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A BY DRAYTON & McCRACKEN. AIKEN, S. TUESDAY, DEC. 25, 1883. VOLUME 3.—NUMBER 9. Professional Advertisements. D. 8. Henderko.v. ' E. P. HEXDER30X. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. Geo. W. Cfiorr. J. Zed Dlxlap. Croft & Dunlap, Attor'neys at Law, Aiken, S. C. James Aldrich, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Practices in the State and United States Courts for South Carolina. 4-- — P. A. Emanuel, Attornby at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the State and United States Courts. Special atten tion paid to collections and invest ments of money. W. Quitman Davis, Attorney a* Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Specia attention given to collections. 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Emil Ludekcns, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts of this State. All business transacted with promptness. James E. Davis, —Attorney at Law,— Barnwell Court House, S. C. Claude E. Sawyer. Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts, and give special attention to Convey ancing, preparing Abstracts of Titles and Negotiating Loans. B. F. GUNTER, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in all the Courts of South Carolina. Prompt attention given to the collection of Claims. 3. W. DEVORE. M. B. WOODWARD. Aiken, S. C. Aiken, S. C. DeVore & Woodward, Will practice in all the Courts of tills State. Dr. B. II. Teague, Dentist. OFFICE on Richland Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. Dr. J. H. Burnett, Dentist. 1FFICE Graniteville, Aiken County, S. 0. Dr. J. R. Smith, Dentist. OFFICE at Williston, Barnwell County, S. C. Will attend calls to the country. R. G. Turner, M. D. VAUCLUSE, - - S. C. Office at the store of G. W. Turner. THE Georgia Chemical Works. Manufacturers of all kinds of Fertili zers. M. C. STOVALL, Secretary and Treasurer, Augusta, Ga. CAROLINA SAVINGS BANK. OF CHARLESTON, S. C. 1 Incorporated l»y the State, 1S74. Authorized Capital.. ,.}H500,000 Undivided Profits... }j<2S>,072 50 l)e|Kisits received and interest al lowed in the above Rank at the rate of Five (5) Per Cent, per annum. Ex change on New York, Liverpool and London bought and sold. Geo. W. Wit.t.tams, President. J. Lamb Johnston, Cashier. Langley Brothers, 164 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C., Manufacturers of—— Ladies' and Gents' UNDER WEAR. :o: H AVE your Osnaburg Underwear for Rheumatism, made by Langley Bros., and save money. tST'Full price list and directions for measurement sent out by Langley Bros., on application. -GO TO- [Wade’s Old Stand,] 706 Broad St. - - AUGUSTA, GA. : o: W E have the same portrait artist, Mr. Branson, and can give you fine city work in every branch of art. Call and see us. Russ & Stothart, GRANITEVILLE, - - S. -DEALERS IN DRUGS. MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, VARNISHES, PAINTS, Oils, Glass, Putty, Fine Soaps, Per fumery. Dye Woods and Dye Sturts generally, Spungcs, Brushes, and all articles kept by druggists generally. Cg” Physicians’ Prescriptions care fully compounded. Bailroad Schedules. Official Directory. South Carolina Railway. Commencing Nov. 18, 1883, trains will run as follows by Charleston time, which is about 28 minutes faster than Augusta time: MAIN LINE—WESTWARD DAILY. (Trains No. 3, 21 and 1.) Leave Charleston— 5.20 a. in., 4 p. m., 10.15 p. m. Leave Aiken— 9.53 a. m., 8.37 p. m., 6.37 a. m Arrive Augusta— 10.40 a. m., 9.06 p. m., 7.15 a. m. MAIN LINE—EASTWARD DAILY. (Trains No. 4, 22 and 2.) Leave Augusta— 6.13 a. m., 5 p. m., 9.30 p. m. Leave Aiken— 7.03 a. m., 5.50 p. m., 10.39 p. m. Arrive Charleston— 11.20 a. m., 10.10 p. m., 5.15 a^m. Trains No. 4 and 22 make close con nection at Blackvilie for Barnwell and at Branchville for Columbia, and carry.through Pullman sleeper from Aiken for Washington. Trains Nos. land 2 will not stop to take on passengers at Aiken. Train No. 1 will have tiivough sleep er for Atlanta, making close connec tion for points West, Southwest and Northwest. Through tickets can be purchased and baggage checked to all points North, South and west by applying to agent at depot. D. C. ALLEN, Gen. Pas. and Ticket Agent. John B. Peck, General Manager. Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Bailroad. GOING north. Leave Augusta. .10 10 A. M. Graniteville .10 55 Trenton .11 27 Batesburg . 12 30 P. M. Leesville . 12 36 Columbia . 2 42 Arrive Charlotte . 7 30 GOING SOUTH. Leave Charlotte 1 05 P. M. Columbia . 5 32 Leesville . 7 23 Batesburg . £ 30 Trenton . 8 35 Graniteville . 9 04 Arrive Augusta . 9 45 GOING NORTH. Leave Augusta . 0 00 P. M. Graniteville . 0 38 Trenton . 7 32 Batesburg . 8 35 Leesville . 8 42 Arrive Columbia .10 20 GOING SOUTH. Leave Columbia . 