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HY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 5, 1884. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 47 UKPM?HlH Mb ff?il. CONTKABAND CONSCIENCE. fllKL'S ADVKNTIJKES WITHIN AND ?KYON? XUK LANK ,-. T. ?ire?, of Portsmouth, Charleston Weekly News. Va., Strange times those of '63 and '64. ut in, hemmed iu from the rest of the rid, Norfolk and Portsmouth seemed be guarded by sentinels, at their most portant inroads, which could only be sed by those loyal to the Union. Said .aiij "5" a0 reference to conscience, r those that conld be bought were pecially loyal-a kiud of superlative valty. Into the hands of such people siuess had drifted, and the best and re5t of the citizens held aloof. The ding cauldron, a seething mass, the uni uppermost, was a true type of thoBe rbulent times; though tho froth was pmost, the uuseeu force held the heat, hat hidden force had ita heart-centre in front ranko of Virginia's battle ouncl, and where heart-strings are twined woman will do and dare, cir Bulleringa and privations can never adequately told, or the ways and means ey devised to aid their loved ones. I onco *aw a ludy dressed as follows: cr feet encased in men's No. 7 boots, J in them tucked the gray breeches ried for her husband : noopB and full irts were worn in thone days, und her iris siero m nd a of double width flannel he remodelled into ehirts ; over all a pacious gray cloak, stylo known as Arab, arranged that no scissors had marred s length or breadth in order to make it apely for tho present wearer, and which as intended for the soldier's coat ; a au's felt hat, wired and shaped and domed with ribbons and feathers, com leted the outfit. With her own ward bo iu a trunk that bad stood inspection, c obtained a pass to visit in tho country, nd went South to clotho her husband, o this woman plotted and planned, luded the sentinels, dared the dangers aid her loved one. Was she blame orthy? The soldier on the tented field slept t less weary than those wives and sisters home, who hourly expected their uses to be searched, ransacked from rret to cellar. Sacred relics polluted the vandal touch-family letters and cords, reverent and holy, that belonged the dead, were carried off, and women ho ba? the spirit to resent the intrusion ten insulted. One instance I will ention : Tho guards stopped in front the porch where the ladies, inmates of e house, were sitting one summer's ening, in the twilight's dusk, no lamps vinp; been lighted. The soldier said e bad orders to search the house. "We can not keep you from it, or we ould," replied the lady of the house. "Well, madam, since it ia to be done, o would like to have lights." "You can ieat assured, sir, that I'll not rnmh such. If you want lights, you et them ; you shall not have mine." So to the nearest grocery they hied to uy their candles and proceeded with eir work. They did not tame the omen, who defied them at their every rn. Women endured many things, and had brace themselves for these emergen ces, and bide by dint and cunning what ey wished to save. They proved equal the occasion. "IN THE TAXONS OP THE EAGLE." AB to conscience in those days, I dare y it was a contraband article. Woe be those- who possessed one ; they had to taod up valiantly and suffer for it, for ose New England Puritans whose freedom to worship God" applied only those who worshipped as they did, and aniBhed Roger Williams at the outset, ?elated our thanksgivings and prayers, burches . were locked, and the little and, denied access, sent up their p?ti ons and praise on the green sward inside e church enclosure, led by Rev. Isaac andy, who was soon "in bonds" for the aring. Our own Methodist tabernacle as shut, and the minister banished, ecause it did not strike the cymbala hen Atlanta fell. St. Mary's, in Nor Ik, refused daringly a direct command hold service. The defiant answer from he priest wes, that "he'd Eee his church u flames first." Father Ryan beads the ist of a long rool of true Southrons of ' e Bame faith. The namo of Plunkett learns in the galaxy. We "Seceah Kebs" were indeed a de am set ?nd contrived many ways to get ettf.ra from our fathers, brothers and ffoethearts while in the lion's clutches, .ergot; it ! was not a lion, for that ?longs to Johnnie Bull ; it was the lone of the eagle. But we felt the same ea peet for it as awarded tho-buzzard hey were so mqoh alike just then. Imagino a scene of those days: The oor-bell rings ; yon admit a lady with, rebanee, the exquisite feeling of hopo ut expectancy, or sometimes a dull thud f premonition; scarcely a word ia Herod if a ervant is passing ; some light allusion ia made to the weather, hen-"Are we quite alone ? no one toning V*. Ah, the caution I "Go and No one at the door? none at thia? ll right; hero ia a letter from Dixie. . you' wish to send' reply send to my ouse," giving directions, "after night J. One dollar, good money, nostaf?e." hanks expressed and the "Fecsiil" trier leaves you to your letter of tears joy. A big gan was fired by some unkee general ii one was caught receiv g & letter, then came imprisonment nd confiscation of property ; if any one lockade running, camed the mail, the nally waa death. No wonder we were xtchfal Oven though we dared it. . Who wouldn't dare it? You, mother, ith your first-bora on the battlefield, curly locks perhaps gray now. "Hold ll," the sages say ; "don't move when no's band is in the lion's mouth ; keep uhuV' Wouldn't you stretch that hand 5 receive tidings from that boy, if the ion shut down so hard that you left half hind? And tho Wife? and the sweeth eart? Ah i thc-a o were true ones then, ue to the. end-and after. The women nd tho gift, tho same kind our boys played on the field of battle. Some itu? incident? revealed more of their aring than the depth? ?oflf?eliog they ore endeavoring^ lb;display, tor,">6f awe, we could feel in silence and shed ra end prayers ia the quiet closet over newall Jackson's name. W? were ropd that he was ours, abd we dared to owing. Every ; Southern girl wore a .?g?. or rosette of crape, and to show bat she did it in defiaoce it was put on if. ?*' .or ,eft ohoulder? in full view, eo nat he that rao could read. Yes. indeed ere were many raspings" about it ; this ?and that up before the provost/ but 0 did not stop it, I give tbe word of rrdlt due a friend or foe,* and I think t..?