Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 07, 1879, Image 1

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??? _ jBjjj ??? ??? lewis m. grist, proprietor. [ Inbcpenbent jfamiin ftetospapcr: Jfor % Iromotion of fjjt |jfllitttal, Social, Agricultural aab Commercial Interests of tjje Sont|. |terms--$3.00 a year, in advance. * VOL. 35. YOEKVILLE, S. P., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1879. NO. 33. She Iclltr. ! ZL ; RISKING HIS LIFE. , "It's cold enough to freeze the heart out of a miser and make a white bear dance for joy," grumbled Tom Orton, as he looked out of the window upon the snow-cumbered streets. "How I wish I could be at home tonight and take care of you and the babies, Jenny. And I would, only for?'" He thought how much poverty was pinching them, and would not sadden the hearts of those he loved by mentioning it. "Only that they'll be wanting me," he replied. "You know it is Christmas Eve, and we've gotton up an extra entertainment." "Yes,Tom; aud a sorry day for us, now I that I am sick, and the children wanting nn/l?" olio wnnlrJ h?vp wiid "food." iiicuiuuic auu?j oiiv iivm.u ..... - ~ . , but could not bear to add a feather's weight: to his load?"so much depends upon you." "I know," he replied, hastily brushing the ( moisture from his eyes aud striving to con- ' ceal his anxiety ; "but I'm well and strong, Jenny, and the winter is nearly over, and you'll be well again." / "Biit if anything should happen to you ?" she questioned, with a heavy sigh. "Don't think there is much danger," he f said, repressing a sob as he thought how desperate would be their situation?of the rent due, the scanty store of provisions, the little of fuel remaining, the more than.month of hard winter yet before them, the needs of a family that a poor man learns by the most bitter experience. "But there is, dear Tom. No one is ever safe leading the life you do. There are so many chances for accident." "Don't fear. I'll take care of myself? won't run any extra risk ; and as I have nothing to do in the latter part, will be home early." He stepped to the bed-side; drew the cov ers more closely about his wife and children, kissed them, put more coal on the stove, attended to everything possible for their comfort, and prepared to face the cold and go to his nightly employment. Yet an uncommon spell seemed to charm him. He lingered, fidgeted, aud glanced uneasily at the clock. "Isn't it time you were off, Tom ?" questioned his wife. "You know it is quite late." "Yes, Jenny, but somehow 1 don't feel like leaving you alone." "Oh ! I am used to staying alone." So she was, poor thing. "And you *said you'd be home early." "Yes, yes." An active, sober man was he, and a skillnftrformer. He had been trained to the profession from childhood?knew no other, and under ordinary circumstances could easily keep his head above water. But the "tenting" season" had closed exceptionally early, the winter was hard, money was "tight," and every place of amusement suffered in consequence. To these were added sickness, and brave hearted as he was, he could not suppress a shiver of nuxiety as the near future stared him in the face. He passed along the narrow street, through >" more pretentious ones?passed the houses of millionaires and entered Broadway. That, at least, was brilliant and gay, as if there was nothing of poverty or human suffering in the world?as if none in the great city were familiar with hunger and cold, and "--^srcdnress* l.r 11 tbfi e never wak to be any * awakening from a golden dream of luxury and pleasure. % < "Ah ! thoughtless wealth and fashion," he murmured, bitterly, as he saw fur-clad forms, < and pampered steeds, richly-mounted harness, and gilded sleighs, and costly robes dash < along, "how much will ye have to answer < for in the day of final reckoning, for neglect- 11 iug your poor, toiling, suffering brothers and sisters?" But no time bad he to linger?the clock in the window told him that, and, with a sigh that his wife and little ones should not have j their quota of the good things of this world, j he passsed on. Suddeuly a confused cry?a wild tumult? | /Ixowinrp ownv nf (Mima on either side, or I LUV U1U1I 114^ v. vv??.wv w- , dashing into the cross streets?startled him, and he knew something unusual was taking place. Then came the shout of "runaway !"and he felt that life or property or both were , being whirled on to destruction. "Are you mad ? Do you want to be kill- ; ed ?" hurriedly asked several, as they ran to i places, of safety and he remained standing upon the curbstone. He gave no heed to the warning. He had i braved death too often to shrink from it in any event, and most certainly when at such j a distance. His eyes were fixed up the street upon a team of noble bays that were tearing along, mad with fright, and swaying the sleigh from side to side?were running at their utmost speed, each striving to outdo the other, straining every nerve?were running j away driverless. Had that been all he would not have troubled himself, deep as was his affectiou for blooded steeds, for he was not at the moment particularly in sympathy with wealth. It was quite another mutter that chained him. At the first outcry he had sprang to and I half climbed a lamp post, and so obtained a clearer view?one that thrilled his heart to ; the