The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, August 16, 1871, Image 2
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The crowing Cotton Crop.
The Gainesvillo (Fla ) Independent
'of the 4IIh insta lt says: "Wo are sorry
,to chronicle that, a great many of oir
farmers complain that tho I'nst is injur
Ing their cotton cron v ry much, and
The "bottom crop' or bolls is dropping
off to a lrge extent, which it is feared
will reduce th coming crop one.
The Quincy (Fla.) Journal of the
41 instint says: "Sinco our last no
tico of the erups, cotton has greatly im
proved. If tho spiendid growing.
weather we havo had for the last three
weekS conintinues, the cotton yield of
thi, county, afterall, will be toleta
bly good. Corn is not turning on't as
well as expected but still wo hope
enough will be gathered to do the
country."
The Rome, Georgia, Commercial
says5 : AVa conversed with several
farmers yesterday from different parts
of the county, who report thecrop pros
pects as very discouraging. With
-good rains th yield would not exceed
.a third of a crop, Everything is com.
pletely bu'rned up, excep't cotton, ..nd a
Munch longir contiwued droughtt would
almosl, destroy that."
The CoIumbihus Sti, spenking of th-e
crops in that section, says : "If we
have the very best of seasonst, we do
iot beliove we c.ii raise two-thirds of
an average cotton crop. Nor are the
reports from otlher sections any better.
Ietween hero and Opelika they are
wretched. Corn is so burnt up that
lit I'l' fodder can be saved. Oi the Mas
jrny of the lindo it will require twenty
acres of (otton to mako a balo inigled
Witl a high t sprinkling of rocks."
A corre'ondent, writes frotn Morgan
( ouiny, ().a. : "My estimate will be
based partly on personal observation
anild partly onl opinions and reports
man de to m by prominent planters.
The wheIt crop in ihis section was, as
you doibtless have already heard, al
mos t.ia total failtire. The cotton crop,
a1. a general thing, is not good. It will
coimpre with that of ]list ear in the
ratio of two to three-th:it is, ihtiout
two-thirds as notch will be mario, pro.
viled ilie seasons hereafter are favora.
ble ''
The llainbridge (Ga.) Argus, ecf the
5th, siys e->tton is growing rapidiy and
improviiig every day. Tile same paper
nays the rust has made its appearance
on ti. cotton crop in portionts of this
couity. A field near (his place has
[;hed its leaves, amnd all the forms and
young bollsaro dead. All the maturing
bolls are open. The caterpillar fly is
eli eved to have mado its debut, and
apprehensions of miuch injiiry to the cot
ton crop from this itisect is being indulg
id by many of the farmers in that sec
tionl.
The Boston (Thomas County, Ga.)
Journal of the 5th instant says tho crop
reports in that region are athing buut
favorable. TIhu waint of' rain during the
past, munth has cut the corn crop abort,
find it is feared a less qtiantityv will be
tnade thant was last year. Cotton is
also greaitly injured- first, ont account, oh
ext reinn wet weather, and1 no'w on ae
'otnut of ext remie dry weather. .It'our
or live open bolls of cotton on one stalk
nlro reported, but this does not, rejoice
Ilie farmers for say they, the werather
s o dry anmd ihe 811m so hot, as to causo0
inmmlatu red 1)01ls to opent.
The Grifllin (Ga.) Star, or the 5th
instaint, says :"We passed through a
portjin of l'ike, Meriwothler, Coweta
anid this county the iirst of the week
andit found the crops siiflerinig imuich more
thatn we e1xpected. Thero seems to be
a streak rtuning from Lino Creek
thironiehl the lower portion of Coweta
and Moriwether, anmd extending inlto PIho
where they hlave not hlad a season in
nntly sevein weeks. In manyv places
fodder is literally burned up, 'and 1the
stailks and ears of corni looks as If they
wvere dlead. The cottonl looks withere'd
aind weo hieardl that inl someI inistancees it
was dinig. To the above there wvere
rare xcep)tionls, whlere the corn was as
line as thec grotund cotdld produce, andl
the cottoni looked healthy and vigorous.
I low far this drought extends we
onld not learn. The farmers general.
Ly have 'laid by' their crops, but seem
discouraged,"
The 8onth the GardenI of the World.
Thle Lonidon Chemist and Druggist,
in a very appropriate notice of Dr. Por
clter's "Rlesources of the Southern
Fiehls andl Forests,'' take occAsion to
say the following true words about the
Sontherni States:
"I f the Southern United Statee are
not ihe gardlen of thme world, it. is rather
.he 'anlt of those who are responsible
)or their cultivation andl developmlent
than for any natural inferiority to any
other 1land1 on the face of the earth. It
occnrs to all mlhinds that this is tile home
of the chinA products wvhich civilizat ion
dlemlands. Cotton, sugar anid tobacco
aro products of such immlensit~y as to
a warf those which other lanids bring
fiart.4- and yet these aro not all. Vast,
ffnflmtities of wheat and rico aro expor
ted, aind a lnxuriant but urreultivated
vegetaitioni besides testifed to the im
mnerne re3sources which are forthcoming.
