Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m . su I uu meu cuicKep. It <3 a startling statement, and yet it is said to be true, that an important crisis 1 in the American Revolution was passed in safety by the help of a dish of fried chicken! The tradition is kept in tho ' Walker family in Virginia. ^ In 1781 tho Virginia legislature adjourned from Richmond to Charlottes- 1 ville, The British Gen. Tarleton started 1 to capture it with a largo force of cavalry f and infantry. Ho slopped for breakfast I at the plantation of Dr. Joseph Walker, < distant twenty miles from Charlottes- < ville. Rations wcro distributed among the men, and tho cook mndo hnsto to i preparo a real Virginia breakfast for tho l general and Lis staff. 1 Meantimo a messenger from the village rode on in hot haste to warn the I legislature and Thomas Jefferson, then govornor of Virginia, who was at his home at Monticello, outaido of Charlottesville. Twice tho cook prepared a delicious dish of fried chicken and cream gravy, and twice, when her back was turned, some of the hungry British soldiers dashed into tho kitchen nnd carried it Tarleton was also hungry, and enraged at the delay, which tho host explained, and told tho general that what thero was of tho meal could be served at once if ho desired it. But if he wished to havo chicken ho "must sot a corporal's guard to protect tho cook." m Tarleton was a glutton. He hesitated a moment, and said, "I will wait for tho chicken. Adjutant, set a guard over those rascally thieves!" The guard was set, tho chiokens wero cooked and eaten. But tho delay enabled tho messenger to reach Charlottesville and give the alarm. Mr. Jefferson and the legislature escaped from tho" town before Tarleton with his troops entereu it. Their oapturo would havo been a stunning blow to tho fortunes of tho young republic. ?Youths' Companion. Mr*. iAng^o'a Sliver Ruth Tub. A curious story is told as to tho origin of ifrs. Langtry's silver bath. Bathmakers believe that thero is only ouo silver both in the world. This was made some years ago for an Indian prince by a London bathmaker, and ho supposes that, tho owner having died, tho silver bath carno into tho market and was bought by Mrs. Langtry. A silver bath isa tremendous affair. Somo few wealthy puupia mtvu tujiju'r uauis pimcu Willi silver, but tlio cost is but a triflo compared with the genuino article. Some wealthy people who go in for luxurious bathing fill their bathrooms with statuary, have painted tilo walls, and tho bath is fitted into a case of carved oak. Then there aro marble baths. They nro both cold and costly. The most novel thing in baths, however, is ono fitted with a shower bath overhead, a needle spray bath at tho sides V and a wave bath that rushes out at tho \ foot. These aro in addition to tho ordinary \ hot and cold taps. So that a possessor of \ one of these ingenious tliincscan a dozen or more differr ent sorts of towels for bathing. After f the ordinary Turkish and huckaback >,v \ towels some doctors aro fond of recommending a towel of rushes, made appropriately enough by Russian peasants. It as hard and stiff and feels liko a coarse uishcloth. Its uso is confined to bathroom unatics who think they are happy in \>raiding their skins. Then there is an S fistic towel made of net, and another .. Ain raiser called loofah. Tliis is im-* l~4vj ported from Egypt. Tho loofah is mado of dried grass and it doesn't soften by immersion in water.?Kansas City Times. I Tlio Smallest liook. f The London Pall Mall Oozotto thinks that tho smallest book in tho world is a i1 volume now in the Salford Royal Borough library and museum. It. says: "Tho work in question?which differs from the rest in tho essential point that while, like tliem, de juro a book, it is also do facto a manuscript?consists of ono hundred leaves of tho finest rico paper, octagonal in shape, and measuring from side to side one-half inch, stitched together L , land covered in silk. Nothing can ext Voeed the lightness, delicacy and softness y^^/ofthe material, or the neatness of tho penmanship. This dainty Iittlo morsel I :frof oaligraphy, which at the first glanco tl \ precisely resembles, in its glass prison, a I \very tiny butterfly of somo uncommon 1 Wind, is very probably uniquo in tho 1 Western world. How it escaped iwmi\ Vent destruction is not tho least wonderA ' \i feature of its history, for it was looted I \Qhanzi in India, by a privato soldier V Ving tho mutiny, bnt it has been safe \ uio possession of tho Salford library \nany years. The work has not been A slated, but is officially defined, on s/\ uthority of nn Indian scholar, to bo V I ample of the 'Katlias, or Sacred ? ttion.s of (the) Mahrattas Brah)and tt i? written, without blot or F* v^cjution, in tho Mahrattas character, [ Tglbssy black ink, with a brilliant mar[ a of vermilion to every page, which is I o numbered. Possibly tho acme of I Ileal minuteness is reached in this ttiful little work of art, which, for yesent, at any rate, may claim to bo B unallest book,' as well as 'the least E dive manuscript in tuu world.'" B An Kcc?ntr!o Kins. B -respondent