The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 28, 1882, Image 1

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I TSK-STOfTER WATOHMAN, Established April, lgSO. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." T3E TRIE SOUTHRON, XatablfSiicd ?Tone, IS06. SUMTES, S. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1882. New Series?Yol. I. No. 35. ff* Madman anir ji^pi Published.- csnry Tuesday, ?by the? Watchman and Southron Publishing Company, .S. C. . >- terms: - 'Tiro Dollars per antjum?in advance. advertisements. Ctoi. Square,"^rst insertion....j......~$l 00 Bvefy subsequent insertion.... 50 Contracts for three months,, or longer will be made at reduced rates.": All.communicatrons wbich subserve private nterests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub lished free." v ' t , For" job work or contracts for advertising address Wctchman and Southron, or apply at the Oficertq - r ' N. G. OSTEEN, -- -~ - Business Manager. CHERAW AND - DARLINGTON AND CHE RAW ANO-SALlSftiRY RAILROADS, PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, Sociftv Hill, S. C. May 23, 1SSI. ON AND.AFTER- THIS DATE, TRAINS on these'Roads* will r,un as follows,?every except Sunday. Leave Wadesboro............a....... S 40 a m Leave Bennett's.- 9 00 a ra Leave Morten. 9 15 a m Leave .McFsrlan-.-.. 9 35 a m Laave Cheraw_?1.?. 10 15 a m Leave Society Hill-. 10 50 a m Leave Darlington. 11 35 a in Arrive at Florence. 12 10 p in vp. Leave Florence. 12 ?0 p m Leave Darlington..-.^..1 20 p m Leave society Hili^~~~. 2 10 p m Arrive at Cheraw_.. 2 50 p m Arrive at Wadesboro. 4 15 p m The freight train will leave Florence at 6 30 A If every day except Sunday; making the round i trip, to Cheraw every day, and to Wadcsboro as j often as may be necessary?keeping out of the way of pastesger train. BP TO WN SEND. President. NORTH-EASTERN R. R. GO, STJPERIKTENDENT'S OFFICE, NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. Charleston, S. C. Jan. 23. 1SS2. On-and after this date the following Sche dule will be run, Sundays included : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. 8 00 At m._..12 55 p. m. 4 40 P. x.._. 2 00 a m. 8 15 P. M.1 30 a. ii. Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. 2 40 a. *.6 50 a. m. 11 35 a. M.4 35 P Jt: . 12-10-aajj....9 20 a. m. Train leaving Florence at 2 40 a. at. will atop for way passengers. . J. F. DIVINE, Gen 1 So.pt. P. L. CLEAPOR, Gen,l. Ticket Agent. SOUTH CAROLINA CENTRAL R. & qpHE FOLLOWING DAILY SCHEDULE _^""wiil be run on this Road, from Monday. March 6th, 1S81, until further notice: Leave Sumter~. 9 30 a m Leave Manning.10 30 a m Arrive at Lanes.12 00 m Leave Lanes.12 30 p m Arrive at Manning. 2 00 p m Arrive at Sumter. 3 00 p m H. T. PEAKE, Sup't. GJEH^AI KA1NIT, -Direct Importation. pebuvian Gvmm Direct .from the.Agent.of the Peruvian Gov : ernment. FISH GUANO, <>@3*per cent. Ammonia. H07A 5C0TIA LAND PLASTER. South Carolina Ground Phosphate, Fine Ground and High Grade. For sale by HERMAN B?LWIMLE, '' KERR'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, : S. C. Jan n ' - * ' 3m THE OLD RELIABLE! - ONE. .OF? THE BEST NEWSPAPERS. IN THE SOUTH. -o No Sensationalism! No Immorality! ATOIJSTA (Iii an? CeiMoiait 18 82. STJBSCKIBE FOR IT! 0' ? THE CHRONICLE ASD CONSTITU TIONALIST is the olcest uewspaper in the South, and perhaps the oldest in the United States, having been established in 2785- While thoroughly Democratic in prin ciple, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. The Chronicle contains the latest news from all parts of the world, atd is recognized as a first class paper. As an advertising medium, it covers the -country in Georgia and South Carolina tribu tary to Augusta. We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of an immoral charac ter. TFRMS: Daily, one year.$10 00 Tri-Weekly, one ye*r. 5 00 Weekly, one year. 2 00 Address, WALSH & WRIGHT, jan24-td Augusta, Ga. PAVILION" HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY located- HOTEL having beeL entirely renovated d urinsr tbe past Summer is now ready_for tbe reception of the traveling public. l*opular prices S2 and 2.50 per day. Special rates for Commercial Travelers. ?, T. GAILLARD, Oct 25_Proprietor. THE AIMAR E0USE~ CORNER OF Yanderhorst and King Sts HAVING BEEN LEASKO BY 3&fll??s> Heriot, (Formerly of 190 Meeting-St.,) IS NOW OPEN for th* accommodation of Boarders. Parties visiting Charleston wi;i find tbis*House conveniently situated for busi ness, and directly on the line of Street Railway. Terms, per day, Si 50. Feb 18 HILBERS HOUSE. 284 King Street, next to Masonic Tern pie, Charleston, S. C. Rates $1.50 per day, reduced rates by the week oi^moath. According to location of rooms. ... iv?., This house, so well and .favorably known as being a strictly first-clas3 hoarding house, is centrally located, accessible to wholesale and retail stores, theatres, and places of in teres^and especially desirable for business orimulies visiting the city, nothing be neglcted'to make its guests comfortable. 1 (rtriage at depot.?Respectfully \R3. B. HILBERS Proprietress i A. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUST A.. R. R. CONDENSED SCHEDILE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated I N.V42 March 5. TSS2 j Dsily No. 48.. Daily. No. 40 Daily. Leave Wilmington" j 7 2ll a m Ar've FlemingtoDj S 47. Ar've Marion.... Ar'vo Florence.. Ar've Snmter.... Ar've Columbia 10 49 11 40 10 15ptn 11 36 - 1 33 am '2 20 ;? 4 18 " 6 10 rf. i I 10 p m 3 2 17. :?. 2 01 am 2 47 '* TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 43, Daily. No. 47. j No. 45. Daily. I Daily. Leave Columbia-.i Ar've Sumter .... Ar've Florence... Ar've .