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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROTR.
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EDGEFIELD, I C., JANUARY ?3, 1831.
VOL. XL VI.-NO. 6
on the siro, that produce
THE
MlliM
OF THE]
- -FELT . IN
PLOWS, POCKET KNIVES,
IRON, TABLE KNIVES,
GITN?,
STEEL,
NAILS,
.{^'ADDLES,
"V.: r> ; 'NT -no
iJ?Vi UJULiO,
Il CBS, RIMS,
PISTOLS, SPOKES.
Money Saved hy Faying Cash at
EE'S.
8o9 ^p/p
AUGUSTA, GA.
Oct. 27, ?880:-6m47.
AUGUSTA, OA.,
l^?ufoct tirers &K<1 Scaler* ira Carriages, buggies,
ft*kacio?s, Kociiawny* arte! Plasi? Rifles Wsg:oas.
A FULL Hue of ;hc iibcvo coo;7.* now in ..store, which in quality,-: ?nUh and stvle !
surpass any th-' !i:?vo he?n bro:-:;!:! into :hft State. We .".re a!.,o manu lecturing ?pr I
STA.XU :.P.I) G ii A Dies of Buries; ]tVaia?nn, ?fcc, that Mve boon so Jong and fa
vorably known throughout the State; and are now being sold at LOWER Pit ICES |
than can be reached by any other house.
Maanfarturcrs ?genis fer cale:k SluiIebitficiR. Wilnurn & Tennessee PiaulalioitWagoiis j
nil sizes which h ive stood the test for tho hist ifalf a century, und to-day head the
ii*t 'or light draft and great durability. Crieos as low as !.. quired for wagons ol'
inferior grades. *
^ TO THOSE TS WANT OF CHEAPER BUGGIES.
WE AitK olferlug a largs stock that ha\< jost benn received fruin the be?t Manu
facturers In Cincinnati, tE?t have been made for us of belter material, and uro bet
ter painted abd (hushed than havo ever been made for Uris section before.
PE?CES SXT3SMELY LOW.
-^Afxiil stock of Harness, Saddles;Oak arid Hemlock Sol? Leather. Calfskins.
Lairing Skins. Shoo Findings, Leather and Rubber Belting all sisses, Rubber Pack
ing, Collars, Bridles, Harness, Finding*. Shoe Tools. Ac.
SOLE AGENTS,for Starr Haines and Truca chains. Eve rv pair warranted for
ffvo years.
New York bolting and Packing Co's. SUPERIOR RUBBER BELTING, the
best in tho world.
PAROTIS VARNISHES, unequaled by any uthtr make.
Tbc Side Spring Phaeton, price f?i-?.OO
Thc Side Spring Piano Baggy, price 870.00
The hi st vehicles ever produced for tar money. Weight, 215 pounds.'
?S?* S'' nd for catalogue and price Hst. And cali ano see its when in the City, and
bi convinced th:;! our prices arc lower tl sn any house in the State.
Nov. 2, ISS?.--4ni48]
ROBT; H. MAY & CO.,
AUGUSTA, GA.
ar litar? ?&m !
"\^"K ?-.'i:'' pleasurd in announcing lo the public that wo are now opening ono of the.
. EISEST STOCKS OF FURNITURE
EVER OFFERED IN THIS CITY
Ko Old Hw* Wo?* ?ft Ail l?s Very Lsiesl Stjks.
We have visited ail tho principal markets in the Hu i ted States; and can safely say
ve lwvea?l th?* mos modern patterns of the season. We will haye everything ia
the Furniture i ino, ?ind itt prices that will compare with auv market South of Bal
timore DON'T'BUY UNTIL YOU SEET>UR STOCK; It will be complete in
cverv particular. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION.
J. L. BOWLE J & GO.,
August ?5.1880-G?83 No. 717 BiioAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
?BacaaecMajai ! ans : ssssssssssMSHnmam -=nss
'?w? !><???S Above Railroad Crossing) ?ugRsta. Git
Wms & RICMOXD, ^prietoi*
The Proprietors aro determined to make the "AUG CST A" a First-Class Hotel
in over- regard, and respectfully solicits the patron ?e of tho ir>i\ t iing public.
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rei by bS??r pii??a (Nature's way)
And al! diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder j [WU THR?1T DISEASES}
Breathing: Troubles.
and Urinary Organs by wearing the
Improved Excelsior Kidney Pad j J:
rt is a Karvel of Healing and Belief. ; !t /"^'^ "'f0 ??o-systeni curative
* I agents and healing medicines.