6 15 A. M. Leesville . 8 02 Batesburg . 8 08 Trenton . 9 12 Graniteville . 9 45 Arrive Augusta . 10 25 G. R. TALCOTT, Supt. T. M. R. Talcott, Gen. Manager. Augusta ami Knoxville Railroad Gen’l Pass’r Agent’s Office,! Augusta, Ga., Oct. ( ated. Trains run by Augusta time. No. 1—North. # Leave Augusta 7 45 am Arrive at Greenwood.. -110 p m No. 2—South. Leave Greenwood 2 15pm Arrive at Augusta 7 15 p m Connect at Greenwood with Colum bia and Greenville Railroad for al points West. G. P. HILL, General Passenger Agent. E. F. VERDERY, Geu’l Manager. SUMMERVILLE HOUSE. H. A. Smyser, (Formerly of Aiken, 8. C.,) H AS a fine large house and cottage for the accommodation of board ers in the beautiful village of Summer ville, near Augusta, Ga., finely situ ated, with splendid drives and pleasant walks. Churches very convenient to the house. The house is neatly and comfortably furnished with everything necessary. Rooms and halls well ven tilated and heated. Mails delivered daily. Terms moderate. Apply to H. A. SMYSER, Sand Hills, Augusta, Georgia. Augusta Note!, LEWIS & DOOLITTLE, Proprietors. Large and well ventillated rooms; Rates $2 per day; centrally located near railroad crossing; telegraph office and barbershop in the building. Augusta Hotel restaurant and lunch room; choice wines, liquors and cigars. C2TMealsto order at all hours. PAVILION HOTEL. Charleston, S. C PASSENGER ELEVATOR AND ELECTRIC BELLS. House fresh and clean throughout. Table best in the South. Pavilion Transfer Coaches and Wagons at all trains and Boats. Rate* reduced. Beware of giving your Cheek to any one on Train. Rates $>2 00 @ $2 50. To Rent. T WO Splendid BRICK DWELL INGS, delightfully situated and complete, with every convenience, in the City of Augusta. Will be rented furnished or unfurnished, as may be desired. Enquire of— S. OTT, Aiken, S. C., Or JAS. G. BAILEY, Augusta, Ga. J. A. Wright, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Northside Park Avenue, Aiken, S. C. The best of material used, and any style of boot or shoe made to order. * Cormiek’s Barber Shop. I AM in the same old place and am ready to please- my customers by strict attention to business and good work. Shaving, Hair Cutting and Shampooing executed by good work men. W. F. CORMICK, Main St. (West Side) Aiken, S. C. Boyce’s Barber Shop. I WILL be happy to receive my old customers at my old stand, East sideof Main Street, nextto Warneke’s Bakery. Shaving, Hair Cutting and Shampooing ^executed in first-class JOHN R. BOYXE, Main St., (East Side) Aiken, S. C. The State. Governor, Hugh S. Thompson. Lieutenant-Governor, John C. Sheppard. Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb. Attorney- General, Charles Richardson Miles. State Treasurer, John Peter Richardson. Comptroller-General, . William E. Stoney. Superintendent of Education, Asbury Coward. Adjutant and Inspector-General, A. M. Manigault. United States Senators, Wade Hampton, M. C. Butler. Congressmen, First District—Samuel Dibble. Second District—Geo. 1). Tillman. Third District—D. Wyatt Aiken. Fourth District—John H. Evins. Fifth District—John J. Hemphill. Sixth Distri -t—George W. Dargan. Seventh District—E. W. M. Mackey Agricultural Department, A. P. Butler, superintendent. L. A. Ransom, secretary. Railroad Commissioners, M. L. Bonham, L. J. Walker, D. P. Duncan. Penitentiary, T. J. Lipscomb, superintendent. Supreme Court, W. D. Simpson, Chief Justice. Henry McIver, Associate J ustice. S. McGowan, Associate Justice. Circuit Courts, First Circuit—B. C. Pressley. Second Circuit—A. P. Aldrich. Third Circuit—T. B. Fraser. Fourth Circuit—J. H. Hudson. Fifth Circuit—J. B. Kershaw. Sixth Circuit—J. D. Witherspoon. Seventh Circuit—Wm. H. Wallace. Eighth Circuit—James S. Cothran. Solicitor Second Circuit, F. Hay Gantt. Congress meets on the first Monday iu December of each year. dPThe Legislature meets on the fourth Tuesday in November of each year. pg” The Circuit Court for Aiken County meets three times a year, as follows; first Monday iu February, last Monday in May, and second Monday in September. Congressional Districts. First—Charleston and Berkley— (St. Phillips and St. Michaels, Mount Pleasant, Moultrieville, St. James Goosecreek, Summerville), ten town ships of Colleton, fourteen townships of Orangeburg, and the entire County of Lexington. Second—Hampton, Barnwell, Ai ken, Edgefield, and Colleton—(Brox- son and Warren). Third—Abbeville, Newberry', An- Fovkth—Greenville',”'* Spartanburg —(except White Plains and Lime stone Townships), Laurens, Union— (except Goudeysville and Drayton- ville Townships), Fairfield, Richland —(Upper Township, Columbia and Centre). Fifth—York, Chester, Lancaster, Union—(Goudeysville and Drayton- ville), Spartanburg—(White Plains and