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lewis m. ^rist, proprietor. | 2U fttbtpcitbcitt Jfamilj Uttfospf.r: Jfor tjit |)ninio(ion of fljt political, jiottal, Agricultural anb Commtrtial $inifmts of tljc ?otit!j. |terms?$2.50 a year, in advance. VOL. 30% YORKVILLE, 15 C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1884. IsTO. 8. JU (Original Written for the Yorkvilie Enquirer. CELESTINE. THE STORY OF A MISTAKE. CHAPTER IX. 1 "The wages of sin is death?The wages of ] sin is death." ] Such were the words uttered again and ; again, in the delirium of fever, by a worn, ; wasted, but still beautiful and girlish-look- . ing woman, as she tossed in painful unrest on her pillow, in the quiet upper-room of a ( house far away from her own home. Kind 1 faces bent over her, kind hands ministered to her ; but one face she was dying for the 1 sight of was not there, and would never look upon hers again ; one hand whose touch . would have soothed her, she would clasp nevermore on this side of eternity. 1 Such was the mandate Silas Warren had 1 uttered, when he learned what his wife had ' done. "Say to her that I forgive her, but that I j can never receive her into my home or look into her face again. She has brought dis- 1 grace upon my nane, and henceforth we 1 can have nothing in common." 1 To no one did he breathe a hint of the inward anguish that consumed him ; cold, . stern, and self-contained, he hid the wound J in his own breast, and wentabout hisduties, ' as soon as his health permitted, with the ] same unflinching regularity as before. ! Through a confidential agent, lie arranged that Celestine should be comfortably lodged ] and provided for, among people who would ' be kind and see that she wanted for noth- , ing ; she was to receive quarterly a certain 1 sum which would be amply sufficient for 1 her maintenance; but all this was to be ! done without any intercourse between him- ' self and her, nor was her) name ever to be 5 mentioned to him again. Miss Latimer, { who with an aching heart] once ventured to 1 put in a plea, was so effectually silenced that she never dared revert to the topic again ; ! and in the parish where during her brief ] sojourn she had been so loved and revered, the minister's wife became only a sad mem- j ory of the past. She had prepared herself for her journey ' home, on the day following her fatal step aside from the beaten path, when a telegram stopped her, bidding herremain where oW/a waa until ?ho nacpiven fnrt.her directions. . Next had come a briefjetter fr'bm Miss Xjat' J", imer, written under dictation, and telling her of her husband's decision after hearing of the offence which she had been guilty of. Half stunned, yet still hoping to win his pardon by a full explanation of the feelings and motives which nad prompted her to the violation of her duty, she haa written him a long letter, full of expressions of contrition and agonized prayers for forgiveness, and enclosing a check for the money she had so dearly earned. "It was for your sake, because you were dying for the necessaries of life, that I worked for it," she wrote ; and it had come back to her in an envelope with these words written upon it, "The wages of sin is death." Silas would not have touched the money to save himself from starving ; he had put it from him shudderingly as the bribe of Satan, and enclosed it again in Celestine's own letter, which he returned without any other answer. Then she went to a quiet country house, a few miles out of San Francisco, where prepv arations had been made to receive her, and .* where no one knew of her history or her disgrace ; and a day or two afterwards had fallen ill of brain fever, which now threatened her life. Mrs. Brainerd, the head of the establishment, was a warm-hearted, motherly person, who had reared and parted with a large family of daughters, retaining with her now only the eldest, who had never married, and who was her active co-operator in all deeds of charity and benevolence. When Celestine fell 111, they consulted as to the ex- * pediency of hiring a nurse for her, and final- ; Iy decided to take the duty of nursing her j upon themselves. . I 4tShe has evidently seen great trouble, , poor thing; it's sad that a young woman j should be so lonely and friendless in the ] world," said Mrs. Brainerd. "She appears ( to me to have something on her conscience, ] that she's blaming herself for; Heaven j grant it mayn't be a crime! But we need ( not fret ourselves about that, only do our j duty by her as Christians; if she is guilty of any evil deed, it is between her and her ( Maker, and we should not try to pry into it." , "We cannot judge her by what she says , in her delirium, mother," replied the daugh- . ter, Christiana by name. "Fever makes ] folks talk in a terribly strange way some- j times, and fancy all kinds of strange and , unnatural things." } "Very true, my child," replied the old lady. "At any rate we won't call in a \ stranger and a hireling to wait upon her as < long as she is in this unconscious state, but ] do it ourselves, and keep what we hear to ourselves lest any mischief might be made." So these two good women, strangers ? themselves to the poor waif thrown upon ] their hands, yet friends and sisters to her ] in the truest Scriptural sense, tended her , through the mazes of disease, ministering , to her with tenderest care, as if she had been one of themselves, and listening to her ] with pity, but laying no store by, the words j , of frantic self-accusation that tell continual- ; ly from her parched lips. . j * This stage of the illness passed, and was succeeded by one of complete exhaustion. , It seemed for a long time as though nature ' would not have the strength to struggle out < of it. And the two nurses thought, looking } on the poor, wasted, sorrow-lined face, that j ' Heaven would show greater pity in taking her now, than in sparing her to renew her , conflict with a world that seemed to offer * her nothing but bitterness. Slowly, howev- j er, the exhausted forces began to rally, and < the physician, who had attended her, pro- ( nounced the crisis over. j After weeks of prostration, she was able < to move about again ; but by degrees it became evident that the mainspring of life j ^ had been shattered?the vital sources had j j received a fatal blow, and it was only a \ . question of time, how long she would linger, ? deprived of every motive power which had ; 1 been her support*. ~ j She was very quiet, very trauquil now. ( - A strange peace seemed to have succeeded ; the storm which had buffeted and torn her < with its fury, and left her stranded 011 j a desert, yet calm shore, out of reach of the < cruel waves. She kept much to herself, em-!; ploying her time in writing, and in simple j j needle work, butmostoften thinking, think- f ing with a far away look in her eyes, that ] went to Mrs. Brainerd's heart, as that good j j woman declared, "it made her look as if she < belonged already to another world," she 1 said. She accepted, with gentleness and 1 gratitude, all the attentions offered her, yet: < was manifestly happier when alone than at ! 