**?" accord It to the provost mar nal in charge of Portsmouth in '63. ot so much can bo said of tho one in Ietty.. Of course I managed to *t wo '* scrap? about my badg? . of ouruing. i m, ordered by some over -Btrguui io late it off, or he would which be did not do, or I either, and thero war ?lory for me. A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL GULP. . Between the Loyalist and the Seces sionist a gulf yawned, social as well as political. Oh, it rankled deep 1 I don't know as I have outgrown it yet, while for twouty years I have been cultivatineii genuine Christian charity for North ?nd boutn and the whole broad world, recog nizing the rights of each as man and brother, and tho same good God as jud,T and ruler over all. Yet somehow a blue dress trimmed with red braid aud a bon net decked with red and blue roses rilc3 me now. I illuminate our houao when a Democratic victory comes, Lui I don't Btick little Union fltgs out and all about. Lay all of these together on the shelf, Ue,?r heart, and go on digging for charity till our crops bear fruit, cover* un and hides eternally all of the colors. Still ia the unhappy days of old the "southern girls held their own aud no red was adi "Xed with blue. They shunned those that did wear the hated color, and so tho barrels grow. Contempt was shown on all occasions possible, dearest friendships ruptured. We stood as foe to foe and wished it known. When Beast Butler assumed the command at Fortress Monroe he said he'd stop it. He had infamously tried to stop ?tat New Orleans. He began by compelling ail heads of families to take tba oath of allegiance to t-ie United Stol*?. The silver item, I should mention, ?weeeeded this. The order was that alf silver and plate had to bo weighed io order io '06 taxed. All such as belonged tt Goofed, ?rate olficere and soldiers, when found, was confiscated. Honorable warfare 1 Meum and Tuum had lost tho savor of the golden rule. Teaspoons wore hidden and dear old prized shotguns sf grand father's, intended fo: the only great grandson, had to ba hidden by ripping up the plankB in the floor and secreting them. Up to this time many honorable meu who stayed at home, some honora bly discharged from Confederate service, old mea and feeble ones, bad held aloof and given up all busiuess, os such could only bo conducted hy Loyalist*. Even doctors could not practica without this oath of allegiance. The order came from Butler, with only ten days' grace, or they would be thrown inio prison. The men submitted. Time rolled by and another "Whereas" was called forth, because the first order applied to male members or heads of families and they were the only ones who recognized it, for the female portion were as defiant as ever. No Union officer, it was asserted, but was liable to their public gibes or silent contempt. I wonder they expected otherwise, since hot blood and daring spirit fired tho hearts of our women who had brothers, sons and husbands on the battlefield. Shaine on tho order that Benjamin F. Butler issued to compel women and girls from 16 years and upwards to take the oath of allegiance to the United States, and to swear they did it, not from com pulsion but from love of the Union I AU were ordered to the courthouse to register, aud at the end of three weeks detailed men were sent around to evory house, and the heads of families sworn to facts. If any in the house of i G y ou m and upward had not complied, notice waa given that on mich a day a hv.g of truce would be seut up the road ind the hap less ones would be carried oi cf the lines and left to sink or swim according to their helplessness. Such a war against women and children! 1ST-" doubt many signed such an oath without punctilious misgivings ; yet many signed it with tears ana fears, and no cowards either. Weak ones with no alternative, and where no questions were asked, accepted the situation and obeyed. But some did not take the oath and bravely as well os conscientiously went up aoa registered as those declining the oath. To this day I do not rue it. INCIDENTS, GRAVE AND G BAY. Several Btrange incidents occurred during those days. One day an aged lady, bent with years, her two nous in the Southern army, came up to ?tie pro vost: "Do you wish the Federals to eonquor in this war or the Rebels?" aaked an officer. "Let God's will be done," ?aid the good old saint, as she was. "You go home, old lady," ?id the o?Ecsi ; "when yen some do*? ifere and say you want the Rebels whipeop, we'll swear you in, and not till then. ' Such coarseness rasping on tho delicate sensitiveness of our Southern lefties, do you wonder that it rankles yet ? Of course the order included male os well os female, and the boys of ?ti years, so an estimable matron appeared before Gen. E. G. Viells and asked "If the boyt of 16 years and upward would be sent South by flag of truce if they declined the oath." "Madam, do you suppose we intend tc reinforce Lee's army ?" No madam, we send thoee to prison until duly exchang ed." ' ' -. Oh, the Spartan mothers sending un tried boys away to their duty I I thinl the dutiful and honorable boys wen am..,g those three hundred wno lefl Norfolk and Portsmouth by running th< blockade and joining the fortunes ot th< South already at an ebb. I must acknowledge I was one^of th< favored ones during these stirring times Born with tho traditional silver spoor and having never known want, buoyan with the hopes of my eighteen summers conscientious in my Methodist faith with a will that nomo called obstinacy, J dared go South to earn my living. ' It vain did my guardian, who was my uncle expostulate. He could not deter me i he wished, for the General's orders wen that no compulsion be used. I wa reasoned with : "Your properly will b confiscated," they said. I had no val uation on such, my answer was. "I au a minor," I added, "and the Yankees cai not touch it" "But might is right ii these times of lawlessness," was urgec No answer. Down in my heart I fel that the wealth of Croesus could no tempt me to such an enormity, much 1st the few thousands upon which I p^ace a too little estimate. I had known n privation, or perhaps I had been mor sordid. But youth and hope go band i hand, and since I would go, thy sam uncle made it as easy as poajibie by bli inc a privste oonvey??oft and my aor wtolJwitb me to Gen.' Vodgea, whoe headquarters were just opposite our bom to get a epecial pass, so that I would n< have to go hy flag of truce in the crow? Gen/ Vodges was an old army office and wh?n Jny /aqtjt stated my neutle .fdrthe private permit he used peAnasio at first and then said it waa useless ft me to go. I would have to return in al months aa they'd whip the South by tbi time. He tried to refuse by sending* to Gen. Vielle, but my aunt told him was contrary, and iM?wouid goth. Wished to make it as light aa p?aajbl So the gentlemanly General conceded n wish. Ho told ma be had his compon tions.tbat be had token an oalb not give aid or comfort to those rebato, ai whenever he let a pretty girl gp?? ??'