Thuese Southiern States comnpreheni an
area of territory equaling that of Great
]3rtan, F'ranice and Germany. Water
ed by thet grandest river,, and rich in,
eve.ry variety of soil, with miflions <f
acres5 of dismial swamp yet unlreclaimed,
there is a future for this district which
will make it a territory to which all
the' world will tnrn for ita vegetasle
hat those w4i study and obey tho
aws of eMtu're *ad' the laws 'of god
will live o' tho abundant fruit of their
obediOne. Those who, in their self.
comuplacent pride aid conceit, neglect
Dven comliion prugdeuCO and common
Sense, will reap what they-sow, to the
end.
A NegIrvttd DWt.
The United States Government
pays out twenty-one tAillious of dol
larR as pensions to the wi'dows anud or
phans of the soldiers killed -or dying
on.the Fedoral side, dnuing the L'te
civil war. ThoSc who died on the
Confederato b-i .c, ioSt their live.4, af
ter serving vit'h.t- pay for tto .years>
and their faiHes, by the edict 'of
emancip~ition, theo mnst sweeping
weasilro of 0011h1tiout upon the ree
ords of history, hbive b'en rdu cel to
poverty. What n 'contraat I And
who will justify tho -ways of l'roki
acne, when h ii so inhd abably ter..
tain that the soldicra of the South
fought for their faith, anjd the met ce
naries of the North, foo their money !
The Survivors assoeiation has been
projected to preseltvo tI' truth of his
tory as to the ich racter of thv Souths
ern troops, btt has not as yet reacheod
that number of members it ought to
have roavtx not exhibited that en
thuhlasm which 11he cause demands.
It has struck us, that, if. a religious
sand charitable 'eature be engrafted
upon'it)'Some prateiuablel scheme of
benovolen'c that., wll reach the bos
om1s of men and enlist, their sympathy,
tho association woull immediately
begin to grow rapidly) atid soon would
numbOr over ten thousand notive
members, contributinig their dollar
annually, and reading w ith intereA
the detnils of al! its proeedings.
'To attempt to pension the Widows
and orphans of the Conf'ederate dead,
without the aid of tOxation and the
instrumentality of the govermuneiit,
would be absurd. What, then,ean be
done I We believe that a successful
effort could be made to educato Rome
of the children locally, nhere they
are, in the different tountios, and also
to educate some thirty or fort.y (if them
at some contral school, such a- Colonel
Coward's, and to educate three or
four of the most deuerviing at the Vir.
ginia University. To make this e Tort
soems to Us domanded. by gt'atitudo
and by justice, and we are rej.,ioed to
know that it is in coniteniplatitn by
several of our Generals to call the at.
tOntion or the furviVors Association
to this subject at the November meet
ing In Columbia, In our next, we
will discuss tihn impracticability of
obtaining money enough for the pur
pose muggestedI
Letter from Lime Munumtains.
Omsin's Ib Aan, Aug. I, l171.
Mr,. Editor :
From Ashvillo iwe made a very
pleasanst trip down thme.Irench Ibroad
to Alexander'q, diatt ten miles. At
times the road runs within three feet
of the river, anuI, at one plae only, do
you loose sight of its plunginsg wa
ters. lFrom thme fihst glimpse the
tra veler gets of A lexander's--situat
ed immediately on th'e bankenof qiq
tive-ho is struck with the neatner~s
and marks of tar~to and' refinement
that pervade the entiae place. Here
we all agreed to~makhe a halt-, know.
lng that when ntture and art had
done so much to make a plaee attrac
tives it wouldl be our fault if woe did
not have a pleasant time. We found
our host, with whom many of yottr
readers are aelnainted, kind and at
tentive-doing aill in his power to ad
vance the cofr fhIs guests.~
With comfortable, well-aired rooms,
ready servants anid the beat furnished
tables that we have Been.; with v'arled
in-door amusement,, with .mvaalks
drives,rowing and thiat deligihtful gnme
oft.Voquet, so. rapidly becoming., the
out-door sport of our ladio it~ If 3w
eainot grow .fontented, just write
yodrself ,49o as ppiiueto td .gr(1mi.
