* \ffi i ? '* L*' :P TIE- WEEKLY 01181 TIMES. 9m^SSSSSSSm ***01* JoMfewr$oKtiqs, and th<{ (fiirrrnt ^Trirr, of fht ?mj. * vol.. X.? Nkw Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 1, 1S7D. NUMBER 31. HOW THE GaNFEDERUE PRESIDENT WAS PUT IN UHIAN3. Oil tho morning of tlio 2dd of May, a bitter trial w ti in store for the proud spirit?a trial severer probably, than has ever in modern times been inflicted upon any who had enjoyed such eminence. This morning Jefferson Davis was shackled. It was while all tho swarming cauips of the armies of the Potomac, the Tennessee and Georgia?over two hundred thousand bronzed and laureled veterans?were preparing for the grand revkw of the next morning, in which, passing in endless succession before the uiausiou of tho President, tho conijuoriug military power of the nation was to lay down its arms at the feet of the civil authority, that the following scene was euactcd at Fort Monroe : uapc. Jerome iv J. mow, ol the third Pennsylvania Artillery, entered the prisoner's cell, followed by the blacksmith of the fort and his assistant, the latter carrying in his hands some heavy and harshly rattiiug shackles. As they entered, Mr. Davis was reclining on his bed, feverish and weary, after a sleepless night, the food placed near him the preceding day untouched on his tin plate near his bedside. Well? said Mr. Davis, as they entered, slightly raisiug his head. I have an unpleasant duty to perform, sir, said (Japtaiu Titlow : and as he spoke theseuior blacksmith took the shackles from liis assistant. Davis leaped instantly from his recumbent attitude, a flush passing over his face lor a moment, and then his countenance growing as livid aud rigid as death. lie gasped for breath, clutchiug his throat with the thin lingors of his right hand, and then recovering himself slowly, while his wasted figure towered up to its full height?now appearing to swell with indignation aud then to shrink with terror, as he glanced from the Captains face to the shackles?he said slowly and with a labor 1. -i . ing cncsi : My God ! You cannot have been sent to iron me ? Such are my orders, sir, replied the officer, beckoning the blacksmith to approach, Mho stepped forward, unlocking the padlock and preparing the fetters to do their office. 'These fetters were of heavy iron, probably five eights of an inch in thickness, and connected together by a chain of liko weight. L believe they aro now in the possession of Major General Miles, and will form an interesting relic. This is too monstrous, groaned the prisoner, glaring hurriedly round the room, as if for some weapon, or means of self des struction. I dc.j.uud, Captain, that you let 4iio see the commanding officer. Can he protend that such shackles are required to secure the sale custody of a weak old man, so guarded and in such a fort as this'/' It would serve to no purpose, replied Captain Titlow; his orders are from Washington, as mine arc from him. Hut he can telegraph, interposed Mr. Davis, eagerly; there must he some mistake. No such outrage as you threaten tnc with is on record in the history of nations. Hog him to telegraph, and delay until he receives an answer. My orders are peremptory, said the officer, and admit of no delay. For your own sake, let me advise you to submit with patience. As a soldier, Mr. Davis, you know I must execute orders. These are not orders for a soldier, shouted the prisoner, losing all control of himself. They are orders tor a jailor?for a hang man, which 110 soldier wearing a sword should accept ! I tell you the world will ring with this disgrace. The war is over; the South is conquered . I have no longer any country hut America, and it i< for the ' honor of America, as for my own honor and life, that I plead again-.t this degradation. Kill me ! kill 1110 ! he cried passionately, throwing nis arms wide open and exposing nis breast, rather than illictou me and my people through me this insult, worse than death. Do your duty, blacksmith, said the officer walking toward the embrasure as if not caring to witness the performance. It o.ily gives increased pain on all sides to protract this interview. At these words the blacksmith advanced with tlio shackles, and seeing that the prisoner had one foot npoti the chair near his bedside, his right hand resting on the