Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, June 12, 1875, Image 1
THE HORRY NEWS,
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T W. BEATY, Editor.
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THERE IS XO DEATH.
There is no death! The stars ?,o down.
To risc u?k>ii some f liter shore*
And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown
They shine fotevermoic.
The ^.anitO rocks disorganize
To feed he hun^-v mos? they bear,
ft Tim i- i..i. -
?.v. en icuws urniK uauy ino
V/ F om out die viewless air.
There is no death! The leaves may fall,
The flowers may Jade ami pas* awav.
They only wail through windy hours
The coming of I lie Vay.
There is no ilealh! An angel fot ni
W. Iks o'er die c;u?h with silent dead,
lie beats our best-loved things ewav,
' Ami then we call tliem "dead."
lie leaves our hearts all d?solaio,
lie plucked our faiiest sweet flowers;
Tian.sph.n'ed into bliss, they now
Ado o iuimotiul bowers.
The bird-like voice with joyous tonAs
Made ^lad ihene scons of sin and s,rifc,
{Sings now en everlasting song
Amid t Ik; ire*; of lift*.
And where he sees a sinil; ioo bright,
Or heart too pure 'or iaint and vice,
lie hea's i' -o thai world of light,
To dwell in IVr.alise.
Horn unto that undying life,
They leave us hut to come again,
Wi'b joy we welco ue vhem?the same
K::iep- in sin ami pain.
And ever near us though unseen,
'J lie d^ar immonal spiiits .read,
For all the bound'ess universe
Js lite?theie is no dead.
? CULAVK't Ii "TOV.
|Fiom the ft eenvil'e Elbe. p. Le]
Personal Peiibuisoaces.
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Jtv KX-COV. PEUOY.
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Tn the faM of my t" iend Win.
Mauldin, Esq., invited me to accotnpauv
him to Georgetown as iiis groomsman.
lie was engaged to be tna;?ied
to nn adopted daughterof Mrs. I'yalt,
a very beautiful, accomplished, interesting
youog lady. Col. Eenjaaiin
AlUton, the lather o/ Mrs. PvaU-, ha J
been in the habit of spending his Hammers
in Greenville, wheie Maaldin
and his intended bad become acquaitiled
and louned an attachment lor each
other. I had never been below Co'umhia,
previous to this excursion with
INIr. Maludin. I had been accustomed
to seeing eveiy day of my life, bills
and mountains, and knew nothing of a
level champlaiu eoumiy, o?*^tl?e seaboard.
In crobbing the Watefac River,
I was ainpzed at the swamp which
we had to pass through, live or six
miles wide, and the road the gi eater
part of this distance under water. It
was with great apprebeurion that we
made our way through this swauip,
and I began to think it was interminable.
I remember Hying to Mauldio,
"how deligbtlul a g'impseof the mountains
would he to us now, and how
much more agreeable it wotiM be,
climbing up a steep hill, instead ol passing
through this mud and water." I
thought how happy the inhabitants of
a high undulating countiy ought to be
with health and a iino climate, ami
bow much better off they were, even
in poverty, than the wealthy occupants
of such a low, ugly and sickly region.
We stopped to stay all night in
Stales!) urg, a little old dilapidated
country village. I noticed a huge house
on the highest uoint ol the town look
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ing ovtr a steep I.lull down into the
?wanij) of the nver. I was told it was
uninhabited, on atcovnl of its exposure
to the miasma of the swamp,
whilst houses, at the loot of the bluff
were comparitively healthy. This
seemed at the time, very remarkable
to me. I should have supposed that
its elevation would place it above, in
sonic measure, the malaria of the low
) grounds. The region of the Country
around Staieshurgh being of a sandy
soil, had the reputation ot being healthy.
Sand and pine woods being
more conducive to health than a clay
soil with its growth of oak, hickory
?&c.
We arrived at Georgetown Ute in
the evening and our first sight of the
town and Winyah Gay was from an
elevated position, which overlooked
the surrounding country . I was very
much struck with the apparance of the
old town, which had the reputation of
being "a finished city" as no new
houses had been elected in it for a half
century past. Jbit my attention was
presently rivited on the bay. I had
never before seen a large slieet of water.
