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EDGE?IELD, S,r C|;. JUNE 8, 1871.
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VOLUME XXXV.-So. 24.
Mow Spring Dry Goods !
J a m e s W. T u r i e y,
BBO?D STTKEET, AUGUSTA, GA*
MMM IN FIBST-CLiSS DRY GOODS,
flAS JUST RETURNED FROM NEW YORK, and ia now fully pre
pared,to. offer to the public a completely assorted Stock of SEASONA
BLE FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS.
Great care has been taken to., supply each Department with EVER Y
TKING NEW; AND FASHIONABLE, as well as the more staple j
articles of the Trade. . .
The Cash System will be Strictly Adhered to, and
it ?3 much-cheaper to pay 25 per cent, for money, and buy your Dry Goods
for Cash, than to buy them on time.
The bet? judges,o? Dry, Goods, ;anc| the closest buyers, are particularly
requested w examine my present schedule of prices.
.hflfiJtS uiKj F??vU??iC JAMES W. TURLEY.
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"SPRING AND SUM M ER 'supp L IET~
. Oil I J - 1 Cj i V
W h ote sal e Gr oi ce r
-?'''hizo SKOH \-. v;. ii. Siete y. ii v . . .\
-AND
Commission IVEeroli'nt
283 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.,
HAS NOW ON HAND a Edi
GROCERIES and PLANTERS
the following :
100 Hhds. BACON,
50 Bbls. LARD,
500 " FLOUR, all grades,
50 Hhds. SUGAR,
300 Sks. COFFEE, .
300 Boxes SOAP,
200 " CANDLES,
100 ' " STARCH,
100 " SODA,
5000 Bushels CORN,
3000 . " OATS,
500 Sacks SALT,
100 Cases LYE and POTASH,
and Complete Stock of CHOICE FAMILY
SUPPLIES, among which may be founr1
10 Bbls. COGNAC BRANDY,
30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY,
100 " " RYE WHISKEY,
10 " APPLEBRANDY,
r20 ? GIN and RUM,
'20 " SHERRY & PORT WINE
2003M. SEGARS, various grades,
150 Boxes TOBACCO,
200 Doz. BUCKETS,
50 Doz. BROOMS,
50 Nests TUBS,
50 Hhds. MOLASSES,
100 Bbls. SYRUP.
All Goods will be sold Very tow. Give me a Call.
May 2' tf . 19
Fashionable Clothing
A. T. GRAY,
229 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia,
Has Received, and is Teady ta show the public
A. Choice ?took
ir re fi ; .
. ' i i f k >'
-OF
uJbl] X XXlli u3
I3? FI3STE A.]ST7> MEDIUM GB?.DES.
,YA(I sn
Also, a very well selected asrortment of
EVERY KIND .
-OF
.*>I*I??<;?O ) Ai fri
dente' FurnisJimg Goods !
In drawing attention to the above, I desire to assnretIio.se who have dealt
whh me, and those who have not, that I will sell as low as any one, and
misrepresent nothing. Every one is invited to examime my Goods before
purchasing elsewhere.
A. T. GRAY,
Opposite Masonic Hall,
* AUGUSTA, GA.
Olav 2. 2m 19 I
I^resli A_rrivals
OF
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.- SUMMER MILLINERS
S. LECKIE
AVOlXD:Bospp?tfuUv m?onh the Ladies ofEdgeficld that she has just received a
SECOND CArtG?TrOTT)F SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY GOODS,
consisting in part'of
Rich and Elegant PATTERN BONNETS,
i Ri^h and Elegant PATTERN HATS,
And another Lot of those HANDSOME LEGHORN HATS which are so much
called.far/ and could onlv be found, when the Season opened, at this Establishment.
SASH RIBBONS of even- kind, and at ven- low prices. .
-GILT and JET JEWELRY, Lace COLLARS, j
"And a few of those stylish GILT FANS, so very fashionable at present. i
C alcan? ?i?min?th? Goods to be found in this the Largest Store of tue kind South
of Baltimore.
MRS. LECKIE,
t71 BROAD STREET,
UNDER THE AUGUSTA HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA. j
Apy2C- i.. 2ml8
fiiiS'sliciJy Lemon Sagar." fiiiiiii? imira
A ;if?PENDID Preparation for making OALUIIA SixJldL,
JTJL Lemonade.. , Sold at . / "\ rr
,Q. lu PENN'S DRUG STORE. IVJLRS. R. B. BO?XWARE respectful
May _ tf_~Lz ly announces to the Edgefield public that
. : Notice. she has opened the SALUDA HOUSE,
ON SATURDAY, the 1st July next, and wiU use overy exertion to plome all
we will make application in theofhec KI- *A*U /ut \ _
of D.tT. Turner,. Jnag? of Probate, for a who. mRy mor her ^ fcelr patronage.