1 any other time, and so her friends learned j to refrain from urging her to join their com- < pany or take part in their concerns, wisely ; ] judging that tbey showed truer kindness in j leaving her to herself. j Again we turn to the pages of her diary, , ] which give us an insight into her feelings s and reflections at this time. j1 Nov. 12th, 18?. < The tint of decay is on everything about | i me, and I, too, am fading with the leaves, i From my window I can look out on the < woods, and see the crimson and orange and ! i golden hues of the foliage which has not! < yet fallen from the trees. Would that I 1 could so easily flutter to the earth and die! ; ( * * * * I do not dread death ; to me it! 1 seems now a welcome and friendly ending ] to all the troubles of life. * * * * I Last iyght there was a storm, and as I j 4 lay awake and listened to it, it brought to my 1 remembrance the heavy storm of a year j < ago, when I was so frightened at the vio- 1 lence of the wind, which seemed to threaten 1 to uproot our house from the very founda- ; tion, and when Silas soothed and quieted * me. Strange, that I did not fear this time, being quite alone; but these things do not affect me as they did, I suppose because they are growing less and less real, my mind being taken up with other matters. I wonder if he would come to me if he knew that I way dying? A great temptation assails me sometimes to write him one last plea?to pray him to let me look just once again upon his face. But then it would unsettle and distress him. I know how firm he is when he has made up his mind; he would not change it, yet it would, perhaps, be hard for him to think tranquilly of me, far away, longing in vain for a ught of him, for the sound of one kind word. Yes, it would shake and trouble him, [ know, and it is selfish in me to wish to ;ause him any uneasiness. Better let things rast as they are ; the end must soon come! November 29th.?Yesterday I took up a paper, and my eyes inadvertently fell upon his name. It thrilled me with the strangest feeling. I read it in a notice stating that the Rev. Silas Warren had donated a large sum to the Orphan Asylum at , which was greatly in need of aid. What a generous, noble heart he has! He is never so happy as when he doing good. He can spend as 5 /Iaa/Io rv f nbnifi + ir # UlUUU US lit? lltvtrs UUW, 1U ucrcua ui uiaiAit^ j since his uncle's property has coine into his hands. I believe I made a note in my diary of Mr. Franklin's sudden death, early in October. How strangely things do come about! If mv wretched journey to San Francisco, last July, had been postponed by but one lay, or Mr. Franklin's visit to Sandville occurred one day earlier than it did, what \ difference it would have made in my life! But Providence orders everything, from motives which we dare not question. There was a time when I rebelled against what I could not understand, but I have learned better now. Such a mere atom as I, has no right to cavil at the ordinances of an allseeing, all-knowing, powerful Deity, who holds the universe in His hand, to work it it His will. As time goes on, and Eternity Iraws near, I feel my own littleness more md more. November 31st.?I think I am weaker, these last two days. I have a terrible yearning for some support, some sympathy, in the new and awtul experience which begins to steal over me. * * * Oh, my husband, could I clasp your strong hand now, I should not fear! It would bear me jp saieiy to me very orinK 01 ine ueep, ieep stream which i shall soon have to iross. * * * December 4th.?A bright, quiet morning ; I have had a peaceful awakening after a light of absolute repose, the most restful I lave enjoyed for some time.. I feel very well to-day, and have eaten with quite an appe;ite the nice breakfast which Miss Chris;iana always prepares and brings in with tier own hands, these cold mornings when :hey won't allow.me to leave my room, rbe snow lies thickly on the ground?for ive had the phenomenon of quite a iall of snow in the night?and the sun shines on it Aith wonderful brilliancy. It suggests to ne the thoughts of God's promise shining vith reviving warmth on a frozen heart. Strange that I should feel this lightness, ilmnst iovousness of snirit! It must mean ;hat ray trials are nearly over. It means, I im sure, that ray forgiveness is complete. [ have never felt so confident of this before. My sin has been great, I know?else my rasband would not have judged me as he lasdone. But I have read throughout the jlospel accounts of the sinners who came to >ur Saviour for pardon, and nowhere do I ead that He turned them away. Like hem I have cast myself at His feet, and I enow that my prayers have been heard. December 15th.?Again this deep, unuterable yearning for human love. It overvhelms me like a surging sea?it shuts out iven the thought of Heaven. Must I, then, lie without one last smile, one last kiss of ?arthly forgivenss?must my earthly punshment continue to the very end? On, it s hard, bitter hard! But I deserve it all? ,'es, yes, I must deserve it, or surely I would lot suffer as I do. * * * Silas?if ever rou see these words, remember * * * This was the last record which was traced n the diary by Celestine's failing hand. Miss Christiana, coming into her room, to iring some little delicacy she had preirepared for her, found her lying back in ler chair with closed eyes, her pencil in her land, and the book at her feet. She had mly swooned from weakness, and came to lerself when restoratives were applied. But she never recovered her strength" suttijiently to make any additions to the ramDling, pathetic record of her closing days. "Christiana," said Mrs. Brainerd to her laughter, one evening, "Don't you think it would be well to ask that poor young lady whether there's anybody, any relative, or icquaintance of any sort, whom she'd like :o have us send for, or write a line to, for tier? She can't ^st much longer?she'll never see the ending of this year, unless 1 im much mistaken." "Just as you think, mother," answered the younger woman. "I never venture to speak to her about her friends, afc they all seem to have deserted her, or else she has none." "Well, I think it is my duty to ask her," >aid Mrs. Brainerd, "and I'll do it as kindly is I can, so as to spare her feelings. But if there is any living person who ought to take in interest in her, it's a crying shame for her to be left alone at such a time as this." So she broached the subject carefully to lier charge; and Celestine received her proposal to write or send a message to any one she chose to mention, more