The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 30, 1881, Image 1
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*** ..A Family A^pwroaoer: For the Promotion of the Pc&tical. Social. Agricultural and Commercial Interests. Terms $1.50 a Year,
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> VOLUME XXX. LANCASTER, S. C.. WE))Nl|g)AY MORNING. MARCH 30. 1881. NUMBER 8.
COTTON HOTEL.
HB Iu tlic liuHineoN Portion of the Town, 1 '
SH^L CHESTER, S. C.
jfl 9L J. H. SMITH, Proprietor.
WM. I>. TK4NTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, >
BmS Street.
CAMDEN, 8. C.
V?%.Wil| practice In the Courta of *
X?nImw *tnl~ Luwamn,,^imtitllM: *
K?*. 5,1878. ly 1
THOS. S. MILLS, "
COTTON BUYER, 1
CHESTER, 8. C., c
Will pay the higheM market price* for 8
all gradcM of Cot toon. t'all before well- t
I UK. .,
Office In Wylie A Agurs building.
March 19, 1879. ly. h
WM. CLYBURN,
COTTON MERCHANT, J'
CAMDEN. S. C-, I
Boya all the Cotton cnmintc to Cam- p
den from Lam-aster ami pay* the hijfli- !
e??t CASH priees. 11
Nov. 6. Ib78. tf
\ S. B. MEACHAM, ?
COMMISSION COTTON BUYER,
CliENTER. S. C. P
Office at 11
W. HOLMKH HARDIN A CO. n
I
W Always in the market and will
|my tiio highest market price*.
Nov 23, 1HM0. 4m.
DBS' WINTER ft WATT, h
* u
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, ,,
OFFER their profeeaional neivicea c
to the cllisena of Lancaster, Iver- ?
slmw and Clieslwrtleld Counties. All
culU, Inith of the night and day,
promptly nttemled to. One of the (
tlrm can always l.o found nt our local
office at Hanging Rock.
Chronic diseases u apeolnltv. i
J. MILKS HUNTER, M. D.
W. NEAL WATT, M. l>.
Feb. 9, IMS 1. 6m. t
T. N. SCALES, I*
!o
i Dkai.kk IX (
FINE WINKS, *
' WHISKIES, c
BRANDIES, c
1 and I
I TOBACCO AND CIGARS. 0
Under Xirholmn* Hotel. \
CHESTER, S C.
r
Maf All order* promptly filled. h
Feb. 2, IH8I. tf.
6
D. MACAULAY & CO. ' I
Cotton CommUnion Met chants, n
L CHESTER, H. C., ?
f Buy largely on export order* and
domeMtlc eniiiner*, always on the L
market. Planter* will Mini it to their
intercut to call on ua before Helling. '
< 'oiiniittuneiitM will receive prompt i
Attention.
Hept 2k, 1M*0. 0t?. f
Riddle's Hotel,;
' t
LANCASTKR C. W., S. C. ?
HAVINO purchased tlie HOTEL 1
formerly occupied l?y Mr. Jones .
Crockett, situate on Main Street, 1 inn ,
prepared to receive trail tent and |>ermaueiit
boarder*. Good acconi-uoda- .
tioiiM at KKAHONAIJLK HAKES.
Hteblee and I<oU free to drover*. I <
J. M. KIDDLE. ,
Feb. I, INTO. tf.
L DENTISTRY. ;
3>r. Il? O. Yotmy, J'
(Graduate of Philadelphia College of (
^ Dental Bur^ery.] 1
- tANOASTBR, 8. O J
Work done on the niont
MHBk reasonable terms and Warranted
to jive satisfaction.
OvriCK Ohk IVki;i Koutii oy Oi.n
Porr-OrricK.
March St, iHHn ly.
J. W. MASSELTINE Jk CO.,
GALL ATTENTION i
TO Til KIH NTUCK OF
FERTILIZER*,
AO ID PH08PH ATErt.
CHEMICALS, Ac.
Special attention la directed to their
Kalaita GuriNAu Malts,
| ?ure provtntiT* of mat tn Cotton.
Special figure* to f'aah buyer* on
ant of ttie alw>v*.
