VOLUME XXIV. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY 1IORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1865. NUMBER S
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A PIECE OF'EOeGEREt
A friend, not unknown to military fame,
sends us the following as a rcminisenCe of hard
times away up Red River, about last Christmas*
"Wo know our readc-rs won't get their bristles
up about it, but will read it with grunts of sat
isfaction:
Listen, kind friends, while T tel you in rhyme*'
Of the danger you passed through iu hog killing
time,
For my bipod and my nerves are so chuck full
b'V.WSV,
That until I warn others I'll seo do more
peace.
And when you have heard other.0, you'll know
what to expect,
For in my sad story I'll show the effect
Of living as I have for three weeks or more.
On pig meal?and hog meat?and sow meat?
and boar.
A friend in the country invited me out,'
To spend a few d .vs, while loafing about,
To use t!p a furlough; and, oh, what a dunce,
1 never thought of the sequence, and accepted
at once,
'Twas a kind-hearted lellow, and I know he
" meant well,
Anduo'er thought his kindness woukftecd mo
to hef; .
* But the temptation was such, and (he eating so
good,
That resist it I could not, nor would not if I
I
could.
For thongli I'm no Gentile, nor are I a Jew, I
I'm really afraid that it never will do,
Fur white men to live upon hog meat alone,
And eat. as they do?fut?lean?gristlo and
lone;
For to such, Bible reader, 'lis plain to be seen
That Mosos pronounced that "tl.fc bog is unclean,"
Unless.'twas intended us a cashing to be,
Wlien Christ bade the devil 'run those hogs in
Vac sea."
Well, when dinner time came my friend said a
grace,
Then at eating wo went, as if running a rr.ee,
And no one was conscious of doing a crime,
For the table'showed-plainly that-'twas hog
killingtime. I
fiist eat a pig's tail, it seemed very nice,
And it was pick'u clean and gone in a trice,
And then Mr. Ilog was tnrned round about,
And the next piece I oat was off of his snout;
Then came the kidney, and liver, and melt,
Until I am snro T quite satisfied felr.
H-mi -wi.> "
lucu juuw iiuu muru 10 meso wonurous |
sights,
They gave mo a dish, would you believe it, of
lights?
The spare ribs came next, indeed they were
good,
And really seemed as if intended for food,
And the sausage was splendid ODd flavored with
sage?
I'm sure they had none in old Moses' age,
.Else that wiso Patriarch ne'er would have
said,
That the Jews on such hog meat should never
Ic fed.
The back-bone came next, and it, too, was
Cue,
And I honestly state that I'm fondof the chinei
And Chinaman never loved fat rat or mouse, |
As well as I love a well-picked souse;
And the feet and the cars wore thus pickled
and tried,
And I'd have eateu 'em with Moses at my side.
I am sure you will think I have risks enough
_ taken,
Without waiting for summer to eat up the
bacon,
Put Providence intended that sido meats and
beans,
Should be baked, while 'tis proper to boil it
with greens;
And from fritters and pan-cakes We'd ever be'
barred,
Were it not that kind Providence gave us hog's
lard ;
*A.nd the Patriarch's surely would not have me
to damn,
To slop me from eating sugar-cured ham.
Aud thus I've eat hog meat, boiled,stewed and
roasted
A la modo, fricasced, barbacucd, toasted,
. * Until I'm afraid,*if the Bible is true.
. And reads for outsiders as well as the Jew,
'i'uat the good saints in Heavdn will no'er go
my bail,
Pur I've eat up a hog from his 3nout to his tail,
And now for sonic punishment I must preprre'
For all tnnt i vc jou 01 u:c nog lsjusnair,
Hut whether 'twill be in tlii3 world or the next,
- icoses neglected to state in his text;
And the infliction ns jet gives more pleasure
than pain.
Though 'tis plain to bo seen that I've hog on
the brain M. J. T.
- Red River, Texas, pCc- 25, 1 SGI.
[iVtic Or leansCrescent.