SIMPLE, SENSIBLE, DIRECT,: TsJDrair? /?Vowtthc diseased parts tho
PAINLESS, POWERFUL. p^^^t.^^?11!'- ... .
i Thousand* tcottfy f<> ita tatties.
It Citren where all else fails. A Revet
rna", nn ,vr,,il> of S^'f?^^. . by Druggists, orsent by mail on
This is tho Orig-' 'fliC "OlllY LOUS Pad recel pl cf Price". $?, by
S,;;:-pS':;^ Cbmpauy, js,nd'i:,, T4.-.u,no-[Th,. "Saly" Lang Fad
iv;;--; and take nolWltMAMi B?W.fS???,?| C?ilipaUV.
other. D??TttOIT, Mlcli.
Oct. vi, isso.-nm 47
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^ ear. & mt tree j nK rnoiT) Mit.u.
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A P^?tY VEGETABLE R^EDY
r-';?.- Internal ano ??^fern^! Use,
h a $!.<:!? C'JiTL fur all i'ic Dfs$aM? fer w!.ic!? Il i: recommended,
rmi ?? ALWAYS PERFECTLY S/;F'? in t!:o hands of
even th; nsf Inexperienced persons.
- Itt n nure and ?i?ic?i rViccdy rar CO?GHSi SOltE
TDX?A?i CJlTLii? .-..>'. i . M t] lublf?; ntforda (?jfcutl r<-iiV/
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n.t?idai 'i:- xttJaWitiff r:r- fut ;,'...'<. tl'.'^uc*. .
m sic as > TEST OF 40 YEARS' CONSTANT
.. IE tVA es?^TrtsES m CLIMATES.
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ever> wltexc wi 11...-; < ? .. vi.r--. e. !ri?i.
|] IS V::::.?*:.* A R?VAL ?S A L!^!?V3ENT.
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c:,.j .. ... . ? . r .. .... 'V In cesco of Itru?MCs.
flflM, 'fi- r::":: :. SbVfPu fiU?s, Scald*:, cte
:.. i -:vo; ;./,ri-.:.v BE WITHOUT IT. it wm
annual'}' . '? lannj Ihuoo ?t' o ' i:-, flottors*' t ills, md ils price
bri.. ta tl*'rfttclt of a!L ?t ls H.IM ct t????. ?tlc.aud S LOO
a bott! . . '. i sn l c nbtalne? frrau sit ?nr^Ue.
. PE^^Y DAVBS ^ SOM, Providesice, I.
Proprietors.
TH E KO VEHS.
. BY 6AKAII DO?DNET.
j " I will return," the swallow said,
I "To my old nest once more ;
j My home beneath the spreading eaves '
j Of von gray cottage, framed in leaves,
I Awaits .me as of yore."
j She spec! across the scented land,
j One blue and bree/.y.day ;
i-Ent^orh?re the house wes wont to*stand
j A heap of ruins lay.
j " I will return," the lover said,
" To my old love once moro ;
?.So true she is that weil I know
. 'fae hearc that hold me long ago
"Awaits me as of yore." 1
Hecame when south winds sighing pass
C'er fields of cowslip gold ;
{ But underneath the trembling grass
Ker heait lay still and cold,
j SCHOOLS FOITTHE SOUTH.
EDUCATION THE GUARANTY OF
REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS.
The Southern People Unable to Edu
cate tlie Four Million Fieedmen
How ignorance can be Imposed ou,
mid the Remedy-The Strict Con
structionists Answered.
The following extracts from the
speech of Senator Brown, of Georgia,
o.n the Educational Bill, will be read
with interest and general satisfac
tiou :
WHAT THE SOUTH RISKED.
When, we went into the struggle of
1SG1 we were well aware that if we
tailed we hazarded orr title to our
slaves, abd that abolition was a pos
sibility. At the end ot the struggle,
when we surrendered our armies and
the then President of the United
States adopted a policy without con
sulting Congress of reconstructing
the Union, he required us to call con
ventions in the Southern States; aud
the Congress haviug eu omitted to the
Staler, the TbiVcenth Constitutional
Amendment, we adopted it. There
wa.-: no contes: made over il in the
S juli). Tiie Southern States, ?a weil
a< the Northern and 1 /estern States,
agreed at the end of the struggle
that slavery should be abolished; and
we put into the Constitution a provi
sion that forever guaranteed the ab
olition. Then the negro had taken
one more step. From a slave he
was a freedman without the rights of
a citizen.
