The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 12, 1884, Image 1
HY E. B. MURRAY & CO.
ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 5, 1884.
VOLUME XIX.-NO. 47
I[ vrUflicn in inc WM.
HESTON DUBING TUE SIEGE,
IA rn IC STOBT OF UFE IN THE
V 1I? THE SEA IN WAK TIMES.
Wise Dufort, of Charleston, 8. C., in
Chm lesion Weekly News.
ff that years have passed since the
! clouds of fratricidal war Lave
?i back and tho azure sky of peace
m& droops liken liquid canopy over
Blom h or ii, sunny land, it well becomes
Hjitriotic women of the South to era
H in song nnd story the heroism of
H BOX during that terrible struggle, as
?as to narrate the appalling incidents
Hi were of almost daily occurrence
Bu' thc latter part of tho struggle for
Kern rights. Our family, like many
BK, ?o Charleston, were compelled to
Hom thc city just before the memora
Hfottle of Secessiouville, which took
H June 13, 18(53, and take refuge in
Hcapital of tho State. The family
Hated of my mother, two married
Bs and myself. My husband, having
I previously assigned to duty in
Heston, could not accompany us to
Huibia, and, not being able to recon
H myself to the separation, with his
B"t I returned to the city for a short
? witta my children, but never left it
Beards. One of my eist.rs also re?
Hd to Grahamville-ber husband's
?nany being stationed near that place
Hd later my mother returned to my
H in Charleston. My other sister,
Hg DO children, remained in Colum
Hwith her husband uulil after the
Hing and sacking by Sherman's troops
Be horrors of which they have never
Hr homo in Charlerton being situated
Hie extreme northern section of the
H an j consequently out of reach of
? shells, it became a refuge for many.
?pnr'or WM giycD UP t0 aD ??d gentle
? afflicted with paralysis, and to his
H. At the same time a Indy and ber
Khter were occupying roy brother's
K. He, like all other patriotic
Hiern men, was iu the service of bis
?try- Those occupying apartments
Hy house had been driven from their
Hes by the shells, and were remaining
Hmo until they could find more com
?bte shelter. They remained several
Hb?, and shortly after they left an old
H with her uiece and an afflicted son
H lo ?e? permission to remain in my
H for the night. She did not ask for
Bp, but a shell had struck the house
He she resided, and the danger was
Brcat to return. I at once assigned
Ko my brother's room and gave ber
H use of a lumber-room, suitable for
?storing away of household articles,
Her furniture, which was CDstly and
Htiful. The three remained with me
Heveral montbB before being able to
Better quarters.
Hese facts are mentioned to show the
Mitton of the people in 'the central
?on of tho city. Whenever more
?ruff ordinance was brought to bear
Hst the city, the shelba would be
SUD higher up and in this way hun
Wa of persons were continually com
Hd to move from one place to another
?throw themselves upon the mercy of
He whose homes were out of range.
? entire lower portion of the city was
Srted, ?ave by a few who were too poor
(id shelter elsewhere, or who, "like
arowler Themardier among tbe dead
aierloo, remained to pillage ibo un
pied houses.
A SCENE AT CHURCH.
ne Sunday while attending Divine
?co at St. Joseph's Church-I was
i organist, and that day we bad n
iber of Louisianians assisting in the
r-a scene occurred that almost beg
description. During the sermon,
ch was delivered by a chaplain on
High from his regiment, the alarming
i of shells and the bursting of the
liles in close proximity struck terror
our hearts, but we remained at our
s. Suddenly there came a tremen
3 crash, shaking the church to its
er, nnd a young lady of the choir,
zied through fright, shrieked out, "A
1 ! a shelli" A great commotion
fl almost a panic followed, but the
'.'ve ciiapinin, an cntm aad composed ns
Ipriest before the altar at Saragossa,
a he traced the air with the symbol
orgiveness and uttered the "Et Sane
?/)in7u?"ere he closed hi? eyes forever,
tested all to keep quiet for the danger
over. The calm, however, did not
long, for within a few minutes' time
ther shell struck the Elliott Mansion,
aediately in tho rear of the church,
tho stampede became general. With
assistance of my husband I gathered
ither my music, and ns we hurriedly
with the retreating congregation I
ld distinctly hear the priest endeavor
to calm the fears of those within. A
brave ones remained with the pastor
il the services were concluded. Ten
s after thia a shell struck the east
uer of the church' tearing the organ
.ieces. It was only after this that the
tor, ?bo good ?nd brave Fsth?r F;\
, could bo persuaded to leave bis
ie adjoining the church. He remain
frith us for a short time, until he could
? a home in our locality. .
?burch service was sometimes conduc
under great difficulties during this
od. Many are familiar with the
?ants of the midnight masses in the
intaios of Ireland, with sentinels on
lookout to keep off the blood -hounds
be law, and during the siege of Char
an there were some queer, quaint and
Ima impromptu places for Divine
'bip. The dissecting room at the
iBhouse was the best place the good
nw could get for Divino service,
chwas arranged every Saturday by
9 K. and myself. A small melodcon
been kindly loaned by Mrs. D. Mrs.
*lth ber silvery ton?! voice, my hus?
a and myself formed tho choir. The
?ter and matron of the AlnjBhouso,
?nd Mrs. J, W.f gavo all possible aa
?n?e and tho good Father was very
nkful for ali that was done.
ANOTHER SCARE AT CHURCH.
Jfo city was now deserted from tin
tery to Calhoun etrcet. Grasa and
?were growing upon tbe crumblihf
.lan.a *" tnak Wfla required to inte?
" "j6 horror of the desolation was tb?
of tho vorsclous hyena. Save th<
Mlonal whix and crash of a abell
?i: w*fMlo?Dl't?*w?kthe monotonj
we alienee drear, and the mute enge:
t aenUnei over til.
Lbe husband of the lady who had ec
wy loaned us the melodeon, died, sat!
?as to be buried in St. Mary's church
^lij."^1 *h6 TTJ 06,11,6 0
district." , I waa requested by th.
cared widow to plsjr the Requiem a
church, and though anxious t<
Seher, I hesitated when I thought o
danger. She pleaded and assnrcc
nt> bann wculdcoroe, for God, wh<
*ff l00^' would hear her prayer
?Mety. Yielding to ber entfea
.* warted, In company with my hus
WSJMJ my iiuisboy of sever, summers
wo church. While walting for th*
\V? & ?e??35d ?*heu *U in front o
Cliston HrieVbni J?d no* ex
> .. - -. nuni yi a relier
for it waa a rare thing to have two sheila
strike in the same place on the same dav
?io^.u P,parent that the artillerymen
SS S r ?UD9 a.HU,e etfery ?me they
i ^ j . . funeral services were con
cluded without any further annoyance,
but just ns my husband was closing the
organ another whiz was heard, then a
Hash was seen, followed by a tremendous
explosion. A shell had burst iu the rear
of tho graveyard. We were glad to
hurry away, and a week later St. Marv's
organ was smsahed by a shell.
