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V _ . ? ? ? lewis m. grist, proprietor.! ||n Jnbcpcnbent Jfamilj Hetospapcr: Jfor tjjt ^romotiffn of f|e political, Social, Agricultural anb Commercial Interests of % Sontjr. |TERMS?$3.00 A TEAR,IN ADVANCE. VOL. 21. YORKYILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, JTJLY 15, 1875. NO. 28. - - * ' " * * ' 3 ?. i P JU Original ^torg. |: ^ Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. THE SEVEN SISTERS OF YORK.! 1 . r CHAPTER IX. "Perry has sold his place, I hear," said Henry Curtis to his father one day, when he came in to dinner. "Ah ? Who has bought it ?" "Nat. Burrows, who was my informant, j r could not tell. He believed it was a 'furriner,'!1 because it was some queer name or other." ^ "A foreigner!" repeated Dr. Curtis, in a dis-I contented tone. I'm sorry to hear it; I hoped it was some respectable native going to settle down among us. I suppose it's some out- j lnnrliah fiollnw lilrp fhflf. Spftlskin " "Silska, papa," said Lucy. "But he was a , Pole." "Well, this may be one, too; but Pole or ( Frenchman or Ihitch, it's all the same; they j do the country no good," said the doctor, who ]1 abhorred foreigners, regarding them all as : heathen, or papists, which was worse. "I | wish Professor Graves had bought the place; j I quite took a fancy to him, he was such a sensible, gentlemanly fellow." "I doubt if he would have made much of a farmer," said his son. "These scientific peo- j pie are not usually very practical." "He could have learned, easily enough. I should say he was sharp enough to turn his hand to anything he had a mind to," said the doctor?which remark was a truer one than , he supposed. J It soon became known that the "furriner" in question was a German, (as Dr. Curtis at first persisted in calling him, a Dutchman) by the name of Holdweg, only lately arrived in America, and desirous of establishing himself in some healthy locality in the Southern States, where he intended to pursue a life of i quiet study and research. He was said to be writing a volume of travels, the completion of | which would occupy him for more than a year j to come. Very little, of course, was known | about him, except mere outside facts ; but as j he had the cottage nicely painted and fur- j nished, turned out a neat little equipage, and j appeared to be a man of refined habits, he | soon won a favorable reputation among his ; neighbors. Hugh Thornton had, of course, been obliged to seek another home, and had obtained board and lodging with a family residing; near Brierly Farm. He felt that it was time j for him to establish himself definitely some- j where ; but in his present unsettled state of j mind that was no easy thing to do. No one , seemed to think it strange, however, that he continued to hover idly about the place, for ! it had already become an accepted fact that lis was "courtinp" one of the Miss Vauehans. ! and his desultory mode of life was excusable I' under the circumstances. Sometimes he I M thought that it would be wise for him to go 1 > to Charleston or Columbia and get into busi- j ?liimn gv lnwl liUU ft EWU UU8IUUIJ whi-^cation, though he had never yet put it to ! ' practical use. But then it would seem very strange for him to go without coming to an understanding with Edraonia first, and that |1 he was not yet prepared to do. Edna herself, j as weeks slipped by, began to feel a little j wonder and perplexity at his conduct. She i was not very quick of perception, but it did j occur to her that he was a little?justa little? ! different from what he had been at first ;! that he was more reticent, and appeared grave ! and pre-occupied at times, as if some care was weighing upon him. Still, she never suspect-! ed any more serious cause for the change than some passing anxiety, or perhaps a temporary embarrassment in his affairs. He was not j wealthy, but he owned some property in an j adjacent otate, the management or wnicn caused him trouble sometimes. Perhaps it was uncertainty in his prospects for the future that delayed his speaking to her on the subject which she felt sure?poor Edna!?lay so near his heart. It did lie near his heart, and caused him many sleepless nights and hours of anxiety and unrest, though not in the way she fondly dreamed it did. Now and then, a reckless mood would come over him, prompting him to cast aside the restraint he had imposed upon himself, and boldly face the danger which lay in Claribel's companionship, and which he had sworn to himself to avoid. It wa3 bo sweet to sit be- ( side her, to look into her eyes, and drink in the tones of her musical voice as she spoke to ( him ; to take advantage of the almost broth- ( erly footing on which he was supposed to ( stand, to call her "Claribel," and exchange the formalities of society for the more unre- i served intercourse which it was only natural j should exist between them. But every hour j that he so indulged himself added to his j wretchedness?a wretchedness from which he j now saw there was no escape, no matter what , the result of his tampering might be ; for to ( marry Claribel after the relation in which he | ( had stood to Edna for so long a time, seemed , utterly impossible. Should he break his faith with the latter, he must simply cut himself, from them all, and see them no more; and in : that case what a dreary, aimless existence lay before him! And how could he marry her , without affection ? How offer her the mockery of a heart in exchange for her own pure, trusting love? Even though he might compel himself to the outward semblance of what he could not really feel, such a life of hypocrisy would be torture to him; and besides, the ^ time would surely come when his deception must betray itself. Wherever he looked, he found no help, no hope of a realization of the dreams of happiness he had formerly indulged in. Happiness, he