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HY E. B. MURKAY & CO. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 44 Vi i I.vi xujtav iv iiiiKi nv. Gen. ClIiiKitian ?Ive? Homo Interesting Information UK lo the Curativo Proper lien of Tobacco and Cites Som? Kemarka l,lr Cose*. Health and Home. Believing that such kuowledge of the advantages of wet tobacco as a poultice "s I have acquired, if it should become general, will be instrumental in Baring annually many thouBands of lives in the United "States, I have decided that it is my duty to inuko u statement on tho subject To do this properly will require some ?pace, Rs mere condensed propositions 01 statements will not usually make as much impression or ho us well remembered as things set forth in tho fo.m of a narra tive of facts. ? ought nt the outset to 5t:ltc that I never chewed, amoked or snuffed tobacco ; I believe, however, that it bas on-several occasions saved my life, and in other respects been of essential servite to me nud many-of my friends. Tho first instance I eau remember of ?ts usage as a remedy for inflammations was seeing Tom Kelly, when I was a boy, spurt its juico from his mouth iuto tho eye of his horse very red from inflam mation. He stated that he- was curing it in thtit way. I also early in lifo know of ?ts being applied to those who had been stung by wasps, bees, &c. When in college a student told me that he hud cured a chronic inflammation by putting u wet tobacco leaf on the part. In march, 1847, ou tho day after I had announced myself RB -a candidate for Congress, while carelessly riding a wild horse, the animal sprang.-gainst thc fence and knocked me off, HU thal I iii on : ground with el much violence aa to aprain ?>y ankle very severely: As I had mme miles to ride L to Henderson, N. C., bt fore any remedy could be applied, tho ankle had swollen to double its size and veiy painful. Dr. Whitehead direc ted a poultice to be applied. After cuduri ig severo pain for some hours, I thought of utiing tobacco. I sent for some leaves, had them wet and wrapped around the ankle, and placed tho poul tice over them to keep them moist. Within an hour tho pain ceased, and I slept through the night. Tho next morning 011 examining the ankle, instead of its being .swollen it appeared rather less than its natural size ; thc skin bad a wrinkled appearance aud was very white. The membrane between the bones which had received the shock, however, was very tender, so that I was obliged to use crutches. During my canvass, which lasted foui months, I twice while travel ing had it hurt by accidents, and each time subdued the pain and swelling by the use of tobacco. During tho war, by the falling of a galloping hone, I waa thrown over his head and sprained the same anklo badly, aud used tobacco with the like effect. My next application of it was to a severe gunshot wound, on the 19th of August, 1864, near Petersburg, Vi?. A bullet ranged through my leg from near tho ankle, eo as to come out on thc oppo site side, just below the knee, cutting the muscles nud nerves and making a long and very paiuful wound. I lost BO much blood tbut I was carried from the field in an insensible condition. .1 was BO feeble that the surgeons expressed great appre hensions that I might not be able to survive the fever which they expected would come on in a few days. About that time several of my friends had died of the secondary fever which followed their wounds. In a few days my left leg began to swell and throb with heal. The surgeons said I mus*, keep it wrapped ia wat oToths. I told them that I would keep down the inflammation with tobac co. They at once asserted that such an application would be ruinous. After they left I sent my servant for some tobacco, enveloped the leg io it, nod kept it wei with the clothe over it. The pain in an hour or two diminished, tho neat and throbbing ceased and I rested more quietly than I bad been doing. On the next day, when the surgeons called to see me, on looking at the wound they expressed much surprise and said, "You may keep on the tobacco." I remember that Gen. Robert E. Lee called to see mo that day, and after looking at me said, "Oh, General, you are not going to die, your eye is too bright." The tobacco beiug a powerful nerve tonic, it always excites my intellectual faculties. Although several mon ibu passed before I could walk without crutches, yet I had no fever and little pain from the inflam mation. I am satisfied that if tobacco were pioperiy applied, no external -and would ever become sufficiently inflamed to cause mortification. rla the year 1867, in the City of New York, as I waa riding in an omnibus, while looking out of an opeu window, teceived a heavy blow on my right eye from the whip of the driver, who had aimed the blow at the head of a horse which seemed about to interfere with him. Ho missed the horse's head and the full force of the end of the whip fell directly ou the centre of my open eye. The pain waa excessive, and the sight was entirely taken away-absolute black ness seemed before it. Passengers In the stago said to me, "You had better get out and seek relief-for you don't know how that eye looks." I soon reached my ho tel, and on getting into it sent one ser vant for a piece of tobacco and another ?or two physicians with whom I WSB acquainted. The tobacco came first, and just as I had placed it on and secured it with proper bandages the doctors came m. I told them what had happened and that I had just put on the tobacco. They said tobacco-would be ruinous. As soon ns I got off th? bandage and they Baw the eye, their countenances seemed to ?all ; (for I could see them with my left .ye, of course.) They said, "It will be very difficult to save that eye." I replied tost it it could be saved, the tobacco poultice would do it. They reiterated their objections ; but I told them I should Wi it, and asked them to c?me back in the morning. After they had left I restored tobacco and kept it well wet by Putting my face from ti mo to time in a howl * of water, so as to retain the rooic tnre steadily. The night was one of the roost paiuful of my life; butas it pro gressed jbe pain seemed to slightly di minish ;-yet even in the morning I still suffered. About ten o'clock one ^of the physician a called to see me, and I took off the .bandage. Aa soon.aa I did ao, I Know the eye.was better, ibr I could see the outlines of the open window before roe. The doclor immediately said, "I was never moro astobished in my life, for your eye instead of being swollen and Mack, as I expected to see it, is shrunk and leas than the other, and the lida are white.? . H0 insisted that he ought to be Mowed to st i mulato it by GU application ; ?Qt aa I did not desire to have a perma nent reaction, I refused. Though the fy* WM not ?ty painful*Tkept 'the tobacco on it for the greater part of the d?y. 