bIer.. Wond advise all families on
the lookouit for a quiet summer recort
to give this place a trial. The Warmf
Springs are'only tiventy titiles from
Alexander's. They arie not ptlosery
iog their old reputation.4 The best
p arts of the hol are occ~upied by a
lot of immigrante, alnd front what we
~culd gather, the plae is rapuidlj
sinking under bad 'inanaigement --
Horace Greely, we leathied owns aj
large sharo of this place.- Our time~
being somewhat limited, we contl nc't
make those Springs a visit. Tlho
Bllackc Monntainu-with Mount niit.
the-lI rearing its tall head above all
vthors, should always be visited. This
as the highest points east 'of the
[Cooky ltlountains. If any of your
eaders should visit, this country, tell
hoem not to encumber themselves with
on large a supply of fishing -'taokle,
untinig aecoatrements, &o.: >t is all'
sytho. 'liey will re-enact the part
f Tantalus.. We have been -travel
og for ton daunA -a --..eve 'g
These truths are very Mipo'rfectly rea. ti
Ned among ourselves. but Dr. Por.
cher's bock with the hllp of its foreign
reviewers, will, wo trust open the eyes
of our people to the grandeur and tko
immense valuo of their 'nheritence.
Rural Carolinian.
Thero can no longer be a Yloubt re
maining as to the Psucesstul 6andis.
date for the Presidency in 1872.
Nirs. Victoria Voodh'ill is "th.k wo
man who dares," and who has -e.tab.
lished the Victoria League. From
one of her circularm, now lying before
us, we learn that the associatien is
now organized, equipped and in work
fing o'er. With itsa gendios In New
York, Boston, Philad-olphia, Cincin
nati, Chicago, St. Louis and San
Franoisco. Its mission is to create
the "Equal Rights l'arty," which is
to force from Crougress a "delara
tory act.,"t something l'ke Tittiebat
TitmoudOs fanrous bill to give every
body everything and horself the
i'residency. Now is the time for
strong-minded matrons to pile in.
Whon the women are in arms they
are invariably irresistablo.
WINNSBOROU
Wedneadq Mbrhing, Alg. 16, 18Y1.
kings at a Discount.
It sooms that the Irishv not having
the fear of Wales before their eyes,
and baving no use for -Prince Arthur,
or for any other of the youtrmit toionm
of the royal bloodlpaddle, have been
kicking up a row, upon the oMeasion
of the visit of the prinec, and a hur
dred of that excitable race are in hos
pital, in consequence. The time
surely approaches, and that quickly
fts the abolition of the purchase sys
tom in the army and other reform ad
monish, when those princes will have
to fall back upon their manhiod for a
living, and for their station in socicty,
The English parliament becomes more
averse daily to allowing them a liv
ing out of the taxes of the people.
Queen Victoria has boon ad inconsid
erato as to have a very large family,
and all of her children pertinaciously
persist in following the maternal ex
ample. It is a case of geometrioal
progression, and practical arithnmnti
cians) like the E~nglish, simply iatinot
stand it, And suroly it is absurd,
with over one hundred and thirty mil
lions of subjects out of whom to select
the wisest and the beat as rulers, that
the English Empire should be eom
pelled, by "the divine right of
kings," to confine itself, when in not-d
of a statesman an a ruler, to the heir,
at the time being, of a decidedly stu
pid, and disgracefully low-minded
and sensual, and though it is a matter
of less consequence, an ugly and vula
gar-looking Dutch family. 'ho Irish
are right in kicking against it. Somo
people wish hereditary imperialism
hero, and they may yet have it. .1ut
we see only retrogression in any such
change. The sooner puddle-blood in
all of its forms is rated at its just
value, and no higher, the bmtter for
mankind. The distintion between
what man cans transmit to his
children, and what the children of a
wise or good man, in their absurd
oonceit, are usually dh.paede to claimn,
will, then, be properly understood,
and lead to wholosonmo consequences.
The Droughst.
Our corrospond(ent "J," has sugge a
ted that the drought is a visit ation of
Divine Providence upon us for our for-'
getfulness of his mercies and contina
nance in our sins. We, in a certain
sense, believe it. The dihastrous con'
seguences of the drolaght are perhaps
due to our sins, not so much against
God directly, as against that common
sense which Ho has given us. From
long experience we all know that this
climate is subject to drought at least
four summers out of every five. We
know, too, that soil ploughed ten
inches deep has actually stood one of
these droughts of twelve weeks dara
tion, and yet yielded a profitable
crop, David Dickson says, AIu corn
crop Is a certainy, and that he does
make profitable crops oven ithen tbhero
Is a drought, by deep piloughing A
long as our farmers sin against doep
ploughing and common prudeunce, no
long will Divine Providence visit
thern, In the summer season, for ,their
sins. To charge their own perverse
laziness and folly, upon their ledgers,
to the debit of the Almighty, is toler
ably convenient, if not gratuitously
pious. Our own testimony, however,l
is, that we have never heard of the
Almighty acknowledging the debt and
settling th, bill, and don't expoet to
hear of it.
