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a; i . _ a m,j i at .in L-THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD. . * The mutlled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping-ground ' Their silent tents are spread, And Ulory guards, with solemn rounds The bivouuc of the dead. No rumor of the foe's advance Now swells upon the wind ; _ No troubled thought at miduight haunts \ Of loved ones left behind ; W&M No vision of the morrow's strife The warrior's dream alarms; No braying horn, or screaming fife, At dawn shall call to arms. Their shivered swords arc red with rust, Their plumed heads nrc bowed, Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud ; And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, i-.i ,i.. ..I e. k. I..ill., ....I...! iVIIU IIIU pi WUU IVI III*, UJ wniwv JJ?<IIIVVI| Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, tlie flushing blade, The bugle's stirring blast, The charge, tiic dreadful cannonade, The din and shout tire past ; Nor war's wild note, nor glory's peal, Shall thrill with licrecc do'ight Those breasts that never more inay feel The rapture of the fight. hike the fierce northern hurricane That sweeps his great plutcau, Flushed with the triumph yet to gain, Came down the serried foe ; Who heard the thunder of the fray Itrcak o'er the field beneath, Knew well the watchword of that day Was .Victory or Death ! Full many a norther's breath has swept O'er Angostura s plain, And long the pitying sky has wept Above its mouldered slain. The raven's scream, or eagle's fight, Or shepherd a pcnsiTe lay, Alone now wake each solemn height That frowned o'er that dread fray. Sons of (lie Dark and Bloody Grouud ! Ye must not slumber there, Where stranger steps and tongues resound Along the heedless air. Your own proud laud's heroic soil, Shall be your fitter grate ; She claims from war its richest spoil ? The ashes of her bravo. Thus, 'ncath their parent turf they rest, Far from the gory lield ; Borne to a Spartan mother's breast On many a bloody shield. Tho sunshine of their native sky Smiles sadly on them hero, And kindred eyes and hearts watch by The heroes' sepulchre. Best on, embalmed and sainted detd, Dear as the blood yc gave ! .No impious foot-step here shall tread I lie iicruugc ui jriinr ; Nor .slmll your glory be forgot Whilo Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps. Yon tuarblc minstrel's voiceless stone In deathless song shall tell, When many a vanished year hath flown, The story how ye fell. Nor wrek, nor change, nor winter's blight, Nor Time's remorseless doom, Can dim one ray of holy light That gilds your glorious tomb. [ Theodore (>' If tiro. . _ . . . . Ol.lt P.|,t MM Kit's HuTTONS.?Old IMlllll ltier is tight-fisted. Several days ago fit .said to his wife, ' Maria, I want you to lool over that broadcloth vest of initio and pui new buttons on it, 'cause I'm going to i card-party to-night." "Hut, lily," answered Mrs. II., ' I hav en't any buttons to match that vest, and?' "Thunder I" broke in liluuinicr, "the ides of a woman keeping house as long as you have, an* pretendin' to he out of buttons HyOcorge! 1 believe you'll ask mo foi money to buy 'cm with next." That evening old Mummer hurrici through his supper and began arrayiiij himself for tho card-party. Presently h called for the broadcloth vest, and Mrs. 11 with marvelous promptitude, handed it t him. lie took it, hastily unfolded it, an then, as his eyes took in its complete uj pearance, ho stood as one transfixed. I was a six-button vest, and there were si buttons on it, and the dazed optic of Blum mer observed that the first, or top one, wa u tiny pearl shirt-button, and that the nex one was a brass army-overcoat button, will II. S. gleaming upon it, and that nutnbe three was an oxydized silver affair, am that number four was a born button, evi dently from the back of one of the 1'uritui fathers' coats ; and then came a suspende button, and then, as the dazzling eye u old Blummcr reached the bottom button ? a poker chip, found in JJluimncr'.s pocket with two holes punched through it?h gave a snort that made the chandelier jin glc. There is, after all, a fine sense of In; nior about Blummcr, and he laughed til he cried. And there won't he any huttoi money grudged in that house hereafter. ? STItAXMK I'l.ATK ..