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A Famous Kentucky Duelist.
The following highly seasoned sketch, writ?
ten by George Alfred Townsend, appears in the
Chicago Tribune:
"Did you ever hear of Tom Hawkins ?" said
a man of politics to me yesterday. "Tom Haw?
kins is the greatest duelist in Kentucky. He
is now Governor Stevenson's tobacco inspector
at Louisville?a handsome man, with a black
moustache, and large glaring black eyes, which
seldom or never wink, but look out like a ti?
ger's, with silent ferocity. He is, perhaps, fif?
ty years of age now, but still one of the best snots
in Kentucky, and he has fixed up more quar?
rels, and been a second on more fields, than
any man alive. Personally he is a gentle,
truthful, faithful fellow, but he is deadly when
he has made up his mind to eat somebody.
Tom is one of the best of his class, the finish?
ed duelist of the South, always nice upon points
of honor and prompt to advise anybody to fight
whom he thinks has been injured. His last
appearance in proximity to the 'field of honor'
was occasioned by a mooted duel between two
Cincinnati editors, which never came to a shot.
People who know him, send for Tom in case of
a duel, just as you send for the physician and
the preacher when you are sick. He was
wounded at Buena Vista, and he was with
Henderson, Crittenden, Lopez, and the rest
when they invaded Cuba. During the war he
was on Breckinridge's staff, and the affairs of
private blood in which he has been engaged are
innumerable. For instance, he was Ben John?
son's second when he killed Tom White. Did
vou ever hear of that ?"
"No!"
"Oh 1 Tom Hawkins had to leave the State
for some years after that duel. Old man White
was there when Ben shot his son, and he went
on awfully. The papers raised a howling row
about that duel. Tom White and Ben John?
son had a fuss over cards, both pretty full, and
a challenge passed. The women and families
oh both sides took a big interest in it, and
Ben's mother molded the balls with her own
hands. She was all up and alive about it. I
rcekon she'd shot Ben herself if he bad'nt goue
to the field. Ben was all crippled up v. ith the
rheumatism, and they had to set Lira up and
hand him his gun. They fought with shot?
guns loaded with ball. There was old man
White, haggling in the field about points of
honor, the terms of apology, etcetcree etcetcri,
when 'pop' went the guns, and his son laid
dead at the old man's feet, with a hole right
through his forehead. They say it was dread?
ful to hear him go on. I don't know whet be?
came of Ben Johnson.
"Oh 1 yes, bless your soul! Tom Hawkins
scared John Pope most dead once. They were
at old Gen. Wool's table, when Pope impugned
the courage of General -, and Tom Haw?
kins just glanced tit himand opened out. John
Pope had to take water.
"Tom wa3 Breckinridge's second when the
challenge passed between John and Cutting.
There lorn showed the generalship of Alexan?
der the Great. Cutting's second was old Pres?
ident Monroe's son, of the regular army, and
Tom turned him inside out. lie put him on
the defensive, thundered at him, and got John
Breckinridge off with all the honors.
"Tom Hawkins is a terrible fellow. If he
looks at you with his wide open eye, full of
ferocity, you are half gone up already. When
they tried Henderson in New Orleans, and Ju
dah Benjamin was employed by the Spanish
government to assist in the prosecution, Tom,
whose trial was followed, saw what a terrible
tongue Benjamin had, and he followed him out
of the court room and said:
" 'Look here, Mr. Jew, I want to tell you
something. If, when my trial comes off, you
say one word against my character, I'll kill you
in your tracks.'
"Benjamin saw these big eyes ready to jump
out of Tom's head, and he said:
" 'Mr. Hawkins, I shall not want to have
any difficulty with you, sir.'
"They did not convict Henderson, and Tom
never came to trial.
"I reckon you never heard of Tom Haw?
kins' connection with the Fitch and Stephen
A. Douglas duel, did you? That has never
been published, to my knowledge; but it was
a remarkable episode in the preface to the re?
bellion. You see, it was coming on ?towards
the political conventions of 1859, and Douglas
had all the strength, so that it was hard on to
a certainty that he would be nominated and
crowd out the Buchanan party. I got sure in?
formation of the nightly caucuses of Slidell.
Jesse D. Bright, Howell Cobb, Benjamin, and
that faction in Washington?for they met at
Cobb's house chiefly ; and one day it came to
me straight as a wire that they had determined
to force Douglas into a fight, and that it had
been proposed that Slidell should insult Doug?
las in the drinking saloon of the Senate, and,
if he resented it, shoot him down. I wrote
to Douglas at once, but knowing his habits so
well, ot leaving letters unopened for days and
weeks together, I sent the letter to a friend,
and commanded him to make Douglas open it,
and peruse it, that he might be prepared And
in that letter I said: 'If you are pushed to the
wall, telegraph for TQm Hawkins, of Louis?
ville.'
