Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, August 05, 1876, Image 1
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THE IIOlUiY j\EWS,
: ! 1)1,1 K1IKI?
livery ttnitii'rioy teomtn^, (
T W. BEATY, K <3 iter. i
i i:at.iss;
Osu Yi:ak, $2.00
Six Months, $1.00
5. \I1 ?*???!? it? ii i?l < ? t ioiiH t end In s; t o wu'vp
, tie i ii i m-'tHt. ft 111 !><? ehuryeit I'oi lit
? J . rrIisiiniin o
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Professional & Business Cards
V. I?. JOHNSON. .1, M. JOHNSON
c. r. <ii Ai ri.KUArM.
JOHNSONS 3 qUATTLEBAUM,
AiTOiLNKYSand (MOMSKLOKS AT LAW
Conwayboro, S, C.
joij: r. WAifcii,
Attorney at Law and
.SOLICITOR IN EQUITY,
Will }iiauuc in the court*, ot* Marion, Hurry
ami Ucorgetown.
On\of .it CON WAYUOKO, S. C.
m *
rp U. G1I.LRSPIK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Will f.ive J?r<?inj?t. attention to all Imsimvs
entrusted U> liia can*.
CONWAYBOItO, S. C.
)mr, 'j, 1811.
?y \ EO. L. CON CI DON',
VT
General Commission Merchant,
Jioych'S 1 VllAllb\
ClIAHM'I.VrON, s. c.
Naval .Stores, Kice, Cotton, and C.enoral
T'i oduc*.
ft"-" M ; fri n?l< in 1 lorry <o.n depend u)h>n
(/elfin;f /'< ' t? t j)rifr.fiJ'or Sturm and
liiarkd^jr *
ai?r i "i'i. K
rjsOLAlt A JJAUT,
Commission Merchants,
162 1KONT STKKIST,
NEW Yf UK.
Lihctal advances made on consignments
Naval .Stores, Cotton, Ac.
Child* rtce'.vo Prom?)t Attention.
I'iion i.'j'tii': bio teiV^encos ?ivcn North and
South.
J. K. Tjr.AU J.JI. IIakt.
of X. C. of S. C
*r J.\ WILLIAMS,
<.KXI'.llAL .M CKCUAN DIZK,
MAMiF.A(rn.:](j;it ok naval stores
^ COMMISSION MKltCUIANT.
PForvWApiiVa AGENT.
i,.y Spo< ml Attcni ion givoji to the buying
am] soiling of Toil " i miter.
HUM. CUKKK, S. C.
rf. c. itoo%i<:u
WITH
EBMONS T.BROWN. I
\\ itoi.) u. j>kai.i;n IX
MEN AN'!) ROYS'
?}9:^n, i'ajiN A Straw
A Lf O
Ladies Misses and Children's Hats,
No. 'l> JI kvNB Sr.
cif milestones. o.
Chnrlvxlon Hold.
iiov 13. If.
3 0,511,63 8.60.
Liverpool & London & Globo
Inf.uranee Co.
Total Assets $30,511,638,60
J. M. JOHNSON,
Ag,?nt, Marion, S. C'.
C. P. Ql* ATT].KJiAI'M,
Asl. Au/'iil, (.'onv. horo, S. C.
fob 12-tf.
oura^e Home People and
I
Hom^Enterprisc'i 1Geo.
S. Hacker,
en a ULE>sroxt s. c\
fr
s tfe nvi,v noon, sakn am) iilind
/ lotory owned and managed l>y a Carolinian I
JJ. in this City. All wcjk iniavantced. Term#
I Always on 11u11 t * lar^e Stock of Poor?, I
Sash, Winds, Moulding*, Hiark'-te, .Scroll nnd
Turned Woik of eiery 4*mri ?f?' ion. C!a?.g,
T? ii<? 1 /H'.i, ml jluil Isrua' Haidwai* I'res- i
v ; fAimliei nth Homing deftvertid In any i
port imi of thi?
march illy. <
P EABODI M 0TIE,
coisnkr ok r,oci;KT>?i. muru >ts. 1
PA.
