Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 29, 1867, Image 2
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At Quincy, Illinois, a bridge is constructing
across the Mississippi,, 'which will cost $2,000,000.
It will be completed in about a year.
The Jury Fee in the Surratt case amounts
to over $1,400. The per diem $2; Jury carriage
hire $730; witness fees over $20,000.
Aocording to an eminent French physician,
a oold in the Head can be cured by inhaling hartshorn.
The inhalation should be through the nose,
seven or eight times in five minutes.
Hon. B. H. Hill has been elected to the Law
Professorship of the University of Georgia, in
place of Judge Lumnlrin, deceased. Mr. Hill is
to be assisted by a distinguished iaw/er of North
Georgia, Mr. W. L. Mitchell.
It was told to the Empress Carlotta a few
days ago that her husband was in great peril, and
might lose his life. "Better that than bis honor,"
was the Imperial reply, during a lucid interval,
from which, however, her Majesty soon relapsed
into her usual state.
? Tlifl Vnrlr .Tmrmnl nf alludes
to the extraordinary proclivity of the Southern Military
Commanders for publishing orders, and very
long ODes, and pronounces "too much ordering"
the bane of any Government, and an evidence of
.weakness.
A few days ago, a man got out of the cars at
Peoria, Illinois, with a large bag in his hand which
he carried very carefully. After walking up the
street a short distance, he put his bag down, untied
it, and lifted out a good-sized boy. He had
Nought him several miles as b&ggage and without
having him checked.
The extent of land under potato cultivation
in France is 2,040,364 acres; in Austria it is 1,308,148
acres; in Ireland, 1,050,419 acres; in Bavaria,
649,375 acres; in Great Britain, 498,846 acres; in
Belgium, 369,850acres; in Sweden, 334.000 acres;
in Holland, 265j987 acres; in "WurteniDsrg, 167,948
acres; and in Denmark proper, 69,176 acres.
It is said to be satisfactorily demonstrated,
that every time a husband scolds his wife, he adds
a wrinkle to his face. It is thought the announcement
of this fact will have the most salutary effect,
especially as it is understood that every time a
husband smiles on his wife it will remove one of
the old wrinkles.
The Jews have resolved to establish a college
in Philadelphia. It is however, to be
open to Christians of all shades of views. It will
not exact from its students any pledges, but will be
devoted to giving all who please to avail themselves
of its privileges a thorough acquaintance
with Hebrew literature.
There is good news lor tea-drinkers. A despatch
from India announces that the tea markets
in China have opened at prices one third lower
than at the opening of last year. The tea merchants
of London, who have been folding back their
supplies in the hope of raising prices, have, it is
' said, received advices to realize.
Capt W. T. McNelfy, commander of the
steamer Pilot Boy, which plies between Charleston
and Beaufort, has been tned and found guilty by
a Military Commission, of a violation of Paragraph
VJLLi, General Orders No. 32, in refusing to grant
a first-class cabin passage to a colored woman, and
has been sentenced to pay a fine of $250.
An Australian newspaper states that the
neighborhood of Havelock, in that country, has
lately been visited, after a heavy rain, by clouds of
flying ants, who have been devoured in great numbers
dv the fowls. The insects, however, are not
killed by the swallowing, and by eating their way !
through the guUets and crops of the fowls, have
destroyed them in large numbers. i
Advices from Utah indicate that an irrepres- '
able discord has broken out among the Saints, and '<
that the problem of Mormonism will soon solve it- i
self. A large number of anti-polygamists have
left Utah, hound for Nauvoo, 111. Brigham
Young is being boldly denounced by many of his
followers, and the sect is becoming rapidly demor- 1
x alized. . j
The New York correspondent of the Charles- <
ton Courier says that a few days ago, a company ,
of negroes paraded through Broadway, and was
saluted with jeers and laughter on all sides. The
officers were all black, the men were in citizens'
dress, and the whole affair was preceded by a platoon
of white policemen; specially detailed for the ;
protection of the sojers.
The official report of the Board of Trade <
shows that there were received at Chicago during ,
the past year, 12,000,000 bushels of wheat, 33,000,000,
bushels of corn, 11,000,000 bushels of
oats, 4,000,000 of rye and barley, and 2,000,000
barrels of flour; 1,341,000 hogs, and 373,000 cattle
were marketed there. The lumber trade reach
ed 700,000,000 feet, and 400,000,000 shingles.
The Staunton Spectator savs that on Sunday,
the 11th inst, at tne White Sulphur Springs
in Greenbrier, West Wirginia, an Arab, one of the
accomplished acrobats connected with the Circus of
Dan Castello, was killed by the bite of a rattlesnake
which he had bought the day before and which he
was tiying to tame. He was bitten several times on
the hands and arm. He died a horrible death, and
before doing so, caught the snake in his hands and
ate portions of it
Governor Worth, of N. C., owns over 2,000
acres of land in Horry District, S. C-, which he
advertises in the Raleigh Sentinel, for sale at $3
per acre. We think it will be to the advantage of
large landholders, as well as to the community generally,
to sell part of their lands, and we admire
the course of Gov. Worth in not only offering his
land for sale, but at the same time informing the
publia what he will take for it?Charlotte Democrat.
General Pope has issued an order which directs
that Grand and Petit Jurors hereafter drawn
for the trial of cases in the third Military District,
must be drawn exclusively from the list of persons
who have registered, and without any discrimination
as to color, and that Sheriffs will require jurors
to swear that they were registered, ana to specify
the precincts and counties in which such registrai_*
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uuu tuuit uiaue, wuicn amaaviis must De piacea on
the files of the Court
As exhibiting some of the practical effects
of the operation of the Reconstruction Acts, the
Wilmington Journal mentions a case in which
three of the best citizens of New Hanover were debarred
registration on the following grounds: One
of them held the office of Coroner tor a few weeks
about forty-five years ago; another served in a
similar capacity for about the same period some
twenty years sinoe; and the third remembers that
about forty years ago he was a Constable of the
town.
__ A New York correspondent says: The talk
in sporting circles is about a great walking match
that has just been agreed to between George K.
Goodwin, of this city, and Edward P. Western,
of Portland, Maine. ~They piupowo to walk Auin
Portland, Maine, to Chicago, Illinois, a distance of
twelve hundred miles, in thirty consecutive days.
The start is to be made from Portland on a stated
day, between the 1st and 15th of October nex*.
