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jj. B. M U.U1I A Y & CO. 1^. T\ l?tITTATJTTI TVnnnm _ ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1883. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 2 9 THE V^v J^XAULj^DLiiij nU?SJ? TAILOR. ; Sfwiih those of other shops, and you wil bc convinced that I s. l tho CMA tfmost substanl al Uarnesa raumifactured in this State. S caa"* be iindVr ^irin? neatly and promptly done. Call ott me, over WIIMtrt D?ug Stow. JAMES AI. PAYNE. ANDREW * PREVOST eStill on the Square, at the same old Stand, and are Sell ing Goods as Low as any House in the City. IfliiCBOCBBV DBPABTMENT is full. Thc bes! Sugars, Coffees, feas and IJjGood? at all pnces, and satisfaction guaranteed. Everything delivered free Si. %A?MBR,*v^re are,8,tU1 ngenOs for Hie Celebrated CHAMPION REAPER AND ?j. i?tlmonials froin all over the County that il is (bc Machine for fanner? ?3take pleasure in showing and explaining our Machine. Terms liberal. HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS OW HAND, taUloff on Cotton Option. A few tons of KAINIT left. Call early Exnectimr tn J?this Fall, wc would respectfully ask- one all to give lis a showing , g ANDREW & PREVOST, DEPOT STREET. SPRING OF 1883. El GOODS I NEW PRICES ! .HPREPARED FOR A ROUSING TRADE! I keep always on hand a FULL STOCK of DRY AND FANCY GOODS, ?Immense Stock of Dress Goods of every Description, SILKS, LACE CURTAINS, &c. Gire me a call, and I will convince you that I menn business. My motto : ?talesand small profitB. I make a Specialty ol' Zeiget r Bros. Fine Shoes. Owe one, come all, and examine my stock before buying elsewhere. No ?>tosbow Goods. Will compare prices with any house in the up country. Very respectfully, W. A. CHAPMAN, No. ti Henson Street, Anderson, S. C. bal 12,1883_39_ WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ? TH AT IJ-tAO^TZ. CO. Have the Best Goods for thc Least Money ! |EHAVE JUST RECEIVED A FINE LINE OF SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, hfteilo thc wanta of all-Roys, Youths, Young Men and Old. Also, a very fine as tentof UNDERWEAR-such as Shirts, Drawers, Collars and Cravats. Also, a laoriment of WORSTED DIAGONALS, SUITINGS, CLOTHS and CASSI SES, which we are prepared to make up in the very latest styles, and will spare no aether in Cutting or Fitting, that we may thereby please those who will favor us liieir patronage. Call before purchasing elsewhere and be convinced. fi" Pav last year's account and save costs. CLARK Ac CO. JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor. Ivth 22. tss:t ;i(? FERTILIZERS FOR 1883 ? IK Ititi selling the well-known brands of Fertilizers and Acid Phosphates, to wit Eutaw Fertilizer, Excellenza Fertilizer, Temassee Fertilizer and Eutaw and Ashepoo Acid Phosphates. f? CALL AND SEE ME REFORE BUYING. Hy Stock of General Merchandise is Complete ! Such as suits the Wants ol' the people generally. '.??on hand FLOUR, BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE. MOLASSES. Av. FULL STOCK OF DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, SHOES. ROOTS, II ATS, CAPS, HARDWARE, CUTLERY. CROCKERY and G LASSWAR] , &c. fr Cill at No 10 Granite Row. _ __ W. I?. BARB. *2,1S33 32 _ TIMES CBIA?TGE ANO MEN CHANCE WITH THEM, O that is the reason wc have just laid in A LARGE STOCK OF NEW GOODS, \ ?rweknow that all our customers desire something that is new and at the same ??niceable. Our Stock comprises a linc assortment of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, NOTIONS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, ETC., we will sell at the Lowest Prices. While other things are changing, we would wt we ar? too young to change our plan of offering good and substantial Dargains i?ho favor us with a trial. _ WE ARE IN THU: COTTON MARKET, N ?ive tho highest prices. Wo have a large lot of BAGGING and TIES on w>t?a; prices before closing u trade. _ - - -, BBOWIT BROS. M, 1882 _^^10 HIE AD QU A RTE RS FOR m ENGINES, SAW MILLS, FRESHERS, AND ALL KINDS MACHINERY. [4Vl??K^M?shed the Southern Branch of t???T?^ BES?K09K at this place, I will keep constantly on hand a full supply ot tn? -01 ?achinery, consisting of their ^plating Grain Separator, Cleaner ana Bagger, Portable, Traction and Domestic Steam Engines, SAW MIT^S, &C. P??^'IT?^^"* water Ganges. Steam mf^^tn^^S Mills, ???2?%H loieotors, KMIng Injectors, Corn and Wheat Milla,^rgliuin -n , KffiElbowa1. Nippers, Union's-Reducers, in fact ^'^J?i* vSSSTi ^0^,0 X**T mo b0for? buy,nR' anA y?U to get ? ? SKirK 8?OP -I am always ready, with first-class tools, to repair all kind. ^"?ry entrusted to me. "TVVFU d 1 M*T -TV" - II. IT. DIVVEH. WP^ ?^HXW B?ICDINO, NEAR RAILROAD BRIDOE, ANDERSON,jL^C. THE TRUTH OF HISTORY. One of GttPj's ISrigatlo Answers Phil. Sher iitmi-The Event? l'rcce?lng the Surren der Told by an Eyewitness. ByS.miott Wrbb, first Lieutenant fWj"./ A, and Aetmp Adjutantcf the Hmnton I.4.,?;? in Charl? tun UteLly .Vtrj. ' The Wally yewt 0f june .