of ' Ail.hnr ?nn h? found mnnniT t.hn P?mi?nrntn 1 as among the Republicans. None of them 1 beliovc that we have accepted in good faith 1 the Aujeudmcnts to the'Constitution, and 1 " ? - they have a mistrust as to our loyalty to the UhiODt which oau never be obliterated but i by time. I havo ever found more congeniality amongst Northern Republicans than with Northern Democrats, and I believe an average representative of the Republican party Irorth is moro nearly akin in feelings, sontiment and thought to a Southern Democrat , than a similar representative Northern Democrat. Carpet-baggers, scallawags and negro politicians belong to neither party by any kind of political right. *tt|ly are mere barnacles that havo befouled the Republican party. Once rubbed off, they will sink in . the slough of: contempt, to be forgotten,but not forgiven. No honest man, unless totally ignorant (aa most Northern men are) of Southern affairs, can for a moment believe that, upon rtfr principle, Mr. Hayes can maintain himself v> ** office and recognize the Nicholls government in Louisiana. The very same fraud ^ iha} pissed him iu the Presidential chair would install Packard Governor. And yet we know that the very political existence of that State depends upon the installation of General Nicholls as Governor. Sooner or lator Mr. Hayes must see this, and most inevitably recognize the Nioholls government. When this is done, the South will be a political unit. If, then, the Southern ; . Stales so legislate as to convinoe the colored population that the laws recogniser no din-, tiuction on aoconnt of color or race, ?h ere will, in uiy judgment, be a political revojLt lution throughout the North in less than four years as potent for good to the South as was that between 1861 and 1865 for evil 'f to our distressed oountry. Not that there will be war again?far from it; for the reoent presidential election proved that Northern Democrats will not fight Northern Republicans, however willing either party might be to fight Southerners. But in that event parties at the North will be so divided, and so olumorous for Southern patronage, that the South need only stand firm aud united, and she will I hold a balance of power that will be effective in restoring this Government to its wonted purity, and the people to prosperity. Prior to the war the leaders at the North, KnlK nivil init militnrv. warn Damnnrntia I and every Ctpfoderate soldier knows that the Southernarmies met no reverses untth the ranks of the Federal army were recrmt4^ ed with Democrats. Floating upon tfie tide of military snooess the Demooratio ahd^ Republican leaders embraced eaeh other, abandoned the distinctive principle sof their former parties, and amalgamating elements from both producod a party whose shibboleth was "dowu with Southern lteb," "up with the niggor," and "hurrah for tho best Government the world over saw." Crush out these ideas, and the identity of the par tiea North, are, in my opinion, destroyed ? There is no principle peculiarly Republi 3an or peculiarly Democratic iu the platform if oithcr party North to-day. But establish confidence betweeu the races at the South, ind at once a platform of principles will be promulgated by parties North, bidding for Southern co operation, and we will then iare the privilege of choosing the lesser evil, for I have no idea that, during this gcuera:ion any National party North will couscut X) a platform entirely acceptable to the South. Trusting that I have been at least suffijiently czplioit to show you exactly my petition upon tho inquiries you propound:d, I am, gentlemen, with much esteem, Your obedient servant, D. WYATT AIKEN. ON THE BIGHT TBACK. Wahhinotqm, Anril 7.?fyllnwimr mporiaoi SircuTar letter lias been addressed o tho United States District Attorneys by he Attorney-General to be sent ou Monlay: Sir: As I enter upon my official duties ! find that tho appropriation for thccxpcnes of the United States Courts for this iscal year is rapidly approaching exhaustion, ind that Congress denied all the applicaions that were made by my predecessor for in increased sum to bear these expenses. | he duty is thus forced upon