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ANKLES.
There's muziie in a lady's foot,
And well the ladies know it;
And she who has a pretty one
Is pretty sure to show it;
At times you, too, are mtartyred by
TI.e nicest little ankle,
That shoots an arrow through the eve,
Within your heart to rankle.
But when it trips along the streetv,
Through wind, and inud, and vapor,
By sheerest accident you see
How beautiful the taper
And as it steim upon the walk,
Amid the crowd to min.;lc,
Two roguish eyes look up and say,
I wonder if he's single ?
THE FIRST TRYST.
She p6lls a rose from her lse-tree,
Kissing its soul to him
Far over years, far over dreams,
And tides of ehances dian.
Ile plucks from his heart a poem
A flower-sweet messenger,
Far over years, f.tr over dreams,
Flutters its soul to her.
These are the world-old Ivers,
Clasped in one twilight's gleai
Yet he is but a dream to her,
And she a poet's dream.
The Old Year and the New.
BY CuARLOTTF F. UATFS.
The years h.ive linings just as goblets do;
The old year is the lining of the new, -
Filled with the wine of precious memories,
The golden was doth line tie silver is.
[Scribuer's for January.
A GAMBLING ADVENTURE.
One cold, rainy night, I found
myself in the city -of Paris-the
City Of all cities, where vice is
never slumbering, but stares you
in the face on every side in the
most bewitching forms imagina
ble. And woe be unto him with
weak resolution to stand aloof
from all fascinating temptations!
for, when most unexpected, we
find ourselves dragged down,down,
in the unfathomable depths of in
iquity.
Registering my name in the
Hotel de Ville, I thought I would
stroll out and admire beautiful
Paris by gaslight. But a heavy
mist hung over the city, and all
the beauty (if it can be called
that), was the flickering of a street
lamp ahead. I sauntered along
unconscious of the distance I had
walied, until I found myself on
the banks of the Seine. I was
about retraci g my steps when I
observed a brilliantly lighted house
in one of the side streets.
II resolved to enter and ascer
t'ain the way back to my hotel. I
crossed the street and ascended
the broad, marble steps, which re
ininded me of some of our fifth
avenue residences, as they were
of the same style. I rang the bell,
and immediately a very polite
Frenchman opened the door, bow.
ing and smiling as if' I was some
great personage. I requested him
to inform me the nearest r'oute to
the Hotel de Ville. His face as
suimed a very important air and
be answered:
"Monsieur will step within and
inquire ;I am not allowed to con
ver'se with visitors."
I stepped into the hall, and was
soon ushered into a large, elegant
ly furnished apartment, and at a
glance I took in the surroundings.
Seated around a large, coffin
shaped table sat several men pa
ditg cards, who seemed to belong
to the better class, who staked
their all on luck, if' their dr'ess
were indicative of' respectability
and at one corner of the room
.noticed a man tuirning an oblon~
ebox, out of' which dropped small
red balls, with numbers on th<
side, which he called in loud, clea:
it tones. And every few moments
the cry of "Keno !" would arist
from a long row of men seated al
a table near' the window fr'ontins
Ion the street. The truth dawnc
upon me that I 'w as in a gambling
hell, so common in Paris, whet'
ladies go incognito to invest it
the game of chance,
Distinguishing the proprietor'o:
the homuse, I gained the informna
tion I came in to ascertain, ant
le very hospitably extended a cuj
ofng cfe, at the same time exclaim
"Monsieur must be wvet, and z<
coffee cs very good in ze we
weather."
I took the coffee and drank it
handing him some change in pay
attent. lHe held his hands up an<
shrugged his shoulders in aston:
ishment. and seemed to be offend
ed. I apologized, and accepte<
his invitation to accompany him
and hear an explanation of th
games. lHe explained how thi
game was played, and what th
cards and cheeks on the tabl
meant.
Int ten minutes I understood e2
atly bow to play the game o
ruin and misery, which had blight
ed many a happy home, as well i
'be ew World as in the ld, c
that boon Caled happness, leav
ing nothing but desolation and
dark despair. Why do such things
prosper, when religion may pass
unnoticed ? Oh world, thou art
an enigma!
