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VOL. VII.] WINNSBORO, S. C6, WDNESDAY JULY 19,187L [NO. 5
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K Klix, Yo Scare'm So.
AIt- ''SHOO FLY.'t
The bottom rail isnow on top
The nigger. madly prance ;
Tho'committee tip to-WasIt higtou
Play for them to (snce 1
To n1a'ginify the Ku Klux deeds,
They'd drain the ocean dry !
Make converts of our honest men
1-0 how is that for high I
Chorus
Ku Klux in every place,
Ki Klux on ever tree
Ki Illux, our glat ly luce
Seems to frighten IT. S. G.
Domingo now is all the rage
The Ku Klux bill is passed
Ben Hutler's smile is silvery sweet !
Iis play is made at liat 1
They steal, they steal, they steal I
Pbat,'s what the people sa3,
Instead of legieluting
That outrage bills they pay.
Chorns
Ku Klux away down South
KLu Klux don't pester me ;
Ku Klux in the people's mouth,
HIurra for U. S. G.
The people all throughout the land,
They bluth for very dhame,
That hucih a mighty nation
Should play so small a g ime.
They feel, the' feel, they feel)
Anid with them all aogree,
'Tis a vet y little matter
To rule U-l3's.ses 0.
Chorus
Ku Klux don't iabare %m so
Ku Klux let 'em be
Ku Klux; 't ii joke you know
To scare litto U S. (3.
11111 allti ney.
ANOTIKR ACCOUNT OF TIJElW frnsONAV.
DIFFICULTY IN A 8CREaT SESSioN OF
111b. CONFEDERATE SENATE.
Among the many events of per
sonal interest that transpired in the
South during the lite war, but few
are of more draiatic charact-, of
aroused - deeper interest among our
people, than the unfortunate person
al diffieulty which took place in the
Confederate States Senato at iticht
inond, during its secret session be
tween William L. Yancey, of Ala-.
bana, and Mr. Benjamin ft. [till of
Georgia. Several different and con'
flieting versions of this affair have
been given through the Southern
Press, but none has yet been publish,
ed that accords with a statement we
recently derived from a gentleman
who was at that time a Senator, and
an eye-witness to all that transpired
on the occasion.
The difficulty had its origin in the
heated political contests so common
ini this country prior to the breaking
out of the war. Iti was when Yancy,
with his dazzing eloquence was "fir
ing the Southern hnart," that a bar
bacue, attended by thousands, was!
giver in one of the Southern counties
of Georgia. It was here that [Hill
and Yancey met, the one, the bold
and eloquent defender of the Union1
arnd the other, the boasted champion
of secession ; and during the debate
which ensued, words were uttered
that iaused an estrangement tilat was
never atterwards r'econciled1
The two had unet again in the Con
federate Senate, both doubtlessasmart&
ing under the recollectioh of the
past conflict and entertaIning no
kindly feeling for each othter. It
was when the cause of the Stiuth was
drooping and every patriot hieart was
heavy with despondency antd gltoffitI
that .\r. Yancey, rising in his plae
.in the Senate, declared that war
could no longer be carried on with
any hope of success unless- mnatly of
the constitutional restraints and em'
barrassments were thrown asidd, atud
Ioldly advocated a radical ohahgi ith
the Governthient to ineet thbe demands
6if the public and the exigenoies ofI
the hour.
Upon the conoluslon' of Mr. Vnn
toy's rematrke, Mrs lill promptly rose
to reply. The scene was one of
snost intense excitomont. UIs derea
Ca ed the opinion advocated .by iele.
Yancey, and proceeded with. great
severity to review his past political
career, running back to the beginning
of the times when our sectionAl
troubles were first being agitated.
Hie .said Mr. Yamde'y, not pats'iGe
with having .wawad'uboff''d' dlsr a .
ted the oldV Unio' iAs nb* erying
out -against .and endeavorlag.1 to
subvert and .break .down the 0n
federate 'giornenteI . :Wheni, ,Mr.
Hill concluded,.the a preitteuet, l
ready at wbi~e heat, wasincreasg4e.e
yund anything ever before witpnsad
ddiribg th'oso tr tswme.t 4r.