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A wife in San Francisco lately put a
petition for divorce in the Court, on the
ground that her hushatid was a "con
founded fool." The Judge, who was an
old bachelor, wouldn't admit the plea,
bccauss every man would bo liable to the
same imputation who gets married. !
CAMDERf, FRIj)A?, 5>EC. 22.
No Paper Ne.vp Week.?Next w?ck being
Christmas no pnper will be 'ssued from this
office.
In New York, on llio lGeh, cotton was declining.
The average sales mode" were 49 to
50 cents per sound1. Gold 145 1-2.
Law Judges.?The Legislature has chosen
the lions. A. P. Al.DRicnj T. N. DaAv^ia's and
P. J. Moses, Law Judges.
, Comptroller General?Capt. S. L. Leaphart
was elected to tho abovo office on Monday
last, by the Legislature. .
Chancellors.?Tlio Hons. H. D. Lesesnk
and IV". D. Johnson! have bc.n elected Chancellors
in Jaw.
C. H. SiJioNTON, I'm., of Charleston, was
elected Speaker of the House, on Monday to till
the vacancy caused by the resignation, of Hon.
A. P. A Lit I en, (elected Law Judge.)
We have seen r.o official account, but learn
from the most reliable source, that the stay law
has becD materially modified, but are ubable to
tfav iu what particular.
The Caiidfx Cot-tun Market.?During the
past week llirre hns been but little cotton ofl'ercil.
Middling to middling fairsojd at fiom 32
tj So cents.
The Camden Journal .vill be enlaiged on the
1st of January, if the material on the way arrives
iu time; when we will be enabled to
present a full sheet, printed on fme white paper.
To Delinquents.?Vie have on our hooks
aevrrnl thousand dollars of notes and account;',
all of which should have been cash. We.want
all persons indebted to settle before the first of
January; as we will credit no cue alter that
date for subset iptior, advertising or job
work.
& -o-.-T
Tiie Scarcity of Corn.?'Tis strange, yet
nevertheless true, that hut very few bushels o
corn have been ofleri d for sale in this market
during the past few weeks; and when offered,
I l.as been gobbled up, in most cases', hy avaricious
speculators, who no doubt expect to make
; their everlasting fortunes from the purchase and
sale of that much needed product.
Tiik Field and Fjkeside.?M'e are pleased
to welcome in our sanctum, this old and deservedly
popular S. uthcrti litcinry journal, 'lire
Yvrnririrfni-S IV. B PillTn k C.O.. anilOURCP that
is suspension wai causedl>y the destruction of
the office of publication, at the end of the war.
We would take pleasure in reconinieDdiiiy the
Field & Fireside to tliose of our lady nad< rs
v>'ho are inclined to patronize Southern lis*.
Mature.
Fatal Ee.vconihe.?On'Turd^y1- evcniif
last, at the house of " Joux Nilaxp, on (Mn!n
street, a difficulty took p'ace' between two!
frecdnion.'JoiEnt Walk till and St'iPio Siian* j
non, whilst playing card.*, which resulted in I
tl.o death ol' the latter, from two fatal wounds
received in the right shoulder and left bread- j
Walker fiod immediately, but was arrested oiu.
Tuesday morning last, by a parly of colored
men, and confined in the guard house of this
town, there to await lbs trial.
Hog Killing Time.?'l'is seldom we have
vcr seen a mure propitious season for killing
and curing pork. rlho lovers of hack-lames,
spare-ribs and sausages aio living, high, and all
sec-m anxious to enjoy a Christmas dinner.
On the first column of this week's paper will be
found a "Piece of Hoggerel," in which the writer
claims to have eat a whole hcg, 'from his
snout to his tail, and indulges in vain regrets
at not finding the bristles palitnble.
Christmas and Santa Claas.?Every one
feels certain of Chris!am?, and Santa Claas is
expected. In order to prepare for his advent
parents should make timely preparations by
ca'ling on Baoj, Bro. & Co., where the best- of
dry goods, clothing, groceries and toys may be
had, at low prices.
