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IA A A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUINE 13, 1877. iNo. 24. T~~1E ERL IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Ne wberry, S. C. BY THO&. R. ORRNRKKR, Editor and Proprietor. Terms, $2.09 per .Inuti Invariably in Advarse. SThe paper is stopped at the expiration time for which it is paid. SThe k' mark denotes expiration of su scr iption. ___ THE DUCK. I think it was a stroke of luck To come into the world a duck; I fly, I swim, I walk, you see; What other can compare with me? I swim-far better than the swallow, I~fly, and beat old Dobbin hollow; I walk-and thus surpass the trout And other fishes, out and out. But when did envy ever lack A word of ill behind one's back? It makes me sick to hear them talk. They say I waddle when I walk. And when I fly with outspread wings The swallows mock-the saucy things. They say I dare not wheel or skim, Lest I shoald fall and break a limb. And yesterday a pert young chub Gave me, be thought, a hardish rub; "That swimming?" said he with a laugb "I call it only half-and-half." We let them talk, it won't hurt me They are not da: ks and drakes, you see; Our graces put them in a pet; that I really was a drunkard. I attempted to arise, but I reeled and fell back against the table beside which I had been sitting, nearly knocking it over. But I could stand and I could think. Was I drunk ? Perhaps . I was ; and yet I had called for arother glass of brandy. I determined not to drink it but go home at once. As I was passing the bar, the waiter politely bowed and said : "Doctor, one dollar and a quar ter." "For what ?" I asked. "Six drinks this time are three shillings : fourteen last night, sev en shillings. That just makes ten shillings." "Was I here last night ?" "Certainly; don't you remem ber it?" I said I did, but I didn't. But I paid the money and left. And as I passed into the-street some ragged boys shouted: "There goes old Parks, drunk again !" I felt like annihilating the ras cals, but I smothered my indigna tion and reached my home. Pro ceeding at once to my study, I sat down and began to reflect. It was Friday. How many patients had I visited that week ? I couldn't tell although I felt cer tain that I had visited several, of what I did I had not the faintest idea. I called up my wife and asked her whom I had waited upon during the last four days. She replied that one party received my service on Monday, and ano ther on Tuesday. The names mentioned were formerly among my best friends. "Were either very sick ?" I 1 asked. "Mrs. White, the lady upon whom you called Monday., is very sick." '-And I have not been near her since ?" ~'"No." S"And she has not sent for me." S"No. Her husband procured "Procured the services of an Sother doctor." "Yes, IDr. Brown." s"Was I-wife, I am going to task you a plain question, and I Dwant a olain answer. Was I drunk when I called on Mrs. ~White?" r"Her husband said you were," came the hesitating answer. My wife spoke those words in a .very sad tone, and it called to my ;mind the reference to her in the .conversation I had overheard. Y.'Xes, her every appearance was sufficient to convince me that she was really sinking under some .thing. Was it the unhappiness I 1gave her because I was a drunk yard ?~ 0I didn't make any promises then, but I thought them. Per b aps I might have spoken them, p but at that moment a servant tcalled at my study, and informed nme that a poor woman was at my edoor and wished to see the doe ntor. aIt was re'ally a relief to me to have one person call, and I went to see what the poor woman wan ted. She was a wretched-iooking creature, pale and emaciated, al -tho' there was no appearance of I intemperance about her. 1 asked . her what she required, and she dreplied : "Sure, me husband has fell through the trap over a.t the big distillery, and broke his leg all to pieces !" dI consider myself a capital sur geon, and it occurred to me at -once that amputation. might be Fe necessary. So I told the woman Sto wait a moment, and I would Saccompany her. I went to my . Iroom, procured my instruments, Sand then proceeded to the resi >dence of the injured man. It was tlocated on Pearl street-then the 1 most wretched in the city-and I felt a terrible sensation come over .