>7lil con tamed Gen. P. H. .Sheridan's account of the surrender of Lee, which is well writ ten and in much better temper than was to be expected of one who has Bhown such decided partisanship against every thiug belonging to the South, but there aro several statements made, calculated to mislead the general reader and not iu strict accordance with facts-in other words, the difference in the statements of an eye-witness at a distance, and one who look part in the scenes. These mat ters should be set right, especially as they reflect upon a gallant ollicer who has "crossed the river and rests under the shade of the trees," and as brave a body Of men ns ever drew sword in any cause: Gen. M. \V. Gary and tho Brigade under his command, consisting o? the Seventh South Carolina, Twenty-fourth Virginia, Seventh Georgia Battalion of cavalry, and Hie Hampton Legion, mounted in fantry. Gen. Sheridan says : "Formations were immediately commenced to make a bold and sweeping charge down the grassy elope, when an aide-de-camp from Cus ter * * * dashed up with the mes sage from his chief, 'Lee has surrender ed ! ??o not charge, THU WHITE H.A.? I? Ul'!'" And further on, that soon after the grcet irg? were over with GenB. Gordou and Wilcox of our army, that "a iurious firing commenced in front of our own cavalry" which "somewhat disconcerted" Gen. Gordon, who was requested to dis patch ft stall' ollicer to stop it, but having no one to send, Gen. Sheridan directed Lieu?. Vaudcrbilt Allen to carry Gen. Gordon's orders, which were : "To go to Gen. Gary, who was in command of a small brigade of South Carolina Caval ry, and ask him to discontinue the firing. Lieut. Allen dashed off with the mes sage, but on delivering it to Gen. Gary was taken prisouer, with the remark from that ollicer, that be did not care for white flags ; that South Carolinians never sur rendered." * * * "Merritt, getting impatient at the supposed treacherous firing, ordered a charge of a portion of his command-a cloud of duBt, a wild hurrah, a flashing of sabres indicated a charge, and tho ejaculations of my staff officers were heard : 'Look ! Merritt bas ordered a charge !' The flight of Gary's Brigade followed ; Lieut. Allen was thus released." Now for the facts : We did fire upon Merritt, but in total ignorance that ne ?titiations of any kind were going on. ?ieut. Allen was not taken prisoner, but commanded to go back where bc came from. Gen. Gary was, as all who ever met him know full well, u very indepen dent man in what he said and did, but he knew the rules of war and always re spected a white flag, unless convinced that it was raised to deceive bim. lu this particular case be bad seen no such flag, did not know of the existence of one, and did not make the remark attri buted to him. Merritt did charge us, but "THE FLIGHT OF G A II Y'SUR IG ADE" did not follow. These occurrences look place ou the 9th of April, 1SG5, tho morning of the surrender; but if not encroaching loo much on your time anci space, permit me to go back to the Sib of April io order to make this sketch a more con nected one and relate the part taken by Gary's command. At dawn we were up and hurried from point to point to pro tect tho wagon trains, which were being attacked from every branch road leading to our left-a day of hard riding and in cessant skirmishing. Late in tho after noon a squadron was detached and sent down a road to tho left of Appomattox Court House, for picket duty, wbilo tbe main body of the brigade passed through the village to a shady lano beyond. Here Gary baited the command, an nounced to ibera that ho was in advance of Lee's army and that there was noth ing between us and Lynchburg save the Washington Artillery Battalion, of New Orleans, and a numil wagon train. The men were allowed to dismount and rest till the infantry could overtake us. In the meantime a few men were Rent out to gather some forage for the famished horses and food for the starving troops. Scarcely had they gone when n heavy artillery fire opened down the road. "Mount aud follow me," was tbe General's shrill cry, and headlong down the hill every one wont. To dismount and deploy was short work, and we had our hands full FIGHTING CUSTER'S DIVISION. Our right and left flanks being pro tected by the hills, we repulsed three at tacks, but the enemy greatly outnumber ed us, our flanks were turned, and wbei nearly surrounded Gary told us to ge! out the best way we could and form ot tbe road crossing the bill. Night hat fallen, and, though bright moonlight, i was impossible to distinguish friend fron foe, so dense was the smoke in the thiel timber land. Under tbeae circumstance a large part of the Brigade was captured Those who reached the road found i blockaded with wagon and artiller horses, which had been cut loose am stampeded. On they caine, some will but most without riders, in the wildes confusion. No formation could be made so, "joining the procession," we passe? the village, and upou reaching the ope ground beyond organized a skirmish lin and charged back upon the cavalrj which had followed the stampeded aui mais. Lieut. Col. A. J. Root, of th Fifteenth New York Cavalry, was killer and every man who composed the ad vance of the enemy's column was eith? killed or captured. Our pickets wei established again beyond Appomattoi and upon the arrival of Hood's Dtvisio the cavalry was withdrawn. Such < tho Brigade as could bo found huddle I together and fell asleep on tbe bai ground, hungry and exhausted, ouly I awake on the saddest day in the recolle tion of Lee's soldiers. April 9th dawned cold and chilly, heavy mist like a funeral pall hung ovt hill and valley. At an early hour Gai rode up and ordered the men to folio him. From tho top of the hill a lou dark line could be faintly discerne stretching ns far as the eye could see that line Gary detei mined to charge at break through if it could be done 1 mru .al man. Realizing the despera a racier of thc work, it was A FORLORN HOPE, and believing that not a man world u vive it, the colors, a beautiful silk batt flair presented to the Hampton Leg;; by the ladies of Gen. Logans fami ? were seut off the field. Formed into column of fours, tho H j gad*, numbering not more, than seven five men i charged a division of Fede 1 cavalry. These were the men who Bl i unou Gen. Sheridan and made him se a ravine ;" this the Brigade about wht. Merritt kicked up "* cloud of