Feb mil JAH1
"Several Preachers." th
?# Oft
Recently at a meeting of minister* us
leld in Newberry County to "devise i*
dans for concentrated action on the Li
mbject of Temperance it was cnthusi- ve
istically resolved to put in circulation at1
hroughout the County a petition pray- in
ng the Legislature to pass a law to- mi
ally prohibiting the manufacture and bu
ale of ardcut ?pirit* tu a beverage in Pi
he 8tate." Last week the Anderson he
>aper? published a card ,srtdr*Mfrl to ait
he ministers of the Gospel in Ander- of
on County signed "Several Preach- ha
rs" calling for a meeting yesterday to thi
ake some aimilnr notion thi
The signature of "Several Preachrs"
strike us as very singulur. Why pc
houhl there be any concealment of cni
heir names ? If the cause is goo<l nu
rhy should "Several Preachers" ..ot 1 i?j
iave the manhood to put their names do
o the ealllr If they really mean to ou
rnr against the whiskey truttic they w'
ave shown the "white feather" too Pr
oon. If "Several Preachers" ure no
fruid to publicly proclaim their op- *ei
osition to the liquor business what pli
ufluence can they expect to exert ?
This card gives us an opportunity
0 make a few remarks on the subject
f liquor drinking, the first of which
1 thnf tlwrn iu mni-o
v ?..mv vi ? ?U MIVI V ClllVlliV blinil
re" in the late agitation. The opuaitiou
lacks organisation mid judg- Kfti
lent in many respects. There is too T.
luch profession and too little practice.
'here is too much talk and too little 1
ction. of
"Several Preachers" have masked R1
hcmselves under a fictitious signature ft 1
ut we will suppose they are preachers I'"
nd briefly show how they come short 8ni
f their duty. Whiskey is a great ?*
vil but no law that ever was enacted
till prevent its use and abuse. No cr<
aw ever will cure the evil unite n'<
'hristinns everywhere until against it
ii reality and not in loud profession*,
'he ehurches are not doing their duty
t all in the matter. It is a common
hing for church members to drink, u"
nd often they get beastly drunk. The no
net is notorious and well-known to the
1 ^ "
til curs mm pastors 01 me diuretics 011
>n salesdays and other public occa- P'(
ions at our County seats it is no un- ^
ommon thins? to see deacons and eld- ?f
rs staggering on the streets with th'
iquor, to the open scandal and shame t 1
f themselves and their churches. M
rhese thing* are not punished hut
iverlooked. The ciders ami deacons M
etain their positions and nothing is l?c
aid about it. Have "Several Preach- j H
rs" ever turned n memher out of their
ongregations for drunkenness, or even ! ro'
eprimanded one ? If they hate not, WI
,nd members of their congregations I 18
;et drunk, then this card is a pretence ib
md a fraud. th
"Several Preaehers," of late years, I p*
to doubt, have uttended political ' II
neetings. Very likely they have been [ l*"1
uvited on the "speakers stand" and : an
ipened the proceedings with prayer, M
hanking (Jod that our "beloved State
?ns again restored to the control of er
Christian men" Ac. They have seen hi
wo pitchers, a glass tumhler and a iu
lilvcr drinking cup, sitting on the to
*ront of the stand. One pitcher con- to
Alined whiskey, and the other water. ??(
rhe speaker who used the tuinhler
Irank water. The one who used the in
nip drank whiskey. "Soveral Preachers"
saw all this with their own eyes
ind yet cast their votes for the man ia
srho drank whiskey and encouraged M
others to do so. They even saw th?i?e Y
tame sjM'akers so nnieh disguised with at
liquor as to use profanity before ail p]
the people. "Kcvcrul Preachers'* knew so
from the maudlin utterances and red M
nases of the orators that they were b]
bloated from eanstant drinking, and sp
yet gave them countenance und support.
a
"Heveral Preachers" know that the la
Bible teaches to "touch not, taste not, ni
and handle not," and still they elevate ta
to high position men who openly vio- fi
late all three injunction*. If such be a
11?? !< ?< llii-ti tho khnl* ni* iK it pa r.l im I ?
a deceit and there is nothing to be I!
hoped from it. It is a vain and empty d
pretence. ?