It should be remembered, that be
fore science and machinery had dis
covered and obeyed the laws upon
which Agricultural production do
pends, fol failure, in the crops and]
wide extended famines prevailed.
There seems little danger of the ro
earrence of snch famine, again in t
christian countries i for science is thme I
ohild of true ebristianity, and eon.. i
firms christianity In teaohiug -that c
sufferingt omes of violated l... amd I
nearot than fifteen miles of the far
fame4ipe'ftlk troit. AftW a thre:
days fshing ou'r friedd Joe 'managea
to haul aut.two minaoels. It. thinks
Moore's Cree'k a paradiso in the way
of catching fish. L.
The Cofedele It ifft,.
WOH[NdTON, Aug. 7.-ThQ. 'a
pointnieit of the ex-Cofifederate, 2.
R. Roxbury, to a clerkship in the
Pust-oflice Dparttment, Is -still b sub,
jeot of not very ainiabledisc*eaion on
the part of :lerks and 'oth'er, who
think the :Thion soldier has bee1
greosnly insult'ed 'by 'his sppointient-.1
" m nian -propo-es t6 or ui4.', :nd
n-A only cloanl out the rstnaater
Geneoial, lnt -all who nay Ipopose
to ntatllina Caioi be th~m.y bli or low.
Anothor say. Mtr-. resweli has pro-ti
trited the coifidecvto of the 'geople by
,inwcing this inatn n positionri and t-ayi
it is AU .nAlt root only t.6 brave
IlU io lld iersi )Atd to val ;611 ho.
love the right. Yet another iu' i
vidual takes occasion to arraign the
depattmnits generally as beinig filled
with "Democrats" and "COpper
hoadS," to the exalution of th6 Jiuion
n011 and. Ripublicaew, and even so
loyal and radical an odicer as Secre.
tery Oulane is eharged with harbor.
6g knemtrut ahed Oopperhends in
his oillee. Ianrtime Mi. .kbury,
about whom all this fNais started has
bis say in th-o matters and he asks
vWry properly "if the Republittu
pterty cxpects t; umi*iailu a foothold
in the South while holdilng the rule
that 'no person who was ini ihe Con..
foderaite service shill have ofce ?" Hb
rna further thot lihe batslng s8n1e 'm
noanoed his (onfetirati prin-ipilus,
aUd attaleed hiiis'4lf to the inion
principles of the Rlepublican party,''
und he wants to kiw "if such inen
[ie to 'rethaint fotevd* kllteir , Lat t"
It reintius. to be seen whether .Mr.
Creswell will become frightenod by
this howl. Which oomes altogether
froi the Uratid Army of th Repub
lie.
A tic. tinlribile to tgl#it
In a spee clh made last Week at
LIloisville, KY., thd lion..- 1). Wv.
'Vorhees, of ludiaina, said :
"If I, on the other hand, was calli.
ing witnures for the Democracy, I
wovild point first-to the old atate of
Viiginia, the most tsldiceld of all, thO
most torn to picoe. ofall, with her male
plation d ruven away, her boson)
thrushed with the thrashing-machine
of death from (uone border tn the other.
She has emerged am from a fire of ten
fld hea't, but, hlne hasfalle6 luto the
hands of ConservatlsAi atid not of
idioalisnt and no Radical, not eVen
len, 13%utler, dares whg his foul tooL
gua or.point his f(lonious fingr'at
her. (Cheers.] Anti this I said to
hin, tob- on the Htlor of the ilouxe.
Virginin, the very head anid frbht of
the struggiboto the piart or the South
-she ill whols bosom lies more buried
valor thi in any other etual t-pace
of ground the sun shines npou-[arp
plausej1 -where herou'A sUrpassing
those that Homor sing of mnct and
clashed their swords atnd bled and
died-sho on whose fato the whole
South hung, who never faltered and
wyhen,heir great lehidors laid down
thtir swords all others were laid
doWi .
Loyally Test for Sokhelictu Solilm~ of
Theb press having called attention
to the groat inju.sticu that was8 done
to petnsioners of thte war of 151% andi~
especially thoseo renilding itt the South
by the order of the comis~hsionter of
pensions reejuiring proof of loyalty,
anud it havuing becen shtown that such
proof could not wenll be tnaade in the
ianiter po(lhte~d out by the circular,
tihe commxissiouei- his issued a subse
cgient ordler, which embraces the list
of oilas befoire whofth proof cait be
madec. This last cirenlar reqluires the
cer tificatte of an officer of a United
Stavtes Court, a Ui~oted States comn
mtiasioner, an assessor, assistant asses
sor, collector, deputy collector or su
pervisor of )uternal reveue, or post
uia-aterj showing to the satfisfaction of
the peutsioet iflice thut the witnesses
who testify to the loyalty of a claim
ant are of undoubted character, and
entitled to full faith and credite.