There were a great nnn?ber of little
sloops and schooners in the bay, loaded
with rice, and waiting for a favorable
wind to make their way out of the
bay. The sails, were all furled and the
mania looked t<o me like a parcel of
old pines standing in a large millpond
after being killed hy the overflow of
the water. 1 could not see the hull
of the vessels distinctly. In fact I did
think, at first sight of these numerous
masts, scattered all over the hay, that
they were old pine trees standing in
the waterl I have frequonlly thought
of this first impression made on my
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mind by Wiayah bay, and have am us- i
ed otheis with it.
Wo were invited to stay at Col.
A'.lston's till the wedding enme off. lie !
was one of the largest and wealthiest
rice planters in the lower countrv. atid
Jived in haromcul style. He always
travelled in the tip country with a
great retinue of servants, horses and
carriages. His horses wore remarkably
fine. The old gentleman was a
man of great good sense and practical
wisdom, hut with little education
or refinement. lie was a most worthy
and liberal man. kind to the poor and
liberal to all. lie gave mo some of
the incidents ol his ear'y lile, which
were amusing. Whilst very young, i
sevoial years before he was of age, he !
made a ciop of tobacco with one slave |
only. Me carried it to Charleston and I
sold it at a high pi ice, and with a por- i
lion of the proceeds he piovliused himself
a tine suit of broadcloth and a
cocked hat. On his reiuin home he
went to church on Sunday to show his
fine clothes and -co the young ladies.
There were < wo start ing irom clunuh
in an old fa< binned gig. or chair, driving
themselves. lie was on horse
back, and in order to get a ride with
these young ladies, he tinned his horse
loose and uninvited he jumped into the
gig 'with them. One of them wave!
y indignatit,"and rebuked him in
angry terms, ior his intrusion and
rudeness. In reply to her ho said,
"don't be alarmed .Miss, it is not you
that I am after." The other one became
his firft wife. His second wife
was a lady of large property, to whom
ho was largely indebted (or proper y
purchased of her. Times grew hard,
and lie saw that he would not be able
to meet his payments. 11c went to
her and told iiov so, and said he was
willing to give her himself and all lie
had, in liquidation of the debt. In
due time she accepted his manly idler,
and ihoy were married. His third
wife was a noble hearted lad v, whom
I knew well and esteemed greatly.
Whilst waiting for the wedding to
com** off (lor M.s. I'yatt told Maulom
that she would appoint mo dav, or
make any pvepcralions till after ho had
arrived in (Jeo?getown) (Job AlUton
gave us in charge one day, lo his manager
or ovciseer, a very gentlemanly
man, to cany us over his extensive
rice jdantations and show us his rice
mills and negro settlements. I was
pleased with the appearance of his
slaves. They were all dressed comfortably
sind neatly in new woolen
suits. The manager told us that they
all had their task every day, which
they generally finished by two or three
o'clock in the afternoon, and had the
remainder of the day to themselves,
to fish, hunt or attend to their little
patches. Their food was rice and potatoes.
1 >ut they caught fish, killed
ducks and raised poultry on which
they lived most comfortably. There
were houses for children, under the
superintendence of old ''.Manias,"
whilst their molhcis were working in
the fields.
I thought from what I saw on this
plantation and another one winch we
visited, that the negroes had a belter
lime there, than on the small fauns in
the upper country, I have no doubt
ihey lived better then, and were haprvwkt*
i it f liiiir eln tUii't.' i l\u n f lui\r n i*o noiif
|SIV* 111 \ II v I I puitvij fuiiu nil. ? III i; linn
in their fieeuom.
On Sunihiy there wan ;i young niei
ell an ic at Col. Allslon's to take dinner
with us. I was told that he was one
of many orphan bovs whom the old
gentleman had taken, educated and
put out to a trade. He n?ade it a rule
that all of his proteges of this class
sbou'd take dinner with h'.m every
Sunday no matter who were at the
table. Tim be said he did to keep
them from /ailing into bad company
ami bad hub bus.
The wedding took place in due
time, and Hie paiay was a very large
one, and the entertainment handsome
and luvarious. The rooms of j\Irs.
