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VOLUME XV. L LANCASTER C. H., S. C., JUNE 13, 1866, NCMUER 18.
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the papers
?t M. P. WILLI!.
Why don't 70a take the paper f
They're the life of 1117 delight >
Except about election time,
And tliea 1 read for spilt.
Subscribe I you cannot loee a cent,
Why should you be afraiJ ;
Eur caah thai paid ia money lent,
On interett fourfold paid,
Go then and take the papers.
And pay to-day, nor pa) delay;
A ad my ward for it is inferred,
You'll live until you are gray.
An old neighbor of mlnet
While dying with a cough, .
Desired to hear the latcat news
While he wet going off.
t ) toek the pwjKf and I read
Of some lie# pltla in force;
Be bought a bet?k.id Is he dead f
No?heartier lhaa a hone.
1 know two men, as much alike,
A a e'er you saw two alumpa,
A ...I -l 1? -? * '
41IIU UV plIITIIUlUglAb CV1IU unci
A diflereuce in their bump*.
On* take* the paper, and hi* lif*
I* happier than a king's.
His children all can read and writ*,
And talk *f men and thing*.
Th? other took no paper, and
While strolling through the wood,
A ttee fell down and broke hi* crofrn,
And killed him; "very good."
Had he been reading of the newe,
At home like neighbor Jim,
I'll bet a cent that accident
Would not have happened bio.
Why den't you take the paper*,
j-or iron) (lie punier enook,
lirrauae you borrow of your neighbor,
The paper every week.
For he who takea the papere,
And pay hia bills when due,
Can live in peace with (Jod and man,
And with che printer too.
BILL ARP
Ii called before the Reconstruction
Committee.
(SUlTltESSED TESTIIIONY.)
To the Ed itor of the Metropolitan Record l
Mr. KijItoR : Murder will out, and an
will cvideuco. Having aeon Dan Rico'a
t atimotiv before the Destruction Com*
til (tee, J have felt eorter slighted because
ii* mention aim been made of minn. I
uppose it bne been suppressed, but I em
ot to be bid oil in obscurity. Our
country is the,special jury, and by nod by
this business will go up before it on ap
peal. The record must go up fair and
complete, and therefore I'll tike occasion
to make public what I swore to. I said
a good deal more than I can put do?n.1
Mr. ?ditdr, and at timee my UirguAge
wee onnslHered impudent* but they thought
that was all the better for their side, for
it illustrated the rebellious spirit?1 heard
one of 'em aay : 'Let him so on?the
ruling pa?sion atrong in dsath. lie's
goo'l States aviJeace." '
When I wae put on the aland old
Dootwell awore nth roost fiercely and
roltmtrl j to apeak the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth, nnd I
obsa>rei) that ha was than entertaining
abotlt a quart of double reetifiedi1 end it
looked like it bad aoured on bia stomach.
Old lllow waa aattin off on one aide with
memorandum book, getlia ready to
note down aoma "garble# extracts."
Old Iron Works waa Cbairmae, and
whan ha nodded bia .Republican head,
old Bootwell ears ha: "Your name ia
Arp, l baliava, air I" ' '
"So called,* ease I.
''You reaide io the State af Georgia, do
you I"
"I can't ear exactly," aayal. "I lira
In Roma, right in the fork of two iejon
rirera."
?l>* Qui* ?f n*?--1- -
I ? ?#> %? VI V*
ttarcaly,
**In i liiti of uncertainty about Ibit,"
|aya^. "Wo don't know w Lather Georgia
it' a 8tata or doI. f would likt for
you tc atata you ttlfj if you know. **TJio
into of tbo coi.otry requirat that ibit
matter tbould bo tattled,v nnd I will proi
food to atata,"
"Ntrtr mind, air," ttyo bo. MQow old
or# you, Mr. Arpl"
Thai dtpondt ou eircumetaaeee,'1 aaya
I. *1 don't know what bar to count tha
lati firo yaara or not Darin ibo war
your folka an id ibnt .a Stata couldn't
eatde, but thai while sbo wit hi a atata
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of rebellion she caused to exist. Now you
st we got out and w? shan't get back
again until 1S70. A man's age baa got
somsthin to do with bis rights, and if we
are not to vote, 1 don't think we ought to
count the lime. That's about as near as
1 can come to roy age sir."
