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VOL. XVI. PICKENS, S. C.. THURSI)AY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1887. NO. 49.
MYSTERIOUS SOUN)S.
THE CURIOUS EFFECTS TIIEY iiAVJ
UPON THE MINI)S OF SOME 'ERSONS.
The Oroundless Fear Experienced by tle
Hearing of Apparently Inexplicable
Noises-- rhe Origin of Midnight Sotnnle
Generally to be Traced to Atmospheric
Influe os.
The ofieot of certain sounds upon the
mind is oftepl very curious. We do not
allude to the ordinary phenomena of
speech, singing and music, where the
sound-producing apparatus is tolerably
familiar, and its distance from the hearer
estimated with a near approach to aCcl
racy. The effect is only "mysterious'
when there is any doubt as to where the
sound comes from, and hpw it was
originated; the imagination then begus,
and works itself up to very singular hal
lucinations. Night, or darkness with
)ut night, has much to do with this mat
ter. When we cannot see the sound
producing agent, conjecture is apt to run
wild. Ghost stories ofteu depend on no
beittor foundation than this. For in
stance, certain sounds may frequently
be heard at night coming from the air
above, but from an invisible souree-- a
kind of whistling or prolonged cry, the
producers of which are known in cert:ti
ps.rts of England as "whistlers." Sime
legends make it out that these whistlers
are ghosts, some evil spirits, som Wan
dering Jews. But the truth is that the
sounds proceed from birds, such as wild
geese or plovers, which are in the habit
of flying in flocks by night, either for
ho purpose of reaching distant feeding
4 grounds or during their annual migra
tions. The cry which is usually utt ered
bs the "leader" during these nocturnal
b'ird-tlights has, from ignorance of its
cause, been regarded as weird and inys
terious by superstitious folks, who asso
ciate it with impending evil.
Many a su1po:e(d ''man in tie house"
turns out to he only tho noise of some
door, possibly aflected by gr,elual
changes of temperature, forcing itself
open. Many a ghost story would rc
ceivc its solution by a little attention to
the sounds resulting from the expansion
and contraction of wood-work, suIh as
panels, wainscoting and articles of fIori
tare. Heard at night, when all is still,
the sudden creaking of furniture in a
room is apt to be somewhat start.ig,
until one comes to know that it is simply
d.to the "weather."
So nd, being genemlly mor indile
Pt iu the da.ylimne, A oitei
hose w"hio o)verl ok 'his
Stpecially otedt ais
' " - "-iefn a' the
toi
times
is produ.. , i_
hear it. 'T'he chirp of aem sparrow e, n
audible to some persons; others, who
can hear this sound, cannot hear the
squeak of a bat; and all of u are at the
mercy of a kind of tone deafness (aiido
gous in some degree to l)r. )atk,n's
color blindness) in regard to sounds of
acute pitch. A singular ease of vi-ible
but inaudible drumming occurred during
the American War of Indcpend-nec.
English and American troops were drmtwa
up on opposite sides of the river; the
outposts were mutually visible; and the
English could see an American drummer
beating his tattoo, although no sound
could be heard. ''his is attributed to a
kind of tone opacity which all'eeted tie
air ever the river in a particular state of
temperature and humidity.
There is, to miost of us, much mrystery
-in sounds when louder than we expecd
to find thein. A well at Carisbrooxe
Castle, Isle of Wight, has water at the
bottom, andl when so small an object ats
a pin is droppedl into the waiter, thre
sound can be heard above, although the
well is more than two hundred feet, deep.
At St. Albain's Cathedral, it used to) be
said, the tick of a watch could be hoard
from end to end of that very long build
ixng. Whether the recent restorations
*Aave interfered with this p)henomnenon,
sve do not know. I1t is a well-known
fact that sounds can be heard over w~ater
at a greater distance than over laud.
D r. Hatton heard a p)erson readinug at a
distance of one hundred and fort.y feet
on thre Thlames, whereas he could only
hear him seventy feet away when on
the shore. Sounid can be heard over
ice, also, more eaisily' than over hind.
When Lieutenant 1'oster was wintering
in thre arctic regions, lie found lhe eoubt
converse with a man a mile and a <paur
ter distant, both being on the ice. The
human voice, it is asserted, has bcen
heard ton miles oif by persons at Gibral
tar-over thre water of thre strait, we pro
sume. The whispering gallery at St.
Paul's is always a mystery to visitors; ai
whisper often becomes audible at the
opposite side of the gallery, but not al
intermediate positions. The lato Charler
'Wheatstone once mad(e a curious observa
tion on sound at the Colosseum in thue
Rtegent's Park, recently pullled down.
Placing himself close to the upper part
of the interior wall--a circle one hun
dred and thirty feet in (diamneter he
found that a spoken word was repeastedl
.many times; that an exclamation ap.
pgared like a peal of laughter, and thin
the tearing of a piece of paper was liki
the pattermng of hail. In the Cathedra
of Girgenti, Sicily, a whisp~or can bs
heard theo whole length of the buli
if the whiisperer places himself in thi
focus of the semi-circular aPse at oni
end. A story is told that long ago a
confessional-box was inadvortently place(
just at the spot near .the entrance to thu
church, and that the authorities first ho
-came cognizant of this awkward fact h'
a ferment arising out of one particula:
confeasion.
