Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A tiDouaccments of marriage? .nd deaths, and notices ora religious character, aro ??iPectfullr sollcltea and will ba inserted gratis THE BLUE ABD THE QUAT. What a ?ion-Combatant Saw and Heard 4cei et in ito th Campa-Tho Yankee Bun raer and the Confederate Soldier, Ktc. Mr. H. V. Redfield, who ia on? of the most careful sud observant correspon dents in the country, has just contributed a paper to the Philadelphia Weekly Time*, that produces peculiar interest and signification between two fires. Mr. Redfield was during the war a strict non-combatant. He waa .Quaker like in his love of peace, and pursued bis inoffensive business with a mildly and beaming eye. He was situated on contested ground ; just between tho union jnd confederate armies. One day he waa surrounded by the yankees, and the next day bia placid and unruffled face beamed ?ike a full moon, from the midst of an angry rebel host. ft tbua happened that Mr. Redfield, who wes clipping a piece of non-explo sive calico, or weighing a pound of tea, would observe things closeiy out of the tail of bia peaceful eye, had a capital opportunity of noting the characteristics of the two armies. His impressions gained, while engaged in the bloodless business of keepingstoro between lines, he has put into print. The points that he makes furniah many reasons for the defeat of tbe confederate anna. Tbe first point of difference between tbc armies waa tho disparity in equip ments. Tbo northern soldiers had the very best of clothing that money could buy or the marketa of tho world furnish. They had splendid double overcoats, oil cloth coyeringa, and perfect guns and accoutrements. Their wagons aud am bulances were superb, and rernarknbly adapted for rough campaigning. Their cavalry equipments were magnificent. No army ever went to the field better equipped than the union army. The confederates on tho other hand were shabbily and insufficiently, dressed. They woro homespun mostly, abd it waa of all colors. In one regiment of cavalry, Mr. Redfield has seen four or five kinds of rifles' and shot guns, ell sorts of sad dles, aome with rope stirrups, and many of them without blankets, in ono regi ment. It waa really laughable, bc says. The ho,rae/( were poorly, /od and poorly groomec", and tho men in a half freezing and half starved condition. An even greater difference was observ able ip the supply of food that was aerved to tho' two armies. The federals always bad full rations of beef, porkt coffee, salt, bread and beaiiB. Tbeir articles v.ere of the best quality, and the regiments pro vided with euch convenient cooking uten sils that they were able to prepare it appetizingly. " Tboy never Buffered from hunger or poor rations. The confederates on the other hand had c can ty and poor eating. They had virtually no cooeing utensils, and the poor food that they bad was miserably cooked. In the spring of 1873 Mr. Rod field spent a few daya ir the camp of the confederate regiment aud found that they had nothing for rations but beef and flour. There was not even an ounce of salt. The <hread wai literally nothing bnt flour'and water. It was baked in pana and tho bee? was roasted on a stick. Mr. Redfield states seriously tbaLthe abundance of coffee was worth thousands of midiera to the union sido. It was a fine recruiting power in the border states. He tells of a father and two sons who fought for & yeas' or two with the confederates. They were then captured ^nd paroled. One day the sons went uown to the federal camp, and were treated to some fine coffee. They be came so fond of it that they finally joined thoVederalS; iu?l to be-ahlo to get plenty of it. The lather followed very soon to get bis sons out of "the disgrace ful scrape," and wound up by yiel???:? bis patriotism captive to tue coffee, just na they bad done. It ia amazing that the southern armies, compossd for the most part of men uacd to bountiful living and a warm climate, could have fought and marched, and suf fered as ?hey did for five long years amid the mountains of Tennessee and Virginia. Their a??dier-lifo was heroism, even if there had boen no battle?, -It required moro courage and patriotism to s.uTer, and endure, and etarve, than it did to fight. One of tho most important differences that our observant noted was tbo disci pline that was so much more perfect in the northern than the southern army. In the former, tho discipline was perfect from the first The officers were supreme in the federal army. They were obeyed implicitly and. with non questioning promptness. The co$* was different with the southerners. Thew was more indi viduality am^jg tucso soldiers. Almoit every mab had high ideas of personal dignity stid independence. The most of them considered themselves the equals, many of them the superiors, of their offi cers. The most of the companies were made up in towns or villages in which ?all the men were acquainted with each other. It thus happened that a lot of local prejudices and spites wore banded together in each company and carried aii through.the,war. ~Mc.'-?t???o?d ' noticed a great deal bf "talking back" on tho part of.our men to tbeir officers, and a good many high offered ta lick tho officers that 'gavVthem1 commands they didn't like. The standing of the individual confederate soldier waa much higher (socially' -speaking) than that of the northern. Thia of itself made them un ruly at first. V M?. fRedfield5 says there, was much 'greWar disposition on the part of the confed?rales to put all tho blaine of a defeat on their officers than thoro waa o: the other aide. In short, the foderals were more like regulars, the confederates more like volunteers ; the one wero "mn clijuca,"Jho others men. rvssri ooBewso* says *?at one 01 soe moat notablo .points of difference between tho two armies was tho manner in which tho federals ."bummed" and played the vandal",'white tho southerners didn't bom and playtd the gentleman. ? Ho say s the southerners did no stealing. The rights of .property in tho country through which they marched were sacred. They did not steal, except in Unusual esses, and even chickens might roost in safety on the edge of their camps. Mr. Redfield ?ivs that ''bo !? constrained lo confess, (though why he does .it under constraint we can't imagine,] that at tho opening of the war the mass of the south ern army were gentlemen."1{ Aa the struggle deepened and the soldiers were starving, of course this waa changed to a degree, but ercoYthen thc confederates p;iitl for everything they took. lt WM totallv different with the feder nls. They foraged shnmofully. They stol? everything from chickens on tho roost up or down. They leapected no aeutiment or helplessness. They were vandals ir. cbc wor.;t sense. Mr. Redfield meullona, among other things, they en te-ed bi? atsrf. (ihr temple or peace, by tho way,i anti built ii rea filth bama worth $&?0 A pair. A hundred or so (tildes they tore up and scattered on tho floor, or made bonfires of. What they could uot use they destroyed. The au thor says: "Such utter and wicked waste I had not thought human being? capable nf." He Mys further, "No ?mount of fastenings could keep out the pillager?