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A BACE FOB A BRIDE.
BY THOMAS A. POPE.
It has been but a short time since Esquire
Shelton, the man who has married more people
than any other person in the United States,
gave up the pleasant business of marrying
people and watch trading, and retired from his
sphere of usefulness on this-planet forever.
Notices of the man which I have seen since
his death recall to mind a bit of history, in the
consummation of which he played an impor?
tant part But let me tell the story from the
first.
Among the Federal officers stationed in Ken?
tucky in 1864, was a brigadier general who, for
the present, we will call Bipley. This officer*!}
family consisted of his wife and one child, a
beautiful girl of seventeen summers?and as
many winters likewise, I presume?though
from her joyous nature it did not seem as
though she had ever seen anything but sun?
shine and flowers. I have said Alice Bipley
watt beautiful?she was more?she was attrac?
tive. You could not know her without loving
her. The fortunes of war had made me an in?
mate of Gen. Bipley's mansion, and thus I had
every opportunity of meeting and admiring
Alice, and, I might add, of loving her, though
fortunately for myself, I never had the audaci?
ty to declare my love. Albeit under the same
roof, our stations were apart. I was simply a
soldier and special detective?she the daughter
of a General, who was a proud, haughty,
wealthy man.
Alice had many suitors, and, though she
treated all very kindly, she seemed to give pre?
ference to none.
But at last her hero came, and strange to say
he came from the ranks of those who were at
war, if not with her, those most nearly related
to her. He came in this wise:
In September, 1864, a company of cavalry,
which I was guidng across the county, encoun?
tered a small body of Confederate soldiers,
twelve in number, and captured the entire
party. They proved to be a scouting party,
commanded by Lieut Scott Capt Burns, who
commanded our detachment of cavalry, con?
cluded to take the Confederate soldiers on with
him to Camp Nicholas, and send Lieut. Scott
hack to Gen. Bipley. "Pope," said Burns to
me, "I have no men to spare; will you take
the reb. to Gen. Bipley. It is only 40 miles to
his headquarters, and you know the way." I
announced my willingness to take charge of
the prisoner. In a few minutes I was ready to
start. They brought Lieut Scott to me. He
was handcuffed and tied to his saddle. "As
you are going by yourself, I thought it best to
make your prisoner, who, I am told, is a des?
perate fellow, secure," said Capt Burns, as he
rode away to join his departing company. I
was now alone with Lieut. Scott. He was a
fine looking soldier, and I could see by his
countenance that he felt keenly the indignity
with which Capt Bums had treated him by
putting him in irons.
"Well, Lieutenant," said I, "I am commis?
sioned to take you to Gen. Bipley. I don't
like to see a man in irons, and if you will
promise not to try to get away, I will free you
from our bonds."
"I promise nothing, sir," said the soldier,
with all a haughty Southron's pride.
I looked for a moment at the man before me,
and then determined to free him. He had re?
fused the promise I asked, and I was glad. I
was satisfied he was above treachery.
"Then you," said Scott, "you are kinder than
that brutal captain, who I hope to meet once
more."
This was said with a quiet menace that
boded no good for Capt Burns.
It was about ten o clock when we took the
highway for Bichmond, tbe headquarters of
Gen. Bipley. Lieut Scott soon lost his re?
serve, and we spent the long ride in pleasant
converse. By the time we got to Bichmond,
5 p. m., we were on good terms, considering
our different positions.
I reported to Gen. Bipley, who immediately
ordered Lieut. Scott into close confinement
"He is a spy," said the General, "we will
have to deal promptly with these guerrillas."
I was sorry for the prisoner, but knew that
anything said in his favor would do him no
good; so I delivered him to the Provost Mar?
shal. I visited him often in his prison, and
did what I could to make his confinement en?
durable. Confinement to a spirit like his was
very irksome. Two weeks after entering the
prison he made a desperate effort to escape.
He knocked down the sentinel who guarded
the door, and rushing out seized an officer's
horse, and, before a hand could be raised to
check him, was in the saddle and gone. It
was broad-daylight, and a hundred soldiers
witnessed the act of daring recklessness. A
hundred shots were fired at the fugitive, one of
which struck his horse, though at first it did
not seem to check his speed Half a company
of cavalry were soon in pursuit, and, after
losing three of their numbers, succeeded in
shooting him down. It was the only way they
could capture him, as every time they asked
him to surrender he answered with the revol?
ver he had taken with the horse. He was car?
ried back to Bichmond, and, while insensible,
was again thrown into prison. I now went to
Gen. Bipley and asked, and after some difficul?
ty obtained, permission to take him from the
prison to a building used as a hospital for the
officers of the Federal army. The "Yankee"
ladies in the town often visited this hospital,
bringing delicacies to the sick. One day,
while 1 was sitting by the bedside of Scott,
Alice Bipley, in company with another lady,
entered the room. Not having seen Lieut.
