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13 l'UKl'AHKLUTO UO ALI. KIKDSQF
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execution of titjs qHAPEL hill bur '
?lars.
Hillsboro, JN. C, May 16.?The
Chapel "Hill burglars, Henry A. Da
vis and Henry F. Andrews, white,
and Lewis Carl ton, colored, were
hung' here to-day, according to sen
tence. At half past 12 o'clock the
criminals, ^eate,d in a vehicle and
'jauarded by' the Orange Guards, in
~ft.li force, left the jail and wero con
ducted to the gallows, located on the
commons in the west end of the town.
There was a crowd of at least ten
thousand person present. At ten
minuteB past one the criminals as
cended the scaffold, accompanied by
the Rev. Mr. Wheeler, and' also, by a
sister of Andrews, who sat by his
Bide till the black cap was drawn
orer bis face. T,he liris?nera were
all composed. .Each made a state
ment, both verbally and in writing,
denying the crime charged to them.
All professed deep penitence.
After their statement, the Rev. Mr.
Dixon followed in a .few Very elo
quent remarks, interrupted, however,
by the crashing of thunder and the
noise of the heavy rain which prevail
ed through nearly the whole scene.
Then Mr. Wheeler offered up a fer
vent prayer, and a liymn was sung,1
in which Carlton joined heartily, the
others not singing. Farewells were
permitted and very many were passed
through the lines for a last hand
shake.
At fifteen minutes past two the drop
fell, Andrews swinging clear, but the
ropes of the other two were too long
and their feet touched the ground, so
they had to be lifted until the ropes
were shortened. No neck was broken,
and they died by strangulation. In
twelve minutes Andrews was pro
nounced dead, Carlton in fourteen
minutes, and Davis in fifteen minutes.
Their bodies were delivered to their
friends and taken home fcr interment.
nisTony of the case.
The crime for which these men suf
ferd the extreme penalty of the law,
. was committed in July of last year.
For several months previous, the vil
lage and vicinity of Chapel Hill had
been kept in a state of terror by at
tempts at burglary, and worse still,
by evident attempts at the violation
of respectable females. Rooms had
been entered at night and females
seized, but alarm was given before
the atrocious purpose was consum
mated. But the terror was extreme,
for no one felt safe; for no one could
?x suspicion upon any guilty party.
Some time during the month of
July, as before mentioned, the house
of Mrs. Hendon, a highly respectable
widow'lady, living in the eastern part
of the village, with her two daughters,
was entered, soon after midnight,
with a view of robbery. Mrr. II. had,
a few days previous, received by ex
press a package of money from Ala
bama, where most of her property is
invested. Doubtless it was a well
known circumstance : and hence the
I . :
determination to gain possession of
it. pne or more of the burglars', af
ter making an entry of"the jiouse, pro
ceeded to Mrs. H.'s room. She was
awake, and when they entered the
room, she rushed to the wincj?w to
endeavor to give an alarm. To si
lence her she was struck on die head
with an axe and severely cut and"
otherwise injured. One of her daugh
ters and a servant gave the alarm.
t)r. Mallet, who lives nearly opposite,
promptly responded, and the miscre
ants fled. Mrs. Hendon was found,
bleeding and senseless, upon the
floor.
Most active efforts were at once
put on foot to ferret out the crime.
Two young negro men, living on the
premises, were arrested, but dis
charged, as there was not sufficient
evidence to detain them; and for
some time the diabolical crime was
wrapped in mystery, the excited peo
ple, meanwhile, being lashed almost
to frenzy. At length, one night ear
ly in August, tho house of Rev. G.
W. Purefoy, living a mile from the
village, was entered with tho purpose
? to rob; but the purpose was frustra
ted, but not before a glimpse of one
of the parties was caught, sufficient
to identify him, and next day, Albeit
Atwater, a young negro man, was ar
rested, charged with the crime. Upon
his examination, finding the proof
conclusive against him, it appears
that he made a proposition that if his
life was secured to him, as State's
evidence, he could unfold much of
tho mystery which had enveloped tho
long scries of hidden crime. Upon
this assurance he told of the Hendou
outrage and implicated H. Alphouso
Davis and Henry Andrews, two
young white men of respootablo pa
rentage and connection, and Lewis
Carlton, a colored man about thirty
years of age, as his accomplices.
