Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ . ^ . ~ N' fHE WEEKLY IP JMOI TI1EI. ^. Snooted lo ^flritulfurij, $|oriifuItur$, jjomnstit fitonomg, fotite jjitqrature, politics, and the Current gjeros o)f the gag. VOL. XVII.?New Series. ONION C. H., SOOTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 3, 18S6. NOMBER 35. RRMUfTinvenvi I - * ' or TilK MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLERY. BY O.NR OF TIIKM. No. 11. Tlic Mississippi campaign, inaugurated tor the relief of Vicksburg, virtually ended when Johnson retreated from Jackson. Let me run back and give an incident or two in connection with it: ! As<our troops were falling back towards Jackson on the 7lh August, very much jaded and dispirited, we met the brigade mail boy, who had brought with him from Jackson a newspaper that gave a most glowing account of a grand victory that Lee had gained over the Federal arms in Pennsylvania. The story hal the effect of putting new life in our troops, and hope once more danced before our vision. The inspiring news was never confirmed. During the eight days we were in the trenches around Jackson, the enemy kept up a regular cannonado ?many of the shells passing over our works, exploded way down on 1'carl River. It was interesting to watoh the burning fuse, looking like a fiery comet cutting its way through space. After the shells had passed far beyond and exploded among the women, children and other | non-combatants, then came the whizzing noise they had produced as they ploughed through tlio air in their rapid flight. If any had been skeptical about the propriety of dodging from hissing balls, they were now convinced that the danger prcceeded the noise, and that it was the lightning and not the thunder that did the damage. As the novelty and excitement of the ' shells Hying through the air like blazing torches wore away, because of tlicir frequency, the men became less apprehensive of their danger, and wero more reckless in exposing their persons. It was owing to this that a number of our men wero picked off by Federal sharp-shooters. I remember seeing a young soldier sitting on lite aide of the brenstworks, near our gun, eating a peach and making tnerry with a comrade, killed by a minnie ball shot from the top of n tree quite three quarters of a milo away. A puff of white smoke was the only way we had of know- < iug from where the balls were coming. One ovoning the onemy very suddenly developed signs of an intended assault on our works. The men wore summomcd to their positions to repel the anticipated attack. John Ison, who c was a young man then, r.nd not over-large to his age, said, as he was called to his position, " it is hard to make a man fight when he is in good humor." So fur as my experience and observation went, troops rarely ever went into battle intlucnced by the emotions of anger. ^ qftny led against an eqemy in a pqrdufysin of rage would be invincible, Uowards wilftbrave danger whon thoroughly aroused. What deeds of daring, then, might be expected of brave men impelled by an uncontrollable passion of anger ? While wo wero in the trenches the men had poor chances to forage or Supplement tlieir poverty 1 of rations by outsilo industry. Some fine hogs ' used to roam near the lino of breastworks, an I 1 Ike Ison got permission to knock one up. In a ' little ravine just in the rear of the works, Ike 1 put on a portion of his pork to cook in a pot he 1 Lorrqwed from Judge ^Ijock^y's yard. The 1 Federals got tho range and shot a hole through ' the pot, but Iko went on cooking. A littlo bul- 1 let hole wna not enough to deprivo a hungry man of his hard earnings. The Federal sharp-shooters became so nnnoying that tho 20th South Carolina regiment was i ordered out to drivo them away. That was a i new regiment that was added to Kvans' brigade i whpn it left Charleston for the West. It had i ueen ng active service niuj its ranks were full, I Numbering, perhaps, more than all the other regiments in the brigade put together. They I wore good clothes and marched under a new banner that had ueilhcr been s >iled or riddled i i.? i- ? ? uj uuiku. in a|pjn.