dus I Finding he could not gain hi? end, Ol gave the command to fal! back, bul not a mun left thc rauh. While we were thus engaged, one of the batteries of Col. Haskell's Battalion unlimbered their guns and trained them upon us. Acting Assistant Surgeon John McLeod, who had dismounted to aid a wounded com rade, told the cannoneers not to fire, its the men in their front were Confederate troops, and knowing the execution tho guns could do, double shotted with can ister as they were, rode forward and urged (Jen. (?arv to uncover them so that they v.juhl sweep tho hill?. Kiding mound and between tho cannon, tho Brigade formed line to the right of them. On they came, there was "a wild hur rah, a Hashing of sabres," but bo it said to the houor of Ciary's Brigp.ic- and the gunners at those places they never fal tered. If ever men faced what seemed j certain death, those men did, but their "Hight did not follow." THE <;oi> OK HATTI,,ESS mercifully watched over them, and at | the instant of their seeming annihilation :i Confederate courier rode between the lines with a white Hag, and shouted "Hostilities have ceased, stop firing!" A the same moment an elegantly dress ed and handsomely mouutcd Federal officer (Lieut. Allen) rode up from the rear of our line and asked "Who com mands this cavalry ?" "I do, by dod, sir, Martin W.Gary, of South Carolina ! Who are you ?" "I have been sent here by Gen. Gor don, of your army, to tell you to stop tiring, that your army has surrendered, ?as Lieut. Allen's reply, "You're a liar, ?ir, go back to your command ; these men ate South Caro linians, and never surrender !" Gary an swered. Kidding the men' await his re turn, he rode immediately over to Gen. Leo to learn tho true stato of affairs. As soon ns he left, the Federal cavalry swarmed around and saluted us with "Johnny, the jig's up!" We leave the reader to imagine thc reply. In tho fow minutes' conversation which took placo between the contending forces it was impossible not to notice thecontrnst-on the one hand, a handful of ragged, hun ger-bit'eu, hollow-eyed men sitting astride of the frames of what bad once been noble horses; on thc other a mighty host, well mounted, well clad and splen didly equipped-and wonder why they had not devoured our substance and overrun our country long before. The day will come when Americans from every part of our common country will bo as proud of tho record of the Confederate troops as Gary's men are of their own. The Federal bugle sounded the recall just as our General returned with the report "Geu. Lee has surrendered." As soon ns this was nnnounced the colot sergeant was sent for AND THE FI.Af! TORN INTO RIBBONS, each one of thc survivors receiving a fragment of it. Turning the command over to Col, ll. 15. Arnold, of the Hampton Legion, the General told us we could either remain and accept tho terms which would be otrercd or try to make our escape. Bid ding his command a long farewell, ho made bis way through the enemy's linea that night, accompanied by a few mem bers of the Legion, and ucver did sur render. Gen. Sheridan adds to thc extracts herein made from his account: "The last gun had been fired and thc lust charge made in the Virginia campaign." To Gary's Brigade. I believe, that honor is duo. THE LOX<] AGONY WAS OVER. Under orders from Gen. Lee, thc men were withdrawn from the front and bivouacked along thc road leading di rectly to and within sight of Appomat tox Court House, where rations of hard tack and bacon from the Federal com missary supplies, tho first foud we bad eaten for several day?, were issued to us. Gen. Lee's return from the conference with Gen. Grunt has too often been de scribed to be repeated here. The 10th of April was occupied filling up the paroles, in thc afternoon, Lieut. Coi. Venable, ol (ion. Lee's statt, caner, to inquire at what time our brigade would start homeward, and expressed a wish to accompany us. Midday of tho 11th bad been agreed upon and be joined us early in the dav. Before starting be said that be would' rido over to bid Gen. Lee good-bye and permitied the writer to accompany bim. On reaching tho General's tent, we found a group of officers formed in a semicircle in front, who were soon joined by THE CHEAT CAPTAIN. Looking each one in tho face, be started to address them, but bis heart was too full. Bowiug his head, while the tears rolled down bis cheeks, be said : "God bless you, gentlemen, God bless you 1" and these old veterans, who bad faced death a hundred times, wept like chil dren. The farewells were spoken and silent ly, reverently we came away. Before nightfall all of the cavalry lind passed out and beyond into the great world, henceforth to 3eek more peaceful occupations than had claimed their at tention for four long, weary years. Anuthor Account or tho Day. By J. F. Jeffers, oj florene*, S. C. In the account of "Lee's Surrender," by Gen. Sheridan, published in the Weekly Netcs of June 27, the following allusion is made to Gary's Brigade : "While Generals Gordon and Wilcox were engaged in conversation with mo a cloud of dust, a wild hurrah, a flashing of sabres indicated a charge, and the ejaculations of my staff officers were heard : Look, Merritt has ordered a charge. The flight of Gary's Brigade followed. Lieut. Allen was thus re leased. The last gun had been fired and the last charge mado in the Virginia campaign." The few troops with Gen. Gary at tho lime were composed mostly of the Rut ledge Mounted Riflemen, a part of the Seventh South Carolina Cavalry. When Lieut. Allen came un we were facing the enemy, not ono hundred yards from our first position. A piece of artillory was stationed here, which I understood was on tho eve of being