The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, December 25, 1884, Image 1

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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. O, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1884. VOLUME XX.?NO. 24. IMPORTANT NOTICE. IWISH through the columns of the In? telligences to call the attention of my friends and the public generally to my Stock of Seasonable Goods. I will name a few leading articles: Ladies' Dress Goods, Ladies'Cloaks, ? Ladies' TJndervests, Water Proof Goods, Coraline Corsets. Charlottesville Cassimere, Holstein Mills, Kersey, Jeans, All Wool Men's Undershirts And Drawers." The Finest Blankets in the City. Hosiery, Yankee Notions, Trunks, Headquarters for Shoes and Boots. A full line of Bay State Shoes and Boots. J. have been selling Boots and Shoes 07er forty years, and they are the best I ever | handled. WALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADES. A large assortment of Wall Paper. Some -beautiful patterns. In Window Shades I cannot be excelled. GROCERIES. Fine Coffee? green and roasted, Sugar, N. O. Molasses, Buckwheat Flour, Cheese, Crackers, Best Flour, Oat Meal, Wheat Bran, Headquarters for Fine Teas, Maccaroni, And many other articles in Fancy Groce? ries, Canned Goods, Hardware, Hats, Bog? gy Materials, Crockery, Glassware and Wooden ware. I ask an inspection of my-stock and prices. Particular attention. called to Shoes, Boots, ? Blankets, Jeans, Cassimers and Dress Goods. , x Give me a call at No. 4 Granite Bow, Anderson, 8. C. A.B.TOWERS. Not 20, 1884 ???? 19 THE FAMOUS TROTTING MATCH "J. L C, the celebrated trotting . hone, (named after his owner J. I. Case, Esq.,) was recently entered at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to low ? er his own record of 2.10, so as to beat "Maud 8," Vanderbilt's. great maze, the fastest animal on record, and whose time was 2.093. The ex? citement was intense, 6,000 people having "assembled to witness the contest, every one being eager and expectantly looking ior the favor? ite to appear. At.about 3 o'clock p.m. "J.LtJ.," amid tremendous applause, dune down the (rack, passing the. Grand 8tand of the Judges, throwing first one ear and then the other forward, as if in re? cognition of the cheering of the crowd, then passing once around the race course, just to get warmed up and prepare himself for the race, the excitement running higher eve? ry minute, until "He is off! He is off!" echoed through the crowd. And sure enough, he was off! With rapid strides he moved on, on, in? creasing his speed at every step, fair 1 y flying through the air, as if by magic,-passing around the curves like a whirlwind; then coming, in plain view of the spectators, every? body on tip-toe, and the excitement of the people was at fever heat to get a glimpse of the beautiful black steed as be dashed along.. Passing by the Grand Stand he slacked up, cud after returning in front of the Judges' Stand, in a few moments the Board announced the record at 3.IS}, at the second trial at 2.14, and the third time at 2.12}. Now, ladies aud gentlemen, we want'it understood that we are al? ways in the race ihr giving low pri? ces, aud competing in our lines le ' gitimately with ANYBODY, and we propose to lower our record. We hang out the board: 27ic for elegant double-width Cashmeres, worth 37}c?all the new shades in this line. Splendid line of "Black Crow" Cashmeres 40c to $1.00. These goods are bet? ter blacks and lustres than other brands. Alpacas from 12c to 25c per yard. 25c for all wool, heavy twilled Flannel. 25c for Georgia Jeans, worth 37}. Ladies' and Gents' Handkerchiefs and Gloves at greatly reduced prices. 25c for 'Boys' Cassimere Hats, worth 40c 40c for Mens' Cassimere Hats, worth 75c 50c for Corsets, cheap at 65c, Splendid lines of all kinds of Corsets from 50c to $1.50 each. $2,75 fer a full stock P. Calf Boot, worth $4.00. $2.25 for a splendid - Kip Boot, worth $3.50. Bleacbings, 'Shirtings, Drillings, and everything - in that line you may want, now offered at special low prices. We have a much larger stock of ^ Dress Goods than usual, selected with great care, comprising all the latest and most fashionable shades and patterns, which we will take pleasure in showing you, feeling assured that we can please you. A Suendid line of Ladies', Gents' aud bildreh'8 hand-made Shoes at prices to suit the times. Come and inspect our stock of Goods. We guarantee to please you in quality as well as prices in every j instance, and will uo our best to give you satisfaction. Always in the Cotton Market at highest cash prices. Yours, very respectfully, Blfift, Br?l & Meli, Sole Agents for Studebaker and Ten? nessee Wagons, Wando Phosphate CO., Hazard Powder Co., Mar cy's hand-made Peniten ? tiary Shoes, &c. Oct 2, 1884 22 D?7?U KNOW THAT LORILLARD'S CLIMAX PLUG TOBACCO. With Bed Tin Tag, is the best? Is the purest; is never adulterated with glucose, barytes. .molasses, or any deleterious ingredients, as is the case with id any other tobaccos. Lorillard's Rose Leaf Fine Cut Tobacco Is also made of the finest stock, and for aromatic chewing quality is second to none. Lorillard's Navy Clippings take first rank as a solid durable smoking tobacco wherever introduced. Lorillard's Famous Snuff have been used for over 124 years, and are sold to a j larger extent than any others. pNSUMPTION Intva a posltlro rtmedr for tue .bor? m?u?; ly lu act tteasands of am of Ui. wont kind and of Ion j itudlBf hare L*?n carrd, lodMd.toslrooclimy faith In lt. ?ffleeer, thatlwin i?Dd two bottles fkes, together \r1tb a val uabls treatise on this dim*.,to any inatror. Qtv. fa? yrew aud P O. ?ddre?. de. t. a. hlocum,111 