The Orangeburg democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, May 30, 1879, Image 2
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execution of THJB'OflAPEL hill BUR
GLARS.
Hillsboro, jN. C., May 16.?The
Chapel Hill burglars, Henry A. Da
vis end Henry F. Andrews, white,
and Lewis Carlton, colored, were
bung* nere to-day, according to sen
fence. At half.past 12 o'clock the
criminals, seated in a vehicle and
'auarded'by the Orange Guards, in
Kill force, left tbe jail and were 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
minutes 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
side till the black cap was drawn
over his face. TJie prisoners 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 hymn 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 swingiug 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.
HISTOBy OF THE CASE.
The crime for which these men suf
ferd the extreme penalty of the law,
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
fix 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. H. 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
? determination to gain possession of
it. fjjne or more of the burglars', af
ter making an entry of"the jiousc,*"pro
ceeded to Mrs. h.'s room.' Sne was
awake, and when they entered the
room, she rushed to the window to
endeavor to give an alarm. To si
lence her she was struck on the head
with an axe and severely cut ancl
otherwise injured. One of her daugh
ters and a servant gave the alarm.
Dr. 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
somo 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, Albert
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 onvoloped tho
long scries of hidden crime. Upon
this assurance ho told of tho Hendon
outrage and implicated H. Alphonso
Davis and Henry Andrews, two
young white men of respectable 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
v? as deemed sufficient to justify their
committal without bail to Orange
County jail.
They had .their trial before Judge
Korr at the fa, 11 term of the court, the
trial consuming four days of tho term.
They wero well defended, and us ably
prosecuted, and on Saturday even
ing of the court tho jury took the case,
and in a very few minutes returned
with a verdict of guilty, as charged
in tho 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 tho Supreme Court. The
case was heard in Januar}', the judg
ment of the court below was affirmed,
and at the spring term of Orange Su
perior Court they were sentenced to
bo (banged on the 2d day of May. A
respite was subsequently granted un
til yesterday, when they Buffered the
penalty of a violated law, as above
set forth.?Charlotte Observer.
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Driven Mad Jby His Wife's Infldeliry.
A terrible tragedy is reported from
New York, as the outgrowth of a
wife's affections being alienated from
her husband, causing frequent quar
rclls between the couple,'and 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 bad 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 his 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, nnd she complied. He
seated 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
tho father with marks of affection.
Once again Deffarge requested the
servant to go up-stairs this time to
tell his wife that he 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, and wa9 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: The South has just
marketed the largest and cheapest
cotton crop ever made in that sec
tion, and just as Western grain i9
driving every other grain out of the
markets of the wotitd, 80 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 littlo while longer of Sonthorn
I 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 the Encouragement of M?d
erau on," proposes tho following four
pledges to its members, any or all of
which they may take: First, to re
form all intoxicating drinks for
twelve months ; second, not to drink
during business 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 j
United States Artillery, commended
by Colonel Gates, was encamped at
tho foot of tho Missionary Ridge, en
gaged in the removal of tho Cherokee
Indians. Ono day the colonel order
ed out a fatigue party to clean.tlm
spring, a beautiful fountain at the
foot of.the Itidgo. Shortly after, the
sergeant reported to the headquarters
that Iiis men woro all drunk. Says
tho Colonef: "You shou'd not hare
let the men drink whiskey." "I did
not," replied the sergoant' "they
drank nothing but tho water from the
spring." Tho sergeant and the men
were ordered into the 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 stump so he
could overlook tho whole ground, de
termined there should be no getting
drunk this time. Rut behold in a
short time his men were all drunk.
Ho was certain they had drank noth
ing but water which they frequently
did, getting down on their knees and
driuking from the branch just below
the spring. The Colonel was at bis
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 was done he would re
lease them, otherwise lie would punish
them severely. To this they agreed and
taking him to the spring, just below
the spring in the branch they unearth
ed a'five gallon jug partly filled with
whiskey. The mouth of which was
stopped with a cork, in which wa3 in
serted a quill that reached to the bot
tom, "jyben buried in the sand the
top of tho cpiill was just above the
s.urface of tbo water, and when they
wanted to drink they stooped down,
inserted the quill in their mouths and
while apparently drinking pure water
were drinking pure whiskey, and the
Colonel sitting" en the stump in plain
view none the wiser for it.
? ?I
Ingenious Teacher,
A Massachusetts teacher writes de
scribing an experiment in tho school
room which seems to be successful.
Instead of facing bis pupils he has
bis desk behind them, and thus over
looks them to greaf; advantage. Tdie;
naughty little ones not knowing when
j his eye is on them, dnre not> whisper
and play. "T/b,ey have," he says,
"so frequently come to grief in at
I 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 the
question. Tho only special rule
made is that pupils shall not look
around.