discharged, when a Confederate officer informed Gen. Gary of thc truce. Lieut. Allen then rodo forward to tho Federal line, aid we went into camp ai prisoners of war. Some of the men foolishly threw away their arms, declaring they would not surrender them which drew from Sergeant W. K. S., of your city, a remark worthy of record. He said: "I intend to keep my gun and deliver it to the enemy, for I want tnem to know that I have a gun and have lost no opportunity of using it." Some time ago there was a discussion as tc -ho fired tho last gun at Appomat tox. Gen. Sheridan confirms the belief that the above incident closed the hos tilities on that memorable day. ._, "I bear smart men say dat time ia different at different places. I believe dat's a fact, fur de time allers seenu longer ter de boy what holds de hoas den ter de man what goes inter de whisky shop." THE ASIATIC PLAQUE. Some luti-rcstliiK Fit ri? Concerulni; the Pestilence. ??'rum thc Philadelphia Time,*. For centuries part medical writer? have described a disorder tho most prominent features of which are profuso vomiting and purging of a rice water like liquid, sudden und great prostration of the vital powers, rapid wasting ol thc tatty tissues of the body, tormenting cramps in all the muscles, blueness and coldness of the ?Lin, shrivelled "washer women's" hands and suppression of the urine thr caso being terminated either by speedy dissolution or n tedious convales cence. This disease is the cholera, about which it is probable the most the people of this country caro is that it will stay ns far away as possible. Asia is credited with being the birthplace ns well as the constant home of this epi demic, whence thc expression Asiatic cholera, and if space permitted a descrip tion of tho way in which millions of 1 peoplo live in that country tho wonder would bc not at thc existence of cholera, but that any of those people escape. Living us they do in absolute nnd con tinued disregard of all tho common de cencies of life, in absence of life comforts, with just enough inditrerent or worse food to keen body nnd soul together, the wonder is that nny aro spared to tell tho tale. 'rhe pilgrimages made annually by myriads of the devout to certai . <>o called body cities are believed to bo the ? origin of many choiera epidemics. These travellers mostly journey on foot, in large companies, and thc statements concerning their suffering exceeds belief. Al tho shrines tho pilgrims are fleeced by officials and landlords, and on tho home ward journey their miseries rench the climax, and long after their passage the route is marked by the festering remain! of those who perish by the wayside. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? The governments of these countries art in no small measure to blame for thesi events. Already correspondents from Egypt are charging upon tho Khodive't Government tiie responsibility for the presence of cholera f?i that couutry "Numbers of dead animals are said to b< floating in the Nile. The officials of tin couutry are reported as being ignoran and careless to tho last dogree, and thai until recently there were no physician! at Damietta, and tbnt the most' simph preventive measures were ucgloctod The carriages which one day convey tin sick, dying or dead of the disease, ply tin following day at public call. The sani tary cordons said to be established an practically useless, from thc fact that i bribe will secure passage by the guard for any." A still more pertinent, am likely "truthful statement, recently ap peared in an English journal to th i effect, viz : "That if cholera shoult succeed in getting out of Egypt nnd ii spreading over the world the nation will be justified in charging Englain with the responsibility for its ravage because, in the present state of sani' science, nothing but England's crimina carelessness und political greed can ac count for the strong and universal hoi cholera has been allowed to get upon tb people of Egypt." TUB CAUSE Ot? CHOLERA. Now, cholera is believed to depen upon a specific poison, which is though to bu contained in tho matters which th patients vomit and purge. This poiso retains its life with great tenacity, an how it is carried from place to place an what places it is most likely lo Le carrie to is well shown by the following statt ment of a well known medicnl teacher t this city, who said : "Tho whole histor of cholera shows that it advances froi point to point wherever the men ? things infected by it are carried. Hig) ways, railroads and river courses mar out its path across continents, brammo i them the throngs of men aro the tbickes Seaports aro its favorite halting place because in them infected ships and crev congregate. Great cities furnish its mo: numerous victima, because in them ni tbs very hotheads in whian tans of toot sands of human beings are perpetual! kept upon the narrow verge which sej arates disease from health and wbe tbe water, tho air and the food may n readily become contaminated by tl germs of tho pestilence and spread through a thousand channels." Tb statement is eminently true, and tho re erence to tho contamination of the foo air and water supply of largo cities, especially pertinent. The persons wi come as emigrants from thoso dista parts invariably bring their old habi with them. A gentleman who had i opportunity to observe closely some Ru niau emigrants saw a woman wash son cooking utensils and fond in the san water in which she bad previous washed her feet, face and hands ni other parts of her body. When cbole is prevalent the individuals who fro any cause are run down in health w suffer most severely from the diseai The fearful, the reckless, tho inebrian