"Well, sir," says lie } "are you familiar
with the political sentiments of the cili&en*
of your State!"
"Oot no citiMna yet sir that we know
of. t will thank you to speak of us as
people?
? w-ii n l.- t ? - ?
II VII, air, iaf> na, I 11 (turner your
ebstiaaey. Are thtj*o/>k of your Stat?"
"Don't speak of it at a State ?ir, if
you please. I'm on oath now, and you
must eftcuae rae (or being particular.?
Call it a 'eection.'
"Mr. Arp, are the ptoplt of your section
sufficiently humbled anJ repentant to
come back into the Union on auch terms
as we may think proper to impose ?"
"Not much they aint," says I. "I
don't think they are prepared for it yet.
Tfcey ' wouldn't voluntarily go it blind
Against your hand. Toey say the deal
'wasn't fair and you've marked the cards
arid stole the trumps, bet at the same
time they don't cars a dsrn what you do.
They've become indifferent end don't care
nothin about your Guv Pawkes business.
I mean no respect to you, gentlemen, but
I was swore to tell the whole truth. Our
people aint a noticiu you only out of
i curiosity. They doa't expect anything
decent, or honorable, or noble from you,
and they've gene to work diggie and
nlowin and nlantin .nl .1.11
dren." r '
Right here the man with a memoran
dum icratched down a garbled axlract,
and old Boutwall taya ha : "What do
you mean bj that, air f What inference
do you intand f"
Tin statin facta," aaya I, "You nauat
draw your own* inferences. Thty art
raiting bay thildrtn. Any harm about
! that ? Anytraaaonf Can't a man raise
boy children! Perhaps you'd like to
amend tha Ganetitmiea and atop It.?
Old Pharaoh triad to atop It among tha
laraelitaa, but it dida't par. Ua fin ally
caught tha dropsy in tha Red Sea. YVe
are raiain boy children for tha tuo of it.
They are a good thing to hara in tha
bona#, aa Mra. Taodlaa would aayH
'Mr. Arp are no* the faetinga of your
people vary bitter towards the North I"
"I beg your pardon air, hut you'l have |
to split the rjueMioa.or ! I'll split the
?ns??r. Oar people'hhve aver? high
regard for honorable man, brara man,
nobla hearted man, and thara's a hasp of
tbnrn North, air, and there's a hasp of
widows and orphans there we are soiry
for, but as far this hare Radical party,
lUev look upon 'am like they was byenaa
a seratchin up the dead fur a livio. It's
as natural to bate'am as it is to kill a
snake. It's utterly impossible for ina to
tall tba strength and length and bight
depth ar.d breadth of tblir contempt for
that party. Tbay look upon a Radical
ae?as?as?wall as a beggar on horse
beck?a buzzard sailin round a dead
eagle?a luck egg dog creepin up to tba
*.;i J i:? TI .-il _i .
?nu vi m u?mvi liua 1 M?J (MIK HUOUl
hirin Brownlow to abuse 'em, to um language
on 'am, lik* b* did fur years
Co whsa h? *pok* against I'ryne. If
(hay do bira Brownlow ba'l spattar 'am,
he'l daub 'ana all orar, and aiima 'am and
slobber on 'am about right, and It will
lick, for tba pore* areopao and tbair
moral* spongy. I'd lika to aland off
about taa rod* and haar him apraad himself
It #auld ba worse than a squirtgut)
full of cow slop, and I bar* no doubt
would gi*a ganaraI satisfaction."
"That's sufficient, air," says old Boatwall.
"Bf it was in tbair powar to do so,
would your paopla ranaw tba figbtf
"Not unless tba? could fight tba Radi?
cals all alone, and all tha world agraa to
'bands off.' Sean than thara wouldn't
ba no fight, for wa couldn't eotob you."
"What da your people say upon tba
subject af negro equality I" v ' *
"Tbay say it's ? lie, sir?it don't ax*
ist by nature and naear can in practiea.
Folks ware net crested free and equal.