Western agreeing not to walk on Sundays, thus
leaving him twenty-six days to do the work in.
The match is said to be for $10,000.
The following from the Selma (Ala.) Times,
should be a warning to all negroes, who have "land
on the brain": "A certain young gentleman emissary,
from Yankeedom, passed through the County
of Anson, a short time since, vending tickets or
certificates to the negroes, which he told them
would entitle each holder to forty acres of land.
rr~ u _ 1 i x- xt -i
j_lc ouiu <* ltvge uuuiuer w rue negroes aiuug ins
route at fifty cents each. The negroes, however,
becoming assured that they had been swindled,
pursued the scoundrel, overtook him, made him
refund the money, with an additional fifty cents in
each case, and then drew his shirt, when they
proceeded to administer a severe flogging upon his
tack. This done, they allowed him to go on his
way rejoicing."
Last week, a paragraph was going the rounds
buiuuk mas me way 01 maximiiian naa Dee a aeKverea
to the Prussian minister. This is denied
by a despatch from Washington. The despatch
says: "Official advices from Mexico, just received
here, announce that the Mexican Government
has refused to deliver the body of Maximilian to
the Austrians. It is buried in the Cathedral, at
Queretaro. It was never delivered to the Prussian
Minister, nor any promise nor intimation given
that it would be delivered to him, or to any one.
It is generally believed, and it is said, when it is
thought safe to do so, that it is the intention of the
Mexican authorities to use it as a means of filling,
or in some degree to replenishing, their empty
treasury."
?7- The New York Tribune tells the following
curious story about the "Suratt jury," which has
just oome to light ' 'It is stated by one of them that
from the first moment they were locked up together
between the adjournments each day, they were
divided in their sentiments about the prisoner,
eight favoring him and four condemning. While
the, arguments of the ooapsel for the defence was
going on, these eight continually sneered at Judge
Pierrepont and Attorney Carrington in their
rooms, and when they were locked up to find a
verdict, they balloted, the result being eight votes
for acquittal and four for conviction. Each side
tried to convince the other, but without success
to either. Then one of the jurors proposed three
propositions, and asked that a vote be taken on
them separately. These were, first, that Lincoln
was assassinated: second, that the assassination
was the result of a conspiracy; and third, that
Surratt was in that conspiracy. Upon the first
two propositions the vote was unanimous, but upon
the latter the eight favoring acquittal refused
under any circumstances to vote."
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EDITOKS:
JAS. E. WILSON... JAS. F. HART.
[" YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 29, 1867.
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HOLT IN A TIGHT PLACE.
On the first page of this issue, will be found the
confessions of Conover, referred to last week.?
They are well worthy of a perusal, as they reveal
the desperate resolution of Holt, Ashley and
Butler, to overthrow the President, even at the
expense U1 peijUljr.
Two of these gentlemen (!!!) have not troubled
themselves to reply to these ruinous charges. Mr.
Holt, however, has undertaken the task of disproving
them, possibly acting for his associates.?
His plan is to produce counter charges against
Conover, which affirm that that experienced evidence-manufacturer
is trying to ruin Holt's reputation.
Holt has published affidavits from four
or five hitherto unknown individuals, who swear
with singular unanimity that Conover told them
that he had fallen out with Holt ; that he therefore
desired by false witnesses, to connect Holt
with the Booth conspiracy and with a desire to execute
Mr. Davis ; that they kindly agreed to swear
whatever Conover desired, but afterwards repented
j that General Roger A. Pryor, Ben
Wood and General Dick Taylor were trying to
procure the release of Mr. Davis, which could only
be accomplished by ruining Holt ; that they!
met all these gentlemen, with the exception of
General Taylor, at General Pryor'slaw office in
New York, that Gen. Pryor was not then ready
with his affidavits for them to swear ; and several
other statements.
Mr. Holt is very unfortunate in his vindication.
In the first place all his witnesses have, by their
own confession, perjured themselves once, and
when a witness swears that he has lied, it is difficult
to determine what part of his evidence to believe.
In the second place, Mr. Wood and Gen. Pryor,
have since made oath that the testimony of
Holt's witnesseS*is false in every particular, so far
as it relates to them, none of the persons mentioned
ever having been in General P's office or had
any communication with him. The unavoidable
inference is that Holt has lied again.
0T*VTftV>s VTWPffPITT. ARTTY.
Now that the pomp of power has departed from
bira, it appears that Stanton has no friends. The
journals of his party complain loudly of the President
for removing him; but they have few words
of sympathy for the deposed Secretary. Seldom
has an American politician so suddenly fallen from
the possession of power into insignificance. * They
have generally retired to private life with at least
a retinue of personal friends, whose sympathy was
publicly manifested towards them in the hour of
defeat or ejectment from office. But Grant's
compliment, on accepting his place, is about the
only crumb of comfort Stanton has received.
The general feeling at Washington, among
friends and foes, seems to be one of relief that he is
gone. Cold, over-bearing and repulsive in manner,
Stanton contrived to make official intercourse
a very unpleasant task to all who had business
with him. His subordinates, taking their cue from
their chief, endeavored to be as imperious and arrogant
as possible. A civil answer to a civil question,
was considered beneath the dignity of a clerk
who held office under so lordly an official as Stanton.
In short, the ex-Secretary is compared by a
gentleman high in office, to the "big mean boy at
school, who tyrannizes over the little boys, but
avoids those of his own size."
Since he left Washington, a change has come
over the atmosphere of the War Department The
under-strappers are conforming themselves to the
spirit of the new Secretary, who, whatever may be
thought of him as to politics or talents, is certainly a
gentleman. His influence is said to be thawing out
the stiffness of the little officials left by his predecessor,
into something approximating to politeness, a
proceeding wliich is hailed with joy by the Washington
papers. The Intelligencer and the Express
manifest great satisfaction at the change.
Stanton has gone into the country for a change
of air. The Philadelphia papers say he passed
through that city to visit the White Mountains in
New Hampshire. Another statement is that he
has gone to Boston. A cotcmporary thinks he has
gone up Salt River. It is possible that all three
of these reports may be correct; the last is certainly
true, and we venture the opinion that he will
probably remain permanently at the head waters
of the classic stream. The speed with which he
traveled towards Salt river, is ominous of a lasting
stay. His fall was so sudden and so hop'less, that
he must have felt as Buckingham did, when Richard
HI, according to Sbakspeare, said:
"Off with his head?