< had some conscientious twitching. ? he fixed my permit and odd*l HM harmless item ns, auch as tea, suga^and blankets and my wardrobe. I extend bim my kindness to this day. He then brought me a large pound pear and told me to give it to th i prettiest Union girl I met. THE PRETTfEST "REBEL GIRI.." I did not extend my hand for the pronerec1 fruit, but said, "Thank you, General, I have nothing to dc with the Union girls!" and Beeing be still held the pear to me, and I disliking to seem to hesitate on his account, for I appreci- I ated his politeness, I added, "if you will say tho prettiest rebel I will do it." "Ab, well 1" he answered. "Then you will eat it." "No, sir," emphatically. "Had you Baid the greatest rebel, I would." "A littlD too stroug," said Gen. Vodges. "Give it to the prettiest rebel girl you meet." 80 I carried tho pear to Raleigh and my little cousin ato it. From Suffolk across tho Blackwater River to Murphy's Station, from that place to Weldon, North Carolina, thence to Raleigh, whero I tarried for more than a week with ray goodly cousin. At all of these points I was either met by ac quaintances and placed in charge of somo kindly new friend BO that I felt my linea bad fallen in pleasant places. From Raleigh my destination was Petersburg, Virginia, to spend a week before I made Richmond my home pro (em., iu accordance with a letter from my cousin, an officer in the Confederate service, whose family were refugeeing near the city of Richmond, and upon whoso influence I relied to get a situation in the trea?nry. Leaving Rsleigb for Greensboro' I bad the kind care of a wounded Confederate Captain, who at tended to my bng ard baggage, and while in conversation with bim awaiting tho train for Danville a gentleman, I haven't forgotten bis name, joined in. He waa the freight-master, a pretty good position be allowed ; for instance, he said : "Sometimes wo have a heavy freight of dour, government property. We daley it, let it get a good sprinkle of rain and report it damaged, condemned of course, md wc buy it cheap as dirt-not hurt, ob, no I There's where we make a opec, don't you see? "Yes air, I ace, and I don't wonder why tho Confederacy is utill struggling. [ think the contest uneven. While somo nen give their all and down in Norfolk ind Portsmouth we have men, who, too feeble to fight, aro aiding their cause sven in the midst of the enemy and re fuse the idea of money making in these times that try men's souls ; yet here, in the very heart of the Confederacy, those who should uphold are pulling down the fabric wi'' 'ho greed of gain, and Confederates L ..-ving. I call what you did cheating the Government." Mr. Shylock was silenced. Un the Danville bound train ho offered me a fosition as teacher and gave his address, did not accept. At Burkcsville Junction, I parted with my attentive friend, the Captain, wbc placed mo under the care of Gen. Henry A. Wise, who wes also en route to Peters burg. 1 passed a week in Petersburg lulled to sleep at night by the picket Bring, and then went to Richmond. Mj application was filed for a position in thc treasury and the next vacancy promised. I.AST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY. I spent three happy, quiet months witt dear relatives, and atill the gods wen kind. I enjoyed many comtorts am luxuries during the last days of tb< Confederacy, albeit I had been patriots enough to make the best of potato ant parched meal coffee, sometimes with sorghum, without a frown, enjoyed rice fried and boiled and boiled and fried tried my housewifely skill in makini sorghum pies-a truly warborn pie. And, oh, when the freshet in the Jame came I wasn't it fun ? Our refugee bonn was at the Richmond Navy Yard, oppo Bite Rocketts. We walked to church vii Mayo's bridge, to hear the gifted Dr. J E. Edwards, at Broad street, and on re turning home found our cottage ai island, entirely surrounded by water. T be taken from the railroad embaokmen in a boat, and landed a la Venice, at tb porch n te pa- didn't I say it was glori ous? and did'nt the housewifely cousir with her many discomforta occasioned b Baid freshet, threaten to annihilate sse How the water would lash the cottag floor I Did'nt wo enjoy the next day in boat, going all over the garden fence and down by the ?cai river, whilo a fla of truce boat came by from Varina, lade with our exchanged soldiers. Fan and waved a welcome, and Willie pnllc hard at his oars to keep out of the eui reut. And BO I laughed misfortune in tb face, and tiring of wailing for the treasi ry appointment I advertised os teach? and Recured a quiet, pleasant home wit a widow lady in Powhatan County, Vi ginia,in March, 1865. I found Mrs. Vi to bo a very pleasant lady and I share the room with her and her children, as seemed more protection than apart. I bsd hardly become accustomed ton new position, however, when stragglin ragged, war worn veterans stopped to 1 fed or passed on to cross Appomatto River en route to Amelia Courtboui and the booming of the distant gui caused ns to hide, to bundle and mal preparations to meet the enemy, dai and nightly expected. Those reverber tions were the dying throes of the Boot ern Confederacy. Then came the iu the still of death. For six weeks 1 were as completely lost to the outer WOT as Cru?oo on his island. A kind trance possessed us. We knew not if tl other parfof the world had been awi lowed up and we only left to tell wo bad been. The dawn soon carno. The world b: jogged along without us. We were t paroled prisoners. I am yet. Lince was killed. Poor mani I always f sorry for him and his poor "Carlotta." Then the iron horse from Richmoi snorted from elation to station, and bade my kind friend a good-bye, 1 "some one" came for me. He too wai paroled prisoner, volunteering when years ola, in 1861, following Cbambli Jeb. Staurt and Wade Hampton thron it all. I won't leave yon to guess it, t on the Richmond bound train the ba that had been pledged to him for thi years waa promised when Septem! came, and so the tryst was kept. - The famous Whitefield, who wai genuine revivalist and also a Christi; was on- one occasion pasting along I street of a city when be was saluted b wretched sot in the gutter : ?How d' Mirt'r Whitefield? Don't ver know m "No," waa the reply. *'Why, Pm ow ?erconverts, Mia'rWhitefield." "Wc waa the reply, "you look aa though 3 might be one of my convert*. If Lord hod cou verted you yon would have been there. - Wicked newspaper corresponde say $10,000 waa'sent to the Sb err House, Chicago, by Brother Blainj six Booth Carolina delegates, bott Smalls was on guard and saved all two. - Henry B. Payne, of Ohio, withdrawn from the race for the Dei eratic nomination for President in - fi of Cleveland. IN FOREIGN LANDS. Correspondence of the Intelligencer. "There's many a worse people than the Scotch," remarked and old man to us at Portrush, as a sort of an apology for having asked if we were not from Sect land ; and after our visit there wo are strangly inclined