told himself bitterly, was not for him, siuce his only way to the goal he desired would be over a crushed heart. Moreover, Claribel did not care for him,! except as a friend?did not imagine for an instant that he cherished any warmer feeling for her than friendship. What folly, then, j to fancy that he might win her heart, even if Edmonia were out of the question altogether! Thus he reasoned. But was Claribel unconscious? At first she was, utterly. She was so ac- 1 customed to regard him as Edna's lover, as the man who would take the position of her < brother, and, in some sort of way, of the head ; of family, one day, that she never dreamed of attaching any significance to the words or i looks by which, now and then, he could not 1 help betraying that he was drawn toward her. She did think that he liked her, perhaps, better than he did some of her sisters, j i but attributed this chiefly to Edna's influ- s uence; for Claribel was free from vanity, and i did not consider herself a whit more attrac-! tive than Dorothea or the twins, and not as 1 much so as her favorite Jennie. She often j wondered that he did not prefer Jennie's so-! ciety to hers. She was so much the livelier and more entertaining of the two. But Jen- j nie, though she liked him, had never taken to him quite as cordially as she herself had done from the first. One day, Hugh, Jennie and Claribel were , in the parlor. The former had ridden over i to bring some books be had promised them, j and it being before luncheon time, Edna was ( busy about domestic affairs. It was seldom j that Hugh came at this early hour, but this was one of his weak days, and he had not ; L_._ ? mo!o f iho nr a win or nf his ROlll. ! ueeu auic n/ iw?nu vuv He knew that the two youngest girls usually : occupied the hour before luncheon in practicing their music together, and, as he had anticipated, he found them both at the piano, j when he entered. "How nice of you to come," cried Claribel, j springing up. "Jennie has been tormenting j me to learn ever such a difficult duet, and now you have afforded me the means of es- j cape." "It is not nice of him at all," said Jennie, a little decidedly, though laughing as she j spoke. "You should not neglect your duty, j Claribel. Should she, Mr. Thornton ?" "I am sure she never would do that," he | replied, in the same jesting tone. "However, if I am in the way, I'll ride right away again,; as soon as I have delivered this parcel into | your keeping." "No, nonsense; sit down," said Claribel, gaily, as she pulled a large chair toward him. "I know you must be tired, after your ride." "Such a long ride," said Jenuie, mockingly. But Claribel, with smiling empressment, took his hat from him aud hung it up in the hall, saying that luncheon would be ready in a quarter of an hour, and he must not think of going until it was over. Edna would scold them both if they permitted him. "But Miss Jeunie does not want me," he replied, glancing at Jeannette. "Miss Jennie is always happy to see you, wheu you don't make naughty children neglect their tasks," said that young lady, unty-1 ing the parcel he had brought as she spoke, j and beginning to examine the contents. "Are you Claribel's taskmistress ?" asked Hugh, smiling. "No; I wish I were." "You are hard on me to-day," said Claribel, j lightly, while Hugh bent a puzzled look for j an instant on her Bister's face, as if to discover how much of earnest might be underlying the careless surface of her words. Jennie, however, concentrated her attention on a novel, and her two companions began to talk of | ether subjects. Presently Hugh said? "You remember you promised some time or | ether to let me drive you to the ford, where there is such a charming little view which j pou have never seen. Suppose we go this afternoon ?" "1 should like it of all things " ah a rfinlip.d i nrAmndo f? I "Then I will come for you at six o'clock." 1 "Clarie!" said Jennie suddenly, "you forget that you have an engagement to go out with me this afternoon." "Oh ! yes, I did forget it; but could you not just as well put that off till to-morrow?" "No; it suits me much better to go to-day." "Then, of course, I will go with you," said Claribel, wondering a little at her unusually positive tone. "You hear what she says, Hugh." "I perceive," he rejoined in a slightly constrained manner, "that she is quite resolved to-day not to let you shirk any of your engagements." "No, I don't believe in broken engagements," said Jennie, whose eyes were still 6xed upon her book. Again Hugh bent a scrutinizing glance upon her, but her countenance was impenetrable. At this moment the luncheon bell rang, to the relief of Claribel, in whose mind the idea suddenly sprang up that everything was not quite smooth this morning between her sister and her prospec iwfi tir + k/tnrrli tvKaf ctarmlrl caused any such jar, if it really existed, she could not by any means divine. They adjourned to the breakfast room, and almost directly after luncheon Hugh took hie departure, saying that he feared he would not j be able to come over that evening, but would j certainly see thetn all on the following day. j After he had left, Edna was standing at one of the windows, looking out with a preoccupied and somewhat pensive air, when ! Claribel put her arm around her waist and j asked her what made her look so sober. "Nothing, child," said Edna rather abrupt-: ly; and detaching herself, though not unkind- j ly, from the younger girl's clasp, she almost j immediately went out of the room. "Edna is queer, I think," said Claribel, i who was not used to having her caresses slight- j ed. "And so are you, Jennie; you were de- i cidedly queer, when Hugh was here." "Was I?" was all Jennie vouchsafed to reply ; and half puzzled, half vexed, Claribel . went off to the parlor, to propitiate her by practicing the obnoxious duet. In the afternoon, they started together