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THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD. \
The niutHed drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last taitoo ;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping-ground
Their sileut tents are spread.
And Glory guards, with solemn round|
The birouac of the dead.
No rumor of the foo's advance
Now swells upon the wind :
_ No troubled thought at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind ;
No vision of the morrow's strife
The warrior's dream alarms ;
No braying horn, or sceauiing fife,
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowod,
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martini shroud ;
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow.
And the proud forms, by battle gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
1 lie neighing troop, ttie hashing uiaac,
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout arc past ;
Nor war's wild note, nor glory's peal,
Shall thrill with (ierecc do'ight
Those breasts thnt never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
I,ike the fierce northern hurricane
That sweeps his great plateau,
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,
Came down the serried foe ;
Who heard the thunder of the fray
Break o'er the Geld beneath.
Knew well the watchword of that day
Was -Victory or Death !
Full many a norther's breath has swopt
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's pensive lay,
Alone now wake each solemn height
That frowned o'er that dread fray.
Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground !
Ye must not slumber there,
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the heedless air.
Your own proud land's heroic soil,
Shall be your fitter grave ;
She claims from war its richest spoil ?
The ashes of her bravo.
Thus, 'ncath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the gory field ;
liornc to a Spartan mother's breast
On many a bloody shield.
The 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 dctd,
Dear as the blood ye gave !
No impious foot-step here shall tread
The herbage of your grave ;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
Whilo Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished year hath flown,
The story how ye fell.
Nor wrck, nor change, nor winter's blight,
Nor Time's remorseless doom,
Can dim one ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
[ Theodore 0' Ifara.
Oi.d l?Lb mm Kit's Buttons.?Old Bluuimer
is tight-fisted. Several days ago he
said to his wife, "Maria, I want you to look
over that broadcloth vest of inine aud put
new buttons on it, 'cause I'm goiug to a
card-party to-night."
"But, Ely," auswered Mrs. B., "I haven't
any buttons to match that vest, and?"
"Thunder !" broke in Hlmnmnr "ilio iile*
of a woman keeping houso as long as you
have, an' pretendin' to be out of buttons.
By(i corge! I believe you'll ask mo for
money to buy 'cm with next."
That evening old Bluuimer hurried
through his supper aud began arruying
himself for tho card-party. Presently he
called for the broadcloth vest, and Mrs. B.,
with marvelous promptitude, handed it to
hiui. lie took it, hastily unfolded it, and
then, as his eyes took in its complete appearance,
he stood as one transfixed. It
was a six-button vest, and there were six
buttons on it, and the dazed optic of Blurnmer
observed that the first, or top one, was
a tiny pearl shirt-button, and that the next
one was a brass army-overcoat button, with
U. S. gleaming upon it, and that number
three was an oxydized silver affair, and
that number four was a horn button, evidently
from the back of one of the Puritan
fathers' coats ; and then came a suspender
button, aud then, as the dazzling eye of
old Blummcr reached the bottom button?
n poker chip, found in Blummcr's pocket,
with two holes punched through it?he
gave a snort that made the chandelier jingle.
There is, after all, n fine sense of humor
about Blummcr, and he laughed till
he cried. And thcro won't be any button
money grudged in that house hereafter.
' ' ?
Strangk Place ?or a Bird's Nest.
?An English paper gives an account of a
pair of birds?Pied Wagtails?that last
year built their nest on the uudcr side of a
railroad car. This car made four short
trips and returned each day, yet the birds
hot only built their uest, but hatched their
^ohng. The account states thnt if tbo car
went off while both old birds wore 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 patiently
until their traveling nest came back.
The birds seemed to like the arrangement
ho well, that thev camo back to th? ?smi>
place this year, built another nest, and
eggs were laid in it.
A Grkat City.?London has more Roman
Cntholics 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 wrctchca and worst
thieves to be found on earth.
LIVELY LITTLE SBM?I8CEftCl4.
T'here wero Confederate Brigadier?
rovolutiouists??in those days. .?r. Buchanan,
a supposed Democrat, sat high enthroned
at the White Houso. Kansas was
bleeding. A Presidential election was impending.