There is no doubt of it, the fear ox pe
rienced' by manny persons, especial'
woLuen, on hearing sonme of these "miys
teriouis sounds" is groundless, and exam
jnation nearly always proves it. '[hi
fear is largely p)revalent among tIe fe
male sex. When alone they are apt t1
attribute each creak of the door to somw
midnight assasin, each rattle of th
window-pano to Ian incautious burglai
This fear is greatly auigmenited by th~
imagination, wvrihi makes murderers (]
rats and ghosts of cockroaches as the;
glde about during the silent wvatches o
.the night. Again, some persons hav
an incessant horror of being clutched in
the dark by som cold, clammy being
who has the remarkable, superhuman
power of coming in upon them through
the koyhole. They live in constant
dread, they toss upon their couches, and
should they awake in the darkness of
the night and hear the sighing of the
wind, imagination weaves the sound into
the breathing of seono ghoulish visitor,
and drawing the covering over their
heads, they await with bated breath and
list'ning ear their coming doom.
It is a silly fancy, an unnatural com
position, that produces iuch dread. We
are not living among vipers, whoso poi
sonots fangs are drawn to strike upon
every side; nor are wo sturrotnded by
Sepoys, whose dark scowl and murderous
leer are indicative of the trade of death,
whose dirks ore ever clutched to plunge
them into the flesh of brothers, whose
fingers are aching to clutch some unsus
pecting victim. Nor is this a Nihilistic
country, where treason lurks in the very
air, whero brotler suspects brother,
where to-day you are broathing in se
curity and to-morrow the seal of death
is upon you. Such, thank God, is not
the c:iso. Civilization is at its grandest
height, the world is becoming socialized,
and the influences of the law are tending
to remove the dread of mau for mankind.
Enemies are not going to pounce upon you
at every turn, nor assassins hover over
your slumber. So, ye fearful antici
pators, go to your rest, unmindful of
detrimenit, undisturbed by the moaning
of the wind.
THII V LEFT TilE HABY.
A iold Uase of licartiess )esert1on by
Two Unknown Vomeon.
(liroin. !te Atlanta Constitution.)
Maior Jackson and Mary Jackson, his
wife, live at 161 Mangum street. They
are both almost jet black negroes, but
into their home came a white baby early
yesterday morning, a beautiful, blue
eyed, golden-haired boy.
The parents of the child are unknown.
Soon after ,Jackson left his home for
his day's work his wife bogan cleaning
up the dishes, and as sho was in the
midst of the work a loud knock on the
front door attracted her attention. At
the door she noticed two white women
neatly dressed. One of them carried a
small bundle in her arms, and as she en
tered the house the negro woman Saw
that it was a baby. One of the women
pretenled to be sick, and gave her ill
*ness, which she claimed was very sud
den, as an CxCUSe for entering the house.
'the old woman quickly provided I hem
)oth with chairs, and as they sat down,
one of tleu ;id:
''Auntie, please take the baby a
in u e."
helie old woman took the child and be
gan catressing it.
''Sit down, please," said one of the
prettiest baby
m ael the woman who
6 all the talking.
..es, ma'am, he certainly looks dat
way," said the negress, glancing at the
child's face, which she had uncovered.
"lIte certainly is, and he is just as
g: od and sweet os he is pretty. You
mttt take mighty good care of him while
you ha.ve him, for you will be well paid
for your trouble."
''Oh, din ain't no trubble,'' answered
the old wonilt.
''Oh, sister, ileasa get me a drink of
water," remarked t he woman who had
not sloken.
'Canu you get me a glass of water,
auntie," said the other woman.
"fiartinly," said the negress, arising
with the baby in her arms and advancing
towards the woman.
"'Just lay it on the bed there," saiid
the woman pointing towards the bed.
The oltd negro laid the chil on the
bed tendlerly, andl started inlto the yard
to1 draw a buscket of wter. She was
gone three or four minutes, anid asu she
re-eniteiedl the room, was sur-prised to
findl the two women gone. Olanciu"
towards the bed, however, she notie ti
the child lying as she had placed it.
'Thie old1 woman couldi not understanud
the situatiin, and hurried towards the
front (leer to ask it from the women.
As she reachied the (door she saw one of
them enter a carriago, in which the
other was sitting, just us the driver
touched his horses with the whip. 'The
e1l woman called upon0 them to stop,
btut the horses sprang away swiftly, andl
and were soonu out of sight around the
corlr.Th citrriage was the one in
wihtewomen came wvith the baby.
It had been left b)esidle the sidewalk
when they entred the hous~e, bt the
old woman han paid but little attention
to it.
After the carriage had driiveni away the
ob(1 woman re-entered the house, and,
picking up the babe, began looking at
it. A glance showed that it was p)retty.
Its clothing was neat, though not fine,
but there was no mark about it to indi
cato whence they came. 'The old woman
was considerably mudtdled, and in her
dilemama sent for an oflicer. Ed Cason,
o)f the mounted depart ment, respondled,
and from the 0old woman heard the
story. Th'le two women were described
to the ollicer. Bloth were apparently
thirty years of age, and both were
dressed in black. One (If thoem~-the one
who asked for the water--was closely
veiled, while the ether had no veil at tall.