tho officers of his Department to retrench all possible cxicnses. To a great extent tho attorneys of the Jnited States are responsible for the expends incurred, and naturally the call is made lpon them to stop all expenses that c^ mu propriety bo stopped. I urgo upon rou the exorcise of extreme caution and iconomy. There is dearly a full quarter of lie fiscal year still to run, during which ime expense*- nrest be kept to a miuimnfn joint. I hopo to have your hearty co-opo ation in the work. Your discretion and sconomy will be shown in the subpooniug of hose witnesses only who are important and lccessary to a case; in holding them only so ong as they nrc needed; in setting for trial lone but important cases; those which fthe jourse of justica and the interests of Govirnment absolutely require to be tried; in iismissing, by advico of the court, the pclitjuriosat an early day, and in urging lpon the grand juries but a short session ; elect very few cases for trial, those only best lupported by evidence, and in which all egal questions are likely to arise; the other ;asei should be allowed to lie over, the parses not being discharged. As far as lies in your power the trials befbrp tha United States Commissioners must aejfStched and their expenses curtailed.? lt %ero well if all such trial? were stopped the officials. I off 11 your attention the circular issued oq this head by my predecessor, and reiterating their injunctions. I idd that no money will bo furnished to^th# marshals to conduct tho business of the courts beyond tho amounts of which thoy were advised a mouth ago. Knowing this you will be forewarned in amplo time to avoid the contracting of expenses that cannot be paid. Charles Devens, Attorney General. . HAMPTON'S PHOTOGRAPH. Hampton, like the great Lee, is remarkable for tbe strength and perfect symmetry of the man, morally and physically. His speech, without ornament or effort, is exactly his thought. So simple and so truthful, that the honest man reads it as a child reads the smile of its mother. The man speaks, the whole man, heart, soul and miud speaks?speaks the truth, nothing but the truth, doubts itfl.Xhat is Hamp ton I'tbiMMpfefe *nd that was Washington Perhaps natural gift of Washing ton, or Lee,wf., Hampton can be properly called transcendent; but tho symmetry oi the whole man?tho simple beauty ami power of the perfect proportions combined is what oonstitutes this type of man. Likt the greatest inventions in machinery, it is sc simple that every mat^underatands it as soot as he sees it, and wonders he hadn't discov ered it longr-jgo 1 That is Hampton ! II< talks just like any common man, in a plain way, without any fancy flights, and so trut to the common apprehension, that the au dienoe say "of course, but why didu't wc seo it in that light long ago ?" r.. Jfr ht?**fcr been with the greatest uter of the ages. It is the power of troth which distinguishes the great man from tho char latan. Good, hard, common, horse senso and undaunted courago in thought, wore and action?in the discovery of truth in th< utterance of tho truth, and in tho cxecutioi of his purposes according to truth?distin guishes Wade Hampton from his opponouti in this great crisis. ltoad his speech I So simple that n chil< can understand it; so courteous that th President must foci its power; so kind am just, that tho colored man accepts it; so tru that the arch fiend himself can neither den or resist it; so plain and practicable thn tho young men of the country will bow i acquiescence.to its wise counsel.? Greenvih Neiot. - ; Ridiculs.?Remember thatftho latent ( turning people to ridiculo, and exposing t laughter those one converses with) is tli yyjauQcatioa of amall minds and ungenerou ] tampers. A yOung person with thisfast < I mind outs himself otrfrom all manner ( [W*?mcnt. 80 said Addison, long ag< and H U as true to-day as ever. Ool. Richard Rankin, of Qaston Count N. C , felled a water oak on his place, c Stanley Creek, from whioh he made 6,5(1 shingles, 150 rails, 50 loads of wood, an there still remains about tweuty feet of tl huge trunk lying whero The sfutr measured four feet nino iu^^o diainetc and the "rings" marked