Yancey aroffe' h Wd edIM, Il
e1 Anofhor NeW DepdrI'et
An intelligent negro mian, whom
dwe hiase long known anid rerpecad-, a
bitizen of South MnutIiina, bai'd to us a
day or two agd sihoe, that he was
'to l'gettin up t meulorial to Congre.s
Undit free of duty all thacln'
ery for manufacturing cotton that
tunay be imported for ae-ual use into
the State of South Carolina in next two
years." To our questious-why do
ayou wish thlis doine 1 of what benefit
i1i1 cheap 6)tton machinery he to
you or 3our race I-ho replied :
s 'Some of us believe that the best
' 'method of elevating our race is by
edau6rtiig our females as artisans,
withdrawing then from the cotton
s field and the menial duties of life.
We can furniah iceoper labor than
9 the white labolr of \fassachusettui, and
you *'oi-gi'a eopIe have hown us
that ianufactusing tottdi pays bet
, ter thann nnything else. We lire tdlid
that Poglisih mehinury, imported
-dAt.y free, costs less thin dne had the
pri-de of tilat. hinde in this country,
and ar6 prom ised that if we can got
the machinery duty ,fiec, ampo enpi.
tal will be loaned us on tuortgngp to
build and equip our mill' at a rate of
interest not b eding ten per cent.
per aunum ; apd this will leave us a
dividend of ten dollars on every
hundred of bapital, besides wagea."
Now we lohbt If a itad icial Congi'dss
would eVter grant subh a privilege to
the colored mien 3f 8'okith Carolina,
or any other Southern Statb, And Will
' be glad if they will. In all event.s
the boou asked for I- a small 'onb, and
its refusal by Congress *111 do the
* Democracy of Suuth Uaroliha no
harm. A similar petition from the
white citizens of Alabai-, Inast year,
was sont to Congressl but although
i some of those ihb were prminiuent In
the effett were etjually prominent as
loyal leading memibers of the Repub.
can party, the prayer was -efused b.y a
Congress largely lie lAblienh-.
.]There is much good. logie in the
reasoning of the sable Carolinian.
Primaily, the elevation of his race
will depend upon the cleVation of Iho
women.-the mothers of the rae-and
th'e fir.st. step is to instruct the rising
generation in the nrts. BesidesT6he.
instiruction which is daily imparted'
by daily occupation in a cotton mill-=
with its doeio.ate machinery, and the
habits of order and method, quicken..
ing observation and perfecting by
practice in steady industry-there will
be that culture which comes by inter
course and a spirit of enjulation in
manners and drens, and in itellectual
powers. We tre sure that the reas
oning of the Africo-South Carolinan,
so far fron being wr ong, is quite as
correct, and practically more benevo.
lent, than that which led to the es
tablishment of the Freed man's Bureau
and the Howard School-narm system
upon which benevolent schemes, gener.
ous, symp;thising, benevolent, Radi.
cal Congresses, have spent so many
millions of motey that has been ac
quired through Northern taxation or
Southern plunder.
A Frenoh paper publishes a start
ling report that although. the Mont
Cenis tunnel has been pierbed and
ltcomotiVes have passed through it,
there is sill somes doubt a to its be
lng opened to travel for some time
to come. The trouble is in the yen
I tilation of the tunnel. The smoke
.onvolved from the locomotives is not
driven out. Out of the three engioe
I ditivers *ho wdre dmployed on the
,trIal trip through the tunnel, two
I died of auff~catiort and the third *as
- f-estore~d to life with great difflculty.
The temperttre of the interior is
also very high. The efforts to Itn
prove the Ventilation of thd tunnel
I h's cdntinuting and artloke-eonstunaing
engines have been ordered Iromi Bog.
laild tto remoto the difficulty arising
from that cause.
A new inextinguishable igtpus..
adasing so the ingul ar features, has
baen brought out in I~ngland. W het
plade ih ate!', or thrdwn on the
sea, It will ignite itamediately and
burn rfor the spfted of forty nilanutes;
with so vivid a dame; and so intbolle
a brilliancy that photographs may be
talten by it3 and small pt'hd.t thay be
l-esd at a distance of several hubdred
feets The chetnical prep araons contain
ed in the lamp is a solid; hard sub
stance free frtn danger; and its appli
oations for mutinei signal. aro nouter
rA tPhiladelphia young lady who
appeared at the navhtl ball, tUape May,
ont the 4th of July, enjoys the did~ino
tion of having a dresknmade entirely
of whIte lace, *bioni wag purchased in
Brussels at a cost of about seven
thousand dollafe, It is kept In an air'
tight case, and the sunlIght I.'ne'vel
allowed to fall uron ft. T'he yoUng
lady will undoubtedly ores a sens
tIon beford the season closee4
Thre Uniopyille Time. says : Late
on ifriday afternoon, lait, during -the
prevalenoe of a 40ef rain and than'
der storing Mr. EliO. Sutton,residing
about three miles ftrm Yorkville,
aged about #9 years, .:Was killed by
bghtning..
s Sizteen baiE qsa e s teet Jp be
troit have ben obrieteneil "BIs
- maok.
