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/ VOL. II. An "Opium Hell" in China. "What spirituous liquors are for the European, opium is iu Java for the Moham- i jmcdau and Chinnmau. A European of the lower classes may sit iu his tap room I and debase himself by is sottisbneaa. twt he does it with nu uproarous menixuent which would make one think he was really liappy, ?.plto of the headaches mid delirium tremens he may kuow are iu store for him ; but in an opium hell nil is ?is etill as the grave. A murky lamp spreads a flickering light through the Jow-reofed suffocating room in which are placed bale* ? 1 \I. ci nAi?Ai?nf1 iMUes, or rougu ?oom-u !?.*<??. w/.v.v , with coarse matting, and divided into compartments by means of bambooed *crainscottiu?. The opium-smokers, men aind women, lost, to every sense of modesty, throw themselves languidly on the mat- j ting, and, their heads supported by a fjreasy cushion, prepare to indulge* in their darling vice. A small burning lamp is placed on the iid>le, so as to he easily readied by all the ! degraded wretches who seek forgetfuhieps *>r elyrium in the fumes of opium. A I pipe of bamboo reed, with a bowl at cue 4?ud to contain the opium, is gou? rally made to do service to two smokers. A piece of opium about the size of a p-*u <x>sts sixpence (a day's wages), but it, is sufficient by its fumes to lull the sense of the smoker. These fumes they inhale deliberately, returning them in .the mouth as long v as they can, and then ailowiug them to exhale gradually through the nos- ! trite. After two or three inhalations, 1 however, the op him is consumed, and the ' pipe falls from the hands of its victim. 1 At first the smokers talk to each other in ' a whisper Scarcely audible, but they soon become still as the dead. * | Their dull, sunken eyes gradually be- ' coming light and sp arkling, their hollow 1 cheeks to wime ? healthy roundness; a i gleam of satisfaction?nay, of eestaey? 1 lightens tip tl^eir countenances jus they revel in imagination in those sensual de- ! lights which are to constitute tin ir Mo- i hammedan Paradise. Enervated, languid, j emaciated as they are, in fact, they see ! ?nd feel for the time regenerated ; aud j though they lie there, the shainekss and impassive slaves of sensuality* and lust, their senses are evidently steeped in bliss. Aroused, however, from their dreams and 1 delusions, tho potency of the charm exhausted,?driven from their hell by its proprietor?see them next morning walking with faltering steps, eyes as dull >s lead, cheeks hollow as coffin*, to their work. . I A fccntiuel of (lie Grand Army. j Everybody lias heard of the sentinel j who halted the first Napoleon at Ebers- | berg. Tlxe sentinel still lives, and lias re- i oently been received by Napoleon III. and his Empress at Fontaiuebleau. A French journal gives an interesting sketch of the j interview, its hero, acd his history. P< re ; Ooluche, at he is called, is a square-built, 1 - alert little infantryman, eighty-two years j old, but lively anil quick of wit. He has ) been earning liis livelihood for fifty years j as a farmer, after serving through all the i great cami aigns of the empire, from Jena to Waterloo. At Ebersl erg Iih was put I on guard at tie half ruined hovel where. Napoleon lodgeu, with orders to abinit nolnrdy unaccompanied by a staff officer. ' Toward evening. Napoleon in his gray oloak, attempted to pass. 4'Halt! I cried," j ~ * ?-??