Hyatt's house were all filled and the
gentlemen were all standing. I was
presented u> all of them very formally,
and I douT think one ot the company
failed to give me a pressing invitation
to visit hiii). iMost of them lived in
lite country, and they oflci ed as an inducement
their country sports. Whilst
standing in the midst of them 1
thought myself like Saul ol old "head
ami shoulders taller" than any ol them,
I was struck with their low stature.
The ladies seemed to be of ordinary
height, handsome and clever. Amongst
lb em was a you tig widow, Mrs. Cripps,
exceedingly beaulilul, lovely and
graceful. I was very much pleased
with her, and in the course of our con
vernation I made some remark about 1
widows. 81)3 immediately said it was
a great misfortune, but certainly no
reproach to be a widow. I assented
to the remark, but with a mental reservation,
that oiton it was a great blessing
to be rid ?d a worthless husband,
ana tbat there were very lew young
men who did not preler the first pure
love to a second. Time passed on for
fifteen or twenty years, w hen at a governor's
ball m Columbia, General Canty
came to me and said there was a
lady iu the room who desired to reuew
an old acquaintance with me. I
found in her my old Georgetown wid
ajlv \r
_A_n Tndepe
VAYBORO, S. C., t:
ow, then the wife of :v second marriage
and 1 was pleased to renew our acquaintance.
In returning from Georgetown all
alone, I drove up to the hotel in
Kingslree and asked ior a night's lodging,
about dark. The hotel keeper
politely in' mit>d mo that his house
w it si 11111 iiiil <*i>iild lint ii.<i>iim<i(l<it? tm>
I found there was no other house in i
town where I could get lodging, and 1 i
'.old mine host that I could sleep 011 inv !
cloak in the parlor, if he could litid
stable room and Iced lor my horse. i
lie said very well, and 1 walked into
his hoiel. Seeing a little girl passing
through the room 1 gave her a piece
of the wed.ting cake which I had in ,
my pocket. She immediately came
back, at the instance ol her sisters, and i
asked me whose wedding cake it. was.
1 inioime.l her; ar.d when bed time
came the hotel-keeper i.iiormed me
that his daughters had kindly given
up their room to me lor the night. 1
went to bed in a room hung all around
wiih lie* paraphernalia of ladies. 1
thought ' > my sell what# a Iiick'' t.hing I
that piece ol wedding cake was. I
si.*pt soundly and sweetly, and wi. Itout
having an opportiuuiy ol icturuing
thanks to the voting ladies in person
i started on my wa" to Sumter.
Kmgstree, the county seat ol Wilburg
district, took its name front a
white pir.c growing where the village
now stands. In all ih? crown grants
ol lauds in South Carolina, tin re was
a reservation ol the white pines to the
King for naval purposes. I here wen'
very tew white pities, I?owcJtfuiid
in lite Province ami tl?u itm'ivaiion
amounted to nothing. Rut
there haopei.c 1 10 !>? a Ihm- of this
cliaract< > growing where tin; county
scat, was locate I, and hence if. was called
"K uigstree" because tliis lr?u? t>olongeo
to the Kin jr. 1 suppose the
district was named Williamsburg),
alter Iv ing \\' illiarn.
A LA alA N( I!.
A Dchdkil Account of die First
of itie Kevoliiliou.
The fiist blood shed in a conflict between
the Colonists and the Kino's
11 oopv was at t lie bat t le ot Aiamam. c, in
North Carolina, on the IGlh of May,
1771. On the 24ill of A | ?ri 1 of that J
year Coventor Try?>n marched from
the town of Ncwbern with about ilmee
hundred men and a small train of artillery.
On t he 3d and 4tn of May he
was sf ivn-;thened d? iaehment> which
met him on ibe way ami l>y s roup of
light Imrse, until the force under his
command exceeded a thousand men.
On the 1.7tl? ol May he approached
the camp ol the Regulators at Alamance
Creek, in the county of that,
name. The story of that battle is well
worth repeating. When Tryon had
reached the vecie.ity of Alamance
Creek the Regulators sent a messsage
to him demanding a icdiess ol their
grievances, and giving him tour hours
o ' n n
to icply. They complained of exorbitant
fees exacted by oilicers of the
crow n, and pai t icularl v on deed* and
attestations of safes of lauded propel
ty.
