Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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For the Aride^oi'iJkli^Sgencer. an appeal, Obj rally to ouTStandard Ye southrons one and all! . We have true and noble leaders, Will you not obey the'cjHl ?0 , Can it be the days of chivalry Shall ne'er return again, When our sous and sires were famous < - For the swotd as well as pen ? . Feel ye not the chain of tyranny That binds our noble State In fetters dark as midnight? Will ye yield to such;a 'fete ? Gird onJie_sjEorijaJLpxudence, Of firmness and of, truth ; Rise up in solid phalanx, Ye proud and noble youth! Drive back the hords usurping, And place the helm, of state In hands that can be trusted Let our Hampton guard the gate. Let no son,of Carolina ? Desert us in this hour ? Assert a glorious manhood ; ?"'Let the foemah feel'yo?r power. Come one, come all, and rally To the standard lifted nigh! Be true and we shall conquer? Our victory is nigh. E. McD. /September 18th, 1876^ [}j our centennial letter. . Machinery Hall?Geeat Engines Yankee Notions, &c.?Enterprise manufacturing cf>.?coffee mills ?Ice Boats?TypV Weitee?Div? ing Suits?Paul Boynton's Ride Campbell's Great Printing Press Fun at the Regatta?How to Hatch Chickens. Special Correspondence oj the Anderton Intelligencer. Philadelphia, Sep. 15, 1876. Not far from the main entrance of Machinery Hall is a mighty engine, whose ponderous wheels are the embodi? ment of rugged, shaggy strength. If I may be permitted an animal illustration, there are engines there that have the quick spring of the lion and the tiger; they are sleeky and polished; and fine? the engine t am' speaking of now is in comparison to them?a grizzly bear or hippctamus. A sewing machine makes more noise, and yet in these pistons, and levers, and wheels, is the power of a thousand horses. Turn your back for a moment and place your ear to the railing. You are now in a position to catch the most delicate vibration. You hear dis? tinctly the ticking of the watch in your pocket, yet here work two mighty levers, a giant piston, and a ponderous fly-wheel twenty feet in diameter; and yet so noiselessly this leviathan moves that an infant might sleep beside in sind never iiVTB its; slumbers disturbed. The moat startling characteristic of the machinery of to-day is the utter absence of noise and the ease with which it performs its tasks. The great engine described above is for the grinding of sngar-cane, and it scarcely seems as if so much power would be required for such a purpose. A little beyond the sugar mill we come to the ice boats. Elegant affairs they are. On. good ice' and with a fair wind they are capable of making'their seventy miles an hour. Ploughs for cutting ice and providing us with those luxuries of ice cream, not to mention smashes, san gerees, cobblers, and all those fascinating beverages in which the average American doth so much delight. It would appear that there is nothing in the range of household economy which is considered too insignificant for American genius. One man devotes his life to the success of a double-action rolling-pin, and an? other to the improvement of a two-story pepper-box. Washing machines innu? merable have lifted the load of Atlas from the weary shoulders of the ;housewife; and now blue Monday comes around without its angry terrors?thanks to. the labors of these unwearied benefactors of mankind. Who does not recollect the time when in his miserable boyhood he was bounced out of bed at five o'clock in the morning to grind the coffee, and how you stood on a candle box to do it, and the mill was screwed so tight you could hardly turn it, and how the handle came off and the box upset, and rubbing your shins you said "cuss" words that you didn't want the old man to hear. These reflections were induced by looking at a coffee mill made by the Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia. Why did not they invent it thirty years ago? What lickings they might have saved me. The mill is a highly orna? mental affair, with a couple of fly-wheels, and so admirably is it constructed that when you once set it going it would al? most run itself. And then there was a wonderful faucet, by the arrangement of which you could measure any amount of molasses or syrup from a half-pint to a dozen gallons; a marvelous cheese knife, with" which you could cut off half a pound to a half a cheese; a tobacco cut? ter that could nip a plug of cavendish in two as easy as if it were brown paper; presses for all kinds of meat and fruits, and something that will make woman? kind rejoice so long as their husbands shall wear white shirts and -their own dimity has to be immaculate. This great invention is a sad iron ; I think it ought to be called a glad iron; the bandle is of wood and round like the handle on a carpenter's plane, it takes off from the iron while it is heating; no burned fing? ers, no blistered hands, no inward swear? ing when they would have you think they*- w.ere;.iinging, "I want to be an angel ^nothing but peace, serenity and good ironing. It is indeed fortunate that while we have Our Corliss, ? and oor Campbells, and our Walters, and our Krupps, that we have also a class of men 'tike those representing the - Enterprise Manufacturing Company, who devote their genius and their lives to lifting the lighter loads from the shoulders of suffer? ing humanity, and choosing those things which the greater inventors consider altogether beneath their notice. |?ttl her?L ^JSrJ envelope ma? chine. A man need not be very old to remember the1 time when.^ it was npt..cqa sidered exactly the thing to send a letter' in an envelope. And now* show me the man, or woman either, who would have j courage to semi a letter without one. Have you ever seen an envelope map chine ? If you have not you have missed one of the greatest curiosities of-modern times. To describe it so that a person can have a good, clear idea of its opera? tions is next to impossible; Though ap? parently invented to supply- a very sim ple want, it looks to. begone of the most marvelous and intricate"* pieces of ma? chinery ever made by human hands or invented by the human brain; nothing that I have ever seen in the way of ma? chinery seems to act with such a human intelligence. Every movement and every motion is guided by a wisdom that seems little-leas than m'iraWl6W^^x3Wttfe^down! in your note book, ? and don't ?? forget' the envelope maker ^Machinery Hall. *, Walters' great printing press from Eng? land occupies a position a little north? east of the centre;- It is a wonderful piece of mechanism in one sense, but it makes more noise at its work than all the rest of the machinery in the great hall put together, including the great