-?iituw moouter troops contrasted most unfavorably by the side of this new regiment. The veteran regiments wore not only dirty but tugged clothes. Since appearances is the genertil evidence of Judging, tlio soldiers in feood elbthes always received (ho lion's share of attention, ns well ns the favors along the line of march. If a young lady hud an apple, n flower or a cup of water to give, the best dressed soldier boy always got It. The divine declaration that "to him that hath shall be given," was reyectedly verified In a temporal sense on our ritnrch through Mississippi. I have wandered far from the incident I started out to relate. Just as lite 2Gth regiment was ordered out to drive off the pickets in our front, Maj. Graves, with all of Hreckcnridge's staff, rode up in rear of our guns. Tho regiment went over ttio breastworks in a perfect line and in ?hperb stylo. All eyes, for a quarter of a mile on either side of their position in the breastworks wore concentrated on them. They were the observed of all observers, as they clearod tho works. 80 grand was their martial bearing that Maj. Graves involuntarily exclaimed, "there goes my Palmettoes." How these words l^ade my 8t^te pride leap. Imagine whnj a fall if l?ad, when, all of' a sudden, without tbc Slightest cause, as far as I could see, the nien were thrown into a panio and came helter skelter, pell mell, back to the works. The Holcomhe Legion, dirty, ragged, and about one fourth as many, then went out, chased the Federal pickets away and held (he ground till after night. Now for an incident or two that took place the cainp. One night some of our men kjlleij a big hog tjiat belonged to a blind man. Bt-ecicnridge's tr&ops Itkd recently gofce into 4kmp near the house, and the ol I man's suspicion fell on thein. As an evidence that the Maobcth was not suspected he sent the officers one of the hnms, and a shoulder to one of the messes. We afterwards learned that a part of that mass aided in killiog the hog. cerjali) doctor, now dead, beloi^ge^ to the M.iobeth, who hud an uneontrollsbe thirst for wttiskey. His thirst for it got so strong one day, m he wm walking along the streets, that V I c ieu uown at tlio gate in front of a fino house, I where he imngined there might be some, and j groaned as if ho was half dead. The ladies t ran to his assistance and wanted to help him. t lie said he was in great pain and he thought a t little whiskey would relievo him. The antidote tor pain prescribed by him was forthcoming 1 ind the doctor went on his way, rejoicing that t lis trick had succeeded so well. f One rnoro and we will resume our march to- I vards the rising of the sun. Near our camp 1 it Jackson was the residence of Judge Shockcy. c Hie Judge was an elderly gentleman, large, c >rim, dignified, egotistical and a little touched c ivilh pomposity. Ho reported to Capt. Jeter >ne day that he had missed a shirt from his c ilothcs liue, and he believed 0110 of the men iad it. W. D. Humphries, orderly sergeant of T he company, was told to search the bnggngc ^ if every man in the company and to carry 1 Fudge Shockey along to identify his shirt. c Humphries said, "well, Captain, give me your I ceys and I will begin with you." The news ^ loon ran through camp that Judge Schockcy a vas on the war path hunting for a lost shirt. ^ The men wanted no better signal than that 0 Tor a spontaneous outburst of fun. One of them, holding up a red flannel shirt that was r' to thick and heavy that it almost mado you ier8piro to look at it in the shale, said, "Judge Is this your shirt? " Then two of thorn, put- f ing a little Irish boy, who joined the company 1 iftcr we went west, on their shoulders marched ip to tlio Judge and said, "Judge, this fellow las your shirt on. He was seer, when he took t from your clothes line." When the Judge, v tvlio was a large, dignified man, and the very wince of neatness, looked nnmul ?n.? *i?? i:??i? ^ lirty Irish lad sitting on the shoulders of the 'J nctt, wearing a homespun shift, looking 9 leither the cleaner or bettor from long service ^ ind marked with stripes as broad as the ono 1 hat designutes the characteristic penitentiary ( sostume, the idea of that being his shirt and ' ho thought that he was, at his own expense, ' naking fun for the amusement of the soldiers, 1 vas, to him, so supremely ridiculous that he ' urncd abruptly away, saying, "sergeant, you 9 iced not look any further, I would rather loso ' ny shirt." Wq heard no ntoro of Judge a ihockcy till rcoonstruotion limes when, I beicve, he was provisionsl Governor of the State fc >f Mississippi. tl Gen. Rains, the inventor of sub terra shells ' ind torpedoes, was sent to Jackson with the * tope of making his new weapon of warfare 1 rcry destructive to the enemy. I heard him ' magining one day the terrible fate that await- 9 sd the Federals, when they passed over theso 1 ixplosives. When we crossed the l'corl River c >u our rotrcat, guards were stationed at differ- ' Mat places wjjArc he had juried gome of tlicso 4 if ea^uuk, in turu ohr troops oiit ot the i&od to ' as to prevent tho destruction of our own men. 1 If tlicy ever harmed any one of tho enemy I ' never heard of it. Dynamite might, in this 1 way, be male very destructive to au invading army. We bivouaccd tho night after the army i left Jackson near Brandon. The next day the I army moved a few miles east of Braudon.