(>11 A BlKI>*8 XEST ?An Knglish paper gives an account of ; pair of birds?Pied Wagtails?that Jasl year built their nest oil the under side of a railroad ear. Ibis car made four short trips and returned each day, yet the birds not only built their nest, but hatched tlieit young. The account states that if tho car went off while both old birds were out hunting for food, they did not seem to mind it, but they would perch on the telegraph wires with the food in their beaks, and wait patently until their traveling nest came hack. The birds seemed to like the arrangement so well, that they came hack to tho same place this year, built another nest, Ynd eggs were laid in it. - A cireat City.?London has more Roman Catholics than Rome, more Jews than all Palestine, more Liish than Belfast, more Scotch than Aberdeen, more Welsh than Cardiff; its beer and gin shops, placed one after another in a line, would reach sixtytwo miles, and one entire quarter of the /city is inhabited by three hundred thousand of the most miserable wretches and worst , *" thieve? to he found on earth. '! LIVELT LITTLK BSMIVISCEHCtfl. 1 ^'here wcro Confederate Brigadier*? rovolutiouists?>in tho.se days. >lr. Buch- . anan, a supposed Democrat, sat high enthroned at the White House. Kansas was K blooding. A Presidential election was im- j pending. The robolliou loomed. Theory iu Congress was, curb the Executive aud J blunt the bayonets of the army. And a littlo jocky was trotted out aud swung into I the saddle as a rider on the army npptopri- ' ation bill. Tho administration cried out that it was being starved and coerced. But ! the army bill and its rider passed tho ITouso . with a hurrah. The President was not to 1 be permitted to move the army at his own ' sweet will. IIo was not to allow the use of 1 troops as domestic police within the States J or Territories. The army should perish rather than that this use should be made ' of it. The bill and the rider went to the J Souate. One Senator rose aud said : Since tho House of Representatives has 1 power to pass such a bill (an appropriation ' bill, distinctly, it has power also to place an ' equivalent prohibition m any bill which it has constitutional power to pass. And so it has a constitutional right to place the ' prohibition in the annual army appropria- 1 tiou bill. I grant that this mode of reach- ( ing the object proposed is in some respects ' an incouvenicnt one. It is not, therefore, however, an unconstitutional one,-nor even necessarily u wrong one. It is a right one, ' if it is necessary to effect the object desired, and if that object is 0110 that is in itself just ' and eminently important to the peace and happiness of tin country, or to the security 1 of the liberties of the* people. The House \ of Representatives, moreover, is entitled to judge and determine for itself whether the proceeding is thus necessary, and whether the object of it is thus important. This Senator was a Confederate Rriga- ! dicr, a revolutionist of 1851). It was William II. Seward. Another Scuatoi' rose and said : ' If the 1 , House can refuse the supplies requisite for 1 vnv, ou|'j"/i v vi \.i iiuiuiiv, II IV this complcio and effective weapon for ob- ' taining a redress of every grievance, and for carrying into effect every ju*t and salutary measure, the occasion surely do- j mauds the full exercise ot that power in the House, and in its firm exercise it will be sustained by the consciousness of being supported in its demands by right, by ren- ' son and by the constitution." This revolutionist of 1850 was the Vice ' President of 1872, Brigadier Henry i\'il- ' son. Another Senator smote Hunter, of Yir- 1 ginia, hip and thigh, for charging revolution ( upon the advocates ol the rider, the coerc- | ers of the administration. He said with ' much else that was forcible : "The power j of supply, and the power of annexing conditions of supply, have