back of it, the brawny niechansic made an attempt to slip ono of the chackles over tlie ankle so raised ; but as if the vehemence and power which frenzy alone can impart, even to the weakest individual, Mr. Davis suddenly seized his assailant and hurled him halfway across the room. On this Captain 'J'itlow turned, and seeing that Davis had hacked against the wall for further resistance, began to remonstrate, pointing out in brief, clear language that this course was madness, and that the order must ho enforced at any cost. Why compel mo, he added, to add the further indignity of personal violence to the necessity of your being ironed ( I am a prisoner of war, fiercely retorted Mr. Davis; I have been a soldier in the armies of \inoriea, and know h<>w t<< ! di-v Only kill mo, and my last, breath shall ho a l.|i ->io ' on your head. I?nt while I have !ih .nil slreiivth to ie-i r, I'mmyself and I ;r my p-?ple. 11?i-? thing "hall r.b: d;no. Hereupon Captain Titlow culled in a Sergeant and lilo of soldiers l'roui the next room, and the Sergeant advanced to seize the prisoner. Immediately Mr. Davis flew on him and seized his musket and attempted to wrench it form his grasp. Of course such a scene could have but one Dsue. There was a short, passionate scuffle. Jn a moment Davis was flung upou his bed, and before his four powerful assailants removed their hands from hiui the blacksmith and his assistant had done their work?one securing the rivet on the right ankle while the other turned the key in the padlock 011 the left. This done, Mr. Davis lay for "u moment ?iu W;.. .. 'IM 1 1- 1 ? mi ( oivwiy raising millself anil turning round, he dropped his shackled feet to the floor. The harsh clank of the striking chain sccuis first to have recalled him to his situation, apd dropping his face into his hands, ho burst into a passionate flood of sobbing, rocking to and fro, and muttering at brief intervals: Oh, the shame! the shame! It may here be stated, though out of its dud order?that we may get rid in haste of an unplcasaut subject?Mr. Davis some months later, when frequent visits had made him more free to converse, gavo a curious explanation of the last feature iu this incident. lie had been speaking of suicide, and denounced it as the worst form of cowardice and folly. Life is not like a commission that ,vo can resign when disgusted with the service. Taking it by your own hand is a confession of judgment to all that your worst enemies can allege. It has often /i l l liasucu against me as a tempting remedy lor neuralgic torture; but, tliauk Hod, 1 never sought my own death but once, and then when completely frenzied, and not master of tuy actions. When they came to iron mo that day, as a 1 st resource of desperation, 1 seized a soldier's musket and attempted to wrench it from his hands, hoping that in the scuffle and surprise some of his cotnrads would shoot or bayonet mc. --- ** Tub "Indut.of.nce" of Pistols.?Failing all other means of accounting for the death of Mr. Seymour, of New 1'ork, who was found killed by a pistol shot iu the grounds of the Theological Seminary, publie opinion in that city is now settling down to the belief that lie was killed by a stray shot from some one celebrating in this reckless way the Fourth of July.? Among others a boy student is said to have been indulging in such shooting, and may have caused the disastci unknowingly. 1.. , i ai<nu itiiViiuj JJCtll |iUUIIMIl'U 111 the wounding or killing of many persons by the indiscriminate firing of guns and pistols on that day, and the marvel is that there were not more of these accidents. Since the introduction of toy pistols a now and every day danger has been added, for what arc called "cat and rat" pistols may be included in the list. For men to carry pistols is a reflection upon the civilization of the age, but to find them in possession of small boys, and even girls in some instances, is a public scandal. "During the Fourth of July," as we learn from Philadelphia papers, there were captured there quite " au armory of revolvers and pistols of other patterns from persons (mainly small boys) firing them in the park." The Lnfijrr, alter describing these cheap and dangerous weapons, adds : "The assortment of pistols just captured in the park from boys shows there is no difficulty whatever