Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5EVEB DI8PAIBI'resa b&cft tliy tears, :*td, weary heirt, Tli v burden tkhu mast bear ; lie brave, 1>c trueTTifo's nobler part Is never to despair. Why sbould'st thou weep a'ar pleasures fled, ?Ct And idly sit tiise down T gome blessing yet nre left to spread Their brightness on thy crowu. Look upward; still thou may'st not sec; Hat trust and labor on ; Life's richest treasures yet may bo iiy steadfast courage won. Press back tby tears and be tliou strong And brAvs, and nobly true ; Let not despair hush life's Sweet song Anil hide its brightness, too. Tins olonil that'sluits tlic sun from eight Refreshes every flower; And darkness conicth with the night To weave its mystic power. per80nal. There wts a man in our town, And lie was wondrous wise? lie bought a heavy stock of goods, Hut wouldn't advertise. He said the folks knew where he kept, And what he had to sell, And if they didn't cotne and buy 'they all might go to?well. They didn't come, and there lie sot And growled and cussed like sin,^ Till by ami by the right man catnc And gontly tcooped him in? And busted him up ! recipes. Coffee Cake.?Ouc cup of brown sugar, one cup of butter, ono cup of strained coffee, ono cup of molasses, three eggs, well beaten, one pound of raisins, two cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Mat hot. for luuebeou, accompanied with iced inilk. Spanish Pickleu Onions.?Cut onions into slices, put a layer of them iuto a jar, sprinkle with cayenne pepper ami salt, then add another layer of onions and proceed as beforo. Proceed in this way until the jar is full, and pour cold viuegar over all till covered. They will bo lit to use in a month. Russian Salad.?Cut up raw apples, and every kind of available vegetables into small slices, and lay them in a shallow dish, with salt, a little vinegar and pepper, and the best oil. The dressing must thoroughly ^ saturate the mixture for twelve hours, and then this salad will be not only a new but good dish. To Roil Rick as in India.?Into a saucepan of two quarts of water, when boiling, throw a tablespoonful of salt; then tiiruw in one pun ui rice, alter it nas ueen well washed in cold water; let it boil twenty uiinutca. Throw it cut into a culleuder, nnd drain off the water. When this has boon done, put the rice back into the can or saucepan, dried by the fire, and let it stand near the firo for some minutes, or nutil required to bo dished up; thus the grains appear separato and not mashed together. Covered and Uncovered* Manure.? Some years ago, says an evperienced farmer, 1 bad a lot of sheep wintered iu a building and yard fenced iu with high paiiings to keep out worthless curs. In the second story of the building hay was kept for the sheep, and fed to them under the building, which was open at one end, some six or seven feet high, intotheyard where troughs were kept for feeding grain. During the winter manure accumulated under the building to twelve or fifteen inches in depth and extended gradually tapering to the ground, out into the yard. At the edge of the building the manure was about twelve inches deep. In the following autumn, when 1 went to haul out the manure for wheat, I found that immediately outside of the edge of the building, where exposed to the weather, it had rotted and sunk till it was only six inches deep, whilst that immediately under the shelter was still about a foot deep. 1 took a cart and oxen and drew the manure which was on the outside of the building, and put it on a strip across the field intended for wheat, then drew out the same quantity in hulk from under the building, and put it iu like manner ou an adjoining strip of same size and quality. All was sowed with wheat of the same kind and at the same time. The crop from il i 1 1 ? 1 ? mose two lanus wasnoi measured, out every one who examined the crop before cutting decided there was about twice the <|uantily ou the land manured by the covered manure.?