on | their expedition, which was to carry a bundle of clothes to a poor woman, who lived at a farm-house, not far off. Jennie was in a very amiable mood, and Claribel had quite forgot-; ten the trifling annoyance of the morniug,so they chatted as merrily as usual as they walked along. As they were on their homeward way, however, having accomplished their erraDd, Jeauuette, speaking in a graver tone, said? i "Clarie, will you be vexed with ine if I give you a little piece of uncalled-for advice?" "It isn't likely that I will," said Claribel, gaily. "It seems that you and I have changed nlapoa f n.r? a vr " "In what way ?" "You always tell me that I love to preach to you, and now you are turning the tables by giving me advice." "I don't feel competent to give advice, as a general rule, but once, in a way, I take a fancy to do so. And my advice to you now is this?don't be too friendly with Hugh i Thornton." "Not too friendly with Hugh Thornton !" ] echoed Claribel, amazed. "How do you mean ?" "I mean, if I were you I would not ride with him too much, and all that. I'd leave him to Edna, if I were you." "Jennie! Ho you mean?" "I don't mean anything to make you look so indignant, or turn so red, my dear child. I am uot blaming you, in the least." "I>ut I don't understand you the least in i the world," said Claribel, looking half angry, half perplexed. "When I go with him, it is usually because Edna wishes it." "Clarie, Edna is blind?fatally blind, I am afraid. Can you not see that Hugh has changed toward her ?" "No," said Claribel, startled. "Oh ! Jennie, that cannot be possible." "It is quite possible. Though, of course, I do not want to make matters appear worse than they are. He may come round again? or his heart may not really be changed?I can't tell?but Clarie, he likes you better than any one else." "Not better than Edna??" "He certainly seems to?at present." For a moment Claribel was silent, and her shocked, distressed face, plainly showed that the idea was an entirely new one to her. "Jennie," she said, presently, in a low tone, "you cannot be in earnest. Indeed, I am sure you are mistaken." "I wish I were, Clarie. Though if it were not for Edna's sake I should not mind. But to see her happiness destroyed?" "Oh ! hush, hush !" cried Claribel, in a beseeching tone. "Jennie, you make me raiserable. If I thought he was going to be untrue to Edna, I would never speak to him again." "Oh I well, men are different from us, anyhow," said Jennie, modifying her earnestness a little. "And, as to bis liking you better, you know, I do not consider that anything wonderful." "Jennie, how can you talk so ? Tell me, please, how and when this idea came into your head." "I don't know how or when. It dawned upon me some time ago, and it has been growing clearer by degrees ever since." Again Claribel walked on in silence. She had, iudeed, no words at her command. Gradually there came into her mind a faint glimmeriug of the truth?a conviction that her sister's idea, which at first seemed so preposterous, might not be totally without foundation. This conviction was fraught with inexpressible pain. She felt as though she had done Edna a grievous wrong, and yet in reality she was not to blame. "Jennie," she said at last, "if it is really as you think, what must I do?" Her voice trembled as she spoke, and tears stood in her eyes. Jeannette put her arm around her and kissed her cheek. "Clarie, don't look so doleful. I dare say it will all come right, by-and-by. I did not mean you to be worried ; but I could not help telling you, could I ?" "Of course not. But it is so very?very? dreadful! Oh ! I wish I could go away somewhere, and never come back until Edna was married." "You have no where to go to ; and besides, it would look very strange, indeed. You could not explain to Edna that you are going away to keep her lover from falling in love with xrnn ? "Does Edna imagine?" "I don't suDDQse SO. Yoil know it takea her as long to see anything right under her eyes as it does most people to see a mile off." "And the others ?" "I cannot tell," said Jennie shaking her head. "I fancy I am the only one whose penetration has discovered the secret." "Oh ! I am so thankful; and, Jennie, I still hope and pray that even your penetration has been at fault." "Amen," said Jennie. "I shall not be Borry to find that such is the case." No more was said on the subject; for at this moment Mr. Holdweg came in sight. They had met him once before, and as he approached he made them a low bow, with his hand on his heart, and then paused to exchange a greeting. "ftnnd Hav laripps ! T af hpen to call on your house," he explained. I "Have you ? I'm sorry we were out," rejoined Jennie. "I suppose you saw some of my sisters." "Oh ! ya. Yees?I see two, dree, charming ladees. I 'ope I af secure a scholar?ein Schulerin?ladees, vould you join my leetle glass ?" "Join your little glass?" echoed Jennie ! with an inquiring look. "Ya?two time vun veek. I af dree scholar." "Oh ! I beg your pardon ; I understand," said Jennie, finding it difficult to restrain an explosion of laughter. "You wish to form a German class." "Eh! I af form 'ira; but he is yet not large. You see, dear ladees, I am not rich? I af a leetle learning here," he tapped his forehead, "but that is all my propertee, besides ray leetle house and farm. "Oh! I af pay so much money for my house ! I af spend ray salary for five year. Now I must put 'im back, so goot how I can. I af gif lessons in ray own land ; I af?vot you call 'im ? experience?practice?for ten year. But I vos treated very .bad?ya, mein Gott, my land vos not gratefool to me ; so I came to your large, fine land ; I say 'I vill buy vuu leetle house in America and spend my days far from my own land ; I vill vork and make more money there.' You see, dear ladees, I am compel to form vun leetle glass; I teach you all my own speech?you