"Several Preacher*" have contrib- t<
utcd money during political campaign*
to be used in treating I>emocratic niggers
with whiskey. They have ex- w
cu*ed church member* for getting nj
drunk during political campaign* and V
at public dinner*. ?
"Several Preacher*" havo a duty to *J
perform before they can expect to tc
remedy thi* great evil by legiidation. tl
Thy mu*t put down drinking among ?
p member* of their churches. Tl
ftt turn their influence against
e ?f ardent spirit* by public men
common for Medical Societies t
terary Clubs to cetehrntc their ar
rsariea by suppers. ft The princi
traction About those affhirs cons
the toast* and speeches. Chu
?mbers contribute money to h
y up whiskey for these occasic
eacher* attend them. If they dc
KrOuud 'WNI'
the sj?eakers born of the liquor t!
vc guzzled down. If this is all tr
fill "Several i'roache.-a" are not ni
in half in earnest.
What do "Several Preachers"
et to accomplish by this farce? Tl
n't do a thing. They have fil
?t of our offices with men who dri
uor, from the United States Sen
wn to our Coroners. Ninctentha
r members of the legislature dri
liskey, and love it, ami "Seve
eachers" arc most uncommon
rant if they suppose these Rcj:
itatives will cut off their own hi
es.
We will have more to say on t
tijcct hereafter.?Abbeville Sfed'u
An lutereHting Case.
Judge Maekey yesterday was
ged in hearing the case of Hoi
Coghlan against the South Carol
ii I road Company.
Coghlan, the pluintitT, i* the hol<
certuin bonds of the South Carol
lilroad of 1885 which he claim*
irat lien 011 the road, and he ti
1 hill to foreclose the statuary mi
go, making parties a holder of boi
1803 the trustee* of the first *
:ond mortgage* and the judgrn
jditors. Mr. John H. Fisher,
:eivei, filed a petition for therein
of the case to the United Stn
urt on the ground that the wh
igntion was bctston Coghan 1
2 Smith Carolina Jlailroad Compa
the other defendant* being mer
minnl parties. The receiver file
ntl with D. T. Corbin, Ksq.,
rety. Mr. Hacot representing
aiiititl* Coghlan and Mnj. H.
>ung representing holders of bo
186<> were heard in opposition
e motion to transfer the ease to
nited States Court, and Mr. II.
. Smith was heard in favor of it.
After hearing the argument dm
ackey held that the ease could
removed on the |>etition and bo
iat Mr. Corbin being a solicitoi
e court could not be surety for
ceiver. That the bond, furthcrnn
is iifii 111 accordance witn ine .\ci
>7i>, aiitl that the surety had no,
le property. The Judge held, a
ut the other parties were neccss
irties. ami could not lie disregard
e therefore refused the motion
snster to the United Stutes Coi
id granted an order of referents
aster Clancy.
Mr. Smith, representing the reci
, thereupon filed a uew petition i
>nd with Mr. Andrew Simoud
rety, and gave notice that he wo
-day ask for the removal of the t
the United States Court upon
w petition and bond.
The rest of the day was consul
linn rin or aritrnry I iu.ni
kii.i.ei> with a 11 aniwikl.?
?t Thursday on the plantatiui
[r. Lewis Wilson, near Fort Mill
ork County, there was a log-roll
which a misunderstanding t
iace between Mr. Wilson and
?n-iu-law, Mr. Kinibrell, whereu
Ir. Wilson dealt Mr. Kimbre
low across the bead with his hi
like and killed hint instantly.
Jake and Lurn Harris, white, ki
mulatto named Kdaard Bridge
ist Thursday, March 17, about
iiless west of (taflney City, in 8
in burg County. The difficulty a
om Bridges being too intimate \
sister of the Messrs. Harris. Bri<
out to the field where the Mci
larrin were at work and provoki
iapute. The latter have not trie
icape, and ex preened their willing
> await the decision of the law.