very core, caused his breath to be more deeply drawn, and his pulse to momentarily cease to beat. In the sleigh was a young and beautiful : woman, pale with terror, and clasping two 1 lovely children to her breast. Orton thought of his Jenny and their little ones, and resolv, ed to save them. The impulse was noble, but how was it to be accomplished ? Far beyond any human control were frantic horses. To attempt to seize the rein3 as they dashed past, and to stop them would be madness?would be to be dragged down and trampled to death. He saw this?saw that the course of the horses would bring them directly upon him, and though the crowd furiously warned him back, and warned him of his danger, he stirred not, only braced mus-; cles and nerves, and set nis teetn witn aeierraination. "My, God!" exclaimed a man, who bolder than the rest, sprang forward, grappled and would have drawn him away. "You will be killed ! instantly killed !" Tom Orton shook him off'just as the horses reached him, watched his opportunity, seized upon the harness as they were sweeping past, sprang lightly upon the back of the nearest, grasped the rein, and turning to the affrighted woman and screaming children, shouted: "Keep quiet. I will save you." And save them he did. Before a block had been traversed the horses were made to j realize that he was their master, and a sharp curb cutting deeply into their mouths brought them to a stand-still. The crowd cheered lustily. The police assisted the latbr and children out and carried them into aireighboring store, and as soon as the former had in a measure recovered her senses, she asked for ber preserver, that she might thank and reward him. But he was not to be found. All that could be learned was that as soon as the trembling steeds had been taken care of by others he had disap^ peared. "Whn ronId he have been?" onest.ioned the lady with still ghastly face and bloodless lips. "Can't say," answered a policeman constituting himself spokesman ; "but he was a brave fellow, anyhow. I wouldn't have ta ken the risk he did for thousands." "A brave fellow, indeed," was the response, "and I would give very much indeed to know his name and where he is to be found." So would the policeman, that some of the glory might attach to himself. But the lady departed homeward without obtaining the / desired information, and the sensitiveness of Tom Orton caused him to lose one opportuni- ; ty of his life to have risen above iron-handed ! ? poverty. J' Meantime he was hurrying to business, is More time had been occupied in the rescue c than he thought possible, and though ap- e plause was dear to him (as all), yet he could C( not stay to listen, and as for risking life for , money, he had not dreamed of such a thing. | Out of breath, he rushed into the dressing ; 0 room, and was received with reproof for be- { P ing late. i V "Couldn't help it," he replied. "I saw a p ' ~ * *.i i ? I. i i : pair of tiery horses running witn a sieign aim , (3 a woman and two children?thought of my Jenny and her children; and had to stop and save them." He told the story very briefly and modest- ; ^ ly while getting.ready?did'nt seem to fancy ci he had done anything wonderful, and was h soon dashing around the arena upon a spirit- n' ed steed "witching the world with wondrous C] horsemanship." The audience applauded to the echo, ami carried away by the excitement, he rashly ^ determined to execute his most daring acts? it those given only upon the greatest occasious, s( forgetting that the horse he rode had not r. been trained to them?and was young aud | wi!d- . u The result was soon painfully apparent. Though some were accomplished in safety, a vet he attempted leaping over a banner, the 01 fluttering frightened the horse, he bolted sud- I3 denly and Tom Orton was thrown heavily to vv the ground. u. He endeavored to rise and make light of pain, but a strange sickness came over him, the lights flickered and grew dim, he gasped 111 for air, and knew nothing more until some- ^ what revived in the dressing-room he heard ti familiar voices. s} "Oh, God ! what will become of Jenny and r( the babes ?" he gasped faiutly. "I am done q for, and?and"?his tears and sobs choked . C( him. (<T?m " cniel a r?n7.f>Ti LJULl L 1CUI 1U1 L11V/114 , iv/iti, WM?V1 ? w-whearty voices, and as many grasped his hauds si as could obtain hold, "we'll see that they are N taken care of." fa "Thanks, thanks," murmured the injured p( man. "But tell me the worst." "A broken leg is all that appears serious," answered a gray headed-man?a strange physician who had been summoned. "Though I ai cannot account for the marks upon your side, m my man." tli One of the lookers-on explained them as resulting probably from his heroic act of a few hours before, and gave an extended ac- . count of his exploit. ^ "Humph ! A very daugerous business? gi next to foolhardy; not one in ten thousand cr would escape alive," replied the physician, tli with pursed lips and flashing eyes. "All ar that can be done now is to get him home, g Then I will make a more minute examination." ot Very tenderly was the noble hearted fellow taken to his humble abode, and the scene, when he was laid upon the bed, side by side tli with his sick wife and children, caused every tli *yc to overflow with tears^ , jjj "Tom, dear Tom," said Jenny, as well as she could for her pitiful sobbings, what will become of us?the children? We shall 011 starve and die together." a "Not while we have hands," replied his as- se sociates, and every heart was touched and pc every arm nerved to do the most to relieve 0f them. p They all looked around anxiously for the ^ physician?they had supposed he had accompanied them. But he was not to be seen, *a and their grumbling became loud and deep. CG "I can bear anything," said Tom, "but in for you Jenny, and the children," and he Si entirely broke down. al "And I could curse that doctor for an un- (a feeling wretch," blurted out one of the most x ?