in the way of children getting a large supply of them, if they have pocket-money enough. That the manufacturers and venders of such weapons understand right well the scandalous character of the trade is manifest from the fact that only one of the whole lot has the maker's nam3 upon it. All the rest are anonymous, as if ashamed of themselves and the makers and venders, too." lint the blame attaches ijuite as much to the parents of the children as to the manufacturers and venders of these "cheap and rickety and disjointed things." One of the great defects of social life at the present day is the decline of parental authority, resulting in many cases from the indifference of the parents themselves.? Children are often permitted a larger dc grcc of liberty than is good for them, and instead of engaging in childish sports and pastimes, they aspire to what Shakspcare calls "niannisliness," to copy what are supposed to be manly ways, and to carry manly weapons. In Furopean countries it is rare, indeed, for even men to own pistols, and rarer still to wear them habitually, l'ublic opinon is so emphatically opposed ?l .!- il ? < - - * I - ' * l ' io inc practice mat lew, imiccu, iiiiiik oi flying in tliu face of it. The custom of wearing swords went out of favor threequarters of a century ago. 1 >ut those who indulged in it wore them openly. With us the pistol is concealed, and is more dangerous, for the possession of it is, in hot blood, a provocation to use it. In populous cities, where law and order rule, for a man to plead that he carries a pistol for selfdefence is, as is truly said, "the flimsiest of pretexts." For hoys t > have them is even ! wor.se. Tie v are din_'orou a toy:; ihey are intolerable in childish hands a*- w< ip i? and the u-e <>f lliein should I? prohibited hy all possible penalties.? liahhn^f Sun. NORTHERN IMMIGRATION 80UTH. Tho Chattanooga Times, in an article on Northern immigration to Tennessee and the Southern States, says, the fact is that real and valuable immigration to the Southern States from the North has just fairly beguu. True, we have had. here and there, a colony of foreigners and occasionally one of Northerners planted during the last twelve years in different States of the South. A considerable amount of Northern aud European capital nave found their way to Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina. Hut there has been no system or combination in it all. Tho whole of it has been desultory, scattering aud. not as intelligent as would have been best for those who couie. The Swiss colony nt Cullman, Ala., and tho one hi Grundy County, this St >te, have hcon decidedly successful, and one or two of foreign coinposition in Virginia aud North Carolina have done and are doing well . Tho more general and systematic movement of immigrants in this direction from i New England, New York, Pennsylvania ( ami other of the old Northern and Eastern i States, has only taken .shape during the last j few mouths. There is now here a gentle- j man from Portland, Maine, who will prob- i ably buy some 110,000 acres of land on i which to locate a colony of several families i at once, with n prorpoet of many more fbl- I lowing in the coming autumn and next < spring. The persons composing this in i choatc colony are men and women of culture, ' made up of first-class business men, mechan- ] its, farmers, manufacturers, etc., who will ( bring their all with them when they come, ( l T_:n L uiiu win u? an ac<|uisuion any chuic may be prornl to get. The same tiling may bo said of a large colony l'rom Lowell, Massachusetts,* who are preparing to settle 011 a largo tract in Coffee County, near Manchester. Col. Killcbrcw is now in New England, working up and putting in shape the movement of New Englandors southward. The secretary of the Massachusetts Colonization Association Mr. Stearns, of Boston, spent several days in this city last week, and went over to Middle Tennessee to look at lands near Scwanoc. lie is commissioned to purchase 00.000 acres for one colony, and may purchase more than oue 6itc for other colonists b fore he returns. This looks like business. It shows that the purely American element in our Eastern towns and cities arc taking to the fine climate, healthful and productive land'.t of the tsouth. :is they have been for