read Schiller, Goethe, all those noble vork. Ah ! they are sublime !" "I'm afraid you would have a dull scholar in me," said Jeannette, laughing. "I have no taste for languages?I find my own as much as I can master. Clarie, what say you ?" "T have no desire to take lessons?at least. uot now," replied Claribel, who was anxious to end this colloquy. "Some other time, perhaps, Mr. Holdweg?when the warm weather is over?" "Exactly, mien Friiulien," said Mr. Holdweg, with a repetition of his former bow. "I am always at your service. You will tell your friend?all your friend, about my glass? Ve vill resemble at my house two time in a veek." The girls promised to use all their influence in obtaining him pupils. Then, wishing him good evening, they hurried off, for it was already growing late. "What an oddity he is," said Jeannette, with his bushy eye-brows and great rough beard, and his queer guttural voice ! It would frighten me to take lessons from him." "I don't think he is ugly," rejoined Claribel. "He has good eyes?he reminds me of some one I have seen, somehow or other." "And me also; but I cannot think who." When they reached home, they found that Virgilia had promised to make one of Mr. Hold weg's "leetle glass." She was ever thirsting for fresh knowledge, and, in her present restless state of mind, she felt that it would be a relief to her to have the study of German to engross her thoughts. [to he continued next week.] oi (tooHita. ! Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. HISTOEICAL SKETCHES OF THE j Early Settlement of South Carolina. BY BEY,' BOBEBT LATHAN. f CONTINUED FROM LA8T WEEK.) The charter granted by Charles the Second i to the proprietors of Carolina, required one ! fourth of all the gold and silver which might, ! at any time, be found in the territory, to be ' I given to the King, "his heirs and successors." j i At an early period in the history of the State? , j long before the granting of the charter?some , ; attempts had been made to discover gold and j silver mines. On the Savannah, some digi ging had been done; but little if any of these i precious metals had been discovered. After | the settlement of the State, there was mani- , I fested some interest in the mineral resources j of the country, but the various troubles ( I through which the people had to pass, and the many difficulties by which they were suri rounded, prevented them from devoting much i attention to the subiect. The people were 11 u * ' , generally so engaged that they had no time to make any extended search, yet the opinion prevailed that in some places in the territory there was gold. The Spaniards, in their march through a corner of the State in 1538, reported that they saw gold, and it is thought j that, notwithstanding the hurried character 1 of their march, they actually dug for gold. , | It is probable they found little, if any gold or ; silver in South Carolina. They may have , I been more successful in Georgia, and the ter. ritory west of the Savannah river. During the administration of Joseph Blake, i an effort was made, rather in a clandestine or I secret way, to search for mines of the precious j metals. Edward Loughton and David MayI bank, carpenters, who came inta the colony about 1682, went over to England some time ! during the time that Joseph Blake was Governor, and made an impression on the minds ' j of their relations by the name of Green and , Cutler. All the information Loughton and : j Maybank seem to have possessed respecting ( I the existence of gold or silver mines in Caro- ] j lina, they obtained from the Indian traders, j Cutler and his wife came to Charles Town in ( I Tonnof.Tr 1 RQR Ttiov hrrmcht with them a i VttUUMIJ) AWWi * o ?- stock of goods, and Mrs. Cutler opened a mil- , liner's shop in the town. In this gold-hunt- I ing enterprise the Earl of Bridgewater, the j Earl of Pembroke, Edward Randolph and ! the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and many other individuals of position in the English government, became intensely interested. A correspondence was begun between Randolph, . who was in Charles Town at the time, and the Earl of Bridgewater. James Moore, who , was afterward Governor, took an active part , in this enterprise. The facts in the case are ! few and of but little importance, but the cirj cnrasiaocBsrcunuctiea irith the undertaking, 1 are very signihcant. Edward Randolph had been sent out early I in the administration of Joseph Blake, by the English Board of Trade, for the purpose of supervising the commerce of the English colonies in North America and the West Indies. He administered the oath of office to I Joseph Blake, and remained for several years , in South Carolina. He seems to have been especially anxious to promote the interests of the king. The correspondence between him and the Earl of Bridgewater, and also his conference with Cutler, were kept a profound secret, so far as the lords proprietors of the ! province were concerned. So soon as James Moore heard of the plans for searching for gold, he wrote to Thomas Cutler. In this transaction, Moore, as will be clearly seen in ! the sequel, betrayed the trust that was reposed j | in him by the proprietors, and showed that he ' I was capable of double dealing. He was Sec-1 retary of the province and deputy of Sir John J Colleton. Yet he hesitated not to join hearti- j ly in a conference, the avowed object of which was to put the mineral resources of the terri! tory, whatever they might be, under the con| trol of the King. We have little doubt but | the real object of the whole combination, was , j to cheat and swindle both king and proprie! tors, out of any gold and silver that might be I discovered in the province. Clearly, it was i the purpose of Green, Cutler, Moore, and, in I one word, of all the company, to make the j King of England pay all the expenses the j company might be at in searching for gold, j The King seems to have gone into the enteri prise with considerable zf>al. He advanced j ; to some of the party two thousand dollars, and promised another thousand. The facts | : which gave rise to the enterprise were ob-< tained by Loughton and Maybank from I j Richard Tranter. James Moore also fur-1 ! nished some facts, but not of much impor- j tance. The gold region was, according to j I current reports, about one hundred and seven-1 j ty miles distant from Charles Town, in the j ! regions of the Apalachian Mountains. Moore, ! in his letter to Cutler, says that in the year I 1691, he made a journey to these mountains, 1 and whilst on the journey, he found gold ore : at seven different places. These specimens * * ? ' T"! 