Poari 8t, m.t. INFLAMMATION PLASTER Is not a core-all, bat a valuable aid in the treat? ment of consumption in its early stages, and in all throat and lung diseases. For internal pain and soreness It is unexcelled. For sale by all druggists, or sent postpaid with full directions for use on receipt or One Dollar. Specify 'Farns worth's." DBS. FABN SWORTH, East Saginaw, Mich. TtEMOCBATS! Send for our book, "How to U Procure Government Position." Explains the benjand surest way to proceed. Democrats now have the chance. Good opportunity for young men. Send early. Price 50c, postpaid. Address, CODY, ELLIOTT & CO., C01 C St., N. W., Wash? ington, D. C._ DVEBTI8EBS J send for our Select List of Lo _ cal Newspapers. Ceo. P. Bowel] & Co? 10 roc* St., N. T. REMEMBER THE OLD MAXIM, " LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP! z. c YOU wish to make"your friends happy. Of course you do. Then follow our advice, and present each with a handsome Holiday Gift, si Come at once and make your se? ll lections from our stock of beautifu CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, which is the largest of the kind in the city, and sure to please. Elegant Goods Endless Variety. Moderate Prices, Now is the time to make your se? lections. Don't wait until the * last momenf, when the choicest, perhaps, 'will be then sold, We will store away .your Presents, if desired, until you wish to carry th'ein home or'?'else? where. Christmas Presents, Wedding and Birthday Gifts! Before you buy them call and see us. Our Holiday Goods are now being opened, display? ing the highest decorative art, and are strikingly beautiful. They must be seen to be appreciated, and are certain to please the taste of your relative or friend, and the selection of any of these Gifte will be highly ap? preciated by them. We have the handsomest Plush and Velvet Manacure Sets, Shaving Sets, Smoking Sets, Dressing Cases, Thermometers in plush frames, Whisk Brooms and Holders, Writing Desk and Work Box combined. Also, Fine Cut Glass Cologne Bottles, Fin? est Extracts and Perfumery, Beauti? ful Hand Mirrors, Shaving Mirrors, Velyet Whisk Brooms, Gift Cups and Saucers, Bisque Goods, Plush Frames for Placques, etc, If you don't care anything for the above, we have the best 5c. Cigar in the city, a box of which will make] good Present for some of your smoking friends. Besides the above, we have the largest stock of Lamps seen in the up-country, and the greatest Variety, one of which will make a useful Present, and be an ornament for any Parlor or Drawing Room. 3 p a O H P ? s a> W o ? OD o * CO I H H 1 H H Which is Fittingly Shown by the above. GOODS WERE NEVER SO LOW. This fact We are prepared to Prove to our FriendB and Customers who may iavor us with a call. WE are now receiving the laj-gest and most carefully selected Stock of General Mer - chandise which we have ever purchased, and will make it to your interest to call and examine for yourselves. We have added to the lines usually kept by us many new and desirable ones, embracing? Ladies' Dress Goods, Hannels, Suitings. Shawls, &c, And the best CORSET on the market at 50c, worth $1.00. Also, a A LARGE LINE OF* READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, :. BLANKETS, SADDLES and HARNESS. Also, the Celebrated "NEW GLOBE" SHIRT?the king 7faU Shirts. It needs only to be worn to be appreciated. We are agents for the Celebrated Misbawaka Sulky Piows, Cultivators and Hand Turning Plows. The "White Hickory" and "Hickman" one and two-horse WAGONS, every one of which we guarantee. The attention of Ginners and Farmers is called to our? , COTTON SEED AND GRAIN CRUSHER, By which you can crush your Cotton Seed and make yonr Fertilizer. Get our prices on Plantation and Gin House Scales, Cotton Gins, Feeders and Con? densers and General Farm Machinery. We are at all times in the Cotton Market, and will do you right. We will pay all ties who owe us for Supplies and Guano an extra price. A large lot of BAGGING and TIES at lowest prices. Oct 2,1884 McCULLY, CATHCAET & CO. 12 THE NEW FIRM. CUNNINGHAM & FOWLER, Successors to J. G. Cunningham & Co., dealers in ; DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, II ARDWARE, And a full line of EVERYTHING usually kept in a General Stock. Also, the world-renowned Dixie Plow. Agents for Milburn and Old Hickory Wagens, and the Columbos Boggy, the best in the world for the money. ?Sf We want all the money that is due us this Fall on any account?Merchandise, Gnano, or otherwise. The Books, Notes and Accounts of the late Firm of J. G. Cun? ningham cfe Co. are in our hands for collection, and must be settled in some way. Thank to see us iking our friends for past patronage, we ask a continuance of the same. . We will do you right. p& All goods delivered free inside the city. Come Oct t, 1854 CTJIVIVIIVOHAM ?fc FOWLER. 