Next.
Miss Bass, of Lebanon, has a tur
key gobbler just a lit tle ahead of any
thing in the turkey line in history or
tradition. Last week the 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 mctamorphorsis. This tale
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 scienists 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? Ob, it is aw/ul.?Abbeville
Medium.
It is the Boston Transcript which
tells tliia story of a moon-eyed leper :
It was sug gested to a '/heathen Chin
e8o". the other day that the papers
said that there was an opening
for h is race in tho South. Ho an
swered, "Papers tolls belly mucheo
big stolee. Chinaman go where ho
dam please. Washington boss say
so. No likeo mocsin snake. No
I likee al gatol."
KILLED THEMSELVES.
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AMERICAN' CONGRESSMEN WHO HAVE
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
The Chicago Tribune says: Rid
dle's suicide is simply Ihe last of a
list which begins with the foundation
of the government. His is similar,
?in sonic respects, to that of James
Blair, a Representative from South
Carolina, in Urn JTwentyrflrst, Twen
ty-second and 'iTwenty^^ird Congress
es. During the first .session of the
Twenty-third .Congress, .Blair amend
ed the Washington Theatre qpe night,
and, being displeased with tho actors,
fired a loaded pistol at them, |qr
which he was arrested arid fined $5.
Physicians testified that ho was under
tho influence of brandy and opium,
taken to alleviate pain from chronic
rheumatism. Three weeks afterward,
April 1, 1834, ho blew out his brains
with a pistol at his hoarding house,
on Capital Hill.
[ Similar in many points of Ihe case,
was that of Felis G. McConuell, a
Representative from Alabama, in tho
Twenty-eighth and Twepty-ninth
Congresses, who committed suicide in
I a fit of delirium, in the St. .Charles
Hotel, Washington, by stubbing him
self in the abdomen and then cutting
his throat, September 0,0, 184G.
I Elijah Ilise, a Representative ,in
tho Thirty-ninth nnd Fortieth Con
gresses, committed suicide at Russoll
ville, May 8, 1876. Hiso was the
Democratic candidate for Lientenant
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'o is to he 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.j was elected
a Representative from Kentucky in
the Twenty-fourth Congress, as a
Whig, without opposition',, and was
successfully re-elected to ttie Twenty*
I fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twentyrseventh
and Twenty-eighth Congresses with
out opposition, serving from Decem
ber 7, 1835, to March 3, 1845 ; was
Speaker of the 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
Senator from Now Jersey, from De
cember 4, 1815, to 1821, wos severe
ly injured in 1332, by imagining in
a fit of delirium lhat hie- 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, nnd at t|io f-iqio pf hip fit .of
delirium was a member of the State
House.
William Ramsey, of Pennsylvania,
is another Congressman wjio died by
his own hand. Born in 1810 ho wns
attached to the American Legation
at London, under Minister ^teypn
son; was elected a Representative
from Pennsylvania in the Twenty
sixth Congress as a Van Buren pem
ocrnt, serving from December 2,
1839, to October 7, 1840, and re
elected to tho Twenty-seventh Con
gress. A few weeks after he com
mitted suicide at Barnum's Hotel,
Baltimore, by shooting himself iu the
right cj'e.
John Ewing, of Indiana, was found
dead in his room at Vincenncs, Indi
ana, in December, 1857. He had
been Representative iu the Twenty
third nnd 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,
Iltfl God, his country and Yhicennca."
A mournful and tragic suicide was
that of Alfred P, While, of Ohio.
White had been a member, of the
Twenty-eighth Congress, and State
Treasurer, appointed to. fill a vacan
cy caused by tho removal of Treastv
rer Gibbs, for fraud. In 1862, he
was appointed by Secretary Chase,
Collector Internal Revenue for tho
Columbus district, was subsequently
dotectcd in contraband cotton specu
lations, was found to bo a defaulter,
and committed suicide by taking poi
son on tho grave of his two children,
at Columbus, Ohio, August 1, 1865.
James Henry L?ne, twico United
States {Senator from Kansas, serving
up to 18GG, committed suicide by
shooting himself near Fort Leaven
worth, at tiio end of his term of ofllce.
James S. Johnson,, .Representative
from Kentucky in tho Thirty-first
Congress, committed suicide, while
suffering under mental depression
caused by ill-hcaltb, at Owensboro,
Ky., Feb. 12, 1878.
Tho Seven VViso.fVjpp.
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. Hero is
?the 9tory, and t|ie .moral of it is
worth remembering, if their names
are not; tho seven wise men of
Greece are supposed to have lived in
tho fifth century before Christ. 'Thejr
names are Fittacus, Bias., Solon,
Thaies, Chilon, Cleobulus and 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 fiohing, 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 a golden -tripod
which Helen, as she sailed from Troy
(is supposed to have .thrown there.