the dirty, the poorly-fed nnd over-work are its first victims, simply for the rc son that these persons having diminish vital powers have equally diminish power of resisting the action of the chi era poison. SYMPTOMS OF THE DIBEA8E. Profuse vomiting and purging are cr staut symptoms of this disease. T matters vomited and purged if subject to tho proper tests will be found to cc sist largely of albumen. These deje are really the liquid portion of t blood, which has, as it were, leaked c of the blood vessels into the stomach a bowels, and has by its presence th? provoked the acta hy which it is eject* Exfoliation or shedding of the muc membrane lining the bowels in also constant occurrence in the disease. Tl was first demonstrated in 1832 and If by Prof. Horner of the University Pennsylvania. This condition acts ii two-fold manner to increase the fatal of tho disease. After this occurrci the bloods leaks out into the bowels vi much moro easily than before, and the same fact the entrance of medici and food into the blood is prevent The importance of the events just detr ed cannot be overestimated. "This if that produces the vomiting and purgii This prostrates tho patient and wa? away in a few hours the fullest and fir est form ; this chills the extremities a later the trunk ; this thickens the bb so that the small arteries can no loni convey it; this cuts off tbe supply blood from the heart; this paralyzes nervous system ; this obstructs the k neys and arrests their secretion, and t ultimately is the cause of death." Cholera bas been exhaustively stud by many medical men, not a few of wh it has claimed for ita victims. It is 1 ie ved by nome that the poison of chol consista of certain microscopio fungi their genus, which on being recei into tho human stomach propagate tl kind and destroy the lining membr of the bowels. The banks of the Gat is the locality and rico the plant which these aie believed to be produi CHOLERA MORBUS. There is much likeness between cases of cholera morbus seen among Iron, lime to limo and isolated eases of ?pid?mie cholera. To a casual observer the di florence appears to be one of degree only. Noir, Iben, it must appear that tho habits of those who do not wish to invite the disorder should be essentially different from those mentioned. When cholera is epidemic temperance in all things is commendable ; hopefulness is good preventive ; exhaustion from any j cause .should be avoided ; wholesome food in sufficient quantities is especially desirable. The use of boiled water for domestic purposes, and general clean liness and frequent and thorough cleans ing of all cess-pools are especially impor tant points; in short, everything should bo done that will reduce to a minimum dirt, dampness and darkness. These measures raise thc public health to the maximum point and thus increase the power of resisting the disease. In some past time certain city author ities have repressed all information con cerning thc progress of tho disease ; such a course iscprehcusiblo in tho highest degree and by these means health boards and laws become dead letters. Indeed, so numerous and so well authenticated are tho instances where thc onward pro gress of the pestilence has been clic ked by tho adoption of appropriate sanitary measures, that it can be said without thc least hesitation that any general diffusion of cholera in this city or any other civil ized country is thc direct result of crimi nal neglect on the part of tho officials having the matter iu charge. Choi era patients should have medical ad-. ice early, lu the absence of which thc ?.atieut should rest in bed and plasters of brown mustard and hot water between thin cloths should bn applied to thc sur face of all parts of thc body. Lemonade, fortified by a small quantity of oil of vitriol, might also bc used internally. Tho usefulness of this agent was demon strated in 18GG by a gentleman at that time resident physician in thc Phila delphia Hospital, now a prominent prac titionor in this city. In tho epidemic of 1873 in some places in the South more than half of the colored victima perished without medical advice, from tho fact thal an ill-lounded notion prevailed among tho negroes "that tho doctors, glad for an opportunity to slyly kill them, would oitiier give them wrong medicine or poison." A somewhat simi lar circumstance is reported to have hap pened at St. Petersburg in 182?", when a ntimbe of German physicians were killed by a mob. A KENTUCKY JOINT DISCUSSION. How a Itoimbllmui Orator Wns met Win n lin Ansei (mi uisturic.i1. Facta. At the close of Ibo war tdd Wolford settled down nod became a Democrat, and most ol' his men did the same thing. When thc Democrats gave bim the nom ination for Congress last fall tho Repub lican S'ate Committee sent General Speed Fry into his district to counteract ll?'? ices of old Wolford's war re ? started off, intending to ro 10 district six weeks ami speak Wolford did. He was back in to Ul "\V dal's the matter, General?" asked tho Chairman, in surprise, as he stalked in, black as a thunder cloud. "Matter! Why, matter enough. If you want a man to go into the I Jcventh District to talk against that-old scoundrel Wolford you will have to find somebody beside me. I'm done. When I agreed lo stump the di strict I supposed I would have sentible men to talk to; instead I find ?hem al! u ?ol of blankety blanked fools and liars and scoundrels/' "Didn't they treat you right?" "Treat me right! Ob, yes, they treat ed me right. They treated me like a prince. When I reached fhe first town old Wolford met me with a cordial wel come, and, to my surprise, he gave the opening and closing of the joint discus sion. 1 spoke for one hont ?ind a halfou national issues-Mho tariff, finances and tho standing of tho" parties-and dwelt with special emphasis on the magnanim ity shown by the Federal government iu ?li trop.tmout of the Confederates st the close of tho war. About half of my audience had served in the Confederate, army nntl I saw I was producing a good impression. "Now what do you suppose thal old hook-nosed rascal of a Wolford did ? Why he got up and began talking, never [laying the slightest attention to what I tad said on national issues, but after a brief introduction taking up my good will plea. 