A Big Job ii T yoe Siilij.
The Jdrsey City lierald relate tb,
following concerainlg Bonner, th
'owner of the fa mou lor.-e De.tei +
.Mr. Bonuer onoe hi'diie a witAer
V, le only oine lie ever nade in his life
In 'obipw-itiont ho aas extraordinari
ly rapid. and long befor'd he ivWs lvOu
ti ho could beat Any printer in Iart
f,rd setting typ-. When bi bani
t - New York he soon acqiired fai
with the! prin:ers for tais twift copipo
sit ion iv Thore was one maa-a C,na
d'an nathed Hiand-in the city, wh
could beat him setting type ; bu
that iman denied it; but, M r. B.nuci
believes that this was out of generoul
consideration for his . youth. Th<
feat of setting twenty four thousan
ems of type in twenty four consecu.
tive hours had been often tried b,
printers everywhere, and always fuii
ed. While at wotk one day in' th<
Mirrdr oAce, boffieboay suggested thi
trial to Mr. Bonnier-bine jealoti
printer, who wished to badger-. DIr
Bonner- with soinb s'pirit, said tha
he would bet ten dollars he could do
it. Thb bq. was tekeii, mnd a day Qp
p'ointed. When the day cam'e Mr
Bonner was indisposed, but hi
thought if he asked for a post unb
ment, it would ersate the inspressiot
that h'e Was afraid to risk it. lit
went to work, and set up twenty-five
thousands five hundred ems of solid
type in twenty hours and t*en,
ty eight tinutes. Ne belie
Ither6 is oting on record anon
brinters that sp'proaches t1hii
for rapidity anid ehduranUd. . The
tadei can form soms idea of this feal
when we say that eight thousand
emns a day Is ffiore than a printer'a
average. All he ate or drank durinp
this herculean tatk Was tWo-tbirdh of
a lemon pie and two eups of coffee.
As we stated, lie was sick and could
not cat. He won the ten dollars, but
Wlibn tendired him, h refUsed tu
take it. His set principles would not
allow him. So, in reality, Mr. Bonner
never made a bet in his life.
eri pihre Agah1st hetivihg tla,.
A Republican, who shares with
innuy bf hii pa'rty the inrtification
of the President being the roeipient
so many gifts, quotes scripture
aaist the practice :"T'hou shialt
take no gift"; fr et gift blindeth the
wise." We are afraid scripture will
have no effect on the party in power,
such texts a's accord with the temper
of the fectiiVdr Uf gifto. aA- " \ gift is
a preceious stone it. the eyes of hiin
that hath it." Grant will take all
the riAki of bing blihd'ed 1i thAt
way. Like the old sailor in the baai
where the preachor warned bvery
one preseht nut to lu6k at nn nb,jeet
thats uddenly appeared thrbilgh 6n illj
constructed ceilinag, as they would
be struck blind, who, despite the
warning, declardd lie Would go ohe
eye on i" anyhow, so Grant, notwith.
withstanding the scripture. warningh,
will go one eye oh el-efy gift lie re.
Ceives. Wator will have as much of,
feet on a duck's back as rioptUrt
texts against receivind will have on
Grant' consciense.
Distress in Parli.
Lettets from Paris by the stdalhei
mail of Saturday speak of great and
increasing diatiess thbre. IMan3
thousands of persons are dependent
on private charity for supporit; and
the wives and families of the workc.
hien who were enrolled in thre Nation.
al Guard hate suffered greatly hinee
thre liberal pay which thd raen tea
ceivod frem the Comnmunal Govdian
ment was withdrawn. in Auteul
alone there are b000 persons who are
totally dependent on1 the municipalla.
ty for suppoi-t. It is culbulated that,
counting the prisoners and those kill.
ed, wounded and *bot during the lns
surreetion, nb fewer than 80,0t@t men
have ceased to be able to suppolrt thei,
wives and families. On the siupplogl
tidh that titere were three people de.
pendeht en each breadwihner as a
tille; this *ottJ d dite a total of 24,.
