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F . - ' jm, & ''"~ ._".Z7.. ~~ ^ '""" '"" 'v ^ ' ^ ' ' ?^__?=i?__ BY ?. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1875; ~ VOLUME XXIMJO. 49^ JB ' ? . ,= :, .. = .,- ^.-. . & - I . CONGAREE' i " ( r\ Oolum"bia7 ?. O. I ProDrietor. t : - ^ Manufacturer of Steam Engines and Boilers. Jron and Brass f astings of all 1 Descriptions made co Order. I was awardod tho first premium on castings at the State Agrieul- i taral aod Mechanical Society Fairs, m i-u 1B71 ,nuiu IU VsUIUIUl/??, iiwt?iuvw?, *.wi *J | 7X, 73.'. *"?J( MANUFACTURE v Cricnlar Saw Mills of all sizes. ] | ALSO i Took the First Premium at State F*ir* November. 1371. '72. '73 , Manufacturer of $rist Mills Irons of all sizes. I Eor Sale. i Witt-Gearing of the following sizes. 9 feet wheel and pinion $30 00 JO 44 44 44 44 , ...... 32 50 11 " 44 ,irl 1 85 00 , c 11 41 14 " 45 00 i ik" JT'v ? 60 00 I ? With Bolts $8.SO Extra for each set. Aati-friction plates and Balls for Cots. ton Prw? $10.00 and $12.00 per Bet. i ,, y, .. J), B. SMITH, Agent, j Abbeville S. C. R "H*. 10, 1873, 85-tf m* ; 0;i_ | I Slew store: NEW GOODS!! rilHE untV'jiigued lav? Just opue* an entj-e new HtocKof [ GRICEEIIS, : J Provision and liquors, I As well as Other oods ir f their Lille. K At tkieOJil KtatuUfA. M.'ITLL, reI ?ntlv^^rnOWB^D<^a.^hew ^ gjP^JtPENTO. . B ^ ^JUI^undcwignW bcrebyives no- , Belf A full supply of t GIN MAHRIAL W always <ru.buud.,, Farmer* are Lasted stK?? to bnri^ thHr (Uns jip ?ar?y iifle beam HD, to allow time tTOavetfreiubperly III' Alto^gent for the Taylor Co* Gin, m:{ tb? Brooka Cott{lpi;?HiW, *rtd alunds gSri; of robber and laathei belting. m Ti n . QWTTT1 i IX/ a il> WAUAX J j " Abbeville C. H? SC. 1 July 15,1874 14-6in ^ i T S Affooare^ to furnish allies X#MWWfcBR at the jb|st 1 notice at thft mill.formerly kno'as Maury's Mill. 'Tho Mill is in gote- ' pair, and with a good supply otgs 1 od Hand, customers need bi\bo f<w?r. ,5f delay in iiljidg orders.; ,ce $1.50 jwi^nndrea^GASH.' I April iu, *&<-*, oz-u THE ABBEVILLE HOT, J^pklLLER. IMS subscriber directs the atten j?_ of tliV ttajvelitig public to commodious Hotel, located in the tc I of AtfrwjUlaj aud solicit* Jbi tlae soqj fuli Stf JJiejuJ^ ic patron? With convenient' rooms; a well-k jtable, aud attentive servants, no elR will be Kparcd to give Hatiafaction. JACOB MILLER Oct. 14, 1874 27-3m Marl 't& Spot of Tout I ceased Friends. ' ~~ "Works^ n ** "tf* i .? ^ . ' A FULL line of stock on hand i /m .a?11 work sold at the, lowest pr ana work done In theb&t workman-] manMn Sever^, hundred new i handsome- designs on hand to m selections from. wiU duplicate i price la (UI monumental work,, by wl parties atia ftcifept. ?** ? T **TITi P V,/.UJltiJjJILCiAC I vIAETEE'S CHERRY BITTE If V? '' * A5? VlUBON TONIG. ?j||? Tb?0O- W9 gpod/ preparations. |?? -PARKER & PERRIN. July 23 lC-tf Sreenville & Columbia It. R. CHANGE OF SCEDIJT^E. On aud after Wednesday February 10, 1875, the Passenger trains over the 3reenVille and Columbia liailroad will je run as follows, dally, "Sundays excepted : MAIN STEM. rr TKIAN, NO. 1? COI.'A TO GR'NVILLE. Leave Columbia 7:00 a.m " Alston 8:45 a.m. " Newberry 10:03 a.m. " Cokesbury 1:37 p.m. " Belton 3:20 p.m. (Vrrire Greenville 4:66 p.m. TRAIK NO 4?OREENVILJ.E TO COLUMBIA Leave Greenville 6:00 a.m. '* ?' Belton 7:55 a.m. uoKesmiry v.oo u.iu. " Newberry p.m. " Alston ,.7S. 2:35 p.m. Arrive Columbia 4:20 p.m. Passengers by Night Train on South Carolina Railroad connect with No. 1. Passengers by No. 4 connect with Day Frain on the* South Carolina Railroad Tor Charleston, Augusta, &c., and with Night Trains on the Wilrtiington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad lor Sumter, Wilmington, Richmond, Baltimore, &c., &c. 4.XDERSOXBUA.XCU & BI.UERIlKiEDIv'K DOWN. Leave Walhalla 4:10 a.m. " Perryville 4:45 a.m. " Pendleton 5:00 a.m. " Anderson 0:50 a.m. Arrive DCUUU t . UP. Leave Belton 3:20 p.m. - " Anderson 4:20 p.m. " Pendleton 5:20 p.tn* " Penyville 0:10 p.m. Arrive Walhalla 0:45 p.m. Accommodation Train between Bellou and Anderson Tri-Weekly, viz; l'uesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.! No. 2 teave Helton at 9.?>0 A. M.; arrive Anderson 10:30 A. M. No. 3 leave Anderson at 2.00 P. M.; arrive at B?ltou 3 P. M. The Trains will run on Mondays when Court is in session at Anderson. ABBEVILI.1l branch. DO\VNv< C ji.O Leave Abbeville ?S:00 a. ni. Arrive Cokesbury 9:10 a. m. i UP. . . .. Leave Cokesbury.?. n.v.1:49 p. m.; Arrive Abbeville 2:35 j?. in. j Accommodation Train on tbisBranch will be ruu on Mondays, Wednesdays ind Fridays. No. 2 leave Cokesbury atj J:3.j a. ni.; arrive at Abbeville iu:&>a. m. No. 3 leave Abbeville 12:30p. m.: arrive Uokesbury 1:25?p. m. Train No. 1, on Maiu Stein, Columbia to Greenville, stops twenty minutes at Cokesbury for Diliuer. Train Jso, 4, Greenville to! Columbia, stops twenty-live minutes atj Belton for Breakfast, and twenty min-i utes at Alston for Dinner. I THO.S. DO DA MEAD, Gen'l Superintendent i Jarf" Xoktox, Gen'l Ticket Apcn| New Advertisements.! mnifl ?The <tlioiuc6l<i? the world, i lifiLu Iu'Dorterc nrices ? l,ai-<re8tl itoiupany in America-r-ntuple article?. pleases every body?Trade continually | increasing?Agents wanted everywhere ? best inducements ? don't waste time ? semi for Circular to Robert Weu.s, 43 \Ysey St., X.Y . P. 0. Box 1287. fjsL A WEEK to Agents to seT nn article saleable as flour.