- me as I mounted the rickety tstairs tbrough the filth and sstench, into a little attic room. .As we reached the apartment the n. pvr womnu said to me: a "I hope you'll excuse us sir, but e we didn't come to this until my e I anahand took to drink an' negt lected his work. I can't support the children alone." Here was another blow to me. I went in, made an examination of the broken limb and found sure that it would have to come off. I informed the woman that this was the only way to save his life, and she begged me not to let him die, as she could not live withont him. Was it possible? Could she love that brutalized creature ? He was lying perfectly unconscious, and the filth around him actually turned me sick. But I must do something for him, and yet I feared to attempt the job alone. I told the woman that I would procure assistance, and return in a few moments, and then entered the street. I had intended to go for another doctor but as I began to think about it I feared to do so, lest every one should refuse to work with me. My hands were,trembling eow, for the liquor I had drank had nearly worn off. I thought per haps a glass of brandy would steady my nerves; so I entered a saloon and took one, two, three. My hand began to be steadier, and I felt a greater confidence in myself. The bar kept at the Eagle was one of the most fashionable down town, and the brandy was excel lent. So I drank again and again. Now a little rest would do me good, and I seated myself in an easy chair, in one corner of the room. After sitting quiet for fifteen minutes; I felt that I was ready to perform my work, and that I could do it alone. I arose and re turned to the hovel. I rolled up my sleeves and be gan. The wife stood weeping at my side, but I heeded her not. The children trembled with fright, but it did not touch my heart. I handled the penknife and used the saw-and that limb was off. But, horrors ! in gathering up the ar teries, I could not find the main one. 1 cut the leg again and again, and still the artery receded from me. He was bleeding to death, and as he gradually grew paler his consciousness returned. He open ed his great glaring eyes into mine. "Have you not seen the cursed effects of rum often enough to know better than to bring a drunken doctor here to perform such a work as this ? He has murdered me !" The wife began to shriek in the most terrible manner, and the cry was taken up by the children and their wailings rent my soul. "I'll save him," I cried ; "I'll save him yet. For heaven's sake cease your cries, or you will have a crowd of people here, and I can do nothing. Be silent, and within five minutes I will return with another doctor." I attempted to pass from the room, but I was compelled to wade ankle deep in the blood. I found that my clothing was com pletely saturated with the crim son. I went frantically into the street, and towards the residence of Doctor Brown. "For God's sake," I cried,- as I met the doctor, "come with me, quick ! I have attempted the amputation of a man's leg, and I need assistance." ''You must attend to your own cases," coolly replied the doctor. "But the man will bleed to death," I said. "His blood is upon your head. I cannot compromise myself by any connection with such as you." "Then go alone and save the man ; I will simply show you the way." "I will ; for it has been my pro vince for a long time to save where you have nearly killed." Tfhe doctor followed me from his house to the hovel of the in jured man. But when I reached it, what was my horror to see a large crowd of people gathered outside the door. The wife was n the centre of the circle, and she was tearing her hair and absrieking terribly. Her little ones were clinging to her and moaning most piteously. Presently the eyes of the fran tic woman fell upon me. She sprang towards me, shrieking: "He's dead ! and you are his mur derer." I was paralyzed. I turned to fly, but could not. I was riveted to the spot. Then there came a general murmuring from the crowd. It became louder, and louder, and finally a voice exclaimed, "Hang the murderer !" Those words were repeated by others, and then one universal cry rent the air: "Hang the mur-' derer !" The mass began to swing to and fro, and then made a rush for me. They seized me and dragged me toward a distant tree, while their. howlings were terrible to bear. Then a rope was procured, placed about my neck, thrown over a limb, and I was drawn up. I suffered most terrible agony, and it appeared to me that I hung there for hours. I tried to die, but could not. At length I heard the crowd below me exclaim: "He's dead now. We can take him down and bury him." I was lowered and crowded into a narrow box. I tried to tell them that I was not dead, but I could neither move nor speak, although my senses were in no way im paired. . Then I heard the men digging earth, I knew they were making a grave. This completed, the box which contained me was rolled into it. Then the earth began to rattle down upon me. My God ! I could not be buried alive. I put forth all my strength; I struggled fearfully, and my powers returned to me. I burst from my confinement, and sprang out of the grave with a wild cry. Then I looked around upon the gaping crowd. Was it possible ? I was still in the bar of the Eagle saloon, and had just leaped from the chair where I had been sleeping. A dozen men were looking at me, some in wonder, and some smil ing, as they thoroughly under stood the case. I had drank too much