'The next day, when be saw it, be M,' ?Yott will not Wi'?ur eye. but it wdl always be disfigured."On looking " I* I saw the pupil seemed to extend .cross th? Irls, and my whole eye looked Nack. On the fifth day my eye had its "???ral appearance, and ita sight was Jolly restored. I called at tbo offloeof ?y physician* and they both said they nad never seen such a cure. Being in tho city a few mouths after this, I called to ace my friends. One of hem said to me, "I believe I saved a hoy s eye with your tobacco. He had been hit in it with a chip, and when I got to htm it was so much inflamed that 1thought be would lose it ; but I put on the tobacco, and next morning I found the inflammation gone, and the eye soon became well." The other physician said, I did a better thing than that. An elderly gentleman, somewhat intoxicated was thrown out of his carriage in Central lark, and badly bruised. When I got to his house, I never saw any ono so rightened as was his young wife, with Wu groaning and cursing. I wrapped up hw wounds with tobacco and ko fell asleep aud was well iu the morning I" Some years ago, on the streets of Asheville, N. (J., I met a prominent law- : yor ot tho town. His eyes were fiery red and much swollen, and he said, "My eyes are very sore, and I am hunting a doctor-where is Williams' otlice?" I ArV,8ed. hi,n t0 tfy Raccoon them. After hearing my statement as to its advnutages, he said, "I will try it," and stepped into a store, procured a piece and went home. On the next day .1 met him on tbe street, and his eyes wero well aud clear. He told me that he had ap plied it as I directed, and kept it on du nn0 the night, and in the morniug fouud his eyes entirely relieved. He has since told me that he had recommended it to several persons for sores and that thov had all beeu relieved. At a point iii North Carolina, where red sore eyes were an epidemic, I recommended it to three young ladies sufferiug from it, who ?.dpt with tobaco on their eyes, and iu thc morning found them well. In sever al other cases where I knew it to be tried forinflsmmatics of tho eye, it bau bec-: tised invariably with success! About a dozen yeara ago, being in this city in the mouth of March, my throat became extremely sore. Not apprehend ing danger, I coutinued to move about in the raw weather, my throat getting worse all the while. Being anxious to go home about sunset, I weut iu au om- , uibus to the boat that went down the ; river to Acquia Creek. After I had got- : ten on board, I found that my throat was i alarmingly worse. I was, from the I swcllirrg, woad that I could not swallow, j and the air passage was so closed that I ' found itdifliculttobreathe. Kemembering ! how suddenly the Hon. Preaton S. Brooks i had been choked to death, I regretted I much that I had attempted to travel theo. As, however, the boat was starting, ! I could net get off in time to return to i the city. 1 thought tobacco would be 1 my ouly chance for safety ; aud after a I search, I obtained some from one of the : colored bands on tho boat, got it mi my ; throat, and by keeping a wet towel on it j for the three hours that were spent on ; Liiy boat, by the time I reached Acquia i Creek the swelling was subdued, and I travelled borne on the railroad without inconvenience. Some years since I called at tho Arl- ; ingtou Hotel to Bee a couple of ladies from New York. One of them came : Jown aud stated that ber friend had been j suffering for several days with a very tore throat, and was undergoing medical ? treatment from a prominent physician of ? the city. I walked immediately to the ligar stand, got a piece of tobacco, gave it to ber, and explained bow it was to [ie used. On the next day I called, and ihe informed me that tbe tobacco bad been applied as I directed, and that her Friend was HO well, that for the first time , in many days she had come down to tbe ; breakfast table. Some years after this . >ccyrrence, I saw the lady who bsd been iii, and she stated th&t Biter tho tobacco was applied ber throat became easy, she dept well, and in the morning found the soreness sod swelling entirely gone. My brother, who is a practicing phy sician in North Carolina, to whom I had ?plained the uses of tobacco, told roe tbat isome years ago, when tore throats ?vere an epidemic in his neighbor, he had tsed tobacco in more than a dosen cases, ilwayB with success, while other physi :iaus in that vicinity had lost some of iheir patients, having treated tbemdiffer ;ntly. My next application of tobacco was for erysipelas of tbe bead. Some years igo, when in Raleigh, N. C., 1 had l?verai injuries of the head, which wore io serious that an apprehension was felt Tor some days that I might not be able :o recover. After I had been fer per iaps a week under the treatment of Dr. E. Burke Hay wood, and, was improving, [ concluded io make a little espetimens ni oue of the swollen wounds. Lenif icar the outer corner of the eye, ita iwollen condition interfered with my light, and as I hr.d learned from Chief Tustice Pearson that an application of ipirits of turpentine would soothe a boil, I touched that protuberance with it. In be morning I found that instead of re noving the swelling, it bad increased :onsiderably. On Ur. Haywood's arri val, he expressed surprise, and on being old what I bad done, be said, "You lave given yourself erysipelas in that wound, and if it gets up into the large me above, it will be very difficult to lave your life." His countenance, ex libited much anxiety and apprehension. [ replied, "Doctor, I will see that it does lot get up into that wound ; come back ind see mo in four hours." I sent for cbaccc, covered the upper wouad with t, and the forehead and temple between hat and the jower wound, keeping the landage carefully wet all the time, ^bout midnight the Doctor returned, ind on the bandage being removed, all be swelling hed disappeared. Though [ ;Was confined for some weeks to my .oom, I had no swelling or tho wounds ifterwarda. My next attack of erysipelas was a nuch more formidable one. In the nonlh of May, 1880, 1 tried to remove a frontal neuralgia, of which* I will per laps speak hereafter. Having suffered 'rom it for a long time, and tried many .emedies with no advantage, I concluded 0 try an old-fashioned blister of flies, 1 .overed my forehead and temples with it, and after it had been on a few hours, feeling lonesome in my room, I put on a joft hat and walked about the streets in :ho sunshine. After the blister plaster bad beeu on six or seven hours, I re moved it, and was surprised to observe that it discharged bot little, and had an anusually red appearance. I kept cab ttage leaves on it during thejnignMbut jn next day it still had a reddish appear moe. was somewhat swo'len, and dis barged less than blister? ?suelly did. About 6 o'clock, I went down lo Willard a Hotel for dinner, and on being met by ? friend to whom I spoke, he was aor arised, and said, "I didn't know you till ron spokef " I stated what I bad been Joiog, went into the dining-room and took dinner, as usual. On coming ont, [ met an old