13 ; . C. BART & CO., 55, 57 and 59 Market Street, CHARLESTON, - S. C, THE LARGEST FRUIT AND PRODUCE HOUSE IN THE SOUTH. JMPORT and keep constantly on } did? Bananas, Cocoanuts, Oranges, Pine Apples, Apples, Lemons, Nuts, Raisins, Potatoes, Cabbage, Onions, N. C. and Va. Peanuts. K?vW, 1884 19 4m NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of James Armstrong, deceased, hereby gives notice that ho will, on the 2nd day January, 1885, apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from said Executorship. D. S. BRANYAN, Ex'r. Nov 27, 1884_20_5 "VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. JjS Notice iB hereby given that the un? dersigned, Administrator of the Estate of John Herron, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 10t' day of January, 1885, for a Final Settlement and discharge from said office as Administrator of said Estate. W. A. McFALL, Adra'r. Dec U, 1884 22 S SOCIAL EQUALITY IN CARS. An Awkward Issue Raised in Congress Yesterday. Washington, December 17.?In the House 1;his morning, on motion of Mr. Bratton, of South Carolina, Tuesday, January 20, was fixed for the considera? tion of appropriate resolution touching the death of J. H. Evins, late member of the House. The House then resumed the consider? ation of the inter-State commerce bill, the pending - question on a motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House yesterday adopted an amendment by Mr. O'Hara, (colored) of North Carolina, providing that any person having purchased a ticket to be conveyed from one State to another shall receive the same treatment and be afford? ed tbe same facilities as those furnished any other person holding a ticket of the same class. The motion to recommit was tabled? yeas 149, nays 129. Mr. Crisp, of Geor? gia, offered an amendment providing that nothisg in that Act contained shall be bo construed as to prevent any railroad company from providing separate accom? modations for white and colored persons without discrimination. He believed in tbe equality of all men under tbe law. He believed that every man should have the right to demand at tbe bands of common carriers as good service as any other man. There was nothing in bis amendment controverting this doctrine, but there was no good reason why white men or colored men should object to separate accommodations. His amend? ment did not force railroad companies to provide separate accommodations. Was it objectionable that in response to public sentiment railroad companies should furnish separate accommodations? Whom did it injure? Why should Congress propose a law which might be regarded as requiring the admixture of the two races in tbe public conveyances of tbe land. Mr. Smalls, (colored) of South Caroli? na, opposed the amendment and said that be was glad that it was offered by a member from Georgia. Colored men and women did have trouble in travelling through that State. They had a car in Georgia which was called a second class car. A colored man travelling from Washington to New Orleans when he came to th& State of Georgia* was com? pelled by persuasion or force to go into this "Jim Crow" car. He thought that tbe good sense of tbe members of tbe House would vote down tbe amendment, especially tbe good sense of those Demo? crats who were saying "we are going to be tbe best friend of tbe colored man." He hoped that tbe gentlemen who said "this great good man, Cleveland, will do good to the colored man," would not stand up for tbe "Jim Crow" car of Georgia. [Applause on the Republican side.] Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, advocated tbe amendment. If adopted the whole provision would mean exactly what the amendment of tbe member from North Carolina fO'Hara) would mean without tbe words "without discrimination." These words had been inserted simply for the purpose of making tbe amend? ment an excuse for exciting political prejudice. He objected to any law which required common carriers to put colored and white people in the same car. What was proper was to give tbem equal accommodation in separate cars. There was no disposition on tbe part of Southern Democrats to deny that all men, without regard to race, color or previous condition, were entitled to equal facilities and equal accommodations while travelling on the same class of tickets as other men. Mr. O'Hara, colored, regretted that the color question had arisen on this debate. He held that no matter whether a man was black or white, be was an American citizen and tbe cegis of the great republic ought to be spread over him. Public sentiment and the progress of the 19ib century stared Congress in tbe face, and it was too late for Congress to legislate on tbe question of color. His amendment appealed to tbe good sense and patriotism of Congress. All it asked was that when tbe House was protecting tbe property of men and protecting dumb brutes it should give voice and expression to tbe protection of all American citizens. [Applause on Republican side.] He did not believe that there was a single railroad in the land which desired .to foster any discrim? ination. Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, offered as a substitute for Mr. Crisp's amendment an amendment providing that nothing in this Act shall be construed to deny to railroads the right to provide separate accommodations for passengers as they may deem beBt for public comfort or safely, or to make such regulations as relate to transportation between points wholly within the limits of one State. Mr. Breckenridge said tbat he did not wish to see tbe rights of the colored man limited or restricted in the slightest degree. One objection that he bad to tbe amendment of the gentleman from Georgia (Crisp) was that it spoke of colored people as contradistinguished from white people. The gentlemen were mistaken if they thought that Southern people wished to abridge the rights of the colored man under the law, but if Congress prevented the assorting of passengers from tbe standpoint of public convenience and safety it infused a social questiou into a commercial question. Mr. Reed, of Maine, ironically ex? pressed bis pleasure at seeing the ques? tion changed from one of color into one of assortment. The House, which bad determined to pursue these robber barons, bad before it a plain question whether it would by enactment confer upon these same barons tbe privilege of assorting tbeir passengers. Certainly some treasu? ry regulations must be adopted as to the method of assortment. [Laughter