Hkavy !?The Charlotte obeei
ell deaervee the flattering allu
iado to it by ao excellent a paper ai
^iniwboro JVne and Herald.
xnpliment i? from a capable sou
? our Winoaboro cetemporary ia
d under sounder and abler aiisp
tan any country paper in the St
-('heifer Bulletin,
t v Enemies uf$he Carp.
the 'V
. It . Winxshobu/B. C.t Jan, 31.
ind lion. A. P. Butler ^
ini- Dkjvb Bir ; As the fi*h intercut is
pal
on ygs increase generally, and special
ists rsg&rd is manifested for the German
rch Garp. I deem it a du1|r to inform you
?lp that I have discovered a new enemy
>08. to thenfc latter ngainft which it would
>??'* be well for beginners to guard. 1 allude
to the crawfish ?e it is commonly
'"> lenownf* *T had n tew m the carp r8e
,ey cently sent me, by you, in a small hole
uo> of water on my spring branch preparnor?
tory to putting thorn in my pond, and
on the following day observed one
ox* horribly mangled and peculiarly gash>vy
e<l ami several of the fins presenting
led the appcnninec of having been nibbled
i?k off by a minnow or some other small
at? animal. My curiosity was excited to
1 of know this new depredator, and I seat
ink ed myself for observation. Soon a
ral crayfish of large size?not Inrger, how'K*
ever, than hundreds to l>c seen in any
>re* of our branches?made its way from
UI>" under some trash and renewed its attack
upon the carp, which was not
his dead, but was so injured as to be inim.
capable of flight, or resistance in any
way. The crayfish was dispatched at
once, of course, and tlie carp, a fine
specimen about five inches long, transcu*
for rod to other and more secure <juar""7
tors, where it died of its wounds in a
,na short time. A few days ago, desiring
to see how the carp had stood the retder
cent unu9unl cold snap, I drew down
,na a p?nd in which I had them, and disare
covered that all were well except one
I J 1
1 that I found dead, recently killed, and
on it the same character of wounds
IH'* and nibbled appearance of fins vbscrvl,u*
ed on the one taken from tht cra\fish |
ent in the branch.
Ill observing the habits of the cravo
v* , ^
fish since uiy carp disasfbr, I find that
they do not hibernate in their hole.", i
j a? I had supposed, hut rhut many are j
visible in the small brunches and on !
the hottom of my |>ond when drawn 1
j" down, which seem quite lively and |
energetic in the pursuit of food regmrdlem
of the severe cold recently!
,, experienced. 1 have never hud any |
^ doubt that the crayfish were destrue*
^ tive of spawn, but these arc tli<f only
^ instances in which 1 have known or (
^ heard of its attacking successfully fish
I which were considerably its superior
j in size. Its attacks seems to l>e con?
; fined to the new comers,
not ; . . ,
l|(j | i heso olkcrvatmns arc of interest 1
r ((p und should be followed up, for it may !
tj1(, i be that the carp in its torpid state, in j
the mud, is more acrc.'sible than !
),0? ' . 1
, |*; other species that arc more active in
vis- ! 1 think the carp is the coining j
imo j Hsh for the South, if not for the whole
gr ' j country. .Respectfully,
led. T. W. Woodward.
to In this connection I would add thnt
art, the attacks of the crayfish or crawfish
u to ! directly upon the fish or spawn is not
j the greatest injury it is capable of insiv
dieting on fish culturist. While there
and is no doubt of its destroying large
* as j numbers of fish, in the embryo state
>ti 1 < 1 and even affer they attain considerrase
able size, it is capable of destroying
the fish pouds and their coutents in a
single night, by its inroad u|>on the
oerj dams, ami by burrowing from some
neighl>oring stream or ditch, making
a small subterranean passage, which
-On ; gradually increases in size until the
i of eutirc pond is drained and the entire
a,in contents disappear with the flood.
ii>tt. My theorv is, and 1 think that my
.(H)k observation# will sustain mo, tliat thoy
| hie thus burrow honeatli water in order to
pon conduct it through their channels
|| ? bearing with it any living thing that
ind- it contains, and thus they are enabled
to make a more successful attack in
lied capturing their prey. Thia can be
on avoided by driving piling on the in
six aide of the dam the entire length. The
pnr. tide* of the pond should slope gradual*
rote ly from the water's edge, so that bearith
neath the surfaca of the water they
igea can be paved with large stones and
mir*. and gravel to a sufficient depth to pre*
ft! ? vent the draining into surrounding
d to otreams or ditches. That is, the paving
nesa stones should extend below the bed of
neighboring streams. Tills paving in
many localities will only ooet a small
rver amount of labor. All that is necessary
sion is to imbed the stones completely in
ithe the mud er sides of pood. This will
The effectually prevent orayfish from bur*
iree, rowing through and othors destroying
cdi- ponds. They will spring up and grow
noes between the stones and render tha abate.
structions more effectual to the depredations
of the enemies to fish.