years ] swarming on to the prairies of Illinois, Iowa, i Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, leaving the | factories and shops to the Swiss, Irish, j English and Herman laborers and incchan- i ics. So numerous has this exodus been ( that some of the New England States, nota- i hiv Connecticut and Maine, are literally i drained of their best native young blood, : and foreigners hold the balance of p wer t at the ballot-box and everywhere else, and j still the hegira goes on. One of these j colonies will bo lire mother of twenty oth- r ers, and ere long tin middle an i more < northern bell of the Southern section will t not only divide the "human spoil" with the \ Northwest, but wo shall certainly get the j lion's sharg.?Macon Tchyrajih and Men- c snojrr. t . s, A Kin<;in<! I<ki'TKit.?Tin lollowing c production is well worthy its eminent and < patriotic author. Here the whole matter c; is stated with all possible force and concise- e ness. This letter deserves to he read by i every man on the continent : a Unitf.d States Senate Ciiamiikr. ) ' li /1 T.. 1 ? r I ? ?i .?o111 .> 11111.> , i /. vj,t ?j u ly o, l O l i? J 1 Dear Sir :?The extra session is at an :| end. In my judgment, no session of (Jon- ' gross has ever done more lor the vindication of the ]>riiioi|tics of American liberty. Wo have successfully maintained the priii- x eiple that the bavomt shall not control the I ballot-box ; wo have repealed the infamous 1 jurors test-oath ; we have provided h>r itn- ' partial juries in tiic Federal courts, North and South, ami ire hare maintained llir r principle thai the / ' Jcral e/overnment shall not interfere in the election of officers of ( the States. A greater declaration in favor ! of popular liberty has not been made since ' the adoption of .Magna Charter. ' 1 Yours truly. A. (r. ThhkMAN. f I fan ./. 11' Kylar, West, Union Ohio. * o South kitn ('omfktition with North- 1 f.rn Mll.l.s.? Sill's Mills, Pennsylvania July lb.?As pertinent to the cotton spinners' strike in Fall Kivcr, I contribute a 1 fact within my own knowledge, hfcuiug 1 the past winter some time a member of a 1 livoloio imoi-o til-m ?ni<l itm.r \i-r.iil.l O - J ""u,u have to stop spinning cotton ami buy yarn in the South, as they could buy cheaper than they coubl spin. And they were bred to the business and themselves manage t icir j Factories. In March and April last 1 was i in (icorgia and Alabama, and then came to 1 the conclusion that the mills there could I e irtainly spin yarn and make coarse cloth i much cheaper than those North could. The South lias line mills, low taxes, buys cotton from the wairom*, has water power and cheap labor. The people, in Kail Kivcfaro ill fact j in minding competition with the darkev. I who works am) boards himself for nine dol Ilars the month ? (' rrrxjU'iiffi #?/ . phia Times. I Wantkd?Onk IIunduko Mai.kGuaduatks.?lhipcrs North, South, East and West have iiinuuiorable accounts of commencements, and able and manly graduates stepping from the college rostrum to the stage of actual life. These young uieu go forth with sheep skins in hand, aspiring to a comfortable and distinguished place at the top, wherever that may be, for they have often been assured that there is plenty of room up there, and they have nothing to do but take a few upward steps and land at the nforcsaid topNow there is room bore in Spartanburg County for at least cue hundred of these nut in law,- uor modieino, nor politics, but on tiie farms of the county, \vlli?rt? f linrrt iu nlonl w aP ?' >* 4 .? ?MVI V JUVIHJ vi 1 Will IlUb UI1IJ1 ill I the top, but everywhere else in the line of ascent from I ho very bottom. If we hud more of these young graduates, with their habits of study and investigation and reading, in charge of some of the good lands of our county, they might help to bring thisoccupation into even higher repute than it now enjoys. There arc a hundred questions that come up in daily farm life that need the applied force of trained and vigorous minds. Take the one that is now attracting some attention in the Sjmrfan, the best way to economize rain in dry weather, and you ^ill find thai DOOR-learuing, combined with nhtuul jxperinieiit, would in a few throw much light on that very important subject, l'he growth and habits of plants, the improvement in