on the Republican side.] Were men to be assorted on tbe ground of size, or on the mustache ground, or on the beat i basis ? [Laughter.] He objected to having these robber barons assort pasengera on any fanciful basis they might undertake to set up. [Laughter.] Mr. Reagan said that the gentleman from Maine [Reed] might make himself humorous about "assortment," but the fact remained that it was the custom of railroad conductors to assort passengers in Maine and everywhere else. If the gentleman from Maiue went to a train Unaccompanied by a lady he would not be admitted to the ladies' car. Mr. Reed denied that that was true of Maine. Mr. Reagan proceeding, said that a drunken man would not be admitted to tbe ladies' car. Did the gentleman desire tbatconductorsshould be prohibited from using tbat direction. He (Reagan) attached no importance to the amend? ment of the member from North Caroli? na. It adopted no new principle and his only objection to it was that it had not been considered by the committee and was not connected with the regulation of the transportation of freight. It had been voted for for the purpose of defeat? ing the bill by appealing to the senti? ment of men who would vole upon senti tnent and forget the object of the amend? ment. Mr. Crisp said that the great mass of colored people did not require that they should be transported over railroads in the same car with white people. All they wanted was equal accommodation. Mr. Henley, of California, desired to quiet any apprehension on the part of the gentleman from Maine by assuring him that conductors did not make any discrimination on account of a man's personal appearance. The amendment of the member from North Carolina had been brought in for the purpose of de? feating a measure intended to relieve the people from the aggression and exactions i of railroad companies. He appealed to the friends of the people not to be led aside by any 6uch proposal. Mr. Brumm, of Pennsylvania, asked Mr. Henley his objection to having the amendment on the bill. Mr. Henley : Because it creates enmi? ty to the bill. Mr. Brumm : The enmity comes from your color line. Mr. Henley : Have you andj your side favored the bill ? Mr. Brumm: I have, and a great many on my side, and if you are honest you will not kill every bill simply because there may be a color line in it. Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, said that he voted against tho amendment of the member from North Carolina on the ground that it was irrelevant and pur? ported to remedy wrongs which do not exist. It related to persons. The inten? tion of the bill was to correct acts of injustice and oppression in the transpor? tation of freight, but he would not be deterred from voting for the bill to cor? rect a great public evil on account of the irrelevancy of an amendment. Besides, it did not take from a company the priv? ilege of furniishing separate cars for per? sona provided they were equally comfor? table, and if it had a different meaning the Supreme Court of the Uuited States, following its decision pronounced through Justice Bradley at the October term 1883, would declare it unconstitutional and of no effect. Mr. Brown, of Indiana, reminded the other side that the soul of old John Brown was marching on. Only a few years ago an intelligent physician of Massachusetts was ejected from a street car in Washington because he was only half white, while to-day even chivalric gentlemen, patricians of purest blood, could be found riding side by side with black men. Mr. Breckenridge's amendment was adopted as a substitute for Mr. Crisp's amendment?yeas 138, nays 127, and Mr. Crisp's amendment, as so amended, was agreed to?yeas 137, nays 131. Mr. Mills, of Texas, offered an amend? ment prohibiting any railroad company from charging to or receiving from any person who is to be conveyed from one State or Territory to another any sum exceeding three cents per mile for the distance to be travelled by such person. Adopted?yeas 139, nays 121. An amendment was moved by Mr. Goode, of West Virginia, to the provis? ion adopted on motion of Mr. Brecken ridge, to add the words: "Provided that no discrimination is made on account of race or color." Agreed to?veas 141, nays 103. Mr. Goff moved to reconsider and lay on the table. Mr. Reagan moved to adjourn. Agreed to, and the House adjourned. Motiouless For Twenty-Seven Years, Lockport, December 11.?A local paper to-day publishes particulars of one of the most marvellous cases of human physical suffering on record. The unfor? tunate victim is Jonathan Bass, fifty-four years old, who for the past thirty-six years has been suffering from a disease more dreadful if possible than leprosy. He lies stretched motionless upon a bed in his house near Lewiston and for twenty-seven years has been unable to move. His whole frame, under the gradual progress of that rare disease, anchylosis, has become one solid bone, so to speak, even his backbone being en? tirely consolidated and immovable. The history of his case is curious. In 1848, when a lad of eighteen, he lived in Lockport, and one afternoon while walk? ing the streets felt a severe pain in the bottom of his right foot as though punc? tured by a nail. From that day his disease never left him. That night and for several days his foot and limb were badly swollen and very painful. Subse? quently it grew better, but was still very troublesome. In 1853, having constantly grown worse, he had to give up. In 1857 he was placed upon the invalid's bed upon which he now lies and from which he has never been removed. He man? aged to feed himself until 1865. Even the joints of his jaws became firmly set that year, and