Convenient to all place* *d mt?Mn#ut
. u linoa in the city. No rbl'filflftnd '
the Centenntal ground*. ( |
Col. Wataon, proprietor *f the TViiar i
IlouSBt Cincinnati fot the pa.*: twenty .year*,
and prcfnnt p opiii lor, liaa leased the honee i
for a levin of year*, and Vms newly furniMied
and lit toil if throughout. Iln will keep
atrl ly fl ' hOuso And haa nrcommoda- i
lion f i :>o > ( in 'a. Terms only per day.
C 1. U.V" ! i? i rativ of Virginia, and !
j : ( ! i' !>' t! onl' 11' 1 I'ir.p Vtor In Phil.v i
h lphia fr. in ti c : >u!h.
f
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l-ii i i>r n - -t~r inni-firK nirirmw^ im i r aj
VOL. ,8. CONW
To u N iolin.
What wondrous power from heaven 'upon
Hie.* Wrought?
What prisoned Aiicl within thee broods?
Ma. vol 01 human skill and human thought,
Light a. a dry leal in the winter w > ids!
Tliou lfiysilc tiling, all beautiful! What mind
Conceived thee, what intelligence began
And out ofcha -t thy raic sh'ij o de n I.
'l'hou doliOate and perfect work of man?
Across my hands thou liest mute and .still;
Thou wilt not h'.oathe to me thy *.eoiv line;
Thy matchless tons? the eager nil shall thrill
To no i nti paly or command of mine;
Hut Collies thy master, lo! thou yi?l le ullt
Passion and pathos, rapture and duspairi
To the soul's ncCd thy searching voico doth <
call
In iangungi exquisite beyond compare,
Till into .speech urtic. lat e ; t i.i t
Thou secni'sL to break, ind thv hain. id
listener bents
Tlvee woke t)ic echoes of the vanished past,
Touching Uifr sotiroe o/ an ! ol
tears;
Ami tvlth bowed 1 ?o;t?l be lets liio sweet wave
roll
Across him, swayed by that w- inl pow< r
of il.iuc,
And roy< rcnce and vender fill bis soul
That man's creation should be so i)ivliiA<
?f'r;; i a Tuaxtlk, in Harper's Matfazhu
for Nay.
trrw*y *N-mc n
OI K K.VDIX I.K'l i I If.
TlllS iSAMK 0I.D 8TOHY?KI'FKCTS < !" THR
IIRAT' VIIH.DKKNV RXOUKMONH ?DOS
OA HI.OS?DROWN I NT. OF A Mill.IONAIKK
-MAITHUS IN 1'illI.ADl'I 1 HI \ ?
JlO'iTKK III A N JlliAZU. OP INDIA THE
CKNTliN N1 A L lIOHl'irAL- AM'A 111* A I
Till" MINI'?l-OPKOV, * o> 0 \.K
MEN srui'iDIIT AND A II o-r.
[Ffoiu Our Own Correspondent..!
IS'icw YORK, .T?IIy '2.1, J STO.
No let up vet. Ihiininy: <lays nn?l
suin v nightsconlinuo t<? .follow each
other in monotonous ami well-nigh
iniolerablosuocoHsion. < >oic :i I
thunder-clouds and still ;n iulre
quonl Showers give delusive promise
..f .1 .. .. ...? i : \
> \ir: u v >i I. > T.rs >v . 11 1 if V . i
The lilt!< vain we got if i:.f !l wvm
and it'* only effect in tD ino..- i
discomfort! by saturating the muggy
nil* and, by stepping too evaporation
frotn our bodies, to cut oil the one poor
means of relief which was left us. The
steady, pitiless heat has c.iniinued *.
long that if has penetrated the u. ual.y
coo! cellars and lite most careful! v
closed houses. The weak ones among
us are dying fast, an 1 every day saps
more and more the vitality of the
strong. The heat bids fair ?o rjv.al in :
de su tiati vein ss the aovet epidemic
Last week the deaths reported were
12'.)^, nearly ot quite a- great as for
any equal time daring tin pr- valence
of choU i a or small pox The ravagor
of the weather among tin* tdiiMiv-n of
the poor have become so thinning
I fiat the city has empl >yo<i fifty physi
cians to work among tin in, while
strong efiotts lire being ma i in other ,
directions to belter tbeii oot'litinn :
St. John's Goild, I'hc moHt ener.o-iir.iiiy
humane society in the city, ia doing
a itoblti work in its froo evcuieiouK lor
poor childien. Its pi.in is to charter
immense barges which it fills with the !