friend, Dr. Herbleuro;nnd moko to him. He, with a look of aston ishment, said to me, "I did not know rou till you spoko: wh?.t le tbe. galtet with yon T" I answered that I had had 1 blister on roy forehead. "Yea," he ?aid, and it bas given yon erysipelas. [ was at once alarmed ; and on going to a looking-glass, waa amazed ?t m, appearance. My face looked like a pumpkin. Though my nose ia a promt nent one, it could not be distinguished, aa the cheeks were swollen so as to be even with it; while only the central portions of my eyes could be seen, owing to the swolliug around them. Realizing the danger, I secured a piece of tobacco at tho cigar ataud, and went into Mil burn's drug store to get some cloth for bandages. On calling for it the proprie tor said with astonishment, "What is the matter? I did not know you till you spoke." I stated it to him, and ho an swered, "You had better see a doctor; you don't know bow you look." After reaching my room, as soon as I could wet tho tobacco, I placed it over my fore head, temples, eyes, checks aud nose, barely leaving breathing space for the nostrils. Covering it, as usual, with four thicknesses of cotton cloth, wrap ping a baudagc over ali, I would put my face into a bowl of water every ten or fifteen minutes, so aa to keep bandage thoroughly wet. After about four hours had elapsed, I raised the bandage, and was gratified to see that tho outlines of my uose were visible, the eyes enlarged, and my cheeks much less full. I con tinued the application, however, till morning, und had the satisfaction of, seeing that I was relieved. Several gen tlemen who had seen nie the evening before, canto iu und expressed surpriso ut my rapid recovery. I remember that Dr. Hambleton said, "No doctor could have cured you in three weeks." I have heard of a number of cases where erysipelas has been cured by per ions whose attention I had called to the use of tobacco. I also, last summer, when in New York, by applying large poultices of tobacco to my hip, erred myself of a terrible attack of sciatics, which bad been greatly aggravated by .he treatment of two physicians. Ono evening., in Washington, T found .wo of my friends sitting with their boots )tT. They both were suffering from bun ons of long standing. I advised the 136 of tobacco, and they immediately lent for it aud applied it. Application br a single night made a permanent :ure, as they have assured me, though wo or three years have elapsed. About wo years ago oue of the North Carolina nembera of Congress, on my suggestion, elieved himself in the samo manner, ind say?) there has been no return of the lorcness. Corns on the toes can be cured in like oanuer. A Senator told me within a cw weeks that be believed be bad saved tis life last year by applying tobacco as [ had previously advised bim as to its iso. He stated that from imprudence in liet and overexertion, be bad brought m a terrible attack. The pain on the ower part of bis side and back was ilmost intolerable. After being treated ry two physicians two days and nights, vith uo advantage, the pain so increased hat it seemed impossible for him to lire wilier it. llemetnberiug what I had told tim as to tobacco, he applied a quantity >f it wet to his side and back, and iu n Hilf hour the pain ceased, his system vas relaxed, and bo immediately re in ve red. There is another class of cases that ?tight to be referred to ; but as my >aper is getting rather too long, I wi 1 eserve them to a future occasion, mist, however, consider for a DIOI...... luch objections ns htwe been presented 0 me. A lady said she put tobacco on ter child's sore throat, that it went to ileep, but when it woke in the morning, hough its throat was well, it was very lauseated. Had this tobacco, however, ?cen removed after being on two or three lours, there would not have been nausea. A physician told me that ho bad Been 1 child nbeso stomach and sides had >een covered with tobacco, and it was uttering greatly from nausea. This, too, vas an instance of an overdose of the emedy. The tobacco, however, can tasily be removed when symptoms of lausea are perceived, but when a dootor las got an overdose into the stomach, it tannot readily be removed. When the wet tobacco is applied the iret effect is stimulating. In twenty or birty minutes, however, the sedative iffect is perceived. When it is placed m thc eyelids, as some of the juice gels nto the eye, there is usually an itching lensation and a little pain ; but in a few ninutes ibis passes off, and there is no nore feeling than if a wet cloth were ipplied. Most persons Bleep under tho influence, but some do not. Tobacco, though the most powerful sedative to the lloodcirculation is a nerve tonic. While most persons Bleep under the influence of morphine, some do not. Tobacco, like morphine, keeps me awake, though they juli; diminish pain, if the tobacco bs ipplied only to the affected parts, no nausea will be felt until the inflammation das been subdued. When a light nausea begins to bo perceived, it may be assumed that the inflammation has been subdued ; md in a few minutes after the bandage bas been removed, the nausea ceases to tie felt. Generally after about two hours application, the sedative effect is attain jd ; but in obstinate cases a much longer time mBv'be required. " Something ought to be stated as to the kind of tobacco to be used. Formerly, because the manufactured tobacco was more readily found, I generally used that, is after a piece had been kept in water for twenty or thirty minutes, it would become soft enough to allow the leaves lo be separated. About a year ago, bow aver, I made a discovery which it is im portant ouGulu be knows, not only io in valids, but also to tobacco chev/ers. I obtained at a cigar store a piece of man ufactured tobacco, but after'apply i og it I found ihat instead of being a sedative, the effect was irritating, even after it had been kept on the skin for several hours. I was satisfied that the tobacco, which was of the kind sold for the highest price, must have something irritating mixed with it. Fortunately that very evening I found Mr. Cooper, a revenue collector of North Carolina, who bad for many years been a manufacturer ol tobacco. Uo informed me that it was a practice to flavor the highest priced kinki of tobacco with certain drags. I think be mentioned Tonqua bean, Wintergreen and some other things. He told mc that he knew these drugs were poisonous because of what occurred at a tobaccc factory about two milea distant from hit own. One of the negro men employee in that factory, having some pain in hil stomach, took some spirits ont of a juf which contained whiskey that bad beet medicated to flavor tobacco with Though the man only drank a wineglass ful of the spirits, it killed him in half ai hour. It may therefore be worth wbili for tobacco chewers to consider whethe it is safe to continue the use of sud tobacco, instead of the parer article formerly io ase. Persons who apply tobacco as a