'Don't you believe a word General Fry bas told you about the mag nanimity of the Federal Government and the Republican party,' he shrieked. 'It's all i lie. What did they do with General Lee after tho surrender of Ap pomatlox? Why they took him out und hung him right between the lines in plain v-.' " 'Hold on,' I -dmuicd, 'that is not true. General Wolford, you know you are per verting facts.' "Instantly two or three of the old Sec ond Cavalry boya sprang to their feet and swore that they bad been on thc ground and seen General Leo hung, one of them remarking, with a ?wagger, that if anybody questioned tho statement he would have to chew on thc barrel of a six-shooter. "'What did they do with J efl'Davis after be had surrendered ?' continued old Wolford. 'Why, they tied 1,800 pounds of iron to bis legs, threw him into a dun geon and starved him fur eight months and then took bim out and bung bim. That's what they did with bim. A b-1 of n magnanimous government that.' "I interrupted lo nay that Jeff*. Davis was alive now and healthy, but two ot three Second Cavalry liars stood un and swore they had seen him bung, and that if any man disputed it they would make him cat bis words or six inches of cold steel. And ibero the old scoundrel ? stood, bunging Alex. Stephens, Long street, Joe Johnston, Hampton and eve ry Confederate of prominence he could think of and proving what ho said by eye-witnesses from tho Second Kentucky Cavalry. What show did I have talking to such a crowd of Ananiascs as that? J quit then and there. If you'evcr get mc up there in those mountains again you may shoot me."- Washington Republican - "I never killed but one man durint the whole war," said Col. James Otis who commanded a New York cavalrj i "regiment, and that was unavoidable.' j "How was that?" inquired a listener j "Well," said the Colonel, seriously, "i i ' Confederate chased me twenty-five miles I and fell dead, from sheer exhaustion, i ! have greatly regretted it since, but i i could uot be helped."- Washington Post \ i Josh DllUnga Heard From. ! NEWPORT, R. L, Aug. ll, 1880. 1 ! Dear Bitters-I am here trying tt ' ' breathe in all the salt air of the ocean ' and having been a sufferer for more thai '? a year with a refractory liver, I was in > duced to mix Hop Bitters with the sei 1 gale and have found the tincture a gio ' Tiona result. * * * I have beei . greatly helped by tho Bitters, aud ao not afraid tu say so. ; ; Yours without a struggle, ? JOSH Lin LINGS. TUE COMMON HUN. Polka Will bc FOIUH All Thc Tim?. Altandi Constitution. <\>bo -ays that folks aro folks lind you can't make 'cm any folkscr. I was thinking what P. b?? "litt!? world every man bas of bis own, especially every family man. There is not so much dif ference no how in tho average of human life. Of course lhere are some men who do some hi;-, thing-) and make a noise and gel a r?putation, hut they are few and far between compared with thc common run. Most of us belong to the common run and after all il is tho best run for it is most according to nature. Folks are folks just like horses are horses. I've got my little world of hope and anxiety and pleasure and (rouble and it changos every day and my Ufo is sorter like a Kaleidescope with a new picture nt every turn ami it is turning ail the time, bul still there is an average of good and an average of had and we must take it al together just as it conies for it is the com mon lot. David says that a mau is born to trouble as thc sparks Hy upward and David saw a heap of it and a bran of it was David's fault, but 1 dont think that we are born to so much trouble. There is more good in this life than bad if a man will behave himself and ho can behave if he will try und I don't think that original sin will keep him in thc low grounds unless ho wants to stay ibero. Folks are like cattle and cats and dogs. Some of 'em are good and gent?o and kind and some are not, but thc majority nf mankind had rather do good than bad. I'm willing to trust my raco for kindness and protection and sympathy when I am in trouble, that ia except some. There aro somo few 1 wouldn't trust for nothing for they belong to the devil and I reckon caut help it. Close observers say there is a good streak in every mau and I think ibero is, bul 1 know some who have man aged to hide it for 80 years and they are hiding it yet. I reckon wo will hear of it on their tombstones. I've been reading tho life of Alek .Stephens, n good book und it has pro voked thu foregoing reflections. There is n comfort in it, for it proves that a grenl man's lifo is pretty much like a common man's life. You have got to get down to the heart of a man and his daily hopes and fears and troubles to know what bo is, and Roswell never photo graphed old Samuel Johnston better than Did; Johnston lins photographed Mr. .Stephens. His inner life never come out before and after all it was just an average life. He was a family mun of bis own hut his affections hung around his kin: dred all thc tame ns if they bad been bia children. II ?H statesmanship and his big speeches ami his political fusses with his adversaries made him