farm stock, labor-saving uia.diiuery, diversified crops, a higher home )dneat ion for fanners and their families, rotter and more stylish houses, are qucsions worthy of the best minds. Then let many ot the graduates go to the farms; there hey arc needed, and there they may do much good.? (-tirolinn Sjntrtun. ? A JUDUK 1jEAR.N1 NO HIS TllAPK.?You ,vill perhaps be surprised when I tell you hat the ablest lawyer of this or any other rar, when lie is for the first time appointed i judge, has to learn his trade, as much as he mechanics annrentie.fi. Of conrsn I <1.. I & ' * "" ?ot mean by this that- lie lias to learn the aw, for I aui supposing him to be learned n the law. llut what the apprenticed mechanic learns of his master is not the scisucq of mechanical forces, at least not nuinly that. What he does acquire in that ipprenticcship is skill in the use of his ,oolfl< This is precisely what I am saying >f a new judge. Let mo illustrate this from my own experience, for it is closely related to training in a lawyer. It is in fact the same thing. I am very sure that t does not take me half the time now that t did at first to eliminate from a complex vise presented to me for decision what is rrelevantor iinma'ferial, and to ascertain the mint of conllict nee s.sary to he decided.? \nd this is equally true whether the conest be one of law or fact, or both. ]{y iracticc and attention I can listen to a lawrcr read a document offer d in evidence, >ass with him lightly over the formal parts >1 the instrument, and when he comes to he vital matter, the few words, perhaps, vhich alone touch the issue, I cateli their irceisc meaning, and if I do not get that dearly I stop him there until I do. It is rare hat L need go over that instrument again. h> I have acquired, I hardly know, how ex:cpt by practice?by training?the faculty ?f taking an iuiiucnsc record of live hum Ircil or one thousand pages, and turning at nice to the material parts, whether of pleadng, of evidence, or whatever it may be, nd in one-third the time it took me when first went 011 the bench, I gather the maerials for my judgment without digesting i mass of useless chuff.?Justice At ille r beore the Iowa liar Association. About the best specimens of ready wit ve have met with in a long time arc ro>ortcd in a Virginia paper. Tlmy arc good uougli to go tlio rounds and be rcinemlered. I lore they are : ' When Gen. Getsy, coininander of the rarrison of Fortress Monroe, received Capt. A'inc and the Uichmond Blues with a band if music at Old Point, the other day, as 50011 as the music struck up it frightened lie team of a countryman, consisting of a ruiG nP n hull Inf t r\ o otw?L* noet i i v vt i* ?/? 11 n v i?vv? vv it cm ix viii 1 ) iw lucli an extent that ho ran into and demorili/.cd the entire command. When order had been somewhat restored, ('apt. Wise wittily remarked to (Ion. Getty : " Another Bull Hun, General. '"Yes, replied the General; 'a regular rout; hut I promise you when I get inside the tort you shall fate better at (Irtty's burr/. "And they did, too Thk Tkxas FkvKit Oyino Out.?The Texas papers admit that the rush of immigrants to their State is over, and say they ire not sorry. The glowing pictures drawn by railroad agents of the certain wealth that awaited every comer attracted thousands id* shiftless people, who, of course, have found that it was necessary to work for a living in Texas, as well as in other parts of the country. Kvcn the railroad companies now see that iminmrants of this sort. aro. worse than useless, and there is a general disposition to stick a little more e|..scly to ill - I'. t-< in immigration circular* and get bettor people if lower of them. Sa-Lutinu tiik iiitiDK.?There was o marriage at the upper cntl of the Detroit, Lansing ami Northern road the other day. A great big chap, almost able to throw a car load of lumber off the truck, fell in love with a widow who was cooking for tho hands at a saw-milt, and after a week's acquaintance they were married. The boys around the mill lent William three calico shirts, a dress coat, and a pair of whito pants, and chipped in a purse of about %?20, and the couple started for Detroit on a bridal tour within an hour after being married. This era lady, explained William, as the conductor came along for tickets, arc my brido. Just spliood fifty-six uiinits ago. Cost S2, but durn the cost ! She's a lily of the valley, Mary is, and I'm tho right bower in a n :w pack of keerds. Conductor, sa lute the bride ! Tho rnmliii'liir linvit'ilml Tl.,> ? _ v..