Thou followed a proposition by
Congress to the States to adopt the
Fourteenth Amendment. That amend- ,
ment declared him to be a citizen. (
Io other words, it declared all per- ,
yd StaUa to be citizens of the United
States and of the State wherein they
reside. Then the negro ha 1 made
one more advance step. From being
. freedman ho was now a citizen.
But it was soon found that this was
not enough. Very grave questions
were raised a3 to whether a rt ce who
Iud been slaves and thus freed aud
nude citizens were entitled to all the
rights of the original citizens of this
country ; in other words, whether
they had the right to vote and hold
office; and Congress had to take one
more step. That step was to propose
the Fifteenth Constitutional Amend
merit, which guaranteed to the race
the right to vote. Then the negro
alvanced one further step. From
being a citizen without rights as to
voting and holding office he was
made
A CITIZEN FREE AND INDEPENDENT,
with all ike rights of any other citi
zen of the United States. Of course,
I mean legal rights. He was made
?die legal equal of any and every oth
er citizen ct this Union. S-jcial right*
must take care of themselves; neither
the. Cong rets nor ai 7 other goveru
inental power can regulate them. But
all bis legal rights were guaranteed
Then what was the status? Here are
four million persons, formerly slaves,
then freedmen, then citizens without
all the rights of citizenship, then
full fledged citizens with every right
of the citizen, turned loose among us,
withoat education, incorporated into
sjciety as part of the citizens of the
United States and of the States in
which they lived.
WHAT THE SOUTH LOST. .
A grave problem arises here for so
lution. They must be educated; but
weare not able to educate them. Why
nit? We claimed to be a wealthy
people before the war. So we were ;
I but wc lost, according to the best es
timates, about $2,000,000,000 in the
value of our slaves. It was that
much gold value, our owu under the
Constitution of the United States
which we iosi by the war, and it was
gone forever. That impoverished us
to that extent, and it was a very
heavy draught. Tuen we had to
support the Confederate armies for
four years, without a dollar of help,
out of our substance. True, we is
sued Confederate bonds and notes ;
they were paid oui, foi our substance,
but at the end pf the war they were
repudiated and they bc-came as ashes
in our hand.?. We lost, then, net on
j jy two billions iu slaves, but we lost
; about two billions more in the sup
! port of our armies for four ye?is.
I Then we lost immense amounts in
I thc destruction of property by .,he
armies outside of what was necessary
to feed and clothe them. But that
was not all. At the end of the strug
gle we had to return to the Union
,and resume our position and take
upon ourselves our just proportion,
according to our means, of the war
debt contracted by the Gov?
in the suppression of what is
as the rebellion. Then, I saj
these draughts upon ns we <
able to educate these four mil
people that were turned loose
us. As I have already state
ring the period of slavery it j
our policy to educate them ;
incompatible, as we thought
the relation existing between t
races. Now that they are citiz
all agree that it is our policy I
cate them. As they are cit?z?
us make them the best citize
can. I am glad to see that
show .a strong disposition to i:
rything in their power for the <
tion of their children.
SCHOOLS FOE? TIIIC SOUTH.
Then I say the provision c
bill that gives for ten years at
the advantage to the States
there is most illiteracy is a j us
a wise provision, and I than:
Senators from New England ar
other wealthier States for the
of justice they exhibit in comin
ward ar el showing a wiliingne
aid in the education of these pi
We all agree that it is importan
they be educated. You will
with me that we i i the Sou'
States are not now able to ed
them, and our own children;
were se-t free as a necessity ol
Union. You so regarded it.
it is proper that the Union si
come forward, and with its vas
sources aid in their education, i
am glad to see a movement made
looks in that direction.
I confess I have better hope
the race for the future than I
when emancipation took place. 1
have shown a capaeity to recen
ucation, and a disposition to eli
themselves that is exceedingly ?
lying, not only to me, but to e
right-thinking Southern man; p.
wish you to understand that we
bor no hostility to the race hr
SoutK There are many reasons
we should not, no good reasons
we should. They were raised
UB; they played with us as chile
Uuder the slavery system" thep
tion s were kind. When the war* M
I
on it wag supposed by many thais
would lise in insurrection andp
disband our armi as. They at nc? I
ever behaved with more loyalty tc
or with more propriety^-^>~'l
-J. ,,- ^:.^ah.i^ ' . ? * *h
you very unwisely gave them
ballot, they have exercised the rij
of freemen with a moderation -1
probably no other race would I
done. Therefor?, I say it is "our
ty in the Sont h especially, and I tl
yours in the North as well, to
courage them, and, as they are>1
citizens, to elevate them and ru
them the'best citizens possible.