Final Discharge as Administrators on the Sho solicits the encouragement af her
FstateofaflAl^EiHOJWti?.aoc^. All friends. .
persons '^S?m??M^SS!?iS^lJ!^ ^Board by tlxc Day, Week or Month
antP?WVerh ?hemA?lvt?? accorthng?v. fr^\ J ?
SHEROD &M I^gpt?rLM?8;; atas low figures 88 <*n Possibly be ?tV
Hy} ?' .'. .*.'..* '-..*?"?.. * " A'i'i>rs. forded;? .
MsyZl 4t ?f j Edgefield, May W tf 25*
Backbone.
When you see a fellow mortal
Without fixed and fearless views,
Hanging on the skirt of others,
Walking in their cast-off shoes,
Bowing low to wealth or. favor",
With abject, uncovered head,
Ready to retract or waver, J
. Willing to be drove or led ;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the Ikings which bis must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
In sense and tone,
Than this, backbone.
When you see a theologian
Hugging close some ugly creed,
Fearing to reject or question
Dogmas which his priest may read,
Holding back all noble feeling,
Choking down each manly view,
Caring more for forms and symbols
Than to know the Good and True ;
. Walk yourself with finner bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the things which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
In sense and tone,
Than this, backbone*
When you see r. politician
Crawling through contracted holes,
Begging for some fat position,
In the ring pr at the polls. '
With no sterling manhood, in him,
Nothing stable, broad or sound,
Destitute of pluck pr ballast,
Double-sided all around ;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing,.
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the things which his must lack.
A stronger word
*W as never heard .
In sense, and tone,
Than this, "backbone.
A modest song and plainly told
The text is worth a mine of gold ;
For many men most sadly lack
A noble stiffness in the back.
CAPTAI? TOM.
--0-,
NOTHING to eat-nothing, absolute
ly nothing. Not a morrel of bread,
nor a, cup of milk, nor a bone, nor a
potato ! Not a penny to buy anything
with, and not a thing to sell that any
one would buy I She might as well
have been upon a desert island-one
where, unlike the desert island of the
novels, there are no delicious wild
fowl and no delicious edible roots to
be had for the shooting and picking ;
no chest floated ashore, with carving
knives and forks and grid-irons in
them; no conveniences of all kind
on hand ; and no suddenly-acquired
faculty of knowing just where to dig
for' what you want bestowed upon
the unshipwrecked-a desert island
pure and simple, all rock and sand,
and weary wash of waters, and noth
ing else.
Yet London is not a desert of any
kind, and in the very heart of Lon
don lived Lily Vane.
She had been a singer, with a good
mezzo-soprano voice, and so had earn
ed her living; but she had never
been pretty, and had never made a
furore anywhere. Still, she had had
a lover, and a true one ; and they
would have been married one bright
midsummer-day, but that on its eve
he died-dropped at her feet just as
he had taken her hand in his to say
adieu. Something the matter with
his heart the doctors said.
No one who heard it ever forgot
the scream Lily gave then. With it
her voice went-she never sang again.
After that she taught the piano in an
humble way-bade adieu to her am
bition, as she had to her love, for
ever ! They were part of each other.
The laurel-wreath she longed to win
was to have been laid at his feet who
trod earth no longer.
And now Lily vane lived alone, as
she had for years. She was poor as
she was plain, and she was no longer
young. Her little savings had been
hoar ded in a bank which proved to be
only a swindler's trap for honest peo
ple's money. It was gone, every
penny of it ; and Lily had a fever
and been near death's door, and so
had lost her pupils.
And now the autumn had passed,
winter was at hand, and she was
starving.
She was a patient woman ; suffer
ing had made her so. She was proud,
too, in her quiet way. It seemed
easier to die than to beg ; and between
herself and beggary lay just one
thing-the plain gold ring upon her
finger-her mother's wedding ring
that she could not sell ; but she might
pawn iL What they would lend her
upon the little circle of gold she did
riot know; nor did she know how
people went about such things-but
she had seen the three golden balls
at the door of a dingy shop, in a
wretched street hard by, and by slow
degrees made up her mind to pass
tinder them. So, as the clock struck
twelve, she wrapped herself up in a
shawl and hood, and slipped out.
The rain beat down upon her head.
The slush lay ankle-deep along the
pavements. There were few people
abroad. One wpman, with a slopping
pitcher of beer in one hand, passed
her ; no more, until the light glow
ing behind the red curtain and the
glimmer of three golden balls told
her she was at her destination.
The old man sat. smoking beside
the fire ; no other customers were
there. The business was sopn dis
patched, and the few shillings counted
into Lily's hand, she was turning
away when the door burst open and ?
a jovial face was thrust in, and a
loud voice, thevoice of a seafaring man
.used to shoutjug orders above the
roar of wave and the dash of wind,
cried :
" Halloa, messmate ! am I right for
the Kensington road ? I've lost my
bearing somehow, and don't know
which way to steer.