Corliss; engine. In contradistinction to this, there is another press at the great/ Exhi? bition which is the eighth wonder, of the world. I refer to the new Campbell press, the like of which has never been seen since the world began. All of the best printing presses are large, heavy and cumbersome; even the Bullock's and ?Bre wster's presses, and the most improved Hoes are filled with co mpl icated m ach in e ry' and innumerable wheels; but here is a press occupying comparatively little space, a mere skeleton as regards ma? chinery, and yet doing work that .the wildest dreamer never dared to hope. The forms .are prepared, the rollers are adjusted and the engineer > stands afc his post with the lever in his hand. He turns it gently backward and the way she goes at twenty thousand ?an hour, printed on both sides at once, folded, registered and piled up ready .for the newsboys to take under their arms and peddle in the streets. I have watched the improvements in printing presses for many years, and there is no machine which human genius has developed that fills me with such reverence and admira? tion. There must be a point of perfec? tion somewhere, and it seemed to me that this morning, as I stood in the presence of this monarch of mechanical skill, the inventor might inscribe above it, "nc plus ultra" satisfied that in the mutations of all coming time its superior will never be discovered. Directly in the centre of the building, and near the north entrance, which faces the lake, is another wonderful labor-sav? ing invention, known as the American type writer. See that splendid-looking, dark-eyed woman who sits by the ma? chine, and plays upon it like a grand piano; watch how deftly her fingers fly over the yielding keys. For a moment you imagine she is amusing herself by running over^some Old, familiar tune; but not a bit of it; that is Mrs. C. A. Osborne, one of the most remarkable operators on this instrument in the world. She'jft ;now>writing at the rate ?f^hMir dred words a minute; and look, she hands you a handsomely printed copy of the letter you gave her only a few seconds before, properly punctuated, your imper? fect grammar corrected, your syntax and prosidy so wonderfully improved that it astonishes yourself to think you can write so well. With this instrument you can multiply your copy twenty-seven times, but it will require a little practice that will call you out early in the morning and keep you up late at night before you can become an Osborne. Massachusetts is here near the door, with a magnificent maritime display, and you find models of every kind of craft that moves upon the face of the waters. Full rigged ships are there that look as though they could tackle, without wink? ing, the stiffest south-wester, or double Cape Horn in June without striking a moon raker or sky scraper; rakish look? ing mackerel .fishers from Cape Cod and Marblehead, and jaunty lookjngschoonr eB^uch as go down to the -banks ?ot Newfoundland after halibut and cod? are scattered about. Oyster boats and net fishing, find here an abundant illus? tration, and the pleasure yacht in which our young sprigs of American nobility enjoy their ocean races, have several magnificent models. These evidences of her maritime greatness are interesting beyond the power of description, and among the collection is a diver's suit for exploration beneath the waves. I- never see one of these but I think of the terri? ble sights frequently encountered by these travelers under the sea. Here before us is the identical suit Paul Boynton wore when he leaped over from the steamer and swam to the Irish coast. As I looked upon it and the paddle with which he worked his way along the stormy and rock-bound coast, the whole scene rose up before me, and I came to the conclu? sion that if such an opportunity was ever offered me of achieving an honorable immortality, I would let the job oubat a very slight percentage on the original cost and call it square. The crowd increases with the cooling weather, and it has certainly been de? lightful. The regattas of the week passed off splendidly, and I confess I wish the English had won. I am particularly glad that in losing they lost no honor; they lost by one second in a gallantly contested race, and our boys upheld the credit of the universal Yankee nation in a way that must be very gratifying to their Alma Mater, and exceedingly satis? factory to all lovers of true sport through? out the land. In Agricultural Hall is an incubator where a gentleman of scientific turn of mind illustrates the beauties of hatching chickens without the use of a hen. The other day .a lady from the, inferior of the State was making a pilgrimage of the Hall in search of curiosities, and she stopped in front of the incubator and .'enquired what it was. The gentlemanly proprietor informed her that it was-an incubator. The lady inquired: !|! "What does it incube, sir?" "Eggs, madamc, eggs," said the incu? bator. "Eggs, and without the aid of*! a hen." ? /;. 1 "Do you lay your own eggs,'' inquired the Jady. "No, madame, no; we engage hens to do that,-but we hatch them after the eggs are laid." ? ? ? ?' ? > j; ' " I "Goodness gracious I how; curiqus I" said the lady. "Would you oblige:me by hatching two or three? I should like to take them home." She was somewhat astonished to learn that it took twenty-one days, and on be? ing informed that, said: "Sir, I fail to see its advantages over the domestic hen," and she waltzed off, looking on the incubator man as a swin? dler; Yours truly, BROADBRIM. The True Story of Southern Disorders. While Governor Chamberlain of South Carolina is plotting with the Washing? ton conspirators for the overthrow of free "government,, not in the South only, but in the whole country, his adjutants are .busily engaged at home in stirring up their .negro adherents to murder and riot. Our despatches tell the story of the scan? dalous proceedings in the streets of Charleston during Wednesday night, and of the outrages inflicted on the peacea? ble laborers of the Combahee rice fields for a week past. We have already printed full accounts of the intimidation practiced against Democratic negroes in all parts of the South, but in no South? ern State has this proscription been so bitter;and relentless as in South Carolina and Louisiana. Taught by the example of their white leaders that the . laws are as mockery and a sham, the lower and desperate classes of the colored people hesitate at no crime to further their abandoned ends. The record of every Week,in "the Prostrate State" is a shock? ing series of arsons, outrages and mur dere which pales the story of Ireland un? der English rule by contrast So com? mon have they become, and so hopeless are the white