he has since been fed with a spoon by others. He baa a very hear? ty appetite, fat pork, fat beef, potatoes, baked beans and milk being especially desired. The meat is fed in long strips and swallowed by powerful suction. He read everything obtainable from a rack placed before him until 1869) when bo became blind. He still remaius cheerful, however, and converses readily and in? telligently. The bones of his fingers and toes have become absorbed and dis? appeared, the flesh hanging loosely like a fringe. He weighs about seventy-five pounds, and could be lifted at head or feet without his body bending in the slightest degree. His muscles are not paralyzed, but of course are useless. His breast is six inches below the usual position, but works just as well apparent? ly, and all bis vital organs are in fact in perfect working order. The prospects are good that he will live for years in the same terrible condition. His arms are fixed at his sides and are only five inches in circumference at the largest part. His legs are solid bone and are eight and a half inches in circumference at the thigh. Doctors declare the case to be unequalled in the history of medi? cal practice. ? Cleveland's majority in Texas will reach over 125,000. Texas glories in her Democracy. ? Thirty persons who were converted during the recent revival in the Baptist Church at Greenville were immersed on Sunday night last. ! ? There are now seven mills in j Pittsylvania Couuty, Va., engaged in the j manufacture of sassafras oil. It takes j seventy-live pouuds of roots to make a I gallou ol oil, which sells for ?4.05 per gallon. It is used for flavoring soaps. ? At a Leberwurst party, given in i New York this week in honor of Clevo i land's election, a sausage forty-five feet j long and a forty foot loaf of bread were ' among the dainties consumed. The former weighed seventy-five pounds and j the litter ono hundred. ? A well know magistrate at Oakdale Junction, Tenn., staked all his property on Blaine's election, and when he heard he had lost he put crape around all his hogs' neck. Very appropriate! Hogs are about tho only animal that should 1 wear crape for Blaine. THE POLITICAL ZODIAC. I Bill Arp Thinks the Signs nro Hopeful. Atlanta Constitution. The signs of the political zodiac are hopeful. For twenty-five years they have been in the head aud neck of the republican party. Aries the ram and Taurus the bull have been butting around generally. The bull tossed us up and when we struck the ground and tried to rise again to a perpendicular, the old ram took us from behind and we never had any chance to get up at all. But we have got up at last and whipped the fight, and the signs are now in the republican knees. Capricornus, the goat, is down on his marrow bones. He wags ^his beard and shakes his horns, but that's all. And now the stars are moving serenely in the heavenly belt, and the signs are working up the heart and the breast. The lion will soon rule the roost, a noble beast?the king of beasts?and there will be peace in the land. The signs are working up, I know, for to day Mrs. Arp received a letter from a union soldier in Pennsylvania, telling her that he had her album that was taken from our house twenty years ago. and carried away as a trophy, and he wants to return it. That is a good sign. The spirit of restitution is at work, and before long maybe all our valuables will be sent home with interest and back pay. Anno Dommi and dem? ocratic principles will tell. When Mrs. Arp read the letter she looked away off dreamily and said, "Well, he writes like a gentleman. It is a pretty letter and I reckon he must be a gentleman," and then, after a pause, she continued ; "But what made him keep it so long?" That album was her maiden treasure, for it had sweet words from her schoolmates, and sweeter ones from her lovers, and she has often wondered what anybody wanted with it. We vacated our home in the night, away in the night, at the time when deep sleep falleth upon man and all of Mrs. Arp's literary treasures were hastily bundled together for transporta? tion and were left?left in the drawer of her beautiful sewing table. There were all the letters from loved ones dead, and loved ones living, and some promising ones from me, for I promised her every? thing before I got her. All the men do that I reckon, but how many keep them nobody knows but the recording angel. Then there were all the letters I wrote her from the army?letters that I wrote with thoughtful care?for they were to refresh memory in coming years. They were notes of battles and marches and retreats, and of the killed and wounded whom our people knew and loved?notes of winter life in camp and night alarms and daily trials aud surprises. I had hoped to compile from them something that would do to print in after years, but they too are gone. The album will be welcome when it comes, and we will thank the gentleman for his kindness. Our boys kept some things too that they captured?some trophies from the dead that would be dear to the living if we knew them. War is an awful thing, and whenever I feel like complaining of bad luck or unexpected trouble it is always a comfort to remember that it is not so bad as war. It will be a glorious era when the sword is really put upon the anvil and made into a plowshare. I had a letter yesterday, another letter that gives a sign, a token of good will. It came from Boston and from a stranger, who says he reads the Constitution weekly, and tries to keep posted on national pol? itics, and I quote from his letter, verba? tim,, as follows: "I think your letter of the 18th was too hard on us. You should have drawn it milder, for we are not mad, not