They were all arrested and examined
before a magistrate, and the evidence
was deemed sufficient to justify their
committal without bail to Orange
County jail.
They had .their trial before Judge
Kcrr at the faH term of the court, the
trial consuming four days of the term.
They were well defended, aud as ably
prosecuted, and on Saturday even
ing of the court the jury took the case,
and in a very few minutes rcturnod
with a verdict of guilty, as charged
in the bill of indictment. Mr. C. E.
Parrish, of counsel for defence, mov
ed in arrest of judgment, that after
the jury had retired, it had come to
his knowledge that ouo of the jury
was an infidel. Tho judge overruled
the motion, whereupon an appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court. The
case was heard in January, the ,judg
ment of the court .below was affirmed,
and at the spring term of Orange Su
perior Court they were sentenced to
be (hanged on the 2d day of May. A
respite was subsequently granted un
til yesterday, when they suffered the
penalty of a violated law, as above
set forth.?Charlotte Observer.
Driven Mad ,'oy His Wife's Infideliry.
A terrible tragedy is reported from
New York, as the outgrowth of a
wife's affections being alienated from
her husband, causing frequent quar
rells between the couple.'nnd finally
the murder of one of their children
and the death of the father by by his
own crazy act. For a year or two
past a Frenchman named Deffarge,
who had a fair business as a druggist,
has been jealous of the attentions his
wife received from other men, and
frequently expostulated with her, but
in vain. Recently their relations have
been so unpleasant that he concluded
to take bis abode apart, leaving their
two children with the mother. On
the day of the crime he visited his
former home, appearing quite cheer
ful, and there was nothing unusual
about his manner. He asked the ser
vant to go up-stairs and bring down
the little girl, and she complied. He
sealed himself in a chair and received
the child in a most affectionate man
ner, fondling and kissing her. He
told the servant to return up stairs
and bring down his little boy. She
dressed the child and brought
him down, when he was received by
the father with marks of affection.
Once again Deffarge requested the
servant to go up-stairs this time to
tell his wife that be wanted very much
to see her. His wife was in bed, and
said she did not want to get up then,
and, moreover, would not see him
anyway. After about fifteen minutes
the servant returned down stairs
with this message, aud was horrified
to find the father and his two chil
dren stretched out on the floor of the
kitchen, the children in convulsions
and foaming at the mouth and Def
farge dead. One of tho children was
saved by means of an emetic, but the
other little innocent died in great
agony.
Cotton.
Says a correspondent of the Rich
mond State: Tho South has just
marketed the largest and cheapest
cotton crop ever made in that sec
tion, and just as Western grain is
driving every other grain out of the
markets of the wottid, so will South
ern cotton drive every other kind of
cotton in time out of the same market,
and in a little while longer we shall
hear of Southern beet root sugar and
in a little while longer of Southern
wine shutting out from tho American
markets all other kinds of sugar and
wine. It is a mere question, all this,
of hands to till the soil of that favor
ed region and of skill to turn its
bounties to acconnt.
New York's "Business Men's So
ciety for tho Encouragement of Mod
eration," proposes tho following four
pledges to its members, any or all of
which they may take: First, to re
form all intoxicating drinks for
twclvo months ; second, not to drink
during businoss hours ; third, not to
ask any other person to drink, or,
in other words, not to "treat;" and
fourth, not to drink anything stronger
than wine or beer.
A Mysterious Spring.