" The first turning to the right and
then straight on," said the pawn
broker, and the man, with a " Thank
ye," plunged out into the dark again.
A ruddy man', tall and broad of breast,
with glancing jet-black eyes, and
hair that clustered in a mass of ring
lets about his temples. A smile too,
that was all goodness. No false glit
ter in it, but pure gold.
Lily in the glimpse that she caught
of him, saw, or thought she saw, that
he had a kind heart, also that he re
sembled her own lost lover. A thrill
went through her,. ..half of joy, half
of sorrow,, and she followed him out
of the dismal shop with slow steps",
and began to retrace her way to her
own wretched den aa best abe might.
She had felt her heart beat as it '.
not for years, as his cheery voice r
ont, but she stifled the feeling wit
sigh.
; "No good can come to me
death," she sighed, but 'just tl
stood still, filled with a vague, ind
hite horror.
; She had txrned a corner, and 1
in the shadow of the blind wall o
church. Just before her stood t
men, whispering to each other.
" He has money about him ; I s
him changing some in the Th
Woolpacks."
"Hes lost his way, There, 1
wrong way, by luck-just where w<
have him best."
And then, close against tBe w
they hurried on. Lily followed "the
Beyond the light of the corner lan
she saw the seafaring man trudgi
through the mud. The next insta
there was a cry, and three dark for;
struggled together on the grour
Lily was a timid woman by natui
she never knew- what inspired 1
with courage that night; but son
thing did. ' ' .
She rushed forward without a n
ment's hesitation, and did witho
thought, the best thing thinking cou
have told her to do.
. " The policemen are coming 1" s]
cried-" the policemen-save you
selves."
The words were not out of h
mouth when one ruffian dashed awi
from his victim and rushed up tl
street, and the other, with wh
seemed a parting blow, followed h
example.
The seafaring man lay prostra
where they left him. Lily, bendir
over, him, saw blood trickling fro:
his temple. She bound it quietly VJ
with her handkerchief, and tried h(
best to raise him. Not a policema
was in sight, no other help came, bi
in a few moments the man lifted h
head, and with Lily's help staggere
to his feet.
" You are a blessed woman, whc
ever you are," " What made yo
brave enough to do that? They'
have killed me, not a doubt, and lil
tie Jennie would have cried her eye
out. You see it was two to one an
a regular ambush. Well, heave
bless' you. Is that your handkei
chief? Tell me who you are. It'
a lauy's voice and a lady's hand
Tell me, won't you ?"
"I'm only a poor womant" sai<
Lily. " If I've done you any good
I'm thankful. Are you stroilg. Ar
you strong again ? You can walk,
see. You ought to have gone th
other way. Good-by."
" But stop," he cried ; *' I-"
But Lily hurried on.
Not until she was in her own dari
room did she know that she had los
the money the pawn-broker had givei
her.
She crept into her poor bed, and
tried to drown her hunger rn sleep
but the relief carne tardily. She hac
been terribly excited by the scene ir
which she had taken a part, and
moreover, the face and voice of th?
handsome sailor haunted her.
Jenny, who was Jenny ? His wife,
doubtless, his young wife, who wait
ed somewhere for his coming. Oh,
happy woman, to be so dear to any
one ; and lonely Lily Vane shed more
of those hot tears that had mingled
with the rain drops outside the pawn
broker's shop.
People do not starve so easily as
they think they will, and, moreover,
at the latest hour of the long hungry
day, the neighboring tailor's good
natured wife sent a piece of cake and
a glass of something hot to the "lone
some little body in the next room,"
and Lily Vane lived and found some
further means of earning bread, and
dragged on her lonely life somehow
until the winter ice was gone and
spring revisited the earth.
It was in May-she never forgot
the month-that she went sadly into
an office, where places were found for
teachers, and teachers for places, and,
hopeless of any great good coming to
her, put some questions to the pro
prietor. Music ? Yes, and no doubt
she understood it . very well. But
there were so many teachers. How
ever, would she give her name and
her address ? If anything offered he
would send her word.
"My name is Lily Vane," said
Lily.
"An odd name," said the man.
"How do you spell it?-Vain or
Vane ?"
And then a lady whom she had
never seen-^a plump, pretty little
woman, with black curls and blacker
eyes-ran forward from a seat near
the stove, and, with a smile at Lily,
spelt it for, her.
" Right?" she asked.
Lily astonished, assented ; she could
do BO more, for the name was not so
very odd, after all.
" And if you ave JMf Vane," said
the lady, " and if you will come to
me, there's a permanet place for you,
and two good little pupils, who will
love you dearly. On, don't say no ?