000 persois wh lh avb bedome depend.
ent on public eh arity.
~nd df ritice-A Noble Sob.
A very sad .acci!dent, occurred in
the village of Oranlteville, yesterday,
A little girl, the daughter of \lr. Johi
L. Atkinson, while atteiupting tc
dross the tiestie bf the Chaulott6, Col.
umbia attd Augusta Rlailroad ever
the Q.raniteville Canal, fell in. A
smiall boy, only ton or twelve years
of age; named Demnpsey.Oillilan~ 4, e
the child when she-fell -in, anid imme,
diately leaped into the ounatl to k'er
rendue. ,1The gallant little hero,
though he was only a few yearA thed
senior of the girl, and of a very dell
date organization, sticoeeded its sw~wg
tiuing with her nearly to the bank,
when her struggles anid dohtvalsi*
grasp eause~ hipw '.6 5,ik gith hZr
Prings -lism~arek '.tsi 'to faHl belt
to all 'mateaI' a adtaebirk of ile ~bb
interesting episodes, pgnnected '4 lth~
tlpe Frecodespanww. aflekes, aW*
ly received as a preent ,thE hap
wtich the peace prellosinagi a.st
signed. and h~asspipe4d iti Iftar'ne~e
mnarom's ree~ption rogs,,wt1#L4IPal
pilver plate attached to 6L feording
ltashlatorlcal afeI~Anbes
his own, boimenced his' reply. t
desoribed Mr. 1101 as repeating 5Istar
dors that had been uttered again.
him for the past twenty 3enri, On
that all which Mr. Bill had htterL
had been shid innumerable times bc
fore by every thirdirate pioliticia
in the dountry j and bontinued by, sa)k
ing "Ntiturb has designed the Bena
tor.from Georgia as nu Imitator - thh
he Lad been cast in a certain 'die, an
it was vain to attbwpt tp onlArge hi
dimens0ios-'
Pallid with V-ap, Mr. Hill mouni
ed to his feot, seising a heavy glas
inkstand, hurled it with all his migi
and power at the h'ead ot Mr uneg
which, grating lia foreh-end-, ploulghe
its way to the skull, and passed on it
fui ious course, crushing a heavy win
-low facing beyond. Without turnin
tiis head Mr. Yancey, who was at th
-.ime addressing the Speaker, boritinu
ing his speech, delibtorately remarked
'It is always the prerogatiVe of cow
irds to strike from the rear." 14n
enged still more by this remark, Mr
Hill gathering a chair rushed upol
is antagonist, who heedless of th
tttack, was continuing his remarks a
almtily as if nothing had happened
.hen a number of Senators irt~ehps
ing, the difficulty was ended. Mr
Yancey's wound bled most profusely
and a scene of the utmost confusio1
prevaileid.
It has several times been stated
4ince Mr. Yancey's death, it resulte
from injuries received in thi
rencontre, but such is not th
fact,- as, he died from a dis
case that could in no way have beet
su perind need by this case.- Columbi
Tenn., Nce.
The Disguise of Jefferson Dayal.
An ex-Con federate officer has bei
telling the Cincitnnati Times an
Chronicle what he knows abeout th
disguise which President Jeffersoi
Davis assumed when be endeavored I
escape from the hands of his pursuers
lie says : "Although Lee and John
had surit enderd at the (late in question
a coniderable Confederate fore
still held beyond the Mississippi rivet
and professed a determination t(
adhere to the "last diteb" policy
Divis resolved to throw him-elf intc
tile a-r1ns of this giilant reinnant of
hii supporters, and was hastenihg tt
their embrace withall available speed
When the Yaimkee oav..lry got fairly
on his trdck it required brisk motioi
on thei. part to overtake him. Bu
he wakeied one morning to find th(
Onemy close upon him. Not know
ing how completely he was surround
lti he still hoped to escape on foot
by muaking for the woods. His fani
ly were with him in his tent. As i
was Paining and he was suffering fron
neUralglas Mr . Davis wrapped he
Water proof oloak around him foi
batter protebtion from the weather
and as he emerged from the tent shi
also threW her shawl over his should
ers% This was the stim of his femin
ind watdrobe. The hoop skirt and
bonliet Whieh Were woht, to figur<
in ealuattUreb and affod mirth for th
autdieuces at Barnum's Museum, real
ly formed no patt of his coStume om
that eventful morkiug, as otir infor
mahit assiUres 0i and as *6 Verily be
AiNeW Woy to Cook Meek
A good way to cook meat Is to Sell
it inl a vessel herumetically tight
tooked thus a lohg time in itt ow1
juibdels it is rendered ve~ry tehidet-, alta
has a petliak' appetillitig ilLvoI
Take an earthn jat that, will Stani
htiat, with Light fltting covters If btt
is to~ be the dish for dinner, dut it bi
convenienit pieCes, lay them in thu
jar, rub each piet *ith salt and pep
per and a little lump of Sugar; an<
put in a little Water ; then lay on
pieee of thick buttered paper, ant
prtss ddin the eoter.