1 1 * _ L - * _ _ J j he numbered and sent to Jimgiann to do testeu. | ! Two of the specimens proved to be very rich, j I one indifferent, and the other four of no j j value. Moore informed Cutler that he could, with , the aid of the journal which he kept while on ; ! the journey referred to, find each of the lo- j ! calitiesfrom which the specimens were taken, j j Moore seems to have been very sanguine in j i his expectations. "I think says he," the j ! working of these mines will be of a vast ad-11 : vantage to the crown of England, and the oc- j j casion of enriching and strengthening this his , I majesty's weak plantation." This is strange j ; language for a deputy of one of the lords pro- ] prietors to use. It plainly shows that Moore j ! had some sinister end in view. It is, as we | I shall see, in keeping with his future history, i Richard Tranter was a very extensive tra- j j | der amongst the Indians. He could speak ; i . the language of several tribes, and acted as a kind of factor to the Indians. Another indi- j ^ j vidual, by the name of Jean Courture,who al- j j so had made himself thoroughly acquainted ! with the language of nine tribes of Iudians,;< | and had traveled beyond the Apalachian ] j Mountains more than three hundred miles, J was engaged by Loughton and Tranter as an ; interpreter. Courture disclosed the fact that.! he had, in some rivulets beyond these moun-. | tains, picked up four pounds of gold. In the j j same locality he found a number of blue stones i j I which he believed to be lapis lazuli. One I of his expeditions gave him as "many pearls ! fr of good size as filled both his hands." Some j traders, as he believed, seduced his Indian ! companions, and the one who carried his box ^ of jewels ran away. On arriving at Charles ; Town, Courture was imprisoned by the Gov- i srnor, but released on his paying five hundred j hf dollars. "The Governor," Courture said, \ ca "endeavored, by threats, to force him to re- j veal the locality where the gold was discover-; sd; but not being able to extort from him the j ^ fact, he then imposed upon him a heavy fine." i So soon as the facts in reference to the dl 3earch for gold, under the patronage of the d< King of England, was communicated to Cour- j bt tore, he entered into the scheme with all his P' heart. A company of explorers was formed. The names of the party?at least of the leading spirits?were Jean Courture, John Smith, ^ David Maybank, Solomon Legare and Henry Netherton. The scheme thus concerted, did fr ot, on account of two circumstances, succeed. ^ One Good, who was connected with the party, f was drowned by falling into the Savannah | " amongst the rocks, and James Moore dealt ?< unfair and made false promises. lit The peace and comfort of the last days of Blake's administration, were disturbed by fr Nicholas Trott. The precise time that Trott j came into the colony, we are not able to say. . On the 5th of February, 1697, the lords pro- p prietors constituted him, during pleasure, Attorney and Advocate General of the province fh south of Cape Fear. Hig instructions are dated March the 8th, 1698. At the same time, instructions were sent to Joseph Blake, the Governor, enjoining upon him to give Trott all countenance and encouragement. It would appear that Trott arrived at Charles ga Town in the spring of 1698. The history of ai Nicholas Trott is intimately connected with p< the history of South Carolina during this and ?1 the subsequent twenty years. He was a na- ^ tive of the city of London, and had at one period of his life been Governor of the Bahama ^ Islands. When sent to Charles Town, he f3 was, by the proprietors, clothed with very ex-1 m tensive and very great powers. All the laws a proposed by the assembly had to he examined w by him before finally passed. He had au- P( thority to take entries of all ships either com- ^ ing into Charles Town or going out. All le- ta gal matters of great importance were under 8j his control. According to some historians, it ni would appear that Nicholas Trott was the first ai Chief Justice of the State of South Carolina. hi This is an error. Edward Bohun was, by the proprietors, constituted Chief Justice on the 22nd of May, 1698. Bohun did not live long. cr He and Samuel Marshal, the pastor of the f0 Episcopal Church in Charles Town, together pi with many of the provincial officers and one Y half of the members of the General Assembly, j?' were carried off in the fall of 1698 by yellow fever. When Trott became Chief Justice it ^ is not easy to say. It is probable that as pj aoon as Bohun died, Trott was, by the Gov- 'd ernor, appointed to fill his place. Provision sc was made by the proprietors for filling the ^ place of Chief Justice Bohun in the event he should die. It is probable that the Attorney ^ General was made Chief Justice at this time, pi and continued up to 1719. ? Trott was, beyond all controversy, a man V of great learning, no small share of ambition, a' and very little stability. He was on all sides 8* of the questions of the day, and really on no ^ side. He managed to gain the good esteem g of the populace, and in the fall of 1698 he ai was chosen a member of the General Assem- es bly. rj During a conference of some of the com- 11 mittees, a serious difficulty took place between P1 Governor Blake and Trott. The Governor, as he thought, was grossly insulted. The a] conference was broken up. The whole affair <v was brought before the Assembly, and Trott fe managed, by his shrewdness, to have a reso- H lution passed by the Assembly, "that any man* SI ager appointed by this house have freedom of ^ speech." The Governor had Trott suspended from exercising the functions of the office jc of Attorney-General, because he had, in several instances, acted with partiality. This oi was a serious state of things. In the midst of 8F this commotion, Governor Blake died. Trott did not find it a difficult task to persuade the ^ next Assembly to remove his suspension and restore him to office. 