-Marion ... Arfve Fleicingtonj Ar've Wilmington . Nos. 48. and 47 stops only at Brinklcy's, Whiteville, Fleuaington, Fair Bluff. Marion, Florence, Timmoneville, Suiater, Camden Junc tion and Kastover.. Passengers tor Columbia and all points on C. ?fc G. R. R., C? A. R. R. Stations, Aiken Junction, and all poiuls beyond, should take No. 48 Night Express. . Separate Pullman Sleepers .for Charleston and for Augusta on trains 4$ an-i 47. All trains run solid between Charleston and Wilmington. through freight trais. Daily, except Sundays.. Leave Florence..1140 p m Leave Sumter . 2 2S a tn Arrive at Columbia. 5 30 a m Leave Columbia_ ... 5 00 p m Leave Sumter.? - 8 20 p m Arrive at Florence.11 10 p m local freight?(Daily except Sunday.) Leave Florence. 6. 00 a m Arrive at Sumter.. 10 55?? m Leave Sumter.11 40 a m Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p in Leave Columbia. 7.00 a m Arrive at Sumter.11 15 am Leave Samter......._'..?....12 15 p to Arrive at f lorcnce. . 5 10 p m i 0? JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sup't. ;A. POPE, General Pa-sengqr Agent._ I Columbia and Grreeaville Kail Eoad. j / PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, Columbia. S. C August 31, 1S81 ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, September j 1st, 1881, Passenger Trains will run as j herewith indicated, upon tbis road and its j branches?Daily except Sundays : No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Columbia (A).11 20 a ra j Leave Alston.-.12 26 p m \ Leave Newberry. 1 21 p m j Leave Hedges. 3 52 p in j Lsave Bekum.. 5 05? tn j Arrive at Greenville.? . 6 27 p tn i No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Greenville at....'...^.10 33 a in j Leave Belton.il 57 a'oi j Leave Hodps. 1 12 p m [ Leave Newberry. 3 47 p m ! Leave Alston...... . 4 46 p m Arrive at Columbia (F). 5 50 p iu | Spartanborg, Union .fc-Columbia lt. R. No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Alston. 12 40 p m | Leave Snarianburg, S U A C Depot (B) 4 03 p m J Arrive Spartanburg R ? D Deiiot (E) 4 12 p in No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Spartan burg R & D Depot (H) 12 4 ' m | Leave SportaiiburgSUiC Depot (G) 1 pi r tn Leave Union..-. 2 36 p m j Arrive at Alston . 4 36 p m j Laurens Rail Road. Leave Newb?rry. 3 55 p m i Arrive at Laurens C- II. 6 45 i> m | Leave Laurens C. H. S 30 a :u Arrive, at New jerry.11 30 a co | Abbeville Branch. 1 Leave Hodges. 3 56 p tn j Arrive at Abbeville.:. 4 46 p m J Leave AbbeviibS..........J2 15 p m I Arrive at Rodges. .... 1 05 p m j Blue Ridge R. R- & Anderson Branch. Leave Bclton. 5 OS p m Leave Anderson.?. 5 41 p m I Leave Peudieton. 6 20 p m j Leave Scnnca (C). 7 20 p uo < Arrive at Valhalla.:. 7 45 p uj | Leave Walhalla....- . . 9 23 a in | Leave Seneca (l>). 9 54 a m j Leave Peudieton. 10 30 a in | Leave Anderson. ....11 12 a ui Arrive at Belton.11 48 a in On and after above ?inte through cars will be run between Columbia and Heede:.'onville with' i out change. Connections. A?With South Carolina Kail Road from Charleston; with Wilmington" Columbia & A1.: gnsta R It from Wilmington and all points north thereof: with Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rail Road from Charlotte and points north thereof. B?With Asheviile & Sparianburg Rail Road for points in Western N. C. G?With A. & C. Div. R ? L. R. R. for all points South and We??t. D?With A- & C. Div. R. ? D. R. R. from At lanta and beyond. E?With A & C. Div. R. & D. R. It. for all points S'-uth and West F_With South Carolina Rait R"hd for Char lesion ; with Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Rail Road for Wilmington and the North ; wbh Charlotte. Columbia & Augusta Rail Road for Charlotte and the North. G?Wuh Asheviile & Sjjartanburg Rail 3oad from Henderson, iUe. H?With A. & C. Div. R. & D. R. R. from Charlotte & beyond. Standard time used is Washington, D. C, which is fifteen minutes faster thau Columbia. J. W. FRY, Sup't. A. POPE. General Passenger Agent. Aucnst 20. tf. South Carolina Railway Co. COMMENCING FEBRUARY I3tb, ISS2. Passenger Trains on Camden Branch wil! ruu as follows, until further notice: east to columbia. Leave Camdeu.. 7 40 a ni Leave Camden Junction.? 9 50 a m Airive at Columbia.12 13 p m Tl\e>T FRoM columbia?daily except sundays. Leave Columbia. 4 05 a m... 4 15 p m Arrive Camdeu Junction, 12 Ii p m... 6 <u? p m Arrive at Camden. 2 15 p m... 7 13 p m u.vst to charleston and acgusta Leave Camaen.:. ? CO p in Leuv^ Camden June'. 4 19 |< m Arrive at Charleston. 9 00 p tu Arrive at Augusta. 7 ?5 a m west from charleston and augusta. Leave Charleston. 7 45 a m Leave August:.'. 4 15 p hi Arrive Camden Juuc*.12 (il p m Arrive at Cauiden. 2 15pm CONNECTIONS. Columbia and Grec:iv:Ilo Railroad both way.-, for pi/ir;ts on thai "load a:?d on the S;>:ir tanburg. Union and Columbia and Sparfanburg and Asbville Railroads, also with the Cbar lotte. Columbia and Augusta Railroad to and from all points North by trains leaving Caniden at 7 40 a ui, and arriving at 7 15 p in. Connections made at August to all points ^esi. and South; also at Charle.-ton with Steamers for New York aod Florida?on Wed ne^days and Saturdays Trains on Camden Rranch run daily except Sunday. On main line. Columbia u;.d Augusta Divisions, trains run daily. Pullmim Cars are run between Charleston and Washington, on trains arriving at Columbia 12:13 and depart ing at 4:15 I*. M. Local sleepers between Charleston, Columbia and Augusta On Saturdays ROUND TRIP TICKETS are sold t? atid fro ui .ill Stations at one first class f ire lor the round trip ? tickets being good til! Monday noon, to return. Kxcursiou tickets good for 10 days aro regularly on sale to atid from ah stations at C cents per mile for round trip. THROUGH TICKETS to all points, can be purchased by applying to James Jones. Agent ; t Camden. D. O. ALLEN, General I'assenger and Ticket Agent. JOHN B. PECK, Gene ai Manager. Charleston. S. C rubber StTmPsT NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING with indcllible ink, or for printing visiting cards, and STAMPS OF AHiY K!