If yoU thinkit will allow ally steati
to tisupo, miit shorts ol' rye mnehi witi
watel' to a paste ipi'osa Strips of thi
all round the edige of deer. Ibke i
a modertite o~ttn 'fiuir or fly houri
aecording to tenderness of meat
Chickens of~ tukeys art; ekcellen
nooked In this way. Thme toumghes
meat is rendered tender by this pro
ces and n~ne of the nutritious fiat
ter is wasted, as in many of the fort
of cooking.
Th'e Soldiers' rlonuntdt at Anti.
Lntaumetery is to b~e gig antic, th
padcdsej to be twenty-five feet high,
surulmutedl by a coloosa statue o
a Union soidiur standing guard ove
his fallen dontfrades. This statue il
to be carved from a ,solid block o
white g rahite1 to weigh when domaple
sixty fite fums, ,afl will be the largesi
ni the country. It will be be il frot
a block of granitie weigliing 125 .toneq
The monutment, when eqqpldted, wjl
he forty -fve feet high, costing $$0,
000. The forw pfithe soldier will b
Olad, in an ,ovetcgat1 the body 1eanIoj
tMenoegayon of tihe recetit edtr
of e derm au troops Into Berniu, wai
tedal., with a ribbon in the no,
Elattonal ecilo0u .*re distribute
*wopg e epdIersg anid flbbuos in tbm
SEttd' t ~ ta drd ta tb
A Specimen Nalwag.
A. S. Whilaed i.srepreseits the
3 Vourth 1)i-trict of d'ith (barolina iII
Cory rmsa, indil was. eI etB9 to 0 seat
. byt be ladia:il bijority in th3 llousc
of Re.'prWsntaitives two years ago, in
the face of a ropulir inij3i lt of
i-ur or five tho\mand for his :p po
ietA. AlIad~ previouiny degrideA
a by partisin servility, he has since then
a len one of the most abject berfu of
.adicilism-. le rently nppeared
before tlie Committee of Invetigation
to agaithI his own St-Ite, by
anaking char iges in regard to tie oxis
-tence of Ku-.Klux, whicjh ha.io b..el
1isince disproved by every repectable
witness, and by ione more decidedly
than the Republiaans, who have
been suninioned fro'in South Carolima.
I As soon as that testimony was given,
Wallace hitoned to c!aim his re.
ward-after the example of' Bergin
and Settle, from North Catolina-in
the appointment of his son as United
. tates Marshal for South Carolin-i.
'he nomination was procured by mis
> represeitation 'o' Ibo iheulibent-, Wnd
we are glad to say, has Aioeo bon ro
voked.
In the days of lavery> this person
wiib not only bi'o of its iho1t blatant.
champions, but, like many inore of
the same stamp, was intolerant of
any oppositiou to the "peeuliar intitu
tifn soW, When the tables are
turned, he tiftturally bnbirts With
nigroe, and doubiletss, finds ainikuy of
them his social superiors, ''lhe
Charlestdn Codrie' gives a fair Idea
of the traith that imark most 6f this
most \rs )i'able tribe of "sealawags,"
in the following descriptioi :
"Mr. Wallace we remember before
the War at not only the advocate of
slA'Vdr3 ab it bxiste'd; but as standing
alone, in his effort to reduce the free
peroons of color into a condition of
bondage . T- inhtrbluced into the
State Logi ature a bill to sell free
persons of color on bortain conditions,
into slavery. +he bill f 11 through
of its own weight.- 'hindyon
Patriot.