of Tho London Globe K I most interesting account of Noro" \ og of Cambodia, one of tho king1 1 ij\ t? J ? nLi? 1i^- iuuu-^uiiiu. ins majesty, it j \ b adopted a style of dress in /I Europe seventy years ago. Ho le tail coat with gold buttons, ? i \ breecbes and pumps. No \ > has had an audience of bis | 1 (is palace of Pnon-Peuh has I \ suppress a smile at the I I \ Asiatic potentate in the II ? worn in the reign of I 1 V??] i. -.1 ' ot the iioo?ic tunnot MAI nakcs the track visible. A r,.? n miln ahead Oi |Hpi I PPLE EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. Icwni! Attempt* to Stai-t a Horse While the l>river Whs Lousing for a II lok. A bay horse drawing a heavy express pvagon balked on Denrborn street, near Washington, about noon tho other day. Hie horse was a vicious looking animal with a sinister eye, reoking nostrils, and long, reclining ears, and he balked with such determination right across the cable track that the cars wcro stopped as far iown as Monroe and Lit Salle streets, and tho gripmen all sworo as gripmcn will. A* crowd of young clerks, old business men and jolly littlo typewriter girls gathered 011 tho sidewalk, and all tho ofllco boys in tho block took front seats, after their habit, and awaited developments. The driver, who was a tall, thin youth with a red neck and freckles, left his seat, and by way of opening business kicked the liorsn rudelv in the nh?lr?ni??n A member of the llumnno society caught tho boy by the collar and shook him, and everybody laughed except tho boy and tho member of tho Humane society, who glared at eack other. "lias anybody got a lump of sugar?" the member of tho Humane society asked after a while, the boy having gone to look for a brick. "I have," a typowritor girl replied, diving into her handbag. Tho member of the Humane society said, "Thank you, miss," bowed, rolled back his cuffs in tho manner of tho gentleman. who is just about to make a nickel disappear in his ear, and then attempted to thrust tho sugar into the horse's mouth. Tho horso's ears flapped back, his eye reddened and ho grabbed at tho Humane man's arm with his pink jaws. Tho Jlutnano man yelled,"Whoa!" ami jumped away; tho young men in the crowd laughed hoarsely and tho girls shrieked. Hanker Gcorgo Schneider had been standing in his window watching tho performance, and ho now cnino down stairs and walked through the crowd. "In tho old country," ho said, "we used to make balky horses move in this way," and he got on his tiptoes and throw his arms around tho horse's neck. Tho animal snorted savagely and shot up its angry head till its neck looked liko a stand pipe, and of courso Mr. Schncidei went with it. When ho had gone up sc. high that ho could almost seo tho roof ol tlio Tacoma building ho let go, and, falling, struck Tailor Joo Day. Mr. Da\ changes his trousers every hour, and he now wore a pair of gobelin bhi? trousers with whito llecks. When ho jumped oul of tho way to avoid Mr. Schneider Ik rubbed somo uxlo grease oil a wagon hul with his trousers and swore softly. Mr Schneider blushed under tho taunts ol tho crowd and withdrew to tho bank. A red faced man with a sandy mus tache, who woro a checked scarf aroum his neck, then camo forward and re marked: "'Ere's tho honly woyo todi tho bloomink think." Ho took a birch ing strap from a liorso attached to i buggy near hv t??vj .-iom A*g." Tnen ho began to pull and haul, anc Assistant Postmaster John Ilubbard who has a good voice, started to sinj "Saw my leg off." Everybody in tin crowd knew "Saw my leg off," am tho chorus was large a;.1 enthusiastic Officer Lavin paused 011 his way houu to dinner, saw tho unhitched horse, am calmly drove off with the buggy, accord ing to the ordinance regularly made am provided. Tho owner, a little man will a plug hat, camo out of tho Grannk block at this juncturo and assaulted tin Englishman, and somebody began welting the balky horso with a barrel stave. This was tho signal for a combined at lu<ju, ?iiiu um'iyuouy wao couia gee neai enough took a hand in hammering the poor brute. While this bombardment was at its height tho driver came up. Ho inquired for the member of tho Humane society, and finding that lie had gono he climbed into the wagon, glared contemptuously at tho crowd, kicked the horse in an ungentlemanly like manner, yelled "G? ee?t?ee?app," and drove away.?Chicago Tribune. Stenllug n Child. A remarkably intelligent elephant wonting on a now bridgo in Ueylon, says Murray's Magazine, had a young one to whom sho was perfectly devoted. It died, and sho became inconsolable. Formerly the gentlest of creatures, she grew irritablo and even dangerous. One morning sho broko tho chain which confined her and escaped into tho forest. Ono night, about ten days after her escape, tho officer who had been in chargo of her went out to lie in wait for bears at a pond in a jungle at some distance. As ho and his nativo attendant were returning, early in tho morning, tho nativo silontly nudged him, and they saw in the diui, gray light an elephant with her calf making their way toward the camp. They both sprang behind trees, and when tho