Limestone), Chesterfield and Kershaw. Sixth—Clarendon, Williamsburg— (Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Johnsons and Lake), Darlington, Marlboro’, Marion and Horry. Seventh—Georgetown, Williams burg — (except Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Lake and Johnsons), Sumter, Richland—(Lower Township), seven townships of Orangeburg, Charleston and Berkley not in First District, six townships of Colleton, and the entire County of Beaufort. Judicial Circuits. First—Charleston, Berkeley and Orangeburg. Second—Aiken, Barnwell, Beau fort, Colleton and Hampton. Third—Sumter, Clarendon, Wil liamsburg and Georgetown. Fourth—Chesterfield , Marlboro’, Darlington, Marion and Horry. Fifth—Kershaw, Richland, Edge- field and Lexington. Sixth—Chester, Lancaster, York and Fairfield. Seventh—Newberry, Laurens, Spar tanburg and Union. Eighth—Abbeville, Oconee, Ander son, Pickens and Greenville. : o; The County. Senator, D. S. Henderson. Representatives, John M. Boll, George W. Croft, F. P. Woodward, Thos. J. Davies. Sheriff, Milledgk T. Holley. Clerk of Court, Wm. M. Jordan. Probate Judge, W. W. Williams. School Commissioner, Luther W. Williams. County Commissioners, Wm. M. Foley, J. Cal. Courtney, William Stevens. O. P. Champlain, clerk of board. Treasurer, J. E. Murray. Auditor, David II. Wise. Coroner, S. P. Kitltiixg. Jury Commissioner, It. L. Evans. who constitutes the Board, with the following ex-officio members, viz., the Auditor and the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Board of School Examiners, Luther W. Williams, ex-officio ch’m. James E. Crosluud, Charles E. R. Drayton. Board of Assessors, B. W. Moseley, Aiken. J. H. Quattlebaum, Chinquapin. J. G. Sally, Giddy Swamp. James Powell, Gregg. H. L. Mayson, Hammond. Macom Gunter, Hopewell. W. E. Sawyer, MeTier. Martin Holley, Millbrook. Daniel Jefcoat, Rocky Grove. James M. Cook, Rocky Spring. J. D. Taylor, Shaw’s. Jas. C. Ilainmond, Shultz. R. S. Hankinson, Silverton. Joe Stallings,. Sleepy Hollow. James K. Brodie, Tabernacle. R. L. Evans, Windsor. Chairman—H. L. Mayson. Secretary—J. D. TayloE Ex-officio Clerk—J. H. Morgan. 0*D0NXEI/S LAST HOURS. THE SLAYER OF CAREY PAY'S THE PENALTY OF HLS CRIME. The Doomed Man Conducts Himself Calmly and Courageously—An Im mense Throng Around Newgate. London, December 17.—O’Donnell was hanged at 8,02 o’clock this morn ing. Despite the boisterous and squal ly weather, a considerable crovvd as sembled at the prison at 7 o’clock this morning. Hundreds of workmen passing by the jail waited to gaze at the black flag. Among them was O’Donnell’s brother, who paced to and fro opposite the flag-staff in the most restless and dejected manner, exci ting the sympathy of all present. The hangsman’s arrangements were perfect, and the execution occurred without hitch, and O’Donnell was calm and collected. He made no statement on the scaffold. O’Don nell was notified at 7.30 A. M. to make ready. He was perfectly resigned. He expressed great sorrow for his out burst of temper in the dock at the conclusion of his trial. He said he had felt the greatest animosity for the witnesses who appeared against him, but that it had now disappeared. After the communion had been ad ministered to the condemned man Binns, the hangman entered the cell. O’Donnell submitted to the operation of pinioning with a smile and with out a murmer. The procession then moved toward the scaffold. O’Don nell walked with great firmness with out the assistance of the wardens who stood close around him. He was per fectly calm jmd self-possessed, and while standing on the drop lie looked around unconcernedly Binns per formed the remainder of his duty quickly. He allowed a drop of eight feet. Tiie noose was placed exactly as Marwood used to place it. Binns pulled the lever of the trap precisely as the neighboring church clocks were striking eight. The crowd in front of Newgate increased rapidly, and short ly before eight o’clock it numbered 20,000 persons at least. The streets were closely packed, but th<^ throng observed a quiet and orderly demean or. The Irish element was not con- spicious in the gathering. As the mo ment for the execution approached the crowd swayed up against the pris on wall, and the roadway, which be fore had been kept clear, was blocked. The police, however, moved rapidly through the multitude and easily cleared the way. When the black flag was hoisted announcing the end of the tragedy there was no demon stration, although suppressed excite- immt -marked many faces. O’Don- lumfivct He r» orotiiei i^nu*rttv.ck hbj uj terly weeping, the centre of a sympa thizing group. The clouds began to break as the hour of 8 approached, and when the black flag was run up it was distinctly displayed against the rising sun. The