'tl (to be continued next week.) : ^ i ii 8C leading. Z Origin of the Names of the Districts ! or Counties in South Carolina.?Abbe-1 was settled by the French, in 1756, and took | its name from a town in France. Jl( Barnwell was erected in a judicial district,! in 1800, and took its name from Col. John te Barnwell. m Beaufort derived its name from the French. Charleston took its name from the city. lfc Chester was settled in 1750, by emigrants ? itt. . . i ... ni from .Pennsylvania ana Virginia, ana look hs j -name from a county in the former State. j Chesterfield was settled by emigrants from j a* Pennsylvania and Virginia, and is said to j have taken its name from the accomplished Earl. I Colleton was one of the earliest settlements j * * of the State, and took its name from Sir John 1,1 Colleton. Darlington wa9 settled in 1750, and took tb its name from Col. Darlington, a revolutiouary hero. a_ Edgefield took its name from geographical pi position, being on the edge of Georgia. It r,; was settled by emigrants from Virginia and ' W1 North Carolina. j A' Fairfield was settled by emigrants from Vir- j |n ginia and North Carolina, and probably took ! its name from its general aspect. ai Georgetown was settled by the French, and ! cr was named in honor after King George. b* Greenville was settled in 1776, by emi- gi grants from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and Wl probably took its name from its green and ai nor/tant fnracfo ! hf Horry was settled in 1733 by the Irish, and took its name from Col. Peter Horry, of Sj revolutionary fame. Kershaw was settled by Irish Quakers in ?v 1750, and took its name from Col. Joseph I w< Kershaw, a patriot of the revolution. I P1; Lancaster was settled in 1745 by emigrants ! w> from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and took its hs name from Lancaster, in the former State. aE Laurens was settled in 1755 by emigrants Pr from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and was i named in memory of Col. Henry Laurens, of | the revolution. j th Lexington was settled by Germans, and ! of nriginally bore the name of Saxe Gotha. Its j T1 present name is in memory of Lexington, it Kentucky. j If Marion was settled in 1750 by Virginians, j wi nnd was named in honor of General Francis ! tl( Marion. ' I so: Marlboro was settled by emigrants from : mi Virginia aud Pennsylvania, and took its name py from the Duke of Marlborough. dl Newberry was settled in 1750 by emigrants to om Pennsylvania; origin of the name is; >ubtful?probably from Newburg. Orangeburg was settled in 1704 by Ger- | ans, subjects of the Prince of Orange; ;nce its name. Pendleton was settled in 1750, and received 5 name in honor of Judge Pendleton. It is been divided into two judicial districts, i died Anderson and Pickens. Pickens is in the North, and comprehends j e mountainous part of old Pendleton. Itj ok its name from Gen. Andrew Pickens, a 1 iro of the revolution. Anderson is in the Southern part of Peneton, and took its name from General An-! srson, who acted a conspicuous part at the ittle of Cowpens as well as at many other aces during the revolutionary struggle. Richland was settled in 1740, and took its ime from its rich and productive soil. Spartanburg was settled in 1750, and reived its name after the close of the war, '76. Sumter was settled in 1750 by emigrants om Virginia, and took its name from Gen. horaas Sumter. Union was settled in 1755 by emigrants om Virginia. Origin of the name unknown. "Williamsburg was settled in 1733 by Scotch-Irish," and took its name from Wilam III, King of England. York was settled in 1760, by emigrants om Pennsvlvania and Virginia, and took 3 name from York, in the former State. Oconee takes its name from a river in that cinity. It is composed of a portion of ickens. Aiken is composed of portions of Edge3ld, Orangeburg and Barnwell. AMERICAN DIALECT. Dr. Nichols, in his book on Forty years in merica, gives the following illustrations of jculiar American dialect. They are deci;dly peculiar and somewhat amusing. He ys: "Besides peculiarities of articulation id enunciation, there are forms of expression iculiar to and characteristic of each section 'the American States. An old-fashioned ankee is shy of swearing; he says, 'I vum,' swon,' T swow,' 'I vow,' 'darn it,' 'gaul darn iur picture,' 'by golly,' 'golly criraus,' and ses other ingenious and cowardly substitutes r profanity. The Western man rips out reorseless oaths, swearing a blue streak with remarkable breadth of expression. Wherei a Hoosier describes himself as 'catawam>usly chawed up, the Yankee is merely a one sucker.' Inquire about his health, and i tells you he is 'so as to be crawling!' He ~Mn tn on oiarnafmn iJ&O U1 OpuUMU up IV/ au uj 1'uivuj vhiumvivm ick gal, clean grit, I tell yeou neow;' and, iturally, be has 'a kinder sneakin' notion ter her.' If she were to tell him to 'hold s yawp,' he would admit that he felt 'kinder reaked, by golly!' He describes a man as jing 'handsome as a