prominent and at tracted attention, but that was tho small est part of his lifo-sorter liko Christmas and the 4th of July when compared wilb the Hight ol time. His speeches show bis mind, but bis letters to Linton and Colonel Johnston show his heart, bis emotions, his longings for home and love and friendship. He was a tired man, all bis eventful life, tired of company and struggles and contention. His loved, his kindred, and especially Linton with a love that strengthened him and kept him alive. He loved his nabors aud his ser vants and bis dog. He hardly ever wrote a letter homo without some kind words for Rio. "I love bim becauso ho loves mo ami that is reason enough." When ho heard that Rio had bad a fight with Hill Alexander's big dog and whipped him, be Baye ho almost wept with joy. He writes iovingly about his home and longs for a stroll in tho grove or the orchard or tho pot at oe. patch. Ho wants 10 caress old Robin Short and give him some oats and lend him to the brunch to drink. He ?H in love with everything at home and says "My dog Rio is almost blind and now my greatest pleasure ?B to load bim about ana talk to bim." What a wonderful love he would have had for wife and children. Hut then they would bavo robbed him of his thoughts and his studies and closed up his books and tho country would have not known him a .stater.mar. cr a philosopher. This is u wonderful book of Mr. John ston's and will make any man belter and more charitable and loving who reads it. Wo are all very much alike, that is in our home lifo which is tho biggest part of life und most concerns cir huppineas. Mr. Stephens bad a borrowed boree to run away with him ouec and he lost hie umbrella anti then bis hat and jolted his bones through his skiu in two or three places. His school master was about tn whip bim once and be defied him and they mude friends. Judge Cone cut him all to pieces with a knife but he wouldn't take buck what be said. He educated 52 young men ut college. He was al ways giving away money. Ho threw away twenty-five thousand dollars on the Atlanta Sun under thc vain idea that he could run a newspaper when ho was nc more fit for it than Marcellus Thornton. He gathered and wasted. He made mis takes just like oilier people andi take great comfort in having discovered that in some things bo was just an big a fool as I um. There is a power of consola tion in finding out that great men haven't got all tho sense in tho world. They nay that Sir Isaac Newton cut a hole in th bottom of bis door for the cat to go ic and when the cat had kittens he cut v smaller bole for tho kittens, just as though they couldn't go through the big one. J like that. I never heatd Mr. Stephens make but one speech in tao court house and that \ as ina murder caso and tb( prisoner wilted to give bond and keep out of jail until the trial ut the nexl term, and Mr. Stephens waa against him and he said, "May it please your honor 1 shall take no pleasure in his incarc?ra lion, but sir I trust your honor will matt the bond large enough and strong enougt to hold him and keen him." Then h< elevated his voice anti stretched forth hi long arin and as his bony fingers trem bled he screamed : "May it please you honor do not let this man escape," ant he sung thu last sy..ablo of the word st long and so loud that wo could almos see the prisoner flying for his life. On the whole I am better content wit! my humble lot since I read this book Cari has mashed the nail off of his hil toe and it is just awful and the girls hav been gone th reo weeks and Ralph i away with the traveling thrasher am Jessie has lost ber new thimble and w are mighty lonesome and the sun shine mighty hot and the corn is curling ii the blades, but still we are hopeful am trying to he calm and serine. Jessie say it takes about half her time lo find he 11 mother's spectacles. I shall have to gc 11 a new pair I know for when I was brush ing down tho dead flies off tho wal yesterday Mrs. Arp wont-round after m and thought the nail heads were flic and made me brush at 'em all agni before sho was satisfied you cant brus nail heads off with a broom, but its ti ways best, to try to do it the second timi . ' RILL ARI*. - Hpw much' pleasanter thia worl would ba to Hve in wero it as easy to g to bed ?at night as it is to rema? there in tho morning, and as easy to gc Up in tho morning as it is to talk of gel ting up wheo you go to bed. THE CULTURE OF THE CARP. South Carolina takes her IJhuro of th? (termini Fish. WASHINGTON, July 12.-TLereport of tho United States Fish Commission for the distribution season of 1882, just made out, shows that 10,831 German leather carp were sent to applicants from Soutli Carolina from thc commencement of the season in October until the close, Juno 1. Five hundred applicants were supplied aud tho fish were sent into five Congressional districts and twenty-nine of tho counties in thc State. Tho number of carp distributed throughout thc entiro country waa about 850,000. South Carolina being much smaller, and with less population (bau tunny of the States, did not send in so many applications or get so many fish as some other States, but proportionately r.he sent in a remarkably largo number of applications, showing tho increasing in terest taken by our citizens in tish cul ture. No individual in the Slate receiv ed a largo consignment, the ten thousand carp being entirely sent to numerous small orders coming from every portion of tho Stale. This is a very gratifying sign, for it is much more advantageous for tho carp to be placed in the hands of various persons scattered in all portions of thc State than to bo confined in the hands of a few in dividuals. lu this way their