*. Nothing waa too sacred to be atotea or destroyed." Clay and Randolph. The frequent allusions of late to Lis tono duels calls our attention to that "meeting" which connecta the names of Hem ? Olav and John Randolph. Both were houtbern men, being natives of Virginia, abd yet there waa a life-long differer ce in their opinions. Clay was an advocate for tho war of 1812, while Randolph opposed it, and their antag onism appeared in frequent collisions. They took opposite sidea in the Miasouri compromise, which Randolph resisted with all his powers. Toe latter entered Congress at twenty-six, and was for al most thirty years one of the moat inter esting characters of the capital. Hi? pungent repartee, ina brilliant wit and his fervent oratory gave him a diatinc tiou which bas never been attained by any other Congressman except John Quiucy Adama. The expression "mas terly inactivity" ia a sample of Lie gift at word coinage. It WAS conceded by hia friends that ne waa often partially insane, but his freaks never brought him under a lunatic commission. Sly former pastor (James W. Alexander, predecessor of John Hall) who met him occasionally, held this opinion. He wrote from Vir ginia to a friend, "Everybody fears him, and his power of sarcasm and invective are such that no ono pretenda to contra dict him." Randolph ?as ene of the most remarkable horse fanciers of hia doy, and bia stud included a score of the very finest breeds, aome of which wero never used. He onco attended a public meeting dressed in a suit of Virginia homespun, with leather breeches, and on tho aame occasion whipped one of his servants in the com L yard. Such were among tho eccentricities of thia strange man. but he followed tho example of Washington in bequeathing liberty to his ala vea. In 1824 John Quincy Adama was elected President, and Henry Clay, who hnd been one of the rival candidates, was made Secretary of State. Thia appoint ment aroused Randolph's indignation, and he publicly denounced it as a "com bination between the puritan and the blackleg." Clay could do no more than aend a challenge, which waa accepted, and both were old enough to know better. The evening before the duel Randolph aent for General Hamilton, of South Carolina, and told him he intended to receive Clay'a fire without returning it, adding, "nothing shall induce me to harm a bair of hia bead. I will not make hia wife a widow nor hia children orphans." His eyes filled with tears, and after a brief chet bia visitor took leave, bot returned at midnight. He found Randolph reading "Paradise Lost," on whose beauty he began to expatiate in his usnal eloquent manner. The dael wes then mentioned, and Randolph's de cision was objected to, since hia aecond had refused to see him ahot down in auch a manner. "Well, sir," aaid Randolph, "if I see the devil in Clay'a eye and malice prepence to take my life, then I may change my mind." The next afternoon the meeting took ?lace on the bank? of the Potomac, ?andolph aaw "no devil in Clay'a eye," but the calm expression of a man who felt the importance of his honor. Says Hamilton: "I shall ae-si-f forget the scene aa long as I live. Here were two of the moat extraordinary men our country had ever produced about to meet m mortal combat. I took Ran dolph's hand while the pistol's were loading, but felt not the quivering of ono pulsation. He turned to me and said, 'Clay is calm, but not vindictive. T hold my purpose, Hamilton-remem ber this.' The meeting waa soon con summated. Clay fired without effect, and Randolph discharged his piatol in the air. Aa soon aa Clay eaw this he in stantly approached his former antagonist and exclaimed with unconcealed sensi bility, 'I trust in God, my dear sir, you are untouched. After what haa occurred I would not hare banned you fo? a thoa aand worlds.' " They parted, and nevei were embittered again by political strife Soon afterward Randolph retired from Congress, and on hia Inst visit to Wash' ington he held a final interview with hil former opponent, which was of tendei character._. j Largo Bank Robbery. t I : BOSTON, March 18,1878. ? heavy robbery was committed thu afternoon in the Lech mero Nations Bank, Cambridge and Second street, Eas Cambridge. About 2 o'clock, rrooiden Lewis. Hall was sitting is the parlor o the bank, the business of tao dey beim done, at?d:h? was abtut puttiag np thi booka, arranging tho napers dr depoaiti nj money, whan a buggy containing a mai aqd woman drove up. The man enterer and requested Hall to step to the door t? Bee the lady, who desired to transac some buriness. Hall walked to the side walk, tne'mao noooinp^Dying Lim. Th woman said that abe desired to parchas a draft on the Providence bank. an< began in a deliberate manner to count i roll of money. He aaid that he coull not wait while ahe counted the money and, returning to bia room, sat down i write. In a few minutes he heard a bug gy drive hurriedly off. Suddenly aus Ceding something wrong, ho made ; un i ea examination and found that ? small trunk, which the moment befor had contained $3,000,"had been rifled Further examination showed that tw trunks that were in the Tanlt door bai been abstracted.. The trun,'.? . ontaine Government bondi and other securitie amounting to $46,000, the property c different individuals loft in custody fo safe keeping. From facts since ascot ?o:i-<nl it ta tpiinni-nl *H*? th* ?rtW?**' was done by three men and the womat It ia thought that two men were con coaled behind tho door in the hall of th bank building when the President passa out, and though he could not have bee absent above two min?te?, they aucceec ed in getting off with the money and st curities. _ VST If a body meet a body with a ba of beans, must a body tell a body what body meana 7-Exchange. - Ifs b:dy ssa a body 'propri?t? ni? ba, abould . body kiok a body just for doin that?-Star. . If a body catch a body aleahng b "old rye," should a body kick a body tl a body cry?