A WALK IN "8IIEL?, DISTRICT."
Occasionally the enemy would grant
us a period of rest, and sometimes for
days no shells would be thrown into the
Clt.y\. TVa? dur?D? one of '"ese inter
vals that I, m company with a lady, my
two little boys and their nurse, undertook
to make a tour of the doomed portion of
the city It would be impossible to ful
ly describe the harrowing feelings which
came over us as wo viewed tho dea.ruc
tion caused by the improved ordinance
of civilized warfare. Large stores, with
brick, stoop, and iron fronts, were torn
and shattered into shapeless wrecks
Window panes of the greatest thickness
were shivered to millions of pieces, while
bricks and broken plaster were scattered
in promiscuous confusion. The moat
active business portions of the city were
the most battered ; grass and rauk weeds
were growing along the streets, while ?n
the collara, rabbits and vermin founa
shelter gmorrr the cunous crvotcrnmic
plants and fungus growth thatabounded
My mother own*? tue '.arge bakery on
bast Bay below Broad street, and as that
section was in a better condition thon
other portions of "Shell distrief we
turned our steps in that direction. On
reaching the place we found the bakers
at work, and learned that the baking was
done in the day time, as the danger was
'ess-the shelling being heavier at nighL
Sixteen shells had already struck the
building, but no one had been hurt and
the oven was still fit for UBe. One of the
shells, like Truth, lies hiddeu in the bot
tom of the well. The master of the
establishment made us quite welcome,
and as a token of his appreciation pre
sented us with a hot loaf of bread, all he
had to offer. On our return we eat down
on the steps of the Bank, at the corner
of East Bay and Broad streets, and ate
our dry bread with a gusto more easily
imagined than described. How strange I
bow unlike those ante-bellum times, when
our care was to guard against a surfeit of
foreign and domestic luxuries.- I could
not refrain from remarking to my com
panion : "When in after years we tell
our children that we Bat on these stone
steps eating dry bread, for the want of
something better, they will hardly believe
us."
A DAY NEVER TO DE FORGOTTEN.
On the night previous to the evacua
tion of the city by the Confederate forces,
the fiery glare of the gunboat, which
was being destroyed by fire, at the head
)f Columbus street (Hampstead) and
that of the burning bridge of the Savan
nah Railroad, reddened the skies and lit
jp the whole of the upper portion of the
jity. The wierd, restless light, together
with the pervading silence, struck even
the bravest hearts with awe. For some
time previous to this memorable night
mr homes were guarded only by women.
My husband was compelled to leave the
;ity, and my only brother was in the
muy elsewhere. My sister's husband
waa'with the regiment which bsd retreat
sd from Grahamville, while she with
tome other ladies were compelled to live
in box cars on a turnout in the road,
their cooking being done in open air.
Fortunately in those days there was not
uuch to cook. Only a short time prior
to the evacuation she returned to my
tiome and was, on the night above men
tioned, sick in bed with a dying infant
if only five days. My mother was suf
fering agony with an affection of the
?yes, which finally terminated in total
blindness. Who but those that have
ivitnesBed such scenes can imagine our
feelings ? As tho dawn of day came we
'el t relieved, for we had spent an anxious
light with a fearful gloom and awe
lunging like a pall over us.
At 7 o'clock in the morning the last ol
mr brave, tried troops, hitherto station
id at James Island, were leaving the
:ity, and as they passed our home, with
irm and gallant tread, we bid them fare
veil, ana turned away to hide the tears
vhich gushed frota the fountains of oui
learts.
THE CITY SHAKEN BY AN EXPLOSION,
As our provisions were exhausted and
ive were informed that the commissary
itores were being given for Confederad
iioney, I collecteawhat amount we bac
n the house and with my servant startec
br the quartermaster's department at th<
bead of Columbus street. Before reach
ag there a tremendous explosion srhicl
ibook the city to its very foundatioi
brought us to a halt. Crowds of fright
med women and children, white ant
jlack, came running towards us, some o
hem saying "Don't go there," "you'll bi
blown to pieces," ?Vc.
Scarcely knowing what to do or how b
tct, we took our stand in front of th*
railroad workshops on Meeting streel
and others joined us. We bad not wei
here long before some ono hurrying b;
aid : "Ladies, how can you stand her
?hen those workshops are to be blowi
ip ?" One of the ladies who had airead
leon frightened on hearing this ran u
he street in wild alarm and we were n
ess terrified. I reached home and for
vhile was almost frantic. All of thos
iround me were panic stricken and heit
es?, and the good Father F- was i
ho next house in a dying condition.
I appealed io Uozxca for aid ?nd i
ince commenced preparations to have m
lick sister removed. There was no ti rs
to be lost, for we were very near tl
railroad shops, and should they be blow
jp we would certainly be destroyed,
sent to an acquaintance who lived aboi
Line street, asking permission to remm
my family until after the danger. H<
auswer carno that the Bhops on Lit
street were also to be blown np and thi
she was preparing to fly. At this jun?
tore, while standing at the street door,
saw the dignified Mother T--, tl
Mother Superioress of the Sisters or Gi
Lady of Mercy, running by in wild has
end greatly excited, and fearing th
Father Fillion had just died, I:iuquin
the canse of her excitement. She quio
ly answered, "I am going for a cart
something to remove the poor BUffen
for be cannot be ?eft there tobe bloi
lib !'*
Imagine, cool and gentle reader, t
anguish wo helpless wemen experieno
daring that trying ordeal. I never ?
forget III After a while the conioll
Information came to us that the order
blow up the buildings had been counh
m anded, and taonie sure of tbs tn
of tho report iWfc? over to Henerc
Foundry to InqaWfrom those station
there. They assured me that I badI bc
correctly informed. Oh, merciful Hei
ona I what a relief 1
A SCENE OF "WILD OOKF08105.
Bat our trials were not yet ended,
lhere came another terrible eaplosiot
loader than any yet- ^.moto?! "bl
darkened the son as ita hideous fo
curled skyward. It waa the N<>rthee?U
Railroad depot that bad been blown up,
and with it a number of persons who had
gathered there in search of provisions.
Borne wore killed outright and their
mangled bodies and limbs were scattered
and buried under the burning ruins.