-? : aava iJoiucne, leiiing in* u>?u n?m,. , 44 Halt! and nothing more; for I didn't and couldn't know it was the Emperor. The gray-coated man paid 110 attention, but came on. Halt! I cried again, or I * - put my baponet into you. Ujkui this two or three stuff officers come out, and I j S?a? carried to the watch-house. They all j ?aid to me, there, Coluche, there's an end j to you; you raised your hand against the i Emperor." "And my orders?" I replied. So I was sent for soon by the Emperor bimself. I went in, my hat iu my hand. 1 "Grenadier," said Nopoleou, "put a red , ribbon in your button hole; I give 3-011 ; the Cross of the Legion!" "Thanks my j Emperor," I answered; "but where can , I buj> a bit of ribbou, there are no shops ' here." The Emperor laughed, and an- j ?wered, "Steal a bit of red silk from 1 some woman's pettiicoat; that will do as well!" Coluche came to Foutainebleau j with his railitiuy certificate, and a portrait of liimsely, charmingly engraved by tee' charming singer. Viardot Garcia, who ! is a ^ear neighbor of Coluche, and who j e.mnses herself with the engraver's burin when she is not enchanting everybody *'* * -- ? ~ W/viu^loAn else witn ner exquisite smgiuy. , IIL walked for an hour with Coluche in the park. "Would you have fired not knowing it was the Emperor?" asked the Third Napoleon. "No, sire! I should on- . It have hurt him with my bayonet," replied tho bluff old soldier. At sight of the Empress, Coluche could not restrain lis frank admiraticn. He cried out, "Ah! Madame is my Empress? Well, sire, I V \ THE FREE SOUTH?BEAUF N " * congratulate you on ycur choice find on your good taste." When Cohiche left Al-* il.il.,ll'llO f ! ineir presence uitj uiujinui u.mm nu?v j lie could do for liim. "Sire I don't want | ! nvthing; bnt should like to have portraits ! 01 you three." Of course Coluclie will be giaified. and his heir? will receive an udci.ti jnul legacy of Napoleonic favor. The ^ayin'R and Boiu'tt of Josh Billins:*. TO CON'TRlhUloAS. Perkins.?I have red yure peace on , j " Wuu.nil.s Kites," thru and thru, audi ; must say t'- ' i luv it. In mi opinyuu. j ! wo n t . h . i > tn dew enny tiling well, out s > ;n' wood ain't their st'l'-; " saw-buck iz a high one. .a: * .1 the wust wa. II r . ' ; ' . not fully born ye', v'- - i 1 ink yu will be j * > . .. .ginashun enuff i . }. . Yure landguage I 1/4 : . ; did yon ever travel | 1 iu T.- . a ri agin?i notis one ov yure ! lilies, has ;."t 10 feet into it, and the next I one, lm/ only 9 feet six. inches, jist six inches short. Sum poiks air born, and ! sum are mui-'tahm. ; ihe inanafakturd one are the uioste stol dyest, tiia aint so up tew hanker after mint juleps. Yu ort i tu go up gurrctt when yu praktis, moste awl good poeekry has bin rit up garre-t. Absoluui.?Yure letter cum sa.f to hand. In repli i oeg leaf tu stait thnt i atu not the Edditur, i think the eddi?ur, if he j waz tew hum wud giv yu employment, j The sample ov yure r?tile, which yu en- j kloze, is smoc the. Yu are evideutla a j slippery writer. There iz a gfuto demand , jist now for contributors ; tliares4tie sau- 1 itara fund and the kentrarybaud fund, i the General Mel ellan pus fnnd, and the I furriu mission, and the 5 pints ami bread i for irelau.l and pasinck rale rode stok and swords for Brigmleer Genrals, and soup ! icr the sufring, and the taxes; yu hail | better cum rile 011, yu kaut fail tew get ' ' > T > ' I. H i sum ov mese jous.?xK.-apfKuiui.ii ymes? > J. B. Alii>.?Nex week we shall givyure cent- ; imeuts on Goli' to the publik. I think jist edzackly as yu dev. ; John B GofF iz huge on a iektur. tie. has got the art ov ! motioning out what lie sez and what he , dout sa. He wnd made a fust rate then*! tie. One of his Jekturs v. nd rt-.nl a good ileal, (to a mail who did n't understand ; limsik), like the notes of yaiikee doodle. Yu kunt reduse what lie s? z tew ritiu eiiuy ; ino;e than yu kau pia a sky roekt on u j jiuse harp. Yn n< ver saw enny thing he ever ced in a nuzt-paper, a reporter mite , az wtll undertake to l ite up the report ov a C shooter, ivz tew report iiim. Ivant in- I form yu, credibly how 1 .uch munny he ' haz inaid a lekturing/uwl i kaii sa iz if he gets <$100.00 u nite, aud lektuivs 500 uites in a .Vt-ar, it amounts tew 350,000 auuooly. 