-;] L'rotits immense. Package free. Aii-; Jress BUCKEYE M'F'G CO., Marion,! Ohio. j Agricultural Worlt?, j^^^^ O^T Man^actxtrrro/ Smp'd Standard ^u- Wlliai W |HT 1^^ a months to afieiits every' nifflxlU' where. Address EXJEL8I0R M'P'GCO/, Bochanan.Mich. t DVERTISING : CHEAP : GOOD : \ Synlcvialic.?AJI persons who com template making contracts with newspapers far the insertion of advertisements, should send 25 eents to Geo. P. Rowell & Co., 41 Park Row, New York, for their PAMPHLET-BOOK (ninetyKventh edition), confining lists of 2,000 newspapers and estr iktes, showing the cost. Advertisements taken for leading paners in many States at a tremendous reduction from publishers' rates. GET rHE BOOK. JPq <rOAPer ^a3* homo. Terms jltK-1 free. Add row. GEO. STINSOX & CO., Portland, Me. _ frllinA WEEK guaranteed to Male / and Female AgentR, in theii locality. Costs NOTHING to trv it. Particulars Free. P. O. VICKERY & CO., AugiKqa, Me. " MOST ETPRAORDINARY Terms of Advertising are offered for Newspapers in the State of S. CAROLINA! Send for list of papers and schedule of i rates. Address Geo. P. Rowell & Co., Advertising Agents, No. 41 Park Row, New York. >Refkk to Editor ok this PapeiI. C. WEST & SONS, ALADDIN SEc^TY THE BEST OIL IX .USE. KvAIlftAHIElflSOj DEHBEES; F1RB TEST. Water white in color. Fully deoderized. And it will not explode. *'t burns in all Coal Oil and Kerosene .'Jaamps. TItY IT. A?k for "Aladdin "* Security." and take iio other. ak cr, Q. WEST & SON?. eHs ana Yl5 W. Lomb&rtf Strait. Md. llCJ?ov. 7, 1874 g0-6m ' ' J'" C\ iiw iniyfii ft T\t\ - JL1U/' , , . rrsTJGaaj ?hix>.vM in* BS. BACON, XOEOTEBE, ?o?5 TOBACCO, NAILS, &c., &c., at ' >pt. 9 22-tf B .... The Infidel and His Daughter. The damps of death is coming fast, My lather, o'er my brow ; The past with all its scenes has fled, And I must turn me now To that dim future, which in vain My feeble eyes decry, Tell me, my father, in this hour, -.In whose stern faith to die. In thine? I've watched these?rnful smi And heard-thy watching tone, Where'er tho Christain'a humble hope Was placed above thin? own ; I've heard thee speak of coming death Without a shade of gloom. And laugh at all'the cnildish fears That cluster round the tomb. Or in it my mother's faith ? How fondly do I trace, Through many a weary year long past, That calm and saintly face! How often do I call to mind, ' -\Now she is 'neath the sod, The place, the hour in which she dre My early thoughts to God I / Twas then she took this sacred book, And from its burning page, Read how its truths support the soul In youth and failing age; And bade me in its preccpts live, aiiu uy us |)icuc|?io That I might share a home of love In worlds among the sky.j My father, shall look above, Amid this gathering gloom, To Him whose promises of love Extend beyond the tomb ? Or, curse the Being who hath blessed This checkered path of mine, AnH -nrnrmfips eternal rest! Antf die, my sire in thine ? The frowns upon that warrior brow Passed like a cloW away, c And tears coursed down the rugg< v- cheek, -' That flowed not till that day. "Not, not, in mine," with choklt voice, , . . The skeptic made reply ; "Iiut, in my mother's holy faith, My daughter may'st thou die." Captured by Telegrapl Duriog the winter of 1S69, I wt emplo) ei as* night operator -in tli railroad office at I) - - -ylowa; <-?Tli principal road between Chicago an Omaha runs through I) , an the great irregular night trains, an constant danger of collision rcsu!tin thcre/Vom, rendered the position < night operator by no means an eas one. It may bo well to mention her as necessary to the following storythat besides the railroad office, thei was also at I> a business offic of the Union Company. This w always,spoke of as the "down-tow " ? ? . . .. . . i One 6tprniy night, not far Jroi eleven o'clock, I sat at my desk?an fur a wonder, idle. The wire?, ha not called for some time, and I wi leaniugftoack in rivy chair Jisteuing j the wind outside and reflecting upo the loneliness of'tny situation. Th eastern train had crosscd tho riv( more than an hour ago; all the dope official* had gone off home, and s far as 1 knew I was entirely alono i the vast buildiiig. Finally, tiredrof thinking,-I.picke up the evening paper and glance listlessly ovjr its columns. Anion other things I read the detailed at KCinnt nf !? (iMKrrwIv ilml ' Im ? ? ? ? "" occurred fifty miles up the river o the previous night. Three raftsmet well known as desperate charaetoi in that vicinity, had entered the cot tago of onoMaUhows, a farmer livin in an isolated spot?