THE CAUSE Ol' ILLITERACY^
But, as I stated a while ago, ll
given you a reason why there irs
a vast prepondernnce ol' i 111 tex
now in our section. It is not c
due to the fact that we did not li
the common school systems in
Southern States prior to emancipa!
but that the four millions of fr<
men were added to our populatioi
citizens there without oducat
Then we must appeal to you not t
now but in the future to be lib
towards the South in aiding in
education of these people. I k:
there have been complaints thatt
may ha,ve been cheated in Borne
stances at the ballot-box. Ignore
may be cheated anywhere. Doubt
Senators, you have seen the more
norant clase cheated in your i
States. If you would guard aga
this effectually in the future, edu<
them; teach them to knovr*t!
rights, and, knowing them, they 1
maintain them.
It is necessary to educrte th
furthermore, for the reason that t
do not now understand, asicnora
does not anywhere understand,
theory and form and spirit of
Government. Education will em
them to understand it. We n
teach them what is the nature of
Government, what are the prin'?]
of the Constitution of the Un
States, and, now that we all af
that it is to be perpetual in fut
we muit teach them to loVe~the
ion and to be ready to stand by
defend it, and I believe the sena
from New England will agree \
me when I say we must teach ti.
also that the Union is a Union
States, and that we musijot^est
the States. When the States
destroyed there is no longer the 1
iou ot our fathers. As the Unio
to be indissoluble, the States wi
form the Union, and without wi
it cannot be maintained, nust fore
remain indestructible, and they rn
continue in the exercise of all the
served rights which they now pos
under the Constitution as it stai
with the amendments adopted by
States.
THE NEED OF ..DUCATION.
Therefore, it is necessary to te
all citizens, white and colored,
to teach their children, the ira]
tance of maintaining Rep?blica!
stituti?ns in the purity in which t
originally came from th? hancU
the framers of our Constitution,
to maintain the ballot-box in its
ri ty ata?. ? announced in my e
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? on my ease the next day, that ? W<IR
for a free ballot and a fair count. I
want to see the day come when that
will be so every-?Lere, not only in
Louisiana, South Carolina, Florida
and Georgia, but in New York, Mas
sachusetts, Ohio and Indiana as well,
i Let it be so .everywhere. Let ns ed
j neate our people, wbite-and colored,
: up to the point where they under
stand the proper use of the ballot ;
i Iben let it be free to all, and let the
"ballots be fairly counted when de
posited. Having referred to the st-mg
gle that brought about the present
state of things, I will add that, what
ever I may have thought of the terras
you dictated to us, I have accepted
them, and I have all the while advo
cated carrying tb em out in latter .ind
in spirit in good faith, in practice RS
well as in theory. 'Whenever the
whole maas of the paoplo are'educa
ted there id no dinger in doing thia
Until they are educated there will bo
impositions practiced upon ignorance
in every section of thu country, and
probably in every State in the Un
ion.
TUE "STRICT CONSTRUCTION VIEW.
S'Jine objection h is been riw?a on
the constitutional question. I1; has
been said that thu State3 alone can
take charge of this matter, th it the
Federal Government hw nothing to
l&o with the education of the people.
Well, under the strictest rules of con
struction of the old State Rights
school prior tb the war po^ibly that
was so; but we dp not live under the
Constitution that we lived under then.
The amendments made at the termi
nation of the struggle have very
greatly enlarged the powers of this
Government. Again, I think, the
constitutional objection cannot apply
to thia bill, for the reason that it is
mainly a proposition to dispose ol
the proceeds of the public lands, arni
so far as those proceed.-? aro concern
ed there never has been a lime wbor
the Government did net hive tin
right to dispose ul thsm. As fal
back us 1836 there was a law pass?e
for the distribution of the Burp?ui
funds in the treasury, and in 1S-11 t(
distribute the net proceeds of publi*
lands, the Congress recognizing thi
fact that they belonged to the States
Then in the organizion of nev
States and Territoiiea large amount
?ft l-^.i^e Trabljc domain have been sc
Hf ? . -^o ...noe .of r.nlWes am
schools there, recognizing the powe
cf Congress to use a portion of th
land for this purpose.