\D Call on C. P. OST KEN, At the Watehman and Southron Office. THE CHOICE. "Which shall it be, dear mother? To which home shall I go? Tbe gr^'id old castle beside the sea, Or the little brown cot below ? "Which shall it be, dear mother? A plain white muslin gown, Or the richest and rarest oflace and si!k To be found in Insleytown ? "Which shall it be, dear mother? A tiny plain gold ring, Or wealth of gems or diamonds rare. That would ransom a captive king?" My child, your heart must answer The question your lips have asked, Lest sowing in pride you sorrow, When the harvest is overpast. Choose with your heart, my darling; Let pride be swept away ; Flowers are fairer than jewels, Gather them while you may. Often glittering diamonds Conceal but an aching brow, And the chill heart's bitter throbbings, Eear record of falsehood's vow. Truth is the brightest jewel That womanhood can wear; Never a silken robe can cure A heart grown sick with care. This world is not all sunshine, There's many a stormy day, And love is the sweetest shelter, When clouds obscure the way. So choose from your heart, my daughter. Remember this life of ours Must hav3 some thorns aud briers Among its fairest flowers. But thorns, and tears, and dark news Matter not so love is true; While you climb keep step together, With tbe higher life in view. Pittsburrj Chronicle. FOKSAKEN. -o That strain of music, crashing out on the winter night, the brilliantly illumi- | nated window, brought it all back?the sweet bliss of early wedlock, the bitter pain of mistrust and separation. Marian bad played that strain so often on tbe little cottage piano, in her happy, cottage home. And now forsa ken, friendless, uuloved, she stood there under the pitiless winter skies, with her nameless babe upon her bosom. As she listened, till the bitterness of her fate, all the shame of her dishonor ed womanhood, all tbe fond yearnings of her deathless love were forgotten, and the past came back with its tender and short lived happiness. She was a girl again, a bright, inno cent, happy girl, standing beside her father's grave. That first grief had seemed, then, hard to bear; she loved her father well, and felt, his loss keen ly; but deeper sorrows had taught her, sinee, that the grief we feel when death takes a dear one from us, ceases to be grief, compared with some of life's darker tragedies. In those days Marian had one loyal friend, a young man, one of her father's pupils. He stood beside her, when the green sods had hidden the dear face from her sight. 'Don't take it to heart so, Marian,' he had said. 'Your father, of all men, was prepared to go ; ai:d while I live, so far as I can help it, you shall never feel his loss.' And be kept his promise. In a hun dred little unobtrusive waj3, he les sened and lightened the burthen of : Marian's grief. She had naturally and I instinctively, all the attributes and ac ! complisbments of a lady ; but she was j poor, and dependent oa her own exer | tions for the very bread she ate. ! Frank Herncastle was rich, but he j knew Marian's proud character too well j to offer pecuniary aid. All he could do j was to give her a brother's counsel aud I sympathy' He stood, her true and j loyal friend, therefore, through all I those dark days of her sorrow, and I when, at last, the old parsonage was } shut up, and the orphan girl tore her j self away from the scenes of her child | hood, and went to a distant town to fill j the post of governess in a wealthy lady's family, he left her, at last, and I went home, trying to forget her. But he found that he had gone too far to forget Marian's sweet, sad face haun- } ted him ; her gentle voice wascoutiu- j ually ia his ears. His worldly prospects were dazzling, j yet, to bis honor, be held his happiness j I dearer than mere worldly success. So, I j dfspite the opposition of his family, j he returned to Marian, aud wooed and j won her for his wife. The task was not a hard one. She \ was such a.tender, trustful, gentle crea- j ture, that tbe gratitude iu her heart j soon warmed into love. They were! married and a few brief, bright months of bliss followed. Bui one day the young husband j went to the neighboring village for I letters. Returning, as he crossed the i lawn, in front of the cottage, he chanc j ed to look up. Through an open win- i j dow of his wife's chamber, he caught sikht of her. She was not alone V A i j tail, handsome-looking man stood be- j side her, and her arms were about his I I ueck, her face hidden on his shoulder, j I Most men have a spice of jealousy in ! j them, Frank Uerncastle had more j i than bis share : it was, indeed, his one J I fault. His heart gave a fierce throb, i aud he hurried up with great angry | ! strides. The front door was locked, j and when after some little dr-lay, he , i gained admittance, he found his wife ! alone. j 'Where is your guest Marian ?' he j j demanded, sternly. ! She looked up at him, with tear j staiued checks and startled eyes, j 'My guest V Why, Frank?" j 'I saw him,' he interrupted, sharply, i 'Your chamber window was open, j Who was he V 'A dear friend, fiom whom I have I been parted for years.' j lie laughed mockingly, j 'He must be a very dear friend, in ' deed, Marian, why didn't he proloiig his visit? I should have beeu glad to ' make his acquaintance. Her lips quivered', painfully, and the rich bloom faded from her checks, but her clear eyes did not falter beneath his i (questioning gare Frank,' she 'd, tenderly, and her i caressing hand > >uchcd his. You sure ly can trust me' Deur, I am worthy of your trust.' The simple words touched him ; but T~lTVMT~?Wl ITTT T- I II? I _ his temper was up. 