"The robollion loomed. The cty
in Congress was, curb the Executive aud
blunt the bayonets of the army. And a
littlo jocky was trotted out and swung into
the saddle as a rider on the army apptopri
atioa bill, lno administration cried out
that it was being starved and coerced. But
the aruiy bill and its rider passed the Itouso
with a hurrah. The President was not to
be permitted to move the army nt his own
sweet will. IIo was not to allow the use of
troops as domestic police within the States
or Territories. The army should perish
rather than that this use should be made
of it. The bill aud the rider went to the
Senate. One Scnatpr rose aud said : ,
Since tlto House of Representatives lias
power to pass such a bill (an appropriation
bill, distinctly, it lias power also to place an'
equivalent prohibition in any bill which it
has constitutional power to pass. Aud so
it has a constitutional right to place the
prohibition in the anuual army appropriation
bill. I grant that this mode of reaching
the object proposed is in sonic respects
an inconvenient one. It is not, therefore,
however, an unconstitutional one,-nor even
necessarily a wrong one. It is a right one,
if it is necessary to efTcct the object desired,
and if that object is ouo that is iu itself just
and eminently important to the' peace and
happiness of tin country, or to the security
of the liberties of the* people. The Houso
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 Brigadier,
a revolutionist of 1851). It was William
II. Seward.
Another Senator rose and said : "If the
House Can refuse the supplies requisite for
the support of government, it it possesses
this complcto and effective weapon for obtaining
a redress of every grievance, and
for carrying iuto effect every just aud
salutary m insure, the occasion surely demands
the full exerciso of 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 reason
aud by the constitution."
This revolutionist of 1850 was the Vice
President of 1872, Brigadier Ilcury ?Vilson.
Another Senator smote Hunter, of Virginia,
hip and thigh, for charging revolution
upon the advocates ol the rider, the cocrccrs
of the administration. He said with
much else that was forcible : "Tho power
of supply, aud the power of annexing conditions
of supply, have always gone together
in parliamentary history; aud their joint
exercise has never been denouueud as a case
of revolution or tending to produce revolution
in any shape or form whatever. It is
a power csseutial to the preservation of our
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uuunius.
This brigadier of two decades gouo was
Liucolu's Secretary of the Treasury, after
Chase, William Pitt Fessenden.
Another Senator rose iu his wrath and
proclaimed :
The Senator from Virginia tells us that
I if the House attempts to interpose a condiJ
tion to an appropriation hill which they
make, it is revolution. Well, sir, if to resist
iu any way measures like these is revolution,
I say let revolution come. The prido of
the American people, the principles of the
American government, demand revolution
if that be revolution. But is it
revolution, Mr. President ? Must the
people's House of Representatives sit
with their arms folded nud, although the
constitution of the Uuitcd States coufcrs
emphatically upon them tho power to originate
all rcvcuuo bills (which comprises
the p >wcs to place these grants of money
ou such condition as they see fit),, must
they refraiu from exercising their authority
io au emergency like this'( Is this the
liberty of tho American citizen, that the
people's House, where there really is a rep,
rcscntation of tho people, where the wisdom
of the lathers placed the taxing power, nre
leading to revolution by annexing a condition
to the appropriation of the people's
money?a most wholesome restraint putting
a curb in tho mouth of the traitor who
sits in the Executive chair, now stimulating
this country, as fast as ho can do it, to
civil war ?
This revolutionist of the dark and trying
1 ^.r '*ft i?_:?-i:-- n ?
iuivo ui ?u nao Dii^iiuior \jtvncrai Diun
Bon. Wade.? Chicago Times.
"It surprises uie to see a young man like
you here," siid Judge Bowkcr, at Reno,
Nov., the other day to a fellow who had
been whooping it over night. "You filled
yourself up with an enemy to deprive you
of brains," proceeded the court, rearranging
its spectacles and gluring at tho culprit.?
"Now, here you are, a young man of intelligence,
with good clothes on, and doubtless
you havo a mother uud sisters who think a
good deal more of you than 1 do. You've
been sent to school and taught how to make
a good living. In return for all this yon
go scrcamiug around tho strocts at midnight,
tearing down signs and making a
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 inao. You needn't turn
pale, for it won't nelp you any. Have you
got any chcffing tobacco about you f?
Thankee. Chew more and drink less, like
I do. You're discharged. Next lime you're
tempted to take a drink think of my kindness
and weep, and refrain from the debna
ing habit. Kli ? Well, I don't care if I
do. AvcTy, come out and join me with this
young jjbmilemim."
'She ladies sing "in tho sweet 'buy and
'buy' we must meet in that beautiful store,"
and wc certainly can raise no objcotlon.
jssu/nai?vrAiam/0 m
The twelfth annual meeting of the Geogia
Press Association convened in Cartortvillo
on the 14th of May, with a full representation.
The welcoming words were spoken
by Mujor C. H. Smith (Hill Arp) of the
Atlanta Constitution stuff, as fbllows:
"Ourtcrsville," ho said, "roceives you
gladly. She feels magnified by your presence.