So much for Buckingham."
AGRICULTURAL NEWS.
The rain storms of the 15th and 16th instants
was one of the most general that has occured this
year, extending along the Stafe?7m~rhe Atlantic
and Gulf of Mexico, from Maine to Louisiana. The
heaviest rains were in Virginia and Maryland. In
Baltimore, the mills and factories were much damaged
and the trains on the railroads were stopped
by the floods. At Washington, nearly six inches
of rain fell. A number of bridges were swept
away Dy tne smaller streams, in tne neignnornooa
of Richmond and Petersburg. Railroad accidents
have been caused in some sections by the washing
away of embankments. We have not seen any accounts
of injuries to the crops, caused by this rain;
but it is very possible that some damage has been
done.
The prospects for a large cotton crop are much
less encouraging than they were three weeks ago.
Within that time various insect enemies of the cotton
plant have made their appearance, principally
in the Gulf States. The recent wet season has
been favorable to the increase of these insects,
which are doing much damage in Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas and Mississippi. Florida and the
low country of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina
have also suffered to some extent. Our exchanges
are full of unfavorable accounts; but we
incline to the belief that most of these are, as usual,
exaggerated.
Cotton picking has commenced in earnest, 'in
Florida and probably in the most Southern portions
of the Gulf States. In the neighborhood of
Tallahassee, it is said, an ordinary picker can easily
gather one hundred pounds a day. Georgia and
Alabama are now expected to be the largest Dro
ducers of cotton this year.
According to the N. Y. Journal of Commerce,
the stock of Cotton on hand, in quantity and quality,
"has never touched so low a point at this season
of the year, in this country." The present
stock, that paper estimates at "only eighty-eight
thousand bales, against seven hundred and fifty
thousand bales at this time last year."
A correspondent of the Country Ge)itleman,
writing from Somerville, West Tenn. under date
Aug. 1st, says: "There is a prospect of the corn
crop being excellent, but the cotton crop will fail
at least one half. It bloomed ten days later than
the average time, and is only half the size it should
be. The rains prevented the farmers from keepthe
crop clean."
The Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser learns that
the caterpillar worm is destroying the cotton plantations
in various parts of that State, especially
in Lowndes county, where several plantations have
been literally riddled. Several expedients Live
been resorted to, for the checking of devastations
by the worm, but with only-a partial success.
The crops on the Altamaha river, in Georgia,
have been severely injured by a recent freshet
The accounts of the corn crop oontinue to be,
almost without exception, very favorable. The
indications are that the crops of this year will be
the largest ever made in the South.
The Wilmington (N C) Journal says: "It affords
us much pleasure in being able to state, ujwn
the authority of a gentleman who has, within the
last ten days, traveled through Dublin, Wayne,
Wilson, Edgecombe, Sampson, Nash and Cumlierland
counties, that the corn crops look remarkably
nmmi'oinir and the amount of lands planted is ex
tensive. From present appearances, an abundant
crop of corn wiH be made. The cotton crop is not
as promising as could be desired."
The Mark Lane Express, which is the besii of
English authorities as to foreign crops, gives a generally
unfavorable account of the crop prospects in
England and on the continent
The New Jersey peach crop is estimated at 2(?0,000
baskets of 20 quarts each.
England imports ten thousand tons of Belgian
fruit yearly?mostly apples and pears.
On the 22d instant, thirty-four vessels, at San
Francisoo, were loading with wheat for England
POLITICAL NEWS.
?The National Intelligencer says that some
months since the President, for purposes of economy,
and in consistence with law and the polity of
the government, ordered the mustering out from
the service of all volunteer officers on duty in the 1
country. Their places were to be filled by regular
officers. It is now found that the order has not
been obeyed. Many of the former officers are still
retained, whose principal business, practically, has
been of late to circulate Radical electioneering d ocuments,
establish negro leagues, and perform various
other duties of a partisan political character. 1
The correction of the evil will soon be enforced.
? The political classification of the newly elected 1
Legislature of Kentucky is as follows: Senate 25
Democrats, Radicals 9; third party 4. House, 85
Democrats, 11 Radicals; third party 4. 1
?The members of the Conservative press of 1
Georgia met in Convention at Macon, on Friday, 1
23d instant. The object of the meeting is'to take 1
some action in reference to Gen. Pope's recent or- 1
der, which forbids official advertising in Conseivu- J
tive newspapers. They hope to induce Pope to
rescind this order, or failing in this, procure its ab- 1
rogation trom Gen. Grant, Pope's superior offi- cer.
? It is positively stated that H. S. Fitch, Uni- 1
ted States District Attorney, will, at the next term <
of the United States Court for Georgia, prosecute 1
for peijury eight Southern loyalists, who, it is al- >
leged, have taken the test oath contraiy to law and i
I facts. i
? A Washington correspondent of the N. Y. <
Times says that "a bill is being prepared by prom- 1
inent loyal men of the South to enforce the pres- 1
ent confiscation laws and to modify them so as to re- 1
survey all of the seceded States in the same man- I
ner as the public lands are surveyed, and to giant 1
preemption rights to Union soldiers. Three hun- i
dred millions of dollars of the proceeds arising from I
the sales are to be used in reimbursing loyal men 1
for property destroyed and confiscated by the (Ionfederate
Government, and the balance will be set 1
aside for paying pensions to disabled Union sol- 1
diers. The bill provides that after the survey is (
made the land shall be offered for sale to the freed- men
and discharged Union soldiers at the rate of .
$1.25 per acre, payable in twenty years, at an in- <
terest of six per cent, per annum. Other parties :
to be allowed to purchase at twenty-five per cent., j
cash, and equal annual instalments for three years, ,
at six per cent, interest. The last section provides
that disloyal persons shall be allowed to retain property
to the amount of $5,000, provided the hunts (
of such property do not exceed one of the legal
sub-divivisions of 1G0 acres."
? The President has made the following changes j
in the military pro-consulships:
Sheridan goes to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to
take command of the Department of the Missouri.
Hancock takes commaud of the Department of
the Cumberland, Headquarters Louisville, Kv.? ,
Thomas takes charge of District No. 5, lately
vacated bv Sheridan, with orders to execute all
orders he may find in force there, unless authorized
by the General of the army to annul, alter or
modify them.