Coaxing Sarah.
Justice Alley had hardly been opened
to legal business yesterday morning ]
when a sleigh containing 7 or it persons
from l>oyond the city limits, drove ^
up to the doot of a popular justice nnd ^
piled out with an air of busiusss. llis
honor was poking the fire when an old I
man beckoned him into a corner and i ^
whispered: ?j
"vjioi a jod 01 splicing here tor ye! t
My darter Sarrth hdfela going,to hitchf t|
to tlmt ehap there with the blue coin- u
forter, and then we're going to have s
some oysters." a
"All right?all right," was the re- *
ply, and in two minutes the official a
was all ready. t
The man with the blue comforter |
peele?l his overcoat, laid aside his hat f]
and extended his hand to Sarah.
"I won't do it?I'll die first!" she ^
said, as she shrank away.
"She's a little timid," explained the j
old man, while the mother rehukingly
observed :
"Sarah, don't you make a fool of j
yourself here. William will make a
i i 1 i
guuti iiwnimiiM.
"And don't you forget it !" added j
William. *'( 'oiuc, Sarah."
"I won't, unless we can go to New
York City on a hridal tower 1" who ^
snapped.
"You'd look nice bridle towering
around New York with no better duda C
than you've got 1" said the mother.
23
"Now. Sarah, you stund up ami get
married ?"
"He kecrful, mother?don't mak'er
mad !" warned the old man. "Now,
Sarah, if ye back out everybody will
laff at us."
"I don't keor ! I want to travel."
"You shall," answered Williunt.
"Where ?"
"We'll all go to the House of Correction."
"Tain't far 'iiuff."
The old man beckbned William and
Sarah aside and began :
"Now Sarah. William -ist on
?? ? 1
you.
* M
"Hut I want a bridle tower."
"Yea, but you can't have one. The '
railroad* arc all snowed under, and
towers have gone out of fashion any- 1
how."
"Then I want a diamond ring."
"Now don't say that, Sarah, fur 1
went to every store last Saturday and
they was out of diamond rings."
"Then 1 want ft set of mink furs."
"Mink furs! William, I know you'd
buy 'em for her in n second, hut they've
gone out of style and can't he had.
Sirah, I'm yer father, hnint 1 ?"
"Yes dad."
"And I've alius bin tender of ye ?"
"Yes."
"Then be tender of me. 1 want to
see ye married to William. You can't
have a tower, nor a diamond ring, nor
a set of furs, but I'll buy ye a pair of
| new gaiters. William will pay for |
tin* oyster-1, and I'll see that mother i
divide* up t lie dishes and bedding with
ye. Sarah, do you want to seo my
gray hairs bowed down ?"
"n ok)."
' Then don't tlunk out."
"Will they be two-dollar gaitar* ?"
she asked.
"Yes."
"And all the oysters we can eat?"
"Yes, all you kin stuff."
"And a tower next fall, if wheat ,
does well?"
"Yes."
"Then I guess I will. Come, Bill, |
I don't keer two cents for you, but I I
want to oblige my father."?]>etroit
Free l*re**.
Hottest Pi.ace on Kautii.?The
L/vllAat ?1 .... 1 M tl.A M.AAI.1 ...A1.AU!.. '
uwiir-mt i iiurnvr ill inr nuiiu jiinuaiM^ t
occur* in tlic desert iutcrior of Aus- !
tralia. Captain Stuart hung a thermometer
on a tree, sheltered both from
the sun and the wind. It was graduated
to 127 degree* Fahrenheit, yet *o
great was the hent of the air that the
mercury rose till it hurst the tube ; |
and the temperature must thus have
been at least 128 degree*, apparently '
the highest ever recorded in any part
of the world. Nevertheless, in the
Houtherh mountains and table lands
three feet of snow sometimes fall in a
day.