Tie Thtih hi A Nit Shell.
There is a volume of ffheaning in
the following fig.ures which are cited
by General Morgan, of Ohio, in a
spoeh to his constituOnts:
FEDInA. TAXES.
First year of the war, $51,000,000
Second year of the war, 74,000.00t
Third year of the war, 263,090,000
Fourth yenr of the war, 323 000,000
1irst year of y-eace, 6 17,00,000
In other words, the first year of
peniei tlhb nation paid nicarly as inuch
taxes as it had paid during (lie WIole
four years comtintiaiibe df the strug
gle.
tL ev'ery Aimeridan eit'idn exce'pt
Gen. Grart's relatiois cut thisout aid
carry it in his pocket until the next
PresIddntIal clebtion. It embrares
the whole thing in a nutdiell-fitjara.
tibely speaking, of course ; for there
isnit a niithell on the globe that will
hold sit hundred a pd seventeen mil.
lion of dollars.- 117. M.
flepiilla Polin|.
A Whlaington lot ter aufs: Word
domnd he-e from New York that the
various fattibha of the Republcan
pia't arb oedeatdrlug to inauguizate
a heb' bolInpromise, t0 t* ich they hope
the IPresidenit will agree, for ennsoli..
dating un ei- .Vnd hilad. heiator
Fenton, Mr. Gr'eelecy, lion. John3
Coobrane and other well.bnown and
promni.bent itiblioans host,le to clie
New York pol icy of' the l'resi dent;'
are parties to all arrangement which,
it is olaimied, will besjeessful, if the
hntte r is denif r us.of na king torltesions.
Collectol' blurphy; it is wellI undler,
stood is willing to step aside if found
to be in the way of the proposed .ad.
Justmonl. A promnindut Nuw York
Republican arrived here yesterday;
as a friend of the P'resident1 to confer
with other adminiistration officials.
A Curiosity,
iDr. li1jarris, sayat lie WVestern Sen.
tinel of the 21.d inst. delivered a ne
gro womant of a femaile child, hehr
Grahamn's meeting bouse, in this
I(Forsyth) county, on Iast Sanday,
which uis a curiosity worthy of at
num's Museuti. The *htld lias it toil
three inohes long, flat, and about
three insbes biuad, and covered with
fuiz, and on the end of the tail Is
something like u4 ftiaby bulbs avid g
finger with one ,ioint, and a well do
veloped nail. Dr. Mlorris states that
the 8hild on wigj lc its tall, and Is
perfectly fofmvid i ofery ether rem
pet, We tindergtafda there is a
Iwhite rnan li'.ing in Saleffi who Is
- l.-ssed with it dasudle appendage.
ils tail, wb: understand, resembles
that of a hog, partlqularly the Peos
ar;or Elodtb ~A ria 4101es if.
i r i euwu e~Yi-t the.
. teff. qlU ftdmn .rorkvlhle, *ae
t d.Met tla ,f.theOrej
et #pose ha . eon tte *oth
f an onandlares
The Best Colln crop i the Cotton states
Oar d istinguished . follow-citizo
(eneral M. W. Gary hah just return.
ed from a trip to Galvqston, Texias.
and up the Mis-isippi River, in the
interest of his grand Land and Immi.
gration Scliene, and tells us-very
sin'gere)y and with a degree ofdistrici
pride that wo wero pleased to noto
that. the present crop of Edgefiold
l)istriot is equal, and in some respectt
suborior.to any that fell under hit;
observation ill the ?overal Statet
through which he traveled. This
bears us out in what we have ulwayb
contehdod that Edgefiold District, ta
king it with all its advantages and
disadvantages, is the garden spot
of Ainerioa. Well, it being estab.
lished through the indisputablo au
thority of Gencral Gary that the cot
ton crop of EdgofivId at this time is
the finiobt in the Cotton. States, we
have but little hesitation (relying . on
the opinion of others and our own
judgment) in proclaiming that the
cotton crop, talcen as a whole, of our
wide awake and popular townsman,
Captain F. L. Smith, lying one mile
North of this town, cannot be equall
ed in Edgefield.' Wo had heard so
much concerning Captain Smith's
crop that we felt impelled to take a
look at it, which we did a few days
back, and found it generaly nagn-ifi
Dent-in thuinost growing condition,
not a sprig ofgrass visible, the hoil light
mid mellow, the planlts averaging near
waste high over the entire field, and
Shikly set .with blooms and squares.