'I will trust uo one id the dark,' he ; replied, angrily. 'A wife should have no secrets from Ler husband. You must explain this unfortunate matter to my satisfaction.' Her head fell upon her breast; sobs choked her utterance. 'I cannot explain?at least, not yet,' she said. 'Oh, do not ask me I Trust me, my husband, as I trust you.' He shook the caressing hand from j his arm. \ 'No," he cried, more wrathfully than j ever. 'Ycu shall explain, or we part, ; this hour.' A sudden flash lit her tender eyes. The color leaped back to her white cheeks. 'If you deem me unworthy of your trust,' she said quietly, 'do as you like' He turned on his heel, with a bitter laugb. 'This pays me for my foliy,' he said. I have sacri?ced the best interests -of | my life for your sake, and this is my j reward. What a fool I have been !' With the words hu was gone. All j tlie day long, all through the starry, j summer night she sat and waited, his f last words ringing in her ears, 'What a fool I have been.' But he did notreturu. Aoother day brought his mother, an aristocratic old j lady, with a fair cruel face. 'I have come on a disagreeable errand,7 she said, settling herself in the rocking-chair, and smoothing down the lace frills at her wrists, "but when j duty is disagreeable we must not shirk it. My poor, dear child,' looking coin passionately at Marian. 'J must set mat ters straight between you and my son. What a pity it is that men are so proDe to deceive, and women so willing to trust,' 'What "do vou mean?' demanded Marian. 'I mean this, my poor girl. Frank was, and is, fond of you, no doubt and you of him, but it is wiser and better for your sake and his, that you should j know the truth at once, since it must come to your ears soouer or later. Yea are not his wife. Of course such a thing was out of the question. Don't interrupt me, please?I will make it as short as possible.. All that marrjage business was a .mere sham; to quiet your scruples. You are not his wife, I repeat; and as his mother I am here to beg you that this connection may end. I may not be able to induce my son to give you up at once; but if you will promise to shun him, to keep out of bis way, I will see that you are handsomely provided for.' .Marian rose to ber feet, all. her out raged womanhood blazing in her eyes, ^ut the words, that rushed in a torrent ) ber lips, found no utteraucc. The blow had struck home, like the thrust of a dagger ; abd with one-wild, prolong ed cry she fell, senseless, at tTfe feet of her guest. She awoke, to life weeks after,' to find herself deserted. But in one sense, '. she was well provided for. Tbev had given her gold in lien of love. She was a true woman, however and scorning even to purchase a crust to save her from starvation, with money which was given as the price of her dis honor, ?he went forth into the' great world with her broken heart, and her ruined life, friendlcs and destitute. The world, as a rule, is never overkind. to the unfortuuate. With all hev gen tle beauty and her lady-like accomplish ments, poor Marian found her path a rugged one. Aud on that winter.night, her cheeks made thin and white by pangs of an guish, tenfold more keen than death, she crouched there on the icy steps, her nameless babe on her bosom, homeless friendless: tiie light of those glittering windows above her, the straius of that dear familiar meiod}' in her ears. But as the dark, cold, cruel minutes went by, her throes of paiu, aud her sweet dreams of bygone happiness, alike grew weaker aud dimmer. The dull stupor of despair, the fatal drowsiness that J precedes that solemn, endless slumber, stilled aching heart, and throbbing pulses; the poor, dishonored youug head dropped lower aud lower, and at last, 02other and child wore both un conscious. S'? many of us dance, and feast, and rejoice, while the shadow of sorrow, and ; oven death itself darkens our very j threshold ! In the festive hails, dimly j seen through those brilliant windows, I Frank Hcrncastle was the gayest of the gay. ills proud mother, bulJiug her sou's wordly interests far dearer than his happiness, had managed his unfor tunate marriage with a clever hand and a shrewd brain. 'She is false to you. That class of persons can never be trusted,' she had said, on her return from her visit to Marian. 'The girl he..-" gone off vvith her forn.cr lover ;<et her go; the riddance is a good o.;0.' Still smarting from his jealousy be had believed her, and had gone to Furope to drown his sorrow. But sorrow is tenacious of life, j After many wauderiugs, after mouths \ of abience, he returned, moody and bit ter and discontented. 'She is dead. Forget she ever lived ; and marry the wife I have choseu fur ; vou,' said his mother. And believing | ; her still, he joined in the festivities i that honored his return, with the wild I and reckless abandon of despair. Dance after dance, waltz after waltz, and then came that familiar strain. It j tore opeu the wound in his oeart afresh, j ! lie nut aside tbeicwelod hand f:rat rest- ! I ed mi his arm. aud went from the room i like a man suddenly smitten with ill- ! I noss. 'I cannot bear it.' he muttered. 'I shall never forget her while 1 live.' Out of the house, dowi the steps lie j went, ami almost stum bled o^er the un j conscious wuinau crouching b low. 