~ > tir ta passionate, "dut it is ever tnus. we give our lives freely to please the public, and when *r anything happens they care nothing for us." Torn Orton groaned heavily. The sound ]h awoke his little girl. She raised up in bed, ^ strained her eyes, clapped her tiny hands, and ! shouted in true childish glee and wonder? "Mania! Papa! See?an angel!" lu All eyes were turned in the direction she er pointed and in the doorway stood a beautiful ki woman leaning upon the arm of the physi- M cian. ^ Yes, an angel had come. Tom Orton had g^ risked his life to save that of the daughter of I)r. Armitage and his grand-children, and the m merest chance had given them the knowledge i s^' who it was. ; Hi But never was an equestrian feat better re- j gc warded, and never a more charitable angel ! w appeared upon earth, even upon the day 8j when alike from hill and valley it proclaimed : "Peace upon earth and good will to ^ men." su How to Succeed.?The New York Ledg er says: Long and close observation has satisfied us that the real obstacle iu the way of ec finding employment does not lie in the fact j w that there is not plenty of work to do?work j fa which might be done to a profit?but it is the j Q impossibility of getting work done well. And | ^ the reason work is not done well is to be i found chiefly in the false notions of labor which prevail, and the antagonistic feelings i which have been seduously cultivated be-.ei tween employers and employed. j tf A man who regards work as hardship, an ! tl oppression?who looks at the time given to I ei his employer as a species of limited slavery, I ^ can never do anything well. He must take an interest in his work if he would excel. The true rule for a young man is to make ^ himself as useful as possible to his employer, bi He should never feel satisfied with himself as n long as anything in his power to do to promote his employer's interest is left undone. ; a, In this way his labor is rendered profitable. ] Promotion comes unsought and before it is ! expected. Here lies the secret of success. | cl - te The Bravest Peorle on Eautii.?Gen-j ic eral Shields was fond of telling stories, and ; ^ the following one I remember particularly well. Said the General : "On the 13th day j _ of September, 1847, the American army i found itself before the ramparts of the city : ^ of Mexico. The city contained 200,000 in-. J inhabitants and was defended by 30,000 dis-' IV ciplined soldiers, yet 6,600 American soldiers s crossed those ramparts and captured that ^ city. Can you show me any other instance of i y the kind in history ? I recollect an old Eng- ! . lish militaire who was there, and after he ^ looked at the little band he said : 'Is this the ?i army?' 'Yes.' 'Well,'said he, 'all I have | n to say is this?you Americans are the bravest b people on God's earth to come hsre with such an army as that." ! ^ fiwT" The case of a deaf mute cow is reported 1 s( by a Russian veterinary surgeon. A cow, g twelve years old, of Algava breed, belonging tl to a Russian nobleman, never showed signs of t,] hearing or bellowed. Seeing the other cattle jj bellow, she tried to imitate them by stretch- y her neck and head and opening her mouth, i but she could not produce any sound. The 11 sense of vision of this cow was found to be : c' unusually well developed. I o ffiapijilural JFfeetdi. |" GEORGE W. WILLIAMS." George W. Williams was horn near BellLir, in Lancaster county, South Carolina, on ; he 27th day of December, 1808. Of his anestors very little is known. His father, Fowir Williams, was noted in his day as a magstrate and school-master. The tradition conerning him is, that he was the general advisr of all the inhabitants of the surrounding ountry. Whoever in the community was so nfortunate as to become entangled in a diffiulty involving legal questions, made it a oint to consult, as soon as convenient, Fowler ^ , I 1 ?- - A. ^ villiams. Kareiy was 11 tne case mat a uay assed without his being visited and consulted y some one in search of information. At ne time, says tradition, the learned magis ato himself became involved in a lawsuit. lis opponent retained a lawyer to conduct his use for him; but Mr. Williams chose to be is own attorney. To the great delight of the lany admirers of the magistrate, he won his ise, although opposed by a practicing lawyer. 