Then, again, the act ol 1802, r
which I have been speaking, wnic
appropriates a certain amount ot th
public lands in aid of agriculture
college?, is another use of the publi
domain for that purpose which ha
not been objected to.. -After all thti
haabeendone, whyfchould we notnoi
appropriate the future proceeds of th
public lands and the Patent Office t
this sacred purpose?
But I believe there is ?nether [ire
vision of the Constitu? ion that ma
have .some bearing here. "The Unii
ed States shall guarantee to ever
State in this Union a Republican fori
of government" is the language t
the Constitution. If I be right i
the position I took in the comrnenci
msnt of this argument, that this gm
eminent cannot be perpetuated as
republic without the education of tl:
whole mass of the people, then to aj
propriate money for the education i
the mas?es of the people would be
better mode of guaranteeing a Ri
publican form of government than 1
undertako to make a guarantee I
the use of the armv and the sword.
The Soldiers of ibe Slate.
Annual Report ol' thc Adjutant
Inspector General.
The report cf Gen. Moise, who r
signed the office of Ihe adjutant ar
inspector general on the 1st of N
vember, for the fiscal year ending 0
toper 31, is supplemented and endor
ed by a short report from Col. Scofh
who was appointed to fill the une
pired term. It appears from the
reports jointly that the militia law
the State is sadly defective, and th
there is no means of enforcing evi
a return of the number and cone
lion of the several commands. Wi
such means of information as a
within the possession of the adj uta
general's office, however, it is estira
ted that there are about 7,000 e
lip(?d volunteers, of whom more th
jre ^one-half are armed, equipped, ni
in
i is
ich
ich
ver
ust
formed and drilled. In addition
this force of white troops there a
about2,000 National Guards, of whe
one-half are armed, and about or
third uniformed and equipped.
Gen. Moise pointedly remark
re. j "With the concurrence of the Leg
j lature it is proposed in the next ye
to bring these troops to a conditi
of proficiency or disband them,
well-disciplined militia ia an eleine
of strength ; an armed mob iPp
sents an imbecile government, und
dangerous to liberty. The alten
)or- j tive is fairly presented to the peo]
in- , of South Carolina at the present tic
hey J Either the militia of the State nv
i of receive the fostering care of tho Gi
and eral Assembly, or the service m
pu- ' cease to be efficient. Purely volt
?wu teer troops may cirj well in any era
less
ids,
the
ach
ind
gency, but the promotion of the pub
lic peace-demands some legal milita
ry establishment." . ,
Oof. Scoffin heartily endorses these I
views, and bestows the following just
-commendation on the volunteer com
panies :
r.?!lt;has. I know, heeu-yery^ preva
lent in many quarters to disparage
and ridicule the volunteers on the
grounds that they were of no use,
'all fuss and feathers,' &CY, ?.nd that
they have never done anything. For
tunately they have not been called
into active service,-but-when auy dis
turbance has been apprehended they
have always been ready, so fat as
their very incomplete equipments
go, to respond to any call made upoii
them. "
. "It would seem to be a matter of
mere justice and policy, that these
j men, uniformed at their own expense,
j giving their time and labor for the
I protection of property, when a large
majority of them, unfortunately, pos
sess bur little themselves, should meet
with sonns. consideration from the
representatives o:" the Stute. The
j very absence of any real-disturbance
j may very weil be attributed to theil
{presence und e&nehcy.
j "Thesis organizations, looked at in
I a social and educational point of view
I possess, in ray opinion, elements o;
great importance. It must be berni
in mind that the young men of thi?
State have for years been denied th<
right to assemble, bealing arms: thm
many of them have been isolated ant
deprived, through various causes, o
i au education they had a right to ex
j peet; and all have felt the demoral
j izing effects of a corrupt and iucom
?? petent government. In 1877 thtj
I joined these companies in ?arge num
j hers, ami at once a spirit of generoi:
j rivalry sprang up among the mem
j beis and between different comp?nief
j the good effects of which did not en
j there, but will permeate through^
i I ciety and extend to the farm, stop
office, and home. These young me
will in a few years.be called upon, t
taite the place of those who are no1
the rulers of the Slate, and it woul
seem advisable tu incite rather tba
repress their, patriotism."
In conclusion, Col. Scoffin raak<
the following practical Suggestion?