-Exchange. . Hanannas.? Few people who poo hanannas hanging in the shops of fruit dealers think of them as more than a tropical luxury. The fact is, they are a staple article of food in some parte of the world; and, according to Humboldt, an acre of bananuas will produce as much food for a man as twenty-five acres of wheat. It is the ease with which bauaunas are grown that is the great obstacle to civilization in some tropical countries. It is so easy to obtain a living without work that no effort will ever be made, and the men become lazy and shiftless. All that is needed is to stick a sucker into the ground, and it will at once sprout and grow, and ripen its fruit in twelve or thirteen months without further care, each plant having from seventy-live to one hundred and twenty-five bananas ; and when that dies down alter fruiting, new suckers Bpring up to take its plac. In regions where no foot ever reaches, banannas arc found in all stages of growth, ripening their fruit every day and every month in the year. The mule is a disappointing animal. One fell down a shaft in Maryland eighty-five feet deep. Every one saiu : "That mule's dvad," but it was hoisted up uninjured and ; walked away, and just, as every one said : "That iijuly s qot hurt," it laid dowu audi d$<!. * - t * . ? ~ - * ' -----? -? THE MURDEB OF HR8. SURRATT. Gen. II. \V. JSlocuui, otio of (he most distinguished brigade, division, corps, aud grand division commanders of the war, recently delivered a lecture in Brooklyn on events of the groat struggle, during the course of which he expressed the opiuion, always held by the Union, that Mrs Surratt was a murdered woman. lie said : 1 am going to speak to you ouo word about the execution of Mrs. Surratt at tho close of tho war, for I think somo good lessons can be learned from the story of her trial and death, i believe any pcuplo situated as wc were ought to bo cautioned against placing implicit confidence in evidence given at a time of high exciteuieut. I could stand hero to night aud relato to you fifty incidents that would serve to caution everybody against taking evidence against others when the people were all in a state of iuteuso excitement. There never was a day, there never was an hour, that I did not bolievc Mrs. Surratt was as inuoccut a woman as there is in this hall. [Applause ] She was the keeper of a boarding house in Washington. She hoarded Wilkes liooth and a half dozen other rebel sympathizers, and she had a son, John 11. Surralt.? Wilkes liunth was guilty of shooting Mr. Lincoln, and this poor woman was brought to trial in connection with Wilkes llooth, and through the excitement of the times her neck was brought to the halter. Iler daughter, a young girl eighteen or nineteen years ol age, on the morning of the execution went to the President's room and begged permission to say a few words to him on behalf of her mother, nod a United States Senator from our own State, who acted as door tender, repulsed her, saying, ''No ; uo, you cannot go in." Worse than that, meaner than that, the poor girl three or four yours afterward married a clerk in the Treasury Department. No charges were uiade against hiui, but because this clerk had married the daughter of Mrs. Surrutt lie wus discharged. Let us brag ol our uciucveuicms, nut at tlio same time let us learn to look our faults and errors squarely in the face and nckomvledgc them wlicu we have cause to." The murder of Mrs. Surratt was the most cruel and cowardly act ever committed in any civilized country. It is a curious and suggestive fact that all who were chiefly responsible for the execution of that innocent woman have felt the unseen hand of the (ircat Avenger. Stanton, Secretary of War, who was, perhaps, the worst of the number, committed suicido in a lit of remorse, although the fact was sought to be concealed, l'reston King, the Senator from New York, who repulsed Annie Surratt from the President's door, in like manner ended his own life by deliberately jumpi.ig from a ferryboat in the North river at New York and drowning himself. Andrew Johnson, who signed the death warrant and despotically suspended the writ of hatifiis corpus that had been granted Jjy^ho court, was stricken suddenly with death upon his return to the Senate after ho had left the Presidency. Judge Advocate Holt, who conducted the prosecution, long ago disappeared from public view, and whether dead or alive nobody knows and nobody I ..1 1 1... \ !?!. 