olophants had passed tho nativo insisted that tho older ono was their old friend. When tlioy reached tho camp they found that tho truant had indeed returned, and had gone from ono person to another, touching each with her trunk, as if shn wtro exhibiting hot adopted child, which sho had evidently begged, borrowed or stolen during hor absence. Her trood temner and usual tlno.ilif v w A " """"""" " / returned at once, and her owner blessed tho good fortuno which'had enabled her to steal a child. Jinks' Mistake. Blinks?What? Can't keep your engagement with me? Jinks (sadly)?No, I can't. I was drawn on a jury this weok, and couldii't get out of it. "Did you try?" "Ihdoed 1 did. I did ray best to make myvsif out to bo a hopoless ignoramus, bat they wouldn't let mo go." "Great Scott, man I Tho way to escapo Jury duty Is to act as If you knew something, "?New York Weekly. MERIT > Consecrated Keeling*. A young ruouk camo one day to' his ] father superior and asked: "Father, thi what is it to bo dead to self?" The fa- wx tlier replied: "I cannot explain it now; th< but I havo a duty to perform. Brother ol< Martin died last week, and is buried in an tho churchyard of our order. Go to his co , grave, and, standing closo besido it, re- *vi I peat in a loud, clear voice, all tho good sti ] tilings you ever heard about him." After t" this, say all tho flattering things you can ' i invent, and attribute to him every l saintly graco and virtue, without regard sc' to f rutli, and report the result to me." Tho young monk went away to do his bidding, wondering what all this could ^ mean. Soon he returned, and the father asked him what had transpired. "Why, fu nothing," replied the young man. "1 j,( did ns you told me, and that was nil." "Did Brother Martin make no reply7" Ijj asked tho superior. "Of course ho did not, for ho was dead," said tho monk, it Tho elder shook his head thoughtfully, ai saying: "That is very strange. Go again sp to-morrow at the saino hour, and repeat til at tho grave Bide all tho evil you ever ol heard concerning Brother Martin. Add th to that tho worst Blander and calumny tu your mind can imagine, nhd report the result to me." ?J Again tho young man obeyed, and c' brought back tho samo report. IIo had heaped unlimited abuso on tho head of a Brother Martin, and yet had received 110 reply. "From Brother Martin you may ^ learn," said the father, "what it is to bo jr dead to self. Neither flattery nor abuse has moved him, for he is dead. So the ndisciplo who is dead to self will bo insen- j Bible to theso things. Neither voico nor u hand will over be lifted in 6elf defenso tl or retaliation; but all personal feeling h will bo lost In tho service of Christ."? fi Rev. G. II. Ilubbard. tl o Moody's Cooliicus. J Evangelist D. L. Moody went down into tho slums of Chicago to preach to an audienco of pcoplo never seen inside of tho churches. After tho services ho was Q 1 tho center of a scene. Half a dozen young men, half drunk and noisy, waited t] at tho foot of tho stairs. They insulted ^ 1 tho young women who camo out and h 1 they tripped up tho young men. They fi wero evidently preparing to have some \ 1 rough sport with Mr. Mood}', for when v ' I10 appeared at tho door they crowded g around him and jostled him off tho lower step. t ; Ho saw the danger and averted it v ? neatly. IIo was carrying his overcoat on 1 t his arm. Picking out tho biggest and ^ ) toughest of tho crowd, ho said: "Won't c ) you pleaso help mo on with this coat? 0 . I'm getting a little old and stout." Tho N f bad vouncr man was unnerved. He red dcnctl, mid stopped back. Mr. Mexxly ^ - hold out his arms npponlingly, and tho ?i 1 young man weakened. Muttering some- , - thing that sounded like an oath he hoisted , i tho coat on to tho broad shoulders. "I ] - knew you'd do it. Thank you," laughed J i Mr. Mood,v;awdi}4"a disorganized gang of hoodlums in tho shadow of the build1 ing.?Exchange. 3 ; Wn lloeoino Dignified Too Soon. 1 i How soon people's "dancing days" aro 3 1 over. 3Iiddlo ago doesn't dance. I was c . at a Long Branch hotel last summer and * i caw tho evening "hop." It was enjoyed 1 mostly by children. The oldeps looked 1 on, but did no dancing. Sonio of the * 1 "elders" were quito young. I saw among i them those who, eight or nine years bo- ji fore, used to bo very active on tho foot ^ J in that same parlor. But they danco no , more. It is too puerile. They look 011 v 1 a little while and walk about wearily. 