? The official returns of the Kentucky election
show that Helm beats the Radical candidate 56,000,
third party 74,000; and his majority over both
is 43,000.
MERE-MENTION.
Answer to Enigma of last week, "Butler's Cavalry
Division." Sixty clerks, half of them
females, have been discharged from the Treasury
Department, for want of work. Emperor
Louis Napoleon's Imperial stud consists of 278
thorough-bred horses. Four men were 3wept
over the falls of Niagara, about two weeks ago.?
They were two ferry-men, and two passengers,
whose names are unknown. Mrs. Jefferson
Davis is now at Richmond, as the guest of Hon.
James Lyons, at whose house she will remain in
stria I. seclusion. durintr her stav. A Judge of
the Supreme Court of Maine has decided that a
marriage between a negro and a white person was
illegal and void. The Conservatives have
given Kentucky Helm. Brownlow has given Tennessee
all but the last letter. Gen. George
W. L. Bickley, of "Knights of the Golden Circle"
notoriety, died in Baltimore recently, at the age of
32. IIu was a native uf Virginia.' * * **"An nmusing
item in the Louisville census is 30,000 cats of
the Thomas gender. Water sells in a dry part
of Australia, for five dollars a half pint Immigrants
continue to come to this country, notwithstanding
its lamentable political condition, and
its heavv taxation, at the rate of one thousand ver
day. Railroads in this country are being
built at the rate of one thousand miles per annum.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Gen. Sickles Protests.
Gen. Sickles has procured from Gen. Grant
a suspension of the Executive Order which restrains
him from interfering with the process of
the Supreme Court. He asked and obtained this
suspension, that he might submit his argument in
favor of giving him an authority higher than that
of the Supreme Court The argument will not
reach us in time for publication this week; but we
will give it, in full or in substance, next week. We
have only space enough now to congratulate our
readers on the fact that the General is compelled to
defend his orders by argument, and not as theretofore
by a corporal and a file of men.
General Pope as a Logician.
The Commander of District No. 3 has aspi
rations to shine as a letter-writer. Having witnessed
the success of Mr. Hill a" I x-Governors
' Perry and Johnson in this line of business, he has
assumed the quill to smash these experienced writers.
As might have been expected, his production
is wonderful. It is a lengthy and coni used
collection of muddy arguments, and unconnected
questions and illogical answers. The Chronicle
d? Sentinel has already dissected this remarkable
letter and exposed its absurdities in a style so
scientific that it reminds us of skinning eels. For
this manly and fearless refutal of General Pope's
slanders, insinuations and prejudices, the Chronicle
& Sentinel deserves the gratitude of the vrhole
South. We do not publish the answer, because
we have no desire to inflict upon our readers the
cloudy letter of the hero of Manassas. But in order
to show how utterly unqualified he is to ex?
press an opinion, we give them one of his profound
questions, whichhe answers unfavorably* lb our
people. He says: "Have the sluggishness of
mind and body, and the tendency to assail by violence
the right of opinion and discussion, engendered
by habits acquired during the existence of
slavery and the system'of politics in the Sduth,
unfitted the people for such self-government as is
implied by free speech, free press, and the fullest
peaceable discussion of all public questions?"
Another Reason for Registering.
General Pope has kindly provided the white
people of his District a new and forcible reason
for registering, by requiring that all jurors must be
taken from the lists of registered voters. As this
District is liable at any time to a similar restriction
of civil rights to registered citizens only, it is highly
important that our people should endeavor to
secure as large a list as possible, of oompetent jurors.
Voting may not be considered a high privilege
by everybody; so long as it was the only privilege
conferred by registration, some may have
hought it but a small thing to neglect this duty.
But it surely requires no argument to point out
its importance now. If the white people choose
to hold back in lofty indifference after learning this
fact, they have none but themselves to blame,
when they see the jury box filled by negroes, to
the exclusion of whites. We bring this argument
forward for the consideration of those who, having
failed to register now, will have another chance in
S<?nfAm}v>r.
Freedmen's Saving and Trust Company.
This is an institution which has its principal
office in Washington, and branch offices in the
larger cities of the South. The cashier of the
Charleston branch furnishes the Neics with some
interesting particulars of its operations during the
month of July. That month is usually the dullest
business month ot the year ; yet the freedmen of
Charleston deposited $37,517 in July. As this a- 1
mount represents what they have saved, it is a 1
cheering proof that the freedmen of Charleston are 1
prospering, and, what is still better, are learning
to economise. Not to spend money is the great 1
lesson that they, and most of the whites, too, need
tQ learn. Until our people have schooled themselved
to do without unnecessary luxuries and follies,
and to accumulate something for unforeseen
expenses, they can never become independent?
The freedmen, in particular, should devote their
energies to saving up enough to secure themselves 1
homes, instead of wandering shiftlessly from place 1
to place, waiting for a distribution among them of t
other people's property. Such a division can ne/^
er be made, and if it were, their ill-gotten possessions
would glide out of their hands in a very short
time. Their only chance to acquire property is by i
the exercise of honest industry and self-denying
economy. We hope the Freedmen's Saving and
Trust Company will soon become a flourishing institution.
An Imprisoned Genius.
The New York penitentiary, at Auburn, is
the residence of a real genins, who has by some
unfortunate combination of circumstances been
kept out of Congress. But talent for rascality is
uot always appreciated, even in an age when the
making of the laws is entrusted to the most conspicuous
rascals of the land. The difficulty in this
jase is that the convict has too much talent Had
he possessed less genuine brains and more brass, 1
he would probably have been an Ashtey, a Brown- i
low, or a Butler. As it is, he is only a convict;
though it must be confessed that he is a far more
useful member of society even there, than many i
i proud outsider who would perhaps look upon '
him with scorn. A writer who has lately visited 1
this man's "stately mansion," says: "v-"One
of the convicts, more practiced than many
of his fellows, and who was looked upon for some
time after his incarceration as hardly compos men- :
tis, has invented and made a superior sewing ma- '
ihine entirely different from any used in the outer 1
n .i
worm, upon WU1UU lilU uuouu tiuiuiug 10 U1UU&I? .
Near by a knittiug machine of his make is turning :
out stockings for the prisoners at a rate which
made the laaies stare with astonishment as they .
passed by it. He has also made a gun worth $125,
and is now at work making locks of his own invention,
for the new cells."