people of relief from those to whom the administration of the laws is committed, that these crimes are suf? fered to go almost without protest. In one instance only, of late, have the re? spectable citizens taken the law into their own hands and inflicted a punishment that would seem altogether incommensu? rate with the immediate offense, but which was intensified by the recollection of innumerable atrocities in the past. It has happened that very many colored Eeople of the better sort?those who ave accumulated a little property and have an equal stake with toe whites in securing good government?have an? nounced their determination to vote the Conservative ticket. This has subjected them to persecution of the most malig? nant nature. They are waylaid at night and beaten; they are threatened with death if they do not resume their iwiegi ance to the Radical party;' they are ex? pelled from churches by the brute force of majorities and made outcasts among their people. It has been found neces? sary for the whites to guard the meetings of these poor poeple from violence, and to escort the members of colored Demo? cratic clubs back tc their homes. Last Friday evening, in Charleston, one of these meetings was assaulted by drunken ruffians and broken up. This act was repeated on Wednesday night, and there followed a satuonalia of disorder and plunder such as could occur in no Amer? ican city uncursed by the rule of such scoundrels as have plunged South Caro? lina into a very abyss of misery, from which her reputable people are now manfully endeavoring to extricate her. In Louisiana, the same dreary story re? curs. Our despatches have detailed the recent murderous attempts in the interior parishes of the State, and there is con? clusive evidence that the ignorant ne? groes are acting only under the advice and prompting of designing whites. It is a desperate struggle in both un? happy commonwealths. On the one hand are arrayed the united body of intelligent citizens, representing the mercantile, ag? ricultural and industrial interests of the State and aided by the better classes of the colored people; on the other, the disreputable aliens whose only object is and has been plunder, controlling and supported by the ignorance and depravi? ty of the lower orders of negroes. On the one hand we have Hampton who, like Adams, of Massachusetts, represents an illustrious revolutionary name, and with whom are virtually associated all the worth and probity of the State, and Nichols and his colleagues, who repre? sent the same vital elements of society in Louisiana* On the other we have the infamous Packard and his associate, Warmoth, the authors of every wrong from which Louisiana has suffered; Pat? terson, a carpet-bagger, who openly bought a seat in the United States Sen? ate, and who thinks South Carolin "is good for feur years' stealiug yet." Moses, whose record as Governor was simply a series of shameless robberies, and Cham? berlain, the attorney for the plunderers, who vainly intrigued for the support of the Democrats and, failing, has turned upon them with characteristic virulence. These are the men who wrung his revolutionary instructions out of the At? torney General, and in whose behalf these instructions are to be carried out. The people of the United States may see their chances of future greatness in this contest. Will they suffer the constitu? tion to be violated for such a purpose and by such men? Will they permit our free institutions to be made a scoff and a byword in such a cause ? The helpless citizens of the South look to us of the North for succor. It can still be given by the omnipotent processes of the ballot, where the ballot yet stands for something. Will it be denied to them ??New York World. The Reason.?A young clergyman modest almost to bashfulness, was once asked by a country apothecary, of a con? trary character, in a public and crowded assembly, and in a tone of voice suffi? ciently loud to catch the attention of the whole company, "How happened it that the patriarchs lived to such an extreme old age V To which question the clergy man mildly replied, "Perhaps they tool no physic." ? A South Carolina man was bitten by a moccasin snake, and being carried to the nearest drug store, was cured with three pints of .'whiskey. Now there are Bevcial South Carolina fellows who me? ander in moccasin districts, hoping that they may soon encounter three pints. Governor Chamberlain Interviewed. The Columbia Register makes the fol i lowing sensibly remarks about the follow ing interview* with Governor Chamber? lain: *': :*r ,'; Correspondent1?"Then the situation is ivety much'changed since yob were .here !a hiontK'ago?" :" Governor J.GHamberlain?"Yes, it has '^na^n^d as in "an hour. Then, when I ' Whs herje, the Demacrats in South Carpi *liha were inclined to support me, and ;evei| said they would nominate rid onb in opposition to me. The State ?is' Republic 1 can1 bv, at least .20,^00 majority ana1 they hd?'determined for the sate ofpeace ana quietness to endorse hie, but Generals Gary and But)er, and men of theft type, captured i,the convention, and''decided upon a fight by putting up.Wade Hamp? ton, and since that time the entire situa? tion has been Changed." Correspondent?"In what way ?" "" Gftfvernbr Cnamb^rlaih?''The Demo? crats now come to our meetings and' in? sist upon, an equal division of tbe time with -our1 speakers. */ * * In a meet itig at'Abbeville the ether day I made a speech, during which I felt my, life in absolute danger. Indeed, during the last two weeks I have had my courage, tested as it has never been before. ' * * .*?? * *" when the .Governor1 of a State feels that his liFeis'in <}?nrft?nt danger during a campaign, it is h very bad con? dition if affairs," &c. The above is taken from a letter in the Chicago Times from its Washington cor? respondent, in which he'gives 'his views upon the Attorney General's circular to the'marshals and an interview with Goy. Chamberlain. It,will be observed that Chamberain regards the "change"''he I describes as a personal offense to himself, j and the Democrats, in; making it, viola? tors of an understanding between hini and them. He also treats it as a decla? ration of war. Peace ancT quietness only lay in the direction of Democratic endorsement of himself. To put up Hampton' was to decide on' a "ficht." This is all intensely cool, and show the Governor, to. be faVadvanced in his ideas that the government of South Carolina is purely personal, and he is1 the only per? son who is entitled to the honor. The other statement, of his apprehension of danger is surfely an exaggeration. If it be'true even that he has felt his life in constant danger, it>is" ;?ot; necessarily proof of a "very