a bit mad, and it grieved me that you had such an opinion of us. I am a mer? chant, and meet daily many friends, aud with us all, most all here in Boston, the pleasantest thought is the changed po? litical aspects iu relation to the people of the South. We are sincerely glad that you all like it and cannot help re? joicing with you. I have talked with no one who does not appreciate your good feelings over your recent victory?I feel so sure, notwithstanding I have been a republican all my life. In the late con? test I had to look beyond the candidate and for the sake of tbe g. o. p. I took the pill aud voted for Blaine. He is the style of a man to wave the bloody shirt. He is one of the politicians and does not belong to our raok and fite in Boston. Now let us all try to quench the flames of passion and live in peace. Last sum? mer I visited Virginia and North Caro? lina, and saw jour hordes of negroes, and I pitied you that this ignorant race had been forced upon you as voters. I did not at all like the new generation, but the old graybearded ones were polite and well maunered and I liked them. One evening while at Raleigh I looked in upon the darkeys at a festival and was entertained, amused and instructed. I go to New Orleans thin winter, and shall stop awhile in Atlanta so as to learu more of the South and her people. I found nothing more marked on my for? mer visit than the hospitality aud cour? tesy of your people, and we all hope that the new order of things will bring us all nearer together." Well that is a good letter. Such talk as that will capture the Southern heart. I just feel like I want to hug him and his wife and his children. Such as him may come down here and live and die and be buried in our graveyards. We will let their children marry our children, and raise up a breed that will harmonize the sections. They will furnish tbe money and we will furnish the "don't care" for a dowry, and it will make a splendid cross. Nevertheless, I couldent help thinking that the sympathy for us about the negroes voting was a little late ?a little too late, perhaps. We used to be sorry, but we ain't now. It Iookb like a pity that we couldent all be sorry at the same time. Their votes don't trouble us now. They don't vote as much as they used to. Our country darkeys have almost quit, for both sides have quit pay? ing them. They sold their registration tickets, the other day, in Carolinr,to John Robinson's circus for leave to go in to his show. They had rather see tbe ele? phant now than to vote, but they used to want to vote every day two or three times. But the signs are hopeful. Boston is not mad nor venomous, and Boston is the hub. When her good people see how the democracy can run the machine they will bo content, and not have to swallow any more pills for the sake of the g. o. p., for there is another G. 0. P. that has been resting for many years, nod now, like a fresh horse, is ready for work. The republican g. o. p. is tired and needs rest. Blaine is dead. "He might have been worse, and he might have been better." Let his epitaph be : "Here/ lies Jimmy Blaine ; he has waved his last shirt, bo has writ his last letter; no sound shall awake him to glo? ry again." But that Cincinnati man?Murat Hal stead?dies hard. He keeps on kicking. If their commercial people don t sit down hard on that Commercial Gazette they will have lots of freight cars to sell on the Cincinnati Southern before long. We are a long suffering people, but the time is up aud we are tired. Brix Arp. A MIDNIGHT BATfLE. Moonshiners and Revenue men at Wnr In Georgia. From the Atlanta Constitution. Night before last about twelve o'clock a wild and broken section of Hall Coun? ty, on tbe Te3tatee River, and known as the Bark creek settlement, was the scene of the most thrilling battle that has occurred in Georgia since Lee surren? dered. For a skirmish in times of peace It stands unexcelled in interest, and the results were as fatal as the recital must be exciting. For nearly twenty-four hours tbe excitement lasted, and two dead and several wounded was the sum? ming up when the tragedy was over. The Bark Creek settlement is about twelve miles Northwest of Gainesville. Once a bar-room wa9 there and one or two stores, but the bar-room exists no longer. The law ground for tbe District is Bark Camp, and there the temple of I justice rears its humble walls. One of J the most noted citizens of this settlement was Anderson Grant, a giant in size and strength, and desperate and fearless in whatever he chose to do. Grant owned an illicit distillery, which was hidden away in one of the gulches of the Bark Camp District. In the locality lived a young man, named Prater, a cousin of Alf Prater, tbe "mountain wonder" pedestrian, who, in last June, ran six hours in a walking match here without stopping. Alf Pra ter is a revenue scout. His cousin led him through the bypaths of the Bark Camp country, and pointed out the illicit distillery of Anderson Grant. It was arranged that there should be a raid on the distillery. The matter was placed in the bands of tbe officials here, and as a result, on Tuesday morning about ten o'clock the following party left Gainesville, heading for Bark Camp: Deputy Marshal J. B. Gaston, Special Revenue Agent Lofland, Deputy Collect torM. Van Estes, Minor Estes, (son of | M. Van Estes,) Alf Prater, the guide. The party had a wagon drawn by two mules and a buggy drawn by a white horse owned by Deputy Marshal Gaston. It appears tbat as they rode out of j Gainesville tbey rode towards the Valley of Death, for Prater, the informer, had set a trap for the entire party. About one-o'clock the party of officers reached the neighborhood