little Buftcret'g And their mothera, when
tho) have any, an-1 thftu has them
towel doWn t he bay to whoro the ft*? sh
salt breeze can b< >\v over them, hearing
healing on it- wing' By tln>r v:ir.
rvis ctVorla hi my lives have been savd,
but) nothing %hOrt of A speedy and
radical chonge in temperature will save
the Centenuial summer from being
remembered with ;t black mar*
Ah a result of short ice crop of lusi
winter and the recent great dem umIs
upon thorn, the ice men have put up
the price of tiiai imb'speii- iblo com !
ino'lity. and should .1 change not conic
soon, h further advance will he the remit.
Fortunately tlie water gupply
ftbout which the alarmist s began croaking
a week ago provs equal 10 the
emergency, the chief engineer reporting
that. wo can aland a month of
drought yet without Buffering that
terrible deprivation,
j ion < irlou i* in the city, having
( ? I
?rri\?l lore from Philadelphia, but
Ittri"* little attention. We're 1 >
llOt U> V?oth#r oil!bcIvcb much ahoir a
PrtiHttdwi ?. ??oii Iter Saving a get,
nine twp#vor ttmmg n<
A sad *eoi<i?nt oconred on the e wring
of the ?Oth in tho capH'r.ing of thru
yacht '*M duiwk" oft iSmton 1? *' d i>y |
wh'cli h*r owner, Vu (.'nnitno.lme
Earner < t the . V. Yacht t.'lub, with ?
r ?? ?w > ?-?s? ? <- nt. pnii-? .* .
X Ivx
-A U 1 ud(M'MM
"AY BORO, 8. C., 8 VI
hie wilf ami a young lady weiv
drowned. Mr. Garner, though ta
young mini of thirty-live years, was a '
very ptominent business man, owning
many largo cotton mill-*, ami leaving i
fortuno v&rin.nsly estimated at from
iiltcen to eighteen millions.
I'ijit.ADicn'HiA, July 22.
This city has naturally severer sum i
nioi'8 thai) Now York and thus wldlu
its present cl'unalo is ultra troj.ical
there is not as much notice taken til it
las in Gotham. The mercury has sov_
oial limes reached 123? in the shade
and worse ligures yet have been hinted
at. At the grounds a regular hog it d
| has been established w ith a large
nn.'tlieai d< oarltncnt and here have hoen
treated as many as 100 cases a day,
ninc.tenths being persons prostrated
by the beat. &till tlic at tendance
does not fail oft as might bo expected,
: .
ing about 30,000; nearly one third ol
these are dead-heads though, so tho
receipts don't get over $10,000 very
often. As tins amount coup's in I Ity ,
cent c ans ami siamos. whole, tin re I
! are Iron) eighteen to twenty thousand i
ol these ai t icI'M to bo counted ever)
?*v i it ' 1" 1 i seems itU" cjuito no
under: a!<it)o till one thinks e.l the corresponding
wo? ? at tlio mint whom
they make and handle live times tiiat
number ot pieces per day, Tno other
utility having close*I lor repairs
!a>t. month the one here has hud to do
doable duty ever since, which, in such
weather lias been a tremendous strain
Since lite middle of .Juno the heat
inside the mint walls have been intense,
owing to the large number ot innino-s
required. In the inciters' dcpaitmcnt
the heat has ranged* Irom loti;, wit'a
:i?i occasional da.di up to 1-lb In
.
nicnl, the ihermoinctcr a ruled iroin
100? to lin?, atal in tin* whitening
room from 110 t<?, 1H0 . Experienced
men are demanded, and :i*t s;i hslit ut i<*11
is impossible, liu.o have to remain i'
their hot. posts Irom nioiiiine lill night..