A dispute arose among the fishermen
and the strangers as to whom it be
longed, aud, as they.qould not Agree,
.they .took 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 the 'Seven Wise Men,"
and as each one claimed that the
other was wiser than he, it was final
ly sent to the temple of Appolo,
where it long remained to teach the
lesson that the wisest are the most
distrustful of their wisdom.
Whipping Post.
While editors and .correspondents
Iarc wasting words jn 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. W^jen offenders under
twenty-one years of age are up be
fore him for stealing, he investigates
the case in tho presence of the rogues'
parents, and if guilty explains the
law ami punishment to them and
gives them tjip .plipjco of tho law or
the privileges of giving the son thjrr j
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.
Tho result Qf 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
|n that town nnd y\o\n\ty.-r=A*?cy
Courier-Journal.
Hold Him Back.
"Caltjmorc Gazette says; Some
thing should be done to compel
Grant to slacken his movements. He
13 circumnavigating the globe too
fast. He is no.w in China, and there
is nothing between him and the
California const, but the insignificant
island of Japan. He is at least four
months ahead of schedule time, and
unless something is done, to chock
him ho will be at liomp before the
politicians who have, the "boom" in
charge are ready for him. Boric is
said to bo home sick, and it is. his
uneasiness which is said to be hurry
ing up Ulysses. The General might
bo pocked in ice at Hong Kang to
await the arrival of the swift-sailing
man-of-war Richmond. If he gets
on board the Richmond he will have
time to pickle himself.
A White Wild Turkey.
One of our young friends, tho Nim
rod of this section of the county, kill
ed, a wild turkey gobbler some time
since that was remarkable for the
color of his plumage, being perfectly
white, \v\tl.\ th,e exception of a black
streak across tho outer edge of the
tail. Ho weighed over twenty-seven
pounds. The gentleman in question
first saw this feathery rnonach 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 lu^m.?Capnden Journal.
A Book Agent Explains.
After Mr. Moody's meeting nt.Uie
Maryland Institute, Baltimore, ta
brief inquiry class was held, and
many persons who remained were in
structed in the 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 the hall to be
cleared that they might lay the track
,fqr tjie 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 the degenerate worldlings, singled
out one of their number and asked
him i( he was a Christian. "Well,''"
said he, "I don't know that I am."
'The young lady was a trifle shock
ed, but layipv.a .dainty hand upon
the coat-sleeve qf the.unregeneratsd,
she looked him in the face, and,
SiXui\ug hcavep iike, enquired in a
sweet .voice if -he 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 be ruin to
my busiues."
The angel (helper was surprised,
and asked him .what 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, Ibis world is a
very wicked place; full of deceipts
and humbugs j and what i? more the
i people kind a tackle on that sort of
thing. Now, he,r.e'.s a .book that ain't
j worth the paper it's printed on, let
nlone the binding. If I came to you
and told you the truth about that
book you wouldn't buy it, would you.
But if you were once to bear 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 yip
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 a newspaper in
their way, when.edited by a woman,
but the male journalists who dabbles
with the heaven-inspiring mysteries
of cooking runs a frightful risk. The
editor oi the Weekly Petaluma Pen
vine started a column of that kind
lecectly, and in a few days afterward
a fierce looking female came into the
office, carefully concealing Borno ob
ject behind her apron.
"Are you tho 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, und 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, qpd two ounces of gum
arabic, and set in a cool place to
bake?"
" I believe that was it."
"Well, take that then I" and the
indignant housewife knocked him
down with a weapon that (e\l ,!ike a
sand club, but which he felt in (his
heart must have been a half-baked
hunk of cafte, constructed on (the
Pcayinp paUprij.
Hqrse Story.
At Ward's Comers, D^la.jya.re Co.,
Iowa, Alfred Bush owns a French
stallion. Since he purchased the
animal, the latf er hss sbjpwn a inost
vicious temper, and is unsafe and
dangerous to manage. Mr. Bush has
a son. abftut twq years old, for whom
the horse has formed a g?eat attach
ment, and tho two iVoUo together
strangely. Tho boy will put his lit
tle hands in the horse's mouth, pull
out his tongue, seize 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
wefl as tho boy. Nextl
A Colorado lawyer didn't admire
the Judge beforo whom he was trying
a case the other day, and referred to
him as an "ass trying to munch
hay." Tho court fined him five dol
lars tor contempt, but remarked at
the same time that he would remit
the fine provided tho attorney would
apologize. The lawyer went through
bis pockets, and finding but half tho
amount require^,'said; "Ahem 1 Pll
take. 4o.wn Ihe bay, but will copper
tho assi Here ia*fr?.5pt Judge."