Many wore wounded, burnt and disfigur
f? for,life- Tbe flames spread rapidly to
the adjoining houses and Boon a fearful
conflagration was in progress. Confusion
i became worse confounded every moment,
! and the wings of the dark angel seemed
to have been outspread over every dwell
ing. The Re?. Dr. M- had been
called to tho wounded and we were
waiting on him to baptize our little babe
who was breathing lifo fast away. Fi
nally he came in great baste, and seizing
a cup near by filled it with water and
performed the ceremony. He left im
mediately to attend Father Pillion next
door, and the child died that night.
The city was now a ecene of wild dis
order, and we were to bo still more hu
miliated-it waH to he given up to Feder
al authority. Quiet was at last restored.
We had surrendered 1 Old Charleston,
hitherto invincible by land or naval
forces, while her gallant sons could
remain to defend her, was given up ; hut
it was a ruined people and a shattered
city, and the sight softened and touched
the heart of the enemy.
The following day, Sunday, was quiet,
and our little babe in its collin waa car
ried to St. Lawrence Cemetery by three
gentlemen, relieving each other on the
roiite. It -was impoaeible ?n obtain a
vehicle nf any kind, as avery horse had
been pressed ir. servies bv the Oo 3ro
ment.* Two days aft or ward J Father F.,
that true and tried soldier of the cross,
died, and we buried bim on the 22d of
February, at midday, amid the booming
of guns from all the batteries.
TUE FAMILY DEATH-BOLL.
Besides the afflictions and ttoubles at
home, the condition of those of our fam
ily who were in the field increased our
fears and anxieties, and Bevernl of them
who started out with hope and promise
now lie "under the nod and dew awaiting
the Judgment day." My brother-in-law,
John L. D., while in service in Virginia,
was stricken with fever, and while in the
hospital a shell carno very near striking
bis bed, but unfortunately did not ex
plode. The hospital was pronounced
unsafe, and my brother-in-law, being no
longer fit for duty, was sent home.
Having no moana of transportation, he
walked his way home, and when arrived
his condition was such from exposure
that, notwithstanding the most careful
nursing, he died in a few months. My
nephew, Virgil D., a young lieutenant
of only 19 years, and beloved by his
regimental commander, Col. Simonton,
who bad nicknamed him tho "Virgiu of
tho regiment," wa: wounded in a fight
along the Weldon road in August, 18o4,
and taken prisoner to Fort Monroe. His
Bufferings were so great that he was com
manded against hie desire to return home
on parole. On bis return home, his
youngest brother took Bick with the
smallpox of which he died, and the
noble young officer, whose system had
already been exhausted from his wound,
contracted the disease and was buried
ave days after. My cousin, John M., a
bright boy and tho hope and comfort of
bin widowed mother, entered the service
at the age of sixteen aa a corporal io the
Charleston Riflemen. He was taken
prisoner and confined in Elmira and
from the hardships of prison life soon
became prostrated. Like a caged bird,
be pined for liberty, for ho was anxiuua
to serve bia country in the field. With
bim, hi 'ar as this world is concerned, the
iarkeat hour of his life was just after
lawn, for when about to be exchanged
,vi?i the prisonors at Foint Lookout his
strength was so much exhausted that he
?vas sinking rapidly. A cup of tea was
banded him by a companion who also
?vas to be exchanged ; he drank it with
great pleasure, the last spark of life was
waiting upon the water, and in a few
ninutes afterwards the youthful soldier
ireathed bis last, and now Biceps in an
jnknown grave on the Federal Bide.
CLOSING SCENES'.
After the close of the war, in the
jeautiful month of May, when the troops
?vere returning home, 1 awaited anxious
y to welcome tiro survivors, an only
irotber, F. ?>.. and another cousin, L. B.
they had both served the Confederacy
o the end. What anxiety, what eager
ness, to behold the brave ieiiows-our
lear ones--who had suffered and endured
io much I The glad tidings attest reach
id me that my brother was coming on
borseback and the gates were opened ai
if ide as our hearts to receive him. Bul
lias I What a change 1 That grand
:olossal frame, which at one time seemed
:onatituted to bear tho weight of a hun
Ired years, was bent and worn, from thc
bardBhips and" exposure of camp life
His age*1 mother, who had become blinc
luring his absence, saw him again befon
ber "mind's eye" only like the sturdj
young oak that he was when he firs
buckled on his armor and departed witt
ber blessing on his head. To us, wh<
?vere blessed with sight to look on, tin
meeting was sad and touching in tin
sxtreme. After such an embrace as onh
\ mother and son can give after years o
separation, he exclaimed :
"My poor, dear mother, you cannu
see me 1
"Never mind, my son," she replied
"I can feel yen, and have you with me ii
the future."
But, alas I this hope and comfort wa
shortly to be crushed. On the 6th o
September of the same year, notwitb
standing the most careful nursing, h
died ana was added to the silent majori'
of our heroes.
The voung cousin, too. L. B., of th
Wellington Light Infantry, whose syt
tem was entirely shattered before h
reached home, was kindly, lovingl
nursed, hut he drooped and drooped da
by day. He died in August of Ute sam
fear, aged twenty years. His name :
nscribed on the monument at magnoli
Cemetery.__
She had the Last Word.
Old Mr. Squaggs was sontowbat irriu
ble when he came down to breakfast, ac
when bis wife reproved him for not ty i u
op the dog before going to bed the prov
ons night, he answered ber rather ena]
pisbly. Then they hid some words, at
shoaaid:
"Wall, I'm sure I don't know how yt
expect we'll agreointhe next world
wa can't agree io this one."
"Ob, we'll agree well enough In ti
next world," said Mr. Squaggs, nrexM\
cally ; "we won't see much of each oth
there. The Bible says there's a gre
gulf fixed between the two placea."
Having said this the old gentiemi
caressed nis bald bead and snickered
himself. ? , . ,,
Mrs. Squaggs was thoughtful for a no
meet, then with a twinkle in her eye, s
said :
"This is the first I knowed of yo
bavin' given up all hopes of going
heaven."
The conversation dropped.-bomera
Journal. ". _ . _
- If a falseness paralyzed the toogl
what a death like silence would pcm
society.
BILL ARP.
Dill Ai-i> Talk? of the Comfort of llelug
lttch.
Atlanta Constitution.
Morey is a right good thing and no
sensibla man will turn up his nose at it.
Mono/ brings comfort and leisure and
SolorLon says in leisure there is wisdom.
A man who bas to be digging away every
jay for a living don't have much time to
read and reflect aud ruminate. It don't
matter whether he is a merchant or
mechanic or a farmer or a professional
man, if ho works hard all day he wants
to res L at night.