picter, but so tarnation ;ly;' or as a 'thunderiu' fool, but a clever itter as ever lived'?ugly is a Yankee word r wicked, and clever for good-natured. A ain girl is 'as homely as a hedge-fence.' A ankee brags that he is 'a hull team and a )S8 to let.' You can't 'tucker him eout' ; 'beats all natur heow he can go it when he its his dander up.' He has 'got his eyeeth cut, true as preachin'.' He gets 'hopin' mad,' and 'makes all gee agin.' He is readful glad to see you,' and is 'powerful irry you enjoy such poor health;' but read ntuoll'n ZpUa Ritflow. or Mrs. Stowe's Sam awson. "I am inclined to think the Western vocablary more copious than that of the Yankee roper. The language, like the country, has certain breadth and magnitude about it. A Western man 'sleeps so sound it would take i earthquake to wake him.' He is in dan2r 'pretty considerable much,' because 'some)dy was down on him, like the whole Misluri on a sand-bar.' He is a 'gone coon.' fe is down on all 'cussed varmints,' gets into 1 'everlasting fix,' and holds that 'the longit pole knocks down the persimons.' A stor 'smells rather tall.' 'Stranger,' he says, a bar hunts I am numerous.' He says a ithetic story sunk into bis feelings 'like a lagged boat into the Mississippi.' He tells 'a person 'as cross as a bar with two cubs 3d a sore tail.' He 'laughs like a hyena rer a dead nigger.' He 'walks through a nee like a falling tree through a cobweb.' [e 'goes the whole hog.' He raises 'right nart of corn' and lives where there is 'a nart chance of bars.' 'Bust me wide open,' a says, 'if I didnt't bulge into the creek in le twinkling of a bedpost, I was so thunder-1 i' savagerous.' "Id the Southwest is found the combination f Western and Southern character and >eech. The Southwestern man was 'born in d Kaintuck, raised in Mississippi, is death i a bar, and smartly on a painter fight.' [e 'walks the water, out-hollers the thunder, rinks the Mississippi,' 'calculates' that he is lie genuwine article,' and that those he don't ke 'ain't worth shucks.' He tells of 'a fellow i poor and thin he had to lean up agin a iplin' to cuss.' He gets 'as savage as a meatie.' He 'splurges about,' and 'blows up kea steamboat.'" 4 4 ARAB BOYS. Tt ia vprv niirious to po to the Syrian school *" " * O - w luses and see the piles of shoes at the door, here are new bright-red shoes, and old tatred shoes, and kob-kobs or wooden clogs, ade to raise the feet out of the mud and war, having a little strap over the toe to keep on the foot. You will often see little boys and girls runng down steps and paved streets on these mgerous kob-kobs. Some times they slip, id then down they go on their noses, and ie kob-kobs fly off and go rattling over the ones, and little Ali or Yuse, or whatever s name is, begins to shout, "Ya Iramel Ya nme!"("0, ray mother!") and cries just ke little children in other countries. But the funniest part is to see the boys when ,ey come out of school and try to find their ioes. There will be fifty boys, and, of course, hundred shoes all mixed together in one le. When school is out the boys make a ish for the door. Then comes the tug of ar. A dozen boys are standing and shufng on the pile of shoes, looking down, kickg away the other shoes, running their toes to their own, stumbling over the kob-kobs, id then making a dash to get out of the owd. Sometimes shins will be kicked and lir pulled, and tarbooshes thrown off, and a eat screaming follow, which will only cease hen the teacher comes with "Asa," or a stick, id quells the riot. That pile of shoes will ive to answer for a good many schoolboy jhts, and bruised noses, and hard feelings, in ma. You will wonder how they can tell their ra shoes. So do I. And the boys often - . i _ . 2ar off each other's shoes by misiaae or on i lrpose, and then you will see Selim running ith one shoe on and one of Ibrahim's in his ind, shouting and cursing Ibrahim's father id grandfather until he gets back his lost operty. + Saving is Wealth.?One great cause of e poverty of the present day is the failure our people to appreciate small things, ley do not realize how a daily addition, be ever so small, will soon make a large pile, the young men and young women of to-day 11 only begin, and begin now, to save a lit- i s from their earnings, plaut it in the soil of me good savings bank, and weekly or Dnthly add their mite, they will wear a hapsmile of competence when they reach mid0 life. Not ouly the desire, but the ability, increase it will also grow. Let clerk and I tradesman, laDorer ana artisan, uia&e uuw and at once a beginning. Store up some of your youthful force and vigor for future contingency. Let parents teach their children to begin early to save. Begin at the fountain-head to control the stream of extravaence?to choose between poverty and riches. it our youth go on in habits of extravagance for forty years to come as they have for fifty years past, and we shall have a nation of beggars, with a moneyed aristocracy. Let a generation of such as save in small sums be reared, and we shall be free from all want. Do not be ambitious for extravagant fortune, but do seek that which is the duty of every one to obtain?independence and a comfortable home. Wealth, and enough of it, is within the reach of all. It is obtainable by one process, and by only one?saving. 