Finally, I became so interested
in the playing that I seemed to be
as much excited as the players
themselves. And an incoimpre-1
hensible resolve prompted me to
participate in the game. I thought
to myself it would do no harm, as
I would only play just one game.
Oh human nature, how weak thou
art ! when in our own estimation
we are the strongest, we find too
soon that we are the weakest.
1 paid fbr my checks and quiet
lv waited for the game to proceed,
p ieturing myself as a gambler and
all that was wicked.
But my musings were cut short
by hearing the crier call the num
bers. and one after another I cov
ered my card with the niumbers
corresponding, until the line of
numbers were covered, and then
in trembling. tones I cried "Keno!"
and immediately a man came) and
gave me a large amount of gold.
How long I played I know not,
for I was blinded by the excite
ment, and knew not when to -top.
At last a voice cried in French,
that the batik was broke Ihat
evenig, and I the winner--with
a heavy bacg of gold!
I arose from the table, and was
about leaving the room, when a
hand was laid upon my arm and a
voice as'Ked
;Monsieur, may I ask your
name?"
I turned around and beheld the
Iproprietor. I answered
"[y name is Suinmers ; from
the United States. What can I
do for you ?"
"You may deem it quite imper
tinent in me, Monsieur Summers,
for asking your name ; but I
thought, perhaps, you might never
be heard of again ; and by know.
ing your name I might be able to
throw s)e light on your mur
der ''
"Murder !" exclaimed I in aston
ishment. -
"Monsieur, 1 presume you are
aware that all eyes are fixed up
on you, and as they know that
you are a stranger in Paris they
are likely to take advantage of
your ignorance of the city, and
waylay you before you are half
way between here and the hotel."
il have kept this place for fif
teen years," continued lie, "and I
feel bound to protect all who on
I ter this house. I propose that.
you remain here until morning,
for I can accommodate you with a
room where you can sleep with
saf'tv. Take a glass of Madeira
with me? 'tis of the best quality."
1 weighed his words carefuly,
and determined to remain all
night. 'Tis true the house was in
a very desolate part of Paris, with
its rear shadowing the Seine, but
his politeness and frank marnner
convinced me that there was nio
thing to fear. We sat up until all
of the guests had departed, and
feeling the effects of the wine, I
concluded to retire. At his ur
gent request, I c:onsented to drink
another- glass of Madeira, and im
mediately after I became quite
dizzy, and could scarcely stand
ereet.
I was assisted up stairs and
ushered into a room comfort ably
furnished. A fter locking the door
I put tihe bag of money on a table
and begatn examining the apart
ment. 0The room contained an
old oaken bedstead, which stood
in the centre of the room. It was
the mor.t singuilar piece of work
imanship I have ever seen, as the
head and foot of the bed rose an
equal height, both made of mas
sive wood, at least three iniches~
thick. If they had hinges (I
thought) at the ends they would
meet per-fectly when let down.
On the wall were hung three pie.
tures, one representing the execu
tion of Louis XVI, the gory head,
starinlg eyes and matted locks
dropping into a basket, with the
fisher-women seated around laugh.
mng, taking a stitch in their knit
ting when a head fell into th(
basket.
The other was the death o
Roespierre, the inventor of the
iitrument of man's depr-avity
adthe thid)icture, which hun'
attefot of the bed wvher-e th<
-light fell upon it, seemed to me
likea jmpig jck.with his hant
abot t lft ff ishat which hac
lar-ge plume stuck in it. I threw
myself upon the bed, thinking o:
the illustrations upon the wall o:
the blood-stained past, which con
spired to create a feehng of dr-ead
1 endeavored to kieop awakec, as .
nowv had ser-ious suspicions regard
ing the keeper of the house.
felt myself being carried to th
land of dreams. and I tried to cas
off the spell. I would open nu~
eyes and gaze languidly arouad
bt at last I fell asleep.