'[he carriage was not a street hack, and(
Ollicer ('ascii could not traco it far.
Th'le old woeman imanifested a reluct
anice to give uip the child wvhen thme olilier
suggested takitng chmarge of it, andl prom
ised to care for it and give it tip when
neCededl.
A pretty N ebraskat widow who had
ensnared the alflcetionis of mniy respiect
able farmers living near Wyman was re
c4mntly ordered1 to leaive the county by ai
band of "'regulators" under penalty oIf ai
- coat of tar and feathers. Nothing
daunted by thme threat, thne widow houighit
- a doublo barrel shotgun and awaited de(
- velopments- When the "regulators"
Sa proaocd the house to carry out their
tzireats the sight of a loadled shotgun
pointing from one of the windows de
terred thmem, and one of the numiber, ini
admiration of the" Woman's plluck, ad
vainced under a flag of truce, prop'oe(d
marriage and was accepted on tbe spot1
IThen a parson was calied In, the mar
riago.was celebrated and the night wound
upwith a round of etde.-Bto
llE. WAS ONCIE lIANG;IS).
DInrveoiuI ECenpso of a Negro Fromn a
l)eath on the Gallowe.
(From the Worcester Telegram.)
Yesterday afternoon a colored man
was taken ill on the common, and would
have fallen but for the timely assistance
of two bystanders. The man had been
wandering about the common since
morning, and had been noticed on ac
count of the peculiar way in which ho
carrird his head. It hung toward his
right shoulder, and he seemed to take
no pains to pull it into the position in
which people commonly carry their
heads. lie was respectably dressed in
clothes that had evidently not been
made for him, and his boots looked as if
ho had walked a considerable distance.
When he had been assisted to a seat
ho fainted, and when ho regained con
sciousness he clutched at his throat,
tore away his collar and said appealing
ly, "No, No! My God! Not again!" His
embarrassment when he looked about
him was marked. One of the gentlemen
who had assisted him to a seat left when
the colored ran had recovered, but the
other remained and <luestioned him as
soonl as he had recovered his composure.
lie did not, belong in Worcester he
said, and ho had never boon here before.
He had walked from Now Haveu, beg
ging shelter and food as he went, and
had only got to this city in the early
morning. He had no friends and he
said he was not able to work. The man
seemed weak and flurried by his faintness
and the humane person who had
remained by his sido took him to a res
taurant and saw him properly fed. It
was in a burst of gratitude and confi
dence at being so well treated that the
colored man told a tale so utterly mar
velous as to be utterly unworthy of
credence were it not corroborated by
known fr.cts.
It was sitting in the common after he
had dined that he said: "I have had
trouble with my neck and been subject
to fainting spells ever since I was hanged
in Arkansas."
'I'lie expression was Ltarthing enough
to make anyone think the man was
crazy; but he was circumstantial as to
details of time and place, and it is a well
known fact that a negro was legally
hanged three years ag' in Arkansas for
assault on a white woman and afterwards
recovered consciousness.
Tie case attracted much attention at
the time. As lublished the negro was
suspendd for 20 minutes after the drop
of the old-fashioned ilatform gallows
fell and the body was given by the sheriff
to the fattier of the young man who.
with some friends, was waiting near by
with the wagon. It was the intention to
takc him to the settkiment where he
formerly lived and bu:y him there. This
settlement was 1 miles from the county
seiat, at which the hanging took phace,
and was through a lonely piece of coun
try. When the wagon was nearly at
home the father of the supposed corpse
and his friends were startled by groas
coming from under the tarpaulin, thrown
over the supposed dead man, and his
struggles to got from under it. As soon
as they had recovered from their fright
they went back to the wagon, from
which they had fled, and helped the
legally dead man up, gave him a drink
from the omnipresent jug of whisky and
took him home. Instead of leaving the
settlement at once, the hanged main
stayed around his old home, and t lie
-super titions colored people demanded
his rearrest and the completion of the
hanging. The case was taken to the
governor, .and pending discussion as to
the right of the authorities to take
cognizance of the existence of a convict
who had been pronounced legally dead,
the man fled and has been a wanderer
ever since.
The story of the negro coincided with
the ease as recalled, and there wais no
room to doubt that he really was the
Arkansas culprit.
1.t was only after repeated urging,
sweetened with promises of help to ler.ve
the city in comfort, that he told his
story in the dialect of a Southecrn field
hand, somewhat tempered by residence
in thec North. D)ivested of its quaint
dialect, his tale is weirdly an tid p)erhaps
morbidly interesting.
"'I was locked uip," he said, "mere
than six months, but I niever thought I
was going to be hanged until the night
before. Then 1 knew the gallows was
upl and .[ got scared1. T1hey p.rayed with
me all the time and tried to keep me
f rom think ing of it, but I didn't hear what
they pra&yed about. I was too exicited.
I didn't go to sleep all the night before,
and when they camne to fetch me I was
so weak I couldn't stand up. T1he
sher'iff gavo e a dLtrinik of whislky and
then tied my elb'ows behind my back
and took me along. 1 know there was
crowds around when 1 went to the gal
lows, but I didn't seem to sec 'ema. I
heard somebody singing and I joined in.