Frog Hunting*
The taste for frog-meat is growing steadily )
and rapidly, in America. Chicago consumes one ;
hundred thousand frogs yearly, Buffalo, N. Y.,
several thousand daily, and other lake cities are
becoming equally fond of the interesting animal,
[n view of these facts, the Home Journal laments
the unsportsmanlike style in which the monarch
of the pond is captured. It says:
"Frogs are now killed in an unscientific manner,
by men in old clothes and big boots, who stalk
through the sloughs, cudgel in hand, and 'when
they see a head, nit it' The nearest approach to
sport is what may be called night hunting. Ked
pieces of cloth are thrown into the water, and illuminated
by the light of a 'bull's eye.' The inquisitive
frogs come up to look at the strangelybrilliant
object, nibble it, entangle their teeth in
its threads, and are drawn out by the sportsman,
victims to undue curiosity. But they are i
already learning wisdom by experience and growing
shy of man, so that wc may promise ourselves
an increase of sport in a few years. Pools are now
stocked with frogs, as streams are with trout, and
soon we may have laws for the protection or that
game, frog preserves, frogging excursions, frog
ways in our marshes, and all the rules and regulations
for the scientific capture of the reptiles. *
1/OUging lue juiijuui uaid
Massachusetts has a law strictly prescribing
the sale of liquor, and the police are very vigilant
in enforcing it But the proverbial ingenuity of
Bostonians is often too much for the guardians of
the law. They, like the less cunning races of mankind,
are fond of the spirituous fluids; but they
are far more successful in procuring it under adverse
circumstances. The Boston Traveler says:
A gentleman who knows, states that he has seen
barrels of flour, apparently taken from stores,
which, in reality, were casks of liquor, with enough
flour placed at the top and DOttom of the
barrel inside to give it that appearance when
moved, one cask being firmlv wedged in each flour
barrel. Great care is manifested in giving the orders
to teamsters: "Call at and get
barrels of flour," but after the goods are loaded,
if not prepaid, the driver is sometimes astonished
to find that he is not transporting flour, but rum
or whiskey.
Sewing machine cases, boot and shoe boxes, and
dry goods cases, are also called into requisition by
the dealers, and it is asserted that the cellars of
some diy goods stores are leased for the purpose of
concealing liauois, the same being carried back
and forth in tne large square cases generally used
by dry goods dealers, so that the liquor might be
loaded before the eyes of an officer without excitiug
his suspicions. A few da^s since, an expressman
received an order to call for a box of ourrants.
While carrying across the city, the box was rather
roughly used, and a colored liquor oosed from the
cracks between the boards. The odor that arose
from the box was similar to that of Madeira
wine, although the driver delivered the box as one
containing currants; and received pay accordingly.
In one instance, it is said, a barrel of whiskey was
concealed in a molasses hogshead, and hay and
stones packed around it to make up the usual
weight of a hogshead of molassess, ana it was then
f o lrlin rlpnlq in flip iirdpnf. nn t.Vift
DV/UV W ? &IWV1) n?v ? -"v ?. v?
sly, probably keeping a small amount only in his
store, and secreting the rest in his or some friendly
neighbor's house.
Verdict of a Negro Jury.
A North Carolina paper publishes the following
lucid verdict, which was the result of the
deliberations of a coroner's jury, composed of twelve
"men and brethren," who were summoned together
to hold an inquest over the body of a deceased
"man and brother," at Newbern:
"We, de undersigned, being a koroner's juray
to set on de body of de uiggur Sambo, now ded an'
gone afore us, hab been settin' on de said niggur
aforesaid, and he did on de night of de fusteenth
of July oome to def by fallin' off a boat, what was
lyin' in de inlet, into de said inlet whar we find hu
wan subsequently drowned, and afterwards washed
on de rocks whar we 'spore he was froze to deff"
LOCAL ITEMS.
HEW ADVBBTIBEiaarrS.
James Pagan, Agent, Chester, S. C.?Universal
Cotton Gin and Condenser.
Armstrong, Cator & Co., Baltimore, Md.?Fall and
Winter Importation, 1807.
New Furniture 1?Cheap!?At Davidson's Furniture
Store, Charlotte, N.- C.
S. E. Stratton, Columbia?Highest Prices Paid
for Wool, Hides and Beeswax.
F. Elder?Improved Clothes Washer.
W. B. Williams?Revenue Taxes.
W. B. Williams?Sale of Land for Revenue Taxes.
Nelson Datrtes?House-Painting, Ac.
Dr. John May?Partner Wanted.
T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Coffee.
44 44 44 ?Bacon.
44 44 44 ?Caps and Shot.
44 44 44 ?Shoes.
44 44 44 ?Molasses.
44 44 44 ?Soda.
44 44 44 ? Blind Bridles.
44 44 44 ?Parlor Matches.
44 44 44 ?Indigo.
Public Speaking on the 6th of September.
ijaneys varieties.
THE CROPS,
Oar farmers have now reached a stage in their
fanning operations, from which they can calculate
with tolerable certainty upon the growing crops.
The general opinion seems to be that a sufficiency
of grain for home consumption will be gathered.
The cotton prospects are good. The plants are
small and late, but well filled with fruit, which a
late fall will help to mature.
HEAVY PALL OP BAIN.
A portion of this District was visited on Monday
afternoon, by a fall of rain of almost unprecedented
violence. The "oldest inhabitant" of this town
does not remember to have seen its like. The rain
was of brief duration, but did considerable damage
to the bottom corn notwithstanding. The smallei
streams in the District, in the vicinities where the
rain was heaviest, flooded the low lands adjaeent
A HEW WASHING MACHINE.
Mr. F. Elder, of Chester District, is exhibiting
in our town, a Washing Machine, invented by himself
and recently patented. He claims for it many
advantages over others in use; and we think his
claims to superiority are well founded. At a trial
of one of these machines, we 'saw a hatch of dirty
clothes put into the concern, and after a few vigorous
strokes of the lever, were brought out through
the wringer in a much cleaner condition than
washer-women sometimes return them.
Mr. Elder is stopping, temporarily, at "Rose's
Hotel," and will be pleased to exhibit his invention
to all who will do him the favor to call aod
witness its operations. We rather like the thing
ourselves. Read Mr. Elder's advertisement in
anotherjjgJjunn.
REPUBLICAN MEETING.