-had butchere the fanner and his children, Jterribl maltreated his wife, and then depar cd as tbey came, having taken wit them whatever plunder was hand; What interested me mo9t was a fu description, for purposes of identifici tion, of the chief of the villainot trio, Tim Lynch.?Here it is: T S500 reward will bo paid, for info mation leading to tho capture, dea or alive, of Tim Lncb, the ringlcadc of tho Matthews tragedy. L}'nch i a remarkably largo man, six feet fou inches in height, very heavy, an k...s..sl IJ 15? Ul UU14 ?WW33 tliU ftlJUUIUUrS. greenish gruy, with a deep scar ovc the right one. Hair wiry, black, an heard of same color. When fin seen he was dressed in black KosbuI hat, faded at my overcoat, pants < grey jeans, and heavy boots.?Th above reward will be paid to any on furnishing positive information of hi whereabouts. / (Signed) Sheriff of Co. At the very instant I finished rea( ing tho advertisement, there occurrc tho most remarkable coincidence tht has ever come under my obscrvatioi I heard a heavy tread on tho Htai and then the door ononed nnd t.hp.r entered?Tim Lynch! The momer I set my eyes upon him I recognize him as perfectly as though I hn known him all his life. The. arm overcoat and grey pants tucked inl the heavy boots, tiio massivo fran and shoulders, the slouched hat pul |ed down over his right eyo to conce; ? I was suro the scar, abov? all, desperate hunted look in his forbii ;ding conn tcnaucc?all wore not-to I mistaken^ I was.as certain of h identity as though^ he had stepp* forwarjl, pulled off his hat to show tl scar atfd told m$. his -name. i u.. | To say, that I was not alarmed i ; this sudden and unwelcomo intrusic i would be untruo. I am not a biw I man, and, ray present situation, aloi in the depot with a hunted murdfcrc was by no means re-assuring. ft heart beat violently, but from me forco of habit, I aroBo and asked Wi to bo soatod. Wbilo ho turned comply I succeeded in conquering n agitation to some extent. IIo dre a chair noisily forward, and sittii down threw open liis coat, displayii b}' so doing a lioiivy havy revolv ThmieAwd ,1 , mouth of a quanuiy oT tooacco-jAnl and spoke ^ "Yoohg feller," bfr said; motionii with'fete head toward tho battci 'that lhar niach!no'iflJ\vlhftti*yet,'<fa:ll telegram; 1 s'po8e?": ^ mvioiH 'Well,".1'anakfered}'* wliH a fai smite-, ; i rrten d6d ' id bd ;co*cl 1 i atoi "that's wftax we Bend ^telefcvfttppi bi I taaofc' yoiito'scbHti nwds^ to a frieWf df-mine-6(iCohoW. tell yer aforoband phalii^ got no? * : ;' li;'" t Mfl III Vi-; '. i lateral. Bat I kinder guess you'd better trust / riie, 'young' fellow" (Here bo laid his bad significantly on his belt.) "I'll fotch it in to-morrow if its convenient." I hastened to say that tho chargo could just as well be paid at tho other end by his friend. "Umph,! Plagucy little you'll got o' Jim, I reckon, Ilowsumdevor, percced." ... "What is tho message, and to whom is it to go ?" "I want you to loll Jim Fellora, of Cohoc, that tho bull quit hero last night, and thor sheop be close on bis heels." As ho delivered this sentence ho lnnkfid mo as if ho fixnectcd mo tOi be mistified. But I thought it best not to appear so, and I said carelessly: w "I suppose you are a dealer in stock and this is your partner? Ah, eir, the telegraph helps you fellows out of many a sharp bargain." "Ya'as," ho answered slowly, evidently pleased with the way I took it. ."Ya'as, that's uni.: I'm sending down of stock. Bought it dog cheap over in Genesee, yiBterday. Purtv lot as over you see." , ' I turned to my instrument;, t. What was to bo done? Though ours/was a railroad office, wo oflen sent business messages; and if I did as usual now I should probably get rid of my unwelcome visitor without further trouble. But in the short conversation with him 1 had somowhat recovored of my first alarm, and I now conceivJ ed the idea of attempting tho capid turc of Tim Lynch, , I was only a poor salaried operator, trying to-savo .enough to marry in the Bprinsr. Five ---hundred dollars would do mo a great deal of good juet now?to say nothing of the eclat of the thing. Bat how was it to bo accomplished? Here was I alone in th.o depot with a man- big enongh to 1. whip his weight in such Tittle men as I was several times over. Any atis tempt to seouro him single-handed in was not to be thought of. .But could ic I not cxcuse myself, and going out d fusteu him in? No; well I knew d f?om tho distrustful look in his face id that any proposal of mine to leave ig the room would be peremptorily obDf jectcd to by him. What tben? iy Why, simply this, I would telee, graph to: the down-town station. ? liut itlas! 1 That very day the conncc*c tion between tho two ofticcs hud been :e .qut fos'repairs It was seldom used e ,$t any time of course; But what of j . L...1O I. I.. .. ? I n HJiit l 11 \> UQ WIIIJ U HUVOLIVU \JL 4* I few seconds more time. id' All these thoughts went through d my mind with tho rapidity of light,d ning as I went to tho battory. is'Lynch regarded mo from tho cornor Jb of his nirto-Tcred eye with a suspicion,, n that made mo shake in my shoes. -As; ic I sat down ho aroae and came to my >r side. >t "Look a here, young fellow, he 10 hissed in my ear, and his breath was M sickening With the fumes of liqnor, perhaps you mean fair enough?I 1 I 1 - P I n?? (J I1UJJU ru UU, IUi J'Vl UWll oanu. L/Ub d I don't understand' nothio* 'bout g them tellygrams, and I jist want tor b- toll ye that yer'd better be eqaar'? d for by the Eternal God ! ef you