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WO DOLLARS PER ANNjUM. J- ? GOD A.1STT3 OTJI' OOTJ3STTKY. ALWAYS in adv'&^Ii_
VOLUME 9. SATURDAY MOMlWl 20 1875. NUASiW^
Extracts from one of "Jones,"
Humorous Letters.
"Jones" of tho Uuion Herald tookla
trip tip the country a short titno ago.
At tho dopot in Columbia, he says ho
"met a patriot."
"He was a fine specimen of tho deco
rum tribe. Out at tho elbow, seedy,
and unkempt, with a deliberate- indepen
dence that'amounted to impudence, ho
looked like that pusillanimous fiuancial
<j%}3*j "an a ppropriation exhausted," or
like n public officer who has done his
duty and proposes to do it again at tho
samo price. There was holuething in
tho fellow. His threadbare black coat
wob buttoned up tight enough to keep
.it on, and, having a fow moments before
thet \n pursued its mad career, I'ap
proacued him. He wds too poor' (o do
anybody reverencc,'as ShakBpeuro says,
and did not seem to bo tho least alarmed
at my advances. Indeed.tny 'advances
to th^ividly1 poor,
EXOEt>T WIDOWS, .
had never alarmed then?a beautifu
idiosyncrncy which has always stood .
out in bold relief?relief of nobody?in
my character for centuries. He receiv
ed me, pleasantly. Sir, said I, your
nam*, residnuce and business, if you '
^Jease? Said he : Sir, I am a native
bjrth, a patriot by profession, but as
a pern,au0Dt' hoarder I am not a pecu
niary slict688' What's that, said I; is
itanythingHiko a 8OTOrnor> ot an at"
torney-generai' or a 8tat0 treasurer, or
EVEN a'TKIAL JU8T10E ? '
Oh, no, says he, } Patriofc ia 000 who
knows how sweetUind honorable it is to
dio for one's coun*"1^' and!wl10 80 l?vps.
that when he diesa?vor*bodJ oan see he
does it for his cotuulr>'8 good; a* raun,
on, , i) proibib" Btrfi'vauluu i>o
pub|ie office in these radical days, but
who prefbre public office to anything
else."
On the train "Jones" met Judge
Cooke. He says:
Everybody in the up-country knotrs
Judge Cook, and all who know him
like him. On tho bench he is dignified
courteous, learned in the law, and en
tirely impartial in its administration.
Off the bench he is simply Mr. Cooko,
full of all the amenities of life aud all
the rich virtues of a nature overflow ipg
With generosity and good homor. II e
never forgets a friend, and rarely for
gives An enemy. Strong in all his purpo
rt,
FEARLESS AND RESOLUTE,
ho is recognized every whore as an effi
?ient public; officer. He was then on
his way to hold court at Anderson, lit
tle dreaming of tho awful catastrophe
that then and thero overwhelmed his,
juries. Since the death of Judge
Graham he is known as tho big judge
weighing in his stocking feet nearly
300 pounds, and worth to the public in
terests as much per pound as any man
a the State. Just before' parting his
ouor helpod me toat ten cents out oi
the car to a poor blind orphan of eighty
ummcrs, who bad mistaken me for th
president of the national grange. It
was a noblo sight to see us two doing
that thing; and while we were doing of
it most of tho passengers huug sns
ded between a smilo and a tear,
le the engine blowed off steam in
dry possible way, to keep irotu burst
ing to pieces. Charity begius at homo;
but what is homo to an orphan without
&'mother ! And besides, when it comes
down to cash, the grange and mo
understand EAOH OTHER.