I've been looking for you for months,
and I'm so glad I've found you ?"
" Some of my . old pupils, I sup^
pose?" faltered Lily..
But at that the lady shook her
head."
" No matter how I know you," she
said, ''?nlv come."
And Lily was glad enough to take
the sugar-plum fate frac) dropped into
her mouth, without mors questions.
Sho was too weary, too worn, even to
feel great astonishment. Slip had
been a careful teacher, and some one
had recommaned her that Was all,
But when Lily Vane was actually
installed in her new position-gover
ned to two docile children, their
mother her kindest friend, a pretty
room at her service, books, music,
pictures, and pleasant company about
.her-she began to wonder about ma
ny things of ali, why the black-eyed
lady's face was so familiar to her,
when he knew she had never before
seen it. What was the secret, too
a ki ad one, surely-that they kept
from hep ? Why were there so many
smiles and dimples, and sly looks, es
pecially when they spoke pf Uncle
Tom? Why, when certain letters
came with greatred s^als and strange
postmarks, uid the little lady catch
Lily's face between her two small
palina, and dance about her and say ;
" Oh, Lily .Vane/?m 30
found you?
There was a mystery, in al
but a very pleasant on*"..
; Lily waa very hapjjy. He
frew "brighter, her cneeks ro
er. lips red, and littleJ?nks of
long vanished from Hear nair,
into its masses again^,. She 1
ten years younger.. Sometimes,
pretty Mrs. Andersonj;xan int
husband's arms at hisi3iome-co
qr tossed her baby ovej?fler hea
thought of what "niigfct havel
saddened' Lily's hearJtaa little
very sweetly; andr her one p
was that she might never lose
kind friends ? who made life ?
thing for lier.
So summer passed and antumi
winter came, and with?it one of
red-sealed letters, which i black
Mrs. Anderson read Minore rn?
than usual, and theh^^cried ont
Tom; was coming hom?'j and her
band, merry as shs was1 herself,
something in an "undertone ; an<
dhildren,'dancing-with.glee, call
the cook in the kitchen that I
Tom w \a coming home ; and the
caine from the depths, ladle anc
and said :
" Bless my heart ! is that true
And the little . wife and mc
ended all by dancing round Lily,
singing, half-a-dozen time's :
' " Oh, Lily Vane, kjw. glad I f
found you !" ] s .."'
"And what had tbjat to do 1
Uncle Tom's coming?" Lily
asked herself.
Then there were no. more les
for awhile,, but all were busy for
Uncle's return ; and Tom's room
made fine, and Uncle -Tom's pres
made ready, and cakes baked
Tom liked and, all mixed up D
teriously with Lily. Vane, wno
to much puzzled to understand ?
thing.
And so the eventful day came ;
Lily with her dress qn-not the j
Lily of a year before; -but rosy
comely-stood before the mirro:
her own room, brushing her br<
hair, when down below she heai
shout : " Tom's come ! Tom
come!" and a bow-wow-wow fi
the dog, that said as plain as
voices did, " Tom has come?" A
why she did not know, the brush
out of Lily's hands, and she begar
tremble as before the dawning of sc
mystery, and not a step could she s
but stood quite still, hier heart be
ing fast and furious, when the d
opened, and Mrs. Anderson rusl
in and seized her about the wa
and pushed her and hustled her do
the stairs and into the parlor, whe
tinder the gaslight, stood a m
black-haired, blacfcejgd, with a s
faring look about" lum, who tun
and held out both hands towards h
" It is your Lily Vane !"
And then he said, " It is my L
Vane, and no one else I"
And Lily kne.w the man she h
met and parted with a year befe
that night.
" She don't look like it, does she
said the sailor. " A little craft li
that to board the pirates and'fright
them away from agreathnlklikem
but she did it better than a troop
marines. And if she hadn't tied h
handkerchief about my head, and
her name hadn't been on it, I,d nev
have known she was my Lily Var
and you'd never have found her f
nie, sister Jenny."
" But I found her," said Jeni
Anderson. " I found your Lily Van
and here she is."
And in a moment more the tv
were alone together, Lily and Capta:
Tom.
" I've had that handkerchief ne:
my heart all this while," said tl
captain, taking Lily's hand.
" I've said the name over and ove
when only the angels heard me. Ti
thought of the sweet face, and tl
kind touch of the soft hands, unt
the sea seemed too wide that kept rc
from them; and I never have forgo:
ten them for one moment, and neve
shall. I had to sail next day, bu
Jenny swore to me on the hy mi
book-for I made her-to find Lil
Vane for me, and she did. Was j
for me, my dear, and may I hop
that?"
And he drew Lily closer to hin:
and she looked away, The thought
that had come into her heart wnei
the black eyes first met her, crep
back again. The hand he held flut
tered, ner lashes dropped ; no gir
ever blushed more brightly.