1 The father of Fowler Williams emigrated j om Culpeper county, Virginia, and located 1 what was at that time called the Waxhaw 1 jttlement. This region was not very accu- . itely defined. The first immigrants arrived bout the year 1745. The larger number of lein was Scotch-Irish, but some were Scotch, j few were English, and some were of Welsh rigin. The Williams family came original- . ' to America from Wales. The settlement as first made on Waxhaw creek, but grad- i* ally extended up and down the Catawba V ver. The first settlers, whatever was their ( ationality, came from Pennsylvania and irginia. Their uumbaflflbvas from time to me increased by accessions both from Penn- , dvania and Virginia, and by immigrants diictly from Ireland. These latter came to . harleston, and then by land, as best they )uld, they made their way to the Waxhaw ittlement. The territory was at that time ipposed to be embraced withiu the State of orth Carolina. This is manifest from the ct that the private and public documents jrtaining to the settlement designated it as iVaxhaw, North Carolina." The land was rtile, the inhabitants moral aud energetic, id in the course of a few years the settleent became one of the most important in le upper section of South Carolina. Those individuals who first located on faxhaw creek, were refugees from the cruel3s of the Indians in Pennsylvania and Virnia. The defeat of Braddock, in 1755, ineased their number by driving many from eir homes in these States. They came south id located in North and South Carolina, line of them founded new settlements, while hers connected themselves with settlements r ready begun. In the neighborhood of the Wax haw setsment dwelt the Catawbas. This was, at at time, one of the most powerful and war<e Indian tribes in the South. Their chief wn was ou the west side of Sugaw (now ,lled, but incorrectly, Sugar) creek. Only few years after the whites hud begun a ftlement on the Waxhaw creek, the smallmif nmnnir tlifl Indians and carried / P about three-fourths of the whole tribe, rom this severe visitation of Providence ey never recovered. Disheartened by a caniity which their white neighbors had innoutly and undesignedly been instrumental in troducing, they leased out their land on igaw creek to the immigrants, and, having )andoued the town of their ancestors, esblished themselves lower down on the Cawba, where the remains of that once mighty ibe now have their miserable abode. In this Waxhaw settlement George Wil- ' ims located himself, but at what particular ite we are unable to say. All that we cer- s inly know is, that it was prior to the Revo- ^ tionary war. In this region he reared seval childreu, but how many is not accurately lown. One of his sons, Fowler, married a iss Hoey, and settled first near, or in Bellir; afterward fie moved and settled, for a iort time, north of Bell-Air. Again ho oved and took up his permanent abode a iort distance south of Bell-Air. Mrs. Wilims was of Scotch Irish descent, and of a >od family. Fowler Williams and his wife i ere blessed with nine children, three sons and | x daughters. Of these, only one?Mrs. Da-1 1 s?is alive. Two of the sous, John H. and imes J., studied medicine and became skill- | 1 il practitioners. George Washington, the i ibject of this memoir, was the oldest child. < .e was born in or near Bell-Air. His early c lucation was received in an academy of t hich his father was principal. From his y ther's school he was sent to Lincolnton, N. ., and placed under the instruction of the ev. John Muchat. How long he remained ;Lincolnton is not certainly known. From ie Rev. Mueliat's school he was sent to Kblexer Academy, in York county, S. C. At j lis time Ebeuezer Academy was in charge of ie Rev. Elie/.er Harris, a teacher of consid able reputation in his day. Among the llow-students of Mr. Williams, at Ebenezer cademy, were the Rev. James Boyce, D. D., ndrew B. Moore, once Governor of Alauma, A. I. Barron, M. I)., together with a umber of other individuals, who afterwards \ j ttained considerable eminence in the various j vocations of life. In December, 1S2G, he entered the junior ! j lass of South Carolina College and gradua-j t ?d in 1828. The class consisted of the fol- j >wing persons, Joseph A. Black, William C. j Jack, Edward B. Brown, Joseph N. Chap- j lan, John C. Faber, Henry Foster, John ; lough, William Hemmingway, Pearsall ; ohnson, John A. Law, Gabriel Manigault, I ohn McCreary, Hiram McKnight, Hugh : [cMillan, Willard Richardson, Robert H. i peers, Nicholas Summer, Thomas F. Taylor,1 leorge Washington Williams and John J. j Woodward. Several of these attained posi-1 ons of distinction in their native States; and i ne, Hugh McMillan,, became an eminent linister of the gospel in the Reformed Pres-: < yterian Church, and settled in Xenia, Ohid. j j About the time that Mr. Williams entered j allege, or, perhaps, about the time he was j ;nt away from lioihe to school, his father en- j aged in merchandising. This probably was le reason that the son was sent from home, ie lather being no longer able to conduct is son's education. As a merchant, Fowler Villiams failed. This was no more than light have been expected. All the traditions oncerning hiin agree in describing him as ne of those men who take a peculiar delight in attending to the business of others to th< utter neglect of their it)wn .affairs. One of the results of Fowler Williams mercantile failure was to throw his son George to some extent upon his own resources. Tc meet, in part, his college expenses, he taught during the college vacation and probably t short time longer, a school in what is knowr as the "Fork." This region is about twentj miles below Columbia, iin