- Cincinnati Paper. If a body epy a body weeping roue bia lot, should a body trea; a body to load of ahot 7-Norwich Express. ff a feller catch a fella* carrying c hia wood, abould a feller .tha?e a felli if ho could 1-Germantown Express. If a feller catch a feller sparking < bis daughter, should a feller tell a fell that be hadn'toaghter7- True Jr^ierwa If a feller catch a feller bajrgi? u? b wifo, should a feller kill a feller-take feller'? UM-Exchange. \ - "Well, I swan BiHy," said an o farmer to an undersized nephew who w visiting him, "When you tave off that'? piug batana apit two or three times, the aint much left of you, is there f HEW 70BE FASHIONS. *fi<t Millinery-Costumes, Olores, ?nd ParMoli. New flowers in millinery aro the oldest looking things imaginable. Go in your garden on some October or November day and look at the aad colored rosea, wistfully banging pale heads, perhaps half despoiled remnants of departed floweia, or "gone to aeed" pods and ber ries of all kinda, rattling forlornly, and you have an idea of what we think ex ceedingly lovely fn millinery just now. They are lovely because they are fash ionable, and because they have a new name. These uncertain, washed-out col ors are the Havane abades-cigar colors, in oth?r words-brownish gray, grayish brown, ind the like. Nature is in no wise consulted, and we have brown and gray buttercup? rod hyacintha, besides roses and a long list of other flowers. Mixed in with auch "wasts of dullness," however, we find the gayest o? poppies, the freshest of blossoms, the greenest of leaves; so, after all, there ia roora for choice. Shapes are modest, the three most prominent being the Marie Stuart, the Normandy, fitting like a childs cap, and a nhap* with falling coronet brim in front. Isut trimminga are bold, and bon nets are made conspicuous by flaring rosetta, enormous Alsatian bowa and or namentation massed. Satin is in high favor, but the newest thing ia watered ribbon. Bough and ready atrawa will be popular fer general wear, while for dress, we have chips, either black or white, and Tuscan and Leghorn braids. It ia bourette here, there and every where, and tu ft in ga and knottinga swarm not only on aemi-traneparent gooda, but ou grenadines and gauzes. Even th? naw percales ?re stamped in imitation, but the surfaces ?f course are smooth. For general wear, we find serges and de begee in soft ahadea of gray or brown, but in black th? grand opera cashmeres and alpacas, beaver mohairs and Turkish brilliantines are both durable and hand some. Costumes are devised on the principle of "let well enough alone." There are no special changes, nor should there be, when the princess dress, with its graceful sweep, is all that con be desired. Then, for out door wear, we have the short walking skirt and cut away jacket Mark the phrase ; 'tis a masculine one, but it is both appropriate and expressive, for these little jackets sro really jackets, and, furthermore, have vests to match. Then, in finish, comes the turned-up collar and tic-both just as manish as can be. In writing ibat there are no special changea in costumes, I have written truly, but, nevertheless, wc have stylish modifications adapted to the ?priDSi of which mention may be made. The Syl pbine polonaise is very becoming to slender figurea, and with a blou.ee waist ia made tight fitting by a belt. The lisa and Seraphine are also distinguished polonaises, whiio in the way of a walking skirt wo have the Adrians, with Carmen blouse basqu? and Antoinine cut away jacket In trimminga, banda and fringes load, and so we have them in all degrees, both high and low. Then, again, you may trim with tho material, and here we still see knife plaitings or shirrings, but the latter are made like gathered tucka. Buttons are used in profusion, and th? drapery ie sometimes also caught by buckles. "Bouquet embroidered" gloves aro ex tremely, pretty, showing a bouquet on the back of the band, finely wrought in silk. Soft abades Of gra*r or brown are worked in two tones of the same colors, or black gloves are charmingly relieved by bright embroidery. But the self-stitched gloves ar; also fashionable, and here the Harris seamless is most elegant in fit, and also very durable. The Victoria, costing somewhat less, is an excellent glu re, and the Donna Maria may likewise be re commended. "For eVSjlinw and full ilrf?,( the Harris Pre vost-, side c-t ?'.ov? ia pre ferred, and comes in white aud all pale ahadoa. Ic parasols, tbs "canopy" is succeeded by the "boll" top, and we find black ailk ?nd levantine brought forward to sn un usual extent The edges are finished by bound scollops alternating with ribbon toops, and effects at once tasteful and varied aro produced by harmonizing and contrasting colors. A long ribbon loop and ends to match those on the edges is pendant at the top. Handsomo fringes are also employed in ornamentation. Other styliah parasols are of pongee in the new Savane shades, trimmed with fringe, or with bound scollops and loops of ribbon. New handles are of ebony, mounted with numerous rings of ivory, ", ?wi wwi^j t~ J v_~~r izdi-z. Sizes are eighteen inches. Children's p .rasols ara cunning imitations, but oftentimes are of lighter colored ailk, and the scollops sometimes alternate with tassels. Dogs' heads are carved in bamboo handles of sun umbrellas, glass beads aimulate eyes, and a silver collar and bell passes around tb? make-believe neck. LUCY OARTER. - South Carolina la making progresa in manufacturing. There are now in the State 5,900 spindles and 1,400 looma, divided among ten prosperous factories. When the Vaucluse and Piedmont Mills, now near completed, aro filled with ma chinery it will add some 1,500 spindles and 450 looms to the above figures. In the course of a few months it. ia ?afc to Bay that there will be 7,400 ^indies and l,8?0 looma in active prof ?.?ole operation, besides other factories in process of con struction. _ - There are fifty-nine Confederate soldiers in Congress-* i in the Senate and forty-nine in the Louse. - A Maiue mao, aged 83, efe red a young lady slaty years his junior $10,000 casihdown to marry him. Sh? tock tho mon vj and ihe roan NAVIGATION IN THE AIR. | A Flylnr-Macblag tn Which th? lion. r. T. Barn am li Interested. Mr. C. F. Ritcbel, of Corry, has been perfecting a flying-machine ou a new plan io tbe Riverside Hotel, East Bridge port: tho machine stands in the nail nearly completed. It consiats of a black silk cylinder twenty-four feet long and twelve feet in diameter, holding 8,000 feet of gas, aud a car suspended from the eiik cylinder by corda and rods. Thia car ia of elender brass rods, a id extends the whole length of the cylinder, taper