of the distils Iery and turned from the little mountain road into the woods a few feet where the teams were left in charge of Minor Ess tes, a boy of seventeen, but a powerful fellow for his years. Tbe distillery was about a mile away through the woods and the officers bad nearly reched it when they heard a rapid firing of pistols and guns in the direction of the wagon. Deputy Collector Van Estes became very much alarmed and exclaimed : "They have murdered my son I" Tbe party ran hurriedly back to the wagons and found tbat young Estes had disappeared, and Deputy Marshal Gass ton's horse had been cut out of the har? ness and was gone. The breast yoke and tho belly band were cut intwo and tbe lines bad been cut so as to leave enough to be used in riding horse back. Guns were being fired in several directions and tbe officers became alarmed for their own safety. Horns began to blow and tbe noises usual when the moonshiners get alarmed were heard. One of the mules was hurriedly unhitched from the wagon and Alf Prater, the guide, mount-, ed the animal and dashed off down the road with the intention of inquiring at one of tbe farm bouses if the boy had been seen. He had not gone more than two hundred and fifty yards when he was fired upon from ambush. Prater was not hit but the mule was wounded in several places and fell under him. Prater dashed back to camp and report? ed the facts and in a short time his mule limped into camp and attested the truth of what he had said. A full load of shot was in the animal's bead and neck. A carbine that had been left with young Estes, was no'iced to be gone. The raiders then hitched up, tied the buggy on behind the w.n,?on and moved off and proceeded to Bark camp, where they were re-enforced by several citizens, armed with guns. It was about night when tbey reached the camp. Prater was put on a mule and sent to Gainesville for help. In the meantime the firing of guns and general uproar continued. The raiders went into camp in a pine thicket and put out sentinels. Tbe watch was kept up until near mid? night when Prater returned with tbe fol? lowing re-enforcing party; James Find ley, Jesse Davis and John Martin. Deputy Marshal Gaston had, in the meantime, gone to tbe residence of Jap Carter, near by, and summoned him to aid the officers. It appears that when the moonshiners attacked the wagons tbey were headed by Anderson Grant, tbe owner of the distillery. Grant took possession of the horse, as the officers learned, and all the afternoon and into the night rode him very bard getting up the moonshiners of | the country. The horse bad been run nearly to death, as was reported by par? ties who saw him. After help arrived a consultation was held as to the best thing to do. It was decided to let a party remain at the camp and another squad go out and make an effort to capture the stolen property, namely, the horse and the ride. Just before midnight the party was divided as follows: To remain in the camp and take care of the teams: Revenue Agent Lofland, Deputy Collector Estes, Thomas Robinson, Thomas Robinson's son, and a man whose name is unknown. The party that went out to battle with the moonshiners was then as follows: Depu? ty Marshal Gaston, James A. Findley, Jesse S. Davis, Jasper Carter, Alf. Pra? ter, tbe guide, John Martin. When Prater was shot at he saw the white boi-se in the possession of the man who bad shot at bim. Clearly, it was a desperate undertaks ing to make a midnight attack upon the moonshiners. All the men were armed as they start? ed down the road in the direction in which tbe moonshiners were known to be. Tbe parly bad gone along the little road about half a mile when they came upon a body of the moonshiners. It was decided to wait until tbe moonshi? ners came up and then arrest them. The moonshiners were firing pistols, curs? ing and swearing, and by the flashes of tbe pistols the white horse could be seen. After a few moments there was a sudden volley of pistol shots fired in concert, and the horse was beard to go crashing through the woods. The moonshiners bad literally riddled him with bullets. Tbe officers went forward at once then to make the arrests, if possible. The moonshiners had gone a quarter of a mile down the road, but in a short while they were overtaken by the raiders. The night was dark and at the place where tbe contending-parties met and confront? ed each other there was a high bluff on one side of tbe road and a field on the other. The moonshiners withheld their fire until the officers were within a few feet of them when the flames suddenly belched forth from several guns right in the faces of the officers. A bullet went through Alf Prater's hat, but no one was bit by tbe discharge. The combat theu was hand to band. Martin was knocked down by the butt end of a gun which was broken over bis head. Tbe firing became geuer.il. It was a death grapple in tho dark. Tbe pistols were almost against the bodies of tbe men. Anderson Grant, the ring leader, was shot dead. Prater, the informer, had deceived his cousin, Alf Prater, tbe guide, and was in [the party .'of moonshiners. He was shot dead. The fight wi.3 terrific for several Ifmin utcs, but at laut ended^with the^Gaston party the victors. The bodies of the dead men were left in the woods aid theroflicers struck out for town, arriving at Gainesviil e at day? break. Minor Estes was4found to have reached Gainesville. He staled that soon after he was left with the wagon the moonshiners came upon him and gave him a terrible beating, cut the horse out and took pos? session of him Young Estes says they then were prep tiring to hang him with a buggy line when he broke away and ran two