bad condition of affairs." It may be evidence merely of an appre? hensive disposition. He may have1 felt that there was danger when there was none. The alarm and uneasiness of an individual, even though he be the Govr ernor, no more proves a "very bad condi? tion of affairs" than one swallow makes a summer. The Governor is not accus? tomed to obstacles, not used to noise and shouting, except in the conclaves of his own political party. He knows enough of them to know, as he said at the last convention, that all their sound and fury means nothing. Chairs were flourished over his head, as the veracious Keegan, of Tinsley's Magazine, testified, but not a [ hair on it was hurt. . Somehow it always happens, said the Governor, that these turbulent scenes never result in harm. [ In like manner we would have him un? derstand that the indignation of the tax? payer, who pays dollars where he once paid cents, will be kept within the bounds of a peaceful expression. Citi? zens who have a withering contempt for the corruptions, frauds, infamies and im becility of the Radical party and State government, are, nevertheless, under thorough self restraint. They will pro? voke and engage in no disturbances, they will continue to exercise forbearance and self-control. But they do not intend to let this election go by default. They do not mean to keep their mouths shut, or allow the truth to be any longer conceal? ed. They will proclaim it on the house tops and everywhere. They have sum? moned the Badical hosts and their lead? ers te a great popular trial and judgment, and will expose, in language that cannot be misunderstood, although it may at times be rough and plain, and rasp tbe Badical conscience uncomfortably, their misdeeds, their misgovernment, their trickery, their debauchery, and, in a word, their utter unfitness to govern a State. They will insist that they shall step down and out. But this is not personal vio? lence, and it need not test the courage of any man whose conscience is clear and serene. Rising Above Party. Washington, Sept. 9. At a meeting of the Seventh Ward, Hayes and Wheeler, Minute Men of Brooklyn, Wednesday night, the follow? ing letter from Gen. Sherman was read: Headquarters Army of U. States, ) Washington, D. C, Aug 30, 1876. j E. R. Kennedy, Esq.,, -New York : Dear Sir : I thank Jyou for the com? pliment conveyed in your note of the 29th, sod regret that a proposed trip to California prevents ray being in Brook? lyn on the day you name. Of course I am pleased to note the honor in which you hold the National emblems which we followed to the sea, and that you number among your members some of the men who composed that army. I feel every possible interest in the honor and glory of our National Government, but trust you will not use my name in any party connection. I must not be a partisan, because I have chosen to dedi? cate my few remaining years to my pro? fession, which is entirely national, leav? ing every citizen free to choose his own course in life, and to ally his civil for? tunes to any of the parties into which a free people always divide for the varied interests that always exist. With great respect, your friend, W. T. Sherman, General. Is Hayes a Perjurer??The "North? ern Ohio Democrat" of September 3rd contains a full exhibit of the false and fraudulent tax returns of personal proper? ty for the three years made by Ruther? ford B. Hayes to the tax assessors of the First Ward of the town of Fremont. The personal property other than nontaxable. valued under the will of Sardis Birch am at $32,000*; of which B. B. Hayes was de? visee, is returned for taxation, under the oath of R. B. Hayes, at $3,500. Three watches, the aggregate value of which is $800, are sworn to be worth $150 in 1876, while in 1874 one of the watches is sworn to be worth $300. Four carriages are re? turned as being worth $250 in 1874; yet the maker of one of the carriages says that Mr. Hayes paid him in that-year $500 for a single carriage. One horse, valued at $500, is returned as worth but $100. Though in possession of a piano, he has failed to make a return thereof, as the law of Ohio requires. With over $100,000 worth of personal property, Gov. Hayes has returned under oath for the past three years less than $6,000 worth for taxation. ? On the 25th ult..news was received at the War Office that Sitting Bull had dodged Gen. Crook and was seriously: threatening the frontier settlements. Secretary Cameron,., with that prompri tudc which is characteristic of the man, immediately ordered more troops to South Carolina. Cameron's T/c^Icy ^arms the Bepnbli ;" ... ., m.< ifftf?tirt IMw ! .'jWashinotoi*,. September 7. The colored riots inSouth Carolina have created grave alarm dmong the Republi? can leaders .here- to-day, - and to-night there have been various : consultations and a general discussion of the unexpec? ted phase the color iasue has taken under reckless leaders i in .Charleston. Various dispatches have gone, to the- leaders in South Carolina,! vand especially to Gov. Chamberlain, earnestly insisting that the negroes must be better controlled, or the North will revolt at: the Grant-Cameron policy adopted to carry the election, and they have also been implored by telegraph to get out a prompt statement from some? body denying that the1 negroes wantonly attacked a peaceable body of their own race, for no other reason than that they chose to be for the Conservative ticket. The gravity of the-case is -heightened by the general disorderly spirit that is stead? ily Cropping but and growing among the more ignorant and idle- negroes, since the publication of Secretary Cameron's mili? tary order relative to the* South.- The political leaders of the negroes have all given. the same interpretation to Came? ron's order, just a^was intentedby Grant and Cameron themselves, and that is, that the army.. Iff. intended to protect the negrees in anything'they''shall see, fit .to do in the name of, .the party. Senator Patterson publicly declared in this.city before the Cameron order was issued: "We've got to raise h?11 somehow with, the niggers and get the troops down there, or the a??n rebels' Will carry the elec fcion in Bpite of us," ?pd it was in obedi? ence to this spirit, more honestly, than elegantly expressed by Patterson, thftt-the' Cameron order was issued. The negroes, especially, in such sections as Charleston, where they are in an overwhelming ma jority, now believe, that the army is be? hind them, and that they can do anything necessary to carry the election, and they are only .too ready to indulge in the larg- j est license; / The danger now is, that they will not stop with political violence; I The rice field negroes, the most ignorant and brutalized