what is usuall} called "The Adams' neighborhood." After graduating, he repaired in a verj short time to Yorkville for the purpose o reading law under Col. Thomas Williams He was now only twenty years of age. Hi; resources were limited. To meet his neces oiu.ir ovnoruM he nnened a sebool in York' 1 ... villc. The Hon. C. D. Melton was amon^ his pupils. In December, 1830, Mr. Williams wa9, al Columbia, admitted to practice law in the State of South Carolina. He returned tc Yorkvilie and entered into copartnership with his preceptor, Col. Thomas Williams. In 1835, Colonel Williams inovcd -to-Alirbanur In 1836, Mr. Williams and Tohn A. Alston entered into copartnership for the purpose ol practicing law. This copartnership continued but for a short time, when W. I. Clawson became associated with Mr. Williams. In 184C Mr. Clawson was elected CoilBnssioner in Equity, when the firm of Williams & Clawson was dissolved. In 1846, the law firm ol Williams & Beaity was formed. The members of this firm were Mr. Williams and Col William C. Beatty. This firm was dissolved n 1866, when Col. Beatty was elected District Judged /When Mr. Williams began his career as a itirvor rho State nf Smith Carolina was iust ""r1! J intering the Nullification struggle. Mr. Wiliaius was at that time, and during the whole )f his life, a uuion man. At that time Col. W. C. Bcatty was, perhaps, more interested in he polities of the State than any individual u York county. With all the energy of his iouI he set himself solidly against the Nullifi:ation movement. That he might more suc:essfully secure his aims, he determined to bejin the publication of a county newspaper. To this publication the name Yorkville Pariot was given. Colonel Beatty, G. W. Wiliams, Col. Thomas Williams and Gen. James [lodgers entered into an arrangement by vhich it was agreed that jointly they would lold themselves responsible for all the liabilties of the enterprise. A printing pr<\ss was lired from Patrick Carey ; and John E. jrist, the father of the present proprietor of he Yorkville Enquirer, was brought from Columbia to superintend the publication of he Patriot. Notwithstanding the contract, Col. Thomas iVilliams and Gen. James Iiodgers were never sailed on for a single dollar, and neither of hem ever wrote a single line for the Patriot. ['he pecuniary burden incurred- by the publi:ation of the Yorkville Patriot was borne enirely by Col. Beatty and G. W. Williams, itul by them also was it edited. The Patriot KiTritirr lionn VvrmwrKf intrt PvistpnnA fill' t.hfi ole purpose of thwa7?uig tlie Nullification novement, and having accomplished its work, leased to exist after a period of two years. Formerly, as is still the case, it was the lustom to put every promising young man orward in politics. In 1836, G. W. Williams vas brought out as a candidate for the Legisature. It would scarcely be correct to say hat of his own free choice he became a canlidate. He was incapable of pushing himself orward, and averse to using the many schemes vhich are usually resorted to by candidates or public favor. At the election in 1836, he vas defeated by three votes. The bitter feelings which had been aroused luring the Nullification contest, still prevailed, ind the vote of 1836 was strictly a party vote. The people of York county were closely dirided, and the fight between the Union men ind Nullifiers was fierce. The following are he returns of the election of October, 1836 : SEXATOIt. W. C. Ileatty, Union, 1)50 (). Sitgreaves, Xul., 052 KEPItESENTATIVES. I. D. Witherspoon, Nul, 1.010 James Moore, Nul., 1M?7 .Samuel Rainey, Nul., 001 A. Ilardin, Nul., 055 G. W. Williams, Union, 052 James Love, Union, 047 R. T. Allison, Union, 037 Gordon Moore, Union, 025 It will be seen that Mr. A. Hardin beat G. IV. Williams by only three votes. In 1837, Mr. Williams was elected, but we lave not been able to find a statement of the lumber of votes cast for the different candilates. In 1840, Mr. Williams was not a can lidate, but as it may be a matter of some inerest to the people of the county, we give the ,'ote: SENATE. T. I). AVitherspoon, 1,328 .Jonathan II. Ilood, 141 ItEPUKSENTATI VEK. .Tames M. Love, 1,140 Dr. 11. T. Allison, l,0r>8 A. Ilanlin 1,04(5 Col. John A. Ab.ion. 804 Dr. A 8. Starr (57(5 Dr. A. I. Barron, 537 James ir. Posted, 177 John Wilson. ' 142 Scattering,.. 122 The first four named were elected. We have not been able to find the reurns of the election in 1842, but Mr. Wiliatns was again elected to the House of Rep esentatives. The following persons were candidates at he election in October, 1844, and received the lumber of votes opposite their names: SENATE. I. D. Witherspoon, 1,4-10 R. T. Allison, (524 REPRESENTATIVES. William Giles, 1,51.5 AV. C. Black, 1,303 G. AV. AVilliams 1,200 A. Hardin 043 Isaac McFadden, (585 J. R. Ilood, 5(i4 John Springs, 554 Hugh Allison, 383 Edward Avery, 3(54 The returns of the election of October, 1846, show that the following persons were voted for the House of Representatives?the four first being elected: R. G. McCaw, 1,30(4 c. \\r Ar;n;..?,u 1 nTi William Giles, %:J H. A. Springs, 050 Abraliain Ilardin, 547 J. X. McEhvee, Sr 475 Jesse Bruinfield, 45U Uenjainin Neely, 323 At the election of October, 1848, the results were as follows: SKNATK. I. 1). Witherspoon, 1,070 W. C. Beatty, 021 GEORGE