How long I slept I know not
I had a faint recollection of feelin;
something giving way under me
Iand awaking with a start of ter
f , T lseaned. All was still a
death. I heard tie faint sound of'.
a bell in the distance strike two
o'clock. My eyes wandered to
the picture on the wall at the foot
of' the bed. Good heavens! the
figure in the frame is moving ! the
hand is lifting the ilat from its
head. and I can see the plunes
move ! What can it all mean ?
My attention is so absorbed in
the movements of the figure that
I notice not the sinking of the
bed. I see the foot of' the bed fall
ing, and feel the head almost
crushing me. One herculean ef
fU it, and I manage to free myself
and regain the floor.
The bed by this time looks like
an immense sofa, the bottom has
fallen out, and the cushioned sides
takes its place. Lifting one of the
ends up I can look down in the
dark and mu-kv Seine. I turn
away with an Icy shudder, and
thank God for my narrow escape.
hilhe meditating upon the means
of escape a panel in the door opens,
and a haud is thrust through to
unlock the door.
In a moment I have one of* the
pictures down and snap the cord,
and quick n-, lightning tie the hand
to the do( knob, taking out the
key. A smothered oath reaches
my ear but I wait no longer I
snatch the money from the table
and jump from the side window
into the street. Bruised and bleed
ing I manage to reach the hotel.
The next day, follo-ved by seve
r'al stout gendarrmes, I reach the
Lace of Iy- te-r-ol' thle Iight pre
v-oUS ; but the birds had flown.
The door had been battered down
inl order to extricate the individ
ual's hand which I had tied so
To~this Jay the vividness of the
ordleal which I had passed throucgh
is strongly impressed upon my
me ni ory.
A Railroad Romeo ard His
Tale of Woe.
Tie fullowing is not from Ohio.
About one year ago a young man
named John Doe became acquain
ted with Mary Roe, and after a
protracted courtship she did not
say 'no." He was a railroad man,
and most of the time on the go,
while she stayed at home to bake
and sew. She was also eighteen
or a little below. A day waS also
set whon they to c-hurch were to
go, and John spentabout two hun- I
dred dollars for new "clo"-wed
(ding cards and such things, you
know. It had been announced in
a church that wrs neithor ''high"
nor "low," that the c-eremony
would take place in the morning,
shortly after the cock was heard
to crow. Sohu called the evening
before, dressed in his best from top
to toe, and handing his brido the
wedding cards, smiled as if every
thing was in statu quo.
Ie h-ad only left the house a
few moments, when a ch-ap named
"Joe." an old lovei- of' Miss Mairy
Roe. called and upbraided the lat
toe fo going back on him so, and
pleaded his case in a voice so elo
quent and low, that the other
caps cake soon came to dough,
and the fickle Rloe and the old lo
ver Jot to a one-horse justice of
the peace (lie go,whio married folks
for a dollar or- so, and in less than
an hour they werec on their way
to Chicago. The next morning
the infuriated Doe was seen hur
rying towards the depot, waving a
butcher knife to and iro, and when
his coat tail lifted so as to show, a
brace of istols in his hip pocket
below, those wvho saw him said
that Joe 'and the icekle Roe, had
better lay remarkably low for a
few~ years 01' so.-Tfitusville Press.
IHAvIN FU.--There lives in
Amboy, Oswego County, New
Y k,a man byv name of John
Parks, whose idea of' "having f'un"
is novel, to say the least. About
three weeks since Parks was re
turning from the "Centre," ac
companied by another' man, both
being in a state well c'alcuilated
for f'un. As they were opposite
the pasture of Mr'. Kinney, Parks
soid to his comrade, "You bold
my co'at if you wvant to seo some
Ifun. Whereupon Pairks got over
the fencee into the pasture, and
gettingz down upon all fours, pro
eeeded toward a two year old bull
for the puirpose of frightening
hm.