- Tho i Federals pursued us to Brandon, mil then i abandoning the bopo of overtaking Johnson, < returned to Jackson, and after committing i nai,y acjs v>f vandalism, went back Viekst>urg. Tho two hostile ariiiies were now narchitig in opposite directions ; Grant going westward and Johnson eastward. They might i have met somewhere in China had they kept on. Wo continued our march along the line of rail- 1 road to Forest Station. Scarcity of water made it necessary for the army to go into camp in. iiuuvi'is nuns, some uvc nines SOUtU 01 the itation. Like the grasshopper and i?rmy worm Lhat make frequent changes in locations out , West as food became scarce, so wo had1 to tank4 lYequcot changes on account of tho paucity of 1 water. Very suddenly Johnson's Mississippi 1 army disappeared, how or when, we hardly I knew Suddenly brought together from dif- | fcrent commands, it as quickly returned. The ( Macbeth was left in camp at Roberts' Mills, | without orders and rations?the only remain... I idg vestige of Johnsou's .Mississippi army. ( There are circumstances under which foraging on an individual account might be w nked at. One of those excusable emergencies was now | on us. The men were told to supply present necessities, oa the promise of the Confederacy ' to feed the troqps. Hero agiin the old adage, give men an inch and they will take an ell," was verified. It required a great deal more to ] appease the appetites of our men, when they, and not the government, were the judges of their capacity. On this occasion it took a sheep to each mess, and a hog or two sprinkled on to season it. The fariqcr on whose sleek at 1 I I U.I --II-I ? l iiin uicu nun iuiucu, cuueu ut ueuuquariers nnu laid his complaint. Capt. Jeter told him to identify the men, and they should pay over and above what was right for the government to pay. He lefi, saying he would be back the next morning. That night we received orders to report nt Mobile for duty, and left the next morning, before the farmer came in with his bill of damages. During our encampment at Roberts Mills an old couple man nud wife, who had immigrated to that oountry years previous, hearing that we were South Carolinians, made a visit to the camp and were seemingly as glad to see us as if we had been of their own kith and kin. 1 remember how feelingly the old lady spake of our hardships and spoke words of genuine sympnthy. They left us wjth pressing invitation tq visit them. Ligqt. Munrp r>nd the writer took advantage of If and called to ice them * fetf evenings afterwinls. Our reception' was' warm and cordial. Multitudinous wore the questiono asked and answered, about dear old 8outh Carolina, und they >n turn gava ua seine graphic word pictures of the ups and downs of western life. Before it was yet dark supper was announced and we wore glad, for we wtjre not only hungry, but wero expectants of something bettor than ordinary eamp diet. Header, ft yon could have seen ua that evening eating musty corn bread, and beef and peas fried, in allow, you would have concluded that we enoyed it. 1 am sure our host and hostess thought 10. They did what they could and wc bid hem good bye, feeling as much sympathy for hem as they had manifested for us. That people do some times leave South ('aroma, to try their fortune in some western Stale, ind settle down on land quite as poor as that rora which poverty had expatriated them, is a >roblcm that does not work according to the ule of common sense. An exceedingly dusty lountry in dry seasons is sure to run to tho ithcr cxtremo in wet seasons. This was true f Mississippi. There had been little rain in dississippl from the time wc entered the State, in tho 20th May 18G.1, till we left Hoberts' dills, on the morning of the 8th August. It vas raining when we marched out of the camp. The soil in that .section of that State nixed with lime and when wet took good hold in everything with which it come in contact, n going from our camp to Forest Station, a lislauce of fivo miles, the wheels of our guns md caissons looked like huge wheels of mud. Ve frequently stopped and dug the wheels out >f the mud in which they had become incased. Vhile waiting at Forest Station two of our aen, by a joint stock arrangement, started a chuck luok bank" with the jjuny sum of ten lollars. Five of it was given for a pack of ards. Some western soldiers passing by wore