Then they pushed me up on t,he gallows,
and I saw the rope andi got scared again
and tried to hang back, bult they pushdled
me ialong and made mno stanld lip
straight. I recolket their putting the
noose on my neck and dIrawing it up
tight, but 1 was thinking of whether
they were going to hurt me anId all at
once I dropped. 1 had shut my eyes
when they putlled a piece of eloth over
m,y face, but I opened them then aind
tried to get iiy hands up to tear the
cloth oif so I coul see; but all at once I
thought some one hit me a terrible bldow
on the head and t lost my senses. When
I woke upl I thought 801m1 01n0 was
choking me and tried to get loose, bnt .1
couldn't. Then it seemed as if my head
was bursting and I saw awful lights be
fore my eyes, and my feet and hands
seemed to be so heavy 1 couldn't stir
them. Then great rings of all sorts of
bright colors began at my eyes and wenit
further and further off, growing biggir
and fainter until I lost them. My hecad
felt prickly all over and so did my hanidS
and feet, and I couldn't breathe iand
then I fintlied. Ouneo I knew 1 was be
ing hanigd, but it was only for at second.
"'When I woke up in the wagon I. wats
woirso scaredl than before, and when I
got out from uder the tarpaulin
thought I had beeni dreaming. Then,
when my noeck got to hurting me so, I
knew what was the matter. For weeks
afterwards 1 could halrdlly swallow, and
I couldn't turin my head, and I can't
now very much. 'lie cords arc all stinu
oni One side andli drawn down."
T1hie ma~n toldh his story ini ailmost corn
mon place fashiion, butl whten lie spok
of his life since it atlieted him.
"I can never go home again." h aid,
"and I can novor sco or hear of ny folks
again. They were going to catch mo
and do it all over again, so I ran away.
I've been knocking around over since,
principally in Canada, Now Jersey, New
York and Pennsylvania, but now I
thought I'd come up hero whore I might
get some light work I could do."
The man did not seem like the brute
ho must have been, and, in fact, ho had
tho appearance of ordinary intelligence
at least. According to his own story,
ho has done little work in his wander
ings, and has begged both food and
shelter and clothing.
"Sometimes," he said, "I have wished
that I had never com to life again.
That's been when 1've been nearly frozen
and starved. I never go near colored
people, for it was my own color that
tried to havo me banged over, and I hate
a black face." Asked if he wasn't afraid
of being arrested for the old crime, ho
said: "No, boss; I don't think they'll
ever look for me as long as I stay away
from there, and I'll never go back to
Arkansas."
The' Cot ton MlOVenlu nt.
The Now York Financial Chronicle, in
its review of the movement of the cotton
crop for the week eiding on the night
of August 17, says that the total receipts
have reached 9,UJ8 bales, against 7,270
bales last week, 1,109 bales the pre
vious week, and 2,581 bales three weeks
since; making the total receipte since
the 1st September, 188t, 5,223,t97 bales,
against 5,337,618 bales for the same
period of l885 6, showing a decrease since
September 1, 1886;, of 114,521 bales.
'I'he old interior stocks have decreased
during the week 1,618 bales, and were,
Friday night, 22,664 bales less than at
the same period last. year. The receipts
at the same towns have been 805 bales
less than the same week last year, and
since September 1 the receipts at all the
towns arc 73,258 bales lJcs than for the
same time in 1885--G.
'I'he total sales for forward delitery
for the week are 312,000 lales. For im
mediate delivery the total sales fool up
9,259 bales, including 4,185 for export,
5,074 for home consumption.
The exports for the week reach a total
of 27,171 bales, of which 24,650 were to
Great lritain, 150 to France, and 2,371
to the rest of the continent.
The imports into continental ports
for the week have been 10,000 bales.
These figures indicate an increase in
the cotton in sight of 72,706 bales as
compared with the name date of 1 86,
an increase of 53,027 bales as compared
with the corresponding date of 1&85,
and a decrease of 317,800 bales as com
pared with 1884.
The total recwipts from the plantations
since September 1, 18i;, are 5,198,023
bales; in I885 t were 5,:31;,310 bales; in
1884-5 wer.1 4,746,090 bales. Although
the receipts at the outports the pest
week were 9,61) bales, the actual move
ment from plantations vas only 8,G6S
bales, the balance ieing taken from the
stocks at the interior towns. Last year
the receipts from the plantations for the
.ame week worn 7,81-1 bales, and for
1885 they were 3,580 baken.
'I'he foregoing shows the weekly con
suniption in Europe is now 140,000 bales
of 400 pounds each, against. 138,000
bales of the same weight at the corres
ponding time last year. The total spin
tirs stocks in Great Britain and on the
contineit have decreased I:3,000 lah.t
during the month, and are now -17,000 I
bales in excess of last season.