. "Was it for me, Lily Vane?'
.asked the captain. " Is the faci
mine, and the dear voice, and thi
kind heart."
" It's not a pretty face," said Lily
" nor a young ene. !
" There's more than beauty in it,'
said the captain. "More than beau
ty ; ?nd I'm no boy, myself, my dear
and the heart?"?
And then Lily Vane knew-knevi
best, b.ecauae she . could not answer
nor look at him, npt do anything but
sob upon hisbosom^thatthe thoughts
the black eyes, and merry smiles bad
been strengthened by the long, long
talks about Uncle Tom, and Brothel
Tom, and Mr Tom'; and that in all
the world there was nD'one so dear tc
her as that same Captain Tom.
" And the heart ia mine?" asked
Captain Tom ; and by way of answer
she let him fold her to his own.
So the wedding'bells soon rang out
a. merry chime ; and she who one
year before had starved, body and
heart alike, was % happiest woman
the sun shone oe' .
And little ?Jenny Anderson danfre.4
jn her wedding finery about her
great sailor brother and about'hie
bride, and cried to one and to the
other, "Oh, I'm so glad I found you,
Lily Vane !"
And the'children prattled it, and
their father smiled it : and the cook.
?without her ladle; and in her best
bonnet, approved of it; and Lion,
the great dog, barked in hie- ecstacy
until he frightened the kitten np thi
chimney, and said; with voice and
tail as plainly as ? dog might :
.. Oh, I'm so jglad you!ve found
your Lily Vane !'
A singular case of generosity, if
true, Li that of a Mr, Derby, of New York,
who has beoueathgd h is ^states in Eng
land, valued ot ?lLjQ0O,0OO, under certain
'condition? io fife ?. B,goyornnaeofr.
President Davis ('Accepts N
lng."
Hon. JEFFEESON DAVIS was ei
elastically received in Atlanb
Saturday. At night, ?a welcoi
speech was delivered at the Kin
House, by Gen. Garlington, about
thousand persons attending. I
sponse, according to the Era,
.Davis said substantially :
Looking down Upon the he
faces before Kui he experienced i
'culiar pleasure as he r?alized the
that the complimentary tribute
to him was an expression of s<
ment on the part of the peopli
Georgia. Georgia had a proud rec
Beginning with Oglethorpe, and g
cing at the old Colonial times,
speaker remarked that the princi
for which Georgians fought in
late war between the States were
same they contended for in the r<
lution of 1776, and in the wai
1812. He felt animated and i
tained by the conviction that Geo:
would yet recover her ancient lil
ties and be a great, prosperous i
sovereign State. When first he i
.Atlanta it was simply an old fieh
stubble. Again he saw it just a;
the F?d?ral army had swept ovei
marking their course by a vandal:
far blacker than anything that 1
ever stained the fair fame of Turei
as a soldier. A third time he saw
and then the blackened ruins 1
disappeared ; the evidences of desc
ti on had been swept away to mi
room for the stately structures wh
now ornament the city. Dwelling
some length upon the ?nterprise a
energy ?isplayed by the people
Georgia, under so many adverse <
cumstances, the speaker. alluded
the important work which the you
men of the State had- before the
He did not propose to discuss politi
He had shaien hands with politi
and had dorie with them forever. ]
trusted that every one in the aui
ence would agree with him on tl
point. But wnile he did not care
make a political speech,, he felt tl
he ought to express one or two opi
ions in reference to the best policy
be pursued by the South. He referr
only to the present-the future mig
take care of itself. He dared n
say all that he would. It would
used against the Southern peop!
and they would be compelled to be
the responsibility of his utteranci
There was a good deal of talk abo
" accepting the situation," but, as f
as he was concerned,' he would "a
cept nothing 1" These miserable phr
ses about " accepting the situatioi
because our rights had been submi
ted to the abitrament of the swoi
and lost, were the excuses of dunc
and cowards. No one had any rig]
to submit the liberties of a people
the abitrament of the sword. Tl
representatives of the Southern pe
pie had never been authorized to c
anything of the kind. As their Chi
Executive, he had never been so ai
thorized, nor did he ever claim to bi
He.did not Jike tobe understood?
advocating resistance. On. the cor
trary, he counselled submission to e:
istiug laws. He knew very welltlu
the conquerer was too powerful to b
successfully resisted by the South. 1
was the duty of Georgia, and of th
other Southern States, to keep aloe
from politics, and to attend to the di
velapnient of their internal resource!