pool tice I would advise to use the leaf tobac co, which han not been subjected t medication with poisonous ingredient? I trust that persons who make trials c tobacco iq the manaor above suggestet will make known tho result io shoi cote Io the newspapers, so as to .wodi general the knowle ugo of Ita advantage Having already, made thia paper pe haps too long tor the general reader, will postpone the consideration i another class of cases that it may 1 well to refer to. T. L. CLINQMAN, ?ILL ART'S TALK. Tho Weekly Clint of tho Barlow Phlloso jilter Tuteos ft Ilncollo Form. Atlanta Constitution. Daniel Webster begun a great speech by saying that when a vessel had becu storm-tossed for mauy days in cloudy weather and lost her reckoning tho first tbiug to do when sunshine came was to figure up and find out whore she was, or words to that effect. The agricultural department sends mo a circular and asks "how did your cattle come out of winter quarters?" It lins been a hard winter and a niiser ablo spring, and wo farmers have been demoralized and disheartened, and now when tho storms aud Hoods and cyclones have ceased to alli ?ct us, aud the blessed sun of thia blessed mouth of Muy is warming up our hearts nod homes, lt is natural for us to sum it all up and see where we are and what wo have come out of winter quarters ourselves. We went into thone quarters on the heel of a stingy crop, and lake it nil in all, have had a hard time ; but, nevertheless, we aro lively and thankful, for it might have been worse. The elements have been ou a tearful rampage, und the floods have furrowed tho fields and carried our best ?oil away down into the gulf of Mexico, and left us more bottom land thau we wanted. The corn we had planted has departed these coasts, and tho compost with it, and the work is all to bo done over again. Fences and rails and water gates have gouo on a scurshion, and there's work to do-lots of work-but there's nobody dead or hurt, nobody sick but me, and I've got ouly tho rheuina tiem, and nobody cares but nie-thai is j except Mrs. A rp, and she says ehe does "j -?.73 a little. I've tried most eve.ything , that everybody boa told me, except poke j berries, which a preacher said was aaure , cure, and I'm waiting for them to como ; , for I don't want to go gruuting around j like I was only half a man and promu- | Lurely superannuated. It is bad, very ( bad, and jerks me around lively, and , makes me get up away in thc night and \ bunt liniment and sit by the tiro ; but it , is a friendly diseuse, thut aticketh to you , like a brother, for it dodges from tho \ -boulder to the collar bone, and from , .hero to the arm, aud then to tho huck of he neck and theu to the shoulder again, ] ind seems to say, I'll play around a little , iiiii for a chnnge, but I will never leave ! hee or forsake thee. So it is all right, , md I'll compromise with fate and for- j une on rheumatism. It is not to bo . :ompar' - to war, or pestilence or death t n the family, or long lingering disease. . Bo I think that, take it all in all, we { lave come out of winter quarters pretty t veli, and as the good old Methodist ( >reachers say in their prayers, We thank , Thee, Oh Lord, that it 13 as well with ua ( ta what it is. Blessings on the return of \ ipring, the time when the little chaps t 'an go barefooted :.nd paddle in the j >ranch and fish for minnows and the . ilder ones can ramble over the fields and s narches and gather wild flowers and t nake 'oquets for the parlor and the ( Uni' room. I go about with them ( y day and enjoy it. I have to " N- poles and make whistles, and B -ugh twigs from the crabapples e such lovely blooms, and I have t o b. . tjo books for Mrs. Arp and the j ;irls, for they don't Uko to handle the s ittle clean wiggling worms, and when ? hey catch a fish I have to get the book t nit of bis mouth, and I have to watch ( >ut for snakes and ?zzard?, and blaze out ? he way generally, and of course it j sakes me feel proud and consequential, ? lotter like o rooster who givea warning ? >f the hawka, and nvir.es a powerful to ? io, and when he finds U bug, calls all the [ lens and eats it himself just before they j get there. I May has come with all her sweet mern- 1 iries and maiden ways. The children t lon't have to be penned up in the bouse 1 low. They are ever BO happy. Last 1 light it was splendid to hear them sing- ] iog their little songs, so aa to get a little ' . rand child to sleep, and it took "Dixie," < ind "There was a frog who lived in a i iool" and "We'll pass over Jordan," and < 'Slitnebone alley," and several more, 1 but the little thing surrendered when < they struck up "Scotlands burning," and 1 ihe was soon in the laud cf happy ? Jreams. These little grandchildren were 1 born for the country, and they all ought 1 :o be there. Of course they can't be ex- j bibi ted to vbntors very often, and don't 1 bave to dress in their fine clothes, but I they are the belter ofT for it. 1 It ia curious how easily folks change j meir opinions. Borne of ray older chit- i Iren used to think the younger ones were < nvI'uI bad and ought to havo lota of I whipping, and if they had children they shouldn't do such things and so fourth. < Well, they have got children now, ch i I - < dren of their own, and they are about as ? bad aB the common run, but they don't < get any whipping, and are not likely to ;et any, and they are moat too precioua to be scolded, and that is always the way,. and it is right too, I reckon, for if thc mother was not blind to the faults of ber bad children they wouldn't get a good word from ?.nybody. Sickness and badness run together now. "The little darling ?a sick, or he wouldent be ao sross. "When be is well he is just as good as he can be." That is the modern philosophy, and so when the child is bad ?nd cuts up, and disturbs the general tranquility, it is sick and must havo aome carminative or cherry pectoral, or some other had taated atul?, and that geta up nore squalling and does less good than a little dose of carminativo with tho palm if tho band on some tender place that was made for counter-irritants. Bul May has come at last and there is DO excuse for anybody to be cross or gloomy now. From time immemorial Slay bas been honored aud sung moro than any other month, for it is type of Ihe new birth of nature. The ancient Britons danced around a May pole and forgot their troubles. The first May queen was made Marian, and Robin Hood crowned her. The old Romans had festivities mot>t all the month, and the llth, 13th and 15lh were dedicated to decorating the graves of the dead with flowers, and nobody ever married on those three days for it was believed that one of the wedded pair would die before the end of the year. How like those people oar people are. Full of superstitions, and decorating the graves of the dead as they did. The May day of the moderns came down to na from the Romans cele brating five days in honor of Flora, god dess ot flowers. Those days were from April 28th to May 2d; but the busy moderns, couldest spare sp' much time and reduced tho festival down to one, and a good nany are too busy or two poor to take even one holliday. What a glorious thing it would be if all the poor children who live in scanty bouses in crowded cities could get out In the coun try for even one day, and breathe the breath of spring, and gather flowers and bo happy. The good things of this life are pot for alt, and it is aaa and pitiful, bot tia true. But may be their time will come- will come in a land where flowers and green fields and sonsbioo and happy hours can be bad without money and without-price--1 hope so. BILI. Anr. An Episode of tho Creek War of 1S3G. Cbrrttpondenoe Courier-Journal. CRAWFORD, MISS., May 3.