The Chronicle says that cotton for fu- I
ture delivery at New York has been quiet
for the week under review. The ab
sence of active influences-or rather with
active inl1uences nearly balancing each
other--has prevented any wide iluctua
tions. The dominant spirit of the cot
ton exchangc has beCen bearish; and yet
but a small imipulse was required to
cause the ''shorts" to cover with sonme
appearance of eagerness. It wals not,
howvever, until Wednesday afternon ,
whouei the full business for export and
home conisumip-ion on that day was re
ported1, that tihe bulls showed any degree
of coultidenice. Thlen the continued
small receipts at interior townst, the
small stocks South, and the rapid reduac
tion of supplies in Newv York, together
with the growing belief that New Eng
land( spinners narc carrying but small'
stocks of cotton, causedt a quick advance,
with comparatively free buying for Sep-.
tenmber. Thumrsdlay there was very little
change; tihe speculation was sluggish,
but the distant options attracted moure
aittentioni. Friday the market opened
dull, but soon became act ive tand buoy
ant on a better closinig at i veipool and
the strung statistical position of our
home markets. Cotton on the spot has
ahw a good degree of activity, the
buying having been quite free for ex
pIorts as well as for home conumption.
Quotations were reduced ce. on Monday
and advanced 1-I1(c. on Thursday. Fri
dlay there was again a l,iberal busincs for
export, with steady bunying for spinners,
anid the market cloused firm at 1) 11l-16c,
for middling uplland1s.
Thelm Chreonicle's wveather repiorts, wvhich
are very full1 and ace- irate, indicate that
over a very large pnortion of Texas (drouth
has camused considemal>lo damage, and
that ini somne sections of other States in
jury is result.ing tlhrough worms, rust and
shedding. lin the remanin g dlistricts,
however, and in the Atlantic States in
pairticulai, the crop condition continues
quite satisfactory. Piceking is niaking
good progress.
II 5Ihould be GAenierall KI~inow~ n
ThIal. thle mu ltitudei c odiseas-es of a scro
fuiltu nai li tr gennerlly pnrnie-ed from a :1tor
Sidt conition ofi t1 1e liver-. Th'le blood be
coenss limpm hie eausnie thle liver dues aol
act propl)tiy ntd workn off the po)tin fromi
the sy:d,tn ma unthe IcetaIin results arn
tumis l,ei ,i mal'h kindtrnd ifections
oir st-l i ng in thle lnungmv. 1111ptistiiiti
tit-i:rd <hinh tisiues, unft nil(erantion, break
ing d >wl, l -ioutionl 11 is estabhni(
.will. bty nun uponI tiheln liver andt punrity
ing tihe bhlisid, elite ali tihe'e diseases.
Ai Ijit he ic ofrhe
AXn ephlitun of murderis andl sinihls Ihs
preveaii'li in th. pirt if St~ enuni'l coun'y
duri in thd pI few~ day.s. A an shotni in
wiI nd hi hnimsel f at W\est. tirbainn.
l'inltny, te<t a Suticidll death, it is'said.
WHITE SLAVES IN MASSACIIUSEFrTS.
how Iguorant Forelgners are (apturc(1,
Sold and Starvod.
(From the Now York leralu.}
Up in Massachusetts, in the conf: es
of the beautiful Connecticut Valley an;i
on the slopes of the green hills that
shelter it, many farms of fifty, sixty or
one hundred acres each arc now being 1
wok;ked by a strange people-uncouth
immigrants, ignorant of the English
tonguo and strange to Yankee ways. I
They aro Poles, Hungarians, Magyars,
Danes and Swedes, with whose ignorance z
the farmers put up because they are a
cheap, strong and capable of doing hard <
and steady work on little food of the
coarsest quality and used to living in the c
most squalid (uarters.
Some run away, leaving their senaty i
baggage, all they brought from Europe. i
Some are wise enough to stick out the s
year, learn all they can and make their r
own terms then. Sonic don't know what a
they can do and go on shdidly and sul
lenly ''grinding in the prison houses." a
A Herald reporter heard some of them c
last week in the Connecticut Valley, and c
set out to investigate the stories, to 1
learn how the innigrants fresh from I
Castle Garden get so speedily into Mas- t
sachusetts, two hundred miles away, and t
how these individual farmers who never i
saw Now York get these men under such a
iron-clad contracts, lie fhuid that the f
fine old city of Northampton, Mas., l
where philanthropy and education walk t
hand in hand under the giant elii trees, l
was the place where the largest jobber r
im contract immigration farni labor
known to Ca'tle Garden had his "'oflice," e
a so-called intelligence olice. t
lie is Charles '1'. Parsons, a Maple t
street farmer, a large, stout man, with d
light brown hair and board, and an over- t
shrewd, even foxy, face of a New Eng- e
land type. He went into the business s
seven or eight years ago, at the time of
the proat floods in Hungary, when so n
many men left that desolate region for i
this country. t
But tho authorities of the Garden be- i
came distrustful of his methods and L
waork, and for two years they have re- 11
fusesd to have anyt.hin- to do with Iliai i
of to allow him within the Garden. ie s
has in consequence of late secured his t
immigrants in ''Little Castle Garden," t
at No. 32 Greenwich street., Fitzpatrick's
intelligence ofliee. t
Fitzpatrick secures his customers by i
force, ;ue might say. H is henchmen, c
lazy, tunguey immigrants who would
rather live by their unscrupulous wits t
than by labor, hang around the Battery r
as the newly arrived imuigiant.s stroll l
out of Castle Garden. These new coners I
are too im)atient after their l.,reed con- 1
finement at sea to wait a day or two till<
the Labor Bureau finds them work. t
They fall a ready prey to tlhene ru1nr, I
who volubly claim to come from ihe I i
same province or even the same vill:ge, I
and overflow with the milk of human i
k:ndness as they steer them a'traightiy I
to Greenwich street and land them dex
terously in the disamal looking intelli
gence office. l
Out comes the contract-it is filled
out; the hapless immigrant half dazed i
''touches the pen' or makes his mark, t
and he, with his family, if he ha: one, is i
sold outright to this jobber in human I
labor, to be transferred to the Massachn- (
retts farms.