'Well, I came on from the South soon after
that, and went np with George Pugh to see
Douglas. There we found nobody to pay much
attention to us. Douglas seemed absorbed
with something else, and looking out of his li?
brary, across the hall, I saw Roger A. Pryor
and Albert G. Brown, of Mississippi, step into
another room. I asked no questions, but came 1
away, and soon afterward started for New
York. When I got to the Relay House there
was about three minutes' delay, as the Western
train had just come in, and I saw get out of it
and step towards the Mtishington train?who
but Tom Hawkins ?
?u?m'" 1 cricd' "wnat Jlre vou doinS here?"
. Si ? f? you doin& away from Washing?
ton V said Tom.
"Going to New York."
"New York, what? Do you got me here
and then run olf to New Yor':? Douglas has
sent for me. The fight's on |"
'TU get off my baggage at Baltimore," said
I, "and return to Washington to-night."
And with that the trains steamed contrary
ways.
"I found out the matter at Washington that
same evening. The conspirators had arranged
to force an insult upon Douglas, and then, if
he challenged, he would lose the vote of the
North. If he refused, nobody in the South
would touch him. The creature of the con?
spirators to insult Douglas was? G. N. Fitch, of
Indiana,?still alive, 1 believe,?and be had
done it in executive session 'iio day before I
reached the city. Douglas had demanded a
retraction or a fight, and Tom Hawkins had
been sent for.
"I found the Douglas household all warm
for the duel. Mrs. Douglas and the Cnttses
and everybody were bound to we Stephen otrt.
His wife said he might lose the Presidency or
anything before he should be beaten by Jesse
Bright and old Buck's myrmidons. The billet
doux had been passing all day between the
Buchanan quartersy in the Vice-President'e
room of the. Capitol, and one of the committee
rooms where the Douglas men sat in council.
The messenger for Douglas was Hoger A. Pry
or, and for Fitch, Judan P. Benjamin.
"The Fitch gang were Slidell, who was the
arch conspirator, and blood-thirsty as a bat;
Bright, who was jealous of Douglas, and de>
spised.him; Cobb, etc. When Judah P. Ben?
jamin, the second day, came into the commit?
tee room with another letter, and, amongst
Richardson, of Illinois, Pugh, Pryor, Brown,
and the rest, saw Tom Hawkins glancing at
him, they say he shrank back and turned pale.
Then he put out his hand in a sycophantish
way and said:
"Why, Mr. Hawkins, I'm very glad to see
you."
"We all met that night, and Tom went, in
place of Pryor, to arrange the particulars, and
force a fight or a peace. ^Ve knew by his look
that the thing was serious. They knew that it
was coming to be blood by Tom's big eyes.
And they wrote a retraction. He had it in
ten minutes.
"We arranged to try Douglas' courage by
telling him that the duel was to come off next
morning. Tom, who was a simple-hearted
fellow, raised objections to this, and refused to
have anything to do with it. We entered
Douglas' library, and there he stood, with as
pleasant a smile as I ever saw, waiting to hear
the result.
" 'Mr. Douglas,' said I, *how do you feol ?'
" 'Very well. What is the news ?'
" 'You are to go to the field to-morrow morn?
ing at 5 o'clock md fight with shot-guns.'
"We all looked at him piercingly to see how
he stood it.
" 'Very well,' he said, 'make all the arrange?
ments.'
"We watched him again, and ha was quiet
as I ever saw him?almost cheerful. Tom
Hawkins could stand it no more. He said:
" 'Mr. Douglas, they have retracted I'
"Douglas drew a sigh, whether of releif or
regret I do not know. He was a splendid shot
with a fowling-piece, and he would have fought
his weight in wild-cats rather than be crowded
out of the path of his ambition. He was the
greatest leader any party ever had, to my
mind. Do you want to be introduced to Tom
Hawkins?"
"No," said I, without thinking about it, "if
it isn't offensive, I prefer not to kuow Tom Haw?
kins 1"
Horace Greeley ox the Test Oath.?A
young lad from Virginia, appointed to the
Naval Academy, who oasscd a very creditable
examination, was refused admission on account
of his refusal to take the test oath, whereupon
the New York Tribune makes the following in?
dependent comments, which does it credit.?