Mr W. Daascu can also supply yon with all
kiuds of confectionary, and many other etceteras.
A Meeting of Planters.?A meeting of
planters was held in Sumtervillo on yesterday,
with a view of consultation regarding contracts
with the fried men for next year's labor. Brevet
Major General Saxton and Brevet Brig.
Gen., EicnARDsox was present, Tito former
gentleman addressed the meeting. It has been
suggested that the plnnter3 of Kershaw'-district
uu j'luuipi in i-miiruuiing iur lauoi ior nexi JCJir.
aod the freedmen will no doubt feel the necessity
of contracting with the planter, and fulfilling
their engagement satisfactorily to their employer.
Doings is Congress.?President Jonssos is
very urgent for the admission of the Tennessee
delegation, and it would appear that an exeep
tion would be made in this case. The liepublican
Senatorial caucus was considevublj* divided
on the question, and it would appear that
Congress is not disposed to make art issue with
the President, if it can be avoided.
The Illinois members have fixed the sum o
$100,000 to-be devoted to Mrs. Lincoln*, and
in all probability that amount will be appro
printed.
A resolution lias passed, allowing on the floor
the Souti.tru members. We presaruo, without
scats.
Bills were presented for confirming the land
titles granted by Gen. Slocum last winter on
the Sea Islands.
A resolution was presented to the Senate,
declaring that the writ of Habeas Corpus be
restored to every State.
The above items are tho only on?? we have
dcerucd worthy of publication, in looking oyer
the Congressional proceedings. ;
?
Failuus. of National Banks.?The follow,
ing National Banks are reporled in the New
lork city Bank Detector as having failed
Were limits ju.d others are onutioncd against roj
ceiving th'cin at present:
First Nati?nal Bank ofNcw York.
- Attica Bank, New York.
Syracuse, New York.
Bcdfoul, Main?. ,
Pitlston, Pennsylvania.
IlallowcU, SI nine.
Baugor, ilaiig;.
Sa'ctn, Mns3
The -Freedmen
[Frn/i (he JcichmoTiil
We arc induced to believe lliat a por-'
lien of the people of the Northern States
of this country?we will not dignify such |
a collection by terming it a party?in I
their ignorance, or malice, or both, have j
taken, and sire.still taking, measures to
increase the discontent of that nufortiK
uate race in the Southern States so recently
endowed with freedom; to inflame
tl'eir passions, and thereby prevent any
solution of the social and political quo&>
lion now pending but oLe that is terrible
to contemplate.
The"first and most'important step now
to be taken by the froedmon of the
South, is to.-forget as much as possible
of the past, and more especially that
more recent period v.herein their minds
were filled with glowing virions of prosperity,
engendered by uicn either malicious
or ioT-oraiit. They must forget the
falsehoods llui^havc been told them, andloolc
the future honestly in the face.
They intuit knew that -those w;ho have
thus Li guilc-d litem are not. their friends,
and.that for aid, coum-el end practical
friendship, t.hoy must look to those
among whom they were born, and in
comuinui'y with whom they wish to live, i
It is terrible to contemplate the condition
of the Afiican race of tliis country
in the future, unless their relations we
clear and friendly with the Southern people.
There cnu he mi middle ground to
- i?o assumed' They must he friends with
the white population of the South, or
tlicy arc, their enemies, and as such wiil
and must be trcnti'd. It. is a great pity
that these u; fortunate creatures cannot
realize such a palpable fact. Tin couscivative
and sensible portion of the
TC.-ii-f! orii ri i*r n!? npn it 1 r? thoinselvp.R tn
i v' i*"? ?, ? ; "
prevent any further mischief emanating
hom the opposite view.. Humanity ie(juivtrt
that there shall lc no further deception
practiced upon these simpletnindcjd
beings. It thosc who have
hereto. fore deceived the freed men have
done it through ignorance,' they should
inform'thems Ives cf facts; it'. th.ttU'.gb
malice and vindictive motives, they
. hould he suppressed.
