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VOL. 30% YORKVILLE, 15 C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1884. IsTO. 8.
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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
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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
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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.
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