to his opinion. Like his nieghbor across the North channel, the Scotchman loves his drink and evi dently gets an abundance of it ; but as a people they are industrious, intelligent, faithful to friends and principles, and en dowed with A strong love of liberty and country, which we cannot but admire. We steamed up tbe Clydo curly one morning, from Belfast, and nature evi dently wept at our arrival ; for we wero greoted with a drizzling rain. It was, however, we were informed, only a speci men of Clydo weather ; ns tho warm winds from the Atlantic meeting the cooler breezes from the highlands produeo rain ou the slightest provocation. Glasgow is the commercial metropolis of Scotland and the third city iu (trent Britain in population. Ita manufactu ring iuteresta are very large ?ind Clydo built ships are known tho world over. To ono, however, who has had the pleas ure of a sail up the narrow aud shallow Ciyd? it In wonderful bow this cummer cial supremacy bas boen attained. For miles on both sides of the river ship yards aro seen and tho clang of the ham mer is beard on every hand. Tho pres ent season is very dull for business throughout the United Kingdom and complaints of over-production are fre quently heard, and tho shipping interests of Glasgow mo at a compatatively low ebb. The principal attraction in the city for a tourist is the Cathedral, which was built in the twelfth century and is in a good state of preservation. Itu crypts are the finest in the kingdom and its forty-four Btaincd glass windows are among the best specimens of that branch of modern art ; tho iconoclasta of the Reformation having destroyed tho origi nal windows ?nd these being only about fifteen years old. In the necropolis, an ornamental cemetery which ..adjoins the Cathedral, is a fino monument to John Knox, whose body, however, is buried at Edinburgh. Ayr, v.He birthplace of Burns, the poet, is about forty miles southwest of Glasgow and is easily reached by rail. The low, thatched cottage, whore the author of "Highland Mary" and "Tho Cotter's Saturday Night," wan born is two miles fou th of Ayr and with come modern ad ditions is now used as a public house. About half . milo farther on is "Allo way 'H auld haunted kirk," und near by is the Doon, with its old stone bridge, made famous by Tam O'Shanter's memorable ride. In tb?* ?"llasre is found the Tam O'shanter L.o ei, w..ero are still shown the chairs used by Tam and Souter Johnny, and also the very cup from which they drank. Near the Bridge of Doon is a fine monument erected to the memory of Burns and this completes the attractions of the place. From Glasgow, to Edinburgh, by way of the Scottish Lakes and Stirling, is a route that is much traveled by tourists aud furnishes some most beautiful scene ry. Its great charm however, was thrown around it by tbe writings of the great "Wizzard of tho North," Sir Walter Scott ; who bas invested every lake and island, every mountain peak and lovely glen with some story of chivalrous de votion or bloody Btrife. In fact the mat ter was tersely summed up by oe driver from Inversnuid to Stronachlache*, to whom we remarked that Scott waB re sponsible for a largo number of the travelers through that region. "Yes," he responded with a shrug, "if it warn't for him the whole route wouldn't be worth tuppence-ha'-penny." Not an exorbitant estimate to say the least. We leave Glasgow by an early train for Balloon, where we take the Loch Lomond steam er for Inversnaid, at the opposite end ol the lake, a sail of nearly thirty milt-) The lake is surrounded by tho highes! i mountains in Seo'land, Ben Lomond which overlooks it on the northeast being about 3,101) feet high. We paa many beautiful wooded islands, which as well os the villages on the ahore, an associated with some of Scott's eborac tera. At Inversnaid a coach-and-foui wo3 awaiting us, with driver dressed ii the good old English style, with red coat top bootu and bigh hat, and we are soot on our way over the mountains to Loci Katrine. The road lies through a desc late region, the heather on the mountaii j sides hoing the principal vegetation We pass the ruins of a hut in whic] Helen McGregor, Rob Roy's wife, wa born and also an old fort which wa built to check the plundering -of th McGregors, early in the fast century, am after a ride of about five miles we react Loch Katrine at Stroaachlacher. Her we again take a steamer and the sal down tho lake is a delightful one. Loc Katrine is frequently compared to Lak George and certainly its lovely scener and its romantic associations give it wondrous charm. On our lett, as w leave Stronachlacher, Glen Gyle, once stronghold and even now the burial plat of the McGregors, stretches back into th mountains. At the eastern end of tb lake we pass "Ellen's isle" and tb "Silver Strand," and land only a she distance from the "Goblin's Cave, where the Douglas and his daughti took refuge-when they left Roderic Dun's inland. Here wo again tal coaches and ride on through a narrow rocky defile known as the 4{Trosaacha" < "Bristling country," passing "The love' margin of Achray." and on to "Who Vennachar in silver flows." A litt farther on, ' "Dunciaggtn's huta appear at lut, And peep like mota grown rocks, hal f seen, Half bidden In the copee so green." Still later we reach "Coilantogle Ford "Far past Clan Alnhine's outmc guard ;" the scenes of the fight bot wei Roderick Dun and Fitz James, and ride of two ur three miles beyond brin na to Callanda, where we take train ? Bli ri in g. \ '-. ' . . , . The historian cannot find a time wb there, wea not a fortress on the site of t present castle at Stirling. The city self Ja built'on an eminence and on precipitous rock rising still higher, t castle waa erected. From ita towt twelve great battle fields can be seen, i eluding Bannockburn about two mi away. On tho weat ia the vale of Mt teitb, with Ben Lomond, Ben Vern Benledi and other peaks in tho distan To the' north and east, the winding the Forth, bordered by fertile fields a thriving hamlets, makes. a pleasing p turo. ' Jost below the .castle hi the i tiki og ground where tournaments w> held, the formation of the lista being a preserved. ! The castle ia composed many buildings, representing many c jferent stylet of architecture and ierec at different times; a. portion of Bom o the foundations having bean built by Romans. Scott, in tho "Lady of tho ! Lake" mentions the castle as "Yo towers within whoso circuit dread, A Douglas by his sovereign bled," And the "Douglas Room" is still shown Lo visitors, where James II stabbed tho Earl of Douglas and threw his body from tho window into tho moat below. This room hr.s been made a sort of museum it 'i mauy curiosities aro hero shown ; including a pulpit and communion table used by John Kuox, somo elmira used by James