Strong tinned men (requentl) topple
over at their work, and all go home in J
i stale ; ? on|<let e ex iriost tor 'i hus
I'tir there has hern no ease t?l seiiou^
prostration, and the operative officers
|(lo not anticipate any inleiruption I
Irom the heat/ Most ol the men have 1
been in service Irotn fifteen to forty* j
live years} and tliev say that, this is the
holiest time in thehislor\ ollln Mii.1
Mill to return to the CYulcnnia)
gales. Ileie is where the li ihul.it ions
el tlie sight seer commence. \ erv
many of I ho rural visitors have a
dreadful time yelling in through their
heads that they can't go through too
exhibitors, or complimentary gales,
and aro olten inclined to argue the
point with t he long s ilVering nlfioials,
who hav ing finally convinced I Icon ol
1t,? :: i i?.. : . ? -i i
tilt: I II M 11 ?.* VM I II I I |)'?S|||II|| 111 U > l 11/ liL
the hull U- iill over again when tlio same 1
ruMiea, having been steered into the
proper o ill niDCi', leieh the turnstile j
with cnrrei'f v or bills o( all denomtnu j
lions excepting the preset ibed lilly ; :
cent piece, and present them loi | i
change wnh the most eonli lent air j <
imaginable. Another and sometimes!'
longer argument ensues here, in the j
course ol which both parties get m.t I j
while the hot, impatient crowd behind i
presses up closer with Iretpiont. calls i
to "move up front." Through this 1
masb 'he offenders have to light tin ir
3 i
way back to the change ofliee, when ,
having at la*t gone through with "ail i
thin doggonod red-tape" they pass 1
sulkily inside.
Occasionally si ill more serious dillij
11
cultios present tneniseW"H in the shape ' (
of fat people who can't get through j '<
the narrow turnstiles. It i* aim as 1
much ol ;t jol> to get ttucli a person
through the lent" as to got in ;u l
through ('engross; ;i melriber ol the i
Commission ha? to ho summoned, who !
receives the applicant's money, gives v
ft special order to havo oi (.1 the ^
wagon gates opener] to admit (fie (
heavy weight and then hands the u
money to an attendant wh > goes J
through the lui'tisiilo to register ?l?e l|
admission; dropH tiio mono.) in the box ^
and conns out by a rcgulai exit, 1 ! |;
seems rather ridiculous, hut all this ?
has had to he gone, through with on j
si veral m-ense> i*
And ! d.?\ I tin i good d :i| |iL
1
"in* ol the Iji5 men. 1 Ve got as tar as ,,
th< turnstile, toil, can't gel any turlher, '
n\ "7 i T"^'
IS ^
.1. H
k lout ?i ounii\ 1
.1* ?. ?<W VT r? *r>I
iJ!! DA Y, AUGUST
I bolinvu, u11<I<*r t i<5 cinMiust.uu'vH,
I wun't tmuWle ilieni t > tor a
CwHimissioiior. li's t?>o liot, ami wc
will <*ivc I Iiu iusMr \ v.lent i >u t.ili next
week.
?I a nix.
T:i33 KiNai^fo? ::"j;viJLS.
I lit) i; \ \ it;)5?i>r.U11.A :?? * SOU 1 il
(; \nOl.INA\S OJT'K ; V !,S.
'k no Pretend lUTorms o! U ncrnor (Mr.unhcrlniu
-M;llintiii? with Former Commilts.
(Corresp mfl aifv ol t'1 * > v Yr;k -;: i j
Co mi Mm a, S. 0., July 10. ? The nol:
I . : . . I . .
ii ii ii MII .1 ion MI i 111 - H.11 ' III. -5M*
]?rcst'iii uriin^ ii p< m i.11*. ! ' a the
p ist ei^ht Vi iir?- i he liepuhlieau prirt j
ir.11 had everything its own way.
There i-i no m-ecss'ily to iulorm iu!n| '
Hgent 11 ail . < that those Tight. y. at*
have wiluvs-ied a reign of misrule, tinparain
I lo wlmT cairiot he mil ?:t
any State in the Union. When <?ov
rnor CI miherl iiti canto into pOw v,
the Stall had an indol 'odnesn ot nearly
$ I n ,000,(10 ), a: least halt ol which
represent ed the rohetie* committed i'V
her nHieials. . Knterpiiso- ol' every
charaeli r had hern hi lichen as with a
pa!s\. 'I'h' very name ol South Cam- I
iina was a synonym lor political ami '
(Inane: il corruption, lint them was >
great pvot'i e lor t he future.