Scott before, they of course must know all
about him. I told them of his gallant defence
when first surprised, and of his subsequent
daring attempt to escape. Ladies always like
brave men, and the .sympathies of Alice and
her young friend were quickly aroused in favor
of the wounded man. They gave me liberally
of the fruits and cakes they had with them.
When Scott awoke I presented him what they
had left,, and told him who left them.
"Many thanks to th nn," said he; "they have
more generosity than X gave the Yankees cred?
it for/'
"Alice Bipley is an angeL" I replied.
Two days afterward the same ladies made
another visit to the hospital. The first call
they made was in the ward where Lt. Scott
lay. I happened to be with him again. I in?
troduced the ladies to him. They conversed a
few minutes with him, and then presented him
a basket of wine and cakes. Their story was
brief, and their conversation a mere nothing;
but when the ladies were gone, I noticed that
the Lieutenant seemed much better than he
was before their visit.
"That Miss Bipley is a beautiful girl," said
he to me.
"Yes, and as good as she is beautiful," I re?
plied, and then 1 began to give him a catalogue
of her many good qualities.
The Lieutenant looked at me with a smile,
and said:
"Stop, Pope, or I shall think that these pre?
eala wer? for my nurse instead of me."
I stopped confused, for I thought he saw that
I loved the lady that had pleased him so much.
In the afternoon of that same day I received
orders to start at once to New Orleans on some
business of Gen. Ripley's. I hastily made my
preparations to start, and, while the clerks'
were preparing papers for me, I visited Lieut.
Scott ana told him I was going to his home.
He lived in New Orleans, He was highly
elated- that, he could send home, and hear so
directly from there. So he gave me a half
a dozen commissions to execute among his
friends.
I was absent from Richmond four weeks.
Upon my arrival^ I reported at Gen, Ripley's
office, and was informed that he was not in
town, but would he in next day.
?I then went dowrrto his residence, and en?
tering the house went direct to the library,
where all the letters that came for me during
my absence were always placed. The door
which I opened made no noise, and, without
closing it, I started across the room, but halted
in astonishment?for there before me, seated
side by side, were Alice Ripley and Lieut.
Harry Scott, C. S. A. They appeared so deep?
ly engaged in conversation that they did not
notice my entrance. In the name of wonders 1
I thought to myself, how is this ? A rebel offi?
cer in this stern old puritanical General's li?
brary with his daughter.
I turned to leave the room, when Miss Rip?
ley noticed my presence, and sprung to her
feet with a cry of surprise. She evidently did
not expect any one to see her here, I thought.
She was reassured when she saw who the in?
truder was. In a few minutes I went up town,
accompanied by Scott
"How is it, Scott," said I, "that you are free,
and at Gen. Ripley's V
"Well, in answer to your first question, I am
on parole; as to your second question, I may
say I visit Gen. Ripley's because?well, be?
cause I like bis daughter."
"I need not ask it Miss Ripley reciprocates
the 'like'; but about the General ?"
"I have not taken the trouble to ascertain
Gen. Ripley's mind upon the subject," replied
the Lieutenant.
During the next two weeks the two lovers,
Alice and Harry, had met often. I did all I
could to bring them together. My reason was
this: Capt. Burns was a suitor of Miss Alice,
and the one which Gen. Ripley had decided
she must marry, whether she wanted to or not.
This Capt. Burns I cordially despised, and I
determined that if I could prevent it he should
never marry Alice.
One day Miss Ripley was at the house of one
of her friends, and Lieut. Scott happened to
to be there too. Thinking themselves secure
from interruption, they indulged in sweet non?
sense so interesting to lovers, so foolish to any
one else. But, very unfortunately for their fu?
ture peace, their loving glances were seen and
their loving words overheard by one who from
that moment became their bitter foe?that was
Capt. Burns. He did not disturb the lovers,
but reported to Gen. Ripley, and the result was
that when Alice came home she was met by a
j torrent of reproaches from her father and a
strict command?"Never to speak to that vile
rebel again." He was also kind enough to in?
form her that in one month she would become
the wife of Capt. Burns, a wealthy officer, and
Gen. Ripley's very dear friend.
Time passed away rapidly. The prepara?
tions for Alice's wedding had been going on
for some time, and now it only lacked three
days of the time appointed. Meanwhile the
lovers had not been idle, as on the 22d of De?
cember Lieut. Scott came to me with a request
that astonished me.
"I am going to run away with that old Pu?
ritan's girl, and I want you to help me."