mpelled, by that wonderful somothing, so liaracteristic of man's ouriosity, to inquire in. o the modus operandi of tho tempting game. )n being told that pocket book and conscience rere the limit, one of them dropped down a wenty-dollar Confederate bill. The Macbeth >oys, like Meade at Gettysburg, was whipped efore the battle was fought, If the western oldier wins, wo have but fivo dollars to pay dm and there will be a row, here in a stone s hrow of the officers. Such was the logic of he bank owners. They concluded, however, o risk the chances, nud; like Meade nt Geltysturg, unexpectedly won. They roon had all he money the western boys bad, and left ''orest Station with a pocket full of money, ome seven hundred dollars, and were hannv. tuck, who was looking oq at the time, has an miniated recollection of it now. ?' Our guns were put on the cars at Forest Ration, and the horses were carried by the lirl road to Meridian. .Securing transportation or our horses at Meridian, we ran down to dobile and went into quarters at camp Ileulah, n the western suburbs of the city. It was a ovely camp, on a clear, beautiful stream near lorne paper mills, just in rear of the residence >f Miss Augusta Kvins, now Mrs Wilson. The tamp eo near the homo of the author of lleuah, suggested its name. We had a remarkable sasy time at Mobile. The enemy bad n< t put Ikia utih?Hvm?& an^ of ' part of the State, and the fortifications along ihc Mobile bay guarded the water entrance to ;ho metropolis of Alabama. The only incident I hare any recollection of in connection with the Macbeth at Mobile was the killing of one of our horses by lightning, in a few yards of our tents, during a thunder storm, lien. Maury commanding that military district, had but a smnll force at his command and when it w?a jupposed (hat on attack would be made on Mobile, by (he Federal soldiers thcn'stnrtiug ou an expedition from l'onsccolo, Florida, it was necessary for him to hate more troops, aud among tho reinforcements >ent was the Macbeth. It was in this way Jiat wo drifted to Mobile. Vim. FotiEtwuau'a Great Feat.?Buffalo, August 33.?tyow it is tljc groat ^howuian, Adam Forcpaugh, Jr., who is to startle the world by his prowess in dcaliug with the tmtural dangers of tho great Niagara, as his managers announced hero to-day for the first time. He has decided to walk his horse lllondin over a tight cable stretched 3n tho brink of the great cataract on Sep* tembcr 13. I had a' long talk this after noon with Forepaugh's representative. fhomas II, Davis, during which ho said: 'Blondiu is a Morgan colt by Adam, Jr., bought near West Chester, Pa., three years ago. Thcauimal was fjur years old last spriug it is fourteen and a half hands liigh, is compactly built and weighs 800 pounds. Adaut began training tho colt at Philadelphia early last fall to walk the rope. At first the rope was placed but two feet from tho ground, but before the circus start cd out he caul 1 do a two and a hall inoh rope thirty feet long and twenty foet from tho ground. IIo goes backward as woll as forward, and hns nevor yet had a fall, lie has no fear whatever of fulling, and I don't think there is any doubt but what ho will go over tho Niagara Gorgo all tight on a still day. lie wcurs a patent rubber shoe and is very qireful and sure-footed. It will bo a big cxpoos?\ bat wo don't euro about that, for it will be a big oard for the show, and a still bigger ono for the Madison Square Garden next winter if ho does it. 'It is easier for a horse to walk a rope than a man after ho knows how, for he has more logs to balance himsolf with. i\niiqals ore not oreditcd with half tho' in?_n: ....... ' v?ij! -' !. - * J tumgcuvv %uvj |nwecM* JLMUUUIU 18 UK B mild end tractable disposition. I don't think ho will bo afraid at all, but if he should bo, Leslio, who does the slack wiro and turns somersaults with boots and spurs on, will go with him. Cooke is at Niagara now and as scon as ho gets t^o arranged we shall begin advertising for September 13. Blondin has boon a great feature of the show and wc are going to mako still moro of him.' I* - Our Relations with Mexico.? Washington, August 24.?The announcement of editor Cutting'B release, which is confirmed by a dispatch from Minister Jackson to-day bears out what has been repeatedly stated in these dispatches upon the authority of Secretary Rayard, vis., that the matter would be auiical ly and satisfactorily adjusted, and that thcro would bo no war on Cutting's account. It is believed that Mr. Sedgwick's visit to Moxico is for the purpose of collcct'ng information to guide the department iu insisting on some formal arrangement