of the race in the South, have again become,turbulent on the Combahe,' near Charleston, and there is danger of, general disorder under- the immunity that they assume they -possess by the protec? tion of the administration and the army. Gov. Chamberlain is greatly alarmed for the safety of his State;, and the Republi? can leaders here to-night would be glad had Cameron's order never been issued. All reliable reports from Charleston g to prove that the Republican I negroes at? tached the Conservative negroes without provocation of any kind, and the result is a wild mob of ignorant and lawless blacks, who believe themselves above all restraint, legal or otherwise. Some of the more discreet Republican leaden here insist that while the administration cannot recede from its position by the revocation of the Cameron order, there must be an official construction put upon it publicly that:-will! make-the inegroes and their reckless leaders in the South understand that they must pay some re? spect to law and, order. Mnny declare that if it is not done, the North cannot be relieu upon, to sustain Hayes-under the load of a despotic and, violent policy that sacrifices the peace: and safety of half the country in: an .effort for a few electoral votes, which -will-likely be lost under any circumstances.?Philadelphia Times. Radical Falsehoods Exposed, j Sumteb, September, 8. "' To the Editor of the News and Courier: The attacks of the Union-Herald upon Gen. Hampton would not be" worth no? ticing were.it not that people outside of this State-tnay s?ppdse that sheet to be a | respectable journal.' In a recent iss?e of that paper Gen. Hampton is charged ', with having murdered Col. James Cam- ' eron, the brother of the present Secretary 6f . War, and of Simon Cameron. The charge is insidiously made, but means i what I have stated. I am now, through the kindness of a friend in Washington, enabled to show how utterly and wicked? ly false the charge is. On page 410 of a work called "Martial Deeds of Pennsyl? vania," by S. P. Bates, will be found the following: "James Cameb.on.-A t the battle of the first Bull Ruu he was of Sherman's Brig- | ade, Tyler's Division, arid at the crisis of the struggle bore himself with the great? est gallantry. Again and again ' he led his men with the cry of 'Scots follow me' ' in the face of a withering fire of rjiusket ry and artillery until stricken down and mortally wounded, expiring on the field' of his heroic exploits. No mortal man, : says an eye witness, could stand the fear? ful storm that swept them." Is it not an outrage that a newspaper ] published by a civilized man should re- ; sort to such shameless falsehoods for the purpose of sustaining the falling cause of corruption and vice? Does the editsr of the ? Union-Het did suppose that <uich slanders can fail to disgust every decent man even in his own party? Can he be? lieve that the Democrats of this State will permit his lies to go unexposed and unrebuked? I commend to him the Arabian proverb: "Lies, like chickens, always come home to roost." Chas. H. Moise, Honor Your Business?It is a good sign when a man is proud of his work or his calling. Yet nothing is more com? mon than to hear men finding fault con? stantly with their particular business, and deeming themselves unfortunate be? cause fastened to it by the necessity of gaining a livelihood. In this way men tret and laboriously destroy all their com? forts in the work, or they change their business, and go on miserably, shifting from one business to another till the' grave or the poor house gives them a fast grip. But while occasionally a man fails in life because he is not in the place fit? ted for his peculiar talent, it happens ten times oftener that failure results from neglect and even contempt of an honest business. A man should put his heart into everything that he does. There is no profession that has not its peculiar cares and vexations. No man will escape annoyance by changing his business. Is o mechanical business is altogether agreea? ble. Commerce in its endless varieties is effected like all other pursuits with trials, unwelcome duties and disspiriting neces? sities. It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search the frets and burdens of his calling, and to give his mind every day to a consideration of them. They belong to human life; they are inevitable. Brooding over them only gives them strength. On the other band, a man has power given him to shed beauty and pleasure on the homeliest toil, if he wish? es. Let a man adopt his business and identify it with pleasant associations; for heaven has given us imagination, not alone to make us poets, but to enable all men to beautify nomely things. Heart varnish will cover up innumerable evils and defects. Look at the good things. Accept your lot as a man dees a piece of rugged ground, and begin to get out rocks, and roots., to deepen and.mellow the soil, to enrich and plant it. There is something in the most forbidden avoca-, tion around which a man may twine, peasant fancies; out of which he may evelop an honest prjde>~i?rcAa?$re. " SITTING BTJLL. Reminisce uses in tbe Life of ??iso|i.4' the Rough and Ready Cadet?The iVIan Who BeatB Our Generals. , . . Corres.jjoiidcncc Baltimore ?pzctte. Is'Sit ting Bu)I a> West-Point graduate? This question is asked in sober. earnest, with the view of eliciting information, Cbere1''beTiig reasons for beueving that this formidable warrior and so-called savage, now occupying so much of public attention, from the unquestionable skill and extraordinary courage with which be has met onr soldiers, is really a grad? uate of the military academy. There may be. some, foundation for the reports as 10 his reading French and being, fa? miliar with the campaigns of the great Napoleon. Graduates1 of West Point, between 1846 and' 1850, will'remember a new cadet of both singular and remarka? ble appearance, hailing from the western borders, of Missouri, who reported! for d'dtyin 1845, '46 or '47. 