always gone together r in parliamentary history; and their joint 1 exercise has never been denounced as a case of revolution or tending to produce revolu- . tion in any shape or form whatever. It is ^ a power essential to the preservation of our liberties." This brigadier of two decades gone was I Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, after I Chase, William Pitt Fesseudon. ' i Another Senator rose iu his wrath and ' , proclaimed : t The Senator from Virginia tells us that 1 ( if the House attempts to interpose a condi- ! j tion to an appropriation bill which they , make, it is revolution. Well, sir, if to resist ( j in any way measures like these is revolution, 1 i I say let revolution come. The pride of t the American people, the principles of the j American government, demand revolu- . r tion if that be revolution. But is it >*..v..1 iit \T.. 1 V AT...* .1... ' 1 people's House of Representatives sit j I, with their arms folded and, although the c constitution of the I'uitcd Stales confers , emphatically upon them the power to ori0 ginato all revenue hills (which comprises d the p >wc? to place these grants of money )- on sueh condition as they see fit),, must t they refrain fioni exercising their authority x in an emergency like this? Is this the i" liberty of the American citizen, that the s people's House, where there really is a rept rescntation of the people, where the wisdom !i of the fathers placed the taxing power, arc r leading to revolution by annexing a condiJ tion to the appropriation of the people's i- money?a most wholesome restraint puta ting a curb in the mouth of the traitor who r sits in the Executive chair, now stiinulut>f ing this country, as fast as lie can do it, to - civil war? 1, This revolutionist of the dark and trying e times of '59 was llrigadicr ( Jencral Muff - Den. Wade.? Chicayo Times. 1 l,It surprises me to see a young man like i you here," siidJudgo Rowkcr, at Reno, .Nov., the other day to ;i fellow who had ! been whooping it over night. "You filled yourself up with an enemy to deprive you 1 of brains," proceeded the court, rearranging ^ its spectacles and glaring at the culprit.? 1 "Now, here you are, a young man of intel^ ligence, with good clothes on, and doubtless you have a mother and sisters who think a good deal more of you than I do. You've 1 been sent to school and taught how to maLo J a good living. In return for all this you go screaming around the streets at mid 1 night, tearing down signs and making a j wild beast of yourself. Is that like the conduct of a reasonable creature ? No, of , course it isn't. Now, I'm going to teach " you a lesson, young man. You needn't turn pale, for it won't help you any. Have you ^ got any chewing tobacco about you?? n Thankee. Chew more and drink less, like j I do. You're discharged. Next time you're ( tempted to take a drink think of my kindness and weep, and refrain from the debas t ing habit. Kb ? Well, 1 don't care if 1 ( do. Avery, conic out and join me with this ' young gentleman." ^ j 'Mhc ladies sing "in the sweet 'buy and j v ' 'buy' we must meet in that beautiful store," | ' and we certainly can rair-c no objection. * minnraHfflnr E? Tbc twelfth annual meeting of the (jeogia * I'resa Association convoned in Cartersviilo n >u the 14th of May, with a full reprc9euta* 1 ion. The welcoming words were spoken a )j Major C. H. Smith (Bill Arp) of tho ^ \tluota Constitution staff, as follows: i "Uurtcrivillo," he said, "receives you gladly. She feels magnified by your pres- " moc. Always hospitable to the humble as well as the great, she nevertheless iudulgbs 0 i peculiar pride on this occasiou, for while Iter pompous neighbors have been spread- n ing wide their philactcrics over conventions u jf teachers and preachers and lucchers and e railroad intriguers, she ranks thcui all iu die quality of her guests. [Applause.j? fhe editorial braiu is the lever of Archtut- ? ihIcs and the press is the fulcrum. More dtan a million souls arc domiciled iu our State, and the power that moves them, \ trains them and directs them is now before 1 its. The press is par