ing to a point at each end. In the center is a platform, upon which the occupant sits. In front of the scat are two cranks attached to a wheel, which in turn is con nected with an upright shaft, at the lower end of which is a fan similar to the screw of a propeller. Thia fan is about level with tbe bottom cf the platform, and is made of thin brass plates. At the front end of the long car is another brass fan, which is so constructed that it eau bo turned in auy direction by the feet of tho occupant of tho car, while the center fan ia at tho same time worked by bia bauds. A man of ordinary strength can re volve the handles at the rate of 100 a minute, which gives the fan 3,600 revo lutions. The silk cylinder, filled with hydrogen gas, which is the lightest that can be used, io to sustain all but a frac tion of the weight to be carried, end the central fan is expected to lift the rest by -a pressure upon the air similar to that which ? propeller rrhccl hos upoa the water. The air being much lees dense, tho fan or orial screw is given a rapidity of motion sufficient to partially overcome this difference. By reversing the motion of the fan tho power is so exerted os to raise or lower the machino at will. The fan at tho end of tho framework is also revolved with great rapidity by foot power, and can.be turned straight ahead or on either side, working on a plan sim ilar to tbnt of the Fowler steering pro peller. B? the use of this fan the ma chine can be steered like a ship, and. the inventor expects that atrial navigation will be accomplished io the aame man ner that the ocean ?B traversed - bs mips, the gas-filled cylinder serving thu pur pose of a sail, and the fans guiding the machine through the air. Mr. f. T. Barnum, who ia interested in the invention, was present at yester day's test. There was a flaw in the steer age apparatus, by which the ian was caught and broken; nevertheless tho machine raised as high as the ceiling, and was lowered at the will of the opera tor. We are informed that the machine was tested a day or two ago in the pres ence of an expert from New York, and that it worked perfectly, sailing about the room, and all the timo under the perfect, control of thc operator. Mr. Ritchol has been working upon the invention since 1871, and is confident he baa found the much-sooght-for principle to be safely applied in orial uavigation. He has sp plied for a patent in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and France. He expects that a larger machine, capable of carrying several men, wot.'.d work even more ouectsaiuliy than the email one now being tested, as more power could be em {iloyed, and he even has hopes of a still arger one, ?u .?u'.JL .he motive power will be furnished by % small engine. He informa ua that the model of his in vention has been shown to the editor of the Scientific Jmetic?n, who eaid ho be lieved it might be made BO successful that a trip could bo taken to the North Pole in it. Mr. Ritcbel ia a very intelligent looking gentleman, apparently about thirty-five years of age. He claims that all other inventors have failed with their flying- machines becauw they Lave trust ed entirely to the lifting capacity of the balloon appendage, rising by tn rowing out ballast and falling by letting out gas. Another defect has been the placing of |he steering apparatus in the center, where only a comparatively small amount of power could be exercised.-Bridgeport Standard. Democratic Caucus. The Domocralic members of tho Leg islaturo hold a caucus just before they adjourned. The Columbia Register Baya : At the Democratic caucus last night Judges Aldrich, Hudson and Thomson were selected to constituto thu special court to try the bond coses. Tho next business was '.bo election of a Commissioner of Claims. Messrs. J. Wi Gray, J. C. Coit, Wm. Wallace and W. K. Bachman were nominated. After two or throo ballots, tho vote stood i Coit 64, Gray 31, Wallace 8, Bachman 4. Tho eteotibn for two ettore CJB to assist tbe Attorney General in representing the State's interests before tho Court of Olrdms then came np, and Messrs. Henry A. Meet zo and Y. J. Pope were declared to be the successful candidates. The election of aa Inspector of Pho3 Ehates was'next in order. There was a oat of candidates in the field, but' Col. Thoa. Taylor waa declared to bo elected. The fellowing gentlemen were elected Directors of the Penitentiary : W. K. Brodlav. John Meighen, E. 8. Allen; John 6. Seegers and Thompson Earle. The Elections being over, Mr. Buist offered a resolution, Which - was unani mously adopted, that a committee of throe bo appointed to wait upon Gov. Hampton and invite him to visit tho caucus and participate ia all mattera re lating to the Democratic party. Messrs. Buist, Butler and Vandiver were ap pointed said committee, and they imme diately waited upon Gov. Hampton and bore the invitation tendered by the cau cus. After a short time, Gov. Hampton en tered *.ho hall, and there was deafenicg applause for some minutes. Governor Hampton being called upon, nsarwinrlswf tn a ?HA??!? TT" ?CU-diy applauded. Numerous other speeches of a political nature were made, and it was a very late hour before the caucus adjourned. Several resolutions suggestive of tho future policy of the Democratic party of South Carotina were offered and adopted. Mr. Buist offered the following, which was adopted : Resolved, That it is the sense of the D?mocratie members of the General As sembly in caucus that no Dem wat hav ing tue interest of tho State at heart should unite with Republicans ou an in dependent ticket, ana that this caucus, through its President, recommends to the Democratic caucuses of the next Leg islature that all such Representatives elected ns independents be not1 allowed admittance into the Democratic caucuses of tbo next General Assembly. Mr. C H. Simonton, of Charleston, offered the following resolution, which ' was unanimously adopted and vociferous ly cheered : Resolved. That we recognize the debt of gratitude which the State owes to bia F?scel!ency Gotcmo? Hampton for the sagacity, wisdom and eminent ability be has exhibited in the administration of -his high office under circumstances Of great public difficulty and trial ; that he possesses tho entire, confidence mid re spect of the people of South Carolina, -and we feel that m h\* bands tba honor and interest of the State is safe. TUE OUTLAW REDMOND. A HHtory of HI? Many Crimes, Mur ders. ?to. The desperado Redmond, who released the United States prisoners from the Pickens jail on the 9th inst., is one of the most notorious outlaws living. The his