1 T lruiif. inform vn tew a lied 8?rOUUt:-e whether he iz married or not ; if he iz ; married, i 'li l?et u set tin ov hens eggs that a kurtaiu iektur in that faiuilee would n't pay for the advertizing. H vud Koad ?Yur essa lvu;: .snm good hits into it, hut iz not jis the t ing tor a religus iiiiz 'p tp r, like oars ; cend it tew 1J7/W Spirit, a paper that knows how tewlalk i;o. s. I will merely suggest that pedigree iz nor important for a fast trotting i:oss ; if he knn trot fasr, mver mind the peiligi*"e. There iz a g an many fast | men, even, who haiut ?_<?t ? pedigree. T.iaiv haiut much art in driving a tjrottuig hosss ; jist hold 'them baek hard, and in?iler them alnad hard, thats awl. A ho.-s will trot the fastest down hill. tspeshii'a if tin bridling br.ik *s. Kullcr iz no krit? l ion. I have seen awful mean ho s?s, ov awl kuliers, ? xcep green ; i never ceea mean one ov this kulier. Uu.W's liv tew ! an houorabil old age, and t imv oftiiivKeeii them, that appeared fully pivpard tor death. Heathins are idwus kind tew : liosses ; it \v. only amuug Christian p?o-. j pie that a l:oss h:iz tew trot o laile heats, j in a hot da, for ^25,000 in kounbrnit munny. " Here girls : keep cool. A blessed fu- j tur uwaitp yu. enny how.,, Take lessens iu j the piauna at onet: piann.ls arn getting skase. lii awl means larn to pis the 1111 i song that has just cum out. 4 When John i Brown is over we are Father Abraham 1 i . camming with tins Kruoi war Hevei-au strung.' This stanza tuck tin* fust premium ut the State Fair. Do 11't be afhiide tew git marred, your ma warent afraide. Lnrn how to knit pudding-bags tew put j yure hair in. Bo vartuous and pretty.? J Eat slnit pensils, tliu will uiaik yu spri nt j tiggers. Eat kolone water, tlia will maik j a good suieL Let ynre pettykcats drag ou the sidewalks, and if enny mau steps on them and tares opli the riua, slap his chops at oust. If yu liav got snial feet keep 'em hid. smal feet huv gone out ov fashun. Studdy travels: Tom Moore's, and Byron's, and Gulliver's, and Wandering Jewls and Vullaudighaui'a iz awl fust > rate; if yu kan spare the time be lovely I ORT, S. C., MARCH 26, 1804. and sweet. Remember one thing, there \ ain't nothing in this life worth living for but a rich bus' and ; if yu do n't bolcave me ask jure ma. If yu liav got red hair yu had better exchange it for blak ; blak hctir tlisi tell me is going tew be wore muchly next year. Do n't have ennything tew du with the boys, unless tha mean bussiness. If vu do n't kno how to skate, yu mite as wel jino a traveling nuuery at oust, for yure played oat."?Josh Billings. There is a le3son in everything, could we but see it. Many see it, but are too , indolent to learn. "I haven't taken a drop of liquor a ! M 1 /vnoofiAnoKlo I ypiir. 81UU Ull UlUltiduni ui vjuwuvukuw . morals. "Indeed! but which of your features ( are we to believe, your lips or your nose?" Pnrmd. On the eveninp of March If, on St. Helena^ Island, at Inlei plantation, the residence of the bride's father, by the Hen-, .lames Lynch, Mr. Kicnvsn iIa.mil,- j to* to Miss Uktty MeVti: i.ax, all of st. Helens parish, j [OFFICIAL.] Hi:Aixjrap.teils DRrAKTvr.NT ok tiik SoirriL,) Hilton Hf.ai>, S. C., March 8, 1904. f I' General Okukrh, No. 3-1. The following Circnlar, from the Provost Marshal General, is promulgated for the information of all concerned: and its provisions will be carried into effect, under the direction of Col. M. S. Littlkkif.ltl 21st IT. S. Colored Troops, Superintendent of the Recruiting Service for Coiored Troope: War Department, Provost Marshal <;f.skr\i.V Oeficr, Washington, March 1. 1804. ('iroit.ar. No. 8. 