In the summer of 1838 tho Third
United States Artillery, coniunmded
by Colonel Gates, was encamped at
the foot of tho Missionary Ridge, on
gaged in the removal of tho Cherokee
Indians. One day the colonel order
ed out a fatigue party to clean.the
spring, a l^cautiful fountain at the
foot of ,tbe Ridge. Shortly after, the
sergeant reported to the headquarters
that his men were all drunk. Says
the Colonel: "You shou'd not have
let the men drink whiskey." "I did
not," replied the sergoant' "they
drank nothing but the water from the
spring." Tho sergeant and the men
were ordered into tho guard-house a
new detail sent' out, a lieutenant
placed in command with orders to
not let the men have access to any
spirits. Not long after, the lieuten
ant reported the men all drunk. The
men were ordered to tho guard-house
and the lieutenant under arrest. An
other party was ordered out, of which
Colonel Gates himself took command.
He took a seat on a slump so he
could overlook the whole ground, de
termined there should be no getting
drunk this time. But behold in a
short time his men were all drunk.
Ho was certain thoy had drank noth
ing but water which they frequently
did, getting down on their knees and
driuking from the branch just below
the spring. Tho Colonel was at his
wit's end. The men were ordered to
the guard house, and he repaired to
his tent to think. After weighing
the matter pro and con he had. to
give it up, and repairing to the guard
house he told tho men if they would
show him how it wob done he would re
lease them, otherwise he would punish
them severely. To this they agreed and
taking him to tho spring, just below
the spring in the branch they unearth
ed a'five gallon jug partly Dlled with
whiskey. Tho mouth of which was
stopped with a cork, in which was in
serted a quill that reached to the bot
tom. jy*ben buried in the sand the
top of tho quill was just above the
sjurfaco of the water, and when they
wanted to drink they stooped down,
inserted the quill in their mouths and
while apparently drinking pure wa.er
were drinking pure whiskey, and the
Colonel sitting on the stump in plain
view none the wiser for it.
Ingenious Teaoher.
A Massachusetts teacher writes de
scribing an experiment in the school
room which seems to be successful.
Instead of facing hia pupils bp. has
his desk behind them, and thus over
looks them to great advantage. The.
naughty little ones not knowing when
his eye is on tbem? dare not whisper
and play. ""They have," he says,
"so frequently come to grief in at
tempting to calculate chances, that
they have concluded to make a virtue
of necessity, and give up play in the
school-room as unprofitable, costing
more than it comes to." Another
decided advantage of this system is
that it completely isolates classes re
citing from tho rest of the school; the
the recitation benches being in front
of the teacher's desk, between him
and the school, and the backs of the
pupils toward each other, communi
cation by look or signs is out of tho
question. Tho only special rule
made is that pupil3 shall not look
around.
Next.
Miss Bass, of Lebanon, has a tur
key gobbler just a little ahead of any
thing in the turkey lino in history or
tradition. Last week tho turkey was
a gobler in all the pride of his gobbler
hood ; now he is a turkey hen, and as
a proof his change of sex laid three
eggs on the day succeeding this mon
strous metamorphorsis. This talc
will seem almost' incredible, but the
owner has the eggs to show for them
selves. How can such an unheard of,
change bo accounted for? What do
the scienisls say? And what's to be
come of us when turkey gobblers
turn against their own sex in this
way and settle dowu into laying
hens? Qb, it is n\vfu!.? Abbeville
Medium.
It is the Boston Transcript which
tells this story of a moon-eyed leper :
It was sug gested to a "heathen Chin
ese", the other day that the papers
said that there was an opening
for his race in tho South. Ho an
swered, "Papers tells belly muchce
big Btolee. Chinaman go whero he
dam please. Washington boss say
so. No likoo inocsin snake. No
likec al gntol." |
KILLED THEMSELVES.
?o
AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN WHO HAVE
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Tho Chicago Tribune says : Rid
dle's suicide is simply the last of a
list which begins with the foundation
of the government. His is similar,
,in .sqrne respects, to that of James
Blair, a Representative from South
Carolina, in the Twentyrflrst, Twen
ty-second and Twonty,yi|rd Congress
es. During the.first .session of \ha
Twenty-third .Congress, ,BJnir amend
ed the Washington Theatre qpe.night,
and, boing displeased with the actors^
fired a loaded pistol at them, (p,r
which he was arrested and fined $5.
Physicians lostificd that ho was under
tho influence of brandy and opium,
tnken to alleviate pain from chronic
rheumatism. Three weeks afterward,
April 1, 1834, he blew out bis brains
with a pistol at his boarding house,
on Capital Hill.