tory of some of his nefarious deeds might he of interest to the community, where fore we briefly relate them : Redmond formerly lived in Transylva nia County, N. C., where ho was on gaged in the business of illicit distilling, j About three years ago he waa arrested by Government officeT, and while in the custody of Deputy Marshal Duckworth, on bia way to mil, he took from hia boots a pistol which ho bad concealed, shot and killed Mk.?a?a? TXokworth. \ re ward was at that time issued by tho Gov ernor of North Carolina for his appre hension, and a socoud reward of $o00 by tho family of Duckworth. Redmond after tho commission of thia deed fled from North Carolina into thia State, and took up hia quarters in the mountains of Pickens County, bordering on North Carolina, where he baa been depredating and successfully evading capture for the past three years. A little over a year ago he waa indicted for illicit distilling of liquors, was arrested near Pickens, and placed in charco of Deputy Marshals Barton, Gary and Hendricks. While on his way to jail be succeeded iu escaping from tf.*??o officers, and in the night time waylaid them, ana firing upon thom, shot M?chala lic?urlok? ma Barton, the lor mer waa severely wounded. Nothing more wita hoard of Redmond until May last, when several marshals, while taking McCrary, a prisoner, to jail, accidentally came up on Redmond in the mountains of Pickens. He fled. Redmond thought that McCrary, who waa arrested ss an illicit distiller, was piloting the officer in order to arrest him, and when McCrary was set at liberty a few days after, Red mond visited hia farm. sud. while he waa plowing in bia field, shot him down, kill ing him instantly at his plow handle. The outlaw remained quiet until on the 9th instant, when we hear of bia break ing open the Pickena Jail, and rescuing prisoners. Sinco thia latter outrage every effort is being made to bring the ruffian to Justice. Marshal Wallace baa ordered his entire force to report at Pick ens County, organize, and scour the woods and mountains for him, and to keep on tbo trail uutil they succeed in apprehending him. He ia described aa being a tall man, of wiry figure, and, in appearance, much like an Indian. Gov ernor Hampton bas ordered tho Sheriffs in the neighborhood to assist the Marshal in hounding down the outlaw, and it h confidently boped that he will, in a few days, be brought to justice.-Jourpal of Commerce. Masonic Aprons. The Deputy Groud Master ci Arkan sas says : Operative Masons, when at work, wear an apron to protect and pre nerve tbeir garments from spot or stain. A VJ h i to aproo therefore 1? ve y appro- j priatcly used in Masonic ceremonies, as an emblem of purity and innocence, and is intended to impress upon the wearer of it the duty of preserving a pure and spotless character, untainted by corrup tion and freo from vice. When we ceo mi operative Mason whose clothes are aii spotted and stained with mortar and dirt, we kno^v he doss not wear an apron c.* all, or is uncon cerned about the appearance of his clothing. So it ia when we aee a specu lative Mason indulging in intemperance, or heating him take the namo or God in vain or otherwise living in violation of the moral law, we think at once he bas never learned the use of tho Masonic apron and that his soul is apotted and colored with violations of his obligations as a Mason. What must be the feelings of a profane, intemperate and immoral Mason, when his mind reverts to the time when first, as an entered apprentice, ho was presented with the white apron, and taught that it was an emblem of in nocence and the badge of a Mason, and was told to wear it with pleasure to him self and an honor to the fraternity. "How does be feel, as clothed w?'.h' bis ..miln, - -_Ul_. -e_!?_ L- _ . -1 - ?_ SpC.^i? uuiuioui VJ i ?/uuij, uo a wau ll a >u full view . of those in and ont of the Or der,, who observe bis work and conver sation to bo corrupt. Oh I bow his conscience must burn within bim (unless he is covered in the rubbish of sin,) when he droya his eyes down upon the badge sud thinka pf the vain, irreverent manner in which he has used the name of that Being who should never bo spoken of except in a spirit of awe ?nd reverence ? .How should the in temperate one feel when bis trembling hand .drops upon the olean texture of that spotless emblem, and ho thinks of the ruin he is bringing upon himself, the disgrace upon loved ones, anu dishonor to tho fraternity1 by his intemperate hab its, t Brethren, are we wearing our aprons with pleasure to ourselves and honor to the fraternity ? Or are they a displeas ure to us in constantly remlndhre us of broken vows and violated pledgeeln the taking of Trhich wo call God to witness our sincerity and fortitude? Are we vcaring them to the dishonor of the craft by having the. standard of moral ity of the Order lowered to cur own im moral character? Let us brash off the untempered mor tar that . has'discolored our Masonic aprons; readjust-?hem and conform our actions in. life to the ; teachings of that pura emblem, that God may know and the world bc convinced of tb8 sincer ity of our profession. Then the busy tongue of slander, cannot ' arm un ; tho malignant abaft of bigotry and fanati cism will fall harmless tc our feet-Phil adelphia Chronicle. WASTK AN? WANT.-Either man must be content with poverty ali hia life, or else deny himself some luxuries and eave to lay the base of independence in the future. Bat if a than defies the' fu ture, and apanda all he carns (whether bia earninga be one or ten dollars a day) let him look for Jean and want at sorao time, for it will surely come, no matter what he thinks. To save ia absolutely the only way to scot a solid lortun?; thero ia no otber certain mode.. Those who ahut their eyes to these certain facts will be forever poor, and in tbeir obsti nate rejection r f truth mayhap will die in rags and filth. Let them eo die and thank themselves. But no I- they take a sort of recompense io curaiug fortune. Great waste of breath. They might as well curso the mountains . or the eternal hills. For I can tell them fortune does not give away good and substantial gooda.. Sha sella at the highest bidder, to the hardest and wisest worker for the boon. Men never make so fatal a mis take as when they thi-.i themselves creatures of fate; 'tis the sheerest folly in the world. Every man may make or m?