1 'Above inedium height, apparently between eighteen ami twenty .years old, heavy set frame, long busby hair growing close to his brow and overhanging his neck and shoulders,-his face covered with thin britches of white fuzzy beard, the general get up; Of this plebe was such as to call the-old" cadets to hesitate in the heretical jokes usually played off on new-cadets. Nicknames are often applied to cadets that they car? ry with them among 'their friends' into the army, and even to their graves;;-The thick neck, broad shoulders and long., bushy hair, caused the name of "Bison" to be added to the new comer, and it ad? hered to him'ever afterward;: The West Point course he learned with' ease, grad? uating in the upper third of .his class.? He had no disposition to be,socialkept to himself, talked but' little,' , and was never known to e'ither smile or laugh. During hours of recreation he did not mingle with his.class mates, but was:-of? ten seen, in solitary walks; around < the j plain'-or scaling the neighboring moun? tains "even to their very'summits. -He was often out of his quarters at night', eluding successfully the vigilance of sen - tinels and officers,.visiting,the neighbor? ing villages in quest of strong drink, but neverseeh under its influecce.until after he bad graduated. , This remarkable character passed' his graduating examination creditably, re? ceived his diploma,, but before doffing bis cadet gray, visited the village of Botter milk Falls, below West Point a short distance got intoxicated and became in? volved in a broil, in which stones and sticks were used freely. Several of the S'articipants were badly hurt, and the :ison himself was much bruised. This conduct was regarded so unbecoming and discreditable that, on .the recommenda? tion of the academic^ board, he was re? fused a commission in the army. He was heard of three timesnarter''feayiiig the academy, once at Galveston Texas. There he had a terrible fight with some desperadoes, and was forced Tto; leave.-rr He was next seen on one of the Califor? nia steamers, and going upon tbewestern coast he got into an altercation with:-'the officers of the vessel and | was placed an? der guard down in the hold and made to work. The third .and last time, as far as we know he has been seen and recognized under the following circumstances : In 1858 about ten yeard.after the Bison had graduated, Lieutenant Ives, of the topo? graphical engineer corps, was engaged in making an exploration and survey of the Colorado river emptying into the Golf of California; While engaged in this work he would quite ? often... leave his boat in t'be afternoon and go on shore and,biv? ouac till morning. ' On one of these be-' casions a party of Mohave Indians came into-his camp, and after talking some time :n Spanish the chief says in Eng? lish: "lyes, do.you know me?" The. lieutenant was startled at hearing bis name called so distinctly in English by this naked and painted-faced chief; he replied that he did not, and asked the chief where he learned to speak English so well.1 'The chief "replied: "Never mind that; but do yon know me, Ives ?" The lieutenant scanned closely the huge painted chief, with feathers in bead, ring through his nose and ears, aud again an? swered that he did not, and again asked the chief where he bad learned English, and how did it happen that he knew him. The chief replied that he did not wonder at his not knowing him as his change of nationality had brought with it a great change in habits, dress and appearance, and then added: "I am the Bison; we were together at West Point. I have with this little party been watching you for several days. My band wanted to kill you and your little party, but I told them we had better wait and see, and try and talk ; that we might do better than kill you. I have made them understand that after you have left and gone back trade will then spring up, and we can then do better by trading or robbing tbe boats loaded with goods and supplies of all kinds. The Indians retired and were seen no more. A year or two her . fore this. Capt. Lyon (killed in the late war,) of the army had a desperate fight with the Indians on an Island in the Colorado river, the Indians supposed to have been commanded by tbe Bison.? He was successful for years in raiding on the settlements and extending as far off .as Arizona. It may be and we think it probable with the settlements extending from west to east, and from east to west, and the Indian area diminishing con? stantly, that this Indian chief may have gone as far north as the Black Hills, and may even be the veritable Sitting Bull, for to the close observer Sitting Bull has shown as much skill and judgment as an educated civilized soldier could have done. It would not be strange if Sitting Bull proves to have been educated at West Point, and it seems to us probable that such is the case. A West Point Graduate. Baltimore, Aug. 7. A Judicial Drink.?An Alabama paper says that the other, day, while sit? ting in tne circuit court, Judge Humph? reys grew weary of the endless tongues of attorneys, and calling to a bailiff, said huskily: "Go over to the 'Hole in the Wall' and bring me a drink of whiskey." The bailiff disappeared and re-appeared shortly with an inch and a half of corn juice in a gloss, enough for any Christian man, but not a sufficiency for an Alabama judiciary system. "Go back," thundered thejudge, "and tell Hagerty to send me a drink?a drink of whiskey." The bailiff disappeared and re-appeared again, this time with a tnmbler brimming full. "Ah," said the wearer of ermine, "that now is a drink. But what/' wiping his lips with the cuff .of bis coat, "what did hfe^ay?" .. - I "On, he> didn't say not'aihg, your Hon? or/' answered thebailif, blushing." ' "Oh;ye8j he must have made some re? mark ; now what did he say V >rv "Well, sah, your Honor, he said, *I sent him a drink of whiskey at first, bj didn't kno*. the old fool wanted to take V bath I'?'.: ? thaoi t .* nhodmr i "Hem, hem; go on with tho examina? tion of your witness," said 'the judge to the attorhey-for the plaintiff.' ?5 Newspaper Patronage,*!,!;. There seems rfco'be a great many differ .ant ways of. defining and understanding the,phrase ???newspaper patronage/',.ana, as a p'arty interested in a_ correct defini. tion OF fee same,' we give the following disquisition :on the subject tby one who knows. v/hereof ho speaks.. It m ay serve, perhaps, as a mirror, in which certain parties may be able to "see themselves as others'see them:" ?? >Jiariy long :sny'dreary years in the publishing ? business has forced the con? viction upon us that newspaper, patronage is a word of many definitions, and that a 'great majority of mankind are either ignorant of the correct definition, or are dishonest in a strict, biblical sense of the word. , Newspaper patronage has as many colors as the rainbow, and is as changeable as a chameleon. One: man comes in,- subscribes for a paper, pays for it in advancey and .goes home and readsJt. with proud satisfaction that it is his. He nands.in^n-,advertise : merit; ? and reaps the advantages thereof. -This is patronage: '< > ? : : Another man asks you to send him the paper, and goes off without saying a word aboup the pay. Time flies on; you are in1 'need of money, and ask him to pay the sum he owes ybuv!'He'''flies into a passion, perhaps pays, perhaps not, and orders his paper stopped. Thisis called patronage. .... . . . .. .,;| i ! l <>ne man brings in a fifty cent adver? tisement and Wants a'two dollar'"puff thrown in, and when you decline, he goes off mad. i Even . this is called patronage. One man don't take your Dialer, i It is, too' 'hrgh* priced; but he" borrows and ireadsit regularly.'"' Arid'that' couid be <?Ued.newspaper patronage:''': ;" '?'