calmly than she liad ventured to expect. Who reflected a moment in snence, men ijave her Miss Latimer's address. "Don't ask her to come, please," she said, 'only tell her that I shall not be here long? ind?send her my love. She is an old friend?some one I used to know, long ago." "My dear,'" Mrs. Brainerd said, "why did you not let me send to her before ?" "It did not matter. I have needed nothing?you have been so kind to me," was felestine's answer, as she held out her wasted hand ; and Mrs. Brainerd, after kissing lier, hurried away to hide the tears that the simple action brought to her eyes. Celestine lay on her couch now ; she was x>o weak, after Miss Christiana assisted her :o rise and partially dress in the morning, ;o do more than walk, with the help of a supporting arm, to a little room adjoining ler chamber, and there keep quiet for the est of the day on a comfortable chintz-cov-< )red sofa with luxurious pillows, which Mrs. Brainerd appropriated to her use. Sometimes she held a book or a bit of work n her hand, but it was a mere pretext of occupying herself. After she knew that Mrs. Brainerd had sent her missive to Miss | Latimer, a suppressed excitement took pos- ! session of her, and was visible in a certain restlessness ol manner and brightness of i *lance which showed that some inward amotion was at work. In spite of her care-! Ful habit of self control, and the conviction tvhich, by constant endeavor, she had sue- j reeded in impressing upon her own mind, i that all intercourse between herself and any person connected with her old life was for- j jver at an end, and that any effort on her ; part to re-establish it, ever so briefly and slightly, would be entirely vain, the sending of that note awakened a glimmer of tiooe in her heart, unacknowledged yet felt, inc'l the result was this tremulous suspense, which her friends observed and almost fearid in consequence that they had taken an 1 injudicious step. The communication had been dispatched j in the nineteenth of the month. It was! now the twenty-third, and no answer had ; ome. "To-morrow will be Christmas Eve," said ^elestine, as she looked wistfully out through the darkness that settled down early on the landscape. "How bright the stars are? please, Miss Christiana, leave the shutters ipen a little longer. I like to look out." "Certainly, iny dear," said Miss Christiana, kindly. Both ladies had fallen into the habit of calling her "my dear," and 'ray child," as though she were a very young girl; and, indeed, her face was still J <0 youthful that it was iiard to realize the' fact of her having reached the age of twenty-three years. So Celestine lay and looked out, feeling nearer to the dark dome on high, with its myriads of shining lights, than to the cheer- ! ful glancing fire that leaped up merrily in ! the old-fashioned chimney, the lamp burning on the crimson-covered table, and all j the other pleasant home-like belongings that were gathered about her. Tranquil, yet unutterably sad she felt to-night. The nope she had unconsciously nourished was dying away, and she was dying with it, and no hand could stay her?and still no message had come to her from home?the home that had once been hers. "Miss Christiana, I will go to bed," she said, at length, turning her face away from 4-Krv Ac? frJnnrl u/lranforl in O <2 U1C VY 1I1UU? xxo ll^l iMVauuuTuuvvv. i,v sist her in rising from the couch, wheels were heard in the carriage-road without, approaching the house. As they paused to listen, the sound ceased?a vehicle had stopped at the gate. [to be continued.] f i00r?j)hial gey art went.; WALTER Q. GIIESHAM. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. Judge Gresham, whom President Arthur appointed to succeed the late postmaster General Howe, was born near Corydon, Indiana, in 1833. He attended Bloornington -i University, "but was never graduated, and subsequently read law at (Anydor., in the office of Judge Porter, who is still living. His professional career was highly successful. and in 18U0 he was elected to the State Legislature, taking a prominent part in the war legislation of the period. lie became lieutenant-colonel of the 38th regiment, and soon afterwards colonel of the o3rd, and in the siege of Vicksburg, served as a briga- I dier general. He proved himself a brave 1 officer, and in the fighting before Atlanta 1 was so seriously wounded in the left leg five inches below the knee, that he was com- ] polled to quit the service. On his way home he was obliged to stop at New Albany, -1 where he remained a year before his recov- 1 ery. The tibia was fractured, and though ! the leg was not amputated, he still has to j walk with a cane and frequently suffers intense pain from the fracture, which gives the leg a decided curve. \ Judge Gresham resumed his law practice in New Albany, and in I860 ran against the late Speaker Kerr for Congress, his popular- 1 ity enabling him to reduce his opponent's majority. General Grant, when President, wished to make him Secretary of the Inte rior, but that being impracticable, he named him as Collector of Aew Orleans, but the i appointment was declined. Subsequently 1 he was appointed to succeed the* late Judge I MacDonald as U. S. District Judge for his district. But Judge Gresham's tastes impelled him to a political career and in 1880, ! he was an unsuccessful candidate for the U. S. Senate. When he received telegraph- ! ic notice of his appointment, he was holding Court at Evansville, the term not eonclua- 1 ing until the 7th of April. Private business also demanded some attention, preparatory to assuming the direction of the Post-Office Department. In the interim the duties of 1 the office devolved upon First Assistant ' Postmaster General Hatton. ! Judge Gresham's political sympathies are somewhat indeterminate. Though not an obscure man, he has by no means been conspicuous in political affairs. He supported ' Secretary Bristow's nomination in 1876 and ; that of General Grant in 1880. He is a forcible public speaker, an able lawyer, and his excellent character and capacity would seem 1 to toresnauow a satisiactory aiscnarge 01 tne important duties of the office which he has been chosen to fill. Hon. John J. Hemphill, M. G'., of South Carolina?The family of Mr. Hemphill is one of the oldest and most distinguished in the State of South Carolina. It is of Scotch-Irish origin, and immigrated to South Carolina long anterior to the Revolution. The Nixons and Adairs, of Kentucky, are his relatives. His father is a 1 lawyer, and has extensive practice. He has been a member of both branches of the ' State legislature. Hisfather'sbrother, John Hemphill, was chief justice of Texas, both ' before and after it was admitted a? a State into the Union, having occupied the bench 1 twenty years, and died while a member of 1 the Confederate Congress, in Richmond. John J. Hemphill was born in Chester, South Carolina, August 25, 184!), and has always resided there. His education was ac- ! quired in the schools of the town and at the South Carolina University, whence hegraduated in 1869. He immediately afterward began the study of law and was admitted to j! the bar in the fall of 1870. He shortly after 1 a: r.