Tfcat may ba a thaora'ical troth, but it's
si way b??s a practical Ha. Tbaia'a gradao
of aociaty avarywbara. Tbsrs'a mas I
fits ilia aidawalk to, asd thara's isae that
give* it to me. There's men that I vete, |
and men (bat vote me, a*d the grades go l
up, up, up, step by step, from my sort to
Mr. Davit and Mr. Stephens, and Qtn.
Lee, and Howell Cobb, and Ben. Bill,
and tbeir sort ; for they are the highest i
In the nation ; and then again it goee ,i
from me down, down down to the niggers, ..
and the Republicans and the Radicals,
and that's as low as thsy run. There
aint?o equality, and you can't make one.
We'l vote the niggers certain. I'll vote i
T'p, and Tip's a 'bead center.' He'l vete
about forty, and the first thing you know
we'l elect seven bir. black, trreasv nicfers
to Congreae. We'l do it cartain?seven
of 'em 18 carat* strong, with African
musk, The other rebel States will do the
same thing, and yoti'l have about fifty of
'em to draw seats with, and you can all
stick your legs upon your deski together,
and swap lies and vermin, and be sham
pood at the same shop, and the fair sexes i
can set together in the galleries and mix
odours, and fan their scent about promisi
cuous. We'l give you a full benefit of
your Civil Rights bill, see if we don't.? <
You go on?play your cards. We are
bin dm our time. Wo are payin your
taxes and your duties and baefc ration*
for 1864, aad licenses, and your infarnal
revenue, and obeyin your laws without
havin anv hand in m*kin""em, and we
... ...i ?ur.,w.. _?: ?i ---Li- i-i
n.w vu? uh Mom *n?j puuno mnaRj
And you sold s poor mtin'i etil! ia mv
county the other <lny because he couldn't
pay your tax on aome poach brandy he
atilled for hie neighbors two yonre ngo;
and aoon you'l be eelliu the land for the
land tax, and you're Iryin your beet to
pine the detril generally ; bat youl catch
it in the long rua. flee if you don't.?
Talk abeut Feniane. When the good
men ef the North and the South al| get
together, they'l walk over the track ro
faatthat you won't have time to get out
of thelray. You'l eubaida into obscurity,
and your children will deny that their
daddiee aver belonged to euch a party.?
Exeuee ma gentlemen, but I'm a litt'e
excited. Five cente a pound on cotton
will axcita anybody that make* it. Tax
nrt inHiiaifv ?a* */! ?a!I
lion tariffs for Pennsylvania and fire cents
a pound tax on Southarn eotton?half it's
average worth?and your folke will man
age aomt way or othar to steal tha other
half. Mv advice to you ia to quit thia
foolishness and begin to travel tba only
rosd to peace"
Old Blow could'nt keep up with hia
garbled extracts.
What tnakea the President ao popular
at the South !"
"Contrast, air?contrast. The more ha
ain't like your party, the more popular he
ia. He would treat us about right, I
reckon, if you would let him alone, but
you bedevil him so, that sometimes he
rion'Hsnderstaad himself. I don't think
he knew for a while whether his Peace
Proclamation reatord the writ of habeas
corpus or not. Rut do you go on and
Impeach him, and that will bring matter*
to a focu*. I'll bat you'd ba in Fort
Dataware in a weak, and tba Southern
member* be hare In their aaata, and tbey'l
look roan J at the political wrack and ruin
and plunder and ttaalaga that'* been goin
on, and they might exclaim, in the lan*
guage of the poet,
'Who'* pin here sine* T*h pin gone?"
''Mr. Arp. auppota wa thould bare a
war with England and Franca, what
would tba rebel* da I"
"They'd follow Oan. Lea, and Get.
Johnaan, and Longatraat, and Bragg and
old Bory. My opinion ia, that Gen. Lea
would head tha Union arm?, and Gan.
Grant would ba hia chief of ataff, and
Gan. Buall would rank mighty high,
?b#"
"What would you do with General
Sherman f"
"Sorry you mentioned bins. We'd
bar* to hira him, I reckon, aa a camp
fidler, and make bimeing "Hail Col mm
I kirn" kv Are lioht. aa a warain In ika lw?w?
hew mean it it td hura eiliaa and town*,
and make war apoe dafaeoalaaa woman
and childraa. No, a:r, oar beya wouldn't
fight andar no aiiah."