by which Mexico will agrco not to attempt in future to try citizens of this country for offences com hutted outside of Mexico. Secretary Rayard was not inclined to talk about Mexican matters this afternoon. Ho said it would be manifestly improper for him at this time to express rn opinion unon fiithnr ihn t'lillini. A -r? ...v \tk Aiuwoutca vuot'j or state what would be the course pursued by tho State department now that Cutting has been released. He did say this much, however, that Cutting's felcaso docs not in any way affect the point iu controversy. Mr. Sedgwick will be required to investigate and report upon the questions involved in the disputes bctwccu tho governments ovor the release, as ho was instructed to do by tho dcpartuicut before ho started to Mexico. As to the staud to bo taken by the State department, should indemnity bo domanded by Cutting, uono of the State department officials would veoture an opinion. To all qutslions bearing upon the future action if the department in this ease the reply is mado that no steps of any character will be taken until Mr. Sedgwick's report is received. If his investigation briugs to light evidence showing that tho oourso of the Mexican government towards Cutting was clearly unjustifiable, it is the general opinion in the dcpartuicut that this government will be obliged to back up any reasonable claim for indcuiuity tbat he may make. Governor Porter said this aftornoon in a laughing way that "perhaps Cutting will rest satisfied with the great amount of free advertising he ha; received, and will not bo anxious for ani other iudomuity." The department bat Jiruiar r.tt<r>tim.*g^t'C'-^'HWim murder, and tho opinion prevails that th< affair was a clear caso of kidnapping ant murder. Tho murder was committed oe Mexican soil, but the kiduapping was per petratcd on this side of the border, and was a clear invasion of our sovereignty. At far a? the murder is concerned, Govcrnoi Porter savs this erovernmcnt oan nnlv du. * a *- TT Jl mand that Cnpt. I^ondfngon \c tried for tho crime by the Mexican Courts, but for kiduappiug Arrcsurcs, a naturalized citizen of this country, Mexico could be forced to surrender Moudragon to this country for trial. Tho act of entering this country aud capturing one of its citizens was a clear violation of opr sovereign fights, and tho defender comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Courts. This matter is still under consideration, and while the Stato department officials arc very guarded in their utterances* it is safe to infer thai active steps will bo taken to bring Mondra gon to trie! tc COuUlry fbr kidnappiug and his trial for murder by the Mcxicat courts will bo demanded.?Baltimore Sun ? Another IIydroimioiiic lloiutoit.? Fort Worth, Texas, August 2G.?On thi farm of W. K. Candy, cccj t^fo city, Au gust a rabid dog bit Walter Gandy four years old, in the lacc. Several of thi animal's teeth cutcred the flesh in thi cheek above the cyo. The little boy die not suffer except from the laceration, bu his parents at once took hir^ to iienton whoro a loadstone was applied. It wouli not adhere, and it was said no virus hat entered the system. Not satisfied, the fa i ther took the boy to Mansfield, where i second madstonc was applied. It also rc fused to adhere. On Saturday tho little fellow said hi throat was sore, and refused to eat. 1I< would cry when water \ya? brought nea i him. and'soon became frantic. Physician went out from Fort Worth and exhaustct their skills, but the boy grew worso, and i greenish foam issued from his mouth, lli piteous cries and contortions wcro aimplj horriblo. A little playmate carno to see him yes terday, and W?ltc{ snapped at bitinj I him sligntly in the face. The physioian foar this boy has also been inoculated witl the poison. Last ovening tho sufferer bccamo quie ' for a while aud slept for a few moments I He awoko with a tremor, barked like a dog bent himself nearly double, ni^ gpashei I his tooth, b\ood and foam gushed from hi | mouth, and he was dead. Mrs. Gaudy, tho mother of the boy, i prostrated with grief, and it is feared sh will dio from the shook. Tiik Ordinance ok Secession.?It is not yet quito a quarter of a century since J the representatives of the pcoplo of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, passed c tho Ordinrncc, commonly kno'an as the ' Ordinance of Secession, by which tho Stato * was solemnly withdrawn from the confeder- t acy of States called the United States of P America. Tho enactment of that Ordi- a nanco was a great historical event. It was a one of the most important iu tho chain of c events that led to tbo