Similar in many points of the case,
was that of Felix G. McConuell, a
Representative from Alabama, in tho
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth
Congresses, who committed suicide in
a fit of delirium, in the St. .Cbarles
Hotel, Washington, by stabbing him
self in the abdomen and then cutting
his throat, September 0,0, 1846.
Elijah Ilisc, a Representative ,in
the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Con
gresses, committed 6uicido at Russoll
ville, May 8, 187G. Hiso was the
Democratic candidate for Lieutcnant
Governor of Kentucky in 1836, but
was defeated ; was Charge .d'Affaires
at Guatemala from March 81, 1848,
to June 30, 1849 ; was Presidential
Elector on the Buchanan and Breck
enridge ticket in 1856, and served in
Congress from December 3^ 1866, to
March 3, 1869.
John Whi'.e is to i>e added to the
list. He was born in 1805 ; received
an academic education ; studied law ;
was admitted to the bar, and prac
ticed at Richmond, Ky.; was elected
a Representative from Kentucky in
the Twenty-fourth Congress, as a
Whig, without opposition.!, ?nd wa9
successfully re-elected to the Twenty*
fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twentyrseventh
and Twenty-eighth Congresses with
out opposition, serving from Decem
ber 7, 1835, to March 3, 1845 ; was
Speaker of tho House during the
Twenty-seventh Congress ; was Judge
of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of
Kentucky ; committed suicide at Rich
mond, Kentucky, September 22,
1845.
James G. Wilson, United States
Cnn*\tor fron? J^Tc^v ?Jerseyj iVo*.ii I*Ct
cembcr 4, 1815, to 1821, was severe
ly injured in 1832, by imagining in
a fit of delirium that his house was
on fire and throwing himself from a
second-story window. He had been
editor of the True American ; clerk
for many years of the State House of
Representatives; was appointed by
President Monroe postmaster .at
Trenton, and at tfio tjmo pf his fit .of
delirium was a member of the State
House.
William Ramsey, of Pennsylvania,
is another Congressman who died by
his own hand. Born in 1810 lie was
uttached to the American Legation
at London, under M/mp^cr Steven
son ; was elected a Represpntative
from Pennsylvania in the "Twenty
sixth Congress as a Van Buren pem
ocrat, serving from December 2,
1839, to October 7, 1840, and re
elected to tho Twenty-seventh Con
gress. A few weeks after ho com
mitted suicide at Barnum's Hotel,
Baltimore, by shooting himself in tho
right eye.
John Ewing, of Indiana, was found
dead in his room at Vinccnnes, Indi
ana, in December, 1857. Ho had
been Representative iu tbe Twenty
third end Twenty-fifth Congresses,
serving until 1839, and had served in
tho State Senate. On his tablo was
found the following epitaph, appa
rently just written by himself:
"Here lies a man who loved his friends,
ills God, his country and Yiucenucs.*'
A mournful and tragic suicide was
that of Alfred P. White, of Ohio.
White had been a. member, of the
Twenty-eighth Congress, and State
Treasurer, appointed to. fill n vacan
cy canned by tho removal of Treasu,
rer Gibbs, for fraud. In 1862, he
was appointed by Secretary Chase,
I Collector Internal Revenue for the
Columbus district, was subsequently
detected in contraband cotton'specu
lations, was found to bo a defaulter,
and committed suicido by taking poi
son on tho grave of his two children,
at Columbus, Ohio, August 1, 1865.
James Henry Lane, twico United
States Senator from Kansas, serving
up to 1SGG, committed suicide by
shooting bimself near Fort Leaven
worth, at the end of his term of office.
James S. Johnson,, .Representative
from Kentucky in tljo Thirty-first
Congress, committed suicide, while
suffering under mental depression
caused by ill-health, at Owensboro,
Ky., Feb. 12, 1873.
Jho Seven Wise,M^n.