1 - - 1 raiua. aim tiumi j>m^uam, wuo ;issistcd Holt, was driveu from Congress in disgrace as one of the credit tnobilicr bribe takers, and sought refuge in Japan, where, we believe, he uow is.?Rochester Union. Satisfyi n?? IIis Patiknt.?Common sense generally reconunends physicians as well as other men to popular favor, but there ate exceptions where something uncommon is better received. The idoosiers listened to a speech of (General Jackson, but would hardly be satisfied that he was a great man till he shouted a string of Latin phrases, "V> pluribns it,mm," "Mult urn in pttrro" " Sinr pun nun !" and theu they rent the air with wild hurras for him. A nice invalid was even harder to satisfy than the lloosiers. The lirst physician in his case was discharged because he was honest enough to tell him that he had a sore throat; and the second doctor, having some hint of the fact, answered the sick man, when questioned, that his case was highly abnormal, and had degenerated into synanchc tonsilnris. ' ()h, doctor," cried the patient, "do say that word again !" "Why. sir, I said you were at present laboring under synanc/tf tonsilaris." "Why, just think, doctor, that fool told me I had noting but a sore throat, and I told him I had no use for such a duuoe.? Doctor, what did you call it "1 told you, sir in plain terms, that the morbid condition of your system was obvious, and that it has terminated in yynituclic A /-*?? (UHsimrts. ' Oh, doctor, it must be a monstrous bad complaint Think you can euro %c doctor "Now, though your diagnosis is clear, your prognosis is doubtful; yet I think, by prudent care and skillful treatment,you may recover." "Oh, well, doctor, do stay all night, and I will pay you anything you ask." lie got well of his sore throit, and paid the doctor a generous fee.?Potter s Mouth(y. Well, my eighty-six yvnrs have taught ino this, that duty must he the rule, and affection the sweetener, of our lives. There is a retributive judgment in this world?we get what we give. If we make suffering we shall be made to suffer. The one who loves most is happiest.?Mrs Jenkins. The raster egg this year, we are told, will present some new featuros. A description is not given, hut we presume it will be cut bias at the small end and wear a maroon color d over ' ri, ' imined with magenta loops, and a j ibot around the neck-?and liens will charge six cents a piece for 'em. ? Xjrt Ut-Aen lhraW. AM EXPERT'S VIEW. In press and pulpit, the killing of Col. Alston is still a matter of discussion. Tin: editor of tho New Orleans Democrat adds to the number of intelligent commentators by presenting to his leaders uud to the people of tho State a few" reflections suggested by this tragedy, aud by the startling events that have occurred in the Crescent City since tho 22d of February. After carefully and fairly detailing the iucidents leading to the tragedy, up to the point of Alston's friends advising that he arm himself against his persistent assailant, our Louisiana con ternporafy-says : "It was a proper course to advise, but we suggest that they should have gouo further?that they should have advised the arr -st of the person who had made the murderous threats arm met lil'y and person of Col. Alston. If that course had been pursued Col. Alston in all probability would bo alive to day and the State of Georgia would not mourn the loss of one of her bravest and most gallant sous. In England or in France, when a man threatens the lifo of another, and particularly with a weapon drawn and directed against the person of his victim, his arrest immediately follows, and he is deprived by the strong arm of the law of any opportunity to put his threats into execution. Iu those countries it is not