? ' ,, fQn? man, likesjpourypaper; he takes a copy, pays for. it, and gets, his friends to do the same; he is not always grumbling to^ybu 'or to others,': but has arrieridly word. - If an accident occurs in his sec? tion, ho jnforms the-editon This is news jpaperpatronage. . . '? Ohe hands you a marriage or other notice; and asks for extra^copibs coritairi ing it; and when- you asfr him fbrjp?y for the papers, he looks surprised: "You surely don't take any pay for such small matters?" This is called newspaper patronage. * ' . ? One fit is good- to see such) comes in and says:.."The year for which I paid is about to expire; I want to:.pay;4branr other." He does so and retires. This? is newspaper patronage. ? It will be seen from the above that while certain kinds of patronage are the very life of^ the newspaper, there are other kinds more fatal to its health and circrilatiou than the1 coils of a boa con? strictor are to the luckless prey he pat? ronizes. * Weighing a Beam of . Lig^t, and How it is Done.?Mr. Crookes* most' startling discovery of h?w; to weigh a beam of light appears to have originated somewhat in this way. . Desirous of weTghirig sonie small quantity;of a sub? stance' mthdut those distr?rbarices irisepa-' rable from the operations as ordinarily conducted, Mr, Crookea made arrange-: ments to accomplish the weighing in vacuum, arid was surprised to find that when'a light was approached to the ex? hausted receiver/ a'taeW set 'Of rdisturbihg influences were called into play,and that the action of gravitation was appreciably* modified. Mr. Crookes at once set to work to determine' the general conditions and intensity of this riew1 force," which resulted in the absolute knowledge that the beam of light was not only weight,, but that it is possible to weigh it. The apparatus for weighing the beain of light consisted of ah. exhausted glass chamber in..the form of a-horizontal cross,-with arms., of circular cross section.'; Inside the larger arm is a glass fibre maintained in a uniform state of tension by a spiral jSpring at one erid^add by* glass'stopper at the other, which stopper is capable of rotation. The shorter arm- of the.,cross contains in alike manner a stouter-fibre beam of gloss seciired at the point of crossing to the longitudinal or torsion fibre, and having at one extremity a pith surface o f two square inches.area, and at the other end a little cup. Inside the, chamber there is a loose particle of iron weighing 1-100 of =a grain, and outside [the stopper is a counter recording the number of torsions or turns the . glass-, fibre makes. Now, the method of proce? dure is ?s follows: The position of a dot of light from the little mirror placed at the intersection of the two glass' fibres having been noted, the little iron weight is lifted by means of a magnet, and placed in the cup, which, w*neri thus weighted, descends. Torsion is then ap? plied to the glass fibre until the beam is lifted, and the dot of light returns.to its former position. This may be called the zero of the machine.' This exact amount of torsion having been determined and its equivalent in weight - ascertained, the torsion is removed, and- the ray of light is then made to fall on the disc, which causes a depression of the gloss beam, as if it was weighted by a tangible sub? stance, i The calculation of the absolute pressure of the sun'e radiation on a square foot of the earth, when carried out to the square mile, gives a force of fifty-seven tons. An Interesting Exposure.?The New York Times is making itself noto? rious just now, says the Albany Argus, by its malignant abuse of the man for whom, no very long time ago, it had only words of commendation. Why it is now so inconsistent will appear from an inci? dent to which I am able to call your at? tention. A short time before the Demo? cratic Convention met at St. Louis, Hud? son Airisley, Esq., attorney-at-law in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, had a conversation with A. W. Ferrin, editor of the Cattaraugus Republican. The title of the paper shows the political color of the editor. On that occasion Ferrin said: "I suppose from all indications Governor Tilden will be nominated for the Presi? dency at St. Louis. I am. induced to think that he is the strongest man that could be chosen. But we shall do our best to beat him. It is already arranged that the New Yor Times is to fabricate false statements regarding the personal: and political character of Governor Til- j den, and the Republican country papers are to republish them." This may seem extraordinary, but the fact can be substantiated. It bos already been publicly, asserted by Mr. Ainsley and, so far as I know, it has not been contradicted. There appears to have been a cold-blooded scheine formed to blacken the character of Mr. Tilden by false charges?that being the only possi? ble means which the Republicans had of Counteracting the effect of Governor Til den's well-deserved reputation as a re? former. Both parties, to ? this arrange? ment, you see, are: fulfilling their cove? nants with the greatest zeal that has ever been shown in a bad cause'.' m i.?11 n f n ?3?he Green vM&E?terprise of the7tii giyes details of the burning of the planing mills, of. L..B.,Cline. ,Loss_ $8,000. No insurance. Cause of fire^iricendiarism, :?The friends and adherents of B^wen arid lackey in .Charleston are "fighting among" themselves; an'd 'dairy they have a" riot on-a^smaH ??e?t*Wbr;- "?"*?? vi? 1 '/Sift f> f LE&At 'AI require cash payment Executors, ' and DO money comes irUhJhci order: IHI1?ato *? I-"rr- 100 TO CORRESPONDENTS.-ln order to rcceirc action, couimunkattoni must be accompanied byinethri nattie ariWafldress-of the'writer.