about 160 yeai growth. M TERRIBLE H0L0CAU8T. M DETAILS OF A FEARFUL CONFLAGRATION, th St. Louis, April 11.?Tho Southern I,11 Hotel was burned at 2 o'clock this morning, jjj! Appalling loss of life, which was at first ^ supposed to bo 200, but is now reduced In , 50. Many wero killod jumping from the 01 third, fourth aud fifth story windows. I^ate . (Jlaxton, the actress, who so narrowly es- , caped from the Brooklyu horror, brokouoth legs jumping from the third story. The fire originated in the upper stories. The . windows in the upper stories were crowded !n* with shrieking men and women, whom it n' seemed impossible to save. A few were rescued by 'adders placed on Fourth street Q' portico, but ou the other three sides of the building, bounded by Fifth, Walnut" a^d4i in,., ni. ^?t7~rr^ .uuu'ji.iorrme-eavy | of reaching the windows-. Mr. Peter Blow? ul sou of the former Minister to Brazil, was sleeping iu his room on the sixth floor, aud . succeeded, after strenuous exertions, in cs- ni< oaping with his life and a broken arm.? ^ The building was six stories iu height, and J1'1 Mr. Blow thinks that tho majority of in- ! mates of the two upper stories of the build- J!1' ing must have perished. Two men uure- !*cs Cognised were killed by jumping from the j I third story windows, and a third one was j8U badly mangled- Jbivo women were rescued from the sixth story 011 the Fourth street r ' side by the heroic efforts of firemen, who, } . after asccuding the patent ladders, succeed- j*al ed in getting a rope to tho half suffocated . crcatutcs. *ni It is supposed from forty to fifty were burned to death directly, or first suffocated. The fire originated in the storo room in the basement. It first cauie through the ground an floor, uorth of the office, ascended the wt elevators and rotlinda and spread over the 00 sixth story, occupied by employees, mostly women. The smekc was so dense in some j 1 of tho halls that the gas jots were extinguishod, which rendered cgrees, cv^n to ?11 those most familiar with the builijmg, a matter of great difficulty. The density ol the smoke in the halls drove many guests and boarders back 1n their rooms, ibid they rushed to windows as a moans of ^c:.pe.?^j P? Ladders wore raised as soon as posablo, auu the women and children, with noting but^ their night clothes on, wero thus t^ken from Wi the burning building. Some,f?lnted from fc fright, and others sank exhausted to the ground from nervous prostration. The lad- ?. ders generally were too shorrto reach to the 1 fifth and sixth stories, but by hoisting some of theui ou the one-story balcony im" theeast side aud tho two-Btory balcony on the ~ uorth side of tho building, these, floors were reached, and all thoso at the windows were ,UI vfn g many lives While this wuUt was going on, sornp frightful scenes occurred. Onu m?n who had been occupy- ? ing a wiudow on Walnut street, iu fronuof ^ i iuu iiuw. uuuuuimg ucapuruiu at huuiu- uiu i delay a Effecting his escape, with nervous ? I 'hands he /roui his bed into) ^ etirps, tied thera together fastening this iuiproviscd rope to the window sill, and disrc- " garding the fact that it did not reach uiorc , than twenty feet, ho let himself down hand* over hand. Those below, who saw his po-jM sition, turned away their faces to avoid wit-S ncssing the sickening event that was ii>ev- J itable. Finally he reached the end of the f rope, and then, for tho first tiuic, beseemed to roalizc his position, lie stopped, threw ? his head baek, revealing a gustly lace, and j swuug slowly to and fro, swayed by the 1 breeze which the roariug flames above ereated. llis limbs swung arouud convulsive- J Iv, as though to catch upon something; then 1 L he let go, aud groans went up from hundreds us he whirled round and round and " finally struck on the stone flagging with a ^ sickening thud. He was carried to a saloon, across the street and died in a few minutes. v r Two other men jumped from the fourth bto- '? . ry window?ono ot whom seemed not tube i dangerously hurt. ^ Later.?The tro engiucs are still play- j . iBg on the fire. * A force has bceu orgun> ized to search for the dead bodies, and sevc- * , ral bodies have been taken from the ruins ?