on enter ing the saloon, seated myself in an easy chair, and had the drunk ard's dream. But it was so ter ribly real that I could scarcely believe it not to be such. Fright, however, thoroughly sobered me. I went at once to Dr. Brown and humbly stated the case, ask ing him to assist me. Hie con sentLed, and we both repaired to the hovel. I shuddered as I entered, but the injured man was lying as I had left him. We performed oar work, and the man recovered, but with the loss of a leg. I returned home with a fixed purpose in my mind. I did not tell my wife my dream, .but I pressed her to my heart and pro mised her that I never would drink again. She wept, but they were tears of joy. And 1 have kept my promise faithfully. AN OUTRAGE.-NOt long ago a man, calling himself M. Long, went through parts of our county exchang ing bills of the State Bank for the bills of the Bank of the State. He managed to exchange about $20 with old Mrs. Shealy, and other old people in the upper part of the Fork. We warn our readers against any such exchanges. The bills of the State Bank are worthless. This mian Long represented himself as living near Newberry. (Summit ( Lexington) Courier. A young lady says that "if a cart-wheel has nine fellows at tached to it, it's a pity that a girl like her can't have one !" A blind mendicant in Paris wears this inscription round his neck.: 'Don't be ashamed to give only a sou. I can't see." Look out for drunken pigs whben ale comes in hogsheads. When is a fisb fit for a lunatic sin m ? When it is in Seine ? VisalUantous. LFrom the Journal of Commerce.] GLENN SPRINGS. ITS PAST AND PRESENT-ITS LOCATIO3 TRADITIONS AND HISTORY. Those of your readers who ar beginning to cast about for som place of rest and shelter during th hot months which are approaching will be pleased to know that thi celebrated watering place is not open for the season. Glenn Springs is situated on high ridge, dividing the Fair Foi est and North Tiger rivers, ninet; miles rather northwest of Columbia within five miles of the Spartanburg Union and Columbia Railroad, an< twelve miles south of the town o Spartanburg. It is accessible mori conveniently by hack from Spartan burg C. H., by a pleasant and pic turesque drive of less than tw< hours. Professor Toumey, in hi geographical survey of the State speaking of this route, says : Be tween Spartanburg and. Glen Springs the Fair Forest has scoop ed out a channel in the Gneiss rock -at the foot of a hill, forming a wil< and picturesque little view. Gneisi is also well exposed at the quiet an< pretty spot called Cedar Springs now an asylum for the dumb, dea and blind, where a bold spring o pure water issues from a fissure ii the rock. Glenn Springs is classed by Pro fessor Walter, in his work on min eral springs, among the Sulph: Springs. But the analysis by Dr C. U. Shepherd, of the Charlestor College, shows it to contain beside sulphuretted hydrogen, sulphate o magnesia, carbonate of lime, ani sulphate of lime, and is, therefore both alkaline and saline, and henc< the very large class of disease which it benefits and cures. In deed, there is scarcely an ailment except well developed tubuculai consumption, and that in the las stages, which it does not benefit. Tradition says that in the yeal 1764, over a century ago, when th< wild deer, and other denizens o the forest, were plentiful in th< District of Spartanburg, old hunt ers observed trails converging fron all points of the compass to a cer tain marshy cove at the base of hill, where this celebrated spring il now situated. To this marsh thes< wild animals were in the habit, ii the spring time and summer, of re sorting, to drink the water whic] run from it, and many an antlerei buck has lost his life in caring fol his health. After the time of th< deer and the buffalo, the cattle a the early settlers had the same re sort, and when lost from distan sections, they were almost always found at what was then called th< "powder marsh." The early set tiers observing this fact, scoopei out holes in the marsh for the wa ter to fill up, and used them as bath ing places for their children and indeed, all who had any eruptivt disease ; and for years and years i was regarded as a sovereign reme dy for complaints of this character An old gentleman, of some sixtP years or more, now living in thii vicinity, informed me that when ehild he was bathed in a little pud die below the spring, for som< eruption, he said the itch, which i effectually cured. At that earl: age the spring was not found, ani the water was only used forF bath ing purposes. Subsequently, hoiw ever, the spring was discovered and the .people began to imitatt the example of their cattle, ani commenced drinking the water which they found, if possible, mor< efficacious than bathinug in it, It is said that Chancellor Davii Johnson, many years ago, bough1 the tract of land upon which th< spring is