go n back on me, 111 stretch you on this ^ yore floor as stiff as over I did a man 8 yitJ and I felt tho cold muzzle of his revolver on my elieek. Perhaps my g voice trembled a little, but I was a Sllll UUIUUVau ill UIJ IVJUIUI.IVU, no jl y replied: 1 t- -'Nevar lear, sir; I'll tell hira all h about tho stock.' Ho muttered soraef. thing to himself, and still remained II standing over me. a- You liave heard perhaps how much is character aud expression a telegraph operator can put into his touch. Why r- thore were dozens of different operad tors conAraubicaUpg'with our office, ir and I could tell at tho instaut, with. , is out ever making a mislako who it ir was signaling. You could tell if a , d man was nervous from his telocraph is ing just as y6? could from his" hand ir writing. The call that I sent hurryd ing across tho State Council Bluffs, it must have rung out upon the ears of h the operator like a shriek. -i )f lD. B. Are you thereV was what I i0 asked, and almost.instantly caino the e roply irTth'o affirmativo Then with is trembling hand, I rattled off my , message ; "For the love of God, tcl6graph to our down-town office at i- once. Tell them that Tiin Lynch is j ? 4 {via f aP l? ft ? Vw?\r mil at U WlliilU LUU IVMU \Jl lUVj uuu mvj it send help. i. A short pause, as though my mesr, sa<?o occasioned Borno surprise, and e then came the response ; 'All right!1 it which assured me I need not repeat. d 'Wei,' growled tho deep voico of ,d Lynch, "arc you going to send my y message?" io '1 have sent it, sir.' ic 'What I Does all that ticking mean II- what I teld you ?" til 'Yes and if you will wait fifteen or a twenty minutes you will get an and swer.' )c _ 'Wal, I dunno as I want, an answer, is Jim, he'll understand its all-right/ sd i. "But I'll toll you soon whethor ic lie's there or not.: Sit down, So Lynch reluctantly took his seat at looking around at the doors and wiu>n dows ojico in a while in an uneasy re way. ' I was determined to tako him 30 now at any cost; and I verily bolieve !r, 1 should have planned mysplf in his [y path had he insisted on going now. rc "Tick, Tick, Tiqlc, Tick l1' tho batfn tory called out, and X listened to tkCj /-. nnnuanrra 'Tlnni-i f.n/ll firtlll/1 llflSl ly gone the police.' Strange it was, iw wasn't it ? That I should sit thepo ig and talk through two hundred fifty ig roilee ofvspace with a man not u mito er from mo.: i I ::i >Jr. - / 113 'IT null vuou oiguviiy 1 iuv|uiiv/u :c, my companion, oa tlio tickin' ccasod; TJ and I'rep^od thait the clork at Cohoo, fg bad just written off the message and y, sent it out." H<S seemed1 satisfied and :iq' bottled back in. his chair, where ho y-.Bvf, in suUoa >ydnce, bis Jaws going tit dp and down4_as.Uoi;chewe}i.his weed, y; j | 0, how slow the five minute's passod, rtVitJie sueqi^ns^ 'uras terrible, 1 sat arid go w?tcb^d; tbo-;.minutoi,jof\. th o. I dloclc, 'and fivq niinutes ip^eiped'las' M- itiany months. $n?fl'^eoia OVJ cd nervous too. IIo moved uneasy J in his chair. ' 'Ain't it about time ye heard from Ma; Jim ?" ho aeked at length. "Wo shall get word from him in a few moments now,' I answered, and fell to watching the clock again. C-^ Fivo minutes moro passed. Lynch ] got up and bogan pacing to and fro wh across tho room. At length ho paus- wa od and said. Ma "I don't beliovo I'll wait any moro tiv' I've got to eeo a man down at tho spc Pensylvania Houso, and he'll bo abed Irv -/? T J 'A. At 44? 1 ei iuunugn tuur pruny buuii. nui 'Uold on 'a moment and I'll seo pec what they're up to,' I criod hastily, by and I touched the key again. 'Make Mr haste,' was my message, 'I shall lose Pel him if you do not. Not a moment to poi spare.' Straightway came the repty, the short but encouraging: 'A squad uf He police started for the depot five min- ad( utes ago.' Thank heaven I They am ought to bo hero now. I looked at wa Lynch and thought of the fivo hun- ph; dred dollars. ' jrer 'Wal, what's tho word?' h<* growl- ed ed impatiently. in i "Your friend is coming/ I answer- his cd for want of a better reply, cot 'Comin1! Comin'I Wharf wa 'Coming to the office of Cohoo. rel He probably has an answer for you. tw< 'An answer for mo ? Jim Fellers ? the Whnt should he answer for? Lvneh lh? stood in stupid thought for a momont Ma and then ho looked at me with a dan- liv< gcrou8 light in his eye. yei 'Look a hero, young fellow,' he wa cried, 'It's my private opinion you're an lyin' to mo. And ef yo are?'here ho of uttered a horrible oath?I'll cut your an< skulkin heart'out. I don't know any- No thing 'bout that tlmr masheon, but I Soj swar Jim Fellers hain't got nothing 'T1 to answer. More liko he'd git up Soi and scattor when ho heard that message.' 