Taurus wa.iited his approach
with a caioness which Par'ks
thought would teirminate in flight,
but hie was mistaken. WV hen he
had got near' enough his bullship
made a chbarge on Par-ks fr'om be
hind, and the attacIed p-4t soon
reembi~leo a skimmer. Surgeons
a nd tailors say it's the wor-st job
of repair-ing they have had f'or
ome time. Some one has been
cauel enough to ask Parks why
he was like a locomotive.
Very~ few people know that the chief
of the Cherokees is a graduate of Prince
ton College and a man of culture; that
the Cherokee nation has a society or
ganized on the model of modern civiliza
tion, with newsnapers. schools, court
houses and the like, or that the highest
-prizes for cotton were won at the St.
Elliott on Patterson.
AN INTERVIEW WITII THE COLORED
CONGRESSMAN.
(Dr. Redfield's Letter from Columbia, S. C.,
to the Ciucinnati Commercial.)
Yesterday I went around to see
the black lion in his den-I beg
pardon. home-for he lives in a
style such as few white reople in
this smitten city can support.
Elliott was originally from Mas
sachusetts, where lie picked up
and crammed ii. a good education
and enough knowledge to support
a shingle down here. Beingt an
aspiring young man. he wisely
concluded not to settle in the solid
State of Massachusetts. He want
ed to wing his flight to some Clime
where his own race predominated.
Africa would have been the most
congenial point, but as that is
some distance, and as a man can't
get tiere without having his
stomach turned wrong side out
crossing the briny deep, Elliott
set his sails for the next best Af
ricanized land, and hove to in
Edgefield, South Carolina. There
he practiced law, and fell in love
with a beautiful three-fourths
white damsel. As soon as he had
lost and won a sufficient number
of cases to have what the caleu
lating and cold-blooded world calls
a start, he married and moved to
Columbia. Then the colored peo
ple put him in an office cf some
sort, and then in another, and fi
nally pitched him, head first. into
Congress, where he made a sensa
tion on account of color and pre
vious condition and an ability to
speak. The white noodles of that
mighty body were astonished to
find a colored man who could talk
as much as they could, fill as large
a space in the Globe, and have as
many ideas to the square yard.
In fhet, Elliott was well received
by the gentlemen, but
MRS. ELLIOTT WAS NOT BY THE LA
DIES.
She had colored blood in her in
ferior veins, and therefore must
not move in Washington circle.
It is a sad commentary on human
depravity to say that the wives
and daughters of the Congress
men who owed their positions to
the ballots of tho colored race
would not associate with Mrs.
Elliott, but it is true, and as an
impartial historian of current
events 1 am obli,red to record it.
But I will go back to where I
was a little while ago, if I (-an
find the placo. Oh, yes-the El
liott interview. I called at the
colored statesman's house, on La
dy street. The house is an at
tractive two-story, with a Man
sard roof. green blinuls, large
poroh, and two fountains playing
in front. A small yellow boy re
ceived me. I inquired for the
statesman. The statesman lept
c'ould I see him? The boy said
he would take up my name. The
statesman awoke and jumped out
of bed like a cricket. I was shown
into the sitting-room. It is a gem.
A rich carpect covers the floor, and
three large glass-fronted eases of
choicest books stand against the
wails. The mantles and tables
are coverecd with ornaments, and
ever-ything is as neat as a pin,
and arranged like a charm.
The Congressman came down
in
sLiPPERS AND DRtESSING-G;oWN.
He is a short, thick-set man,
ver-y black, and with the typical
features, even to the slant of the
forehead. Hie is, no doubt, one of
Ithe smartest really black men
Inow living. As a lawyer he has
Ia front rank; and can hold his
own with any of that technical
and learned profession who roost
in this State. While his face is
black andl his features heavy,
there is an abeence of the Afiri.
can dialect, lie talks like a wvell
bred white man.
"Mr. Elliott," I said, after some
preliminary conversation, "the
opinion is abroad that Patterson
bought his election to the Senate
with money."
"Tho opinicn Is cor-rect," he an1
swered quickly; "that's what he
did do."
"What do you think it cost
him?"
"Well, the amount is variously
estimated at from
FIFTY TO SiXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
I suppose about fifty thousand is
what lie exp)ended."