There are few more generous or advanced men
iu the Radical party than Horace Greelcy:
"We sincerely trust the young Virginian who
is debarred from admission to the Naval Acad?
emy because he decliues to .swear tliat he had
no sympathy in the rebellion in winch his fam?
ily heartily enlisted, will not be any longer
prosoribc-u. The te.it oath which boys are
called upon 10 take before admission to the
National Schools is a disgrace to our stature
books. The more (.ath-taking the more lying
there will be, and the more we proscribe chil?
dren for the rebellion of their parents the more
that rebellion will be respected. The adminis?
tration of the test oath to a boy who was only
twelve years old when the war closed, and who
is still a minor, is an absurdity which ought to
secure the repeal of the statute.
In the same issue of the Tribune which con?
tains the forgoing, we find the following liber?
al views toward tne South, from which it will
be observed that Mr. Greeley is far in advance
of his party in advocating the immediate re?
moval of all disabilities from the Southern
people:
The Democratic members o:F Congress ad?
dress a circular to the Southern supporters of
their party urgiug them not to "risk the loss of
Senators or Representatives by electing men
who canuot take the test oath, or who are un?
der the disability imposed by the fifteenth
amendment." This is very good advice, and
we second it with all our might. We should be
glad of a broad, generous and complete amnes?
ty removing all disabilities at once; but so
loug as Congress persist* in holding any class
of ex-rebels disqualified, we trust the Southern
constituencies will accept the situation patient?
ly and elect only available men. We want to
see all the States fairly and fully represented
without further delay.
The Grave of Osceola.?In the last num?
ber of Leslie's Illustrated News, appears a sketch
of the grave of Osceola, the Indian chief, near
the walls of Fort Moultrie. Accompanying
the sketch is an account of Osceola's life and
death, from which we gather that he was thir?
ty-six years of age at the time of his death, and
during his life had slain a large number of
white persons in the glades of Florida. His
father was an Englishman named Power, and
his mother the daughter of a Cherokee chief?
tain. While on a visit to an American fort,
she was seized and sold as a slave. This arous?
ed the anger of Osceola, and from that time to
his capture, he waged a bitter war against the
whites. On the 23d of October, 1837, while
holding a conference with General Jessup, near
St. Augustine, he was seized, wich a number of
his followers, and taken to Fort Moultrie, where
he was closely confined until his death. Osce?
ola died as he had lived, a hater of the race
from which his father had sprung. He lay on
the couch in the cell assigned, and with a
frown as dark as a cloud on his not unhand?
some face, he folded his arms across his ample
chest, and thus his spirit passed quietly away
to the happy hunting grounds of theSeminoles,
where his braves were impatiently awaiting his
presence.
A Princely Gambling Hell.?A corrcfi
Sondent of the Boston Journal, in a letter from
aratoga, says that John Morrissey's new house
there is far the most gorgeous house on thecoc
tinent. The main floor is divided iuto three
rooms, two of which are devoted to play and
one for dining. The fitting up of the rooms is
simply magnificent. The floors are covered
with scarlet and white velvet tapestry. The
furniture, sideboards, cornices, mantles and
mirror frames are French cheval, inlaid with
gold. The curtains are silk and damask. The
monogram "J. M." flames out on all sides.?
Over tiie massive mirrors are carved tigers'
heads, with mouths wide open to devour, an
emblem of the liger persons will fight within.
The chandeliers arc gold gilt, and the brackets
are burnished in the same style. On the saloon
floor there arc one hundred and twenty-five
lights, and two hundred and seventy in all the
house. Private Htaircascs lead to rooms aloft,
and these rooms, on the stories above the par?
lors, are gorgeously fitted up for gueslThe
loner il?or is I?>r kitchen, wine cellar, hmndry
and for domestic uses. The club house cost
S?O.OOO. A lot near is owned by u church.
The parish would not sell, but the ground is
rented to Morrissey for ten years, at *1,0U0 a
year, to give room and light Vor the club-house.
? Beauties often die old maids. They set
such a value on themselves that they don't find
a purchaser before the market is closed.
? A drunken man, after trying in vain to
keep on the sidewalk, was heard to exclaim,
"There now ! go into the street if you want to."
? If yon would be pungent, be" brief; for it
is with words as with sunbeams?the more
they are condensed the deeper they burn.
? "I live by my pen," said an editor, wish?
ing to impress a young lady. "You look as if
you lived in one," was her reply.
? Expensive plates?Fashion plates. They
an rather more apt to break those who wear j
them than be broken.
The Florida ETerglades.
There is a great deal of truthfulness and
Eoetry in the name that has been given to the
eautiful openings which occur in the swampy
scenery of the Peninsula of Florida. Formed
in a low and yet absolutely level country, these
magnificent examples of semi-tropical richness,
strike the beholder with surprise; and it seems
a waste of Nature's grandest exhibition to have
these carnivals of splendid vegetation occur?
ring in isolated places, where it is but seldom
that they are seen by the appreciative eye of
cultivated and intellectual observers.