"1. That a biil be prepared an
passed, comprehensive but not cue
bcrsome, and adapted toTthe requir
menta of the volunteer forcp, tl
sime to beJireorgnnjzeu ^nd put on
sound footing. *
"2. That some exemption from ec
tain duties, or a small yearly allo^
ance, bc made to each company mu
tering ai plated times, not less thf
(say) thirty-five men, well difoip?ihi
and uniformed.
"3. Thatin ?case any company 1
detailed by the Governor for the pr
servation of peace, the members
such company shall be entitled to
certain sum per diem while on aclu
duty.
"4. That an appropriation of $20,0(
be made for the purchase of aro
ammunition, Ac.", under such regul
tions as the Legislature may pr
scribe.
.'5. That one good company,
least, be formed and maintained
each county town. The presence
such a company in Manning migl
perhaps, have saved that town frc
the incendiaries' torch."
SCARED TO DEATH.* -Last week t;
children at public school No. ?, ne
Carsin's Run, proposed to play gho
am1 selected Anue .Sicable, a Uti
girl about ll years of age, ss tin
victim; They accordingly organize
and, without the'knowledge ' of A
nie, posted one of their number
(, the pines enveloped in a sheet,
this place they led the unsuspecti
little girl, and at a given sign?t t
e- sheeted figure made its appears
id The children who were in the p
o- ran, halloed "ghost!" and with th*
c- ran little Annie, believing she h
s- seen a real ghost. She reached t
n, school room.door and fell, insensir.
x- literally frightened to f'eath. ?
se was taken to her father'n house, ni
of by, and died the same t}?T'^Sc
at l/ora (Md.) Dewti?r??.
li- j The estimated cost of the K
th J York underground railway is $l,2c
re ! OOO pei wile, and $7c>0;000 additi
nt j al, making the total cost $2,000,(
a- per mile. The entire Broadway pa
n- ment is to be taken up in tunnell
an that thoroughfare.
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S 71 CA 21IA1UNES, -Qnt
R. V. PIERCE, M. D.
I have used your Favorite P
scription, Golden Medical Discovi
j and Pleasant Purgative Pellets,
9 : i the last three months and find my.'
is- j -(what shall I say)-" made 1
again," are the only words that
press it. I was reduced to a skelct
could not walk across the floor wi
out fainting, could keep( nothing
the shape of food on my stom.i
re j Myself and friends had given up
j8 i hope, my immediate death eeen
j certain. I can never be too thaut
j to those who recommended your rn
i1'c j iciiics, for 1 now live (to the surp
ot>: I of everybody ) and aru able to do
! own work. 1 desire to make :
statement in order that those sui
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given vcur medicines a trial.
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Tho world to an end shall orno ?
In eighteen hundred and e?jrhtv-one.
[Mother Shiptons Prophecy.
It would "be difficult tc describe all
the sinister predictions that have, as
by common consent, beeivconcentrat
: ed-iiponr?he coming year.- -J?he sooth
nyers, diviners, :-acle makers, as
trologers and wiYardfl seem io have
combined to cast tbeir spell upon it.
Superstitious people of ev ry sort,
and some who are not willing to ad
mit that they are superstitious, regard
tire, year,,1881 with more or iess anx
ious expectation and dread. As the
earth:on New Year's Day swings
into another round ?,>A,j^frr"T?"n "if
a host ol evil omens.
It will go cursed by theomancy aDd
bibliomancy. Acroniancy and mete,
oromaucy will glare at it from comets
and shooting stars. Ouiei omancy will
intercept its path with visions ol evil,
and meaney will shipe the ominous
backward reading numerals "1881'*
before" it. Il will he beset wich scare
crow figures by arithtn?cy. Yet there
is no reason why persons of good di
gestion should not go to sl?ep on New
Year's night cou fid ent that after hav
ing oncoutitered thc average quantity
of storm and sunshine,, the one-horse
ball that we call the world will bring
them safe through the perils of ils
five hundred million mile flight round
to the starling point ag in.
Timid persons first began to look
forward with some alarm to th? yenr
that, is about to open, when, several
yeors ago. the key to the so-called
prophetic symbolism bf the great pyr
amid of Egypt was made public, buck
ed by the name and reputation oi the
British astronomer, Plaxzi- Smyth.