A physioian was on tho train with
him. "Jones" says:
*T left the doctor at Alston, and as it
was a very cold day, nn eager and a nip
ping air, suppose that in tho four hours
of waiting ho must have frozen to th e
place, oi? lallen a viotim to that felonious
meal, in whioh, like the wedding feast
in Hamlet, the funeral baked meats of
? tho week boforo did coldly furnish forth
tho dinner table. Horace- I moan tho
protege of Mcoconaa?would havo call
od it rjtdis indige&taque moles. I will,
however, take the papers, and
reserve my decision
until I can see the proprietor, an 1 size
his pile before I tell tho public what it
ought to be called. As to Mr. North
rop, ho had Jlittle to say,sitting alone
with thnt awful Roman nose, like tho
Tarpean rock jutting its counfouuded
base. It afterwards turned out thnt ho
was engrossed in the contemplation of
the sublimity and inscrutability ofhu
man affairs, the ingratitude of repub
lies, and the peculiar difference between
tho mau in office and tho fellow out of
offico."
"Jones" got off the train at Anderson
looked at tho place, kicked up the devil
in Judge Cook's Court, didn't drink
auy whiskey, aud wrots as follows of
(hat placo :
Auderson I found a live place, with
an excellent hotel, kept by a son-in-law
of Judge Heed. The man of all work,
the chief cook and b?tj)c washer qf the
house, israjcoWcd man, trained iPink
Williams. That fellow is worth his
. weight in gold, provided he don't weigh
"Jii^s^f. t 1^ &asj[ court week, and r the
bouse was crowded. The next morning
there was an odd Bight. The judge, it
.appears, has enforced the old habit aud
uuiformnand requires the elo'rfc loVnp
pear in a full'suit of black, aud the
sheriff to come for htm in the coiitinen
tal cock-hat, aod the big sword .at the.
shoulder. _ As he was crossing the
square, several asked him it he did not
belong to Wheeler's cavalry The
? sheriff, who was a gallant soldies of the
Confederacy, and lost his leg in tho
war, can't stand ihe parade, and sends
his deputy. It is worth $50 to any man
of the reuiotosfc-senBibility - to cross a
square full of people in that grotesque
rig, and the judge ought to see that
tho man
18 i'a id something
r . . ;
For the wear and tear of his "phelinka."
If his honor wool d OiA^ .ndur the coun
ty, ftommissiontrs to furnish .him with
an educated hog, or monkey aud a hand
or?an and send him through the cotin
try, he would pay the entire expense of
holding court each term. The clerk hail
to b.) excused, because just before his
dress suit was finished, the tailor shop
was broken opuii and robbed, and his
uniform was among the 'dear departed. '
The lawyers all wear black coats in
Judge Cooke's court, and things begin
to wear a pre Adamite look. Mis honor
swears, if the worst comes to the worst,
he will vote next time for Georg?-Wash
ington for a third term. *
"Jones" boarded the train again, and
winds up tbusly :
"Wo had another spartan dinner
somewhere on the road to Greenville.
Do ('astro and Miss Faunio eat at the
head of the table, and went to work on
tho venerable fried rooster and in flexi
blc cabbage.Vv fie tried first to mcsmer
Jzo the stuff, but it would not take; then
ho calledUup all Iiis favorite devils to
make the meal palatable, but all tho
red hot spices and sulph uric sauces of
hell could not mollify the obdurate bis
cuit or correct the morbid buttor. There
is
A SrEOIAIi PROVIDENCE
that shapes our ends, and it put a par
ticular damnation on that dinner. The
ragged edge of despair was "Hail, Co
lumbial" to that work, and wo wore all
fortunate iu having escaped with our
lives. Sweet spirits of ammonia,, henr
my prayer ! I oat at that booth no more
forover 1
At longth wo reached Gr ccnvillo,
and although my tale is not half told,
yet must it close. "What is writ is
writ, would it wore worthier." I give
it to you just i'or what it is Worth, and
beg leave to subscribe myself, yours, ix
officio."
"Jones."
"Jouoa" doesn't Ree m to havo rellish
ed all he saw. - Woildcr if ho had the
head-ache when he nrrived back to Co
lurobia' ? Can our friend ? Thornpsou of
tho Union- Herald inform us?
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Two young mon who resolved , to com
mit suicide, beoauso their sweetheart*
married an undertnkor, owes his ?lifo to
tho sobor second thought thut he in tg ht
bo furnishing his.rival with a job.