- . *. ?iv? n iuuw had freckles ami wrinkles ami a turucd-up nose, and kissing the bride was 110 gratilication. Conductor, sa lute the bride or look oub for tornadoes, continued William, as lie rose ' up and shed his coat. The conduct >r sa-lutcd. It was (he Lest thing lie could do just then. 1 never diil try to put ou style before, muttered William, but I 111 bound to sou this thing through, if 1 have to fight all Michigan. These ere passengers has got to wuic up to the chalk, they has. The car was I tin. ttiiii.iui u.nxca nu>... the aisle, waved his hand to command attention, and said : "I ve just been married, over tliar sots the hrido. Anybody who wants to sa-luto t'ac bride kin now do so. Anybody who don t want to will licv cause to believe that a tree fell on him ! One by one the men walked up ami kissed the widow, until ouly one was left, lie was asleep. William reached over and lifted him into sitting position at one movement and commanded : '(Aryegoin to dust over tliar au kiss the bride ? "lllast your bride, and you, too!? growled the passenger. William drew him over the back of tho sent, laid him down in the aisle, tied his legs in a knot and was making a bundle of hitu just of a size to go through the window, when the man caved and went over and sa-lutcd. "Now, then, said William, as he put on his coat, "this bridle tower will be resumed - - Why a iiiiiDAh Tim* Was not Taken'. ?Quite a sensation occurred in Crawford County, not far front Fort Valley, la3t week. A young gentleman was to have been married to a very estimable young lady. Tho invited iruests had assemhloil tin* n - ? -- > man was present, ready to perform his part; the table was prepared with the usual dainties which so pleasantly assist in making merry such occasions; the bride was adorned for her husband in all her blushing beauty and angelic loveliness, with a throbbing heart, anxiously awaiting the arrival of her betrothed. At a tardy hour he arrived. His appearance told too well that ho had broben his pledge, so sacredly given, to drink no more. Tlio resolute young maid rose to her feet and with a determination that spoke in words too plnin to he misunderstood, sa d ' I will never marry you, sir." l'riends interceded and earnestly besought the young heroine to retract her words ; the bridegroom pleaded with all the vcliomcuce and eloquence of a lover, but still tlio maid would have her will, and said nay. Shu boarded the train in a day or two for southwest (Jcorgia, and took her bridal tour without the would be bridegroom. ? - Tiik South Kit n Life Inkijnance Company.?Time lias passed on. Dull, heavy, long years have rolled by. J'ovcrty has invaded the sanctity of many a widow's home, and not yet one single word from this fallen giant. What does it mean? Why is it so? Why all this silence ? Why this kid glove handling of this defunct concern '( \Vc mean no reflections upon its former distinguished head or of its cfliccrs, but facts arc stubborn things, and as wc are in darkness, r.nd as our people have suffered so much, we call for light, more light, upon this yet hidden and obscure mutter. Let us have a clean breast of it. As public servants, wo would bo recreant to onr trust if we did otherwise, and as wc tender our thanks to "II. W. A ," of Edgefield, for opening the hall, we call upon our content pur.tries r<> Keep it roiling. 11 is Uy thcso means, ami these alone, that we bring just such institutions to a proper appreciation of their duties and obligations; and it is but a matter of justice to all .veil managed companies of the kind. Lite insurance in itself is good, hut a counterfeit is not worth a penny.? Camden Journal. A Husinkss Akkaik.?The following curious advertisement appears in the columns of a (icrinaii medical journal:? Through the death of the late proprietor, a good practice (surgery) in a wealthy part r>( the country is to bo disposed of either by sale or lease. The present owner, daughter of the deceased, is young and single, ami would not object to marry with the buyer or tenant, if suitable arrangement* were ntftdo. Address, hi.