Assisting a rebel officer to elope with my
commander's daughter was a serious piece of
I business, so I did not readily comply. But my
hatred of Capt, Burns, and my desire to baffle
his plans, and thereby save the beautiful Alice
from a life of misery, decided me. I therefore
told the anxious lover that I would do what I
could to aid him in his plans of love and re?
venge. He loved Miss Ripley, and he owed
Capt. Burns no good wilL
The programme of departure was quickly
made. I was to secure a pass for a gentleman
and his sister to leave Richmond and cross the
Ohio river. Then I was to assist Miss Ripley I
out of her father's house, where she was almost
a prisoner, and escort her to a carriage which
Scott would have in readiness near by. The
first part of my mission I easily executed. The
time of departing was set for midnight, De?
cember 23d. On the morning of that day I
received an order to go at once to a town twen?
ty-five miles distant, and was not expected
back before next morning. I was back in
Richmond, however, by 10 p. m., 23d, as I told
Scott I would be. I went at once to Gen. Rip?
ley's house, and fortunately gained admission
unobserved I managed to notify Miss Ripley
of my presence, and also that at midnight I
would escort her from the house. I then se?
creted myself to await that time.
Alice's room opened into the same hall which
the library did. At the end of this hall was a
! door opening into the garden. At the appoint?
ed time Alice came into the hall, and we start?
ed to the door; just as we reached it, the libra?
ry door opened and Gen. Ripley came directly
I towards us. There was no light in the hall
except what came from the open door of the
library. As the General approached us, we
crouched in the corner behind some coats
which hung there. Gen. Ripley paused a mo?
ment at the door within three feet of us?then
opened the door and passed out, locking the
door on the outside. Escape from that door
: was now impossible; neither could we go out
at the front door, for a sentinel stood there.
The only way left us was to go into my room,
and theuce into the street through a window.
We passed back by the library door, and saw
Capt. Burns there, smoking a cigar, and no
doubt thinking of the happiness that awaited
him on the morrow. We did not disturb his
meditations, and in fifteen minutes Alice was
beside her lover and leaving Richmond. When
passing through the hall, Miss Ripley dropped
a letter which she had received from Scott.
An hour after her departure, Gen. Ripley pick?
ed up this letter and read it. Enraged at its
contents, he sought his daughter's room, to
find that she was gone. Immediately the house
was aroused. The General at once came to the
conclusion that she had left with Lieut. Scott.
[ I was near the house, and seeing that Miss
Ripley's departure had been discovered, I rode
up to the house and delivered my dispatches to
Gen. Ripley. Without looking at them he de?
manded if I had met his daughter. I, greatly
astonished, of course, told him I had not. He
then told me what he suspected, and I inform?
ed him that I had met a close carriage going
from Richmond. As I hoped, Capt. Burns de?
clared that he would follow that carriage which
I had seen leave Richmond an hour before,
containing a couple of Federal officers, the
gallant captain hurried away to find his miss?
ing bride. Meanwhile, Gen. Ripley sent mes?
sengers in all directions to find! the fugitives.
At three o'clock one reported that they had
passed the pickets on the Marysville road about
midnight. Ascertaining beyond a doubt that
they had taken that direction, the General
sprang into his buggy, and, calling me to join
him, we were soon traveling at a rapid rate
over the road which I knew the fugitive lovers
had just passed over. By 10 o'clock we had
traveled forty miles, and we learned from a
soldier we met that we were near the objects of'
our pursuit. We stopped a few moments to
give our horses some water and repair our car?
riage wheel.
While the General was at the house nearby,
a darkey, riding a splendid horse, came along.
I halted him and found out his destination ;
then I wrote on a piece of paper:
"Scott, hurry up. Gen. Ripley and myself
are in close pursuit."
Tht3 I gave to the darkey, and told him to
ride swiftly and deliver it, and I made my
command important by adding a ten dollar
greenback. The darkey came up to them in
re xnilee, where they had stopped to get din
ner, not imagining such a close pursuit. They
immediately, of course, pressed forward.
Scarcely had they gone when we came to where
they had stopped. The road was quite level
and straight, and not far ahead we saw the
runaway carriage. Then commenced an exci?
ting race. Both parties had splendid teams,
but Scott had the heaviest carriage. At the
end of five miles we were within a hundred
yards of the lovers, and were rapidly filling up
that space, when the General, in his eagerness
to overtake the fugitives, commenced whipping
the horses in a frightful manner, and the hor?
ses becoming unmanageable, ran the buggy
against a post near the road, and as they did
so broke the tongue from the buggy and sped
away, leaving Gen, Bipley and myself behind.