bloody four years' C war between tho Northern and Southern " States, and cuded in the subversion, at least t for a timo, of tho Constitution of the Fath- a era aud the substitution in its stead of a ^ great central despotism, or so-called Na- 1 tional Government. Is it not passiug }' strange that the circumstances attending u an event of so vast importance and of, ? comparatively, so recent date, should al- a ready be sunken into oblivion even in our a own State ? d In the Columbia correspondence of the a News and Courier published yesterday it is o said that many people in Columbia claim I tbat tho Ordinance oi Secession was passed t in the Old llaptist Church of that city. ^ No one who was iu Charleston on tho 20th a of December, 1SG0, is likely to labor under t any misapprehension as to the facts of the t case; A majority of Secession candidates r to the convention had been elected, the 1 passage of the Odiuancc was hourly looked c for aud the city was wild with cxcitemcut. 1 The Convention was in session at St. Au- [ drew's llall, iu Rroad Street, north side, ( near Frieud, aud there tho Ordinance was 1 passed. The news Hew like wild fire. The C Mercury, the orgau of the Secessionists, published a small extra with a copy of the C Ordinaneo set out with Haming heudliucs. n l'ettigrew's Rifle Regiment was engaged t in batallion drill on the Old l'aradc (Jround, a near Maguolia Cemetery wheu copies of the t i extra wero received. The regiuicut was ' formed in hollow square and the news for- > [ uially promulgated. The soldiers, like the ' . people throughout the city, received the t announcement with the wildest cu'.husiism. s Rut few, save Col, Vottigrcw, had any just i t appreciation of the inevitable cuuscqucuccs s of secession. ( -O., ?f??? of Jfc.vetwltfu ? j was passed by the Couviutmn in St. AuI drew's Hull, that place Was so small that i the Convention determined that the Ordi- 1 . nance should bo publicly ratified at a mass 1 i meeting to be held at lustilute Hall, the 1 i largest public hall iu the city. The meet- * ing was held, and no scene like it has ever i been witnossoil snrn nnrliinu ?? >'?1 1 v J ? v |/V. MMJ/O Ui UUllUUUi ' party conventions ou the nomination of a ' President. The immense hall was packed i until no standing room was left, and many ' i wero uuablo to gain admittance. Gray- < ' haired sires aud callow youths, stalwait men and elegant women \'ie^ with each < i other tyc^r exhibition of patriotic en- i 1 thusiasui. i Would auy one there have believed that ( * in less than twenty-five years it would be ; claimed that that historic scene occurred 1 I iu the old Baptist churct\ Columbia'(? I L Xcics am\ CwUr. A Ubmahkahlk PnoTOOitaril.?Bar- ( . tow, Fla.. August 21.?I have litcly seen * an extended account of a freak of light* ning printing the photograph of Miss Lib liu Paul on a tin ?ray at Plainficld, N. J., " and that electrifies arc considerably puzQ '?lcd over it. I knew of a stranger case that occurred at Amcricus, Georgia, a few > years ago. 1 cannot remember the date, but 0 thiuk it wa- iu the year 1877. A little 0 child of one John Brake, a poliooman of * that place, was playing ou the floor during * a alight thunder storm ouc afternoon. > Near the house stood a cherry tree. Sini* ultancously with a vivid flash tlio child was ^ seen to fall over, and when picked up it wua iuuiiu iu iiuvc a pcnoci ana ticautilul 11 representation of a limb of the tree photographed upon its right hip. Kvery twig and leaf was delicately, yet distinctly, s traced iu light rod lines. Tho father Q broqght the child up-towu and exhibited it r on the 6trcct. I don't know if the 'photo8 graph' remained permanently. I do know 1 that it was intact a month after. There ? are a great many people now living in s Amcricus who saw the child and admired f tho freak. .'Dot bruddor of uiiqe in Ohioago vhas k no good, said Moses, as he dusted a pair 5 of second-hand pants at the door. 'lie 8 close his sthore dor older day and puts on a 1 sign dot his wife was dcadt, uud he doan koep open for two days.' t 'Wasn't that right T i. 