Others using Mr. Smyth's' observa
tions aud measurements. h&v? gone
much further than he did in drawing
startling inferences; but no one con
read his book without perceiving how
powerfully it must affect those who
luve the slightest leaning toward su
perstition or credulity. Besides, this
record of explorations and experienc
es in the heart of Egypt's greatest
marvel has all the charm, and interesl
of Dr. Schliemann's description of hif
discoveries in Homer's Troy. Such i
book coul I not well be neglected b)
the world of readers; and by the na
ture of the human mind, many of iii
readers were sure to-be imbued vim
its'ominous dogmas. So the., belief
or aVdeaat ?\e suspicion, spread tba
the recret chambers of the great pyr
amid, under divine guidance by thj
most mystical character in all history
Melchieedek, King of Salem, foretell
among other things, that the Chris
tian era will end in 1881. -
Mother Shiptons so-called prophe
cy fixes upon the same date foi th
end of the world. T5?"ominous jin
gie of her rhymes has probably don
at least as much lo disturb tho equa
nimity of.credulous persons as th
more elaborate vaticinations of th
pyramid interpreter*. Moreovei
Mother Shipton is'represented as fore
telling that in the latter days Eng
land will "accept a Jew." As Eng
land has, with considerable emphasi:
and more than once, accepted the rf
markable son of old Isaac: Disrae!
for her Prime .iinistef, this ha9 bee
taken as a fulfillment of the prophecy
So Lord Beacon field's drams tic pei
sonality is made a principal figure i
the murky cloud bf th? evil propose
that hangs over ISSI.
As if the evil eye of Mother Shi]
ton and the mystical menace of tl
Great Pyramid were not enough fi
one poor'twelve month to bear, ti
" horrors of the perihelia*' have bet
denounced upon the coming yea
About two years ago ceitain pan
phlets were circulated about tbs COO!
try, purporting to bejwritlen -by mt
of science, and predicting that awf
consequences to mankind would r
suit from all the great planets reid
ing .their perihelia, or nearest voin
to the sun, together.: According
these prophets the Si nister effects
'he perihelia were to begin makii
their appearance fbis fall, when J
piter passed his perihelion* .the ne
years the scythe of - death was to
put to tue harvest in the far east, ai
to sweep westward, with a swath ?
broad as the continents, until it.roac
ed the Pacific Ocean. - The narr
Atl-iritic was to be no more than
brooklet in the rath of this terril
haiveBter. Plagues, famines, pes
leuces, fire., .earthquakes,, floods a:
tornadoes were to scourge the hum
race until only .a few remwied li
Noah and'hie family,-to re-^eople t
earth with a steadier nod mere Od
fearing race.
So much alarm was caused by tl
hocuspocilfl of pretendeu^jecience a:
prophecy, that eomc real-men of s
euee-Mr. Proctor amoug the oth<
-wer? at tne pains to show that
far as these predictions' professed
rest upon scientific facts they - wc
baseless. The great plauets will r
all be in perihelion in 1881, and th
will not all be in perihelion togctl
at any time. It is true that seve
of the chief planets will reach th
perihelia within a few years, .and tl
it is rare for them- to be grouped
close together as they will bc at c
time this year. It is also true tl
j remarkable coincidences have b<
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and the prerenc? of Jupiter ne*r lue
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suspected that the iuilnence-of-some
of the other great planets upon the
earth can be perceived, but they hRve
never discovered any reason to be- ,
Iieve that the combined forces of all
the planeta could, mirier any circum
stances, piodu.ee upon th* earth a
thousandth part of tho evil eft-;ct as
cribed to them by the astrologeie, if
indeed they prodiic-.-d any evil ejFiCt
.whatever.
rjjlv^he a?trolog?.\tl ali?ar
tbe same predictions of evil things'
begin, if not to culminate, in 18-Si
Because, as they *ay, tire ravages of
the Black Death i:i the middle ages
followed the nearly coincident peri
helia of four great planets, they.pre-.
diet similar consequences from* the
configurat ion oj the planets now. Bat
neither in their pi em?3?:? nor their in
ferences does science, recognize ariy
validity.
In truth, however, the astrologers
not less than the a*tron?te?rsfth'd ali
j star g=-7/iif,: will have pl cri ty of phe
nomena in the heavens io occupy their
attention for lue next twelve monthr.
The sky wiil not pre;entsuch brilliant
pageants again this century. ...There
will be ri remarkably s?rjsa of coo
junctions, and double and triple con
j a notions. Tue most interesting of
these is'the gr?as twenty-year .co:- .