Money promotes domestic tranquility
and that is tho best and biggest thing I
know of. Hut money ought to be bard
to get, so that its real value may bo ap
preciated-money has to be earned to be
prized. If it is inherited or drawn iu a
lottery or won at games of chance or
found in tho road or obtained by lucky
jpeculations in stocks or bonds or cotton
futures, it goes at a discount. It is un
dervalued and don't stick tc a msn lour.
A fortune gained in a year rarely stick's
to anybody. Luck is a right good thing
iv h eh it follows nloDg with labor and
honesty, but luck by itself is a deceiver.
"Trust to luck" is the devil's maxim. I
leuow a bard working man who was so
anxious to get ahead that be stinted his
family and invested part of his earnings
in the Louisiana lottery for five years ?
ind never drew but ten dollars. Ho told j
mo be bad ?oat uve hundred dollars that
?my, and every time he saw the list pub
[shad nf th? I lirtrv n li m Ko m and road I i
About the lucky men who drew the i
prises it fired bim up and ho tried it ,
lgsin. Sometimes I wish Uncle Jubal ?
ind General Beauregard would tote fair 1
ind publish a list ot them follows who i
lidu'L draw anything. But I reckon that i
vould be BO loDg and occupy so mauy i
?olumnB in the newspapers they couldu't i
ifford it. I
It is just human I know to want more 1
noney than we have got, especially if 1
ve are bard run and living on a strain.
[ want moro myself, and if I was to find :
i hundred dollars in the road I couldn't |
?elp hoping that the owner would never i
niss it, and never call for it. Just like a
toy who finds a pocket knife and feels \
ike it is hi", but that sort of money is 1
lot aa solid and satisfactory as money we J
rork for. I know an old preacher who i
tad ten dollars and bis son bad ten \
lollara and the young man went i
town to Atlanta and took all the money 1
o buy somo things and be came across t
. wheel of fortune aud saw a fellow win i
en dollars just as easy, and so he was 1
lersuaded to try his luck, and Bhoro t
nought ho won ten dollars, and it hope 1
lim up mightily and ho tried it again \
nd won some more, aod be kept on un- <
il he had fifty dollars and become a fool, t
or right then bis luck changed and he <
oat it all and his ten dollars and his dad- r,
y's ten besides, and be bad to borrow a i
ollar and a half to get homo on, and c
ike to have perished to death in the bar- ?
ain. Well, he belonged to tho church ?
nd they bad bim up and tried him and
e made a clean breast and told bow ho t
ros overtaken and tempted and how he (
rent on and on until he had made fifty i
ollare clean. "And right there," said e
be old man, "is wbar Julio's sin begun, i
f be had stopped right there it would \
ave been all right but liko a fool be 1
rent on and on to destruction." Well, c
ohn wasn't such a dreadful siuner after 1
ll for he wanted the money to buy some
hing to phase the old fo-ks. But money 1
on't come that easy very often. I know t
man who bas been kept on a strain for i
?ve years working out of his losses on i
otton futures, sometimes luck runs 1
long with a man for ten years and more \
nd that makes bim vain and he thinks i
its judgment is infallible and suddenly I
e collapses liUe Seney and Eno Keene.
Io money is safe except that made by 1
onest men. <
The rewards of labor are mighty good 1
nd sure. Here 1 set in my piazza and <
?ok over my farm and see the wheat and
be oats all in a strut and waving so beau- I
ifni in the breeze and I feel proud and <
erene for I sowed that wheat myself i
nd helped to prepare the land and it is 1
ay wheat and my oats and come honestly
nd wasn't made out of somebody else, ]
nd it docs me good to cut a few choice j
ends and bunch 'om and take 'em to J
awn and show the folks what I can dc. ;
t beats money made by luck all to pieces, ;
nd so does walking in my garden and i
ligging the potatoes I planted and work- '
Dg them ever so nice and bringing them j
a the house to show to my wife f jd hear ?
1er say, "they aro very fine." She never '
ays much on that line, she don't, but a ]
ittle goes a great way with me. She 1
lever indulges in rapture, she never uses ;
eject i ves to any excess, such os lovely, i
squisite, uplendid and the like, but I i
:now what she thinks about anything <
ust as well as if oho did. I'm going to i
et ber a mesa of raspberries to day, tbe i
irst of the season, and I'll surprise ber 1
nth 'em at dinner time. She likes that. <
Vomen like these little thoughtful atten- t
ions. They are like oil on the axletree, ]
ind makes the machinery run smooth, J
Jut then there ought to be a little money
o mix up with such things. Money is a 1
?oed domestic lubricator itself. A man i
eels more like a gentleman with some l
ihange in his pocket, and he ought to .
ilv/ava have a dollar or so just to feel of. i
t stiffens him up and keeps him from
ealing like a vagabond. And women !
vants some too. When a pedlar comes ]
ilong with tin ware or a wagon load of i
uge or tho Gypsies come along with lace |
ir the book agent comes along with pic- ,
nres, and besides it is such a dignified
aufott to have a little hid aray for the
ihildren when they are just obliged to
lave something to wear and don't want
o ask papa for the money, for he is so
lard run and talks so poor all the time.
This is the kind of money that goes for
ill it is worth. Money that comes bard,
noney that ls earned. Even woman does
tot prize money when she hos oodles of
t and has every want supplied. Folks
nust be cramped to be nappy. They
oust have something to stimulate them.
Something to provoke economy and in
lustre, and I'm thankful we've always
lad these stimulante at my bouse.
BILL A BP.
The Tact of Arkansas Women?
"Who ia that horrid whiskey bloat?"
laked a lady of an acquaintance, while
.hey stood viewing the gu cate at a fash*
onable reception.
"Which one ?"
"That one with the red mustache and
iwful nose. Doa't yon seo?" .
"He is my husband."
"Oh," laughed the lady, "I see that
ron are not neosi ti ve," although she saw
rengeance In the eyes of tho Insulted
lady. "Several nights ago a friend made
? similar r?mark about my husband, and
[ became very angry. I declared it
would anger any woman, but my friend
laid that yon. having the best husband
In tho world, would not-care, and I
wagered a pair of gloves that you would,
bnt you see that I have lost, I hear that
your husband is spoken of as an available
candidate for Governor. How ?lever he
must bo."-Arlansaw Traveller,
WILLOW THEE FARM.
Something that Heats a Cotton and Corn
Crop.