-About tho last of Juno, during the Creek troubles of 1836, John Landrum, a yound nun of 20, belonging to Capt. Frederick Cook's company stationed at (?irani, received ?emission to go down tho Chattahoochee tiver to visit a sick friend at Fort Jones. Landrtitn pa*sed tho first night nt Fort Mitchell. Tho next morning ho crossed tho Chattahoochee to ii * eas(ern side and resumed his journey. After two or three hours' travel ho carno across Capt. Jar man's company, of somo 50 men, and as they, too, were going down tho river, ho fell into their ranks. As noon ap proached, Capt. Jarman, with his com pany, turned off tho road to thc right, and after a mile's march, carno lo tho site of a houso which had been bumed sumo weeks before by tho hostile Creeks. Adjoining tho ruins of tho house was a small oat patch a. about two acres. Tho soldiers dismounted, tied their horses to tho palings which iuclosed tho house, cut somo oats and gavo them to their horses. Notwithstanding tho evidence before them, no apprehension wus felt in regard to tho Indians, as it was supposed they were all on thc western sido of the Chat tahoochee After having fed their horses all went leisurely down to a creek about GOO yards to tho south and there ate their dinners. Tho placo was a primeval pitie forest, tho hill gently sloping from the creek up to thu house. Alter dinner somo of tho soldiers went bathing in tho neel: ; some busied themselves washing their shirts, while others sat or lay on tho j;round in the shade of thc trees and passed away lite limo in t-ulking and j ?esling. A gcucral abandon pervaded j tho whole camp. Not for ono moment I Jiu a single soldier there dream that Berce Muscogeo warriors lay crouching within rifle shot all around, their eyes gleaming with hate and vengeance, and ill awaiting thc signal to begiu their idoody work. In a moment, Uko n ?od ien peal of thunder, thc fierce war ?vhoop roso loud and clear, accompanied ay tho fire of scores of rifles, nnd tho tvork of death began. Many of tho ioldicrs were slain outright, some on and, sumo in thc wator and others severely wouuded, among theso Capt. Jarman. Tho survivors sprang to their 'Vet; tho weapons of somo were not in euch, others seized such weapons as wuro tear at hand, and the general cry was to un to their horses. Somo of tho men i ft ed the wounded Captain from tho ??round and attempted to bear him up he hill. After going a few yards they ?laced him on tho earth, so as to return he Indians' fire, when there cunio anotb ir volley, aud a fatal bullet terminated Japt. Jarmao's Ufo. With tho men yet iurviving it was a raco for lifo. Ibo greeks were In front <tnd rear and on >oth sides of the way leading back to heir horses, and there was an uuccasing ilaze of rifles. Nearly every fugitive perished in running that bloody gauntlet, i few only reaching their horses, among bese Landrum and Bob Billups. Thc Jrceks swarmed on every side, and ipened firo upon men and hon us. The loldters were shot out of the saddlo os toon as mounted. Landrum und Billups, lide by side, readied their horses, aud Erang into their Baddies. Tho moment ey wheeled oft Billups fell, shot dead, vbile another bullet brought Landrum's loree to Ibo ground. In the twinkling of tn eye, he Bprang upon the borso of bis lead comrade, and, amid a shower of >u??e?a, rude away al foi! oj-ec-u toward he east. A single glance sufficed to ?how that he was (he sole survivor of tho nen who had reached the horses. Aflor joiug about 150 yards ho saw a warrior, tiredly in his course, take a stand bo lind a tree. There was no way to avoid lim, so Landrum, urging his horse to ;ho top of his speed, bore straight inward the tree. As he came nearly apposite, the Indian sprang forth, leveled ns gun, but fortunately for Landrum he pulled the trigger a moment too soon. The ball passed through the left sleeve sf Landrum's coat, slightly grazing his ?mi The warrior gave vent to an ex clamation of disappointment as the white man galloped by unscathed. Lan irum was uow clear of his foes. He reached tho road, turned his horse's head scrtbwerd, and slackened not bridlo rein until bo reached Columbus with the tidings of death and disaster. Some boura after his arrival at Girard, that night, another fugitive came in from the Seid of tho slain. This man, unliko the i cst, had not attempted to retreat to the horses, but early in the action succeeded tu breaking through the Indian line on the west, and thence made bis way through the woods direct to Girard. These two were, so far as is known, the Duly survivors of the massacre. In Jay or so afterward Landrum went down JD a boat with a burial party to the scene )f the massacre. The dead were found strewn from the creek all along the slope un to the bouse. They had not been Shindered or scalped. All around the ouse lay the dead horses, every one, it seems, having been killed except the one on which Landrum made his escape. A few Indians were supposed to have per ished in the fight. The soldiers dug several pits, in which the dead were buried. Such was the fate of Jarman's company, a sacrifice to the vengeance of | the fierce Muscogeo. Mr. John LsndTum, from whom tho writer received this episode of savage warfare, is still living, and is a well known and respected citizen of Noxubee County, Miss. H. S. HALBERT. A Lawyer Who Starred. The death of a young lawyer from starvation, or disease aggravated by lack of proper food, in Concord, N. IL, is a characteristic circumstance of the day. At a time wh"n akilled trades must im port workmen, when trained manual labor is almost everywhere in demand ; when thousands of fertile acres are fallow for the tardy plow; when the learned pro fessions, so called, are overcrowded with bright men and scrambled for by an army of tools; when, in short, strong armed raen are winning the prizes end white-fingered mollycoddles are trampled under foot, this young fellow entered upon fbe practice of law. He may have been brave, industrious, self-denying, honest and ambitious, hut he had not a vestige of legal ability, not a dollar to supply what be had not the qualifications to provide. With the same time and less money he could have become a skilled mechanic, and, instead of a seedy