At thia lima the man with the mamo,
rand una pat dowa aoma mora garbled
ailracta.
"Do yea think, Mr. Arp, thai if the
Swath rhoald e??r bold tie balaaoa af
i i 4 ' I
power, they would demand pay for their
negroea V*
"I can'i any, air. But, I don't think
the South baa loat anything that way.?
we got meir labor before the war for
tliair rittels and clothes and doctor's bills,
and wa gat it now for about tba aatna.?
It'a all aettjed down that way, and your
Buraau eouldant halp it. Tba only difi
ference ia in tha distribution. Soma of ua
don't own aa many as wa uaad ta, but
arerybodr hat got a nigger or two now,
and tbav'll all rota api or turn am off.?,
A nig jar that wouldantrola aa I told '
him, shouldent black my boots."
At this tima tha Committea lookad at
ooa aaolhar, aaeroin ta ba botharad and
astoniahad. Garbled aztracta wara put
down with a rim.
Mr. Boutwell aays ha,''Mr. Chairman,
I think, air, we ara about through with
the witness. I think, sir, bis testimony
tattles the question as to what wa ought
to do with Southern traitors."
The chairman give me a Republican
nod and remarked, "Yea, tir, I think we
do. The acoundrele burnt my iron
worka."
Whereupon I retired, having given
general satisfaction.
Your# truly.
Hill Art.
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Husbands and'their Habits.
Some husbands never leave home in
the morning without kitting their wivea
and bidding them "good'hye, dear," in
the tocea of unwearied love, and whether
it be policy or fact, it bat all the effect of
fact, and those homes are generally pleat,
ant ones, providing always that the wivea
are appreciative and welcome discipline
in a kindly spirit. We know an old gee*
tinman who lived with hit wife over fifty
years, and never left home without the
kim una in* "Rood Lya, danr."
Som* huabanda abak* band* with lb*ir
wirea and hurry off* ?a feat a* poaaible,
aa though th* effort w*r? a something
that tH*y war* aaxioua to Target, holding
their h*ada dowa aad darting arouad the
ff rat corner.
Som* huabandt, before leaving bom*,
aak very tenderly, "What would you
lik* for dinner, my d*ar I" knowing all
th* whil* that ah* will aaleet *om*tbing
for hi* particular palate, and off b* go**.
Some buabanda will leave home without
aaying anything at all, hnt thinking
a good deal, aa evinced by their turning
round at th* !a*t point ef ohaervatinn and
waving an adieu at th* pleasant faea or
fac*a at th# window. Som* huahard*
ner*r aa? a word, firing from tha braak
inn ikdii wun nifl io?ty (soinarenre or a
lord and going out wilh a heartless die
regard of those left behind. It it a for
tunata thing for thair wires (bat they caa
find sympathy elsewhere. Seme hue*
bands nerer laare honse without soma unkind
word or look apparently thinking
that such a course will keep things straight
in tkeir absence. Then, on returning,
soma husbands coma home jolly and hap
py, unsourad by the world; soma sulky
and surly with disappointment. Some
husbands bring home a newspaper or a
book, and bury themaelees for the seening
in ita contents. Some husbands are
called away'erery arming by business or
social enjoyments; soma dose in spaacbt
less etuprdite on a sofa until bedtime.?
Soma liuabande are eurieus to lenra of
their wives what baa transpired through
the day ; otbar are attracted by nothing
abort nf a child's tumbling dowa staira or
tba hoaee taking fire.
"Depbnd upon it," aaya Dr. 8penc?r,
"that homa ia the happiest where kindt
oaas, and interest, and politeness, and at*
tent ion are tba rule oa the part of tba
bustands?of course all tbs responsibility
rests with them?tad tamptatiao flnda
bo footing there."
Honesty and integrity HIV tba traa cri
tenoned nobility. It QMUara nat wheth
ar oar aaeaaiara came dawn tba stream of
tiraa oa a lumber craft or wara shaken
out of a sycamore traa ia a barricana, ao
that oar o?a impalaaa and aetions arc
jaat aad honorable.?Lorento Dow, Jr.