In the wars which have occurred in times
past with the aboriginal inhabitants of Florida,
we became familiar with the name of the
"Florida Everglades," and have insensibly as?
sociated it with the sad reminiscences of mas?
sacres and defeats of our troops, under the lead
of Scott, Jessup, Taylor, and others of our fa?
mous generals who flourished some two score
years ago. These everglades are places where
Nature is most profuse in her gigantic vegeta?
ble productions!?forest trees heaven-towering
in height, vines and cactus plants, struggling
for supremacy in the rich boh, and uniting to
form these strongholds under the protection of
which Osceola and other great native chieftains
made their most effective struggle for indepen?
dence, and most severely taxed the patience
and courage of our troops ; and it was in these
places that the savages often gained great but
only temporary triumphs.
Upon obtruding hign ground, associated with
these everglades, grow the live-oaks ofthe
world, the far-reaching branches of the individ?
ual tree often extending over a surface of
ground equal to the area of a "city square ;"
while every possible variety of vegetation, in
exaggerative proportions, crowd all available
space. Parasites fasten upon projecting limbs
and increase the variety of foliage. Vines with
trunks a foot in diameter, like huge serpents
seem to have sprung with one leap, fifty feet
into the air. and then grasped in their constric?
tor folds the forest giants, which, under the
pressure, struggle almost hopelessly to retain
their vitality.
But the great feature of the everglades is
exhibited in the countless variety of the feath?
ered tribe. Myriads of cormorants constantly
disturb the surface of the water. The scarlet
ibis, the gayly-decked wood duck, the beautiful
mallard, the gigantic blue heron, the delicate,
song-bird and the imperial eagles, are con?
stantly in sight, mingle their discordant voices
and the shrill sounds of their whistling wings,
suggesting a profuseness of animal fife that
rivals that of the vegetable world.
The deer, most favorably situated for sup?
plying itself with food, and thoroughly protec?
ted from the deadly pursuit of man, grows
larger than elsewhere on the continent, and as
a permitted monarch of the wastes, breaks
through the tangled foliage which lines the
banks of the inland lakes, and with the aqua?
tic inhabitants, enjoys the luxury of bathing in
pure water, a taste which the graceful animal
seems to indulge even to excess.
The sun seems everywhere to shine with the
interest brilliancy. Oppressive, however, as
may be the heat, the cool sea breezes of the
Mexican Gulf constantly temper the atmos?
phere, and produce a geniality of climate that
can only be understood by realization. But,
under the influence of this germinating heat,
die rapid growth of vegetation seems unbound?
ed, and ever full of the vigor of youth. There
is no evidence of decay anywhere. The frosts
which make the Northern forest in the fall
mottled with gay colors, never garnish these
Southern landscapes; all is one intense but
ever-varying green. It is this feature which
makes it quite impossible to reproduce these
tropical exhibitions on canvass, and renders all
exaggerated displays of red, yellow, blue and
scarlet, as peculiar to tropical regions, the fals?
est things of all the demonstrations of meretri?
cious art.?Appleton's Journal.
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What did the Man Say??Those who are
in the habit of attending police and other
courts must have observed the difficulty under
which lawyers and judges labor sometimes in
getting witnesses to testify in legal form. The
following, which took place in a Cincinnati
court, and might possibly happen in San Fran?
cisco, is an amusing and perfect example. A
man had been caught in the act of theft and
pleaded in extenuation that he was drunk.
Court (to the policeman who was witness)?
What did the man say when you arrested him ?
Witness?He said he was drunk.
Court?I want to know his precise words,
just as he uttered them; he didn't use the
pronoun he, did he? He didn't say "he was
drunk."
Witness?Oh, yes, he did?he said he was
drunk?he acknowledged the corn.
Court?(getting impatient at witness' stu?
pidity)?You don't understand me at all. I
want the words just as he uttered them. Didn't
he say, I was drunk ?
Witness (deprecatingly)?Oh, no, your hon?
or ; he didn't say you was drunk; I wouldn't
allow any one to charge that upon you in my
presence.
Prosecuting Attorney?Pshaw 1 you don't
comprehend at all. His Honor means, did not
the prisoner say to you, "I was drank?"
Witness (reflectively)?Well, he might have
said you was drunk, but I didn't hear him.
Attorney for Prisoner (blandly.]?What the
Court desires is for you to state tue prisoner's 1
exact words, preserving the precise form of the
pronoun he made use of in reply. Was it in
the first person I, the second person thou or
the third person he, 6he or it? Now, then,
sir, (with severity,) didn't my client say, "I
was drunk ?"
Witness (getting mad)?No, he didn't say
you was drunk, either; but if he had, I reckon
he wouldn't ha' lied any. Do you s'pose the
poor fellow charged the whole d?d Court with
being drunk ?