starvling a prosperous, self-respecting citizen. But then he would not have had 'a "profession," He must needs | wear soiled garments and soil his banda, and for the time at least lose social caste. He preferred to starve, and be starved. What a sacrifice to the Moloch of vanity, false pride and mean notions 1 What a warning to hundreds of other young men who are drifting rapidly to asimilar fatel - California farmers raise sixty-two bushels of sunflower seed to the acre, and after grinding a gallon of oil from each, bushel feed the refuse to chickens and cows. Unprofitable Live-Stuck. Long essays have been written on "scrub'' cattle ami unprofitable dairy animals. Figures havo been givon to ; show that it costs no more to keep a good animal than it docs to keep a poor one. ! It bes como to be generally admitted that , much of the (tock kept by the ordinary farmer is of but little real profit to him. lu other words, it coats nearly as much to feed and caro for inferior animals aa their returns in beef, milk or butter aro valued at. Hut wo wish to speak of a still more unprofitable kind of livestock, and thnt ii-tho dog. This animal pre sents au iuviting chance for discussiou, particularly to tho sheep raiser. We havo looked in vain for borne figures to show what tho canino population of tho country is. It is safe enough to say that there aro moro doga in tho country than theru are sheep, cattle, horses and mules. There is a very remarkable point about this dog population that must not bc over looked. Thc poorer a mun is tho grenier his success in dog breeding. Tho niau who has the least for the support of his family, always seems to show tho great est enterprise in tho production of curs. Now if tho dog is BIICII nu important fac tor in civilization, it may bu well to ask what are his good qualities mid what arc his bad ones. Wo go in for improvement of live stock. If tho dog is an important aid in diversified farming, wo wish to give him a lift. A dog in good condition, mental and physical, will eat ns much ns a man. Dogs have about tho best health nf uny living creatures, no it is safe to say that they ore generally in gund condition. The food eaten by dogs, if it could be turned into hard cash, would give educa tion lo t'lou/.-.:i-.!s of iguorant persons or i provide food for numberless hungry mor tals. Nor.', what return does the ..og make for his food? There is i. thing < i bou i him that you can sell. We are ipeaking of tho ordinary cur-thu species 1 hat comprise 99} per cent, of ull dogs. His bide is mada into gloves now and 1 hen, but the raisiug of dogs for leather I ivould hardly bo a profitable occupation, i Thc only possible excuso that can be I jrged in tho favor of tho dog is tho pro- i cet ion ho gives ai a watch dog, thc aid i io gives to tho stock-raiser, or the com- i muy ho gives by his presence or exum ilo. There aro ?orno excellent watch I logs. They have beou trained carefully. I For every dog that is of auy valuo for I 'watching," however, there are five hun- i Ired that ure good for nothing. A savage 1 mil dog will defend his master's properly. < Thc worst of the watch-dog business is hat the animal can not be relied upon I o distinguish between friend and foe. < Wo know of few i nut ance i 'vhcro dogs > lavo held a burglar by the thront till onie man carno to the rescue. Such logs aro found mostly in dimo novels. iVo know of many iustsnces where dogs invo attacked children, ladies and hann- t eas visitors, oftentimes doing great dam- < iga. A Bingle mud dog in u neighbor- | lood cnn do so much harm in an hour ( hat all his race could hardly make up < br it in a year. There aro dogs that do i excellent work as stock herders. We I inve seen a dog drive a Hock of sheep aa i direfully and ns well UB any mau could I lave done. Such n dog is valuable to I my farmer-may their tribe increase. I Jut how roany auch dogs eau you find in < he country ? Ouo out of every hundred t s about the proportion. For the good < bnt thu one dog dues, the other ninety line roll up an amount of mischief that i s appalling. The stock raiser is the best < riend of s good dog, but bc is thc wont ! be thc bad deg eau possibly have. Dogs 1 ake delight iu worrying colts and chas- ? ng calves and hogs. But their great < ?e?iglit is in killing sheep. The figuren i vhich represeut the value of sheep killed ? JV dogs are surprising. Wo have, in . his section, one of the nest sheep conn- 1 ,ries imaginable. The advantage;) of ) dimate and aoil are about counter- I mlanced by tho immense number of dogs. I It ia a question if sheen raising can be j rery profitably carried on iu auctions < vher? savage dogs ate uumerous. All I his damage ia done by tho worthless < logs. Good stock dogs will not kill sheep I ind good watch dogs nave other business. < it is quite evident that the dog questiou I mist sooner or later be settled. It does i tot Beem right that an animal capable of < loi ng KO much mischief should be permit- \ ed to increase and continue ita depreda- i iotis. Perhaps a heavy license would dd in the matter. The owners of really . valuable dogs would be willing to pay for | hem were they sure that the worthless ? HITO could do no damage. Thora are i demy of men who long for a chance to I ia something for the good of the country, i Sere is a golden opportunity. Organize i i crusade against these worthless curs. Live-Stock Journal. ( Old, But Good. The old story going the rounds about * he Senator from Arkansas who ate a ' ?hunk of soap disguised as a caramel, md never winced over the dose, brings o mind a little incident that once oe ?urred-or ?B said to have occured-in Virginia City, though the story is not i particularly new. It was the custom in i bose days, to set on the tables in the 1 -estaurants, as a condiment, a dish of i little but very hot pepper berry, known \ is the "chilicopena. Two Irishmen walked into a restaurant, and seated i .I'" time! vc J at a table. "Phwat's them, Pat?" said one, point ing to the cbilicopenas. "Berries, I think," said the other. Pat put a couple of the berries in his mouth, und in a moment the tears were streaming from bis eyes. "Phwat are you cryin' about, mon?" uk ed his companion. "Sure," said Pst, "I got a letter to day that me ould mother is dead." While Pat was aaying this, the other man waa chewing on aome cbilicopenas, and the tears were coming into his eyes also. "And phwat are ye cryiu' about?" laked Pat. "Sure, I'm crying to think that your mother didn't die before you were born." - Weekly Magazine. - A good farmer must combine the judgment of many di fi?rent vocation?; be must be a good financier, on a small ?caleto be sure, but still a good one; also a good manager of labor; must combine the judgment of the grazier, the butcher, the gardener and the mer chant ; he must also have that judgment abont tbe conditions of the land and crops for which there is no written rule, ana which careful observation only give*. ?