How would lie have i-un pro
vided lie had expended no mon
ey ?"
".Not at all. I don't believe he
would have got a vote. He owves
his electien entirely to money.
He bought up the Legislature;
that is the truth of the matter."
"That is a humiliating state
inent," I said.
"I know it is," lie replied, "but
it is the truth. Now, under-stand
me ; I am not saying this out of'
personal feeling. I was a candi
date boforeo the Legislature and
was defeated. I can bear defeat,
but the humiliatiou tne thing has
brough tpon our colored race,
that's Ut hurts me. Our race
is now on trial before the world
as to its fitness to govern. What
would be said after such a whole.
sale buying. up as this ? The co!
ored men , as you know, are in
large majority in the Legislature;
and then for them to deliberately
sell out by wholesale is a blow
that we can't get over for years.
It is a blow at our integrity, our
honesty, our manhood. 'fhe re
port has gone to the world that
the colored legislators, making
laws for South Carolina, have
been bribed by wholesale, and the
report is, unfortunatelv. true.
What will the world think of it. ?"
I told him the world would
think it
A PRETTY HARD CASE.
"Yes," he c-ontinued. "it was
Patterson's money that elected
him. His S!rengthil was in his
purse. Ie Lad no chnim upon
the party; he had no party status
in fact. He was a mere trades
Ma, a speculator. a j0>6ber. Oth
ers before the Legislature had
claims ; Scott had claims; I had
elaims. The party owed us some
thing ; it owed Patterson nothing.
Take my case ; I am a man of
-olor. The colored people of this
State are greatly in the majority.
I car-ried this district at the last
election by over twenty thousand
majority. If this senatorial elece
tion had been bef're the people I
would have beaten Patterson ten
votes to one. The legislators are
the representatives of the people.
io we must conclude that there is
something wrong."
"Suppose Mr. Patterson is not
allowed to take his seat?"
"Well, then, there will have to
be another election. Then if he
can be elected without money, all
right; nobody should complain.
But this thing of buying up a
whole Legislature is disgraceftul.
It ought not to be encouraged."
Perhaps not ; but it will never
be stopped in South Carolina.
The last Legislature could be
bought, and was bought time and
again. This one is a still more
disgraceful gang of political pros
titutes, and the next one will like
ly be worse. There is no improve
ment, but year after year the rot
ton demoralization in this unhap
py State continues. Elliott knows
this to be true ; Scott knows it ;
they all know it, and in confiden
tial moments they will say as
much.
HOW THE LEGISLATURENWASBOUGHT.
By the law of the State the
first ballot for senator is taken in
the Senate. The result is then
announced to the House, and the
House ballots. Patterson wanted
the moral effect of a largo vote in
the Senate, and there he shelled
out freelv. It is said that on the
first ballot there, sixteen votes
cost him not less than twenty-five
thousand dollars. At all ev'ents
he had been suffeiently liberal tc
got a majority. When the result
was known in the House ther<
was a stampede to the standard o:
the golden Patterson. The dar
key-s were told that his electior:
was sure, and that if they did not
come up to the work they wouk
not get "anything." The hope o
something mor-e, in addition t<
what they already had, was o
healthy effect, for the one ballol
taken resulted in the overwhelm
ing election of honest John Pat
terson. He goet more votes that
all the rest put togother.
The bribing business was at firs
pretty well covered up, but on the
home stretch, when matters go
warmed up the thing was carreie<
on in open dayligrht, Twenti
minutes befothe vote was ta
linamember. Fortune Giles b:
name, was called to one side b:
WV. H. Worthington, Pattersonw
ag~ent, and
A ROLL OF GREENBACKs
handed him. His colleague wa
then called, and a iroil given him
after which they voted for Pit
terson. Four credible witnesse
s-aw this transaction, as it occur
red right in the House.