-j . in a more or less burned condition, but have f 3 not yet been identified. Also, several dead j , bodies are at tho morguo awaiting idcutifi- , > cation. Mrs. Moran, a servant, was killed , . by jumping from a window. George . j l'runk G?ojyiLlrand Secretary of the Grand J Lodge 0 the roar side of the house. Kato Claxton, id the actress had another escape, but was ucis injured. Among the known saved was H. ip Krotz, of Texas. Dr. Oorlaet, the Gerii, man Consul, jumped from a window ami a' broko a leg. His wife was unhurt. Chas. Tocnan lost bis life while attempting to -L-AJm-j ? -iiiii.J -i . - ve oti crs. Philip Gerald, a boarder at e hot< , was brought out alive, but cnely bt eft of rcasou. At a quarter-past or abted in the affair, and thousands of poOuds _ vc been wagered by all classes on the reIt. At the start Weston was the favorite at a to 1, but after the first 48 hours walking, f e odds fell slightly, O'Leary having ob- s ined a lead of 15 miles. In the first, -18 urs Westou covered 170 miles, Beveu iles more than in his contest with O'Leary America, aud O'Leary covered 29G miles, ating hif record in America by six miles, a Wednesday O'Leary covered 98.miles d Wfcston 90. In 72 hours Weston had ilked 32 miles further than he did in his ntest in America, while O'Leary had beaa his previous performance by 23 miles, a Thursday, the terrific pace O'Leary had pt, told against hiui, and betting advanced i ^Kre6ton. Odds of 100 to 70 pounds ing offered in his favor. O'Leary now bcn to complain of dizziness and finally left e track for several hours Thus eucouragcd Weston increased his ice and was soon on even terms with a doItM lead and was several miles ahead.? fter the first 84 hours walking, Weston is eight miles ahead, but O'Leary, who bad covered, started in and did such fast walkg that ho was greeted with tremendous icers. Ou the fourth day Weston covered 3 miles to 7G for O'Leary; in the 9fi hours 'Lcary had completed 370 miles and Wcsn 373. Weston had beaten bis record itli O'Leary in America by C9 miles, while 'Lcary bad boat*a iaa,owflr jRSCord by 20 iles. HVVIIIV?VV? M H iUIUIVOl^V u.u.v.twv.^ u encouraged bj the presence rjMMvlftof spectators, O'Leary cxcrsd him|c!f to cut down Weston's lead, and y Friday morning had accomplished a total t'410 miles, Weston being then 17 miles ehind, having stopped to rest at 390 miles, ill day yesterday the rush into Agricultuil Hall was tremendous. O'Leary still ept ahead, receiving the encouraging plauits of the assembled crowd. At 5 I'. M. Friday the score stood, O'Leary -127 miles, teton-ill miles. Brhe betting was now even. Both men fipt up a terrific pace, though Weston took Rigerrcsts than his opponent. Weston dly accomplished 6G miles Friday, making is total for the five days 439 miles, beating is five days American record 39 miles.? I'Leary covered 83 miles, giving him a toil of 453 miles, and beatiug his record for ve days in America by 33 miles. To-day he ball was packed with a surging throng n3 cheering was incessant. Both contesants struggle# gamely, and Weston spurted rcqueutly to ^vcreome his opponent's nduntugo. O'Wiry's backers were jubilant ltd offered loAodds on him, with no ta;crs. At 1 o'^ock, O'Loary had accouidished 492 mibs, and Weston 477 miles, luring the afternoon Weston rested two io irs aud a half and was almost exhausted. Vt 3 1'. M., 0%eary completed 500 miles, md was then 2^ miles ahead of Weston.? L'hc announcengknt of the completion of the ivc hundreth mile was greeted with denfenng cheers, and it was almost impossible to cstrain the excited crowd from rushing on lie track to greot and congratulate the plucky pfedestrian. This is the fastest walkng on rcoord. .?. A Line to Business Men.?Don't wait for business to wnko up, but wako it up. r\ ? 