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A Queer Will Case.?George A. Alter and
Catharine his wife each determined to make a
will, and each intended to give to the survivor
the property he or she possessed. Two wills
were prepared for execution, and as was sup?
posed were duly executed, and then placed in
separate envelopes. The husband died, and on
examination of the envelope containing, as
was thought, his will, it was discovered that the
husband had siened his wife's will and the wife
had signed thcTiusband's will.
In this dilemma the wife obtained legisla?
tion, and an act of assembly was passed au?
thorizing her to file a petition stating the fact*,
and upon proof of "the alleged mistake" to 'he
satisfaction of the register's court, that tribu?
nal is clothed with "the powers of a court of
chancery," and is authorized "to reform said
paper-writing," and "to have entered in the
ofhec for the register of wills in and for the city
and county, the said paper-writing, which lie
(Geo. A. Alter) intended to execute as his last
will and testament, as if the said writing had
been signed by him, with his own hand and
seal, and not by his said wife Catharine."
The judge decided against the petitioner, on
the ground that no law could execute a will for
a dead man.?Phila. Inquirer.
Thuee Tiiinos.?Three things to govern?
Temper, tongue and conduct.
Three things to think about?Life, death and
eternity.
Three things to pray for?Faith, peace and
purity of heart.
Three things to wish for?Health, friends and
a cheerful sjiirit.
Three things to avoid?Idleness, loquacity
and flippant jesting*.
Three things to love?Courage, gentleness and
affection.
Three things to hate?Cruelty, arrogance and
ingratitude.
Three things to admire?Intellectual power,
dignity and gracefulness.
? Value the friendship of him who stands
by you in a storm; swarms of insects will sur?
round you in the sunshine.
NO SECT IN HEAVEN.
The following beautiful poem was composed twelve years
ago. by an Episcopal Clergyman, Rev. Wm. A. Watson, of
New Jersey. It has food for all professors of the religion
of Jesus Christ, and will bear repltitlon every now and
then:
Talking of sects till late one eve,
Of the various doctrines the saints believe,
That night I stood In a troabled dream
By the side of a darkly" flowing stream.
And a "Churchman" down to the river came,
When i heard a strange voice call his name:
"Good father, stop; when you cross this tide
You must leave your robes on the other side."
Bat the aged father did not mind;
And his long gown floated out behind,
As down to the stream his way he took,
His pale hands clasping a gilt-edged book.
"I'm bound for heaven; and, when I'm there,
I shall want my book of Common Prayer,
And, though I pat on a starry crown,
I should feel quite lost without my gown."
Then he fixed his eyes on tho shining track,
But bis gown was heavy, and held him back,
And the poor old father tried in vain
A single step in the flood to gain.
I saw him again on the other side,
But his silken gown floated on the tide;
And no ono asked, in that blissful spot,
Whether he belonged to "the Church" or not.
Then down to the river a Quaker strayed ;
His dress of a sober hue was made;
"My coat and hat must be all of gray ;
I cannot go any other way."
Then he buttoned his coat straight up to his chin,
And steadily, solemnly, waded in,
And his broad-brimmed hat he pulled down tight,
Over his forehead so cold and white.
Bat a strong wind carried away bis bat;
A moment he silently sighed over that;
And then, as he gazed to the further shore,
The coat slipped off, and was seen no more.
As he entered heaven, his suit of gray
Went quietly sailing away, away;
And none of the angels questioned him
About the width of his beaver's brim.
Next came Dr. Watts, with a bundle of Psalms
Tied nicely up in his aged arms,
And hymns as many, a very wise thing,
That the people in hesTen "all round" might sing.
But I thought that ho heaved an anxious sigh,
As he saw that the river ran broad and high,
And looked rather surprised as, one by one, ?
The Psalms and Hymns in the waves went down.
And after him, with his MSS.,
Came Wesley, the patron of godlinoss;
But he cried, "Dear mc : what shall I do ?
The water has soaked them through and through."
And there on the river, far and wide,
Away they went down the swollen tide-;
And the saint, astonished, passed through alone,
Without the manuscripts, up to the throne.
Then, gravely walking, two saints by namo,
Down to the stream together came;
But, as they stopped at the river's briuk,
I saw one saint from the other shrink.
"Sprinkled or plunged, may I ask you, friend,
How you attained to life's great end ?"
"Thus, with a few drops on uiy brow,
"But / have been dipped, as you'll see mo now.
"And I really think it will hardly do,
As I'm 'close communion,' to cross with yon;
You're bound, I know, to the realms of bliss,
But you must go that way, and I'll go this."
Then straightway plunging with all his might,
Away to the left?his friend to the right,
Apart they went fron? this world of sin,
But at last together they entered in.