There can ho no disguising tlic fact
that, here is idleness, eatvl. ssi:css, and 'a i
disregard for the future ain'-ng tiie re- !
c-t fly liberated* slaves of the South, j
These chiiractcrijMe.s are integrated with
their nature? they are defects of race.
That, in addition thereto, there is discontent,
insubordination, insolence, and, in j
sever:.V instance-, violence is clearly at- |
inbutablo to the exatltaum, the infatuation,
prodtiml in the mind.- of thefreedmcn
by had and designing men for occult
purposes, We believe the intelligent
officers of the Frueduicn's Bureau have
endeavored to dispel the erroneous impressions
thus made upon the minds of
the negroes, hut. the latter arc loth to
credit the assertions of these officers, for,
by so doing, they must stincnder all ihtir
.brilliant aspirations?their visions of ease
and prosperity. Wc think this has added
to their discontent, fur 'they regard
those bright days .which have been prom*
iscd thorn as so many vested lights, as
actual property, of which tlicy arc to be
deprived. While thc-officers discharging
their duty in toppling s iinc of these air
castles over, the mischief-makers arc
still at work secretly, and, we fear,effectually.
The South desires, nay needs, the labor
of these people, if they cant have it assured
to them under proper legislation. Association
has made them familiar with this
kind of labor, and for certain purposes
they would perfcr it, if the I'reedmcn could
he made to comprehend their own interests.
But if the continued agitation of
social and political questions is to attend
the existence of this race .among us?if
we are to live in a state of chronio disorder,
of chaotic disorganization, and see
CUMSlclIUlJ KIUUIIU iiuu UlllUII^^b US IUU
element* of destruction ready for tho use
of fanaticism, insfoad of the peace and
quiet we demand?if wo are to rudurc a
constant threat of violence unless1 new
and extraordinary privileges are accorded,
we risk but little in predicting, the end.
We can only bid these white breeders of
mischief to beware, or the recoil will bo
dangerous to lliem.
*??
A Fearful Day*?The Nashville
Dispatch gave the following summary of
a day's events in that blessed city ; Fight
between two mad dogs. Robbery of an
actress. Highway robbery. Two men
dead from starvation. An entire family
poisoned by arsenic. A bloody encounter
in the street. Horrible tragedy?a
man kills his wife and is shot by his
neighbors. Another bloody affray upou
the public thoroughfares. A nigger soldier
killed by a wagoner. In fine, horseracing
iD the afternoon, followed by a
disastrous fire.
The
Washington "lobby" is filled with
men who have come "to offer a few suggestions.
1
A* Richmond Editor on
Butler. A
terrible calamity baa plunged tlie
wliole Land in the blackest depths of
of greif and despair. The nation is reeling
from the effects of a fearful loss. Ma^
snchusetts, with streaming eyes, ia clothing
herself with sackcloth, and preparing
to sprinkle ashes over her sable habiliments
of inconsolable _woc. ' Benjamin,
treasonably called Beast, but snruomvd
Cutler, her well beloved and greatest
wanio'r, has shot like a meteoric stone
front the military firmament of lesser suns
planets and fixed stars, and ceased to br
a Ms'jnr-Gencii:I. He tendered his resignation
the oOa r day, and as Republics
arc proverbially ungrateful, the President,
foigctful of the blazing glories of
''Big Bethel " of the immortal honors of
"the Gap," and of, the "flalrtii-'g renown of |
the "the fire ship," accepted the .mighty
iwarrior's resignation. The nfewspapers,
witli U) iligiia'iit ppinlip.sis. assert thr.t it
was "promptly accepted,!' at.d one GorTless
journal viciously hints that tin; proffered
retirement of the. mighty Boahdil
was "snapped at by the war office authoiitics.