located, giving for it at old horse, and afterwards sold i' for a profit of four hundred dollari -a good large profit, but not equa to fifteen thousand dollars, whici: it subsequently brought. About 183--, after the spring had attained something more that a local notoriety, Mr. John B. Glenn, of Union County, while o:: a visit to his brother-in-law, Mr. Austin Spands, who then owned the property, hearing of its won derfn1 nures. bought an interest iz it, and moved up for the benefit the health of his wife. They a childless and had been for ye but after one season, Mrs. Glei health improved most rapidly, she became the mother of a bot ing boy, who still lives in neighborhood, a standing mc e ment of the virtue of Glenn Spr e water. After this, the fame of e spring extended far and near, i i, a great many persons resorted s it for their health. Cabins w v built all over the place, and there was not room enough to a commodate the people. Mr. G1< was unable to build, and he 1 y induced to sell out to a compi of gentlemen, consisting of ' Morris Moore, Dr. Winsmith, l A. B. Irvine, Dr. Vanlew, f Thorne, Davis Caldwell, Rob e Moorman, Geo. Ashford, Knit Sims, Wm. Peanot, Morgan Ho - ton, Saml. Brown, J. B. Glenn,- c some others, whom my inform 3 does not now remember. Th , gentlemen obtained a charter fr the Legislature, and in the y 1 1838 built the present hotel E - eight cottages in the lawn. The main body of the hous( i sixty feet square, three stories s 3 a half high, with three wings fi I feet each, two stories and a l high. The rooms are ample a f well arranged. There is a fifty f f dining hall room and parlor, i sides billiard room, card roc reading rooms and reception roc - and there are six rooms in each - the eight cottages. Upon the cc r pletion of the hotel, there wa grand opening, and at once it 1 came the fashionable resort of 3 State. Many resorted to it f pleasure, but many more for tb I health. Even committees of I Legislature made it a place 3 meeting in the interval, and i 3 cel brated acts of the Legislati - of 1839 and 1840, defining the < ties and liabilities of the distr e officers, not keounty, when peet b tion and fraud were unknown, wi drafted here, and here many ofi e chancellors drafted their mosti 3 portant decrees. f Under the management, howev 3 of this company of distinguisi gentlemen, it did not prove a fini icial success, and in a few yeari -became the property of Mr. Jc L C. Zimmerman, who managed 3 successfully and satisfactorily 3 some ten years, and year by yea: I became more celebrated. Duri - this time Dr. M. Laborde, of 1 South Carolina College, says of I "One of the best watering places Le the Southern country is situa 3 in Spartanburg IDistrict-I m< f Glenn Springs. This has bee: - place of great resort for the peo t~ of the State, and has acquire< 3 well merited celebrity. Many 3 the most distinguished gentlen -*of South Carolina who have sp< I seasons at the Virginia Springs a Saratoga, have pronounced it ft - equal to these world renowi ,places." 3 In 1853 Mr. Zimmerman sold bto the Revs. Mr. Arthur and 3 -Collough, for the purpose of opi .ing a female college, but in t: rthey did not succeed according 3 their anticipations. Besides, i L people clamored for it as a resi -for health, and it was again oper ato the public by Mr. J. C. Jann b of Columbia, and others, u.ntili r war. After the war it was oper I by the Messrs. Fowler, and is n -owned and open to the public - Dr. J. W. Simpson and J, Wis ,Simpson, of Laurens, who mo' 3 to it for the benefit of their heal I These gentlemen are improvi ,and fitting up the house a 3 grounds, and hope to make it, as ante-bellumi days, a place where 1 igood people of the State can i Stogether during the summer moni Sand talk over their troubles of 1 ipast, their delivergeie from carp ibaggers and corruption, and th Sbright and glorious prospects: lthe future, under Hampton, honei Sand home rule. So mote it be. The - president of the Unit States Mortgage Company is propriately quartered at Chicago The new Chinese coin is the -tieth part of a cent in value, aa a nannifdaare Uaafl anikel. of LTranslated from Schieberts Guerre Civile. ere GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON. ars, lm's But let us pass to the origina nd Jackson, whose short life is sc Lnc~ filled with heroism, and therefor the would lend so many charms to ar nu- extended biography that it is very ing difficult to confine ones' self tc the sketching . his great characteris. mad ties. General Stonewall Jackson to had nothing in his exterior ap ere pearance which would indicate e yet General of so great merit. ac- Of a medium and unerect stat. 1 ure, awkward in his movements, as he perfectly resembled a scholar, my with his keen, black eyes - and Dr. pleasant countenance, enclosed in Dr. a black beard. Dr. His long black hair, his precise ert language, and the