Most people have heard of the
"Seven Wise Men of Greece," but
veiy few know who they were or how
they came to be.called so. Here is
the st.pry, and t|je .moral of it is
worth remembering, if their names
are not; the seven wise men of
Greece are supposed to have lived in
tho fifth century before Qhijint. ?bqjr
names are Fittacus, Bias, Solon,
Thaies, Chilon, Cleobulus nnd Per
iander. The reason of their being
called wise is given differently by
various writers ; but the most approv
ed accounts slate that as some Coans
were fiobing, certain strangers from
Melitus bought whatever should bo in
the nets without seeing it. When
the nets were brought in they were
found to contain n golden .tripod'
which Helen, as sb,e sailed from Troy
is supposed to have .thrown there.
A dispute arose among the fishermen
and the strangers as to whom it be
longed, and, as th.ey.qpu.ld not agree,
,tUey .t,pok.it to Vhu temple of Appolo
and consulted the priestess as to what
should be done with it. She said it
must be given to the wisest man in
Greece, and it was accordingly sent
to Bias, he declared that Thales was
wiser, and sent it to him; Thales
sent it to another one, and so on, un
til it had passed through the hands
of all the men, distinguished after
wards as tho 'Seven Wise Men,"
nnd as each one claimed that the
other was wiser than he, it was final
ly sent to the temple of Appolo,
where it Jang remained to teach the
lesson that the wisest are the most
distrustful of their wisdom.
Whipping Post.
While editors and correspondents
are wasting words in discussing the
question of the expediency of bring
ing back the whipping post for the
benefit of law-breakers, a Justice of
Aiken County lias solved it by prac
tical work. Wfien offenders under
twenty-one years of age are up be
fore him for stealing, he investigates
t,he case in the presence of the rogues'
.parents, and if guilty explains the
law and punishment to them and
gives them tji? .cln^ce of the law or
the privileges of giving the son tbJr
ty-nine lashes in the usual legal way,
or the way that was usual in days
past. The parents almost invariably
choose the latter mode of settlement
and thrash the young scamp soundly.
The result of this method, is that
whereas formerly this class of male
factors monopolized tho Courts, now
one is seldom arraigned, and petty
stealing has almost entirely ceased
jn lb**1 town nnd yicinity.?Aijceu
Courier-Journal.
Hold Him Back.
Baltimore Gazette soys; Some
thing should be done to compel
Grant to slacken his movements. He
\a circumnavigating the globe too
fast. He is now in China, and there
is nothing between him and the
California const, but the insignificant
island of Japan. He is ut least four
months ahead of schedule time, aud
unless something is dqnc to check
him he will he nt home, before the
politicians who h:\va the "boom" in
charge are ready for bim. Boric is
said to bo homo sick, and it is his
uneasiness which is said to be hurry
ing up Ulysses. The General might
bo packed in ice at Hong Kang to
await the arrival of the swift-sailing
man-of-war Richmond. If he gets
on hoard the Richmond he will have
time to pickle himself.
A White Wild Turkey.
One of our young friends, the Nim
rod of this section of the county, kill
ed, a wild turkey gobbler sometime
since that was remarkable for the
cotov pf, his plumage, being perfectly
white, with, the exception of a black
streak across the outer edge of the
tail. He weighed, pyer twenty-seven
pounds. 'The gentleman in question
first saw this feathery monach sever
al years ago, but has never been able
to get a shot at him until during the
past season, when he succeeded in
bagging mm.?Cajnden Journal.
A Book Agent Explains.
After Mr. Moody's meeting at,the
Maryland Institute, Baltimore, *a
brief inquiry class was held, and
many persons who remained were in
structed in tbe great truths of relig- .
ion. Among those present were sev
eral young men whose object was
other than that of seeking salvation,
in fact, they waited for tho ball to be
cleared that they might lay the track
,fqr the telegraph boys' walking con
test. This, however, was not known
to the gentle Christian helpers, and
one of them, a young lady decidedly
prepossessing, approaching a group
of tbe degenerate worldlings, singled
out one of their number and asked
him if he was a Christian. ??Well,"
said he, "I don't know that I ami"
The young lady was a trifle shock
ed, but layip;.a .dainty hand upon
the coat-sleeve qf the.unregenerated,
she looked him in the face, and,
smil\ug .beayep like, enquired in a j
sweet .voice if >ne wpuld not like to
become one. He, of tho world world
ly, hesitated a moment and replied :
"It wouldn't do miss ; for me to be
come a Christian would b,e ruin to
my busiues:"
The angel ihelper was surprised,
and asked him .Wihat business was his,
so inconsistent with religion.