On the night of the electioi
victorious Patterson was
ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY
on the affidavit of one Miller, vhor
he had offered from five hundre<
to a thousand dollars to vote fo
him, which Miller would not ag-e
to do. Either he is an hones
man, or the price was not hig
enough. There were also othe
affidavits, and I had c-opies C
them to inclose in this letter, bu
the overly neat colored lady wvh
cleans my room by sweeping evo
rything into the fire has made n
exception in the matter ' th
affidavits. .Patter'son was arre:
ted, taken before Trial Justic
Kirk by Officer Hendricks.
mob assembled and made matter
pretty lively for the trial justie<
Patterson swore, and, in the est
mation of the justice, insulted th
court. For this he was ssntence
to twelve hours impr-isonmeni
as punishment for the allege
contempt. Hie was followed t
durance vile by a concourse of hi
friends, who were determined t
see him "out" in more senses tha
one. Other ran for Judge Miacke1
who happ,IlMel to be inl town, for!
a wrlit of habeas corpus, wi ich
they ,ot without trouble. Pat
terson % was brougWt out. Kirk
wV.s sent for to come ad -show
Ca1 w e p-rieole Shioulld
not be rlased. The officer sent
to m>tif0 Kirk found him en
treced i i s ow%-in house with
the oors barrieaded. Kirk stuck
his lips to the crack antd to'd the
oflicer to go to h)-il, a;d the tii
e- le1t. Mackev r.leasdc- Patter
s0n. anid his f:ierds currieti him
to lhe iearest gro,Uvr. where
AlL TOOK A DII.NK.
The Legislature Cut off Kirk's
head next day, but not until be
lad returrie the papers inl the
case to the court. WelH1-inf 6med
peide don':t .sce hov the grald
jury.- lext tv'l e:m1 1.i:l to indikt
P:.Ia tVr:-o;on. There is an aIu1
dance vf ev dcc. Attrney.
General Melton is retorted to
have sufficient backbo:.'e to tho.
ro(Ugly sift the whole matter.
Under suet sifting it is a matter
of grievous doubt Vhether Patter
son) will go to the Senate or to the
penitentiary.
The report has been telegraphed
over th - country from here-and
perhaps the luckless SeliaLor elect
was at thei bOttom of it-that the
investigation has fiallen througb
and that the affianits had "gone I
back" on their solemn syearing
It is not true. The investigation
lacks ever so Ilc-li of having fa
ieu through. It promises to be a
rather tough and long-lived affair.
The Laad Commision.
The Charleston Couricr puli.hs a
report from Coimissioner Cardozo em
bracing a statement of the lands pur.
chased by the Commission, in wIch a
desci iptiwi of the purchases, their val
ue and disposition appears.
The State owns three tracts of land in
A bbeville; Anderson, three; Barnwell,-;
Beaufort, three; Charleston, seventy-fire
thousand acrc.,; Chester, two tracts
Clarendon, -; Darlington two; Edge
ield, six; Fairfield, three; Georgetown,
two; Greenville, four; Kershaw, two;
Lancaster, -; Lexington, twvo; Marion,
two; Marlboro, one; Newberr-, one:
Oconee. five; Orangeburg, two; Picke- s,
six; Richland, six; Spartaiburg, five;
Sumter, three; Williamsburg, one; York,
six. 0 ne ok
The Beard and Moorman tract in Nex
herry, purchased from Mr. Paysinger, is
situated on the line of the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad, abnut fifteen
miles from Newberry Court House. A
part of this tra:t, located on the Enoree
River, contai:iing about two hundred
1 and ,ixty-eight acres, is worthless-be
ing hilis of white sand. Back fron the
river, the land is washed Ly gullies,
many of which aro from ten to twenty
feet dUep. Towards the North, the most
of this land is worn out field. A creek
passes along the Eastern boundary, aid
joining which the land is good. The
two tracts have been divided into fifty
lots, nineteen of which are sold.
Dr. Lowry of York, says that be sold
several tracts of land to the State, but
has received only a portion of the pur
chase money. Hie is anxious to come to
settlement, and, in the meanwhile, is
working tho land himself.