- Mr. James Hughcn, living in the Richland neighborhood in Oconee Coun ty, was shot and killed by his tenant, a white man named Brewer, last Wednes day night. Hughes returned from Wal halla under the influence of liquor, and attempted to eater Brewer's house through A window. Brewer bailed him, and get* | ting no answer shot bim in the' back, using a shotgun loaded with squirrel shot. Hughes died in a few minutes.' - The latest remedy for the cabbage Sest is um ar tweed (pepper weed,) which i thoroughly dried, ground to powder and sprinkled over ? he plants. Tho Ked Man's Foot Karka, No one can see Indiuu (mila now, with out hia attention being suddenly awak ened. There ia no real difference be tween any ono of theso pathways and an ordinary cattle track, except, perhaps, they mi1" bo worn a little deeper ; yet no ouo catt der upon them for tho first timo without being in aomo mensuro startled, and couscious that thin is a road way distinct from any be has ever seen before. They cauuot have been madoby cattle. Cattle tracks are generally single, or if moro than one, they run indepen dently of each other. These aro exactly paralcl, and there nro perhaps a half a doten of thom. They do not look as if they had been mndo by settler*. A white mau's road would have followed a straighter line. These aro full of curves, and bond from ono sido to tho other, turning with every minor undulation of tho ground, an though when they were laid out the distance was of no impor tance compared with tho regularity of tho grade. Their curves are always con centric. They all turu its if by ono im pulso, and they dip down into a valley together, or disappeur behind a hill at the nanto lime, constantly maintaining tho samo distance from each other. This ia tho first sigl ', of un Indian trail. Hut at its sudden revelation oue seems to have como into a strange world. It may still be the same valley, but with tho obliteration of other signs of civiliza tion, the way lias taken mi entirely dif ferent character. Heyond the last ves tige ot' white activity and noisy struggle, everything seems to grow quiet. All disposition to break tho Rtflloeaa ha? gono. There is nr, living thing in sight, but instinctively one hesitates, whether a hunter or not, to raise his voice, ?est hu should frighten the game, of which the woods have become the home. Silence is the natural condition af existence. A shout would bo a sacri lege. The laud Beems given back to belong to its brat inhabitants, who have becu content to lot it rest in a state of nature. Tho only marks of men are Lheso pathways, but their oasy and unre sisting curves aro filled with naturo'B ipirit, and they nowhere interrupt ber reposo. TliCHO simple paths have been made by horses traveling several abreast, as close together as horses with their riders can ;<>. Thoy bnve been thc i o fur hundreds, ind perhaps thousands of years. They ivero part of a long highway, which once :tidcd only with tho limits of tbe Indian's wanderings; and for centuries they have JO en traversed by savage bands of warri >rs, hunters, or horse thieves.-N. Y. Sun. Land Leann. WV are not among liioso who regard he foreign land lunn assooiatious now operating in our State na an unmixed millie benefit. On the contrary, we re -rot that any of the laud owners of our ;ounty have felt it necessary to borrow nonoy from these associations. The lien aw, with tho high rate of intercut that inevitably atienda it, is bad enough hero ?B no doubt about tbat ; but we pro fer the lien to the mortgage. As boa leen said, the lien executes itself at the ?nd of the year ; and if tho crop doesuot latisfy it, it leaves n simple unsecured lobt. The rato of interest which tho loan iBsooiationa profess to charge cannot be .?ailed extortionate ; but the rate which ?hey ds actually charge is somewhere in the neighborhood of twelve per cent. It io carried up to that point by fees and Bommtealona ; but it ls a heavy pei cen?, ul) the sbnie. Tben, the man who bor ve from these associations is BO hedged ?bout by conditions and restrictions as to tie dangerously in the hands of the londer. rio must keep his house insured, for the benefit of the corporation ; ho must pay the tuxes on his place and on the mort gage that covers it, he is not allowed to .ut timber on his own land, except for the purpose of the farm ; and if the asso ciation is forced to forecloso the mortgage, lie is bound by the agreement to pay all :0Bts, lauding the iawyr.r's feo for col lecting. The debt runs five years, the interest to be paid annually ; but tho company reserve!' the right to foreclose whenever the borrower breaks any of the numerous conditions of the mortgage. We do not hesitate in saying that one thou ld be very slow to put himself in the power of foreign capitalists, unless ho ia iriven to that course an a last resort. It a better to borrow money at h ott. s ; iir.d Tew capitalists would refuse to lend upoo lueh security as that required by the loan isBociations. We do not (ind fault with the meo who control these corporations, for it is per fectly legitimate that they should seek the most profitable Investmente for their capital, but we regret that our people cannot, borrow money nearer homo. Newberry Herald. No Need to Drown. "I always dread the return of the sea son when sea-bathing is indulged in." laid a gentleman yesterday. "My family bave had several narrow escapea, and still they bnve a perfect mania for the water." "Why, there is no need to bo afraid," snBwrred his friend, "if voa fc?*. retain your presence of mind. When you find yourself in deep water you will sink at Brat, but ii you do not struggle you will come quickly to the surface again. On reaching it, immediately draw a full breath and throw your head back. This will have the effect of placing, you in a recumbent position on the surface of the nate' Now this is the most critical mom ant for those who do not know what to do next. Extend your arms at once DU a level with your shoulders, with the Ealms of the hands downwards, and egin gently paddling in the water with the movement of the - -nat only. Ex Lend your legs quietly and slowly io a Hoe with your body. If you raise your arms, your bead or your less above the lurface of the water you will sink, but if vou have the presence of mind not to do io and not struggle about you will never tink, so long as you keep paddling gently without exertion. So you may float on until you are picked up or until you are numbed by tbe cold.