?lacon Telegraph,
Mr. I. C. Plaut, the well-kuown bank
er, haa solved tbe problem of utilizing
the swamp lamia below Macon. Many
bave tried tbe experiment of raising corn,
cotton, oats, etc., and found it very uncer
tain. Tbe overflow from tbe river often
ruined tbe crops and lost tbo planters
many a dollar. The land is rich aud
grows everything ; but unless levees aro
built-and these ure expensive-no cal
culation can be made as to the result.
But Mr. Plant is now indifferent as to
freshets. His swamp farm, about two
miles from town, is surrounded and pro
tected by a strong levee, and is in every
respect a model farm ; but if Ibis levee
should break and the wntcr remain on
the land for months, ho will now havo
better resulta for the willow trees he has
planted than if tho levee remained in
tact and ho gathered a full crop of cotton
and corn.
Ho has now a willow farm, tho only
one in the South. Think of twenty
eight acres planted in willow trees! And
yet these willows bring him $200 to the
acre tho Bccond year, $300 tho third year,
$-100 the fourth year and so on. Aud
this too without putting a plow or hoc to
tho ground.
About two years ago Mr. Plant was in
Hartford, Conn., and aav a lot of willows
growing around tho dykes of tho Co'vu j
pistol factory. They were imported by I
?Jol. Colt from (switzerland about the
time several 8wiss families came over to
anttla li. Dl.nt ..-,.!- ?..:<- - r. ?_
"~ . v ? * . i. 11 u twn ijuiltl cs tauVjr evy
the willows aud seeing how well they
grew on land subject to overflows, knew
tit onco that they would thrive ..eil on
bin swamp lands near Macon. He
secured 15,000 cuttings from Col. Colt,
and they were brought out and plantea
about IS months ago. The plants grew
rapidly and soon convinced Mr. Plnnt
lhat he was right in bis conjectures aa to
the willow ?oiog well on the swamp
land.
About a year ago he planted 15,000
more cutting*, from which he took and
planted 80.000 cuttings about five weeks
?go on about eleven acres of land.
During tho last freshet, about two
?veeks ago, Mr. Piant heard of a ship
load of willows arriving in New York.
Fie telegraphed al onco for a large lot
ind they arrived just about tho time tho
?vater subsided and left the ground in a
middy condition. Employing n large
oreo cf negro womeu and boys he had
beso twigs assorted out and proceeced to
yal them in the ground. With n largo
oreo of negro boys ho laid out seventeen
teres of ground in rows five feet apart.
With a slick, boles twelvo inches deep
vere made and the boys dropped in the
?uttings at a lively rate, wading through
he mud and water. Thc ground was in
scellent condition, and out of 28,000
mttings^ only a few failed to tako root
md begin to grow at once. Thus he has
i total of 310,000 willow trees on his 28 \
teres, and with corn and the castor beana '
limited between the rows.
A visit to this novel farm yesterday
ifternoon showed the trees to be growing ;
inely. Those set out eighteen months ,
igo are from five to eight feet high ; those |
et out twelve mont?n ?go are three, to
bur feet high, and those set out A few ,
veeks ago are growing rapidly and will 1
ie ready to cut in two years. The firBt ,
:ut of this crop will ha made next Octo
>er.
Now aa to what the willows will bring. ,
These cuttings will produce a ton to the
icre for tbe second year, and thia will be
ncreased yest after year. Each cutting
>roduces six or e?"ht upright switches
ike grass from r ven to nine feet high,
without any twigd cr branches, doubling .
n quantity and increasing in height ,
from year to year without replanting.
When properly stripped and prepared \
"or market, these willow branches readily
:ommand from $180 to $200 per ton, or ,
from 9 to 10 cents por pound at the North ,
>r West.
It will bs Been by tho figuring that at
be end of two years Mr. Plant's twenty
right acres will bring him in $5,600, with
io expense save tho stripping and baling,
[n four years this amount is doubled.
The stripping is a very simple process.
For some time it waa a puzzle to Mr.
Plant, but while on one of his trips to
New York, he went into cae of the larg'
xi willowware establishments to look
iround, and while there a shipment of
willow branches came in from the Weat.
Tbe willows were white as snow and alto
gether a fine lot. He asked where they ,
vere grown, and was told in the West.
To find out bow the willows were cleaned,
Mr. Plant very quietly made a trip of
four hundred miles. He went to the
grower ot willows and found him using ,
\ very alow contrivance. After looking
it it awhile Mr. Plant soon aaw that he
jould improve upon the method, and cak
ing permission of tbe willow tree farmer,
pulled off bia coat and in a abort while
bad a machine that took the bark off at
ance. The farmer was delighted, and
after Mr. Plant returned home the farmer
Eatented the machine and sent one to ,
Lr. Plant.
The willows are pulled through thin
little machine and thc bark and leaven "
are B'.rinped off clean. The willows are
then plunged into a vat or trough of
irater and taken up immediately by a boy
or girl wearing heavy woolen gloves.
The willow switch ia pulled through the
hand, laid aside, and 1B then ready for
baling. The ends are altered and pressed
in compact bundlea, and are then ready
for market. The cost of shipping and
preparidg does not exceed five dollars
per ton.
On one of his trips to New York, Mr.
Plant mentioned bis willow farm to a
leading willowware manufacturer, and
waa made an offer in writing for all be
could grow in ten ye?rs at ?180 per ton.
Recently a drummer for a willow ware
bouse happened to see some of the willow
switches grown on Mr. Plant's place. He
wrote to bia house concerning them, and
in four days Mr. Plant received an offer
for hie entire crop at $200 a too.
Now while thia land is made so valu
able by a tree that requires no cultivation
whatever, making aaurecrop every year,
there is atilt ample room on the same
land for a crop of corn which ia planted
between the rowe. But Mr. Plant growa
something still more valuable than corn.
He is planting the castor bean, from
which ussier oil is made. He planta the
dwarf variety, which haa the same yield
aa the taller species. For the beans he
Kta from three to four dollars per bushel
Macon.
The willow farm ia something new in
the South. Ita introduction by Mr. Plant
only proves that we can grow anything
and that diversified farming is the kimi
of farming that paya. Those who prefer
cotton and corn eau continue with them
and run the chances of floods and
droughts ; and those who depart rrom the
old ways and find that this good land of
ours is productive of other and more
valuable crops, will be sure of a rich re
ward if they sturt right. .Starting right
is the secret of tu cocas. Mr. Flint set
out bia first 16,000 willow cuttings and
was content to walt until they reached a
size to draw from. In the meantime he (
waa busy with other crops. His oats, and j
barley, and vf beat tunde tho land pay
while waiting.
It would be well for our young farmers
I to look more after diversified farming,
but they should start right if they decide
to make a break from tue old crops.