??I'm a book agent, and if I were to
.become a Christian I should be like
Othello, my occupation would be
gone. You see miss, this world-is a
yer.y wicked place; full of deceipts
and humbugs j and what ie> more the
people kind a tackle on that sort of
thing. Now, hexe'^ a .hook that ain't
worth the paper it's printed on, let
alone the binding. If I came to you
and told you the truth about that
book yon wouldn't buy it, would you.
But if you were once to hear me dis
course on the beauties of that work,
and expatiate on the virtues and
merits which it doesn't contain, you
couldn't help buy it, no, not if yi u
went without caramels for a week.
I'm sorry, miss, I'd like to, but you
see I can't."
An Enraged Female.
"Household Departments" are very
good adjuncts to 8. newspaper in
their way, when edited by a woman,
but tho male journalists who dabbles
with tho heaven-inspiring mysteries
of cooking runs a frightful risk. The
editor ol the Weekly Fetaluma Pea
vine started a column of that kind
I tecently, and in a few days afterward
a fierce looking female came into the
j office, carefully concealing eonjo ob
ject behind her apron.
"Are you the man that published
that new and improved way to make
currant cake?"
He said he was.
"You said to mix washing soda
with the flour, and stir in a little corn
meal and sweet oil to give it consis
tency 1"
"I?-I?-believe so."
"And to add fifteen eggs and some
molasses, apd two ounces of gum
arabic, and set in a cool place to
bake?"
411 believe that was it."
"Well, take that then 1" and the
indignant housewife knocked him
down with a weapon that felt ,like .*
sand club, hut which he felt in ('mo
heart mus.t have been a half-baked
hunk of cafce, constructed on ,the
Pcayin.e pattern.
Hqrse Story.
At Ward's Corner?, Delaware Co.,
Iowa, Alfred Bush owns a French
stallion. Since he purchased the
animal, the latter has shown a v^oal
vicious temper, and is unsafe and
dangerous to mauage. Mr. Bush has
a son. nUPtUt twq years old, for whom
the horse has formed a great attach
ment, and the two frolic .together
strangely. The boy will put his lit
tle hands in tho horse's mouth, pull
out his tongue, soize his tail and swing
with it, climb up his legs?In fact, do
whatever his childish freaks prompt.
For hours they thus play together,
the horse apparently enjoying it as
wejl as the boy. Next I
A Colorado lawyer didn't admire
the Judge beforo whom he was trying
a case the other day, and referred to
him as an "nss trying to munch
hay." The court fined him five dol
lars for contempt, but remarked at
tho same time that he would remit
the fine provided tho attqrnoy would
apologize. Tho lawyer wont through
his pockets, and finding but half the
amount required,'said j "Ahem 1 IUI
take, t|o,wn the hay, "bu't will copper
the. ass! Her? is *2.50, Judge."
,0/jD" liICKOKY'S THINKS.
^E^ABCAfcTIC LETTER IXE WROTE A
?WIHO FIRM. '
{Tjjo ,'Bo8ton,Tran8crlpt aays
not? long after Gqperal Jackson's re^
tfrqment ?fro/Pttf-o i-Presidency *i?flh>.j
naor -got,abnqml .-tijst.be .was.bank
rupt. This .was ,too good.^chance of
banter for the Whigd, whose' dstSiwf"1
tion of Old Hjqkory followed him to
his retreat at the Hermitage, 't&n*t|^ ^
lect. A Whig firm In fjincinnaff/^ ?
king I^onlcaJI l?liyt; /^!.:^9-P^rt&Hftul
pasted two cards together^ inserted^
two large old fashioned cc^per^c^nis *
between them, and inclosed* them, in
an unprepaid letter to the qxlf>teal
dent, full of mock (^ndolqnce^c } The
postage on the letter was 7G cents,
which General Jackson, pot knowing -
what was within, promptly paid. Ho
at orcS sat down and penned a char
acteristic reply, inclosing the two'
cents back to his would-be perseqito t
tors. This reply they did not see fit
to take out of the postofflce, and it
found its way to the Dead Letter ;j
Ofllce at Washington. Tbo original is -
in the poaession of Sir. George M.