On Wednesday evening of last week, one J. W.
Randolph, and A. W. Handy, (colored) visited
this town as "envoys" of the Republican party;
charged, we suppose, with the duty of illustrating
to our people the pricely blessings of Republicanism.
After some delay, on account of a heavy fall
? *1 11 1 D xl 1 J
or ram, a oonsiaeraDie nurnoer in me euiuieu people
of this town, and some of the white citizens,
assembled at the Zion Church, to hear what they
had to say. Each of the speakers occupied an
hour and a half, in discussing Republicanism vs.
Democracy. This paper not being represented,
editorially, at the meeting, we are unable to give
anything like a synopsis of these harangues. We
learn from those who were present, that their temper
was intensely Republican?anti-Democratic?
anti-Qait and Perry, and anti everything and everybody?white,
black or mulatto?who could not
swallow the Republican platform, joist, pillar and
plank.
As rhetorical exerciser, we hear these speeches
spoken of favorably; and if correctly informed in
this particular, we commend them to the study of
oratorical aspirants, here and elsewhere.
?REGISTRATION IN YORK DISTRICT. ^
We are" indebted to members of the Boards of
Registration in this District, for the returns given
below. The books have been closed, for Ihe present,
at Yorkville, McConnellsville, Blairsville,
Bethany, Boydton, Fort Mill and Rock Hill. The
return from Clay Hill embraces two days, and Wylie's
Store, one day. The following i9 the result
up to this time:
White. Black.
Yorkville, 369 337
McConnellsville, 104 204
Blairsville, 121 165
Clay Hill, 69 137
Bethany. 100 44
Boydton, >. 194 <90
Wylie's Store, 54 116
Fort Mill, ; 144 171
R/v.1- Hill 205 316
1360 1580
Majority for Blacks, 220
Our correspondent, "Osceola," writes us from
Clay Hill, under date of the 27th instant, as follows:
Messrs. Editors : After completing Registration
at McConnellsville, of which place I see you
published the result of the first two days in your
last issue, the Board of the 1st Precinct repaired
to Blairsville, where, as usual, they remained in
session during the space of three aays. The result
of the last day at McConnellsville, was blacks,
65 ; whites 44; making a total of 317 for the three
days. The blacks, at that paloe, stand nearly two
to one to the whites. At Blairsville, the result
was more favorable. Ninety-three blacks and 35
whites, were registered during the first day: 54
blacks and 51 whites, during the second, and 18
blacks and 35 whites during the third. From this,
you see that the black majority at that place is
only 44, and as a considerable number of whites
in that section have not yet registered, even this
small majority may be greatly reduced on the second
round.
Owing to the very unfavorable state of the "weather,
but few individuals of either color were registered
here on the first day. The whole number
amounted to 98. Of these, 54 were blacks and 44
were whites. Much against their custom, the
blacks mustered out a large force on the second
day, while the number of whites was comparatively
smalL Eighty-three of the former were registered,
and only 25 of the latter, leaving a majority
of G8 in favor of the blacks. It is not expected
that there will be much business done to-morrow,
and it would be difficult to foretell which side will
take the lead.
The weather has been very bad in this section
for the last few days. The roads have been in a
horrid condition for traveling, and those of a nervous
disDOsition must certainly feel "ticklish"
while crossing the rickety bridges over some of the
creeks. It rained nearly all day on Monday, and
Jupiter Pluvius tried to do his very best on the
evening of that day. Since then, we are informed,
the Catawba has risen very fast; in some cases
overflowing the river bottoms and causing some
damage to the corn. The crops in this neighborhood
are generally good. The cotton crop is the
best, but there is a general complaint on the part
of farmers on account of the unusual growth of
the plant, which keeps it from speaaing, and
whicn they have in vain endeavored to arrest It
will be no small matter to save a sufficient quantity
of fodder unless the weather changes, but as
there is already some prospects of a change, we
may hope that our farmers will not be backward
in this particular. Osceola.
THE UNITED 8TATE8 COUBT.
In the Greenville papers of last week, we
find a report of the proceedings of the Uuited States
? . i _i rrn _ x?.ii
Uourt now in session at mat piace. x ne iouowing
paragraphs are of interest to local readers:
Wm. C. Beatty was, on motion of 6. W. Williams,
admitted to practice in the Courts of the United
States, for the District of South Carolina.
Ei parte, Daniel F. Neely?Petition for Voluntary
Bankruptcy. The petition, &c., were filed,
and on motion of Gr. W. Williams, the same were
referred to W. I. Clawson, Register in Bankruptcy.
In rc., Daniel Williams?Petition of Creditors
for adjudication of Bankruptcy; W. B. Wilson foi
Creditors?G. W. Williams for Bankrupt Upon
filing proof sustaining the allegations of petitioners,
it was ordered that Daniel Williams appear at a
Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at ColumohMM]
the 26th of November, 1867, and show cause whv
the prayer of the Petitioners should not be granted.
In the matter of Thomas Davies, a petition waf
filed by creditors, praying that Thomas Davies be
adjudged a Bankrupt, and an order be issued requiring
said Davies to appear at a Court of Bankruptcy,
to be holden at Columbia, on the 26th daj
of November, 1867.
CHESTER CONTBIBirrOBIAl.
BY WM. H. BBAWLKY. >,
- y. . >CHESTER,
8. C., AtfGUST 27, 1887.
THE DE8I0I
Of this column is to supply to the Chester subscribers
of the " Yorkville Enquirer," all items
of District news, which may be of interest to the
community.
RATH AID 00TT0I. .
We have had two or three days of continuous
rain. The cotton is likely to be injured.
PUBLIC 8PEAEKQ.
Rev. B. F. Randolph, (colored) made a speech
in the public square, on last Wednesday night?
We knew nothing of it, and did not attend, but
hiwe understood that it was Conservative in tone.
DAionra school
Mr. J. H. Bailey, whose corps dramatique amused
us several evenings last week, has opened a
dancing school. We wish him success, but fear
that our people are too poor and blue, to care much
for dancing.
1 oofvStioi.
We have been told that the freedmon contemplate
having a meeting at one of their churches,
near town, to nominate candidates for the Convention.
We presume the nominees wQl be colored,
as they are partial to that shade just now. One
, of the colored preachers, however, that we heard
, the other day, was very*liberal in his views. He
, called upon everybody?white and black, saints
and ainnora rifb and ruvtr?tn "fflt On the Union
; 'publican platform, and all go to glory together."