1 Ho stood glaring at mo as ho utter- No ed theso words, his hatid on hisrevol- of vcr. I cannot account for it As I sen before remarked, I am a timid man of by nature. But this action only to; mudo mc bolder. Everything de- No ponded upon keeping him a fow sec- int< onds longer. It must bo done at any Uv< coat. I tried a new plan. ing 'What do you mean, sir?' I shout- mi< ed rising, "by coming into this offico wa and talking in that style? Do yoa pai think I'll enduro it ? Lcavo this room ern at once; 6ir, or I'll'?and I advanced (Vic threateningly toward him. My unex- IIe pectcd atUWdCBcomou to amuse him 0f moro than anything cUo, but it si- Yo lencod his suspicions. JIo put his aut hands in hjs pockots and delivered a Bn loud laugh in my faoe. fn< lWal, wal, my bantnm, ye needn't tin git so cantakorous. Who'd thought Do such a littlo breeches as you had such ihc spunk? Haw! haw"! "haw I Why I cia! ?:ould chaw yon up'tHoat makin' two if bites of you.' - prc i'Woll, sir,'I said, still apparently bee unmollifi.od, 'either sit down and hold try your tongue, or elso loavo tho offico' ne: And ho good naturcdly complied. tioi Onco more wo ware flitting listening fltu to the ticking of tha,.flock as the noi minutes dragged their slow length p0? along. Would help'1 novdr come? n0( Three minutes moro. Great heavens! fre Tho suspense was becoming intolera- t0 ble. I must go to tho stair ?nd listen if I die for it. I aroso and took a }nt step toward tho door, but a voico -j stopped mo. . .7 ., ] "Llold !' shouted Lynch, standing at | upright, all his suspicions arousod. g0l tho more; 'yer can't go out oftliet!rae door afore mo. Coino back here !' | Pf} 'Sirl'. ' - - 08t 'Come back here, or by the Eternal' Th ?and the pistol muzzle looked me in the the facc. ilo stood now half turned seil from ihe door and I was facing it; the Slowly without a particle of noise, I the saw tho knob turn and a face under a kec bluo cap peep in. Thank God ! Help had comof I felt joy- uncontrollab.e the come ovor me. I must keep the mnr- {be derer's attention an instant longer till the some one could spring upon him from ftnt behind. I walked straight up to him, tho but his quick ear had caught a move- 'phi meot behind.: Ashe turned with an|0f oath I sprang upon mm, ana uoro nor down his arm just as tho revolver g0r went off, tho ball burying itself harm- co]( lessly in the floor. Before he could Sp0 free himself from jny, gra9p half a 3ozen officers were upon him and he ecj wbb quickly secured. ... tru Tho next morning tho papers were ma filled with glowing accounts of tho j)0] capture of the murderer, and praises of my conduct. Tiio principal busi- wa, ness men of the town madcupapursa wj, of five hundred dollarsand presontcd it ov? to mojand this, with tho roward that tj,a was paid mo the following week, cna- ant bled ma to get married at Christmas. me But ? sbitddoi* at the rcmeinbranee of wjj that "half h'otir I spent aiorro wun jen Tim Lynch; and I don't think one wc thousand dollars would tompt mo to go through it again. ^ bIa A Dubuque boy was rather trou- for bled fur fear that he would not know get his father when they both reached we heaven, but his mother eased him by law rcmarkiwgV-^iAH you have to. do ie ear to look for an angel with a red nose cia on him." ..... rac ? - isnr To test quality, of *yoql,^take def a lock from a sheep's baclc and place car it oh a measure inch. It tbo spirals mc count from ?0 .to 33 in thospqeeof an hoi inch it equals the finost lilctoral of Th Saxon wool grown. Tho ' diminution fan of the number of folds to the inch ad' shows the infd'riopity. i U-> ^0 Colonel Trail, of Lexington, Ky., bo saya an old lady on his pensfon-roll th< now living in that city, was ono liun- is ' dred and ono years old last October. th< But the old lady is killing horself bla smoking a pipe. She has been at it tra for the last half century, and hetliinks ,cn< she can't stand in many years longer, mi I go Mrs. Lovit, of Springfield, Mass, has ra( forced lier husband and three grown or, up eons to take board at the neigh- ani "bor's as ehe tinas lumposnium n>e*|uuu I time for lioueo work >yhilc tho Titon- TL , Bccehfcr'trial \vas gbirig on. Sho is a tlx 'ncador, midguts up at daylight.?Ex- th< changQ, ? . an II " .'! .r. (ci it i< id alter,"y. ['HE CARPET-BAGGER'S CURSE, i jof Delaney's Lecture in: New York J on the Relations of >the Races .< at the South. ; < 'om the New York World) Afarch G(h;f t Despite the windy spo,w Btorm ? ich prevailed last evening, there1 a a very fair attendance to hear 1 jor Martin K. Delany, a Con'Berva- : o nogro from . Sooth Carolina, ' >ak upon affairs in the Sooth at 1 'ing Hall. In tho audience were a raber of ladies and many colored ] jpic. ?no piauorrn was occupied tho committee, among whom wore William Cullen Bryant and Mr. ter Cooper. Mr. Bryant was ap- ( nted chairman, and welcomed to \ i position with hearty applause. \ said it was his office and, ho would j i, his privilege to introduce to the | Jionce one who had fought in tho \ r 01 qpiniun anu in too war 01 ysical force for bis colored bretbi. In the war of opinion he wieldbis pen with Frederick Douglass; the war of physical force he drew Bwtrd under Grant, leading bis npany for four years through tho r. Ho was bere to speak of the ations that now exist between tho o races at tho South, in which sre havo been so many opinions it some bad gone wild over tbem. j. Dolany was a Virginian, but bad sd in Charleston for the last ten xrs. Maj. Delany then came for ra ana acunowieagea tnc nonor oi < invitation from certain gentlemen j distinction to speak in public here ] i present to the people of the t rth the relations of races at the ] ith. Ilia subject he announced as io Present Political Issues of the ith." * I the lecture. ] Che speaker said that few in tbe rth know anything of thcrelations the people of tho South. Kepre- , tations regarding tho condition affairs havo been for. years made ! nnd believed by the peoplo of tbe ! rth, but tliey havo been raado by c crested politicians. Only one who 1 is in the South is capable of know- j ; the true position of affairs. It ! jht bo objected that the speaker s working in the interest of some I ty not in sympathy with the gov- 1 imont, and that he was not a true ( snd to the cause of the blacks. * then referred to the establishment xi.