And now, whou the river was rolling on,
A Presbyterian Church went down ;
Of women there seemed an innumerable throng,
But tho men 1 could count as they passed along.
And, concerning the road, they could never agree
Tho old or the netc way, which could It be,
Nor ever a moment paosed to think
That both would lead to the river's brink.
A sound of murmuring, long and loud,
Came ever up from the moving crowd ;
"You're in the old way, and I'm in the new;
That is the false, nnd this Is the true ;"
Or, "I'm In the old way, and you're In the new;
That is the false, and this is the true."
But the Brethren only seemed to speak ;
Modest the sisters walked, and meek,
And if ever one of them chanced to say
What troubles she met with on tho way,
How sha longed to pass to the other side,
Nor feared to cross over the swelling tide,
A voice arose from the brethren then
"Let no ono speak but the 'holy men ;'
Forhave ye not heard the words of Paul,
"Oh, let the women keep silence all?"
I watched them long in my curious dream,
Till they stood by the borders of the streamy
Then, just as I thought, the two ways met;
But all the brethren were talking yet,
And would talk on, till the heaving tide
Carried them over side by side?
Side by side, for the way was one;
Tbe toilsome journey of life was done;
And all who In Christ the Saviour died
Camo out alike on the other side.
No forms or crosses or books bod they ;
No gowns of silk, or suits of gray;
No creeds to guide them, or MSS.;
For all had put on Christ's righteousness.
A Murderer Convicted? It will be re?
membered that more than two years ago Mr.
J. Fr?ser Matthewes was killed, near Beaufort,
by Peter Holmes, colored, under circumstances
of a very aggravating character. Holmes was
arrested, but escaped, and was again arrested
only to escape again?the last time remaining
at large for fifteen months. About two months
ago he was recaptured bv Constable T. Hamil?
ton at the Phosphate Works, a short distance
from the city. On the 23d of this month he
was arraigned at Beaufort before a jury com?
posed exclusively of his own race and color,
and, after a fair hearing, convicted of murder.
The prisoner is described as being a short,
heavy built, black man, with a low brow, coon?
like eyes and massive jaws. A ferocious ex?
pression is written on every feature. He is
evidently by nature what Victor Hugo calls "a
man-tiger"?seeming to have been turned out
of the crucible in which the devil mixed the
creative elements. We have not heard what
sentence Judge Platt imposed upon the prison?
er, but if he answers to the description, hang?
ing is the only remedy.?Charleston News.
A Good Borrower.?"Mrs. H.," exclaimed
a little urchin, on running into a near neigh?
bor's house; "mother wauted me to ask would
ye please lend 'cr your candle-mo.uids ?"
The moulds were given him, and he ran home.
In a few minutes he returned with this query:
"Mother wants to know if ye'd be kind euough
to lend 'cr some wickin?"
The wickiug was measured off, and he again
departed. But he sooii appeared again and
said:
_ "Mother would be so thankful if you had a
little taller ye'd be so kind as to lend 'er?"
Mrs. H., good-naturedly, produced the de?
sired article, and as the boy started for the door,
she said :
"Wouldn't vour mother like to have mo come
over and mould the candles for her ?"
"Wal, yis," replied the little bov, "I reckon
she'd like it Austr?te, cos she sed she didn't un?
derstand it very well, but she don't like to bo
troubliu' her neighbors, so she wouldn't ask
ye."_
? Farmer B. was sitting in the country
church. He had been working hard in tho
harvest field. Hands were scarce, and farmer
B. was dozing. The loud tones of the minister
failed to arouse the farmer, until, at length, the
time waning, the good man closed the lids of
the Bible, and concluded as follows :
"Indeed, my hearers, the harvest is plenteous,
but the laborers are few."
"Yes," exclaimed farmer B., "I've offered two
dollars a day for cradlera, and can't get 'em at
Result of a Secret Marriage.
Thirty years ago a great senation was created
in this city by the discovery that Augustine
Kennerly, the City Collector, was a defaulter
to the amount of between $20,000 and $30,000.
The exact amount was never ascertained, ow?
ing to the system of bookeeping in vogue at
that time. Kennerly belonged to a highly re?
spectable family. Several years afterward he
published a statement, attempting to exonerate
himself, but it was not entirely satisfactory.
He also published a novel called "Heiress of
Fotheringay," which did not make him a very
high reputation as a romancist.
During many years of his life he lived on
terms of intimacy with a colored woman. The
woman had several children^ who were bright
mulattoes. The old lady is known as Mrs.