W. WILLIAMS.?Fkoai a Phoi IlEPKESENT ATI V ES. William Giles, 1,5-17 It. G. McCaw, 1,586 G. W. Williams, 1,21M> It. A. Springs, 1,172 J. N. MeElwee, Sr 982 Jno. 13. Hunter, 027 Opn VV Williams .T Niimnn MeElwee. Daniel Williams and Allen Robertson were elected to the House of Representatives by the people of York county, in October, 1850, but we have not been able to find the returns of the vote. I. D. Witherspoon had no opposition for the Senate, in 1852. The number of votes received by him was 1,526. FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A. B. Springs, 1,395 G. W. Williams, 1,340 W. I. Clawson, 1,202 A. S. Wallace, 1,171 J. Numan McElwee, 940 E. II. Gunning, 784 S. G. Brown, 587 For the House of Representatives at the election in 1854, the vote stood as follows: W. B. Wilson, 1,147 W. I. Clawson, 1,074 A. S. Wallace, 1,020 G. W. Will iams, 988 A. B. Springs, 939 Edward Moore, 850 W. C. Black, : 800 In 1856, R. G. McCawand I. D. Witherspoon were candidates for the Senate. The vote stood as follows : R. G. McCaw, 1,389 I. D. Witherspoon, 984 FOI^ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. J. C. Chambers, 1,009 W. C. Black, 1,035 A. Whyte, 1,507 Edward Moore, 1,175 W. I. Clawson, 1,115 A. 8. Wallace, 1,082 In 1858, the vote for members of the House of Representatives stood as follows: Daniel Williams, 1,307 Edward Moore, 1,059 W. C. Black, 1,037 A. S. Wallace 1,037 J. Bolton Smith 775 J. Numan McEhvee, 771 J. B. Nesl.it, 3*29 In 18G0, the Senatorial contest was between R. G. McCaw and W. B. Wilson, with the following result: R. G. McCaw,.. 1,384 W. B. Wilson, 1,030 At the same election, the vote for members of the House of Representatives was as follows : J. T. Lowry, 1,771 Joel W. Rawlinson, 1,297 W. C. Black, 1,078 John L. Miller, 1,029 J. F. Lindsay, 815 J. Bolton Smith, 788 Daniel Williams, 707 A.S.Wallace, 700 W. I. Clawson, 582 Scattering, 430 The returns of the election of 1862 show the following persons to have been candidates for the House of Representatives with the following results: J. T. Lowry, 1,010 G. W. Williams, 5)03 John S. Bratton, <>S8 S. C. Youngblood, 000 A. Whyte, 447 A. A. Mckenzie, 438 Scattering, 285 In 1864, Col. Cadwallader Jones was a candidate for the Senate without opposition. The number of votes received by him was 969. The following is the vote for members to the House of Representatives : J. T. Lowry 878 ?* i ' no i \V. U. lJPilliy, n.)t J. C. Chambers, 824 John S. Bratton, 670 J no. M. White, 007 Joel "W. Rawlinson, 017 In 18G5, the contest for a seat in the Senate was between Geo. W. Williams and Col. Cadwallader Jones. The vote stood as follows : Williams 780 Jones, 401 At the same election the following persons were voted for as candidates for seats in the House of Representatives, and received the number of votes opposite their names: A. S. Wallace 081 .J. TV. Ilawlinson, ">00 W. C. Ulaclc, ">49 A. B. Springs, 520 Col. A. Coward, 408 S. TV. Melton, 400 Z. I). Smith, 080 TV. I. Clawson, 074 S. C. Youngblood, 071 The above tabular statements are full of in! tercst. With regard to the subject of this : brief sketch, they show that his political caJ recr began soon after he commenced the practice of law. His connection with the Yorkj ville Patriot was for the purpose of dissemiua; tiug his Union sentiments. In 1836 he was , i brought before the people of York county as ? candidate for a seat in the House of RepreI sentatives by the Union meu. The vote of that year shows that both parties were wen organized. Gradually the feelings of those days died away, and in 1838, Mr. Williams was elected to the House of Representatives, and continued to be elected, up to 1865, with the exception of the years 1840, 1856, 1858 and 1864, when he was not a candidate. In 1865, he was chosen State Senator. It will be seen that after 1836 Mr. Williams was never again beaten, although he never was the most popular candidate. '0grafii by John R. Schorb, Yorkvillk. No doubt, the larger number of persons who may read the above will come to the conclusion that the man who was so frequently selected by an intelligent people to represent them in the State Legislature was either a shrewd politician or a great statesman. Such a conclusion would be erroneous. G. W. Williams was neither a politician nor a statesman. He would not have walked across the street if such walk would have secured him twenty votes, and he was too diffident to make a statesman. He made a safe legislator, but rarely if ever did he appear as the bold and defiant advocate of any measure. What he said in legislative debates was always sensible, never ultra. Usually he permitted others to do all the speaking. Notwithstanding the fact that he served his country so long as a legislator, we feel warranted in saying that he had no taste for the thing. It was a bore to him. He had his own political opinions, and was ever ready to avow them; but was averse to the noise and tumult of legislative halls. Circumstances, and not his inclination, led him to take his stand as a Union man during the days of Nullification. As a member of an important committee, Mr. Williams could render the State important service as a legislator, but not as the engineerer of a measure. In 1862, he, together with F. J. Moses, T. N. Dawkins, B. F. Perry, E. J. Arthur, H. D. Lesesne and