II aud James VI and also a col lection of battle axes, lances, pikes, etc. For mnny centuries tho history of Stirl ing Castio was practically the history of Scotland. It has been occupied by Wal ?ace, Bruce, Haliol, DAvid II, James II, III, IV. V, VI. Mary Queen of Scot* ivas crowned here and here her sou, James VI, wits secretly brought from (edinburgh when only six days old and baptized. It stands, a grand monument 0 mauy heroic as well as many dark deeds >f past ages. It is at present used as barracks for a fow companies of Her Majesty's troops. Some one has spoken of Edinburgh as 'the most picturesque town in all the Vorth," and its claims to that distinction ire very strong. High street, tho centro >f tho "Old Town" runs along the ridgo >f a hill eastward from tho castle. Just lorth of this ridge is a deep valley with mother hill beyond, along which run Princes street and George street, tho lusineaa ceutro of the "New Towu." Tho railroad depots aro in the valley and mich of the unoccupied land cn both tides b&B been iaid out in pleasure irouuds, known ns Princes Street Gar lens. Tho buildings of the city aro nostly of Htono and very substantial ; hose in the "Old Town" having curious ;ahlcs and roofs which givo them a most inique appearance. Many of them are rom eight to twelve stories high with 1 arrow outside stairs dangerous apparent y to both lito and limb. But it is as thc 'Modern Athens" that Edinburgh peo )le prefer to bavo their city regarded ; ind hero too they have strong claims, re* erring with pride to such names as Dugald, Stewart, Humo, Playfair and nany others well known in the world of dence and literature. To a tourist the Jamie and Holyrood Palace arc probably ho principal points of interest, and a najority doubtless visit the castle first, lot only on account of its associations >ut also for the fine view of the city .?.hieb can bo there obtained. Like Stirling, the Castle Rock of Edinburg las been crowned with a fortress for nany years, but the greater part of the ireseut buildings are only about 300 reara old. "St. Margare!/' Chapel, how iver, a specimen of puro Norman archi ecture, dates back to the eleventh con ti ry ; having been built by David I. )n the south, west and north tho Castle look is inacceBsiblo and this fact doubt ess gave it much of its importanco as a tronghold, before the invention of can ion. It is still kept in a fortified state .nd several batteries frown on the city lelow. Most of the buildings of which he castle is composed aro ot but little nterest to the traveler. Wo are shown he rooms occupied by Mary and thc mall apartment, scarce ten feet long, rhen her son, James VI, was born mid rom tho window of which be was let town nearly SOO feet in a basket and aken to Stirling for baptism in the Ro nan Catholic faith. Tho Crown Room. ?here the regalia are kept, is also open o visitors, and although Scotchmen are ustly proud of these iusigna of their un onquered independence, the union w? b ?uglaad is doubtless much moro benefi :ial to the country thau a separato nation tl existence could be. Passing down from the castio, through he Lawnmarket, High street and the Jauongate, all of which form a continu ais Btreet about a mile in length, we each Holyrood Palace. What a history hat street han bad. The palace at one ?ml and the prison at tho other, and as t was but a step from the Capitol to the 'Tarpean Rock," so it was but a step 'rom the power and glory of the palace o the L u m il in'; on and ofttimes death ol he dungeon The rooms of Holyrood ire divided into picture galleries, ut tito ooma and private apartments; but the inly portion which can claim much aa* iquity is the northwest tower, in rvhich vas Queen Mary's apartments. We are bown Lord Darnley's rooms, 'jontaining rarious interesting relics of Quean Mary ind several portraits. The pri vate stair >y which Rizzio'a assassins aicand&d to uary's apartments also bas a door in Jarnley's room. The upper portion of be tower was occupied by Queen Mary ind the visitor is first shown a large au Hence chamber, decorated with tapestry ind with a handsome oak paneled ceiling. luBt beyond is ber bedroom, which son atas her bed, her work box, pictures of Seary VIII and Elizabeth and m my ith?r interesting relics. The supper oom in wbieb Rizzio WM murdered 'ommunicates with the bedroom. Al though the rooms have been kept as learly as possible as when she left -them, be band of time has done its work ana he tapestries are faded, the bed on which bo slept 1B dropping in pieces and the tadness of her history is supplemented J y the sadness of the surroundings. Adjoining the palace are tho ruins of the lld Abbey which dill eliot/ some remains >f its original magnificence. Within its .oofless walls are buried several of the tings and princes of Scotland. Nearly north of Holyrood and at the .ast end of Princes street is Calton Hill, in which are the observatories and sever il publie monuments. From ita summit ina also from "Arthur's Seat," southeast >f the city, fine views of the surround ing country can be obtained. In High itreet formerly stood the old Toi booth, nrhieb bas been immortalized by Scott in lis "Heart of Mid Lothian." An im nense heart in the pavement now marks the spot where the prison stood. It was lemolished early in the present century. Near by is St. Giles' Cathedral, where Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the bead )f Dean of Edinburgh, and thus aroused I mighty popular uprising against the introduction of the obnoxious liturgy of Laud. A stone in the pavement south if St. Giles marks the spot where John Knox was buried and the Initials J. K. ire all the monument yet erected in Ed inburgb to this wonderful man. The lld Grey friars Church, made memorable ny the "Solemn League and Covenant," is in the southern part of the tewn and many other places of interest can be round ; bot other localities claim our at tention and we must "move on." : - Nobody is satisfied in this world, [f a legacy Is left & man, he regrets that it is not larger. If be finds a sum of money, he searches the ground for mor?. If fae is elected to some hieb office, he wish ca for a better one. If he is rich and wanta for nothing, ha strives for more wealth. If be is a single man, ho is looking out for a wife ; ana if married, Tor children. Of these latter blessings tome men have too ninny, some too fow, Mme none at all. Mun ia never satisfied. - What kills men is discouragement, it is getting down under trouble that de itroya men. It is standing up valiantly ?nd resolutely mocking trouble that en shies men to go through the battle with out harm. ARI? OS POLITICS, Ue Think? tho Nation U Safe Either Way. Atlanta Constitution. rolitica is on a boom. Fifty millions of neoplo are going to choose a President, ana