The Agent at G reenville, under former
Commissioners, informs mec that the
ladwas bought and paid for by the
Stt, btno deed of the~ same appears
among the re-cor-ds of this offEce. I
would respetiully suggest that the At
- :or;ray-General be authorized to enquire
into the facts of the case, and if tbe mo
ney has been paid, comnpel the party or
necessary titles to theoState.e
The St.to became the purchaset of
two tracts of land in Kershaw. The
fBurrows tract located on Swift Creek,
eight miles South of Camden, was ptur
-chased from Geneoral F. d. Moses, Jr.
In ar.swer to the many rumors circula
ted houghout the State, in connection
with this.purchase, I deem it but sim
pIe justice to Gen. Moses to state odi
cially that he has given to the State
valid titles for the same. This land is
excellent; the soil is fertile and well
watered. It has been settled by indus
trious and trustnorthy farmers, who
- make fair promises of meeting the pay
3m tsaanearly day. The State will
. alie fomt wo tothree thousand dol
lars over and above its cost.
The Ciples tract, conveyed to the
State by S. R. Adams, is situated in the
Northern part of Kershaw County,
about fourteen miles from Camden, on
the White Oak Creek and Wateree Ri
|ver. The soil is fertile and portions
I well timbered. It is nearly all sold and
r i .settled.
The land in Chesterfield County was
visited by my agent, but on account of
the doubtful character of the titles and
the poor quality of the land he was una
ble to settle them. One tract cost the
fState $36,488-one-fifth of said amount
t might be realized from the sale at its ac
tual value-but it appears that the land
was deeded to the State, (for which the
State paid nearly nine dollars per acre),
which had been previously conveyed to
ej private individuals.
CoLUMBAr, S. G., Sept. 14, '72.
e LIon. F. L. Cardozo, Sec. of State :
Sir:This is the report of the land of
s the State in Chesterfield County. It is
-thirty three miles Northeast of Cheraw.
-lIt is one vast sand-bed from one end to
e the other, and if sold at one dollar per
- acre no set of people under heaven could
traise enough to pay for it. It has been
dIproperly surveyed.
I called upon the Clerk of Court and
obtained from him a brief of the lands in
athe County owned by the State. By
0 reference to this you will find the exact
condition and value of the titles.
J. E. GIrn:r A.. -
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and eharged accordingly.
Specinl contracts made with large adver
tisers, with I-beral deductions on above rates
JaR PRIVYTIN
Done with Neatness and Dispatch.
Terms Cash.
I have requested the Attorney Gene
ral w examine the titles.
The Ri.her Tract, purchased of P. T.
Schlev, in Colleton, is unsurveve. I
wrotc to A. C. SchafMer, Clerk of Court
of Coleton, fvr -information as to these
lands, %nd in reply received the follow.
ing coimrunication, which will explain
itself:
W.w::ssmo,May 281. '7-.
To A. C. Sebafler, Ebq., Clerk, C. G. P1.
Dear Sir :-With the letter of the
Secretary of State before me, and in
com)T,.;ice with your requie.t that I
%V(u1 s.e what cou!d 6e lear ned of its
st;ilject matter, I have w%ith care eian
ind :ie records, and made er.quiry of
pe:ros
TIe !od sold to te State, as hereaf
ter met::ned had beL1 owned by Ben
j-01jin R?i.her. I say had been, but it is
probaile eniough that Risher was the
ren! wnLr :L the time of the conve
ance iy Sch"ev.
This land, -3,290 acres, could not pro
perly iiave b--en sold bef.,re the Court
11ou:c., in Co:eton, on tine, fur fifty
cents per acre.
it wa. em1:vey1d by Pnilip T. Schley
to C. P. Leslie, La:.d Commis.i .ner, by
deed, dated 21st February, 1870, as ex
pressed in the record, for $19,500. This
deed was not recorded until November
28, 1871.
A mortgage was given by Schley of
the same o,200 acres on the 19th of April,
1870, near two mnths after he had con
veyed it to Leslie, to Benjamin Risher.