PEBJUBY,
Three freedmen, charged with peijury in having
: taken the "Registration Oath"?they having previously
been convicted of felony?were brought
' down from York the other day and lodged in jail,
> to await the action of the military authorities.
Registers should be careful to explain this oath to
the freedmen, as most of them take it in utter ignorance
of what it is, and in blissful unoonscioBSness
of the penalties to which they subject themselves
if they swear falsely. Under some circumstances
it would be hard if those penalties should
be inflicted.
REGI8TBATI0S.
We have been unable to obtain any full returns
of Registration at the precincts in the country.?
At'all the places from which we have heard, there
affWage^black majorities.
The Registers are now on their second circuit.
The last days for the town will be the 14th, 16th
and 17th of September. We cannot urge, too
strongly, upon our citizens, the duty of registering.
Our efforts may, at first, be unavailing to stem the
torrent which is sweeping over us; we may not be able
to control or direct it; proud heads may be laid
low?but, after a time, when brute force shall have
spent itself?they will rise, and the intellect and
worth of the country will assert themselves, and j
will, in the end triumph, or all hiatoiy is a lie 1?
Let no false pride or unreasoning obstinacy prevent
men from registering, and let them not forget
that the time, within which this can be done, is limited.
OBOPS IB TEXAS.
We are informed by a gentleman just from that
State, that the cotton crop is almost entirely destroyed
in Texas by the army worm. We are sorry
to learn that our friend and former fellow citizen,
Mr. A. Q. Dunnovant, has lost a splendid crop by
. its devastations. The corn crop, our informant
tell us, is fine.
vAfter all, though the profits of agriculture are
< "not veiy great in our old State, the risks are not so
' great either. Nature is full of complications.?
Where she gives with one hand, she takee away
with the other. We gape with wonder and envy
at stories of unimaginable cotton fields, and sigh
that all good things are for others. When, straightway,
comes the army-worm or locust, or some other
similar nuisance, and restores our equanimity
and satisfies us with our lot The "monal" of
which reflection is, that we should stay where we
are, cultivate friendly relations with the freedmen,
and be contented if we can't be rich!
u /
/ . TIE PBEEDMEH'S BU&BAU.
Lieut DeForest is the officer in charge of this
"Institution" at Chester. We have had some intercourse
with him, professionally, and have invariably
found him courteous and just
The principles upon which this Bureau was
founded, and which, in the eyes of Congress, justifies
its existence, is that the white men are not
disposed to treat the freedmen jcstly, and that they
need that kind of protection which State Laws
do not give. While we believe this assumption to
be, in the main, an error ; unfortunately, circumstances
too often seem to warrant it. Just at this
time, (and last year at this season, similar complaints
arose), many of the cases which ask the interposition
of the military authority, arise from the
charges of the freedmen, kthat their employers wish
to get rid of them, and disnme them from their
plantations. &*** V'..
It, at least, gives rise to unpleasant suspicions
when an employer, whose hands are hired for a
part of the crop, wishes to dispense with their servinoa
rifiar tW the ernn is made, nnon some charge
of insubordination, idleness, &c. There are no
words too strong with which to stigmatize such
conduct; and we doubt not that any case of the
kind, properly authenticated, would meet, in our
own courts, with the punishment deserved, and that
exemplary damages would be awarded. The frequency
of these complaints would lead one to believe
that some of them are true. If so, nothing
can be more mean or more dishonest; nothing
more dishonorable than to take advantage of the
poor and ignorant
Besides contravening that sublime maxim of
Christian Ethics?"to do unto others as we would
that they should do unto us,"?such oonduct is in
the highest degree impolitic, and will induce most
disastrous results.
Laborers will be thrown upon the community at
o fiimo when nn wnrV in to he obtained, and will
become, necessarily, either beggars, loafers, or
thieves, and worse than all, that confidence in the
truth, justice and honesty of the white race, which
is so essential and desirable to be impressed upon
1 the colored people, is destroyed; and no professions
of friendliness will restore it
Every right-thinking citizen will approve of the
interposition of any authority which will punish
attempts to defraud the freedmen of their rights;
but officers of the Bureau should guard against
listening, too readily, to complaints which are made,
but too willingly, against the white mam
The colored people are in a state of great agitation.
They have been much excited lately by political
discussions; recollections of past wrongs
bave embittered them, and a feeling of hostility to
the white people, unknown till now, has been dei
veloped in them. Under these circumstances, it
will not be strange if cases of insubordination occur
which it is the duty of this Bureau to repress
?that uniust demands will be made, and fal?e ac
cusations, which should be heard with caution and
acted upon with deliberation.
We have confidence that Lieut DeForest, in
i discharging the delicate duties of his office, will be
actuated by a conscientious desire to deal fiurly and
> equitably between the two races, and we trust that
he will believe that, as a general rule, the white
man is disposed to act justly toward the blac^
i man.
iiJjg" *
' Telegraphic Feat.?A gentleman residing at
Newport & L, sent a message at noon on Mon|
day, the 1st instant to Alexandria^., Figypt and
| received an answer at the same office the following
. day at 1 o'dock-P. M., being tweatydivebours in
P transmission both ways?a (jisfeuaoej to and fro,
of not less than fourteen thousand miles.
COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTORIAL
BT JAS. "WOOD DAVIDSON.
' COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAIOLIJA, 28TH AUQUBT, 1887.
Registration* r .
The work of registration goes on from day to
day with nothing worthy of note. The negroes
keep ahead, we believe, thus far, in all the wsnjp.
The first few "days at each precinct, the negroes
crowd out everything. .v .. ..
Magical. , ,
Messrs. Pnffie A Chapman, Bookseller* of Columbia,
have pat npon our table a piece of new instrumental
music. It is called theuFaU cf the
Waltzes; and isfirm*the musie press ftf
Oliver Ditson&Co., Boston. The music is simple,
and easily learned.** The price is 60 cents*.
Political sad Personal.
One Thompson, notorious for his part in the
bar-room fracas here some weeks ago, a traveling
Tankee correspondent of the New York Timer,
writing from Charleston, after his sojourn of a week
in Columbia, gives personal sketches of several of
our prominent politicians. Among the individuals
mentioned is your former townsman, now promi
nent at the bar in this city:? *
"Col. Melton, of Columbia, takes this view.?