* Be jected manuscripts .will, not be returned, unless the necessary stamps are furnished to repay the postage thereon. fnis?liM?iH n^jVittyn not r^najbks fqy ?ia views and opinfons of our correspondents. All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itors Intelligencer," and all checks, drafts, money orders, &c., :should, bo made1 payable to tbe order of HQyTA.co.. The Hone* >Bbe.?There are some things iq.thq history ;o?;the,'money bee which shows a fidelity and devotion that is really touching.' There is something almost human -id .their loyalty to their sovereigns., Several instances are upon record where bees watched over and Suarded the remains of their queen for ays, licking and caressing her as though they wqre trying to restore her to life. Though food was supplied they refused to eat, and at the end of four days every bee was dead. ','/_/? When a queen makes a royal progress through the iiive she is always attended by a body guard, not a particular number of bees which are devoted to', her person, but a body guard which forms itself at her approach out of the subjects through whom she is about to pass, but who fall back into, their .regularrwork when; she has'gbn?oy. She never lacks the most dutiful and1 devoted attention; those about-.b^r^-whene*^ she ?joves, caress her, offer her honey, and cluster, around her to keep her w?rm ifshe is chill. When a swarm loses' a o?eeh, theyi are at first in. deep and violent grief; if a new queen is immediately given to them, they'refuse* to; accept her. If, however, twtfUiy-roUf hours' is-aTlWeT"to elapse, toey:r?cpn.cUei^^sel\^)tp^hfl 4dW4i of her less, and receive a substitute with loyal-honors. ,0tt),,, . ... i The instinct of the bees denies all our traditions of instinct, it adapts itself to circumstances/overcomes new and unex? pected obstacles, benefits by experience, employs temporary expedients, and then casts them aside, when the occasion for their rise is gone, in a way which is rnar V?lbUBly'Ifke r??sbn. "11t is, indeed, diffl cult to idraw any line between the two qual itjiqs) -..when looked at* in mi nute de? tail ; jsrqnly,in .its. cumnlativei power, which .produces such different effects, that we can''dare to make the distinction, and tiien we are at ^a loss for a definition. It is strange to- fin d,i n the insecti world, among an order, of beings,s.qiow in the scale of the naturalist, a faulty, aoj near akin to the divine gift of Reason which is man's crowning glory. Butitfs just here among the bees and among the ante that it is most marvelous and most perfect.? Scte??Hc\ AmeHcayg./ ^ ^ V FdEdNG :a: Stellt to a job to sell old Twister'anything at a decent profit, and, indeed, to pell him at all, half the time; he only hauled over goods, asked prices, said they were too high, and waflketfoff. One day obr head salesman saw .him:coming-in, and told the boys to keep back, and he would certainly sell him something before he left the store, and so we'stood back and waited. . 3 "Whafs the:'^nce of these goods'?" said Twister, taking: hold of some that were lying in.an opeu case. ? .: - ' "These,. Mr., jT^ister, are twelve and one-half cents a yard," said the salesman, flaying: half ?'cCnt under tHfe price. -f^werVbJfln*a<h?lf^Jtoo higtyiibwat twelve wer might tradef^ "Weu^w^efWlil say twelve to you," said Che salesman. ' . ' '.; ? "Well, ! dnnno as 'I want .the goods enongb/''*! said ' Twister ?; "it 'ought to be made r.ao object?now at eleven and a . balf.Fd.buyy/ . ,. . 1 "AVeU, y?ii.shall have a case at eleven ?ndn? naif,"- said-the salesman, deter? mined' he should bay at some price.' >-"WelL; Ltfoa't ?pnt'bnt half a case/ said.Twister.;, ..... .v si: ,-, . v'cVerv mtt, we will divide the case for y?u^v:*' r} ' r ? ' "Is^osej^'saidthe purchaser, "you'll throw in the case and won't charge for ? >?"";> Jes," said the salesman, "we'll take. Out'half the crise,' charge yd?'iothlng for cartage, thrown in the'case; aid setfyon the goods for eleven and a halft cents." "Six months, I s'pose," said the keen buyer." '- - "Yes. six.nwptjis'.ci?d|t^aB^the priv? ilege of returning all you. d?nTsell,'f8aid the persevering-seller; /{now T'S^ppose I may sblp "them right up. to yonrtpwn." : ^'Noy'no ;? oWt be so fast, young man"; I guess I won't take 'em; I don't like: to have goods forced onto me in that style." Chabcoat,.?Many years ago I recol? lect, says a correspondent of a London paper, a horse being brought into the yard of Joseph Bignal, a celebrated man for keeping nunters at Corydon,, The horse was very much affected in the wind, and could hardly move from distress. In a few days this animal did its regular work as a hunter, with perfect ease and comfort to itself Tar water; whs-the cure. Tar is carbon, and charcoal is also carbon; charcoal in the .powder is more easily given than tar water. 'I have tried it with most beneficial effect, and I think it stands to reason that the removal of noxious gasses and flatulence from the stomach of the horse must improve his wind and condition. Tar is frequently Siyen .with benefit in cases of chronic isease of the respiratory organs;, but its effects are totally different from those produced by <marcoal (fcarbon.) A Califoraiarpaper highly recommends charcoal for fattening tprkeys, and says that it should be pulverized and mixed with mashed potatoes and corn meal, as well as fed to them in small lumps. It mentions that in two lots of four each, treated alike,, and one lot given this mix? ture and the other not, there was an aver? age gain in the weight of the first of a pound and a half each. In commenting upon, this another writer says: "While we condemn the practice of mixing the pulverized charcoal with the other food for turkeys compelling them to eat it whether they want it or not, we have no doubt of the excellent effects of supply? ing them charcoal broken into small bits, especially when fattening fcr market We have had evidence of what we say, and fbr.anumber of years have recom? mended charcoal for this purpose." New Invention in Scabbcbows.? An American journal suggests two new forms of scarecrow which are worth try? ing, being both simple and likely to be useful. One. plan is to place two small mirrors back to back, suspended by a string to a tall elastic pole, and allowing them to sway about in the wind. The aun's rays are reflected all over the field, and the crows, being unable to under? stand the cause of the lightning flashes, are frightened out of their wits. The principal objection to the adoption of this plan in, this country is that even in the summer time we are: not certain of the sun putting in an appearance for many days together?but it is at any rate worth trying. The second plan, which is said to be especially well-suited to fields subject to the inroads of small .birds and young chickens, is to construct an arti? ficial hawk Out of a big potato, by adorn? ing it with the long, feathers of geese and other birds. The home-made hawk is suspended by. a string to a long pole, and leftt?'SWay and swoop aboutin the wind. The: skill of the manufacturer'will be tried; by: the. way i in which he sticks in the feathers to imitate the wings and the fem or the bW'of p^y^ and his trouble will be rewarded by seeing tbe most im- . pndent bird fly in dismay from its threat? ening motions., We are told that "oven - the moat inquisitive of, venerable hens [ has'been'knowh tohurry i ' ~* <^ngerona -'vicinity, while, it carries unmixed dismav."