If .'I .t I i i i i
Mini meso lees were reoiiceu, me
poll t;i:: of t wo dollars abolished, and
(fflicial embezzlement prevented and
punished, they declared they would
pay no taxes. They insisted on their
right to enj ?jy the privilege ami liberties
oi I!) ir ancestors under the con
sliiutiun trained by there, and their
dettii mi nation to maintain it on i s an- |
cient loundiiion, s > that it might stand j
firm and unshaken. lie promised lo
send an answer by noon 'he following i
day. In the meanwhile he sent out
two person*?Ashe and Walker?to
find out the position occupied by the
I Regulators. They were oapuned #y ihe !
latter, tied to trees, severely whipped, j
and In-hl as prisoners. \\ lien li..* [
messengi r prom-nil i>y Tiyou, reached J
the camp 01 the Regulators, insle.nl of ^
making any concession to thciu, he do- <
mauded their submission, and gave f
them one hour to coiiH.de>'. Their an- ,
swer was, "Go back to Udl Tryon, and
say we. deiy hi*!!."
Oil the return of the messengers the i
army marched to within three hundred
yards of the Regulators' camp,
and there halted. The Regulators advanced
also, in order ol Inn lie, to a
short reach of the road, v,le re they!
halted waving their huts as a challenge j
to tool! opponents. (*ov. Try oil now 1
huht a magistrate and an ollhci wi'li a J
proclamation commanding tliu insurgents
to disperse will in nut' hour, but
tlmy refused to 11hic11 to him, crying
out, "Uaille, battlei" On the return
of tin; magistrate, tliu Governor, understanding
that the Regulators proposed
to put Artht and Waiker in the front,
of their lines, h lit a message that an
ho should keep the prisouris lie. hail
taken in a place ot safety, he hoped
the same care would be taken ot those
gentlemen. To this they returned no
direct answer, but offend to Knnv.idei ;
the prisoners it tne Governor would
surrender those he had taken, seven in
mimher. The proposition ol ho unequal
an exchange, implying a comes- 1
smii on the part oi tiie Governor, was j
at tirst rejected; but alterwards, at the
solicitation ol his men, who were apprehensive
ol' the treatment these two
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SATURDAY JUNE 1!
persons might receive no agreed l<? the
exchange. The enemy !>eing tardy in
their compliance, and the army coinplaining
with the exlivino heat ol the
hum and manifesting great impatience
to advance, it was thought advisable to
lead them on. They matched in profound
silence till the lines ot both parties
met, almost breast to breast. The
governor forbade his men to fire until
i he ordered diem. The troops in the
first rank were almost mixed with
those of the vanguard of the enemy
stationed a little before the main body,
and who now began to retire upon it,
shoutina defiance and daring their op.
pouenis to advance. The army kept
wii till within tweiityJive yards of tiiem
and then halted. The llegulators continned
in call oil the governor to order
his men to lire; several ot them advancing
'.oward tic nnilhrv, opening
their breasts and defying theni to be!
gin. As Tryon still hesitated, they
loll back slowly to a fine defensive position,
lea ving the governor and his
troops open to their lire, wliibt most,of
! them ware secure from his Anotl?er
pai ley ensued. An adjutant, was sent
forward to say that if they did not directly
lay dow n their arms t hey shoe hi
be fired on. That order the governor
then gave, but it was not immediately
obeyed; wherenj on, rising in his stirMips
ami turning to his men, lie called
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j action now I'egaii, anil almost instantly
nee., mo ooin i a I.
'J he instu gents pursuing the hnlian
mode ?, lighting, lint considerable injury
loihe king s troops, who wonhl
nave been deieaied, out lor the excellent.
scrv'ce done by the :i;lillery,
whieii the ltegulators, being p >oriy
arine i, were unabie to capture. Nevertheless,
witti tin1 oil!11 against them,
they fought desperately lor more than
an hour, ami del not take lo flight, until
all their ammunition was exorndcd.
it is our duty to do honor to these
men. Disdaining to I've under a ivranieal
government, many ol those who
survived iliehatile ol Alamance crossed
tne mountains into Tennessee, opened
notv set il emeu in lb to e, and on l In*
<lth ol October, 17d0, formed part of the
gallant hand that height, lie* memorable
battle ol King's Mountain.