1' wa km wn that (iovernor CImdi
herla'.ii, upon whom llio people r> ! . 1
.
of the faithless oOiciala who had 1
brought i'i -traction upon our h >rdei ; ^
hut lie :n i le .-nch llattefin f proniis< , |
ami houmi himsclt hy so many solemn j
pldl:;i"s, 'hat t.hero was some hope for j
It a .r- umlersioi { thr. lie 1?n?I
mail" i lC'i'lui. out uf the Slate, wliieh
lie h.el ui. i ly ti.'l r-e 11IV:!y invented,
v Mil it o .: v 1 fii 11 out 1 .on ri .! I
l ippiiw - that he t?! mid make !' eonl
lor re.sjn . t )': !.ity equally imli tiae
t ! ! ? 1 . . ' I < I lllOU I () i M? j . | ^ < : i ) J'e.
Oi: .. I)(J Is c >id !U)(l cyi. r'il ;
iu ?lis|-M>it ion, wil.ii noine natural
shrewdness. I'm. ho in i: n in*-us? .i y
r?oii-lio. F\e:t to his personal I;: nds .
.
i oin ol \\ ?int ii, but s1 til t<? i 'iii'
them ;il! :t I'io'i"!! o| suspicion. llu*
.
are Jim i honi|e;oi>, his editor aiei
st ool-11; .'('Oil, t o w !; I'M is ?lei '-o iU " I I i le !
<'0')(iu6ii .f.rtJ his OIS.U1, tile < 'oi II iihl.l
i 1 raid, and Treasurer ' Vi,-.l >.: >. w'hoi.i
lie said to hate worse than a fat liesiia.se,
hut whose hand is ho heavy up
ii
or rat her ?1: re not.
iieei there are Colonel Low, one of
the I lonai -ei < '(ii:i in is* ioners, and Tim
lluiuev, ' iio 'i'reasiirer ol Char!e.-b n.
Apart tr- m these, it is not known tlmt
he ever eon verses or associate* with
any iivino soul except in the most
format ami stately manner. lie never
ones into society. and is never seen ex
'
cept at his olliee. 'J'hat lie has ad- ;
Mirers, there cannot be any doubt;
but In is constantly disappointing !
them, lie has been tolerated only
and solely because he represented an
idea, .? sentiment -- ti nnely, that ol
relorm. From his admisl rat ion more
tliaudrom any other, the correction ol
abuses has been I lokml lor: lie .baa
said and don soim thincs whieh have*
awakened the hostility ol 11:o thieves !
and rohhcr.-t wh > elected and alitwwart
I s t > |?| > < >? d Inn. I In has fought
them (or the pit year in regard t
robberies, in which in' was nol porron
dly interested, and won mindi praise
ihrefor. !?nl now it appears that af
Ii?r all hia display ol virtue, tin* hypo
nic and deniajp'tpic were there mil!
whin i the specious mask.
In short ('nainl)erUin has fought his
orntcr associates, utniply to make a
illlo capital for himself. lie has
nade them le.vr him. Hit wants to
(O to the L nited Slates Senate. lie
lon'l itke .South Carolina or its attnoa*
rhere. lie is as ambitious as he is
tnsi.i tiptilous, and all Ins pretended
ofonn lias hail for its objective point
ite Senatorship. lie is likely to soare
it. The party loodofS, who have
)een North, are gradually coining
tome, and with each returning oracle
iitnuH rumors of secret comhiuatior.s
or rued at. New V nk, Philadelphia,
aid elsewhere. Kcoently IC. ) . Carrenter
arrived, and I truce almost dieelly
In him a report that there is III
i'iy truth it Bclticincnl ??( nil < 1 ill* ruci'ii,
Governor Chamberlain in gong
to ho nominated again with oar enter
lor Luvaienant-Gnvt rnor. Next
vihi>-r Governor Cd unbei iairt will ho
initio Senator ami Carpenter M ill he
jhtvernor, unless the Democracy carry (
hu Slato. This will ??teuro the reooguRon
ol the conversion bond* ami i
iIu Dnlge script, :>l * hioh e<> nnicli i
as been written, ami in which Son a- 1
or I'wilcrsnn, who it* the groat (
lc))histn|>heh'.<i of Iho ore: aoon, in i
ir p ly inton ated. Let them <lony it
s much as. ;hoy hko, time will show
hat tola i* the cisc. Governor Cham- <
orlain will g>*t too credit of having :
ic h ?' ol ill* bargain, and n. < scat- \
-1 at Washington, |>r oi<>.ia lit h will \
. i. fun hie him to know that ho has t
ecu the means d turning tin . ui: c
SiA / f*
\/\ /
% Yk ? *>
>, 1.870. NO. 00.