Paul H. Hayne, of Georgia, has
been invited by the York town commission
to compote an -ode for the
Yorktown centennial, to l?e sot to music,
and rendered hy performers in
continental cortunie.
at
Harrowing Wheat in Spring.
The advantage of harrowing wheal
nulla thoroughly in the Spring, as hood
s the ground becomes dry enough tc
revent the horse* hinkincr into it. i
mown to many farmers who have
racticed it, but in unknown to th(
uujority. Wheat is usually sowu ir
September upon well prepared land.?
'his land is left there, subject to al
he storms of rain and snow, and the
Iry weather in succeeding Hprii:j
intil the wheat is harvested. In con
fHpience the land Incomes in Maj
nd June, nearly as hanl as a ruedow
it a season of the year when the plant1
re in the greatest vigor of grow th
lie land is so hard as not to give out
ialf the nourishment it wouid if kepi
nellow l?y any process. Suppose, foi
nstnnce, corn should be planted ir
lie Fall under similar conditions wit!
..1 A 1.1 - .1 nr? ?
t neai, ami mat uic winter dul 1101
njure it, ami that it were left withou
ultiv&tion of any sort until harvest
il ; it is evident that the yield wouh
>c diminished over one-half ; in fac
he yield would probably be so ligh
md poor as to be almost worth
ess.
Now, wheat, from many ex peri
nents in its cultivation by hand ii
(England, shows us great sensitivenes
0 cultivation as corn ; the yield b;
areful hand cultivation living increas
d to sixty bushels, and in some in
tancos, eighty bushels per aero.?
S'ow, a thorough harrowing of whea
n Spring, in a very inexpensive man
lor, performs the cultivation nearly a
veil us when done by hand. If th
:rust formed by the Winter snow
sud Spring rains is thoroughly hrokci
ind the ground to the depth of two o
nore inches well pulverized, the effee
ipon the wheat is like magic. I
itarts into thv vigorous growth and i
1 few weeks has nearly or quite dot
bled in size *he wheat not harrowei
Iii pieces of wheat not harrowed i
'trips that is?one strip not harrowe
fit all, and other strips on each aid
thoroughly harrowed, in the earl
part of June the harrowed wliCa
stood fully one foot higher than th
ui)harrowed at each side, and ever
way was strikingly ranker aud vig(
rows. Mr. Robert J. Swan, of Uos
Hill Farm, (leneva, X. V., who hi
heavy clay land, savs he has harrot
e<l his wheat for four years with tli
Thomas harrow, and finds to he ii
crease fully ten bushels per aere.Byrum
Moulton, of Alexander, (len
see county, X. V., harvested from lift
acres 1,(500 bushels wheat. His neigl
bors only obtained about ten oushc
to the acre. The only difference i
our treatment was that Monitor
wheat was thoroughly harrowed wil
this implement in the Spring, and h
neighbors' was not.
The effect produced by harrowii
barley and oats, after t/iey have o
taincd a growth of four or five inch
is equally marked. I have observi
many instances where fully twen
bushels per acre increase, in cons
quence of thorough harrowing, w
obtained.
Those facts and many others of sii
ilar character show clearly the gre
profit which farmers may derive frr.
a thorough cultivation, by harrowii
of wheat, oats, barley and other so\
crops, with the Thomas smoothii
harrow.?[Cor. Country Gentleman.
Whiskey is Nokth Carolina,
During the last fiseal year 443,9
(rations of whiskey were distilled ire
grain in North Carolina, upon whi<
the revenue ta* amounted to $39;
801 30. The value of the liquor abo
tlin t A V iw /.efimaf/i/l a ft 1 77 1 AO fl
* ? - ? v ; % i iiiuvv^4 ( V Vlil | I VA * '
There are about 1,000 person* engng
in the manufacture of spirits, ai
about $500,000 invested in the dist
leries, of which there are 3.r>9. T
materials uae<l for the production
spirits during the sainc period are I
ported in bnshals as follows : Co
156,870 ; rye 33,618; malt 21,92
wheat 1,237; mill feed 393; otli
material 19! inolaMOR 208 galloi
Making a total of 114,071 bushels.