1 ? ^ A TRUSTY BOY. A few years ago, says a New York paper, a large drug firm in that city advertised for a boy. Next day the store was thronged with applicants, and among them came a queerlooking little fellow, accompanied by his aunt, in lieu of faithless parents, by whom he had been abandoned. Looking at the little waif, the merchant in the store promptly said : "Can't take him; places are all full. Besides, he is too small." t.T 1 . i _ 11 ,? il_ "1 Know lie m aajuii, bmiu luc nuiuau, "but be is faithful and willing." There was a twinkle in the boy's eye which made the merchant think again. A partner in the firm volunteered to remark that he did not see what they wanted of such a boy. He wasn't bigger than a pint of beer. But, after consultation, the boy was set to work. A few days later, a call was made on the boys in the store for some one to stay all night. The prompt response of the little fellow contrasted well with the reluctance of the others. In the middle of the night the merchant looked in to see if all was right in the store, and presently discovered his youthful proteg6 busy scissoring labels. "What are you doing?" said he. "I did not tell you to work of nights." "I know you did not tell me to; but I thought I might as well be doing something." In the morning the cashier got orders to double that boy's wages; for he was williug. Only a few weeks elapsed before a show of wild beasts passed through the streets, and, very naturally, all hands in the store rushed to witness the spectacle. A thief saw his opportunity, and entered a rear door to seize something, but, in a twinkling, found himself /? i?ii?ii.. ?w nrmiy ciuicneu uy uieuiluiuuuvcuieiamuigsaid, and after a struggle was captured. Not only a robbery was prevented, but valuable articles taken from other stores recovered. When asked by the merchant why he stayed behind to watch when the others quit their work, the reply was, "You told me never to leave the store when the others were absent, and I thought I'd stop." "Double the boy's wages; he's willing and faithful." In 1867 that boy was receiving a salary of $2,500, and in 1869, he became a partner in the establishment. ? - One of Grant's Speeches.?On the 18th of March I had issued orders assuming command of the military division of the Mississippi, and was seated in the office, when the General [Grant] came in and said they were about to present him with a sword, inviting me to come and see the ceremony. I went back into what was the dining-room of the house; on the table lay a rosewood box, containing a sword, sash, spurs, etc., and round about the table were grouped Mrs. Grant, Nelly, and one or two of the boys. I was introduced to a large, corpulent gentleman, as the mayor, and another citizen who had come down from Galena, to make this presentation of a sword to their fellow-townsman. I think that Rawlins, Bowers, Badeau, and one or two more of Gen. Grant's personal staff, were present. The mayor rose, and in the most dignified way read a finished speech to Gen. Grant, who stood, as usual, very awkwardly; and the mayor closed his speech by banding him the resolutions of the city council engrossed on parchment, with a broad ribbon and large seal attached. After the mayor had fulfilled his office so well, General Grant said: "Mr. Mayor, as I knew that this ceremony was to occur, and as I am not used to speaking, I have written something in reply." He then began to fumble in his pockets, first his breast-coat pocket, then his pants, vest, etc., and after considerable delay he pulled out a crumpled piece of common yellow cartriHoo T?aru>r. whir?h he handed to the mavor. ?6- I?J j j His whole manner was awkward in the extreme, yet perfectly characteristic, and in strong contrast with the elegant parchment and speech of the mayor. When read, however, the substance of his answer was most excellent, short, concise, and, if it had been delivered by word of mouth, would have been all that the occasion required. I could not help laughing at a scene so characteristic of the man who then stood prominent before the country, and to whom all had turned as the only qualified one to guide the nation in a war that had become painfully critical.? General Sherman's Memoirs. ? Anecdote of Tom Makshall.?Many years ago, when the science of phrenology first began to attract public attention, a lecturer of that sort, brimful of enthusiasm, turned up in Louisville, and gave a series of talks to the people, and examined a large number of heads, made charts at so much each, and, in short, developed quite an amount of hidden vice and virtue which had not been before even suspected among the good people of that city. Tom Marshall was present, and enjoyed the exercises. After the affair was over a crowd adjourned to the Gait House, to post books and render judgment on the science itself. Tom said he could examine headB as well as anybody?it was all a Lumbug, a penny-catching business?and to satisfy the people be was right, he would take any number of men who chose to go into the parlor adjoining and make the experiment, although he was a little the worse from an overdose of Bourbon. Many went in, and Tom seated them, and went round from man to man, most * ? 1 1 -1 J J. 01 WilOm ne Knew, ana maue a vast nuiuuut of fun for the crowd, as be always could on almost any provocation. It so happened that among the persons present, a Louisville buck, of a scant amount of brains, who was distinguished for puppyism and forwardness, had taken his seat. Tom passed him but announced, nevertheless, that he had examined all the heads in the room; whereupon our buck rose with : "Beg pardon, Mr. Marshall, I just wish to say you have forgotten me. I have not been examined." Tom seemed puzzled at first, smiled, looked around, and relieved himself with : "You must excuse me, sir; I can't do it, I really can't. I am too drunk to read small print by candle-light." Worth Preserving.?The Medical Home has the following receipts, which may be of value : A tea made of chestnut leaves, and drank in place of water, will cure tbe most obstinate case of dropsy in a few days. A tea made of ripe or dried whortle berries and drank in the place of water, is a sure and speedy cure for scrofulous difficulty, however bad. A tea made of peach leaves is a cure for kidney difficulty. A plaster made of fresh slaked lime and fresh tar, is a sure cure for a cancer, which, with its roots, will soon come out.