6 They seemed to have entered on that I phase of life when everything bores v ! moro or less. I saw ladies walking with 1 ; their husbands up and down tho corri- c <lor. Somo waddled. Soiuo wero too n fat to dance. Some had lost entirely c tho elastic muscle of childhood, though I not forty. These, of course, wero too a dignified to dance. At least they seemed a to consider this apparent inability to s i dance as dignity. Perhaps it is. I saw 0 even young men of twenty-five, who danced mightily at eighteen, among tho ranks of thoso who had grown above dancing. I think wo enter on the heavy, i dignified, sit down phase of lifo much j too soon.?Prentice Mulford. a a Sujjnr on llitw OyntcrH. Tho sallow faced Celestials in this city j, aro more particular as regards their diet , than most people suppose. , One of them, who enjoys tho distinc- r( tlon of being tho wealthiest in town, 6, camo into a down town oyster house tho tj other night, took his seat at tho marble j topped tablo and asked tho waiter for a j, "law." Tho deft, white aproned waiter a stroked his smooth shaven chin refleo fj tively and replied: "A what?" "A law," repeated John, "law oysters.' "Oh, yes," and soon a plato of tho tempting bivalves, reposing in their , sholls, lay beforo him. Ho removed tho ,c. lemon and sprinkled a copious supply of j sugar over them and began his attack. P As ho walked to tho counter, paid his ' c. bill and departed, tho waiter smiled j ? tuouu wiui n --wen, mats 0110 way to oat oysters."?Portland (Mo.) Express. . ?. 1 i Sure to Oet Illcli. tl Jake?I tell you what, Bob, Stevens <1 must bo getting rich. v Bob?You don't say I What business T is he in? tl Jake?lie's In tho trunk business. But 11 ho has ton sons, and they'ro all baggage mem on tho Crescent railroad.?Harper's Bazar. Ji n: A Delicato Soldor. An nocount is given in a German pa- jt per of a Boft alloy which adheres so nj firmly to metallic, glass and porcelain surfaces that it can bo used as a solder, and which, in fact, is valuable when the articles to bo soldered aro of such a nature that they cannot bear a very high vi degreo of tomperature, tho composition 0I consisting of finely pnlverized copper ^ dust", which is obtained by Bhaking a so- tj lution of sulphato of copper with granu- t luted zino.?-New York Telegram. n I A Qhoil Tolled tho Dolls. Before the earlhquako shook it down, o old guard house or police station is just across tho street, in front of 0 church. Every night for years an 1 policeman^ who had grown old d decrepit in the scrvico of his untry and lastly of his city, kept itch at tho door. Ho had seen many uiigu siguus, unn iiq mwtiys ikiui mm 0 strangest he had ever seen was tho ad unan'ringing tho chimes from Uio 1 fry of old St Michael's. Ho had cn tho shrouded figure, timo and ;ain^ climb up to tho bells, and. not uching tho ropes, which had been tiled so often by living hands, swing 0 heavy iron tongues .against the les of tho bells and clash out a foai^ 1 melody which thrilled whilo it >rrifiod tno lisle nor. Ho would you, if you cored to I ?fcen to his story, how the ghost had son murdered* for in its normal stato had been murddred by the thrust of 1 Italian stiletto in Elliot street Tho tirit was "to walk tho earth." "revisit lo glimpses of tho moon, ring tho d chimes, and do other horriblo lings, until the murderer was capired. A few minutes before midnight tho d watchman would seo this spectral limcr enter tho church doors, forjtting to open them, swiftly and in ghostly way gliao up tho steps of tho lntling Blair, pauso under Uio bells y tho ropes whero Gludsden rings lcm. pass swiftly on without touchier them, climb on into tho gloomy h fry and stop boncatli tho open louths of tho bells, 'pioy yawned own upon it, aa if striving to swallow p tho restless spirit. Suddenly, as if 10 inspiration had como, tho shrouded and would move silently and rapidly orn iron tongue to iron tonguo, and 10 wild pldriich musio would swell ut upon tho midnight air.?Atlanta ournah Tho Aartrmllan Tioomcranc. Tlio boomerang of tho Australians is lado of hard wood and lias tho curvo f a parabola; is about two feet long, rvo and a half inches broad, and onotiird of an inch through. In throwrig it tho hunter takes it by ono end, olding it so that the convex edgo is orwaru and tho flat sido uppermost. Vhen thrown it ascends gradually nth a rotary motion, and finally beins to retrograde. Tho natives of somo tribes call tho loomerang wangno or kilic, and tho vood known to botanists as acacia icndula is generally solccted by tho loomerang makers. If {lossiblo they hooso a limb that is bont to form an mglo of about 100 to ISOdogroos. Tho veapon returns to tho thrower best vhen thrown against the wind, but lover returns wnen it lias fairly hit ho object at which it was aimed. Fhoso who nro expert can nlaco it vlierc thoy wish, and in warfare it is nost effective, strikuig wlicro it is least expected, niujun ^ng^? P.W.. ? w? ?? WIMUIV* i? f n?T*^THBO I. Cuji|nir urgomiug Koahlonuble. Coppor is coming into fashion. >Vhnt do I mean! well, look nt this ot of canes and umbrollas that 1 have ust imported. You will notico that iach ono of thorn has n pieco of ordinary copper wiro around the handle. *old ana silver lias becomo so comnou as heads for theso articles that >eoplo demand something new for a hango, and you sco the result before ou. Just now great simplicity is afected in this respect, but 1 havon't ho slightest doubt that when this netal becomes popular, as 1 beliovo it rill, wo shall seo very elaborate peronal ornaments made of it. Indeed, have often wondered why copper ras not moro generally usod as a maerial for ornaments. Its peculiar olor harmonizes perfectly with dark imterials and complexions, and it is omparativclv freo from oxidization. Jarlmrous? Not a bit of it True, the borigines mako uso of copper to (lorn their persons, and in thai thoy how excellent iudgment In matters f tasto wo migut frequently tako les cms from tho savages. ?" Jewelers' Vcckly. 