Farmer Smith, with the ablo and ener
etic assi-tance ofhis "right bower,''
leorgo Situpins, certainly under
tids the art of planting and
,ultivating cotton. And wecordiully
.ongratulato the unptain upon the high
igricultural feat aehioed; and his
ilendid pros.pect of so handaomo a
vield of the flency stapld in the early
fall.- igefield Advcris er.
Tho-Tenicsse Raillway flortoi.
The Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch nar
rates this sad accident of the railway
libaster on the Bd instant, Mr. Chas.
Jampbell, of Edgoieold, was An inva;
lid with conumption, and spent last
minter in Florida and on his way with
bis wife and children, to spend the
unumer at the springs. The writer
,f this called to see him and family
ast evening, and was ebnversing with
M ra. Campbell while the beautiful lit
Je child was playing on the ground in
ho yard, and heard her speak hope.
ully of the future. They had not
hen fully determined to go bu the.
-vening train, but soon after Mr.
L'ampbell thought he felt strong
enioughi, after the labors of the day,
o go. In two hours afterward they
mere dead.
low to llnish Fleas;
The oil cf pennyroyal will certainly
iIve lh'(! pests off ; hut a cheaper
method, where the herb flourishes, iN to
throw your dogs and cat, into it d.coc.
ion of it oILe a week. &ow tho
berb and scatter it in the beds of the
Pigs once a month. Where tho herb
, ot be got, the oil may he poreured.
[ri Iiis casi, satni-lato bti-ings with it.
tid ti theni around the necks of dogs
mu cats, potle a little on the back arnd
ibouit the ears or hogs, which yon aan
lo while they are feeding without
,onchtig them. Bly repeating thesie
ulphecatitotn every tfvelve br fifteen da ys
he. floas will flee frorn your quadrupe'ds
otheir relie! and comnfort in the
Sirlngsaturated with the oil of pen.
iyroval and tied around the noock and
ail of horses will drive of' lien ; the
trings should be saturated once a
lay.
The Ternnessec Railway Catastropihe
sectmrred at90.30 on the evening of the
ad instant, at the brlidge over the' IHar
peth River, and was undoubtedly .the
result of a defetive and unsafe liridge.
T'he train, was mioving at moderate speed
indl the locomotivo and baggage car
got over safolv ;'but the bridge then
u'ave way and 'the thred retnaining bar*
WIl into the ti$,er, which at this time is
ibout six feet deep. The sleeping ear
wenut aslant, the ladles' coach trning
and np, lower part striking the bottom
buid df thd sleepirng coauh. The~ prassen'
a.rs in the lad ies~ car fell to F the enad
and were crushed by y the upper
.yacks; *hich gaine down upon therm.
he nex t car, epntaining, fourteen pepple,
camne down bet ween the lais gar sind
the abilttneht, grmdind lilo fe'en TW
Lhe ladles' cart l9%ry smltas -oldune
Pkonafeen persone were ktihld shud tten
L$-Lhree wounded.
The agition in England, estesed1
by th~e P urebas (anti-Rattialist) julg~
ment is as groat as ever. The .lishop
of Lond'orn intinited ?9 bis olorgy
that the WAfofilillffd arying out
t~he ruiling of thsatN decision is tpon
him as one of the Iinerent bufd'ens of'
his offie sad that the clergy It they
aecepted-his rulingasard frefreun' all
responsibility; ,Berdsfordl4 g
potate out that thiw is no MAofe nor no
tess than the4 doetfrne of"paduiteibal
dIenet--abdIeAtion if personal duty
T'he-BIishqy saye the - ipyate is ob
lasmons correct a hod1'. liver
A Severe Afflietioil.
The Hartford tinie, referring to
ilio sad case of Mrs. Vallandigbam
whose husban d died while bhe was
.ttending the funeral of her brother,
says: "Wo lately saw a harder oas 6
than this in the person of a man at
the Asylum Street Railroad depot,
who has just been paralyzed, and was
carried in the arms of four men from
the Springfleld train to ' train fo
l'Iainville, on his wa to his home iMa
Now Ifartford. This unfortunate
loan, Mr. D. I. llawle'y, was a bag.
gago master in the Springfield depot.