Jinltlmore GozeUi'.
A Sailor's San y.
"Twits the strangest journey that
ever helell mo it) all my numerous
journeys," said Moiiaity.
"Oh let us hear, it," wo all exclaimed.
And l?ere let us mention that Moriarty
was a sailor who had spent the
greater pait ol liis life on the sea,
visiting many and remote countries,
he was a line, athletic man. just iti the
prime ol manhood; but. he had a great
weakness, and that was an inordinaie
love ol story lei bug, yet there was a
redeeming mature in ihis weakness,
and this was, that his stories were always
hill ol action and interest, commanding
the close attention of his
heal in s.
lie had just returned from a long
voyage and had joined us in a little
soeia >ic picnic in the woods. We had
just liniohed our lunch and lit our
cigars, w hen Moiiarly made the above
re in a i k mid aroused our eagerness to
here his stm v, which I will give as
near as possiolo in ins own words.
"Our vessel," he began, "was lying
I'.t. nncior, In one ot the principal harbors
of Spain. One day, soon alter
our snivul in the harbor, I was 1 yiiiif
on the forecastle asleep; a whip mate
came to me am] proposed that we
shouhi go ashore ami see the town, to
which [assented; we accordiug'y procured
our passes from the captain and
went ashore in one <;l the boats.
"Wy sirolle 1 aboui town till past
midnight at which time we were in
iho aristocratic portion ot the city.
vVe were just about to retrace our
steps to the wliait where our boat lay,
when we saw a lady approaching.
She was dressed in the most elegant
manner, ami belonged, as could be
plainly seen by her bearing, to the
grandees. Wo stepped ou oue side,
in order to give her plenty of room
to sail past, but she came directly to
ward us, and accosted us with:
''Gentlemen, 1 am pleased to meet
you; you may think its strange," (as
we in uet didj "llmt a lady of my
lank and station tdlould Im abroad and
nn lUwiued at such nu hour as this,
bu' my husband got beastly drunk at
a masquerade which I attended with
him, that, out ol shaiue, 1 U-tfi ami allowed
iny carriage to remain that it
initrlit lii'iinr liitu Iikihii Vnu; it f/mi
...... .../...V. .^WTT .. JVM.
will be kind enough to escort me
home, you shall not be scut away unrewarded.
4,My companion gave immediate
consent, and wc started tor her palace
which, she said, wan not far off.
' She soon began a very lively conversation
wuh ine, *o which I listened
with rapt attention until we had
walked about ball a mile, when I
suddenly missed my companion. I
was troubled at fir??. about his sudden
disappearance, but remembering that
he was perfectly familiar with the
town?he having been there several
I times before this lost visit?J dismissed
2, 1875. NO. 23.
*11 fearw on bin acconnt, and pro
cecded with the lady until we reached
hui palace. Here I wan about to leave
her and make my way, as beat I could,
to our boat, where I expected to tind
my companion awaiting me. Rut she
would net hear of f?nch a thing until I
I had come in and partaken of some
I wine or brandy. Well, you know |
boys, its bard tor im shtUmx to go back i
on our liquor, so, I need hardly toll
i you, I went in.
"The hall through which sho led mo
was exceedingly beautiful; its floor
was highly polished taiiau marble,
and fine fresco paintings adorned the
! walls between the marble columns
ranged along their sides. She opened
! a door, on tho left, and ushered me in
| a sumptuous apartment, furnished in
! the most luxurious manner, with a
magnificent velvet carpet, upon which
one walked as treading on the finest
moss Here she asked me to he seated
in the easiest arm chair, while she {
brought, with her own hands, a
superb salver, upon which kstood deI
cuntcrs of wine and brandy, and sevI
eral neat little goblets, as also a bun;
die of cigarettes, one of which she
( handed me while she lit one hersell.
' Having finished a few cigarettes,
! and imbibed sumlrv glasses <>l e*c?llent
brandy, I expressed my intention
of leaving. She, liowever, kindly inyited
me to stay the rest of the night,
saying that 1 must need sleep, and
that I won hi be better able to tiud my
way to the vessel iu the morning, she
having drawn from me the tact that
' I had never been in the city before.