'A woman?this bitter night. And | great heavens ! a child too!' i He rushed back, .;d, summoucd I help and then .hey bore the two into the ; house-keepers' room. Impelled by common curiosity the 1 youug mau looked db'v? at the deathly ! face of the woman he had succored, as j it lav on the pillows, A suddeu cry j broke from bis lips. 'My God, u i? Marian !' he said. ! A mothjA^ heart defies even death. ! Th" toutJp^those t-.by hands, the [carefi- - >lo mouth, which would never know other love-kisses than her j owu, awoke the mother from her trance of ujath. She clasped the child, and j opened her weary eyes. They rested j on her husband A tiash of rapture lit the poor, wan face, the weary eyes grew luminous with i the old love of hnppier days. 'Frank, oh ! Frank, are we in heav- j en !' she whispered 'Is it all made j clear at last V \ He lost sight of everything but bis j love for her. He took her in his arms. 'Marian, Marian, you were not false to me. afrcr ail, were you V Tbe question, so wildly uttered, roused her. She raised her hand, and put it on his check, with the old, caressing touch. 'Look at me,' she said ; 'Look into my eyes, and answer that question fur yourself." 'I have been mad,' be said, brokenlv. 'You are truth, itself?I trust you with my whole soul.' 'Am I your wife?' she questioned, solemnly. 'Certainly. Who told you otherwise? My own dear wife. And fron? hence forth, what God has joiued together, no man shall ever again put asunder.' He stooped down arid kissed her lips, with passionate earnestness. 'It was all a mistake,' she said, wear ily. 'Oh, my love! I have never wronged yo?j, in thought word or deed. The guest you saw that day, was my brother?mv onlv brother, who had broken my poor father's heart, and brought down his gray hairs iu sorrow to the grave. He was in fear of arrest ?came to bid me farewell, before he lied the country forever?and made me promise I would not tell till he had sailed. Oh ! the da}Ts have been so long, the weary weary months ; and I have suffered, suffered, suffered so.' 'It is all over now, he said, hoarsely, as he knelt beside her, his arm around her. 'Marian, can you ever forgive DC ? She put forth her arm, and drew the babe from the pillow where it lay un heeded. 'You are my child's father,' she said, 'I can love only you.' He had no words, wherewith to an swer her. But he gathered both mother and child close to bis bappy heart. They were no longer forsaken. Engaging Female Help. 'T seen a notice in the Derrick that you wanted to hire a girl V" The speaker was a well-dressed and well powdered female who had called on an Oil City woman, in answer to an ad vertisement. "Yes,'' replied the lady do you want a situation V" "Oh, I don't know; that depends. I've srot rnore'n fifty good chances.5' "Why dou't you accept some of them?" "Well, you see, I'm a high toned girl and a little particular about whom I work for." "Do you require recommendations from your employers." 'No, I'm not so paarticular as that.' 'What are your terms V 'Well, in the first place I've got two children.' 'Yes.' 'I don't allow my employers to refer to them, nor to inquire about their father.' 'Of course not.' 'And I want it understood that I am to have one day each week to visit them * x es. 'And T must have three afternoons each week to do my own sewing.' 'Certainly; anything else?' 'I never allow the iady of the bouse to come into tb* kitchen.' 'No.' And I always enter the house through j the front door. 'Of course.' 'And I demand the privilege of two half daj\s each week for taking my music lessons.' 'And I of course use the piano.' 'Certainly ; is that, all V "No, it must be understood that when I have company I entertain them in the parlor, and when I am occupying that rootn no other person must enter.' 'Of coui>e not. And what salary do you demand V 'My regular rate is five dollars per j week ' Well,' replied the lady, looking at her meekly, *I 11 speak to my husband, and if I can arrange with him to sit in j the parlor and eutcrtain you, perhaps j we can make a bargain. But in the meantime you take a walk, and you needn't call again till I send for you. Go ' The poor laboring girl departed.? Oil City;'Derrick. Humorous. A girl who lived with a lady in Kdiuburg surprised her mistress by giving her warning. Tbe lady in-1 quired the cause, and found it was a | sweetheart. 'And who is the lad ?' inquired the | mistress. 'Oh he's a nice lad ; a lad that sits j in the kirk just forcnenst me.' 'Are you aure ho intends to marry you r 'I dare say he dee? mem' 'Have you had much of each other's company yet T Not ye V 'When aid you last converse with ! him V 'Deed, we hac nae conversed any : yet.' Then how should you suppose that j lie is p.'iv.g to marry you V 'Oh.' replied the simple girl, 'he's j a-been lang lookitr at me. and I think ' he'll soun he spakinV We AonF.r:.?'We wish the circula- J Ii.oii of t he Pfrir Km, : paper edited und j published iu Charleston by colored num. I i Could be eireulnted extensively among j i the l<>re? people of tin- South. It j takes the correct view of race and politi- I j cal issues, and shows a heap of hard j sense in its advice to the colored pco-' 1 pie. ? Kt i */ if' G< i ze lie. i By all means let the circulation circu- ! late.?AbUuilic Medium. "WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? Opinions Drawn Out By the Iroquois Ban quet, In Chicago. (Richard T. Merrick.) The fundamental doctriuc of Democ racy was that the world was governed too much. Its fundamental principle j was that, in reference to all industrial i pursuits, man should be left to honest j competition; without Government favor i unon one or Government damage to : another. (Henry