- himself, whichever ho may choose. - A special Washington dispatch to the New York Worldaaya that D. T. Cor bin, for whom a reauudtion h?? l>een i sued by Governor Hampton, has bed io Canada. . Home Physicians. Practical mothers, whose minds are more interested in the affairs of borne than in the frivolities of society, cannot fail to learn much by their daily and nightly experience with the little bodies entrusted to their care. Bo m o of the most common-sense facta in the physical culture of theao little ones, well knowu to the moro experienced mothers, have been recently set forth in an able article in tho Golden Rule, and may be valuable to young mothers and those who have had but little care of children : "Think of tho delicate and complex machinery of the human system, infin itely more marvelous and fregilo than the inver workings of a watch, yet what v.iukillful band would dare meddle with the inanimate pieces of mechanism as carelessly as too many do with the "hu man form divino?"' Children are so doced aud doctored ; so well-nigh "killed with kindness ;" their little stomachs distended with unnecessary food and divers lotions-enough to give dyspepsia to tho digestive organs of an ostrich that tho only wonder is so many live to grow up. lhere are a iow simple FIRST PRINCIPLE!} That aro applicable to all children, in any climate, or under any circumstances, which, if faithfully practiced, will save much sickness ana suffering and obviate many doctora' bills. To insure healthy and happy children, the foundations mu H be well laid. The child must bc well sb'pt, well aired, well fed, and well bathed. By a thorough understanding and a systematic practice of these four simple rules, much of the physical, men tal and moral suffering in lifo would be avoided by both paront and child. If a healthy child (and a delicate ono nro porii'-natciy) io regularly put to bail at about dark, m a quiet, well ventilated, or even cold room, after a supper of plain food, it will naturally wake at daybreak, !;ood'natured, and with a keen appotite br a wholcsomo breakfast. Plain, nu tritious food at regular hours, with no candy or stimulants, and freo bathing, help tho most fregilo aystcm to ward oft inany prevalent ailments to which child hood is hoir, and to bear with far less danger tl,e few that must come to the majority of little ones. The child thai is giveu "juBt a little confectionary," or any unsuitable food, and then reeked to sleep, should cause no surprise at waking peevish, fretful and foverish. It is sim ply tho natural result of imaginary affec tion and lack of knowledge on the part of the person in charge, lt will certain ly pay well in the eud to search diligent ly for THF. CAUSE, When a little child is proverbially "cross"-for that there is a cause there is no doubt. Mothers do their babies tho blackest injustice when they ascribn to wilfulness or to "temper" the persistent wailing that keeps tbo household awake all night. Depend upon it children are naturally good ; "this total depravity" doctrine is a humbug-at least as far os pertains to years of irresponsibility, sod if your child is unmanageable, it is from physical and not mental or moral disease. Hunting WUd Horses. Tho wild horse can run away from a roan ; but this protection f&ih st times. The hoi-se-catcbers-or "vaqueros," ea they arc called-are famous riders, and to see them capture a wild mustang is belier than to go to a circus. Tho vaqu ero puts a spanish saddle on a tame horse, and starts out to see what ho can find. Ir. front on the high pommel of tbs sad d'e, he bangs in largo coils a leather rope, about a hundred foot long, and called a lasso. It is made of stripes of raw hide, braided by hand into a smooth, hard ana very pretty rope. One is secured to the saddle, and the other end has a slip-not making a sliding noose. The vaquero has not long to wait, for there are droves of horses cantering or walking about over the swells and hol lows of the prairie, with here and there a small group looking on, or watching a battle between two horses who wish to be captains of the:; bands or companies. Presently O.\cio is a Btrange sound of trampling hoofs, like a swift chargo of cavalry, except that it bas a grand, wild rush and swing such ss no cavalry ever had, and a cloud of dark heads rises overa swell of the land. The leader sccs the vaquero, end he halts suddenly, and the others pull np in a confused crowd, and toss their heads, and sniff the air, I as if they ecented danger near. The I leader does not like the looks of things, and ' slowly canters away, followed by ail tho j rest, tramping in confusion through the Irellow grava and wild barley. Present y they become frightened, and away they fly in a dusty throng. Tho vaquero's horse seems to think his chance hos come, and he pricks up bis ears, aUd is eager for the glorious fun of a dash after tho mustangs. , Away they go pell-mell, in a panic, and the tamo horse galloping swiftly after them. Down they tumble-some knocked over in tho confusion, snorting and flinging great flecks of foam from tbeir dilated nostrils, trampling over each other in mad baste, each for himself, and tbo American horse sweeping alter them. Now the vaquero stands up in bis sad dle, and tbe lasso swings round and round ina circle over his head. Swish I It sings through the air with a whirring sound, and opens out In great rings, while the loop spreads wider and wider, and at last drops plump over the bead of a mustang. The vaquero's horse pulls up with a sudden halt, and sinks back on his h&u&ebeS. und braces his fore feel out in front. Ah 1 How the dust flies I The mustang ia fast, held by the slip-knot, and be rears up and plunges in wild and frsst:: terror. Tho .ope airains i-rribiy, but the vaquero watches bis chances, and takes in the rope every time it slacken*,. It is of no use I The poor mustang is hard and fast.. Perhaps another rider comes ap and flings another lasso over his bead. Then they rido round him. and'the mustang is twisted and tangled I in the ropes till na could hardly moro. He falls, and rolls, and kicks furiously. ' and all in vain. Panting, exhausted and conquered, ho at last submits to his fate. His free csys sro over, and bo ?cr m s io know it. A few more struggles; and he recognizes that man id bis master, and, ' perhaps, in one or two days be submits to a hit in his mouth, and becomes a tame horse for tho rest of bis lifo. If,, by chance, he escapes before br iahmVon In, And runs away to join his wild oom pal. ?ons, ho seems no vcr to forget that terrible lasso, and if he sees the vaquero again, he will stand, trembling and frightened, too much terrified to even rUn away.