9a ~'a a.? ?:< p.. JL/OV1 t Ml uuwii iu Willi tur uumiiuw, uunc ncss-wUl'sit JoWu to wait for you. Do^'t wait for brisk times to advertise, for then you will not need the help of advertising. TJon't think your last year's advertising sufficient, for your customers may conclude you expired with the old year. Don't become disgusted with business or business may become disgusted with you. Don't think because you know where you do business, aud what you keep to sell, that all the world knows it as well. Ddn't go out to sco what your advertising neighbor is doing, for if you do you may conclude to spend a littlo money in advertising yourself. Dou't advertise, for if you do you might hawo to employ another clerk, and that wonld bo an additional expenso and an injury to tho community. - Curmn woe once addressing a jury,-when th^dge, wlo was thought to bo antagonist tie to ms client, intimated his dissent fram tho arguments advnnoed by a shako of bis head. "I see, gentlemen," said Curran, "I see the motion of hia lordship's head. Persons unacquainted with his lordship would bo apt to think this implied n difference of opinionj but be nssured, gentlemen, this is not the.ease. When you know his lordship as well ws I do, it will he unnecessary to tell , you that when he shakes his head there reali lw in niithinrr in it." I V O ? ' >' - V' *' ' $F<" TIME TO ME. Time to mc this truth hath taught, 'lis a truth that's worth revealing; More ofl'eml from want of thought, Than from any want of fccliug. If advice we would convej', 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 benutious flower decays, Though we tend it e'er so much : Something secret on it preys, Which no human aid can touch ! So, in many a loving breast, Lies some canker-grief concealed, That, if toitch'd is more oppressed, Left junto itself?is healed. Oft, unknowingly, the tongue? ''' nwh^s i?? i ? - IWW a wora, or Mrsom wrong, Pains the heart almost to breaking. Many a tear of wounded pride, Many a fault of human bliudncss, uau uecn soouicu, or uinica asiue, By a quiet voice of kindness ! Tinio to mc this truth hath taught, "l'is a truth that's worth revealing: More offend from want of thought, . Than from any want of feeling! A Vicious Fisii?Right whales frequent y find their way into the Bay of Fundy ,nd are there captured. The bay is also ; iivorite resort for the thrasher aud thi wordfish. L have heard old coasters sa* hat they had seen thrashers forty-five ant ifty feet long, moving with great velocity 01 he surface of the water, their heads raisct en and twelve feet above. Bay of Fundj ishcrmcu, in speaking of them, say they an he greatest of sea villuius. Twenty odt rears ago one of these sea monsters go taught 011 n snndbar, where lie was left b; he rapid falling of the tide in the Cumber and branch of the Bay of Fundy, and wa idled by the people on shore after an excil ng struggle, lie measured forty-six lee n length. As Capt. Nemo says, the hca s flat and serpent-like, the eyes almost red ivith ugly white circles over them. Indeed lothing could be more repulsive than th lead of this sea monster. The only othc >ea villain they are known to fraternize wit is the swordfish. Both are well known t old coasters aud fishermen as the dendl jnemy of the whale; and it is the conimu jeliof* that they hunt ir couples, and on find tig the whale make immediate war,' th swordfish attacking beneath and the thrashc m top. The common belief is that the thraslu lias a huge weapon, very like a sledge hgu mer, protruding from his mouth, with whic he administers 011 the whale's back tlioi terrible blows you can hear ten or tweh ov^?fooi?fng the Bay oFSfmdy, and witnesse tlirc'C of these terrible battles between whale and his enemies, the nwordfish ai: the thrasher. The swordfish did his dead work underneath, while, as Capt: Nemo say the thrasher coiled himself half over tl whale, and applied the blows with his poi dcrous tail. In the distance, however, tl tnrasncr seems 10 raise ana ici nis weapi fall very much as a blacksmith's helper hai dies his sledge. You could see the weapc rise and fall; you could hear the blows di tiuctly, although the distance was believe to be not less than ten miles from shore, ar you could also hear the whale bellow ar see him blow. On one of these occasioi the terrible"contest lasted nearly three houi the water in the vicinity being red wil blood. About every fifteen or twenty mi utes the whale would disappear in an aUeui to escape from his enemies; but they wou quickly