'It vas all right to shqt oop , but why doaq' {to %ny pa dcr sign?'On dis account d I haf to disposo of dis mammoth shtook, s und all goods shall be sold at ten per cent. below cost.' Yhen a pccsncss turn's wife s dies it vtaa a chance to advertise dot doan' o conto ouco in twenty years.? Wall Street Newt. THE CITADEL ACADEMY. Editor Spartanburg Herald: The status of this Institution is not genirally understood. It is a part of the Uniersity of the State, as the University is he climax of tho State's educational sjscm. It is, in our judgment, tho most iinlorlant part of that system, bccauso being tcchuical aud scientific school, it supplies want in the State and therefore docs not onic into competition with any other College. At this admirable school, 1 * ~ - ... i ii iv ii una biooc ia<u furnished to he State two Governors of distinguished bility, every student pays for his boird, uilion and maintenance. The expenses of heso items to each cadot is $300 per car. The Stato pays for G8 of these, who ipou affidavit of parent or guardian are limbic to pay for for it themselves. This ffidavit as to personal and roal property nd income, must have attached to it unicr the ccrtificato of County Auditor the mount of propcr'y of all descriptions, wncd by his applicant iu his own right or ty his parents or guardian. Theso npplicaious, guarded as much as possible to present imposition, arc all carefully exumiued ,ud warrants are issued to those appearing o come most within the scope of the intenled benefaction by the State. These warants entitle the bolder to appear before h Joard of Examiners appointed by each :ounty by the State Supt. Education, aud he youth who stands higheet in that coniictitivc examination is awarded the vacant iladctship from this county. An cxauiinaion will shortly be hold in this county to ill such a vacancy. In that part of the University located in Columbia, the rich and the poor alike pay 10 tuition. In the part located in Charleson, the State pays tuition and maintaining for the poor, aud the rich pay for hemsclves. This is an anomaly, but still t is a fact. The two Boards in charge of .hese branches of the University coustruc the constitutional provision,' in opposite ways. The Board of Trustees of the College in Columbia. coustrued the 'free and open to all,' to uicau that they cannot charge tuition of aay one, while tho Board of viaitora of the Military Academy construe the oonstittttion uHfe-cnlly, nnd do nnKchaig* tuition end board of every one who is able to pay. In the attack upon tho University system of the State on the ground of free tuition for the rich, let tho fact be remembered that the So. Cu. Military Academy does charge tuition from every student?the Stato payiug for the poor and the rich paying for themselves, and the further fact, that this* branch of the University is the ouly placein South Caroliaa where two poor boysform each county may receive a first-class* education without owe dollar of expense. ?..? ,ni.n r.._ v m! w*v ?? i ?? i. x lines aro oartf. :axca arc liigh, moucy is scarce, ?*d this jrcat benefaction to the poor liiau cost norc than lie eau stand well. Jleforc wo lestroy a noble institution, which has givcu to our Stato some of its graudest men? ;rand in war aud in peace, and filling usefully every department of life, let us sc? how much it does really cost us, and if itsdestruction will alleviate our burdens : At the recent Commencement of the Cadet Academy fifty-three young men wcro graduated?of this, the pay Cadets havcv cost the State ncthing, aud each one of thebeneficiary graduates has been boarded1,, clothed and educated, at tho expense to each taxpayer, of just \th of one cent each year, on every $1,500 of property returned for taxation tho whole four years course'.. Look again at the whole cost per year to* the taxpayers of the Slate. The State appropriates $18,500 for the 08 beneficiary,. Now what is that to each taxpiyer ? Thoassessed valuation of property in tho State,, is in round numbers 8150,000,000. 818,. 500. tho amount appropriated, is about i of a mill od tho dollar or I of a cont on tho dollar, or oue cont on cvory 880, or 10 cts on ovory 8800. or one dollar per year on every 88,000. Will the withholding of this trifle alleviate our burdens, or add prosperity as a people ? To save that trifle , will you vote to break up an institution which is a blessing to the poor man in en* abliog hiui to cducato u worthy son?a blessing to tho rich man, in enabling him to oontro) and subdue a wayward son, and a blessing to the State, in furnishing in _ r D evory section, men developed in body and trained in mind, and who have learood by four years of practical oxperienco that obe? diencc to law is tho highest duty of a citiien? ? Green corn is usually cooked too long. It should be put into unsaltcd. rapidly boiling water and keep boiling ten minutes ; then take it out and placo it in the folds ok a napkin until it is to be eaten. If it fat boiled longer than ton minutes the milk i*.< tho kernel becomes hard, and the whole grows tnoro indigestible the longer it it? boiled. If cut from tbo oob beforo it i& c joked, five minutes is sufficient.