;
Profound as will be the grief of the
cvilhied world at th? . retirement- of this
honored and honest hero, -Virginia, is
almost desolated at ihe rr^ional bereavement
involved in* l.is !o.-s. \VTc shad
always recollect tfcut liiary of this great
nan's most famous and wondrous achievements
were upon our soil. His Jirst
essay at a pitched battle was at "Big
Bethel." It. was here he* dug Lis immortal
"ditch,'' and from tho waters of
Virginia the great "fire ship" sailed and
exploded willi Mich terrific and. harmless
splendor a few miles from Fort Fisher;
after which* exploit the Geuerr.l with
characteristic modesty withdrew his forces
from before that place, and permitted a
youi.g r New England General fo gather-all
the laurels. Two .Virginia cities,
"near the sea'," will ever hold in grateful
remembrance the humanity, urhauity
tinsel f.shness ai d splendid integrity w ith
which he discharged hi* oluebr! trust.
c
At the very moment when the heartrending
intelligence of his resignation
reached us, a member of the Yitginia
Legislature, anticipating his appointment
to the command if this military divissit
i:, had iiitrodncni a resolution redolent
ef pl.aVent rcu'irhcr.r.cos of the great
warrior's deeds of valor in Norfolk aud
i'ortsnuHith. Tt was a lunching aud eloquent
.tribute to tie late A J ;>j' ?r- Ov t: ca r1.
for it reeuumseiiiii d, m anticipation of
his advent, a ''distribution of a'l" the
money in the Stole Treasury ami n~ the
widows and orphans of deceased soldiers,
ami rdsm provided for the afnoiutaienl .,i
swill-footed "couriers" to convt v tlio glad
tidings of his :u rival through llic iimd,
and to urge all prudent housewives . to
| e.tiiecid tnnir Silver sj'of-as and forks.* U
|.was an amusing peculiar!';*, we Lei'evc
: of tin- gieat departed, t i:t he was fond
of plate, and had an o'qiii ite taste in jeweiry,
musical iii-trinucnts, honsehould
Timiitnrc, gold and silver coin. The peoolf.
of New ()r!eai:s deliwl.t to kot n fresli
I * # - V l
t!ic. memory oi Lis tviuurkuuic taste in
ibis fine ;ii ts.
At the moment when Benjamin, Ihc
well beloved of Massachusetts, is tairing
leave of a weping country, and wlnJis
Columbia with a well inuisteued mourning
handkerchcif at each eye, steins to
say, "('(.n't fio, Ben,' it is to be regretted
lhat Gcneial Grunt should have alluded
iu his report to the hero of Big Bethel iu
such insignificant and sarcastic terms, as
to show that ho greatly coiitoms and
despises his pretensions to military
skill.
A!l?of us remember that in the 'spring
of lb04, General Butler, at the head of a
vast army, steamed up Janus liiver, and
landed on the south side uf that stream.
As di-crotion always entered very larg.-lv
into the valor of this great chieftain, lie
failed to advance oh Ricnmond for some
eight clays, and for two or three o? those
critical -days the Confederates always
chuckled at the thought of having kept
so valorous a man quiet with, v?e think,
about sixty cavalry and nine hundred
infantry. To This especial part of Genciill
Butler's military career General
Grant refers with an amount of grim
derision which is verv diverting, lie
charges General Butler with being res-'l
ponsible for.the failure of the first grand
attack upon this city from the south of
the James in May, 1S04'. It will be rc-?
membcrod that on the 14th of May, 18t>4
having then, as wo have said, wasted
eight priceless days, Butler telegraphed
from Bermuda Hundreds to Washington
that he had put himself across pretty
much everything, and added, "General
Grant will not be troubled with any further
reinforcements to Lee from Beaurcgaid."
At that moment Beauregard, as J
General Grant informs us, thanks to the
time wasted by Butler, had drawn in all
his '"loose forces in North and South
Carolina," and was "bringing thcui to
the defence of Petersburg and Richmond.