1'rooCt of LnzJneM. . WI1011 Cyrus W. Fiold owned The fail and Express ho occasionally poked round tho various editorial rooms to et some idea of how his paper was being onducted. "Who is that man who sits i that room to tho right up stairs?" he nco asked of his managing editor. That'#Mr. , our exchange editor," eplied tho managing editor. "Well," rid Mr. Field, frowning, "it's my opinion rat ho isn't worth his salt. As often aa liavo been in this ofllco I'vo never seen im do anything except read newspapers, pd ho's always got a big pilo of 'em in ont of him."?St. Louis Republic. Tho 'High "Hut I'robicm. Hero is a solution of tho high hat probsrn in theatres. Havo all tho seats In 10 tlieatro so arranged that those occuied by women with high hats can be iwerod by tho management; or, better till, elevate thoso occuped by men. Tho lachinery for raising and lowering the jats could bo operated by the stage engieer without any difficulty. Just a few urns of a crank and tho thing would be ono. Of course, some of the high hat romeu would kick, but what of that? ty all means let us havo the adjustable lieatro seat, tho only remedy for the high nt nnSaon/iA \Trrvrr Vnrlr TriKtitrA Tlie Life of a Lease. Slio?Anil now that we aro engaged, ohn, dear, how long shall tho engageicnt bo for? He (an absent miaded lawyer who has ist drawn up a railroad leaso)?Oh, Inoty-nino years, I s'pose.?Epoch. The Original Star Route. Tho Jupitor and Lake Worth railroad ery properly claims the prior privilege using the designation "Star Rout?^ ccording to The Railway Age, the sfek one on that short line are named Jupl r, Venus, Mars, Juno.?Philadelphia imes. UNION THE IITAUGUU ATION CENTENNIAL, Which too!: plaeo in Washington on i? Wednesday lltli inst., says the A she- c* villc Citizen, to commemorate the c?*t?- ,lf tennial of tho inauguration of (jcoige Washington, the Gist president of ttio ^ United States, by a sim ular coincidenco <j;i took place on the day of the buii:.! #er- to vices of JyiTcrson Davis. One event re- '? minded the country of the honors that flowed upon the Iuccossful rebel: the <l other stood in soleuin contrast, the dif- ?( ferctjec between success and failure, ro between the one rev.red as the <l( father and savior ol his country, tiie *' other by au unthinking multitude re- |( viled as its enemy and a traitor. I In p- t, pily for the fame of Jefferson Davis, w and honorably to the feeling, the judge- fl aent nud tbc fidelity of his compatriots, ? ha is not so regarded. Not that the () people of tbc South uow wish or hope n, that the result# of the war could ever be b reversed ; uot that they do regret that * the decision of the '-arbitrator of tin; tword ' was advcrMj lo their ottort at ^ independent nationality, for wo believe that tho vast majority are net only con- K tent with the decision, but sincerely sat- a islied that it was wisely made against *' t^sui, always provided that the victoife ^ ous side always keep in view the liituln- ? uicntal idea upon which the bi't'e was t fought, the faithful interpretation and b observance ol the cons-tit u: i- 11. This, P as the underlying principle, is as vital 11 as ever, and did not perish when the |j cause of the South went down in disas- a tcr or when Jeffersou Davis went down h to the grave. Tho Wilmington Afcsscni/cr well says : "No great priueiple is ever entombed 1 with ti man that is mortal. Principle ts immortal?'the same yesterday, and ? to-day, and forever.' The great, priet- 'I less, precious principles for w hich Mr 1 Davis periled so much, for which be " was hounded and perseeured, and be- . cause on which accumulated hatred ami c denuDciatious fall upon his grave, will | live on through the centuries so long as " civil liberty has a foothold or a folliwor ) in this laod." ^ It is vital at the North As it is at the j South ; it is as inseparable from the [ political health aud inherent rights of 1 ono scc'ioti as of the other, and it must ' have its development again when tl>o , purpose of centralization shall tike j suelt path as to overshadow the gre.it fundamental principle ol S'lio e- j reigoty, no light thing to be i .n iy surrendered ly the mighty S'-t s '! the ] North, swept abng for a time in thoji wild current of dominant hctornJtx ideas, but sure to oppose with fivT'"1 d-ilJ *? ? *' *"*' "t"-u "Viwtr n of 1 uuieiuiiued purpose to iuizu.s'a their individuality and relegate tltcni to tho ( huuiblj relation of dependent provinces. The consent of the States, as distinct i sovereign powers, was the foundation 1 stono upon which the government was ' built. Thore was no absorption of them into the great central power which they erected for their greater convenience, and to which they gave delegated an 1 defined powers only. llcyoi.d those delegated powers, the right of self ] government remained, and still remains , and to this extent the doctrine of ' States' rights s ands