complete neg ligence of his bearing, did not as- modify the impression that he nd produced as a soldier, the less as ant he was not a skillful cavalier, and ese that he trotted not elegantly on a om thin, brown horse, now become ear famous. dnd General Jackson was born Jan . uary 21, 1824. Sprung from pa. 1 is rents with little wealth, he was .nd at an early age destined to a mili fty tarv career. He was educated at raif West Point, on leaving which ,nd place he entered the artillery. In eet the campaign of 1847, against be- Mexico, he distinguished himself In to such a degree that he was soon im, commissioned first lieutenant. His of brilliant conduct in the battles of 'm- Con treras and Cburubusco obtain. S a ed for him the grade of captain, be- and after the battle of Chepulte the pec he was breveted major. But for the climate so badly affected his eir health that he was forced to re he sign in 1852, and to accept a Pro of fessorship at the Virginia Military he Institute. In this vocation M ire distinguished himself by his ori a- ginality. Litt). liked by the Ca 1ct dets, whom he alienated by his tda pedantry and severities, he was re frequently the object of carica ~he tures, and received a quantity of ~m- nick-names, such as "Old Tom," etc. er, If the war of secession had not ied afforded him occasion to put into m"- play his brilliant military quali it8 ties, he would, most likely, have hin passed through life, like many it thousands before him, as a simple for individual who would have been it rendered conspicuous more than .n in any otb5r manner by his ori ~he ginality. In 1861, at the age ol it' 37 years, he was called to the il conmnand of a small corps of ob ted servation at Harper's Ferry, and aan after that debut it could have been 0. a perceived that he possessed dis ple tinguisbed talents as a General; a not only in the skillful prepara. of tion of his troops, but also by his ien judgment in conceiving and exe 3nt cuting his pla.ns. nd After the military operations in filY which he was engaged, of which Led there has been an account in this work, it is. no longer necessary to it refer to his military talents ; but iEc- there is much untold about his enl- character that is of interest. Eis Jackson was a Presbyterian, to and resembled Cromwell in being ~he not only the military but spiritual rt chief of his soldiers. He remained Led faithful to his peculiar belief; did ey, nothing without prefacing it with she an ardent prayer, so that his men, Led who were attached to him with a ow most profound love, saw him, so by to speak, surrounded with an ideal tar halo, while he himself drew from red this intimate union an invincible th- for"", and in contempt of his per ng sorsal safety, committed into the nid hands of Providence. He had a in ze.-l for the service, and an activ ~he ity in the execution of just meas 3et ures, the result of which was to ~ha make all mediocrities subservient 1he to his will. et- It was in this that his force eir consisted, that acquired the abso For lute confidence of his men, and sty gave him a boldness almost joy ous, which reflected itself on his face whenever he executed a movement. ed But it was not only before the sp- battle that he prayed. His negro .servant said of him, "LNassa, on morn in' of big battle, prg~y so sfif much." But even~ during the bat. ad tle, when he could not obtain vic tory: thn in tha ve thinktad }ADVERiTISING RATES, Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00 per square (one inch) for first insertiouz. anrd 75 cents for each subsequent Insertion. Dlouble column advertisemients ten p.r eent. on above. Notices ni n ee rinrs, olbitti3ries andtributes of resper . raue pcr squaire as ordinary advertisenwit.. Speri.a Notic. ii L-,:tl colnuin 15 cents per line. Advertisemnents not i:j~rled with the num ber of insertions will be kept In till forbid, and charred atccordinalti. Special contracts maile with large adver tisers, with liberal deductions on above rates. JOB PR.W1I7Mt DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. TERMS CASH. of the fight, he would raise his arm as if to appease the heavens. lie always attributed to God the_. victories he gained, as did former ly Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden. He died with the same heroism and in the same faith in which he bad lived. Only one who, like my. self; has been an eye-witness, could form an idea of the regr-ets and of the profound sadness that biq death caused in the army. Gen eral Lee was particularly struck by the blow. It was Gneisenaui who was missing to Blucher. When General Lee received the news of the amputation of Jack son's arm, he wrote : "You -are better off than I am, for while you have only lost your left, I have lost my right arm." The following letter that Gen eral Leo wrote to Jackson after his wounds, furnishes us with the most striking representation of