pursue him and force him to tl surface, where the combat would be r ncwed. These two sea villains, the swordfish ai thrasher, invariably kill the whale win they get him iuto close quarters; and soon as the combat ceases, which can clearly seen by the whale's body fioatii: motionless, the thrasher will proceed to cle water, where, raising his serpcut-likc he in triumph, ten, twelve and fifteen feet abo the surface, ho will continue for fifteen a sometimes twenty minutes lashing the ? iuto a foam. Magpies.?A magpie was in the lia of hiding bits of food, not immediately w: ted, in sonic long grass at the bottom of row of iron hurdles. This hoard was discc cred, and often robbed, by a favorite tcrri One morning Mag was observed iu great i i i ..,i ?: tllCllli:!!!/, UUJI|>III? UIIU UlliUlVI 111^ lUVCMil ly, rapidly repeating every word in his cabularj at the dog, who was busily cngnp i in rifling the storehouse. In his sean however, he passed over a tuft of grass which a piece of beef was concealed; M was ut the spot in au instant, drew forth t treasure, and securely fixed it on the high bar of the hurdles, far above the dog's reai He then, at a little distance, began pluuii his feathers, chattering to himself witl very self-satisfied air, aud occasionally h ping bi'ck to take another look at his rec ered meat, evidently priding himself in skill. The conduce of this magpie is qi in keeping with the old adage of "S< thief to catch a thief." Ilis pilfering h its are notorious. lie is also a sad poa er. Not only the eggs but the young pheasants, partridges, and other game, destroyed by the magpie; nor are the flodged chickens'or ducklings of the fa yard sate from his mischievous attacks, captivity ho is very amusing, and notwi standing his thieving propensities, no < can contemplate his dark, arch eye, his quisitivencss, his familiarity, and hoar efforts at mimicry, without interest. T he is not wholly devoid of grateful feel the following anecdote shows : A favo magpie had been accustomed to rcc( dainty hits fro in the mouth of its mistr One day it perched as usual upon her sh< dcr, and insortod its beak between her 1 nc^ as it proved, to receive, but (as ono g lun> deserves another) the grateful 1 dropped an immense green fat ca'erpi into tho lady's mouth.?Lcmnc Hours. A PACING RACE. From 1830 to about 1848 there used to trade iu stock to South Carolina a Kentuckian named Wui. Myers, commonly, and by himself, called Bill Myers. During the last years of his tradiug he made Abbeville ouc of his points, lie was a jolly and rollicking fellow, and besides those looking to his coming for a fine horse or a pair of them, his arrival was hailed with joy by the 'boys,'for he was 'oneof them,' although iu his last visits he had reached over his fifty birthdays by several. (Ic was full of jokes and stories, telling them well and without, at all times, special regard to truth ; eo that lie secured the tit)e and auswered to it cf 'lying Bill 1 lof his first iutrod^- t 'dbfrf His first visit was in 1830 during tho height and excitement of uullificatiou. lie was at home a Henry Clay Whig, but iu South Caroliua abroad he was like St. Paul?'all things to all men' to advance his cause (to wit, selling fine stock.) lie supposed froui his reading that South Caroliuians were all Nulliiicrs and he came down to be for a season one of theui. He crossed over the SoliAla Gap and his first stoppage was at Hodges. whore ho found a crowd, and raising his hat | lie sang out, 'hurra for Nullification,' and the , first lie knew a huge fellow bawled 'hooray, .. l'or lien Perry and the Union.' and struck j liiui. He got out by 'explaining' from a i severe thrashing. He concluded he had got j the wrougcud of the story, and prepared to . correct himself at oucc. Going duwu into ^ Laurens he came upon a cross-roads storo j and grocery where he found a crowd nsscmt bled, and alighting nud walking in to the 'wet' and ho shouted raising his hat: 'hurra . for Henry Clay and the Union,' which s brought in front of hiui a fliuty little fellow muttering between his teeth, 'wlicc ray for ,t Jiui Yarby and uullifLntion and dang your j buttons,' and gavo