The only resort was to walk to the village, two j
miles ahead, and there get other horses. Just
before we reached the village, Capt. Burns
overtook us. Hearing what had transpired he
pressed on without waiting for us. We got
fresh horses in the village, and mounting them
pursued our way toward Marysville. Seven
miles from the Ohio river we found Capt. Burns
lying by the roadside, almost senseless. We
soon revived him, and he told us that he had
overtaken Scott while he was fixing something
about his carriage, and fearing to shoot, had
rushed up and grappled with him. The rebel
-officer proved himself the best man in the
struggle, and had left the gallant Captain sense?
less Dy the wayside, and went on his way re?
joicing. Assisting the Captain on his horse,
which was near by, we continued the pursuit.
We arrived on the banks of the Ohio in time
,to hear the splash of the oars of the boat which
conveyed Harry and Alice across the river; we
could not see them in the dark. I rushed
down to the water's edge ahead of my com?
panions, and found a boat there. I took the
oars and dropped them into the water, and re
Eorted a boat without oars. After an half
our's delay, we found some more oars and
crossed the river. We soon found ourselves in
the "Gretna Green" of America, and inquiring
of a late pedestrian, were directed to the resi
denceof Esquire Shelton. Beaching the house
designated, the General rapped furiously on
the door and demanded admittance. He was
answered by a lady who looked out of an up?
per window and inquired what was wanted.
"I want my daughter, who has eloped with a
villain and come here to be married."
"Oh, you are at the wrong place. You will
find Mr. Shelton's by going down this street
three blocks, then turning one block to the
right?a large white house," replied the lady.
Without questioning the information, Gen.
Bipley hurried away to the house designated,
Burns and myself following. We reached the
house and soon roused Mr. Shelton, who came
to the door.
"What is wanted, gentlemen," he inquired.
Gen. Bipley repeated the demand he had
made at the other nouse.
, "You are mistaken in the place, gentlemen,"
said Mr. Shelton. "My name is Sheltooi but
not Esquire James Shelton," and he proceeded
to direct us back to the same house from which
ten minutes before we had been dismissed.
Enraged beyond measure, the father and
baffled suitor rushed back to Esquire Shelton's.
This time that gentleman answered the sum?
mons himself.
"Where is my daughter and that rebel vil?
lain ?" imperiously demanded the General.
"I do not know who you mean," said Mr.
Shelton.
"Miss Bipley and Harry Scott," I suggested.
"They are gone," replied Mr. Shelton.
"Did you marry them ?" demanded Gen.
Bipley.
"When the North and the South are as firm?
ly united as the young couple you seek, there
will be everlasting peace and union," replied
Mr. Shelton.
Burns drew a pistol, and would have shot
the old man if I had not snatched it from his
hand. With a glance of scorn at the would be
assassin, Mr. Shelton bade us good night, and
closed the door.
We next went to the hotel, where we learned
that Harry Scott and his wife, in company
with a few others, had gone to the landing to
meet the steamer passing down. It was useless
to try to catch them before they got to Louis?
ville. It was imperatively necessary that Gen.
Bipley aud Capt. Burns should return to Bich?
mond, so I received orders to follow and arrest
Scott. Three days afterwards, I found him in
Louisville. His mother, just from New Or?
leans, was with him.
I told him of my orders, and he said all
right. His wife went with his mother to New
Orleans to remain until the war was over.
When I arrived in Bichmond I found that
Gen. Bipley had gone to Washington. He
never met his son-in-law. Lieut. Scott was
exchanged, and was with Gen. Lee in the
closing campaign of the war. In one of the
last battles, Gen. Bipley was killed.
After the surrender, Lieut. Scott hurried to
the Crescent City to meet his wife and the host
of friends who welcomed him. Not long after?
wards, Alice's mother came to live with her,
and then, as now, Alice Scott was, and is, the
happiest wife in New Orleans?by no means
regretting the fact that the day she was to mar?
ry a Federal Captain saw her united forever
with a brave Confederate.
Death of Admiral Farragut.?Admiral
David Glascoe Farragut died at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, at precisely 12 o'clock Sun?
day. The most famous name in the modern
annals of the American Navy has passed into
history. He was born at Campbell's Station,
Knox county, Tennessee, in 1801. When a
boy of nine years, his father procured him an
appointment as midshipman, and his first
cruise was in the frigate Essex, commanded by
Commodore Porter. Midshipman Farragut,
when twelve years of age, was wounded, the
only wound he ever received during his sixty
years of service. He served during the war of
1812, and was frequently mentioned honorably
in the official reports of Commodore Porter.
In 1823 he was engaged under Commodore
Porter, in destroying the pirates of the West
Indies. From that time until the breaking out
of tho rebellion, a period of nearly forty years,
he was sailing about the world, or quietly serv?
ing at different naval stations, and, at long in?
tervals, rising by seniority, from grade to grade.