people immediately dispersed after the hoisting of the flag. further sickening details During the final preparations for the execution of O’Donnell his- broth- took up a place iu the door opposite the prison in full view of the flagstafl, upon which his eyes were riveted. He was the object of the deepest in terest and curiosity. The crowd pres sed so closely upon him that the po lice had to interfere for his protection. When the black flag was hoisted he removed his hat and remained for some time apparently praying, his features working painfully. He stay ed in the same spot for some time af ter the execution. To people who ling- around him he said in a hoarse voice: “My poor brother, he has died as bravely as man ever died.” This was received with cries of “Yes”. He then departed and the crowd dispers ed. O’Donnell, it seems, retired to rest at an early hour last evening. This morning he rose early. Fathar Flemming arrived about 5 o’clock and administered the sacremeut of the Holy Communion. At 6 o’clock O’Donnell partook of a gpod break fast. A few minutes before 8 o’clock the prisoner was removed from his cell to the large room of the prison. In the large room were Binns, the hangman, the sheriffs and under- sherifls, the governor of the jail, the Rev. Mr. Duffield, the prison chap lain, and the Newgate surgeon. The process of pinioning the prisoners’ limbs was quickly performed by Binns, O’Donnell keeping a resolute silence and showing the utmost firm ness, occasionally smiling in a half abstracted manner. This work done, the procession moved to the court yard where the scaffold was erected. O’Donnell declined any assistance from the wardens in ascending the steps of the scaffold. Father Flem ing by his side repeated the service of the church for the dyiug, and held a crucifix before O’Donnell’s gaze. The prisoner took his place on the drop under the rope, the slack of which was held up over his head by a piece of thread. Binns appeared to be very calm and quietly lit ted the noose around the neck of the condemned man. Carefully placing the knot un der the left ear he at once stepped back and pulled the fatal lever lev er, and O’Donnell fell eight feet. 'The rope hardly quivered. According to the surgeon death was instantane ous, there being scarcely any muscu lar movement of the hanging form. As the black flag was run up those within the prison could hear hushed murmurs from the multitude outside the walls. The body hung for one hour, when it was cut down and re moved for the proper legal inquest. The usual inquest showed that the face of O’Donnell bore a calm expres sion. The head was quite loose from the trunk of the body. The rope made a deep indentatioo. The usual verdict was rendered. Binns, the hangman, was good hpmoredly mob bed by the cjowd when he left New- gtc prison. He afterwards drove away in a government postal van to escape observation. The Press Asso ciation denies a report published by the Central News yesterday that the police had received information that a body of Invineibles had sailed from New York in the steamer Assyr- rian Monar«»)> to either attempt the rescue of O’DonneU/ir avenge his death, and aversCnat the search of that steamer to-Jay was only in accor dance with the regular practice of police upon the arrivall of any steamer. The friends of O’Donnell continued their eftbrts to obtain a meeting of the jurymen wJ>o convicted him until late Saturtioj- night, when eight of them had been found. It was impos sible to trac^ the other four, and the friends of tire comdemned man were compelled to abandon the search. Five of yi A ryman were anxious to have a me/iVng of the jury. Victor Hugo’s Cabman. ( s -c. James Gazette.) The story of Victor Hubo’s cabman shows once more how impossible it is to have great artists without incom petent amateurs— natural followers —in their train, and how poets pro duce inevitable swarms of poetasters. Victor Hugo’s cabman is devoted to “the master.” His great ambition is to drive “the master” for nothing, and this, in spite of the bard’s at tempts to slip20-frane pieces into the hands of his admirer, he generally succeeds in doing. When at last the cabman was prevailed upon by a se ries of appeals to accept the proffered gold piece, he drove straight to the of fice of the Rappel, and there gave it, in the name of the original donor, to the fund for the assistance of returned political convicts. Finding it impos sible to place his dealings with the Hugolatrous cabman on anything like a commercial basis, the poet asked him to dinner, and invited several lit erary frieijtls to meet him. All went well until tlie desert, when, terrible to relate, it appeared that the honored guest was a poet in disguise. He al so was visited at times by the divine afllatjRSfiUid he read to the affrighted cofhpariy a quantity of doggerel which, obliged as they were to keep their countenances, caused them the acutest pain. That Small Boy. [Detroit Free Press.] . Parents cannot be too careful about their method of answering the nu merous questions of the rising gener ation. A youngster on Cass avenue had notlc^ijjfll tall black bottle on his ii.’ . -—W it held. “That, my'son, is hair oil,” answer ed his father with a furtive and wan dering look, “and it is not at all nice for little boys.” The youthful questioner took a smell of the contents and asked no more information upon the subject. He kept up a good bit of thinking, however. Last Sunday the family entertained some friends at dinner, aufl there was plum pndding with brandy sauce. The small boy had found hia opportunity. When he was helped to the pudding he sized It up with large eyes. “Pa,” he said, iu aloud, shrill tone, as he sniffed the sauce afar off, “the hair oil on this puddin’ smels awful good.” Total collapse of “pa.,’ Not Far From the Truth. ]From tho Boston Herald.[ There must be domestic jars in the Palmetto State, possibly separations of man and wife; but marital offen ces are there speedily punished by shooting the invaders of homes, un less their defenders are too slow with their weapons and get shot first. In either case there is no longer any rea son for divorce. The system has the advantage of simplicity. We do not believe South Carolina needs any di vorce laws. There seems to be every probability of Barmitn’s white sacred elephant reaching this country in safety. The animal has ceen safely shipped and is now on its ocean voyage to Eng land, having passed through the greatest danger—thsit of getting into Christian hands. This is the first white elephant that has ever been known to leave that country, the last one having been killed at Singapore in May last when just about to be shipped. A cablegram was received from Mr. Barnum’s agent, Gaylord, dated Rangoon, December 8, 1833, and directed to Barnum, Bailey & Hutch inson, New York, iu which he said: “Sacred elephant on steamer Teues- serium. Cable port from Suez.” Tne Buffalo, N. Y., News says: “We may claim a higher civilization in the North than the South can boast of, hut the action of the South Caroli na Legislature in refusing to pass a bill providing for the granting of di vorces in the Palmetto State shows that there are some thihgs for us to learn. If the divorce laws of this country should be repealed there would be less trouble than we now en counter. It is rather presumptuous for us to howl about polygamy while in nine out of ten States a man may marry as many women as he pleases by securing easily-obtained divorces. BILL ARP DISCUSSES THE TIMES, Settles Civil Rights—Shows how Na ture Does it—How it Will be Done— Then and -Now—Races are Races— Our Northern Neighbors. Cobe says that he heard the high court had killed the civil rights bill and he don’t understand it, for every body ought to be civil and has a right to be civil. When I explained it all to him he seemed satisfied and said: “Well, there is no use in going agin water; might as well make a law that you and your folks should wear mourning at my funeral. I’ve got nothing agin the nigger, and I’m as poor as Lazarus, but I rank him and I know it, and I feel it, and if he don’t I’ll try and make him when he conies imposin’s himself on me or my folks. There is first quality in everything. My wife never sets down at your table with your folks, for we’uns knows what is fittin’ and propper, for she don’t know adzactly how you’ens eat and handle them silver forks and whether you drunk outen the cup or the saucer; but we have respect for your folks, and we know you are a little higher up than our folks and I reckon there are folks that are higher up than your folks are, and you’ens would be oncomfortablo in their com pany.” Well, it don’t take very much mind to settle the question. Nature settles more things than theory. Cobe knows it as well as I do. He knows it by in stinct. Cobe would have killed twen ty niggers by this time, if he had come in contact with these sassy black rascals who go around talking about civil rights. I wish Cobe had been in Danville when they had that riot. I tell you he would have got himself a jawbone and slayed ’em right and left. A poor white man don’t like a nigger much and a nigger don’t like a poor white man, and if the war of races has got to come, there is where it is going to come. When the late war begun, some of the politicians said it was a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight; but the poor man didn’t pay no attention to ’em and went on fighting; but they have found out since that a nigger is more impor tant