* 1 T.. L Ut?giliJ piauuuc nuu nan uctru nuiu^iui, ?lltr'] 1874 he was nominated by the Democrats for ' the legislature, but failed to be elected. In 1 187G, however, he was elected, and was re- ( elected for the two succeeding terms, serv- ( ing in that body for six years. In the can- ( vass for election to the present Congress he ! had for his Republican opponent the redoubtable Colonel Cash, whom he beat about ] two thousand votes. Mr. Hemphill represents the Fifth Congressional district, in the northern part of the State. I le is a member j of the committee on the revision of the laws, ' and also ot the committee for examining 1 the expenditures of the Department: of Justice. Mr. Hemphill it will be seen, is now | in his thirty-fourth year, and is tint young- ] e*st member but one of the House. 1 le mar- j ried a Miss Avery, a granddaughter of exGovernor Morehead, of North Carolina. ' This being his first session, he is studying ' more than acting, but is, nevertheless, watchful of the interests of his constituents, 1 and quietly biding his time. We feel con- 1 fident that no more worthy nor more effect- ' ivo representative could have been sent to i the Capitol from this grand old State.? i Washington Sunday Gazette, j Qiinix*; fkom Gas Tak.?'The last con-! tribution of modern chemistry to science is | < the production 01 quinine irom gas tar. ; Pcpf Fischer, of Munich, has succeeded in \ obtaining from distilled coal a white chrystaline powder, which, as far as regards its action on the human system, cannot be distinguished from quinine except that it assimilates more readily with the stomach, i Its efficacy in reducing fever heat is said to j be remarkable, even rendering the use of, ice unnecessary. The importance of such a | discovery as this consists not so much in the actual fact as in the stimulus given to scien-1 tific research by the opening of a new elian-; nel of investigation. The romance of gas j tar is evidently far from being exhausted. In addition to the sweetest scents, Ihe most | powerful disinfectants, and even in prussic < acid, are some of the numerous and won- ] derful products of its decomposition.? AWenfific American.. > Scraps! of petal pistonr. REMINISCENCES OF YORK. BY Dr. MAURICE A. MOORE. From the Yorkville Enquirer, 1870. The land which is the present site of Yorkville, was owned by William Edward Hayne, Esq. He possessed thousands of acres called "the Barrens," including in extent ten miles from his furnace on Allison's Creek, with the exception of some settlements on the low-grounds. This gentleman donated lots for public buildings, and afterward drew a plan for the laying off of the town, which, had it been adhered to, would have added to its beauty. The first house built was on the spot now occupied bv the Presbyterian Church, and was owned by Robert Smith. Of him I know no more than his name. The second residence was that of "Gentleman Alec Love," a son-in-law of old Mr. Jimmy Ross. His connection wi WTthut worthy gentleman, and a customarily"neat toilet, 1 presume, gained for him the pleasant appellation un3er which was always known. The site of his house was between H. F. Adickes' store and residence, where now stand a tin and shoe shop. The third domicile was put up by David McCall?a large two-storied log building?and was opened by him as a house of entertainment. He, after a few years, sold out to his brother, John McCall, who thus became "mine host" of the little village. However, when Court week came, old Mr. Michael Moore and Mr. Jimmy McNeil were in the habit of carrying a wagon loaded with beds, cooking utensils, plates, Ac., &c., to the village, and renting anouseowned by Mr. Beatty ; and while the crowd remained, furnishing entertainment and accommodations. The week following being always Court week at Chester, the worthy copartners and their impromptu hostelry, migrated thence, ready, for the week, to take in Bench and Bar, as well as common rr.iL After the death of Mr. McCall, his wife still continued to keep open house. For many years she might he truly called the "mother'of York," and was a woman, whose generous soul, warm heart and charitable actions, are beyond all praise. She was beloved by all classes ; aud with reason, for as friend, neighbor? mistress, she had scarce a peer. Left a widow with five small children, she managed with industry, energy and economy, her home affairs; but in sickness and distress, no matter whether among high or low, she was ever ready to minister to body or mind diseased, outof the flowing springs of sympathy ever welling up in her tender heart. "Men's due deserts, each reader mav recite, For men of men do make a goodly show ; But'woman'?,work may never come" to light, No mortal man fTTtfi. 1 ;cis acts may know." Many now in Yorkville rem'ember old Mrs. McCall, and the kindliness that lived with hertoa green old age. The same beaming benevolence seemed to have distinguished her girl-hood, for on the occasion referred to in another number when in company with President Jackson, of none did he inquire with more affectionate interest, than a "blooming lass of his school-days at Bethel, named Grizzy McKinney?" At Ihe time of the conversation with General Jackson, she was my much loved and respected landlady. Universally, among her acquaintances, was her death lamented. The whole village mourned her loss. Of few can it be said, as of her, she left not an enemy. Her son, Mr. Hilly McCall, now lives in the vicinity of Yorkville, and knows probably more of its early history than any one else living. To him I am indebted for the name of Robert Smith, the first resident. Dr. Josiah Moore located in Yorkville in 180.1, and was the first physician who settled there. He was one of Dr. Alexander's pupils, and received his first classical instruction at the Bullock's Creek Academy. He graduated, afterward, at an institution in lventucKy, ana siuaiea meaicine wun oiu Dr. McDowel, of Danville, Kentucky, and then returned to his native State to practice. Dr. Moore was a man of first-rate natural abilities, with a cultivated, well-trained mind. He was successful as a practitioner, and beloved as a man. He played most delightfully on the violin, and had a voice remarkable in the sweetness of its varied modulations, and was fond, I presume, of dancing and society, as I remember he was one of the managers of the first ball ever given in Yorkville. However, the social habits, which contributed to his popularity, lead to his early death. He contracted