Two days afterward, on the 16th of May
ho fell upon Butler and "forced him back
between the forks of the James and the
Appotomax," where, as General Grant,
with somewhat r.nhistorical, but by no
means disagreeable malice, observes, "his
army though in a position of great sccux
rity, was as completely shut off from fib
turn operations against Richmond as if
it had been in a bottle strongly corked,"
General Grant's (juaint picture of Gen.
Butler "corked up in a bottle" will live
in history, and furnish a splendid theme
for the painter and poet. With his
characteristic pertinacity, General Giant
having. hcrmetrically bottled Butler, 4
deems it not nnadvisable to shako liim
up a little, as if fie was a sort ot prescription
wjiieh required such treatment hefore
disposing of him altogether. He ^
pounces down upon him Tor his famous
Fort Fisher Jiu.sco, and asserts that Butler
went there,'with the army and fleet r
which was sent to reduce that place, r
without permission. lie pokes an infin* ?
ite amount of dry fun at liim when bo 1
says in his repoit, "I rather fin mod the :
idea that General Butler was [in going *
to North Carolina] actuated by a desire ^
to witness the effects of the explosion of
Lis powder ship." Phew! we call that
a cruel hit. And General Grant renews j 1
the roar of inrxtii'guUlmble ir.ughter ''
which followed the explosion of that re-> *
mark able i h i j i by saving, with the most
delightful maliciousness, that the "albre- 1
said ship blew up so harmlessly that no* ]
? i i ^ f t i . I -.1 il.'. 1
i.city lit me c.criU'tieraie crates uau uie
remotest idea what the exj.lof.lon meant, ,
until this Northern;..papers explained the '
mystery." tr\ ttrtrVjmmm Gwt Gra?t 1
is strictly eonr-cf, for we really thought
that a tVigh'.fnUni-aster hail Jbefallen an |
'"iron-chuf," rir.til we were convulsed with 1
merriment at the result of tire ingenious
Butler's plan for .Mowing up Fort Fisher.
In his, as in runny other instances, Gen.
Butler was singula!ly fpavirg of Coiifed* '{
orate lives. The nu n .which, tis a p.r-u detit,
thoughtful warrior, he invarhtb'y
took of l.is own precious life, made liim
unwilling to shed liinnan blood. Con*
fi.-colioii was his strong point, and, when
he niovccl with his oculist alhig cohorts in
the rear of a 'fghting general,'' he was
really grand. But alas! alas ! this great
and good man?this incomparable mili*.
tary governor and predacious and priw
dent warrior?this hero, wlnr e name is_
familiar rts a household word in three
continents, whose deeds are at ouee the
admiration of the brigands of Greece and
the pirates of tin- Chinese seas, and whom
Verrcs and Hastings might have envied,
as the upright Governor of conquered
Provinces, ha- gone fioin uitr midst, and
no longer i'ti mi nates, v. illrjds splendid
and incomparable reputation*, an honorable
profession. AYe still hope that a
very lofty and well-tin rited exaltation
awaits him, all hough'*tardy justice, and
the ingratitude of mair, may postpone it
to Lis very last nionirui*. xsoniesis is
sometime? fipp.'.rcnily imitten'ive lo iter
favorite?, but she rarely fails, in the long
ran, to mc'.e cut to them a measure of
reward I'uiiy commensurate to their n:c-r?it?.?
iiicl :mw.l Time*.
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T.r TEK it.om GEN. IrPAiREOAno.?
Gcii. rJcanryiaril writes' the following
letter to tin- L jv*o <1 Italia : .
. Nf/.v (5pleans, November 18, 18G5.?
My ])oar Sir: ! lee: leave to tliar.k you
fm-'your article of the 27'h of October,
in reply to an attack upon me by the
Tans Avrnir National, a paper which
oi'ijlit t" he fnti.-T; d that 1 anf not.a
soldierof toitunc. When my native State,Louisiana,
required my se vices, T drew
my sitoi d wi-Jamt hesitation, as a sou
rushes tn rescue hia mother from flic
torrent, without thought oT his owii safe
I V. XJ 'y iiliv UUH", JII ' VI (,? ti*c
hatred of the-Northern fanatics, I thought
of seeking n refuse in Brazil, but the
generous sentiments expressed by Prcsideut
Johnson towards the Southern
States have peisnaded me, together with
a great many other Confederate officer#
ami soldieis, to. remain in Louisiana. I
prefer to live here, poor and forgotten,
than to he endowed with honor end
riches in a foreign cunr.try.