1. Pursuant ?o section 24, of the Act approved February 24, 1SGI, amendatory of the Vet of March 8, 1903, i Boards of Enrollments in Districts in which thee are an v colored persons held to sendee, will, without delay, | proceed to euroll all such persons as are liable to mili- j t.:ry duty. 2. EuroMing officers will conduct the enrollment in j the manner prescrilred by existing orders and regulations, and snch ether directions as the Actiug Assistant , Tl 4 *' ?*.?i- t .vf tKo Wtotna inntr cri v itovwsl JUirJMI.UO MCUCIRI Ul luv w??w *M.V e,. 3. En'oilmen t I ists will be made npon the printed forms, fXoh. 85 and 26). altering the heading to suit; and !ii the column headed "former military service," i the name of the person to whom service is owed will j be written. 4. A list, with a recapitulation of the number en- I rolled, will he m.uie for each Sub-district, and as 6oon | as the enrollment of the District is completed, those j lists will be forwarded to the Acting Assistant Provost . Marshal Gcueral for transmission to the Provost .Mar- | thai General. < opies of the list will be kept in the j offices of the District Provost Marshal. Those lists by { Sub-district* will not he consolidated. ft The Provost Marshal will furnish "each person to whom the persons owe service, a list of those owing service to him who have been enrolled, specifying their names, ages, and date of enrollment. C. It is made the duty of the Acting Assistant IVovosf Marshal General to superintend this enrollment, ! and give such orders as may I*e necessary to make it accurate aud complete. JAMES B. FRY, Provost Marshal General. By Command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. GII.f.MORK. Ei>. W. Smith. , Asst. Ai^t. GenH. j T 1ST OF LF.TTEKM RE.tIAI!HIKG IN i J the Po-t fMlicc at Beaufort, ft, l'? on eaturtiiay, j March Split 1SC1. AXDilitso V. LYNAS A MYEKPON. CHARLOTTE ! RRO VN, MIss?iLXA Miler V illlam Barnwell. MhsAIU. Mathew. Dick i mwiling. John 1 Ihclsud. 1 rank Ida k. I'ardncr A McNainara. & Douohuc, A. : - ' ? * s.-to, neain, ..tir". ? mr, I rbwn, Alford Miller, owmh L. C. Rii!in"er,* Miss Louisa MSinrson, Mrs. H? 1 icnklev. Mrs. Nancy Mnrtimlale. yrns i ntVr T)c-Vitt ; Medl r. I has. II. Bath Mrs. nn NaT! EL. OHAR. (Tarrer IJenrv N PHILLIPS, i UW ALP C.lhoun Miilbm Pond, I'cnry L. (Jaw ley. Mirtial 10 KRIS. <"0UP. C. H. Crews, Miss Emma L at mono. John 1);.. i K vNS. ('AI T. A Pamscy. Isaac ELLIO '. ABRAHAM l.'ayn A.ichil FPcTZISGKU OA FT. II.Roland u illiam Oil.I A UP, MI1S NANCY SMI - H, U. ?. i urdnor. Mrs. E. Y Simmons. Henry Growell. Sally So miners, Capt. Samuel Cad?en. Mrs. J Symerson. Jacob (.rowis, > rs. ^nrah Snrage. oerry . Gurthu. Betniamin Salter, Margaret # ? illp i rick. Jairn-* *> Small. Samuel Ul'PSON. Hr.NKY C TAGl'tf, JOHN Hampson, HcnrvA. Thomas, Wubin <1. 2 I oislon. Hy?rd'C. Towl Mrs. Nancy Ilonchett, 1 Im-ii Spencer, K. JL Lowlund, lleurv IC. YY KS u 01 f, ^ YV. Hawkins, Jack' Wildman. I agar. 2 JHFr 13KS. ( \PT. N. Y\ ashfngton. Nero Johnson, Arthur YVeat, apt. Ilarry KERSiJN<?. J A COB. 3 YYhitn*?, A. A. Surgeon. Kcnncy, Andrew Wood, llarriel tl. Lamb, Noah irr~ lYrs. ns inquiring for any of the above, wOl ask for 4* A'iv-i; s<: l Li tters." JOHN* C. ALEXANDER. P. M. Auction Sale of Condemned j Horses. WILL RE SOLI) AT PUbLiC AUCTION, ON"! Monday, the 2Sth day of March, lSfil, In front of | the Assistant Quartermaster* ( ftke, on 1 av street, jit t 1-' o'clock, noon, Tbirty-Five Condemned , Horse*. the property of the L'nited .-tatr*. i erma?t ash on delivery. JOHN II. MOORE, v'upt. and a. q. m. j Asst. Qr. Mrs Office. Beaufort, S. C'., March 24th, 1SOL , lit Woodcutters Wanted. THIRTY MEN WANTED TO Cl'T WOOD ON Ladies' Island, to whom good wages will be given. Apply immediately to S. F. S IKOIT, JtlJ At the Post Office. NO. 12. THE FREE SOUTH. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA. WILKES & THOMPSON, Proprietors Jams* C. Thompson - - - - - Editor. TERM S?Two Dollat-s per Annum, in adraiMiet. The postage on the Pur.