This- was all that could be done a
present. It was useless for the Souti
to attempt to take a controlling par
in the politics of the country. A
matters now stand such action wouh
only -delay the day of deliverance
He was firmly convinced, and intendec
to live and die believing that Georgi
and her sister States would again bi
prosperous, free and sovereign. Un
less this was again the case the Be
public was a failure. But there wen
great numbers of freemen in th<
North who sympathized with us
.They would never submit to be de
prived of their liberties, and wher
they felt the danger at home thej
would then need the aid of the South
Thus by quietly holding aloof the
South could become a political bal
ance of power on this continent. This
desirable result would be accomplish
ed by waiting until they divided at
the North, and then it would be the
policy of the South to act with the
party having'the best candidate and
the best platform.
In conclusion, Mr. Davis made a
few humorous remarks about the life
insurance business. He preferred to
discuss that instead of politics. It
would afford him pleasure to insure
the life of every man present, and
guarantee one hundred years exis
tence. Again expressing to his au
dience h's heartfelt appreciation of
the demonstration rn his honor. Mr.
Davis bade them "good night," and
retired amidst enthusiastic cheering.
Gail Hamilton insists," in a recent
number of Harper's Bazaar, that men
have nQ right to disinherit; or cjispwn
their eons tor any offence whatever ;
that a wayward child may be separa
ted from the other children, and his
portion may, if necessary, be held in
trust, its delivery depending on re
formation, but that no person caji
commit against society so great a
crime as a father commits who is thus
false to the trust which he himself
has imposed-who thrusts off from
himself the soul which he called into
being. A father should be governed
by no motive but his child's bes{?
interests, and a chic's best interests
pan never be seryed hy anythjng but
his father's constant and loving care."
Selfishness, by its own law, not
only moves in simple circles, but is
shortlived. What men do for them
selves is soon expended, and is soon
forgotten. Even the monuments which
men ostentatiously build for them
selves refuse to carry their name, and
often subject them to contempt, rather
than to praise or to memory. Only
that part of a man's life which in
cludes other men's good, and espe
cially the public good, is, likely to be
felt long after he himself is. dead.
One ought every day, says Goethe,
at least to hear a little song, read a
good poem, Bee a $ne picture,, and if
it be possible, to speak a few reasona
ble words.
A Rotten State of Affairs.
The grand jury for the May term
of Coart in Newberry County have
made their presentment-a well con-,
sidered and able document. They
pronounce the jail ins?cure, as not j
being in such a condition as to pre
vent the escape of prisoners.- The
other public buildings were found all
right. The probate office was not ac
cessible, Mr. Leahy, the-present judge,
being absent from tdwni ' Treasurer's
office all right, books " properly bal
anced." Trial Justices Furmans and
Peterson's books and papers, upon
examination, proved all right. From
the following pen picture, Trial Jus
tice Long seems to be a candidate for
the championship in South Carolina.
The grand jury says : : .
" As to Trial Justice Long, the
keeping of his books, and his ability
as an officer, it is with the deepest-1
humility that they ar? constrained to
make such an unfavorable report. As
an officer, they unhesitatingly pro
nounce him utterly incompetent in
every respect. He can neither read
nor write sufficiently to be intelligi
ble to any one but himself ; and, as a
natural consequence, ' his books are in
no. order, or, m other words, are not
kept at all. They find that he has
received fines, but has neither turned
them over to the c?unty treasurer nor
otherwise accounted for the same.
They, therefore, unhesitatingly, for
the peace, dignity and prosperity of |
the community, recommend his spee
dy removal."'
Bad as this is, the grand'jury does
not reach the climax till they'get to
the county commissioners. Of all
the offices inaugurated by the new
regime, this would seem to be the
best. Here is unlimited opportunity
for stealing, and we feel in all candor
bound to say that these opportunities
do not always remain unimproved.
The grand" jury says:
" In the present board of county
commissioners they find, after a care
ful,investigation, a system of corrup
tion, bribery and theft stupendous to
behold-a system of wholesale rob
bery which was to them almost pre
posterous. In examining the books,
papers, Seo., of the old board of coun
ty commissioners they found indubi
table evidence of perjury on the part j
of one Samuel Dogan and Thomas.
M. Jenkins, by probating and paying
the same account twice. Dogan has
sold the proceeds of the" poorhouse
farm and has never accounted for the
moneys arising from such sale, and
also sold a norse belonging to the
same institution, and has likewise
not accounted- for the proceeds of
such sale. And as to the new board,
they find that they indulge in all
species of fraud and corruption, and
as the grand jurors are informed, this
board of commissioners have never
visited the poorhouse to examine into
the condition of its ' unfortunate in
mates, as has always heretofore been
the custom. Simeon Young, one of I
the aforesaid board, has had himself |
elected superintendent of the poor
house, with a-salary of five hundred
dollars, and sub-lets the same for two
hundred dollars on his own account,
the same being paid by the treasurer
of the county, on recommendation of
Young. They also found a check for
one hundred and twenty-five dollars
in favor of Simeon Young, passed
and approved by the board of which
he is chairman ; said check was given
for no consideration."