This is the h bor contract they sign: i
Ni1:w1"oit.,- --, I'8-- .
In consideration of the eiuploynmnt.
furnished us by Charles '1. l'arsons, of
Northampton, Mass., not over six iours'
ride distant, we agree to work for him,
or where lie places us under this con
tract, for--months, at $----, less cx
ienses, , payment to be nmade at
end of time, excepting what we nleed fr
necessaries. Understanding further ,
bagge to bs hiolden for all money ad- ~
vanded, and if we fail to fullill this cona
tract we (10 not expect our wages. 'The ~
said eniployer also agrees, if we doC well,
at the expiration of the time to give us I
extra- -.
Signed, - - --
Witness Interpireter, -
On the back is pirinited blank fotr in
dorsemient of the transfer of the cia
tract to the efTect that ''Mr. ac-.ji
cepts the withiui contract as miade by the e
saidl P arsons, his agent."
When twenty or- thirty people aire a
piicked up and the contracts are squeezed'is
as low as poessible, they aire packed uap I.
and shipped to Northampton. Then the
farmer-s call and make selections. T1.
laborers are sold1 to aniy putrchas~er. The
farmer pays geaierally a fee of 810) a head
for his help. The agent in thais city rm
ceives M2, and Mr. Parsonas pays the
lab oror's fare aand pockets the b alne,I
about $1, ais his fee. Then tarmeri, by his
contract, can make the laboaer- pamy inii
work for the cost of his transport111tion I
The prices at which able-bodiied meal
can b)o secured vary, but doC not execeed a
$100 a year. Women need be paid but at
$50 a year, while children work for their
board and clothes. As farmers have to
pay American hanada 18 or 820) a mont ha,
they are glad to get strong and haealthy I
foreigners inuared to hard work for 88 or
lessi a month.
In the circular whaich P.arsonas sei n 1
out to thae farmers in seaarch of cus,tom -
era are those statements: "PI atienace is
niece.ssary, esp)eciailly wihen you want to
use0 them (the greean hlands) allele. Oar
best help has been D)anes. We, fromn
choice, mix tie dilferenat nattionaiiilt.i(s.
Iin~g poo)r amid iganorant of our hinaguage
ndwy,they expeIct to work cheap; to'
some ths is n disadantage i act,w
know edge of 0our laborers, so1me of
them, for sucha wisdom often proves
foolishneses to their empljoyers.
"Pce' of the haelp, ab)out 310 or 1
for thea ;easo: , 815 foar Jun le anmd Jluly',
86i for fall and wiiit(r, $mo to 612 a
year, d1epiend'ing uapons capafcit y. bhitw
l ear-la v' a y (i ek.
"'If you ha, a tetneament --two roomiiia
will geaierially a isweir--a fani is imeh i
the chapels t, as you can pay inim far<nt
thec farm; thaey Ire amore aipt to sita;
wife anmd childr'.n will wvork in; prie
frm .n3 15 to 825; hoard I heniwelves. I aI
house servaat is wianted man iandl wife ,
are the cheapest if you have work for I
him." 1
If you are looking for a beauliful!
place to spend the rest of the summe;
with family or friends, yell cannllot lil
better than to visit the famous AIl-I eal
ing Mineral Springs of Giastoii county,
North Carolina.
Th'le ladles wvill lhe interestedl to kanow thaat t
the bustle 18 of 14rsIan ortIgn.
S. l'i;LO ANi) ItLAChitI:AItt).
( :tra ltmt I)".eti p< u of- a V 'ritable
iltttttlntoL'ti i'aruisus.
(F'roin i h li ett, Ga (Itzro to.)
e islani of apolo, lying just with
)ut the louth1 of the Altamaha
i\ver, onl tle( Gcorgia coast, is
ertainly one of the most beautiftl in
;he whole coast chain of islands froni the
ay of the (hlesapeakle to the ifloridat
apes. It Oceuipitionl ntul gettleuent by
he F'reich nobility daute back. to that of
t. Augustine. TIto litnal desceudauts
are still in ('irct possession of the islaInd
and its oral titory. Au old fort at its
mtter extromity, tlto ruins of whih ai'(
till cofF1picuO11S, bears witness to the
lutractw anel pr, cautionarty and fore
ight of its tir t settlers. ' welve im ihs
nt length1 by three in width, it reucht s
long the cUast. A narrow arm of the
Cu divides it on the north from Georgia
lain, while its sotthern shore stretches
way for miles, a snowy expanse of
'tve-wiashed nind - untc(ltttaleud this, by
ny fretiuented beach along the south
rn coast, save that at Fernandina, in
xteiit. HeCrte it most litutitf picture
recnts itself. Oi the4 I)'1e bind, the
r eadl \tiitie, sveejaing fur out to miect.