^ *\T i i AT 1 iuu nurmuru otar IU i>unuui JLKJW rli, by .Fred. Douglass and himself, | * 1 to bis connection with John!! awn's movements, as proof of bis judsbip to bis own people. In stag the condition of affairs, Major lany said tbat when tho warcloeed i colored people were the best sol element any country ever saw. at this time the negroes had beon >perly directed they would have !ome a political forco that tho coun- J h?vvA t.jiWfin nrirlft in. lTfll' ct spoke of tho entirely now rola- ' ns existing between late master i slive at this time?a relation so ' v that neither party! know its own j ] lition. ' The blacks, arh race, knew i ,hing of pdlities or tho affairs of a o life, anri so they had to look np J the whites, who naturally advised j". m so as to secure their own selfish orests. i' 'UE CARPET-BAGGER'S INFLUENCE' 3ut tho men who at last undertook j l>is fimn tn lnnrl t.hn hlnnlts of ihei ith in their new political life were n who had no interest in the color-! pcoplo of the South, and no inter-1 in the whit9 people of the South. < cso men passed thcmsolvcs off npou.t innoccnt colored people as roprc-L tatives of tho government, and f y taught tho blacks that it was < ir right and duty to distrust and j p down, as much as possible, tho j itcs. These men stood betweon , whites and tho blacks, keeping j m apart, but with their arms to s elbows in the black man's pocket, c 1 to tho armpit in tho pocket of fi white man, stealing from each. J b whites conducted tho legislation, c which the blacks wore wholly ig- j ant. and thus those carpet-bag- f s wore continually robbing the srod people. Theso facts, the | aker said, bad never reached the ] rtb becauso they bad been report- t by politicians who told not the j th. In regard to tho colored j n'e knowledgo of tho parties, Mr. ( laney eaid that he was taught by ( semen that to bo ^a Republican , * to havo a license to do anything , ich would give him an advantage , sr bis opponent, Tho Major said ( ,t during a period of seven years t I until within a year, be did not re- j mber a single political meetingi? ore the colored peoplo did not at-j( d armed as a military band and , re so taught to do by the whites. t SAMPLE LEGISLATORS. , )f the privileges gained by the i cks, lie said that shiftless, good- ( -nothing ones, who were unable toh , any position whatover North, j nt South to become legislators and ]1 -makers at the hands of these 1 no men. These peddling politi- i ns taught thu blacks that Democ- ] y meant slavery and Republican- j . rv? r.o r? f fi-nnrlnm DrmiOCl'aCV he i ined as an institution of Amori- r 13, in opposition to aristocracy and marchy, and licpublioanism as ,hiug but Democracy carried out.1, c colored people liavo learned their Its and bad habits from tbo white | centurcrK who had como from the . irth to mislead them, and their iiro now. is that thi.a class of men discouraged from coming among ( ?m. Mr. Delancy said that there . no feeling of antagonism between , i whites of the South and the . >oks of the South, but on the con,ry the two races would confide in , ;h other were it not for the class of j ^niwinnl n rl trn n 111 VAIVQ wllO OV/idUlU. |/UMVIVui h^? f vmwh. v | down among thorn,. The two ( 208 must continup to dwoll togeth- ( for the blacks represent tho labor d the whites of tho South tho cap1. Tho two must .exist together. ie idea of a war between the races 1 3 speaker prouoiiriccd absurd, as arc aro seven whites to every black, d such a war would lead to tho ox. v - termination;; of tho blacks. "There j'aq bfe-War of races; there shant W warof faces," he exclaimed,and con^ 2ludfi4 3^rith an appeal to the people the North to .acquaint themselves .horoogWy \tith.the;i|cal facts of the jituation* and w to.discourage the ichemiDg poh'ticfans, apd to acknowlidgo tho po9itioniand>po]i|,ical impor,ance of- the.coldr<5d*peopje. yhe^ndiefi^ireqaiantljp; applauded ifa},i)j&laney;aiodl?ewas listened to -hrough'obt willi'inartad iDtereat. In Affecting Scene 1n the House of Represenratives, At precisely twelve o'clock speaker ir Blaine took tho gavel preparatory to announcing the end of the FortyLhird ConirreBS. Tho tralleries never presented a grander array of the beauty of the capital. There was not even standing room for the :rowd in the corridors, and the House relaxed the rules so far as to allow ladies to occupy the space on the floor in tho rear of the members' seats. Gallantry forbade that the fair