* Sorni is twenty cents a year, pnyablo quarterly in advance -and may he paid at thi? office. Advertisements wiJl be Inserted at twenty ccnie a line for each insertion. TO OUR SOLDIER FRIENDS. An erccllcn iplan to secure a copy of tie Free 8o? . very week la to ttubneribc for THREE MONTHS FOR 50 CENTS JOB FHIlSTPrN-O-. Hairing just received a large assortment of new typew borders, roles, etc., we are now ready to execute ordc? for OFFICIAL BLANKS, of every description. AN> all kindsof merchanlileprinting, such us 13114. HFAJ>8?C'AKPS, CIRLT'LAK, HANDBILLS, INVOICES, etc. Our facilities arc such that wc arc able to fill orders npao the shortest notice. [SEALED PROPOSALS.] Otnox or fhtzF Coiixitsm I)nrinTjiE<T ov"| TUB Soi.TlI, llll.TO.S liXAlS > 1 ort troyal. S. t:? March 23, lSGi J SEALED PROPOSALS ON DITLICAT?) WILL H1C received at this office, hy tliP undersigned, until the 31st day of March (instant), at 1- o'c-'ock, M . for purchasing from the U. >. Government all the Hides, uooftt and tiorns of Beef Cattle used by the Army in the i>epirtmeut of the South during the inout s of April, May, Juue, July, August and September. 1434, The contractor will receive a'l hides, &c., aasooaas taken fr?>ra the tecf, raid wC. be held accouutaWe tor them, whether he gets them or not, nna will removo them at his own expense, as often as required by the commanding officer of the poat or place where the catlhv are slaughtered. Each bid must have a copy of this advertisement posted at its bead, and will be in the following form: L A. B? do hereby propose to purchase froui the U.S. Government all the "hides, hoofs nod horns of bee! cult!* ' used by tho Army in the Department of the South daring the months "of April, hay, June, July. August and \ September, 18(34. paying dollars .... cents, for the bide, &c? of each animal slaughtered. A. B. To l>c snhscribcd by two respectable eoritlea u follows: We. the undersigned,*"do herelw agree. th.<i should the above bid be accepted we will give our bmd in the ?Un? of Ouc thousand Dollars that lite coidiactshall be fulfilled. A. C. J. B. No bid will l?e entertained aniens the bidder Is present A 1 kL KM cu ri*j>|juuw tu xi 1^ uiu. Payments to be made once per month. Envelope containing bid. to bo marked: Proposal for Pcef uidea, &C. M. iL MORGAN. Lt. Col. Si C. i 12 Chief Commissary Dept. booth. _ -- < Photographs. MR. S. W. SINCLAIR WILL UlialAJN IN P8AUfort, 8. C., only two weeks longer, prior to opening the Gallery at Hilton Head, near the Theater. All persons desirous of having their Carte dc Vial tea f taken in the best style of the art, can svai: themselre? . u of this opportunity. ] tir Gallery corner C and 7th streets, near the Arsenal. USj SAM. A. COOLLY. At Stimson's New Store, Adjoining tub auams express officS, at Hilton Head, there is & good variety of I*apera?Stationery ami fancy articles. Also the best assortment of 1 hotogrupluc Albums !< tc found in the Department. 1* gooj> m:\vs, FURNITURE AT BOBBINS* OLD STAND. Chairs?nock ing,. Arm Chairs, fanmges, Bureaus, 15 Barge Water Casks Look lug-Glasses* Putty, Window ?asb? gfiiiigfles; Window Glass?All Sizes, ASStillI'MENT OF NtSW BRKbS GOODS, For sale by 7 8. C. niLLETT. Building Lots for Sale. The beet lot for buisness In Beaufort, comer oi B*>* ftreet aud 5tb. Sixty-two feet front on Pi; -at., twfr hundred on Ptk ftrce". Lot A, in block SO. SCO feet on I), and SCO faet 0? ' 9th at. \\ ill l?e divided to anil purchaser*. I Lot C in block 10. A fine building lot for A real- I dcncc. I Block l.' O. River front fine live oak trees. A bpiett- I did lot for a residence or a hotel. I Aleo other desirable property. -For particular# hfr I * *- TAMhSMi THOMPSON. | p:y to Ck-ncra! Lund Agent, nil beanfort, S. C. To Rent. THREW FRONT ROOMS, SUITABLE FOK Ph?K?grr.ph Gallery?on Bay at. Kn^utre of nil WILKES & THOMPSON.