Win. Whaley, were appointed to report on the Code as prepared by J. L. Pettigrew. In this capacity he was at home, and on this committee he worked with great zeal and intense interest. It was as a lawyer, and not as either a politician or a statesman, that G. W. Williams was groat. It may be that when viewed as a lawyer and then as a legislator, that the lawyer so far transcended the legislator, that the latter appeared to bad advantage. Be this as it may, G. W. Williams ranked amongst the first lawyers of South Carolina. His knowledge of the law was thorough and extensive, and his ability to make a correct application of it unsurpassed. He never quibbled. Never attempted to mislead either judge or jury. Never claimed that so and so was law when he knew it was not. In his application of a principle in law to a particular case, he never came to absurd and extravagant conclusions. Such being the case, his opinions bad great weight with both judge and jury. In the management of all his cases he showed great skill. He took a comprehensive view of the cause, meeting his opponent like a man. As an advocate his speeches before the jury were perfect models of their kind. They were not bombastic, neither were they rhetorical flourishes, but on the contrary, they were plain, pointed speeches, such as every man on the jury and in the Court House could understand. The language of his speeches was correct, strong and vigorous, delivered with energy. His voice was decidedly good, and his declamatory powers far above mediocrity. He made no attempt to, carry either judge or jury by storm. His main dependence was good sense and correct law. Karely did he appeal to the feelings of jurors. He addressed himself to their intellects, to their sense of right and justice. When a u.. ? ~*\, AonooiAn uiuuscu uy an uppuucu i/^ uuu uuw uwuoiuu seemed to demand it, he showed himself capable of using, to great effect, bitter sarcasm. As an instance of this, may be cited a little affair between him and one of the judges. Mr. Williams brought suit for a considerable amount of money. A legal point was involved in which the judge decided against Mr. Williams. The case was taken by appeal before the Court of Errors. The judge showed considerable signs of temper on account of the appeal. When the case was brought before the higher court, it so happened that the judge from whom the appeal had been taken was present. When the case was called, Mr. Williams rose and stated it clearly and in strict accordance with the facts and then said, in a saxcastic tone: "I am surprised that any well-read lawyer in the State of South Carolina, much less a learned judge on the bench, would have come to any other conclusion than that arrived at by me;" Without saying another word he quietly sat down. The lawyers in the court house' were astonished, and the judge from whom the appeal had been taken could not sit still, but turned first one way and then the other on his seat. In the examination of witnesses, Mr. Williams was gentlemanly and polite, but if a witness showed signs of prevarication he was very apt to be exposed before he was told to come down off the stand. During all bis life, Mr. Williams was a hard student, ins general reading was extensive, but he studied law and read other books for recreation. His mind was wholly occupied with law. He had a taste for it, he loved it almost to the exclusion of everything else. In 1868, Mr. Williams was elected Judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit. This high honor he declined, because of the unsettled state of the country. Notwithstanding the acknowledged ability of Mr. Williams as a lawyer, it is doubtful whether he would have made a good judge. His diffidence was too great. It requires more than scholarship to make a good school teacher. The ability and determination to rule is just as important as rare attainments in text-books. A judge must be a good lawyer, and he must have good administrative powers, and also independence sufficient to assert what is right and carry it into effect, in spite of wrangling lawyers. Hence G. W. Williams as a judge would have fallen short of G. W. Williams as a lawyer. t Mr. Williams' general scholarship waa good. His mathematical powers were little \ * less than prodigious. The most complicated calculations were comprehended by him at once, and the mechanical operations in arithmetic, which to most mathematicians are onerous, were to Mr. Williams mere play. He was able to add, multiply, divide or subtract, with almost absolute accuracy and wfoh ? 