Always hospitablo to tho humble as
well as the groat, she nevertheless indulges
a peculiar pride on this occasion, for while
her pompous neighbors have been spreading
wido their philactcries over conventions
of teachers and preachers and loccbcra ana
railroad intriguers, she ranks them all in
tho quality of her quests. [Applause.}?
The editorial brain is tho lever of Archimedes
and the press is tho fulcrum... More
than a million souls arc domiciled in our
State, and tho power that moves them,
trains them aud directs thorn is now before
us. 1 ho press is par excellence the public
educator. It gives moro incentive to study,
more direction to thought and more food
for mental digestion than all other powers
combined. It establishes the convictions o?
masses upon all subjects which they arc
capable of comprehending. What a wonderful
power! And yet how silently it
works its mighty engine; how seemingly
unconscious of its strength ; how uuassumiug..
As we look into your trank and open
faces are almost ready to exclaim, 'How
clHId-liko and bland V [Laughter.]
"When the geucrous host meets his welcome
guest upon the threshold their kindly
greetings follow in quick succession, 'Is it
well with thee, my friend ? Is it well with
thy wife and child V Your prosence aud
your serenity indicate that it. is Well, and
now, in our tunc, we respond to your kind
solicitude, and answer that it is also well
with us. Our hearts bent happily and arc
warm with that abounding hospitalitv which
characterizes subqrbaq villages. Unpretending
towns feel all the greater honor
when visited by the giants and the notables
of the land. Liko the country farmer's
wife when visited by her city cousius, the
first impulse is to kill every kid and lamb
and turkey and fat shont iu the neighborhood.
The cook-book is ransacked for
somcthinc rich. SDicv and neeuliar. Lem
003. gelatine uud flavoring extracts arc laid
iu storo. The good housewife fondly aspires
to entertain her guests after her own
princely fashion, nnd if furnished with their
usual bill of fare wculd duplicate it if she
could. It uiay be, however, that you will
not object toaslight variation from your epicuriae
diet, for the immortal Marccllus has
demonstrated that even quail on toast is not
acceptable as a daily dish [laughter], nnd
your rural brethren can tell you exactly
how long nn editor can live on bacon and
greens without picking a quarrel with one
or more of his contemporaries. [Laughter
and applause.]
But Curtersville has another reason foi
feeliug specially honored ou this occasion,
for, according to high authority, this is not
a city of brotherly love, nor tho abode of
angels, nor the gate of paradiso ; but is on
the confines of the infernal regioaa?nigh
unto the l'tutoninn shore?and the very
air wc breathe is odorous of fire and brimstone.
[Laughter.] All theso perils you
have brcaved to visit us.
Into the jaws of death,
Into the mouth of hell
llodc the one hundred 1
[Laughter and applause.]
The ex-Governor is with us now, and we
arc told that when "honors aro easy" with
him hia forgiveness begius. We hope so;
nud that abetter feeling will soon be brought
about between him and this little bantling
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. It
I I * *
was Doro 01 ner progress, ana grew up ns
ouo of her - children. Her mothor?the
good old town of Cnssville?died in
giving her birth ; that good old town that
nursed and cherished the lamented Aiken
nud Trippo, and those other stars not yet
gono out?Judgo Underwood, Judge
Wright, Gen. Black, Gen Wofford, and the
Demosthenes of the mountains, who is now
professionally engaged in treating tho 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. [Laughter.]
Then Cartersville retaliated in a
manner that whs unfilinl and unbocouiing,
and the old gontleman quietly tojd her to
go to?Pluto's home. [Laughter.] It
seems now that he had thought she had
done so, 93 he puts off all travelers here
wuo are seek tug mat tropical region.?
[Laughter. But she didn't go there, gen*
tlouioo, and still lives to welcome her
friends and defy her foes. If sho is a little
too independent at times, we'll "nothing
extenuate nor set down aught in malice."
"And now, gentlemen, Christian gentle*
men, good Samaritans, penoe-makers, aftor
the sAd recital of our alienutioo, we invoke
your good offices to make reconciliation between
tho father and his ohild. I will not
detain you further with this unpleasantness,
but once more bid you welcome, and when
you return to cooler latitudes may you bo
able to say, "We found no indication of a
high temperature at Cartersville, saving
warmncss of their hearts to a welcome
a. #?
guuui,.
Hatks'h False Pretences.?Mr.
Coukling and Mr. Edmunds both quote the
acts of 1792/1795, and 1807, and Mr.
Hays ropeata the assertion, alleging that
they rest upon tbe same foundation as the
act of Fobuary, 1865, which'authorises the
use of the army at elections, at tho discretion
of the Executive.