? Had Case. ?
Intense excitement reigns throughout
Kentucky on account ot the suicide of
Judge Richard Reid, of the Superior
Court, who was cowhided at Mt. Sterling,
on April 15, by John Jay Corneilson. a
prominent lawyer, who charged him with
hypocrisy and influencing bis fellow
judges to decide a case against Corneil
son. Tho suicide occurred at Mt. Sterl
ing on the 15tb of May, at ll o'clock, in
tho oilice of Judgo Brock. Reid entered
tho office at half-past '.), complained of a
severa ?.???ache, and asked permission to
lio down in Brock's bedroom overhead.
Ho went upstairs and Judgo Brock lt ft
his oilice, returning nu hour Inter. Go
ing into his room to wash his hands,
Judgo llrock found Reid lying on the
bed dend. Tho bed WHS soaked with
blood, nnd tho suicide's right band
grasped a Smith & Wesson revolver.
Tho ball had entered bolow and back of
tho right ear and emerged on tho left
side of tho head.
Tho theory is that Reid was so humili
ated by his position and the certainty
that bo would be overwhelmingly defeat
ed for appellate judge and IUD future
ruined, that ho ioor hts life ss thc easi
est solution of hts troubles ; the spirit of
his Viife, lt was predicted, ifould leave)
him no peace.
Ilia friends are claiming that it was
caused by mentai abbnraiiou, but iii o
general opinion is that be pretended
headache in order to encourage the idea
that bis brain was affected, an accusation
apparently carried out by the following
note, written on tho back of a business
card and found by bis side :
"Mail, mad! borgive me, dear wife,
and love to the boy 1"
This was not signed, but is in the band*
writing of the suicide. It is a singular
fact that no ouo heard tho report of tho
pistol. The weapon used was ono Judge
Reid kept at bis house but never carried,
and appeared to have just beeu loaded.
Commenting upon this affair and the
occurrence that led to tho Buicide, tho
Louisville Courier-Journal says :
Tho announcement of tho death of
Judgo Reid by hiu own band may well
chuck a people somewhat used to trage
dies. It bas features so peculiar, so lull
of sorrow and aflliction ; it is so shocking
in all its aspects, and from a public
stnndpoiut, it is nt this time so calamitous
that to the people of Kentucky, it must
have much more than a passing intercut.
Judge Reid is tho victim of the cow
ardly assault of one man, and the vitia
ted public sentiment of tho State. His
murderer is John Jay Corneilson, but in
a community where law was enforced,
where crime was swiftly, surely punished,
where life was protected, where prevailed
an intelligent appreciation of tho obli
gations of all the citizens to obey and
uphold the laws, Judgo Reid would not
have died as he did.
Assaulted without warning, stunned
by a blow from behind, dazed and strick
en and then beaten with a cowhide in
the hands of an attorney dissatisfied with
his course as a Judge, Mr. Reid did not
succeed in defending himself at all.
This is a matter gre:>"y to be regretted,
and the regret to-day is intensified many
times.
Failing f** this, it seems to be the duty
of every an, according to the code
which must, prevails in Kentucky, that
he pursue his assailant and slay him
wherever found. The situation in which
Judge Reid found bimself was. indeed, a
trying ono, full of difficulties, leading by
any path to undying remorse. It wns not
death he feared, as we see ; it was dis
grace iu any form. His own convictions
of duty were not enough ; be Blood in a
public place, a candidate for a public
office, and bo was necessarily keenly
BenRitive to every change and shade of
public opinion.
The path be bad chosen was steep and
rugged; the burden which be had assumed
was too heavy. The sense of shame and
indignity which, bad been a coarser man,
more of a bully and blackguard, ho would
not hove felt, preyed on bim, driving
bim to madness. His actions were mis
represented ; his motives were questioned;
in a state of brave men, few men were
brave enough to stand with or for him.
He believed the best judgment of the
people was with bim, as it is, but he could
?ot wait for passion or indignation to
subside. Much of that sympathy which
went out to him he felt as a rebuke; be
was acutely alive to any blame or mis
understanding, and life lost its charm.
Ambition died within him ; the support
sud kindness of bis friends could not
heal bis wounds. Even the love of those
nearest to him, thoughtful and consider
ateas be was, could not sustain bim, and
be dies wounded not only by Corneilson,
but by all who mnke public sentiment ic
this Stats.
How frequent are these sickening ca
lamities ; how fast they follow one an
other ; how impotent are our laws: hon
false our verdicts; how warped oui
* ' ?[J i .i\? . *- ? ?- "VO a#wOOa*in i?" Sm OOu
scientious, upright, honorable man driv
en to death by the miserablo attacks o
one who uses only the weapons of i
blackguard and bully. Corneilson ha
friends and they have been quick in hi
defense. His case, resting on bis owi
testimony and his own pleadings, ha
been decided agsinst him. The imprea
sion bas grown strong that his attacl
was a political conspiracy, designed t
defeat Judge Reid in bis pending canvas!
Whatever tbe motive, malice was ther<
premeditated malice, and the death c
Judge]Reid is the consequence. No mai
in Kentucky would attack a man with
cowhide unless he was prepared to ki!
bim if it was necessary. Assailing bl
victim from behind, laying his plans a
as to take bim unawares, it was nc
necessary to kill bim. Now borne dow
with humiliation, feeling inexpressibl
the shame and indignity, Dearing a grit
which be must bear alone, Judge Rei
finds relief ia suicide*
Again we say, as so often we have sai
io these columns, that from the sin i
blood.guiltiness no citizen of the Con
mon weal th is free. We do not deal wit
crime as we ought. Wo tolerate murdi
nnd pardon vice and honor criminals
they are bravo. Physical prowess Is ti
only virtue that appeals to us. We at
Cssionate, unreasonable, ubrestraine
wies*. . Society protects no man eith
by ila recognized rules of law nor by tb
public sentiment which Rivas Btreogt
and force and vitality io all written la?
Until we change all this : until murd
Is puninhed, until wo educate men
look to the law for protection aad vinci
cation ; until the law does what it pi
tends to do, what lt le instituted for, i
should cease our boastings and no long
content ourselves with t raits and ach?es
meets which equally distinguish the ba
barous and half civilized communltii
- Modern invention has piodaced
mechanical doll that can cry like a bat
But it can't smile and crow and kick i
a pair of pink heels and say ' pa, ai
there's whore the truly baby has the a
vantage of it.
Short Talks With the Boy?.
BY M. QUAD.
"Hurry up-quick !"