- pa > ? ??i
Paying up-^'Cotmng^down.'
Beecher's Trial;
SANGUINARY VATICINATIONS AS TO ITS
RESULT.
[From the Chicago Tribune]
I nui perfectly serious when I pro
pbocy that this trial between Tilton and
Boeoher will not bo lawfully completed
until tho first ol* April, or thereabouts.
Yet I do not contemplate so lotig and s >
depressing u continuation of, thi.se pro
cceding. I foci somehow 01 other, that
a tragic conclusion will abruptly aud
terribly end this matter. As it pro
presses, tho thoatric mantle ol heroism
drops off, from its shoulders, and pre
sently it will bo wholly uudruped, a
lewd aud hideous transfiguration of Pria
pus. To be the laureate of such reck
ing ununla might, gratify the hot ambi1
tiou of Swinburbo, but to impartial
nostrils tho whiffs and strenches of a
wide-spread licentiousness are nothing
else than sickening. Its'tableaux arc
as vile as tho encaustics oi Ponipi; its
episodes fit only for tho prurient con
teuiplntion of Mcssalina, and its actors
seem to havo lost theiraptsst oppor
tunity in tho suppression of Aphra
R?hn, i he argument of the defense,
on tho moral question ;.t issue, not be
twcoh Ueceher and Tilton, but between
Bcechcr and the world, is no loftier
plea than the grinning ''tu juoquc."
II Bcechcr bo a libertine, Tilton is a
free lover; aud, if Bcechcr sod need
Elizabeth Tilton. Theodore Tilton
permitted aud extonuuted that scduc
tion by his adulterous alliance with
Woodhull. So far, it looks like a
match at mud-throwing, with fouler
ammunition, however, than tho cheap
orduxo of tho streets. AH man nor of
beastly i confidences are to bo torn from
- A' t -?? ? -Ij- -"? s. .T*.'^
chair. A true Corinthian urgie is
promised, in which every brutal appc
titc shall bo nakedly represent id. \Ve
arc only on the throshuld of the scandal
If it be necessary to save 31 r. Beechcr,
an exhibittoq so monstrous may bo
made that the anger of his countrymen
will rescue him by a prompt and wrath
ful extinction of the whole proceeding
Other adulteries, other seductions, other
bestial incidents in this unwritten his
tory of Plymouth, are to be paraded be
fore the puzzled jurors and the stupefied
world. At least
TWO DEAR WOMEN
Are to anticipate the last judgment by
confessing through the mouth of their
own kindred, that they were false to
their marriage vows, and one of them,
that her Blthincss was beyond even the
awful picturing of Juvenal. At la*t
one incest will be dragged from under
the protective shadow of Mr. Beecher's
church, and stripped bane and putrid
for .the consideration of these Christian
States. If Henry C. Bowen over
reaches the witness stand there will bo
squeezed from his lean person such a
.steam of poisonous, excrcniontilions
knowledge that tho whole country will
stop its nostrils and its ears, aud
CRY "ENOUOII !"
Testimony will be produced upon this
trial, nud may perhaps be spread upon
its record to which tho feculence of all
extant literature will be as Salmon
odors. 1 know of ouo tomb which has
already been ransacked to prove prior
guilt on Beecher's part; and I know of
another grave into which Beechor's
lawyers will presently descend to grope
for the shameful affections of Tilton.
Human dust nud ashes cited to demon
strate the wickedness it committed in
the flesh is one of the certainties of this,
our tedious Dies Irto. But, though tho
horrors which I have faintly outiius 1?
and which are as well known to a sooro
of persons as to myself?from nil irrcfra
gablo chapter in tho lewd record of this
case, yet do 1 firmly believe, without
being nblo- to give a reason for my
belief, that a
?UDDEN AND MORTAL STOPPAO? OF
THIS TRIAL
?Will bo inado by one or both of its
principals. I duro not predict that
Bcechcr will take flight from (hat tor
tiblo arena; I duro nut predict that
sudden death or dramatic confession
will stuitlu his woishippers, uudsilouce
tho proems of Ina j accusation. But
though it', would bo' something more
than niui.ieity to conjec ture the form in
which (holend will come, yet do 1 verily
aud earnestly believe that some othc r
verdict i-.Jiu the verdict of a jury will
con crude ' this appaliug religious
tragedy.