Holland, and has resided for many years at
Cheltenham, owning fire or six acre"? of land
there, besides property in the city?the whole
valued at about $50,000. Her younger daugh?
ter, Augustine, was her favorite, and was edu?
cated in the convent at Baltimore, in all the
accomplishments of a modern education.
The mother, having seen the colored people
of the United States rise from a condition of
servitude to the place they now occupy, fondly
looked forward to the time when Augustine
would be led to the altar by a respectable white
man. But her hope was doomed to be blighted.
She had in her employ a mulatto man named
James Madison, who drove a team belonging
to her, and hauled fire clay for the brick works
at Cheltenham. Madison was considered an
honest and faithful man. Being an inmate of
the house, he had frequent opportunities of cul?
tivating the acquaintance of Augustine; but
his wooing was in secret, as he well knew the
old lady would scorn any alliance with him.
He succeeded, however, in winning the affec?
tions of the girl, who is about twenty years of
age, and well educated. They were married
without the knowledge of the old lady.
Immediately after the wedding the couple
started on the Pacific road on a short bridal tour
to Rocheport, Boon county, the former place of
residence of the bridegroom. When Mrs. Hol?
land heard of the marriage, her indignation
knew no bounds. She pursued the fugitives to
Rocheport, and there meeting Madison face to
face, plunged a dagger into his heart, killing
him on the spot. Such is the account that
reaches us from authentic sources. Mrs. Hol?
land was arrested on a charge of murder, and
her trial is set for August 3.?*S3f. Louis Demo?
crat.
Imitation ia the Sincerest form of
Flattery.?It has been the fashion among our
Northern cotemporaries, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal, to make merry over the tour?
naments which occurred in the South, and to
indulge in sarcastic flings at "the chivalry,"
coupled with advice to the participants to "go
to work and quit all such nonsense." The
tournament has long been regarded in the South
I as a pleasant recreation and amusement as well
as a school for the exhibition of horsemanship ;
but, like the custom inaugurated by Southern
women of decorating the graves of the Con fed
crate dead, it has oeen transplanted to the
North, as we read that several thousand of the
elite of New York and Brooklyn assembled re?
cently at Prospect Park to witness a tournament.
The horsemanship was splendid, and it is ac?
counted for by the fact that, with few excep?
tions, the knights were from Virginia and other
Southern States.
-o
. ? Keep pace with the march of time in the
improvement of thy heart. To fall behind is
to fall into perdition.
? When you hear a man say, "Life is but a
dream," tread on his corns and wake him up.
Life is real.
? If a young lady has a thousand acres of
valuable land, the young men are apt to con?
clude that there are sufficient grounds for at?
tachment.
? A veteran was relating his exploits to a
crowd of boys and mentioned having been in
five engagements. "That's nothing," broke in
a little fellow, "my sister Sarah has been en
gagaged eleven times."
? A Maine doctor, apply ing for a position
as an examiner of a life insurance company,
replied to the question as to the system on
which he practiced: "The human system."
? "Well, wasn't that a finished sermon we
had this morning ?" asked one person of another
as they came out of church. "Finished !" was
the reply; "yes, it was finished at last, although
I began to think it never would be."
? The following is a verbatim copy attached
to the return of a postmaster in Shawnee coun?
ty, Missouri: "I hereby certify that the fore go?
ing A Count is as near Rite as I know how to
make it. if there is auy mistake it is not Dun a
Purpers."
? One of the best remedies for whooping
cough is a tea made of the blossoms of red clover.
Take two ounces of the best blossoms, and one
pint boiling water; steep three or four hours and
give in doses of a wine glass full occasionally
through the day. It is infallible.
? Kettles which have had onions boiled in
them sometimes retain a bad odor. They can
be readily cleansed by dissolving a teaspoonful
of pearlash or saleratus in water and washing
them with it. Good also to remove odors from
cooking vessels.
? The New York Commercial Advertiser
(moderate Republican) says: "They are making
a very ugly record against that eminent Chris?
tian soldier, Gen. Howard. It is a very sad
thing to contemplate that our most pure, gifted
and heroic, when brought in contact with the
handling of money, rarely escape soiling them?
selves in some way with the stain of green?
backs. Here is our Havelock of the army held
up as no better than a mercenary contractor
and a camp follower."
? Ben Wade is reported as saying that the
would like to have his pipe and an easy chair
by the fireside. There's no accounting for
tastes. We should prefer having our chair in
the ice-house just now.
? Children should be inured as early as
possible to acts of charity and mercy. Con
stantine, as soon as his son could write, cm
fdoyed his hand in writing pardons, and de
ightcd in conveying through his mouth all the
favors he granted.
? A thirsty Quaker, having stopped at a
Long Island tavern to get a pot of beer, and
observing that the measure was deficient, asked
the landlord how manv casks he drew in a
mouth. "Ten," was the" rcpl.v. "And wouldst
thou not like to draw eleven, my friend ?"?