Now, my boy, you want to stop dead
?till 1 They call this a fast age, and we
iro termed a fast nation, but in spite of
;bat we have plenty of time. Take time
o eat. Take time to dross. Take time
o do whatever task you aro engaged in
o your complete satisfaction. I always
eel like kicking a lazy man, and if I set
mt on a journey I can't go fast enough,
mt this impatience has lost mo days of
imo nud a good many dollars. If I want
0 make a shelf or bench I rush for tho
irst hundy board, saw it off hnp-hazzard,
mund in any i oi l of nails in any sort of
vay, and when tho job ?B complete I
iavo a shelf which won't fit by a jug
'nil, or a bench which rests on three
egs and holds up the other ono as if it
lad a sore foot. I have taken tho wrong
treet car, lugged oil' other men's hats,
eft my chango on store couuters, bought
ugar wheu I was told to buy butter,
poiled any number of boots, offended
lozens of good mon, and all because I
muted to save time.
Dou't rush. The older I grow the less
believe in tho man who leaves a cloud
if dust behind him. He will bo wrong
lalf the time. Ho will botch bis work,
ipset tho best calculation, and lose a
lollar for every seventy-five cents he
oakes. A petulant, impatient boy makes
1 man who cab'c koop afrtriiu. He will
o obstiuate, unreasonable, unforgiving
ad iho:ougLly dcepucd. Don't argue
hat it ?B boru in you and can't holp it.
L boy can help anything if be bas any
and in his nature. He can exercise
atience or give way to fits of anger
- Inch ought to bo boot-jacked out of his
aturo to eave him from the gallowB.
Hut you hate to be bossed, eh ? Well.
iy boy, if we could all do mi we pleased
ais would be a fino country to live in.
?ur workingmen would cot to their labor
t 10 o'clock in the morning and quit iu
imo for 5 o'clock supper. Our stores
light open in the morning or wait until
fternoon. Our mills and factories would
0 run to suit tho convenience of team
tera and engineers instead of owners,
hir trains and boats would leave to suit
aptmns and conductors, and some dayo
ou would get one meal and other daya
tiree. Wo must have bosses and stand
ossing. Don't start out with the idea
aat you eau bo independent. Don't
link you cnn sit with folded arms aud
ring men to you with fat offers. Don't
nagino that you are doing anybody a
rent favor by calling upon them and
inting around that you could be coaxed
) take a situation. Do as your employ?
r directs. If he doesn't know his bus
less that's none of your affairs. Make
p your mind that tho boy who sets out
> carn only three dollars per week will
ever get four. If he is determined to
e worth four he will Boon be receiving
ve.
I sat down with a half dozen of you
io other day. and the opinion of the
lajority was that employers didn't make
uy distinction between a smart, energot
1 boy and n drone. Don't be foolish.
17 lad. Nine employers out of ten had
luch rather advanco a boy than to dis
barge him. A boy may not bo watched
i closely os a mau, because wo make
llowauces for his inexperience and foi
es and trifling nature, but don't you for
et that he is soon sized up. if ho it
ispectful and truthful and honest thc
mployer who doesn't, realize it and re
ard him is no man to work for.
Now let's talk a little further about
ie flash literature I referred to a few
eeks ago. I went the other day aud
ought a stock of tho Btu ti' in order to sec
i.?t what it was. When one comes tc
36 tho wretched Btufi' writtoo and pub
shed in order to catch tho attention 0:
ie boys of America ho muBt wonder i
e have any fathers among our lawraa
ere. Thcro is a fellow iu New Yor)
ublishing a weekly sheet called tbi
roung Men of America. He must thinl
lera a set of rascaU or idiots. In om
/oty he bas a hunter who catches in hi
and the bullets fired at him by a dozei
nemiea, and it is no work at all for hin
> put fifty enemies to flight. Wo wan
ich a man on the Detroit police fore?
ut the Superintendent will nave a lon
unt to find bim. In another he has
oy whip seven or eight mountain oui
tws. The boy has probably died lon
nee. if this stuff was held out to yo
s pure fiction you would be complete!
isgusted. These flash publishers knot
iis, and so they have these storie
maded upon well known facts and evenl
hick are mattera of history.
In tho paper I bave mentioned ?B
.ory of the revolutionary war. It pm
orts to be the adventures of Genen
larion and his scouts. The injury bei
DOB?BU in historic lying. You are askc
) accept everything as z fact, when ni
ne single fact is stated. AB a epecime
f what one of the scouts did when 1
rasn't trying bis best I will mention tim
eiug pursued by two British dragoon
e let them fire four bullets into him 1
lose range, before it occurred to hi
sat it was a cold day. He then dre
is sword and cut a right arm from tl
ody of each. He then rode away
Darch o? ?out beer or something ciao
ool bis tongue, but hadn't cooled ov
alf of it Defore six other dragoo
itched into him. The first move I
lade WM to draw that same terril
jad-stiokor and cut off two heads. Ti
tber four fired at him, but his bri
urned the bullets aside, and he lopp
ff the head of the third. Tho remsi
og three thereupon lashed into t
rooda. and the scout waa kind enoui
ot to pursue. Having out off tbi
ead* and two arms inside of half
our be felt tired. Think of such DOB!
Ve all like a brave mao, but even a b
f seven isn't green enough to believe
a ch statements.
In a detective story, io wit I ch a nine
lound woman Is the detective, she
lade to capture robbers whom threo m
ared not tackle, and to chango 1
oleo twenty-four times per day and I
isguises almost as often. She alwi
ntered robbers' dens by a sewer with
eing bitten by rats or getting her f
ret, and if any one fired a revolver wi
a a foot of her head the weapon: al wi
lissed fire and she calmly knocked
sllow down and neut on chewing 1
uid of gum ss if nothing had happen
toys who beg and steal and sleep un
be wharves ?re made heroes, and bu
tis rmd outlaws are held np as shin
samples of a brave nation. .
Drop 'cm, my lad I There's rn
loral poison in one such story then ;
rill get st the circos ot theatre in :
ears. Belter be unable to read st
ban to Imbibe such staff* You hst
oj who lies to you. Then why ;
bese mea in money and time to dec*
nd poison you ? ff you were told t
boy of fifteen had captured sis or ei
>etroit borrtlsrs you wouldn't believe
$eu why believe in these wretched
ggerations? Shut right down ..on I
lass of men and their publicatioas,
11 three yean they'll have to earn tl
ol I UM in aa honest, manner, or. yo
esr of 'ein behind the bars.
- Co n ?cet with the world either br?
r hardens tho heart.