sex should stand while the gentleman retained their seats, and sevjral minutes before the adjournment line die thero were more ladies occupying members' seats than Congressmen themselves, giving one an idea )f tho scene tho hall will present if women's rights ever prevail in t^is jountry. . . ..Y\ Before beginning his farowell ?diress'to the House there was placed it tho right hand of the Speaker a urge morocco case, containing a mas sive silver tankard of the old English pattern and inscribed:? J AC OB~G 7B L iVNE. Peraonce populi, gerentura moderator! ;er designate*, virtutis, sapfentieeqe expertxe viro: D. D. D . r S. W. Veatibull Rex. CALENDIS MARTU IV., 1875. It is said that it is the gift of Sam Ward, but as the custodian said he jould not understand the mysterious uitials, he was not now able to say, ant he thought it wfes "quoer that the Sneaker should be called iTacob." \fter the delivery of tho address of ,ho Speaker, which was remarkable br its terseness, brevity and the haply manner in which he excused the isperitios of his ru'ings in moments >f excited discussion, there followed i scene never before witnessed in the mils of Congress. The sincerity of us remarket baa already evoked teai-8 fcom those who realized that there were amonities oven in the everyday ife of legislators, and when tho last word was spoken then tho mombcrs iuu djjvji;uaiv^o, ? jlii vuu iiii[juiov, tiado tho hall ring with prolonged ilappiog of hands. Ladies waved .heir baudkerchiofsj and whon tho jnthusiasm had partially subsided ;he democratic sida.'rflnewed the applause, wlut-h was instant^--taken np igain all '"tWfr the'balK Jt ira^ a r>roud momont for the Soeaker. a worthy ovation, without regard to political sentiment, most beautifully rounded by a little girl ascending the Speaker's dais and handing to Mr. Blaine a bouquet of .violets. This aretty gift brought tears to the 5 ? i : i.:~ ^juuikur o u) va. v/ii icur*i\jg uio uuim bo took a scat beyond tffofi*. Clerk's iesk and subsequently held a lcveo of :hose who wished to ,bi$ him goodly .? *= r^Jy . . A Significant Scene. x esteraay crowas or pcrsonB nocit;d to the capitol at Washington for he purpose of catching a glimpse of Andrew Jobnson. When he came brward in the senate to take tho >ath, he was greeted with cheers,? BLis desk was covered with bouquet^ ind numbers* of senators and1-fewer )ereonages flocked around to snaife nm by the band. What has brought ibout this change ? For it is a great jhange, as we all remember. It icems but the other day einc? evory>ody but Mr..Seward and a few >thors were flinging mud at Andrew fohnson. No.denunciation was deerascl to be sovere enough for him.? Publio opinion is sometimes fickle, >ut this is no mere sign of ficklcness. Do not the people begin to suspect ,hat, after all, the much-abused Andy Tohnson was not so very far wrong n his opinions about tho duties of ,ho government and tho limits of the :onstitution ? His "policy," which vas so ridiculed and caricatured, ,vhat was it after all ? Read his annual messages and his veto messages o-day, and will be found very little ,hat is "dangerous to public liberties" _ ? I- A 7/\knoAn morlfl Kic n ilium. /Liiuiutt iiumiDuii wauv sacrifices for tho union in its dark lays; few of his assailants could or .vonld havo mado so manj'. When he history of tho reconstruction period comes to bo written, his sharo in t will assuredly not be described by .he impartial historian in the terms rhich were common enough seven rears ago. iiut wnat woma j>cn kVadc, that "fiery war-horse," and Mr. Sumner, have said could they .vitnessod the reception accorded to Mr. Johnson yesterday ? Mr. Wado, icrhaps, will toll us ; us for tho opinon of Mr., it can only be faintly im iginod ?iVeio Yoric Timet. Tho compulsory education law ,vent practically into effect in New fork hist Monday, a delay having jecn occasioned by tho necessity of )rganizinga modejfor efficiently earning it into operation. Mr. AlcxanJer M. Stanton is tho superintondant Df truancy, and, with the aid of eight igents of truancy, representative of tho eight school district,s will see that the law is enforced throughout tho 3ity. All who employ children under [ourtoen in 1876 will incur a penalty if any of them has not received fourteen weeks of schooling during 1875, sight weeks of which must hnvo been consecutive. It is estimated, that there were 80,000 buildings in New York deprived of water by tiic ireezing 01 uiu Bupply pipoa during tho late cold woath. cr. as wo had dofte'tee year be$re;|L the financial injury done to1 prf dnot.pf the SoutKeVn Slate?. ^Ve wero ..accuscd. .of.being a "ball," to % uso the vulgar jargon of tho specula^ Motors, becauso wo Expressed the opin-^^^^ ion that the cotton ^grop of 1874-75 would be less than. foUr millions of bales, and it was said, moreover, that our opinion had no foundation. Since ^then our judgment, which was maao up from a comparison of all the facts and reports then in our . possession, has been tested by time,_ and, loaving out of the account* the welfare of the Scathern people, we ai;e very well satisfied with the re- ? suit. .The highest estimates at the J. present time, place the crop at three and ^hree-foorths millions balee, and from all tho information we can gather it will not surprise us if the total amount shall be 'even. less. Unfortunately for. the agricultural , ^ iuterests of the Southern1 States, the verification of our estimate involves a direct loss to.the cotton planters of a great deal of monev. They have already sold nearly three millions of bates cotton to the English - manu iacmrors at me. raze 01 seven ana annd one-half pence a pound, or 000 penny?that is, two cents?a pound.