Still, with all this, the order is bur
denlisome and untjtst sad oathnot fail
to tend to great emhbstrassment to
those old soldaiies,
The Ku Klux Act andillartIal Law.
Tbe New York World says':
.For the 'purpose of piuttg -.the
~S;te or district untder maftial laSW at
the will of, the Prefridehlrit'Ms neces.
sary undet this law that eten tile In..
'tent 60 eomnrit treason cir tyt set 'at
deifianee the constituted auathuoritica of
either Staite or nation Ishould exist,
n'uch les's (does f~he lt* waif for the
counmis.,iah of afy overt aet, If ot.
readevrs will enrefulely sorutinite this
sctciou of the law they will see that
we asc cietirely corredt when we say
thbat the mete existenoogetf armed
couibinationsa of men t nmerous and
pottorful enoughb,. if .they therely
choose to do it, to set at defiance the
cotnstituted authorities and to prevent
the. cotwv'ict ion of ofe~ndeore, constitutes
tes the solo condition on which the
President is autthorit'ed to declare
martial law, withou.t the pomnmission
of any overt act o'f~tr6#sou, of 0eyen an,
intent to tnupit that orimc~
Sift (ir ot.
'Ihe foll'owing is an oegtraof, rot
letter datedl at< Andoraan Court
House, August 9t6, 1871:
Our crops hereabouts are complete,
ly ruined. Wheat and ota good for
AotIfing, Cero atvs pletelf bprned
up,sand orotfolu shedding botfs. No
ysee6 thins ar6 not pospering Wfith
EvIdente of Life.
06 Republican friends, have
without nuilber, told se the Demo
pragy was dead. The lollowing ox
trads from leading Republican pa
poro would seem to indkioate that they
did not believe it thmselves :
The Democratio p-trty to-day is
ftronger than it ever was in its his.
tory. It means to. win.-Horace
&rmeey at Picksburg.
You make light of the Democraoy
but-to-day, in tho State of New York,
theft is a clean Democratie majority
of ninety thousand. We never did
have th Irish. and now we are losing
all the k3orm'ra3s.--New Prk I'ites
(innt. with his Ru N1\a-. 'lill
iiAks he a.%n kill the I)cmo~ray-.
It Ivill tako muore men by a million,
than he had t AppouU-x.-x. t.
'%un UIN<ca4.
A great deal hat been Paid ab%5ut
the d'ad 1'eimocra&Jy. 'I hwee who
bAuk It is *eaOR a t&ely never %ead ile
toy -o't the reo.-reetion. 1%ee w'il
be sign. ill the hoalent Vnd oni th'o
earth in 181' when this bemiocratie
party gets its ..oldieri in the fitld.
Spjringjic'id (AMues.,) RepUblicaA Pa'Ai
c41.
le is a foolt d taitor Who tpeatw
t1 *i% a cAsy V'ttoty oV6r the 1)eWnot
%Atic p'Ary i' I iVOrant can never do
it with the bayouot.-N% . Evening
Post Radical.
They tn4 say Ohat thy 1ltaes
but th'?we wb4 at the m'lst bouilent
G'o not kWo\' thea D''di'irate Tiel are
66ho most dangerous A-bh they seem
niott wiIpteds Do not put ?%ny faith
In thelu *,id 'do hot trust tbt0k. In
reftleat tlhy are t1eatmhetbus Anl often
fatal.-nuisvito Comacte?'l limit
General Moltce has addeseod the
following letter to the citi*oris of lu
bce, In ackno*ledgefiment of their
having prePented him with froedom of
the city :"I hne reoeived *ith
gratitude from yotir representation
the Vplehdidly ahiLtrtisticallv exeouteti
dmuumebt whihh cunfers upon th tie
title of a burgcte of hubtbk 'he
numerous monuments of power, path'i
odistm and of beneficence, reocallihg
the time when Lhabeck stood at the
heand of the coniedoration of cities
confederation whose fleet com..
manded the sea and mado war with
kingdoms--the venerable town ball,
the lofty towers, the protedting bul
warks with:their shady trees, the gre.t
ships upon the:nn-row river, the nan-1.
eilnt tntes-ohe of Which Is so admi
table ral- bseiteI in the dociniont,
you have sent me-are the earlie.,t
recollections of my childhood. liut
ineffaceable as they, there remained in
my heart the impatience with whilh
I then witnessed thle violent propon.
deraneo of Oranen. Ay whole tire
has benn dpant tinder tihe fetling of
the powerlessness of Germany agitinst
her over-exacting neighbor, Until at
last, under the tag of Prussia, the
nation has rimeh to the straagglo whidh
by God's help, has assurtfd the uniOn
and the strength of the enunit-y. And
in that struggle) the children of your
city, brave among thd bravest, itato
taken part. May a long and happy
pence compensato us for the t.acrifies
Which werd inevitale, anid may Gier
many, withi her anoidlut and Venerable
Lubee, develop her greatness1 and
march forwamrd to new destinies."