Remember Me.
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There tj.-? not two other words in the
langrago jtbut call back a more fruitful
train of mast remembrances of friend
ship, th:i| these. Look through your
library, u'id when you cast your eye
upo i a inlumc that contains the name
of an ol} companion, it will say?rn
number '?? Have you an ancient
album, thl re ository of tho mementoes
of early .{-.fleet ion ? turn over it.- leaves,
stained ly the linger of time?sit down
and potu't-r upon the names enrolled
upon thevis, each says?remember mcl
Go into ti/o crowded churchyard,among
the marble tombs ? lead the S'mplo and
brief iuBFriptions that perpetuate the
memory bf departed ones; thoy, too,
have a wico that speaks to the hearts
of the living, ami it suvs?remember me.
Walk, i i the hour of evening twilight,
amid thw scenes of your early rambles;
the w. ?-jkiiowu paths, th-j winding
streams. tho over spreading trees, the
green gCpjly sloping blliks, will reeall
the drea?ls ol juvenile plcisuro. and the
r. collecti-ms oi' youthful companions;
they, too,[bear the treasured inj motion
?remenmiir me.
Aud t/tib is all that is left at last of
the widi; circle of our early I'riea Is.
ScatteieJ by fottune, nt called away by
death, thrown without our band by
the ci.:t A.-js o!" circumstance or of char
ae'er. i'i^jiiu we tin 1 oarsilves left
aio ne
11 '.11 ?'ydleetiun;if what^hey
WaW .?'OT .. J-tt&fK ? -1
w?m ifSooy their favor.*; others wore
kind, an 1 amiable, and a i'i r i nia t e.
and for this we esteem il t!ieai, others,
again, were m ?1 1.-- ol virtue, a i l shared
our piaisc and adiuiruti mi. It was thus
a little while and then the chances oi
the world broke in upon the delighted
intercourse; it cease I. Vet .- till we d ?
all we can to discharge tho one sn red
and honest, an 1 honorable debt ?to
remember them.
The tribute, ton, ol' remembrance
which we delight to pay to others we
desire lor ourselves Tho wish for a;i
plau*o; the thirst for fame; the desire
that our name* should shiue down t
future posterity in the glory ol rojorded
deed-, is a f'everi-h unhappy passion,
compared with the unambitious desire
tc retain, even beyond the spaa of life,
tho tillections ol" the warm-hearted few
who shar<:l our joys and sorrows in the
world. I once read tho brief inscription
'?ltcmombcr me,'' on a loiustonc, in a
country graveyard, with a t ;ar, tint th e
grave ol' Bonaparte would not hive
called forth.
lint whom do wo always romomber
with tiffection The virtuous, tho kind,
the warm hearted; those who hive on
cleared themselves to us by the amiable
ness ol thoir character.*. It is the tniu 1.
the disposition, the habits, the fooling
ol our friends which attach us to them
most strongly; which form the o?ly hut
ing bond of affection; which iiloue em
secure our affectionate remembrance*.
Then, if we would be romcuib ir id
with the kindliest feelings; if wu would
be embalmed in the memory of those wo
love; if we desire that, when Ibrtu ic or
late, shall separate us from our friends
they may long thiuk of us; we must
possess ourselves the same character we
love in others. Mover was a more noble
liuo written in the History of man than
this?''The first emotion of pain ho ever
caused was by Ins or her departure."
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Tho I'ittsburg Pii toy i> a lightning
rod wagon With an insurance agent
perched on the rear of t.
'A man who tears the Lord and who
can carry home an intoxicated uiombur
is tho kind of a ! Sorgoant at arms that
the:} want lor tho Miunessotu LcgUlti
tu re.
KalakoUH has Kit Chicago, and the
.Journal cries out after him, 'tjood byes,
Rai !'