over apain to the thieve.*, with whom
11u I'm tnerly consorted.
I oonli s that I was reluctant to believe
tlie.ho stories, for I have been of
l!n>so v\ 11 ? hoped t hat lha "Kefonn
(tovenioi." as he lias been termed,
was siiii'cvo in l? s professions, notwithstanding
his j. est record. 1.5ut I am
fast lotting faith in him, und 1 verily
behove it to he the duty of every law
abiding citizen of thin Stale to prevent
s
schemes.
\ ery lew people have any adequate
idea ot the hold character ot the robIn
>ivs wltie i liwe been committed by
i lie party now in power in South far
el in a.
Small wi a lev s it thai th'* Slate has
to lepu iiale its old. Rations, and pustimerest
ot its neUnowled red indebted
i.o**-, 01 be . mi! ; q. | wil!)!ii)|>I pav'
lie $01 \ ants, when I ho treasury is
rubbed ot hnndi'ds ol til ouv.in*Is ol
dollars at. oii'i steal.
Hon Witao rn Kept On I of tlio Way .
b ' to i!i" 11 )nso < '-nmmil too on Louisi
m:i All illu oj iiMiio?l Km ,;tison, and
Irs ti!siiiiu ;,y, so lur as it \vt nt, was
vol') int'-rosi ii; as ho* had possessed
peculiar ! ioiiiUi-8 'or <>l>t:iiuinpf inlortuition
while employed in I ho Now
i.-Ih oi.-. t uuioiii llt'uso under Urolhcrin
law Unwov. Fergus ?n told a good
deal, ami w .i i to toll more i.i Now
O.'Ioimisj ' nil li? failed to put in an
iij.p .ii oiry there, ami, like IMiy Lackad
ay's father, has kept in the hack ;r
and and never since boon hoard
ii'int, \\ holtior ho lias bo pi i kidnapped,
as Lub.ioe.k ami (u nit's friend
M>"'i ;il t' inpiod to ki leap iho (.lovorini!'
Hi. wi;r. mm" l'erry, <lin order to
vimlie.aLe the. integrity ol t oo I 'rosiloii,"
Di' win: liii ho ha. boon bom,lit
? 1V, or 11 igiji ened, or appointed a
("?ii .., ..a !tino pntpo-.o 1 t "
I: ivo .Mailman appointed, is a question
wliioii pc) >Oiis ontsidvi ol ollioial circles
would tin i i dilliculi to an over. I?ut
bis liii appear.nice is mysterious, ami
suggests I'ooolleotioiiH ol other myatorious.disiippoaramio
under similar eir
e U mrl a uces. )?'? ! ir.:-t i11<.*? , tho J louse
(Jonunilieo on indiau Affairs, in tiio
course <?l its inve ligations, had ooensioii
lo summon one John Ji. Stnoot,
v, ho h.nl been a clerk in tho Indian
Olliee (')i ten or l\v< lvo years. Suiool
icsii'ied that he resigned his place in
the finance division ??l the Indian I>ureau
because he was unjustly, as ho
thought, Iransloned to the l'cnsion
Oilice. I"pott being (jueslioned as to
ids masons for tlui transfer, ho testified
that it was made because lie refused
at tho solioiutior, <>i <Jongr38Hinan
Shanks and the late Indian Oommis*
hoimt, the l\e\. K. 1\ Smith, to lalsiIv
vim records ot the Inferior
J )ej>ar! aunt and Indian Ibtruau
lor a jiolitiea 1 purpose. Having resigned,
he says fie looked over the
whote 11 attract ion, an I considering
! iiat he ' a 1 been injured, proee.oded
to loftily hiuisell with (acts, nllei
which he made charges in wrling
against Secretary l.h' uto and ('otntnis
.sinner Smith. Tin* resnd o! this hold
uii\" was an earnest itivil it.ion Irotn
('otnniisi nor Sni ii'to withdraw his
I'lvignfttion; ami upon doing so his
pay was iustored, though he did no
service lor the < ?o\ ct utnent. About
this time an inv litigation into the
all'airs o the In iiatt lluieau was set. on
l?>ot, and Sinoot was oidered away i
Iro.-n ^ :t^i)ii?o(.on, A. !!. Wilder,!