This was assigned on the 2d of May,
1870, to Philip W. Fairey. and was re
corded thd same d-v of assignment. The
assignment was likely enough in further
ance of some agreement existing at date
:f the execution of the mortgage, as is in
the hardwriting ,f the person who drew
the mortgage, and it merely states that
it was made "for value received". The
bond, to secure which the mortgage is
given, is signed for Schley by one Oakes,
and so is the inortgage. It is worthy of
comment that there is nothing of record
to show that title ever was in Schley, or
that if it was that Oakes had any legal
power to execute the conveyance for
him. Schley, I am informed, was a per
son of straw in Oakes' broker's office.
No renunciation of dower by Mr.
Risher, was executed on the mortgage,
but this does not seem to have preven
ted Fairey from taking it "for value re
ceived."
This mortgage to Risher was fore
closed, at Chambers, and witTrout any
evidence, as appears on the record of the
only defendant, Schley consenting to an
order at Chambers.
Philip W. Fairey became the pur
chaser. The Commissioner not being
tmade a party to the proceedings to fore
close, the State is not affected by the
decision in that case. I am all but sure
that F'airey had actual notice of the
whole trar,saction, and, if so, cannot, of
course, avail himself of any debmy in the
registration of the con veyan'-e fromt
Schlecy to Leslie, Commr~issioner.
There is a strong scent of villainy
throughout the matter.
Yours very truly,
CilARLES TRA CY,
P. S.-Famirey is son-in-law to Risher.
To be Judged by their Wok.
'There are laws pendmng or proposed itn
Congress:
To absorb the telegraph lines as a
governmer.t institutioni.
To concentrate control of the railroads
in a government bureau.
To regulate elections by a sweeping
Federal iaw.
Trun the cormmon school system by
a National Education bureau.
To condemn private property any
where in the Staz:es for the use of the
governmbent, by an arbitrary statute.
These mronstrous propositions---whence
are theV? Let it be remiemubered, when
tihe people come to make up their ver
diets, that they all originate with the
party in power, and that no other party
in the history of the country ever sought
or dared to broach such dangerous in
vasion of pr ivate right and public liber
ty.
TER~RIBLE IloMcDE.-The heart Chills
with hor'-or at the bare contemplation of
the bloody and terrible tragedy which
was enacted in the upper portion of our
County last week. The tragedy is one
of fiendish atrocity-that of a brother
slain by the hands of a brother. The
parties~to this deed of olood are Archi
bald Pettigrew and iis brother Robert,
and the circumstances of the case as re
iatedl to us are as follows: Arch ibald
and Robert Pettigrew oni last Tuesday
morning started together from the house
of ,Jas. Henry Wilds, were gone but a
short time when Archibald returned,
ca!!ing for his brother. iIe was told
that Robert had gone off with him, and
then said if that was tihe case, he had
killed him. Search was made for Rob
ert, who wvas found in the road not far
from Wilds' house, fatally stabbed. the
knife having pierced the right lung.
The unfortunate manl lingered until Sat
urday and then died. Suc~h an event
cannot too deaply be deplored.
[Abbeville Medium.
I.POrTaNT Cn.isats.-The fullowing
are the important changes made in the
bankruptcy act : The time during which
bankrupts may be discharged, upon pay
ment of 50 per cent. of their indebted
ness, is extended until Junly 1, 1878.
Life insurance policies to the amount of
five thousand dollars are exemip t from as
sets available for creditor, and all judg
muents against persons and property be
fore petitions are filed, are to he first and
fully satisfied. It also allows all exemp
tion allowed by any State law on the
first of January, 1871. It also exempts
a widow's dower or ,wher estates in lieu
thereof, if the State taw so provides.
Could the entire crop of cotton be
converted into yarns at t he South, and
shipped abroad in that forni, it would
add one hundred and fifty million of
dollars annually to the wealth of this
portion of the United States. Foreign
mills would adapt their machinery to
working up their yarns inste.ad of the
raw cotton. If but one quarter of the
crop conid be thus converted it would
be a great blessing to this country, and
enable numbers of wvomen and chi!dren
who are now dependent on others to
support themselves.