adaptabili ty to tho climate can bo more thorough ly tested, and the ofiiciula of the com mission will bo better able to give infor mation about their culturo, for the c^rp ts <i recent importation to the United States. Tho entire consignment to pome Stntcs hus been centred in tho hands of a few persons, and but few localities wero thereby given a chance to test the merits of the carp. Ono Kentucky Congress man alone secured 5,000, and although that State was given a large number of the fish, tho number of applicants were few, and only came from ccrbtin locali ties. Carp culture is destined to be an im Fiortant industry in thin country, cspccial y in the Southern States., where tho climate seems to bo particularly adapted to the growth of the fish. The young carp was first imported ir-to tho United States shortly after tho organization of tho fish commission from Central Europo, where tradition has it that they were cultivated hy tho peasants centuries ago. In Aus tria, which possesses the most extensive enrp fisheries in Europe, the culturo of the enrp can be traced ns far back as the year 1227. Tho Emperor Charlea tho IV of Germany, by granting sundry privileges, favored the establishment of poctiB in his dominions, and the monks wore es pecially assiduous in ibo culturo of the tish in ponds made for the purpose. As early as the first half of tho fourteenth century Bohemia had established largo carp ponds, and tho propagation ot the fish progressed to a wonderful degree, as also iu Polnnd and that section of tbo Continent now comprising Gorman Austria. In the same century the mam moth and celebrated ponds near YVittin gau in Bohemia wero built. It can bo seen by this that carn culturo is no new industry in the world. Contrary to the expectations of thc commission the carp flourishes much better and grows much more rapidly at the South than in the colder Northern States, although they wero imported from a cold country. Tho reason of thia can bs readily explained. In tho native countries of tua fish it was compelled to abstain from food during tho winter monlbSf and huiy in the mua to escape tho cold. Tho necessity for thia is avoided in tho Cotton States, and the fish eats and grows tho entiro year through. Reports from the South snow that larger carp have been grown iu that Bection lhan in Germany, tho native country of the fish. The carp is a dark colored fish, and ia divided into three variotiee, known aa the scale, mirror and leather carp. Tho latter varieties is striped sod moro of. tiiem are propagated by the commission than the other varieties. Generations of attention from man bas mada the fish become thoroughly domesticated, and : especially in ponds stationed near dwell ings they are generally fed every day. With little training they will come when called and readily eat out of the baodsof a familiar person. Mr. Rudolph Hessel, , the superintendent of the pond? near the Washington Monument, can at any time cull the full grown carp to the water's ', edge and exhibit them to visitors. They , seem to bo remarkably sensible and carelessly fondle tho hands of tho genial German, and splash about in tho water until be cohciliatea them with food. The average length of the full grown fish is about two feet, but they are. ex tremely thick through the body and are very solid and heavy. Aa a table fish it , bas no superior, tbo taste being excellent , and but iew bones disturb tho progress of the epicure. The carp ia most general ly grown in ponds, but rivera that ?re not , to? rocky and rapid, and whore they can.. find easy retreat in places where the I water is still, are admirably adapted to their growth. In fact a river of the kind ; described is considered even better for ' their growth than a pond, for there ls i always, an abundant supply of food to , satisfy their wanta. , There is no reason why South Carolina , should not be supplied with an abun i dance of this magnificent fish. The ? State is traversed by innumerable riven) and creeks in which they could flourish , much bettor, as has been demonstrated, ( than in their native. German waters. . Resides the State is covered with thou , Bands of small ponda adjacent to the [ rivers where the carp coula bo grown with . ease. Tho water being , a little stagnant , does not seem lo affect them. The'offi , cials of the commission, in conversation 3 Witb your correspondent, seemed highly 9 favorable to sending carp to tho State, . and spoke in glowing tenus of her waler r advantages examined by thorn. It afford* 1 ed them much pleasuro to iee the wide? j spread interest taken by the citizens in i the culture of this greatest of all i food fishes.- Correspondence of ike News and " Courier. ' - Old ago is the night of life, as night g is the old age of the day. Still, night is 8 full of magnificence, and for many it is j more brilliant than the day. e - "What do you want to sot set such s a tough chicken before mo for'?" indig 11 nantly exclaimer1, a fair damsel in a rea i taurant the other day. "'Ago bofore s beauty,' always, you know, ma'm," ro< r plied the polite stable attendant, who >t well knew now to serve bis employer and i- tough chicken at the same time. '' - Franklin says : The most trifling ,8 actions that affect a man's credit are to j, be regarded. Tho sound of your ham- ' I, mer at 5 ta the morning or at 0 at night, i heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at the " billiard table, cr hears your voice at a tavern^'table, when you*should be at work, he sends for bis money the next d day. o u The best preparation of iron a doctor it can - prescribo is Brown's fron Bitters. t- bemuse it does not injure tho teeth ss* Giber hon medicines will; '