-smith's lavorilu contr.i lul', t*i'?I??
him $:iOU when in: went si way, wit houi,
any explanation other than Iks
wan to leave llie city immediately.
This was :n .M iv, 18'/J, ami unlit Koh. '
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in wy, 1875, lit* continued to receive a
salary from thu Interior Depart nient,
though lie Umilied thai from July lti,
187 I, uu(it February ol the loilowing
year Ik did noi <lo .t single day's
work. The methods t?f the present
Administration are p e mar, ami it reipiircs
a groat deal ol money lo run
I Ik: < iov eminent as it is now conducted.
It, is llioreiorc no wonder thai,
with an election *ppi 'aching, the
II ayes and Whee'er men in the Hon ?t"
resists all the nice, ir- ? ol retrenchinent
proposed by the 1 i! Ion men in
the House, - A'.
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t\ ien.tr iriMii 1,011,joii i- til*; |??j
lowing Moiy ??! i>* ?11 Stanley: "Once
upon a time, the IVan "1 Westmiater,
going to Ahocy, p it in? gloves into
his lint. On ivtiiritng homo alter his
rliseourso lie said to his wile, '.Somehow
the congreg.i 10.1 xcciuud to gaze
Upon mo t" slay wiiH a poouiiar i n tori's
I while I was promhing.* SJ do not
Wonder,' n-1?i11 11 I.uly Stanley, 'lor
hiring your entire sermon ymr g! )Ve?
'ruled on th*' l<?p o vol V I*!.1
"You mint cultivate leoision of
iharactor, and learn to pay "No," said
i lather to ! i* -mi. Soon. afterwarl,
rhe , the father .old the h ?n to chop
vood, the hoy said ' \ >," with an
inph. *is that -di ?\ved a remembrance
>1' ttie lcasou,'
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A literal d <? 111 \u. I v 4 '< o tliOM
t b? L i>t in lor
threo moutii. oi longer.
>nwi?wati ?>w ? ? ? jujmomc
Xho J?rl!i- !? l iccl iit X'ew York Harbor,
On tlu.' 11 lit of Juno tli1) British
'loot, whi 1. had y ailed from Boston a
It'iV weeks before, set nail from Halifax',
and on lb" morning of the 2fit.li it
was seen entering tho lower hay. Tho
! ill), that day m ido "glorious" at I'liiiadelphia,
was celebrated by an a.'.aotc
upon the .tdo, which was sailing near
the shore, from a little battery occup
ing tho bite of Hamilton* Tin: A > x
I answered with a broadside, and b'r
noma lime a lively duel was kept tu ,
the ship getting much the wore <! t .
A fow days later auotljm I' ? i arrive .,
a seriously bAltored one, w!t". a wav-ii..
fallen admiral and general or. boa HI{
It was the fleet of Sir I'.ctcr *rt
j which on the 28th ol Juno had la. " J
j mo badly at Fort Mould ic. Its l.i .usi
ports bore the army ol Sir Hem v
Clinton, which was to have takmi
{'harleston as a prelude to tiie raptii 'i
of New York. And still tho "datakgue
oi ships" was lui enough from i e?
ing finished. They came from all directions;
one day, from the const A
Florida; another, from tho West Indies;
another still from the Kngiish
harbors of the. MediiorranoOu. Tho
12th of August saw tiie last great ad*
t . 4 1..
tun oil, ;\u nut wiiit e r before, Kinjj
George liuii boon barter! ng for tnerconary
troops in I h ums wick ami lleseo
Cassel, agreeing to pay thirty-tour
dollars ami fifty cents lor every mai
killed, and to reckon tlu*oo wounded
as one dead ?'lens than wt^could
havo expected," wrote Lord North.