Her . casoning being so good and so
j urgently put, I consented. She then
! led me a litile distance through the
Itall and usheicl mo into a room on
tint i ight >.de, which was also handsomely
lurnishcd, and contained two
hods, concealed behind heavy damask
curtains. Hero she left me, bidding
nut good-night., and closed the door,
locking it upon the outside. T'os
caused mo sumo uuoasinoss; hut I
coneludod that, being a stranger to
her and having no prool ot my honesty,
slut did not wish to leave tue free
to loam about the house during the
night, and perhaps purloin valuable
articles. Keeling t hus satisfied in my
own mind 1 began to remove my
clothes.
"I was sitting on the bed nearest
the door, and had just taken off my
shoos, when something prompted me
in look into the other bed, which stood
nesi i. window. I accordingly
walkou to it, and pulling back the
curtains? which concealed it, I was
horror struck by the sight which met
my gaze; tor there, before nie, lay a
truly handsome man, with his throat
cut from ear to e.ur, and full of congealed
blood!
"I stood a? 0110 transfixed, utterly
oblivious to the passage of time, when
f was at last aroused by (lie sound of
heavy footsteps along the hall, mingled
with the inunncr of voices and
the sobbing of a woman. Presently a
loud knock resounded on tho door of
my room. I went to it, with tottering
steps, and called to those without i
that the door was locked from the I
other Ride. I had no sooner said this
than I heard a woman telling some
one to break it open.' I now began
to realize the danger 1 was in and began
looking about for a means of
escape, but lound all the doors and
windows securely fastened.
"While making My examination,
the knocking at the door was kept up
at a lurious rate, and at last the door
was sent Hying from its hinges into
he room. You can imagine my feelings
when I saw, standing beside the
officers ol the law ? her hair all disheveled,
and with tears streaming down
her cheeks?the very woman 1 and my
shipmate had met on the street, and
who had asked our escort home.
This woman was accusing mo of the
murder of her dear husband] All my
denials and remonstrances availed
nothing. I was borne od to prison,
and thrown into a daik, noisome dungeon,
and hound to tsc wall by a
chain around my waist."
Jiere Moriarty stopped, apparently
to notice the effect tins recital had
produced oil us; and the effect was
really great. We sat, with our eyes
and mouths wide open, breathlessly
awaiting the conclusion. Our segars
had all got>c out, as we were teo excited
to think of him.
At length one ol our number ventured
to ask: "What then ?" 1
"Why," said Moriartv, "I woko up
and lound I had been dreaming."
uThen you never lelt the vessel at
all" I asked.
"Why no; 1 told you I Jay there
asleep while all this happened."
T!i* mii-tli I 1j:it till < if I li <i ur<iA/ta ci I I
- -?- - ? ? v ? **?*vw vwv n\ivu? nv
the moment cau be bettor imagined
than described.
A (iiiocKit, when complained to
about selling bad eggs, said. "At this
season the hen* ain't well, and very
0H4.M1 lay bad eggs."
Tub average Gorilla of Central Africa
now point's to Stanley and his band of
explorers, and pathetically reminds
his grand children that "that is what
thoy may ono day expect to coma to."
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I .*e t?**l * per vjuare f??r first, and
llfty cents for each subsequent insertion.
One ii??0? space wlil constitute a square
whether in brevier or display typo; l??*Mian
an iach will Im? rharced fo as a square.
Marring*' n?lo?s free.
Deaths ami Funeral nntlre* free.
Iteligiuus nolle a of one square f
A liberal discount will lie m?''e those
whose advertisements are to be kept in for
three months 01 longer.
hi raid and the Indians.
It is now omnifont tiint the Siour
chiefs tnVen to Washington solely
for tlu promotion of a stupendous
job. They were not even permitted
to recite to the President the grievances
of which the) justly and bitl?r1.y
complained. When ihoy api^ale-l to
him tor justice, he sternly refused to
listen to their -petition*, and, ius'ead
of showing any wiiUn gneas to redress
their injuries, he gave them to understand
that they'must submit to the requirements
of their opurcssors without
murmur. Not only this, but he iurih er
told them that they iiiihI trrve
up the home* secured to them by
solonin treaty, ami move into a country
which they know nothing about.