Watterson.) Protection, like slavery, is doomed: \ ouly, unlike shivery, it will not linger | so long upon the stage to baffle freemen j and stay the march of freedom. It can- i net become a sectionalism as slavery j did; it cannot get into religion, as; slavery did. Yet it is as monstrous in j every respect as slavery was. (Jcre S.Black.) | If the States have do rights, neither | have the neonle, since both are reserved in \ the same article, the same sentence, and j the words. The denial of State rights I r.eccssarily strips every individual of: his liberty Thus we have a Central j Government of unlimited power, ani mated as such a Government always j must, be vrith a boundless appetite for ; nluuder. (W. J. Allen.) The Monroe doctrine never involved j any economic principle. It was invoked j as a great political doctriue, which be- j came a part of the Government. The j speaker then quoted from JefTerson, who { held Monroe as odc of the wisest ofj statesmen This was a doctrine which j bad always been upheld by the Demo- \ cratic party. (Samuel J. Tilden.) Andrew Jackson likewise represented I the beneficent Jeffersonian philosophy j which prefers that nothing shall be j done by the General Government which j the local authorities are competent to do, j and nothing by any governmental pow- j er which individuals can do for them- j selves. The great contests of his Ad-1 ministration arose out of his efforts to j resist the usurpation by Congress of! powers in derogation of the rights ofj localities and of individuals, as well as j of the Constitution. (Thomas A. Hendricks ) It is madness to hope that a consoli- j dated and single authority can main- ; tain peaceful government over a couu- j try so extended, am: wirb productions j and iuterests so varied. If w? but main- j tain the constitutional authority of the j United States, aud to preserve to each State the right to regulate whatever be- j longs to itself alone, we need fear do : troubles arising from sectional jealousies ! and antagonism, however much ourter- ; ritory may be extended or our produc- j tions increased. [Great applause.] (Frank Hurd.)' The freer the trade the greaterthe mar- j ket. Let the barriers be broken down, and let the ocean be free, and in less than ten years one-half of the trade monopo- ! lized by England would be America's. 1 Free trade and higher wages went hand : in haud. In a Massachusetts woollen j mill a worker received ?S 30 for sixty j hours' work : in England ?8 for fifty- j four hours. Consider all the time dur- i iug which American workers had been i idle during the past few years, and it would be soeu that the English worker j was better off. In free America we ! had free speech, free press, free soil and j free men. and should we not have free j trade? Let Democracy liing out the j banner. [Applause.] Thousands would j then join its ranks. [Applause ] The j growing generation were being educated ! to the great need of the country, aud j would infuse the old blood with new j enthusiasm. [Prolonged applause ] (Thos. F. Bayard.J) As members of the grand army of the j National Democracy, K us each and all j endeavor, with simple and steady fidel- j ity, to uphold the political principles j which alone preserve . the liberty aud i happiness of our people, and maintain a governmentover them giving security! to all, aud special privileges and powers 1 to none. Let us steadily oppose all j measures tending to the centralization j of power, and in.-ist upoD its limitation } aud distribution, so that individuals aud j majorities may be secure in their rights, j Let us denounce any eonstruetiou of the ! Constitution that permits the perversiou ! and prostitution of the sovereign powers j oftaxntiou from the actual needs of the \ public treasury to the emolument of! favored individuals or classes, no matter ! under what dclu.-ive pretext it may be | sought; aud while wc see to it that { property shall have ample protection ( under the law, that it shall be prevent- I ed from becoming the governing power ! in moulding the law. (Lymau Trumbull.) He held that the Constitution was j supreme, and even in times of civil war \ was not inoperative. He condemned ' the policy of collecting immense rev- j enucs and squandering them upon local '. improvement and for the hire of munici- ! pal officials. The expenditures of the j Government were exorbitant. It was ; proposed to appropriate ?5?,0??.O?? j for schools, which was more than the j whole expenses of the Government amounted to a few years ago. Then there were harbor and river bills, and ; all the little creeks in the country would be cleaned out for uo other purpose. seemingly, than to use up the revenues. ! lie condemned the Preside??' for using j the army as a police force, and predict- ; cd that ir: a few years this government j would be like European Powers regard ing standing armies. II': believed in j self-government, and that meant gov- i eminent by the people, and local gov- j crunicnt meant government by the peo- j pie of a locality. This was Republican ism, and to deny it was imperialism. | The speaker then announced that he ' was for tariff for revenue only. The Secretary of State has received j the registration booVs and certihVates. < an?! is sending them out t<> the supervi sors of registration as rapidly as possi- ! ble. Dr. Barksdalc, of ihe Virginia luna- I tic asylum, reports the case of a negro lunatic whose brain weighed seventy ounces. This is believed to be the larg er' brain on rccor>, except that of; Oliver Cromwell. i The Mississippi Flood. Vicksburg, March 22.?The river is j falling at this point and also all along j the Yazoo, Sunflower and Tallahatchic. j At