cxccllenco the public a educator. It gives more incentive to study, <f more directiou to thought and more food 1 for mental digestion than all other powers 3onibiucd. It establishes the convictions of c masses upon all subjects which they are sapable of comprehending. What a won- 1 Jorful power! And yet how silently it \ works its mighty engine; how seemingly J uncouscious of its strength ; how unassutn- [ ing. . Aa we look into your Irank and opcu : faces wc arc almost ready to exclaim, 'How childlike ana Diana r [ijaugnicr.j 'When the gcucrous host meets his wel- 1 come guest upon the threshold their kiudly f greetings follow in quick succession, 'Is it ' well with thee, my friend '( Is it well with j thy wife and child!" Your presence aud your serenity indicate that it. is well, and 1 now, iu our tunc, we respond to your kind l, solicitude, and nuswer that it is also well c with us. Our hearts beat happily aud are ' warm with that abouuding hospitalitv which [ characterizes suburban villages. *Unpro- ! tending towns feel all the greater houor 1 when visited by the giants and the notables c of the land. I<iko the country farmer's J wife when visited by her citj cousins, the ! first impulse is to kill every kid aud lamb ind turkey and fat shoat iu the neighbor- (, liood. The cook book is ransacked for * louicthing rich, spicy and peculiar. Lemurs. gelatine and flavoring extracts arc laid f in store. The good housewife fondly aspires r to entertain her guests after her own M princely fashion, aud if furnished with their r usual bill of fare wculd duplicate it if she f could. It may be, however, that you will j not object to a slight variation from your cpi- ] curiau diet, for the immortal Marccllus has t lemoustratcd that even quail on toast is not ? ns n iliwli flnno-lit.,,-! nn.l , J L o"""" JI ,,"u C four rural brethren can tell you exactly T tow long an editor can live 011 bacon und ; ;reeus without picking a (piarrel with one . >r more of his contemporaries. [Laughter ( aid applause.] c lint Curtcrsville has another reason foi ecliug specially honored on this occasion, or, according to high authority, this is not 1 city of brotherly love, nor the abode of mgels, nor the gate of paradise ; but is on he coutincs of the infernal regioas?nigh into the l'lutoninn shore?and the very 1 ir we breathe is odorous of fire and brimdouc. [Laughter.] All these perils you lave breaved to visit us. I11I0 the jaws of death, Into the mouth of hell llodc the one hundred "Laughter and applause.] The ex-Governor is with us now, and we ire told that wlicu "honors arc easy" with liim his forgiveness begius. We hope so ; 1 ixl that a better feeling will soon be brought about between him and this little bantling of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. It was born of her progress, and grew up as nun l\K 111"*!' t?lllltlr<Mi llrtt* Iiintlnnp flwv I good old town of (,'assville?died in giving her birth ; that good old town that nursed und cherished tlio lamented Aiken and Trippo, and those other stars not yet gone out?Judge Underwood, Judge Wright, (ion. Black. Gen Wofford, and the Demosthenes of the mouutuius, who is now professionally engaged in treating the ragged edgo of Jenkins' ear. [Cheers and laughter.] When his Excellency Joe Brown first become our Governor, he become godfather to our little town, but she soon grew saucy and independent, and the old gentleman turned her adrift upon the cold charities of a way station schedule. [Daughter.] Then Cartersville retaliated in a manner that was untilial and unbecoming, and the old gentleman quietly told her to go to?J'luto's home. [Daughter.] It seems now that lie had thought she had done so, as he puts off all travelers here who are seeking that tropical region.? [Daughter. But she didn't go there, gentlemen, and still lives to welcome her friends and defy her foes. Jf she is a little too independent at times, we'll "nothing extenuate nor set down aught in malice." "And now, gentlemen, Christian gentlemen, good Samaritans, peace-makers, after the sad rocital of our alienation, we invoke your good offices to