since the war than he was before, and they would fight another war be fore they will be run over by him or submit to his equality. So the nig ger had better he a little particular and go along slow. Political matters seemed to settle themselves according to numbers, and it may be that we folks up here in Cherokee, Georgia, are a little too bigoty, for the white folks outnumber the niggers and they are behaving themselves about right and getting along together iu peace. I don’t know how it is exactly, but I wr*! The highest velocity that has been imparted to shot is given as 1,626 feet per second, being equal to a mile in 321 seconds. The velocity of the earth at the equator, due to rotation on its axis, is one thousand miles per hour, or a mile in 3.6 seconds; and thus if a cannon ball were fired due west, and could mantain its initial velocity, it would beat the sun in its apparent Journey round the earth. is as humble as a dog at my house, and he come here of his own accord and I can get up close to him and tell him his business, and he milks my cows, and my wife, Mrs. Arp, she makes him sweep the yard and churn and keep the pigeons out of the smoke house, and bring fresh water every hour and a half, and take the slops to the pigs aud do most everything, and more too, £han an old fashioned nig ger used to do before the war, and he does love to stay here the best in the world and be abused for his careless ness, and he likes it, and it looks like a darkey was made to be hollered at just like he is made to be barked at by the dogs as he passes along the road. Needn’t tell me about a nigger. I just as leave own one now as twenty years ago, and I look for the time to come when they will trade themselves off' for live or ten years at a time, for they had rather belong to a good white man than to be free, aud they will be selling themselves all about before long. They used to do so in the old Scripture times, and the law was that they could go into servitude for seven years, and when the time was out and they wanted to keep on, they went up to tiie door post and had an ear punched through with an awl and a ring put in it, and then the slave was a slave for life. Well, history repeats itself, they say, aud folks is the same kind of folks they used to be, and seven years is long enough for a dar key to find out whether a man is a good master or not, and they will all be hunting good masters before long, and that will settle the nigger prob lem, for it will make good masters and good mistresses and good ser vants, and that is the natural relation between the two races as shore as you are born, and nobody but the Creator is to blame for it that I know of. Why they are all Ground us as thick as hops, and the little girls nurse my grand-children and the little boys run around with my little boys and hunt hickory nuts and walnuts and ride on the living mare aud pick up chips and take up the ashes, and when my wife wants any scouring done or the bed steads scalded for bugs, or the carpets taken up or put down, all she lias got to do is to send for Savannah or Crea sy and have them come aud do every thing, and they get all tiie old clothes for their children, and a lot of vittels, and they are never so happy as when working around us and doing every thing wo want ’em to do. They have got u funeral going on to-day, and they have got my wagon and team and they got some old sheets for shrouding, and my folks fixed up some wreaths of flowers to put on the coffin, and they are all about as happy as un happy folks can be on such occasion. I do love those good old time niggers, and if them everlasting Yankees would let us alone and attend to their own business, we would have some more of ’em. There is a good woman sweeping the back yard right now, and nobody told her and she is hired to cook and nothing else, and she has got six little children, all in the grass, and they are squalling all about and she don’t care and she spanks ’em and mauls ’em forty times a day for some thing ot for nothing with equal feros- ity. But she is a good darkey and wants her husband to behave and her children to bohave, and her old father is about eighty years old, and comes to see her and tell her to train up her children in the right way and keep ’em outen de chain gang. He bowed his gray head to me and said, “Massa, what is to become of all dese free nig gers ? I is afraid dey is al! going to be bad men and git in de ehain gang. ’Fore God I is.” Well, I am sorry for the old stock. They were happy when they made baskets and bark collars and brooms, and had plenty to eat. I wouldn’t have ’em put back in slavery like it used to be, but they have got to be regulated some way, and good men are doing it now, law or no law. The best darkies I