In getting out a heavy trunk fi-om the
baggage car of a newly arrived train
he was thrown (own by the 'coucus
sion of the backward coming engiud;
hitting the train ; and in falling with
his trunk, the trunk hit another
heavy trunk, and this fell on his
back, paralizinig his body and legs.
On hiis way here, to his hodilo in Nov#
Hart ford, he learned of the sudded
death of his wife. The poor *oman
dropped on hearing by telegraph of
her husband's misfortune, and died
iminediately. The unfortunate and
now doubly oiliated man was taked
tn lils desolate hoine, whnire in a fe*
days after his arrival, he witnessed
the death of his child."
A member of an old family of th
nobility at Berlin, who was recentlf
married, had a nimer-ous detachment
of polidonid stationed outside thd
church, that he might suffor from no
intrusion-. How discreet he was6
in this act is showh by the that
a lady, armei, ivith a whip, at'.
tempted to make tier Way into the
church and put an end to thd
ceremony by a process tf Summary
castigatiotj. The indignant Amazon
proved td Ld the brido-groom's sister;
who resorted to a disgraceful prom
qooding td prdvdnt what se regar
(led as a disgraceful marriage. Slid
was ignominiously ejected, and the
ceremonies proceeded.
With. this years end comes the final
squelchidg pf the beautiful little
spots devoted to society and gamb.
lig in Europee. Thi.adsterio Emp:
ror \illiam .o' Prslaa 's bound by
hih word to close up IHoinbhrg, Baden
Baden and Weisbaden, and to com-'
pol the habitues to retire from placed
whieh have becomb more than homes
id thei: UnllnIn naA nanghe. tin
moral fever, and the senate has pro.
hibited gambling at Spa. So that
the great continental summer resorts
will soon be desolate of the gambling
fraternity, to the great advantage of
society.
Reward of Loyalty.
President Grant cites, as promi
nent among the ieasoha mtiving hint
to pardon the bigamist Bowen, that
"he reidered good sbffiob to thd
cause of the Union." Whether (sayd
a Western exchange) 0 rant designs td
intinlte that "'Unionists" should bd
alldwed more matrimonial privileges
than "Rebols" so-cnlled, is not clear:
The court that tried Bowen seems td
have thought him too much devoted
to the idea of "union" in the familf
way.
Those who have thought that Frand
died at Sedan, or at least at the fal
ling of the column in the Place Ven.
dome, should read the dispatch we
published yesterday, which declared
that "subscriptions to the bew "loa)
are closed, thrice the amodnt wanted
was subscribed." Even Berlin was
anxious to take it. The tiioney..ehans
gers are not idiots ; they koow that
the life of France lias not all died
out.
To indit the Area of a (JIrch.
Three-qiuarters of the square of thd
diameter will give the area.. Supposd
the diameter of a circle Is air feet.
Multply by0--.80, three fourths ot
whichp l7~,~ the numhet Uf squard
feet bontained lb tile otrolU. When
greatet- adoliraby iM reqjulrrd miiltlplj
the square of thdl dlamditdt b3' thd.
deoiimal 785i
As a rule, the ourry~.domb is tided tod
much, arnd the brush too little. Whed
a liotee is. brotught in1o the stabld
eosierod with sweat and mnud, he
should be rubbed dry writh ' Straw.
Then, the next inorninog *ith~ a rj
bomb In ond hand and a good biieb Id
tht6 other; 'ie ein be thotoughly oloan.
ad-the ourry-omb only beig 6i#ed
to attaighten thd hait ahead -of t'S
brush4
Idrinde Bismarok, In gddIloff to
his. - quality s a statetiahq is somez
thi6,g tf a phIilos6pher: H~fihk beeft
ak'bya herroue' 'mtnbs 'of thne
Impem"Ial Parliameht *hat; 1ii -hie -
opInidoa wduud be this -itddition of
Alao# mid liotteIie, three 'year.
heoee hb rdplIea thst lie dlid untpev
mit ttaIut 4u at~u to trouble his mdp'
s p~r~ajs it threed yesfttbe'o fdi
will hate bossed te brdt '
An I igdtmis kad lteenfot1 ad
ofeoere~d told by the odootow
theti be mIght takd as iiitld asi~k
foot. "No al#,%suaid''hyj'"1 60
dux'Oue v*e doeth hu hung "'
Cantalopes ours drabanterns