unimpaired 1 On the subject of the centennial it ' Washington, the iVcrrs ant! Cotinrr j drawing a parallel between Davis and ; Washington, says ; < Tho government established by Washingtou was based upon tho doctrine that the pocple have tho riuht, and that it is their duty, to controi their own affairs in their own way. Washington led the rebellion of the , colonies against their king ; Davis led j the revolution of thirteen sovereign States aguiust the usurpations of a j government which derived its <>nlv powers from the consent of the Stales. t Could Washington and Davis have ex- I changod places and limes, the people of 1 the South would hold memorial meetings to-day in honor of Washington, J and the national capitel at \\ nshiiigton t would riug with the praises of Davis. [ Representing the same principles, striv- ? ing for the rights of the people, conscious of their owu rectitude and devoted to the supremacy of the conslitu- , tiou and the laws, Washington and j Davis arc. equally and a! ko entitled to t the rovercnce of the American people.'' t I Domestic Service i.v tub South. ?There are too many low grade cooks, \ dirty nursos and lazy house girls. They < have demoralized the better class of ' negro servants to he found here before ' the war, and at that liino one of flic < features of Southern households. Dames- , tic service has been dragged dowu to I the level of the rouch ulautation bands > who pour into cities, and who arc ready to begin cooking for a family without having ever scon a stovo in their lives, j They work at a place a 111 >nth and then s leave it for another, and the domestic ? history of most families in iho South to- c day is a steady succession of incninpc- ' tent uegro servants. Wo arc suffoiing 1 on the servant question as much as the |, peoplo of New Euglaud. Trey from a s lack of domestics, we from nn excess, v which has thoroughly demoralized all J' and dragged ibe good down to (lie level ' of the worrt. If we could ship annually some 10,000 or avou 100.000 negro servants North it would he better for al| hands. Perhaps our Northern f friends could make something out of h (hem, and we would certainly improve t< dotnestio service here with fewer but \ better cooks, nurses and house girls.? New Orleans Times-Democrat. 1, TIM Uavau** ?*p IMputiikki a.? Burlington, jt. .10.?The terrible spread of diphtheria low* and central portion* of Illinois is .using uiuch alarm At several p.diit* in e latter State tbe epidemic bee taken such 111 form that schools hiuI etiurohee have been Lit n?c?l end all public meetings forbidden by w; 10 nuilionties. At Crestoo, lo vn, the Ate ltoard of healt h has t*kon matters intheir hands, a member of the board having ll,i ;rn stationed in that city to coiupul ttie tin rgligciit citizens to.observe the most rigid ^;v iterantiue of the tuatiy cases. Bftvagea of the di-essc repcrtcJ front ether " jiiits in Iowa arc frightful, lit Sioux City SW1 rty houses are quarantined with many u t paths repute 1. In Kckitk about twenty css?s js *? l eporled, caused mostly by a rauk vieli- . on of the Board of Health rules requiring ' mentis of victims of contagious disease* or i be held privately. The dead body of it cltil I L i as brought to the city mid exposed to the 8? isw of a large number of friends and public . mersl was held which was largely attended. >c here is no knowing how far th# germs of 'l11 le di?cns% h.ad spread. Burlitigton is T1 it among the lru?t atlLctcd. One family us as lost three children wiilt three ethers list ,. spe tad to live. Many oilier esses are *' polled. I'1 I'lticago, N<>". -'50.?There have been dreal- er it ravages of diphtheria on thu West side ni| lis fall. Four families in one block have >sl eleven little onei. and mnnerous deaths c" te reported in the rrst of that neighbor- Wl ood. The Reality is not in the slums, in here filth breeds 'he germs of disease and cuth. The fatal spot is in the crntro of . no of the best resident portion* of the .telftward, tenanted by well-to-do fmni- " es. 'I he testimony rf physicians, drug- fu ists and the residents themselves is that (), lie yearly deaths ft out diptheria has been renter than from ell whet* causes comhittd. This fall tho disease have been worse a< ml more nialignatit in character than ever i fore. I, F.vti.L'Bi: at Cuaulottk.?Charlotte, a; N a. 30.?J. li. Shannonhottso & Co., it [toilers in agricultural tnachiacry, lartuing vv icplcinctnents, etc., here, made an assign- st netit to-day. licriot Clarksou is ttustcc. ci 'heir liabilities arc i>nt down at Silo,000, e >ul their assets will more than cover Hint b onotint. 'J lie assignment was a great surprise here <i '.ipera were tiled with \V. Cobb, Register It >f Deeds, al 11 o'clock to-day. First-class v. referincnts are : S. 15. Alexander, $10,000, s til John K. Price, $?lf>0. Second-class a rrcfv rences are : U.S. Miller & Co., $1,- t '00; Wiitcrtown Spring Wagon Company, c <08 ! I Not cl issilie | : Cherry, Morrow i v Co., ?3.77- 1H : Navns.