"Yes." "Then I'll tell theo how; fill thy
measures !"
? A youngster required to write a composi?
tion upon Jsomc portion of the human body,
selected that which unites the head to the
shoulders, and expanded as follows : "A
throat is convenient to have, especially to
roosters and ministers. The former eats
corn, and crows with it; the latter preaches
through his'n, and then ties it up. This is
pretty much all which I can think of about
necks."
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GEORGE W. CARPENTER'S
Compound Fluid Extract of Sarsa
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THESE celebrated preparations, originally in?
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GEORGE W. CARPENTER, HENSZEY & CO.,
Wholesale Chemical Warehouse,
No. 737 Market street, Philadelphia.
For sale by Walters & Baker and W. H. Nardin
& Co., Anderson, S. C. Dowie & Moise, Whole?
sale Agents, Charleston, S. C.
Oct 21, 1809 17
A. B. MULLIGAN,
COTTON FACTOR
AND
General Commisson Merchant,
ACCOMMODATION WHARF,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
Liberal Advances made on Cotton*
B?fcT* I will, when placed in funds, purchase
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ry, Agricultural Implements, Manures, Seeds, &c.
Sept 23, 1709 13 ly
Greenville & Columbia Railroad.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, \
Columbia, January 15, 1870. /
ON- and after WEDNESDAY, January 19, the
following Schedule will be run daily, Sunday ex?
cepted, connecting with Night Train on Souih
Carolina Rond, up and down, and with Nigh
Train on (.'harlot te, Columbia and Augusta Road
going North:
L'vc Columbia 7.09 a m
" Alston 8.40 a m
*? Newb'ry 10.10 a m
Arr. Abbeville 3.00 p m
" Anderson 4.20 p m
" Gr'nville 5.00 p in
L've Greenville 5.45 a m
" Anderson 6.25 a m
" Abbeville 8.00 * nj
" Newb'ry 12.35 p ra
" Alston 2.10 p m
Arr. Columbia 3.45 p m
The Train will return from Belton to Anderson
on Mondav and Fndav mornings.
JAMES O. MEREDITH", Gen. Sup't.
Jan 20, 1870 80
n. BISCHOFF. C. WULBKRN. J. H. MZM*.
JOHX McFALL,
WITH
HENRY BISCHOFF & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND DEALEBS IK
WINES, LIQUORS,
Cigars, Tobacco, ?See,
NO. 197 EAST BAY,
DIEIAiElI.JESMH, SO. CA,
Nov 25, 1869 22
Schedule Blue Ridge Railroad.
ON and after this dato the following schedule
will be observed by the PasseDger Trains over
this Road :
up. Down.
L've Anderson, 4.20 p m
" Pendleton, 5.20
m Perry ville, 6.10
Arr. Walhalla, 7.00
L've Walhalla, 5 30am
" Perry Tille, 4.10 ??
" Pendleton, 6.10 "
Arr. Anderson, 6J0 "
In cases of detention on the G. and C. R. B.,
the train on this Road will wait one hour for the
train from Belton, except on Saturdays, when it
will wait until the arrival of the Belton train.
W. H. D. GAILLARD, Sup't.
March 10, 1870 37
Tutt's Vegetable Liver Pills !
For Liver Complaint, Billiousness, &c.
Tutt's Sarsaparilla. and Qneen'a Delight,
For purifying the blood.
Tutt's Expectorant,
For Cough's, Cold's, Consumption, &c, &c*
Tutt's Improved Hair Dye,
The best in the world,
Are for sale in Anderson by Waltkbs & Bakbr,
Druggists, ar d Druggists and Merchants generally
throughout the United Slates.
July 29 1669 _5_*7
JAMES H. TIXOMWELL,
Attorney at Law,
ANDERSON C. H., S. C.
Office in the residence immediately oppo?
site Dr. Caicr's, on Main street.
Fob 3, 1870 32 Sra
Flour, Bacon, Corn, &c.
AFINE lot ef Flour, Bacon. Corn, &c, en
hand, and for sale cheap by
M. LESSER, Agent.
March 24, 1870 89
Tou had better Believe It.
ALL persons owing me money had better come
forward and pay up, or they will certainly
be sued. M. LESSER, Agent.
March 24, "1870 39
Groceries.
SUGAR, Coffee, Tea. Syrups, and all kinds
Groceries can be had, at reduced prices for
cash, bv going to M. LESSER, Agent.
March 24, 1870 39
The Spondulix!
HAVING purchased my Goods for cash, I want
it strictly understood that I mast hRY*'cash
for them. M. LESSER, Agent.
March 24, 1870 39