-^-?. Niekola? for April. - Among ibo curiosities in the army medical museum at Washington is tho withered and parched hand and arm of a man who left lt on tbo battle field at Gettysburg. A cannon ball carried lt to the top of a high tree, where tbe wind and the sun shriveled itrto its pres ent well tanaed condition. . Methodist Episcopal Church, South, meets in Atlanta next May. - .y ..-.? . An Amalo Kine* A man armed with a long iron hook pulla open an iron door, and you gaze with awe lu th? Dantesque heart .of a hugo, fierce furnace, the white-hot con tente slowly turning round and ever fall ing in cascades or yellow fire, lt is found that at the "rorks on Devon sill fihur in the pyrites is enough to keep the urnace, wheo once heated, burning without other fuel. The product? Here it is, a white heap of several tons of it lying in au open ahed, where everybody Sasses by. It ia something like fine Sour, .ne of the men dips thumb and finger loosely into the white powder, pats a quantity into the palm or bis other hand, and brings it to us to look at, precisely ss a miller shows a sample of flour, smooth ing it with hts forefinger. One expects every moment to see him test it with his tongue; a cb Ur* probably would, but the miner knows better. Ali this white heap is arsenic ; all these rows of barrels are filled with arsenic. More than 2,000 tons a year are sent out from thia one mine, to be used mainly in those brilliant mod ern dyes by which our women and chil dren can dazzle the sunshine at & cheap expense. Are they safe to wear? My chemistry booka do not plainly say yes or no. But in ouo book I h vc chanced to open I find tho following remarks : "Araenious acid-white oxide of arsenic, or white arsenic. This substance is of the highest importance, the fre quent agent cf criminal or accident*! poisoning. Thara are few substances so much tobe feared, it being almost taste less; it can be mixed with articles or food and swallowed without discovery, j and there ia no practically efficient anu d?te." This muocent looking white powder, this potent and fatal substance, of which your chemist must not sell you a dose without entering your name and address in a book, of which three grains weight will kill a mau, waa lying by one of the ordinary roads of tho mine, in open sheds, in heaps breast-high. I waa assured that no kind of harm ever comes of all this, save skin eruptions to the work people, and these rarely, but it gave one a shiver to seo those whit? mounds. -/Varrr'a Magasine. Bob Toomba and the Yankee, The New York Star relates the follow ing incident, which it says occurred just ; after Gen. Toomba mado his great speech on slavery in Boston, ou the 26th ol January, 1856 : Ono Cultos, a Boston man, thought bc would make the orator betray himself, and took occasion to approach him in th? midst of a great crowd at the Bovert House, so as to have witnesses. "You are Senator Toombs," ho said. "I am," said the great Bob. "I have uo doubt your eminent moni tion will compel you to give a true an Bwer to a question, even if it should criminate your section." "Try me^said Bob, with a twinkle it bis oyes. "Sir," said tho long-faced and long haired philanthropist, "I am informet that in" Georgia, your own State, thej actually work negroes to the plow in tin place of horses, and I rely upon, you t< mbstantiate or contradict it." Toombs said : "I wi' 1 answer you Yan koo fashion, by asking you another que? lion : Do you know what a Ufeniy neg*" man or boy'costsV "Oh, yes," said Philo, "I om informe* of your dreadful customs, mid tho prie of human blood is from $000 to $ 1,60C "Will you take $1,000 as fair?" aaii Toombs. "Yes, sir," said the man. "Well," said Toombs, "a fair ploi team with us ls two mulea. How man; negro men would you think it woul take to do the work of two good mules? The man pondered. He said : " would say about ten to a mule, or twent to a team." Toombs said : "A mule costs from $10 to $150. A team '$800. Your negx team will coat just $20,000." The man gave an angry jam of bia hi over, his ears and went out ejaoulatinj "I might have known it waa a lie.'' INVETERATE BETTERS.-An euormoi bore is the fellow who ia always wantit to "bet." He will bet anything fro ; "his bottom dollar" down to Hs "life I He will bet on either eldo, both aid? and is only abashed when somebody ha' Eena to take him up. The mania ? string with which some persona a [crushed- is humorously illustrated "Toby Candor's" letter from San Fra 1 cisco to the Boston Journal. He says: I Californians have an inherent, inore u?ate desiri) for betting. It amounts J most tc a mania. >?'-.' ! "I'll bet you ten dollar? that mai I name is Snoider," said one Californh to another,- as a man who was an ntt stranger to both passed by. "Ita a go," said bis companion. Inquiry was made, ao > the wager l< by the man who proposed it. "Up lu one of nie mountain towns stago'coaoh tipped over, and, it is relati ss the passengers ?eut tumbling down rocky embankment into a gulch, tx fell? shouted : "I'll bet the drinks for all of os ? half of us get killed !" The bet was taken, but ohs casual! were not fatal. A doctor reported that a well-kno citizen who was at the point of dca would not live twenty minutes longer. "I'll bot fire dollars that he Will," a one of his friends." The wager was accepted, and the sta! wore scarcely put up when th? rep came that tho man was dead. "Do you give it up?" ashed th? rr who won. "No," was the reply ; "I'll now bet dollar. th*t he ?;-'? dc^d." The bet waa taken, and about that ti the doctor re-appeared. "Ia the man dead, doctor?" the qv tion wasasked. "Yes, dead as Julius Caesar." "Then I'vo lost again," was the rei "Now I'll bet twenty dollars that won't go into a five-foot-aix colan, wnut to get square if I can," ! - Tho Virginio. Legislature haa pas I a hill raviftintr th? ?i-?ajlnn! If?? e\f ? j State. Among other things it abolis] I ?a far aa practicable, ono ? year ierma confinement in 'the penitentiary. . In ! cases of petty larceny and minor offer ! of like character stripes have been i j stituted for cesfiaemsotlr?jail. SfJt? a i than 3? stripes shall be inflicted on ? day, nor aiore than 78- for ono off* Where a female ht convicted of au off? punishable by stripes, she may.?in discretion ot the court, be punished confinement in jail not exceeding tw< mouths. Intermarriage? between wt and negroes ia made a felony, punishi with o&nfluemcut in the penitentiary not lesa than two nor. more than years. _ _ _ - An Irishman being brought op drunkenness, was askedDJ the judge i waa guilty or not, "How cnn K tell I hear the evidence ?" wan his reply. - Thu Groorjri? Legislature meeta i I once in two years, and tho mombero j only $* per day. ^?