I junction of ?hipiter^and Saturn in
April.. Thi-. conj unction is one of the
strongholds ot the astrologers. ?Si?
occurs in the sign Tairrus, which they
sly1 mles Turkey and Ireland, \aky
feel saf?, in the account.of . reuent'-oo
currences, on predicting v?ry'momen
JiOjj? enacts inthoee oou?trToja ?rom
the conjunction.
There will also be conjunctions of
Jupiter ?ind Mars, Venns and Jupiter,
Saturn and Venus, and the far away
giants, Uranus and Neptune, will play
a part in this remarkable pld?eriwy
levee ^
Venusw i ll reach her g <-e -r,e.S'- b righ \ .
ness in the spring, and wi'! beso bril
liant as to be visible at noon-d^y.
Her delicate crescent will be a mvor
ite object in the astronomer's tere
scope. -Saturn wiil opsn still Wider
its wonderful rings, and will bi* on*
of the chief attractions of the even- '
ing sky for several months. Jupiter ...
will not lose much of his prs3ent bril
liancy before he becomes a morning
star ii April. Mari will b.W.in . ttfflj
brighten in thedat ter part ot the ye,))'.
and t tieri his snowy pores J:nd '
owy continents will again beco^
admiration ol those who gaz-i through
telescopes In short, there wiil be no
end ol attraction in the starry heav
ens, and all lhe progio;ti:\tion? ot'
the soothsayers will not be abie to
darken the sky of 1881.
Seuator Sharona Nanjhtcr Wed
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SAN "FRANCISCO, December ii?.
Sir Thomas Henry Fermer f?esketh
was married Thursday evening to
Miss Flora Sharon, daughter of Uni
ted States Senator Sharon? Th? cer
emony was. performed at Belmont,
the country seat of the SSh?tor, at 7
o'clock. There Wf>re one hundr'eti
guests present at the marriage cere
mony. Dr. Beera wai the officiating
clergyman" Snbsc-qusntiy there was
ii reception at which over ons thou,
sand invited guests wore present, who
were carried out by special trains to
Belmont. Many of the toilets of the
ladies were magni?icent.
The bridal robe 'was one vir, for a
queen, and nevct before was sach a
costame seen iu this country. Th*,
gown was of a new style silk known
as the gros de lour, -thc skirt beiuff
one solid mass of embridery, wrought -
upon white satin with beads, crystal,
and pearls o? the very best descrip.
twit,* the pattern for which was copied
from a painting cf sn old court robe,
now hanging in the gallery of the
Louvre, in Paris. Dvvj tho" sides 0"
this embroidered front pitee were
panels of point d'Angleterre lace, fit
teen inchea wide wi it reverse cf the
pearl embroidery that j.,ioed the nn-i
der train, over which r?ll a secoml
train of the same magnificent silk,
and which is known as the Mint*; u
de Cour, or, to pul ir. in Esglisb, th?
same style of court train that 19 worn
at a presentation to the Euglieh queea
of to-day. It was put in deep pl '
on a band and joined to the waist
der the body, which was cut in point?
both front and back, with bands of
the same embroidery around th*
square'cur neck, down the front vurj
around the side, and laced in tfc>
back. The demieleeves wert? tirria
with a fail of the ...same ri. h Isce,
about two and a half inches wid?,
and above it a band of tho ?mhro?de
ry; but the crowning raatore of the
robe was the rieh piece of ince (also
pointed d'Angleterre and the same
width es the parie(#$ which "com
menced at the poinl.ol tho body in
he I frontf was carried graccfnUy over the
,d- i hips,- and met in the back, falling.
! over the entire tram and reaching to
. ! the bottom of it in two broad waves,
being caught to the gown wi:h b inch
nd es ot white dowers of an indescriba
ci- j ble style. A drapery of point d'An
?rs j gie terre lace fell over ?be fhouldeia,
E0 j meeting iu the front, and was held"
j together by a bunch cfarbepine flow
1 ers. A perfectly plain long tulle rei},
reaching to the floor, jyri3 fastened to
the hair with ? little knot of arb?
pines.
The ornaments were most magnif
,wt j icent diamonds, th it once belonged
rf to her mother. There w?is bnt oue
eir bridesmaid, Miss Bessie Sedgewick.
lat j The presente were numerous and very
costly,. ?t is understood that Sir
Thomas settles $25,090 a y ear. on. his '
wile, and the senator the same -eum.
j The couple in a few ?lays will iepau^
->en i for England, to occupy the baronial
of 1 alls of the groom's Huceator.
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