7rTapiOTiy~wuTcn was most astonishing. To \ illustrate this, he could add up a long column \ of figures consisting of three places, taking \ all three figures at once, with equal accuracy \ and greater rapidity than the majority of in- \ dividuals could have added up a single line J of the column. ^ Mr. Williams' mind was quick and accu rate. So soon as tbe facts in a cause were brought before his mind he reached his conclusion concerning it. He had not to sit down and study these facts over and over and then study the law over and over before he was able to give an opinion. The feature of his mind was that he was able at any time to make use of all that he knew. His memory was decidedly good ; few men have ever beenendowed with a better memory. In person, Mr. Williams was perhaps five feet nine or ten inches high, slender made, black hair, keen eye and well shaped head. His head bore a striking resemblance to that of the celebrated statesman, John G. Calhoun. The gait of Mr. Williams was quick and dignified. Even in the dark he could be easily recognized by the peculiar sound of his walk. On the 3rd of August, 1833, Mr. Williams was married to Sarah L., daughter of Captain Jonathan Beatty, and sister of Col. William C. Beatty, of Yorkville. They had six children?three sons and three ^daughters. Two?a son and daughter?are dead. On the 2nd of December, 1868, Q. W. Williams closed his earthly career. He died very suddenly, at Columbia, while in attendance on the United States Court. His remains were brought to Yorkville and interred in the village cemetery. DISRESPECT IN THE FAMILY. Si One of the greatest evils known in the family circle is the diflgpect so frequently shown between members^he to another, in speech, action and dress. The gruff "yes" or "no" or husband to wife, in answer to a pleasant query, * leads to unpleasant consequences, and begets . .. a cold, calculating style of address on either side, which, sooner or later, is adopted by the younger members, and the love and affection which should dwell within is dispelled like dew before the morning sun. The indifference often shown in little acts of duty, and the manner in which they are performed, seem to i carry the expression, "I'm glad that's out 01 the way; don't trouble me again." In dress and personal appearance the husband goes unkempt and unshaven, and the wife slip-shod and shabby. Anything is good enough for home when there are no strangers about. 1 Thus are habits of disrespect formed, and one of the great dangers of home, bred and fostered. Many of us have seen the play of "Flanigan's Home," where Pat comes tumbling into the house at dusk, dumps his hod in one corner, his hat and coat in another, kicks the cat through the window, scolds Biddy, says the grub isn't "fit for a mon to ate," and raises a general row all round. It is a good thing for the well-to-do in life to study the character of the extremists of the lower strata, and ask themselves if there is not room for improvement in their own more pretentious homes. Some homes are full of love and sunshine for strangers, and all ugliness and gloom for the ones for whom they live. To constitute a truly happy home, there should be pretty little personal adornments on the part of the wife, who thereby shows a desire to please her husband, and to add to the general attractions of her home. A pleasant word on her part, when the overworked man comes home, often eats away, the raw edge of some trouble on his mind, and draws out a corresponding desire to be both agreeable and respectful, which characteristics are always accompanied by affection. What is true of manner is true of dress also. Rudeness, roughness and impatience are soon followed by insolence, and when sweet temper gives way to anger and discord the home circle is no longer attractive. The Kealities of uircus juifb.?ad insight of circus life is given by a Philadelphia lawsuit brought by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Three years ago Mrs. Lucy Coles was left a widow with three children, whom she made heroic efforts to support, but soon found herself in the depths of poverty. One of the children was a pretty girl of seven. A friend suggested that she be taught to be a circus performer. A trainer of youthfnl acrobats and riders was made her guardian until she was eighteen. In return for her services she was to be fed and clothed, and was to have eleven quarters schooling during her apprenticeship. The trainer took the child and put her through a rigorous training. The lessons were cruelly inculcated by the ring-master's riding whip. She was taught to leap and ride bareback, to stand on one foot and hold the other out at a signboard angle with one hand, to piroutte, to jump through the paper-covered hoops, to squat with her legs at right angles with her ttorinno n+Vinr fiwts fh?t ftrP Olllv UXJUJf auu VU* ivuu vvuw* *vw?v J acquired by long, hard practice. Her companions were four other little ones. She wept at first, and made many blunders, but the fear of the lash soon forced her into an acquirement of the lessons. Then she was taken to a dancing master, who taught her }ig steps and fancy poses. She was then placed in the care of a woman who traveled with a circus, and with the troupe she made a tour through the country. The woman who had her in charge is said to have traversed the continent without paying fare for her, hiding her beneath her skirts by day. Lately she performed in Philadelphia, ana her mother had her eyes opened to the real dangers to which she was subjected in her equestrian work. WSF Ruskin, in a recent lecture on war, declared that the existence of wars in civilized , States was the fault of women. "I must tell you women this,'7 said he, "if the usual course of war, instead of unroofing peasants' houses and ravaging peasants' fields, merely broke the china upon your drawing-room tables, no war in civilized countries would last a week." John Ruskin is sometimes somewhat erratic in his judgments, but in this he is near the truth. It would be difficult to overrate the social influence of women.