lbe sky; on the other, huge live oak
r'e's, graty w it Ii iigt ad1(t hanging moss
lny a i,aint, tmonug them statndls, whoSu)
rrnis, ont:,tretchcd ltw, iitrk a circun
rene( of Iweo ildretl 1 et iod more
et\\ve't thiem, a:; if to guarid ageinlst
!ir nitutar rlr tx p ro , lieu, the glistening'
and of ialt. II ere the "'league-long
ller thuniering oin the beach," and the
'moving whisper of huge trees" is never
nding. here the deep sea turtle conies
> deposit her eggs, and here, then,
Il(rC is rtre sport for the vigilanton ti
ark of the looli. TIo diauond-bV'k
irrapin is here, aiid to be had for the
atehing -less thn with )ehuoniio, it
ixteen tlt lrits a dozen.
lkeyoiid, close in, but separated by a
arrow chat"., lies ;lueklcbard. 'i'iis
hltud deterves iore than passing mein
(iti. Onie ihe rienvlchoVUs of .Black
ad, th irt'ate, (a c ittemporary of
are' buliedct l;), i!I-totlenl lu b o1y, ant''d
cru, , lun t h thte tlide i retsure
Lt'kt'r.: 1:ace lIett ..u itlt tech iit us tg({.
ieir ii ' el \itl a: t al) ti c tilt hIohc
bey dag.
Tilhis blltd 1a(bt t he p tac .ro1 t iy o,t
bite govt:,unwnt it for sutine yi ( 4 a i:ast, Iitl
a thein'nuut \oodn iuval ships wae.
oltsid( ert e , eci,l!y voLhmu tbli e Io ' itS -
it( ('t il t , \ci - 4 t,1 iihti: 1 Cxt tu
1t5t4 :t i nl . i aO 14 t4 1' *i , iit ita,)1 i iI
ceuui t iiiv < , t t S it f, r l' l u i etein -
oig Ih(i thro ulhiis .t mti' r.11 t It
l as tl m ght, uit vi-k i et n.lit, m.t
sOlli: fl (! o(1 l t i t hc,1glti 11on1 l .il.
a res <41 the si tered w ! ater .i Ii, 4
iihlii d c: ' ii'n' i'i..2ifgl i i ai I p
iCtt i)aitt it') t ese5 ri t lose \\iit' t
;reen brirs and l:i1gin \vinus, ilbtui
uein 1 ih, thte r lor ti ih y in g.
It'ie <n ilrtntii e t s iti n for Ihi;s letm
ai,' Dt)b y iS onl this islld(. Bt to eit
'u1.n.
1114pelo light, u'l thie i:ahin 1 1reti i, (o!
>osite )ohut?, ~na ta thet tntr:ance t'
hii-, the p:ort of I):'r . hb; us of ui'
ttiic115 pa:5 iII l oiutt t by thi is i l tgi
errii awny ii ithi th(rita i t l utu in .i
' r iat \tlo ife ind Iii t! l l irt l t11: hIo
(e l. C e:,twi v\5'lrt\r" ci i're ':.i ." u hu "
has n1nhe . ltt.e nlatrly Ilhreu- nit -el ,a t
chO' net. 14 , teit s Ina t u 111 u(tlit. :, t i r , " I
alil ly, t tl Oi ii t a l e mereilltlt '
i'aft th>a,,lt; ii iit!tl: i f t ni\ s lt t:try, lit
in t ttiii al o ilttt h 1tin itle, hal'.
tiiiitable skill of' the Ame(ria.t:1 s11ip -
niler.
T h int(.ie r of ua 1 l tr tlesenb on,
ye k brivci e 44 ii d )1t 41ll litiO ;I .us, it:.
venues and11 -jii tieas, 'ined ith tail
lone44 rInug4i t break:11 the ilauness itit 1
> the scene;they tell o thepoi'o
ieinc fherli 411':. 14 A erambl i'ing w 'h
ii sj><> whro tli : Ir'l t wais te o '9 u ii
al,"i wileo goriig ind labot all( Wilyh
ecery to Aholiand liingra Sinmabund
eaom OIt.
A NOTED LADY GONE.
MrH. Aidrow Jackson, Jr., Onco Mistreis
of the White House, ireatbes Her Lait
at tho Age of Eighty-one.
NASuvILLE, Tenn., Augst -28.-Mrs.
Sarah Jackson died at the HeriAitage
to-day, aged eighty-one, leaving two
children, Colonel Andrew Jackson, of
Wcst Point, who as an artillery offio,r
in the late war on t111outhern side and
made reputation, and rs. Dr. John
Lawrence. One son, 8 el, was killed
.:t Chickamauga.
Mrs. Sarah Jackson, now embered
by few people, was for Ion ears-or
acsrly four years--the most p went
lady of the laud, the mistress
\Vhito house. About the common
munelmeniunt of General 'Jackson's second
term, his adopted .an, A drew Jackson,
Jr., muarried Miss Sarah York, of Phila
delphia, a young lady of accomplish
mlents, of good family and groat person
al beauty. The adopted son, who was a
nephew of Mrs. Jackson, brought his
young bride to the Vhitu 'Iouse, where
she was received by the President, who
was a widower, Mrs. Jackson having
died after his first election and before
ho became President. Sho proved to be
a most devoted daughter and loving
wile. (oneral Jak'1o+n was a peculiar
man. The loss of his wife four years
beforo had changed his whole life. All
his lettors-letters to members of the
family and friends -showing that during
his lirst term he was grieving over his
great loss. But when tho time expired,
the old General came back to the hermit
age.
in time ho died, leaving to his son
and the family a fine estate. This was
lost and the family were in straitonod
circumstances. The 011 died in 1867,
and yesterday the once beautiful bride,
the uistress of the White HIouso-tho
old hero's greatest comfort and solace in
his ol( age-passed away at the ago of
eighty-one.