considered to be an evideuce of a want of porsoual courage to cause the arrest of one who theatens vour 1H*. nor is it in fact. In a civilized community one canuot he always armed to protect himself, flic laws should be capable of protecting hiui and ho should appeal to them for protection. A jury should consider a charge of an assault with a daugerous weapon with intent to commit murder as a charge almost as grave as a charge ol murder, and should feel as little hesitation in rendering a verdict of guilty iu the oue case as iu the other. Whcu public sentiment has reached this point there will be some other protection to life than the pistol, and homicides will be less frcquont." There is much truth in this, and the failure to arrest Cox when he sallied forth about town breathing threats of murder and being armed for its accomplishment, is one of the stratum features <it the o-ise ? The authorities of Atlanta would hardly have let a lion or tiger remain loose upon their streets, and yet they permitted a man, temporarily much more dangerous than cither lion or tiger, to have lull swing. It would have been a blessing for Cox as well as Alston had some courageous man acted with becoming promptness, lint, there was no such man apparently upon the scene ol action, and so the bloody deed was done.? Aiijnsta Chronicle. "Custard l'isu"or "Fish custard."?Names often go a great ways in deciding likes and dislikes. A Frenchman invited a friend to partake with him a "fricassee of boned robbius' legs." The friend pronounced it exquisite, and determined to introduce so delightful a dish at home. Imagine his disgust, his upheaval of?feeling, on happcuiug t?) gather from a remark of a servant that he had just eaten a fricassee of Jr<?]x legs. Recently, when breakfasting at a "boarding school," the young ladies were helped to a di>h called "custard fish" or. "fish custard," and they seemed to like it Though a nice steak was ottered us as a visitor, our curiosity prompted a request ! for some of the "custard fish." The first taste showed that it was our favorite preparation of salt codfish. There is in mrny families a decided repugnance to the use ol codfish ; it is considered plebeian, as only fit for those too poor to have any thing better. Yet it is one of the most wholesome, nourishing foods, is economical, and il rightly prepared, is very palatable. It supplies excellent nutriment both for the brain and muscles. An eminent literary friend ui uurs useu uisay i iiar, as ins wile prepared it lie wanted it "eight morning? in a week." From the hurried manner of curing and drying codfish during largo catches, it otlen happens that they are not uniformly sailed and cured throughout. The smallest pur tiou neglected may injure the taste of the whole fish and of others packed with it.? This has had much to do with creating a dislike for this food. In purchasing codfish it is well to examine them carefully, and select only those of uniform color through' out, and having no tainted odor at any point Those of medium size are preferable? the smaller ones being too skinny, ami the larger ones too coarse grained. There is now to he generally obtained what i> called "bone-less eodli-h," at a slightly higher price, yet cheap as compared with meat or most other fish. From those well cured, the vertebra and chief bones, the skin and fins, are removed, and only the clear white porifens are put lip in boxes?a nice article ro.v'y for immediate use. A great point in preparing codfish is to have it well soaked to remove all excess of salt, clear through Two or three waters should be used. It is best to pick it finely, pour off one water, and let it stand in plenty of fresh water over night, or several hours. If ttio fresh, which is seldom the ease, salt i* easily added. This thorough soaking after it is picked fine, makes a marked difference in its flavor. Tor "Custard l'ish," bail the soaked fi>li in wutor until tender; then pour off the water and pick it very line ; have ready a quart of hot milk for three-quarters of a pound of fish, and put into it the lish, and n tuhlespoonful of butter ; stir until it hoiks ; then stir in well a heaping tablespoon ful of flour, and cook it live minutes, hot it cool a little, and then stir into it two well beaten eggs without further cooking. Foil Nice Fish Dai.i.s. soak the fish in warui but not boiling water for an hour, and repeat this twice ; boiling toughens it. Pour off the last water so as to leave it nearly dry, and chop it fine in a eh -pp'ng bowl. Ma.