mile9 without stopping. He then came upon a wagon and was carried safe? ly into Gainesville. The Young man is a nephew of Judge Estes of Gainesville. AH Sorts of Paragraphs. ? "Mama," asked little Carrie, one day, "can you toll me what part of heav? en people live in who are good, but not agreeable ?" ? New servant: ''Oh, if you haven't any children I can't come, because when? ever anything is broken there will be nobody to blame it on but me." ? If a little powdered sugar is mixed with pepper and salt and is scattered over pork steak while it is cooking it will give an agreeable flavor and will lessen the purely greasy taste so objectionable to most people. ? A sample of American cheese in London, says the Orange County Farmer, proved to contain neither milk nor any of its derivations. It came from New York State, and was composed principal? ly of lard and coloring matter. ? "Mamma," said a little boy to his mother, the other day, "let me see you break Maud S'u record; will you?" "What do you mean ?" asked the mother. "Why," said the boy, innocently, "Papa says you can talk faster than a horse can trot." ? A Baltimore paper says that city alone put up the past season 14,400,000 cans of peaches, 11,000,000 cans of peas, 300,000 cans of string beans, 100,000 cans of pears, 3,000,000 cans of tomatoes and 1,000,000 cans of fruits and other vegetables. ? The Mississippi Valley produces 185,000 tons of cotton seed, one-fourth of which is marketed in Memphis, much of it being shipped in a crude state from that point to lialy, wheuce it is returned to this country in the shape of "pure olive oil." Four colored children were burned to death in Orangeburg County one night last week. Their mother went off visit? ing and locked them up in the housed When she returned home her four chil? dren were mouldering corpses and her house was in ashes*. ? A French widow took on dreadfully at the funeral of her husband. "Why, madame," said bei- maid, "you hated him so while living I do not see why you should be so demonstrative now that he is dead." "Why, Lizetle, I don't hate bim half so much now as I did." ? A gentleman was congratulating a friend, the other diy, on his recent mar? riage. "Ye9," said the latter, thanking him for his pleasant words, "if you mar? ry and get the righ t one, there is noth? ing like it; and if you don't get the right one, I suppose there is nothing like it." ? At the recent Baptist State Conven? tion tbe interest i? the Furman Univer- . sity was more general and hearty than ever before, and all the indications promised success for the plan of increas? ing the endowment of $10,000 a year for five years. There :is hardly a doubt that tbe firet $10,000 for this year will be Becured. The University is now ia a promising condition. ? Recently the tomb of Edward III, in Westminster Abbey, was opened, and. the body of "Loagshanks," as he was called, was found in a remarkable good state of preservation. The flesh of tbe face bad turned to a yellow powder, but the part in the hair was still there, and tbe shape and the form of the body re? mained intact. Around tbe head was a narrow silver band, on which was en? graved bis name. Tbe remains were placed in the tomb 600 years ago. ? Twb Austin gentlemen, Colonel Yerger and Sam Bass, were talking about the comparative intelligence "of animals, "I think that a bone is tbe most intelli? gent animal." remarked Colonel Yerger. "No, sir, tbe horse is not. Tbe rat is the shrewdest and smartest little animal I know of. It has a wonderful power of discrimination. The rat never sets fire to a store by nibbling at matches, until everything is insured for more than its value. A rat who is in tbat line of buss iness is sharper than a fire insurance agent with a sixty ounce brain and thirty years' experience.? Texas Si/tings. ? The fast passe ager train on the Air Line road, which left this city yesterday afternoon for Atlanta, run down and killed a little whito child near Black's Station. Section Master Hardin was at work on the opposite side of the track from his house, and though he was aware of the approach of :he train, be did not know bis little child was running toward whefe he was working. Its course led directly across the railroad track, and the child stepped upon the track just in time to be knocked into the air by the engine. The engineer had no time to do anything; save blow bis whist e. and at that mo? ment Mr. Hardin looked up and saw bis child knocked from the track. The train was stopped, and it was found that the child was still alive, b?t so badly hurt that death was a matter of only a few minutes. It was about three years old. ? The Augusta Chronicle and Consti? tutionalist says : "The city of Anderson, S. C, has voted an additional subscrip? tion of ?25,000 to the Savannah Valley Railroad, which will insure its early com? pletion. This road will pass within sev*? enteen miles of Eltcrton at its nearest point, and we learn that the people on the Carolina side art! anxious for a branch road to Elberton, so much so that they are willing to grade it from the nearest and most accessible point on the Savan^ nah Valley to the Savannah River, and also to do their part in building a bridge across the river. If this is true, we think there is little doubt but that the people on the Georgia side will do as much. If the people will do tho grading and fur? nish the cross-ties, there will be no diffi? culty in getting the road equipped. This branch road would five the people of the Carolina side a much nearer outlet to the West than they have at present, and would give this section of Georgia a direct connection with Charleston, Port Royal, Savannah and AugUBta."