Admiral Farragut served with gallantry du?
ring the late civil war. In the summer of
1807 he was ordered to the command of the
European squadron. During his cruise of over
one year he was everywhere received with re?
spect and courtesy. The crowned heads and
nobility of Europe seemed to vie with hum?
blest subjects in doing honor to this noble spec?
imen of the American naval officer.
In the death of Farragut, and recently of
Dahlgreen, the American Navy has'lost two of
its brightest ornaments, and the nation two as
brave sailors as ever carried its flag upon the
ocean.?Lo uisvillc Co it rier-Jo u rn aL
"Scrambled" Hair.?The Lynchburg (Va.)
Nem is merry over the "new thing" in hair:
The latest fashionable kink for ladies is to
scramble their hair. So says a fashion item.
We have partaken of scrambled eggs, and do
partake thereof with much frequency, and hen
fruit, so prepared, invariably tickles our stom?
ach into a broad grin of satisfaction. But re?
garding scrambled hair, we are free to say that
we shall not curve to it lovingly. So far as our
experiment goes, we believe hair to be a valua?
ble ingredient for plaster, but for a steady diet
we should prefer roasted babies done brown, or
missionary spare-rib. We have no valid objec?
tion to sipping nectar from the lips of beauty,
but when it comes to eating her back hair
scrambled, please excuse us. We'll dine out
on hair days.
? A Boston paper has an article headed,
"The Future of Boston." Any one who has
ever attended Sunday school ought to know all
about the future of such wickecf places.
? In the life of every woman there are two
grand epochs at which she is willing to tell her
age?when she is sixteen and when she is one
hundred.
Chances in Battle.
the immense numbeb of shots and the
small numbeb of victims.
In the date of the old-fashioned musket, or
"Brown Bess," as it was popularly nicknamed,
the chances of a man's being hit bv a. bullet
were slight. It has been estimated that in
Wellington's campaigns in Spain it took eight
hundred bullets to kill one man, but much of
this waste of lead and powder was due to care?
lessness and ignorance on the part of the men;
some fired so nigh that the balls went over the
heads of the enemy, others so low that they
went into the ground. Even in our own recent
war, with greatly improved firearms, the num?
ber of killed and wounded was very small com?
pared with the immense nnmber of shots fired.
Mr. Francis Galton, in his recent work on
Hereditary Genius, presents some curious cal?
culations as to a man's chance of being struck
by bullets in a battle. One man differs from
another in height and in width, therefore the
chance of the one as compared with that of the
other varies as the sectional area of his body;
that is to say, as his height multiplied into his
average breadth. But this is not the whole
truth, and Mr. Galton admits it; for large men
are more likely to be hit, not merely on account
of the greater area of their bodies, but also on
account of their being more conspicuous from
their size, and therefore, being more likely to
be singled out as a mark. The principle of
"natural selection," on the part of the enemy's
bullets, here comes into operation, and Mr.
Galton endeavors to correct his estimate of
chances by taking the weight of the man into
account. It is not easy to perceive the force of
this mode of reasoning, but the result of it is,
that the chance of a man's being accidentally
shot in battle is as the square root of the pro?
duct of his height multiplied into his weight.
Thus, supposing a man to be two hundred and
twenty-five pounds in weight, and six feet two
and a half iuches high, he will escape from
chance shots for only two years, while a man
of one hundred and twelve pounds weight, and
five feet six inches high, would escape for
three. The total relative chances against being
shot in battle of two men of these respective
heights and weights are as three to two iu favor
of the smaller man, in respect to accidental
shots, and in a decidedly more favorable pro?
portion in respect to direct aim, the latter
chance being compounded of the two following:
first, a better hope of not being aimed at, and,
secondly, a hope, very little less than three to
two, of not being hit when made the object of
an aim.
Had Nelson been a large man, instead of a
mere feather weight, it is probable that he
would not have survived so long the extraordi?
nary dangers he encountered. In the course
of five years he took part in a hundred and
twenty actions at sea, including the battles of
Cape St. Vincent and the Nile, and in them he
lost an eye. He was ultimately killed at
Trafalgar (after escaping death at Copenhagen)
by one of many shots aimed directly at him by
a rifleman in the maintop of the French ship
with which his own was closely engaged ; but
it should at the same time be added that on
this occasion he greatly increased the chances
against him by pacing the quarter deck in full
uniform, with all his medals and orders
fastened on his breast. When the famous
Marshal Soult visited England, a story appeared
in the newspapers to the effect that some Eng?
lish veteran had declared the hero must bear a
charmed life, for that he (the soldier) had cov?
ered him with his rifle upwards of thirty times,
and yet never hit him. It is not at all surpri?
sing" that the uneducated believe some men to
bear charmed lives, when we remember Napo?
leon at the bridge of Lodi, and again at Areola,
where it is set down in history, the Austrian
artillery swept off everybody but himself within
a circle where he was standing, yet he led the
way across the bridge unharmed?though the
grape rattled in a perfect hail storm around
him. The same may be said of Wellington, at
Waterloo, where, it is reported, that everv man
on his staff was either killed or wounded", and
he had for a while to do their work until others
could be brought up from the other end of the
line, he escaping all the time untouched.?