# less than it ought to have fetched.-<^%^ Wo have maintained that, whenevejf^pfe the crop fall below four millions of ' bales, cotton ought to be sold for ninopence a pound, and according loathe prospects now, this will-be the rate for the remainder of tho present crop. But a fair price for what is loft will mnlffi hnf. mnr nmontli fni> the loss on what lias been sold, and in no sense will relieve from response bility the speculators, who, by reason of tka^iinasually favorable weather OefJPr, Noyetfber and December, . * and the consequently.'large receipts of cotton at tW shipping ports daring those months, were able to depress the psice. The loss thus inflicted upon the cotton planters of ; the country on an estimate of two -.y \cents a pound, nmonnU to nino dolr- ';T '- f lows ? hnlo r?n nrnvw IU*W ** VMIV Vli VTVI J UMIV DViUj V/4 AM all to $27,000,000, and reaches the proportions of a national calamity. ' t " The history of the cotton trade for the Inst six months ought to teach all >. persons interested.in ono thing namely: that excessive supplies., of the - ;* marketable article parfy*iifc the. sear , son furnish no just ground Tor believing that totlal crop will be large. * Calculations to.be trustworthy must. -r. ; be made on the acre planted, t o care takon of the growing crop, thrf in- ; fluence pf.the weather, ancL oifcber sii^nkr -cfiua^ 'OC a teega or email Sfop-.>Thd mislSfcb. raap^io this respect in the preserft mstince may be fally illustrated dy a brief comparison. Among the last six cottoo yearsr those of 1870-71 and 1873-4 are considered as the large cotton crop years. In the first of these years the ccuntry produced 4,353,000 boles, agd in the second 4,171,000 bales. We will now compare the receipts at tbo shipping ports daring the first four months?-from the beginning of September to end of December inclusive ?of each of these*; fruitful years, with tho receipts dusing tho same period of tho present cotton yerr: 1870,71. 1873-74. 1874-76 1,400,000 bob?. 000pales. 1,987,000 bales. It fhtiitf appears ttat there were received for present cotton year of 400, 0Q0. bnios more than iu 1870-71, tn Irnnmn *> o V? a i>vlwcu 10 u.uunu aa gnu givub luuvu year. Bat now tlim to the receipts for the months of January and February of the same years, and observe the chango 1870-71. IS73-7J. 187(5-73. 1,290,000 bales. 1,901,000 bales. 930,09 InUei. - This Bhowa a falling off in two months of tho present cotton year of 3GO,000 bales as compared with the same months in 1870-71, and of 370,000 bales as comparad with last year. In other words, the homely saying that four gallons of liquor can bo poured as quickly out of a five-gallon keg a soul of a sixtyjgallon cask, bas received a new illustration. Tho point of the proverb bccomcs apparent when one begins to wait for tho fifth gallon. Our English customers are now becoming awaro that tho cotton crop of this country for the present year is approaching evhaustion. The advance in prico which will undoubtedly follow the discovery ^c <i*?:!i ui tijia uji'iuuiijuij itiut ? m gv uiiu their pockets aud the pockets of the speculators, and not into the depleted purses of the cotton planters of this country, whore it justly belongs. IIow names flicker out and flash up again in the newspaper. Here cornea t 1.ti,!? v.!* die ou uuuis .iwjmuiiiuu \y uii mis uib of information: "Koopmanscbap has come to tho front again, after a rather long obscurity among the swarming millions of China. He lately arrived iu San Francisco direct from China, after an absencejof over six months. His last voyage to China, was made in the interests ^of a Ilio Janeiro company, which desires to import Chinese laborers into Brazil. His objcct was frustrated by an unexpected event. The viceroy of the province of Canton had promised to asoiaf Tinnntnmsi'linn ill rrptHiirf nil tllA coolies lie wanted from tfie over-populated district, but when bearrived in Canton the vlceory was dead, and a temporary ruler was in his place. The acting viceroy was not willing to aid in running Chinese out of the country until there was a treaty with the Government of Brazil. Ho Koopmanschap returned land is on his way to Brazil to efteot a Itreatv. When this formal alliance ia I concluded he will return to China to superintend the embarkation or tne nret Instalment of ten thousand coolies into the eolFee and paper regions of Brazil." It will be remembered that Koopmansohap nearly populated California with Chinese. . < ? The Great Salt Lake, Utah, is fro ;zen over tno nrsi umo on record. Sweden and Norway Lad colder woather in January than for many years previously,