Chatard, nearly opps.ute Aesatia j crevasse, the water has f?llen about 18 j inches. I St. Lours, March 22.?The Gtobe \ Democrat's correspondent on the gov- j ernujent relief steamer up Sunflower j River and some of its tributaries gives a ! graphic description of scenes along the j banks among the poor people, who for j many days have been camping on dry j spots of ground or cooped up in lofts of t houses or huddled together on roofs. Many of them were suffering from hun- j ger and all were utterly des'icute, hay- j iog lost everything they possessed. Up to Sunday night the Anita had picked | up and taken to what are know as the j IIai ris Mounds, which are large and j high, nearly one thousand people, most- i ly negroes; they are camped in the open j air, but they will be supplied with food j until the flood subsides and they can j take care of themselves. Vicksburg, March 22.?Captain j. j S. Leod LT. S. A., arrived on the steam er Commonwealth, says that at Lake I Providence there are about 1.500 per- j sons, and from the Arkansas line to the j Southern line of East Carrol Parish not i less than 3,000 whites and blacks, who I will require rations for the Gcxt thirty days, aud that in Madison Parish there j are at least 2,000 people who will have ! to be assisted for the same period. I food and texts fuji the destitute. j Washington, March 22.?The Secre- I tary of War has ordered 300,000 ra tions to be issued at New Orleans for Louisiana, 200,000 at Memphis fcr Mississippi, 50,000 at Helena for Ark- j ansas, and 10,000 each at Charleston, ! New Madrid and Gayoso for Arkansas, j These are the first rations issued under the last appropriation of ?150,000. The Secretary of War has issued in struction for the transportation of one hundred hospital tents from Philadel phia to Vicksburg, Miss., for the uso of the sufferers by the recent floods. Each will give shelter to from 25 to 30 persons. Bill Arp on Spring Work. We have been moving old fences and cleaning up the hedge rows. There was some old logs in the fence row that I wanted to roll into a gully and I prized at one with a rail for an hour trying to get it out of its bed, when one of the darkies came along with his mule and a plow, and he put his mule on one side and his plow, on the other and moved all in five minutes without a bit of trouble. But I'm a learning and I don't care who I learn from. I've never seen anybody yet that dide^t know some things that I didn't, and there is many an old farmer who knows things that wise men like professors in colleges don't. Some folks go through a long life and observe little or nothing and most of the boys never stop to think but learn all they known from books Do the boys know that when a horse crops grass he eats back to him, but a cow eats outward from her be cause she has no front teeth in her upper jaw and has to gum it. Do they know that some kinds of snakes lay eggs and some don't, but give birth to their young. Do tbey know that a cane gets its full growth in a year whether large or small, and the limb of a tree never gets any higher from the ground no matter how high the tree -grows. The boys have seen many a white . horse, but did tbey ever sec a white colt ? Do they know that a hop vine winds j with the course of the sun, but a beau vine always winds the other way? How does a bird fly without, moving a feather ; or flopping a wing? How does a snake | climb a tree or a bride wall? What is the difference between a deer's track and a hog's track and how often does a buck sued his horns and what becomes of them '? Which ought to be the lar gest the throat of the chimney or the funnel, aud ousnit it to be wider at the top or drawn in ? Books are a wonderful j help, but a man ought not to be satisfied j to go through life and be always on the j borrow from other people's brains. He [ ought to find out some things for him-! self, and leave a little to posterity iu j payment for all that he has learned from others. Some New Geography. 'Of what is the surface of the earth composed ?' Of corner lots, mighty poor roads, railroad tracks, baseball grounds, crick et fields aud skating rinks. What portion of tbe globe is water?' i 'About three-fuurlhs. Sometimes ! they add a little gin aud nut-meg to it.' | What is a town ?' 'A town is a considerable collection of houses and inhabitants, with four or live meu who 'run the party' and lend i money at fifteen per cent, interest.' 'What is a city V 'A city is an incorporated town, with i a mayor who believes that the whole j world shakes when he happens to fall j flat ou a cross-walk.' j 'What is commerce ?' 'Borrowing $5" for a day or two aud dod^iuir the lender for a year or two.' 'Name the different races.' 'Horse race, boat race, bicycle race and racing around to find a man to in- t dorse your note.' j 'Into how many classes is mankind I divided':' 'Six; being enlightened, civilized.; half-civilized, savage, too utter, not i worth-a-cout and Indian agents.' What uatious arc called enlighten-1 cd?' 'Those which have had the most; wars, the worst taws and produced the ; worst criminals.' 'How many motions has the earth V 'That's according to how you mix : your drinks aud which way you go ! ll?tt) ' i What is the earth's axis V 'The line passing between New York j and Chicago.' j What causes day and night?' 'Day i> caused by night getting tired : out. Night is caused by everybody ! taking the street car aud goinir home | to supper.' 'What is a map ?' *A map is a drawing to show the ju- j ry where Smith stood when Joues gave him a lift under the eye.' 