habits of intemperance, which induced disease, cutting him off in the medium of his days, and in a full career of usefulness. He left a widow and two children. The latter married early, and all of them long ago left the State. Thus no memento of this once esteemed and prominentcitizen now remains. How evanescent are the things of sense. How true the mournful cadence or na'.eigirs lines: "Even such is time, that takes on trust, Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us. but with ago and dust; Who 111 the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days." JUDGE WILLIAM SMITH. The "limb of the law" which first engrafted its destinies with those of the growing town, was of material which afterward formed a strong plank in the Bench of the State. William Smith?later Judge Smith?was the first resident lawyer of Yorkville. I have always thought he was from Lincoln, tind am still under this impression, though it biographical sketch of him, published some years since by his grand-daughter, says he always spoke of himself as a South Carolinian ; and she had a vague impression that by theadjustment of boundary lines betw een North and South Carolina, his birth-place was thrown from the latter into the former. I think if she is correct in believing the State of his nativity changed by a new survey, it is probable srhe got the facts reversed. )rA portion of York District formerly belonged to North Carolina. It formed a portion of a county called Tryon, which also included the present counties of Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, etc., in its boundaries. The Court House of Tryon was located near vwieru uit; fuuu nuui ouuauui^ iw niiiun o Ford, on Broad Iliver, now crosses the road from Yorkville to Lincoln ton, known as the "King's Mountain" road. Fortius locality r am indebted to Rev. S. L. Watson ; but neither he or I can designate the points of line which then formed the boundary between North and South Carolina. Judge Smith received the first elements nf hjs Latin under Dr. Alexander, but finished his course within the time-honored walls of Mount Zion College, Winnsboro. That lie was a man of the first order of intellect, the various positions of emiuence to which he was preferred, undoubtedly prove. His career furnishes to young men a most ?ncouraging example, portraying the effects nf ambition, energy, perseverance and so briety. His parents were happily able to give him a good education and profession. His farther patrimony was hut good advice md a blessing. Two young men who were his contemporaries?Simon Taylor and Bob Hill?dashed about in their sulkies on the circuit, while Smith rode a chunk of ahorse, carrying saddle-bags lilied with law-books. In the race of life, how far he ran ahead ! Tliey were the sons of wealth, and had not the stimulus of empty purses to urge them :>n, and call out every faculty to gain the goal. True, in the beginning, there was little promise in the young lawyer, of the future brilliancy of his career, lie was wild md dissipated. Suddenly he was brought to consider and mend his ways. Galloping his horse one day at full speed, lie came to the forks of the road. He wish?d to take one?the horse the other. The i result was the animal ran up against a tree, | the force of the shock throwing both to the ground?the rider apparently lifeless. The efforts to restore consciousness by the companion of his ride, were, for some time, without eifect. At last, animation was restored, but the injury received was a serious one, confining him for some time; but li J found the bed of pain profitable, for i j "brought him to himself." At the very time lie got his hurt, lie \va ! determined to leave South Carolina, in con sequence of trouble got into through hi misdemeanors, and had matured his plan to do so. He was thus prevented from cai rying out his design, his season of refiectioi changed his course, he determined on bel I ter things and a new way of living. lie wa j a man ever to abide by a firm resolve, and I long tide of success rewarded the arduou study and temperance ot nis alter me. For many years Judge Smith was a mem ber of the legislature from York, and at th time of his election as Judge, in 1808, fille< the position of President of the Senate. I 1816 his was first elected to the Uuited State Senate. In 1822 he was defeated by Robei Y._ Ilayne for the United States Senate His York friends showed their sympath; and confidence, by returning him, at thei next election, a member for the House c Representatives; and the following yea in the House he took Prioleau's resolution and changed them. In 1826 Judge Smith was again elected t the United States Senate to fill the unes pired term of John Gailliard. The doc trine of nullification, about this time, be came the popular one of South Carolina and Judge Smith being an uncompromis ing Union man, was again superseded i 1880? this time by Stephen I). Miller. Ili friends in the district of York, to sooth his wounded ambition, elected him to th State Senate. I think of Judge Smith as one of the bit terest politicians I ever knew. His tern per naturally dogmatical, was soured by th constant defeats of his party. He hatei Mr. Calhoun with bitter animosity, am flolf flint. linnnrc nffprnrl tn flip lnttor hv th State, to be insults to himself. His affet tions were finally so alienated from th people of South Carolina, he removed fron her limits and found a home in Alabama where, some years earlier, he had transfei red the major part of his property. In many essentials Judge Smith was kind man, a pleasant neighbor, a hospitabl gentleman, and good companion to thos he liked; but implacable in his prejudice and unforgiving in his enmities. One c Johnson's good haters; but true as steel i: a frieqdship. It was while at Dr. Alexander's sehoc he formed an attachment to William II Crawford, which friendship remained in tact during their lives. After the contes for the Presidency in 182-1, when Adam? Jackson, Clay and Crawford all entered th arena, an article published in the paper? quite humorous in tone, delineating th race as one of a Jockey Club course, caugh uie inoou 01 uio peopio, iinu was reau uii' referred to constantly. Smith, then residin at Pinkneyville, Union District, had exert ed every nerve to secure the election of hi old friend. W. H. Crawford. The news paper burlesque said the Jackson hors strode through the State of Tennessee wit utmost speed; on through North Carolin with almost -i".j.ual velocity, and into Sout Carolina, where, although a man nameSmith, at Pinckneyvilie, rushed in aw tried to scare him off the trad!' 4V*r th Georgia horse to get ahead, the Jaekso horse jumped over him, stretching hiir self, and losing no time till he reached th Georgia line. Caleb Clark facetiously r( marked to Judge Smith, on meeting hit soon after reading the piece, "Well, Judg the Jackson horse was too much for youran over you; you could not scare him o the track.