Many more instances of such exemptions from
the havoc going on all around can be found in
history, but these are two remarkable cases,
familiar to most people. It will be found that
the majority of officers of the higher grades
survive not only one but many battles. Mr.
Galton estimates this majority at sixty per
cent., but his figures do not bear out his theory.
He has selected a list of thirty-two of the most j
eminent commanders ; but of these only seven
died on the field of battle, which would make
the proportion seventy-eight per cent. The
most formidable enemies an army has arej
camp-fever, privation, over-fatigue, and too J
great exposure to heat, cold and damp, and
the carelessness of the men. These kill three
times as many men as the bullet does; and yet
the bullet kills its thousands, notwithstanding
the large chances in favor of the escape of each
individual soldier.
Internal Revenue Taxes?Bv the Act of
Congress, approved July 12, 1870, the taxes on
sales imposed by the Internal Revenue Laws,
except such as are by existing laws paid by
stamps, are repealed.
Section 3 repeals the special tax on boats,
barges and flats; on legacies and successions;
on passports, and on gross receipts.
Section 4 repeals the Stamp Act imposed on
promissory notes for less than $100, and on re?
ceipts of any sum, or for payment of debt; also
on canned or preserved fish.
The Act also repeals the income tax on
amounts less than $2,000.
? Alas, that there should be so many poor
souls who, in this world and that which is to
come, look forward to nothing that is substan?
tially comfortable and satisfying 1 Here, for
instance, is a veritable descendant of Saint
Martha, who came into a neighbor's house in
Buffalo a few days since, downcast, wearying
with many cares and cumbered with much
serving, "So much to do! cleaning, working,
cooking, washing, sewing, and everything else 1
No rest! never was, never will be, for me 1"
"Oh yes," said the good woman she addressed,
"there will be a rest one day for us all?a long
rest."
"Not for me! not for me!" was the reply.
"Whenever I do die, there will be certain to be
resurrection the very next day I It would be
just my luck 1"
? At a spiritual circle in Cincinnati a man
burst into tears when a medium described a
tall, blue-eyed spirit standing by him, with
light side-whiskers and his hair parted in the
middle.
"Do yon know him ?" inquired a man at his
side, in a sympathetic whisper.
"Know him ? I guess I do," replied the un?
happy man. "He was engaged to my wife. If
he hadn't died he would have been her husband
instead of me. Oh, George, George 1" he mur?
mured, in a voice choked with emotion, "why
did you peg out r"
-?>- I
? The New York Commercial Advertiser
says:' "We are glad Gen. Lee has not tendered
his services, to either of the European belliger?
ents. He can safely rest his military reputa?
tion where it now is. The Prussian Field Mar?
shal Von Moltke, in the presence of several
American gentlemen, once paid the great Con?
federate chieftain a compliment which, from
such lips, was indeed worth having: 'I con?
sider Gen. Lee,' said the old veteran, 'as a sol?
dier not inferior to Wellington.' His auditors
were all Northern men, but they relished the
remark none the less as a deserved tribute to an
American soldier."
? Writers of experience in nature strongly
recommend the use of musquito-curtains in
tropical regions as a precaution against mala?
ria. They "sift" the air an d besides tend sur?
prisingly to keep the temperature within them
uniform. i
? A country fellow went courting his girl,
and wishing to be conversational, observed:
"The themonkron is twenty degrees- below
zelen this evening,"
"Yoa," replied the maiden, "auch kinds of
birds do fly higher some seasons of the year
than others."
? One of the popular belief! i every summer
is, that no preceding summer ever furnished so
many flies. People aver, in our hearing every
day, that these pests were never before so nu?
merous and troublesome. They are plentiful,
active and annoying enough, but we have
known them to be quite as mu<:h of a nusiance
in preceding seasons. They bring a comfort to
the credulous who will rest assured that so long
as there is no scarcity of flies, there will be no
epidemic like the cholera.