'He Died Saying tfCtiss.?
A WANDERER FROM TUB FRONTIER?
WHAT WAS FOUND ON II IS BREAST.
Ho Biit on the steps of the City Hall,
head in his hands, aud one could not
help but notice him. lie wore a coat
of wolfskins, a bearskin cip. buckskin
breeches, and his grizzly luir hung
down "ii bis shoulders ill a tangled mass,
lie bad drifted Rast from the wild fron
tier, and he had fallen sick. No one
knew for a Jong time what ailed him,
as he would not reply to inquiries, but
dually, when a policeman shook Iiis arm
and repeated the inquiry, he slowly'ltf
ted bis head and ''cplied :
'I'm played!'
His lace was pale and haggard, and
it was plain that he was going to have
an attack of f>ver. lie was sent to the
hospital for treatment he was making do
inquiries und auswering no questions
This was a mouth ago. He had his per
soual effects in a sort of a sack. These
were a breech loading rille, a batchy, a
knife, and several oilier articles and
when he bail laid on the bed in one of
the wards, be insisted, that the bag be
placed under his head. They otfere 1 I
him medicine, but. he turned away his
lace and no argument could induce hiui
to swallow any
'But you arc a sick man,' sai l the
doctor.
'Cus3 sickness,'replied the old gen
tleman.
?Aud you may die '.'
?Cus8 death."
He grew worse as the days went by,
and was sometimes out of his' l.cad, and
talking strange talk of Indian lights
and buffalo hunts, but not once did be
.speak ol' family, friou-j s or himself, lie
would l ot them undre.-.s 1^*4 co.nl?
"ills ti-rsr-^? v^j"- ,f?S?JB*:?a -a*
yo.nd leaving his Ii ?d on the stand. A
raging fever was burning up* hissystem,
and when the doctors found that the
old m:.u wi uld not take their inolicine,
they li.ti.ow that d. ai i was only a mat
t- r oi da s,
lie Must h ive had an iron eonstiiu
! " i in an I a limit t 1 ke a warrior for he
held death nt arms length until the
other day. When it was soon that he
could last but a few hours longer, th j
nurse asked lilmifa clcrgymau should
bo called
?v'i^s clergyman!'
llowever,'two hours afterwards his
mind wandered, und he sat up in bod
a nd called out :
? 1 tell ye, the Lord isn't going to be
hard on a feller who has lit Injuns !'
He was quiet agaiu until an h mrs be
fore bis death, wheti the nurse mudo
ou<: more effort, and asked :
v\Vill you give me your name ?'
?Cu.-s my name !'
?Haven't you any frien?s V
'Cuss fricuda !'
'Do yon wish us tosend your things
to any one '/'
'Cuss any ouc !'
'Do.you realize that you are very
near the grave V
'Cuss the grave,' was the monotonous
reply.
No fuither questions were asked, and
during tho next hour the strange old
man dropped quietly asleep in death tit
teriug no wonts and making no sign.
When they tame to remove the clothing
and prep.iic the boils lor the grave,
what do you suppose they louod, oare
fully wrapped uh in oilskin and lying
on his breast ';' A daguerreotype pic
ture of a little- girl ! it was taken years
aud years ago, when the child was live
or .six years old. The face of the litlte
one was lair to look upon, au 1 the case
which held it has been scarred by bul
lets. There were a dozen scars on the
old man's body to prove that he had liy
cd .i ^ild lifoj but there was not a line
among his effects to reveal bis name, or
tho name of the child whose picture ho
bad worn on his breast far yours nnd
years. Who wus she Sf His own dar
ling perhaps, lie would not have treas
uroti' tho picturo so carefully unless
there was love in bis heart.
No one would have believed that.tho
woll skin coat covered a heart which
could icel love or te.ideru.'.ss but it did.
die might have been returning homo a,
i - ~Mft?
ter years of weary wauderhigj^pr ? ho
lie might have left the fiontiora--to?4)0
.-m e of a Christian's burial;-a^?Jbopiiig
that do uusynipathe tic eye would fall
upon the picture.