*' "He would have been had h been bridle-wise, sir," hissed the Judge, i his sarcastic tone. His old school-mate, Jackson, howevei bore no grudge against Smith for hi* supc rior affection for Crawford, and their same ness of political creed cemented and strengtl ened their earlier ties. After Judge Smit removed to Alabama, jat'Kson appoinue him a Judge of the Supreme Court, but h declined to accept the high position. Judge Smith built a very handsome res; dence on Turkey Creek, but returned agai to a village life. Here he always dispense much elegant hospitality, both to strangei and townsmen. Some of the handsome;; entertainments I have ever attended, wer dinners given by him ; and dancing partie with good music and tine suppers, were frt quently enjoyed in his pleasant mansion He improved the beautiful lot and built th handsome house now owned by Robert G McCaw, Esq., but before he completed hi designs, he removed to Huntsville, Alii baina, where he built himself a palath residence. His manner of speaking was considerabl sententious, and his pithy remarks frequeni ly impressed themselves on one's memory when the same words, from another's lip; would have been forgotten. Mr. Bob Coop er once said, "Well, Judge, you have don a good deal toward improvements; you hav built a tine' house on Turkey Creek and on in. Yorkville?now you ought to build mill." "I have often noticed, Mr. Cooper, that mill was a fine thing for the neignborhooc but a bad thing for the owner." 1 n the trit reply, is a truth made manifest to man who' have had experience to test the mattei Nothing could show the devoted attach ments of this stern Judge more strong]} than his habit of removing his daughter' body wherever he went. She was his onl; child. She married and died early, but he bones found not a final resting place unti they were taken by her father to Alabama where he now lies beside her. PI is memory was remarkable for strengti and accuracy. Much of his success in busi ness may be attributed to this, and his ex actness in even small matters. I once tesl ed his power, and was struck forcibly, as ai eye-witness of the trait of mind I had oJ ten before heard remarked upon. I hai business in Court for one of the heirs of i)i John Allison, and for the want of a certaii paper, was much perplexed, and feared might not, without it, be able ts establisl the claim. Some friend suggested tha Judge Smith might have it, as he had beei Dr. Allison's Executor. I called toseeth Judge and told him of the desired paper and the hope that he might have it. " have it," he answered promptly. "Patsey,1 he called to a servant; "go in my office look in the left hand corner from the door [ on the shelf, and bring me a small red, hai I trunk, with brass nails." The woman sooi I returned with the article described. II took out an immense bunch of keys, sooi selected one and fitted it. Ashe turned tin key, lie said, "I have not been in thi trunk for fifteen years, but the paper yoi want is in the rierht hand corner, larthes back, near the bottom." He looked in th designated spot, took out a bundle of oh papers from near the bottom, and soon pro duced the one I coveted. I almost forgo my gratieation at its possession, in admira tion of this remarkable exhibition o memory. His resentments were strong, and some times he allowed his irrascible temper t< get the better of him, and he wouid use hi cane as well as the biting sarcasm for whicl he was famous. Fisticuffs, too, were rathe more dignified then than now ; but thougl I have seen the Judge several times attemp to take things high-handed in a dispute some one always interfered, after one o two blows, and stopped the combatants and neither party could boast, without som< lower in state might have thought chastise ment from the astute Judge an honora ble mark of attention, in the spirit of Dr Wills' when the Duke of Saxe Wiemar, a a reception given to his lioyal Highness b} I Judge DeSaiissure, turned and begged tin gentleman's pardon for stepping on his to* in the crush. "Quite welcome, sir ; <juit< welcome," replied the honored Esculapius. From his early residence, high positioi and dogmatical character, Judge Smith wa long the autocrat of York. True, he wai tyrannical to some extent; but for man} years he was the pride of our district. Far lyin life she bestowed on him her honors later he showed the wisdom of her trust winning high places for himself and frorr them reflecting back on her his fame. So i not loved, he.was universally looked up t( 0 i unci respected. To young men he was full a t! of good advice, and often times kind and t! j encouraging to them. In some points his s example is worthy of imitation. A reform- v .- ed prodigal, tilling places of great trust; ti s poor at the beginning of life, at the end pas- a s sessed of a princely fortune, gained by his ti - determination and energy. Listless idler! ii 11 weary loafer! turn over a new leaf?"go , li thou and do likewise." d s [TO UK CONTINUED.] a 1 ^UsccUitucuttS Reading. * e : . Ij tl ETIQUETTE FOR MEN. ; Don't wear clothes that attract attention, a i j either from their being too much out of the , I fashion or too much in it. Notice the pre- i ' vailing style of hats, chothes and shoes and s ' see that ypurs accord with it. A gentleman 2 I is well dressed when there is nothing notice- ? able about his attire. I Don't wear business clothes to an after 'n noon reception or a dinner in the evening. Always put on a black coat for afternoon 1 and wear a dress suit for dinner and at _ f I evening.. x Don't wear a white tie with anything but ^ L | a dress suit, and don't wear at any time a ? .[ ' gaudy cravat. One of dark or low-toned Q !T j colors is generally preferable. Rich white , j Lord Stanley cravats can be worn with a ^ ? j dark Prince Albert or cut away coat in ^ spring or summer. .x Don't wear a large single diamond in ^ your shirt front at any time, or diamond e studs in any way noticeable for size. Small g " cat's-eye studs are sometimes worn with ' I a dress suit, but small plain gold ones are ^ , preferred. c Don't wear much jewelry at any time, j Don't smoke in the presence of ladies. ^ ' Always remove your cigar when bowing to j a lady, and it is even more polite to throw g it away when so doing. It is even question.1 able taste for a gentleman to smoke in the ^ street at any time. _ Don't bow to a lady until she has bowed ? to you. \ This rule, of course, admits of modifica- t tion in certain cases of relationshii) or -ac quaintance when the lady evidently does tJ not, from some cause, recognize the gentle- t man. j( i Don't shake hands with a lady on your g - first introduction to her, nor afterwards, ^ * unless she first evinces a desire to do so. q 1 Don't call on a lady unless