-Neto York Sun. - ? Camel will work aoven or eight days without drinking. In thia be dif fers from some meu, who will drink seven or eight days without working. - Mrs. Stonewall Jackson told a friend in Chattanooga the other day that abe had talked with numerous old Southern soldiers who had fought the war through and who she knew would respond as quickly to the call of arms to protect the Union as they did in 1861 to sever it. - A gentleman in an English town gave bia man-servant some whisky to mix with the whiting, in cleansing the windows of the house. He waa aurprised that the man never dipped the cloth io the whisky, and accosting thc delinquent abarply as to what baa become or the spirits, the following reply was made: "Yo see, yer honor, I drank it, but I blow my breath on tho glass, and It'a a' the carse." A Marriage Auction. Tho account that follows is taken fi om a historian of Babylon, who wroto of the fifth century before Christ; and it may undoubtedly be relied upon ns a correct picture of tho time. Those old Babyloni ans believed in marriage; and if the woman old enough to marry did not find a husband of her own good fortune, then she must bo provided by the public, and to tin." ena, an auction of unmarried womon took place annually. Tho most beautiful of tho girls were first put up, and tho man of good charac ter who bid the highest sum took bia choice. And so they went on until tho . apparently desirable wives were all dis posed of. In some instances, where young ladies of raro beauty were present ed, large sums were paid-such sums, in fact, as only n man of means couta afford. After all the pretty and good-looking women had been disposed of there were sure to be snino for whom no one would mako au offer ; and soma were there whom no mau would take except he were paid for it. And now came bidding in tho other direction. Instead of the man saying how much he would give for the wife, ho said for what sum, cash iii hand, ho would accept her. The woman unfor tunate enough to be homely, but healthy aud strong, was bid off to the man who would tnko her for tho least money. Naturally, there would be a few homely ones, whom no one would take except he was paid a large sum. And tbua it might happen that tho large sum paid by ouo mau to tho most beautiful of tho young giris would bo paid io another man for accepting the plainest and homo liest of the lot In this way thc Bams paid foi tho desirable wives became marriage portiona to the unfortunately undesirable ones. So in the eud thc salo was completed and the docket successfully cleared. There is one thought that forcea its wav upon us. How often do you suppose it happened that one of thoso men who had been paid to take a homely-fnccd wife found himself, in the end, possessed of a treasure? And, on tho other hand, how many ofthoso who had been attrao;ea by n beautiful face, and had paid a large sum of money for their choice, would, beforo the year was out, have gladly exchnnged for one of the plainer-faced? Cupid's Recipe for tho "Wedding Cake.? Since many of our youug men havo gained n realizing sense of the declaration of the Creator, that "it ia not good that man should be alone," and Biuce they hpve learned by searching that the oroiuise of the Lord, "I will make him a helpmate for him," bas been fulfilled, and aince many persons, both young and elderly, of city and couutry are marrying, and seeking to bo married, I thought it well that they should havo an opportunity of getting Cupid's recipe for making a wedding cake : Take ? pounds of fervent devotion ; extract of faithfulness, 3 pounds ; heart felt satisfaction, 4 quarts; prudeuce and good nature, 1 pound euch; eon (id?neo and mutual forebearance, G scruples enoh; gentleness and modesty, 8 ounces; matri monial fidelity, 12 scruples ; connubial felicity, 1 pound ; ecstatic enjoyment, 3 quarts; patience, industry and economy, 1 pound each ; wisdom aud exp?rience, 15 pennyweights ; discretion and benev olence, 7 ounces; spico and neatness; 4 ounces ; seeds of virtue, 8 ounces ; scuso of purity, i ounce ; sweetness of disposi tion, ?2 pinta ; balm of a thousand WM. I quart; cr?ant of excellence. 6 pints; mila: of human kindness, I gallon ; commou sentie, 100 grains. Mix these ingredients thoroughly together with cheerfulness, then pour the mixture into,the golden bowl of domestic happines, lubricated with the oil of gladness, bake in tho oven of double blessedness, heated with the fire . of true lovo. While warm, overspread the whole with a frosting of gracefulness, in the center place the atar of hope, set round with dimple.-; and the sparkle of bright eyes. Encircle with a wreath of smiles, interwoven with rosy blushes and piuka of perfection. Fasten the wreath with gold cords of harmony and the silver threads of discourse. Cupid vouched under oath that one of these cakes would lust a lifetime. Shad for Onr Waters. On Friday nsorntng Go!. McDonald, euperintftndent of *,ha u, S. Ssb hatching establishment at Washington, D. C., notified two of his assistants, Arthur Yeatman and Edward Fitzgerald, to get ready a supply of shad and take the nearest and best route to the Saluda, Seneca and Tugaloo rivers and supply those streams with young shad. By Saturday morning all was in readiness and the young gentlemen started with 900,000 young fish. They arrived in Greenville on the passonger train on Sunday afternoon and unloaded 40 largo cans filled with the small fry. In a few moments after they arrived they had made arrangements with Gilreath dc Harris to transport the fish to tho Saluda. Two large wsgons were brought into requisition, and just ak dark 800,000 young shad were placed in the Saluda at Cox's bridge. They were _ carefully bandied by the gentlemen <n charge, but they would not allow any one else to help them ss an inexperienced person might cause much injury to the young fry. The fish were not more than a third of an inch in - length and about the site of a broom straw, but they grow very rapidly, and it is expected that in three years the rivers of South Carolina will be well stocked with this nutritious and delicately flavored fish. After finishing their work the party proceeded to the Seneca river where they will place 60,000 yoong shad ; from there they go to the Tugaloo, where they will place 40,000 and theo return to Wash ington on Thursday. They will gather up the empty cans on their return trip. It is boped that the ! experiment of stocking the Carolina rivera with fish food will be a complete success, and the Government officers should receive every encouragement and courtesy in prosecut ing their beneficent labors to that end. Greenville Newt. - "Why do they call it Ican-ycnr, pa? Is it because it comes along just about the time when bops are moat pro lific?" "Guess not, child. Most likely it is because it keeps men on tho jump lo keep out of the way of embarrassing situation." - A lsdy addressed a letter to ? New York editor the other day, stating that ber husband was a confirmed snorer, and asking for a cure. Tho callous-hearted editor, instead of recommending a di vorce and a new, non-snoring husband, advised ber to bit the patient on the nose with a sledge hammer. - One of the best tonics for poultry ia that know ss tho Douglas mixture, com posed of one ounce .sulphuric acid,.one pou ?.id copperas and eight quarts of erato;, Put a tablespoonful of the solution In r 1 six-quart drinklr*? vessel, li invigorate! I pouii?y, reddens the comba, sod assists t( V^offdfcesae,