And so on, ad infinitum. The
presentment go?3 on to say :
" Finding such corruption, venality
and robbery to exist in the aforesaid
board of commissioners, the grand
jurors feel it their privilege; and
their sacred duty, to denounce the
same, and respectfully recommend to
this honorable court that such speedy
measures be taken, that this gross
and manifest evil may be forthwith
removed. The poorhouse the grand
jurors find in a dilapidated condition,
the fences down, inm-vtes dissatisfied,
badly clothed, and a general discon
tent prevalent. As to-the roads and
highways in the county, the grand
jurors find them, /with a few excep
tions, in a veiy bad condition. They
would likewise say that they regret ?
to find that their county has been the i
scene of violent disturbances, by dis- i
guised parties, commonly called Ku
Klux. That tney raise their voices j <
against all violence by whomsoever 1i
committed. Wrong can never restore
right. And they nold that it is the
duty of all good citizens to rebuke
all'wrong, expose all corruption, and
endeavor by. peaceable means to
achieve that restoration to purity,
economy and an hortest and equal ad
ministration of the laws, which is es
sential to the security and prosperity
of their beloved' State. And they
further distinctly declare that their
findings and investigations have not
been dictated by any partisan spirit,
and they can show ample and plain
proof of all their findings, whether |
against crime, fraud or corruption."
The above is a mere outline of the
Sresentment. The grand- jury have
ona.their work thoroughly, and we
hope when the Congressional com
mittee comes to this State to investi
gate " outrages," they will not pass
Newberry by. ^hey should by: all
means suiumou this same'grand jury,
wno could enlighten them on sundry
faots which the committee ought by
.all means to know.
How TO KEEP PEETTY.-A writer I
in the Land and Water States, on the
authority of celebrated Diana of Poio
ti'er's perfumer, that she owed the re
tention of her charms, when at an
advanced age, to thc habitual use of J
rainwater, which ba?, it seems, an ex
traordinary salutary action on the
skin. How delightful to think that
it is within every woman's power to'
keep, so easily and cheaply, what she
has!
Charity is never lost, but it may be
of no service to those it \s bestowed j
u,pon, yet it'ever does a work of b?au-.J,
ty and grace in th? heart of the
?ver.
A Stricken City.
The New York Herald's Montevi
deo correspondent writes as follows
of .the ravages of yellow fever in
Buenos Ayres:
" Families are broken up and scat'
tered ; husbands abandon their dying
wives ; mothers leave their children
to die alone, and in some cases entire
families are swept away. As many
as five or six corpses have been dis
covered in a single house, and there
is a lack of laborei-s to perform the
duties of removal and sepulture of
the dead. ' -There is also, as might
naturally be supposed, a scarcity of
physicians and nurses .to attend the
sick in the various hospitals, and
where almost every inhabited house
is a miniature hospital in itself, the
extent of the suffering must be in
deed dreadful. Several of the. most
eminent physicians of Montevideo
volunteered to the succor of- the
stricken Buenos "Ayreans, and have
labored with a zeal in the face of an
imminent and terrible death that
stamps them as heroes and philan
thropistg second to none in the world's
history. Rich and poor are alik
stricken with the malady, and it is
doubtful whether yellow fever ever
before, at least in the New "World,
held such a ghastly carnival among
mankind.
"Anew cemetery to receive the
fever victims has been opened in the
campo South of the city, towards the
Riachulea, the old pantheons being
inadequate. A tram railroad
also been laid from the city to this
new necropolis, and the bodies are
camed out on the trucks like so much
packed freight. There is no time to
construct coffins or burial cases. The
stock on hand waa long since ex
hausted, and the undertakers have in
some instances fled from the terrible
harvest of business that has sprung
up.
" About 150,000 persons have fled
the city, some taking refuge in Mon-,
tevideo and the towns up the river
Parana, but by far the larger portion
are in the campo, within a . distance
of from ten to fifty miles from Buenos
Ayres. Peasants and gauchos living
in miserable mud-walled huts, with
straw roofs, have been besieged with
importunate tenants from among the
wealth and aristocracy of the repub
lic, and, in scores of cases, are receiv
ing as much as $250 to $500 per
month rent for their squalid abodes
Familes 'who lived in superb sj^le
two months ago are now cowering
among the huts on the plains ancl
sleeping on beds laid upon the floor
or earth."
A Alan Remarries His Wile Alter
Twenty-Six Tears Separation.