you have ob- 0 ' tained permission to do so. '' Don't make you calls or visits too long, g Madam Itecamier once said that "one hour ^ '' was all she granted to the most agreeable of fj t men, and that she could stand nobody [J longer than that." a Don't fail to send in your card on your q ? first call, and in fact it is better to do so al- j L" ways to avoid mistakes, etc. t Don't forget to always raise your hat when r " you bow to a lady or an elderly gentleman. J. * Don't fail to answer notes, invitations, ^ etc., promptly aim uun t ever arrive mie mr (j j ti dinner party, and if anything would pre- u I vent your attendance at a dinner at which , you nave promised to be present, notify v your host or hostess at the first possible mo- ? n ^nt* . S DoftHvdrink to much wine, either at. a din- f, ner, evening party or .a ball. This rule ap- rj plies at any time, but especially in society. It is a good plan either for a geftt'eman to abstain entirely when in society, or to-limit ? himself to a certain small and harmless* j ?. amount. s Don't express yourself ungrammatically f and don't indulge in slang. Watch yourself o most closely in these two particulars. Noth- t ing condemns a gentleman so quickly. I Don't introduce yopr business affairs into f private conversation. "Talking shop" is ( " always objectionable. Don't talk about your grievances, lie- v j member that the world cares little for you c and less for your troubles, and above all c don't discuss your personal likes and dis- g likes. j" Don't adopt alfectations of speech or man- r i ner. Especially don't ape the dress, cus- e toms, ideas and speech of a foreign country wnen iney are opposed io or uinerenniuiu c those of your own. t Don't boast about yourself or your aecomplishments if you have any. t Don't swear or use strong terms of expres- c * sion. h Don't talk about your wealth or poverty, f r' and don't appear extravagant or miserly. g . Don't make your devotion to any young 0 i lady too apparent unless you really have t serious intentions. r Don't fail to be always polite, and especially so to your elders. Don't neglect your duty as a gentleman to t ' be always just and courteous and kind. e I Don't fail, lastly, to always observe the s " feelings and rights of others, which more r - than all else marks the true gentleman.? t I A. Y. World. t a A Model Establishment.?We refer to a the new steam engine works just completed v I by our enterprising fellow-citizens, Messrs. 0 e Tozer & Dial. Just one year ago these gen- j .. tlemen commenced to clear away the debris t of the National Hotel, destroyed by fire r about three years ago, situated directly op- f r posite the South Carolina Railroad Depot, g s Since then they have built the most commo- s y dious establishment of the kind South of n THfihty-,0,-1^1 Aro Tlioir inpmiaino1 hn^inps^ e r AWVilllJUUVtj T *? A**Vt* 4MV?V??W4..J5 I, il demanded larger workshops und better ship- t t ping facilities. They are now prepared to j turn out engines from G to 200-horse power, t h The South Carolina Railroad track extends 0 i_ nearly the whole length of their premises, e _ which extend from Gervajs to Lady street, v r affording them every facility to bring in n their materials and ship out their finished r f. machinery. Their shops are all built of p brick, and are of the following dimensions : p Store room, for finished machinery, Go feet ,j by 30 feet. Office and tool room, 40 feet by cj j GO feet. Machine shop, 162 feet by 40 feet. v li Foundry, GO feet by 40 feet. Pattern and g I woodworking shop, 50 feet by 25 feet, two t| ii stories. Boiler and blacksmith shops, 150 rt e feet by 35 feet. The entire machinery is run tl by a 35-horse power engine of their own p I manufacture and design, and is a beautiful p " piece of workmanship, displaying a degree p of taste and simplicity that is not often met h ' with in engines of this class. It moves with \ r as much ease and as noiselessly as a lady's sj n sewing machine. They are using the wire c e rope system for transrnittiug power across n the yard to their boiler shop, which is being e fitted up with all the modern labor-saving 'j s tools of the day, and will enable them to " "i compete for any size boiler that may be re- u t quired. Their new foundry is also being S( e fitted up with all the modern improvements. (] j When fully under way they will be pre- e. . pared to turn out one of their agricultural a t engines every day, which is something new v 4UZr* C'fn+A . lur lino oitvic* f The extensiveness of these works can on- tj ly be appreciated bv a visit to them, when jj . the proprietors will he pleased to show what g 3 can be done by home enterprise and thrift. fc H Their machinery is not only used extensive1 ly in this State, but they are constantly j] r | shipping their engines and saw mills to Ala- w , hama, Florida, Texas and adjoining States, p, t They certainly do deserve the patronage of e' our own people, for they have an establish- a r ment that both city and State may well be p( proud of.?Columbia Register, 8th. p, 2 le Till': Pranks of aS" Impostor.?The ad- d - vent of a man who calls himself Dr. James . Ellis, accompanied by a girl he calls his t daughter, among the people of the Pea pi / Ridge section of this county, claiming to be r( 2 able to heal all diseases by quoting certain ci 2 passages of Holy Scripture and the use of a a.* 2 peculiarly constructed plumb line, which fi little instrument directs his thoughts by its st i unerring drop, is in some respects alarming. T s This vile impostor has dropped down, as it cl s were, and taken up his abode among these fi ; honest, sturdy people, and by the practice of r( - his nefarious devices has absolutely unset- pi ; tied and dethroned the reason of some of ti , the most credulous and unsuspecting cit- v: i izens, who have allowed their superstitious ai f natures to control their better judgment, to g< > the exclusion of every rational hypothesis, ? nd groat excitement prevails throughout lie neighborhood. We feel a profound sympathy for the conerts of such as Dr. James Ellis, and are ruly astonished at the influence he exerts mong a people who have ever been characerized for their good sense. Some possesstig even more than ordinary intelligence tave resented with patriotic zeal the introuction of any "newfangled" person or plan s was fully demonstrated by the warm reeption given to Prof. Lowe, with rocks and mee rails, when he dropped down in his ig balloon. We learn that some of the citizens have iccomejustly indignant and exasperated at he ruin wrought by this impostor, and have een trying to forcibly drive him from mong them, while others?his unfortunate elievers?are eudeavoring to protect and lefend him, claiming that the doctor posessesa charmed life, and that no common un with powder and leaden ball can kill iim.? (ri)ion Times. The