Is it tiaerntaid ?--A Strant e ing DIls
covered il a 1'elatfAltff.
A. A. Freeman, Esq., mealiber
elect from Hay wood County to tie
next Legislature, maide to one of the
editors of this paper Ils the presence
of soiemrl welt-known gentlemnu, the
follo~ing r emark able story : "d. 13L
Manoy,an itttelligent citilen of Bellia
Depot1 Io this icounty5 and keeper of
the hotel at that places and for whomt
A. A. Freeman vouches as a reliable,
truthful man, was fishing in a canoe
tin July 7jin irorkeod Door Rtivor, ear
hell's Doepot, and in that part of the
river betwveen the rail toftd and dirt
road bridges, when his attention was
calied to an object in the river, soe
fifty yhrds dlistant, whieh presented
the appearatice dif a Uman drowliig.
Maxey rowed his boat within tell felet
of the object, and saw a remarkable
ereature, as the following dectription
will testify :It had a faoti perfectly
white, with featuries like those of a
human being. It had something like
moss on its head instead of hair, and
Its netak was longer than the neck of a
rman. Its body, down to the waist, t
so mnuoh of it as was eiposed, was
covered with black white spot.. It
was as large as an ordinary man, and
had large blsok eyes. Maxey was
within ten feet of tt for ten minutes.
lie did nut see any arths, It looked
Mt him and slowly turned around and
disappeared in de1 watog. Thbomas
Neal, Mq., told Mr. Freeman that he
saw the same tiig At the same plseee
about three yeers ago1 but d id not tell
h6 boosu- het thought he wcrnld -be
laughed at. Jin~es &eal and Isaao
Ward say they saw the samne erca
tuare.''--rownsvile ( 'eas ) .States.
An Aged ht~ifp
Mrs. Mary Knight, of Salpm, ind.
reoent oatled about her death bed
ber entire family, five sons, the young.
est d5 and'. the eldest 79*, alt of thena:
grandfathers who bad 'never lost oed
of their childt'en.' She herself was
94 and had nut d day's serious illness
durinog her datire life. The ?Knightg
are known thro1:gklot Washin torr
oounty for ftbdir vigoyous'eonstitutions
end remnarkable powers of enduranfe,!
An exchange saysr " We- are in
tecei pt of two poems--one on the
'Throbbing Brain," and the other .on
'A f3eeding Ilearb.' We will wait
until we receA ene on the 'Stomach
Ache,' and publiek all etfo to..
gntiorm
Woloe~gral:)lao.
Foregplews.
VERGAILLEs, Augti8t .n the
Assembly, to day, a bill to.iftpose a
tax on income of natives and resident
foreigners ca rup, and give rise to
animated debate. No action was
taken. The Assembly also consider
ed a bill to indemnify citizonis for loss
of property during the German in
vaeion. Thiera spoke several times,
qud was frequently interrupted. lie
*an visibly alfected, and bitterly re
proached membero. le deolared ho
was willing to relieve, but not - o ii
demnify those who had suffe'i*d dur
ing 'the war. Witho-,t dlpoIng of
the bill, the Chamber adjn. ned u'utcil
T%O.sday.
Dv~x-4, AngW-t '7. In Ipte of
prohibition, the tri'oads of Feenia'n
atnebty attempteA to h.M1 i useoting
in the Pl.Arn:x PaiA. Smytbe, a
'Membelr of 'arliauint, Sulivat'n,
edit'r of the Xtions asid John Sulli'an
Ityrnes en"Nured thb pa r-, f.,1lowod by a
large crowd. The police 8itaritendant
howve, standing ton th'6 Welilngtoh
wokkuidott 6rdie d thb crowd to dis
pAr.,O. AI.,we was hi-Od to tihe ba.'s
of the mo:.rkmuent and hal-barioursy
thelte'd% flaif an hour's fight tified,
Wh the reinforlted y'oli'O dispersed
the 1rowd. Sm'ythe and SulliValn
imre Wodnded badly s \oer Io0 nbjur
'd were taken 1b tlM'e hetio.i.
Is"bNO, August 7.-A dispatoh
Prom bublin to-day\ says the tity is
quiet. Sevetal lu ti'vinited by the
royal party were gutted, on Sunday,
by the mob..