know of and the hap- yiest arc those who live under the wing and tho protection of good white folks* and feel their independence. Races are races, and we can’t help it. The Chinese are the oldest in the world and have got a known history of three thousand years and have had no change of government, and they are about tiie same kind of people they always was. I never could un derstand what makes our Northern nabors so everlasting sensitive about the darkey when there is so much room elsewhere for their philanthro py. I never could understand why they don’t look after the poor chil dren who beg all winter barefooted in their own streets. I am sick and tired of their everlasting devilment, and find myself repeating over aud over again what Mr. Davis said to ’em at the beginning of the war: “Let us alone.” That is all we ask. Let us alone. They set up there like a passel of sanctified overseers and watch us. Yes, watch us like we were a passel of villains. But we will come out all right in the long run, if we don’t in the short run. See if we don’t. These are my sentiments, and I can’t help it. Bill Arp. Ct'HE’ / y Almanac for the Week. 3 > -J 33 DECEMBER. SUN RISES 25 26 27 28 29 SO 31 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday '.. Frirtav. .1... 6:57 ' 6:58 6:58 6:59 6:59 6:00 6:00 Saturday Sunday* Monday.... SUN SETS MOfoN R & S 4>57 4:57 4:58 4:58 4:59 4:59 6:00 10:01 10:58 11:63 mom 0:48 1:42 2:34 MISCELLANEOUS. It takes about eight tons of iron to make the wheels, axles, holts, nuts, &e., of an ordinary freight car. During the past week a great many hills have been introduced into Con gress, but nothing has been done. Six ladies have graduated with hon or from the Loudon College of Chem istry, and propose to set up as drug gists. The Egyptians have suffered anoth er total defeat at Seukim, the hill tribes cutting to pieces the forces sent against them. The Iron Age says that the wa^jc»»^*ow take a ton of old rail- iim The Lesson the Past Season should Teach Us. [II. W. Bavencl in Weekly News.] The excessive drought of the past summer—generally throughout tho country—is another warning against depending too much on single props. The seasons are very uncertain, and the farmer has many foes to contend with. The shrewd merchant insures his goods in many different compa nies so as to avoid the risk of a single venture, and so should the wise far mer diversify his products to avoid the same risks. There are certain crops which can never, or only very rarely be effected by drought, viz: ' those sown in antumn and harvested in spring. Those who have short pro vision crops may, therefore, yet re-' pair their losses by planting heavily of small grain. Nature is very boun tiful to those who are mindful of her laws, but natural forces are inexora ble in their effects upon those who disregard them. The seasons are en tirely beyond our control, and wo should provide against their uncer^ tanties. Pickling Pork. Please publish the best process for “pickling pork.” It will, I think, be a great advantage to Southern farmers to know how to save their small meats instead of making bacon of it; for every farmer knows the great loss- sustained by small bacon in the latter part of the season.—Subst-ribcr. Answer.—Kill in cold weather and keep meat two days before putting in pickle. Sprinkle as soon as it is cut up, with a little saltpetre and finely powdered salt to get rid of blood, which should be allowed to drain off. Prepare pickle as follows: water, one gallon,, one and a half pounds of salt, half a pound of brown sugar, half an ounce *»f saltpetre, half an ounce of potash. Following same proportions, any quantity may be made. Boil the above together and skim off all tho scum whltth. rises. When thoroughly cold, immerse meat in it and keep the latter well covered with the brine by weights. Keep in a cellar-' or other T f- <Aj v \ I X 'vX. : lew steel *niis. ; Gen Sheridan is making a brilliant beginning. The shirt-tails of the United States army have been length ened four inches. The Chinese being forbidden an en tree as Chinese are now coming into the country as Japanese. This is a distinction with scarcely a difference. It costs $13,000 a year to scrub the United States Treasury building. Wouldn’t it be cheaper to buy some door mats and instruct the clerks to spit out of the windows? Many of the Washington men who were formeriy good drinkers—Sena tors and Representatives, “Judges,” “Colonels” and “Majors”—are ruin- ning the barrooms by their absti nence. A citizen of Palatka, Fla., recent ly set fire to a hollow gum tree and then watched the outlet, some fifty feet from the ground, to see what the developments would be. First came a swarm of bats, then flying squirrels, screech owls, various other