'What is a mariuer's compass?' *A jug holding four gallons.?De- I troit Free Press. IT EWS ITEMS. Scoville has given notice that be will retire from the Guiteau case. There were 7.500 foreign immigrant arrivals at New York last week. Maud S. is merely another illustra tion of the fact that time is money. Bob Ingersoll has already prepared his dying words, so that he may make no theological mistake, Arthur says there shall be no com plaint of tardy execution of law in Utah. He will send 'picked men.7 Heavy snow and wind storms in Dakato have caused a suspension of all traffic on the Northern Pacific Railroad. The Senate has confirmed Samuel Blatchford as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; B. O. Duncan* of South Carolina, Consul at Naples. The Apaches are said to be on the war path again and the prospect of ao Indian war in New Mexico is most promising. 'It will always be a matter of wonder how the world got along before rubber was so extensively adapted.' Pshaw! people kept their stockings up with a twine string in those days.?Louisville Courier Journal. David Navazzo. the 'fat boy1 who has been on exhibition in differeut parts of the United States, died, last week, io Pittsburg, Pa., of smallpox. He was 21 years old, and, i; is said, weighed 700 pounds. There will be many public questions to be settled this year, but the Carolina Spartan strikes it right when it says : The great and absorbing con side rat too, just now, is how to make the best crop possible at least expense.' We learn that Mr. I. Dore Davidson, who won such applause as Ptttieus Green, in 'Hazel Kirko,' is a native of Wilmington, N, C, and two years ago was a clerk in a dry goods store in that city.?Palmetto Yeoman. Atlanta has a colored man's hotel that is a success. It is kept by a color ed man. His bouse has 32 rooms in cluding a bridal chamber. It is kept on the European plan. Meals 25 to 50 cents, and room rent from 25 cents to ?1.50 a day. 'Yes,' he said, 'I gamble, but I don't drink.' 'But you ought not to gamble,' said the clergyman. 'I must,' be re plied. 'Don't you know the proverb says, 'Of two evils choose the least?' It wouldn't be carrying it out to choose uetther.?Boston Post. An old Iad}% hearing some one read ing" about a Congressman at large, rushed into the kitchen door, shout ing, "Sarah Jane ! Sarah Jane ! don't leave the clothes out all night. Mind, I tell you, for there's a Congressman at large I" The young men have a way jto Texas of rating the girls as they do cotton. If only moderate in style aud appear ance she is a good ordinary; if more than usually attractive she is a good middling ; but if superior in all the graces and charms, then she is highest grade?middling fair. The Saluda Argus says it is rumored that United States detectives, disguised as peddlers, drummers, bummers, show men, gamblers, and all sorts of fellows are to travel about the country seeking to pump Democrats and get up lies and evidence, true or false, agaiast our per secuted citizens. The Governor has appointed as Com missioners to locate the County seat of Berkeley County?J. H. Leland, W. C. Ward, F. Conner, F. Schaffer, E. T Legare. R. T. Morrison. William EL Cain, S. Porchcr Smith, James 3?. Izlar, Orangeburg. Cows on the prairies get accustomed to the noise of locomotive bells and whis tles, and do not always clear the track until thrown off by the cowcatcher. A patented device is described in the Scieriiifc American for squirting hot water twenty rods ahead. It is calcu lated that this would stimulate the laziest into action. At a meeting of the Cabinet March 21st., the Court-martial case of Cadet Whi taker was taken up and disposed of by disapproving the sentence of dismis sal from the service, imposed by the Court, co the technical ground that evi dence taken at the trial was improperly introduced, thus sustaining the opinion of the judge advocate-geDeral. 31. F. Home, of Timmonsville, has been committed to ihe jail ai Darling ton o:i the charge of fraud upon the Pension office. It seems . that iiorne, as attorney in fact of one Head, has bees drawing the laiter's pension for many years, and although Head died in 1S7U, Home eouiiuued to draw all the same until last year, when the discov ery was made of the death of Head. A special ageut cf the Treasury visited the neighborhood on the 3rd of the preseut mnr*h. and the result has been to put the fraudulent Home in an un pleasant dilemma. Mr. Paul C. Trenholm, a prominent young gentlemen of Charleston, was knocked down by thugs in Charleston on Sunday night I9th inst. within two Squares of his residence, and robbed of his watch. The intention of the party, which cousisted of two white men dress ed in sailor's clothing, was to rob Mr. Iren hol in, in which they only partially succeeded, as persons corning along the street frightened them off. Mr. Trcn holm's injuries are very serious, if not fatal, and the greatest anxiety is felt for his recovery. The whole of Charles ton is jusrly iroused at such aa outrage, and every effort is being made to bring the perpetrators to ju^ice. Dr. S:. Julien Ravenel, of Charles ton, is dead. He was not only distin guished in his profession, but a thorough ly practical man of science. lie was associated with Prof. Agaziz. He designed the famous cigar-shaped tor pedo b^at Little David which struck the great ship Ironsides. lie was the first to \periiuent with the phosphatic rocks of Carolina and show their value; he invented the -acid phosphate.' He was the fatbe. of the artesian well sys tem of Charleston, and he contributed largely tc the changed industrial devel opment of lower South Carolina. To illustrate his sympathy with his fellow men, it is rcealled that he went to Nor-, folk to nurse the yellow fever sufferers,. He was certainly a useful citizen.