Soveral French War stenudiP Are
ready at T161lon, in view of ar-prehen
4ed E-astern conplications. Troubles
continue iII portion of France uccu
pie'l by the Germans. A Prus'ian
sulj.et having been, banged, a day or
two since, art Poligmy, in the Depart
meint of Jurn, riot follo wed, in which
the Germans soldiers wounded Atbout
twenty citiz:ns, and threatened to
burn th'e place. Quiet was pmartially
testored, the au',.ri'es Jromiising to
arrest the offendera.
DUiALk, Auguat 8.-The 1tRynl
visitors have left Dublin, find not a
Oherr was heard from the liuil A.treets
throurgh wbibh they passdd. The
silence was only broken by a few his
sea. The conduct of the police at the
Pdenit art was denounced s inek
cusably brutAil by the embitteredl peo.
ple.
10 O No Aiugust Fj.-A "I-pVAre
froth bublin says the city it gnict,
but the excitement amongst t he pp
lace has not silbsidbid. It is general
ly thought that the syma~thisers of
the Fenian prisoners larvd not givei
up the idea of hdiding another In et.
ing, in spite of the prdhibition of thd
authoritiest
Sentiments of the nMajority of the
people are in favoll of glantinjg am
na0sty tW all P'enlan irisoner?, but
violunat oppositioh t3 Iho authorities in
deprebated. The belief %vas that the
rdyal visit Will hb made ,an opaportu.
filty4by the Govern-nouit for the rC
lease o' tlb impfibuned 1"enians. The
p opuIlace is vet-y bittei agallbt the
Prince Of Wales, bEcause lie has not
intetfered for annesty. The whole
poliee foreeiis still On thta alert; alnd
the military are cunsigned to the bar
raoks, to be feadA', ii called upon, to
sitd the poaliee. TIhus fal- no death i.s
reported, but it is thought that from
five to ten persdns will die, of inurries
received. Ilowe, Suaperintendenat oif
Police, is in a critical condition, biut
hopes are entertained fot- hais recovtiry
It is yat tineertajit whether the gny'
drhment can legally prose'cil'o Mr.
Smith and other leaders of the de mon
Stra tion:
Iiron i0fg~ill,
SliANNA H, August ig--A party
of negro excursionists on the Sa van
nab, Seabutird and Skidoway Rail
road took p ogsession of the earsj
After trutting loose two of the chrs
near Sandy station y they comimenced
fighting among themedies. One no
grolis report ed k illed.
From New York.
lNE* YOnx, Auguts l0;--1hrce
more Westfield deaths swell the
slaughter to 100.
John H. Horin, second offider of the
steyn~er Sherman, from Havana1 died
of ytl low fever.
Dr. Mlorris, of the Sanitary Departa
ment, says no unusual steps are being
takon to prevent the appearanao of
Asiatie cholera; and there are no in.
dientions of ias eowing at prsnt:
Captain W. F. .fyons, of the Iher
aId staff is dead:
. The 8nn says autbetto news. -rrdm
Citba,-through Spanish souarces, shows
the Cubans achieved- two impdtrtant
victories in the Easterff district.
From Mlaine,
lk~aduj, ME., Angust 10.-An ex
press train approaching the town
,wont through a rotten bfidge. There
is .a long list of wounded and several
killed.
.From OhioW.
OIi els ker, A ugust 10.--'two kegs
of powder exploded in a burning
houseo, in Nienna, Ohio, killing four
and injuriftg twenty-saeven,
f'fom Lonlalan#,
N3* OrLIas, August lc'.-The
uptrain on the Hhourton- and Great
Northern Road, puhaing two flats,
eew1hajluD tho efficer. of. ta company,
was Iurpwn from the track by an oia
struction..plaoed by a analiorous per
sea, fifteen. mrles above llouston,
'Texas. Dr. C. G. Young, President
and Win. M. Wilson, Assistant Civil
Engineer, were killid, Turner,- brake..
man, probably fatally hurt, an'd C. E.
Nioble, Chief Engineer and Superin.
tendant, and several others severely
hurt.
From california.
CALIFOnNIA, August 9.-The Piacin
coast press unanimously 'condomn th'6
urder of the War Department, coun.
termanding Stoncman's order for an
retive campaign against the Apachos,
for the purpose of giving the Qua
kers an opportunity to operate.
From Missouri.
ST. Louis, August 12.-D. W.
Souter, United States Express Deliv
ery Messenger, wh6se wagon was
robbed recentlys and 'who is uid'er
arrest for being itmplicated inl tho
robboiy, confe.-ses that tie was Co.
cinmed inl it. llo tefls dAfei eit slotiies
abhott being appronebed sone niioths
ago bty a mn1.11 whose namte lie conccials,
anod u.ged to 'i~siet in robbing tle
com ,pany. This ie resisted-, but tihe
i:ii's apped.i were zo persistent an0
ino tinual, that he finally ie-lded, aid
eiered into the robbery with J..S.