Towle. It is full of Old Hickory's
grulf, sarcastic humor, as well as bis
bad spelling and grammar, as will be
seen: iiifxl{ if
Hermitage, May jll, 18??:\. >.i
Gf.nti.emen :?Your kind letter^
containing your charity of two cop-''
per cents., which you forwarded Ori;:
bearing that I was broke, nnd n bill ?
drew by n?e for $G,0Q0 had been TV?)
turned protested,, has been received ;
and, as you have been imposed
upon by the vile falsehoods that are
daily circulated by the Whigga, yottT 1
kind charity is herewith returned to l
you, that you may dispose of it,
in charity, to such of tbo .Whiggs ,
that that may have bceo^mpl?y'ed In
trad i ng 1 n stocks and land; and?' i'tt1
swindling the poor. Have the good* *
H2ss tf> inform all your friends that I .
have oot drawn a drqfl jQr.jony sum,
on any one, for twenty years, nor
have {I any use for your klpd charity;
hav|pg long since learned to live11
witjiin my own means: JYour ckori-.
ty is, therefore, returned to ypu in
the same envelope you sent it, sup- (
posing, from the material and great
care taken, it is your only xmarfty re
pository, and the objects of charity in
your city woujd bp much injured if
not returned to you. Your mo. obt.
servt., till.death.
Andrew Jacksqk.
Up to Snuff.
An exchange says: uA genial ob
server of public men in the United'
States is amused at the public dexte
rity of those anxious to serve
Presidential candidates. If lie is
veteran, as well as a genialf60ati^verl! j
he .smiles as he compares these 'pren
tice bands with the master ol politi
cal adroitness, Martin Van Buren.
\ Looking upon politics as a game,
Mr. Van Buren played It vjtb fore. '
caste and sagacity, and' with the Al
most good nature. No excitement
quickened his moderation. Even the
most biting of personal sarcasm fal).
ed to ruffle a temper that seemed in?
capable of being disturbed.
Once while Mr. Van Buren, being '
the Vice-President, was presiding
over the Senate, Henry Clay attack
ed him in a speech freighted with
sarcasm and invective.
Mr. Van Bnrea Bat in the chair,
wjth a fluiet smile upon W$?f#^
placidly as though he was UaUnintj
to the complimentary remarks or^I**:
friend. '*J '>i,T
The moment Mr?^^''^?^?!-^'!^11,
laeat, a page handed him Mr. Van
Buren's snufT-box with the remark':
"The Vicc-President fencrs^hla**
compliments to you, slr'.*^''* *3ia
The Senate labghcd at the coolness
of the roan who was ?'up to snuff."
The great orajor, seeing that his''er-*
forts had been J# vain, shook bhijj&y
ger goodrnatnrejijly nt h|s Jqaperlnra
bje opponent, and taking a, largp
pinch of snuff, returned the box to
tho boy, saying:
"Give my compliments to 8pe"
Vice-Prcsident, and say that J like
his snoff much better than his ptiifc?
tics."
>YiLp somebody bo kind enough,
tp cqt a notph in Urn floor-facing?
In tho midst of oU. tb?j confuBion,and
while the nation is Still in deadly!,'
peril, tho New York Tribune has
found time to acknowledge that at
least a fow of tho negroes who" We^
been, provajjeA urion to join the in-'*
sane moyeqaen.; to Kansas have left
comfortable horoes to face starvation.
We Cqntpnd, that every industrious
negro who has left his homo is tho'*
yictira of Republican swindlers, and
this ft$\ will be made apparent in
the end.