it looks like most everybody is in a good humor aboutit. I am,so aro my nabors. Thero hasu't boen a timo nineo tho war that the people felt so easy about an election as they ?lo now. The nation is safe. Both of tho great parties will put up their best men and thero ls not much of principle or policy to divide thora. Tue couutry is prosperous. Wo are all doing pretty well, better than any other natiou of neoplo on tho globe. There is a good, humble, old-fashioned preacher not far away who always prays, "Wo thank thee, oh, Lord 1 that we live i iu a land of freedom, where the gospel is dispensed with. We thank Theo that wo havo a plat and grant and a clear chain of titles to a field in the promised land." Well, we know what the old man means, and it is all right. I wish we all could read our titles clear to mansions in tho skies. Land ls cheap enough down hero on the top side of this green earth, but I'm afraid wo will lind it very dear up yonder. This is a blessed country for tho poor. We can't realize how blessed until wo read about the old world and talk to people who have travelled there. Just think of land renting for $60 an acre in England and $40 in Germany. .Tust think of tho average laborer work iug twelve hours for forty cents and boarding himself, ii o wende they keep . coming over here, and they w lld choose I tho ouuih instead ol tue Nert aud We?>t if they wore not fooled by thoso agents who are paid to work (or the railroads and get settlers for their lands. The South has got no ageuts. Wo tried to establish agencies of immigration and ws bad pamphlets printed telling nil abou: our climate and productions and tho first thing wo know them fellows up North bad great big maps printed and stuck up everywhere showing tho Dismal swamp to oztend from Virginia to Texas. Nearly all of Georgia is covered with it. Well, our folks couldn't make tho foreigners believe but that it was all so and they wouldn't come. Thoso Northern rascals have been swindling UB fur a hundred years by all sorta of tricks and dovices. But we will get even with thom after awhile-see if wo don't. Tho lime was when wo had statosmen of principle for our Presidente and Cabinets. Who ever heard of a President plundering the gov ernment or being mixed up in any mun ey cd schemo before the war? The war Bcems to have corrupted the H hole yankee natiou and made stealing respect able. How came all theso charges against Grant and Garfield and Hayes and Arthur, and all those chane connect ed with the Cr?dit-Mobilier, tue railroad subsidies and the star route transactions? There wore .io Southern men in those schemes, But what surprises me now is to soe a big lot of them tellows up there splitting off from the party and saying tboy won't support Blaine because he plundered the treasury. When did Mr. Beecher and Mr. Adams and the Harpers and Judge Tourgeo and tho other editora take this new departure ? When did they reform ? They have supported the whole Republi can shebang for twenty years aaa just now begin to preach political morality. Theio is something peculiar about thin. The truth ie Arthur had a slate and these fellows were on it. They were all interested in Borne Way in that ring, aud now they begin to holler wolf, Why. Mr. Blaine is about the best man they have got. He ia the best statesman, and has got thc biggest brain, and the grandest way of doing things. Why, even when be steals there is nothing little about it, and he divides liberally and tells on nobody. I never expected any respectable Republican to find fault with bim for plundering the government. They have all been doing it so long tbat we thought it was a plank in their platform. If we have got to take a Republican for President we want Mr. Blaine. He baa got enough and won't want any more and ue will put a Btop to the business. He is no little trickster. He wouldn't stoop to put a darkey in as chairman of the great Republican convention that was to nomi nate a President-not him. I heard a Blaine man say the other day that he had a letter from him since his nomina tion and if he was elected he would make a clean sweep of every darkey that was in office. But Mr. Cleveland is a reformer sure enough. He cornea from that kind of stock. He bas got a Southern name and a Southern pedigree. His ancestors came from Carolina. Cleveland is a Carolina namo. They were the old cavaliers and wouldn't stoop to do a mean thing. The Clevelands are all about in Carolina now, and are still the ?ame proud and noble stock. When Grover Cleveland gets to be President be will clean up things gen* orally. He is following io Mr. Tilden'a lead and will wear bis mantle when the old man ia gone. I'm freo to say that I believe Mr. Blaino is the smartest man, the grandest man. but Cleveland is tho safest and most reliable. When Ben Hill whipped out- Blaine in tho Andersonville matter, Blaino didn't go o d'and pout and plot revenge but be gave it up nobly and went over and congratulated Mr. Hill and, they became warm personal friends and 'could be seen together arm in arm walking on Pennsylvania avenue. I like that. It did me good. And when we wanted to build a monument to Mr. Hill be waa among the first tosend down a liberal contribution. But he has gotten a man tied on to bim tbat wouldn't have done that. Logan is a dead weight. Ho is a half Indian-that is, he bas got an Indian's hatred without his love. He bas been waving tho bloody shirt ever since the war. Ho will do acme dirty work if be gets in power. I have a contempt for him. He shouldn't come in my house. He shouldn't stop in the big road and say bowdy. He bas never said one kind word about the South and would put us all in chaina and bondage if he could. He ia a turbulent disturber of tbe public tranquility. He is no gentleman, and I'|l bet te i dollars Mr. Plaine feels handicapped by having bim on hie ticket. Bat such is noli tics. Tbat waa tbe way with Garfield. They titi Arthur on to ' bim. He was no?hln*? but a ward politi i cian bumming around among tbe broth els of New York. History ia still repeat ed. The great men of tho nation who won't stoop to meanness can't be made President It all goes by favors and by rings for plunder and office. Blaine ia a great man and I was hopeful of tbe sign bot the respectable Republicans are against him. The Tribune is for him and til at ia the leading paper bot you see the Tribune was on his slate. Whitelaw Reed io to be minister to England and that is all right. He will make a good 'One. He is' smart and bold and br* got money enough to do bim sod his children. So let him go. : Well, wo'can't please everybody, and so if. we can't get our roan, let's take Blaine, and be thankful that we live in a land where the gospel is dispensed with. I heard a good man say tbs other day that he know Blaino