????Tba
weman aha aadartook to aeoar
tba wood* baa abandoned tba job, owing
to tba high price af aoap. Tba I art that
waa heard of her aha was skimming tba
Mb*.
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A Thrilling Incident.
Returning from a visit to New Orleans,
we were fortuuote enough to secure a
passage io a steamboat with few passem
gera. Among the ladies, one especially
interested ue. She .was the widow of a
wealthy planter, and was returning with
hd on iy cuua 10 uer miner s home. Her
devotion to the child very touching,
end the eyes of her old black nurse would
fill with tears at the besought her mistrets
"not to love that boj to aiuch or the
Loid would take him away from her."
We passed through the canal at Louis
villa, and stopped a few minutes at the
wharf, when the nurse wishing to see the
city walked out on the guard at the back
of the boat, when by a sudden effort the
child sprang from her arms in the terrible
current that swept townrd the falls, and
disappeared immediately. The confusion
which ensued attracted the attention of a
gentleman who was in the forward part
of the boat reading a newspaper. Rising
hastily, he asked for tome article the child
had worn. The nurse handad him a
tiny apron the had torn of! in her effort
to retain the child in her arms. Turnitg
to a splendid Newfoundland dog that was
eagerly watching hit countenance, he
pointed first to the apron, and then to the
spot where the child had gone under.
in an instant lb* nobis dog leaped into
the rushing water, and be also soon dit
appeared. By this '.ia<a the excitement
wee intense, and some persons on shore
supposing the dog was lost, as well as
the child, procured a boat and started in
search of the body. Just at this lime the
dog was seen faraway with something in
his moulL. Bravely he struggled with
the waves; but it was evident that bis
strength was fast failing, and mere than
ooa breast gave a sigh of relief as the
boat reached him, and it was announced
that he had aavad the child and it was
still aliva. They ware brought tbs
shore?the dog and tho child. Giving i
singto glance to satisfy bersolf that tb<
ebild was really living, tha young molbei
rilftK^ it\T rsi rwl ainlrines ^ '
dog, threw her arms around hi* neck am
hurst into tears. Not many could visa
the eight unmoved, and as she carressec
and kissed bis shaggy head, she looket
up te Lis owner and said?4 Ob, sir, ]
must have this dog I I'm rich, take al
I have, everything, hut give me nr>y oliild'i
preserver !" The gentleman smiled, and
patting his dog's head, said?"1 am ven
glad he has been of service to you, but
| nothing could induce me to part witk
him."
?
A ledy of our acquaintance, young
lovely and intelligent, called on a celebra
| ted physician to do "something" for t
rush of blood to her head.
"I hare been doctoring myself," saic
the laoguid fair one, with a smite, te tin
bluff, though kind M. D., whi|,e he wa
feeling her pulee.
"Why, Lbare taken Brsndeth'a pills
Parr's pills, St ran berg's pills, Sands' sar
saparilla, used Dr. Sherman's lozenge
and plasters, Jay ne'e expectorant, an<
"My Heavens, Madam," interrupts*
the astonished doctor, "al! these do you
complaint no good 1"
"No 1 Then what shall I take !" pel
llshly inquired the patient.
"Takef exclaimed the doctor, eyein
her from head to foot; "fake exelairr
ed he after a morosnt'a* reflection, "rrbj
lake oflf your corsets I"
A men wee brought into court on th
charge of having stolen some ducks frot
- r
m mroivr.
"How do you jtnow tbey are your ducki
ashed the defendant's counsel.
"Ob, 1 should know tbetn any w bete,
replied tbe farmer, who proceeded t
describe their peculiarities.
Why," eaid tbe prisoner's eouase
they can't be eueb a rare breed?I has
some eery much like them in my yard.
''That's not unlikely, air," said tbe fai
mer, "as they are not the only ducks I'v
bad stolen lately."
The a%xt witness wa? called.
Mrs. Partington complains of baring;
romantic affection in her shoulder, th
oecrology in her bead, and tbe enibarg
in the lorn bard y region, besides a swe!
iH of bor jocular reins.