? One of tht curious effects of the intense
heat which humanity has endured for the past
two weeks has been to give to a gentleman re?
siding in South Baltimore the singular fac?
ulty of smelling the sun. The gentleman
alluded to was sunstruck a few days ago, and
since his recovery he positively asserts that he
can smell, the sun when it shines upon him.
He describes the smell as being very offensive,
and the only way he can find relief is to hurry
into the shade, once there, his smelling facul?
ties cease to nauseate him, but the moment old
Sol smiles upon him he become intensely sick.
So says the physician in charge of the case.?
Baltimore American.
? The New York Star says that Horace
Greeley also has been refused a position in the
French army. "Objection was taken on the
ground of his white coat and hat and awkward
ait, all of which are declared by Napoleon to
e not only unmilitary but certain to draw the
fire of the enemy at long range. Something
was said also about his 'On to Richmond' fren?
zy, but as he was not with the army when he
wanted it to advance, the charge of reckless?
ness of self was withdrawn."
THE RURAL CAROLINIAN,
An Agricultural
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Two Dollars per Annum.
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AIKEN, Charleston, S. C.
JAMES A. HOYT, Agent, Anderson C. H., S. C.
July 14,1870 3
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Liberal commissions paid responsible agents.
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May 26,1870 48
Greenville & Columbia Railroad.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, \
Columbia, S. C, July 25,1870. J
ON and after MONDAY, August 1, the following Sched?
ule will be run daily, Sundays excepted, connecting with
Night Trains on South Carolina Road, up and down, also
with Trains going South on Charlotte, Columbia and Au?
gusta Railroad:
UP TRAIN.
Leave Columbia_.?.8.15 a. m.
" Alston._..._.?.-.- a.3? a. in.
" New-berry.11.03 a. m.
Arrive Abbeville. 3.00 p. m.
" Anderson. 4.30 p. in.
" Greenville._5.00 p. m.
DOWN TRAIN.
Leave Greenville.-.-. 7.00 a. m.
" Anderson.7.30 a m.
" Abbeville. 9.00 a. m.
" Newberry.12.47 p. m.
" Alston._ 2.30 p. m.
Arrive Columbia. 3.45 p. m.
JOHN IL MORE, Gen'L Sup't.
Aogust 4, 1870_6_
GREAT FAIR
SOUTH CABOLINA INSTITUTE
NOVEMBER 1st, 1870.
CHARLESTON, SO. CA.
?gy MOST liberal Premiums offered in every
department of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
Premium List published in Pamphlet Form.
July 7, 1870 2 3m
NOTICE !
Valuable Water Powers and Small Im?
provements for Sale!
NO. 1, containing Ninety-threo Acres, known
as the Major's Mill Place, 6cven miles West of
Anderson. Court House?the best unimproved
water-power in the county.
NO. 2, known as the Dr. Gaillard Mill Place,
near the Railroad, eight miles North of Anderson
Court House. Splendid water-power, plenty wa?
ter and can be easily improved?a convenient and
' pleafftot place for machinery operations.
Terms?One-half cash. For particulars, ad?
dress the subscriber at Perryvitle, S. C.
THOMAS HARPER.
March 3,1870 38
P. F. TOA.LE,
Charleston, S. C
f Largest and most complete *)
??s? t Manufactory of Doors, Sashes, / ?._
Bar ( Blinds, Mouldings, &c, in the \
\ Southern Stales. /
Printed Price List Defies Competition.
JBgy* send for one. ?^g8
Sent free on application. "^38
May 5,1870 46 ly
THE MOUNTAINEEB>
GREENVILLE, S. C.
? f\ CENTS will pay for Six Months Subscrip
f)\) tion to the above Paper, published every
Wednesday. Advertisers will find its extensive
and increasing circulation a profitable medium of
communication with the publie. ?
G. E. ELFORD, Editor and Prop'r.
G. G. Wells, Associate Editor.
Aug 4, 1870 6
Money Saved is Money Made !
THOSE wishing to profit by the above advice,
would do well to call and settle what they
owe SULLIVAN, MATTISON & CO., otherwise
they will have to pay cost, as we are determined
to collect thoBo debts without distinctions.
N. K. & J. P. SULLIVAN.
June 23, 1870 62
THE POLICY-HOLDERS'
LIFE AND TONTINE ASSURANCE COMPACT
OP THE SOUTH,
29 Broad Street, Charleston, S. G,
HAVING deposited $50,000 with the Comp?
troller General for the protection of its
policy-holders, will issue the usual forms sf Life
and Endowment Policies.
It is the most liberal Company to the Assured in
the World.
The Charter guarantees to the assured the cash
surrender value of his policy after one annoal pre?
mium has been paid, except in case of fraud.
It i3 the only purely mutual Company in the
South.
It has no Stockholders. All surplus profits
must be divided among the policy-holders.