The newspapers have l?een spea
ing of Mahone'a "recent oonversatior
It is a careless use of words. Maho
was recently eon firmed ; he was co
verted some time ago by the graoe
the Republican party, and the pr<
ion* promises of Republican* prine<
Ono Honest Man.
> The other dry six men sat around a
( stove in a Detroit tobacco store.?
j There had been a long period of si(
lence when one of them rubbed his
, leg and remarked :
; "That old wound feels as if it was
, going open again. I shall always re.
member the battle of Kich Mountain.'
I There was a slight stir around the
, stove, and a second man put his hand
, to his shoulder and observed :
[ fa
"And I shall not soon forget Brauf
dy Station. Feels to-day as if the
lead was going to work out."
The interest was mow considerably
increased, and the third man knocked
' the ashes off hie cigar and said :
' "Yea, those were two hard fights,
but you ought to have been with
Nelson at Franklin. But wasn't 1
excited that day ! When these two
fingers went with a grape-shot I never
^ ieit the pain !
Tlic fourth man growled out sonaej
thing about Second Bull Hun and &
t salicr cut on the head, and the left of
t his left side and said ho should always
remember the lay of the ground at
Yellow Tavern. The sixth man waa
silent. The other five looked at him
" to s|>cak, but it was a long time be11
fore he pointed to his empty slcevo
8 and asked :
y
'Gentlemen do you know where I
got that ?"
Some mentioned one battle and
some anothor. but he shook his head
r-adlv and continued :
ia
"Boys, let me be honest and own
e right up. I lo#t my arm by a buzt
9 caw, ami we will begin on the lefl and
n give every one a chance, to clear hit
r conscience, now then show your
wounds."
t The five men leaned back in their
n chairs and siuokcd fast and chewed
i. hard at each other and each one wish1,
ed he wus in Texas when a runaway
n horse Hew by and gave them a chance
d to rush out and get clear of the one
c armed man. It was a narrower esy
cape than any one of them had during
it the war.? Detroit Free Pre**.
v ! Congressman Evins on the "Car>
pet-bagger."
10
is Col. .1 no. II. Kvins, member of Conr*
gross from this District, thus closed
|C his speech on the apportionment bill
on the 26th ultimo ;
p_ "Let me further say to mv friend
lv ' (Mr. Calkins, rep., of Indiana^, for
|j. whom I entertain a kind feeling that
js even with his eloquence he can never
j? I vindicate the name of''carpet bagger"
(?g ironi me jum uiianty wiiicu it lias
tjj boon consigned by the judgment of
lis i l',c Pw*' ;il"l virtuous everywhere.?
I Out of the number who held a just
title to this name, with all the iguo^
j rainy which rightly attaches to it iu
^ my State, two were sent in disgrace
^ from thin Hull by a Republican
^ House, one is now in au Ohio jail for
I murder, another is wanted to fill a
^ j cell in u Kansas penitentiary, and
most of the other fugitives from justice
or aimless wanderers and outm"
casts. Let them alone ; darkness and
obscurity form their only shelter from
M public indignation and scorn."
"P __ , m m
vii
A Victim ok Iu. Luck.? H. W.
ng
(irady writes from New York to the
Atlanta ConstUution : "At I>elmo_
nieo's, the other day, I saw a youngish
iook.ng man, careless in his dress
^ ^ and with an air of discouragement and
^ : riTMtraiitv, curat; in aim i?.*e a neat
. alone at a table. It wan Birnic, the
' ill-fated partner of George W. Wil^
Hams, whose failure a year or so ago
^ wiu discussed all over the country.?
I There is said to be little cause for the
. I partial of his appearance, as he is reputed
to have enough money to liv#
*,e comfortably on. He was worth about
of 300,000. I believe, when be failed.?
re- Had he been able to hare covered
,rn his contracts for three or four daya
H longer than he did, be would have
' cleared nearly a million of dollars, as
ier the tide against which bo had staked
M- everything turned just after be wont
under. I find that he has many
friends here, who extenuate the c*.r?
k- cumstancesjunder which he failed.?
, ? I do not think be is doing much at
present, but he is a bold and daring
operator, and may ootnc to the front
n~ if, as his appearauco seemed to iudi*
cats, as his appearance seemed to inx**
dicate, lie has not attempted to lose
m. his troubles in drink.