..OLD HICKORY'S THANKS.
-TilE ? arc as.tic letter he wrote a
,wi|ia firm.
}T4jo r Boston .Transcript says Wit (.
not? long after Geperal Jackson's re
tirement ,.from.<ibe ^Presidency a ru
mor .got,auqqftd ,tb&t,,he .wjw .baojjr
rupt. This.waa.tao gooxl^haace?*
banter for the Whigs, whoso dotest?* :
lion of Old Hjckory followed him to
his retreat at the ? Hermitage,'^'filj^
lect. A Whig flr,ra in Cincinnati, tar
king ironical pity on the old fcero^
pasted two cards together, inserted-??
two large old fashioned co$pet\cen^ts *
between them, and inclosed* them( in
an unprepaid letter to tho extras!- ?
dent, full of mock condo|ence? i The
postage on the letter was 76 cents,
which General Jackson, not knowing
what was within, promptly paid. Ho
at oece sat down and penned a chai'
acteristic reply, inclosing the two'
cents back to his would-be persecu
tors. This reply they did-hot Bce^fit^
to take out of the pestofnee, and it .
found its way to the Dead Letter
?Hlce at Washington. The original is -
in the posession of Mr. George M.
Towle. It is full of Old Hickory's
grutf, sarcastic humor, as well as his
bad spelling and grammar, as will be
3een: ncil .11
Hermitage, May jL.l, 18fiT.lo'.j
Gentlemen :?Your kind letter,
containing your charity of two cop
per cents, which you forwarded ?nr
hearing that I was broke,' and a. billIi
drew by me for $0,000 had been re* .>
turned protested,, has been received ;
and, as you have been imposed
upon by the vile falsehoods that are'*
daily circulated by the Wbigga, your ;
kind charity is herewith reamed to !
you, that you may dispose* of it,
in charity, to such of tho W biggs ^
that that may have been.employed in
trading In stocks oud land, and in
swindling the poor. Have tho good* *
u28s lo hjform all your friends that ! .
have joot drawn a draft jQr .Any sum,
on any one, for twenty years, nor '
have (I any use for your kind charity, '
havjpg long since learned to llveiJ
within my own means, -^"our chari
ty is, therefore, returned to you in
the same envelope you sent it, sup- ,
posing, from tho material and great
care taken, it is your only^cha:ity rt*'i>
pository, and the objects of charity in
your city would b? much injured i i? n
not returned to you. Your mo. obt. ,
servt., till death. ,
Andrew Jackson.
Up to Snuff.
An exchange says: "A genial ob
server of public men in the United
States is amused at the public dexte
rity of those anxious to serve as^"
Presidential candidates. If beW
yeteran, as well as a genial oha^rverl
he smiles as he compares these*breh
tice hands with the master of politi
cal adroitness, Martin Vom Buren.
Looking .upon politics as a game,
Mr. Van Buren friayed It' $?Kb/ fo?&'l>
caste and sagacity, and with the :
most good nature. No excitement
quickened his moderation. Even the '
most biting of personal sarcasm fnij
ed to ruflle a temper that seemed in? *
capable of bel?g disturbed.
Once whilo Mr. Van Buren, being '
the Vice-Presldent, was presiding
over the Senate, Henry Clay attack
ed him in a speech freighted with
sarcasm and invective.
Mr. Van Bnrea sat in the chair,
w.it^ a jquiet smile upon fece..^
placidly as though he was listening '
to the complimentary remarks of a
friend. 1 1 17 ^
The moment Mr..iCJuy resumed tjla *
seat, a page handed him Mr. Van
Burcn's snuff-box with the remark :
"The Vice-president tenaV^hfe**
compliments to you, sir." ?
The Senate laughed at the cojoinessl '**
of the rnan Wjho was *iup to snuff."
The great orator, seeing that bis ef1
forts had been &j vain, shook his flfy5.1
ger goodrnatnre^ly at Ids ImperturW*
bio opponent, aud taking alargp
pinch of snuff, returned the box' W '
the hoy, saying:
"Give my compliments to iho
Vice-President, and say' that .f
his snuff much better than his poiic-W
tics." ' '
Wili, somebody bo kind enough
to c?t a Qotph in tho door-facing?
In tho midst of o,U thbi confusion.ond J
while the nation is still in dfeadfy .
peril, the New Yorfc Tribune 'his
found time to acknowledge that at'
least a few of the negroes who have'
been provided, upon to join Ae in-*1
sano moyomen.; to Kansas have left
comfortable homes to face starvation1.*J
We cqntend, that every industrious
negro who has loft his homo io tho
Victim of Republican swindlers, and
this fa.pt/ will bo maflo apparent in
the end.