This was the marrow of the President's
cold and har?h ?peeeh to Jled
Cloud, Spotted Tail, and other ehie
who had been deluded with the bono
that they w?*rc at last to have a lair
hearing in his presence, nnd .1 longsought
opportunity to toll of their
wrongs. That expectation was rudely
?lr*1 mifit t.lw? on I m>f u;linn lir? tyO.l
w.w...,wvv?? V VI?> W ? ? WV ? y ww a v III? t'/l? I
them, "I cvcept no reply on your
part;" and in the end, when he coolly
turned them over to the Secretary ot
the Interior and the Commissioner of
Indian A Hairs, in whoiu they have no
faith.
Threatened with the power of the
Government on one hand and with
starvation oil the other, tlie poor Indians
have no alternative left them
hut submission to this edict, by which
it is intended to rob them of lands
long coveted by the plunderers who
infest the White IIour.e. The scheme
was invented hy IVIr.. Delano aH a
means of getting possession of h rich
territory, about the value of which ho
and others interested with iiiin, have
the most accurate in formation.
In every aspect this is a scandalous
job, inade more glaring and oftensixu
by the Presid< nt's complicity and
support. His son, Fred Grunt, and a
chosen set of companions, are now on
their way to the lilaok Kills, hacked
by every facility which the government
can bestow, to select 'the choicest
lands iin advance of a new treaty
opening them to settlement. Miantime,
the artuy is to keep out intruders,
wboiu the gold lover is already
attracting hy thousands, under pretence
of protecting the rights of iho ^
Indians. When everything is put ?u
shape Fred Grant is to resign - Ins
commission in the snay; and then
as a private citizen, with the Interior
Department to sustain hi* preemptions,
the beat of the lM&cjc Hills
country will pass into the JuuiA* <t/l a
Iting, which has been in process of
organization for the last two years.
And this is one of the reasons why
Delano has been upheld so persistently
by the .President, in spite of the
proofs of his conuption and the demand
of the country for his summarv
dismissal. II<? is the pivot upon
which thin spoliation has turned, and
his aid, therefore, is necessary to the
comsummation, by which great fortunes
are to be acquired by abuse oJf
official trusts.?N. i'. Aun,
torn big Heme U ituesU
The war upon the UailroaJs in the
West has already seriously damaged
the credits ot the State in which the
determination to make the companies
carry freight and passengers at "reasonable
rales" is strongest. What the
efleet is likely to be on every kind of
property it Wisconsin may be judged
from the description, given by the
Chicago Tribune % of the result oi an
attempt to borrow money on real
estate. The IVibune says:
"The owners ui a valuable piece of
productive real estate in Wisconsin
applied to the agents ot a European
bouse for a loan ul $ 100,000 to further
improve the property. i'tie I?. d
tendered as mortg ige security was appraised
at from $*h)o.,<*ou lo *700,ooo.
The agent replied: I That the >uouritv
awueared u ?t only ?rood but
J A 1 *
ample., auJ they wcib :Kjru??toiiied to
rate Wisconsin mew as a eia-<s, as
desirable borrower-^ prompt and
thrifty.. 2. That they were then '??.? MJgout
for long-term w ?rtinvcstj
mentB, and had the luuds here in l> t . ^
and it the land ottered a* Keen my had
been situated just aver the border, s?
an to be iu some Much State an Illinois,
they would make the loan forthwith;
but?3. That owing to the recent legis- *
Jauou, they could not make a mortgag*
loan ou lands in Wiacouaiu at any
rate or ou any security whatever.
That the holders o! the Wisconsin
railroad bouds had really the anno
class of security?a laertgige nu real
J l? I....1 K.w.? ol. . .... ?!,_
eatar.e ?*wu it nun ?c?? ?? < ??* n
title to the security was hizirloua.
That the European view ol the case
was that it was not a matter of poliuy
or pollies, but oi commou heueftty; aud
for the present tliev wished to have n#
finincial dealings mi Wiscosin on any
security that could uot he moved oat
of the Stale as soon as necessary. Til#
owners ol the laud, Wisconsin g ntl#raen
ol the best standing and res on nihility,
weal away surprised auJ disturbed."