Nothing could be further from the truth
than this allegation is. Here is the provision
of the act of 1792 :
"Whenever tho laws of the United States'
shall be opposed, or jthe execution thereof
obstructed, iu any State, by combinations
too powerful to be supprcssod by thw ordinary
course of judicial proceedings, or by
the dowers vested in the marshals by this
act, the sauio being notified to tho President
of the United States by an Associate a
Justico or the District Judge, it shall be
lawful for the President to call forth the
militia of such State to suppress such com- ]
binations and to cause the laws to be executed."
Tho act of 1795 re-enacted that of 1792,
and for the first time denied tho condition
upon which force could be used by the Executive
in these words:
"And in case of an insurrection in any
Stato against the Qovernment thereof, it
shall be lawful for tho President of the
United States, on application of the .Legislature
of such State, or of the Exccutivo
(when the Legislature cannot be convened,)
to call forth such number of the militia of
any State or States, as may be appliod for,
js ho may judge sufficient to suppress such
insurrection." ]
Then followed the net of 1807, which
declared that iusteadof the militia, "it shall
be lawful for the President to employ, for
the *amo purposes, such part of the land or
naval force ot tho United States as shall be
judgedfUeee;?afy, haviugyirst observed all
the prerequisites of the law in this respect."
That is to say, having 6rst received a call
from tho Governor or the Legislature.
By these acts the President was not permitted
to cuter a State with the militia or 1
the regular land or naval forces, to suppress
insurrection, or to execute any law, without
first having the request and consent of the
Lcgslaturc or Governor. The lines between
tho State and national powor were thus distinctly
defined aud preserved; whereas, under
the partisan act of 1865, for the first
time in our history, aud ugainst all the
tradi/.ious of frocdom, tho Executive may,
in advaucc of an election, quarter an army
in this or any other city, and, under protcnce
of preserving peaco at the polls, may control
the ballot box absolutely. Yet Mr. Conkling,
Mr. Edmunds, and their creature, Mr.
Hayes, aro bold enough to say that these
o.t.1 1 .1. - ? . 1.? ?s? ?
uiu amis u*ju lliu UIIJUIIL'l liiw Ut'l DIUlliar?
N. Y. Sun.
An Extraordinary but well-authenticated
fish story comes from Memphis. A gentleman
in that city, who has a small pond
stocked with fish, has recently noticed a
mysterious disappearance of some of bin
finest specimens. At last he and several
frionds sat up one night to watch. About
10 o'clock they saw tho house cat steal to
the edge of the pond and scratch in the
ground until she caught a Worm. She then
camo to the water's edge, and holding the
worm iu one paw dabbled in the water with
it. The fish were soon attracted to the spot,
and rising to secure the bait they were
dexterously caught by the other claw of
cunning puss, drawn ashore and devoured.
James H. Rodger
?DEALER IN?
GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
HOOTS AND NIIOEM.
MANUFACTURER OF
iin it .tnr/) niiMii i itTi A.m nncbl
1U0X PAX8.
HOOFING, GUTTERING AND
REPAIRING
l)OXK AT SHORT NOTICE.
ro:
I II AVE just received a large lot of Groceries,
consisting of
S'jgars, Coffee, Tea,
Molasses and Syrups,
Bacon, Lard and Salt,
Flour, Rice and Grists,
i Cheese and Canned Goods.
AI^O A COMPLETE STOCK OF
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS.
HARDWARE.
Iu lliii line 1 hare everything you may want,
from a Cambric Needle to a Broad Axe.
Cooking and Heating Stoves.
NEVER SO CHEAP BEFORE.
1 invite an examination nf mv Sln.V knnar.
log that I can please in quality, quantity and
price.
Do You Want Tin Ware?
I manufacture ray own Tin Ware, Store Pipe
and Sheet Iron Pans, which I warrant to be of
the eery beat quality,
ROOFING, GUTTERING and REPAIRING
DONE PROMPTLY AND WELL.
Castings for Stores furnished at the Shortest
Notice.
DON T NEGLECT TO CALL ON
J. IT. RODGERt ,
Nor 20 48 If
Ladles' and Genl"a S^O?E
ALL the leading styles. An uHiishally good
line of Ladies' Philadelphia ttiaje fine shoes.
. Ladiee' Kid Slippers and N?%ports in large rarlety.
RICE k McLURE.
vMay 2 *8 If
ftf
S.W.Porter's *
NEW STOCK! I
-3? 1
LOW I PRICES, *
AS O QUICK HALES.
I OR CA8H ONLY.