him a dig under the I short ribs. Quite astonished again he asked j leave to make an explanation, which was g that lie 'was a Nullificr all over,' and which r he confirmed by a treat to all such. After j, these two lessous he never developed bis u political status until he bad sounded the y locality and then he fell in with the majority, jj looking well always to his personal safety. I_ Myers dealt only in the finest stock and his c customers were the aristocracy who always >r had opinious. He always had fine pacers and trotters, and to introduce theui be was >r neither averse nor afraid to stake a little on ij. them. About 1813 lie brought with others .jj a pacer for which lie asked S3U0 (aud I BC think sold liiiu for that to John Campbell Martini and challenged with him, lor a naec ?> JfWfstl Itl >(j Abbcviilo. "The challenge was accepted for . * a fifty yards by two nabobs and patrous of |(j the 'short turf' from upper Triekcui, one of ' was Eli Jenkins Davis, a prince of that ,s realm, with the privilege of substituting a ,1 pacer with two legs and two arms, a huge Q. follow with baic foot and coperas breeches, ,c named George Washington Scoggins, prcsm cut. The gallant Kentuckiau 'did'ut want n_ a safer bet.' The stake was 825 on each side and would have been any higher amount s. the Trickeniitcs could have borrowed.? They piled all they had or could get. The ground was measured in the flat on the AnK| dcrson road above Judge Wardlajv's. At ls the signal Scoggins struck on his hands .?. from a leap ten feet in front, threw out his legs (frog fashion) and gavo a squall from n. which Myer's charger, ridden by himself, pt ran back, and before spurs could bring hiui ](j again to the starting point the stakes were |10 won by the man-pacer passing out. The e. Kentuckiau threw up his hat declaring he had never won a race that afforded him half the satisfaction as loosing that, and asked uh leave to add to it a gallon of peach brandy. a3 lie said Abbeville was renowned for her be Calhoun and other great men, and now he ,(r could add his personal testiniouy to its jus,ar tice and truth. ad It was said by him that lie hired Scogve gins, and took him to Edgefield and won nd back with him double his loss in Abbeville. >ea ?Abbeville Press iiud Banner. bit Had a Right to Lauoii.?There is a ill- legend aiflrmimg that one day nearly a hun' .. droil vears .urn. the snow was seven feet deen )V- on the streets of Detroit. On that day not er> a womau was soeu down town, but next day, Bx. when the snow had settled a foot or so, they nt- were abroad as usual. They were out wadvo ing through the slush and jumping the pools, re(] ai,d one of them fell "kcrspjash !" as she ch, passed the soldiers' monument. A tnnu in standing thirty feet away began laughing ag uproariously. He got red iu the faco, tears die came to his eyes, nml his hut fell off as lie est laughed and cried out: ch. "Went right down like a bag of sand? n?r slush a foot deep?starched up to kill?nev|i a er saw anybody look 60 cheap?oh ho ! ho ! op- h?! ov- "You arc no gentleman, sir !" remarked his a man who had witnessed the mishap, lite "Can't help that?ha ! ha ! ha ! bo !" it a laughed the other, bonding almost double. ,rtb- "You haven't the first instincts of a gen ,ch- tlenian, sir," oontinucd the other, growing ; of very mad. ar? "I know it, but ho ! ho! ho ! screamed ?1i a nt linr <*T Lr nan ittat Iiav cKa fult na rD). she went down carrying all that style, and In I?ha! ha 1 ha 1" ith- "I don't sea anything so yery funny in it," one growled the other. "No, you don't, but I in- ?!" And he hung to tho lamp post and his laughed till his legs weakened. When he hal< Jud rocoyered his breath he explained to ing Ihe crowd J* "It was my j^ife, j^ojec.? rite 8he probably wanted a pair of snwnltrings :ive or two cents worth of silk twist, and it took ess. her three hours to curl and twist, t. ,d powduI dor and to fix up to come down here and ips, wa lo around. Then to fall fiat with all ood her best duds on, and to he helped up hy a :>ird rag-buyer, and to hear the boys yell out, illar why, it just takes all the?no ! Iio I ho ! muscle right hf ! ha ! bout of me.