- h the b >iled p >t itooss p iratcdy, and mix about one part of lish with two parts of potato, putting in about a tablcspoonlul of butter to quart of the mixture,and adding salt if needed. Make into balls or cakes. This can be done the night before. Fry in lard 1 or drippings, using only enough to keep thcui troui sticking to the pan. Some prefer them fried swimming iuJard, but they are less digestible. It the balls are lir>t 1 dipped in beatu egg, they will take up little of the cooking fat, and are very good When well made thus, they are palatable, easily digested, aud nutritious as well as 1 economical.?American Agriculturist. How to Make IIens Lay.?A corres i pondent informs us that while on a visit in the fall to a friend, lie was sin-nr!?ml <. vr.., i the number of eggs he daily obtained, lit had but sixteen hens and the product per diem averaged thirteen eggs, lie had beeu in the habit of giving on every alternate day a teaspoonful and a quarter of cayenne pepper, mixed with soft food, and took care that each hen obtained her share. The experiment of omitting the pepper was tried when it was found that the number of eggs were reduced each trial from live to six daily. Our correspondent lelioves that the moderate use of this stimulant not oly increases the number of eggs, but effectually wards off diseases to which chickcus are subject.? German/own Tclcyrayh. Nothing can reach out further than a cough at church. It may come from the remotest corner in the rear, but its echc tickles the throat of those iu front, and then creeps down the ais'o, aud touches the ushers, and floats from the choir to the minister, and never releases its hold unit it has wrung a sympathetic explosion frou: every victim, l'orhaps you've noticed it ?Fullon Times. Sunflowers planted beside kitchen drains and in other places where the refuse walei of the kitchen is thrown, are said to be very beneficial in a hygieuic point of view, ll is asserted that these humble plants art greater absorbers of malaria and purifyen of the atmosphere than the far fetched Kucalyptus globulus. Sunflowers yield pro lifie quantities of seed which make lirst-clas! poultry food. | Hon,F.n Hams.?Hoilcd hams, says Ar tfmr's, are nicer for standing in the wa'ei ih which they were boiled, until cold. Tin outside dues not then turn black and dry ' up, as when thoy are removed from the wa ter to cool. J?ut rcuiotnbcr to remove the lit of the kettle, so that the steam may escape , This should always be done iu boiling anything. ?? - - * A rich, hut parsiuiouious oM gentleman on being taken to task for his uncharitable iiess, said : "True, 1 don't give much ; bu 1 if you only knew how it hurts when 1 givi anything, you wouldn't wonder." To keep apples froiu rotting, put them it a cool place?where there is a large fautih of children. a. a \ kaavj^, DKALKK IN GROCERIES, HARDWARE, DRUGS, &C NO. 1, EAST UNION. LOG WOOD, MADDER, COVER AS, ROS/XE, FOR COUGH AND CONSUMPTION Wihl Cherry ami Tar, Cod Liver Oil?Cure, Cod Liver Oil with Wild Cherry and Lime? tastes good. Coil Liver Oil with Lime, 1' Eft I' ITS! ruins! . OHAXGES, RA isrxs. CL'RRAXrS, Af.MOXDS. COCO AX UTS, Freneli Candies, a full Assortment, Don't forget to call at No 1, Last l.'aiott. Dee l:$ .'?