W'/th sincere respect, yotir obt't sorv,t,
6. T. iiiCAUregard.
Washington St. Cliurch, 1
Coliimfcia. ^ !
To the MivhUra "/ the South Carolina
(!>.iri/ei encr.
Dear BasTHEacN: lb-lying upon 1
your pledges, so cordially given at our '
last session in Charlotte; we have commenced
the-work of reconstruction. We
must nav our workmen wceklv, and we
look t?j you l'or the means with which- to !
meet their claims. We are in the midst '
of ashes and ruins, and .without your *
help wc must remain where we are. 1
Send on your collections- as speedily as (
possible. If \ye can keep the workmen
.constantly employed, the Lecture Room' <
wiil-W-cotMfdctr before <Ji? St/iingopens*. ']
At present we are indebted to our Pap- j
tist hrctheren fur the use of their Church f
on Sabbath uftirtioeons. . Send your collections
tn Robert Uryco, Columbia, or to
vour brother, c
VV. T. CAPERS, Pastor W. S. C. r
Editors of papers published within the f
limits of the South Carolina Conference, d
who sympathize with the people of Col- t'
umbia, will please publish the above i
card. 5
Harper's Weekly.?We trust that =
no deecnt-Southern man will over again
patronize this conceutrated essence of all
that is mean and malignant. Its object d
seems to be to keep up, as far as possible, e
a feeling of hostility between the North
and South. Its dots and illustrations are 5
gotten up for this czpress-. purpose; and
while it pretends to observe.tbe strictest r
neutrality, it is constantly villifying a
people,who are so immeasurably superior 0
to the proprietors of Ilarpcr s Wce/cly as
to be lowered by comparison. The articles
written for, and the cuts and illustra- jtions
presented in it, seems to be the pro>. s
duction of somo fiend whose single oh- w
jeet is to deuounce and cariciture the
Southern people.? Wilmington Journal. |
krtemus Ward's Autcbicgrahy.
nv himself.
York, ne$r Fifth A Vf.jtoo Hotel,*
Org, a let..
Dr Sur;?Yrs,'into whirli you ask"- *
nc to send you sum lendin incidents of
ny .ifo so you can write my bogirfry for
be papers' caine dooly to band. I haveso
doubt that a article onto my life, gra*
natically jet ked and propeily pnnctooacdf
would bo a addition to the choicer
iteratoor of tbe day.
* ' . * # *
T was born in the State of Maine, oF*
jafents. As n infant. I attracted a gr-afc .
leal of at tention. The. nabei e woiikt
itiind over my ..cradle, for Iioursvand. snyj.
'IIow brite that little f;ice. looks, How?
math he noose!" Ibe. young ladle*
ivould carry me round in tbare arms, saying
I tViiS "inuzzer's bezzy darliu, and?
II LIU l? ? <?. W-flD II ti l", IIIlMlglb *
[ v.asi?'t_oldjenuff lb appreciate it. l'm'ju
healthy old dailjn -now,
I Lave a!lr.a~sTr?ti>inuj?o-gond moralT
karacter, I was never a. railroad director'
in my life.
Altho in early life I did not invariably ^
confine myself to Until in my fimal. bill.
I liave bin gt'aduoly grovvii respectabler
ami respectabler every' year 1 luv ipy
children, and never mint ate another
man's wile for my own. I am yiot a
member of any mcc-tin htnsc, but I firm- v
ly believe in nieetiu houses, and shouldn't
feel safe to take a dose of laudtmm,- and
iay down "iti the street of si village that
hadn't any, with a thousand- .dollars ir?
my vest pocket. * . /. ..