-ei (.itiaoo Coin- v tatty, $878 81; Savers Sjcville, $181 70. o tod other sn: tiler debts ti tha amount of 51,000. ? The firm in ikes a cle in as >ignincnt. All t h< if stock of wagen", buggies, plows, g hr ui:ng tools ami implements, twenty t hares of stock in the Mutti'il ituihling and Loan Assoemtton. cash in the Commercial i National Hink.atl cash in hand, all notes, i accounts ami other e'Vilon^-s of debt, be- c tides till in Itvtdual personal property aud f a.t il itot.it>! .riim . t !i> !i-i - ill 4 nt* t lio t pimttin >-4i. am.?tjuite asad and sudden 1 ileatli occurred yesterday afternoon iu St. ^ Michcal's church. ' Mrs. I?. Lapliain, as was her custom, nltcnlud evening service , She went to church 1 in apparently good health and occupied tier ' usual place in ."-'i. Michael's. Hardly had > Hie service begun when, without a murnicr < >r struggle, she dropped to the tloor and silently passed away. Medical assistance was useless, for before even the hands of t her friends Could reach her lifo had ( passed away i The corpse was tenderly carded to the i lobby l,y friends, :i carriage was ordered, nii>I the body was taken to the home of the ( leec.vsed iu llroad street. The congregation i received the sad a:i l su Idea Intelligence t ui ii sincere sympathy and regret. After lie removal of the body the services were i 'uiiinuc l by l>r. T rapier. Mrs. Laphaiu was an esiimable Northern l a<ly, and the mother of Mr. &imuol Lap- i mm, of the Charleston ice Company.??Vcws 1 r/i>/ Courier. I - - - . T? " ? <] Mil. Davis' M.uixammitv.?lloston. Dee. J 'J.?When (iencral (Srant was dying in ! dount McGregor cottage the llostou Globe nst rue ted its New Orleans correspondent to utcrvicw Jctl'erson Davis. Mr. Davis was ml seen personally but a few days later icnucd the following letter : "Dear sir: Your request on behalf of the . lostou Journal can not be complied with for he following reasons : First, General Grant ' s dying; second, though he invaded our ountry with ruthless hand it was with open mud. and as far as I know, he abetted neiher arson nor pilage and has since the war, " believe sliown no malignity to Confederates, n other of the military or civil service. Therobre. instead of seeking In disturb the <|uiet il" liis closing hours 1 wouM, were it mi my >o\ver, contribute to the peace of his mind unl tlio comfort of his body. .1 biykhson Davis." t o ? s 15rnr.ni> to Dr.vnt.?Charlotte, N.C., Dec. Id.?News of the most horrible death of the v ittle seven-year old daughter of John Chris- * iutibcrg, in 15nrk ('utility; was received here o day. The little girl was left alone by 0 ho firo, while its mother went out of the * louse, She soon heard the pitiful cries of icr daughter, and, rushing into the room, a ghastly sight met her eyes. The little girl 1 van lying in the middle of th? room, and her ! slothing and long, golden hair were in llatncs. 1 lalf fainting, the mother made frantic elforts o savo her child, but of no avail. Mrs. ' .'hrislianberg's clothing also took lire, and fit had not been for the timely appearance >f a neighbor, she too, would have been aimed to death. Tlio house took fire, hut ' he flames were extinguished before much c. lamago was done. -? A Loss to tiib Statu.?Darlington, )eeember 1.?The Darlington experimental r lation was destroyed by lire tbi* morning ? bout 11 o'clock. I'llu flames ha I made ,> onsiderable headway when discovered i>y . L>. McCall, superiulenilcnt of the station. " 'lie lire originate I in an unoccnpie 1 room <1 a the second lloor, and was supposed to javo been caused by a defective Hue. The ^ a'ion was located one uido from town. Il ras entirely destroyed with much of tlio con- 01 ants before assistance soo'd be rendered, it he loss is about $2,000 ; insurance $1,700. d ^ a Tub LvHntsT Yiei.o or Cons.?Clieraw, ? '. ( !., Dec. K.?Captain J. Drake of Marlboro, n fttbered '2i31 bushels and 40 pounds of corn roiu ono acre on his farm in Marlboro. This reaks the world's record, the highest hero- h ufore being -12 and a fraction, raised by J >r. l'arker, near Columbia. Captain Drake i competing for the thousand dollar prize tiered by tho American Agriculturist for the irgost yield of corn por acre. T ES. I i foil Wiimk Mi.\- IIm.y.?Atlanta, Ga, v. "J>. --Yhoro is much dissatisfaction .'/J ion? tin* member* <?l" tlie Fanners' Alliance JfS tills Stat*) over tlie action of I'rosideut ringston in establishing fraternal relations 1I1 tlie Knights of i.;t!>or at their recent leting :it Atlanta. At the regular meet? of the lntei-County Alliance", forme<l of c counties of Clarke, Oglcttiorpc, Madison, . 3 vi 11 nett and Jackson, the matter was tig- fflH nisly discussed, one member voicing (.lie lit imciit of all in saying : 1 have not sei*tt neni^r yet who favors the scheme. There^?-^_ no connection between tiic two organizo- ? ins ami there can never bo any sympathy %?& ntlili iti.n?. 