Il;U1(lN O' A L,ONG-LOST SON.
.1 'oni )Iii; a who Vent. ta Var Found
A ter I1 aing lourned a 1l)oad,
To,tto, Ohio, August 23.-Hugh
i'hompson, of the Fifteenth Ohio, was a
resident of Van Wert county, near hero,
before the war. At the l'attle of Chick
amanga he was struck on the head by a
gral)eshot and seriously wounded-his
comrades thought mortally. They laid
him under a tree, and a few minutes
later wore forced to fall back. Thomp
son fell into fho hands of the enemy,
and was never heard from until a few
weeks ago. During all these years he
has been mourned as dead.
H1e is married, is living in Kansas, and
is tle father of a number of children.
lie renemlero that he was in the army,
ihat fromn the battle of Chickamauga to
the great lire in Chicago, all is a blank
to hui. lie does not know where he
'Vas or whiit he did daring all that time.
lii the (xcitcment of the lire ho partially
regained his senses, but could not locato
his 01(1 lione. Hie wcnt to Minnesota
and was married there, an'd wont thence
to Kansas, where he took ip a claim
sutl is farming for a living; and he re
menlbers the (leth flt his mother, which
took 1)laOo when he was thirteen years
oid; that his captain's name was Updo
grove, and that le was in a Confederate
1>rison. ''he reitinder of him early life
is a blank. But his eji'trudcs, many of
w homt live in \'un Wed , r eogliizo him.
The sar1' miuade by the gr'neshot is on
his head. A scar on his riht leg, made
by a severe cut by an axe when the was a
buy, is another strong p'oii in proving
his i(lentitfy. lie wwt, away a black
haired boy and returnis a gr.y haired
man, but his father, who is tottiring un
der t he weight of niearly four score
yes, m iys it is IlughThmso, i
hangr lest soni.Ilnpo,hi
M\oniey was rised here and ucent to
1K 2waiz toa hear te exptense of Th'lomp
.soni's trip) to t.his place to ttend a regi
moa i t euniiion next week, lbut before
thke remjit bu ce arrived his 1Kansas neighi
hbirs had0 d1onated to Iiie sarao putrpoHe,
and by their generehi noya i, at his old
homie, which lhe left du~ iag the war.
'II Ili -eare or4? a, gI~a angintg.
If those are to lie believed who, having
been more or less haniiged, htave boon ro
susc~itated and1 have narrated their ox
periences, the mu chi-comm niscmated victim
of the law's extreme penalty is not
whollhy miserabhle. .It would seem that
aeyen death "'sus. per celI.'" has its
amielioratinig coinditionis or circumstances.
Onie sufferer ini the religious cause in
h ranice 1s said to u -- "complained'' be
('ause lhe was calle d back to conscious
iiasfrom an ( eecee of sutrpassing
th-lights, ini whieb lhe eiijoyed the pleas
lire of gazing ulponl the most b)eautiful
reenJe(ry. 'Ths nurinediato sensation of
1pain is miomuentary ; andit it would appear
not untlikely that, in our anxiety for the
ai.voh danee of neeleass annloyance to
hose we put to death judicially, we may
be aictuially increasing their suffering and
hunmnshinig their pileasure. Th'le instan
tuneious (deaths have all the pain and lit
le or none of the paleasure. Slowly in
duced congestion of the biraini may be
th leasict paniful; and if only the blood
press-ure be effectually raised at the
centre that sees, the beautiful light and *
lhariniig scenery are enjoyed in the
highesti( perfection. Tihe subject is a
grin (tie, and we are not sure that the
new view of hanging experience Wtos
ma ike the decath penmalty increag ily o
terratit; but it is right that both sides
a <jilestioni whichi the late Mr. Whall
oncee excitedl the merriment (if the Hion
of Comminons by dlescribing as '"a pO
nuan's tiuestion"' shioul be carefully
sitlered at all costs, Lo(ndon Lanct
aJohn Bostwvick, onie of the
blo citizens of Morgan, earn
the ether daiy. En't route Mr.
enco)tiuntered1 a lay out of frog
which the( IKgyutian ptlagno pales
ithat there was an acre of frogs,
eachi sijuar' inch conitained4
fhay were all hopping ini oaK
To lhodlin Camp we are in\
cialculation which showved. u >
frogu for the single acre. 'lr'
eounty has become a great fr
to spea1k. - -Waltoni, (Ga., Ne~tws
"A ugust us, tdear," ' stad the
landI. ly puhtingiji him trom I
mitonlig'hi ttloed the hasy:whi
they werie staningi, 'I think y
[tir try smiie aothir htir-dye; yoe
aste lk upenntine."