My tenij eriWent is- billons, altho L
don't owe a dollar in the world.
I am a'early riser. My wife is a Fres-*
Lytcrian. 1 may add that.l am aiso Laid1bedded*
I to< p two cows. I--'
I live in Baldiusville, Indiany. MyncnUdoor
r.r.b >r is old bteve Biliins. li*}*
tell you a little story about oW .Steve tbatfwill
make you larf lie jined the cbnreli
last spring, and the minister said, "Ycti
nn?st go home, now, brother Billins, and
met a family. alter in your housed
wlierer.pott the cgr<jis old cuss wen If
home and'bilt a rcglar pnlpit inbis settin
room, lie had the fliers in bis house(.very
four days.
1 run oG (oG) years of age. Time witli
his r.leurh sa scythe, is ever bizzyt He
gf:?heis 'cm in? lie gathers 'em . in. "I
keep a pig this year*
I don't think of ennything more, Mr.
Kditar.
I! you shou'd give my poitrnitin coir*
unction with my. bingfrv, please have me
cn.T/.vi'd in n languishing nttytood, leam*
ir.g on a itiarl-lje. pillar? t. nving in- my Tack
hair as it L tmw. Tr?oly yours,
A UTERUS VVAKiJt
Cim;.:e ix Sr. Lot'ip.?The prevalence r .
ofcrinie in St. Louis appals the ucwspapel's,-ode
of whom writes thus,:
"Men.ate bludgeoned rind jobbed under
pas lani(s, on thoroughfares, at 8
o'clock in the evening. Banks are rob'
bed in open day light. Collectors and
messengers arc knocked down, and their
money packages sciz d at ^nnon, in the
heart of the city. Ladies have their
purses snatched from their Lipids while
walking, in the consciousness of imagined
security, along the stncls, and scores of
dwellings are entered uith'lv and r>luu??
tiered. And yet no arrests are made,"
Rftuu.nf.d . Confkderates ani> Nb- .
GK0E8 Bl'TCiir.RKD. ?I'llILAnEOPlIlA,
December S.?The Xew York Tribune,
this, morning, says'that East Tennessee
Uuiouists have been permitted, hy a Weak
and worthless Union General command- ;
ing and a reverend blackguard sty lei
Governor, to butcher not less" than one
hundred rebels and ncgrors in and
aroiypd Knoxvillc siuce June last. Grct- "
ley saysTettju-ssec has many shmnch
Ut>i- m'sts, but. nevertheless is a paudemoiiitun
of passion and crime, and not more
[it for self-government than Dahomey,
It is known that General Grant is in
favor of a gcucral amnesty being* proclaimed.
When he returns to -Washington
after liistonr through the South"
jrn States we may expect to learn some- '
:b?ng of what ihc Executive will shortly
io in this matter.
'
Rapheal M. Semmc.?, the commander
* j v > _ "4 ..A ??
It tDe JllUWnvi. was. Iinraicu un i imaj^
asf, in ^lobilc, by cn order from Washngton,
and is now en route under guard,
or that city.
?
A California editor sometime ago revived
a long document, which he was
eqnested to "put under the editorial head v
rratis." He complied by placing it nnler
his pillow, and expressed his deterui
nation to serve similar communications *
n the some way.
/Innoimcements
FOR SUKlilFF.
The undersigned announces himsolfa eandi
ate for Sheriff of Kershaw District, at tlw
nsuing election. E. E.J5ILL.
November 10.
wooaT woodIT7^
y<3!E SUBSCRIBER IS PREPARED.
-1- to furnish cither Oak or Pine Wood?
n short. uoDec and to do hauling, generally.
Orders left at the office of Mr. Louis
). DcSatissure, (opposite Young's btfuk
tore) or at my residence, Delvalb st.^
ill be promptly7 attended to.
JAS. K. ANDERSON1.' . <
December 22* 2