'fo begin witli, the Knights of ?R[, Lbor u*i 111 it negroes to thyir order, ami in {# me lodges the oliiccrs are equally divided Ap tween whites and blacks, and tlioy are ro- IKyi? bred to address each other as brother. '<$ ?, lis is too much like social equality to suit Southern farmers, and it will be a serious ow to the Alliance to form a coalition witli e Knight - of Labor; in many of the North11 cities their ranks are tilled with socialists el Anarchists, which we do not tolerate or f unteiiance. The farmers have ilieir own ?) i?rk to d<> anil mission to fulfil, ami li.ivo S > business mixing up with other orgauixa>ns. I believe the scheme was coneoctoil r j>olitieal ell'ejt, an.I tlio Allianc e docs >t propose to l>e a stepping stone for any ofjc-sockcr. Tlie Alliance is a white ta in's 'gani/atioa and does not propose to bo* raivii into atlili'ilion with any society tint, linils negroes." ??? ? V MtMinr.UKtis hscAt'K.?lonnston, S. 0., ??? cc. 5.?It now seems tlmt justice will gain bo thwarted in Edgefield. Tito two iliutnau toughs, Carpenter and Murrcll, ho brutally murdered I'reston Vonce last imrner and were sentenced to be li-mgd on the third day of January next, cscapI from jail this morning at about the reak of day. They occupied a ceil on the Northern side f the jail. 'I'lte jailer's story is tlmt they ad n bag which they lowered from the indow for wood. Last night, however, iutcud of hauling up wood, they drew up an uger, file, chisel and punch, with which hey made an opening in the floor, and outing down the stairway found themselves II the hnll of the first floor. Tito doors rcrc fastened, but they easily forced them .pen and made their escape. The jailer and a young man named l'owcii, aw them about the time they had opened be hack door, but say that while they were jetting their gun< the murderers made their rscapc. It is strange that two grown men could lot arrest two boys without their guns. It 3 a shame and a disgrace to the g > ? l ttat tc >f the good anil noble-minded people ofKdgoieVl. . The related by the jailer ind tlmt they were allowed to 1 ow !or nnything is a piece of inexcusable caressness, to say the least, livery elfort will jo put forth to catch them. Governor Richardson, in respo.se L> a dispatch received from Solicitor Nelson asking luch action, ycstorilay offered a reward of each for tho apprehension of the two sonvictcd murderers. ?- < . ? Tub CoiTJinia axi> Giir.i:xvn.i.i:.--l'ho innual meeting of the rtocklioldors of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad w.i- held it IS o'clock yesterday evening at the Loan ind Exchange Rank. At a meeting of the Hoard of Ioiroct"i\s ml. A. C. Haskell stated that certain eircuaiitaacos would prevent his serving longer .is be president of the mad. J'juvrtinn IV .soiuiion W.l> lltcrcitpoll kdoptcd by the directors : Jictolrcd, That wo greol'.y regVet we shall 10 longor have lion. A. iia-keil whit us 18 president, and also his absence I'm.a the ward. llis association with us lias ever >con the most plea-wit ami cordial, ami wo hall cor rcconizc i?i-< cdieioiicy anil high Uuractor as an ollieer an I gentleman, ami urther tlint our goo I wishes will ever attend lint in the future. At the nioeting of the stockholders Mr. , ir. E. Mcllco was elected president and J. 1. Smith rc-elcctcd a-' secretary and treasurer. The following are the directors elected: \ II. Suher, Newberry; Joint L Voting. Ttioii; F. \V. .McMastcr, Columbia: II. lleatie, (Iroor.villc; H. L. McCaughrin, Newberry; osepli Walker, Spartanburg; \V. (1. Oakttan, New York; IV. ('. lionet Abbeville: olin A. Rutherford, New York; it. \\. dinnd, Columbia; .lolin Ferguson, (Ireenville. ,nd E. It. Murray ot Anderson. The only change is the substitution of Mr. tenet for tieorge S. Scott of New York. ? A Ilxnnr.w ITi.ohimmm: ? I'ittsburg, Dec. !.?A party of si fly Hebrews passed through his city to-day cn route to Jerusalem. 1Cides the desire to travel, it was admitted by leiubersof the parly that a deeper sent intent ras really the cause of the pilgimage. For cveral years in some <pinrf?'r<, the feeling ins boon growing in favor of a ro-oceunaney f the Holy Land by these people, ii i- for he purpose of study ami investigation, thereiii'ft that f lift iun??i? --- I ^ ri-v .. .11^ j.M IIOUV. (ia understood thai tlie transportation was uulcrtaken by a Western railroad, and every lotail arranged previous to the party's staring. Theexcursionists are all Western pe roiu points between Og.len an 1 tlhieago. 'hoy go direct to the Holy band. They were eticont concerning the probable out ? ate of he pilgrimage, saying that the future deends entirely upon tiio land of tlie country oncessions which may ho secure I, an I t iio esires of settlers there. Who cts Kxpmin it??An estcsntel corespondent has propounde 1 to us a <juostiou liicli involves a question in finance far too ccp for our penetration. Ho says: "A inn arrived at Ml I'asso, Texas, with a silver ollar in his pocket He goes into a bar ooni, buys a drink, and gets in change a lexicon dollar, which is worth ciglity-fivo ents down there. Ho crosses the bridgo do Mexico, gets a drink over there, planks own his Mexican dollar and gets in cluuico United States dollar, which is worth ighty fivo cents over there, lu thin manor he crosses hack and forth until ho htvt ouget $10.0.") worth of whiskey, and still as his dollar in his pocket.? W<uhinylon 'vsl. ftubscribo lor l be Wcolt.'y Uniou 'imbs, ouly $1 50 u year.