<> tf OILS, linseed. ! kerosene, 11a1! n ess, , mac1i ink sweet, castok, and turpentine, Sol?l Cliciip by It. I\ 1MHLS. Nov. lu -1?? tf i PAINTS AND VARNISHES. PAINT EKUSllES, ; DRUGS AND MED1GINES, cigars, snuff, i < hewing and smoking toraccos a fine T.ot of <TG)CKkey, just in. ' tinware, woodenwahe, iia1idwa re, jl'gs, j aids &('. For snle very low by If. F. RAWL8. Application for Charter. vtot1ck is hereby given that t\i\ application i li?iq lu>on nifiilo in imiticlna il?1* i ' i a r 1/ ai ilio Court of Union County?tinier I lie Act Ic provide for the granting of certain charters, np. ptovnl Feb. 20, 1874?for the granting of n Charter for flic "Faith, Hope unj Charily Association of Union County. WATKS MOORMAN, RKURKN. KICK, W 11.1,1 AM DAW KINS. March 28 13 4t* I?. A. TOWNsr.XI', * s. S. STOKI*. TOWNSEND & STOKES, ATTOltNKYrt AT J^VAV, U N ION, S. C. Will pftictice in tlie .Stale atul United States Courts. January 1st, 1870, 1 tf C\ O. CUT^P, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICII O V K 11 S 1! A l? tV II I \ IC O. Will practice in the Circuit aii-l Supreme (Courts ol the State. Jan 3 I S. W. Porter's NEW STOCK! JNOW PRICES, i AX O QUICK S A LE8. r OR CASH ONLY. ! THE CHEAPEST ; D11Y GOODS, NOTIONS, ; GENT'S HATS, ' READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, IIARDWARK i ?AND? ! GROCERRIES, ' Can be had ntS. W. l'ortcr's Cheap Store,?tor CASH ONLY, i Please don't ask for credit, as it is very nn, pleasant to refuse it; but 1 sell too cheap to al low a day's credit to my best friends. S. M. 1*0 It TIC IS. 1 Sept 27 39 if UNION HOTEL C 9 , Reopened and Furnished Tlnpnitrltout with NEW f FURN1TU11E. :o: I mm: Subscriber lias the pleasure of announc1 iiijx to the public that lie has leased the " Union Hotel and fitted it up with new Furniluru i and every other convenience for the comfort of the traveling public. THE TABLE shall be provided with the host of everything r 1 1 .. - ... mm bvi vuu 111 me oust siyie, to suit (lie tastes ol 3 nil. > Attentive and obliging Servants will lie round at all hours to respond to the calls of the j patrons of the house. A First Class llarr in the basement, where gentlemen can always lind the choicest of all kinds of malt, and spirituous liquors, served in all styles. Having determined to make the Union Hotel ' equal to any Hotel In the State, in all respects, 1 hope to receive the patronage of the public, t * 11. J. THOMPSON. 2 Spartanburg Herald and Carolina Spartan copy three months. >ec i) 49 tf Fine Brands of Chewing Tobacco: LUCY IIIN TON, a OLD EN PIP PEN, PIC TAIL TWIST, PINE CUT, TIN TAG NAVY, NICKEL, ELIIA AND (JI'll) PRO QUO, l-'or Sale by II. F. It AWLS, No. 1, Fast Union. Dec 20 51 tf r Trusses, Trusses. VI.AltOF assortment, for Sale Cheap, by 11. F. It AWLS. Dec 20 61 tf Greenville and Columbia R. R. CHANGF, OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Fundars excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina ltailrond up and down. (In and alter MONDAY, May 29th, the following will be the n\ Leave Columbia at 7.40 a n? I.cavc Alston .... D.IIO a in Leave Newberry 10.00 r m Leave Cokesbury 2.17 pin Leave llelton 4.00 p ni Arrive at Greenville u.liO p m 1>uwx. Leave Greenville at 8.00 a m Leave Helton 0.00 a in Leave Cokesbury 1 1.08 iv in Leave Newberry 2.40 p m Lenve Alston 4.20 p tr. - A rrivo at Columbia 0.00 p m ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE DIVISION. notvK. rr. w Leave Wnllialla....f?.15 a in Arrive 7.10 p m Leave l'erryville...7.00 a m Arrive 0.40 p m Leave l'en<llcton...7.00 a in Arrive 0.00 p in Leave Anderson...8.00 a m Arrive 0.00 p m Arrive at Helton...0.40 a in Leave 4.00 p m THOMAS DODAMBAD, General Superintendent. .1 wtr.7. Nohtom, Jr., General Ticket Agent. JiuieO, 1870. 28 tf i l'ionrrr I'nner Mnniifni'litriinr (diiiiiiiiiv. "VI"ANUFAf'TUR ERS of Rook, News anil ' 1V.1 wrapping l'Al'KU. k John W \i(ii?lM>n, Agent, Athens, (in For sample cf News, see this sheet. Nov 1?J 45 tf I VMILY (JKOCI:RIES. HAMS AND MIDDLINGS. MACKEREL, RICE, FLOUR, LARD. CORN MEAL AND MOLASSES. Sold cheaper than ever, by It. F. It AWLS, V nt No. I, East Union Nov 1") 40 t f DAVID JOHNSON, JR., ATTORNEY AN1) COUNSELLED, Will practice in the Supreme ami Circuit Courts of the State, also in Unitcil States Courts for the District of South Carolina. Dec hi 60 f,m Olel l*npcr? For j J^NQUIRE at this office.