He says:
1. The South shuffled to play a square fe-ame.
2. 8be staked all to win or Joee. . - .
3. She lost, ud therefore is entitled to nothing.
The principles of our Magna Chart* he applies
to men, irrespective of race or former condition.?
The theory or slavery assumed that negroes were
not men, henoe this principle was not necessarily
applicable to them: *. that the inalienable right
of man is to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
He does not think that the rebels committed
treason in the spirit of that crime, but that
they staked all their political rights, and after a
hard, bloody fight, lost Hence he believes fuQy
in the Sumner-Stevens Territorial theory, and says
Congress has the right to create any form of government
it chooses over the rebel States, and that
every former believer in State sovereignty, to be
consistent, can take no other view. The Goionells
one of South Caroliiia's ablest lawyers * one of her
most chivalrous gentlemen," and has a heart deep,
proportionate to the comprehensiveness of his
Phonography.
We frequently mention this suhjeot, because we
believe it is one worthy the public attention; especially
that of young men. It is the best system, of
short-hand ; and is so easily learned, even without
a teacher, that all enterprising students ought to
learn it It will save an immense deal of labor and
time 'to any student, lawyer, editor, preacher,
teacher, or any other man who has to take notes
ml m'tfl Ant nnun fmm MmimnlifMl msittrialfL
Had we, personally, known it on entering college,
it wonld have saved us something like (we estimate)
three years of work up to the present time.
We have devoted several months of careful attention
to the matter of deciding which is the .best
book to study Phonography in; and the result of
our study is that Munson's Complete Phonographor
is dearly the best. We have carefully examined
both Pitman'* and Graham's systems (so
called) but find both dearly inferior to Munsou,
which is the shortest to leara and the best when
learned. There is a small book on Munson's system,
called Haney's Handbook of Phonography,
which costs only twenty-five cents, and which presents
the system very nearly complete?gives enough
to occupy a month's stndy,"giving an hour a
day to it And with this experiment the student
will see entirely through the work that is before
him: and.will be ready for Munson's Complete
Phonographer, which he will have to get before he
perfects the study. The Phonographer will cost
$2.25. This is all the book that is really indispen- '
sable, and will do to commence on just as well as
the Hand Book mentioned above. Daffie A Chapman
have the Complete Phonographer if Colombia.
- Literary.
Alec Forbes of Hioufglen, i novel, by George
Mac Donald, M. A., author of Annals of a Quiet
Familyj and some other novels, is the last number
of Harper's library of Select Novels?No. 29A?
It is a story of Scotch life, fall cf Scotch brogue,
and deals mainly in the simpler dements of rustic
life in the interior. The tale, ofcourse, is a tale of ^
love?the love of a simple pair who loved on
through many trials and years, and came out all
rigfrt^t last There is much of Scotch cunning
and 8uspiciousn&s in it; and the amount of Gaelic
talk (such as Sir Walter Scott delighted in) is
greater than we remember in any novel in the English
langu. ge. The scene shifts from rural haunts,
to the hails 01 > medical ooDege, and thence again
to other cities; but it is all Sootoh, very Scotch.?
The sweet, violet-like Annie Anderson, is a study,
perhaps not-equal to Jennie Deans, but certainly
one to touch the heart and claim the admiration of
those who appreciate the sublimity of simple and
invincible faith. Messrs. Dnffie and Chapman, in .
Columbia, have the novel for sale. The prioe'is '
75 cents. #
The great novelty in the literary world, however,
is the expected appearance this week of the first
number of 2he Broadway?the great international,
London-and-New-York monthly magazine, that
proposes to nave engaged tne great Drains or Dotn
hemispheres as contributors. The proprietors say
of their magazine and its style: "We shall endea- .
vor to be sociable without being frivolous, and, if
we occasionally aim at being instructive, we shall .
not scrupulously avoid being indigestible.. Poli- .
tics we shall eschew." That is, it proposes to be '
entertaining, recreative, and Kghti It is to sell at
25 cents a number; and the subscription price is $3.
It will be in the Columbia book-market, and
we shah notice it further upon receipt of it
. ? ? | i
For the Yorfcrllto Enquirer,
MASOHICDOINGS AT HOCK HILT..
Mr. Editor .?There are few occasions now that
prompt me to harness the web of thought, and
ply the ink-dipped shuttle, which, at this day, is
ponderous as a weaver's beam. But with brooding
thoughts on "peace and prosperity" to fellow "
man, how to use the day, the palms itch for the
office of executioner, and to hang iUxe picture of the
occasion in the gallery of this ancient templ&^flBk
r> m:- t? n_ ~rm i t v.j
x. i/iui jL/awrciiy, ui uuoricsuiu, uau me uqjHpp
offered him by the Masons, to give a public address
to them ou yesterday. About half past 10 o'clock,
A M., they issued from their hall in line, and proceeding
to the grove opposite, were met By the
Ladies of Temperance, who united in procession,
waving, a chaste Lttle banner of their own, decked
with roses,.as emblems of the virtues of union.?
The order being given to them (?) by M^jor Dunlop,
as marshall, to close up, they marched together
in august procession to the Methodist Church,
which was entered in inverted order. A prayer
by Bev. Mr. Kerr, and an ode by the choristers
of the Lodge, preceded the speech of Dr. Dannelly.
A rapid and contracted synopsis, only, will
be attempted, of a speech replete with Biblical
knowledge iupart, and clothed in refined and soul
movinir filonnftnne.
He first impressed them with the true interest
of the occasion as solely Masonic, and having himself
completed the "circle of perfection," one felt,
that being stored with the full knowledge of the
orientals, he was master of the occasion. He then
occupied his hearers with an elaborate train of sacred
history, illustrating the demands for good,
through succeeding epochs, down to the erection of
the Temple to the God of Israel. Then Masons, as
builders of the Temple, took form as an Order,
and from it, through all the mutations of time, de1
scended to us. In discoursing upon the general
purposes of Masonry as at enmity with the vices
of man, selfishness came in for its foil share of chas
tisement, and in most beautiful style, with a ninetail
scorpion, he lashed it around the world In
strains of Parnassian flight, he seemed to invoko
the inspirations of'all the muses. With burning
words from the fire of the soul, the Doctor gave
bigotry a timikr treatment, interspersed from his
laboratory of wit and humor. He invited all de