It is thoroughly conservative.
Its investments are confined by charter to the
most solid securities, and it is onder management of
men of well established ability and integrity.
Persons desiring any information will please
communicate with any of the officers-.
WM. MCBURNEY, President.
E. P. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres. and Ac*,
GEO. E. BOGGS, Sec. and Gen. Agent.
JOHN T. DARBY, M. D., Med. Adviser.
JAMES A. HOYT, Local Agent for Anders??,
and Dr. THOS. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner,
April 21, 1870 43
GEORGE W. CARPENTER'S
Compound Fluid Extract of Saisa?
par ilia.
GEORGE W. CARPENTERS
Compound Fluid Extract of Bucha
THESE celebrated preparations, originally in?
troduced by George W. Carpenter, under th? pat*
ronage of the medical faculty, hove been so long
extensively used by Physicians aud others, that
they are generally known for their intrinsic value,
and can be relied on as being most valuable rem?
edies in all cases where Sarsaparilla or Bucha are
appl cable, and cannot be too highly recommend?
ed. They are prepared in a highly concentrated)
form, so as to render the dose small and conven?
ient. Orders by mail or otherwise will receive
prompt attention.
GEORGE W. CARPENTER, HENSZEY A CO.,
Wholesale Chemical Warehouse,
No. 737 Market street, Philadelphia.
For sale by Walters- & Baker and W. H. Nardi*
& Co., Anderson, S. C. Bowie & Moise, WBohv
sale Agents, Charleston, S. C.
Oct 21, 1869 17
A. B. MULLIGAN,
COTTON FACTOR
AND
General Commisson Merchant,
ACCOMMODATION WHARF,
CHARLESTON^ S. CT?
liberal Advances made on Cotton* .
I will, when placed in funds, purchase
and lor ward all kinds of Merchandize, Machine
ry, Agricultural Implements, Manures-, Seeds, &o.
Sept 23, 1769 18 ly
ii. bischoff. c. wclbebn. j. h. PIlPBOv
JOHtf McFALL,
WITH
HENRY BIS0H0FF & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
and ?ealebs in
TINES, LIQUORS,
Cigars, Tobacco, ?See*
NO. 197 EAST BAY,
?HA!RILIES;ir?H. SO. CA.
Not 25, 1869 22
Schedule Blue Ridge Railroad.
ON and after this date the following schedule
will be observed by the Passenger Trains OTcr
this Road :
up. now*.
L've Anderson, 4.20 p m
" Pendleton,5.20 M
" Perryville, 6.10 -?
Arr. Walhalla, 7.00 ?
L've Walhalla, S.30 arm
" PerryTille,4.10 "
" Pendleton, 6.10 ?*
Arr. Anderson, 6.10 ??
In cases of detention on the G. and C. B. R.r
the train on this Road will wait one hour for the
train from Belt on, except on Saturdays, when it
will wait until the arrival of the Belton train.
W. H. I). GAILLARD, Sap't.
March 10, 1870 87
J. HAYNSWOBTH EAELE,
Attorney at Law.
OFFICE IN THE BENSON HOUSE.
May 26, 1870 48 8m
JAMES H. TH0MWELL,
Attorney at Law,
ANDERSON C. H., S, C.
Office in the residence immediately oppo?
site Dr. Cater's, on Main street.
Feb 3,1870 82 8m
Leather! Leather 1
IF you want the best Upper or Harness Leath?
er, go to
C. A. REED'S,
Corner Anderson Hotel.
Juno 9, 1870 50
W. S. REESE,
AGENT FOR BATH PAPER HIL1L9,
WILL pay the highest cash price for RAAS
Depot street.
May 26, 1870 48 8m
Flour, Bacon, Corn, &c.
AFINE lot of Flour, Bacon, Corn, &e., on
hand, and for sale cheap by
M. LESSER, Agent.
March 24, 1870 89
You had better Believe It.
ALL persons owing me money had better cose
forward and pay up, or they will certainly
be sued. M. LESSER, Agent.
March 24, 1870 89
Groceries.
SUGAR, Coffee, Tea, Syrups, and all kinds
Groceries can be had, at reduced prices for
cash, by going to M. LESSER, Agent.
March 24, 1870 39
The Spondulix!
HAVING purchased my Goods for cash, I want
it strictly understood that I must have cash
for them. M. LESSER, Agent.
March 24, 1870 89
At Private Sale!
THAT VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on
Eighteen Mile Creek and Seneca River, contain?
ing 1770 acres, formerly owned by James Steele
The Tract will be divided to suit purchasers]
Apply to W. H. D. GAILLARD,
Tendleton, S_ C.
Jan 6, 1870 28