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The Bible Cause.
E. A. Boiled, Agent of the American
Bible Society for South Carolina, makes
the following statement in the Phccnix,
for the information of all interested :
Since my re-appointment as Bible Aj^ent
for this State, on the 1st of July, 1865,
I mrougn the liberality of the American
.Bible Society, I have been instrumental
in placing the Bible, without note or com*
ment, at the disposal of auxiliaries and
twenty three newly organized Bible Com*
mittees, in twenty five. Districts of this
State. It ia hoped soon to supply the
i auxiliaries in the remaining Districts of
i this State with the word of God. So far
an the auxiliaries and committees have
been heard from, they are searching out
and supplying the destitute within their
respective bounds with commendable
earnestness. It is pleasing to state that
several efficient clergymen and laymen
in various portions of my field, have ren*
Iderfd much valuable service as Bible colt .
porteurs. A highly esteemed clergymen
in one of the Western Districts of thie
State, when Bpoken to in reference to our
society, said : "The American Bible Society
must be sustained. Send me three
hundred Bibles nnrt T?tom?ni. oi-<t T
i will take great pleasure in distributing
them among the destitute." Another
clergvman, who is an active pastor in
one of the Eastern Districts,said : "Please
, secure for me several hundred copies of
i the Scriptures for our District. The desi
titution is very great, and I will take
great pleasure in placing the hooka in the
i hands of the people." And a Bible Comi
mittee, in one of the upper Districts,said:
"The American Bible Society will confer
i a blessing on this community,if they will
send us jive hundred copies of the Word
i of God." A highly esteemed layman,
also, who is the efficient .President of ia
i Branch Bihle Society, in one of our up*
i per District!, being concerned for the wel?
i tare of the freedmen, and requesting Bii
bles and Testaments for their use. save:
r "I would respectfully report that the nu*
i meroua freedmen in this placs^^d vicini*
ty are in the process of learning to read,
while somo can flo so already ; and bene*
we anticipate a considerable demand for
the Word of God, to be placed in their
hands." Mr. Rial North, local ageot of
the Bible Society in Columbia, who ret
ceived a grant of one thousand Bibles
and Testaments at his depository last au>
tumn, reports more than half of this
number distributed to destitute persons
in this city and in Richland District.
During the war, every community in
this State was drained to meet the call*
, for Bibles and Testaments for oursoldiera,
and hence the present urgent demand for
i the word of God in th'.a State. A& the
freedmen, whose predominant desire just
I now seems to be to learn to read, are in
s prospect of the Attainment, importuning
s us for Bibles. With sincere regards,
yours truly,
i, E. A. BOLLES,
Agent A. B. S. for South Carolina.
i Secretary Seward's Speech.
Secretary Seward, made a speech at
rt ? i kt \r V ....
- Auuurn, is irecently, in w melt be said,
r the solicitude which perraded the count
try would perhaps justify him in ad*
1 dressing tha paopla upon political topics,
candidly and patriotically. When good
g Union man ware suspicious of lha change
( io tha viawa of defeated rebels and their
support of tha President's policy.?lie,
r' from tha first, rejectad tha idea that
ebaoga was accomplished for treasonable
purposes. Reconstruction is not needed
* because tha eountry as constituted long
u ainca haa not been destroyed. What ia
needed is reconciliation between the Sen*
j< ators now acting and those who, being
loyal, bare been or may be elected here*
? after from the Southern Statea. With
' few exceptions, the Southern people could* #
? justly be accepted as fellowcitizena. The
Southern States hare for the last four
|( years beeo merely disorganized. They *
e are now organized, and nothing ia need*
ed but conciliation. The President'^ plan
of reconstruction ia that ao far and to fast
as unrapraaanted Southern States nr*?e?t
themselves in a loyal attitude by representatives
unquestionably loyal, they are
entitled to representation. Tbie plan in
practicable. No plan proposed by Con*
* press so (ar in immediately practicable.?
|4 He wan aware there wee a difference be*
tween the President and Congress, but
? hoped that difference would not cause the
' I Union party to loaa it* grnat inOuenoa In
guiding tha country to parfact reatoralion.
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