(2 tou and Thoias krady-, - who are
also uider m.rrest. Kenlall, the dri
ver, hiew no hing of th. iffait. The
pi-irty whito plaiied the robbery, and
who i., %uppobcd t ltuv'd th 6 mone.y,
is knowni.
)Proi Lollisitilib%
Nhw Oui.r.ANs, Augu4t 12.-About
2 o'eiuk this moinihg, DominitR
Bytnes inqieed tiree tiinterous
stabs tapon Ned lihghess a rub tlriverl
who wont to the hospital bleeding
profusely. Subsequently, Brynes
stabbeki Pat Brady tiVice bhrou'gh t1
lieai't, killing him instatitly. After a
chase of several blocks, lBrnes was
arrested by the police. The fiurdet
occurred in a cilce house near Poy.
di n-% natrket. Cause-whiskuy-.
Froi New York.
New VonK, August 12.--MlaYO
liall, of New York, saved a child
Iomi d rowling in South Bay> by
j miping from thb, boat and swinlmiig
to the yadlt from which thed chili' folh
Another \Vestfield victim bus flat
ed shorm.
Front Arazontit.
SAN HInANClSco, August .-Ad.
vijs" from lTucson, Arizona, state
that General crook's enttupnignl against
the Apcihes is proeceding vigurously.
lie is cunfident of reducing the sava.
ges to sutbmissiui it' not interfered
with by the Peace Coilmissioncrs
A muiii', 12 -A negro rape'd thd
daughter of Rev. * M. Walter, aged
ulevent, at lRuckford, Illinois. Judgd
Iyich tlhreates.
Prom Iowa,
KuoKiJ<, August 13.-William
Briggs, intending to reopen a coal'
mine sent his son and daughter to dip
out the water. The son put a ladder
in -the shaft and descended, and the
sister not hearing him, also descended.
irig, his brothur, and a hired man
tollowled each other down the shaftj
a.nd all five were suffocated. At last
aceounts two bodier had been recover.
ed.
Fromn laryland,
(Cimuitani.A~ o, August 1 3.---Mrs.
(2. L. Val landighami died this morn
ing.
rotill Slih Carolina,
bARf s'roN, August 12.--Thte fii-st
bao iewv cotton is received here;
It arrived to-day from Mliddle Geora
gia, consigned to G eorge A i Trenholni.
Market lieports.
N EW Yoi K, A ug. 1 2.--Evening
Cotton gniet and weak ;uplands 19.
sales 856 bales. Gold 12.4
CnAentOsroN, August 12.-Cottont
dul-l-:-iddhngs 174}; receipts 94;
sales 25 balesi
Livauroor., Aug. I..-Evening---.
Cotton opened fiat and closed easier
uplands 8.j; Orleans 9 y ples 8,00f$
bales.
iskonlest Tridl IuttInes
The Orangeburg News calls uport
the Grand dury, at the next Court of
General Sessions, to examine careful.'
ly the docket books of the Trial Jus
tiecs of the County; It says :
.Some of them have held thoir p'osia
tions for nearly two years, and not
withtstftnding their courts being al'
ways crowded with criminal cases,
no't orio dollar hds the Ccunty reeivft
ed from themn. Jlut, on tlie othef
hand, thir aebotubts against the Statd
are prosented frequently. The sys
tenm is rott'en to haIrs er oorb,'Mid ive9
dlemand that it be 'u.k am'hie'd intto.
We Iknow dn4 man rightt het'e in ,Or*
angeburg who wlil g6 before a jury
any time nand make o'ath that lid
al'otte paid fines for (livers rrons;.
amwounting to som# thir'ty or fortj
dollars. There are many more whd
wilt make the came statement. Thd
(juestion is; whte is the monef'
gone ?I
A Nfirectd Mlerchait
A wholesale groecf n this eit'y, \lig
became rih in his business5, says hi
rule always was, when lho sold, a bill
of goodls on credit, to immediately
suliscribe foit the local papyF of.;bia'
debtor. So long-as hiis onsteiner, g4J
vertised liberally and vigoropply,- .,te
rested,..but as spcn as he began to con
tract lhis advediging .apae, .hs0 godl
the facoL as,.-pvidee . that troule
would follow,.and igvofiably wont foij
his debt,' Sajt bo,.."the .man, who
feels too poor to make his btisedq
known, 1i.too poor to do business."
The withdrawing of an advertisenent
is an' evidonce of. woaknessq that busiaJ
ness men are not slow to observe and
act un-N. , vl rr