Manufacturing States.?The econd volume of the census on manufacures is full of interesting figures. It shows mong other things that theafeam power 01 he country far outruns its water power. )ut of 3,410,837 horse power in all employd in manufactures, only one-third consists f water power, the remainder bein?r steam tower. These figures would be still more ne sided if the power of grist and saw riills was excluded. These kinds of mills re cheiefly driven by water power, and hey are not considered as manufacturing stablishments. In manufactures proper team power is probably used fully four to n/. WVinrnvni- unol nun ho latri HnWII at hrce dollars a ton, water power is no longer onsidered preferable, no matter what the till or quantity of it may be. Steam is a letter servant at all times than water, and t is rapidly supplanting it where the fuel upply is not prohibitory. In the grist and saw mills of Georgia here are .'10,600 horse power, but all the lower does not add to the wealth of the itate as much as does the horse nower used n our manufactures proper. We use in his way 15,395 horse power. These are lot immense figures when compared with hose of the great manufacturing States of he Northeast; but they show that Georgia eads in manufactures all the other cotton itates. Tennessee uses 14,379 horse power, . v; Virginia 13,275, North Carolina 7,962, South ^ Carolina 0,900, Alabama 4,680, Mississippi if? ,613 and Florida 301. Pennsylvania is the great manufacturing itate of the Union, using 354,774 horse lower; New York comes next, using 280,99; Massachusetts, with 279,114 follows losely after; Ohio has 142,853 horse power, nd little Connecticut shows up with 104,552. "onnecticutis a marvel of manufacturing ndustry. There are only 600,000 people in he little State, but she uses more horse lower than alftne South, excluding Missoui, West Virginia,, Maryland and Delaware, ^he South has no reason, however, to be liscouraged, for she has only just entered ipon an industrial career, ana a lew years rill be apt to change the relative figures rery materially. At present the three States, Pennsylvania, New York and Masachusetis, use more horse power in manuacturing than all the other States and the ?eriitories combined.?Atlanfd Constitution. Tiie Appkoaching Election.?This State is in a peculiar condition of happiness, nasmuch as all of her Executive officers are o acceptable that there is no evident reason or any change..at the next election. The ;eneral voice of'the State seems -to favor he re-election of Governor Thompson. jieutenant-Governor Sheppa?d"iras" been a aultless officer. The present Comptroller ieneral has performed his duties with a >er feet ion well illustrated in his last report, vhich is a model of accuracy, clearness and ompleteness. The Treasurer is beyond riticism, and certainly there is nothing but ;ood to say of the management of the Secetary of State's office. We do not know /\f n/wirlnof Af f V* n A ffAvnotr fion. liutli U1 UiU LUI!UUV,lr V/l 111V illivmv j ral's and Superintendent of Education's ffices, but the entire absence of complaint ir adverse comment is a strong plea in heir favor. As a general rule wholesale renominaionsare injudicious politically, and dangerius to the welfare of the State, but it would e unjust and unwise to displace good men or no other purpose than to give life and pirit to the canvass. None of our present dicers have been in lopg enough to acquire he position of barnacles or to forget their esponsibility to the people. It looks now as if we could have the busiless of the State Democratic convention ransacted by a system of postal cards from acli county, and use our surplus energy in tirring up the Congressmen. We will irobablv nave enough fun out of the Disrict fights to keep us all awake until elec'ion day anyhow.?Greenvilie News. Was Eauly Man a Savage??It is a vonderful thing how absolute is the silence f our race on their own early history. ,utting aside, of course, the Scripture naraive, which is of much later date, no whisier comes to us out of the depths'of time rom man himself to tell us of nis own ori;in, or of his early history. Some people .ht fliia u'oe natural pnrmcrh hppnimp nan was at first a savage. But I must rankly confess that I do not believe that heory. There is another way of aceountng for it?on the supposition that man, in he childhood of his race was as we are in ur individual childhood, and was possessd of that blessed conscientiousness of self thich is the charm of childhood. It does not occur to a child to write a diay of his own existence. But let no one ell me that man was a savage when I know hat the inventions of early man were innitely more important than those of later ays, of which we are so proud. The man r'ho drew the first spark of fire was a far reater inventor than the man who drew he first spark of electricity. Look again, t the invention, which must have been he result of many processes, by which cerlin natural grasses were gradually made to roduce those crops upon which we all deend?those cerials which are the staple of uman consumption all over the globe, Ve must get some other explanation of the ilence of man than that he was a savage.? rood Words. Paper for Cleaning Spectacles.? he old gentleman with his spectacles, the Lord Dundreary" with his "glahss," the lyopic reacier anu uie snori-signieu perms generally, who carefully wipe the imuess from their spectacles and eye glass5 with silk hankerchiefs, are perhaps not ware that a piece of paper will do the serice much better. No matter how fine the lk may be it will not leave the surface of le glass so well polished as the paper will, f pains are taken to rub off any particles of ritty dust that may be on the glasses be>re rubbing them, the paper will never ijure the surface with the slightest scratch, lampen the glass with vapor or water, or hen possible, with the breath, and the paer will absorb all the moisture and whatver else is deposited on the glass, now in yiuch softened condition. The best paer is unsized and quite porous, like the paer used by newspapers. Blotting paper laves short fibres on the glass and is not esirable.?Paper World. The Noise of the Fingers.?When you oke the end of your finger in your ear, the laring noise you near is tne souna 01 ine rculation in your finger, which is the fact, i any one can demonstrate for himself, by rst putting his fingers in his ears, and then opping them up with other substance, ry it, and think what a wonder of .a maline your body is, that the points of your ngers are such busy workshops that they wir like a small Niagara. The roaring is robably more than the noise of the circula011 of the blood. It is the voice of all the ital processes together?the tearing down id building up processes that are always ling forward in the living body, from oon'ption down to death. /