Uoggnn Cash's Second Victim .'MIC
combs al Last*
CHERAW, Juno 3.-James Coward,
who wan shot and fatally wounded by W.
13. Cash on February 23 last, died last
evening at about 9 o'clock. From the
moment his physicians examined the
wound they had not the slightest hopes of
his recovery, but be held out to tho last,
though all tho while expressing his will
ingness to Bitbmit to tho inevitable. He
bas borne bis sufferings with remarkable
fortitude, although conscious that bis
short life, (lie was only 25) would soon
bo at an end. He wan sadly missed from
among the ranks of bis numerous friends,
bv whom ho was justly regarded as a ge
nial, clever companion.
During bia il'.r.e??a Mr. Coward never
uttered a word expressive of ill-feeling
towards tho author of his untimely omi,
and never mado a remark which would
lead ono to think that ho ascribed tho
shooting of himself by Cash to any
malicious motive. From long confine
ment to bis bed, owing to total paralysis
of tho lower extremities, tho immediate
effect of tho wouud, bis body has been in
& terrible condition. For some time past
tho flesh lins sloughed away from around
tho left bip joint, thereby causing dislo
cation of tho hip joint, and exposing to
view the arteries and musolcs wbicb alone
sonncctcd that member with the trunk of
bis body.
Tbo sympathies of the community have
seen with Air. Coward ever since tho
)ccurrenco of the sad affair, and particu
srly because as I' 's known ha WES in a?
.-.?uv counected iu tho diliiculty between
Richards and Cash. So far os is known
. 0 Vi u s ?U iiiSuUlj Ctriiib ?ii? v>&bil Suu
?vas not particularly intimate with Rich
trds. His remains will bo interred in the
3omotery of New Hope Church, near his
rome in Marlboro* County, and bis
funeral will bo largely attended.-DU
mich to thc News and Courier.
Sore Dlmo Novel Dovlllry Brought to
Light.
SUMTER, S. C., June 1.-This com
munty was startled and ebockod beyond
ixpresslon yesterday by the unearthing
>f a gang of youthful bandits, and the
Iii co very of their wonderful success. The
rang i? a regularly organized one, and
hey called themselves tho "Dark Spirits."
They have their captain, signs, pass*
vords, &c. Exactly how long tbis band
las been in existence or bow many be
ong to it is not known, but BO far it is
mown that somo eight or ten belong to
t ranging in ago from aixteeu down.
They nave accomplished a good many
leeds of theft and did not confine them
selves to any special thing but Beemed to
ako anything which came in their way.
L'hoir robberies consisted of watches,
eui voa, cuff buttons, silk handkerchiefs,
nonoy, &c. They seemed to take a
pecial fancy for watches, several being
aken from one firm. Hew or when they
ibtained the articles is yet a mystery,
iomo of the gang have made confessions
md yesterday several watches were re
lovered and moro will bo recovered to
norrow. I cannot attempt to give details
if what the gang have done but their
ucccBS has boen truly remarkable. The
natter bas not been fully devolnped yet
ind tho extent of the operations of the
;ang will not be known until a full In
'estimation is made. It is expected that
briber developmets will bo made to
morrow, and a good many articles recov
red. The gang is said to have ia their
tosscssion somo* 'blood and thunder litera
ure," such as "Ten Yean;. Detective,"
kc., &c. If this be true, it furnishes the
:oy. note to the wbolo business, for this is
lot the first instance in which "Dime
fovel Literature" bas done its evil work
n a direct way. Nothing else is talked
f here now and it is a matter of deepest
egret. Tbe boys belong to respectable
amities of Sumter. For tbe reason that
ho matter has not been fully developed
nd for other reasons I withhold the
mmes of tbo boys.-Special to the Columbia
?egUtcr.
A Sham Attempt at Suicide.
Rumor bas it that a certain man in
own imbibed too freely of the "ardent"
sst week, and while under its influence
ie became so despondent that be thought
ie w uld commit suicide and leave this
ppsrently cold and cheerless world. He
aiied for his wife to bring him his rarer,
sserting that be intended io cat bis
hroat with it. She, obliging wife that
he was, brought it, but he changed bis
(lind os to that mode of severing con
icction with the world, and concluded to
lepart hence by the drowning route. He
iroceeded to the well and got inside the
urb to bide himself, thinking that Borne
.ne of tbe family would rush up and try .
0 rescue him. No euch attempt 'at
escuft was made-, though. Unfortunate
y for him, however, after getting inside
ne curb, he happened to take bold of a
ottcn piece of timber, wbich broke and
et bim drop into tbe well. It was not
ong before he was calling out lustily for
'some one to run there and let down a
ope for him, so that he could get out of
hod-d well; he didn't wont tobe
Irowned-he was just trying to fool
bes:.'' Tbs jope t?as ici cows te als
ind he was drawn np to the top as wet as
1 drowned rat, with his "hankering"
ifter suicide entirely vanished. Sinco
hen he bas been as quiet os a mouse, and
o mention suicido to him makes him
eel so mean that he almost feels like
ping out and hanging himself, anyhow;
-Camden Journal, June 6.
In Contrast With Grant.
Gen. Lee, at the close of the war* re
lived innumerable offers to engage in
ommercial enterprises. Insurance com
?anles, railroads, and many large cornel
ation a at tbe South were anxious to pay
lim any salary he might demand solely
br the use of his nome, without any
abor on his part, or the incurring of any
esponaibllity whatever. A com m? tico
if Englishmen, with the Dake of South
irlana and Mr. Beresford Hope at the
lead, offered him in fee a splendid catate
n one of the midland counties of .Eng
end, coupled with a guarantee bf an in
some of ?5,000 a year as long as he lived,
rle gratefully declined all oftheee offers,
ind accepted the Presidency of the Wash
ngton and Leo University nt a salara
?f $3,000 a year. Here he earned his
iving as the hardest worker in a bard
vorkTng faculty in training the youth of
he country np to the very hour of the
wraletlo stroke which immediately pre?
teeded bis death.
. Gen. Lee left three sons. They too rc*
:ci ved many offers of a similar kind, and
?kowiso declined them. Two of thee?
ons are now prosperous plasters in Vir?.
rinia. The third succeeded hia father in
bo presidency of Washington and Leo
Jniveralty, and bas filled tin) position
7ith credit for the last thirteen years.
The true American spirit Bb lues in
Den. Lee's example, the spirit which
troaptetf Washington nnd Ida Gen?ralo
rhea they retired from tho public serviee
inriohed only with tho recollection of
heir great achievements, abd ocornlr? t?
aake merchandise of their fame.-XW/Vr
y thc New York Sun.
- Every ladder has a top round to it