N -w, ill th" arrangements had b oa
cotuplelot!; "tlio lino thin dancing
pumps" lurnishod by an IfnglisU couLractor
had been exchanged lor mora
serviceable shoos, ami at last tlio mercenaries
had embarked. .Seven thousand
eight hundred Hessians, in eightytwo
transports, conveyed by six menof-war,
after a voyago of thritoor.
weeks' duration, saw with delight tlis
lovely wooded hills of Staten Island,
an I tlio Highland* of Navesink, and
the Long island farms, waiting to bo
(IcApoileu of their ripouing fruits.
Their brave old general, Do UoiHtor,
! had exhausted ins slock of patience
and tobacao weeks before, and was in
a towering rage. \\ ith this arrival
the spectacle presented by the )ow? "
bay reached its climax of portentous
brilliancy, iloro was another Great
Armada, more numerous in ships ttra
men than that which LMulip of Spam
bad organized to .subvert ihcJibcrLhw
of i!uglaud, And no providential
storm ri lled up to r.hat tor this one Ii'.co
the other. J'leusant uuimer woatlicr
smiled upon its awlu! mciianeo, as it
lay securely at anchor in tlio great
bend between Sandy Hook and Bliiton
Island. There were thirty-Bevou manof-war,
guarding I ;.) transports; 35,000
men in all, 80' Inr.i and sailors, Llic
soldiers numbering 27,')U().
Washington had at his disposal, on
August 8, about 17,0 )0 oi til, of whom
nearly -1,000 were unlit lor duty. The
urgeiu:y <>1 the situated increased tbo
number of available men ol nearly 20,000.?From
"The 'kittle of Long inland"
by John \V. I'had wick, in I/irpcr's
Mayuzinnfor August.
A Promising Pupil.
j Some years ago a benevolent lad/
; of this oily look aJiltlo negro girl it;
to her family, intending to give her*
; very thorough m ual and roligiout
training. Unfortunately, the clu'd
! was given to lying, and though the
, mistress strove incessantly by precept
and example to era lieato this vice, her
1 elhuU were far from successful. Ono
day, returning ho na alter 801110 hour?>'
absence, the lady was met at the door
by her sable, handmaid, who wttf
many tears, inform -d her that she luoa
broken a very valuddo ehina pitcher,
an hoirdoom in the family.
Hero was light in the darkness alast,
strict truth fulness in tho face
reprimand or punishment, and the
good mistress was delighted. Such
an opprtunity to reward up. I strengthen
virtue must not he lost-, so the lajv
magnanimously forgot ber annoyance
at the Ih.ss (ft hur che/vflheti jhtehejr
(onu of a j'.tU ;, no 1 taking out u pet
ny said, k unity, VWell, jenny, sunse
you 11fi> ?. luren such a good girl, nod
tol i liio truth so quiokiy, 1 ahull i. >;
even scold you. Hero is a penny for
you."
Alas! tl;o next morning tho lady, on
returning honuj Jroni market, was mat
at the door again by her promising
i>uj?il, who dolighlod exclaiintui; uOh,
mussus! I'so broke the othtr pitcher.
Won't you gioo me another jttnny?"
1< iirLher (Jnaorint.mn nf thai
woman's state of mind would bo super*
fluous. lii)ixou'? Duawkr, m liarj>cr*3
Aluj'iaine for August.
A citizen of Dakota took a Turkish
barb in Omaha a few days ago, auo
died within an liour. Tlio verdict oi
the jury was: "lie hadn't ought to
have got so much of ibo mud off oi
him at one time."? Detroit Free
Press.
A ?h\rt dealer advertises ft bosote
warranted to wear longer than the
shirt. Out who wauts a bosom longer
than his shirt?
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