^^^z^?sg-. " taje? EeUleXet?cw,UuM Insertion*, . . V.OO rn? Qonju&j?mmvTXs-i* ?mer to rehire attenUen, communications tptmt be occomuanle? by the Wu* mu?e and andrew cf tho writer. Bet Jetted neantucrtpts will not be returned, un Jen !*? * neeji??^^^ ?je furnbhedtor?j>pib?r<>eUge . May Vt? ?re ?ot responsible for 'fha yitrwe>i>S opinions of our correspondent*. . Ail communications *hould be eddreued ^?'Ed itor? InUlUgeawr." sud all checks, drene, mone? orders, Ac., should ba ra ede pejaV.c to tb? order of . K. B. MURRAY 6 CO., - _ . Anderson,8. C. Cn<4?r "te Euperrialcn of the Executive C ? tAtniMee rsi Pomona Orange. K?W Hfvigo Pl?Dt. As our ragged rail fences cease to "wend their winding way" shout our cotton fields and wheat and corn patches, it is natural that the larmer will be look lng around to find some permanent sub sMtvte to take the place of that prosy, moncton G ?3 zigzag structure. The wire fence is commanding sornoatt??a?u, and will make quite a light, neat, airy substi tute, but wo apprehend it will be rather costly for the condition of our people at present. The judicious use of somo suit able hedging plant would probably in spire more of romance and poetry, be side* furnish a substantial fencing.-. Many farmers hate a plat of ground adapted to the growth of a hedge, which he still wishes to enoloae permanently as an orchard or a grazing lot. Tbs stand ard hedging planta now in use are the hawthorn, osage orange, Cherokee rose, lobe cactus and pyracauthus, but the American Farmer gives us the name of the Jujube tr?? ag th? ?ry bssthcdgs plant yat proposed. It is a native of the countries bordering on tho Mediterranean Sea, but will flourish nearly anywhere in the United Sutes. It is said to be well adapted to bodging purposes-easily grown, very enduring, readily trimmed and kept in hedging order. It bean seed and a valuable fruit in tho Southern States, which it refuses to do in the Northern States. The Jujube is said to be cultivated for its fruit in Georgia. We know of at least one tree in our County bearing fruit, resembling a plum. Bat we don't think thenstives ??ko to lt voraciously. Yet, if it will make a per manent enclosure and yicid an ordinary fruit, lt is worth the attention of our farmers. ^ . :_ Implements for Harvesting. Up to 1794 the sickie was the only im Element used for harvesting small grain, taring that year the grain cradle was used in Scotland, and waa considered tho moat wonderful improvement of tho age, because it enabled one man to do os much reaping as seven had previously done with the sickle. Until a patent was granted by the United States to one Hussey, in 1883, for a reaper, no improvement had been mode upon tho eradlo. In 1884 McCormick received his first patent, and by. 1846 ho had only made and sold three, hundred. In 1865 the first two-wheeled reaper was made, and np to that timn ten thousand had been made with but a single, "heel. In 1863 Hussey tried to sell his patent for $6,000. He hos made over eii'0,000 by it. Prior to 1868 every reaper made had to back the team to get up speed be fare' it reached the grain, and not one could start, to cut rl^hi. et lae gsa?b. Over two million reapers have been made in the United Sv.tes; cse hundred fifty-six thousand wore manufactured during tho year 1876/ Over two thou sand live hundred potents have been issued on reapers and mowers since Hu.n sey received his patent. McCormick has spent over $1,000.000 on patento, and from their success ho is supposed to have modo enough money to buy out an ordi nary State. ' He now has hundreds of thousands of acres of lands, and an im mense amount invested in his manufac tories. ' Harvesters aro machines upon which three men rid?, one to drive and two to bind the grain that is by machinery thrown into their laps os feat ns tho blades cut it. There were 38,000 harves ters manufactured in J870. There are now $?0,000,000 invested itt tho manu facture of leapers and harvesters, -nd them hdvo been closed out by failure, bankruptcy, competition, or some other cause, chiefly because of the great amount of capital necessary to. make e success of the manufacture, and the lowes incurred by investing in ono kind, which before it could be proven 'to be jus* th? thing tho farms rs needed waa superseded by an other patent pf . more improved ma chine, The reaper of 1866 would not be used by the farmer of to-day if it were Siven him, because the improveinepts avo been so great. Tho latest .improvement is tho self* binding: harvester, which cut? the grain, throws it on a platform, wher* it is picked up by machinery and bound wi&'wire and dropped to one side, no human hand touching it at'all. - In 187S there were filly of ?peso machin?e; male. In 1877 thero were one thousand,, and to-day one firm has an order for four thousand for th? growltig wheat crop. In 1877 ' a sin gle farmer in Dskotah Territory em ployed twenty men U> drivo his twenty self-binding harvesters, and cut . five thousand acres of wheat, which threshed out 150,000 bushels of grain, and no hu mad hand touched a thing except the bound bundles, which they carried to the thresher; and they sewed up tho bags into which the thresher poured thc grava at'tho rite of twelve nandred bushels per day. Each harvester cuts twenty acres per day. Sixteen hundred and fifty-eight patents have been Issued for Becd planters, and ?00 for scsd drills." "VVith thc ?stxipat ent of a com planter ono man with two horses can plant and cover twonty acica of?oro in one day. , "Tbreo hundred and seventy-eight pat ents have boen issued for corn sheucrs. A man by steady work csu shell al>out a bushel of com ia an hour. Tho latest patent enables one man, aided by two horses, to shcll aud sack 1,500 bushels of corn in ons day, . This corn crop of 1877, as reported fay :tt$.Agricultural Department, WAS .1.300 000,000, bushels. The wheat crop was neiriy 400,000,000 bushels. Those are startling figures. Who can grasp thom?-Neic${aria Charle). - The orinaiioa whether Gov, Nicholls ehoald pardon Returning Board Ander son threatens to disrupt the Democratic party in Louisiana. Much bitterness is evinced between tho Democratic factions in the Legislature on the subject. - "Bob/1-the veritable ?orrel war horse which Stonewall Jackson waa rid ing when he received britta! ??cusd, ia still living at the. age of twenty-three, and retains much ofhU old-time vigor. Hois owned by a brother-inflow r ' General, in Llaooln County, N. C.! o - General J. &,Kerahr. Carolina, has accepted an deliver tba. annual address VirsiniA ?\Mda5ou. Army ai Virginia, at Richmond, Vi 11878. Hie subject will bc, Maryland Campaign."