was a good man for he was a Presbyteriao. That shows our prejudices, and it is all right. Wo get our religion from our fathers. You couldn't make that man boliovo that Blaine is a bad man. We are oil very selfish and we can't help it-not so selfish about money, but about honors und office and the like. Wollj wG are through ojr naivest. Tho wheat shocks stand thick in the field, and are a solid comfort to look at. I'm looking nt them now. Next thing is the "traveling thrash," and I shall sit down by it with a piece of soft pine in my hand and cut a notch for every measure as ic is poured in tho sack. There is no politics about that, and everything is calm and serene. Cobo is hopeful and bolds his head up. When I asked him last sum mer about his crop, he said: "Major, it's about null and void, and if the weather don't adulterate soon it will bo nuller and voider." But bo will have biscuit soon and bo happy. BILL A BP. Body and Soul. Tho chamber was darkened, tho shut ters were closed. All "the pride, pomp and circumstance," which attend any im portant episodo in a rich man'a life, or gild tho Btory of a rich man's death, was there, and on a luxurious bed was ex tended tho emaciated body of a dying millionaire, and fierce, waa tho struggle between that pampered body and a soul panting to escape from its sin-polluted cage. The trembling lips poured forth wild prayers, and besought tho BOUI to (day yet a little longer; thero was so much to do-co much more to undo. Tho church bad been a cloak, an ample cover here, but had talion od nt the portal of tho dread hereafter. lloligion had been only a pretenso, tho solemn "amen 1" -tho clasped hands-tho deep groans during revivals were tho tricks of an actor, but the hypocrite of a lifo time was now on tho border of that higher world where no pretense could avail, and the failing body writhed in cowardly anguish. Tho Soul bado Conscienco answer the wild appeal. Conscience stood forth, and in a low distinct voice, asked stern and startling questions : "Didst thou not in early manhood turn coldly from the good old father who had roared thee, and repay the caro and affection of a tender mother with heartless neglect and unkindness? Honor thy father and thy mother, saith the Book." A cry of anguish answered. "Dost thou remember, long years ago, how thou didst creep into tho heart of a fair young girl, in humble station, and write thy uame on its unspotted pago in words that no time, no change, no cir cumstance ever did efface, and when thy fickle fancy waudered off, how thou didst coldly BOO her droop, and die of what men called 'consumption'? Thou shalt do no murder, saith tho Book." "And another, young, ignorant and a child of poverty, but strong in her purity, whom thou didst follow with thy sly unmeaning gal lantry till tho world looked coldly on her, and on thine own villainous lip rested a sneer that devils loved, and will reward ? And remomber bow thou didnt perjure tho Soul that would now forsake thee, when tho good name of thin pure maiden thou didst shrug, io?inuate, and even Iii to blacken ? Thou shalt not not lie, saitb the Book." "Dort thou remember the widow whore thou didst wrong by keeping from hei the monoy thou didst justly owe her hu? band, because abe bau no paper to show against theo? Didst thou not see hoi stitch, stitch, stitch, till tho color left hei chook, and the light faded from her eye ' and when in tbs depth o? her misery, shi craved of thee a trifling loan, didst thot not bid her 'go work V when her weak ness rendered bor as unfit to do BO, as th] own bloated corpuloncy renderod thee Thou shalt not steal, saith tho Book." "Hast thou not seen tho orphan suffer' Hast thou not kept the workingman ou of bis well-earned wages, through corni petty spite, or culpable carelessness, til nearly frantic with want he was willi nj to sacrifico half to get tho rest to bu; bread for bia family, while thou was pampered with dainties? Do unto Ch ere as thou wouldst they should do nut thee, saith the Book." "Didst thou ever enter a poor man' home, when he lay as thou dost now, ani minister to his comfort? And thou wh didst nover fail to swell the proceasio who followed the rich man to his grave didst thou ever so honor the poor an friendless ? Charity covereth up a multi tude of ni- IL., saitb the Bonk." "And thy wife who weeps, though tb blight of her existence is passing awa] what reward bast thou given her lon years of devotion? What but daily dil appolutment8--dl8pelledilluaions--afa.de cheek, a tear-dimmed eye, and prematui age?" There came no answer. Conscience questioned no more, for tl Body ceased its impotent struggles-tl white lipa writhed in a vain effort to ci once more for mercy, the eyes with ot last look of horror, closed forever, ai the impatient Soul winged Its flight Where?-Mr?. Af. ,W. Stratton, in t Yorlville Enquirer. The Monk's Lesson. There was once an old monk walkii through a forest with a scholar by I side. The old man suddenly stopp and pointed to four plants that we close at hand. The first was juat beg! ning to peep above the ground, these ond had rooted itself pretty well into t earth, the third was a small shrub, wbi the fourth and last waa a full-sized tn Then the monk said to' bis' young coi panton : "Pull up the first." The b easily pulled it up with his fingers. "Nt pull up the second." The youth obey? but not so easily. "And the third." T boy bad to put forth all his strength a use both arms before he succeeded in i rooting it. "And now," said the mast "try your band on the fourth." But 1 the trunk of tho tall tree, grasped In 1 arms of the youth, scarcely shook leaves, and the little fellow found it i possible to tear its roots from the ear Then the wise old monk explained to ! scholar the meaning of the four, trii "This, my son, is just what happens; w our passions. When they are very yoe and weak one may by a little watch! ness over self and. the help of a little st denial, easily tear them bp; but if let them cast their roots deep down i our souls,-then no human power cam root them-the almighty hand of Creator alone can pluck them out. 1 this reason, watch well your first i pulses.'1 - Tho marriage of Miss Etta S and Vincent Noiw&Ury, of SpriugGi Ohio, took place in that city Satuai evening. The couple were married, or eight years ago, when both were you and a quarrel eau sod a separat io n. am divorce.' ?iueo then Mr, Norwnttry taken a full course in the art school Munich, and was graduated with h honors. Miss Boes has also become elocutionist, and \ baa studied. ? for stage. Sinco their first; m arri a go father and her mother have died.!' death of the latter leaves har tn poa sion of a saug fortan?, consisting of : estate in 8 pring field, valued at at $20,000. BULES UNDER TUE SEA. Fishes That Carry Lanterns