Some .said keep it, hoping to liiako it
identify the old man, hut other, laid it
hack on the battle scarred breast which
had preserved \\l sq long, au/.;-.^ ewas
there yesterday when they buried hjp.
Mr. Ucoelior on Marriage.
_ ' ' :-tr -af.it
Twenty years ago the wrifc&r'ofHh.ia
was engaged in the diiFmion of infohua
tion about d ior springs; in poipt4ofif4[ct
peddling from dojr to d'?Jr.> (lo^Uao
pursuit ol" this lawful, but uot lucrative
bujihev-s, he cut-.re 1 the bookstore of
Hoc Lock wood & Co, in Broad^ay^a'al
requested permission t'i apply OtftPof
his inventions to the doors of ; tho
establishuicilt. , " r, ,'
As lie cutci ' lie saw Mr. Bcecdicr
sauntering about, clad in a loose sack
coat,'the pocket- of which,{vvcrpjappar
cutty filled with sugared nlinands?for
from time to time he produced'tlieso
delicacies, removing the saoharinriiJholl
with a vigorous bite and' casting it
away, reialuing ouly tho kern oi for (his
d-.-locution Having often heard Mr.
Bcccher hcturc, meeting him fao^to*
face was au even;; while the sale of a
door tpi ing was of the first importance
Mr. Becohcr was second iu interest,
a careful watch was kopt upou him.
While negotiations woro pending.' ;,-J>Ir.
Bcccher stepped up, and at thecjose of
t!ic address remarked :
'?Young man. arc you married V*
"No, sir," was the respectful Tdpl$.
"Didn't you know you ought tb be ?"
"Yes, sir." ? ? \ $4?4t
' Why dou't you do it, thon7 : HYThT
I don't you getmarried ?" J
I '-Well, .sir, 1 will upon one cAdi
cum,""^ 'IRfji'-uuief. *
"What is it?"
"If you will buy a door spring, Mr.
Beeeher, I will get married."- i\
? Ha, ha, ha," he shouied, while Mr.
Loekwood joined the merriment in a
subdued tone. "Very good, young man;
very g;.od." Then slapping him on the
ehouMor and reduciug his voice to a
ci ail i-'iitial tone, ho remarked,IflBut
I can't buy a door spring. I havo
nothing to do with the house. You go
over to Brooklyu and seo my wife; she
the captain. If you can sell her a
loor spring that will be all right.- I
haven't anything to say about tho
house." ? fa
That ended the couferouce? Mqssrs.
Hoc Loekwood & Co., didn't buy one
cither, and save from the memorable
iucident, the writer left as poor ae. ho
ent iu. - '
Items- ?
? _J-i a ?:?> ? &
Matecializcd .spirits?Frozen whiskey
A matchless maid?An ancient un
married lady
Plain sauce?An interview with a
Saratoga hotel clerk.
> Reticence may not bo considered
sound sen.-o, but it is g?iod senso.
To 'bone' a turkey?Tako ii when
the poulterer is not looking.
w lli.w uniu.-t it is to accuse a bald head
m r. '
cd mi n of putting on false hairs.
Johii I lent Y wants to knotv if tho
Ohio lottery law prohibits marriagess
How ?o make good puffs?Send the
publisher fifty cents a line for them.
?What can't be cured must bo sold
fresh,' is what they say iu ^Porkopolifl.
Iu sonic of the new stylej there is uo
change. Poor relatives are cut the same
.;s last year.
Tho financial pressure is loosening.?
i'jven the days are uot so short as thoy
wein
11 ore's a view of tho Christraos stook
ing Tho boys says ho 'set it, bu$ he
dtdu'.t eatah anything.'
That's too bad. Boston is to liav^,.
convention of bald headed men. j'.*tor
ull, however, it mny not bo as^'^rtu*
nato us the great fire. S. t t
'What station do you i 1 *his7 8ald
a ,?an as ho crawled ot tho dobr"
of a railroad nop* UP' 'Dratum
replied tho con^Otor.
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