?.0,? J
TTITT^ rtTI? A T>T?aT
JL JLJLJLJ VXXJJ1U JUIJJI
DRY GOODS, i
NOTIONS,
GENT'S HATS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
B00T8 AND 8H0E8,
hardWARJB
?AND?
GROCERRIES,
Can be had at S. W. roftcr's Chcuf 8loft|-?/nr
CASH ONLY.
ricftsc don't nsk for mdlt,l hs it is yerj unpleasant
to refbse It | but sell too cheap to ?llow
a dny's credit to my best frieuds.
. S.W. PORTER.
Sept 27 3D if
TIME TABLE OF THE
Spartanburg & Asheville R, R.
AND
S . V. sfc C. RAILROAD.
To cro into Effect, Monday, April 7, 1879.
"DOWN TRAIN. I UP TRAIN?"
i i r T
Arlve. J I,****?. | STATIONS. j Arlve. J Leave.
I 3 00 p lu't'oleniaii* 10 30 ~
3 20 Saluda *9 40am 10 00
3 40 Mclrotc 9 2t
4 10pm 4 20 Tryon City 8 4.1
4 40 LaDdrtimx A 21
3 00 (.'ampoholla 7 5ft
3 30 lnnmn 7 32
5 30 [Campion 7 22
6 23 Air-Lino Jtinc'n 6 50
6 30 7 00am Spartanbu>L ft 33 ft 30km
7 40 l*aeolet i 6 10
8 00* Jnncavllle ' 5 27
*8 40 a in 8 50 Union 4 31 p m 4 11 .
9 20 Santuc 3 55
9 41 'Kith Dam 3 33
10 07 Shelton 3 10
10 20 LyleaKord 2 50
10 40 Strother* 2 23
II 30 Altlon Ifl 45pin
* lircnkfaat. f Dinner.
Train* on S. A A. Kind will he run by A. L, Timo
J AS. ANDERSOlf,
Superintendent.
April 11 15 tf
Greenville and Columbia R. R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
liiAmH
Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays excepted,
connecting with Night Trains on Seulh Carolina
Railroad up anil down. On and after
MONDAY, May 20th, the- following will be the
schedule:
cr.
I.care Columbia al 7.45 a m
Leave Alston 0.30 a m
Leave Newberry 10.5O a nv
Leave Cokcabury 2.17 p m
Leave ltclton 4.00 p m
Arrive at Greenville .... 5.85 p m
DOWN.
i.cave urecnviue at 8.05 a m
Leave Delton 9.56 a n?
Leave Cokeabury 11.33 a n?
Leave Newberry 2.40 p ro
Leave Alaton 4.20 p n.
Arrive at Columbia 6.56 p m
ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE
DIVISION.
ix>wi*. or.
Leave lYalSal]a....G.l? a nt Arrive 7.15 p hi
Leave Perryville...7.00 a m Arrive 5.40 p in
Leave Pendleton...7.50 a m Arrive 6.00 p m
Leave Anderson...8.50 a m Arrive 5.00 p m
Arrive at Belton...9.40 a m Leave 4.00 p m
THOMAS DODAMEAD,
General Superintendent.
.1abex NonTo.v, Jr., General Ticket Agent.
June 9, 1876. 23 tf^
Pioneer Paper Mannfactnrlnr Company.
Manufacturers of Book, News and
wrapping PATER.
John W Nicholson, Agent, Athens, Oi>
For sample of News, see this sheet.
Nov 22 45 if
J. c. wallaceT"
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND TRIAL JUSTICE,
iTvrnv n ir a~ n.
\j, 11 | ou. v u.
WILL practice in all Courts of tbia State.?
Prompt attention to business.
Trial Justice business transacted without delay.
Office opposite Hotel, in II. L. Gobs' new
building.
April 18 10 8m
?. ?. ~?ulpr
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE OVER
Nil AND A MONRO.
Will practice in the Cirouit and Supreme
Courts of the State.
Jan 8 6ms.*
OAMUHiL, 8. STOKES,
Till A JL. JUS TICK,
Union , If., 8, C.
All business in ths Jurisdiction of a Trial Jos*
tice attended to with promptness.
Office over Steedmsn A IUwIs' law office.
Jan 3 1 tf
david/oWson. in.,
ATTORNEY AND COUNHBLLEtt,
Will practice in the Supreme and Cireu i
Courts of the State, also in United States Cour t
for the District of South Carolina.
Dee 13 50 Am
Parasol*-'
FROM a Calico to the finest Silk, at thn very
lowest prices, at S. W. PORTER'S
- Cheap Store.
M?y 9 19 tf
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