birds, two eoons and one ,possum. When Weston started the other day from Westminster Bridge to walk fif ty miles a day for one hundred days, to illustrate the physical advantage of Temperance, a crowd of distin guished doctors and eminent clergy men, and benevolent baronets and fair ladies, gathered to see him off’, and he started to the strains of a temperance hymn. The issue for 1884 is as elear-cut as a diamond: A reform of the tariff: the rights of the people against tiie robber demands of the monopolists and an honest administration of the affairs of the Government. If the Republicans don’t like the programme—why, the Egyptian’army seems sadly in need of recruits, and they can go aud hunt for El Mahdi. The Democratic national committee will meet in Washington on the 22d of next February, to select the time and place for holding the next Democratic national convention. The Republican convention is to meet at Chicago, June 3. The Democrats will probably call theirs for July 4th, as the patriot ic work of naming the next President will then he consummated. V “Judah P. Benjamin,” says Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, who has just re turned from Europe, “looks very much as he did thirty odd years ago when I first new him, only not quite so buoy ant, more sedate and somewhat sad dened when he recalled old times and old friends in Louisiana; hut his ge niality, naturalness and kindness re main.” The selection of Chicago as the place for holding the next Republi can Convention seems to indicate that the party is somewhat superstitious. Lincoln, Grant and Garfield were all nominated there and elected. (Chica go seems to have been also a pretty lucky place for the nomination of Vice-Presidents, as two of them nom inated there have been promoted by Die assassin’s bullet. (From The Southern CultivaneA*? In the columns of your valuable pa per you have had many articles of great interest to your readers on tho subject of swine, and in addition thereto, I would like to give a few facts about the Essex of the present day, since they have been increased in size and otherwise greatly improved by English aud American breedert. Last August I advertised for sale the Essex boar “Victor* 1 In your widely circulated paper, and in reply received a shower of letters, thus being ena bled to sell him at a good round price. Victor, when fully matured imd in fair order, weighed gross 398 pounds; if fattened properly, he could be made to weigh over 400 pounds net. I be gan experimenting with the Essex about the year 1856, aud have made careful selections of females from year to year, and avoided close breediug by obtaining the best males to be found in England and America, until my herd now equals any in the world in size of the breeding stock. In fecun* dity it probably excels that of any other herd. In September three of my sows farrowed, bringing 48 pigs— 16, 14 and 13 respectively. Of these 32 are living and growing rapidly, tho mothers being capital nurses. I have found the Essex the most profitable of any of the improved breeds. They are free from disease, are easy keepers and mature early. My herd has clover and the gleanings of the grain fields and a good range in a woods pasture; this carries them through the spring aud summer ami fall months. Those intended for ba con are given the run of the pea fields and are made ready for the knife with* three to four bushels of corn }>er head. The Essex can be fattened at any age, tiie only objection to them is their becoming too fat to be depended on as reliable breeders, when fed tho usual supply of food allowed to other- swine. Those intended for breeders should be allowed to get their own living on grass or in a woods range, and started to breed at an early age. My killing hogs are ready for the knife at 13 to 2U mouths old, and can readily be made to weigh 250 to 300 pounds net, at a cost of 2 to 3 cents per pound. The Essex as a rule are not carnivorous; I have had sows at tain the age of four or five years, and yet during the twenty-seven years that I have bred the Essex I have not seen or heard of a chicken or lamb eater. The white breeds of swine are unsuited to a hot climate on account of tiie mange. Many breeders of tho Essex attrlli- ute the improvement in the Bcrkshiro to a cross of the Essex made by tho English breeders. In the manage ment of my herd for several years I have used kerosene oil liberally, both externally aud internally, to extermi nate the parasites of the skin and the intestinal worms, to which all the breeds of swine are 80 liable‘^n the Southern climate." Richard Peters. * n.i Small boy: “Pa, did you know m» long before you married her?” Pa: “I didn't. I didn’t know her till long ’ * after I married!” .» • . .: »>!*•* ft