An Iowa paper, the Mount Pleas
ant Journal, has this account of a ro
mance :
Twenty-six years ago the beautifu
?ty of Salem, as now, was peopled
with some of the best families in Iowa
Here resided the family of James
McWhorter, and James and his wife
were happy. After a while there
jame the news of gold discoveries in
California, and stories of how men
iould find fortunes. James hearing
?bes? stories, decided to bid adieu to
lis wife for a short time, fill his pock
ets with the glittering metal ; and
;hen return to his Rebecca. The
:arewell was said, and wife and hus
band parted. McWhorter went to
California. The letters came and
vent as fast as Uncle Sam's carriers
;ould take them. As the novel-wri
:er8 say, " time wore on apace ;" the
.veeks walked off into months, and
;he months galloped into years, and,
is the story comes to us. James Mc
Whorter and his wife were separated
Dy the Wilful malicious lying and
nisrepresentation of evil doers.
Word was soon sent back to the
vi fe that her husband was the hus
3and of another. Letters ceased to
io to and from ; the separation be
jame apparently permanent, and
vound up with a divorce. Mrs. Mc
Whorter in time became Mrs. Abbott,
ind after a time, her husband died,
caving her a widow. Some two years
igo a gentleman came from California,
lirect from the place wh --re Mr. Mc
Whorter resided, and he denied all
he reports that had been circulated
concerning that gentleman, report
ing him to be an honorable and
jpright man, doing well and prosper
,ng in worldly matters. After his
return to California a reconciliation
tvas commenced, letters bearing words
)f love again commenced to pass to
md fro, and on last Friday J.tmes
McWhorter and Rebecca Abbott vver?
igain joined in the holy bonds of
wedlock. This is the story as it came
to us.
The discussion of the bill incorpo
rating the Provinces of Alsace and
Lorraine with Germany was the oc
casion of'an important speech by
Prince Bismarck in the German
Parliament. Ho opened by declaring
that, ten months ago, Germany de
?ired peace, and that, after the war
was forced upon them, the Germans
were determined to secure guarantees
of a mote peaceful future. These
guarantees must be territorial, for the
[guarantees of foreign powers cannot
help Germany. It was first proposed
to make Alsace and Lorraine neutral
territory, by whjoh Germany and
France would be separated from the
North Sea ' to the Swiss Alps. . In
this way, said Bismarck, there waa
ao possibility that Germany would
attack France, for Germany respects
treaties cf neutrality; but that would
not prevent France from sending a
fleet to attack Germany, and as the
naval power of the latter is not equal
to that of its adversary, Germany
would be protected only so long. as
these provinces observed thoir . neu
trality, which would not be long in
the case of Alsace. Therefore their
absorption by Germany waa required.
Bismarck closed by promising Alsace
and Lorraine .the power of self-a.l I
ministration, and hoped to overcom i
ijh'e aversion of the "inhabitants " ]> . I
means of Teutonio patience andlovc. '* |
CT* He who Hyes by tho sword abai fi
perish by the sword; and the party that
thrives by the Ku-Klux shall perish by ]
the Ku-Klux. Sumner said that Grant j i
was the leader of the band. K
Which is True?
Take these facts:
When Mr. Johnson waa President
he sent General Grant .to examine
into the feelings and condition of tlije
Southern population. Grant came
back and reported fiat everybody
was quiet, that peace reigned supreme,
and the laws were executed without
obstruction ; that life was safe and
the people disposed.to adapt them
selves to the new conditions imposed
upon them by the results of the war.
Since then he has called for and
obtained a bill to crush out outrages
against the law, to subjugate the peo
ple over again, to quell another revo
lution and maintain peace in the
Southern States.
When did Grant tell the truth?
To Johnson in his report, or to Con
gress in his message ? He could enly
tell the truth once on those two occa
sions, and he had to tell a lie just as
often, for his message is totally differ
ent from his report. General Sher
man, who in fact brought the war t?
;i close, by cutting off Johnston's ar
my from Lee's assistance, and who
by right should be thoroughly hated
by the ex-rebels, has traveled through
that country, rested in hot and dan
gerous New Orleans, and no Ku-Klux
Eas disturbed his slumbers or impeded
bis progress, and has said so, going
farther and denouncing the usurpe
rions of Grant, and giving a flat con
tradiction to the pleas for unlinked
power in his message to Congress by
which th? Ku-Klux bill was enacted.
And the Southern hater, par excel
lence, Mr. Greeley, has been flourish
.ng in Texas, stopping at New Or
leans, has been dined in'that city
md feted at Galveston, and no raw- .
lead and bloody b.ones has distressed
lim by its presence, unless it was his
)wn conscience, which is very likely,
md he too proclaims that Grant's
itatements are false. The people
nust pause while they are paying
;axes right and left, and ask, why has
General Grant made two such differ
mt statements with' regard to the
South? One or the other must be
intrue ; both cannot be correct. The
lubject involves the personal liberty
>? all.-Pomeroy s (N. Y.) Democrat.
Read! Read!
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