make reconciliation he- ] twecn tiiu lather and Ins child. I will not :lctain you further with this unpleasantness, j but once more bid you welcome, and when j you return to cooler latitudes may you bo iblc to say, "We found no indication of a iigh temperature at Cartcrsvillc, saving vartnncss of their hearts to a welcome juc?t." ; Hayes's False Pretences.?Mr. ' 'onkling and Mr. Kdmunds both (|uotc the icts of 1702, 170.">, and 1807, and Mr. ( lays repeats the assertion, alleging that j hey rest upon tho same foundation as the ct of Febunry, 1865. which authorizes the iso of the army at elections, at the discre- ' ion of the (Executive. I .Nothing could he further from the truth j ban this allegation is. Here is the pro- , ision of the act of 1702 : / "Whenever the laws ofthc I'nited States | hall he opposed, or the execution thereof bstructed, iu any State, by combinations oo powerful to be suppressed by the ordiary course of judicial proceedings, or by he dowers vested iu the marshals by this ct, the same being noliGcd to the Prcsilent of the United States by an Associate ^ustico or the District Judge, it shall be iwful for the President to call forth the nilitia of such State to suppress such comliuations and to cause the laws to be cxcuted." The act of 1795 re-cnacted that of 1792, nd for the first time denied the condition ipon which force could be used by the Excutive in these words : "And in case of an insurrection in any State against the Government thereof, it hall be lawful for tho Presideut of the Jnited States, on application of the Legisjture of such State, or of the Executive when the Legislature cannot be couvcncd.) o call forth such number of the militia of uy State or States, as may be applied for, s ho may judge sufficient to suppress such usurrection." Then followed the act of 1807, which leclared that instead of the uiilitia, "it ahull to lawful for the President to employ, for lie samo purposes, such part of the land or laval force ot the Uuited States ns shall be udged necessary, having Jirst observed all lie prerequisites of the law in this respect." flint is to say, having first received a cali roni the Governor or the Legislature. Ity these acts the President was not pernittcd to enter a State with the militia or he regular land or naval forces, to suppress nsurrection, or to execute any law, without Irst having the request and consent of the jcgslaturc or Governor. The lines between ho State and natioual powor wcrothu* disinctly defined aud preserved; whereas, unler the partisau act of 1863, for the first iuic in our history, aud against all the I'udi'.i.jus of freedom, tho Executive miy, n advance of an election, quarter an army u this or auy other city, and. under protencc >f preserving peace at the polls, may control lie ballot box absolutely. Vet Mr. Conking, Mr. Edmunds, and their creature, Mr. Hayes, arc bold enough to say that these Id acts aid tho bayonet law are similar? S\ Y. Sun. \r. ttw..7,777if. .... .. ............ ..J m ish story comes from Memphis. A gentlenan in th:?t city, who has a small pond tucked with fish, has recently noticed a nystcrious disappearance of some of his inost specimens. At last he and several rionds sat up one night to watch. About .0 o'clock they saw the house cat steal to be edge of the pond and scratch iu the ;round until she caught a Worm. She then :atno to the water's edge, and holding the vorm in one paw dabbled in the water with t. The fish were soon attracted to the spot, md rising to secure the bait they were icxterously caught by the other claw ol sunning puss, drawn ashore and devoured. James H. Rodger ?DEALER IN? GROCERIES, HARDWARE, HOOTS ANI) SIIOKS. MA X UFA CTf.'llFli OF TIN WARE, STOVE PIPE AM) SHEET IRON PANS. ROOFING, GUTTERING AND REPAIRING I>0\i: AT SHOUT XOTICE. :o: IIIAVKjust received a large lot of Groceries, consisting of Sugars. Coffee, Tea, ,Molasses ami Syrups, IJacon, Lard and Salt, Flour, llicc and Grists Cheese and Canned Goods. ALSO A COMPLETE STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS. II AHl) W A. It. 13 . In this line 1 have everything you may want, from a Cambric Needle to a llroad Axo. Cooking and Heating Stoves. NEVER HO 01^^ BEFORE. I invito an examination of my Stock, knowng that I can please in quality, quantity an-i U ICC. Do You Want Tin Ware? I manufacture my own Tin Ware, Store I'ipo likI Sheet Iron Pans, which 1 warrant to be of ho very best quality, iOOFINU, <?ITTTKK1S(? nnri RKPAlRlMi DONK PROMPTLY AND WELL. 