and light ap Uio Ocean. Many curious forma of fishes have been found in tbo deep sea. One fish, dredged from a depth of nearly tb rsc miles from tho surface, shows a complete modification of structure. At tbb die* tance from the surface the pressure can bardly be realized. It is estimated that this fish has to contend with a pressure equal to two and a half toni to every ' square inch of surface. A sealed glass tubo inclosed in a perforated copper covering, has at two miles been reduced to fine powder, wbile tbo metal waa twisted out of shape. Yet fishes are con structed that they withstand the pressure. Their bony ana muscular systems are not fully developed ; tho bones aro per meated with pores and fissures. The calcareous matter is at a minimum, and tho bones of tbo vertebra) are joined to? gelber so loosely that in lifting tbo lar ger fish out of the water they often fall apart. The muscles are all thin, and the connective tissue seems almost want ing. Yot tbo fishes are ablo to dart about and capture the prey. Sunlight penetrates only about 1,200 feet below tbo surface of the sea. At 3,000 feet the temperature lowers to 40? Fahrenheit, and from about a milo from the surface to the bottom, four or five miles, the temperature is tbe same the world over-just above ?Yeezing. How do tbo fishes and other .oms ?nat live here see? Their eyes are modified aa well at their other parts. Tbe fishes that live GOO feet from the surfac? h*?/>. Isrgr.T eyes tban those in tbo zone above them, so that they can absorb the faint rays that reach them. In a zono below this many forms with small eyes begin to have curious tentacles, feelers and or gans of touch. Many of these deep Bea fish have spe cial organs upon tho head and sides that aro known to possess a luminous quality. Other organs are considered accessory even, so that the fishes have rows of eyes upon their ventral surfaces looking down ward, whilo near aro luminous spota that Firovido them with light. One of the argest of these deep sea torchbearers ia a fish sis feet long, with a tall dorsal fin extending nearly tbe entire length of the body. The tips of this fin are luminous, and also a broad patch upon its head. Along tho sides of tbe body is a double row of luminous spots. One of the most ferocious of these deep sea forms is the cbanlioduB. Its mouth is fairly overflow ing with teeth, that protrude in a moot forbidding manner. The fins are nil tipped with flaming spots, while alcig the dorsal surface extends a row of sp? ta that appear like so many shining v'.n dowB in tho fish, through which light ia shining. The little fishes called Bombay ducks aro luminous over their entire surface, and whon numbers aro collected together they presont an astonishing spectacle. One of the most interesting of these light-givers is the Cbiasmodus, a fish that attains the length of only thirteen inches. Tbe top of its bead is tbe principal light giving organ, and ita fins gleam with phosphorescent light. It is not alone re* markable as a light-giver. It has a jaw so arranged that it can seize HBO. twice its size and easily swallow tbem. Ita stomach has tho elastic quality of India rubber. It stretches to enormous! propor tions, and appears like a great transpa rent balloon hanging under the fish and containing ita prey. The lost expedition sent out by France brought to ligne uotne remarkable forme. The dredge off Morocco brought up from a depth one and a half miles a fish that appeared to be all head or mouth. It was of small size, and tbe length of the mouth waa about four-fifths of tho entire body ; so that, if tho body had been Revered behind the head, it and two or three like it could have been stowed away in its capacious pouch. It probably move:) very slowly, scooping mud oozo into its moutb. sifting out tho animal parto and rejecting the rest. Broken Wind In Horses* Broken wind is the rupture, or-running together of some of the air celts of the lungs, and is proven by the horse inspir ing by one effort and expiring by two. or more ; and is thus easily distinguished fr.nn healthy breathing, in which inspira-, lions and expirations are equal. In iOiisd lungs when they ave expanded ths air will easily rush ic, and one muscular effort will expel it, but when the celia are ruptured, the cavity ia so irregular, and containa so many leaks, that two or moro muscular contractions are necessary. A dry, husky cough usually follows this injury. Broken wind ls usually caused by great efforts, or vigorous exercise upon a' full stomach. We do not find horses BO injured on the race course, for ,although every exertion of speed ia required of them there, care ls taker that they be fed on condensed food ; that their stomachs bs not distended ; lungs may have free Elay ; and that their greatest exertions e made with the stomachs nearly empty. The same reasons carriage and Bandle horses are usually free from thia injury. It is moat common on the farm, and among the heavy draft animals of cities. The injury is caused by the horsea being fed on bulky food 1 and being allowed to gorge themselves. In thia condition the atomach pr&sea against the lungs, and impedes thc natural respira tion ; and< then when the an?mala are put immediately to heavy labor, theh? exer tions require the consumption of a largo supply of air. which in the cramped po sition of the lunga, causes rupture of the air cell:). Much may be done to allevi ate this injury-, but lt cannot ba cured. The food Should comprise much nourish ment in little compasa, consisting princl Sally of corn and oats, with only a little ay ; water should be given sparingly but often, and the horse never should DO allowed to distend his stomach, nor should he be put to work soon after eat ing. ' - Tho Independent Republican party, of New York, Massachusetts, Connecti cut and New, Hampshire, will meet In . convention after the Democrats have named their men. v ; - Hot, tea is the best drink in hot weather, and the best quencher of thirst at all times and in all .seasons. It, pec baps, ls not so nievas iced tea, when the mercury, is* up in th? nineties, but lt it far more wholesome, and ia always safo to Uko. It also . freely promotes perspi ration ; but no. artificial accessories will bo necessary. Parrotta are queer creatures, ?nd like monkeys, cometimosceem like a vary burlesque upon humanity. One South American bird bad unfortunately learned on ship-board tba habit of profane-lan Sage. The mato, a little ashamed .'of e creature'* profanity, undertook i tc? cure by dousing it with water ftt rich offense. Solly evidently - imbibed tho roproof. for during a galo; when a heavy sea broke over a h cn econ and deluged bens and coc?-B pretty thoroughly, sba marched up to the dripping f?wla and screamed out, "Been swears DC again, haln'lyour