'nxtinjrs for Stoves furnished at the Shorte?t ioticc. I)0\"T XKC.LF.CT TO CALL ON j. ii. Nov 'JO 4 s If Ladios' and Gent's Shoes. VI.L tlic leading styles. An ut'.ns ially good . line of l.adie-.' Philadelphia riuulc fine shoes, adies' Kid Slippers find Newport* in large rarity. RICK k McLl'RE. May? 1* if % 8.W. Porter's * t NEW STOCK! *0* I.O^V f PRICES, . ? AV ft (HICK SALES. FOR CASH OHLY. THE CHEAPEST DRY GOODS, i; NOTIONS, GENT'S HATS, BEAD??MADE CLOTHING, B00T8 AND SHOES, HAItI)WARK ?AND? GROCERRIES, Ton be had at S. W. Porter'o Cheap Stor?,-?.f,.r CASH ON1.Y. Please don't nsk Tor credit,! hs it is tctt anplcasnnt to refuse It ; but * aell too cheap to allow a day's credit to my best friends. S. W. l*OBT?R. Sept 27 8U if TIME TA1ILE OF THE ^ I Spartanburg & Asheville R, R. and s.tl. AC. RAILROAD. ti* a ir 1 * 11 ? (ju iniu jbiirvi* iuoimny, .vprti i, imWt ~ DOWN TRAIN. | UP TRAIN. Arive. j I.eavc. j STATIONS. Arive. j Leave. ^ I :i 00 p m'Coleman* 10 .10 3 "JO jSalmla *9 40 a in 10 00 3 10 , Melrose 9 2t I 10 pm 4 20 ITryon I'lty 8 45 4 40 Landrmus 8 21 5 00 ;l'ani|K>lK'llu 7 56 5 30 Iiiniim 7 32 ft 30 j Cain jit on 7 22 0 23 i Air-Line Jnnc'iu 6 50 6 50 7 00 a ni Spartanburg 6 33 0 30 a in 7 40 I'ueolct . ft 60 8 00 Jiiiicsvilte 5 27 *8 40 a in > 8 50 | Union 4 31 p ni 4 IS 9 20 ISniitnc 3 55 9 41 1 Fish l>ani 3 3.7 10 07 Shelton 3 10 10 20 Lylcs Ford 2 50 10 40 Strothcr* 2 25 11 30 I i Alston fl 45 pm * Breakfast. j Dinner Trains on S. .1 A. K<md w ill lie run by A. I.. Tinio JAS. ANDERSON, Superintendent. April 11 15 (f Greenville and Columbia R. R, CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. I'nsscnger Trains run tlnily, Sundays excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up nnd down. On and after MONDAY, May 201 h, tho following will be the schedule : 1 it. Leave Columbia at 7.45 a rrr Leave Alston II.30 a m Leave Newberry 10.50 a ni j I.cave Cokcahury 2.17 p in I,cave Helton 4.00 p in i Arrive at Greenville 5.So p in IIOW.V. ! Leave Greenville at 8.05 a n? I Leave Belton 9.55 a n? ! Leave Cokeahnrv 1 1 ? ? ? I Leave Newberry 2.40 p in I Leave Alston 4.20 p t*. Arrive nt Columbia 0.05 p in ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE DIVISION, nnws. rr. I.eavc Wnllialla. ...0.15 a m Arrive 7.10 p m Leave Perryvillc...7.00 a ni Arrivo 0.40 p m Leave Pendleton...7.00 a m Arrive 0.00 p m Leave Anderson...8.00 a m Arrive 5.00 p m Arrive at Belton...0.10 a ni Lenve 4.00 p m THOMAS DODAMF.AD, General Superintendent. .1 a it e7. Norton, Jr., General Ticket Agent. June 0. 1870. 28 __tf Pioneer Paper Manufacturing: Company. MANUFACTURERS of Book, News nnd ) wrapping PAPER. John IV Xlcliolson, Agent, Athens, Ga For sample of News, see this sheet. Nov 22 45 ?f J. C. WALLACE, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND TRIAL JUSTICE, * UNION C. H , So. Ca. WILL practice in all Courts of this State.? Prompt attention to business. Trial Justice business transacted without delay. Office opposite Hotel, in II. L. Goss' new building. April 18 10 51m C. O. C U I ? , ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFIC K O V K II S II A X ? AMD X K O . Will practice in the Circuit and Supreme Courts of the State. Jan 8 f?ms.* SAMUEL S. STOKES, Tlt lAI, .T USTICK, V'nion C'? II., S. C>. All business in I lie jurisdiction of a Trial Jus- ^ (too attended to with promptness. Ofliec over Slccdnian & Hau ls' law office. Jan 3 1 tf DAVID JOHNSON, JR., ATTOUNKY AND COl'NSKM.Ktt, Will practice in the Supreme and ("ireu i Courts of the Slate, also in United States ('our t for the District of South Carolina. Dec 1 ' 60 f>m Parasols. Ill ROM a Calico to the finest Silk, al the very . lowest prices, at S. W. PORTER'S I Cheap Store. May 0 10 tf